-This here is Chapter 4 of "Crack of a Whip"! This would also make it the third story to be updated within the last week or so. The irony of course is, I've updated these stories…just when SCHOOL started! Funny, I had less time to work on my stories on my holidays then I do during the school year. Granted, you could argue that I actually don't have time to update, and that I should be working on my schoolwork instead of this, but…well, if I did that, then my stories will never get finished. ;-) Seriously though, I am doing pretty well in school, and what I'm doing here is just a thing I do on my off time.
-Second, chances are G.L.A.D.I.S. will be introduced in this chapter. If not, then at least the next one. As you know, she wasn't there in the first chapter. Reason? Well, obviously it's because I didn't watch any episode of Season 3 until quite recently. This also changes another aspect of the story in that, they seemed to be all in one house now (this might've been true before season 3. If that was the case though, I didn't know about it. This is because I didn't watch all the episodes up to Season 3 yet consequence of getting into the series late, and second they rarely had any story involving them staying home). Of course, you might ask why am I adding them in the first place if I didn't add them in before? Well, to stay consistent with the series of course! I mean, true, I could've made this story take place during or after Season 2 without the changes, but then, that would mean I couldn't add little references like Mandy being a former spy or them going back in time to the 70s (if it ever comes to that). So I decided I should, update this story to Season 3 standards (heck, if it comes to that, possibly even Season 4).
-And lastly, one thing that bothered me about the series is, the same ole same ole formula. I like the series and all (enough to write a twisted fanfiction story based on it) but come on! The spies don't have to ALWAYS be captured in order for the villain to 'reveal' his diabolical plan! I mean, they are supposed to be some badass spies. Yet, in almost EVERY episode (including the new ones) they are caught one way or the other. While I'll make fun of that here, I won't be doing that as often as well, they do in the series. There are better ways to go about revealing the villains plan you know.
-Without further ado…
Grand Hotel - San Diego, California
-5:24 AM PST
A group of four masked held a room full of pajama wearing elderly men and women as hostages, in one of the penthouse suite. Two of the men surrounded the group. Each of the masked men was dressed in black leather jackets, black pants, and all carried a kind of weapon hooked up to a tank.
"Everyone get down!" The first, and apparent leader of the group of masked man shouted at the frightened guest.
A second masked man was rifling through some papers. "It must be here somewhere!"
"Please! We didn't do anything…" The elderly man dressed in his pajamas was shaking in complete fear.
"You yourself might have not been involved with the crimes against the forest!" The first masked man spat at him. "But your company has. And anyone involved with the company that destroys our forest must be punished!" The first masked man aimed his weapon at the man.
The frightened men, who heard about the incident in New York and Brazil, shook even more. He prepared for the worst as images of those pictures flashed before his eyes.
Before the first masked man could fire his weapon however, a shuriken slices his weapon. The top part of his weapon fell off as he sat there stunned. All the masked men looked at the shuriken that was now stuck to the wall, then back at the source of the shuriken. They all expected to see someone standing there. Maybe even some weirdo in a ninja suit. What they see however surprised them. Nothing. Well, nothing out of the ordinary that they could discern. The masked men all stared at each other then back at the area where the shuriken came from.
"What's going on here?!" The first masked man stared at the empty area in front of him.
For a few moments, there was complete silence. The hostages forgot there fears for a while and also stared at the empty space. They knew whoever threw that shuriken must be there in an attempt to save them. However, even they can't see who it was.
Suddenly, a female voice called out to them. "I don't think Mother Nature appreciates idiots using her name."
"What?" The first masked men stared at the direction from where the voice came from. At first, he still sees nothing. Then, he sees something odd in front of him. There was a kind of transparent bubble, distorting an area in front of him. The transparent bubble looked like a female. A female whose fist was quickly coming closer to his face…
POW! The first masked man was sent flying to the penthouse's wall.
The other masked men stood stunned and confused.
The hostages huddled in a corner in complete fear.
"Attack her!" The first masked man yelled as the semi-invisible intruder kept kicking and pounding him. The other men just stood there not knowing what to do. "She's invisible you numbskulls! Hit the thing attacking…!" The semi-invisible intruder sent a powerful sidekick to the man's head. The hostages ran to another area as he was sent to the corner where his tank broke. "Noooooo!!!"
