Chapter 6 of "Crack of a Whip"! I just keep pumping out these updates! This makes it what, NINE updates in two months? Cool isn't it? Of course, these are nine updates SINCE I returned to school. Hehehe.
Anyways, well, I am slowly catching up to the point where I have seen almost ALL of the current TS shown on CN (Canada's currently lucky. They are WAY ahead on us in the third season). As it stands, I still have about 19 episodes to go. All giving me ideas for this story! Well, to an extent. I mean, it isn't like I will have EVERYTHING from the series into this story (especially non-important details like what exactly Clover, Sam, or Alex said in one mission). Though it certainly doesn't hurt either.
What else should I say before I start the story? Oh yeah, if you are looking for whatever plans for the length of this story, it should be around about twelve chapters or so. I don't want this story to be too long. At the same time, given how much stuff I have planned for it, it won't be too short either. Though I have to admit, these chapters ARE getting quite long now. Almost "Silent Titan" or "Unfortunate Life of Shinji Ikari" long! For a series that I never thought I'd write for, I never thought I would write so much for this particular story.
Oh yeah, and in case you haven't noticed, the clothes description and all, well, given my lack of creativity about the 'hip' fashion that is shown in the series, I just look at some screenshots of the series, and use their outfits. Hehehe. Well, solve that problem.
Without anything else to say, on with the story!
Spies House7:14 AM PST
"Alex! Are you done puking?" Clover banged the bathroom door. "I have to like, really go right now!" Clover was wearing a pink tank top with a 70ish ruffled cut at the bottom of it, with dark violet pants and a lighter violet belt to boot.
Alex was inside the bathroom. She was kneeled over the toilet. She was wearing a green sleeveless shirt, and black shorts. Her face was a sickly green. "I haven't felt this ill since we went inside of Jerry." (AN: I have yet to see that episode. And from what I hear about it, it's an episode I'm not in a hurry to see either)
"Ewwwww. Don't remind me of that mission." Clover said disgusted. "Also, it better be clean in there! I don't want to be sitting on you lunch!"
Sam walked out of her room. She was seemingly happy. "Hi Clover!" She was wearing a red shirt with a pink jacket, as well as a blue jean skirt. "Is Alex still sick from last night?"
"Jya! Who wouldn't be?" Clover was holding her crotch as she tries to hold it in. "And I like, really have to go like right at this moment!" Clover then realized something. "Say Sam, you don't seem too bothered about what happened last night."
"Why should I be?" Sam looked confused at Clover.
Clover looked at Sam with bemusement. "Oh I don't know, maybe because that Whip person like, totally messed up those guards. She even killed a few of them! You saw what she did! Psychiatric help much! Your lucky that you didn't see it when it was happened."
"Yeah. She did go a little too far." Sam frowned. "But hey, at least we are step closer to solving this annoying case!" Sam smiled brightly.
"Yeah. I guess we are aren't we?" Clover still was suspicious about Sam's cheerful attitude. Then, something clicked in Clover's mind. "Say, you're not happy because you're going to see Scott again aren't you?"
"What?" Sam blushed. "Of course not! I'm just, well…happy to be home! That's all!"
Clover grinned. "Sure Sam. That's it."
Alex finally exited the bathroom. "Bathroom is all your Clover."
"Finally! I was about to burst!" Clover rushed in. Clover's eyes widened as she sees what is in front of her. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Oh yeah. And sorry about the mess." Alex hiccupped.
"Ever head of toilet paper Alex?" Clover yelled. Clover quickly tried to clean up as much of the toilet before she had to sit down on it.
Sam looked on wide-eyed.
Beverly Hill High School8:25 AM PST
Alex, Clover, and Sam were running to their classes.
"Phew! Got here before the bell!" Sam smiled with relief.
As they were walking to their lockers, they all stopped as they nearly bumped into the last person they expected to meet on this day.
"Hi girls!" Ryan, wearing brown leather jacket, a plaid shirt, dark blue jeans, and leather boots waved at them.
Alex stared at Ryan bewildered. "Hey! Aren't you supposed to be in…"
Clover and Sam covered Alex's mouth.
"Hehehe." Sam gave an abashed expression. "What my friend meant was, shouldn't you be heading to class right now?"
"Yeah!" Clover also gave an abashed expression. "You know, we're before the bell rings and all! I mean, we're always late because we have to wait for Sam to pick out her outfit…"
Sam glared at Clover.
Clover continued innocently. "But you're not! At least we…"
Ryan grinned. "Oh me? I was just waiting for a few hot girls to talk to before I headed to class. Well, I guess I should be heading…"
"Mmph," was all Alex could get out.
"Yeah!" Sam still held a hand to Alex's mouth. "Guess I'll see you around!"
"Oh and Sam…" Ryan waved at her. "Hope to see you at this weeks protest!"
"Will be there! Thanks!" Sam smiled as she waved back with her free hand.
As Ryan left the their immediate vicinity, all three girls sighed in relief.
"Okay! Can anyone explain to me why Ryan is still free?" Alex looked at her two friends with concern. "And doesn't he know about us?"
