"Ok, Alex! Here is the computer access location number. Where is the computer of our hacker?" asks Sam.
"According to my compowder, the hacker is holed up in an abandoned steel mill in Cleveland!" replies Alex.
"All right, gals! Lets get to Cleveland and check this out!" says Sam determinedly.
The gals take their 'Spies' jet to Cleveland, and take their hover cycles to the target site.
Soon the gals are standing outside of the fence surrounding the abandoned steel mill.
"This place is HUGE!" says Clover.
"It sure is, Clover!" responds Alex.
"How are we going to find a hacker in here?" asks Clover.
"We'll have to split up and use our hover cycles!" says Sam.
The gals quickly get on their hover cycles and don their analyzer sunglasses. They search for over an hour before Alex reports in.
"Say guys, I think I see some activity in the Blast Furnace area!" Alex reports.
"Ok, Alex! Stay where you are! Clover and I will follow your GPS coordinates!" says Sam.
"Right!" say Clover.
The gals are currently hovering outside of the Blast Furnace area.
"No question, Alex! There's something going on in there!" says Sam.
"Right, Sam! Let's land our cycles and tunnel in!" adds Clover.
The gals land their cycles outside of the Blast Furnace area and Sam deploys the drill part of her go-go boots. Soon the gals are inside of the Blast Furnace area.
"Do you see anything suspicious?" asks Clover.
"Not yet," says Sam.
As the gals get into the area, they can see that the Blast Furnace is fired up and fully functional.
"That's weird! Why would the Blast Furnace be working in an abandoned steel mill?" asks Sam.
"Let's go and check out the control area! I sure don't see any computers out here!" says Clover.
But as the girls start to head toward the Control Room for the Blast Furnace, Sam and Clover start to get stiff! Alex has used a stun tan lotion on them!
"Very good, Alex!" says C.H.A.D. evilly. "Now, take away all of their gadgets, and handcuff their hands, intertwined behind them! They're going to be going for a little ride!!!"
Alex blindly follows C.H.A.D.'s commands and soon Sam and Clover find themselves on a long, slow moving conveyor belt – right into the maw of the 3,000-degree blast furnace! It will take at least 10 minutes for their final ride. They hear the evil laugh of C.H.A.D. as they recover from the stun tan lotion. They also see a free Alex!
"Alex! Quick! Cut our cuffs with your laser lipstick!!" says Sam, but Alex doesn't move.
"Alex!! PLEASE HURRRY!" cries Clover.
"Alex can't help you!!" says C.H.A.D.
"What have you done to her?" demands Sam.
"She has become my slave! I took control of her mind in your school computer lab. Didn't you notice how smart she was all of the sudden??" says C.H.A.D.
"So it was you!!" Clover exclaims.
"Yes, it was I! And now I control her! She used your stun tan lotion on you, cuffed you, put you on the conveyor belt, and started the belt. In 5 more minutes, it's going to be a hot time in the old town tonight for you two!! And then I'll take over the SDI computers with Alex's help!" says C.H.A.D. gleefully.
"Clover," says Sam in a whisper, "Our only hope is to try to get Alex to remember our friendship. Hopefully it will break C.H.A.D.'s hold on her!"
"OK, Sammy, here goes!" Clover whispers back.
"Please don't let C.H.A.D. do this to you Alex! Remember when we first met on the playground in kindergarten….," Clover starts.
Clover takes Alex back to when they first met. They are only five years old.
Clover is playing on the slide by herself. Soon a shy raven-haired girl approaches the slide. She watches Clover on the slide, and looks like she'd like to join in. But she is too shy to approach Clover.
Well Clover has never been accused of being shy, even at five! She walks over to the little girl. "Hi! I'm Clover! What's your name?"
"Alexandra!" says the shy girl quietly.
"Alexandra! That's a pretty name! Would you like to play with me on the slide, Alexandra?"
Alexandra nods her head yes. Clover walks over and takes her hand, leading her to the slide ladder. "Here! You go first!" she says.
Hesitantly Alexandra climbs up the ladder. She hesitates at the top, but Clover is right behind her. "Ok! Sit down and give yourself a push!" Alexandra does and really enjoys the ride. Clover comes down right behind her. "Wasn't that fun, Alexandra!" gushes Clover.
Alexandra replies, "It sure was! Let's do it again! Oh… and please call me Alex!"
Clover smiles, "Ok Alex! Let's have some fun!" The two little girls are laughing and bantering on the slide, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
After about ten minutes, Clover wants to try something else. "Let's try the swings, Alex!"
"Ok, Clover!" and the two little girls head towards the swings. There is already a little red-haired girl on the swings. She smiles at the two girls as they approach and introduces herself.
