Chapter 4 – Swim Party, Anyone?
Coming to, the gals find themselves solidly attached to metal chairs. They have large metal shackles attached to their throat, midsection, each arm, and each leg. Clearly, Scam doesn't want them to get loose from the chairs. They also are without their backpacks of gadgets as well as their bungee belts and laser lipsticks. Those items are on a table across the room.
As the girls struggle, their archenemy enters the room.
"Well, well! Look who's here! Come to visit an old friend?" chides Scam evilly. He is accompanied by four goons.
"What's your game, Scam?" demands Sam.
"I wanted to capture all of WOOHP's agents with my Project Bluebird hypno- beam but I saw that you three and Jerry were not in the copters. So I activated the trackers in the old WOOHP copters, knowing Jerry would use that to track me. I have to say, you three impressed me!", says Scam.
"How nice!", says Clover sarcastically.
"Yes! I didn't think you would make it this far, but I'm glad you did! I can now do to you what I planned to do to Jerry!"
"And that is????" asks Sam irritably.
"When I close that metal door, water will pour into this room. It is waterproof and soundproof. But, just to make doubly sure," Scam walks over to the table and takes out the gals' compowders. He dashes all three to the floor, turning them into fragments. "Now I have destroyed your last hope of rescue! It will take one hour for this room to fill to the top. I will return later, after I take over WOOHP!!"
"TAKE OVER WOOHP!" all three spies cry out in alarm.
"Yes, girls! Take over WOOHP! I have rigged a device to fill the holding areas of all the WOOHP agents with carbon monoxide just as the water hits that plate on the ceiling! That will kill every other WOOHP agent. And of course you three will be long past caring by then! I will then go to WOOHP and take out Jerry, the only remaining WOOHP agent! I'll have access to everything! EVERYTHING in WOOHP! I'll easily be able to take over the world, and WOOHP Headquarters will be my fortress!!! HA! HA! HA!"
"Like you'll ever get away with it!", says Sam.
"And whose going to stop me?", says Scam as he continues laughing. He and his henchmen close the metal door. Water quickly starts to fill the room.
"We better think of something fast! We only have one hour!", says Alex.
"Correction Alex! We only have 30 minutes! It takes one hour to fill the room, but we are seated about half way up! We only have 30 minutes!", says Sam.
"Let's yell for Stan!", says Clover.
"He won't hear us, Clover! The room is soundproof, remember? If we are going to survive this, we are going to have to do it ourselves!", says Sam.
The gals strain against their restraints, trying to find a weakness they can exploit. But after five minutes of bruised trying, they realize that these restraints aren't going to give! All too soon, the water is lapping under the chin of the shortest spy, Alex. It won't be long.
"I guess this is goodbye then gals! I couldn't have asked for better friends or spy mates!", says Sam, as she hangs her head in resignation.
"You both were like big sisters to me! I'll miss you guys!", says Alex, also resigning herself to her fate.
"You two were my best friends! Ever!", says Clover, as she lowers her head in sadness.
But all of a sudden, the water stops rising and actually starts to slowly drop.
The gals were unaware that Stan had witnessed everything: the gassing; the capture; and most importantly the switch for the water. It took Stan 20 minutes to turn the water off, because Scam had set an electronic alarm on the switch. Should anyone try to turn off the water without first deactivating the alarm, they would bring Scam and his henchmen running. Stan deactivated the alarm in such a way that it would show the water still flowing, on Scam's control panel. He then turned off the water. It didn't take long for Stan to locate the drain valve and start draining the water.
"Am I hallucinating, or is the water dropping?", asks Sam.
"No, it is dropping! It's not under my chin anymore!", exclaims Alex.
"STAN!" the three girls say at once.
As the water gets to ankle level, Stan opens the door.
"Stan! I sure am glad to see you!", says Sam, as Stan frees her from the various shackles with his lockpick.
"Stan, you're a knight in shining armor!", says Clover as she is freed.
"I sure am glad you were on this mission with us, Stan!", says Alex, as she is in the process of being freed.
"I'm not so sure, Alex", says Stan sadly. "I must be getting old! I could have sworn I could deactivate all the traps within five minutes, but I was 40 seconds away from disarming that gas trap when I heard you three coming down the corridor! That was my part of the plan. After deactivating the traps, I was supposed to help you with your section. Realizing that I couldn't stop you from tripping the trap, I went into 'stealth mode' so I could eventually help!"
"Ahhhh, Stan? It's not your fault!", says Alex sheepishly.
"Yeah, we..ah started our part one minute earlier than agreed!", says an embarrassed Clover.
"We're sorry, Stan! And we owe you an apology!", says Sam.
"What for?" asks a confused Stan.
"We didn't think you should go on the mission!", says Alex quietly.
"We thought your were just a bean counter! Were WE ever wrong!", says a sorry Clover.
"We owe our lives to you!", says Sam.
"No problem ladies," says Stan as he finishes freeing Alex.
