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

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"We don’t have to talk about it" Lisa interrupted "it’s all in the past now"

"that’s true" Wade said nicely "that’s why I am thinking about the future, I don’t want anyone to go through what you've been through…its horrible what that device did to families and lives"

"Are you really planning on destroying it" Lisa asked seriously

"That's my only wish so far" Wade answered "I want us to live happily ever after…I want us to go to the Fantastica stage with nothing in our minds to worry us"

"Then I will come with you to fight" Lisa said as she walked closer to him

"What?" Wade asked as he laughs "you can't be serious?"

"I am serious, you want to destroy the Magnificent Cat, well guess what so do I … I suggest we both do it together"

"No, Lisa" Wade shouted "No way on earth I am letting you risk your life"

"What about yourself?" Lisa continued "once we have each other, nothing on earth can hurt us"

"Lisa, this is a fight, a warzone, not an amusement park" 

"I don’t care" Lisa argued "I have to be with you, no matter what, I have to be with you every minute of this"

"Lisa, come on, don’t do this…I am trained to shoot, I know exactly what to do, you can't accompany me…"

"I have to" Lisa said "or otherwise I will just sit here and die from worries and fears"

"Fear of what…?" Wade asked

"Fear of you not coming back to me!" Lisa shouted "please, I beg you, Wade, let me come with you"

Wade looked at her for a while and then said "alright, I don’t believe what is happening now, but…alright"

"Great" Lisa said as she jumped and gave him a big hug "I will never let go of you"

"I will never let go of you either" Wade said smilingly

"We should fight hard! And we should destroy the Magnificent Cat once and for all!" Lisa said with passion in her voice.

All of a sudden, Lisa and Wade could hear a loud crowd approaching to the basement.

"They are here" Wade said as he continues to listen

"Who..?" 

"The armies" Wade replied "it’s time"

 

About 350 men walked inside the basement with strange and grave look on their faces

"Hello, sir" one gunman said as he looked at Wade "I am sorry about Armand"

"No problem, please feel free to select any gun"

"Thank you" the gunman said "we will get the Magnificent Cat back, don’t worry"

The entire crowd walked into the basement and started to select the guns on the shelve

 

After a few minutes, the rest of the guards walked into the basement.

"Waw" one guard said as he looked around the place "We have this underneath the building? This is amazing!!"

"Look at all these Armies!!" Nick said as he looked at the Army "Armand has an army we don’t even know?"

"That’s right" one Army said to Nick "and if we don’t get the Magnificent Cat back, we will never get paid again!"

 

Lisa and Wade looked at each other awkwardly and worryingly for they have other plans in mind.

 

James finally walked into the basement and looked at the guns hanging on the wall and on the floor. He continued to look around and saw all the Armies ready and willing to fight for the Magnificent Cat, he then turned and shockingly saw Wade standing with Lisa at the corner of the room.

"What?" James shouted as he approached them "What the hell is she doing here?"

"Calm down, James" Wade interrupted "no need to panic, she-"

"What the hell is wrong with you?" James continued to shout "are you planning to party in here! Aren’t we going to a war?!"

"Yes, yes, of course" Wade replied "and she knows too"

Everyone in the room turned to look at them

"Look there is a girl…." Everyone started to talk to each other "what is she doing here?"

"You are the girl from the concert!" Nick shouted happily "you are the one who sang amazingly!"

"Shut up everyone!" James shouted as the room turned silent, he then looked seriously at Wade and said "what do you mean she knows?"

"She knows we are going to fight" Wade continued 

"Fight for what?" James asked even more seriously "a Lamborghini?"

"No" Wade said seriously "she knows about the Magnificent Cat!"

"Woooooooh" the crowd started to groan surprisingly

"What the hell? What is the matter with you?" James shouted at Wade "what on earth are you thinking? …why would you…"

"It's alright" Lisa interrupted as she stepped closer to James "I am fighting with you"

"I recommend you get out of here right now!" James insisted

"She will know about it one way or another" Wade interrupted "she is Mr. Watson daughter!"

James stood there in shock of what he is hearing "Mr. Watson?"

"Yes" Lisa said lowly

"Holly crap" Joe said as he hears them.

"She wants to join us in the war" Wade added as he looked at Lisa

James turned from Wade and looked at Lisa straight in the eye. The way he looked at her gave her chills running down her spine, for he was very attractive yet eerie and for some reasons his eyes changes colors.

"If you are Mr. Watson daughter" James said while still looking at her "why on earth do you want to fight for the Magnificent Cat?"

Lisa stood there speechless as she continued to look at him; she was very scared and turned to look at Wade.

“I don’t think you will be a big fan of the object now will you?” he continued to ask

"Because, because" she said as her voice shakes "I love him, because I love him"

"What?" James asked with a strange look on his face.

"I love him" Lisa said it straight this time "I love him more than anything in the world"

She looked back at Wade and he smiled back to her.

"I have to go with him" Lisa continued "everywhere he goes, I should be with him, I can't let him go to the war alone, I have to be him, I mean can you be separated from the one you love?"

