A Note on the Fridge

[Onya]

CS: (I don't feel like doing a CS... I'll just provide basic info.)
Name: Alyssa Grenden
Age: 18
Appearance: Long wavy brown hair. Dark brown eyes. Pointy chin. Not particularly pretty (or ugly).

Boyfriend: Kyle Lendis
Age: 18
Appearance: Unruly black hair. Brown eyes. Pale skin.

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Alyssa was furious.
This wasn't like being grounded after making a bad grade on a test. This wasn't like being yelled at after the worst day ever. This was a repeated offense directed at the person she cherished most in her life. This was serious. She was not about to relent.

Her plan was in place. She had prepared it over the last few weeks, not really believing she would dare to do it. But yesterday, when her father talked about her "future boyfriend or husband", as if she didn't already have a boyfriend... That was the last straw.

Maybe she was overreacting. Maybe her revenge was childish. Maybe... Maybe she had been much more irritable since the onslaught of her strange powers. But Alyssa didn't take a minute to sit down and think about the consequences of what she was doing.

She finished scrawling her note in the light of her flashlight and stuck it to the fridge with that magnet shaped like Maryland. She stepped back and looked at the small piece of paper one last time, making sure she hadn't forgotten anything. The note read:

"Hah. Got you, Dad. Next time you want to pretend my boyfriend doesn't exist, just remember I'M the one with the creepy SUPERPOWERS. Now where's YOUR girlfriend? If you want to know if she still exists, follow THESE CLUES ==>"

The arrow was pointing towards a crumpled piece of paper taped next to it. On the paper, there was a crudely drawn house, a star, and the letter N.
Alyssa smiled wickedly. She turned away and threw her backpack onto her shoulder. She had a little food and some paper and markers. She left her cell phone in her room because it was way too easy to track. Hopefully, with the help of her powers, she would be okay. Her dad probably wouldn't call the cops, because there was always a risk of them finding out about her. And she did have his girlfriend as a hostage. That would stop him from doing anything foolish. At least, it should.

The night was comfortably warm. Springtime was coming, although every few days the weather seemed to spike back down to chillier temperatures. The moon watched Alyssa as she climbed out the kitchen window. She quickly pulled on a pair of black synthetic leather gloves to hide the bluish glow her fingers were creating. That was one of the dumb side effects of her powers... An effect that could get her caught if she wasn't careful. When the tingling in her fingers reached her chest, she quickly glanced around then, seeing no one was there, she hopped into the sky. Alyssa's flight was not very spectacular: she could only hover a few inches off the ground. But it was still a convenient way to get around, much faster and much less tiring than walking. Too bad the car keys were in her dad's room. He kept them on purpose... Alyssa didn't understand why. She boiled at the thought of it, and not for the first time. She was getting pretty mad, since she was also seething about the glow her powers made. Her forearms started to glow too as she drew on her powers some more. The dark silhouette she formed against the stars faded faintly. She was not invisible, but if someone didn't know where to look they probably wouldn't notice her. Except for the stupid glow.

She floated out of her neighborhood and over the edge of the road. She nearly cackled at the thought of her dad's face when he saw the note. Kyle would be waiting for her in the closest town North of her city, ready to help her with the next stage of her plan.

[Shambow]

David got up early in the morning to his alarm clock and slammed the off button, talking in an inaudible speak. After a few minutes of complaining in his sleepy language, David got up and looked beside him.
"Come on, t-" He stopped mid sentence to realize that the person was supposed to be beside him was not. He figured she was up already and would show herself when he came down. After a quick shower and change, David walked to the kitchen. David was hitting his peak of age, just hitting forty, but didn't look that old. He had a worn down face but nothing extremely bad, just one that hasn't been made over my movie stars. He had to go to his desk job as a lawyer, which wasn't as bad as it seemed, until one figured out that his daughter wasn't normal. No, his daughter had odd...attributes. She was normal except for one thing: being able to hover and almost turn completely invisible. Wasn't normal in the slightest.

David came down to an empty room, void of either his girlfriend or his daughter. He was starting to get worried and looked around for both of them. He didn't even leave the room before seeing a paper on the fridge. Usually, things like that were important and David quickly took it down, reading it fast.
"The hell? Alyssa!" David went up to Alyssa's room to find her gone and that cemented who had done this, not that he needed more proof.

David read the note as he went back to the kitchen and seen the pictures. It was odd, seeing only symbols. He understood a little, enough to know where he was going. The town was only so big and north of the town, the houses dwindled to only a few before it ended completely. David took the car, not caring about his job right now and knowing he could afford to take a few days off but he needed to find his girl, and going to have to find out what he will do to Alyssa. He didn't want to give her to the police but this was kidnapping and who knows what else.

David drove fast as he went farther north and eventually came up to the last few houses. He didn't know what the start meant but assumed one with a star or something but checking them all wouldn't hurt. David started walking toward the first, looking to his sides and in front of him.

[Onya]

"Hey, Kyle."

The boy jumped when he noticed her standing there. "Stop that! I thought it was the police or something!" His frown was adorable, and his moonlit face looked even paler than usual. He was busy writing up the first trap for Alyssa's father in one of the northern-most houses of town. It was supposed to be a clue, but Alyssa preferred to call it a trap because she hoped it would trap him for awhile.

Kyle looked up. "I wonder how long it will take him to figure out what the star means. Your dad's not stupid, you know."
"We're smarter than him. If he can't figure out I love you, it'll take him a long time to figure out the star means nighttime."
Her brown eyes were like dark pits in the faint light. "I never want to see him again. Except to confront him."

