Just so you all know, I will not be updating a lot every day. Anyway, continuing on with the story. Let's see what happens with Jack, Jerry, Kim, and the Three Stooges.
Chapter 4: another catch
Kimberly began to stir awake. Shaking the cobwebs out of her head, she looked around her surroundings until she realized something; she was not in her own room anymore.
And then she remembered everything now. She remembered two boys around her age; a brown hair guy and a black hair Hispanic guy, and she remember her mouth being covered by a damp rag and now she was here in a rather big ten in god who knows where.
Hearing snoring, she turned to see Moe, Larry, and Curly sleeping in separate sleeping bags side by side. They were rather snoring eccentrically; Moe was just snoring in air, Larry was somewhat whistling when exhaling, and Curly was making childish noises. At one point, Larry and Curly turned inward and was breathing on Moe, and then he bashed their heads in his sleep and they turned outward. All Kim did was starred at them, thinking they were the worst guards ever. Then she noticed the black hair boy sleeping on the other side of the tent, but not the brown hair boy.
Seeing her chance to escape, Kim got up and slowly made her way to the opening. Upon stepping out, she sees the brown hair boy standing near a tree…spraying hairspray in his hair.
Kim rolled her eyes before finding something she could use; she sees the stun gun right by her feet. Slowly, she bent over to pick it up, and once she did, she took aim at the guy.
"HEY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE," screamed a high-pitched voice from behind her.
Kim, shocked, pulled the trigger and a blue flash was emitted, stunning the three stooges, who fell to the ground.
Scared, she tried to make her way to the woods but someone tackled her down to the ground.
"You probably shouldn't have done that," Jack said.
Kim tried to take him down by the arms but she failed when he maneuvered and had her pinned by her wrist.
"You may have a second degree black belt but I'm a third degree black belt," Jack told her.
"I don't care, let me go!" Kim screamed not even acknowledging the fact that the guy knew what belt she had in martial arts.
"Look, here Kimberly Beulah Crawford, my mission is to take you back to my boss, and I have to do what my boss says," Jack told her.
Kim simply spat in his face. "Don't call me Kimberly or Kimmy, don't even address me at all you asshole!"
Jack slammed his fist on the ground, but it was nowhere near close to Kim.
"Fine Kim, but I still need to deliver you to my boss," Jack said. "Oh, and by the way, don't even bother to ask me why I have to deliver you. I've been told not to say anything to you at all. Now, do I have to tie you up or can I trust that you will not run away?"
Kim starred at him for the longest time without break the silence. Then, she shook her head not, and then said, "My brother and father might come looking for me."
"Your brother, I imagine would come for you, but your father, don't even get me started," Jack told her. "Now, let's get you back into the tent."
Jack picked up Kim rather harshly and dragged her back inside, stepping over Moe, Larry, and Curly in the process.
"By the way, thanks a lot for knocking out my pilots," Jack told her.
Kim's eyebrows went up after hearing that statement.
"Really, those three morons are your pilots?" Kim asked.
"Yeah they are; my boss did not want to risk his best skilled pilots on a mission where they could be discovered," Jack told her. "In fact, has your father been telling you anything at all?"
"No," Kim told Jack. "In fact…I've rarely seen him ever since…Well, the point was I was growing up with him absent most of the time…I don't even why I'm explaining this to you…you're just taking me somewhere where I'm going to be held a prisoner."
Jack laughed. "If only you knew," he said as he grabbed a piece of tape from the case and taped her hands behind your back. He then carried her to her sleeping bag, with her kicking all the way, which only made Jack slap her butt to annoy her more. Eventually, she gave up and she just laid there.
"Now if you please excuse me, I need to undo the damage you caused to my pilots," Jack told her. He walked away, but before he reached Moe, Larry, and Curly, he grabbed a blanket and placed it over her body.
"Well, I'll say this; you have a bit of a heart..." Kim said. "At least for a kidnapper."
Jack shrugged and returned to where his three friends were stunned as Kim could not fight sleep anymore. But before she shut her eyes for good, one thing was on her mind; where the hell was Kaleb.
The next day came. This time, Jerry was awake, only more vigilant than Jack when he was spraying his hair. By that point, Moe, Larry, and Curly had recovered from their incident with the stun gun and were fast asleep…around Kim. Jack could not fully trust her so after he recovered the three bozos, he had them placed around Kim.
Kim woke up first, and looked around, seeing that the three older guys were now around her in a circle. She looked over to where Jack was sleeping and sees him with an iPhone on his chest and earphones in his ear.
Jerry came into the tent holding a thermos in his left hand. He came up to Kim, her hoping that he would offer her whatever is in the thermos. But he didn't.
"Yo guys, time to wake up," Jerry said. Nothing, the stooges kept on snoring.
"Hey Moe, Larry, Curly, wake up," Jerry said a second time, but still they kept on sleeping.
"Hmm…Breakfast!" Jerry screamed.
"'Mornin' Mornin' Mornin'" the stooges harmonized. "Hey kiddo, what's for breakfast?"
