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9:02 pm - Paradise Resort, Sam's Hotel Room
"Wh- who's there?" Sam stammered in panic as she felt her arms being held down hard against the bed's surface. Taking deep breaths she focused her eyes to the dark and gasped when she saw deep, sea-foam eyes staring back, gleaming at her with rage in the darkness. "Ti-tim?" Sam stuttered, knowing those eyes could only belong to one man. She heard him let out a small, mocking chuckle. "Glad to see you still remember me," he said, remembering how rudely she had forgotten about him tonight while she danced with that creep. The thought repulsed him to the core that Sam was more comfortable with a random man than him, her spy partner, it bothered him.
"I have to find out WHY she doesn't like me before it drives me crazy," he thought in frustration before tightening his grip on the girl that was trying to escape. Sam gasped at his rough grip only to gulp when he lowered his face down so that she was staring right into his eyes.
"What's the problem Sam?" he hissed, his face mere inches from hers as he held her down tightly against the soft surface of the silk sheets. Gulping, Sam tried to remain calm. "I-I don't know what you're talking about!" she stammered. Tim scoffed. "You know exactly WHAT I am talking about Samantha," he whispered lowly with anger, fury and confusion in his tone. "Why the hell do you treat me like this?" he spat. "Why do you..." he took a deep breath, leaving her face to tingle when he exhaled. "..Why do you hate me?"
Sam's body went rigid on the spot as she listened to him. There was so much...dare she say it...hurt in his tone. She had never heard Scam sound like this. She had never thought he was even capable of sounding hurt. What had she done to make him sound like this? Did her coldness around him truly bother him? Why?
Staying silent because she didn't know what to say she glanced into his eyes, her own eyes widening when she saw the look he was giving her. A look of pure torment. His mouth was in a firm line, his eyes narrowed into slits, his jaw tense with anticipation and he was just staring at her, demanding an answer from her as to why she... hated him so much.
"...He thinks I hate him?" Sam thought, biting her lip knowing she had never meant to make him feel like he was an enemy even if he was one. That wasn't her aim. It couldn't be, not with Jerry warning them (especially her) to be civil to Tim Scam so that he wouldn't remember who he really was. She had just wanted to draw a line that would keep him from getting too close but now it seemed he had seen through her awkwardness and anxiety around him and taken it for what it really was. Hatred, the type of hatred one would have for their enemy.
Sam chewed on her lower lip in pent up unease, trying to figure out what to say to the obviously irritated man. To be honest hate was too strong of a word. Guiltily she had to admit that after spending quite a bit of time with him she had seen things in him that weren't all evil, things that made him seem like a normal man instead of the sociopathic criminal that she had known for so long. Things that made him almost...nice. Things that she could not admit to Clover or Alex because they would deem her insane, things that she could not let get to her if she knew what was good for her.
"But I don't hate him right now, not really..." Sam thought knowing what her problem really was. Even if Scam was being good right now he had an evil past. She just didn't...trust him. "But then how can I? How can I trust my enemy? How can I trust a man who wanted me dead? Wanted to hurt people I care for?" She reasoned, telling herself she was right while ignoring the fact that the man staring back at her with penetrating eyes was not really the same man she was describing from memory. But he was still Tim Scam, a sociopath, a killer, pure evil and one day he would remember that. That was all she had to remember no matter how hard he made that at times.
Hearing him say her name in a longing whisper Sam shuddered before speaking quickly. "…I don't know you that well," she said, trying to sound logical and give him a valid answer. A chuckle made her eyes widen. Why was he laughing? "Right," Scam spat, only tightening his vice grip on her wrists as he held her down. "And that man you were dancing with oh so happily…I suppose you know him longer than you know me?"
Sam clamped her mouth shut at his statement."Yet you had no problem dancing with him, smiling at him, talking to him," he said, his voice sounding calm but hurt was clear in his sea-foam eyed gaze. Watching her close her eyes and look away he shook his head in disappointment. What did she take him for? An idiot? There was clearly a reason WHY she was this way to him only. She was comfortable with Darren, with random men but not him. Why?
Staring down at her face again he sighed. "Silence isn't an answer Samantha," he muttered making her sigh because she really didn't know how to even go about explaining her distant behaviour around him without telling him that he was her enemy. She had to make him believe she just didn't know him yet, although the irony of that didn't go unnoticed by her. "I know him better than he knows himself," Sam thought silently knowing she could never forget what Scam had forgotten due to his amnesia.
"I told you..." Sam said sounding tired. "I don't know you that well, that doesn't mean I..." Sam took a deep breath knowing she had to say this to put his mind at ease. "I don't hate you Tim, honest," she said quickly while giving him a small smile hoping that would help persuade him. Tim's eyebrows rose as he heard her and soon his mouth was turning into a small smile but he stopped while wondering if she was really telling the truth.
Could it really be that she didn't know him well enough and that was all there was to it? But what about the random men she was comfortable with? She didn't know them at all, yet she was calm around those men but not him. "Then why me?" he thought, frowning before he let out a small sigh. "Is there something I do that...bothers you Samantha?" he asked leaving her to blink in shock. He honestly cared about that?
"Well I can't tell him that his stalking, random touching and staring at me...all the time, kind of gets to me," Sam thought, with a sigh before she shook her head. "No, it's just your...personality," she said choosing her words carefully. Tim raised an eyebrow. "What?" She shrugged. "...You're a little intimidating," she muttered and to her surprise he let out a small laugh. Tim shook his head at her confused face because while she wouldn't believe it she wasn't the first to say that. Many people had told him he could easily intimidate people by simply being around them even if that wasn't his goal, and Sam? She saw him a lot so that did make sense.
