LEADER LONDON (CH-8; THE KIDNAP)

LEADER LONDON AND THE DIMENSION MYSTERY

 CHAPTER-8

THE KIDNAP

Harry and Peter had become very good friends now because they both wanted a member to support themselves. It was a coincidence that both wanted a person to support, stage, and help to prove themselves. Although their meeting was very in-ordinary and improbable, they had developed a good feeling of camaraderie.

The year was 2013 and there was good telecom connectivity. In an electronics store, they again saw the news about the kidnap of Rogers and no detective was able to detect it anymore. It had been 10 days since Rogers got kidnapped. Detectives were not even able to find out that either Rogers was missing or was he really kidnapped. At a moment, it was sure that he was kidnapped because a man who became a millionaire can be kidnapped by anyone who was in dire need of money. But the thing that denied this statement was that why didn't the kidnapper call for ransom? Both of the theories cancelled each other and the case remained in the same position.

There was no news about Oliver. He might be busy with some works in BPTD. Rogers, who got rid of BPTD was now missing, and a huge crowd was involved to find him. 

Harry had to suffer from a dreadful pain every day and that had become a daily-life event for him. It was all because whatever he saw connected with his experiences, his mind correlated itself to those events. Harry assumed himself in those events and that was not tolerable. In short, remembering those things was the reason for pain.

It was still a mystery that how a rich man can get kidnapped at night under too much security (After becoming a millionaire, he had bought a bungalow and hired people for its security). The time was passing out like a train. There was no news about Rogers and even his family. Actually, it was told by the guards that his family had gone with their relatives in Chicago, America. It was becoming a question that his family did not know about Rogers' kidnap or they were not coming out to face the public? 

The question is that when did Rogers find his family? Only twenty days before, he left the occupation of being a terrorist in BPTD. It was still unknown how Rogers was able to make it out!

Everyone was trying to contact his family but no one knew who to contact and on what number to contact. It was obvious because no one has seen his family before.

Time was passing and Peter was looking for a chance in Roger s' case. Slowly and gradually, a couple of months passed and the pressure was increasing on detectives every second but there was no chance for Peter now also.

"I think you have a chance now also! Go prove yourself!", said Harry.

"It's not that easy Rupert! No one knows about my existence in this world!", Peter sighed and waited for a second and said again, " We can. Let's go! Wear some smart clothes and leave this rugged scarf."

"It's to conceal my identity!", said Harry.

"Identity? No one knows about your existence also! You don' need to conceal yourself!'

"I understand!"

Then he thought for an idea and along with Harry, he went to the Investigation Committee of the United Kingdom. They reached there in an hour. The guards stopped both of them. They struggled to fight the guards. People inside were listening to the rubbish going outside. After being frustrated, one man came and welcomed the friends inside. There he requested the people for a chance to investigate the case but the people interviewed him with much difficulty. Harry was present there with him.

"Why do you want to solve this case?", asked a man.

"I think I'll be able to solve this case!", Peter Answered.

"World-class detectives had to suffer a failure in this case!"

"Sometimes lions bow in front of wild dogs!"

"What does that mean?"

"What world-class detectives didn't do, I'll do!"

"Examples?", the other man asked.

Peter turned his face towards that man and said swiftly, "You might be Edwin Hudson. The man who had been a part of a terrorist assault. Your mother died in a bomb attack when you were a teen. You faced many difficulties in life. You suffered from tennis elbow and its effect make you suffer a dreadful pain today itself. And, you might have gone through a bullet in your lower neck. Right?"

"I see you as an astrologer instead of a detective...", said Edwin after taking a beautiful sigh, "Well, how did you make it out?"

"Okay! Let me guess. The name on your batch depicts the first point. Well, it's in your pocket, I saw it when I had just entered the room. Your locket depicts a lady who's your mom's age. The wounds on your hands are just like a man who had been a part of a terrorist attack. If you were a part of a terrorist attack, your mother might have died in that only. That my guess! Your crutches are kept there and you walk like just a man suffering from tennis elbow..."

"How can you say that those crutches are mine?"

