98 A Risky Tour 1 (1/2)
”Oh, finally,” one said, ”we can now continue the tour. There is so much to see in the doctor's new building.”
”That was creepy,” another said. ”Thankfully, it did not last long.”
”Goodness, that almost gave me a heart attack.”
For the two Biker Brothers, it was a moment of panic. They searched around them but Mang Tomas and Kiko were not around. They got separated and having not thought of such possibility, they had no concrete alternative plan. Plus the presence of a good number of people scared them even more. They tried to act normally in order not to be caught.
”Hello, everyone,” a man said from what seemed to be the center of the crowd, ”sorry for that sudden interruption. The circuit breaker simply tripped off so that is why we lost some electrical power. Don't worry, we have handled it really well and turned on the breaker again. For now, let us go back to business.”
The boys looked at where the voice was coming from. It was the same voice that almost caught them earlier before they went out of the back of the building and after they entered in.
”It's him, right?” Bogart asked nervously.
Tonton nodded. Without a second thought, he grabbed Bogart's arms and pulled him away from the crowd. They laid their bodies flat on the wall.
”We can't let him see us,” Tonton explained. ”We will be in big trouble. If he is busy with the crowd, then it means he did not catch Kiko and Mang Tomas.”
”Yeah, you couldn't be wrong,” Bogart agreed. ”And those two won't let themselves get captured. So what do we do now?”
”Let's get away from here and find the way to the basement.”
”Yeah, and then we will find Jamie.”
Tonton nodded. The two then walked farther away from the noisy crowd, through the hallway that became lonelier and more silent as they went through.
”The last time you were here,” Bogart was asking, ”where was the way that leads downstairs?”
”It was at the end of this hallway,” Tonton answered. ”That was before the building was fully renovated. I don't know how much they had changed in the structure so they could have put up more rooms and sealed that area.”
”I hope not,” Bogart. ”I hope they had not changed it.”
”That must be the last room over there!”
The two walked faster and soon found themselves face-to-face with an elevator.
”What's this elevator doing here?” Bogart commented. ”Will this go down to the basement?”
”Possibly,” Tonton answered tentatively.
”Well, we won't know unless we try.”
Bogart pressed the open button but the elevator door did not open. He tried again and still nothing happened. Irritably, he pressed random buttons which surprised Tonton. Sadly, the door remained close.