"Not that I'm ever going to leave her alone," Scam thought while staring at the redhead's face with a small smirk. He didn't intend for even one moment to let this little unease she felt around him get in the way. Now that he knew what the issue was he would deal with it. He would try to be less "intimidating" and show her his caring side no matter how challenging that may be. He never really had been a soft guy but he would show her what ever he had to, he would give her what ever she needed for her to like him. She was definitely worth the effort and he wasn't giving up. He was Tim Scam, he NEVER gave up on what he wanted.
"Hmm… you do realize…." he whispered suddenly while bringing his head closer and leaving his face inches away from hers, his index finger tracing her cheek. "That not knowing me well enough isn't an excuse." Sam watched him fixedly while ignoring his index finger, ignoring how hard her heart was beating in her chest as she lay trapped beneath him with his muscular body enveloping her form. Tim smiled while bringing himself even closer until his nose was touching hers. "...And if you don't know me yet... as you claim Samantha…" he whispered, looking straight into her widened eyes before he smirked. "Then soon you will," he muttered, his lips now almost touching her own, his breath hissing over them leaving her to involuntarily blush. Sadly her body had a mind of its own and she had never been this close to a man before, a fact that she was heavily regretting at this moment. She stared up at him, trying to ignore his closeness and wondering what to say to tell him to get off only to find him staring at her lips. And from her angle it looked no less than a look of pure hunger.
About to panic when he leaned closer, Sam let out a breath of relief when a sound she recognized as WOOHP's ring tone filled the silence. Tim stopped, less than an inch away from Sam's lips and groaned in frustration, not bothering to hide his annoyance as he separated himself from her body and stood up to take Jerry's call. "Hello?" he said, sounding agitated and Sam took the moment to calm her breathing and zip up her dress that she had just noticed had been open all this time. Blushing horridly she could still hear his rough voice, whispering in her ear that she would get to know him .The memory gave her chills and she didn't even want to think about what he meant by that. "Best not to find out," Sam thought before almost jumping when Tim spoke to her.
"Jerry wants all of us back, apparently there is a problem." Sam bit her lip in confusion wondering what was going on. Tim didn't look like he knew much at all. "Did Jerry say anything else?" she asked but he shook his head looking very confused and frustrated. "No, he said he wanted all of us back right now and that he was sending a private jet." Sam nodded knowing Tim had probably told Jerry they were all here to save him the trouble of tracking her, Clover and Alex down. But why did Jerry want them all back? Judging by the fact that Jerry hadn't said much to Scam she just knew that whatever had happened had to do with him.
Silently she followed Tim out of the hotel room to go and tell the others that they had to go back to WOOHP. She bit her lip as she knocked on Clover's door while Tim rounded up Blaine and Darren. She had a really bad feeling about this.
11:00 pm - WOOHP Headquarters, Jerry's Office
The plane ride had been silent with Clover, Alex, Sam and the others wondering over why their vacation had been cut short and now they all stood in their boss' office with questioning glances directed at the old man. Looking at his agents Jerry sighed feeling guilty for having to ruin their time off but when his eyes landed on Tim Scam he knew that a lot was at stake here. He could only thank god that Terrance hadn't gotten to Tim yet. "Sorry to cut the vacation off..." he started slowly. 'But we have more pressing concerns to deal with at the moment." Clover rolled her eyes not knowing why she had ever even believed that Jerry was going to give her time off in the first place.
Sam nodded knowing that she didn't really mind that the vacation was over. Logically speaking she could never avoid Tim Scam, a man intent on chasing her. Being stuck with him in a confined area such as the resort wouldn't have been something she would have enjoyed anyway, that much she knew from the one day she had been stuck with him. "At least he can't break into my bedroom here," Sam thought, gulping at the memory as she made sure not to look at Tim Scam who was probably looking at her like he always did.
From next to them Alex let out a small sigh knowing she had been enjoying the vacation immensely thanks to the time she got to spend with Darren. "Well it was good while it lasted," she thought sadly while trying to not get too upset over the fact that Darren and her had planned to spend tomorrow together on the island. Looking across the room she was surprised to see Darren looking at her with a regretful smile and she blushed when she understood that he was just as disappointed as her. Darren stared at Alex while biting his lip and trying to tell her that he would make it up to her. In fact he already had an idea provided that Jerry's news wouldn't get in the way.
"So what's the big emergency Jer?" Darren asked, trying to mask his annoyance. Jerry sighed not knowing if he should even mention the name Terrence Lewis with Tim Scam being in the room. Would hearing his name trigger Tim's memories of working with his brother? But he couldn't not tell him either, Tim was a naturally curious man and if the others knew something he didn't...he would find a way to find out. The outcome to that could be very ugly. Taking a deep breath Jerry tried to control his panic as he began explaining. "Terrance has escaped from prison," he said leaving everyone to gasp in shock.
All except Tim Scam. Watching Jerry with a confused stare, Tim crossed his arms over his chest. "Your brother?" he said. "Since when did you see him as a threat Jerry" he asked sounding lost. Biting his lip Jerry looked down remembering how three years ago his brother hadn't been as ruthless or nearly as successful of a criminal as he was now. Part of the reason for that was the man that was standing right in front of him. The mastermind behind LAMOS, Tim Scam. Jerry knew exactly why his crazy brother had recruited Tim. He had chosen him because Terrance knew Tim knew WOOHP well, he knew that Tim had the mind of a genius but most of all he knew that Tim Scam had always been his favourite agent.
