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

straight into Ruddick's eye "Why?"

"I have to…" Ruddick replied "I can’t let anyone have the Magnificent Cat after me"

Wade weakened and dropped to the ground. Ruddick walked back to his protective shield and pressed the button to fly back up to the spy window where he came from.

 

"Wade! Wade" Lisa shouted as she moved from Joe and crawled back to Wade.

Wade turned to look at her as she came closer to him. She looked at his wound and said "oh No…this is bad!"

Joe ran closer to them and picked up his phone.

"Call the ambulance!" Lisa shouted

"Ambulance…?" Joe repeated "that’s impossible; we can't get the police involved now!"

"I don’t care!" Lisa shouted "just call them" 

"I will try to get in hold of Nick, he might get some help"

"Do whatever it takes" Lisa shouted at Joe and turned back to look at Wade.

"Don’t leave me" Lisa said as she burst into tears "don’t die on me now"

 

"Nick, pick up the phone!" Joe shouted when he hear several rings.

 

"I am glad you came with me" Wade said as he forces to talk

"I am here to help you" Lisa said as she tries to cover his bleedings

"I am glad the last thing I will be seeing is you" Wade continues to talk 

"No! Don’t say that! Help is on the way"

"Lisa, you should…" Wade said as blood spills out of his mouth "you should finish what we planned"

"No, we will finish it together!" Lisa shouted "and we will go to the Fantastica stage, leaving everything behind! Do you understand me…?"

She continued to talk but there was no reply from him

Lisa climbed on top of him and pushed his hair back from his face. His eyes still, and face pale and motionless. His grip finally loosened and a small golden key fell out of his palm.

Lisa reached down to his face and kissed him.

 

 

Ruddick's shield broke back into the spy window. He then walked out of it and sharply ran to see the Magnificent Cat without looking around the room or noticing anything around. He walked closer to it and watched it as it weakens.

"I am so sorry" Ruddick said as he looked at the Magnificent Cat "you are the best thing that ever happened to me, I sure as hell never planned this to happened, I liked you so much I couldn’t let anyone have you after me…"

Ruddick continued to look at it closely and said "I don’t want to see you die in front of me; I guess I should go before they arrive in here…I will just use my protective shield to fly out of here and that will be the end of both of us, I will sure as hell miss you"

Ruddick stepped back and said "I hope they find you and make a good funeral for you…for you were their income…they should appreciate you even if you don’t function again"

Just as Ruddick was heading to his flying shield the Magnificent Cat's eyes glows as bright as the sun, the machines was functioning stronger than ever…it was even newer than when Ray first brought it into the building.

Ruddick walked closer to it with his eyes wide open in surprise 

"What?" he shouted loudly "that’s impossible!"

Ruddick stood there looking at the strong Magnificent Cat in shock, he then slowly turned to where James was being tied up but couldn’t find James. He ran to the place and saw the iron broken into pieces.

Ruddick stood there and looked at the broken iron, flashbacks started to clutter his head, he could remember Patricia mentioning James several time, Ray confused with why James is still around, and also the strong motive to get the Magnificent Cat wherever it goes.

Ruddick grew angry and stood there starring at the Magnificent Cat in rage.

"Jaaaaaaaaaaaames…!" Ruddick shouted as hard as he could with very deep fury 

He picked up his knife and started to hit the Magnificent Cat, but nothing happened

 

"Did someone call my name" a scary robotic voice said right from the broken elevator's door

Ruddick turned to see who was talking.

Only to his surprise saw James standing there in front of him, as clean as a breeze as if they never got into a fight.

It wasn't even the same James everyone knew. His eyes were yellow and black which looked exactly like a cat, his body taller, stronger and his face paler and wild. 

"You…" Ruddick said scarily as he looked at James "you are the Magnificent Cat this entire time……?"

Just as James's eyes turned to focus directly on Ruddick he moved in a speed of light like a ghost. Ruddick trembled backwards scared of what he is seeing in front of him. He reached for a gun to shoot James but the gun automatically jumped out of his hand only with the fact that James was looking at it.

James quickly grabbed Ruddick, raising him from the ground and threw him powerfully on the long meeting table. 

Ruddick slid all the way in the meeting table until his head hit the back of the wall at the end of the table.

James now stood in front of the table and looked around until he saw an axe.

"Do I see an axe?" the robotic voice said again "it's my favorite weapon"

James's didn’t even approach the axe, he just stared at it, and the axe automatically went to his hand.

Ruddick eyes grew even wider; he was indeed shivering of the mystical and paranormal behavior that is happening before him.

James held the axe up and jumped on the table, he was more like flying towards the table as the table was 4 feet above the ground. James then walked straight to Ruddick, very cat-like and was ready to finish the job.

