NOTE: Sorry for the long wait, folks.
Meanwhile, at the Kunlun Mountains in Western China, Pandaminion is in one of the old, abandoned fireworks factories, looking devilishly at the Silver Bamboo that currently has the Red Fire in its slot.
"Now if only I could locate the remaining two gems needed to use the Silver Bamboo." Pandaminion muttered.
"That won't be necessary, Pandaminion!" A voice cried from outside Pandaminion's secret lair that's not so secret anymore.
"Danger Mouse!" Pandaminion growls as he scans the area. "Show yourself, you one-eyed rodent!"
A small laughter echoes the abandoned factory. "One, I'm not Danger Mouse, two, I have two eyes not one, dumbass ..."
A small figure jumps from the shadows and lands in front of Pandaminion.
"And three," the figure continued. "I'm gonna kick your butt!"
"Who are you?" Pandaminion asked the figure.
The figure steps out of the shadows to reveal a tough, no-nonsense Jeopardy Mouse. "Jeopardy Mouse, world's greatest secret agent!"
Pandaminion scans Jeopardy Mouse with curiosity as his mouth drools like an idiot. "Since when did you get a sex change, Danger Mouse?"
The Baron wasn't even kidding when he said Pandaminion is a dumbass. Jeopardy Mouse thought with a deadpan demeanour. "It's Jeopardy Mouse, dumbass!"
"Well, no matter." Pandaminion continued as he snaps his fingers. "I don't expect you to be here, and neither do Danger Mouse, though I will give my ex-boss my thanks for shooting him with a gun back in chapter 5."
Jeopardy Mouse gasped as a robotic samurai warrior apprehends her. "Danger Mouse's been shot?! Where did you get that info?"
"The internet." Pandaminion replied as he gives his robotic samurai warrior a pleased look. "I have only to thank my minion for tracking down any news about that wretched rodent. Soon he will die from blood loss, and I won't have to worry about him foiling my plans! MWA HA HA HA HA!"
The former henchman of Baron Greenback takes a long, quick look at the clock on his computer. It's 8:00 now.
"Minions!" Pandaminon shouted as a few more robotic samurai warriors enter the scene. One of them is carrying a small wooden box. "Have you found the remaining gems?"
"We've only managed to find the Green Leaf, master." one of the robotic samurai warriors responded as it opens the wooden box to reveal a glowing green gem. "The whereabouts of the Blue Water remains unknown."
Pandaminion growls. "Don't just stand there, you heap of scrap metals! Go back out there and find the remaining gem!"
"Yes, master." Another one of the robotic samurai warriors responded as all of them leave the scene.
The one that is currently apprehending Jeopardy Mouse was about to join the others when Pandaminion gives it a death glare. "Not you! You're staying with me!"
"Yes, master." the remaining robotic samurai warrior responded as it continues to apprehend Jeopardy Mouse.
"Just sit back and relax, Jeopardy Mouse." Pandaminion spoke to a pissed off Jeopardy Mouse as the robotic samurai warrior drags her away. "When my minions find the Blue Water by 8:30, the real fun can begin!"
()()()()()
"Disastrous!" Colonel K shrieked as General E. Normous' hologram gives him what seems to be the bad news from outside the infirmary. "Tell me it isn't so!"
"Negative, Colonel K." General E. Normous' hologram replied while keeping a stern look at his face. "Just got a video call from Pandaminion. He kept asking me if Danger Mouse has undergo a sex change earlier in this chapter after seeing Jeopardy Mouse for the first time. Also, Pandaminion's goons managed to find the Green Leaf gem. It probably won't take long for them to find the remaining gem for the ex-henchman of the Baron to finally use the Silver Bamboo."
"Well, as long as the Blue Water stayed hidden, Jeopardy won't have any problems defeating Pandaminion all on her own." Colonel K replied. "I mean, she can defeat him, right?"
"Positive, Colonel K. Over and out." General E. Normous' hologram spoke once more before disappearing.
