Tuesday, June 7, 2011 ?
The tales of Tale 4: Kidnapped Girl
--- Intro ---
“Hi, small little kid, I have come to get you!” the creepy voice of the kidnapper got across a dark warehouse.
“What do you want from me?” the innocent Sarah asked.
“I want money and… YOUR LIFE!” the kidnapper grinned.
“No! Daddy! Help me!” Sarah shouted.
--- Story ---
In the evening, police from the Gallant City district stopped by a house of the owner named Kelvin Jones. Apparently, the daughter of Kelvin Jones, Sarah Jones had been kidnapped.
“Afternoon Mr Kelvin, I am Inspector Max from the Police of Gallant City district. This is Officer Tommy and Officer Scarlett. We will be helping you in finding you daughter.” Inspector Max greeted.
“Thank you so much! Please, you need to find my daughter!” Mr Kelvin wailed.
“Alright, let’s find a place to sit down and talk about it.” Inspector Max suggested.
Soon, they came to a small coffee table and they sat on the sofa and talked over about the case.
“First of all Mr Kelvin, may I know when did you find out your daughter had been kidnapped?” Inspector Max questioned.
“Today, at around 7pm, I got back home from work. I realized that my daughter was not at home. I thought she would be playing hide-and-seek with me, so I went around the house searching.” Mr Kelvin explained.
“Just a few minutes later, I received a call from the kidnapper saying:
‘Evening Mr Kelvin, I have your daughter Sarah with me. Hehe.’
I was very shocked and yelled at the kidnapper: ‘Where is Sarah?! Give her back to me!’ ” Mr Kelvin continued explaining.
“So? What did the kidnapper reply?” Inspector Max questioned.
“What he replied really shocked me. He said: ‘If you wan your daughter back, prepare US$ 40,000,000. You can call the police if you want, I won’t stop you. I will call you back later.’ And, that’s when he hung up.” Mr Kelvin replied.
“That is indeed a very weird to say for a kidnapper, normally, a kidnapper wouldn’t want the police to be informed.” Officer Scarlett commented.
“This is weird, what is the exact motive of the kidnapper? Is it really just money that he wants? Or is it something else?” Officer Tommy suspects.
“We will definitely help you, don’t worry Mr Kelvin. Tommy, Scarlett, go set up the tracking device now, we will need to be prepare when he calls.” Inspector Max commanded.
“Yes Sir!” Both Officer Tommy and Scarlett replied.
Meanwhile, Looze, whom was walking back from home from a nearby department store, came across Mr Kelvin’s house. He glanced around and saw a Police car. He was wondering is something had happened. So he went into the house.
“Alright! We are all set! Let’s wait for the kidnapper to call.” Inspector Max commented.
“Did someone get kidnapped Inspector?” Looze questioned.
“Looze! What are you doing here?” Inspector Max asked.
“I saw a Police car outside, and I wondered if I could help. The door was not locked, that’s why I came in.” Looze answered.
“Tommy! Why didn’t you lock the door?” Inspector Max yelled.
“I think, I kind of forget.” Officer Tommy scratched his head.
So, Inspector Max and the others explained the situation to Looze.
“Indeed, this is weird. Anyway, Mr Kelvin, are the both of you the only one living here?” Looze asked.
“No, why do you ask that?” Mr Kelvin wondered.
“When I came into the house, I saw a few other shoes at your door step. From the looks of it, it should be another woman and a male.” Looze replied.
“Yes, that true. My wife lives here too. I have a butler that lives in this house with us.” Mr Kelvin replied.
“May I know where the both of them are now?” Looze questioned.
“My wife is on work overseas. As for my butler, I had asked him to go to the bank to retrieve the money once the kidnapper called me.” Mr Kelvin explained.
“Master! I’m back. Ohh, looks like you have called the police. And who might this young man be?” the butler asked.
“Allow me to introduce, this is my butler, Mr Kane.” Mr Kelvin introduces.
“My name is Looze, a detective!” Looze smiled.
“Ohh! You are the famous High School Detective!” Mr Kane was surprised.
“Here’s the money Master Kelvin.” Mr Kane passed the money to Mr Kelvin.
“Alright, thank you. Now we wait for the phone call.” Mr Kelvin speaks as he checked the amount of money.
Just as they waited, everyone thinks that the kidnapper would not be calling at all. But they were wrong, 3 hours past as the phone rang.
“Alright, tracking device activated, you may answer now. And try to drag the conversation long, so that we can track him down.” Inspector Max commanded.
“Hello, Mr Kelvin speaking.” Mr Kelvin answered the phone.
“Have you got the money ready?” the kidnapper asked.
“Uh, what is that sound?” Looze wondered to himself as he heard something.
“Yes, yes I have. Where is my daughter?” Mr Kelvin answered.
“Alright, take the money and bring it to Gallant Park. Place it in front of the water fountain. I shall call you again.” The kidnapper hung up.
“Hello? Hello?! Damn it!” Mr Kelvin was upset.
Inspector Max glanced towards Officer Tommy. Officer Tommy shook his head, indicating that the kidnapper was unable to be tracked down.
