The next morning when Mandy had woken up and started crying, Courtney ran out of her room, got a baby bottle full of milk, and then hurried to Mandy's room. Courtney entered the baby's room, and set the bottle on the table before she walked over to the cradle and picked Mandy up and started rocking her in her arms.
"Don't cry, baby, it's all right……. Mommy's here now……."
After awhile Mandy stopped crying, and Courtney picked up the bottle and sat down in the rocking chair that had been place in her room. Then she began rocking Mandy as gave Mandy her bottle of milk. Mandy sucked on her bottle in silence as Courtney rocked her. When all of the milk was gone, Mandy snuggled up against Courtney and went to sleep. As soon as Mandy had gone back to sleep, Courtney stopped rocking, stood up, set the bottle back on the table before she walked over to the cradle and carefully laid her into the cradle and covered her back up with her blankets. As soon as Mandy was tucked in, the door opened and Maxie entered.
"Is
she all right?" Maxie asked.
"Yes, she is. She was only hungry." Courtney replied.
"Good." Maxie said.
Now Courtney asked, "Maxie, how old do you think Mandy is?"
"Hmm…… My guess is that she's three years old, since she's a large baby and her cries can be pretty loud. I could hear her crying all the way up in my office."
Just then some grunts entered. Maxie turned around, "Yes, what is it?"
"Sir, we're sorry to interrupt your quiet time with your daughter, but TA has invaded our base."
"What!? We have to stop them! I won't allow them to take Mandy, she's so young and if we educate her with the correct slant, she'll be totally loyal to our side..."
Just then the door opened and some Team Aqua members entered with their boss. Courtney ran to Mandy's cradle to shield her from the TA agents.
"What's with the baby?" Archie asked at last. "This is my daughter, Mandy." Maxie said finally.
"Did you hear everything we said?" Courtney asked.
"Yes, everything, and I think that Mandy could prove useful to us and not you." Archie said.
Some more Aqua agents entered the room so that the members of Team Magma were outnumbered.
"What on earth are you doing!?" Maxie exclaimed.
"I'm taking Mandy with me." Archie replied.
"Oh, yeah? Do you really think that's gonna work?" Maxie said.
"Actually, yes. Restrain them." Archie commanded.
The grunts grabbed Maxie, Courtney, and the Team Magma grunts, and Archie picked up Mandy's bag that contained her baby stuff and slung it over his shoulder. He then walked over to the cradle and lifted Mandy up into his arms, blankets and all. Maxie struggled against the grunts trying to get free, but he just couldn't. Now Archie and his grunts left the room, and left the base in a hurry. They took Mandy back to their own base and some of the grunts hurried to the storage room to find a cradle or a playpen for Mandy. A few minutes later, the grunts appeared carrying a cradle, and the rest of the grunts were carrying a baby pillow and a mattress pad. A few minutes later another grunt appeared with a baby radio.
They found Archie and he said, "Take the things to the room next to my own, and let me know when everything is set up. I'll be up in my office with the baby."
"Yes, sir." The grunts replied.
The grunts took all the stuff to the baby's room and set it up. Then they went to get Archie. They entered his office and found Archie rocking the baby in his arms.
"Uh, boss?" One grunt asked.
"Yes?" Archie replied.
"Everything's been set up for the baby." The grunt replied.
"Good. Then let's get Mandy back to bed, as my arms are starting to go numb from rocking her."
Archie and the grunts walked to the baby's room, and once there, Archie entered and the grunts stood outside the door. Archie carried Mandy over to her cradle and carefully laid her into it. Then he took her blankets and covered her with them to keep her warm. Before he set up the baby monitor and took the device that would allow him to hear Mandy with him. Mandy, not knowing that she was being held hostage continued to sleep in peace.