The tank's contents spilled all over the floor. Plants instantly started to consume the area. While it didn't kill the leader, it did trap him in the tangle of branches.
A few flashes occurred as the woman became visible for a split second. She was wearing some sort of hooded jacket. She wore some kind of veil. This enabled her to hide her face with the invisibility device. She stared at the man on the ground. "That's new. Before the spores only sprouted when they touched a moist area, like the lungs of a person."
The third masked men took this as an opportunity and rushed the woman with his fist. The fist knocked the veil off, revealing a woman wearing a leather mask that covered everything except her eyes and mouth. The suit finally gave way and the woman became fully visible. The woman took a step to the side, and side kicked him to the wall. The man made a nice creator there.
The second masked man stood there in complete shock. "You're, you're, you're…The Whip aren't you?!" The second masked man said in fear.
"What kind of name is the Whip anyways?" The fourth man asked.
The Whip grinned. "I didn't exactly choose that name, but I have to admit, it isn't bad. I wouldn't have come up with anything better anyways." She took off her jacket, revealing her assortment of daggers, shuriken, and a whip. She was wearing long leather pants, and a black leather corset. She took out her whip. "Whose next?"
The fourth masked man took the challenge and rushed The Whip. The Whip slashed the man in the stomach with her Whip. The man screamed in pain, and fell to the ground.
The second masked man stood there in complete fear.
The third masked man, recovered a bit, decided to grab a hold of The Whip from behind. The fourth masked man, still holding his stomach with one arm, covered in blood, saw this as an opportunity and rushed the Whip. The Whip bent down, sending the third masked man over her, and crashed into the charging man. The third man got up just in time to face the full force of the Whip's kick. This sent the third masked men into a nearby couch.
The fourth masked man took out his weapon with his free hand. "Since you know we've changed the spores a little, let's see if you can out run this!" He fired the weapon in front of him. The plants started growing. The roots cracked the floors as they approached the Whip. The Whip started doing back flips to stay ahead of the fast growing plants. The fourth masked man, while in extreme pain, laughed methodically when two sharp daggers made contact with his arms. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" The fourth masked man fell backwards as he collapsed on the ground. Lucky for him, the tank was near empty in the first place. However, his feet were now confined to the ground by the fast growing plants.
The second masked man panicked and ran towards the exit.
"Going somewhere?" The Whip used her whip to grab his feet. The man crashed to the floor. She walked towards him, getting the daggers that were embedded to the fourth masked man's arms, and stood over the second masked man.
"Please don't kill me…" The second masked man squeaked out.
"Since you asked so nicely, I won't." The Whip grinned as she watched him suffer. "However, I do have one question for you…where can I find your boss?"
"He's over there, you already…" The Whip kicked the second masked man in the stomach.
"I don't mean him! I mean the one running this whole operation!" The Whip yelled at him.
"We don't know! We get a call, a truck gives us our equipment, and then we're off! That's all we know!" The second masked man peed in his pants.
The Whip looked down and grinned. "I'll let WOOHP handle the rest." She then approached the hostages. "Are you all alright?"
The first elderly man nodded. He just happened to be a manager of World Paper Company. "I'm fine. Thanks…"
"You're welcome. Now…" Whip looked at the masked men, then back at the hostages. "Do you have any idea why you were all targeted?"
The elderly man shook his head. "I don't know. We're all just low level managers! I mean, all we had were revenue data for the current fiscal quarter!"
"Revenue data huh?" The Whip thought about what this meant. "Probably trying to 'prove' how evil your company is by showing how much profit your company made." She turned as the sound of the whirling helicopter blades reached her ears. "I'll let Jerry handle the rest. Oh, and say hi to Jerry for me." She ran towards a window, and jumped out of it.
Spies' House-7:00 AM PST
Clover was the first to walk out of her room. While not a morning person, she had woken up earlier just so that she can get ready for school. After all, Clover had to make sure that she looked perfect when she enters the school grounds. Clover was wearing a blue sleeveless shirt with a pink flower on it, plus a long blue skirt.
Alex was the next one to get out. She was wearing a yellow shirt with one sleeve lower then the other, and blue jeans.
Sam was the next to exit. She was wearing a blue sleeveless shirt, cut above her belly, and a dark blue belted skirt.
