Lee, Tony & Megan looked around at each other once again. "The next chance we get, we have to catch one of those twins." Lee growled.
Megan nodded. "They said that they're lost if they get separated."
Tony grumbled an agreement. "I just wish we could find a way to help."
Two familiar faces popped up on the T.V. Aria smiled & waved. "We got something for you! Head on down!" The screen turned blue & the spies were sucked in.
"At least she gave you a heads up." Thatch laughed as he watched the spies squirm in the heap they had landed in. "Jerry just does it on the spot."
"Where is the boss-man?" Tony wondered.
Aria & Thatch exchanged a glance. "Jerry is in Iceland at WOOHP's Volcano Research Center." Aria explained. "Kinda contradicting don't you think? A volcano center where it always snows?"
Thatch elbowed Aria for rambling. "Well, we were finally able to locate a signal coming from Marc's MPCom."
"Really?" Megan asked. "Where?"
Aria jumped into Jerry's seat & started pressing buttons. "An old, rundown motel called 'The Warehouse.' That's the last location we could reach before it was cut off completely."
"How can we get there?" Tony wondered.
"Conveniently enough, the place was a hotspot for spies & villains & there's actually a tunnel that goes right through there." Aria confessed. "We could send you there through the tunnels."
"Then, hit it!" Lee ordered. "Who knows what Marc's going through."
As soon as the three spies were gone, Thatch answered Lee. "We do."
Aria giggled & pressed another button. "Our turn."
"Only with a faster, more convenient twist." Thatch laughed, pulling out a device similar to the one in the cabin. "Griffon made a portable one for us."
Aria smiled. "I just hope I can keep it in long enough."
Thatch sighed & activated the device. Soon, they were standing in front of a row of their agents. "Okay, be ready for the spies." Thatch ordered.
As soon as the spies landed, Aria pointed to them. "Now!"
The agents surrounding them leapt at the three, easily capturing them. "What on Earth!" Lee gasped.
Aria stepped forward. "Look, you guys. This is-"
"Aria!" Thatch called. She spun around to face him as he sprayed a gas in her face. "Sleepy time. One of you take her to the others."
Aria mumbled something incoherent as she fell to her knees, & then to the ground. Thatch lifted her up & handed her to one of the unoccupied agents.
"Now then, shall we get you reacquainted with your brother." Thatch offered. "Then, I'm sure the boss-man will be happy to explain his plan to you. It's not like you're going to be able to do anything about it."
"Wait, I'm still confused." Tony said as the agents led them down a hall. "You & Aria were in on this the whole time?"
"Of course you are, Tony." Thatch sighed. "Yes, how do you think we knew about everything before you did?"
Thatch opened a door & exposed the 'missing' twins, minus Zach. They were all sitting in chairs with their wrists locked to the arms. Griffon & Kari stood with Zach near a large computer screen.
"It's about time." Griffon growled, looking over at them. "Boss-man has a few things up his sleeves for these spies. Now, if only we knew what to do with these useless pieces of bait." She walked over to Garth & pinched his cheek. "Maybe…Can I play with them?"
"Later." Thatch told her. "Kitty, go get the boss-man."
"Why can't Kari do it?" Griffon asked, twirling her fingers through Garth's hair. "I wanna play with them." She smirked. "Garth & Marc, at least."
"Hadrea, go now or you won't get to play with them at all." Thatch smirked, knowing she wouldn't pass up acting like she was.
Griffon huffed, gave Garth's cheek another pinch, & walked off. "Get the others ready."
Thatch nodded & unlocked Marc, dragging him over to his siblings. "You know what to do."
The agents shoved the spies into a room & locked the door behind them. Thatch nodded toward his brother to release the others.
"So far, so good man." Garth cheered, slapping Thatch on the back. "But Haddy can be really scary when she wants to be."
Brier shuddered. "Isn't that always the case?" He wondered.
The group of boys exchanged a look between each other & shuddered. "Good point."
With the spies, a hooded figure stepped into the room with Kari & Griffon. Griffon immediately pushed Marc in to a chair & ran her hands through his hair. Kari rolled her eyes & sighed. The hooded figure lifted his head just enough for the spies to see his ghost of a smile.
"Hello, spies." The hooded figure greeted.
"What is it this time?" Megan asked. "World domination? Revenge? Or are you just bored?"
"None of the above." Kari answered. "We just want to-"
"Destroy you!" Griffon hissed loudly in Marc's ear.
Lee looked back to the man in the hood. "What's wrong with her?"
Kari giggled. "I gave her a low dosage of sleepy time gas. It makes her very loopy."
"Şi îmi place să joace." Griffon slurred, giggling hysterically.
Kari walked over to the girl & led her out. "Okay, let's just have you go lay down. You're a little too loopy right now."
"Well, now that my darling girls are gone, I will give you an option. If you can escape my lair, I will give up my plans & turn myself in to WOOHP. If not, well, Yin already made that clear." The boss-man explained. "Extra points if you can figure out who I am."
He held out a small remote & pressed the first button, making the walls close in, then the second, opening a trapdoor under him. He cackled as he fell down.
"This does not bode well." Marc finally spoke up.
"Ya think?" Tony asked sarcastically.
"Well, the door is already gone, so…" Megan looked around. "We go up." She announced, pointing to a loose tile in the ceiling.
The spies nodded. No way they would give up that easily.
Aria watched as everyone got ready for the spies. Everyone had no doubt that escaping the room would be easy, but they had a lot of guards & not to mention the spies who had betrayed them. She looked up as Zach sat down next to her with a cup of water.
"How're you feeling?" He asked cautiously.
"Like I passed out & hit my head on the tile floor." Aria answered, rolling her eyes. She looked over at him. "We're going to have a lot of bruises tomorrow, aren't we?"
Zach nodded. "Hell yes, this is going to be difficult."
"And we got caught up in all this shit because…" She trailed of. "Fuck! How did we get into this mess?"
"You got another thing comin' if you think I know." Zach replied. The two walked over to where Thatch was watching a wall of monitors.
Thatch sighed & started typing in data. "This is taking forever. You'd think they would be able to find their way back here by - Whoa! They're gone. Okay, found them. Almost here."
Aria turned to everyone else. "They're coooming!" She sang.
Everyone sped up to finish preparing & hiding their faces to keep from getting recognized by the spies. Griffon walked around, checking things off on a clipboard in her hands. "I feel like that time we paired up with the FBI." She said aloud.
"I know, some back operation where we have to act like nothing is wrong." Kari replied via (love that word) her MPCom. "But it's like we're freelance agents."
"We are." Griffon told her. "We just get hired by WOOHP so often that it seems like we're working for them."
"Oh, so that's why we're not officially on the agent roster?" Aria asked, looking up from the keyboard. "Now I get why our pay is so high."
The girl's friends sighed. "Are you sure you're not blonde!" Zach called out. He immediately covered his mouth & ran from his girlfriend.
"I'll get you for that!" She roared.
Griffon grabbed onto the back of Zach's shirt as he ran by & Kari stopped Aria. "Get it together!" They snapped. "These spies aren't amateurs. We have to remain on guard while they're still in the building."
Thatch looked up at the screens before shutting off the lights. Leaving the screens the only source of light in the room. He spun around in his seat & leaned back. "In three, two, one…"
There was a loud crashing sound from the other side of the room. Thatch turned a spotlight on the four spies.
"Let the games begin!" Griffon laughed.
Okay, seriously, no one can figure any of this out? No one can play my guessing game? Okay, well I put a hint in this chapter. Anyone remember what happened in the episode that forced Sam, Clover & Alex to go to the WOOHP Volcano Research Center? Then look it up! Review please!