JCA Extended: Chapter Four
A week passed by. Lydia's nieces were continuing to get acquainted with the Section 13 people, especially those who came to the fitness classes regularly. One day, after another training session in Ninja Up, Finn walked up to Charmaine.
"Hey I was wondering if we could take you around San Fran tomorrow to show you the city since we all have an off day!"
Charmaine looked at her two sisters for confirmation and smiled. "Sure! I'd like that!"
Finn smiled. "Righteous! We'll pick you up tomorrow morning and show you around" he said somewhat flirtatiously as he kissed her hand.
MC Cobra saw this move and frowned. "Yo I think we got some competitors" he said to Ice and Fist out of jealously.
The next day, the Enforcers went to pick up the McPeek girls after Lydia approved of them being out and about. "Have fun, girls!" she called out as they were leaving, "And don't be too much of a pain in the butt!" She laughed as Cassie made a sarcastic face at her.
The Ice Crew was working on some electrical work when Tag walked by to greet them. "How's it goin', boys?" he asked with a friendly attitude.
"Fine, yo" Ice replied. After looking around for a minute, he asked "Yo where is Kaysha, Charmaine, and Cassie? We didn't see them come in with Lydia."
"The Enforcers are giving them a tour of the city" Tag replied.
"What? For reals? Aww that's whack yo!" MC Cobra pouted. DJ Fist nodded in agreement.
Tag grinned. "Ooh somebody sounds jealous!" He started laughing as the three boys blushed. "Look guys, if you wanna get their attention, just talk to them! They're cool girls, ya know. Funny thing is, they're kinda like your female counterparts." Tag added as he walked away. Ice turned around.
"Yo T-Man is on to something here, we need to make the move before the Enforcers make another one!"
"Wow this is a great view!" Charmaine exclaimed as the seven were looking down from Coit Tower.
"It's groovy!" Finn exclaimed, "You can see a lot of the city from here!" He then put an arm around Charmaine for a moment. Charmaine shrugged it off kindly and excused herself by going to another part of the Tower to take more pictures. After a while, they started walking down the stairs.
"We should go to the Bay next!" Cassie exclaimed, "I heard the view is bomb!" She got to the last few steps when she tripped and fell a short distance.
"Dude you need to tie yo Converse tighter next time!" Charmaine exclaimed after seeing that Cassie was fine.
She and Kaysha laughed as Cassie smirked at them. Chow offered his hand to help her up but instead she jumped up and said "It's all good, it's all good!"
They then walked to the San Francisco Bay and walked on the Golden Gate Bridge. "Now this view is sweeeet!" Charmaine exclaimed as she started snapping pictures. Kaysha nodded in agreement. Finn, Chow, and Hak Foo all tried to make moves on the girls by wrapping their arm around their waists but all three girls maneuvered out by walking to another part of the bridge to take pictures, which left the guys confused.
A few hours later, the Enforcers dropped them off at Section 13. "Hey Charmaine" Finn began to ask Charmaine, "Wanna go out to dinner sometime with me?" Charmaine's eyes grew wide out of surprise.
"Well, uh" she stuttered, "I...uh...well maybe, I'll think about it and let you know. Thanks for the fun day!" she rushed as she walked to Lydia's office with her sisters.
"I wonder what's going on with Charmaine" Finn said as the Enforcers walked to the exit, "I asked her out and she pretty much said no!" "Same with me and Hak" Chow replied, "Maybe we moved too fast or something! Guess we'll have to try again later!"
"Hey girls! How was San Fran?" Lydia asked with a smile when her nieces walked into her office after a client left.
"It was fun!" Charmaine replied, "Super cool city!"
"For sure!" Cassie added. Then, she slimmed her eyes and looked at her sisters. "Is it just me, though, or were the Enforcers trying to make moves on us?"
"Chyeah they were!" Charmaine exclaimed, "Finn kept trying to put his arm around me and asked me out! Weeeeeird" she said as she shivered a bit.
