Chapter 9 Mission Possible

You know, while I'm typing more and more chapters and stories, I realize that I should really,REALLY get back to "Disabilities Can Have Advantages".Seriously, it's been, what, a year since then? Maybe I'll do it this week...maybe. Anyways, Mario stuff belongs to Nintendo. Enjoy the chapter while I contemplate on my reason for laziness.


About a month has passed since Shy's arrival to the agency and so far has enjoyed almost every single bit of it. Of course, there are the back-breaking training exercises and Phil's occasional chattering, but for the most part, it's been peachy. However, despite managing to defeat three criminals, Shy has never been called up for special missions yet. It's not that Shy was getting bored inside the headquarters or anything, but Shy was honestly hoping he could be part of the team somehow besides just being a supporting character in the building. This was all that was going on at the moment in Shy's head as he gazed at the walls of the aquarium lounge.

"Maybe I've been thinking too much," Shy sighed, looking away from the enormous fish tank. "I'll get my time eventually and so will Phil and Alice."

Shy walked out of the lounge, still guessing when a mission will arrive for him and his friends. He wondered what his first mission would be like. Could it be stopping an evil scientist from taking over a city? Maybe defeating a colossal-sized dinosaur? Take back top-secret plans from an enemy organization? The possibilities were endless!

Suddenly, Shy's train of thoughts were shattered when a familiar physical form literally crashed onto him. Shy wasn't as surprised at this point.

"What is it this time, Phil?" Shy grumbled as his body was crushed underneath Phil's.

Phil quickly got up and had an excited look on his face.

"I've got super duper great news, Shy!" Phil squealed joyfully. "Nix wanted to see us in his office for something mega important!"

"I bet we only have to do some "special" training course they set up for us," Shy sighed.

"HAVE to or GET to?" Phil smiled. "Anyways, Nix told me to find you and bring you back to his office ASAP and I plan to do just that!"

Phil grabbed Shy's hand tightly and started dragging Shy through the building, with Shy protesting in pain.

"Ow! Phil! Stop it! Augh! That popping sound is my shoulder, Phil!"


After a short while of struggling, the two eventually made it to Nix's office, where Lemmy, Alice, Shannon and Breeze were waiting there as well. By the time Phil finally let go of Shy, the poor Shy Guy was slumping and holding his arm in pain.

"Great, now I can reach my feet standing up" Shy grumbled.

"Now's not the time to deal with your monkey arm, Shy!" exclaimed Breeze. "Nix has something to say!"

"Gee, thanks for your concern…" Shy mumbled.

"Now that everyone's here," Nix began. "I have an important announcement for you all"

"Did you make a robot puppy that can shoot lasers?" Alice guessed with a small squeal. "That'd be so cool!"

"Did you recruit a famous celebrity?" Shannon guessed as well. "Maybe Madame Lala?"

"Is it about that giant bathroom incident on the sixth floor?" Phil guessed blatantly. "It may or may not have been my fault"

"No, no and we know it was you, Phil" Nix responded to all three's guesses.

Nix pulled up a blue holographic screen with a click of a button. On the screen was a boy about the age of 14 with red hair. He was wearing a white collared shirt topped with a red vest and a crescent moon necklace and also wore beige pants and black shoes..

"This is Ryan Sketz. He is an agent from our organization whom we have sent on a mission to investigate an area by the name of Fantoche Island. Many people have disappeared when they have either sailed or flew near this area. It seems that Sketz has become one of the missing and-"

"You want us to go find him and bring him back, right?" Alice asked excitedly.

Nix nodded his head. "Exactly. I also want to, if they exist, the main perpetrator in this case to be arrested."

"Alright then!" exclaimed Shannon. "We know our mission, so now we just get some cool spy gadgets and we'll be on our-"

"Actually Shannon," Nix interrupted. "You and Breeze will not be taking on this mission."

"Wh-what?!" shouted Breeze.

"What do you mean we won't be taking this mission?!" Shannon argued. "How come Alice gets to go?! She's a girl like us so it should be fair if she had other girls to back her up!"

"Alice, Shy and Phil are going because this mission will be a good experience as they are newbies" Nix countered.

"That's it?! That's not fair! The only mission we get are crappy ones! And WE don't even to get in action!" yelled Breeze.

