supboyyyyy93: I know, it didn't really make sense to me either. But I changed it up a bit, the only reason the girls are not paid is because they're not of age yet. As soon as they turn 18, that will change. Well, we'll just have to see… ;) And yes, they do have picnics in the show; they're mentioned a few times (more in Season 4 and 5) so I decided to write how one of them would look like. Thank you and here's the next chapter! :)
The second part of 'Computer Creep Much', I only own my OC's!
And, we were back in the mall, Alex and I wearing those stupid chicken costumes again while Clover and Sam were sitting on a nearby bench and drinking some juices. Mister Cluck managed to get some new kind of drinks which tasted like chicken, so Alex was now giving free samples of them while I was still giving out stupid drumsticks.
I didn't see the point of those stupid drinks. Who would want to drink chicken if they could eat it?! "Free samples of Cluck's chicken drumsticks!" I offered to some people who walked away again. Just fucking great… Alex didn't have much of a luck either, as no one wanted to taste the stupid chicken blend either. Not that I could blame them though.
But that was when I heard a way too familiar evil laugh… "Oh, no…" I sweat dropped as I turned around to see Mandy looking at me. Alex walked next to me to see what was going on, but I think it would have been better if she hadn't done that. Now Mandy would make fun of her too!
"There's something different about you two!" The taller girl said mockingly, making me raise an eyebrow, acting as if I were confused. "Really? Didn't notice." I gave her a huge grin. "Yes, there is! Let me guess, you've done something with your hair…" Mandy trailed off while pointing at Alex. "And you've probably changed your ridiculous Scottish accent…" She pointed at me.
I felt my blood boiling. I thought she learned her lesson the last time she insulted my accent! I know, Scottish wasn't really my accent, but it wasn't my fault I switched to it every time I was mad! If anything, that was Allison's fault.
"Wait, that's not it. Could it be that both of you are wearing a pathetic chicken suit? I almost feel sorry!" She declared with a smirk. "Oh really? Didn't notice. Just like I didn't notice you had a brain and you actually noticed something else that wasn't your manicure." I responded with the biggest grin I could muster.
Mandy glared at me as soon as I said those words, but I kept grinning and winked at the girl mockingly. As much as I wanted to beat the shit out of her at this very moment, I still needed that money after all… "It's not what it looks like! I mean, it is a suit, but it's for charity!" Alex said. "Pathetic! Just look at you two; you're the most pathetic things I've ever seen!" Mandy started laughing, and that was when I lost it.
I took one drink from Alex and opened it, pouring the chicken blend on Mandy's head. "NO!" She screamed while looking at her clothes. "This was my new dress! You're so going to pay!" She exclaimed angrily. "Enjoy our free sample of chicken blend." I said simply and grinned. "Why, you little…" She was about to lunge at me, but something worse happened.
Mister Cluck appeared in front of me instead. "Lily, what are you doing?! You should be nice to the customers!" He glared before looking at Mandy. "I'm sorry Miss, here's a coupon for free chicken on a stick!" He offered her but she walked away angrily. I couldn't help smirking a bit. The bitch was out of here!
But my happiness was short-lived because Mister Cluck faced me. "Why did you scare away the customer?!" He roared. I frowned. "I accidentally dropped the drink, it happens to everyone." I lied with a smile on my face. The man face palmed. "If you and Alex mess up one more time, you're out of here!" He declared before marching away.
I sighed in relief. That was until… "Lilette Grace Chase, what in the world are you doing?!" My eyes widened as I slowly turned around to see Uncle Angus looking at me in shock. "Oh, shoot." Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Alex telling Clover and Sam who were also watching the scene. "Uncle!" I exclaimed and started rubbing the back of my head with a sheepish smile.
"Free samples of Captain Cluck's chicken!" I offered him the plate instead, making Clover and Sam face palm at my actions and Uncle look at me incredulously. "What the fuck are you doing?!" He whispered. Yup, Uncle Angus could sometimes be worse than me when it came to swearing… He was just warming up!