"He wanted to attack me personally and that's why he involved Tim," Jerry thought bitterly remembering a time that Clover, Alex and Sam did not know about. A time when Tim was the one he told about his problems with his brother and he had always told him not to worry about his angry sibling because he had no valid reason to want revenge. He had no doubt in his mind that Terrance had gone to Tim when he was angry and had gotten him to forget everything and join his team to get vengeance against him. Now that Tim was back on his side he was trying to take him away again. "I won't allow it," Jerry vowed to himself, not willing to lose Scam again no matter what he had to do.
"Jerry?" Scam said, breaking the prolonged silence and Jerry glanced at him with a small smile. The concern on his face was enough for him to know he was right in doing this. Tim Scam belonged on WOOHP's side and he would stay there no matter how badly his brother wanted otherwise. "Tim..." Jerry started. "Terrance has formed a group of criminals to go up against me," he said solemnly. In shock, Scam never noticed how no one else in the room seemed surprised at this information. "When did this happen?" he asked. "Who would want to join your mad brother to go up against WOOHP anyway?"
Everyone in the room remained silent and Sam bit her lip silently at the irony of this moment. The mastermind behind Terrance's most recent and deadly attacks was outraged, was confused over who would want to join him. This only went to show how much Scam had forgotten. Jerry bit his cheek in thought wondering how much about the LAMOS he should reveal to Tim. It wasn't a good idea, Tim was an integral part of the group and telling him the members...he might put two and two together.
Jerry sighed. "The group is made up of random WOOHP escapees," he said being vague and the others knew it was on purpose. "The organization's name is L, A, M,O, S," he said, spelling out the name in case just saying it was too dangerous. Scam watched Jerry for a moment before he suddenly burst out into laughter. "Wow Jerry, no offence but your brother is even more of a moron than I can remember," he said in between trying to control his chuckling. "Does he even realize that spells lamos?"
From behind Scam, Clover scowled, feeling just about ready to tell him he was part of the LAMOS himself but she knew she couldn't do that. "Laugh all you want Scam, the LAMOS are dangerous," she spat before she could stop herself leaving him to turn and face her. Tim immediately frowned at the sight of the blonde he could not stand. Honestly why couldn't she be abducted by aliens? Go far away and leave him alone without poking her nose into his business, namely Sam.
Rolling his eyes he crossed his arms over his chest. "Yea I'm sure the LAMOS are scary to YOU Clover, but anyone with half a brain would know better than to be afraid of Terrance Lewis," he said rudely making her scowl. Clover curled her fist at her side trying to leash her anger. She honestly couldn't stand Tim Scam. Feeling Blaine hold her hand and give it a squeeze she relaxed knowing he was telling her to let it go for WOOHP's sake and she bowed her head and calmed herself down while praying that Scam didn't dare talk to her again. If he did she wasn't going to hold back from yelling at him, maybe a black eye would set him straight.
Ignoring the fuming blonde Tim turned to Jerry. "Don't worry Jerry your brother and the LAMOS," he said, trying not to laugh at the ridiculous acronym. "Will be behind bars before they even know it, I promise." Smiling Jerry nodded, feeling a little at ease that so far Scam didn't remember a thing. But he knew that he couldn't allow a confrontation to talk place between him and any member of the LAMOS. His other agents were going to have to handle this one on their own. "Thank you Tim," he said with a smile. "And I owe you one vacation so whenever things are a little calmer I'll be sure to give you that." Tim smiled, nodding at Jerry and Clover tried not to scowl at how Jerry made it so obvious who his favourite agent was. It really wasn't fair.
A moment later Jerry told them they could go, allowing them to exit but he stopped the girls after Tim, Blaine and Darren had left the room. Darren, noticing that Alex hadn't left turned around to find Jerry walking over to the girls and he realized he had more to say to them that Scam couldn't hear. He went back in quickly and pulled Alex to side telling Jerry he needed a moment with her. Staring at him curiously Alex was about to ask what this was about when he smiled before speaking to her in a whisper. "So the plan for tomorrow is ruined but I was thinking maybe we could do dinner tomorrow night, if you like?" Staring at Darin speechlessly, Alex blushed not believing Darren was actually asking her out. It would have never happened had Scam not crashed their vacation and she couldn't help but be guiltily thankful to Tim as she quickly nodded to Darren. Smiling, Darren left Alex there smiling like a lovesick puppy as he closed the door and left.
When Darren left Jerry sighed heavily knowing he had more bad news to tell the girls. Terrence had already begun to plot revenge all over again and they needed to know that he had to be stopped before he got to Scam. "Girls..." he started leaving them all to look at him in concern. "What I didn't mention before was that Terrance has already managed to break Boogie Bus, Helga Von Guggen and Myrna Beesebottom out of WOOHP." Clover, Alex and Sam's jaws dropped open. "Already?" Clover screamed in panic. "But..but he just escaped! How is that even possible?"
Jerry bit his lip and frowned. "My guess is this escape was being planned internally for a long time and now they all finally managed to pull it off." Alex chewed on her lower lip as she fidgeted with her hands. "Jer this is really bad," she said and Jerry nodded slowly. "Yes it is. I'm certain they are planning something really big this time," he took a deep breath before looking them all in the eye. "And whatever it is...Terrance is going to want Tim Scam to help him. We can not let that happen," he said firmly.
