Author's Note: It sprang on me unexpectedly. Last chapter! (cries with tears wetting the keyboard) But don't worry! I'm working on the "sequel" (not really, as it takes place ten years in the future) and although I've only written the first chapter, I'm sure it will blossom into an interesting story.
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I stumbled groggily from the scanner and pushed the button for the elevator. Then I stumbled in and leaned against the back wall to reorient myself as I traveled up a level to the computer room. When the elevator doors slid open, a familiar and wonderful voice greeted me. "Welcome back to earth, Yumi."
"Jeremy!" I cried, all strength miraculously recovered. "Oh Jeremy! I'm so sorry!" I ran up to him and immediately gave him a bone-crushing hug. "Do you forgive me?"
"I will once I can breathe again," Jeremy said weakly. I immediately released him and he fixed his glasses that had come askew. "Of course I forgive you Yumi," he said, staring with a big smile into my face. I broke into a smile myself and watched as Jeremy turned his attention to the computer screen. "Besides, I can't get mad at you for something you didn't do. And anyway, Aelita's going to come to our world soon. As soon as we make the proper preparations, Aelita will be here to stay."
I cheered as Jeremy punched in a few keys and then said into his communicator. "Time to come home everyone."
At that moment, the ground beneath me opened up and I was tumbling through with a scream, leaving behind a very bewildered Jeremy.
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I plopped down on a familiar pink couch as the ending hatch opened into Jerry's office. I pushed myself up weakly and fixed Jerry with a glare. "You know, that was about the worst moment to WOOHP me."
"Sorry," Jerry said apologetically, "but I didn't want to keep the girls waiting long." At that moment, Sam, Alex, and Clover's head's popped out from behind the blue couch.
"Hello girl friend!" Clover said, running up to me and giving me a gigantic hug, much like the one I had just given Jeremy a short while ago. She let go of me soon enough and led me to the couch.
Jerry cleared his throat. "I would just like to congratulate all four of you on a mission well done. I had no idea that one simple 'babysitting mission', if you will, turned into such a big mess. But all of you handled it wonderfully."
"Thank you, Jer," we all chorused at the same time.
He beamed at us with rare pride but then his smile faded. "But, Yumi, I would understand if you decided not to continue as a spy."
"What?" Sam, Alex, and Clover said incredulously.
Jerry adjusted his black tie. "She is quite young, much too young to be a regular WOOHP spy yet, although she handled it with superb grace and intellect. And besides, after all those failed attempts at trying to contact her, I have a strange feeling that she's more busy than we can ever imagine."
"You got that right," I confirmed, and then spotted Sam, Alex, and Clover blinking at me rather expectantly. I sighed and gazed at them sincerely. "I've really grown to love all you guys. Even you, Clover. But Jerry's right. Although we make a dream team, I still have my life to live. So I guess I'll resign from WOOHP." The girls looked at me sadly. "But if it makes you feel better, I'll have you know that I probably will still save the world, in a more mysterious sort of way."
"Are you sure you need to go?" Clover asked pleadingly. "Because you are great as one of the team."
I sighed and patted her shoulder. "I'm pretty sure I'll be needed elsewhere. Thank you, all of you though."
I hugged them all, and Alex was even crying when I said goodbye. Jerry, of course, was all business. "I'll let you keep your compowder. You never know when the spies might need some extra hands."
"Until that day," I said, giving him a little salute. "Now how to I get back to my school?"
Sam, Alex, and Clover all laughed as a claw reached down and grabbed the back of my shirt. I yelped in surprise. "You shouldn't have asked," they said in unison. The last I saw of them was happy smiles and waves.
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A bit unceremoniously, I was dumped onto a bed in one of the dorms at my school. I rubbed my head, surprised and was even more surprised to find Odd, Ulrich, and Jeremy blinking at me in return. "Uh..." I started. "Hey guys."
"Okay," Odd said. "You're not getting out of this one. Explain now."
"Yeah," Jeremy said, nodding vehemently. "Ulrich here has been telling us some bogus story that you were a spy working for a secret organization this whole time. What a joke."
I glanced at Ulrich and saw him shrug and smile at me. I smiled back at him slyly. "Actually, it isn't a joke," I started explaining. "It's true. But in order for me to tell you, you have to promise not to tell anyone else. Not a single soul. Or else, you might just be turned into a vegetable...or at least your brain will. You promise? Okay. So, it all started the day Sissy decided to give me a makeover..."