And what did I do? I offered him a drumstick from the plate. "Giving away free samples of Mister Cluck's chicken." I said simply with a smile. "That's coming from… A chicken." Uncle said while looking at me from head to toe. At hearing those words, Clover and Sam burst in an uncontrollable laughter. "And I thought Jerry's jokes were funny already!" Clover commented.
At hearing the girl's words, my uncle's eyes quickly darted to the two girls sitting on a bench next to Alex. "Jerry?" He asked in confusion. "He's an acquaintance." I said quietly before he looked at the girls. "Our friend." Alex said simply and Uncle turned around to look at me. "But Lily, why would you wear that?" He pointed at my costume. "I mean, it's humiliating!" He pointed out. "Trust me, I know." I said with an eye roll.
"But the truth is, you asked for money, and unfortunately, my salary isn't coming until next week, which was why I wanted to earn some money here." I quickly explained. I knew I could get in trouble for this, but I just couldn't lie to Uncle anymore. I hated doing it!
He sighed and looked at me, his icy blue eyes showing disapproval while looking into my dark brown ones. "Lily, you know I hate when you keep secrets from me and lie." He said. "I know, I hate it too!" I responded truthfully. Uncle simply put hands on my shoulders. "But I think I went too far with giving you a deadline for this. Now you're dressed like a fucking chicken!" He whispered the last part.
"And I smell like it too." I added sarcastically, making a smirk appear on Uncle's face in amusement. "I should have trusted you more when it came to this. You're turning 17 in a few months after all…" He looked away for a moment before looking back at me. "You don't have to bring any money. I promise to trust you more from now on. On one condition."
My eyebrows furrowed. "Which one?" I asked slowly. "To promise not to keep secrets from me anymore." I felt uneasiness in my gut at hearing his words. As much as I wanted that, it just wasn't possible…
"I promise." I managed to put on a convincing smile and hugged my uncle tightly who returned the hug just as tightly. "What are you doing here anyway?" I asked once we pulled away. Uncle rolled his eyes. "I was looking for some new shirts. But no luck." He said with a frown. It was my turn to roll my eyes. "Just do me a favor and take one drumstick. It's free after all." I said and offered him the plate.
Looking at it with a frown, Uncle looked up at me. "Fine." He said simply and took one, taking a bite of it. And judging by his expression, he didn't like it either… "There's always a new chicken blend." I grinned and pointed at drinks in Alex's hands. "What kind of meat is this?!" Uncle asked me with a look of disgust on his face. "My thoughts exactly." I sighed. "Which is why I'm hoping you're planning on cooking chicken the way you do it because this is just awful." I then whispered in his ear.
But then, Uncle pointed behind me and I turned around to see Mister Cluck glaring at me. "How many times did I tell you not to gossip with your friends, girl?!" Uncle opened his mouth to say something, but I stopped him. I was just waiting for those three words to come out of the man's mouth… And they did, right after he gave me money for working today. I looked at it. 15 dollars, well that wasn't bad…
"You're fired." Mister Cluck said, making me grin. Finally! "And give me back that costume!" He then said and I nodded before looking at Uncle. "I'd better get going. See you at home!" He waved before running out of the mall. I ran towards a nearest toilet and changed into a dark blue short-sleeved shirt and jeans. Then I finally gave the chicken costume to Mister Cluck before running to the girls on the bench.
"Your Uncle is really a nice guy." Clover commented just as I sat next to Sam, happy to be out of that stupid chicken costume. I simply nodded with a smile, but I couldn't help feeling guilty. I've just given a fake promise to him… And I knew us always getting along wouldn't last forever. We had had a fight before, and it was because of secrets.
Having a normal relationship with anyone in general wasn't possible if there were secrets from both sides. I was hiding from him that I was working for WOOHP, and he was hiding my father's identity, and his, Mother's and Uncle's past from me… But I was going to do whatever it took to prevent another fight from happening. I just had to, for his sake, and mine as well!
