"Let go of my babies!"
Mrs. Borah flew over with a kitchen knife. Her heavy stomps seemed to make the entire house shake.
Right as Tigris was about to make his move, he realized the Giblos' car was downstairs.
No longer having the luxury of time, he kicked Mrs. Borah aside before shoving the two children. With the parrot cage in his arm, he was about to run. Unexpectedly, Josh tripped him.
He supported himself against the wall in time and didn't fall, but the cage in his hands had crashed onto the ground.
The collision opened the cage, and Dori flew out in a hurry.
"Hey!" Tigris tried to grab the bird, but he only got one of its feathers.
"You're all in my way!" Tigris bellowed as fury exploded in him. He was about to attack them when he spotted the small silver box in the cage.
It was the box that had the chip.
Like a present, the box even had a round of pink ribbon around it.
Tigris shook the box, and he heard the noises coming out of it, indicating that there was something in it. Thrilled, he beamed, "It was as easy as ABC to get this."
"No! You can't take that." Mrs. Borah lunged toward him.
"Get lost. This is mine from the start." Tigris took out a dagger and pointed it at her.
Shivering, Mrs. Borah stood frozen in her spot.
Just then, a group of people barged into the house.
Holding tightly onto the box, Tigris jumped down from the balcony.
"Stay right there!"
When Benard saw Tigris escaping with the box, he swiftly ran after him with his subordinates.
Meanwhile, Venus was wailing on the balcony floor. Her face was still red from her crying, and her tears kept falling. "Dori. My Dori!"
"Venus, look. Dori's back." Josh pointed at a nearby roof.
Indeed, Dori was flapping its wings as it returned. It landed on Dori and rubbed its little green head on her tear-stricken face. "Venus! Venus!"
Venus quickly embraced Dori as she used her damp hand to gently tap its head. She asked as she sobbed, "Why are so many people trying to get you? Are you a mythical bird?"
"It's because Dori swallowed an important chip." Josh furrowed his brows as he solemnly explained, "They're here for the chip."
"Randy! Josh! Venus! Mrs. Borah!"
Carla rushed into the house. When she saw the broken door and the messy state of her house, she thought something horrible had happened to her family. She was so frightened that her legs went weak.
"Mommy!"
Both Josh and Venus ran out of the balcony and jumped into Carla's arms.
"Mommy, I was so scared. A bad guy kidnapped me and Josh."
Venus then told Carla what had happened earlier, through words and gestures.
Anxiously, Josh added, "Mommy, that man stole the chip!"
"What chip?" Carla inquired.
"The one Dori swallowed, " Josh explained. "They're here for the chip."
"That isn't important. The only important thing is that you're safe." Carla hugged the two tightly. "Where's Randy?"
"Randy's not here?" Mrs. Borah panicked. "Oh no, don't tell me they have kidnapped Randy?
"What?" The color drained out of Josh's face as he suggested, "Why don't we call the cops?"
Tears brimmed in Venus's big eyes again. The corners of her lips tilted downward, and she looked as if she were about to cry again.
"Yes, we should. I'll call them now." Carla promptly took out her phone. Right then, a familiar voice sounded from behind her. "Mommy!"
"Randy!" Carla whipped her head around to see her oldest son, and tears nearly escaped her eyes. "I'm glad you're back. You have scared me."
"I am fine." Like a tiny adult, Randy started checking over his siblings.
"Are you alright? Miss Cheney said you were kidnapped, and it scared me. I was going to follow the bodyguards from Divine Corporation to save you, but they refused to take me along. Miss Cheney was the one who sent me back."
"What? The bodyguards from Divine Corporation? How do you know the people from Divine Corporation, Randy? What happened?"
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