3. DANGER GROWING SERIOUS
11 a.m. It's been two hours since the Whale Wash was open. Oscar was still no here.
' Where is that Oscar!' Sykes was upset on Oscar, next time, no idea which time it was.' Angie? Do you have any idea where he can be?'
' Sykes, you won't believe what I'm gonna tell you.' answered Angie. ' This morning, before he left, he said something about a library.'
' A library ? No way! What in the world would Oscar be doing in a place like that?'
It looked suspicious to Mr. Sykes and Angie. They both knew Oscar was not a type of fish hooked-on-reading. What kind of silly thing is he going to do this time? -
they were asking themselves.
Meanwhile, Oscar was floating between book shelves at Sothside Reef Head Library, looking for books about concrete topic.
' That must be somewhere in there.' thought Oscar.
It took a while before he could say ' Bingo!' After some time, Oscar picked plenty of literature about UFO, supernaturals and other similar things.
Concerning on his idea, Oscar haven't notice three dark silhouettes, who were observing him from the shadows.
2 p.m. Dinner time. There was still no calls from Oscar. Angie tried to give him a call for six times, but he didn't answer even for one time. She started having
bad feelings about him.
' What's taking so long?' she kept asking herself.
She was sitting in her box office and sorting some documents, nothing big, just some last bills. Angie took them from her box in order to give them to Mr. Sykes.
But she was stopped halfway to Sykes' office by phone calling. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Angie turned around and answered it immediately. She thought it was from Oscar.
' Hello?'
' Hello! What about ' Sykes and Oscar's Whale Wash, Whale of the wash, and the price, oh my gosh?' said the same voice Steve heard a while after Trudy has been
kidnapped.
' Who is it?'
' We got your fiance. Understand it? I'm giving an advice for you, lady. Call HER and tell HER we won't stop until she shows herself to us and joins us.'
'Who? Who do you want to join you?' asked Angie nervously. Just like last time, the phone talk was cut off by an abductor.
'' 25TH VICTIM OF ABDUCTION SERIES''
'' MYSTERY SERIAL KIDNAPPERS' FIRST DAYLIGHT ATTACK ! ! !''
'' WHO ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?''
These were three main titles of newspapers' articles about Oscar's abduction. None of Reef citizens could remember being more terrified than ever before.
Marlon was sitting in his room and looking down on the floor with sad eyes. At one moment, his sight moved on his green crystal from Francine.
' I hoped I haven't had to ask you for help so soon.' he said, like if he was talking to his friend face to face. ' But I have no choice.'