"You know what? I quit too! I'll just find a normal job!" Alex stood up with determination and marched to Mister Cluck to tell him she quit. And as soon as she returned, she was dressed normally just like me. "It feels good to be out of that chicken thing." She sighed in relief. "My thoughts exactly." I told her and we gave each other a 'hi five' just as Clover's X-Powder started ringing.
Jerry's hologram appeared as soon as she opened the device. "At the mall, I see. Quelle surprise!" He commented. I raised an eyebrow, ignoring whatever Clover was commenting. Jerry never said he knew French? "In any case, the analysis of that spider device is complete. It's some kind of a neuronal interface device, designed to form a link between the human brain and a computer!"
I shivered at those words. Who in the world would want to have their brain linked to a computer?! Someone crazy. "Do we know where it came from?" Alex asked. But then it looked like the spider had a manufacturing mark of Tetsuo Industry, whose name was Tetsuo Takara. He was apparently a genius electronics designer.
Sam then figured out that man was the owner of that cyber café we had been in. "Looks like you're off to Japan. Sayonara!" Jerry said before the ground us opened. "Fuck!" I screamed just as all of us fell through it.
It was 11:00 PM by the time we were in front of the Tetsuo Industry. The girls ran behind a bush and I did so as well. I frowned while looking around the place. There were searchlights, guards… Why this place was so guarded was beyond me… But from what I've seen so far, Japan looked like a beautiful country… "This place is like a fortress!" Alex pointed at a passing searchlight.
"If we can't get inside like this, then we'll need a disguise!" Sam pointed out. "Well, we're next to a computer factory, right? Just dress up as nerds!" Clover responded. I quickly took my X-Powder and pressed on the button, being dressed as a nerd in process.
And we ran inside the place. It really looked like a techno place would…That was when I could see two guys coming out of one room, dressed in suits people wore to protect themselves from some nasty experiments. So, we switched to those suits as well before we ran through that door.
I was looking around the hallway with a frown when we heard some buzzing. "Did you hear that?" I asked slowly. "Yes, it seems to be coming from that way!" Alex pointed forward. I looked at the corridor in front of us. All of this looked so creepy… I kept looking at some sort of cells on our left and right while we were walking down the corridor, the arrow on the floor pointing forward.
That was when we heard some door opening. "Heads up!" Sam exclaimed. Clover and Alex made a run for it against a nearby wall while Sam grabbed me by my hand and pulled me towards the wall. I could see a man passing into a nearby hallway, and we could hear something opening. But when we ran towards the place, there was a dead end.
"Why would the hallway just end like that?" Sam asked in confusion when we heard someone coming again. So we hid against the wall again, and I took a bit of a peak to see some sort of a scanner scanning a guy. "Identification verified." The computer said and the door opened. "Fuck." I muttered once I faced the girls.
Alex frowned. "I think we need another way in." She commented. Sam pointed at one ending which lead to a tunnel apparently. And then, all of us lifted the thing up and threw it away. "You first." Clover pointed at Sam once we switched back to our suits. The girl shrugged her shoulders but jumped in anyway.
Alex jumped right after her, then Clover, and finally me. I landed on my feet with a hand on the floor. Looking around, this tunnel was pretty small… But of course. What else to expect from tunnels? Lily, you were a fucking idiot sometimes. I could already see the girls a bit ahead of me, so I quickly started crawling to catch up with them.
"How long is this tunnel?" I asked in disbelief after about five minutes. "Trust me, that's what I'd like to know too." Clover frowned while Alex sneezed. "Bless you." I told her and she thanked me. "What I'd like to know is whether those people have ever heard of dusting!" She then commented. "Apparently they haven't, considering your sneezing." Sam said simply when…
I could see the end of the tunnel! We entered what seemed to be a ventilation room, and from here, we could take a good luck at people below us. "We found our nerds!" Sam commented and I frowned while watching the mentioned people. All they seemed to be doing was typing something in those damn computers… And it looked like they were way too obsessed with it… This sort of behavior was anything but normal!