The girls nodded knowing Jerry was right. "What do we do Jer?" Sam asked ready to help in any way that she could. Jerry stared at her with a small smile. "You look after Tim, Sam. I'll reduce the number of missions you both have in case that Terrance is involved but keep an eye on him, okay?" Sam bit her lip and nodded knowing that as Scam's spy partner she had a duty to protect him on missions. Terrance and the LAMOS were a major threat to his memory. She sighed softly knowing it wasn't even going to be hard to keep an eye on him. "He's always around me anyway," she thought, never noticing how her lips curved into a smile at that thought as her friends spoke to Jerry about what they needed to do stop Terrance.
11:39 pm - Somewhere in the Ocean, LAMOS Headquarters
Tired, groggy and cooped up, none of the LAMOS were thrilled to be back in the submarine that was their headquarters. That and they hadn't slept in a long time since Terrance had some master plan he wanted to share with them. When their leader finally walked into the room they all sat up straighter and nodded their heads in greeting. "Ah," Terrance said with a smirk as he glanced at his team. "Myrna Beesebottom, Boogie Gus, Helga Von Guggen, so nice to see all of you again," he said with a grin. His smile however vanished when he noticed an empty spot on the circular seating area. His eyes narrowed and soon a glare was on his face as he glanced around in confusion.
"Where the hell is Tim Scam?" he roared, seconds after and soon the rest of the LAMOS were equally confused as they wondered where their youngest (but certainly most evil) member had gone to. Myrna shrugged her shoulders. "Doesn't seem that he's here, did you let him in on the plan?" she asked making Terrance sign in annoyance. "My dear Myrna, I would have let him in on the plan if he had been around! I haven't heard from him in months!" The room went silent after his words and they all realized quickly that it had indeed been a long time since any of them had head a word from Tim Scam. And they had no idea why. Sure Scam was a nomad and often kept his secrets to himself but this was a bit strange.
"I thought I heard something about him escaping a few months before," Myrna said suddenly making them all look at her. Terrance scrunched up his fist. "He escaped without us? What about the pact?" Helga Von Guggen sighed. "Did you expect him to actually care about the pact? You know what he's like Terrance." Terrance sighed, trying to leash his rage. They were right. It was more than likely Tim Scam had escaped on his own and left LAMOS because he felt it was not something he needed but that wasn't fair, nor was it something that Terrance was about to allow.
"We need to find him," he said firmly and the others sighed knowing tracking down that man would be a challenging task, especially if he didn't want to be found. "No offence but why do we need him?" Boogie Gus muttered. Terrance felt a headache coming on and he struggled to keep from blowing up on his recruits. Did they not understand that without Tim Scam they were next to nothing? He was the brains behind the team and that was why he had been chosen. That, and he had always enjoyed taunting his goody goody brother with the fact that his best agent was now on the side of evil. He wasn't about to give all of that up so easily.
"He's the brains behind LAMOS," he said simply. "We need him to form our plans, to carry them out. Out of all the criminals WOOHP has ever faced he is the only one to ever get close to almost destroying my brother multiple times," he said firmly leaving them all to nod knowing that was all true. "But..." Helga sighed. "Where do we find him? And do we sit idle until he decides to show up?" Terrance smirked as he watched his team. "We'll keep an eye out for Tim Scam, he's bound to show up eventually but we are not sitting idle, far from it."
The LAMOS watched Terrance curiously, their attention now caught. Sensing the anxiousness in the room Terrance grinned knowing they were all waiting for him to explain what he had in mind. Gathering them around he began telling them exactly what they needed to do in order to take the spies down. And when he was done explaining, all of them could agree that this plan was perfect.
8:15 am - Sam's house, Sam's room
The next morning, sitting on the edge of her bed Sam finished putting on her boots as she quickly got ready for school. It was Monday and she had a test today. She planned on getting to school early so she could revise before the test since she had gotten home late last night thanks to Jerry's sudden decision to bring them back home. If her vacation hadn't been cut short then this test would be next week but now she had to take it today. 'That's what happens when the school year is coming to an end," Sam muttered with a sigh remembering how graduation was soon approaching in just a month or two. Life had been so bizarre lately with her new partner that she didn't even have the mental capacity to stress over school, she was too busy worrying over Scam and what he would be doing next. Whether or not his memory would come back and what that meant for the future.
Now with Terrance and the other LAMOS on the prowl she was certain that they would be after Tim Scam. They would want him back just like Jerry said and so she had been given the job of protecting Scam and making sure Terrance never got to meet him in person. Clover and Alex had been assigned to go after the LAMOS and put them back in jail. They were just waiting until the group caused a disturbance so they could determine where they were hiding.
Sighing sadly Sam knew she wouldn't be able to help them go arrest the LAMOS because she was no longer Clover and Alex's spy partner, and she couldn't just tag along because Scam would ask questions and wonder why he couldn't go with her as well. He was her spy partner after all and he would want a reason, a reason that they could never give him because they were all afraid that if he met the LAMOS face-to-face he would remember something, maybe everything.
Sam shuddered at that thought while frowning because no matter how much she hated it Clover and Alex would have to take care of the LAMOS on their own this time. "Well, I'm sure they'll be fine," Sam said to herself, trying to be positive. Her friends had been just fine on missions without her so far (Clover had only really complained about her not being there once in a while) so this would be no different. The LAMOS were just lousy criminals and her friends could take them any day. "Especially now that Tim is no longer a part of them," Sam thought, frowning at the vivid memories of his evil past.
Even she had to admit she'd pick the stalking, teasing, kind of nice Scam over the downright evil one who wanted to kill for killing's sake. "Enough of this, already!" Sam thought with a glare, not really understanding why she was always, constantly thinking of Tim Scam. That wasn't her job, it was Jerry's. He had brought Scam back to WOOHP anyway.
