The Magnificent Cat by Nadia Ramadan (early reader chapter books .TXT) 📕

mate" Ray said as he picked up his gun and put a bullet on Armand's head.

 

The Music got louder and the fireworks came blasting up when Lisa hits the biggest note everyone could imagine. Right now everyone woke up from their seats and gave her a big standing ovation and praise for her wonderful performance.

Wade woke up from his seat as well and clapped hardly for Lisa.

She looked back at him and laughed.

He laughed back, knowing that she was actually singing ‘his song’ when she thought she couldn’t. It was an amazing experience for both Lisa and the entire audience. The panel of experts was very sure at this point that Lisa will be their next entertainer on the Fantastica stage.

Picklock also stood up from his seat to give Lisa a huge standing ovation.

 

Joe continued to run all the way from the building making sure none of Ruddick’s gunmen sees him. He ran as fast as he could just to make sure he reaches the center where the concert is being held.

Joe ran faster and faster until he saw a large crowd of audiences filled with people applauding happily and fireworks firing beautiful colors up in the air.

He stopped for a moment and looked around; he could see all of the guards partying together and having a good time.

“Help…! Help…!” Joe said as he approached them.

“What is going down” the guard said

“Relax” Nick said as he drinks a glass of Champaign “people are watching!”

“We have to go back!” Joe continued to shout “there is a problem, a big one!”

“What are you talking about?” Nick asked 

Joe turned and saw Wade standing at the front seat enjoying the concert.

“Wade!” Joe shouted as he leaves the guards “Wade!”

Wade turned to see who was shouting and saw Joe all messed up and worried

“Joe…?” Wade said as he looked at Joe “what is going on?”

“Wade, there is a big problem, you have to get all the guards right now at the building, everything is falling into pieces!”

“What problem are you talking about?” Wade asked seriously

“The Magnificent Cat...!” Joe shouted “Ruddick is at the building! I saw him!”

Wade looked at Joe shockingly, he looked up at the stage to see Lisa one more time but then turned away to look for the guards.

 

Patricia looked as all of this happened and picked up her phone.

“Excuse me guys” she said as she looked at James smilingly

 

She walked further away and called her father as quick as possible.

“We are doing great, Patricia” Ray said just as he answered the phone “no need to worry”

“I think they know” Patricia said seriously “get out of there right now!”

“What do you mean they know?” Ray asked

“All the rest of the guards could be heading back to the building in a minute or two” Patricia replied “I suggest you get the hell out of there and avoid suspicion!” 

“Alright, alright” Ray said “I don’t want you to go back home, get your car and drive straight to Slycity, don’t you come back to Bevin”

“I am just going to grab our stuff, dad” Patricia continued “no worries!”

“No!” Ray insisted “forget about those damn stuffs, we are heading to Slycity now and I recommend you do the same!”

“Don’t you worry about me” Patricia replied “I will be there in no time”

 

“Something is going on, James” Picklock said as he looked at James 

“Like what?” James asked as he continues watching Lisa on stage.

“It looks like Wade is calling of all the guards from the concert” Picklock replied

“What guards?” James asked “were there any guards here earlier?”

“Yes they were” Picklock replied “and I told you so!”

James turned to look around, he could see Wade worried and calling off all the guards one by one to follow him back to the building.

James continued to look seriously and for some reason couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw that almost all the guards of the building were at the concert.

As he continued to look he can somehow see Wade turned to look back at him and gave him a sign meaning to join them.

“Let’s go” James said as he looked at Picklock

“Are you kidding?” Picklock asked “you out of your mind?”

“I mean it” James said “let’s go to the building"

“James, I’m fired!” Picklock shouted

James turned to look for Patricia just as she finished talking in the phone.

“I have to go” James said “I am sorry we couldn’t spend the quality time you were wishing for”

“What’s wrong?” Patricia asked “where are you going?”

“Don’t worry about me” James said as he walked back slowly “I just have to go now”

Patricia looked at him angrily as he walked away from her.

“Mr. Picklock!” James called as he walked “come on”

“Alright, alright” Picklock said as he followed James.

 

As Lisa continued to sing on the stage, she can’t help noticing that Wade is leaving the place. Lisa wasn’t singing as well as before and started to lose her focus.

Lisa stopped singing and jumped out of the stage.

“What?” “What is going on?” “What is happening” everyone in the crowd started whispering to each other.

“Wade! Wade!” Lisa shouted as she ran through the crowd

“Is she ok?” one expert asked as they looked at her running through the audience.

“Yes she is fine!” Mr. Lennox said as he looked down “Lisa! Lisa!”

“Lisa! Lisa!” Jessica joined in to call Lisa back to the stage.

 

Lisa ignored everything and was just finding her way through the people yelling “Wade! Wade! Come back!” 

She shouted over and over but it was no use, for Wade and the other guards and crews were already in the car heading back to the building.

Lisa stopped running and looked as they drove off.

