"First Job!"
Aggie sat with her sister, the trio, Leo and Mr. Davenport in the hotel suite living room as they went over the plans of Techtronics Seaford Lab. "Chase, you'll be in charge of finding the list, Adam, you'll be his backup. Bree and I will search the lab for any weapons he might be storing there. Leo and Roxy will be our eyes and ears. Roxy, you'll be helping Chase and Adam. Leo, you'll be helping Bree and I with our search." Explained Aggie, "Any questions?"
Leo raised his hand, "Why are you going with Bree?" Bree looked intrigued as well.
Aggie smiled at the question, "We can search the facility and gather evidence of any arms dealing faster than Adam or Chase. Not to mention the fact that the list will most likely be electronic, Chase and Roxy together can easily hack anything they come across and Adam can search Tanner's office in case he keeps a physical copy. And if anyone comes across the pair Adam can deal with them." She explained.
"You and Aggie will use these." Roxy held up two long necklaces with extra large warrior shield pendants , "Any photos you take will be uploaded, scanned and saved, so don't be afraid to get trigger happy."
"How does it work?" asked Bree, examining one of the large disks.
Roxy picked up the second pendant, "Simply put the camera is in the bead in the center and all you have to do is point it at your target and push the center disk on the back." Bree turned it over to see the flat surface and pushed it gently. She smiled at the click she heard.
"Cool. Can I keep this after this?" she asked, Roxy nodded with a smile, "Awesome."
"Now I know you guys haven't done a mission like this before, but the key points are stealth and speed. I want you in and out of there." said Davenport. The trio nodded.
"We got it Mr. Davenport, you can count on us." said Chase.
"Yeah, we got this." agreed Adam.
"Well, we do." said Bree motioning between herself and Aggie, "I don't know about those two. Adam's about as stealthy as a bull in a china shop." She teased, Adam rolled his eyes and shoved Bree's shoulder at her teasing.
Davenport smiled at his kids, "You're all going to do great."
Leo frowned, "Are we really going to the fair at the school?"
"Yes." said Aggie, "I will be shadowing Tanner in the morning and then you three will join me at the fair. This will be a lesson in blending in with a crowd and how to tail someone."
"I actually want to see the inventions that will be presented." said Chase, Roxy frowned,
"Don't hold your breath. It's just a high school invention fair." she said.
"It's a chance for students to show off what they've learned and their creativity." Davenport frowned. "Why can't I go again?" he asked.
"Donald Davenport showing up at a random high school fair for no reason would raise eyebrows and questions, Big D." explained Leo, "So you're going to have to sit this one out."
"Which begs the question; why did you come?" asked Adam,
Davenport scoffed, "Yeah, like I'm going to let six teenagers stay in a hotel suite without a chaperone, there's no telling what you'll order from room service."
"You own the hotel." pointed out Leo.
Davenport smiled, "Yeah, I do." he said gleefully. "Look at this place. Is it awesome or what?"
He was right, the suite was beautiful and free of any Davenport paraphernalia, Thank god, thought Aggie. The last thing she wanted to do was try and fall asleep with a painting of Donald Davenport staring at her. The suite had two bed rooms, one for the girls and one for the guys, much to Aggie's disappointment, though she knew it was a good idea. She couldn't afford to distract Chase and it would be too tempting if they shared a bed. The suite was incredibly large with the two bedrooms, a kitchen and an open space with a long plush couch facing the balcony. Everything was done up in shining metal and various shades of blue.
"Thank you, Mr. Davenport, for letting us use the suite." said Aggie honestly. She and Roxy were fine squatting for the duration of a job and then moving on without a trace. Or even using a safe house. Hotel rooms were saved for last resorts, but she wouldn't tell him that.
"Yeah, it's nice to not have to piggyback off of someone else's network and satellites for a change." said Roxy.
"Glad to be of help. Though I have to ask, are you being paid for this job or…"
Aggie shook her head, "This is a favor for a friend. We've worked with Funderburk before and we've kept in touch."
"I still can't wrap my head around him being a spy." said Leo. He couldn't equate the friendly dorky man with something as badass as a spy.
Aggie smirked, "Exactly. Being a spy is about being unnoticed and forgettable. Doing a job without being caught. To be someone other than yourself."
"The movies have really warped people's perceptions of what a spy is." explained Roxy, "It's actually helped spy's blend in more. Everyone's looking for a good looking man in a suit or a hot goddess in a sexy outfit." Roxy turned to her sister, "I mean really, when have you ever seen a real female spy in a catsuit?"
Aggie snorted, "Outside of Halloween? Never."
"You wear a catsuit." pointed out Adam.
Aggie shook her head, "No, I wear body armor and only when it's necessary for a job. And it very rarely is." she explained, "I wore it and will wear it whenever I do missions with the three of you, to hide my identity."
"Why?" asked Bree, this time it was Roxy's turn to snort.
Aggie sighed, "A lot of people want me dead." She said frankly.
"I thought you were a shadow." sassed Leo.
"In my line of work you piss off a lot of people. There are a few people who want my head served to them on a platter." She explained, "The three of you will have enough issues when your secret comes out, the last thing you need is for me to make you a bigger target."
"If our secret comes out." said Davenport. Aggie sighed in exhaustion.
She had been having this argument with Davenport for a while. He believed that his family secret would never come to light, while Aggie disagreed. No secret stayed a secret for long, and the blow out for the world finding out that there were three teenagers that had not only been genetically engineered, but also enhanced with bionics was going to be bad. So she and Roxy had several safety nets in place for when the secret came out, Aggie just hoped she didn't have to use a few of them.
"Alright. Tomorrow we follow Tanner from the fair." The trio nodded, "And then the day after tomorrow we will start our search."
"Why don't we just break in tonight?" asked Adam
Aggie shook her head, "Never break into a place if you do not know what you want. Where it is? And how you can get out with it." She explained. "If you know exactly where you need to go, how to get there and how to get out, then the chances of you being successful are higher. Which is why we are following Tanner for a day." she explained, "Our objectives tomorrow are simple, clone his phone, see where he goes and break into wherever he's staying. We need to get an idea of where his client list is." explained Aggie.