And I know where the Blue Water is. Colonel K thought as a sly grin forms on his face. As long as Pandaminion doesn't know what I know about the remaining gem, the world will still be saved and Danger Mouse can focus on healing without any interruptions.
()()(FLASHBACK TIME!)()()
"Danger Mouse, I am putting my trust on you to take this rare, blue gem for safekeeping at all times." A younger Colonel K spoke to what looks like a young, female Danger Mouse, except this Danger Mouse is a bit chubbier, doesn't have an eyepatch over her left eye and she is wearing a large, golden gauntlet on her left hand with an empty slot on it.
"Any idea on what this gem is, Colonel?" the female Danger Mouse asked the younger Colonel K.
"All will be revealed at some point in the future, but not now." the younger Colonel K replied as he carefully places a shiny sapphire gem onto the gauntlet's empty slot as the female Danger Mouse sees it in awe.
"Guard it well," the younger Colonel K spoke to the female Danger Mouse. "Whitney."
"You can count on me, Colonel K." the female Danger Mouse, her name now revealed to be Whitney replied. "I'll guard the gem as if it were my own child."
()()(END FLASHBACK!)()()
"I wonder if Whitney still has that gauntlet of hers at home." Colonel K muttered as he returns to the infirmary where he sees Whitney, Penfold, Professor Squawkencluck and Danger Mouse talking to each other.
"Er, DM?" Colonel K asked Danger Mouse. "Could I speak to your mother for a moment?"
Whitney looks at her son. "If that's alright with you?"
"It's fine my be, mom." Danger Mouse replied.
Whitney sighs in relief as she leaves the infirmary with Colonel K.
"I wonder what Colonel K wants with your mother, Chief." Penfold spoke.
()()()()()
"Is there something you needed to speak to me?" Whitney asked Colonel K once they were out of the infirmary.
"Whitney," Colonel K spoke. "Do you remember the time when you used to work with us and you used to share your son's codename?"
"Yes." Whitney replied.
"Do you remember the time I gave you that rare, blue gem, told you to keep it safe, and it placed it in the empty slot of your golden gauntlet?"
"Yes." Whitney raised an eyebrow. "Are you ready to tell me what that rare, blue gem is?"
"Now would be the perfect time to do so." Colonel K continued. "That rare, blue gem I gave to you for safekeeping a long time ago is actually the long lost Blue Water gem that Pandaminion desperately needs in order to use the Silver Bamboo."
"I heard about the mystic Silver Bamboo and its three gems that some say it was never found, but I never thought that two of the gems were found easily by Pandaminion." Whitney replied. "And I never thought I had the remaining gem with me all this time."
"And now you know the truth." Colonel K continued again. "By the way, whatever happened to your gauntlet and the Blue Water I inserted into its slot after you retired?"
"Oh, the gem's still in the gauntlet's slot since the day you game me that gem, and it's still at my house. I put it away in the attic in a nice, glass container." Whitney answered as she smiles. "When Danny was a kid, he kept asking me about my gauntlet and what significant role the gem on my gauntlet plays as I would often tell him stories about my time in the agency."
"Ah, while it may seem nice to reminisce past memories, Whitney, but right now, Jeopardy Mouse is in need of your assistance." Colonel K replied.
"Who is this Jeopardy Mouse fellow?" Whitney asked Colonel K.
"We'll talk about it later. Jeopardy Mouse is in need of help in order to defeat Pandaminion, and I have a bad feeling that she is in trouble," Colonel K replied. "But because your son is injured, Penfold is too much of a coward and the professor is needed at the infirmary to make sure your son gets better, our only option to stop Pandaminion is you."
Colonel K got down on his knees as he holds Whitney's hand as if he was proposing to her, which is not what he had in mind. "Whitney Daria O'Malley, will you come out of retirement and become Danger Mouse just this one time?"
"Colonel," Whitney spoke with such confident written all over her face as Colonel K sees it in awe. "What's my mission?"