"All we do is sit in the van and observe on computers!" Shannon whined. "Besides, you called us in because we were chosen, right?"

Nix shook his head.

"Actually, I never called either of you in here. You two just followed Alice in here"

"This sucks!" Breeze pouted.

"You can say that again…" Shannon grumbled loudly.

"This sucks!" Breeze pouted a second time.

The two girls left in a huff, obviously upset. Shy felt bad for the two girls, but he too wanted to participate in this mission. He honestly wanted to do something, but nothing came to Shy.

Ignoring the two Shy Girls' complaints, Nix gave instructions to the remaining agents in the office.

"I have called for a submarine to transport you all to Fantoche Island. Shy, you, Phil and Alice will scope out the area and rescue Ryan and arrest the perpetrator. Do not split up during this mission. If I've learned anything from horror films, it is to NEVER split up."

"Yes sir," Shy nodded. "And I will try to keep these two under control"

Shy looked at Phil and Alice, with them fiddling with pens.

Nix turned to Lemmy.

"Lemmy, you are to keep track of these three through radio transmission and call for back up if things get too dangerous out there"

Lemmy nodded, accepting Nix's orders.

"If you get nervous about this mission, just remember this: someone's life is at stake and all of that is in your hands"

Everyone, even Phil, stared at Nix blankly.

"Yeeeeah, that sounded A LOT better in my head…"

As the group of agents left the office, Shannon and Breeze were hiding in the bathroom next to Nix's office. The two were filled in on the whole mission without Nix knowing.

"Alright, Breeze, this is our time to shine!" Shannon whispered. "We just sneak inside that submarine and complete that mission ourselves. After that, we'll finally be recognized as true agents!"

"Sounds like a perfect plan to me!" Breeze whispered back.

Shannon started walking out of the bathroom until Breeze interrupted.

"First just let me use the ladies room"

Shannon rolled her eyes at this.


Lemmy escorted our heroes to the submarine. It was yellow colored. Before Phil could say anything that referenced anything, Shy gave Phil a threatening glare.

"If we go now, we should arrive on the island in about an hour" Lemmy instructed, opening the door to the submarine.

"Are there snacks in there? I forgot to eat breakfast" Alice asked.

"Speaking of snacks, one time I ate a green potato chip and I thought I was going to throw up from food poisoning, but it tasted just like a regular potato chip and speaking of chips, did you know that potato chips were invented by a cook who got really upset when a customer kept complaining that his fries were too thick and the chef decided to make the fries SUPER thin to annoy the customer, but instead the customer was thrilled and-"

Phil kept going on and on about trivia that no one in the group cared about, much to Shy's annoyance.

"One breath. I heard only one breath during all that…" Shy thought to himself.

The group boarded onto the sub and had no knowledge that Shannon and Breeze stow awayed onto the sub right before the door closed.

"This is so cool!" Shannon whispered. "Our first mission! Well, technically we weren't authorized to go, but still!"

"Are you sure no one will know if we're gone?" Breeze asked worried.

"Relax! I put up dummies of us in our room AND I made a perfect way to remove all suspicion that we left!"

In the room of the two girls were poorly made replicas with their bodies being swung in a circle from the roof with wires with a radio playing pop music and another radio playing construction sounds.

"And besides, if we DO get caught, these guys will totally thank us more experienced and more trained agents for tagging along!"

"Okay then, but just in case, this is YOUR idea, not mine," Breeze reminded. "You, uh-huh. Me, nuh-uh"

The yellow sub submerged into the ocean where Lemmy piloted, Alice commented on how pretty underwater was and Phil continued to unintentionally bug the heck out of Shy. The hour long ride eventually managed to get tiresome and boring. Lemmy decided to put the vehicle on auto-pilot and get a snack, in which Alice cleaned out the packs of gummy bears and gummy worms. Phil, surprisingly, ran out of things to talk about and fell asleep. Alice got bored of looking at the ocean scenery and fidgeted with some loose string on the sofas in the sub. Shy stared out of the window and admired the scenery outside.

