The Prince Of Whales (20)
Boer resigned his navy job and agreed to help Detective Bermann as his assistant. They moved their office to a new building near the Famous Thai Restaurant. Their new staff members are very cooperative. They maintained round the clock contacts with the Dome. Those who read the news about miracle resurrection of Boris began to call and contact the Dome. Dr. Bran purchased the newspaper as expected. He does not look like Dr. Bran at all. He is pirogue Ramses the black widower now. He came to his private home at mahi-mahi area. There are about ten private houses on the canal edge. They all have tiny motor canoes. People call the area as pirogue colony. They all knew Bran as the Pirogue Ramses the black widower. He has been living there for twenty years. He goes out in his motor pirogue in the evening and comes early in the morning. He works for a monthly news magazine called Matriot. That�s what the neighbors knew about Pirogue Ramses the black widower. Ramses sat in his rocking chair in the front porch and began to read the shocking news about Boris. He was enraged to know that Boris Jacobson is alive. He had always wanted him dead forever. He hated Boris for his adroit intelligence, artistic mind and his magnetic personality that always attracted others. He began to see his flashback. Years ago Boris, Bran and Eliza studied in the same school in Boston. Eliza loved Boris for his intelligence and rejected Bran. Since then Bran wanted to kill Boris. He wanted to prove to Eliza that he is more intelligent than Boris. Boris moved to Hawaii and married Eliza. Bran secretly came to Hawaii and hired Nick and Rodrigo to kill Boris. They killed Boris twenty years ago. Ramses could not believe that Boris is alive. What happened to Boris all these twenty years? Where was he all these years? How did he survive? When did he come back? All these questions urged him to attend the Dome meeting tomorrow. He immediately called the Dome reception and reserved his seat for tomorrow�s meeting. He gave his personal details as the video news reporter of Matriot. He got the seat in the third row from the podium. He has asked for the very front row seats. But the two front rows were already reserved. Sophia has confirmed seat numbers 13 and 14 in the third row one for Mr. Ramses the videographer and one for his assistant cameraman Mr. Voodoo. Sophia gave him all the details of time and venue and said, �sir! You must be here with your assistant by 3 pm sharp. The main gate will be closed at 3.15 pm. Nobody would be allowed after that. Only one video camera per one person would be allowed in side the meeting hall. All the other belongings would be kept in the cloakrooms. The meeting will commence at 3.30. Boris will give his resurrection story from 3.45 to 4.15. He will answer questions from 4.30 to 5.00. The meeting will end at 5.30 pm sharp�. Ramses noted all the details. He seriously thought for the way to kill Boris again. He made a strong decision that Boris should die forever and Eliza should be a widow forever. He opened the website and observed all the seating arrangements in the Dome. He made some calculations and took notes. He went out in his motor pirogue and purchased the latest portable video camera, plastic bomb making powders, related chemical materials and the needful bombshell equipment. He came home and began to fix his new camera bomb. He called Mr. Voodoo and told him, �tomorrow by three you must be at the Dome�. Voodoo is a very kind person. He always helped Ramses with his wheel chair situation. Ramses fixed the plastic explosives in the camera. Then he fixed the remote control systems in his wheel chair. He knew that the Dome security-scanning device wouldn�t notice those things either in the camera or in his wheel chair since the noticeable combination had been separated. The minimum safe distance between the camera and the remote control switch should be just five meters. But he wanted to do it from out side the Dome so that he can escape detention and interrogation. That means Mr. Voodoo will kill Boris and die with the camera blast. Ramses said to the air, �poor Voodoo will die. That�s the only tragic thing in this operation. But after all he is going to live in his Clone forever. If he knows that he is going to live again forever it could be easier for him to temporarily sacrifice his life for a cause dear�. He completed the three-phased plastic bomb. He checked the newspaper again to make sure if he missed any detail. He recalculated the distances between the three phases. Bermann and Boer spent the entire soporific night thinking about every possible way to identify Dr. Bran in all his avatars. They went to the Dome several times and personally checked every corner, entrances, gates, doors, seats, balcony and the podium to make sure to trap Dr. Bran before he could strike. Bermann and Boer somnambulistically drove on the freeway. They had