"They are meant to be of your size. Just an estimation... ", said Peter, "I guessed the last part by your idiosyncratic behaviour. In this red-hot summer, your collar button is closed and you keep your hand always at your lower neck to check if your collar button is closed. That means you are concealing something behind. You are at a high post in the Investigation Committee; That assures me that you have done something daring. Nothing's more daring than a bullet. That's too a guess."

"That's brilliant and amazing. Your all guesses are right and correct", Edwin exclaimed, "Your good name, sir?"

"Hmm...", Peter waited and said," I am Rupert Osborn. For your kind information, I was the one who saved everyone in the mall."

Harry stared at him and Peter was trying to keep his eyes away from him. Harry didn't speak anything because he had some trust at Peter that he wasn't doing anything wrong.

"He is Peter Parker (pointing to Harry).  He is the man who took care of People in the bathroom.", said Peter.

Harry was now in dire straits of patience. His hand had grown red.

"How can we say that you saved the mall?", said Edwin.

"Check CCTVs", Harry broke into the conversation.

Edwin believed the friends and said, "You both are hired. Meet at the Rogers' House tomorrow."

The day passed and at night, Peter said to Harry," Thanks for that lie."

"It's okay! You helped me in the bathroom so, I helped you here.", said Harry.

"Well if I leave this topic, I should say that we are trying to solve something damn near impossible but this is only the first step that can lead to our future.", said Peter.

"Ya, but we will.", said Harry.

Next day Peter was called on the scene where Rogers was seen the last time. It was his bedroom and there were no fingerprints or clues in that room. The case was not as easy as it seemed. The room had a pair of almirah, a study table and the ceiling was more beautiful than it could have been thought. The room floor was made up of marbles and tiles. It would seem like a heaven for a poor.

Peter was confused and was in difficulty. It was only the platform Peter had got to prove himself and he had to use it. All the things confused his mind. He started the investigation from the dining hall. There was a shoe-rack.

"What to do?", said Peter.

"It's not that easy that I seemed. Let me remember...

This Earth is nothing but a race
This Life is nothing but a maze

Answers lie everywhere in this world
Everything is not straight but is swirled

The smaller you see, the bigger you reach
Somethings are there which aren't a breach

Everything Unexpected happens in life
The thing you're facing is surely not a rife"

Harry answered. Harry remembered the poem his father told him the last night before leaving Cygnus.

"Well, what's that?"

"It's a poem that abruptly cracked my mind."

Peter continuously repeated the line of the poem and he got a clue. "Well, thanks. I don' know where it came from but it'll help me a lot.", said Peter.

"How will it?"

" 'The smaller you see the bigger you reach' may mean that small things may have big outcomes. We should go where ordinary people don't. It may help us out. "

"Yes, I think the smallest thing I see here is that shoe-rack",  said Harry.

They both asked the servants to tell him which shoes did their master wear before going out. Harry plucked out each and every shoe from the rack and asked the servants the same question. The shoe was not there. They made the servants and Police search the house. The pair of shoes wasn't anywhere in the house. Both the friends were shocked. But why? 

Rogers was not kidnapped because he got missing at night and that too while he was on his bed.  Peter was sure that Rogers was not sleeping with his beloved shoes. If he would have been kidnapped, he would have gone barefoot or rarely a sleeper in his legs. The complicated part is that the guards continuously refused that he had gone anywhere.

Where Rogers had been to? It may be that he might have gone out and was kidnapped by the guards. Maybe that his beloved shoes were missing. Anything was possible but Harry's poem made the friends popular.

The mystery was developing its wrinkles day by day. The investigation committee gave chances to Peter because he had reached a conclusion where no one was able to reach. 

Ten days passed and the case did not move from its initial position but both the friends did not lose hope. Peter called the butler of the house to give him some food. The butler came after some time and gave him a plate in which there was a folded paper. Peter unfolded it and in that, it was written, "We are waiting for you!" By the time Peter read it, the cook ran away. He loudly shouted, "Catch him! He's running!" Harry swiftly ran and had a good fight with him. He caught him and sent that man to Peter.

"Who sent you?", said Peter.

"NOO!!!", said the butler.

Suddenly bubbles came out of his mouth and he was in a condition that he was not able to breathe. After that, he died. A confused scenery was made in the room after this.

-To be continued