"Alice was right, underwater IS beautiful," Shy whispered. " It's like an alien planet down here"

Shy started imagining how the mission is going to go. In his mind, he was leading the mission and the scenery was filled with jungles, explosions and super cool spy gadgets. He then saves Ryan from near-death and punching the villain in the face. He is then praised with glory and fame and riches. His fantasy ends with him driving a fancy sports car with Shannon next to him about to give him a kiss on the cheek. The dream of his shatters when he heard a loud alarm shouting: ARRIVING AT FANTOCHE ISLAND IN 5 MINUTES. Phil woke up and fell off the sofa in shock, earning a chuckle from Shy.

Shannon and Breeze quietly squealed with excitement from her hiding area, which was behind a crate in the very back of the sub.

"I just can't wait! My excitement is killing me!" Shannon whispered excitedly. "Agents of the century, here we come!"

"Finally we'll get all the respect that we deserve!" Breeze exclaimed quietly. "Once again,however, your idea, not mine. You, ja. Me, nein."


The group soon arrived on the island. As soon as Shy stepped onto the island, his foot felt a sinking feeling. He looked down to see the ground was made of fabric and was completely plush.

"Okay...not exactly what I was expecting…"

One by one, the team stepped onto the cloth land and examined the area. The trees were made of cardboard, the rocks were giant marbles, the grass was made of yarn and on top of it all, there was a giant mountain that seemed to be made of plastic. It was practically Craft Island.

"That mountain must be where Ryan is being held captive" Lemmy observed. "Stay close, everyone. Nix's orders"

Everyone nodded and ventured into the paper jungle. Meanwhile, after the coast was clear, Shannon and Breeze stepped out of the submarine.

"Alright Breeze, now is finally our chance to prove ourselves that we are NOT just a couple of interns, but super awesome secret agents!"

"Right, and once again-" Breeze started.

"YES! I know! My idea, not yours!"

Shannon groaned with frustration at her friend and followed Shy's group with Breeze following.


Shy felt crunching of tissue paper leaves under his feet as he and his team ventured further into the jungle. Despite being a jungle, the area wasn't humid like most jungles are. He noticed that the jungle had a very realistic jungle scent, yet the "nature" around him was completely fake. It was like an artist's paradise around here, with paint filled lakes and ponds, origami birds flying past the group, even the sky looked like it was painted. Certainly a weird yet fascinating area. But of course, no one on the team really had any time to admire the scenery as they still had a mission to complete.

Things weren't really going the way Shy expected this mission to turn out. First, their first mission was located on some paper-made happyland and second, all they've done so far was walk in a jungle. Not really something that an agent would be excited about. To be honest, Shy actually wanted more action from this mission but instead, he was getting sore feet from walking so long. It has been about half an hour since Shy's team have left the beach area and all they've found were cardboard trees, cotton ball bushes, yarn vines and plastic flowers. As amazingly weird this island was, Shy quickly got bored of this place. He never really was much of an artist truth be told.

Finally, the group saw that the jungle was coming to a stop, much to Shy's joy. When the team of friends exited the paper jungle, they found themselves at a village, where the buildings were popsicle stick houses, cardboard boxes and clay. This island was definitely sticking with it's artsy theme. When everyone entered the village, they were greeted to residents that were actual living toys such as teddy bears, dolls, ventriloquist dummies, paper dolls and other varieties of playthings.

Lemmy looked up and saw that they didn't really come that close to getting towards the mountain.

"I think we should talk to one of these citizens about that mountain," Lemmy suggested. "That might get us some clues about how to get to the mountain quicker"

"Let's talk to that guy!" Alice exclaimed, pointing to a short, grey, ninja-esque plush. It had a dark blue visor, wore white gloves and had dark violet shoes. It had no visible legs. The plushie was also repairing some sort of vehicle.

"Why him?" asked Lemmy. "Or at least, I'm assuming that's a him"

"I figured that since he's working on a machine, maybe we could convince that guy to lend us some of his vehicles and that'll help us get to that mountain faster!"

"That's...actually not a bad idea, Alice" Shy commented fairly impressed.

"I suppose that could work" Lemmy agreed.

"Did you guys know that a bunch of bananas are formerly called a hand and a single banana is called a finger?" Phil randomly stated. "Isn't that neat?"