I may not be an IT expert, but not even people like Arnold spent so much time on the computers! "They're beyond nerds; they're techno-zombies!" Clover pointed out. "What do you think, which drug are they on?" I asked without thinking. "Some techno-drug apparently." Alex stated. "Well it's about time we found that out." Sam said.
We opened one part of ventilation and tied our Bungee Belts for it. Clover, Sam, Alex and I started going a bit lower with them so we could observe the situation better. Back then on my first mission, I would have been afraid of doing this, but now it was a lot easier, and the fear of heights was not that much of a problem anymore. Alex's advice helped, and I was more used to this by now.
I frowned once I saw a familiar person. "Is that Tetsuo Takara?" I pointed at a figure in the centre of the room while I was still holding for my belt with my other hand. "Yes!" Sam whispered just as I could see the man playing with some sort of an interface in his right hand. "He seems to be controlling people thanks to that interface." Clover observed. "But what is he making those zombies build?"
And I honestly had no idea. The way those people were moving was just scary… That was when I could hear something from above. And soon after, all of us were falling down with our Bungee Belts while screaming. God Damn people who made this ventilation system! I landed on my butt just as the girls stood up and took their fighting stances.
I stood up and took a fighting stance as well, not wanting to look like the odd one. But people didn't seem to be paying any attention towards us. That was, until they suddenly turned around and started walking towards us in a zombie style.
One of them started advancing on me, but I sent a punch towards him, sending the person flying a bit away. "I don't want to be a party pooper, but we're not exactly welcome here!" Clover commented once all four of us were back to back, looking at the oncoming invasion. "Point taken, let's go!" Sam exclaimed.
I could see another tunnel a bit ahead of us. And, we did a cartwheel out of the way. I did another cartwheel out of the way before Sam started sliding down the floor, breaking down the bars of the tunnel and sliding in. I then jumped up and out of the zombies' way before I made a run for it towards the tunnel and quickly crawled inside it.
Sam was a bit ahead of me, and I quickly started crawling after her, Alex right behind me. Sam then fell through the bars into a very first room, me falling right next to her and Alex falling on top of her. "Wait, where's Clover?" Sam asked just as Alex helped her and me up.
And that was when we could hear a scream, making shivers run down my spine as all of us looked up. They got her?! I just had a bad feeling about this… "We can't stay here while they're doing something to Clover!" Alex exclaimed and Sam and I nodded. "But we'll be seen if we get out of here." I pointed out with a frown.
"Not if we use Gogo Boots." Sam said while taking out hers. And we ran out of the room. Sam and Alex put on their boots and I did the same. The girls then helped me up and soon we were walking down the corridor with our feet on the ceiling. Walking upside down was really weird… I just prayed no one notice Sam or my hair hanging down in the air just like that.
Well, there was a bigger chance for Sam because of her longer hair, but still… Now that I looked at it, I was happy with my mid-length hair. It wasn't too long, nor too short. Suddenly, one zombie walked right past us, thankfully not noticing us. My heart stopped beating fast as soon as he was out of sight. "Thank God." I sighed in relief.
"Come on, who knows what they're doing to Clover!" Alex said when suddenly, the door opened again. And a little spider robot came in, crawling on its legs! "Come on little spider, just fucking crawl away, far away from me…" I was thinking while watching the spider's every single move. "Come on, we have to follow it!" Sam whispered to me and I sighed in disbelief. At this point, the only thing I wished was to get the fuck out of this place…
We followed the spider to what seemed to be a huge room. Right now, we were hiding behind one huge machine and keeping a look out for any more spiders or zombies. "Where's Clover?!" Alex asked while looking around.
"And where did all the zombie nerds go?! It's not like they have dates, or anything!" Sam commented, making me shrug my shoulders. "This is way too weird!" Alex said just as we came out of the hiding place and started looking around. "This is way past weird, this is officially bizarre!" Sam argued.
That was when floor started opening and smoke appeared. I quickly covered my eyes while coughing, and once I looked up, there was a huge machine in front of us with some weird things which resembled little submarines…. And I could see Clover in one of them, lying unconscious and tied to some cables behind her back!