"Right then," Sam told herself. "I shouldn't think about him. Right now my test is all that matters." Putting Scam out of her mind she quickly headed to her car so she could get to class on time. While driving she kept her eyes on the road, using the red stoplights to take the moment and mentally solve a math problem. This method was working quite well until her car suddenly stopped working.
Panicked, Sam slammed her foot onto the accelerator. "Come on, come on!" she muttered but the car refused to start. Sinking back in her leather seat Sam closed her eyes tightly and let out a heavy sigh. "Great, just great, now I can't even take my test," she mumbled sadly. Even if she tried to walk to class it was still a half hour away and she had only twenty-five minutes left to get there since she had spent some time stressing over Tim Scam in her house before she actually left or school.
Sitting there moping and calling herself an idiot, she never heard the sound of a motorcycle stopping right next to her car until the person driving it spoke to her. "Hey, need a lift?" a deep, masculine voice asked cheerfully and Sam looked up at the man with narrowed eyes because his voice sounded too familiar despite being muffled by the black motorcycle helmet he wore. Her eyes silently ran over the man's tall, muscular frame as he sat on a black and red Augusta F4CC motorcycle. "I don't take lifts from strangers, thanks," Sam muttered with dignity turning to face away from the man only to hear him chuckle, a sound she thought she had heard many times before.
Sighing, he took off the helmet and cleared his throat to get the attention of the redhead who gasped as soon as she saw him. "Well technically I'm not a stranger," Tim Scam said with a soft smile. Sam sighed, shaking her head in annoyance. "Speak of the devil," she muttered knowing he was the reason she was late in the first place. "Tim, what are you doing here?" she asked, scrutiny in her tone. Had be been stalking her again? Tim sighed as he heard her infuriated tone. Why did she always have to be a sourpuss when she talked to him? Couldn't she be nicer? Couldn't she give him that beautiful smile that she hid every time he was around?
Sighing he shrugged. "It's a nice day out so I decided to take a little motorcycle ride, is that a crime?" he muttered knowing she was probably thinking he had followed her even though this time he hadn't. It wasn't his fault fate was helping push her to him, now was it? Biting her lip Sam watched him carefully, not really ready to believe this was a coincidence at all. After a moment of watching her silently glare at him he sighed. "Come on, I'll drop you off, you're obviously in need of a lift." Blinking, Sam sat there stubbornly not willing to actually get out of the car and take his offer. How did she know he didn't cause her car to break down?
"Sam?" he said, sounding annoyed and she sighed trying to think of an alternate reason to get him to forget it other than her distrust and unease. Glancing at her watch she shook her head. "Never mind, I only have twenty minute left so you can't even get me there on time," she said with a sigh. Tim only raised an eyebrow in amusement. "So you'd rather miss your class than try to get there? That doesn't make much sense Sammie," he said teasingly making her pout. Chuckling at her expression he shook his head. "Besides I bet I could get you there on time so stop being such a pessimist and come over here already," he said demandingly while gesturing to the empty spot behind him on the motorcycle.
Closing her eyes for a moment Sam thought this over knowing she didn't want his help but at the same time she had a test that she needed to take. "Damn it," she thought before taking off her seatbelt, grabbing her bag and walking over to where he sat smirking. Watching him leaving someone a message on his cell Sam stared at him in confusion. Tim smiled before putting his phone away and moving to put on his helmet. "I was just making sure WOOHP agents were going to fix your car by this evening."
Sam's eyes widened and she stared at him in shock. "What?" she asked, confused. She never knew WOOHP agents did car repairs. Scam chuckled at her shock. "You didn't know Jerry has trainees deal with problems like this?" he asked before shaking his head in amusement. "Anyway, it'll be done by this evening," he said as he brought his helmet up to his head before he stopped, giving her a smirk. "Not that I mind driving you around or anything," he said, giving her a little wink.
Blushing, Sam looked away. "Just drive," she mumbled leaving him to chuckle as he finally put on his helmet. "I will as soon as you sit down Sam," he said, pointing out how she was still standing there. Biting her lip Sam awkwardly stared at the motorcycle before she walked behind Scam and stared at his broad back. Her eyes moved down studying his form and she bit her lip harder as she looked at the leather seat.
"Sam?" he said questioningly and she sighed before taking a deep breath and sitting down stiffly behind him. Feeling her nervousness he smirked inside his helmet. "You might need to hold on," he said warningly before he started off and in a second Sam was yelping as her body almost flew off the motorcycle, leaving her to quickly throw her arms around Scam's waist and cling to him for dear life.
"Can't you drive slower!" she called over the sounds of the vehicle and the air that was whipping by them. Tim chuckled, thoroughly enjoying how tightly she was clutching onto his body, how her fingers were pressing into his abdomen through his leather jacket, and how her nose was pressed into his back leaving inches between his back and her chest. They honestly needed to do this more often.
"No I can't, you want to get there on time right?" he said, shutting her up as he drove faster and faster leaving Sam to sigh and do the only thing she could. Hold onto him as tightly as she could.
8:50 am - Beverly Hills High School, Outside
Sam had her eyes squeezed shut as Scam's motorcycle neared her school. The vehicle finally came to a halt after he took a sharp turn, driving the motorcycle in a figure 8 and stopping the bike with an elegant halt right in front of her school. "We're here," he said proudly and Sam opened her eyes and took deep breaths to calm her heartbeat down as she refrained from muttering show-off, while she glanced around at all the teenagers that were looking at Scam and her with curiosity and awe on their faces.