"Why do we need his client list? If we prove to the police that he's selling weapons shouldn't that be enough?" asked Leo.
Aggie shook her head, "The list gives us the opportunity to arrest anyone who has ever bought weapons from him."
"Which means instead of nailing just one bad guy we could catch hundreds." Said Chase with a smile.
"Exactly."
Davenport clapped his hands together, "Alright, time to hit the sac." His kids groaned, "Hey, even super teens need sleep. Now mush." Aggie made sure to kiss Chase goodnight and was very pleased to see Roxy shyly kiss Adams cheek. Seeing the mischievous glint in Bree's eyes, Aggie resigned herself to getting only a few hours of sleep.
Next Day - At the Fair
"I can't believe you're making me wear fake glasses." grumbled Chase, as he adjusted said glasses on his face.
Aggie rolled her eyes at her boyfriends grumbling which she had been listening to ever since everyone got dressed in their disguises. They had complained about the layers but Aggie had lectured them on the possibilities of quick changes, an action that should only take 37 seconds and allows you to be lost in a crowd. Bree had pointed out that her speed could get her out of any situation, but Aggie had shut down that logic when she pointed out that her speed could be shut down and that knowing how to get out of a situation without relying on their bionics was an important skill all three of them needed. So they had begrudgingly gotten dressed in their disguises.
The trio and Aggie were currently walking around the room and examining the 'inventions' of the Seaford High students. Roxy and Chase were not impressed, which further added to his irritation.
"Quit complaining." ordered Bree.
"I'm already considered a nerd without adding glasses into the mix." He groused
"Quit complaining." parroted Adam making Chase pout and cross his arms as he examined a compost invention.
"Guys focus." ordered Davenport,
"Tanner's here and getting ready to make his entrance." said Aggie, "You each need to keep your eyes on him."
"Attention everyone!" Everyone turned to face an older red haired woman wearing a pink dress and floral cardigan, "I am so excited to announce we have a special guest judge this year, he's from Techtronic Labs. And he is not hard on this lonely lady's eyes. Derek Tanner."
The whole room was awed when a man floated in on a hoverboard… well not everyone. The trio were decidedly unimpressed, they had hoverboards when they were toddlers to help them reach high things, and for simulations.
"Ppft." Scoffed Davenport, "Hoverboards are so 1989." Aggie smiled at hearing her sister giggle over the comms. Even Roxy had her own hoverboard technology.
"Hello future. I am Derek." Chase rolled his eyes, "And this is the 'Mind Surfer'." Tanner hopped off the board, "You control where it goes with your thoughts." He 'kicked' it up and set it to hover over the registration table, "And that's really what inventing is. Dreaming things into reality."
The teacher in the pink dress stepped up to Tanner with a flirtatious look, "You know I tell them that everyday. But do they listen? No!" Tanner looked awkward for a second before the teacher smiled and started to lead him around the room to see the various inventions.
"Shouldn't it be making things a reality?" Questioned Bree, "You have to think of a project and then make it happen. Going through countless trials and errors before creating the finished project. If all it took were dreams then we would've had a pet robot pig years ago."
"Mr. Piggoto is still a possibility." said Adam, " Roxy's helping me design him." He boasted.
Leo and Davenport eyed Roxy back at the hotel suite, she shrugged, "It's either he gets the robot or he'll sneak a real pig into the house."
"And you know I will. So it's either you get me a real one or you let Rox' and I build one." Adam smirked.
"Guys, can we please focus on Tanner." said Chase trying to get everyone back on track. He watched Tanner move from one 'invention' to the next with a poorly concealed unimpressed look, and Chase didn't blame him, he hadn't seen anything impressive either.
"Stop pouting, love. It doesn't suit you." said Aggie
"I'm not pouting." he grumbled,
"Yes you are." Said everyone. Chase frowned and returned his focus to Tanner. The teacher led him around the whole room, and nothing seemed to catch his attention, until she brought him to a tall, skinny, pale red haired boy
"And this is Milton Krupnick. He's the smartest boy in our class.' said the teacher, gesturing to the red haired boy who was blushing lightly.
Tanner smiled and stepped closer to the red head, "Milton. If you are anything like your father, I know your project will be most impressive."
"What a backhanded compliment." said Adam. "If he fails it's because he's not as smart as his dad. But if he does impress him it's because of his dad and not himself."
"I think we can all agree that we knew he was a douche when he floated into the room, instead of walking like any other human being." said Bree.
"May I present…" he started, until two boys sandwiched him between them, "May we present… The Corn Coddlers." Milton removed a sheet to reveal a pair of high tech gloves.
Everyone gave him confused looks, "The what now?" asked the brown haired boy with him.
"Every Wednesday night I have to give my Nana a foot massage." To everyone's surprise Milto removed an even bigger sheet to reveal an old woman knitting on a recliner.
Tanner looked intrigued, "Oh. An old lady under a sheet. Already better than the butt whistle."
"Should we be concerned?" asked Leo,
"By what? The fact that an old lady let her grandson haul her out here and stuck her under a sheet? The fact that no one noticed? Or that someone made a butt whistle?" snarled Aggie.
"All of them?" offered Adam.
"Between her bunions, calluses and gnarled up corns, I'm dealing with some pretty tough feet." Milton gestured for his friend to make the seat recline and the brown haired kid followed the instruction as Milton donned the gloves. "These mechanised gloves give my hands the strength of 10 men. Allowing me to do this." Milton got on his knees and massaged his nana's feet, much to her happiness.
"Okay, is anyone else grossed out?" asked Bree.
"I'm honestly more interested in the fact that a high school student replicated a part of Mr. Davenport's exo suit." said Chase.
"Well, this is just embarrassing." said Tanner, Milton's two friends started to bail, thinking that Mitlons invention was a bust, "That I didn't think of such a fantastic invention!" Milton's two friends returned. "How did you manage to increase the strength of the hand tenfold?"
Milton smirked, "I used Green Blatts law of inverse pressurization to maximise its relative force increasing its power."
"It's simple really." boasted his other friend earning him a look from Milton.
