Chapter 3 – Best Laid Plans

While the gals are off looking for Dr. Getts, Dr. Clarke and his wife decide to take a walk.

"It's a beautiful day, isn't it Rachel?"

"Yes it is, Gene! Thank goodness for those girls from WOOHP! Thanks to them, we can still enjoy things like this! Plus, you'll be receiving a Nobel Prize!! I'm so proud!!"

"Thank you, dear!"

But their little walk doesn't go unnoticed.

"WHA.....WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?" says a shocked Dr. Getts to his henchmen. "GET THEM!"

As Dr. Clarke and his wife turn a corner, they are confronted by three goons. Not wishing to expose his wife to any danger, Dr. Clarke quickly reverses field with her to run in the opposite direction. But, unfortunately there are three more goons behind them! They are soon captured, and brought before Dr. Getts.

"So! You escaped my nuclear pile! Well you won't escape this time! I can't afford to have you wrecking my plan! Laddy! Bind and gag them both! They're going to be going for a little swim in the river behind this hotel!"

Laddy does what he is told, and Dr. Clarke and his wife are bound and gagged. Laddy is about to take them to the river to throw them in, when Dr. Getts says, "Wait up, Laddy! I'm sure the good doctor didn't escape on his own! Those pesky girl reporters must have helped him! Let's wait for them! They seem pretty resourceful, and should be here soon! Then we can dispose of all five of them at once!"

Dr.Getts is correct. The gals are just entering his hotel.

"Should we bungee to the window and surprise him?" asks Alex.

"No! Let's take the direct approach! He doesn't know we are here! We'll pose as room service and knock at his hotel room door!" says Sam.

So saying, the girls commandeer a room service cart, Clover and Alex hide in the bottom shelf and Sam wheels the cart to Dr. Getts' room.

Sam knocks, "Room Service!"

Soon the door is open, and Sam triumphantly wheels the cart into the room. She sees Dr. Getts off to her right.

"Got ya!" she says, as Alex and Clover make their appearance. But Dr. Getts has a surprise of his own.

"Oh, I think not!" and he shows the gals Dr. Clarke and his wife tied up between two goons with crowbars. "Make any move toward me, and Dr. Clarke, or his beautiful wife get hammered!"

Realizing that they can't endanger Dr. Clarke or his wife, the spies surrender without a struggle, and are soon bound and gagged as well.

"Now I'll get rid of all five of you at once! Laddy, throw them into the river! I have to get to the Nobel Prize Ceremony!"

Laddy and two other goons puts all five people on the conveniently provided food service cart, put a white table cloth over it, and takes them to the river behind the hotel. But they are in for a shock when Laddy takes the tablecloth off of the cart! The gals have lasered their bonds and have freed Dr. Clarke and his wife.

Sam slams a goon in the solar plexus with a front kick! "Sorry! I'm not in the mood for a swim right now!"

Alex nails another in the head with a flying kick. "Didn't your Mom teach you that your not supposed to swim within an hour of eating?"

Clover nails Laddy with a front kick "I spent two hours on my hair this morning! You're NOT going to get it wet!"

With the three goons neutralized and handcuffed, Sam says, "Come on! We still have time to get to the Nobel Ceremony before it's too late!" The five hail a taxi and are on their way!

Meanwhile, Dr. Getts has arrived at the Academy. He has instructed his remaining three goons to remain outside and ensure no interruptions. "It's time for me to get what I deserve!" he says greedily. He knows that the prize comes with a check for $160,000! He can't wait!

The gals notice one of the goons stationed outside, about one block away from the Academy. "Driver, stop here! Girls, here's where we get out! Dr. Clarke, stay here for about five minutes, then go to the Academy!" instructs Sam, as the spies exit the taxi.

"What's the plan, Sammy?" asks Alex.

"Obviously Getts has deployed his goons to prevent any interruptions. Let's take them one at a time!"

So saying Alex innocently walks up to the first goon, taps him on the shoulder and says sweetly, "Pardon me? Can you help me?" As the goon turns to face her, she nails him with a roundhouse kick knocking him out. "That was fine, thank you!" she says as she handcuffs him.

