Chapter 5 – Paper Trail

The girls call Jerry.

"Jerry! Please WOOHP us! We have an idea!" says Sam on her compowder.

Jerry complies, as the table they are sitting at becomes the WOOHP access tunnel. This one is surprisingly smooth as all three gals end up sitting on the edge of the sofa, with their legs crossed.

"Very impressive, ladies!"

"That one was too easy Jerry!" replies Sam.

Clover then goes on to explain her idea to Jerry.

"That sounds like an excellent idea! I would recommend you perform your surveillance sight unseen," says an impressed Jerry.

"We will, Jerry! We'll take our jet/copter and cycles, plus the gadgets you've already provided!" says Sam.

"Very well, ladies! Good luck!" Jerry sends them on their way.

Jerry has checked Specialty Paper's recent orders and has noted that they have received an order for 10,000 sheets of the special paper from the Philadelphia Mint. He has also checked on the production schedule, and this item is scheduled for production on second shift of the current day.

The gals fly to Fargo, and deploy their cycles. They arrive at the gate outside of the plant.

"Ok, gals! Let's sneak into the yard and bungee to the top of the production facility," says Sam.

The gals do. Then Alex says, "Let me watch the production with the analyzer sunglasses and my contacts." Alex is intently watching the production process, while Clover and Sam use their contacts to watch all the workers.

Just as Sven told them earlier, everything is handled by the machine. All of the sudden Alex says, "Whoa! What's that?" and she attaches her T.H.I.R.D. to her sunglasses.

"What do you see, Alex?" asks Clover.

"I thought I saw one sheet of paper go completely around the packing roller and disappear! ……There goes another one!"

"Where are they going?" asks Sam.

"I can't see from here! Why don't one of you go over to the other side of the roof and check it with your contacts?" suggests Alex.

Sam says, "I'll go!" and she makes her way over to the opposite side of the roof. "Tell me when you see a sheet disappear, Alex!"

"Ok, Sammy!……..There goes one!"

"I see it! It appears to drop below the roller! There must be a collection box there, or else the machine would be jamming!"

Soon the 10,000 sheet order is complete. The machine generates the quantity and the seal, to seal the truck.

"We'll have to investigate that roller later! Let's follow the shipment!" says Sam.

"Wait! Let me investigate the roller! You and Clover follow the shipment! We don't want to lose any leads!" says Alex.

"Good idea, Alex! Ok, Clover let's get to our cycles! I planted a homing barrette on the pallet!" says Sam.

"Right with you, Sam! Alex! Be careful, ok?" cautions Clover.

"I'll be fine Clover!" responds Alex.

Sam and Clover quickly bungee down from the roof and employ their jet go-go boots to get to their cycles quickly. They'll follow the truck, but at a distance, so as not to raise suspicion.

Meanwhile Alex has quietly sneaked into the Specialty Paper Company manufacturing facility. She sneaks over to the machine, puts in her contacts and checks the roller. She sees that underneath the floor the paper drops down through a slit into a tunnel of some sort. She locks in the GPS coordinates on her compowder. She will tunnel to those coordinates from outside the building.

As Alex stands to leave, a guard sees her! "INTRUDER! CODE RED! CODE RED!"

Alex deploys her bungee belt and swings to the ceiling! She then swings around a corner to a dark area of the roof and deploys her suction go-go boots and folds herself into a ball. The guards run right under her without seeing her. She waits a few minutes until the coast is clear and she stealthily walks across the ceiling out of the plant. The guards are still looking for her! She deploys her jet go-go boots and starts to fly away from the plant.

"THERE SHE IS!" shouts a guard as he and four others start shooting at Alex! She keeps zigzagging as she flies, and is soon out of range of the guards. She slowly lands behind a rock formation and looks around. Everything is clear! She breathes a sigh of relief, and deploys her drill go-go boots to tunnel her down to tunnel just below the roller.