passed the alcoholmeter tests on the way and came to the dock. The jetliners from Island thirteen are coming out like the early birds from the seaplane. The cool sun is also jet lagging. Bermann and Boer sleepwalked to the meeting point and sleepwaved their hands to the wrong passengers. Wilma cuckooed their sleep away and hugged both of them and said, �come on my baby�s breaths, let�s go and eat. I am starving�. They all jumped into the van and came to the bayside guesthouse. Boris and Eliza asked the attendants to show their rooms to all the guests. The steward showed the good ninja guys and the Thalmulic fishermen the renovated tepee rooms. Matthew and Cathy preferred the upper room. Joan and Sam checked into the usual moppet toy house which they both built when they were little. Bermann and Boer took one of the seven new suites. Wilma occupied one of the three shower rooms in the same suite. They brushed their teeth with disposable Thalmulic stick-brushes and washed their faces and flushed the toilets and took showers and dressed up for the hot Hawaiian breakfast as they do in the fast-forwarding videotape. Bermann and Boer explained the situation to them. They are supposed to play the roles of the press reporters, publishers and media men. Their seats are prearranged in such a way and each one of them will watch their row and the advancements, trials and attempts of the row men. When they see any thing different, unusual, uncommon, debatable, and disputable or out of line they must immediately pass on that information to Matthew and Sam. They will recheck and transmit the information to Bermann�s new office and receive messages from there. The local security men and the Dome�s surveillant will be watching the monitors from the brain room. Eliza asked the steward to give them Hawaiian shirts. The steward distributed different color shirts to each one. Those shirts have funny buttons and they work as microphones. Boris asked the steward to bring the video cameras for each one. The steward gave portable cameras to each one. These special camera caribou prongs work as earphones. The flurried local security men will scan and allow these latest portable video cameras without making further fuss. If there is any difficulty with the local security men Wilma will come and clear it right away. The Dome has twenty-six rows and each row has twenty-six seats in the main hall, two hundred seats in the balcony, one hundred in the dress circles and remaining seventy-six reserved seats in the corners to make one thousand. All the friends and relatives sit in the balcony. Bermann said, �when you identify Dr. Bran immediately press the pause button in your camera. Do not get panicky. The ninja guys will come to you and do the rest�. Boer said, �now go to your rooms and practice your roles and learn from your cameras�. Boris and Eliza said, �we will be at the waiting room at 2.00 pm and move to the podium at 3.00. You folks can take rest now�. They retired to the rooms and started to practice their vaudevillian theatrical roles. Boris and Eliza went to their residence to meet the board of trustee members. The members were excited to see Boris and Eliza. The reunion meeting was very brief with the trust members. They explained every thing about the girls� kidnap and Rodrigo�s MexSp scam, which were totally misunderstood. After the brief meeting Boris and Eliza went in side the castle and met all the castle attendants. Some of them cried to see Boris and Eliza together after twenty years. They showed Boris and Eliza the entire renovated castle rooms and described how they had been wonderfully taking care of the castle all these years. After the castle tour they came to their master bedroom. The most romantic king size triple bed has welcomed them with many challenges. The sweet old memoirs greeted them. They recalled and replayed the most unforgettable incidents of their married life. The security men and the maids out side the bedroom heard the final big bang and opened the doors. Eliza is sitting at the huge dressing table in her blissful robe and beautifying herself for the occasion. Boris is still enjoying his traditional singing bath. The security men looked for the source of the sound and found the broken legged king size master bed. They called the bedroom in charge Mr. Heyday right away. He came with his team members and removed the cot and replaced the same with a huge new made in India teakwood cot. The resurrected Boris and Eliza Jacobsons came down in their royal elegance as though they were the descendants of the great Caucasoid Amhara dynasty. The Police Chief greeted them with his most humble off hat mulish smile. The procession started from the castle with all traditional escorts and police trumpeter vans. They came to the Dome and met all the relatives, friends and the special guests. The appetitive lunch items were served during the meeting. The distinguished guests asked