Meanwhile back at the house, the adults searched upstairs for some possible clues or leads.

"Anything of interest, bro?" Henry asked Stanley as they looked around.

"All I see is his suitcase." Stanley said as he looked inside of the prince's suitcase.

"And all I got is this strange note." Tinker added.

"Strange?" Debbie asked. "Like how?"

"I think it says something about the prince and where he might be." Tinker explained. "I really can't see the print too well without my reading glasses."

Henry grabbed the note. "The prince? Let me see!"

Grabbing the note, Henry then take a good look as he read the contents. "To the king and queen, I have taken Prince Jogia and am currently holding him hostage. If you ever want to see him again for the sake of your country, you will meet my demands. I am at 666 Beretta Way. Come there at 5:00 sharp, and if you don't, you will never see him again! Signed, anonymous."

"Wham bam! Looks like we've found the culprit." said Stanley.

"Come on! We've gotta tell your dad!" Debbie said. "He'll know what to do!"

"Right, let's go!" Mark urged.

They went downstairs and found Charlie on the couch.

"Pop! Pop! We have some big news!" Stanley said as they got downstairs. "We have found out where the culprit is!"

"You have?" Charlie asked his son.

"Read this!" Henry handed Charlie the note.

Charlie took the note from his eldest son and read through it closely, then his eyes narrowed before he looked up at the sleuths.

"I see the note, but I am a little suspicious about this." He said.

"What do you mean, pop?" asked Stanley.

"I mean, the culprit didn't exactly say what his demands were, and how could he have gotten into the house without us knowing?" Charlie explained. "It seems a bit strange to me."

"Could that mean that this disappearance was nothing more than an inside job, Detective?" Mark asked.

"It would seem that way, yes." Charlie responded.

"So what do we do?" asked Debbie.

"We better speak with the royal advisor again." Henry offered. "Because chances are, the prince's disappearance may have something to do with a recent royal scandal back in Hareem's home country that was all over the news."

"Right!" Henry nodded. "Come on gang!"

They all ran outside of the house and hopped onto Speed Buggy.

"Sp-sp-sp-Finally, it was getting hot out here." Speedy said. "Where to boys?"

"Back to the stadium, Speedy." Henry said. "We're going to have another word with the royal adviser."

"Sp-pu-pu-pu-You got it!" Speedy saluted. "So-sp-sp-Zoom!"

Speedy zoomed to the stadium.


Meanwhile, the teenagers had finished checking all the places that Suzie and Hareem had been the other night.

"Anything of interest?" Tom asked as he searched one corner of the ice cream stand.

"Well I could really like a vanilla cone right now." said Annie. "I am pretty hot from all this walking."

"No, I mean did you guys find any clues?" Tom clarified.

"Oh, that." Annie said. "I don't see anything suspicious around here."

"Suzie and I haven't found anything suspicious either." Alan added. "This is hopeless..."

"Oh, this is just great." Tom sighed.

"Guess we had better get back to the stadium." Suzie groaned. "Come on guys..."

The other siblings all nodded before they proceeded to follow Suzie's lead.

They arrived at the stadium just in time to see their father talking with Dr. Ivana.

"Of course, Dr. Ickly." Charlie was saying. "I'll look into it."

"Thank you, Mr. Chan." She said. "I'd sure hate to see your kids try to hurt my baby again."

Charlie walked over to the kids to give them a good talking.

Seeing the anger on their father's face, the youngest siblings swallowed.

"Uh oh." Flip remarked as their father walked to them.

"Oh...uh...hey pop..." Scooter nervously chuckled. "...wh-what's happening?"

"I'll tell you kids what's happened once you explain to me why did you beat up and tapped up Dr. Ickly's son!" Charlie said sternly.

Watching their younger siblings about to receive an earful from their father, Suzie turned to the older siblings.

"Gee, Pop looks pretty angry with Flip and the others." She said.

"Yeah, I know." Alan added. "I sure hope they didn't do anything awful."


Meanwhile, Henry, Stanley and the others were still thinking about the note.

"Guys, I'm not too sure about this note." Debbie said as she read it. "I mean, there's nothing in here that says what the kidnapper wants, and how could he have gotten into your house?"

"Yeah." Mark agreed. "And not to mention that we haven't seen the royal advisor since we got here."

"Now I may be a pit as paranoid a mouse in a cheese factory, but I'm starting to wonder if that royal advisor man had anything to do with Hareem's disappearance." said Tinker.

Mark, Debbie, Henry and Stanley all arched their eyebrows after he made the remark.

"It means that I think the advisor might have stolen the prince." Tinker clarified.

"Oh..." the adults nodded, now understanding.

"In that case, where do you suppose he's keeping the prince?" Henry asked.

"And why?" Debbie added.

"Good question..." said Stanley. "That is something we will have to think over in the next chapter!"


Author's Note:

Well folks, the mystery is almost up and now, we've gotta get to the next chapter to find out what that advisor might really be up to. Stay tuned!

By the way, I am aware that I.Q's mother's real name is Suzie Q, but I only changed it because it would cause confusion, since Suzie's middle name starts with 'Q.'