Halloween Havoc
Part Eight: Which is Witch?
Halloween, the holiday of trick-or-treating, costume wearing, and mischief making, had come. The agents on candy duty groaned as the sun slowly sat beneath the horizon. Everyone was thoroughly bummed out. Well, almost everyone…
"ALRIGHT! HALLOWEEN!!!" Agent Di shouted as she and Chase burst through the garage doors with their group of alien trick-or-treaters.
"Looks like Halloween Girl's having a good time," R joked. "Hey…where's Delia?"
"You mean Tinkerbell," Jay snickered.
He was immediately whacked upside the head by some sort of giant bug. A giant bug that bore a striking resemblance to, "Delia?"
"Who's it look like genius?" the miniature agent hissed at her partner.
"How are you supposed to help me control this group when you're less than HALF their size?!" R demanded.
"BLAME JAY!"
R turned to sock Jay for doing this to them but found that the agent had wondered over to another of the MIB vans with his partner, Agent Lee. "So, um, how about handing over the keys and letting an experienced agent drive?" he grinned.
"I don't think so Peter," Lee laughed and hopped into the driver's seat.
Delia got a kick out of this, "Why don't you just fly Peter?"
"Speaking of flying," Yazmine came up behind Delia and held out a pair of tiny wings, "these should come in handy tonight."
"What are those for?" Delia grumbled, "To further embarrass me?"
"Not at all hon," Yazmine smiled and help Delia put on her wings, "these will allow you to hover simply by thought instead of directly using the chips and wearing yourself out."
"Goodie," Delia replied unenthusiastically.
"Let's get this humiliating show on the road!" Chase called to the others as he slammed the door to the van shut.
"Wait a minute," W called back, "where's U?"
"Over here," murmured a voice.
W turned and burst out laughing when she saw her partner dressed up as a mime.
"Ah, ah, ah U!" Jay teased, "You're not supposed to talk."
U scowled at the agent as he darted to his van and climbed in.
"Thank the stars I remembered my camera," W winked to Lee.
"Make sure to get lots of copies!" Lee laughed.
"Almost forgot," Jay snickered as he walked over to Delia.
"Care to have a wand shoved up your-" Delia began but was cut off when Jay dumped a small container of gold glitter all over her. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"
"Just helping you get into to character," Jay cackled and then darted back to his van.
"Any pixie dust cracks and you'll be spending your NOT SO HAPPY Halloween in the intensive care unit," Delia warned a snickering R as she flew into the van.
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Alpha was loving his new position as the head of the MIB. There was no one who could throw a wrench in his plans now. He'd taken care of all the loose ends. No one was left that had ever successfully thwarted his plans. No one, except, "CURSES!"
Alpha slammed his fists down on Zed's desk as he realized that Agent Jay had beaten him before. That menacing rookie seemed to have the best dumb luck of any agent in HQ. While he'd managed to snag the best of the best and even the head man himself, he'd failed to nab the one idiot who could actually succeed by mere coincidence in foiling his scheme.
"No matter," he told himself smugly, "there's still time to remedy the problem before Agent Jay's dumb luck kicks in."
After checking up on where the agent was supposed to be Alpha (or 'Zed') made his way down to Agent U's classroom only to find that he'd just missed the 'candy buddies'.
Once again it looked like Agent Jay had managed to evade his grasp, but Alpha wasn't a quitter. He'd rid himself of that second rate pest if it was the last thing he ever did! And with that mindset, he crept down to the garage and procured a vehicle for himself. Destroying the other nuisances would have to wait, Agent Jay's demise was now his main priority.
"Laugh it up while you can Agent Jay," Alpha whispered to himself as he sped out of the garage, "for it's only a matter of time before your dumb luck runs out!"
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"Trick-or-treat!" the little alien children in Jay and Lee's group cried out. A middle aged human female answered the door and grinned down at the adorable youngsters.
"Aw, how cute. Here you go kids." she proceeded to dump all sorts of candy treats into their decorated bags.
"We'll have to remember to pick out the chocolate ones before they dig in." Lee reminded Jay.
"And I know just what to do with it all too." Jay's mouth was watering at the thought of all those chocolate covered goodies which were unsafe for aliens to eat.
