Dragonking19: thanks. And in the next episode with Janelle I'll try it.
Lois117: Thanks. And I'm working on it, it's a work in progress.
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I was sitting in the living room, on the couch with Callie, watching TV when Leo came running down stairs.
"Where are you off to in such a hurry?" I asked.
"Adam, Bree, and Chase are back from their mission" Leo said quickly as he ran down the stairs.
"And what makes today any different?" Callie asked me as we got up and followed him down to the lab.
"He gave them a list of suggestions to help them on their missions" I explained.
"Five bucks says they didn't even look at it" Callie offered.
"Five bucks says they did look at it but just tossed it" I countered just before the lab doors opened. I easily stepped over Mr. D who was on the floor, but unfortunately for him Callie didn't. She stepped on his arm.
"Oh, Sorry Mr. Davenport" she apologized helping him up.
"So how was the mission?" I asked
"Great. We fixed the pentagon's communication satellite and returned it to orbit" Bree said.
"I even rigged it so we get every TV channel in the world! Who wants to watch Guatemalan drag racing?!"Chase asked.
"Maybe another time" I told him smiling at his excitement.
"Did my suggestions come in handy on the mission?" Leo asked.
"What suggestions" Chase asked.
"Ha!" Callie shouted pointing at me.
"I did a strategic research and gave it to Big D" Leo pointed to said inventor who was typing away on the computer.
"Oh, right. I'm sorry, Leo, I didn't have time to use it" Mr. D excused.
"Yes, you did. You spilled your coffee and used Leo's research to mop it up" Adam interjected.
"Inquiring that you threw said research away" I said leaning on my toes waiting for their answer.
"Yeah" Bree answered slowly.
"Ha!" I shouted holding out my hand "cough it up"
"Whatever" Callie grumbled giving me the money.
I smiled putting the money in my pocket; I looked over to Leo who was just glaring ahead of him. "Leo? You alright?"
"You used my suggestions as a sponge?" Leo asked turning towards Mr. D.
"More like a paper towel, but it was very absorbent" Mr. D said, not really helping his situation. Mr. D cleared his throat "why don't you guys go clear out the rest of your gear"
"Come on, Callie we should go help them" I said. Then we followed the three out of the lab.
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At school the next day I walked down the stairs laughing with everyone when a horrid creature came over to us
"Not so fast!" Perry shouted through a megaphone. "You three missed school yesterday… not that I didn't enjoy it. But it's been happening way too much lately. Look at this attendance report" Perry held up the paper attendance record on her clipboard.
"You still keep paper records? You know, we have computers now… also indoor plumbing and fire" Chase said sarcastically.
"Do you really wanna poke the bear?" Perry asked.
"Do you really wanna make that analogy?" Leo countered.
"He's got you there" I told her.
"Shut it, Dooley! Andrews! I've been working out. Don't make me flex my guns" Perry warned.
"Please don't" Callie said looking away.
"You three are in big trouble' Perry said to the three.
"Oh, actually we're not, because we have a note from our dad" Bree gave Perry the note. "He signed it and everything"
"With his name" Adam clarified.
"Oh, well, I'm sorry. My bad. That changes absolutely nothing!" Perry shouted ripping the note. "Just because your dad let's you cut school doesn't mean I have to. Somebody has to be the disciplinarian. It's like I tell my cats…" Perry than hissed. "See you three in detention!"
"That's not really fair" I said before Perry could walk away.
"What did you say" Perry asked turning towards me.
"I said 'that's not really fair' they did nothing wrong" I defended.
"Cassie" Callie mumbled trying to pull me away.
"Well, if you want to be so quick to defend them then you can… when you're in detention with them" Perry said before she walked away.
"Cassie, what was that?" Chase asked.
"I'm sorry, she just urks me" I said clenching my fist. "I mean you guys were out on a mission and you're getting punished.
"Well, now you're stuck with us in detention too" Bree pointed out.
"Yeah" Leo said shaking his head "Have fun" we smiled and walked off.
"Adios" Callie waved and walked away too.
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Callie's POV
I followed Leo down into the lab so he could give Mr. Davenport the reports he had to do. I had to sit there and help him do those because Cassie was stuck in detention and I'm his back up Cassie. No literally, he said so. He walked in my room and was like wanna come help me do summary reports back up Cassie?