"Hi! My name is Samantha, but everybody calls me Sam! Do you want to play on the swings with me?"
"Yeah!" replies Clover.
"Sure do!" replies Alex.
"Ok! What if I give each of you a push to get you started?"
"Ok!" says Clover.
First Clover gets on a swing. She introduces herself. "Oh, I'm Clover, Sam!" Sam gives her a push and says, "Hi, Clover!"
Alex is the next on a swing she also introduces herself. "My name is Alexandra, but everybody calls me Alex, Sam!"
"Hi, Alex! Let me give you a push!" and she does. Sam then goes to the third swing and starts to swing, herself. All three little girls are laughing and enjoying the swings.
But all of the sudden, a second grade boy steps behind Sam's swing. He grabs it and pushes her off! Sam falls down skinning her elbows and knees. She is starting to cry from the pain.
Clover immediately gets off of her swing and rushes to her new friend. "Sam! Are you all right?" And she hugs her tenderly. The second-grader just smiles. But all of the sudden Alex pushes the second-grader off the swing!
"Leave my girlfriend alone, you big jerk!!!!" screams Alex.
Confused and afraid, as well as smarting from his scraped elbows, the second grader runs away crying. No one has ever stood up to him before! He's also embarrassed that it was a GIRL that pushed him off the swing! Alex rushes to her two new friends.
"Are you OK?" she asks with sympathy tears in her eyes, as she hugs Sam.
"Yes, thanks Alex!" says Sam as she dries her tears.
"This looks like the start of a long, beautiful friendship!" says Clover as the three hug each other happily.
"We're gonna be friends forever!" says Alex happily.
"Yeah! Friends forever!" agrees Sam.
Returning to the present, Alex seems to be weakening. Clover and Sam see a tear roll down her check.
"Or remember 7th grade, Alex?" says Sam.
Going back to 7th grade, Alex was having a very hard time with Algebra.
"Another 'F' on my homework!" Alex says forlornly to her friends, Sam and Clover.
"I have an idea, Alex! Let's all study together after school! Maybe Clover and I can help you!" suggests Sam.
"I appreciate that, Sammy! But I know that Clover has cheerleading practice and you have Chess Club. I don't want you to miss them because of me!" replies Alex dejectedly.
Clover responds, "Missing cheerleader practice isn't going to kill me! You're more important than that is!"
"Agreed, Clover! I can play chess anytime, but you need help now, Alex!" says Sam.
With a tear in her eyes, Alex hugs her two girlfriends around the neck. "Thanks, guys! You really are my best friends!!"
For the next two weeks, Sam and Clover studied with Alex after school. They worked homework problems together. They answered questions. Slowly, Alex starts to understand. Her grades on her homework started climbing. By the time of the big mid-term exam, Alex was getting 'B's' on her homework.
The day of the exam, Clover and Sam waited anxiously for Alex. She was one of the last students to finish.
"How do you think you did, girlfriend?" asked a concerned Sam.
"I think I did okay, Sammy," replied Alex. "But I won't know until we get the grades tomorrow!"
"If you think you did okay, Alex, you probably did!" says Clover reassuringly.
When the grades came out the next day, Alex was elated! She had gotten a 'B'! After class Alex jubilantly threw one arm around each of her friends neck.
"Thanks you guys!" gushed Alex, as she hugged their necks with glee. "Without your help, I'd have flunked for sure!"
Clover and Sam each give Alex a friendly hug. "No problem, Alex!" said Sam. "That's what friends are for!"
Clover added, "Remember! Friends forever! We always watch each other's back and help when we can!"
Back in the present, Clover and Sam can see more than a few tears rolling down Alex's cheeks now. They continued, as the conveyor belt kept inching them closer to the Blast Furnace door.
"Or just a few weeks ago in Chemistry?" says Sam. After Alex had flunked the Chemistry exam, she found out that she would have to do an extra credit project, just to pass the class. Clover and Sam both readily offered their help.
Alex was also having trouble on the missions as well. It got so bad on the missions that she even decided to quit! She was so sure Jerry was going to fire her and replace her with Britney!
But once again, her friends came through, even though indirectly. Alex had worked her way through her extra credit assignment, and it helped her on the current mission. Clover sent a distress WOOHP emergency call to her, to help the gals escape Willard's trap. Alex just couldn't ignore her friends' plea for help! So she responded, and ended up saving the gals, and also came up with the method to reverse Willard's scheme, thanks to her extra credit assignment! Once again, she was a WOOHP team member with her girlfriends, and she also made a new friend, in Britney! Her friends needed her, as did WOOHP! She felt wanted and appreciated!