Me! I know, last chapter was pretty short, and it kind of sucked, but when I thought of the end I was like: PERFECT!
~Gemstone
Jayne froze. The team knew all about Ruby Peet, the last team captain of NERDS. This was her daughter, Amber. It was probably a ransom. "They knew we were coming," Grace murmured. "So they took Amber as a ransom."
Jayne knew why Amber, too. If Amber didn't come home, the team would get seriously kicked off the team. Ruby Peet, when she was a kid, when she was part of NERDS, was literally their secret weapon. Her supreme allergies allowed her to sense every move before it came, tell where you were most weak. Jayne thought of Matilda Choi. Ruby Peet VS. Matilda Choi, Jayne guessed Ruby would probably win. Jason gasped. "I can only see people's aura's if they don't have upgrades," he muttered. "Amber has upgrades." Jayne winced. They knew Amber had the natural ability to be as stealthy and deadly as a ninja. Her upgrades had probably increased that.
But here she was, tied up without a weapon like fish…
"Okay, guys, saving Seattle turned into Saving Amber and Seattle," Hazel whispered. "Seer, Arrowhead, us three will go distract Sir Stone. Alex, go disable the Pebble Machine. Einstein and Listener, go help Amber." Jayne quietly slipped over to Amber, who had bitten through half her ropes already. She grinned. "Oh, hello. Please untie me, I have rope burn on my tongue." Jayne raised her eyebrows, and began too untie the sarcastic girl. Grace helped. When Amber was freed, she relaxed. "Ah. So you guys are my new team, eh?" she asked. "Excuse me?" Hazel called from fighting Sir Stone. "Yeah. I'm a NERD. Stop staring and go destroy the pebble machine!" Amber ordered.
"Um. Hazel's team leader…I mean Liger is," Grace told her. "I know. Don't get so pushy. I'm stuck here trying to keep the tiger in its cage—" Amber gestured to a door and Jayne winced as she heard ferocious roaring—" and desperately trying to throw all these pebbles down the toilet one by one. Besides, all toilets—"
"Lead to the ocean," Jayne finished. "Genius, um… what's your code name?" Grace asked. Amber sighed. "What do you think, genius?" she asked sarcastically. "Oh. Um. I don't know… Operative?" Grace wondered. "Ding ding ding ding! Now, go help while I keep all the people in this tower from freaking out and killing themselves. Shoo!" Amber said, shooing Grace and Jayne away.
The battle was pretty much over. Hazel was punching Sir Stone, the pebble machine was disabled, and Jason was retrieving rope to tie up the general. Jayne and Grace launched into battle with one of Sir Stone's goon's, Dumb Alec.
By the time Dumb Alec was down, a helicopter hovered over the building, Amber had successfully flushed all the pebbles down the toilet and the tiger was loaded in the helicopter. Amber waved the team over, and flipped onto the ladder, climbing up and waiting for the team.
"Wow. We did it," Jason said in a daze. "Wahoo! OK, we only celebrate with Pepsi's, Diet Cokes, Sprite and chocolate cake with M&M cookies. Yep. We rock. Sugar high for everybody!" Amber cheered.