Yes it's me, back fromthe dead! Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, but school's been a killer.

Not Just A Pretty Face

Maclean Island, situated somewhere in the South Pacific was a lush, large and lovely tropical island complete with white sandy beaches, green leafy jungles, exotic plants and animals, and to top it off a volcano just to add a sense of danger. The spa itself was built in the main land jungles near the beaches so that the guests could enjoy the sun and surf, that and in case the volcano does erupt, they're at least have a chance of getting off alive.

The plane drooped lower and lower, until it finally can to stop at a landing pad, built off the side of the volcano. There, a safari car was waiting to escort the guests and there luggage down to the resort. Unbeknownst to the ambassador of England, his daughter and the three spies, they were being closely watched on a closed circuit monitor, by Maclean, who was floating in his private pool in his own house. Incidentally, but not surprising the pool was in the shape of his head.

He took a sip from his afternoon martini and glanced at his minions, "Hatchet, Eddy, Heather, why don't you three go and make sure our guests get their proper…spa treatments." He laughed maniacally at his own evil pun, causing his servants to glance at each other worriedly, "well, what are you waiting for? Go!" he shouted, seeing the two guys run out the automatic sliding door, followed by Heather, who just plainly walked out. He signed and his attention drew back to the multiple screens in front of him, each surveying a specific part of the island.

Meanwhile down in the secret lab, Agent 009 was thinking when she heard the doors swish open. Heather walked in, greeted by the "science geeks" that were busy down there.

"Well, look what the cat dragged in," commented Bridgette, a scowl immediately formed on Heather's face, "what are you doing here, you're the last person I'll expect to see in a room full of NASA rejects."

"Hey, NASA didn't reject us, we rejected NASA," stated the only scientist currently in the lab , obviously rattled.

"Yes well I could say the same for you Miss "I'm such a great agent that I actually get caught by someone like Chris Maclean"."

"Cut the witty repartee Heather, and just spit it out."

Heather's eyes narrowed and stared down on Bridgette. Any other person in this situation would immediately start to squirm, Agent 009 didn't even flinch. "We know you contacted someone before you were captured."

This caught Bridgette by surprise, "what, I told you I didn't contact anybody."

"Well, then would you care to explain why there are three spies snooping around?" Heather threw something into the cage and Bridgette immediately knew what it was, an IBE badge belonging to another agent. She looked at the picture, the face seemed oddly familiar, and she swore she'd heard about him before, something about a mission gone wrong in England. Bridgette glanced up at Heather who was smiling smugly, but that was when she noticed the keys and tranquilizer gun strapped to her waist.

"Well?" Asked Heather, impatiently, arms folded and foot tapping.

"What makes you think I'll tell you? I mean, Hatchet maybe but you're nothing but an evil little cow, you can't do anything to me."

"What! Why you… I can make you're life a living hell."

"Really?" questioned Bridgette, raising an eyebrow slightly, "then why don't you come closer and see what you can do? Oh, or are you a chicken too?"

That remark seemed to trigger something inside of heather, for the next thing she knew, she marched up to the cage grabbing a wicked looked wrench from the scientist who was trying to say that walking close wasn't a really good idea. Just as Heather was an arm's length away, Bridgette took the chance and reached out, grabbed onto Heather's necklace and pulled her full force crashing to the side of the cage. Needless to say, Heather was out like a lamp as Bridgette reached for the tranquiliser and quickly shot at the scientist, who was just a few more steps away for the alarm button. Quietly, she took the keys and let herself out, taking the badge with her. She snuck out of the room, but not before tying Heather up and locking her and the scientist in the cage.

Meanwhile, for people who were supposed to be rescuing Bridgette, our three heroes seem to be too relaxed. But, hey, can you blame them? They're at a spa for crying out loud!

"Okay guys, I'll search around the building to see if I can find Bridg- I mean Agent 009, while you two see if there's anything suspicious going around." Geoff told Duncan and Cody, who were currently decked in complementary Maclean Spa bath robes and soaking in the hot tub located along side a pool outside.

"Great idea! I'll check the juice bar to see if they're anything wrong with the freshly squeezed tropical juice," Duncan remarked, reading a spa pamphlet. He got up and headed towards the bar in doors.

"And don't forget to keep an eye out for the Ambassador of England!" shouted Geoff, which in retrospect was a really bad idea considering they were spies who had to keep a low profile.

"Relax, he's in his private massage room right now, I just saw these two spa attendants take him there," Cody said, "anyways I think I'll say here and keep a look out for the free food, I mean, suspicious activities."

Geoff sighed and went in, hoping that they'll straighten up their act soon...but not before grabbing a few finger sandwiches.

At the juice bar, Duncan had just sat down when he saw the British Ambassador walk by, strangely wearing his regular suit, instead of the bath robe, and carry his luggage.