She hovered over to Kyle and put her hand on his shoulder. He was writing in glow-in-the-dark ink on the southern wall of an empty brick house. There were a few empty houses around here, so it wouldn't be immediately obvious which house to look at. The ink would be invisible once the sun came up, which had the advantage of giving Alyssa and Kyle a head start. It was already hard enough to see with the moon out. The woman was already in place, safe as can be.

"Good job. You found it. If it didn't take you too long, you probably just got lucky. Here's your next destination:"
There was a picture of a girl with wavy hair, a pair of wings, and three trees. It meant Alyssa's powers in the forest. More specifically, it meant the next clue was in the forest, camouflaged and above the ground.

Alyssa smiled, satisfied. It was time to go. She kissed Kyle and then hopped into his car. He took the driver's seat. They sped north, out of town, towards Pickard Forest. It wasn't much of a forest, but it was good enough. They only stopped long enough for Alyssa to climb up a tree and hang up a camouflage-patterned knapsack. Then they drove out towards the highway. A few hours later, when the sun was starting to rise, they stopped at a rest stop to sleep in the back of the car.

Before going to sleep, curled up in Kyle's arms, Alyssa looked at him seriously.
"You should go home, you know."
He looked back just as seriously. "Whatever you say." He broke out into a huge grin. "Now go to sleep."

[Shambow]

David was still driving as the sun rose and he was angry and worried at the same time. He had no clue on why Alyssa would take it to this extreme, or even more why she would make this seem like a huge joke. His decision at this point was final, he would give his daughter up to the police. He wouldn't let this happen again and whoever else worked with her, would follow. David eventually came up to the last bit of houses and was now on a search for whatever was next. The houses were abandoned, so the littlest piece of paper would be obvious. After a couple hours of thorough searching, David found the next 'clue'. This was not a game to him, putting someone's life on the line.
"What is this? It is clear, nothing on it." David growled and waited. When the night started coming up again, David was pacing with the sheet of paper in his hand. Eventually, when he glanced back down at the paper, and the words showed up. It had his clue, clear as day.
"Oh, I see what you did. Damn." David read the clue quickly and added it to the other, getting back into his car and driving toward the forest. It was still night but with what David could see, he seen three trees that matched the picture. David kept his headlights on and started his search.

[Onya]

Alyssa woke up when she heard the car start. Judging by the sun, it was late afternoon. Where was she? She rubbed her eyes and saw Kyle in the driver's seat. "Kyle?" she said sleepily. He turned around. "Hey there. Did I wake you up?" he asked gently. Alyssa was still confused. "Where... Oh, yeah." She grinned then. "Time to play cat and mouse with my dad. We slept too long..." It wouldn't be long before he got the glow-in-the-dark clue. Kyle waited for her to climb into the front seat, then he finished pulling out of the parking spot. They had to get to their next destination: Roger Port. It was a medium-sized city sitting by a lake. It probably would have been big enough to hide there for a few days, but where was the fun in that? Instead, they were only setting up the next clue.

The knapsack left in the forest had contained a metal water bottle and a pair of Alyssa's old shoes. Their current destination was the town where she had been forced to buy some shoes ten years ago. They weren't the same shoes (she lost those), so that was why she had to include the water bottle too. The day it was supposed to remind her dad of had been during a memorable camping trip by the lake. One day, Alyssa had been playing too close to the water and fell in. Being the wild girl she was, instead of climbing back onto the bank she tried to explore the lake. Except that she didn't know how to swim. Her dad saw her empty water bottle bobbing in the lake and jumped in after her. In a way, the bottle probably saved her life. Afterwards, she had to buy some new shoes because her old ones were ruined by mud and water and slime.

They talked about this and that during the car ride. Just light chatter, never mentioning her father or his girlfriend or the clues. They were at the lake town by sundown. Guessing her dad wouldn't get there until midnight, they had time to sit and watch the sun set over the lake... if either of them had been interested in that sort of thing. But Alyssa's qualms came back as they were walking by the lake to drop off the clue at the spot where she fell in years ago.

"You'll get in trouble, Kyle."
He snorted. "Yeah, everyone thinks I'm such a good kid, it would be a shame to ruin my reputation." He was being sarcastic, of course. Both he and Alyssa were like the black sheep of the school. Nobody really bothered them, but nobody tried to make friends with them either. Well, except for new kids, and they learned quickly. One thing about Kyle, though, was that he managed to keep his grades excellent and stay on every teacher's good side. That obviously didn't help his relations with other students. He was going to ruin his perfect record if he didn't head home.
"Your grades..."
"Bah. They'll keep. College applications are done, and I wasn't planning on going to college, anyway."
"What!?" Alyssa was genuinely surprised. For as long as she could remember, Kyle had wanted to earn a degree or three in Physics. Particle physics, to be exact. He had to keep his grades high if he was to get into a program as good as he deserved.
He smiled, and his eyes made her heart flutter. Most girls preferred blue or green eyes, but brown eyes always made Alyssa melt.
"I'll tell you in the car. Come on!"

They were headed even farther north, per the instructions of the latest clue. Eat me. Just like the cake in Alice in Wonderland. Alyssa had never really been a fan of Alice, her dad either, so she hoped it would take him some brain-racking to figure out what it meant. And wouldn't it be funny if he actually ate the paper?

((Do you think I should keep using random city names and directions, or should I pick cities off a map so it actually makes sense (and maybe it can involve you guessing the next destination)?))