"Oh, Curly's road kill cat soup, it is a beautiful piece of delicacy," Jerry commented.
Kim could only stare with bewilderment at Jerry while Moe's usual angry face kicked in. He reached into his sleeping bag and brought up an iPod touch and smashed it on Curly's face.
"Ow…Ow…What's that for?" Curly screamed at his older brother.
"For using road kill to make good sup," Moe said. "Please tell me you packed more food in that bag."
"Soitenly, there's plenty of dead cat soup to go around," Curly told him.
Moe's face got angrier, if it was possible.
"Why you nitwit!" Moe screamed at he reached for Jack's M1 Garand and began to chase Curly with it, threatening to hit him with the butt stock.
"Wait Moe…don't…I'm a victim of soycumstance…wait...wait…we'll go and get some real food!" Curly screamed.
"Well we can't, we got to get that young dame on the plane and back to the boss," Moe told Curly (Kim glared at them for calling her a dame but they were not paying any attention to her) and then he smashed the rifle over Curly's cranium, breaking it in half, causing him to cry like a baby (I'M SO AGGRIVATED…MOE, LARYY….") Moe just tossed the rifle aside and collected his sleeping bag to put back in his pack.
"Jack, I told you we should had put our weapons back inside the case," Jerry told Jack.
"Yeah no kidding…now I have to pay for that rife now," Jack said sadly. "Well, there goes my hairspray savings."
Jack and Jerry heard a sigh coming from the other side of the ten, and they turned to see Kim rolling her eyes, possibly at Jack's statement.
"You must really be crazy about your hair?" Kim said sarcastically.
"You want to talk about hair?" Larry asked Kim. "Check out this sweet style that I had since I was twenty-five."
Kim went from glaring to dumbfound. "Seriously, why are they even here?" Kim asked. "They're so dumb you can knock on their heads and the echo would travel across the Pacific."
"Well, we may had kidnapped her Jack, but she does have a point," Jerry said.
"Well, both of you stop pointing out, it's time to head back," Jack told everyone. "Jerry, pack up the tent; Moe, Larry, Curly, just stand out of the way; Kim, you're coming with me."
Jack went over to Kim and once again picked her up but this time he threw her over his shoulders and walked out the tent with her kicking and screaming; Jack telling her that he'll slap her ass again if she kept struggling. That statement made Kim stop.
Jack sat Kim down on a stump and stood behind her with is arms on Kim's shoulders as Jerry packed up the tent, with the last thing he did was pushing the button on the box to retract the tent back.
Once the area was cleared, the six of them, with Jack carrying Kim by his shoulders, made their way to the abandoned farm where the plane was hidden. Along the way, Curly kept collecting dead birds off the ground and the others only noticed when Kim made a rude comment about Curly disturbing the dead animals. Moe immediately stuffed a dead bird down his throat, only for Curly to start chewing on it, making the others sans Jerry gag.
"We've been working with the boss for twenty-three years and you still have a palate of a homeless person," Moe told his brother.
"Hmm…get over it Moe, we'll always be homeless people on the inside," Curly told his older brother.
Eventually, they reached the plane, and Jack got in with Kim over his shoulders and placed her in a seat, with her hands still taped behind her back. Jerry took a seat behind her, Jack in the seat across from her, and the stooges heading into the cockpit.
"Good morning Jack, Jerry, and the young girl we were order to kidnap," Curly's voice said over the intercom. "Today is a nice sunny day for a flight to Southern California. Please keep in mind that this is not an ordinary flight, so we will be airborne soon."
The plane was started up and ten minutes later, they were airborne on their way back to Seaford.
About halfway through the flight, Kim was getting very hungry, but she did not dare say anything; she think they might serve her the disgusting soup.
Curly came out of the cockpit holding books in his hand, and he sat down in the first seat and started reading. A few minutes later, Moe came out and was heading for the back when he stopped, and walked back.
"Hey lump head, what you reading there?" Moe asked.
"I don't know, I found it at the house and I wanted to get some reading in on the flight," Curly asked.
Moe took a look, and suddenly he slapped Curly on top of his head and snatched the books out of his hand. He took a better look at the books and then walked to where Kim was sitting.
"Excuse me miss, but back at your old room, did you had three books on top of your desk?" Moe asked Kim.
All Kim did was nodded.
"Here," Moe said handing Kim the three books. "Curly thought they were science fiction novels and snatched them." He walked to the back and entered the lavatory.
Kim looked down at her books, seeing her initials KBC on the cover. She shook her head; the bald man had tried to read her private thoughts. Well, she was definitely going to be writing horrible thoughts about this the first chance she got.
Eventually, the plane landed after two hours, back at the hangar adjacent to the academy. After driving the plane into the hangar at an awkward angle, the six of them got off; this time Jack and Jerry held Kim by her arms and walked her out of the hangar.
They left the flight line and began to walk toward the academy. Kim took a look around and noticed several large buildings around the area. She guessed that it had to do with what Jack and Jerry did…she highly doubt the stooges were spies.