Ruddick quickly slid away and jumped off the table just as James raised his axe and hits the table instead.

James rolled his eyes and turned to Ruddick "you are wasting my time"

Ruddick looked at James and said "Armand played this one good…never in a million years I would have guessed you were the Magnificent Cat…this is…"

"You shouldn’t have fucked with the Magnificent Cat" James said as he jumped from the edge of the table with his axe raised high in the air and landing exactly on Ruddick's head cutting all the way as he comes down. Blood started to fill the room like river on the ground and on the walls.

Ruddick is now divided into two pieces, James dropped down the axe and could now feel himself again, his body turned back to normal, his eyes turned dark as they used to be and his face less pale.

James walked straight to the Magnificent Cat and looked at it. He looked at it closely and could feel it deep inside him. There was a strong connection, a connection that his grandfather intended for it.  He looked at his stomach and saw that his wound is gone. At that very moment he knew everything, he finally understood. He came to save the Magnificent Cat and the Magnificent Cat saves him back.

 

Joe ran into the middle and shouted "let’s get out of here, we have to go! The police might be heading here any minute now"

Everyone woke up as they try to gain consciousness.

"Let's go in the tank…Now, Now!" Joe shouted as he looked around and saw Lisa still lying on the ground next to Wade, holding him as tight as she could.

"Lisa, we have to go" Joe said calmly as he approached her

"I am not leaving him" Lisa said lowly

"Lisa, please" Joe said as he sat down next to her "I am extremely sorry about everything, but if those police finds single dirt on us, trust me there is no mercy, that’s all they were pinning for the last couple of years"

Lisa looked at him sadly with tears running down her cheeks "how can I leave him"

"Just come with me" Joe said calmly as he looked at the rest of the army waiting next to the tank "they are waiting for us…we have to get out of here…we cannot even get the Mag-"

Lisa finally let go of Wade's lifeless body and walked slowly with Joe. She then ran back to Wade and picked up the small golden key from his hand.

"There is something I should do first" Lisa said "before I leave this town I should do something very important"

"What are you talking about?" Joe asked.

 

"Lisa! Joe!" Picklock called out as he ran towards them. 

"Lisa…thank God I found you" Picklock said as he looked at her "what is wrong? Is everything ok? Why are you crying?"

Lisa became even sadder and turned away almost bursting into tears again.

Picklock turned around and could see Wade lying on the ground lifeless, Picklock turned to Lisa and said "I am sorry, indeed I am…I am very sorry"

"I…" Lisa started "I just have to…"

"But you can't" Picklock interrupted "I know what your are about to do, and I can't let you do that"

Lisa looked at Picklock seriously and said "it's his last wish!"

"What are you guys talking about?" Joe shouted "we have to get out for here! Why did you come here, Mr. Picklock?"

"I know it could be his last wish" Picklock continued "but he doesn’t know"

"Doesn’t know what?" Lisa asked angrily 

"Lisa, if you destroy the Magnificent Cat" Picklock said seriously "you will destroy another life"

Both Lisa and Joe looked at themselves and then at Mr. Picklock confused in their own ways.

 

Out of the blue everyone could hear footsteps coming from the top of the building. Everyone turned away from the tank and looked to see who is at the top of the building.

 

As everyone looked up, they could all see James standing at the top of the building

"Unbelievable" Joe said as he looked up.

 

James picked up the Magnificent Cat and raised it high in the air for everyone to see.

 

"Hurray" all the crowd roared in happiness that they have indeed won the war and also accomplished their mission.

Lisa turned to look at Mr. Picklock still confused of what he meant earlier. 

James continued to hold the Magnificent Cat in victory as everyone raised their guns in happiness and joy.

"I think it’s time we go now" Picklock said seriously

 

Chapter 30 - The key to everything

The night is over and so was the concert. It is late at night and everyone in Bevin is already exhausted and went straight away to sleep.

James walked into the pastry bar and was about to head upstairs.

"We are closed" Jessica said as she cleaned the counter.

"I have to see someone" James said as he walked closer

“I am guessing you are here to see Lisa?" Jessica said as she continues to clean the counter

"Yes I am" James replied 

"Well I think she is busy now" Jessica said seriously "I don’t think she feels like talking"

"This won’t take long…I promise, where is she?"

"Alright, alright" Jessica said "she is up stairs…she is in her room"

"Thank you very much" James said as he heads upstairs.

 

As James was walking through the corridor he could hear noises and saw Lisa's main door already opened. He walked closer and saw her packing her things, similar to the way he saw Patricia earlier when she was packing to leave.

"Excuse me…" James said lowly "hello….?"

Lisa turned and saw James standing at the door

"Hello" she