In Russia, Committee Member 333 receives a phone call from the Chairman.
"Hello?"
"333? This is the Chairman! I'm calling to warn you that you are going to soon be visited by two WOOHP agents: Clover and probably an older male agent. They have already sent a team consisting of one teen girl agent and one older male agent to try to stop Members 111 and 222!"
"Have they succeeded in stopping our plan?" asks Member 333 with concern.
"Not at all! 111 has captured his team, and 222 is planning a warm reception for his as we speak!"
"Then I will prepare a frosty reception for my team!"
"Excellent! Excellent! And how goes the plan?"
"The freeze ray worked flawlessly! I just have to make a few minor alterations to the program code, and we can strike anywhere in the world at a moment's notice! No one will oppose us!"
"Perfect 333! Perfect! Carry on!"
"Yes, sir" responded 333 as he hung up.
Clover and Jerry are soon flying over the iced over fishing village.
"Will you look at that? The entire village frozen over!" remarks Clover.
"Yes, Clover. And we need to find out who and why!" responds Jerry.
"Why do you think it was done, Jer?"
"Possibly to carry out a vendetta, possibly to prove that something works, or possibly it was a freak of nature! We can't be certain, Clover, until we investigate."
So saying, Jerry and Clover don their thermal snowsuits and A.W.F.U.L. boots, along with their backpack parachutes and exit the WOOHP jet. Member 333 is watching them on camera.
As they are floating down, Clover asks, "Wwwwwhhhheeeree….iiiiissss….tttthhhhaaaattt thermo….thermostat…aaaaggaaaiiiinnn?"
"It's located by the right knee, Clover! Oh, I'm sorry! I keep forgetting that you are left-handed! I'll have the labs move the controls for you when we get back to WOOHP!"
Clover adjusts her snowsuit temperature and remarks, "Thanks, Jer! It would be more convenient for me if the controls were by my left knee!"
Soon Jerry and Clover land. They convert their A.W.F.U.L. boots to skis and shush toward the fishing village.
On arriving at the village, they convert their footwear to ordinary boots and start exploring.
"There appears to be something odd about this ice!" remarks Jerry, as he examines a piece in his hand.
"Yeah, Jer! It isn't slippery like regular ice! Maybe it's just too cold?" Clover asks.
"I'm not sure! I am sending a sample back to WOOHP for analysis! In the mean time let's continue exploring!"
Clover and Jerry together walk around the frozen village.
"Say, Jer? The ice appears to have spread from the water toward the land!"
"That would make sense, if it was a freak of nature, Clover! But the water is 7 degrees Celsius (a/n: 44.6 degrees F) and much too warm for freezing!"
Just then Jerry's wallet communicator rings.
"Jerry? Carol at WOOHP research!"
"Yes, Carol! You have the analysis of the ice sample?"
"Yes! The ice most definitely is manmade! This was no freak of nature!"
"Thank you, Carol!" and Jerry hangs up.
"If it were manmade, there has to be a base around here somewhere! Let's use our heat sensitive sunglasses!" remarks Clover.
"Great idea, Clover! Let's snowboard to the top of that hill and have a look around!"
Jerry and Clover are soon on the hilltop scanning the immediate area for any trace of heat.
"Jerry! Look ENE at 57 degrees!"
Jerry quickly turns left to the direction noted. "I see it Clover! It is a very well disguised hill, but obviously something very warm resides within! Let's investigate!"
"Right!"
Jerry and Clover soon snowboard over to the side of the hill. "There has to be a vent system around here somewhere!" remarks Jerry.
Clover responds, "And there it is!" as she point upwards to the right.
"Excellent, Clover! Let's bungee up and start exploring through the vents!"
"Right with you, Jer!"
Member 333 has watched the entire proceedings. "Good! They are heading toward the trap! Robot sentries, get ready!"
Just as Jerry and Clover reach the vent, two robot sentries appear, and grab hold of them with their impregnable grip. The two robot sentries are soon joined by eight more! Clover and Jerry are handcuffed and dragged to meet Member 333.
"Let me GO or I'll turn you into a scrap heap, you rust bucket!" protests Clover.
"Clover, threatening a nonliving device serves no purpose!" remarks Jerry. "Let's see where they are taking us. Obviously, a living being controls them!" coolly adds Jerry. He wants to keep his wits about him at all cost, or they may never get away from these robots!
The robots take the captives to a large open area. Soon a door opens, and in steps Member 333 – Dr. Gelee!
"Ah! My guests have arrived! I hope you found my welcoming party to be most accommodating!"
"Dr. Gelee! I should have guessed! Working on another plan to take over the world, doc?" said Clover contemptuously.
"Yes, my dear! It is I! I also want to welcome you too, Jerry! It is quite the honor for me to play host to the head of WOOHP!"
"Why did you freeze that fishing village, Gelee?" asks Jerry, in a let's-get-down-to-business manner.
"That was the proof that my freeze ray worked!"
"So you plan to hold the world for ransom, or else freeze it, Gelee?" asks Clover angrily.
"Nothing so mundane, my dear! I am just performing the role cast for me by the Chairman! I am the back-up plan!"
"Chairman?" asks Clover and Jerry together.
"Don't worry about the Chairman! You won't be seeing him anyways! Robots! Take my guests to the swimming pool! They're going for a dip!"
The robots pick up Jerry and Clover, sling them over a shoulder, and start to take them to the pool! Gelee places a call to the Chairman.
"Hello, Chairman! I have captured the WOOHP team! I am in the process of neutralizing them – permanently!"
"Excellent, 333!"
"We are well on our way, sir!"
"Carry on!"
As the Chairman hangs up the phone, he smiles. His plan is moving ahead nicely! Soon, the world will be his oyster, ready for the shucking!
Macker will replace all of the world leaders with clones, thereby controlling the ruling individual. Sebastian will control the various governing bodies with his virus, and Gelee is his first back-up plan, in case anything fails! Should anyone oppose the plan, Gelee can freeze them into oblivion!!
Of course, he is willing to share! Macker gets Australia and Asia to control; Sebastian gets Europe and Africa; Gelee only wanted Antarctica and the North Pole; and he himself will be in direct control of North and South America! The three Committee Members will send him tribute equal to 25 of all riches they can garner!
But, he is not stupid, either. He has built a laser that can destroy anything in the world, including his Committee Members, if they step out of line! He has the old prototype in the cave that acts as his base, to provide base defense.
"Ah Mac," said the Chairman to himself as he looked in the mirror with a twisted smile, "You truly are a genius!"