 

“Lisa, come back!” Jessica continued to shout 

Lisa walked back to the stage with a gloomy look on her face, but just as she stepped foot on the stage, everyone gave her another round of applause.

“Thank you everybody, thank you” Lisa said while trying to put a smile on her face

“That’s not all” one expert said as he stood up “I would like to offer you something”

“Oh my God…!” Jessica said as she looked at the judges from the Fantastica stage. 

“For this very day, Miss Lisa Watson, I would like you to join us to the Fantastica stage; I think you truly belong there”

“That’s wonderful” Mr. Lennox said “this is her dream”

“Lisa looked at the panel of experts and smiled “thank you very much” she replied “I can’t believe this, I am so grateful”

“You deserve it honey” the expert continued

“But I have to go somewhere now” Lisa said sharply

“What!” Jessica interrupted “what are you talking about?”

“Jessica, remember when you asked me if my career or Wade is more important?”

“Yes…?” Jessica replied

“Well I think I know the answer now” Lisa continued “and the answer is Wade!”

Everyone looked at Lisa strangely as she walked out of the stage and ran off to the crowd, she ran further and further until no one else can see her.

“Oh My God…!” Mr. Lennox said surprisingly as he looked at Jessica “do you know about this?”

“As a matter of fact I do” Jessica said as she looked at Lennox and sighs. 

 

"I am loving this" Ruddick said as he looked at his gunmen carrying the Magnificent Cat "careful, now…slowly, slowly"

"We have to go now!" Ray said hurryingly "Tell your troops to get moving now!"

"What's the problem?" Ruddick asked calmly "we have it all now"

"They are coming on their way, we have to keep moving!" Ray repeated 

"How do you know?" Ruddick asked

"Patricia told me!" Ray shouted "there are many of them!"

"So what…?" Ruddick continued "we can take them down easily!"

"Too risky" Ray continued "what are you thinking? We could lose the Magnificent Cat from gunshots and fires and we could also kill Wade accidently, listen to me, we are not loosing this now, not now!" 

"For the first time, Ray" Ruddick started with a smile "I actually think you are right!"

"Well then let's move it!" Ray shouted

"Move it everyone!" Ruddick shouted at his gunmen "careful with the Magnificent Cat"

They both went onto the elevator and came out.

"Hurry, hurry…! No time to waste" Ruddick said to the rest of the troops downstairs "let's get going!"

"Move it, Move it!" Ray added as all the troops get back on their cars and war tanks

Ruddick picked up his walkie-talkie and said "Alden, can you hear me, Alden!" 

"Yes" Alden replied through the walkie-talkie 

"We are heading back to Slycity" Ruddick continued "make sure the main door is open and make sure it's closed tightly just as we come in.

"Very well" Alden replied "is everything going on well over there?"

"Perfectly" Ruddick replied as he shuts the walkie-talkie.

 

Chapter 25 - Together

Although the road from Bevin's center back to the building is not far at all, it was one of the longest drives for everyone returning from the concert to the building. The drive was so long and everyone was worried and trying not to think the worst of what could happen. 

"Why are you all here?!" James started to shout "how on earth did you leave the place empty?"

"The boss gave us a day off!" the guard replied "we were all thrilled to be at the concert!"

"That’s true" Nick continued "today is our day off only because we deserve it"

"Bull shit" James shouted "do you all think we work in a lollipop factory!"

"That’s enough, James" Picklock interrupted "no need to make this worse than what it already is!"

"I am just shocked" James continued

"What about yourself?" the guard asked "why did you go to the concert?"

"In case you didn't know" James said seriously "I am not a security guard" 

"Cut it off" Picklock said "let’s just pray for the best, shall we?"

 

In front of the other cars, Wade was driving his own sports car with Joe sitting next to him and three other guards in the back.

"Are you sure about this, Joe" Wade asked seriously "I am not feeling well now, you are making me scared"

"I saw Ruddick!" Joe repeated "heavily armed too, Ray was the one who planned this the entire time"

"Oh my Goodness" the rest of the guards at the backseat said it shockingly "how? When on earth did they plan this?"

 

At last Wade parked his car right in front of the building and got out.

All the other cars stopped as everyone got out and ran to the building.

The building was messed up indeed. The walls were filled with bullet holes all over the place. All the remaining people who did not go to the concert gathered around the building to see what was going on.

"It's just a shop" one woman said as she talked to her friend "why would anyone destroy a shop?"

"Get out of here!" one guard shouted at all the people surrounding the building "get the hell out of here! Go home!"

Everyone ran off scarily to where they came from, leaving James, Picklock, Wade and all the other guards standing in front of their destroyed yet beloved workplace.

"Holly crap" James said as he looked at building

"What in the world?" Picklock said as he also continued to look at the building.

Wade ran into the building with most of the guards running right behind him. James and Picklock followed them inside as well.

 

As they entered the building they could see the seven dead guards lying on the ground.

"Oh