"What's that on the table?" Mandy asks, quickly changing the subject "Are you opening a weapon store?" Mandy walks towards the table and picks up the Liquid-Nitrogen Breath spray. "Is this a nice perfume?"
"Don't use that Mandy!" Clovers cries out letting herself fall behind the couch. Sam quickly takes the spray from Mandy. Amazed Mandy asks what all this is about.
Sam and Clover realize they'll have to explain the use of their gadgets.
"Mandy, this stuff, apart the guns, may look innocent, but in fact they are arms as well."
Mandy who was contemplating putting on a Boomerang Buzz Saw Barrette, Panda model, jumps away from the table. "Are you saying this hairclip is a weapon?"
Clover takes the Boomerang Buzz Saw Barrette and demonstrates to Mandy its use.
"You guys use these things often? They look pretty dangerous to me! I wouldn't like to get killed by my own bodyguards." Mandy says, a crooked smile on her lips.
"No sweat Mandy," Clover answers, "we're professionals with these gadgets. The guns on the other hand. We simply don't like them. We get regularly weapon training, but still."
Sam's compowder rings. "Sam speaking, hello Jerry what's up?"
"There's a car on the way to pick you three up and bring to Whoop. I want you three over here for training. There are also some technicians a board, they'll install satellite communication and hook the camera's up. See you three soon." Sam closes her compowder.
"Seems we're getting some extra training girls."
"Me too?" asks Mandy perplexed.
"There are guns for you as well Mandy." Answers Clover, "a pistol and a shotgun or machinegun, you can have your pick."
Mandy walks once more too the table. She expertly picks up the Whoop pistol, takes out the clip, checks there isn't a bullet in the barrel, puts the safety off and fires. Clover and Sam jaws drop. "Mandy, are you familiar with guns?"
"You wouldn't believe what the Secret Service teaches the daughter of a president. I need to be able to defend myself. I always had a liking for these Whoop pistols, they are light, have a good grip and are accurate. And to top it all they look dangerous enough to stop goons." Answers Mandy, pointing the empty gun at the spies. In a reflex they jump away sideways and before Mandy knows what happened the gun is out her hand. "Don't do that ever again, empty or not!" says Clover angrily, "I told you we don't like those things."
The doorbell rang. Clover went to check. It was Bob accompanied by two agents she hadn't seen before. Through the videophone she asked to see their ID. Bob smiled. The two men showed their Whoop passes. It wasn't until she was pretty certain they were real she opened the door.
"Well done, Clover. They obviously won't get past you easily. Where were you standing?"
"Here behind this column."
"Perfect, even if they let off a bomb, you stand a good chance not to get hit."
Sam and Mandy who came closer, heard Bob's praise for Clover. He turns to the two girls, "did you two pay attention?"
"What do you think? That I want my head blown off? Why do you think the videophone is situated behind that column?" Mandy answers angrily.
"Just checking" replies Bob, winking at Sam. "Let's get started on your training girls." He walks outside keeping a lookout. Quickly they file in to the car and drive off to Whoop.