The rest of the group stared at Phil for a short moment then chose to ignore him. They all walked up to the grey plushie, who didn't seem to notice the gang and was muttering under his breath. Lemmy was about to calmly let the toy about their presence, but Phil beat him to it.

"HEY MISTER! CAN WE TALK TO YOU FOR A SECOND?" Phil shouted, startling the toy, his friends and nearby bystanders.

"Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!" yelled the toy who stopped himself from swearing once he noticed Alice and Lemmy, since they were still technically children. "You almost gave me a heart attack!"

Lemmy gave Phil a quick glare before apologizing.

"Sorry about him, he's new to this kind of thing. Anyways, my name is Lemmy Koopa and we'd like to talk to you for a bit"

The plushie crossed his arms with annoyance. "And after what just happened, why should I talk to you?"

"Because an innocent person's life is at stake" Shy answered, hoping to get a reaction. He got one, but not one he was expecting.

"Just ONE?" the plushie scoffed. "You people obviously have no idea what happens around here!"

"Huh?"

"I see innocent people every WEEK have their lives in danger around here!" the grey toy shouted. "What you have to say is nothing new to me!"

"In a place like this?" Alice questioned.

"YES in a place like this! For the last FIVE YEARS it's happened in a place like this!"

"What happened here? Was it a huge storm that somehow changed this village or maybe some evil gangsters or a deadly disease or may-" Phil babbled.

"SHUT UP!" the toy yelled. "Why should it matter to you all? I doubt you from around here, so why do you people care?"

"Because we're on a mission!" Shy shouted back.

"A mission for what?"

"To put an end to whatever happened here!"

The plush stood there silently. The moment lasted for a minute or two until he finally spoke up.

"What could you possibly do?" he asked.

"We were sent here by G.A.A.M.E.S. to rescue a fellow agent," Shy explained. "Oh, sorry, did we not mention that we're agents?"

"No"

"Well we are and according to what you said, something more than a simple hostage situation is stirring on this island, so if you're hoping for whatever madness that's going on this island to end, I suggest you give up some of your time to talk to us"

The toy stared at Shy surprised.

"We also need your machines to get us to that mountain" Phil butted in, pointing to the large mountain.

"Phil!" Lemmy exclaimed, afraid that Phil might ruin their chance of obtaining information

However, the toy simply just turned away from the group and sighed.

"Follow me" he gestured, walking into his home.

The group looked at each other with confusement, but not willing to waste this opportunity and followed the plush.


Meanwhile, Shannon and Breeze were still making their way through the jungle. They weren't following Shy's group and managed to get themselves lost.

"Maybe we should've kept an eye on Shy and followed him" Breeze mumbled.

"You think? Now they're going to beat us to the mission site and we'll never get our time in the spotlight!" Shannon complained.

The two girls continued walking in the vast jungle. That is, until Shannon stepped into an big spider web made of yarn. It was white and sticky, like a real web and worst of all, for Shannon, there was actually a spider in it.

"AAAAAAHH! SPIDER WEB! GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!"

Shannon screamed like a banshee as she ran in a random direction trying to get rid of the spider web with Breeze following.

Eventually, she got rid of the web, but was to frightened to notice, so she kept screaming and running until she tripped and stumbled into the village Shy was in.

"Hey Shannon! We found civilization!" Breeze exclaimed to her fallen friend.

Shannon groaned as she stood up and scanned the scenery.

"Where are we? Some kind of toy village?"

Shannon looked up to see the mountain, seeing that they weren't even near where they were supposed to be.

"Great! It'll take a miracle at this point to get the respect we deserve!" Shannon groaned.

"Hey Shannon! Look!" Breeze shouted pointing to a machine. It was a blue disc-like vehicle with white jet boosters and a blue crescent fin attachment.

"Well that was fast" Shannon commented. "We can use this thing to travel to that mountain and earn our respects faster!"

The girls ran up to the machine and examined it a bit. Breeze poked it a few times with curiosity and Shannon just stared at the contraption with confusion.

"So...how does this thing work?"

I had fun writing this! Anyways, sorry for the wait on this chapter, had school, summer vacations and just plain laziness. Also, if you see any mistakes in my stories, please let me know which chapter and which parts so I can fix them later. Read and Review! Peace!