Chapter 5 – Rescue
Alex and Sam have arrived just outside of the cabin on their jet cycles. They see Charles' BMW parked by the cabin. They park their cycles out of sight and notice that they are getting three homing beacon readings on their compowders: two in the car, and one fainter one within the cabin.
They slowly sneak up to the car and look in. They see Clover's purse, but nothing else! That's odd. If Clover were to go with Charles anywhere, she would have taken her purse! Thank goodness Clover likes those WOOHP hair accessories! Even though technically the girls are only supposed to wear them on missions, they are attractive and functional enough to wear everyday! Those accessories will lead Sam and Alex to Clover.
Alex and Sam still don't know if Clover is just on a romantic interlude with Charles, or if something is really wrong. They therefore slowly sneak up to the log cabin window, and cautiously look in. They don't want to disturb Clover and Charles if nothing is wrong!
What they see chills their blood! They see Eugene Snit throwing a match starting a fire in the cabin, and they see Clover tied up!
"Sammy! What's Snit doing here? And where's Charles?"
"I don't know, Alex. But we've got to act fast to get Clover out of there! This cabin wood is well seasoned and dry! It will burn quickly!"
"Ok, girlfriend!", and Alex quickly breaks out her laser lipstick and starts cutting the window out. Sam hits the WOOHP Distress Button on her compowder.
As soon as the window is cut out, Sam and Alex fire up their jet pack backpacks and fly through the window to Clover! The smoke is getting intense, and Clover has already passed out!
Quickly, Sam grabs Clover by the arms, under the shoulders and Alex grabs Clover by the thighs. They fire up their backpacks again and fly through the window just as the cabin reaches flashpoint!
About 100 yards from the fire engulfed cabin, the gals lay Clover on the ground and ungag her. Sam administers oxygen. Alex and Sam wait anxiously.
"(cough) (cough) Wher...Where am I?", says a weak Clover. Alex and Sam breathe a collective sigh of relief! They immediately cut the ropes binding her hands and legs.
"You're safe, Clover!", says Sam gently, as she and Alex look happily down on their friend.
As Clover's eyes begin to focus, she sees a smiling Sam and Alex standing over her.
"GUYS!" she cries, throwing her arms around their necks, as she sobs.
"Clover, where is Charles? We saw Eugene Snit start the fire. What did he do to Charles?" asks Sam gently.
"Eugene Snit? That lowdown snake! He was Charles! He followed me and learned what characteristics I like in a boy! He feed the info into his infernal machine and changed into my 'dream boy'! He knocked me out with this!" and Clover reaches over her right shoulder and removes a clear patch.
Sam takes the patch and scans it with her compowder. "It's a drug absorbed through the skin."
"Can you stand, Clover?" asks Sam.
"The last time I tried, I got dizzy! But I'll try again, if I can lean on you guys!"
"My shoulder is always available to help a friend!", says Alex.
"Mine too, Clover!", says Sam.
Clover slowly rises to her feet. She leans on her two friends, but is not experiencing any dizziness now, with that patch removed. The three girls see the cabin engulfed in flames! Clover stands there numb, with tears in her eyes.
Soon Jerry approaches the three girls, as the cabin starts to burn itself out.
"Are you all right, Clover?" asks Jerry, as he uncharacteristically hugs her. Clover collapses in his arms in tears. "Your safe now, Clover! Thanks to Alex and Sam!" says Jerry soothingly. Soon Clover composes herself, and the foursome start walking slowly toward the WOOHP jet/copters. Clover leans on Sam and Alex for support.
"We have to catch Eugene Snit, Jerry! He's responsible for all of this!", says Alex.
Jerry uses the walkie-talkie feature of his wallet communicator to instruct Security to arrest Eugene. But he is too late!
As Eugene left the cabin in flames, he disposed of Clover's purse and his Change Globe. He didn't realize that when he pulled the unconscious Clover from the car to take her into the cabin, that one of her hair barrettes fell off and landed underneath the passenger seat.
As Eugene was leaving, he was stopped by WOOHP, but he did not match the description of Charles, so they let him go. As he drove away, Eugene smiled evilly and said to himself, "Thanks, Charles! I owe you one!"
Sam, Alex, Clover and Jerry slowly make their way toward Jerry's jet/copter.
"What's that?", asks Sam.
Walking over to the item, Jerry says, "It's a purse, and some type of globe."
"That's Clover's purse!", exclaims Alex. Jerry immediately hands it to Clover.
"Thanks, Jer.", Clover says. Then Clover's eyes fix on the globe. "Jerry! I've seen that before! That's Eugene Snit's Change Globe! By pressing that button on top, Eugene could change into any guy profiled within it! That's how he turned into Charles!"
"Interesting!" , Jerry says. "I want WOOHP Labs to analyze this! It shouldn't take them long!"
Jerry lifts the still weak Clover into his jet/copter and gently places her in one of the seats, securing her with a seat belt. "Thanks, Jerry!", Clover says appreciatively with a smile.
"Happy to help, Clover!", says Jerry. Sam and Alex have also boarded the jet/copter. They take seats on either side of Clover. WOOHP has already put their jet/cycles on board. Jerry moves to the pilot seat and takes off for WOOHP.