"Hey guys!" Clover thought of something. "Since we are living in the same house, why didn't we just use one communicator last night when Jerry contacted us?"
Sam yawned. "Did you want us all to hang out in your room?"
"Well…" Clover frowned after she remembered the last time they were in her room…reading her diary. "No, but maybe Alex, or your room?"
"I wouldn't want you to be hanging out in my room." Alex frowned. "You'd probably take one of my outfits again."
"Do not!" Clover shot back before she remembered that, well, maybe she would. "I mean, if I had a hot date, I might. But not when you are…"
Alex scowled at Clover.
"I mean, not now!" Clover sweat dropped.
"And I don't want either of you in my room as well!" Sam fired back.
Clover glared at Sam. "Why? Hiding something from us Sam?"
Sam glared back at Clover. "No! Just that, if we're not allowed in your room Clover, then you CERTAINLY are not allowed in mine! And besides…" Sam looked at Alex, then back at Clover. "Just like Alex, you might steal one of my outfits too!"
Clover gave a valley girl hand gesture (AN: The one where the girl has one hand out a high five, then drops it so that the other person would be seeing the back of her hand? I don't know what I should've called that). "Whatever Sam, your stuff is outdated anyways. Why would I want anything from your wardrobe?"
Sam gritted her teeth, her face turned red with anger, and steam came out of her head. "You didn't think my wardrobe was outdated whe…" At that moment, she hears her X-Powder rings. Since they are all in the hallway, they can now just look at Sam's X-Powder. Sam opened the X-Powder. "What's up Jerr?"
Jerry yawned. He took a sip of black coffee before turning his attention backed to the girls. "Well, we had another incident…"
Clover was not in the mode to out on a mission right now. "Now? But…"
"Don't worry. It has already been taken care of." Jerry countered. "Seemed, The Whip stopped them for us."
"The Whip again?" Alex blinked. "Wow! She seems to be doing a better job then us!"
Clover and Sam stared at Alex.
Alex can feel the stares by Clover and Sam. Alex sweat dropped. "Well, in this case at least…"
"Uh hem!" Jerry watched as the girls returned their attention from each other, to him. "Anyways, she stopped these eco-terrorist before they caused any more trouble. The only ones hurt this time were the eco-terrorist themselves."
"Were you able to detain them?" Sam asked.
Jerry nodded his head. "We even were able to surgically remove the implants inside of their lungs so that we won't lose them. However, they unfortunately couldn't give us much information. Oh, and one last thing, The Whip said…hi to me."
Sam and Alex giggled.
Clover giggled too. "Looks like the Whip is a Jerry fan!" Alex then returned to the case. "Did you get anything useful for us? Like whose the weirdo in the mask or anything?"
"Well, there wasn't any more information on the masked man but..." Jerry held out a few of the papers that they acquired from the scene. "We did get some more information about why they were there. The reason why they were in San Diego was due to the now canceled convention that was to take place there."
"Perfect target if it wasn't for the recent incident in New York." Sam thought about the New York incident. The more she thought of that, the more off it became. "Which reminds me, wouldn't this convention have been a better target for them? Why did they screw it up by going with a relatively minor target?"
"Maybe they weren't thinking that far ahead?" Clover interjected. "After all, many of the villains we've met weren't exactly high on the intelligence level."
"Normally I might agree with you Clover…" Jerry looked at the stunned expressions of the girls. "In this one case girls." The girls returned to their normal expression. "But there might be a more sinister reason for this. There appears to be a meeting with the top polluting companies sometime in the future. From oil, logging, chemical interest, and so on."
"Really?" Sam blinked surprised. "Why would they all meet in one place? I mean, if they all dealt with the logging industry I might understand. But oil and chemical?"
"Maybe they are all there to party the destruction of the Earth?" Alex innocently replied.
"Unlikely Alex. For one thing, that would be a very bad P.R. plan for them." Jerry grinned at Alex's answer before he turned serious again. "But at the moment, we have no idea why they would all be meeting in one place. Also, where this meeting is, and when it will take place doesn't seem to be set yet."
"I see…" Sam thought about the other issue at hand. "Do you have any more information about this, Whip person?"
Jerry shook his head. "Other then the fact that she sent all four of the suspects to the infirmary, I can't say there is much more new…" Jerry looked at the computer monitor. "Oh wait! There is one thing! She was wearing a thermo-optic camouflage."
