Chapter VIII

Going undercover

"Slippy," Kevin said to him as he and Fox approached him in the castle garage, "I need my car for the party tonight. Is it ready yet?"

"Yes it is." Slippy replied as he closed up the car hood, "I have finishing enhancing it by adding new gadgets and modes to it. When is the party?"

"It's tonight." Fox replied, "Hopefully, we'll find out what's going on."

"Fox and Kevin." Cella said, "I must speak to you about part of our plan for tonight in the throne room immediatley."

Fox and Kevin dissipated into black mist in front of Slippy and teleported down to the throne room. They appeared beside Krystal and stood in front of both Cella and William.

"What is it, mom?" Kevin asked

"I'm sending all three of you to the party as undercover agents." Cella replied, "We need you guys to find out what Felon and his cult members are planning. Krystal and Kevin? You both are to shapeshift into Peter Greyson and his date."

"Yes, Cella." Krystal replied, "But what about Fox?"

"He will go as a female waitress." William replied

Fox felt his heart sank. He gulped at the sight of being a female. Krystal noticed this.

"Oh come on, Fox." She said to him in a teasing tone while elbowing him in his left arm. "It'd be cute to see you as a woman."

Cella pulled out a large map containing floor plans of the building and laid them on a table in front of them.

"During the party, I will create a distraction by turning off all of the lights in the electrical control room here." She said, pointing to a small room in the basement's floorplan, "Fox? You will be a waitress in the main party room. Once I turn off the power, that's the signal for you guys to head up to the top floor. From what Amanda has told me, Felon keeps all of his secret info in a vault room on the top floor. Photograph everything. Understood?"

"Yes, mom." Kevin replied.

"Good. I want you three to go get some rest." Cella said with her legs crossed, "We have a long night ahead of us. The rest of our spies are scattered all across the lylat system."

All three of them bowed their heads at them, then dissipated into black and teleported out of the throne room. Fox returned to the bookshop, while Krystal and Kevin returned to the castle's family room. It was a weekend, which was what the children loved. Krystal took the children outside to the castle's courtyard and started playing with them, while Kevin stood under the doorway and watched.

Meanwhile, Felon sat at the end of a conference table and took a sip of blood. He placed his wineglass down and glanced at the paperwork on his desk. The rest of the cult members walked up to him, including their mysterious, hooded figure.

"Hello, my friends." Felon greeted them. "Come. I have some good news to share with you all."

All of them sat down at the conference table.

"First of all," Felon asked the hooded figure, "What is your report?"

"Three of Cella's group members are going to the party tonight." The hooded figure reported, "And I have a feeling they'll be here for something else rather than partying."

"Take these plans up to the vault room on the top floor." Felon instructed a guard, handing the papers to him.

The guard took them and left the room. Felon returned to his chair and picked up a small remote control.

"As you can see," He said as he turned on a large monitor before them, "Our troops have finally taken over the Sargasso space station, and our new weapon called Gas Warfare X has finished installation."

"Good." Said a male pale vampire coyote Rexan, "Those mortal fools will pay the price for destroying Recon."

"They'll be even more foolish when they accept that bogus story of what you claimed you designed it for, Felon." A female mortal lynx named Marian added with a cold smile.

"How delicious it will be." Felon said with a grin, "That's all, everyone. That's all."

All of the members got up and left the room, except for the hooded figure, who walked up to Felon.

"Felon," The figure replied, "Would it be better if we beefed up security tonight? Just in case those three spies come up here?"

"Don't worry, my friend." Felon said in an assuring tone.

Both of them dissipated into black mist and teleported out of the room.

Later that night, Kevin emerged from an empty closet on the second floor of the castle and began walk back down to the car garage. Fox had already gone to the party an hour ago, and Cella was nowhere to be found. He had shapeshifted himself into Peter Greyson, complete with the brown suit and long hair.

"Mom must be at the party already." Kevin thought as he approached the door to the car garage, and pulled his hair back.

He entered the garage and walked up to Slippy, Cella, and Krystal, who had shapeshifted herself into his female assistant, who was a border collie. He looked around for Fox.

"Fox is already at the party." Krystal told him, wearing a sparkling blue dress, " Come on."

The two of them climbed into the car and Slippy walked up to them.

"Your car also has the feature to turn into a space fighter and a mini-sub." Slippy explained

"Thanks, Slippy." Krystal replied while Kevin pulled out his pda.

"I'm transferring your fee and a bonus right now." Kevin added, "Thank you."

He placed his pda down, then revved up the engine and drove out of the castle.

End of Chapter VIII