Tanner looked positively gleeful, "Well, you three boys are going on a V.I.P tour of Techtronic Labs, because you are the winners." Milton and his two friends became excited at the news.
"We should find out more about those gloves." said Davenport,
"And Mr. Krupnick." added Aggie
"On it." said Leo and Roxy.
"Bree, you and I are going to gather some intel." said Aggie, "Meet me at the registration desk." Bree smiled, "Chase and Adam do not lose Tanner. If he leaves we leave."
With Milton, Jack and Jerry
"This is so cool! Derek Tanner actually picked my invention." gushed Milton,
"Our invention." said Jerry.
Milton just rolled his eyes, "Whatever. Just as long as I get to go to Techtronics Labs I'm happy."
"Well, you deserve it Milton." said Jack.
"Um, excuse me?" The three boys turned to find two pretty girls.
One had short blonde hair, and was wearing pink glasses, a pink sweater, a black flare skirt, black tights and black heels carrying a big purse. The other girl had long black hair, and was wearing black jeans tucked into black shin boots, with a white t-shirt and a red leather jacket.
The girl with black hair smiled, "My name's Angela and this is my friend Beth." She introduced, the blonde girl smiled, "We were hoping to ask you a few questions about the gloves. They look really cool."
"Yeah." gushed the blonde, "Did you make them yourself?"
Milton opened his mouth to speak but the black haired kid stepped forward, "We helped him. We're his partners. The name's Jerry…" He took Brees hand, "Jerry Martinez." He kissed her hand. Bree fought down the urge to snatch her hand away and instead chose to giggled at the gesture. Jerry smirked lavishly and made to do the same to Aggie.
Hearing the growl over the comms Aggie waved at him, "It's nice to meet you Jerry." She then turned to the other boy, "And you are?" she asked.
"Oh, I'm Jack." He held out his hand and shook Aggie's in a firm grip, "Jerry and I are Milton's friends. Are you and Beth thinking about coming to Seaford High or-"
"Oh, no. My dad is here on business and he let Susan, and I tag along. We're just passing through unfortunately." said Bree. Nice, sticking to the truth as much as possible makes it harder to spot the lie.
"We saw a flier for the fair and decided to come check it out." added Aggie.
"Are you two interested in inventing?" asked Milton politely.
"Kinda. I'm embarrassed to say that I've never been very good at it." said Bree shyly, "But I do admire anyone who can actually make something that doesn't end up exploding." She sent Milton a smile, making him blush.
"Do we really have to listen to you guys flirt?" asked Adam. He caught his brother across the room glaring at Jerry, and was thankful that he didn't have his heat vision. He'd admit that he wasn't all that happy about some guy flirting with his sister, but he could see that neither Bree or Aggie were interested. And if he could see that then Chase could too, Now if Roxy was here it'd be another matter. Guess teenage hormones are powerful enough to override even a genius's brain.
"So what made you go in a robotics direction? Why not chemistry? Couldn't you have made a cream or something to lessen the damage to her feet?" asked Aggie.
"I went the chemistry route last year." said Milton, "I wanted to challenge myself this year."
Bree looked around at the other projects, "Considering your competition it doesn't seem like that much of a challenge."
Milton shrugged, "It was still fun to do."
"So how are you three friends?" asked Aggie,
"We go to the same dojo." said Jack.
"Really? So you do karate?" She asked. Looking at their frames she could see it, Jack more so than the other two boys, but her eyes could pick up the incredibly lean muscles underneath their clothes.
"Yep. I don't mean to brag, and I don't want to scare you girls, but the three of us. Are lethal weapons." boasted Jerry throwing his arms around both Jack and Milton's shoulders. Said boys rolled their eyes at their friend.
Both girls were fighting their laughter, they could each tear the boys apart with their bare hands. The others had no such compunctions, Leo and Davenport especially were howling with laughter. Bree and Aggie plastered on impressed looks, "Wow, that's so cool. So can you, break boards and stuff?" asked Bree.
Jerry smirked, "You bet."
"So instead of building the gloves for sparring you created them to give your nana a better foot massage?" asked Aggie.
Milton's eyes widened, "Are you crazy? If I sparred with anyone wearing these, I could seriously injure them."
"We should get some pictures of them." said Roxy.
"Do you think I could take a look at them?" asked Aggie,
Milton nodded, "Sure, go ahead." Aggie smiled and stepped forward to take the gloves. She made sure to smile flirtatiously when she met Milton's eye, and felt victorious when he blushed and ducked his head. She had to admit he was cute, Guess I have a thing for geniuses.
Judging by the growling over the comms she knew she'd have to have a private talk with Chase about how to conduct himself on jobs. Though I might have to have the conversation with Spike, rather than Chase. Chase knew that she loved him and wouldn't cheat, he would also understand that she was acting for the job and nothing more. Spike on the other hand wasn't nearly as evolved as Chase, and would need to be reassured that she wasn't going anywhere.
She made sure to hold the gloves level with her necklace so that Roxy could snap pictures remotely, she slowly rotated the gloves to make sure Roxy got a 360 view.
"I have to admit the design is simplistic but beautiful." Praised Davenport, "How old is this kid? I might want to get him for my internship program."
"Focus, Big D. Mission first, internship later." scolded Leo.
"Your design is beautiful. What metal did you use, aluminum or steel?" asked Aggie,
"Both." he answered, "I needed both flexibility and strength. Try them on."
Aggie donned the gloves and flexed her fingers, sure the gloves were too big for her hands, but she could definitely feel their strength when she made a fist. Intrigued Bree held her hand out in invitation. Gently Aggie wrapped one hand around Bree's in order to shake it and squeezed as gently as possible. When she saw her wince she dropped the hand.
Bree shook her hand out, "Wow, that's some grip. It reminds me of my older brothers." Everyone perked up at that, Adam's strength was definitely stronger than ten men, in fact he could be stronger than a hundred men if his strength was increased.
"Amazing. You really are brilliant Milton. I would love to talk with you about some of your other projects. If you don't mind that is." said Aggie.
Milton smiled and blushed, "Sure. I'd love that."