"Thermo wha?" Alex responded confused.
"Thermo-optic camouflage." Jerry repeated. "Basically, it made her invisible."
"Invisibility. Just like Sam's ex-boyfriend!" Clover smiled at her deduction.
Sam scowled. "We do not have to keep bringing that up!"
"Well, yeah that's true. However, this device was an external one." Jerry continued. "In fact, the coat The Whip used was…" Jerry paused for effect. "A WOOHP device."
"WOOHP?!" The three yelled stunned.
Jerry nodded. "We don't know how she acquired it. But we are investigating."
"Do you think The Whip worked for WOOHP at one time?" Sam wondered.
"We're not ruling anything out Sam." Jerry continued as he typed on his computer. "All we know is, she acquired it while G.L.A.D.I.S was down for maintenance."
"Oh yeah! I wondered why G.L.A.D.I.S. wasn't there the last time." Speaking of time, Alex checked her watch. "Have any more info for us Jerr? We have a quiz today in English."
"We do?" Clover whined. "I didn't study for it!"
"It isn't like you would've studied for it even if you did know about it Clover." Sam retorted.
"Guys! We don't have time…" Alex returned her attention to Jerry. "So any more info?"
"Not at the moment. But as always, I will contact you if you when the time comes." Jerry reached for the button to break their connection. "Oh! And have fun at school today!" Jerry's face disappeared from Sam's X-Powder.
Beverly Hills High -Cafeteria-12:15 PM PST
"I so bombed that quiz today!" Clover held her head in shame.
"It wasn't that bad." Alex commented. "If you like reading Shakespeare."
"Clover and reading?" Sam winked at Alex.
"Hey! Why should we read about Shakespeare?" Clover retorted. "While we can just watch the movie! Leo did a very good Romeo if I say so myself."
"I don't know…" Alex replied. "I thought the Zeffirelli version was much better."
"Who?" Clover raised an eyebrow at Alex.
"It's before your time Clover." Sam giggled.
Unbeknownst to Sam, Scott was standing behind her. "Hey Sam!"
Sam's heart stopped for a second. She slowly turned her head. "Scott?"
Alex and Clover smirked. "We'll talk to you later Sam!"
"Guys?" But before Sam could react however…
"Is everything all right Sam?" Scott asked from behind her.
Sam, realizing that he was still behind her…and that Mandy wasn't anywhere near there, she instantly turned around. "Oh nothing! Nothing at all Scott!" Sam looked around to make sure that certain girl wasn't there. "I notice Mandy isn't here…"
Scott smiled cheerfully. "Oh her? Yeah, I haven't seen her yet."
-Meanwhile…
"Mmmmmppphhhhh!!!" Mandy was extremely pissed off at the moment. She was wearing a purple jacket and skirt. Her shirt was a light blue. She was tied and gagged to a chair.
"Don't worry Mandy! This is only temporary!" Alex cheerfully replied. "And um, would you mind not telling anyone about this?"
"Although I admit, I like you better then this." Clover snickered.
"Mmmmmmmppppphhhhhhh!!!" Mandy bounced up and down in her chair.
-Back to the Cafeteria…
"So Sam, I've just joined this group." Scott replied. "I'd be honored if you could join it with me! I promise it isn't bad or anything…" He held out a flyer.
"Really Scott?" Sam smiled brightly as grabbed the flyer. However, as she looked at the flyer, her smile started to fade. "Forest Defense Fund?"
"Yeah!" Scott eagerly replied. "We do a lot of good works in the effort to save the environment."
Sam frowned even deeper. "Um…I like protecting the environment and all but…"
"Yeah! It's been all over the news." Scott looked down sadly. "It's so horrible that some people take a good cause and ruin it!" Scott crushed one of the flyers in his hand. "But Sam, the group I work for has nothing to do with them!"
"Yeah…" Sam tried to give a reassuring smile.
"Well, if you have any questions, you can our group leader, Ryan Walton!" Scott pointed to a relatively muscular man to the side. "I'm sure he can reassure you that there is nothing wrong with us!"
Sam looked at the Ryan. Something about him didn't give her a reassuring feeling. She gave a quick smile to Scott in the hopes he wouldn't notice her uneasiness. "Sure thing! Um…I'll think about it."