"Yeah same for me with that Hak Foo guy" Kaysha said in her rarely heard voice.
Lydia grinned. "So I'm guessing ya'll aren't into them" she said teasingly. She started to laugh as the girls rolled their eyes.
"They're cool friends but there's other guys we like!" Cassie exclaimed.
Lydia smiled more. "You're talking about the Ice Crew, right?" She laughed more as the three girls blushed.
"Hey how did you know?" Charmaine exclaimed.
"Every time we work out and they're in class you always work out near them! Plus I see the way you look at them and blush and giggle. My intuition is pretty strong" Lydia ended with a wink.
Charmaine blushed. "Alright alright, you caught us! I'm really crazy about that MC Cobra guy, he's hot! Just wish I had the guts to talk to him" she sighed.
Lydia smiled reassuringly. "Go for it! Don't be shy! Because you might miss out on winning them over if you don't take action. Of course it's much easier when they make a move first! Why don't you try talking to them later on? I have more clients so I'll be working late tonight."
"You know Liddy's on to something here" Cassie told her sisters as they were walking to the lounge, "Ice is chill and I wanna get to know him more! Man he's cute!"
Kaysha laughed. "Wow Cass, you're actually acting girly!" she said teasingly. She and Charmaine snickered as Cassie rolled her eyes.
"Yeah yeah, but you guys are the same way! Geez and I never thought I would have this huge of a crush on anyone!"
They finally got to the lounge and sat down on the couches. Cassie opened her Robo Mercs backpack and whipped out her GameBoy DS. "Wanna match up on Robo Mercs 2?" she asked Charmaine. "You're on!" Charmaine exclaimed as she got her game system out of her mini backpack.
"Hey imma go shoot some hoops so I'll catch ya'll later" Kaysha said. "A'ight, Kaysh" Cassie replied, "Go bank 'em!"
"Woo no you don't!" Cassie exclaimed. She and Charmaine were duking it out in Robo Mercs 2. "You're going down!"
"Yeah you wish!" Charmaine replied, "Watch me kick some metal butt!"
The two girls were focused on their match when all of a sudden the lights in the lounge went out. "Aww snap!" Cassie cried. "This thing was almost done charging!".
"Well that was random!" Charmaine exclaimed.
"How are my girls doing?" Tag asked as he randomly walked in the room. "Whoa! Why are you girls playing in the dark?"
"We weren't" Cassie replied, "We were just playing when bam! Lights out. So random!"
Tag laughed. "Don't worry, I'll get someone to fix it pronto!" Tag walked out for a moment and turned on his walkie talkie. "Ice, Tag here. Can you and the guys come to the main lounge and fix the lights? Alright, thanks."
Two minutes later, the Ice Crew walked in. Ice and Cobra were flustered when they saw that Cassie and Charmaine were there. Tag gave them a "this-is-your-chance" wink before walking out. The trio walked over to the power outlet and got out their tools. Cassie and Charmaine were too shy to say anything so they talked among themselves. "Hey let's play some music while we're waiting!" Cassie exclaimed. She plugged her phone into a battery-charged music player. Techno music started playing and the girls started bopping around to it.
Cobra turned around for a minute and smiled. "Yo they got great taste!" he whispered to Ice. Ice grinned. "Not too bad, yo!"
A few minutes later, the lights went on. Cassie stopped the music and smiled. "Sweet! Thanks dudes!"
"Uh, no problem yo" Ice replied somewhat shyly.
"Alright Charmaine, prepare to get your butt kicked, I was winning!" Cassie told her older sister with a smirk.
Charmaine rolled her eyes. "Whatever! At least I'm not a game geek like you! You're the only one I know who has all the Robo Mercs 2 secrets!"
Ice looked at her curiously. "Yo, ya'll played Robo Mercs?" Cassie grinned as she pointed to her Robo Mercs tank top. "Yeah man! Best game ever! And I can beat anyone!"
Ice grinned in return. "Anyone, huh? What do you say we match up?"