"Great!" She pulled out a phone, "If you give me your number I can text you my email address so we can keep in touch when I leave." She handed him her phone, much to the shock of his two friends.
"Oh, me too." Said Bree, bringing out her phone as well. Milton happily gave both girls his number and both made sure to send him a text so that he would have theirs.
"Guys, Tanner's leaving." Said Adam. Chase sent a text to Bree.
When her phone buzzed she looked at it and frowned, "Aw. It's my dad. He said he needs us back at the hotel." She looked at Milton, "It was really nice meeting you Milton, but we have to go." Bree leaned forward and kissed his cheek. Aggie smirked at his blush and followed Bree out of the cafeteria.
"Those gloves are very dangerous." Said Leo
"A perfect weapon for an arms dealer. By examining the gloves he could create an entire suit to match." Commented Davenport.
"Which is exactly why Tanner invited them for a tour of his lab. We need to be on that tour." Said Chase.
"And how do you propose we do that?" Asked Leo, "And aren't we already breaking in?"
"Yes, but this gives us an opportunity to get a better look at his security." Said Roxy
"I can get us in." Said Davenport, "Tanner's wanted to get in on some of my contracts for a few years, but I've always turned him down. No way would he pass up the opportunity to meet with me." Said Davenport, " I'll call him and set up a meeting at the same time as the tour."
"And when he brings up the tour you'll mention that you brought your daughter and her friend along." Said Aggie. "Looks like we have a change of plans."
"So that means we don't have to follow him around, right?" Asked Bree
Aggie smirked, "Now why would I deprive you of such an important lesson?" The trio groaned over the comms.
Time Jump!
Aggie and Bree followed Davenport into the lobby of Techtronic Labs, "Remember Bree, you keep the boys distracted while I look around."
Bree smiled, "Fine by me."
"I'll keep Tanner talking and out of the way." said Davenport,
"And we'll be your eyes." said Roxy, she and Leo were watching them through security feeds.
"Chase, Adam, how are things on your end?" asked Aggie.
"Fine. You know for a guy who owns high tech labs, his security is awful." said Chase
"Though he does have awesome snacks." Commented Adam
"Adam, stop eating his snacks." scolded Chase,
"Aggie said we need to be casual and look like we belong here. A teenage boy having a snack is normal." said Adam.
"Just make sure to search everywhere for the list, and don't wreck the place. It needs to look exactly as he left it." she instructed.
They were met in the lobby by Tanner himself, "Ah, Donald Davenport. It's a pleasure to see you again." He shook hands with Davenport, "How long has it been? 5 years?"
"Three. We talked at the tech conference in Dubai." said Davenport.
"Right." He turned to Aggie and Bree, "And which one of these lovely creatures is your daughter?" he asked, with a large smile.
Davenport smiled and placed an arm around Bree's shoulders, "This is my daughter Beth." Bree shook Tanners hand,
"A pleasure to meet the daughter of such a brilliant man." said Tanner.
"And this is her friend Angela."Aggie shook Tanner's hand.
"Lovely. Well, as soon as my three guests get here we can start the tour." said Tanner, "Just a quick look at the facilities and then we can discuss our business."
Davenport smiled his businessman smile, "A tour sounds great. Who are your three guests?"
Tanner smiled, "The winner's of an invention fair I judged, their invention was impressive. I think it's important to encourage such creative minds and I thought seeing a real working lab would inspire them." He looked to the lobby entrance and smiled, "And here they are. Milton!"
Davenport, Bree and Aggie turned to see Tanner shake Miltons hand, "I am so happy you boys are here, ah, and I see you brought your Corn Coddlers as well." greeted Tanner,
"Yep." said Milton holding up the gloves.
"Well, I hope you boys don't mind but I have three more guests that will be joining your tour. But I think you'll be excited about one of them." Tanner led the three boys over to Davenport and the girls, "Boys, may I introduce…"
"Donald Davenport." said Milton in awe, he walked forward and grabbed Davenport's hand to shake it. "It is an honor to meet you, Mr. Davenport. I've read all of your papers and books."
Davenport smiled, "Well, it's nice to know that young minds are taking such an interest in science. My daughter told me about the gloves you made."
Milton, who was still shaking Davenport's hand, looked confused, "Daughter?" Taking his eyes off Davenport Milton saw Bree and Aggie, "Beth?" his eyes widened, "Your Donald Davenport's daughter?"
Bree giggled and smiled at Milton, "Yep." She and Aggie waved to Milton, Jack and Jerry.
Tanner clapped his hands, "Well, since we're all here we can start the tour. Follow me."
Time Skip!
"This is Hans an award winning physicist." said Tanner bringing the group to one of his scientists, "Last year he invented a geothermal earthquake detector that saved thousands of lives."
"What's he working on now?" asked Milton in excitement.
"Rubber snot." said Tanner. Hans held up a dull, dirty orange colored goop, while the others were disgusted Jerry was enthusiastic,
"Oh, finally. Something the world needs." Jerry stepped closer to examine the goop.
Tanner gave Jerry a weird look before turning the group's attention to another scientist who seemed to be brushing air. "We're very excited about this. We've been contracted by a security company to invent an invisible guard dog. It's very exciting." As discreetly as she could Aggie sniffed the air, Yeah that's definitely a dog. No one believed Tanner though.
"I'm sorry?' asked Jack in disbelief.
"Doctor Karajee is grooming, King. A purebred German Shepherd." explained Tanner.
"Okay." said Jerry, "Yeah sure he is. Yeah. There's a big doggie on that table." Jerry circled around to the other side of Doctor Karajee and bending down he began to speak to the 'Invisible dog' in a teasing manner, "Oh, hey, fella. Oh, look at me, I'm a little kitty cat. Meowr."
"Oh, no, please don't do that." Warned Tanner, but Jerry didn't stop.
"You want to get the kitty cat?"
"Please don't-" Growling interrupted Tanner and Jerry's eyes widened in fright, and when he backed away from the table, King pounced and knocked him to the floor.
Everyone flinched, "Ah!" screamed Jerry, "Jack! Jack! He got the little kitty cat!"
