Chapter 4: Arrangements for the Plan
On the following days, Clover tried to come up with the perfect prank to play on Mandy. Still, all the ideas she had were either too drastic or too ridiculous to work. Sam and Alex kept telling her that she would find the right prank in time, but that did not ease her nerves on the matter.
"I'm starting to run out of ideas, girls." -Clover whined. –"I want that Mandy to pay for what she told us!"
"She'll pay, and you're going to have the idea that will make sure she does." -Sam said, as she sat next to her on the couch. The girls had decided to spend their free afternoon at Alex's house.
"Yeah, you'll see. Popcorn?" -Alex asked them with a big smile on her face.
"Maybe…" -Clover sighed.
"All you need is some inspiration. And there's nothing better than a good old fashioned horror movie to give you some ideas." -Sam said, as she cuddled next to Clover.
The girls watched three horror movies on a row, and still Clover did not have a clue as to what to do when it came to pranking Mandy. The only thing that came out of that movie marathon was finding out Alex was afraid of giant grasshoppers.
"It's no good, girls… I can't have a good idea." -Clover sighed in defeat. –"Sammy, why don't you come up with a prank, instead of me? You're the smartest of us all." -the blonde begged her.
Before Sam could say anything, her cellphone rang. Picking it up, she saw it was David. Answering it, she said:
"Hey, David! What's going on?" -she asked. –"… Really? Oh, I wish I could've seen that… um, I don't know… maybe… I'll have to talk with Alex and Clover about it… okay, I'll tell you something later… one to you too, bye."
"So, who was it, Sam?" -Alex asked her.
"It was David. He was asking us if we had plans for Halloween night."
"Not really…" -Clover sighed, still upset.
"Don't tell me, Mandy invited him for her party." -Alex asked her.
"Yes, she did, but he declined…" -Sam smiled. –"… and said that she was just furious about it."
"Ahahah… just proves that David knows just what kind of skank Mandy really is." -Clover declared, already a bit cheered up by that news.
"But why was he asking you if we had plans for Halloween?"
"Oh, it's because he's going to a Haunted house parry at a friend's place. Since his parents won't let him give a party, he's going to one, and he was asking if we wanted to go too. He says it's going to be hauntedest house Beverly Hills."
"THAT'S IT!" -Clover exclaimed in excitement.
"What, Clover?" -Alex asked.
"That's it! I found the perfect way to scare Mandy!" -Clover said, excited about it. –"I don't even know how I didn't remember this earlier!"
"What? What is it that you didn't remember earlier, Clover?" -Sam asked her.
"A haunted house! We're going to scare the shit out of Mandy with a haunted house." -Clover declared.
"Say that again?" -Sam asked her, puzzled.
"Don't you see? A haunted is the perfect set for a nasty prank. We'll arrange things to create a haunted house, with us as the main attractions, and then, we'll put Mandy inside that haunted house and we'll scare her."
The plan itself was not flawless, but Sam and Alex felt it was a good idea; it just needed to be tinkered with a little bit.
"It's a good idea… But, where are we going to find a house where we can pull that stunt out, and better yet, how are we going to get Mandy to come to it? And even if we could do that, how are we going to accomplish such a thing in the three days before Halloween?" -Sam asked her. –"Plus, our costumes might be good, but I doubt they'll scare Mandy."
"You say that because you still haven't seen mine." -Alex thought to herself, as her a smirk appeared on her face.
"Oh, Sammy, I'm sure Jerry we'll help us out. You know what? I'm going to call him right now and ask him to help us out." -Clover said, as she pulled her communicator from her back pocket of her jeans and called Jerry.
Explaining it as well as she could to Jerry, Clover told him about what had happened and about the plan she and the girls had to get on her, but that they needed his help with a few details, in order to the plan into motion.
"No way, girls! I'm not going to help you with a silly revenge, just because your school rival has humiliated you again." -Jerry told them over the communicator.
"But Jerry, you owe us this! Besides, it's not like you haven't helped us getting back at Mandy before. Remember the time she framed me for stealing that perfume bottle and then you played the security tape to prove that she had been the one who slipped the bottle into my purse? Does that ring a bell?" -Clover asked him.