From not too far away Mandy was watching with widened eyes, her mouth slightly open as she stared at the person who had caught everyone's attention with his entrance. "Who is THAT guy?" Mandy asked her friends while pushing away her most recent boyfriend and keeping her eyes glued to the man who had arrived with the nerdy Sam Simpson.
Taking off his helmet, Scam smirked as he reached out and grabbed Sam's wrist making her squeal. She was about to ask him what he thought he was doing when he glanced at her watch and smirked harder. "Got you here, ten minutes early," he said arrogantly making Sam roll her eyes as she pulled her hand out of his grip. "Thank you," she muttered before walking away only to stop when she heard him following her. Sighing Sam didn't turn around but spoke to him anyway. "You can go now," she muttered only to hear him chuckle. "Don't want to," he said making her turn around and glare as she watched him tuck his helmet under his arm and smirk.
Mandy struggled not to visibly drool when she saw the man's face without his helmet. "Oh my God, he's sooooo hot!" she squealed in excitement as her eyes trailed his muscular form that was clad in dark jeans and a leather jacket, his dark brown hair, and those eyes of his that practically screamed sexy. He had better not be Sam's boyfriend. "Then again..." Mandy thought with a smirk. "Judging by the way she's pushing him away he couldn't be." Not that she was complaining, it left this gorgeous hunk up for grabs but Sam seriously had to be blind not to notice him.
"So this is your school huh? Nice place," Scam said with a smirk and Sam tried not to grimace as she realized he now knew another place to stalk her. Huffing out a sigh Sam glared. "Can you please leave Tim?" she said angrily leaving him to smirk harder before he looked her in the eye intently. "Only if you meet me for lunch," he said calmly with a cute smile on his face. Sam's eyes widened in surprise not having expected that. A moment later she gave him a small glare. "I can't," she said firmly. Scam sighed as he slowly nodded.
"I guess I'll hang around then, get to know your teachers, friends, that girl over there..." he said, shocking Sam when he waved at Mandy who squealed like a monkey and waved back rigorously. Shooting a glare at Mandy, Sam was about to yell at Scam when Clover and Alex's shocked voices made her stop and Sam turned to find that her friends had arrived.
She gulped when she saw Clover's angry face and how hatefully she was looking at Tim and she knew she was wondering what their enemy was doing at their school. Scam, noting Sam's sudden silence turned around and cringed when he saw the blonde who was now marching over to him with raw fury on her face. "What is he doing here?" Clover roared while giving Sam an angry glance. Sam took a deep breath in before she tried to explain things. "...He gave me a ride to school," she said slowly leaving the blonde to scream. "What?" she shouted before she tried to calm down by breathing deeply. "Sam... you do realize he probably caused your car to break down right?" she said accusingly and from next to Sam, Scam scowled now angry at what this girl was suggesting because for once he hadn't done anything but help. "I suppose the word coincidence means nothing to you," he spat. Clover took a deep breath before shooting him a hateful glare.
"..I wasn't speaking to you." Scam watched her with narrowed, angry eyes as he crossed his arms over his chest. "You were talking about ME," he whispered dangerously and it was easy to hear the annoyance in his tone. Normally he would ignore the stupid blonde but he had finally had it with her filling Sam up against him. She was probably one of the key reasons why Sam was so distant around him and he didn't like it one bit. "What's your problem anyway?" he hissed, speaking to Clover.
Clover placed her hands on her waist and glared. "Why are you always bothering Sam?" she screamed. Scam scoffed. "BOTHERING? I helped her get to class on time!" Rolling her eyes Clover shook her head. "Yea. Whatever," she spat. "I'm sure you being "magically" there to give Sam a lift when her car suddenly broke down was just pure coincidence, just like you showing up at that resort was!" Scam felt his jaw twitching as he heard the blonde and he felt like reaching out and strangling her regardless of the crowd that was watching them.
"Your boyfriend, Blaine was the one who brought me to that resort," Scam said, his teeth clenched and his fist twisted at his side. Clover let out a laugh. "Yea and I believe that, really," she said sarcastically before giving him another glare. "Whatever. Just stay away from Sam, got it?" she said rudely. Tim stayed silent for a moment, controlling his rage while thinking of what to say to shut this twit up. Suddenly his face grew calm and he smirked. "WHO are you? Sam's mom?" he said suddenly leaving Clover to gasp in shock. Smirking harder he continued. "Or maybe you're her aunt hmm? Auntie Clover."
At this point everyone watching, including Mandy burst into laughter and Clover felt her face turn red from humiliation. She had never been more embarrassed in her life. Coming over to Scam after she was done laughing Mandy snorted. "Don't mind her, she's just bossy!" she said while sauntering closer to Tim. "By the way I'm Mandy," she said while batting her eyelashes and smiling. "And you are?" Scam's eyebrows rose before he looked past the girl now drooling at him and the blonde to glance at Sam who was visibly seething as she looked at Mandy and him together. "She almost looks jealous..." Tim thought with a smirk, enjoying that as he decided to keep going. Sam had no reason to be jealous, right?
"I'm Tim," he said with a charming smile directed at the girl before him. Mandy grinned. "You come here often?" she asked with joy in her voice. "No he does not!" Sam said, finally having had enough and deciding to answer for Scam before he could open his mouth. Seeing Scam look at her with a smirk Sam lowered her tone before smiling at Mandy."...And isn't that David over there?" she said, trying to change the subject which only made Scam chuckle. With her eyes still glued to Scam, Mandy smirked. "I'll talk to him later." Sam felt herself frowning as she saw Mandy about to talk to Tim again and before she could stop herself she reached out and grabbed his arm, surprising him as she pulled him to the side where Mandy couldn't hear them.