"I got you, man." Jack ran forward with Bree and Aggie following. Bree and Aggie grabbed a hold on King and pulled him off Jerry, their superior strength making it easy, while Jack helped his friend up.
When King struggled in the girls hold, Aggie let loose a quiet growl of her own that was lost to everyone else's ears. But when King heard it he stopped and whimpered, which surprised Tanner and Karajee. Tanner cleared his throat, "Well, I think that seems like a good end to the tour. The five of you are welcome to explore while Mr. Davenport and I discuss business." Aggie and Bree let go of King when Karajee put King on his leash.
"You okay?" asked Aggie. Jerry wiped the frightened look off his face and tried to act cool,
"Yeah, I'm fine. Totally cool… I was just playing with King." Jerry looked down at King's leash, "Isn't that right boy we were just playing." He made to pet King but the dog yet again lunged for him, but Doctor Karajee kept a firm hand on his leash. Jerry screamed though and ran from the room with Jack on his tail.
On the inside Aggie was thanking the boys as they had provided she and Bree the perfect excuse to explore the rest of the building. On the outside however, she sighed in resignation, "Don't worry. We'll keep an eye on them." she said.
Tanner nodded, "Thank you."
"You girls be safe now okay." said Davenport, "Don't go messing with anything."
"Don't worry, dad. We won't." assured Bree with a smile. She and Aggie went after the two boys with matching grins. When they were far enough away from Davenport, Tanner and Milton, Aggie split from Bree to do her own search.
"Alright, Leo lead me." she said,
With Bree, Jack and Jerry
Bree, Jack and Jerry were exploring one of the labs, Jerry was looking at chemicals, Jack was inspecting some equipment and Bree was snapping pictures of a heavy duty door marked Danger! Restricted Area and it's security pad.
"Okay, so it's got a palm scanner, but those are easy to get around." said Roxy, "I've marked it on the map. You can check it out tonight."
When a woman wearing a lab coat walked out Jerry rushed over and stopped the door from closing completely, "Psst! Psst!" Both Bree and Jack turned to see Jerry with his foot in the door.
Jack walked over to his friend with a frown, "Dude. What are you doing it says restricted." He looked around to make sure no one was going to catch them.
Bree stayed silent and came over to the two boys, "We're on a V.I.P tour. What do you think V.I.P stands for? Visit It Please."
"Don't-" Jerry ignored Jack and entered the room with Jack and Bree hot on his heels. Her eyes widened behind her glasses and her hand flew to her necklace and began taking pictures, while Jack and Jerry looked around the room.
"Woah." They both breathed in amazement.
Jack frowned when he spotted something, "Hey, check it out." He walked over to a pair of gloves, "It's our gloves." He leaned in closer to examine them and his frown deepened, "It looks like Tanner really amped them up." Bree came closer and examined the gloves as well, she also spotted the schematics behind the gloves and the breastplate on a dummy.
"This isn't good." said Roxy, "It looks like he intends to build armor, like Davenports Exo-Suit." Bree snapped pictures of everything, making sure to get pictures of the weapons on the walls. "Your pictures are coming in great Bree. Keeping taking them."
"I'm heading your way Bree." said Aggie, abandoning the scientists she was following.
"So am I." Said Davenport, "Tanner ended the meeting after getting an alert on his phone. You need to get out of there now."
" He's right. Bree you need to get out of there." Added Leo.
"This stuff looks different than the stuff they're developing out there." commented Jack going over to examine a weapons shelf by another dummy.
"I know these things look dangerous." added Jerry.
Getting an idea Bree pulled out her phone and started snapping pictures which caught the boys attention, "Beth what are you doing?" asked Jack.
She kept taking pictures, "You guys are right. This looks a lot like the stuff my dad builds for the military and according to my dad Techtronic Industries doesn't have any military contracts. So I'm taking pictures to show to my dad, he'll be able to tell if this stuff is dangerous or not." she explained.
"Bree, get out now." Ordered Davenport.
Jerry moved over to the breastplate, "Hey, look. I think they're going to be part of this crazy suit." He noticed a button, "Hey, what do you think this does?"
"Jerry don't-" Before Jack could finish Jerry hit the button, two seconds later a beam of energy shot out and hit the dummy by Jack causing a small explosion.
Seeing Jack stumble back at the abrupt blast, Jerry and Bree rushed over to check on him.
"Dude, are you okay?" Asked Jerry with a worried frown.
Jack clutched his ears, "What I can't hear you." He said loudly.
"What the hell was that?!" Demanded Adam. He eyed Chase in worry, he had violently yanked out his com at the sound of the explosion and was clutching his ear. Seeing that they were blocking the flow of the sidewalk he ushered his little brother off to the side to lean against a store.
Bree sighed in relief when she saw that Jack was fine, "He's okay. Which is more than I can say for this dummy. The beam blew a whole right through its abdomen." She took a picture with her phone and her necklace. Seeing that Jack was holding his ears Bree pulled his right arm away from his ear to inspect it, "It's not bleeding, but being so close to the blast might have ruptured your eardrums."
"What?" Asked Jack loudly, " I can't hear you."
Bree rolled her eyes and turned to Jerry, "We should take him to a doctor to get his ears checked out." Jerry nodded.
At that moment Tanner and two security guards came in, using her speed, Bree hid her phone. "What are you three doing in here?" Demanded Tanner looking around at the damage, "This room is restricted."
"Huh?" Questioned Jack.
Tanner glared, "The tour is over. You're leaving." He said examining the gloves.
Jerry frowned, "You know the stuff in this room is dangerous."
Tanner's glare intensified, "You three are banned for life." He declared.
Bree followed the two security guards that dragged Jack and Jerry out of the room and when a third appeared and grabbed her arm roughly she cried out in surprise.
"Get your hands off my daughter!" Demanded Davenport as he, along with Agatha and Milton came over. Seeing how angry Davenport the guard dropped Bree's arm, Bree glared at the guard and went to her father and friend. Davenport looked Bree over to make sure she was okay before rounding on Tanner, "What is going on here?" Seeing that Jack and Jerry were still being held by the guards Davenport glared, "Tell your security to get their hands off those boys Tanner." He ordered.