about the resurrection facts and the kidnap rumors. Boris and Eliza clarified every thing to every one in a nutshell. All the guests appreciated Boris and Eliza in every way they could. Boris and Eliza insisted every one to stay and get the full version story in the next session. During the luncheon the friends, relatives and the special invitees have refilled Boris and Eliza with all the missing news covering almost all possible subjects. Like a parrotfish the local Police Chief is enjoying the items in the buffet section and trying hard to make new acquaintances with the city celebrities. He is very much satisfied by all the security arrangements of his staff. He spoke with Boris and Eliza and once again assured them of all safety. He suddenly saw Bermann and Boer and said, �what the hell are you guys doing here? You need advance reservations to come in. I know you came see me and apologize for your rude conduct. But I am busy right now. You can see me after five�. Wilma observed the situation and told the Police Chief that the Jacobsons had hired them to the public relations office. The Police Chief gave a hyena smile and walked down towards the main gate. The security in charge Mr. Bravado followed the Police Chief as he began to give further instructions about latest security measures and techniques. Mr. Bravado kept on appreciating the Police Chief for his experiential security strategy. The news reporters, publishers and the media men started coming to attend the conference. The security men are checking the identities while police sniffer dogs are checking the cameras. A black van entered through the main gate at 3.14. Ramses the black old man got into his wheel chair and rushed towards the hall along with his assistant. The Police Chief is still talking with his security in charge. The old man�s assistant Voodoo reached the security personnel and submitted their identity cards and the reservation details. The Police Chief personally checked the reservation details and patted the old man. The old man thanked the Police Chief for his kindness. The Police Chief looked at his watch and said, �okay! It�s the time to close the main gates. I must go now. I will see you guys after 4.00�. He left the compound and the security guys closed the large iron gates of the Dome. The old man and his assistant proceeded towards their seats. They requested the third row seatmates 1 and 2 to move to 3 and 4. They looked at the old man and his wheel chair and agreed to adjust their seats. The session has already started as scheduled. Boris began to tell his resurrection story. The media men are recording his empirical speech with wonder and awe. The publishers are taking down their notes and preparing their questions for the next closer session. The news reporters are carefully listening to the breath taking and eyewitness report of Boris and munching on their abridged note version. Boris completed his story in the midst of the balcony claps, dress circle applauds and the reserved seat compliments. After a five-minute tea break he started the question answer session. The media men are allowed to go with their cameras much closer to the podium to get the answers to their particular questions. The old man wrote down his long question and gave it to his assistant. The old man took the video camera from his assistant and activated phase one and gave it back to his assistant. He told him to go to the podium and hand over the question to Boris and record the answer at the podium. Matthew and Sam saw the funny blink on their special video camera screens and said, �row number three seat number 13. The old man started his wheel chair and began to leave the hall. His assistant began to walk towards the podium. The Police Chief just arrived at the departure gate. He is talking with the security in charge and appreciating him. He looked at the old man in the wheel chair. He checked his identity. He checked the time chart and found that he is supposed to let him out at 4.10 pm. He looked at his watch. It�s 4.09 on his watch and said, �come on buddy! I will help you with your wheel chair�. The old man activated phase two in his pager like device and left it there. They slowly moved towards the black van. Matthew and Sam saw the second funny blink on their special video camera screens and said, �its not just row 3 seat 13. Its also at the departure door�. The police chief helped the old man to get into his black van. He signaled the security personnel to open the iron door. The black van slowly passed through the iron door. The old man then pressed the remote control phase three button and byebyed the Police Chief and proceeded towards the canoe-parking dockyard. The ninja guy shouted, �stop the wheel chair guy. Stop the van�. But it is too late. The van moved. The Police Chief heard the shout and turned back and saw the big boom from the podium.
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