Looking at him in annoyance and ignoring his amused stare Sam whispered angrily. "Don't you have other things to do other than spend time with high school kids?" she asked angrily. He stayed quiet for a moment watching her silently before he shrugged. "Well...if they are all as talented and perfect as you, then no I don't," he said with a smile. Sam's eyes widened at his statement and before she could stop she felt her lips breaking out in a smile of their own while a soft blush formed on her face. Seeing her smile, he smiled harder as he watched her struggle to wipe her smile away and he used the moment to take a step closer to her and study her smile up close. It was just so beautiful, just like she was.
Still smiling he raised his hand, about to tuck a lock of her hair behind her ear but the sudden ringing of the school bell made Sam gasp and take a step away. "I have to go," she said quickly before thanking him for the ride as she rushed inside the school with her friends following after Clover shot him another glare. Sighing and slightly cursing at the school bell Scam turned and made his way back to his motorcycle while ignoring Mandy who was trying to say something to him as he moved to drive away.
When Sam finally reached her class she put down her bag and took her usual seat by the window only to stop when she noticed that she could see Scam from here. He was still in the front of her school getting on his motorcycle. Biting her lip, she found herself staring at him for a moment only to gasp when he suddenly looked up and caught her eye, obviously having sensed her gaze on him. When he sent her a smile Sam gulped and sank back in her chair while pretending she hadn't been looking at him.
Outside, Scam chuckled as he noticed the top of Sam's head still visible from the bottom of the window frame where she was hiding while she peeked at him. Putting on his helmet he drove away with a smile because he knew his Sam was still watching him. When he left Sam raised her head and let out breath of relief as she watched him driving away with a small, joyful smile playing on her lips.
"Sam?" Clover's familiar voice said questioningly leaving her to gasp and turn around and she knew Clover had seen her watching Scam. "Why was I watching him?" Sam thought with a sigh not understanding why she sometimes felt odd around him before she sighed and made her face look relieved at the fact that Tim was finally gone. Clover sat down next to her and glared. "Thank god he left, I seriously hate that man Sammie," she spat before she shut up when the teacher placed a math test on her desk leaving her to sigh. Biting her lip Sam slowly nodded at her friend's words, but she was secretly thankful when she was given a test paper because she was saved from having to say the words that she hated him too.
3:30 pm - Beverly Hills High School, Outside
"Thank god class is over," Clover mumbled as she was in a hurry to exit the place where people were still giggling at her over the humiliation that Scam had put her through. Really the nerve of that man. Clover's eyes widened when she felt the ground beneath her feet shifting and she looked over to see the same look of surprise on Alex's face and they both realized they were being WOOHPed.
"Great, just great," Clover muttered because she was already tired. Sam watched them carefully while biting her lip because she knew Jerry had said he would only call them if they had a lead on the LAMOS. Apparently they had caused a disturbance and now her friends were going to have to deal with them. Sighing Sam gave them both an apologetic glance. "Sorry I can't come with you guys," she frowned. "But take care, okay? The LAMOS are tricky."
Clover rolled her eyes. "As if! Sammie don't worry so much! We can take the LAMOS. You just keep an eye on that arrogant pig of a spy partner you have," she said talking about Scam and Sam sighed. Clover gave her a warning glance. "Keep and eye on him but stay away from him okay? It's obvious he wants...something from you," she said, concerned and Sam nodded agreeing to take care. Alex smiled. "We'll see you soon, okay?" she said before both her and Clover vanished through a WOOHP tunnel.
Watching the ground close up in the second after Sam sighed feeling bad about not going with them but there was nothing she could do about it. "Besides, I'm sure they can handle the LAMOS," she said to herself as she left, effectively ignoring the instinctive feeling in her gut that was telling her that something bad was about to happen.
7:30 am- Sam's house, Bathroom
Stepping out of her shower the next morning, Sam wrapped her towel around her body and moved to comb her hair before she got dressed. A sigh escaped her lips because even a long, hot shower hadn't helped take her mind off her worries as she had hoped it would. But for once she wasn't worried about Tim Scam or his memory issue. She was actually worried sick because she hadn't heard from Clover and Alex at all since yesterday when they had been WOOHPed.
Sam had tried calling them early this morning at their homes and no one had picked up. "That could be because it's early morning and maybe their mission ended late," Sam tried to reason with herself but she knew she had told her friends to contact her as soon as they got home. But they hadn't called, visited or even sent her an e-mail or text saying the mission had gone well and she would see them at school. So now she couldn't help but worry over them.
Feeling the tiled floor beneath her feet shift around Sam bit her lip and clutched her towel close, knowing that she was for some reason being WOOHPed even though Jerry had said he was going to reduce missions unless absolutely necessary until the LAMOS got caught. "Something has definitely happened," she whispered, biting her lip in worry as her body fell through the tunnel that expanded beneath her.
7:32 am - Scam's Mansion, Scam's Room
A smile tugged on Scam's lips as he lay on his bed, on his back with his eyes sealed in fake sleep. A smirk formed on his lips as he heard his door open and a muttering female walk in. From squinted eyes he watched her in amusement as she dried off her hair and tossed the smaller towel on a chair as she secured the longer one around her shower-soaked body while she approached him with a sigh. "Honestly Tim!" she scolded. "It's morning already, wake up!" she screamed while moving to wake her lazy husband who had a bad habit of ignoring the alarm clock morning after morning.