Anyways when we walked in Mr. Davenport was working on something, which I'm sure he'll tell us about later.
"Summary reports are done. And may I just say, I've never felt so alive" Leo said sarcastically.
"Yeah, my hand's still numb" I mumbled flexing my hand.
"So what are you working on?"Leo asked as we walked over.
"Hi!" Eddie said as he spun around. Leo yelped and dropped the reports. "Ha! Now none of you are safe!"
I turned to Mr. Davenport "If Cassie payed you to do this, I can pay you double- triple for you to destroy it"
Mr. Davenport scoffed "You can't pay off billionaires, and Cassie didn't pay me to do this, I made a robot body for Eddie, so now he can patrol the grounds, he can disable explosives, and he can mix to paint cans at the same time"
"Look what else I can do!" Eddie said sprayed out some gas at Lo and I.
"Isn't it great?" Mr. Davenport asked.
"Well… at least I'm not the shortest person in the room anymore" Leo said looking on the bright side.
Slowly Eddie's screen rose until it was above Leo "Now what do you think?" Eddie asked.
"I think I'm gonna start locking my door at night"
"At least you get to lock your door, Cassie will let him travel in and out of our room freely" I said exasperated.
Then Eddie sprayed some liquid on Leo. I have never dropped to the floor so fast. I groaned and rolled over so I was looking up at the ceiling.
"You better hope that was water" Eddie taunted.
"It's mostly water" Mr. Davenport said as I slowly stood up.
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Cassie's POV
At detention I sat at a table on the end next to Chase. I sighed and laid my head on his shoulder drowning out Perry. Which probably wasn't the best idea because the next thing I knew Perry was screaming in my ear.
"No sleeping either!"
I shot up rubbing my ear "Ow!" I said pointedly towards Perry. Chase kissed the tip of my ear and wrapped his arm around my shoulders.
"We will be on total lockdown for the next three hours. And that begins… Now!" Perry chuckled and turned away.
I groaned and flopped my head on the desk when there was a small alarm coming from beside me. I turned my head so it was still on the desk but I was looking at Chase "What's that"
"I just got an urgent mission alert from Mr. Davenport"
"What are we gonna do?" Bree asked.
"Guys, Perry said no talking!" Adam scolded us. "excuse me, we've got a couple of talkers over here"
"You three are busted! Give me that cell phone!" she snatched it away from Chase and walked away ignoring the high five from Adam. "Any of you other thugs holding? Flo, Brandy, we need a pat down over here. Go ahead girls, flip 'em and rip 'em"
I shot up and backed away "No, no, no, no, no, no flipping and please, please no ripping" one of the lunch ladies caught me and brought me back over. I whimpered a little.
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Callie's POV
I sat upside down on the couch next to Leo bored out of my mind. I sighed loudly crossing my arms.
"Will you stop that?" I heard Mr. Davenport say not even bothering to look up and see what he was doing.
"What do you think; I'm trying to crash into your butt?" Eddie asked sarcastically.
"Leo, Callie, where is everybody. I sent out a mission alert and no one is responding"
"They're stuck in detention" I grumbled still bored.
"Yeah, they're probably getting flipped and ripped as we speak" Leo added. "The flipping not so bad it's the ripping that haunts you" he sighed "poor Cassie" he said smiling and laughing slightly.
"You're enjoying this aren't you?" I asked
"Yes I am" he nodded.
"There is an underground gas leak and the hazmat team cannot contain it. I need Adam, Bree, and Chase to shut it down" Mr. Davenport said.
"Let me help" Leo said standing up.
I rolled off the couch and stood up "You realize Cassie will kill you if you go on a mission without her"
"Yeah, it's a risk I'm willing to take" Leo said placing a hand on his chest.
"That's very funny, but this is serious" Mr. Davenport said. "If that substation explodes it'll send a highly toxic gas cloud into the atmosphere. I gotta get Principal Perry to let them go"
"That's a nice thought Mr. Davenport" I said nodding knowing she won't let them out.
After a few seconds Mr. Davenport pulled the phone away from his ear "there's no answer. I can't wait for them. Look, take this note to Principal Perry and tell her to let Adam, Bree, and Chase leave"
"What about Cassie?" I asked.
Mr. Davenport paused then sighed "Fine, her too. Eddy and I will head to the substation and start taking gas level readings."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa you're taking him on a mission and not me?" Leo asked.