Cassie narrowed her eyes and smiled mischievously. "Interested in getting your butt kicked again, Ice cream sandwich? Alright, you're on! Is that cool, Charmaine?" Charmaine laughed. "Now this I have to see!" she said as she handed her GameBoy to Ice.
"Cool! We got a few minutes to spare" Ice exclaimed.
DJ Fist decided to briefly speak up before the battle began. "Hey where's Kaysha?" he asked bravely. Charmaine raised her eyebrows. "Whoa, you talk?" she exclaimed. Cassie snickered. "Charmaine, you're so dumb! She went to the gym to shoot hoops" she answered.
DJ Fist smiled. "Alright, thanks." He then walked out of the room.
The game was on and Cassie and Ice finished choosing their characters. "Let's do this!" Cassie said. Charmaine sat over by her while Cobra sat down next to Ice. "Bam! Kick to the chest! Counteract that, homedog!" Cassie taunted Ice.
"Yo you're going down!" Ice taunted back as he randomly pressed buttons, hoping the moves were similar to the original Robo Mercs game.
After a minute, Cassie won. "And that's how it's done, ya'll!" she cheered. Ice looked at her dumbfounded. "Yo! You won fast! How'd you do that?"
Cassie grinned. "Follow me and I'll tell you, I'm feeling kinda nice today!" she said as she motioned Ice to come out of the lounge with her. Charmaine picked up her GameBoy, looked over at Cobra, and smiled. "Hey, you know how to play?"
"For reals! How did you win so fast?" Ice exclaimed as he and Cassie looked down at the lower levels of Section 13.
Cassie smiled. "For one I've practiced a ton since it came out two months ago! And dos, the producers of the game told me all the secrets since I helped design part of the game."
Ice's eyes widened. "You...helped make it, yo?"
"Yeah man!" Cassie exclaimed. She then pointed to a red and blue feminine-looking Robo Merc on her shirt. "Remember the character I chose? This is my creation, Optimus Sass!"
"Whoa, for reals? That's tight, yo!" Ice said, impressed.
"I know right!" Cassie replied. "See, last year, the game company had a contest for Robo Merc character creations. We had to draw out our own design, give a quick bio on their background, and mention strengths and weaknesses. I've always wanted to create a game character after myself so I went for it. Dude I was so stoked when I found out I won! I helped draw out sketches for the game and my name's even featured in the credits! Company said it's one of the best character designs they've ever received! So there ya go!"
Ice was beyond impressed. "That is sick, yo! You must totally be into games then! So you named your character Optimus Sass, huh? How come?"
Cassie grinned. "Dude. I'm the ultimate sassy chick, figured you'd pick up on my sarcasm by now!"
Ice laughed out loud. "Gotcha! Now come on, you gotta tell me at least one of the secrets of the game!"
Cassie looked at him teasingly for a minute and handed him a booklet that she got out of her backpack before leaving the room. "I haven't given a copy of this to anyone, not even my own sisters, but cuz I think you're chill, you can have it! It's the official secrets book for the game."
Ice grinned. "Yo! This is off the hook! Thanks! I don't got the game right now but when I get it I'll remember!"
Cassie smiled. "No problem! Hah you know, you can play me anytime while I'm here. Study up and maybe you'll be better competition for me!" Ice laughed and felt himself blush. He was actually really starting to like this girl!
"Imma drop you like a bad habit!" Cobra exclaimed as he and Charmaine were battling. "Aw snap!" Charmaine cried when Cobra defeated her.
"Woo hoo yeah! That's revenge for when you kicked my butt in sparring!" Cobra said teasingly.
Charmaine laughed. "Psh alright, now we're even! Video games aren't my thing anyways, Cassie's the beast at it!"
They turned off the games and sat quietly for a minute. "So uh, how do you like it here in San Fran?" Cobra asked randomly.
"It's a nice city!" Charmaine exclaimed, "Went sightseeing today and that was pretty cool!"