Clover approaches the next goon, "Could you help a lost woman?" she asks syrupy sweetly. As he turns to face her, she nails him with a front kick and karate chop. "Thanks! I'm fine now!" she says as she handcuffs him.

Sam taps the third goon on the shoulder, "Excuse me!" As he turns, she says, "You're in the way of the rightful Nobel prize winner!" as she nails him with a solid side kick, and handcuffs him.

As if on cue, the taxi with Dr. Clarke and his wife pulls up to the Academy. They exit the cab and enter, as Alex hits her WOOHP distress button.

The ceremony is in full swing. "Now, for the Nobel Prize in Physics, the winner is...." But before the presenter can finish, the gals bungee to the stage and Dr. Clarke appears on stage opposite Dr. Getts.

"The winner is Dr. Eugene Clarke the man who REALLY did the research on Nuclear Fusion that was stolen by Dr. Getts!!!" says Sam. A gasp is heard throughout the auditorium.

Dr. Getts tries to recover. "That's a lie! I did the research!"

Sam says, "Well that should be easy enough to ascertain! Ladies and Gentlemen of the Academy, come up with a question that only the real researcher can answer!"

"Excellent idea, young lady!" says the presenter, as he and five other scientists huddle. The gals watch the scientists' huddle and are keeping an eye on Dr. Clarke as well as Dr. Getts.

But the gals here a crash from behind Dr. Clarke. They turn to see what's going on, only to find that a janitor accidentally ran into a trash can. They turn back, only to find Dr. Getts has escaped!

Dr. Getts knew he couldn't answer any questions but the most basic ones on nuclear fusion! He decided to quietly slip out, when he got the chance!

"Come on, gals! We have a plagiarizer to capture!" says Sam. The gals run toward the side of the stage Dr. Getts was at.

The chase is on! Dr. Getts quickly runs out of the Academy and was going to hail a taxi, but he was confronted by a number of WOOHP agents. He quickly darted into an alley, as the gals come out of the Academy.

"Which way did he go?" Clover asks a WOOHP agent.

"Into the alley!" he replies. The agents are picking up the handcuffed goons the gals left for them.

Quickly the gals enter the alley! Dr. Getts is upending trashcans and boxes, to make it difficult for the gals to follow him.

"Ok ladies, I'm going up top! You keep following him down here!" says Clover, as she bungees to the roof and follows Dr. Getts unimpeded. Sam and Alex keep following Getts on the ground.

Dr. Getts emerges from the alley and sees a taxi waiting for a fare. He makes a mad dash for it! Just as he is about to enter the back seat, Clover lands on him from above! Soon Alex and Sam join her.

"You're not leaving without your prize, are you Dr. Getts?" Clover chides, as she handcuffs him.

"Excellent work, ladies!" congratulates Jerry, as he takes Dr. Getts into custody.

The gals return to the Academy of Science just in time to see Dr. Clarke receive his richly deserved Nobel Prize for his work on Nuclear Fusion. He and his wife walk over to the spies.

"I can't thank you enough! You saved my wife, myself and my research! How can I ever repay you?" says a grateful Dr. Clarke.

"No prob!" says Alex.

"That's what we do!" says Sam.

"Well at least let us take you three out to dinner!" says Rachel. This the girls happily accept. Dr. and Mrs. Clarke treat them to an excellent meal, and soon they gals are on their way home. Dr. and Mrs. Clarke will remain in Stockholm for the rest of the festivities.

While enroute, Alex says, "You know, it's just plain lying and cheating to take someone else's work as your own!"

"It's almost as bad as letting someone cheat you out of your best work," adds Clover, as both she and Alex look at Sam. Sam catches their drift immediately.

"Your right! I should never have let Cliff brainwash me with his sob story! Come on gals! I have two contests to win tomorrow to make the Academians!" says Sam with gusto.

"Now THAT'S the Sammy we love!" says Alex as she gives Sam a big hug.

"Right! Show Cliff you're no chump, Sam!" says Clover as she also hugs Sam.

All three of the gals are eagerly looking forward to tomorrow. Clover and Alex are especially eager; they want to see Sam represent Beverly Hills High! They know that with her on the team, their school has an excellent chance of winning the new Science and Computer Lab!