Author's note: Oh, drat it! The video tape I was using to tape Totally Spies episodes is all full up! Luckily, I got another one. So all's well, I suppose, and Mat has updated.
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Chapter 6: The Obstacle Course -
10:26 AM - WOOHP
As Jerry and I passed through the lobby on our way to the final test, Jerry's wallet beeped. He got it out and talked to it again.
"Hello? … Excellent! What's your location? … I'll pick you up right away, girls."
Jerry hung up, and then turned to speak to me. "Sorry, Leo, but the last test will have to wait for just a moment. Sam, Clover, and Alex just finished their mission, and I need to pick them up. Stay here until I get back."
He dashed off. A few minutes later, he returned, followed by the three girls.
"Sorry about how it went," Sam said. "We stopped Scam's plan, but somehow he escaped."
"That's okay," Jerry responded. "You tried your best, and there's always next time. Now, come on. You're just in time to watch Leo run the obstacle course for his last test."
I heard this. "Obstacle course?"
Jerry took me to a large room, and told me that I would have to make it to the other side of the room any way I could. He left the room, and the door shut, separating us.
A robotic voice sounded. "Ready? Set? GO!"
Hearing this, I started to run. The first obstacle was a series of platforms to jump across. I had spent nearly a decade playing video games, so it was a piece of cake.
After that, I faced a rocky wall. I climbed to the top, despite a few rocks that came off, and continued running until I found what looked like a dead end.
Confused, I used my DS to scan the room, and noticed an odd reading from a box on the floor. I opened it, revealing that it was actually the opening to a tunnel, which I jumped into.
The tunnel was dark, so I used my watch's light-up display as a flashlight until I found a lever. Not knowing what else to do, I pulled it, and the tunnel lit up.
Lights on! I found the exit and made my way to the next obstacle, which turned out to be an area full of boxes. My DS revealed the box arrangement of the area, as well as an exit in the center of the room.
I pushed and shoved and shoved and pushed boxes until I could reach the exit, which was a freight elevator. The freight elevator also had one opened box on it.
I peeked into the box as soon as I noticed it. It contained a lot of ball bearings, for the purpose of weighing the box down.
The freight elevator stopped at a higher floor. A retractable bridge was my ticket to the next part of the course, but the retractable bridge, well, was retracted.
A wire led from the bridge to a big target that I couldn't reach. What I had to do couldn't have been more obvious. I took a ball bearing from the box and chucked it at the target.
Bulls-eye! I hit the target directly, and the bridge extended a little. I threw a few more ball bearings at the target, and didn't stop until the bridge was extended all the way.
I promptly crossed the bridge, and approached a large slide that I would have to slide down. It would've been more fun had I not had to slip (ha ha) past some hazards that Jerry had installed in it.
The bottom of the slide finally came into view, and with it a rope. Timing it just right, I leaped onto the rope and swung across a short gap to a ledge.
I had finally reached the other side of the course. Jerry opened a door, and I walked through as Jerry and the girls applauded. I had just finished the entire spy training course.
"Congratulations, Leo," Jerry said. "We've been looking for a new spy, you know, and your abilities fit the bill perfectly. I'm going to make you part of Sam's team."
I was ecstatic. "Great! When do I start?"
"Somewhere around April 31."
"Okay, I ca- wait a second, there's no such thing as April 31!"
"Now you get it. You see, even though your abilities are up to par, you still can't be a WOOHP spy."
"Give me one good reason!"
Jerry pulled a document out of his desk drawer. "According to Regulation 3-94-F, all WOOHP spies must be female. Read it yourself."
He was right.
Sam, Clover, and Alex surrounded me. Sam was the first to speak. "It's okay, Leo. Not qualifying isn't the end of a world."
"Yeah," Alex added. "Maybe with this kind of ability, you can get another job, like in the military or something."
"Gee, thanks," I responded, giving Alex a friendly slap on the back.
Her hair fell off.
Apparently, Alex was wearing a wig. And apparently, Alex wasn't Alex.
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Ooh, cliffhanger! You'll just have to wait to find out what happens!