“Master, we need to go now, Missy might be in trouble is we don’t put the money by the time the kidnapper calls.” Mr Kane pleaded.
“That’s right, let’s go now!” Mr Kelvin shouted.
“Please wait a minute Mr Kelvin! I know who the kidnapper is and he is right inside this house!” Looze shouted.
“What?! Is it really true Looze?” Inspector Max suspects.
“Yes, and the kidnapper is, the butler of the house, MR KANE!” Looze pointed.
“What are you saying?! I can’t be the kidnapper at all!” the face of the butler turned pale.
“Officer Tommy, I would like you to replay the recorded phone call just now. Also, adjust the background volume to be higher and making the kidnapper’s and Mr Kelvin’s voice as low as possible.” Looze commanded.
Inspector Max turned his head to Officer Tommy and nodded, allowing Officer Tommy to do what Looze had asked him.
“Alright, here it goes.” Officer Tommy pushed the play button.
“Hello, Mr Kelvin speaking. Have you got the money ready? Yes, yes I have. Where is my daughter? Alright, take the money and bring it to Gallant Park. Place it in front of the water fountain. I shall call you again.” the recorded phone call played with the background volume higher.
“What was that all about?” Inspector Max and Mr Kelvin asked at the same time.
“Just as I suspected, the background noise was the conversation between the kidnapper and Mr Kelvin itself. This means that the kidnapper that was calling must be nearby this house somewhere.” Looze indicated.
“But that doesn’t mean I am the kidnapper!” Mr Kane protested.
“Still trying to deny? May I ask you what is in your left pocket?” Looze questioned.
“Uh… Nothing at all!” Mr Kane’s face once turned pale again.
“May I check your pocket please Mr Kane?” Inspector Max asked while reach his hands into the pocket.
When the hands of Inspector Max came out, he was holding two things. One it was a voice recorder. Two, it was a hand phone.
“What is the meaning of this?!” Mr Kelvin asked.
“Very simple, basically, he placed both things inside his left pocket, and then called the number of this house. When Mr Kelvin you, had answered, he started playing the voice recorder which he recorded the kidnapper’s voice.” Looze explained it all.
“Isn’t that right Mr Kane?” Looze looked at him.
“Tommy! Play the recorder.” Inspector Max ordered.
“Hello, Mr Kelvin speaking. Have you got the money ready? Alright, take the money and bring it to Gallant Park. Place it in front of the water fountain. I shall call you again.” the recorder played.
“There you have it everyone.” Looze commented.
“But how did you know?” Mr Kane asked.
“The whole time Mr Kelvin was speaking to the kidnapper, you had your left hand inside your left pocket the whole time. You took it out immediately after the call had ended. Not only that, the volume of the voice of the kidnapper also decreased at one point. I figured that it wasn’t a real person and was really a recording.” Looze deduced.
“Very impressive young detective, but I’m afraid that you wouldn’t have much time left. My partner may be killing her now! Muahahahaha.” The butler laughed.
“What did you do to my daughter?! Damn you!” Mr Kelvin punched Mr Kane right in his face.
“No worries, haven’t you notice Officer Scarlett isn’t around for a long time? I had sent her to find Sarah, after all, I figured out where you took her to.” Looze smiled.
At the mean time, Officer Scarlett got off her car and rushed down towards a storage warehouse behind a field filled with flowers. Officer Scarlett kicked down the door with her powerful legs.
The kidnapper was shocked when he saw Officer Scarlett, he fought her, but the skills of Officer Scarlett was of no match to the kidnapper, he fell onto the floor and Officer Scarlett handcuffed him.
“Are you Sarah? I’m a police officer.” Officer Scarlett said to Sarah gently.
“Yes I am. Thank you for saving me!” Sarah hugged Officer Scarlett.
Soon, everyone including Mr Kane arrive at the storage warehouse where Sarah was kidnapped.
“Daddy!” Sarah ran towards her father and hugged him.
“Looze, how did you know she was hidden here?” Officer Scarlett asked.
“Very easy, look at Mr Kane pants. At the end of it you can see some soil attached to it. If you were to look closely, you can actually see pollens on the soil too. Since this is the only place in Gallant City where flowers are commonly found, I figured this would be the place.” Looze explained.
“But there are other places where there would be a field and flowers.” Officer Scarlett suggested.
“I know, but if you were to see the timeline, Sarah has school from 7am to 2pm. The kidnapper must have kidnapped her after 2pm onwards, and since the butler couldn’t have been gone from home for too long, the place where they have hidden Sarah must not be far from Gallant City.” Looze deduced.
“And the most important clue is that, they wanted Mr Kelvin to place the money in Gallant Park, which told me that the kidnapper must be in Gallant City.” Looze continued.
“I’m impressed Looze, we shall continue working together. Thanks for everything.” Officer Scarlett headed towards her car.
Then, the police officers brought the two culprits back to the police station in their police cars.
“Thank you so much Looze, I do not know how to thank you more.” Mr Kelvin shook his hand.
“I don’t really want much, but could you drive me back to my house?” Looze laughed.
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