"Ew, gross!" I could hear the girls saying from behind me while I was only gaping at the sight. This was way too sick… "It's time to call some backup!" Alex declared and Sam agreed, about to take her X-Powder, but… "I must have dropped it while we were running away from all those zombies." She then said, seeing her X-Powder wasn't there. "Me too!" Alex said.
I sighed but quickly looked in my jetpack to see my X-Powder was still there. "I'll do it then." I said simply before we hid behind some computers. I quickly took out the device and dialed Jerry. Not long after, the man's hologram appeared. Except that…
The girls gasped while I was gaping at the sight. Yes, Jerry did answer, but instead of his dark brown eyes looking at us, green eyes of a zombie were doing that instead. They got him too?! "Jerry?" Sam asked in disbelief.
"It's so wonderful, girls!" The man said monotonously, making me raise an eyebrow. Having your brain linked to a computer was wonderful?! I didn't understand a fucking thing, but still…. Oh shut it Lily, this was coming from a zombified man!
"TURN OFF THE X-POWDER!" Alex screamed, and I didn't have to be told twice. I quickly closed the X-Powder, but that was when I could hear screams and sense something else. "DUCK!" My instinct told me and I quickly did so, avoiding a spider which was about to jump on my head.
I quickly took a nearby stick and started hitting the spider brutally with it until it was left in pieces. But then, someone's hand caught me by my suit and lifted me up… "It's for the best Lily. Becoming one with the computer collective is so liberating!" Sam and Alex chorused while Alex was the one holding me. And both of their eyes were green too… Never thought I'd say this, but… SHIT ON A BISCUIT. So that spider I beat up had actually brainwashed them while I was closing the X-Powder?!
"Alex, fucking let go!" I growled while kicking the girl with my legs, but she didn't let go at all. "When will you realize that resisting is futile?" Sam asked and I glared at her. "Never!" I shouted and tried to kick Alex again, but she didn't let go at all. She really had a strong grip…
That was when Tetsuo Takara joined them. My eyes widened as soon as he took off his sunglasses. His eyes were green too! "Did you really think you could outsmart a computer?!" The man demanded angrily. "Well if you could explain it to me why you're doing this better, maybe then I'd answer the question." I glared back.
"Each of us has a brain that operates much like a computer hard drive processor! And it's wasted on fashion, gossip, watching TV…" I looked at the man incredulously at hearing those words. This was fucking insane. I didn't do things mentioned above as often as I read books, but what exactly did this moron expect from us to do all day?!
"Welcome to the 21st century, fucking idiot." I said instead, making him glare at me. "With this Data Virus, I can turn you into a Data Terminal and connect you to my Grand Network!" Takara declared. I said nothing at those words, glaring at the lunatic instead. "My device will broadcast the virus on every satellite, radio, TV station, no one will escape, not even you!"
Crap, crap, crap. Come on Lily, think! If I were Sam, what would I do?! I couldn't do anything with Alex's strong grip… But I still had my Bungee! "We'll see about that." I smirked instead before shooting my Belt up and flying up towards the ceiling. "Join us, we need your brain!" The man shouted from below, but I blew a raspberry instead.
"You wouldn't want my brain; I barely had B in IT!" I shouted back. "You asked for it." The voice said instead, and that was when the ceiling started opening, showing the clear night sky… And I fell down with my Bungee for the second time this night. "Fuck, fuck and fuck!" I groaned while rubbing my head.
Looking up, I could see Sam and Alex walking towards me…. I quickly stood up and took a fighting stance, but at the same time, I couldn't help feeling afraid. When I tried to fight a villain, Clover, Sam and Alex were nearby, and when Sebastian tried to cause ruckus, Jerry was there… But right now, there was no Clover, nor Sam, Alex or Jerry. All of them were brainwashed, and I was completely alone…
There was literally no one who could help me at this moment! How did I even get into this crap in the first place?! Yes, it all started with that so called spy gene I apparently possessed… "Like it or not, it's a part of your blood, just like mine and the girls'." The words from that day were echoing in my head.
