Elena Cortez, who is still at school, and her mother, are forced to live with her rich uncle, as her father has passed on. The uncle is not very kind to them and treats them as poor relatives, while he enjoys many luxuries. One evening, Elena is kidnapped. She finds herself in a small, dusty room. One of her kidnappers wants a ransom from her uncle. She is not sure if her uncle will even pay it. She knows she has to think of a plan to escape.