"I'm bored," stated Travis Abernathy in the quiet room. He was sitting on the window seat in the living room.
"Join the party," grumped his sister Trinity, who was perched on the couch next to veteran Joe Cross-Country. He, Grand Slam and Hawk had been on a mission in the area, and since it was now over, they were hanging out for a little while at Hawk's family's home in Denver.
Travis and Trini's sister, Christine, was sitting at the writing desk by the window and reading the newspaper. She burst out laughing.
"Not funny, Chris," Travis grumpily sighed.
"Huh, what?" Christine asked as she looked up from the classified ads that she was reading.
"What's so funny?" asked their friend Jamie Barney, who was sprawled on the floor playing cards with her father James, better known as Grand Slam.
"The owners of the Cooperston Mansion are advertising for a group to come explore the mansion, and see if they can't solve the mystery of the 'Deflowered Virgins'. Again," Christine giggled. "They took out a whole page in the newspaper about it."
"We ain't got nothing better to do. Why don't we do it?" Travis asked.
"Not like we're scared of much," Jamie piped up.
"Just Dad's leather belt," Trinity and Christine giggled.
"I'll make the call," Clayton Abernathy offered. The head honcho of the G.I. Joe unit, General Hawk knew just how bad boredom was for the unit members, and considering that the kids were even worse than the Joes, he knew he had to do something to keep them busy; and do it quickly. "So James, Bobby, are you guys in?" he asked.
"Sure, Hawk," Cross-Country stated. "I've never been scared of haunted houses. I grew up in one."
"I'm in," Grand Slam laughed. "I'm almost as bored as Travis."
"Count us in," Hawk's wife, Syn, and Grand Slam's wife, Cadie, chorused.
The next night the group met with the mansion's owners.