Chapter 12

Meanwhile, the Kid Detectives, who just finished dealing with smugglers, received news of the Flying Brothers's whereabouts from a trusted source. Without much hesitation, the kids headed to Dominic's tall building, where his office is located. But they did not come as the kids that they are. Instead, they joined in a disguise.

Majid would be accompanied by his friends. They held on to each other while they put on a big brown coat, while Majid put on a dark red coloured hat. With the disguise method applied, they entered the building bravely.

They approached a nearby receptionist. The receptionist was a man with a thick white moustache and dressed in a uniform similar to those worn by policemen, although it was not a police uniform. They asked the receptionist the directions to Dominic's office. However, the receptionist declined to tell at first, but later agreed after being told of a 'very important meeting that the boss needs to attend.'

"Why not you tell him via SMS, or call him?" the receptionist asked the disguised kids.

"Telephone broke," Majid said with a slightly deep voice, to make the disguise work. "Besides, I do not use mobile phones."

The receptionist raised his eyebrows. His moustache was slightly raised, too. He had a stern look on his face. Majid and his companions thought that the look meant that he was not convinced.

Actually, he agreed to let them in.

"That will do," he said. "Enjoy your conversation with the boss."

"Okay," said Majid, again with the deep voice. They quickly fled the reception centre to find a way to the office.

Dominic's building had some sort of security technique where a card is needed for just one individual to access the ninth to 20th floor of the 20-storey building.

"Uh oh," Kairo said, "looks like we are stranded without a member card."

Then, while looking around the compound, Majid found an opening on a wall. He took a look, and discovered a somewhat hidden path to ascend to the top floors. All of a sudden, the kids became happy and optimistic. One by one, the kids moved out of the coat and into the dark, narrow pathway that the opening led them to.

"Ouch!" Kairo said when his head hit a curved surface in the dark.

"Be careful, Kairo," said Majid to his friend.

Luckily, Alif and Marib brought along small torchlights to assist their friends. The torchilights may be small, but effective, especially in the dark.

Flyer reappeared in the office. He was in a heated argument with Dominic.

"I do not know who you think you are," said Dominic to the flying man, "but you are going to pay for the damages to my office."

"Oh, really?" Flyer asked.

"Really," Dominic said, his eyes staring straight at Flyer's. He was really furious.

The janitor who was still sweeping the floor noticed the two men arguing, but he did not bother much. Instead, he put on his headphones and got back to work.

"It seems," Flyer said, "that your friend Raul is a traitor."

"I do not care about him," Dominic said. "I never did, really. And I do not care about you. Whoever you are, you have to pay for the damages."

"How much?"

"5 million!" Dominic exclaimed. Flyer was shocked and punched Dominic.

"How dare you?" Flyer said in anguish. "It is you who should pay, because we did the work for you! We swept the city for domination!"

"No way!"

"You know something? We deserve to rule the city. We! Not you, not Raul, not anyone else, because it was us who did the work."

With those words, Flyer approached his hurt friends, who were still recovering, while Dominic just stood in silence and bitterness over many things.

While that was going on, the Kid Detectives were welcome when the door to the office was open. They just went in and said, "Not so fast!" together.