Author's note: Sorry for the lag. Now, why doesn't someone pay attention?
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Chapter 4: The Third Test -
10:15 AM - WOOHP
As Jerry was leading me to the environmental simulator, he suddenly stopped. "Oh, silly me. Since you're taking the WOOHP spy training course, you'll need a little something."
Jerry promptly took me back to the lobby. He pressed a button on the desk, and I flinched as a flash of light enveloped me.
When the light cleared, my clothes were gone, and I was wearing a skin-tight jumpsuit like the ones I had seen the girls wearing when they left WOOHP. Mine was a silver color.
"How does it feel?" Jerry inquired.
"Pretty cool," I responded. "So, what's the next test?"
"The next test is-"
A little musical tone filled the room. Jerry got out his wallet, opened it, and started speaking into it. I figured I'd better not ask questions.
I heard Clover's voice from the wallet. "Jer! We just found out something important!"
Sam's voice followed. "Tim Scam has plans to infiltrate WOOHP and wipe it out from within. We'll try to stop him."
"Good," Jerry responded. "I'll increase WOOHP security just as soon as I'm done with Leo."
"Done with Leo? What are you doing with him?"
"Just to give him something to do, I'm letting him run the spy training course. Now, so long, girls."
Jerry closed his wallet. I decided I'd better not comment on the situation. He led me back to the environmental simulator.
As Jerry explained, there were several security cameras set up in odd places around the different simulated environments. My task was to cross all five environments without setting off any alarms.
It happened that my Nintendo DS was in my pocket. Jerry borrowed and modified it, then returned it to me, so that it functioned like the compowders that the girls possessed. It showed me where all the security cameras were, and which way they were facing.
The first environment was a forest environment. There were several cameras set up in trees, and I dashed between their lines of sight with excellent timing.
When I reached the other side, I walked through the door and entered an iceberg environment. According to my DS, some cameras were hidden inside ice formations.
Carefully I dodged and ducked my way across the icy gauntlet. I had a close call at one point, where I slipped and fell on the ice just as a camera was about to point my way, but I crawled out of the way just in time.
I went through the door at the other side of that environment and was about to enter the next when my DS started beeping. I tapped the corner of the bottom screen, and Jerry's face displayed on the top.
"Wait, Leo," he told me. "Coming up is the ocean environment. You know how to swim, right?"
I nodded, but reminded him that I couldn't breathe underwater. He told me to press the Y button, which I did, and my jumpsuit gained a breathing mask and air tank as if by magic.
Jerry smirked. "Now breathing shouldn't be a problem. Don't worry about the DS, either; my modifications made it waterproof."
Bravely, I dove into the ocean environment and started to swim. Carefully but quickly, I swum- swam- swimmed- well, I made motions with my hands to propel me past the security cameras.
When I reached the other shore, I climbed out, deactivated the mask and air tank, and headed for the next environment, which turned out to be a desert area. Not much cover here, but I took what I had.
It wasn't easy finding my way across the desert, and I had to wonder what kind of dope would put security cameras in a desert, but I made it to the other side.
The last environment was a huge factory-type place. Security cameras were hard to distinguish among all the other mechanical stuff, so I had to check my DS several times.
I climbed across several large gears to escape the gaze of some cameras. It was difficult not getting my fingers crushed, but I managed to reach the exit and finish the test.
"Bravo! Bravo!" Jerry cheered as he applauded my run. "None of the cameras caught a glimpse of you! Your time was 4 minutes, 12 seconds. That was almost as good as Alex's best run, and Sam is pretty good at this as well."
Jerry took down my time on a clipboard. "You're now halfway through the training course. I'll let you rest a little before the next test." He led me to the lounge.
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Three tests down, three to go. Is anyone going to review, or what?