Cobra tried not to frown when thinking about how jealous he was that the Enforcers escorted them around. "That's cool, yo. So uh Tag said the Enforcers took you around, huh?"
"Yeah" Charmaine replied, "Don't tell them this, but I wish I had gone with someone else! That Finn guy kept flirting with me and it was annoying! Cassie and Kaysha had the same with Chow and Hak Foo. I mean, they're nice guys, but they're like Lydia's age or something! Not my type for sure!"
Cobra smiled big to himself. "Hah! So she doesn't like Finn!" he thought proudly, "No competition now! I hope." "Err...uh whatever you say" he said shyly and out loud.
Charmaine smiled. "You know, I really haven't talked to you since I arrived. You seem really cool. You work here?"
Cobra got nervous about telling her who he really was but felt that he owed her the truth. "Uh...kinda, yo" he began, "Me, Ice, and Fist are on probation, and doing electrical stuff around here is our community service that we gotta do. Better than sittin' in jail."
Charmaine raised her eyebrows. "Probation? You don't seem like someone who would do wrong!"
Cobra sighed. "Well uh, I did. See me and the posse met at a monastery in Ghutan. Me and DJ Fist went hiking in the Himalayas after graduating high school and when we came across the monastery, we decided to stay and train with the monks since they taught this super awesome form of martial arts. We became friends with Ice and when he started rebelling since he didn't wanna learn the ways of peace, we wanted to follow along. We got kicked out and eventually got revenge on them. That is, until Jackie Chan stopped us. Later on we did a lot of other criminal stuff and near the start of the year got arrested and sentenced to ten years. We pretty much got tired of being in prison and realized that being bad wasn't that tight no more. When we told Captain Black we wanted to be good, the court ordered us to serve six months on probation. And that's my story, yo." Cobra took a big breath and nervously anticipated what Charmaine would say. Her eyes were big and after taking in everything he said, she smiled and put a hand softly on his arm.
"Dude. I think it's awesome that you guys wanna be on the good side again! You guys don't need no crime in your life! Yeah maybe it's cool to have power and money and all that jazz but it's not the most important thing in life. Being happy and having great people in your life is what really counts!"
Cobra smiled shyly. "Uh, thanks yo! Hard thing is getting people to trust us, it's like they want us to stay in jail forever or something."
Charmaine smiled more. "Hey man, I trust you, and I don't give my trust out to just anyone, ya know." Cobra blushed and felt his heart race. Charmaine drove him crazy with infatuation! Something about her was special, and he couldn't get her out of his mind.
"Yes, that makes ten 3s in a row!" Kaysha exclaimed. She was running around the basketball court taking different shots. She loved playing the sport whenever she could; anyone who wanted to see her energetic side would just have to see her in the zone!
"You got some sweet moves" she heard a voice call turned around quickly after making a shot and blushed when she noticed DJ Fist standing at the door.
"Oh! Hi, uh thanks" she stuttered.
DJ smiled and walked over to her. "You a bball player?
" "Yeah, I've been playing since I was a kid, and I love it man!" she replied with a smile, "It's my passion!"
"I played all four years of high school" DJ added, "It's been a while but I think I still got the moves."
Kaysha grinned. "Hey, are you challenging me?"
DJ laughed. "I might be."
Kaysha smiled teasingly and threw him the ball. "Alright then, one on one. You and me."
DJ smiled back and got in position. He started dribbling the ball and got past her quickly, making a lay up.
"Say what! Oh it's so on now!" Kaysha exclaimed.
They went back and forth for half an hour, with DJ scoring more than Kaysha. At the final shot, DJ jumped up for a two. Kaysha tried to stop the shot but ended up knocking him over since she came at him with great force. The shot went in and the two started laughing. "Told you I still got the moves" DJ said with a wink.
Kaysha laughed. "Aww man you just won because you're bigger than me! And because I let you"she added, winking back.
DJ laughed. "Yeah right! Don't be so jealous!"
After they cooled down, they stayed sitting down on the court and smiled at each other.
"How come you're never this talkative when you're around everyone else?" Kaysha asked teasingly.
