Chapter 8 - Searching for comrades

Thusday night, 8:45 pm

It was dark and now Steve and Peter were using flashlights to see where they were going. Paige was watching the boys goofing around on the video camera. "I wish I could here what they are saying," she mumbled to herself. "Too bad when Steve put the camera in, he didn't press the "Record Sound" button."

"Who are you talking to?" Nicole asked as she entered the tent and set down a plate of cookies and chocolates.

"I'm just talking to myself," Paige said as she picked up a double chocolate chip cookie. "I can't believe that Jason bought himself a spy video camera and left it in his room." She glanced at the monitor where they were watching the boys. "Wait a minute! Jason is coming down from the roof. Look! Marcus and that other kid are leaving the fort! Use the walkie- talkie to call Eagle 2."

"Who's Eagle 2?" Nicole asked while grabbing the walkie-talkies.

"Eagle 2 is Peter and Steve. Weren't you paying attention when I gave that talk about what our code-names are?" Paige demanded. "Actully forget it, I don't want to know. Just call them, we've got some ambushing to do."

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Jason grabbed a water balloon launcher and then noticed that Quincy was out. "Hello Quincy," Jason said in that voice you use when you talk to babies or pets. "Sorry I can't take you, but...." He just had a brillent idea! He took Quincy and put him into his coat pocket. Then he carefully climbed down the ladder to the ground. He switched on his night-vision goggles and looked around for any sight of his comrades. Seeing no trace, he said into his walkie-talkie, " Gandalf the Grey to Indiana Jones, do you copy?" There was no answer. He knew that Indiana Jones..er..Marcus would be going through the woods to the back door. He sprinted off in the direction of the woods, all the while keeping a lookout for his friends or his enemies. He had entered the woods and was careful not to make alot of noise, as that would be heard by Paige if they were in these woods. As he made his way along deeper into the woods, he tried to remember what route Marcus had mapped out before he left. Jason thought hard then remembered and he quietly made his way to the cave where he and Marcus had stashed some supplies earlier. Marcus had said he would get the extra food and suction dart guns, then go to the house. Jason was about to step into the clearing where the cave was when a hand covered his mouth and pulled him deeper into the woods.