"Good!" Scott smiled. "The first meeting is tomorrow! I hope to see you there!" Scott walked out of the cafeteria. After he left, Ryan followed him out.
Sam smiled before frowning again.
"So, how did it go?" Clover put an arm around Sam. "I want all the details!"
"Yeah!" Alex arrived to the other side of Sam. "Spill the beans Sam!"
Sam was quiet for a while. "I don't have a good feeling about this."
"Oh that feeling?" Clover smirked. "Don't worry Sam! It's really nothing…"
"Not that Clover!" Sam glared at her. "Remember how I told you guys that Scott seemed to be really fond of taking care of the environment?"
"Yeah." Alex eyes widened as realization hit her. "You don't think…you don't think Scott is involved with the recent incidents do you?"
"Man, you do have the worst luck Sam!" Clover retorted. "I guess what they say is true. All the cute boys ARE bad guys!"
"I hope not. I mean, hold on! I'm not sure if Scott himself is directly involved, yet." Sam gave a worried response. "But this group that he just joined, the Forest Defense Fund…" Sam looked at the flyer in her hand. "They just set up a few days ago. Headed by this Ryan Walton guy. That's too much of a coincidence for me."
"Looks like you should be keeping an eye on this Ryan guy instead." Clover looked at the flyer. "From the looks of it, he is a definite tree nut."
"I'm not sure I should spy on Ryan himself." Sam contemplated. "Although I do need to get more information on him. Maybe if I follow Scott, I might be able to get to Ryan that way!"
Alex smirked. "Are you sure that's the only reason why you want to keep an eye on Scott?"
Sam blushed. "Well…"
Clover snickered. "Well that's one way to making sure Scott doesn't get into trouble!"
-Meanwhile…
Mandy bounced up and down finally breaking the chair. The rope that confined her falls to the ground. "I'm going to get those two!"
A teacher came in when he heard the sound. "Mandy! That's school property!"
"But…" Mandy stuttered as she sees the teacher. "But, but…you see…"
The teacher didn't care for the reason. "I'll see you in detention!"
Mandy fumed. "Alex and Cloooooveeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
Scott's House
-3:25 PM PST
"It was so nice to talk to you Sam!" Scott said while giving her a cut of tea. Scott was wearing a blue shirt over a white undershirt. He wore blue jeans and hiking shoes. "It was also nice to see that you quite interested the Forest Defense Fund!"
Sam nodded. She was wearing the same outfit that she wore in school. She held a huge smile on her face. She was lost in Scott's eyes. "Yeah…so…I tried to get into contact with Ryan…and…"
"Oh, sorry about that." Scott scratched the back of his head. "Ryan…Ryan is a relatively private man."
That comment snapped Sam back to reality. "Wait…he's a recluse, yet he leads his own non-profit group?"
"Well, he's not really a recluse." Scott contemplated the time he spent with Ryan. "But I admit, he does keep to himself a lot." Scott hears the doorbell ring. "That must be him…ummm…" He turned to Sam. "I hate to be rude but since you're not an official member yet…"
"That's okay! I guess you two have official group stuff that you two need talk about." Sam smiled. "I'll be leaving right now." She headed to the door.
"Yeah." Scott opened the door revealing Ryan. Ryan was wearing a red shirt, blue jean pants, brown shoes, and a green backpack. Ryan looked at Sam. "Scott?"
"Don't worry! I'm leaving!" Sam exited the house.
"Bye Sam!" Scott waved back. Ryan entered the room as Scott closed the door behind him. He turned to Ryan and spoke. "You don't have to worry about Sam. She's going to sign up tomorrow!"
Ryan frowned at Scott. "Well, I don't know…though I am always out looking for more recruits…"
"And Sam would be the perfect recruit! Hard working, intelligent…" Scott smiled as he thought about Sam.
"Sounds like you like Sam more then just as a potential new recruit." Ryan grinned.
Scott blushed. "Hey! She's a nice person! Besides, I'd like to be friends with her first before anything were ever to turn serious…"
"Yeah yeah yeah." Ryan was starting to lose interest in the conversation. After all, he was here concerning another matter. "Do you know what we will be saying in a meeting tomorrow?"
"Yup!" Scott smiled. He took out a piece of paper. "We're planning out first protest next week!"