"Mr. Ambassador sir," started Duncan as the bartender gave him his lemonade, "where you think you're going dressed like that?"

"I'm going back to London," replied the Ambassador with a slight monotonous voice.

"What about your daughter?"

"Oh, she'll be fine being alone here, she needs to learn to be more independent, ya' know."

A though suddenly went through Duncan's head, something that the daughter had said earlier on the plane. My dad never goes anywhere without me "Hmm," he stared at him critically, and then remembered something else he had learnt on the plane ride, "would you like a glass of lemonade, sir?"

"No thanks, I hate that stuff."

"Really? Cause on the plane you...OPEN UP!" Duncan quickly lunged at the Ambassador and gave him a quick punch to the face knocking him down. Despite the Ambassador's struggling, Duncan managed to pry his mouth open and poured his whole glass of lemonade in his mouth. The Ambassador staggered backwards, and to Duncan's amazement, electrical sparks were flying from his neck. Suddenly the Ambassador's face melted, revealing a shiny metallic skeleton, complete with frayed wires. The "Ambassador" slumped to the ground uttering nonsensical words and sounds.

"You're a robot!" exclaimed Duncan, perhaps a little to loudly, for the next thing he knew Hatchet and Eddy had turned around a corner, and saw him along with a British twitching robot Ambassador on the floor.

"Hey you!" shouted Eddy, and he and Hatchet ran towards him.

"Uh oh," Duncan ran down the hall.

Geoff was busy examining a room when he heard voices coming down the hall. He hid quickly, just in time to see the door swinging open, with Noah coming in. Noah looked around worriedly, and thinking that no one was around walked over to a ceiling to floor bookcase and pulled and turned a ceramic Chris Maclean bookstand. Suddenly the bookcase swung open, revealing a secret hallway. Noah climbed in, looked back to see if anyone was following him and closed the shelf. Waiting for a few minutes, Geoff then followed and walked into the hallway. Actually it would be better to call in a tunnel, as all the sides were rocky and the only light available came from bolted torches. It did make sense, Geoff thought, since the whole building is in a volcano. He stopped unexpectedly, as the hallway before him diverged into two different hallways. Contemplating on which way to go, he suddenly heard voices coming from down one of the hallways and quickly followed. Walking down he finally stopped at a dead end, and noticed that there were stone steps that lead up to a metal grate. He climbed the stairs and strained to see what was going on without lifting the grate and be noticed. He saw that it was Maclean's private office, and sitting in front of his desk was a man with a hook for one hand. Although he looked brutish and large, he showed a little fear sitting before Maclean, who had just come off from talking to someone on his gold plated phone.

"Well you better find him soon!" Maclean said before he slammed the receiver down. He stared daggers into the hook-handed man, "well Professor Tchochkie, it seems that your robots are malfunctioning again!"

"If you just give me more time..."

"Silence! This is an absolute failure! Time is money you know, and I need my plan to be finished preparation soon!"

"You're a mad man with dreams of a lemonade proof robot!" shouted Tchochkie. That seemed to be a deadly mistake, because Maclean quickly pressed a button on under his desk and the professor fell down a hole beneath him, screaming all the way.

"Professor Tchochkie meet man-eating sharks, man-eating sharks meet Prof Tchochkie." In the side of the office that was completely filled with an aquarium one could see the Prof appearing there, via a tube and pounding on the tempered glass, as the sharks swam closer and closer.

"Good-bye Professor, I'll weep for you," Maclean said as he walked down the steps of his risen desk. He turned to a nearby mercenary, "Tyler! Make sure you see to it that the glass of the aquarium gets cleaned as soon as possible, the last thing I want in my office are those tough to get out blood stains."

Geoff ran as fast as he could, one, because he did not want to stay and see the show that was going to start with the sharks, and two, to find out Maclean's plot and to tell his partners before they get caught. However, while running he bumped into a mercenary and seeing as how even Geoff wasn't stupid enough to fist fight with a heavily armed gunman ran even faster, trying to dodge the oncoming bullets. Luckily, or maybe not, as he ran to the part when the hallway divided into two, a hidden door miraculously opened and an arm pulled Geoff in roughly, closing just in time for the mercenary to not see it, and kept running.

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Questions You Might aSK yOURSELF:

1) What the heck happened in England and Geoff's mission gone horribly wrong?

-I actually have no idea myself. There's not much of a backstory to it, t's moreso a running gag. Come to think of it England is mentioned a lot in this thing

2) How do you pronounce Prof. Tchochkie's name?

-Simple, "Thots-key" Funny story "Tchochke" is yiddish for knick knacks or toys. :)

3) Who is the mysterous person that "rescues" Geoff?

- I didn't really give any clues, but I think you guys are smart enough and have seen enough movies to guess.

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