R stood at the end of a driveway just a few houses away waiting while his group of trick-or-treaters rang the doorbell. "Where's Delia?"
A little glitter covered alighted on his shoulder, "You called?"
"Where've you been?"
"Plotting Jay's payback for doing this to me!" she answered.
"Oh," R smiled, "well, pintsize or not, you still look pretty cute."
Delia sighed and sat down on his shoulder, "And you look like a candy bar mascot."
"My, that looks just like a little person," a young trick-or-treater's father remarked as he passed by the two agents.
Agents Jay and Lee were making their way down the sidewalk when Jay overheard the comment. "Oh no," Jay laughed and snatched Delia by her wings, "she's remote controlled. See, she flies and everything." he swung Delia around in the air a couple of times before sticking her inside the treat bag R was carrying.
"That's--uh--creative." the boy's father remarked before hustling his son down the sidewalk.
"Man R," Jay laughed, "can't let people know she's real or anything. I'm not sure if the MIB has a policy on concealing information on fairies, but with Mr. By-the-Book tagging along I don't think we oughtta risk it."
"I heard that Agent Jay!" U yelled.
"U!!!" Lee laughed, "SSHHH!!!"
R peeked inside the bag to see if Delia was okay. "You alright in there?"
"I think I just tossed my cookies somewhere in the middle of all this candy." she groaned.
R cringed and helped her out of the bag. Once she was resting on his shoulder again they gathered their group and followed the other agents over to the next block.
None of the agents were aware of the two beady eyes watching them from an LTD parked over in the shadows. Agent Jay continued to laugh and joke around as the team proceeded to cross the street. "Ah Agent Jay," the sinister voice of Alpha laughed, "I've got you now."
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Not too far from where the small party of agents were taking the alien children door to door a trash can turned over and a gray cat leapt out onto the street. Meowing as he walked the cat sniffed the air for something edible.
A new scent crept in on the breeze and the cat followed it to a crumbling old house off on a hill. The creepiness of the domicile didn't frighten the furry creature as it walked over to a wine cellar's entrance and peered in through the tiny cracks in the padlocked heavy wooden doors.
Thin rays of light managed to pierce the harsh darkness inside and the feline's eyes could just barely make out the figure of another cat chained up within.
The female cat's eyes slowly opened and she spotted two glimmering eyes watching her from the doors overhead. "Who are you?"
The cat purred and started licking his paws.
"Obviously not my breed." Anna huffed, "Look, Earth cat, get help!"
The cat turned its head slightly, this strange female spoke almost as if she were---human.
Anna hissed and buried her head beneath one of her paws, "A DOG can get a kid out of a well but ask one mangy Earth cat to go find someone who can pick a lock and look what happens!"
"What are you grumbling about?" S whispered.
"Look for yourself," Anna raised a paw and pointed to the male cat watching them from the cracks in the wine cellar doors.
"Oohhh," S smiled, "look, Anna. I've got an idea."
"I think I know what you're thinking," Elle smiled.
"Well I'm freaked out," X murmured.
Anna glanced at the two humans grinning at her slyly, "OH NO! NOT THIS KITTY!"
"C'mon Anna," Lucy pleaded, "for all our sakes!"
"Just flirt with the cat a little," S said holding back laughter, "I KNOW you know the language of an Earth cat."
"Orion would do it for a pretty lady cat," Elle snickered, "so maybe this one will too."
"May be the only way," Kay agreed, catching on to what the women were asking.
"Fine." Anna grumbled and started meowing to the male cat peeking in at them.
The male cat listened intently as the female finally started speaking the proper language. Then with a gesture that seemed almost like a nod the cat took off and swiftly darted back to the streets.
"What did you say?" Lucy inquired.
"I told him if he came back with help I'd meet him for caviar and a saucer of milk." Anna sneered.
S couldn't help but laugh at this.
"AND it would all be at my human's expense of course," Anna added triumphantly.
"I knew I should've partnered up with a dog," S groaned.
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*I WILL have this fic done by the end of today (Halloween). So keep reading and reviewing and I'll keep typing away! ^_~*