DJ grinned a little. "I don't know, I'm not really the talking type. I like being quiet because I don't have much to say anyways. Besides, if I talk I might say something stupid, I was known for that when I was a kid. So I just prefer not to talk, I guess."
Kaysha smiled kindly. "Yeah I feel you, man. I'm the same way and since Charmaine and Cassie never shut up, I figured it'd be a waste of time for me to talk anyways! But hey, you can always talk to me, because being silent together all the time would be kinda weird" she added as she bravely put her hand on DJ's. DJ Fist blushed red and smiled as he took her hand into his.
Later that night, the Ice Crew decided to come to the Pump it Up class to hang out with the McPeek girls. They felt more confident than before and since they were starting to get close to the girls, wanted to take Tag's advice and "make moves". Lydia looked on in amazement when she saw her nieces and the Ice Crew doing everything together.
"Look at that!" she told Valmont and Tag, "The Ice Crew is starting to open up! Just yesterday they wouldn't even get near my girls!"
"Quite surprising!" Valmont replied.
"I'm not too surprised" Tag said with a grin.
Lydia laughed and looked at him teasingly. "Taggart, what did you do?"
Tag laughed in return. "Oh nothing special! I don't reveal my deepest secrets" he stated playfully, which made Lydia laugh out loud.
"Oh please! You probably told the Ice Crew to make a move on them!"
Tag laughed more. "Okay fine, you uncovered my secret to success! But I bet you probably told the girls to not be shy and to make a move too!" Lydia smacked him playfully.
"Man you know me too well! Babe, eventually you'll be able to read me like a children's book" she said to her boyfriend, which made the trio laugh.
"Whoa, Ice and his crew are hanging out with them!" Jade exclaimed to Jackie, pointing out the McPeek three.
"How nice" Jackie replied, " Perhaps there's something about the Ice Crew that we don't know!"
Jade frowned a little bit. "Tch, I guess, but I still don't trust those three."
"Jade, you shouldn't be quick to judge" Jackie lectured, "I know how they were in the past but we've seen some of our former enemies change! I understand how you feel but but perhaps Ice and his buddies are truly changing!"
Tag walked into Section 13 the next morning with a grin and good attitude, as usual. He decided to walk by Lydia's office and tell her and his "nieces" good morning before he started his day. He walked over and was surprised to see that none of them were there.
"Hmm this isn't like Lydia to be late" he thought to himself, "Maybe those four stayed up too late and overslept! I'll call and see what's up." He called Lydia's cell phone. No answer. He left a message and tried the other girls' cell phones.
He grew concerned when Kaysha, Charmaine, and Cassie didn't answer their phones either. "That's really odd" Tag thought, "I'll go over and see what's going on."
He drove over to Lydia's condo. When he walked up the stairs, he was stunned to see the door partially cracked open.
"Lydia would never keep her door open" he thought nervously to himself.
He walked inside and his heart stopped. Furniture was toppled over and items were knocked down.
"My heavens!" he said out loud, "Lydia! Kaysha! Charmaine! Cassie!" He ran around the condo, checking every room and outside. All four of them were gone.
"I don't believe this" he thought in shock, "What happened to them? Surely Dr. Necrosis..." he began. His thoughts stopped when he picked up a note lying on the counter.
"We have your precious little McPeeks!" the note read. "Blast! Someone kidnapped them!" Tag cried out in despair.
He looked around for any more possible clues and found a knock-out potion carved from jade.
"A clue! I have to get back to Section 13 immediately!" Tag took the note and potion with him and hurried to Section 13.
"Code red! Code red! Sound the alarm immediately, we have an emergency!" Tag cried out to his fellow agents as he ran into Section 13. The agents were confused but followed his command.
Captain Black and Valmont ran out quickly. "Agent Tag, what's going on?" Captain Black shouted as they ran towards him.
Tag frowned and closed his eyes in despair as the two approached him. "It's Lydia and her nieces. They've been kidnapped."