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

asked angrily 

“Oh well officer…haven’t you heard of the newspapers, magazines, and interviews, I am sure this isn’t your real question…you just want to know what do they really do” 

“Well…whatever makes you happy” the officer replied “a little tour won’t hurt right?”

“Oh well” Armand started “as you can see over there are the architects they can design any kind of buildings, houses, schools…etc. And these guys are the best importers and exporters of all the goods we import and export” Armand says as he points out Nick and Joe to the police. “And this fellow worker of mine” Armand said as he looked at Ray “he is my amazing advertiser, he would find the best buyers I will possibly want to buy all of these goods”

“Ok” the officer said “go on…”

“Yep…and now this old man…” Armand said as everyone looked at Mr. Picklock “he is just a good writer, well I mean he loves to write stories but I am just allowing him to write all our records and stuff…you know”

Picklock looked at Armand angrily and walked away.

 

“What a moron!” James said lowly “how could he say something bad like that about Mr. Picklock, who has only been loyal to him all these years!”

“He is just helping all of us” Bacilli replied 

“Yeah right” James said as he rolled his eyes.

 

“Oh…and this young man…” Armand said as he points the police to Wade “he is just a talented software designer; I mean he can provide us with all the information technology needed in the organization”

“I see” the police answered

“As for this fat man” Armand continued and looked at Bacilli “he is our body guard…he just love to protect this place”

 

“He just called you a fat bodyguard” James said lowly to Bacilli.

“I don’t care!” Bacilli replied angrily

“What about him?” the police asked, as he turned his direction towards James.

All the staffs in the building became silent and looked at the police.

“Oh Yeah” Armand replied “I almost forgot…I mean that’s James and he is…”

Armand ran out of speech and stood there silently “he is a….”

“What!” the police shouted

“Come on Armand don’t blow this” Wade said lowly to himself.

“He is just the trash collector” Armand said suddenly 

“Oh shit” Wade said lowly 

James looked angrily at Armand with a straight face and wished to blow it all on his face, but as he turned, he saw Mr. Picklock’s face giving him the sign of “it’s ok… just let it go” 

“What is it James?” Armand said to him “there is no shame in being a trash collector”

“But I am not just a trash collector…Armand; I also cleaned your car!” James replied with a rude smirk 

Picklock smiled to him from the back of the room.

“Ok that’s it” the police said “Do you know that you have to get papers for this shit, where is your freaking license! Are you avoiding tax payment…is that how you became a rich man in the first place?”

“Oh no officer, of course I will get papers, I mean I haven’t started the business yet, we are just having meetings…you know…future plans…”

“Alright, we have to run now…thanks for clarifying everything in here hope I don’t get any more complain from the people here in Bevin”

“No problem officer…don’t you mind these people, Just let Lewis pass by any day, I promise I’ll make it up to you all” Armand replied as he walked all the police out the building.

 

“I guess old man and fat guard isn’t the worst things Armand can come up with” Bacilli said to James laughingly as he walked away.

“I am proud of you James” Picklock said as he walks to him.

“It’s all for you Mr. Picklock” James replied

 

Armand walked inside the building happily and said “Waw I just got rid of them!”

“You are brilliant!” Ray said happily 

“Yeah you did a great job…you worthless piece of shit!” James shouted

“Hey watch your mouth!” A voice shouted from the back of the room

“Shut up pussy!” James said as he approaches Armand. 

A group of workers came forward and stopped him from getting any closer to Armand.

“Let go of me!” James said while trying to reach Armand.

“I just saved us all from being sent away to jail! And this is how you thank me Jimmy!” 

“No Armand!” James replied “you just saved your own ass! That’s all”

“Get him out of here” Joe shouted just to stop the fighting. 

“Yeah just throw me out!” James shouted as they threw him out of the building “you are all worthless pieces of shit!! Fuck you all! Useless pricks! Fuuuuuuuck you!

 

Chapter 8 - The miraculous rail road

 

About 200 miles away from Bevin, far deep in a very long road and there was Slycity. Slycity is barely a city; it’s just a road to Ruddick and Alden’s mansion. Armand’s worst enemies, this is because Ruddick and Alden will stop at nothing to get the Magnificent Cat. 

Ruddick and Alden’s building was the most mysterious-looking place anyone could imagine. The high walls which shut the entire big building were covered with spiky stems and bushes which were so thick that they tangled together.  This is one of the reasons that the police never suspected anything from the purpose of this building, other reasons will be that they haven’t had the Magnificent Cat yet. Ruddick and Alden are more prepared to handle the Magnificent Cat than Armand or anyone else ever will.