"Drop it Leo" I told him as I pulled him to the front door.
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Cassie's POV
"Ugh" I groaned banging my head on the table "I'm. So. Bored" I emphasized each word by hitting my head on the table. Chase sighed and slid his book bag under my head to soften it a little.
"We have to get out of here" Bree said.
I stopped and looked at her "You don't say"
"Guys, don't worry. I'll just use my super strength to bust down the wall" Adam said like it was a master plan.
"Adam, then everyone would see your bionics" Chase reminded him.
"Oh, yeah" Adam said slowly, nodding his head.
I exhaled and laid my head back on Chase shoulder just before the doors flew open and two of Perry's lunch ladies came in with Leo and Callie. "Thank God" I breathed.
"Oh, goody. What do you want?" Perry asked.
"There's an emergency and my stepdad asked me to give you this" Leo handed Perry a note.
"Ooh, yum! Second lunch" Perry said before she shoved the note in her mouth.
"What is wrong with you?! This is serious!" Callie exclaimed.
"It's a matter of life and death!" Leo added.
"You said the same thing when the vending machine ran out of cheese curls" Perry said through a mouth full of paper.
"Well, that's because Cassie wanted some and was going to kill me if I didn't come back with any"
I nodded "That is very true"
"Anyways, this is different. You have to let them go." Callie intervened.
"Does this include me?" I asked raising my hand.
"Yes" Callie said.
"No!" Perry said then started laughing. "Although, there might be a way they can earn their freedom"
"Wait does this include me" I asked again, raising my hand.
"Yes!" Leo and Callie shouted.
After they got all the desks cleared out they hand each of us a bat and Perry explained the rules.
"Does this include me?" I asked hoping they say no.
"Yes!" Perry shouted. "Now get on the court Blondie"
I groaned and started to spin with the others. This is so ridiculous.
"34… 35… 36… 37… 38… 39… 40!" everyone counted down. I stopped and stumbled around a little "Okay, whoever makes it out the open door is free to leave!"
We all stumbled around and Adam was first to go, then Bree catching herself on a table, then me falling flat on my face. I groaned and turned over seeing Chase run right into the door.
Callie tugged me up "It was a nice try"
I grumbled under my breath as Chase came walking over rubbing his forehead.
"Prepare to be entertained, amoeba brains! Time for my next challenge!" Perry called out.
I sighed dramatically and collapsed back on the floor "I'm dead" I called out.
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After many, many, many, many rounds Adam was collapsed on the floor, I was laying on a table near Callie. And Chase and Bree were barely standing.
"Okay time for round 4… hundred" Perry said. Than Chase and Bree collapsed on the floor. "And the winner of the very scary Perry knockout challenge… me. Ah, that's better than watching my cats fight for the last spot on the bed. Oh, the pretty kitties get to cuddle with mama"
Finally the bell rang and it was like it came straight from the heavens. I jumped off the table and got down on my knees "Thank you" I shouted.
"Get up" Callie tugged me up.
"You four can go. Here's your junk" Perry tossed them their phones.
Callie and I walked over to them and helped them get up "Come on, you can still make the mission"
"But only if you hurry" Callie added.
"But we have to go get our gear first" Bree reminded us.
We all went to run but Perry stopped us.
"Hold on, what? What mission?" Perry asked. "Is that some sort of code for vandalism? Are you five pulling a school prank?"
"No" I said in a high pitched voice along with the others. Well all of us except Adam.
"Adam" Callie hissed "What was that?"
"Not talking about the mission" Adam said.
"He must've taken a few too many giant boxing gloves to the head. There's no prank" Bree assured her.
"Yep, so were just gonna go now" I said started to walk away "Thanks for this dreadful day of detention. I hope to never return"
"Ah, hold it lady blah-blah" Perry said stopping any of us from leaving. "You three have a secret and you two know something about it. And there's nothing I hate more than secrets. Well, except for other people's birthdays. You're alive, we get it"
"You are a bitter woman" Callie said shaking her head.
"Shut it, Andrews number two. Now we're gonna play a little game I like to call 'interrogation'!"
"Oh, I love that game! I call top hat! No, little dog! No, top hat! Ugh! I can't decide" Adam said.
"Adam, I don't think you're talking about the same game" I told him.