Tanner fought back a sneer, motioned for his guards to let the boys go and plastered on a slimy smile, "These boys and your daughter were in an area clearly marked as restricted. I understand that curiosity is important in the world of science, but there is a reason the phrase 'Curiosity killed the cat' was invented."
The threat in Tanner's voice flew over the boys' heads, but the Davenport's and the Heller sisters heard it loud and clear. "I think it's time we left." Said Davenport placing a protective hand on Bree's shoulder, and turned to Jack, Milton and Jerry, "Why don't I give you boys a lift?"
Jerry nodded, "Thanks Mr. Davenport." Jack was still confused but let Jerry tug him to follow the Davenport's and Agatha.
"Wait! Mr. Davenport we didn't finish our meeting-" tried Tanner as they started to leave.
"And we won't be." He said interrupting Tanner Bree and Aggie smirked at the look on Tanner's face as they all walked out.
Bree frowned when she noticed that Milton wasn't following them, "Milton?" She asked, "Aren't you coming?"
Milton frowned, he was worried about Jack, but he still wanted to impress Mr. Tanner. Seeing the conflict on his friends face Jerry plastered on a smile, "It's okay Milton. Stay and finish the tour."
"Are you sure? Cause-"
Jerry nodded, "It's fine. We'll meet up later." Milton nodded and Tanner placed a hand on Milton's shoulder with a smug smile.
Well, it would seem today's not a total loss , thought Tanner.
Time Jump - Hotel Suite
Agatha fussed over Chase behind the closed door of the boys room. Davenport, and Bree were with Jack and Jerry at the doctor getting Jack's ears checked, while Adam, Roxy and Leo were busy going over the pictures Bree had taken and monitoring the security feeds of the lab. Her nose twitched at the smell of popcorn, No doubt courtesy of Adam.
Aggie had been worried about Chase the whole way back to the hotel and as soon as she arrived she dragged Chase away so that she could make sure he was alright herself.
Chase let her fuss, the damage wasn't that bad, he had just been shocked by the loud explosion over the coms. His super sensitive ears weren't ready for it and it had been hard to recalibrate while in the loud shopping district. He had assured everyone over the coms that he was fine, and if he noticed that Adam walked closer to him on the way back to the hotel he didn't comment. He smiled when Aggie arrived at the suite, wordlessly pulled him into his shared room and locked the door. He found it adorable whenever she got like this and ironic that someone who had earned the title Demon could be so cute.
After 5 minutes had passed he gently tugged her hands away from his ears and used his grip on them to pull her into his lap. "I'm fine. I haven't had the opportunity to condition myself to the sound of explosions, so it hurt and took some time to recalibrate my hearing in the middle of a loud shopping district. That's all, I'm fine now."
She blushed making him smile, "I'm sorry. It's just… I worry. I know you are perfectly capable of taking care of yourself but you're squishy and-"
Chase made an affronted noise, "I am not squishy."
"Yes, you are." She giggle and kissed his pout, "Don't worry. Anyone who can't walk off bullets like me is squishy. Even Adam." Chase rolled his eyes, "So how did it go at Tanner's place?"
Chase sighed and placed his hands on her hips, "It wasn't at his place. So he either keeps it on his person or in his office, though he did have some encrypted files on his computer. So I copied them, Roxy and I were decrypting until my girlfriend pulled me away." He chuckled when her blush deepened, "You are adorable you know that."
Now it was her turn to balk, "I am a deadly spy-sassin. I am not adorable." Chase chuckled, making her slap his bicep.
"What? You are a deadly spy-sassin and you are adorable. And there is nothing you can say that will make me change my mind." He smirked internally when he saw the mischievous gleam that entered her eyes.
Her expression turned sultry as she moved her hands down from his shoulders to his chest, "Nothing?" She questioned, "Oh, I think there are a lot of things I could do that could change your mind."
Chase hummed and rubbed her thighs, "I have no doubt that you could convince me to do a lot of things." He admitted, making her smile, "But not about this. You are my adorably deadly spy-sassin and you are just going to have to get used to that, so there." He stuck his tongue out at her for emphasis which only made her burst into giggles.
Chase smiled at her and as her giggles subsided she placed her forehead against his, "So, onto another topic, you got very growly when Jerry flirted with Bree and I at the fair." Chase became stiff, so Aggie lifted her head to meet his eyes, "My question to you is; Was that you or Spike?"
Chase sighed, "Spike." He said honestly, "I don't know if you've noticed, but he's a little possessive."
She snorted, "Yeah, and a fish is a little wet." She poked his chest, "And don't try to blame all the possessiveness you feel on him. You can be just as possessive, you're just less of a Neanderthal about it."
He leaned forward and placed his head on her shoulder, "I know. But insecurities suck."
"I know." She agreed, petting his head and rubbing his back, "I have them too." Chase lifted his head and looked at her in surprise, "What? You don't think I'm worried that some beautiful genius is going to come along and steal you from me? Insecurities are a part of being human, everyone has them and there is no shame in that. We just can't let them rule us, we have to work past them." Chase nodded, "But when we're on jobs you need to reign your insecurities in. There will be times where I will have to flirt with people and do things you won't like to get a job done."
Chase nodded, "I know, that. And as much as he hates it Spike gets that too. It doesn't mean he likes it though." She looked concerned, "Don't worry. If I can stop him from ripping Trent limb from limb, I can stop him from acting on his jealousy."
"That's all I ask." She smiled and pecked his lips, "Now come on. You should get back to helping Roxy."
Earlier with Jack, Jerry, 'Beth' and Donald
Jerry, Bree and Davenport watched the doctor examine Jacks ears, "Well, the good news is that your eardrums weren't ruptured."
"So he's going to be okay?" asked Jerry.
The doctor turned to him and smiled, "Yes. His hearing will be fine in a few hours."
"I kinda heard that." said Jack. He was shouting anymore, his hearing had slowly been returning since they left the lab. Voices were now less muffled making it easier to hear again.
The doctor smiled at Jack, "That's a great sign. If your hearing hasn't returned by tomorrow or if you experience any problems, please come back here immediately."