 

Alden typed in a secret number on an iron door. The iron door suddenly opened and a lift shows up. Alden entered into the lift and found himself on the last floor of the building. 

The last floor of the building is also known to be the main floor or perhaps soon to be the most important floor of the building.

 

Alden walked in and saw Ruddick standing in there looking at an empty table.

“I am so tired of looking at this empty table!” Ruddick shouted angrily as he turned to Alden “we have to get the Magnificent Cat!”

“I understand” Alden replied “but we need a plan here!”

 

Ruddick is the guy with the master plan, he is in charge of planning when and how the Magnificent Cat can be snatched away, While Alden is the guy who takes the serious action.

“What is it this time Ruddick?” Alden asked “any plans?”

“I always have plans, and you know that!” Ruddick replied

“Yes I know” Alden said “but is it good enough this time, I mean… I don’t want to repeat this but, we always loose all our wars to get the Magnificent Cat from Armand”

“But this time we have more men, guns and traps” Ruddick snapped “we are more than ready!”

“So you mean we can take them down right now!” Alden shouted surprisingly.

“No” Ruddick replied while smiling “This time we will be totally and completely ready, the Magnificent Cat will be in our hand before you know it”

“Yes I can tell” Alden continued 

“But that’s not everything” Ruddick replied “people, guns and traps is just the defending part! Right now I am just seeking important information about the Magnificent Cat”

“What kind of important information?” Alden asked nervously.

“Information we’d never thought about before” Ruddick replied happily “information about where did the Magnificent Cat came from? Why is it designed… and to who is it designed for?”

“You are saying…” Alden questioned

“Well I mean it has to be for someone right?” Ruddick continued “it belongs to someone in some way, it came from a place before Armand seized it and clearly can’t let go of it!”

“You are right, Ruddick” Alden said laughingly “I knew you will be ready this time, I mean I never thought of all that information before” 

“Well since everything is planned out well this time, and not to mention already in the move…I can say that the Magnificent Cat will be in our hands the end of the month” Ruddick said happily as he looked at the empty table, but this time with hope.

 

 

Armand walked into the secretive room with Ray behind him as he closed the door behind them. 

“I am so grateful” Armand said happily as he pressed down the secret code, just to check with the Magnificent Cat.

A small door-like window opened and the object was seen through a thick glass.

“I know how grateful you feel” Ray said to Armand as he looked at the Magnificent Cat as well “this is huge! And you have kept it for quite a long time now, you must be very lucky!”

“I am so amazed of what I’ve become today!” Armand said happily still looking at the Magnificent Cat. “And I will hold on to this very tightly”

“Can I ask you a question?” Ray asked as he looked at Armand seriously

“Sure Ray” Armand replied “you are already in this business, I am astonished that you haven’t even asked enough questions”

“Oh well, I just wanted to know if you have any rivals?” Ray said “I mean like people that are ready to snatch the Magnificent Cat away from you in a second…you know”

“I know what you are talking about” Armand interrupted “seems like you haven’t heard about Ruddick and Alden”

“Well I haven’t talked a lot to anyone around here” Ray said “I mean I only communicate to you the most, Armand, and maybe a little from Wade, but you can tell that everyone here generally dislikes me because of my…”

“Your position” Armand continued “you should try to communicate more with the other staff, it is important, and not to mention the fact that they do not like me either, but they respect me, apart from James of course” Armand said while laughing “but after all we are all one team and we work together and look forward to what the Magnificent Cat can provide us”

“So you are telling me that everyone here knows about this Ruddick and Walden…I mean Alden” Ray asked surprisingly

“Sure they do!” Armand replied “do you remember Andy? The guy you warned me about, that he could be a spy! Well guess what…he was working for Ruddick the entire time!”

“Well…” 

 “We are more cautious this time, and are also ready for war if they have to fight!  Trust me…my men will do everything they can to protect the Magnificent Cat.”

 “I see” Ray said happily “you are a very good boss, and you sure know how to protect the Magnificent Cat from both the police and your rivals, I am impressed”

“I have been doing this for over ten years now” Armand said as he shuts down the window of the Magnificent Cat “I am sure you can imagine how much money I make till this day”

“Yes I can see, plus no one here is poor, everyone is rich somehow”

“Not as rich as me!” Armand said laughingly “and speaking of my richness, I think I should take some time off and see my family”

“Sure Armand” Ray said “you can take some days off while I run the meeting with Wade, there is no problem”

“Yes I trust you Ray” Armand continued “and I also think that you should spend some time with your daughter too, you are really serious with the work” 

“I do spend time with my Patricia” Ray replied “she is my world!”

“I am glad to hear that” Armand said “and speaking of that, does Patricia knows about