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After Perry got it all set up like a real interrogation, with little cups of water and everything we were forced to sit at a table and wait for Perry to return.
"Well, since Adam clearly has no clue what to say under pressure and Cassie is terrible at lying-"
"I am not" I cut Chase off.
"Actually, you are. Your voice goes all high pitched" Callie spoke up.
"It does not" I said in a high pitched voice. I silently cursed at myself. "Fine I guess you're right. So what's the plan?"
"Whenever either of you are asked a question, we'll distract her and answer it for you. Got it?" Chase explained.
"Got it" I repeated.
"Got it, Adam?" Bree asked when he didn't respond.
"Adam!" I shouted.
"What?! I thought you were gonna answer it for me. Guys, get with the program"
Ten Perry came walking in and sat on the table."Let's start the interrogation" Perry snapped and all the lights turned off except the one over us. "Everybody comfortable? Temperature okay? Refresh your drinks? No? What is this so-called mission?"
"Can I just say that your hair looks great! Uh, who is doing it these days?" Bree asked.
"Fernando over at the wig connection. He's a genius. It's mostly raccoon"
"Raccoon?" Callie asked gagging.
"But that's not the point! Why were you talking about going on a so-called mission?!" Perry said coming up behind me.
"Are oyu sure she actually said that?" Chase asked. "Uh, countless scientific studies have proven that people perceive reality-"
"Don't try to distract me squat mug!" Perry cut him off. "When you're hunting big game, you have to separate the weakest from the pack. You three scram" she said the Chase, Bree, and Callie.
"Funny story the word scram-"
"I said scram!" she shouted and sent Chase, Bree, and Callie fleeing for their lives.
"Spill it" Perry said.
I sighed and me and Adam explained a story that was close to the truth but not entirely. But Perry believed it anyways.
Perry walked over to Chase, Bree, and Callie "They told me everything, now I know all your dirty little secrets" I winked at them will Adam gave them a thumbs up.
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Finally being set free the five of us ran to the house and down to the lab
"We're here, Nr. Davenport! What's the urgent mission?!" Chase asked.
"Did they make it? Are they too late?" I asked.
"Yes, they missed it. Luckily, Leo here saved our butts"
"No seriously what the mission?" Bree asked.
"I'm not kidding. Leo really stepped it up today. He showed me that he has what it takes to be a part of this team. So I making him our new strategic mission specialist"
"You went on a mission without me?!" I shouted.
"Now Cassie calm down, It was for the good of the team" Leo said backing away.
"I'll show you what's good for the team" I shouted taking a step forward.
"I told she'd be mad" Callie laughed.
"Cassie, relax, I'm sure you can help Leo with some of his work" Mr. D offered.
"Fine" I grumbled crossing my arms.
"Wait" Leo paused "does this mean more paperwork?"
"Yes" Mr. D laughed "but you will also be helping me design the overall mission strategies, and while these guys are in the field, you will be assisting me from your own… mission specialist workstation!"
"Really? This is mine now?" Leo asked.
"According to this fancy digital nameplate, it is" Mr. D said holding it up.
"This is so cool" I said sitting down in his chair and kicking my feet up.
"Ah" Leo screamed and waked my feet off causing me t fall out of the chair "Don't smug the new desk"
Leo sat in the chair "Wow. I'm officially on the team" he paused and smirked "And for my first order of business as mission specialist I name Cassie my official assistant"
"Assistant?" I asked standing up.
"Take it or leave it Cassie" Leo offered.
"Fine" I crossed my arms.
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After a little while Mr. D went upstairs and Leo stayed to ask us how we managed to escape Perry.
"So how did you guys get out of Perry's Prison?"
"Yeah, about that…' Chase trailed off.
"Funny story…' Bree trailed off.
"Perry interrogated us and Adman ad Cassie gave her some very crucial information" Callie finished.
I smirked at Leo reciting what Adam and I had said "They are always missing school because of Leo. He's always playing these crazy pranks on them and calls them missions. He tries to get Callie and I involved but since were perfect little angels we say no. But actually he's stronger than Adam. And Chase thinks he's got something missing up here, and Bree just tried to run away from him"
Leo stared at me "So now you've got detention… for a month" Bree told him.
"What?! But that's not fair!" Leo exclaimed.
"No, it really isn't" Chas placed his hand on Leo's shoulder.
"Well, bye" I waved and we all walked away.