Jerry stepped forward, "Don't worry, I'll drag him back here if there are any problems."
The doctor nodded, "Well, then Jack, you are free to go."
"Thanks Doc." said Jack hopping off the bed. Jerry came forward and high fived his friend and Bree offered them both smiles.
Davenport stepped forward to shake the Doctors hand, "Thank you so much Doctor Keller."
Dr. Keller smiled, "Happy to help." Before the group of four left the hospital the teens thanked Doctor keller as well.
Once they were back at the town car, Davenport faced the three teens. "Alright boys. I'll drop you off wherever you want. Beth and I need to get back to the hotel."
"Could you drop us off at the Seaford Mall?" asked Jerry, "We promised our sensei we'd come by and practice after visiting Techtronic Labs." He explained.
Davenport smiled, "No problem. Hop on in." Once they were all in Jerry gave the driver the address and they set off. "So what dojo do you boys attend?"
"The Bobby Wasabi Dojo." answered Jerry.
"The action movie star from the 80's?" asked Davenport,
Bree perked up, "Oh! I've seen those. A- Angela's brought them over for a movie marathon once. The movie itself was kinda corny, but the action sequences were awesome." Jerry and Jack smiled, "Have you guys met him?"
"Yeah. He comes by sometimes… In fact Jack's grandfather was Bobby's sensei and taught Jack everything he knows." Boasted Jerry, making Jack blush. "He's a second degree black belt."
"Wow." exclaimed Bree, "That's impressive."
They passed the rest of the car ride listening to Jack and Jerry regale them with stories about their dojo and the various hijinks they had gotten into with their friends. By the time they had arrived at the mall Bree had exchanged numbers with both boys with the promise of keeping in touch.
As soon as the boys were gone and the two were alone in the car again Davenport put up the divider and started to address the rest of the group via coms, "Okay. We got Jacks ears checked out, he's going to be fine, his eardrums weren't ruptured. We're on our way back to the hotel. Adam, Chase, how did it go at Tanner's place? Did you find anything?"
"We don't know yet. Chase was able to find some encrypted files on his computer. He was helping Roxy decrypt them." Explained Adam.
Davenport frowned, "Was? Why isn't he helping now?"
"Aggie pulled him aside to make sure he was alright. That explosion did a number on his super hearing." Explained Roxy,
"Is he okay?" asked Bree in worry.
"He's fine. I checked him over myself when he got back with Adam. Aggie is just a worried girlfriend right now." said Leo. "Once she's sure he's not dying he'll start helping again. "
"Were you able to clone his cell phone Mr. Davenport?" asked Roxy.
Davenport smirked, "Yeah, we can go through it once we get to the Hotel."
"What about the pictures I took?" asked Bree, "What kind of weapons are we looking at?"
"Nothing good. " said Leo, he had been tasked with going through the pictures and cataloging everything.
"If they're anything like that breastplate Jerry fired, we need to shut him down today." said Bree. The idea of something that powerful being sold to war mongers made her feel sick.
"Agreed." said Aggie coming onto the com channel. "In case none of these files are the list and it isn't on his phone, we need to cripple his operations. It will give us time to find the list. But we won't do it tonight." She said, much to everyone's surprise, "They'll be extra vigilant tonight, because his weapons room was discovered. We'll observe the security changes and break in tomorrow."
"So we're going back to the original plan?" asked Chase
"With a few changes." she answered, "You and Bree will be searching the office with Roxy guiding you, while Adam and I destroy the weapons with Leo's help."
Bree pouted, "Awe, why can't I go destroy weapons?"
Davenport chuckled at his daughter when she started to argue with her friend over why she should be on the destruction team instead of Adam.
The Next Day
"Guess who just showed up disguised very badly as scientists." Aggie and Adam were in the weapons room destroying a few laser guns when Leo's voice came over the coms. They had been worried when they didn't see Miltons gloves in the room, but had ignored it in favor of destroying the weapons.
Aggie groaned, "Don't tell me…"
"Yep. Guess Milton told them about Tanner threatening him, Now all three are on their way to the weapons room."
Adam and Aggie shared a look, "Where's tanner?" she asked.
"He's heading to the room as well, and he has the gloves."
Adam's eyes widened, "If he uses those gloves he could break them in half."
Aggie nodded, "Then we deal with him ourselves. You think you can beat those gloves?" she asked.
Adam's face became determined, "Definitely."
"Just be careful Adam. He upgraded the gloves, so we don't know how strong they are now." Advised Davenport.
"He won't be facing Tanner alone. The gloves are useless if he can't move his arms."
"We're on our way." said Bree.
"No." denied Aggie, "You and Chase keep looking for the list. They don't know Adam and my face is covered, no need to blow your cover."
"Besides we need that list." added Leo, "That's our objective. Not the gloves."
"Are you sure?" asked Chase. He had remained silent during the exchange as he searched Tanner's office computer. He hadn't found the list yet, but he found several blueprints for weapons that he was in the process of sending to Roxy and Leo back at the hotel while Bree searched the office. Roxy and Davenport's main concern right now was decrypting Tanner's files and phone, so Leo was running their coms and keeping an eye on them. He didn't like the idea of leaving Aggie and Adam to fight alone, but knew that in order to complete the mission they needed to.
"Yes. Adam and I can handle it." Aggie assured them.
" Well, I hope you're ready cause. Tanners cornering them outside the weapons room now." Said Leo.
Aggie turned to Adam, "We need to get Tanner away from Milton, Jack and Jerry, we can't have them in the crossfire." He nodded, "You lead Tanner and I'll get them. Once I'm sure they're out of the way, I'll join you."
Adam took a deep breath, "Let's do this."
Aggie nodded and opened the door just in time to see Tanner throw Jack and grab Milton by the shirt. Adam wasted no time in grabbing Tanner and yanking him away from Milton, the sudden action causing Tanner to let go of Milton who dropped back down to the floor with wide eyes. Without any preamble Aggie grabbed Milton and Jack who had gotten up and dragged them over to Jerry who was struggling to his feet. All three wore stunned looks.