"I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to go" James said calmly this time "I am sure Wade thinks the same thing too…am I right?"

"Yes you are right" Wade replied "but sometimes when two people are in love, there is no choice but letting them be crazy to the extreme"

Lisa looked at him and laughed happily; she then approached him and kissed him slightly. Everyone in the room looked at them unaware of what’s going on. 

James looked at them and then all of a sudden he thought about Patricia, he totally forgot about her. Is it possible to know what happened with her father? Is he the one who took the Magnificent Cat?"  

"Excuse me" James said as he walked out of the basement. 

 

Joe walked to the back of the building when he saw Mr. Picklock standing there alone and worried.

"Are you ok Mr. Picklock?" Joe asked "it's really nice to have you back"

"Thank you, Joe" Picklock said still worryingly "you ready to go?"

"Yes" Joe replied "I am just on my way to the basement, to get my guns"

"Good" Picklock said as he turned away

"You don’t like the idea, do you?" You don’t want us to fight"

"No it's not like that" Picklock replied "I mean, its Ruddick, he won't back down easily"

"You have no idea" Joe continued "I witnessed a horrible scene, Mr. Picklock; I had to see my men gunned down by Ray! I mean Ray! The man we all trusted and complied with"

"I understand" Picklock said nicely "you should all seek revenge, it's your time"

"That’s true, now I would like to be excused; I need to get myself armed"

"Sure" Picklock said as Joe walked away.

Picklock looked around the place and never thought the building will end up torn apart this way. 

 

James crossed the street as fast as he could only to see Patricia's car parked and the bonnet full of luggage.

"What in the world?" James said as he looked at the car and the luggage at the back.

Patricia walked straight and could see James from the kitchen window.

"Shit" she said loudly "what the hell is he doing here!"

She tried to call her father but there was no reply.

"Patricia!" James shouted in front of the main door "Patricia!"

Patricia walked out of the house with same innocent face and loving personality.

"What is it? James?" she asked "why are you yelling?"

"Where is he?" James asked seriously

"Who…?" Patricia said nervously

"Stop playing games with me" James said seriously, for he had never spoke gravely to Patricia before

"James…" Patricia said to calm him down "I don’t know what you are talking about?"

"Bullshit!" James shouted "Bullshiting all the time, both you and him"

"I guess you are talking about my father, aren’t you" Patricia said with harder tone

"You finally figure it out!" James said angrily "where the hell is that son of a bitch!"

"Why are you asking me?" Patricia said angrily "isn’t he your boss, shouldn’t he be with you at this very moment"

"No" James replied "I never liked him, I never listened to him, he was never my boss"

"But he was working with you" Patricia said annoyingly as she laughed

"Hold on a second" James said angrily "where the hell are you going?"

Patricia looked at him without replying she just went inside and packed more luggages into the back of the car. 

"You can't be leaving" James asked surprisingly "please tell me where the hell is he!"

"Are you worried about me or him" Patricia said angrily "I can see that you are much more worried about where he could be than where am I going"

"I have to know where he went, it's important"

"More important than me" Patricia said as she looked at him "I guess so"

"You don’t understand" James said as he walked closer to her

"What is it? What did my father do to make you go crazy like this, huh?"

"Something huge" James said seriously 

Patricia wanted to get the rest of the goods but stood there silently as she stares at James. She looked at him more serious and deeper than ever.

"What?" James asked as he stared back at her

"Oh my God" Patricia shouted as she continued to look at him "Oh my God"

"What?" James shouted "what's wrong!"

"It’s you" Patricia said finally "you are the one"

James looked at her nervously and shockingly about what he is hearing, he just hoped it's not what he was about to hear.

"You are the one" Patricia repeated "you are the Magnificent Cat!"

James was still in shock and didn’t know what to say, how on earth did she know about the Magnificent Cat ,and worst of all already knew that he is the Magnificent Cat, it was indeed a shock James was never expecting.

"What are you saying, Patricia?" James said with his voice shaking still in shock

"I knew it all along" Patricia continued while looking deeper into his eyes "I always knew that you are the Magnificent Cat!"

"Shush" James said as he walked closely to her "stop saying it…stop it!"

"Oh my God" Patricia said still looking at him

"I am warning you" James shouted "now tell me where the Magnificent Ca-?"

Before James could finish his sentence Patricia picked up a tennis racket and hit him hard on the head.

James fell backwards holding his head on his hand still conscious and yelled "Patricia!"

Patricia looked at him and threw the tennis racket at the back of the car; she then walked into the car and drove as fast as she could.

James tried to follow her but failed to catch up due to the bad knock on his head.

He ran back to the building as fast as he could.

 

James ran and started to look around the entire building

"What is going on?" Picklock asked surprised to see James all messed up "are you ok?"

Without any reply, James continued to look around until he found Wade's car.

James jumped into Wade's car and drove as fast as he could.

"Where are you going?" Picklock shouted "what is going on?"

Picklock watched as James drove off fast with no reply

"Oh my God" Picklock said worryingly "this can’t be