My train of thoughts was broken once the girls were right in front of me. I quickly ducked to avoid Sam's kick, and then to avoid Alex's punch. From what I could see, the device has already started the work…. Which meant I had to be quick. I quickly shot my belt a bit away from the girls and then took out the nearest thing out of my backpack.
It was the Magnetron Hair Curler! I quickly looked up… And I saw a sign which said magnets were forbidden here. Maybe if I actually used this? "This thing better work…" I muttered before firing the thing first at Alex and then at Sam. They fell to the floor after being shot by the beam.
"What happened?" Both of them asked with hands on their heads, making me sigh in relief before I ran to them. "The Magnetron actually worked!" I grinned before Sam looked at that sign. "Of course… The computers are super sensitive to magnets!" Sam grinned as well. "Do those spiders count as computers?" Alex pointed at spiders which were advancing on us.
"I hope so." I said before I fired at the spiders, destroying some of them. But then, my head started hurting, and I felt so weird… "My brain is starting to think like a computer!" Alex exclaimed. "We'd better shut this thing down!" Sam shouted and I quickly fired at the stupid machine in front of us. But, it didn't do any serious damage!
"Not quite, my soon-to-be-computers!" Takara was behind all of us, throwing Alex and Sam but they landed on their feet. "Fucking no." I growled at the man but he threw me as well, and I landed in between Sam and Alex.
Alex then grinned. "We can get more power if we plug in the gadget!" She said and Sam quickly plugged it in. "HIT IT!" She then shouted and I quickly fired at the device. It started falling apart. "Yes, it worked!" Alex and I cheered.
We then quickly got Clover out of there when I looked up to see Takara looking at us in confusion. "Excuse me ladies, but can anyone tell me what's going on?" He asked. His eyes were normal again as well. "You don't remember the icy spiders, the zombies, nothing?!" Clover asked in disbelief while getting out of the place where she had been lying.
"The last think I remember is coming across a powerful new virus while I was surfing the web!" The man explained. So it was the entire virus' fault all along… And Takara was as much of a victim as everyone else. "We'd better get WOOHP to hunt down that virus before this happens all over again." Sam stated. "We wouldn't want that." I shivered. "No doubt! I've had it enough of battling techno-geeks! Clover commented. I was just happy this computer fiasco was over….
I looked at the girls. "So girls, can you tell me more about this picnic tomorrow?" I asked while we waiting for other WOOHP agents to arrive. "The first thing you should know is that it's mandatory." Clover said. "So, there's no escaping." I nodded at her words. "It's actually an annual event where all agents get-together to exchange their experiences, stories, and talk about other things. That way we get to know each other better." Sam explained. "Or meet new people." Alex added and I nodded in understanding.
That didn't sound so bad… "Those picnics are actually quite nice." Clover said. "Yes, I like them." Alex stated. "Me too." Sam agreed with her. "Last time we were on WOOHP picnic, we had an incident involving animals, and David ditched Clover while she was planning to ditch him because of the picnic being mandatory." Alex whispered to me, making me chuckle. "Tell me more!" I whispered back and she grinned.
"That day lions were kings of the city and not of the jungle…" She started, making the girls groan at her statement. "Don't tell me you're starting with that lion which was riding a scooter?!" Clover exclaimed in disbelief. "Would you prefer if she started with you acting like a dog?" Sam asked her with a smirk. Clover looked at the red-headed girl unimpressed. "Point taken." She said simply.
I was looking at them in confusion. A lion on a scooter? Clover acting like a dog? What the fuck happened that day?! "Don't worry; we'll fill you in on everything." Sam said once she noticed my shocked expression. "But the first thing we're doing once we come back is choosing what to wear tomorrow!" Clover put an arm around my shoulders. And I grinned back. Who knows, maybe I'd like those picnics too….
I'm stopping here today; the picnic will be completely separated chapter. Until next time!