"Yeah, you did that. Besides, you hate Mandy as much as we do. She called you old and idiot, when she became a temporary spy, remember?" -Alex told him.
"Yes, I do. But that was different, Alex. That time Clover had been framed for a crime she didn't commit. What you're asking me is to help you get revenge because she called you names and didn't invite you to a party."
"You weren't there, Jerry. What Mandy did to Clover was even below her usual standard levels of evilness. Even I wanted to kill Mandy back then… please, help us just this one time." -Sam begged him with a serious voice.
"If you help us, I promise you we won't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever ask you for anything else, ever again!" -Clover begged him, practically on the verge of tears.
"Please, Jerry, please, please, please, please…." -Alex also begged him.
Hearing them begging was just too much for Jerry. Ever since Sam, Clover and Alex became spies for WOOHP, he had become a mentor to them, or something even more important than that, a friend, someone who listened to their problems and never judged them as insignificant, stupid or childish. In sum, he had become the closest thing to a father to those three girls, and even though he would not admit it in public, it hurt him to see the girls always being bullied by Mandy… if she knew, or better, if she could remember that they were spies who had saved the world dozens of times from all sorts of deranged maniacs and criminals, maybe she would stop bullying them and actually respect them. Sighing, he said:
"Fine… I'll help you. But remember this, I'm only helping you because I feel that she deserves to be taught a lesson, not because I condone any sort of revenge." -he stated.
"Great!" -Clover said. –"Thanks a bundle, Jerry!"
"Now, then, what do you exactly need for this?"
"Well, we're going to need a house where we can assemble everything." -Clover said.
"And it would be helpful if it was near her house, so it's easier for us to get her there." -Sam explained.
"Hmmm… well, let me check it." -Jerry said as he looked it on his laptop. After a few moments, he found what he was looking for. –"According to what I'm seeing here, there are two houses in her block that are currently vacant. One of them is a villa, while the other is a mansion."
"We'll take the mansion!" -Alex exclaimed.
"Alex, wait!" -Sam told her. –"We need to know which one will be better suited for the plan." -she said. –"Jerry, can you tell us if any of the houses has any particular element?"
"It says here that the villa has two swimming pools, one indoor, complete with sauna, and an outdoor one. It was built just a few years ago, and its style is the same as most houses around the area." -he said, as he punched the keys on the keyboard. –"The mansion on the other hand as an attic, a large basement and what is described in the blueprints as a mirror hall. Allow me to also point out that the building itself is from the end of 18th century and it was shipped from England about a decade ago, brick by brick and then reassembled here by the original owner."
"That's perfect! We can use that hall, as well as the attic and the basement." -Clover exclaimed. She could already imagine the things she would do on those particular parts of the house. –"Plus, it's an old mansion. I bet it has lots of old décor and creepy stuff; we can use that to our advantage."
"Guess we'll take it, Jerry." -Sam declared.
"Very well, I'll see that the house is rented by us for the matter. What else do you need?"
"Well, creepy special effects. You know? The kind that you see in horror films. We're going to need a truckload of those." -Clover stated.
"Okay, creepy special effects. Do you girls need help with the costumes?" -Jerry asked them. But before they could answer, he said: "Never mind, I'll just call our make-up specialist to help you out with anything you need, just in case."
"Oh, and if it's possible, we're going to need something to make her scare experience a little more real." -Clover said with an impish smile on her face.
"I'll see what I can do, then. When I have news, I'll contact you, girls. Cheerio!" -Jerry said, as he terminated the call.
"Jerry is awesome when he wants to." -Clover said, smiling.
"Totally!" -Alex said. –"I can already see Mandy's face when we scare her." -she giggled.
"Speaking of which, you still haven't told us what your Halloween outfit is going to be." -Clover told her. –"Aren't you going to tell us what you're working on?
"Clover, please. Alex will tell us when she's ready to reveal it." -Sam told her.
"But I was just…" -Clover protested. Sighing, she said: "Fine, I won't insist on the matter anymore."
"You're going to be so surprised with the
"Anyways, you can tell David that we are going to that party, but only later. First, we got a certain skank bitch to prank, Sammykins." -Clover said with a mischievous smile. –"Mandy… prepare yourself, because when I'm through with this, you won't be able to sleep a wink for weeks." -she thought maliciously.