Coming to, the gals find themselves solidly attached to metal chairs. They have large metal shackles attached to their throat, midsection, each arm, and each leg. Clearly, Scam doesn't want them to get loose from the chairs. They also are without their backpacks of gadgets as well as their bungee belts and laser lipsticks. Those items are on a table across the room.
As the girls struggle, their archenemy enters the room.
"Well, well! Look who's here! Come to visit an old friend?" chides Scam evilly. He is accompanied by four goons.
"What's your game, Scam?" demands Sam.
"I wanted to capture all of WOOHP's agents with my Project Bluebird hypno- beam but I saw that you three and Jerry were not in the copters. So I activated the trackers in the old WOOHP copters, knowing Jerry would use that to track me. I have to say, you three impressed me!", says Scam.
"How nice!", says Clover sarcastically.
"Yes! I didn't think you would make it this far, but I'm glad you did! I can now do to you what I planned to do to Jerry!"
"And that is????" asks Sam irritably.
"When I close that metal door, water will pour into this room. It is waterproof and soundproof. But, just to make doubly sure," Scam walks over to the table and takes out the gals' compowders. He dashes all three to the floor, turning them into fragments. "Now I have destroyed your last hope of rescue! It will take one hour for this room to fill to the top. I will return later, after I take over WOOHP!!"
"TAKE OVER WOOHP!" all three spies cry out in alarm.
"Yes, girls! Take over WOOHP! I have rigged a device to fill the holding areas of all the WOOHP agents with carbon monoxide just as the water hits that plate on the ceiling! That will kill every other WOOHP agent. And of course you three will be long past caring by then! I will then go to WOOHP and take out Jerry, the only remaining WOOHP agent! I'll have access to everything! EVERYTHING in WOOHP! I'll easily be able to take over the world, and WOOHP Headquarters will be my fortress!!! HA! HA! HA!"
"Like you'll ever get away with it!", says Sam.
"And whose going to stop me?", says Scam as he continues laughing. He and his henchmen close the metal door. Water quickly starts to fill the room.
"We better think of something fast! We only have one hour!", says Alex.
"Correction Alex! We only have 30 minutes! It takes one hour to fill the room, but we are seated about half way up! We only have 30 minutes!", says Sam.
"Let's yell for Stan!", says Clover.
"He won't hear us, Clover! The room is soundproof, remember? If we are going to survive this, we are going to have to do it ourselves!", says Sam.
The gals strain against their restraints, trying to find a weakness they can exploit. But after five minutes of bruised trying, they realize that these restraints aren't going to give! All too soon, the water is lapping under the chin of the shortest spy, Alex. It won't be long.
"I guess this is goodbye then gals! I couldn't have asked for better friends or spy mates!", says Sam, as she hangs her head in resignation.
"You both were like big sisters to me! I'll miss you guys!", says Alex, also resigning herself to her fate.
"You two were my best friends! Ever!", says Clover, as she lowers her head in sadness.
But all of a sudden, the water stops rising and actually starts to slowly drop.
The gals were unaware that Stan had witnessed everything: the gassing; the capture; and most importantly the switch for the water. It took Stan 20 minutes to turn the water off, because Scam had set an electronic alarm on the switch. Should anyone try to turn off the water without first deactivating the alarm, they would bring Scam and his henchmen running. Stan deactivated the alarm in such a way that it would show the water still flowing, on Scam's control panel. He then turned off the water. It didn't take long for Stan to locate the drain valve and start draining the water.
"Am I hallucinating, or is the water dropping?", asks Sam.
"No, it is dropping! It's not under my chin anymore!", exclaims Alex.
"STAN!" the three girls say at once.
As the water gets to ankle level, Stan opens the door.
"Stan! I sure am glad to see you!", says Sam, as Stan frees her from the various shackles with his lockpick.
"Stan, you're a knight in shining armor!", says Clover as she is freed.
"I sure am glad you were on this mission with us, Stan!", says Alex, as she is in the process of being freed.
"I'm not so sure, Alex", says Stan sadly. "I must be getting old! I could have sworn I could deactivate all the traps within five minutes, but I was 40 seconds away from disarming that gas trap when I heard you three coming down the corridor! That was my part of the plan. After deactivating the traps, I was supposed to help you with your section. Realizing that I couldn't stop you from tripping the trap, I went into 'stealth mode' so I could eventually help!"
"Ahhhh, Stan? It's not your fault!", says Alex sheepishly.
"Yeah, we..ah started our part one minute earlier than agreed!", says an embarrassed Clover.
"We're sorry, Stan! And we owe you an apology!", says Sam.
"What for?" asks a confused Stan.
"We didn't think you should go on the mission!", says Alex quietly.
"We thought your were just a bean counter! Were WE ever wrong!", says a sorry Clover.
"We owe our lives to you!", says Sam.
"No problem ladies," says Stan as he finishes freeing Alex.