"Stay over here and out of the way."She ordered, they nodded mechanically and she turned to watch the fight. A term she used very loosely. To her amusement Adam was trying desperately not to hurt the angry weapons dealer who was swinging wildly at him. " Please tell me we're recording this Leo."
"You bet. I am so going to make a highlight reel of this." He laughed.
Because he was getting tired, Tanner threw a straight punch which Adam stopped with one hand making everyone's eyes, bar Aggie's, widen in shock. "How?" asked Tanner in shock. Adam just smirked and yanked the glove off of Tanner's hand. "Ah!" yelled Tanner at the harsh yanking motion. Adam didn't stop there, he grabbed the other glove and ripped it off the man's hand. "Ah!" He shoved tanner away and with everyone's eyes on him crushed the gloves with his bare hands
"Whoa." gasped Jerry, Jack and Milton.
"Well, that was pathetic."bemoaned Aggie catching the three boy's attention, "I was hoping he'd put up more of a fight."She shrugged, "But what can you expect when the only weapons he brought were a pair of gloves."Even though her voice was modulated everyone could hear her mocking tone. Adam chuckled and sent her a smile when she joined him in his mirth.
Tanner glared when the three boys started to laugh too. "You won't get away with this. None of you are leaving here alive." He threatened, he tried to run from the room, but Adam grabbed the back of his suit and yanked him back. Aggie considered interrogating him about the list, until Roxy's voice burst to life over the coms,
"I've got the list!" She exclaimed, "It's on his phone."
Smirking Aggie approached the squirming weapons dealer, and reached into his suit pocket, "Hey! What are you-"
"Shut up." Ordered Adam, when Tanner went to grab Aggie's hand that held his phone, he winced when they both slapped his hand away.
Pocketing the phone Aggie pulled a pair of handcuffs from her belt, and cuffed Tanner before turning to the three silent boys. She handed Tanner's phone to Jack who sent her a questioning look, "The police are on their way. Give that to the arresting officer and tell them it contains a list of the people Tanner has been selling weapons to."
Jack nodded, and then shook his, "Wait a second. Who are you?"
"And how did he destroy my gloves with his bare hands?" demanded Milton eyeing Adam who was keeping Tanner from running and his destroyed gloves."
"That is not of import."Aggie nodded to Adam who brought Tanner closer, "I trust the three of you are capable of keeping Tanner from running?"
"Yeah, but-"
"Great!" said Adam shoving the awful man into the three teens arms, "Well, it was nice meeting you guys. I had fun, we should do this again and all that jazz." He said, making a break for their designated exit.
Roxy giggled over the coms as she watched Adam leave the explanations to Aggie and heard her sister grumble her pledge of retribution. "Just get out. They wanted proof Tanner is evil to show to the police and now they have it."
Listening to her smart sister, Aggie sighed,"You wanted proof of Tanner's wrongdoing and now you have it. Do not look a gift horse in the mouth."And with that Aggie headed for her exit. "Cedalion, inform our client of our success and set up a meeting."
" Will do."
"Chase. Bree. Where are you?"
"Taking our exit." answered Chase, "We left tanners office as soon as Roxy said she found the list. The police will be able to access his computer and find everything I did without any problems."
"As soon as we're clear I'm speeding the two of us back to the hotel." added Bree.
Aggie smiled under her mask, "Then Adam and I will meet you guys back at the hotel. Well done everyone."
Time Jump!
Aggie and Leo were yet again sitting in the office of Principal Funderburk in Seaford High School. Funderburk was over the moon when Aggie handed over the cloned phone and the flashdrive Roxy had transferred the client list to.
"Thank you so much, Agatha." Aggie smiled at his thanks, "Thank you Leo." Leo beamed at the praise, "And please thank your sister and the rest of the team for me." Funderburk looked hesitant for a second, before addressing Aggie, "Can I speak to you alone?" he asked.
Aggie shrugged and turned to Leo, "I'll meet you back at the base." Leo frowned but left without a word. When the door closed she turned to him with an expectant look.
Taking a deep breath Funderburk started speaking, "I want to put together a team of spies." Aggie raised an eyebrow, but said nothing so he kept going, "You, more than most, know how easily teenagers are glossed over and seen as harmless idiots by adults. It's an asset that has been grossly overlooked."
Aggie eyed the excited grin Funderburk was wearing with trepidation, "And you are telling me this because…" She knew the answer but she wanted confirmation.
"I want you on the team." She frowned,
"No."
Funderburk pouted, "Oh, come on. Why not?" He whined, "You have the skills and experience I need for a team leader. The recruits I have in mind are skilled, but they need training and someone their own age to keep them in line. You and your sister would be perfect."
She sighed, "I'm not going to lead your team of teenage spies Funderburk," When she saw him pout she added, "But…" H perked up, "I suppose I wouldn't be opposed to a few training sessions. After all it wouldn't be too different then what I'm doing now."
"Seriously?!" he asked incredulously, "You're going to help?"
She narrowed her eyes, "On a few conditions." That quieted his excitement a little, "One, I have full veto power. If I say no to a person you take it as gospel." he nodded, "Two, I want to be kept apprised of everything you and your team do, if you take them out for frozen yogurt as a team building exercise I want to know. And three…" She let her eyes change, stood up and leaned over his desk to meet his eyes. Her smile was feral when she saw him flinch, "I want you to get a therapist for them. Someone they can talk to that will ont betray their confidence and keep them from ending up in the Cuckoo's Nest before they reach their late twenties." Funderburk nodded, so Aggie stood up straight and let her eyes return to their previous state. "Send the recruit files to Roxy. She'll send you a secure number to contact us. We'll be in touch, Erik."
And with that Aggie walked out of the office with Leo pestering Roxy about sneaking his name onto Funderburks recruitment list. Which triggered a debate between Davenport and his kids about becoming Spies. Aggie just rolled her eyes, They're wasting their breath. Washington will never sign off on a team of teen spies. If it ever got out that America approved of child soldiers they'd be crucified.
"Milton's on the list!?" Cried out Leo in outrage, making Roxy and Aggie laugh.
End of Chapter 17
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