And Mat49324, you're a game show buff? Small world. I used to post on an EZboard centered around game shows. I came up with some pretty good game show ideas (actually, they could have been better, especially "Scrambled Eggs"), but was kicked out for using unconstructive criticism.
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Chapter 4: It Always Happens
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03:55 PM - CLD HEADQUARTERS
Alex dropped from a ventilation duct into a room that looked like a pet shop. There were several animals in cages scattered around the room.
"Hello? Is anyone in here?" she called.
A few seconds later, another voice replied. "Alex? Is that you?"
You guessed it: Mandy. Alex approached Mandy and started to fill her in on the situation.
"So this Cleo woman is the president of the corporation?" Mandy confirmed.
"Yes."
"And she's always wanted a job as a zookeeper?"
"That's right."
"That might explain all the animals around here. I guess Cleo cares for all these animals in her free time."
Before Alex could respond, the two of them were hit by a flashlight beam.
"Looks like we have a couple of espiás," the guard holding the flashlight said. Alex and Mandy quickly realized that they were in deep trouble.
MEANWHILE
Cleo was typing something in her room when a guard (yes, it's José again) entered the room.
"Miss Cleo, three women claiming to be news reporters have disappeared. Una señorita pelirroja, una señorita rubia, y una señorita morena."
"Come again?" Cleo responded.
"One woman with red hair, one with blond, and one with dark hair. Sorry, Madame Cleo, I'm always forgetting that you don't know Spanish."
Neither Cleo nor José noticed that the señorita pelirroja and the señorita rubia were on the ceiling, using their magnetic go-go boots to keep from falling.
"Say, Clover," Sam whispered to Clover, "have you ever noticed how whenever the villain's plot is to give the world a certain fate- hypnosis, brainwashing, that kind of thing- one of us always falls victim to it?"
"You mean like that Little Ann incident when you started acting like a kid? I had to threaten to send you to your room to get you to stop playing with your food!" Clover whispered back.
"And let's not forget that incident with the Juliet cruise ship and the whirlpool where people were being turned into humanoid animals. You were positively meowing! You think Alex is still allergic to cats?"
I'm pretty sure the two episodes Clover and Sam are talking about are called Child's Play and Wild Style, respectively. -Author
MEANWHILE
"Ah-CHOO!"
"Alex, that's the ninth time in two minutes you've sneezed. Can't you get a tissue or something?" Mandy said.
"How can I help it if I'm allergic to cats?" Alex responded. "And it doesn't help that my cellmate is a Felis domesticus."
"A what?"
"A house cat. You'd know what I was talking about if you were taking zoology like I am. Besides, I don't HAVE any tissues."
At that point, Cleo walked in. "It's so nice that the two of you could show up to visit," she said. "The doctor will be coming in in a few minutes to put you to sleep."
Mandy spoke up. "Well, know what? The joke's on you! There are two more of us somewhere in the building, a redhead and a blonde!"
"Don't worry," Cleo responded, "we'll locate them."
Alex was the next to speak up. "When you say 'put us to sleep,' do you mean like they do at the vet?"
Cleo nodded. Alex and Mandy quickly realized what was going to happen to them if they didn't do something.
MEANWHILE
"Ten bucks says one of the spies is going to be making animal noises before the mission is over," Jerry whispered to a WOOHP employee.
"You've got a bet," the employee replied.
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Will Alex and Mandy escape?
What will Sam and Clover find out?
Will Jerry win his bet?
Why do Totally Spies episodes follow such predictable patterns?
This isn't the last chapter in the Cherry-Lime saga!