"Well, about that protest…" Ryan frowned. "You know what we are doing isn't quite legal."
Scott frowned. "You didn't tell me about this!"
Ryan took a step back. "Look, if we followed the law in every case, our voices would never be heard! Do you think those who fought for civil rights would have been as successful as they have been if it wasn't for a little civil disobedience?"
Scott frown deepened. "But this is a little different then…"
"I agree." Ryan patted Scott. "But my point is, a little civil disobedience can change hearts and minds!" He got closer to Scott. "Besides, are you just going to allow the destruction of the Earth's environment sitting down?"
Scott thought about it. "Of course not! I'll do whatever it takes to save this planet!"
"That's the spirit!" Ryan nodded. "We are probably the only ones who will stand up for the Earth."
Scott nodded. "So, is there anything else I should know?"
"Yeah…" Ryan took out a flyer. "I'll be heading to Germany this weekend. Our subsidiaries in Germany are prepared to protest outside Vandenburg Chemical plant. Maybe they can give us some good ideas that we could use over here."
"Chemical plant?" Scott looked at Ryan with a questioning look. "I though the Forest Defense Fund only dealt with saving the forest…"
Ryan smiled. "While this group's primary focus is saving our forest, we also want to make sure all the polluters of the world are gone as well! Besides, the ecosystems are all interconnected. Those chemicals the Vandenburg company makes are used to make weapons warfare! The same weapons that kill the people, plants, and pollute the ground water to prevent anything else from growing!"
"Have to admit, sounds like a very worthy cause! And a cause we definitely need to get behind on!" Scott smiled. "Tell me everything that you learn in Germany when you get back! Maybe we can add some ideas to how we can help back here!"
Ryan smiled and headed towards the front door with Scott following him. "Every little thing counts! See ya Scott!"
Scott opened the door. "See ya Ry…" To his amazement, Sam was standing right in front of the doorway.
Sam fumbled the listening device she was holding before putting it away. "Oh, hi Scott!" Sam gave an embarrassed smile.
Scott looked at Sam stunned. "Sam! What are you still doing here?"
Ryan raised an eyebrow at Sam.
"Me?" Sam replied with a wide smile. "I um…left my makeup kit here." She entered the house a bit, looked at the counter then, took out her X-Powder and pretended to have just found it. "Found it! Hehehe."
Scott smiled. "Well, it's nice seeing you again Sam!"
Sam smiled. "Thanks!" She turned to Ryan. "Oh, and umm…hi Ryan."
"Hi Sam." Ryan waved at her. "Well, I'm going home so later!"
"Later!" Scott waved goodbye to both Sam and Ryan. Scott closed his door.
Sam watched Ryan leave in his Jeep before she contacted Jerry. When his image popped up, Sam sees Jerry snuggling a stuffed bear.
Sam looked at Jerry funny. "Jerry? Am I interrupting something?"
Jerry realized that he was being watched. He quickly hides the bear. "Um…hi Sam!" Jerry waved embarrassed. "What can I do for you?"
Sam internally smiled. 'Old stuck up Jerry hugging a stuffed bear.' Sam internally giggled. However, her expression became serious before she responded to Jerry. "Jerry, I'd like you to do a search on Ryan Walton, as well as a search on the Vandenburg Company in Germany."
-------End of Chapter 4
Well, that's the end of Chapter 4! It is actually longer then I had expected it to be. The first fight scene just kept going and going. Not a bad thing if you like long chapters. Just that, it is longer then I had originally planned it to be by about two thousand words or so.
Also, when I said I'd add G.L.A.D.I.S to this chapter…well, she sort of appeared. Also, I know that a future episode (or one that was already shown?) had it where G.L.A.D.I.S. goes crazy. I assume she was either destroyed (raising the possibility that Jerry has to give the devices by hand again), or taken off line temporarily to be repaired, and back to her duties. I left it open to go either way in this story. Well, okay, I didn't really leave it open so if she is destroyed after that episode, I do have to change it slightly (like this chapter with Alex). But since Jerry was handing out the devices at the beginning, I didn't have to worry about changing the first chapter much IF G.L.A.D.I.S. is destroyed, and never seen again.
Next chapter…who is Ryan Walton? What happens in Germany? Will the Whip strike again? And is there a clue left in Germany that could reveal something about the Whip? Until then…later!
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