Laying still he hid his smirk as he took in her soaked, waist-length crimson hair still tangled from last night, her beautiful emerald eyes currently clouded with annoyance, her pale, soft-looking, damp skin, and her long, bare legs as she came closer to him and stopped by the edge of the bed. "Wake up!" she whined while watching his relaxed, sleeping face. Seeing that he wasn't listening to her Sam smirked before kneeling on the bed, next to her husband's sleeping body as she reached her arm over and grabbed a pillow from her side of the bed.
About to whack him in the head with it like she often did, she shrieked in surprise when he suddenly sat up and knocked the pillow out her hands while he grabbed her waist and threw her to the mattress.
Soon he had her pinned under him, tangled in the blankets while he smirked down at her in amusement. "Nice try," he said arrogantly while tightening his grip on her wrists and descending his head to the side of her neck where he placed hot, open-mouthed kisses. She gasped and twisted under him while trying to get her hands out of his hold. "Let me go!" she mumbled in annoyance when she felt him moving to take off her towel and she could feel the room's cool air conditioning set on her soaked skin making her sneeze.
"I'm going to get sick!" Sam whined as she tried to push him away so she could go dry off. Tim chuckled as he held her tighter and smirked while whispering in a husky tone. "Even if you do, darling, you know it'll be worth it," he said suggestively before he brought his head down closer to her blushing face, his lips slowly creeping over to devour her own...
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Feeling the bed move under him Scam's eyes shot open and he sighed heavily as he sat up while looking for the girl that had just been in his arms. Seeing her no where he sighed harder, feeling like a lovesick idiot as he realized he had been dreaming. A moment later his bed flipped over and he fell down a WOOHP tunnel with a smile on his face because although he was in for another mission he was at least going to see Sam again as well.
7:35 am - WOOHP Headquarters, Jerry's Office
Sam quickly recovered from her fall, about to sit up and ask Jerry to let her change into her spy suit when Scam's body came flying out of the tunnel above her and she shrieked when he landed right on top of her with a thud. Groaning, Scam opened his eyes wondering what he had fallen on that was this comfortable only to smirk when he saw Sam's towel-clad chest. His head was currently in it.
Right now he honestly wanted to hug Jerry for his good timing. Smirking in amusement he pressed his face into Sam's chest, inhaling the scent of her shower-soaked skin and making her gasp and struggle to push him away. Raising himself up off her body a little he looked down at her tomato-red face. "How did I end up in heaven? I thought this tunnel led to Jerry's boring old office," he said with a smirk leaving her to blush horridly while her eyes widened in shock. "I can't believe he just said that!" Sam thought, kicking herself for ever thinking he seriously cared about bothering her and intimidating her. Clearly he enjoyed it.
Huffing, Sam raised her hands and pushed at his chest aggressively. "It's about to turn into hell!" she screamed with a glare but he ignored her hands and leaned closer until his nose was touching hers. "Hmm planning on committing some sins Sammie?" he said, still using a suggestive tone as he gave her a wink. "Ugh!" Sam screamed. "Get off of me!" she howled but he only chuckled while leaving her to push and shove while he didn't budge. He was having much too much fun watching her struggling to push him away while keeping her towel up at the same time.
After a few moments Sam gripped his shirt and gave him a warning glare. "I'm going to kill you!" she threatened making him chuckle as he ran his hand through her hair and looked at her towel which was slowly slipping off her chest. "Actually..." Tim whispered. "I'm close to dying of happiness already," he said with his eyes glued to her body and Sam gulped before pulling her towel up and keeping one hand on her body as she shoved him away with the other. Chuckling and deciding to give her a break he got off of her and sat up and Sam scrambled to sit as far away from him as possible. "Idiot, creep...pervert," she thought, blushing like crazy while watching him staring at her from the corner of her eye while she waited for Jerry to talk.
Noticing that Jerry was busy taking something out of a box Tim smirked while stretching his arms over the edge of the couch and watching the amusing redhead who was now crossing her arms over her chest and looking at him with a pout on her lips. "Sam?" he said, giving her an innocent look. "WHAT?" she snarled in annoyance. Shrugging he gave her a smirk. "Your towel is slipping," he said, then laughed when she scrambled to fix it even though it was safely around her in the first place.
Swearing at him in her head Sam turned to Jerry about to complain to him to get Scam to stop. Sure he usually allowed him to get away with everything but wasn't this too much? He was outright molesting her right in front of Jerry's eyes.
But when she glanced at Jerry she noticed how his face was pale and he seemed to be in an entirely different world as he clutched a box tightly in his hands. "Jerry?" Sam asked, ignoring Scam for the moment and standing up to take a look at the box he was holding.
When she got close enough her eyes narrowed when she saw two rags in the box that appeared to be stained by what looked very much like blood. Her blood ran cold when she noticed that the strips of cloth were red and yellow. They were the same shade and texture of WOOHP's spy uniforms and she immediately thought of her two best friends as panic churned in her stomach. "Jerry?" she asked shakily now scared to death as she waited for an explanation.
A moment later, still ghostly pale Jerry spoke. "They took Clover and Alex," he croaked. "My brother, the LAMOS team...they have Clover and Alex." Sam bit her lip, feeling the walls of the room closing in on her as she put two and two together. The rags that looked like WOOHP uniform pieces...they couldn't belong to...
Her eyes widened in realization as a strangled cry left her throat when she glanced at the blood on the rags.
Something terrible had happened.
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