Jack and Jerry continue to walk her through the area until they reached a big villa on a hill that slightly overlooked the other buildings. Kim guessed this must be where Jack and Jerry's boss work.
Jack, Jerry, Kim, and the stooges approached the doors where the guards were stationed.
"Good afternoon Joan," Jack said. "Please tell Mr. Turner we brought Kim."
"One moment kiddo," Joan said as she radioed in. After a few seconds, she stepped aside and allowed them to enter.
The six of them made their way through the foyer and up the stairs. Upon hitting the second floor, they knocked on a set of double doors and waited for a replay.
"Enter," said a booming voice.
Jack turned the knob and they stepped inside Mr. Turner's office.
Kim took a good look at the man behind the desk. She was surprised to see that she looked fairly similar to herself if she was a guy with short hair and was older. His glasses hung on his nose and he held a cigarette in his left hand.
"Kimberly Crawford, it's good to have you here," Mr. Turner said. He did not make an attempt to dismiss the others. He merely put out his cigarette and turned the fan on.
Just then, the doors opened, and in came someone wearing a dark set of cammies and a mask over its head.
"Ah, my insider, good to have you here," Mr. Turner said. The masked man stood behind the stooges saying nothing.
"All right, everyone is here," Mr. Turner said as he sat in his chair.
"Ah Kimberly Beulah Crawford, I understand you're wondering why I had my spies kidnap you, am I correct?" Mr. Turner asked her.
Kim rolled her eyes. "Well, that is on my mind."
"Well Kimberly…"
"Kim…Just Kim," Kim said sternly.
Mr. Turner coughed a bit before he continued. "Well Kim, the reason I kidnapped you is well because of your father, James Crawford."
"Well um…Mr. Turner, I don't know what you know about my father, but I do," Kim said. "And I know that my father will come looking for me. In fact, he's probably looking for me right now, and when he finds out I'm here, he'll bring hell over you."
The masked guy laughed but Mr. Turner made a sound indicating for him to shut up.
"Well Kim, I'm sure your father is looking for you, but not for the reasons that you believe," Mr. Turner said.
Kim rolled her eyes. "I know my father, and I know he cares a lot about me. He wouldn't let his only daughter be held hostage by some rogue spies."
"Kim, I had you kidnapped from that maniac you were forced to call your father for a very good reason, and I expect you to listen to me," Mr. Turner said with dignified force.
Kim laughed out loud. "And give me one good reason why I should listen to you?"
"Because your father, whom I'm pretty sure told you that he works some regular ol' Joe job, is in fact a crime boss, and recently has been attacking this academy, which is by the way called the Seaford Secret Society of Development of Espionage Agents, and the deal I made with him is now null and void."
"What deal did you made with my innocent, accounting dad?" Kim said.
Mr. Turner laughed at her statement before he grabbed a piece of paper from his desk and handed it Kim. She snatched it out of her hands and began to read the contents.
Certificate of Adoption
Parties: Branch Rickey Turner (father, born December 5, 1952 Seaford, CA)
Madeline Hannah nee Palmer (mother, born May 4, 1969 San Diego, CA)
James Elliot Crawford (uncle, born March 4, 1953 Berlin, German Democratic Republic (A/N GDR is East Germany)
Jeanette Kimberly nee Palmer (aunt born July 18, 1967 San Diego, CA)
The parties hereby agree that the subject of adoption Kimberly Beulah Crawford, born the fifth of August 1997 in Seaford, California, shall hereby be in adoptive custody of James and Jeanette Crawford, under agreement signed by all parties witnesses by Thomas Oliver Turner (born September 8, 1916 Omaha, Nebraska.) The agreement states that James Elliot Crawford, former criminal, shall not be imprisoned, tried by a court of law, or ordered to be deported to his native Germany, and shall be given adoptive custody of Kimberly B. Crawford under condition that he shall never participated in any crimes of the felony nature ever again. Failure to comply with this agreement is grounds for the voiding of such adoptions when necessary.
Kim finished reading this and looked up at Mr. Turner with a face full of shock one touch would electrocute the person.
"No, this can't be true…not this is…impossible…impossible!" Kim screamed.
"Unfortunately, it is," said the person in the mask, which sent shivers up Kim's spine since she could hear the familiarity of the voice.
"Kim, this insider man had given me credible information about your father's activities," Mr. Turner continued. "And while he has been a great asset, unfortunately, his identity remains a secret…until today. He has agreed to reveal himself only when you are in my presence. Now, you sir, shall keep your end of the deal and remove that mask.
"Yes sir," said the masked man as he reached for the mask to remove it. Once the mask was off, Jack and Jerry saw the face but said nothing about it while Mr. Turner, Kim, Moe, Larry, and Curly were put in complete shock upon seeing the face…that face…that face Kim seen before…all her life.
Finally, chapter 4 is done. Took a while longer than I had hoped but I hope to post again by Friday, Saturday at the latest.
Anyone who can guess who the person is behind the mask will receive a shoutout.