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"What do you mean, 'too much free time'? Vlad, listen, it was just a harmless joke!"

"Then there's no reason why you won't appreciate this one--"

Bzzkkkzzt! "A-AGH! ... The--you plasmius maximised me? Again?!"

"If you're going to play at being a kidnapped prisoner, then there's no reason I shouldn't treat you like one. You have until my meeting is over to get a head start."

"But--but what are you sending after me?"

"It wouldn't be any fun if I spoiled the surprise, now, would it?"

"Come on, Vlad I--"

"Run."

It was cold. It was snowing a little. Danny had grabbed the closest coat he could reach on his way out and hadn't stopped moving since. Would Vlad let him walk forever? Would he find him eventually, hopefully before Danny froze to death? ... Danny wasn't going to freeze to death. The plasmius maximus would wear off and his powers would kick back in, and then he'd just fly back to the chalet and wait Vlad out. He couldn't be mad for that much longer, could he?

Danny pulled the coat more tightly around himself, trying to protect his nose. He'd stopped being terrified of some nameless monster half an hour into his walk, and he wasn't about to start now. With his luck, he'd just spent all this time hurrying away from nothing.

It was cold.

"Man..." He sniffed. He sneezed. Then he shuddered, breathing out air that froze from the inside out. The reaction to this last one was immediate, and he spun on the spot, looking around.

"Um--H-hello?" His powers were still out. If this turned out to be unfriendly...