Trouble on Toy Island

Author's note: I'm anxious to get this story moving, reviews or no reviews.
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Chapter 2: Who's Going to Toy Island?
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SATURDAY 03:38 PM - SPIES' VILLA
RIRIRI! I got a phone call, which I promptly answered. "Hello?"
It was Jason. "Hey, Leo. It's me, Jason. Toy Island is awesome! It's divided into four quadrants: the main plaza, the board game area, the toy block castle, and the giant toy store, which imitates how a toy store might look if you were a mouse. It's all great!"
"Do tell."
"Megan and I are in Toy Tunnel right now. It's a special tunnel-of-love-type ride that you can enter from the castle. I think it's really- AIEE!"
"Hello? Jason? Hello? Must be some kind of joke. He loves to kid around."
I shrugged it off, hung up, and turned the TV on.

MONDAY 04:29 PM - SPIES' VILLA
"I can't believe that Jason STILL isn't back from that Toy Island cruise," I said. "It's boring just lying around"
Alex concurred. "Something needs to happen around here."

RIRIRI! My cell phone rang, and I answered it.
"Hello? … That's me. … All right! What's the question? … Too easy. It has to be Amy Rose. … Okay then. I'll be there. G'bye."

I hung up. "Girls! I just won tickets for two to the next Toy Island cruise! Sam, what would you say if I asked you to be the person I went with?"
Sam was ecstatic. "That'd be excellent! Leo, you're the best!"
Clover and Alex turned their backs on Sam and me. I quickly explained. "Clover, Alex, I don't have anything against you. I'd take all of you with me if I could."

DING-DONG! I got the door. It was Arnold. "Hi. Is Clover in?"
"Just a moment," I told him, then went and got Clover.
Clover was not too excited to see Arnold. "Did you want something, Arnold?"
"Well, yes, I did. I won a trip for two to Toy Island, and I was wondering whether you would like to go with me."

Clover's thought process went something like this: Okay. I heavily oppose the thought of Arnold wanting to go on a trip like this with me … but then again, I guess I owe him a favor for the homecoming-queen thing … and I am a little jealous of Sam and Leo …
(The "homecoming-queen thing" is the Queen for a Day episode.)

"Okay, Arnold. I'm with you."
Sam and I were somewhat happy, but Alex's mood dropped even more. Arnold left, closing the door behind him, and time seemed to stop for a few seconds. Then, we were WOOHP'd.

As soon as the heap of four teenagers was sorted out, and I found my pencil stuck in Clover's shoe, we looked at Jerry.
"So, what do you want us to do today?" Sam asked.
"Something to do with Toy Island, I assume?" I added.

Jerry answered promptly. "Why, yes. Not what you think, though. Do you remember Dinah? She was my assistant during that wrestling incident. You know what I mean, right?"
(This episode is W.O.W.)
We nodded.

"Well, after she lost her job at WOOHP, she got a job as a computer programmer. She happened to be one of the lucky ones who won one of those trips to Toy Island, and she chose me as her partner."
"Wow," I said, "lucky you. I won one of those as well. I'm taking Sam. Another boy from school, Arnold, is taking Clover."
Jerry laughed. "Well then, I guess it wouldn't hurt to give you a few gifts to make your vacation more enjoyable, courtesy of the WOOHP gadget labs. GLADIS?"

GLADIS gave each of us a bag containing some equipment as Jerry explained it. "You get 3D holo-cameras, heat-sensor 6000 infra-red motion-detector sunglasses, and helium balloons made of foil that'll reflect lasers."
Jerry quickly added something else. "Oh, and GLADIS is applying hanna-tracer tattoos on your arms, just in case you get separated and have a hard time finding each other. From what I understand, Toy Island is rather big and crowded."

Clover managed to squeeze a comment in. "Does the WOOHP gadget lab know anything about what fashion is in and what's out?"
"Come on, Clover," Jerry responded, "retro is supposed to be excellent for fashion. Oh, and Alex, don't feel left out. I'll tell you what: until I get back, you can handle anything that turns up."
"Excellent! That's just what I wanted to do."
"Very well then. Ta-ta."

In an instant, the girls and I were returned to our villa. "Wow," Alex commented, "it's like everyone but me is going on that Toy Island cruise."
"Almost everyone," Sam corrected Alex. "There's someone who doesn't seem to be going."

RIRIRI! Clover answered the phone call. "Hello? … Hi again, Mandy. What is it this time? … Oh, no. I wish I was going. Well, guess what. I am! … WHAT? But he's the captain of the JB football team! … Fine. Goodbye."

Clover hung up. "She IS going. With the captain of the school football team, no less. It makes me so furious!" She fantasized turning into a lion and biting Mandy's head off.
Alex's face brightened a little, knowing that she'd be free of Mandy for the weekend, or however long it would take for her to return.

FRIDAY 05:00 PM - HARBOR
Sam, Clover, Arnold, and I were all on the S.S. Toybox, the cruise ship that would take us to Toy Island. A crowd of people were waving goodbye to us, Alex included.
"Bon voyage!" Alex called. "Bring me back a souvenir!"
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This is Toy Island, full of toys
For all the girls and all the boys.
What is in store for Sam and me?
You won't find out 'til Chapter Three!