"No." Sam shook her head. "At least not yet. Remember, he left when that Phantom loser was fighting the Whip remember?"
"Not really since we weren't there." Clover frowned. "Still, you are right in that, when Alex and I got to the top, he was nowhere to be seen."
"Yeah, that's true." Alex agreed. "But still, that doesn't explain why he's free!"
"No! But I bet…" Sam stopped herself as Mandy loomed over them.
"What are you three losers doing?" Mandy, wearing a purple sleeveless dress, with a white shirt under it, stared at the three.
"Oh nothing!" Alex innocently replied. "We're just…going over a few beauty tips! That's all!"
"You and beauty?" Mandy grinned with amusement. "BWHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! Snort. You three are like the total opposite of beauty! I'm surprised the mirrors haven't cracked yet for the three of you."
All three girls fumed.
"Oh and Sam…" Mandy waved back at her. "I'll see you at this weeks protest! Soon, Scott will know the TRUE activist when he sees one!"
Sam was burning with rage. "I'll see you there Mandy!"
Clover frowned. "Well, now that the ugly one has passed…"
"I HEARD THAT!" Mandy yelled back. "You will…"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Clover turned to Sam and Alex. "Now, about this Ryan business…"
"We need to contact Jerry." Sam took out her X-Powder and contacted Jerry. "Jerry?"
"Again Sam?" Jerry grinned. "I seem to be quite popular this week."
"You wouldn't be so popular this week if it wasn't for the fact that a certain someone is free right now." Alex scowled.
"Yeah!" Sam scowled too. "Why is Ryan free?"
"Oh him. Well…" Jerry looked at the three pissed off girls. "Well, you see, since we haven't caught his father, Doctor Root, or the…" Jerry started to snicker. "Phantom…hehe…of…hehe…Nature…hehehe…"
The three girls started to snicker.
Jerry tried to compose himself before he continued. He cleared his throat. "Well, him. We allowed Ryan to run free for the moment in the hopes that he can lead them to us. Besides, we have our best three agents watching out for him."
"Really?" The spies replied with big smiles. All three looked around.
"Where are they?" Clover asked.
"Well, you three of course!" Jerry winked at them.
The three sweat dropped.
"Um…thanks Jer." Sam replied nonchalantly. "Well, talk to you later I guess. Hopefully NOT SOON!"
Jerry was taken aback a bit. "Um, sure girls." Jerry sweat dropped.
Sam closed her X-Powder. "I can't believe this. We have to baby sit him now?"
The bell rings.
"Oh no!" Alex panicked. "We have to hurry!"
Five Days Later…
Standard Oil Building
3:22 PM PST
So far, nothing major happened during the week. Sam and Scott seemed to be bonding a bit, with Mandy looming to prevent anything major from happening, and Alex and Clover were keeping tabs on Ryan. So far, nothing worthwhile occurred even with him. Now, it was time for the big protest. Something has to happened on this day.
Alex and Clover were wearing their jumpsuits. They peeked out from a corner to see the protestors. In the crowd was Sam.
Alex was using her X-Powder. "Hey Sam. Anything so far?"
Sam shook her head. Sam was wearing a T-shirt with Save the Forest on it, which was ripped on the bottom, as well as blue jean with the legs cut off to make them look like shorts. She was also wearing some warn out tennis shoes. "Nope. Nothing out of the ordinary so far." A fat guy with a dirty shirt and pants passed her. Sam made a face in disgust as she caught of whiff of him. "I just wish half the protestors here took a bath."
Alex giggled. "Sucks to be you."
Sam scowled. "Don't rub it in!"
"Hey Sam! Who are you talking to?" Scott said behind her.
Sam jumped up. She quickly hid her X-Powder behind her. "Oh, nothing Scott!" She blushed.
"So you did show up Sammy!" Mandy was standing next to him.
"Nice to meet you too Mandy." Sam's expression changed to a look of indifference.
Suddenly a group of security guards exited the building. "This is private property! You can't be here!"
"Stop destroying our forest then!" Yelled the crowd.
"That's it. Gas mask people!" The security guards all put their gas mask on. They all started firing into crowd.
Everyone started running.
Scott coughed. "Hey! Where is everyone going? Don't you see what they are trying to do? And where is your guy's gas mask? And where is mine?" Scott was frantically searching for his gas mask.
"Ahhhhh!" Mandy screamed. "Tear gas will so ruin my mascara!" She started running.
"So much for conviction." Sam put on a gas mask. "Sorry Scott but this is a bit more important. I'll make it up to you later." She then suspiciously looked from side to side. "Where's Ryan?" Suddenly she sees someone enter the Standard Oil Building. She instantly contacted Alex and Clover. "Guys, someone is trying to enter the building. And you can probably guess whom they belong to. I'm going in."
"Hey wait a second! Wait for us!" Alex yelled. "Come on Clover!"
"Through the tear gas?" Clover complained. "But that gas will so ruin my hair!"
Alex glared at Clover. "We need to help Sam, before she meets that crazy Whip woman or Phantom! Remember Clover?"
"Okay okay!" Clover conceded.
Both Alex and Clover ran towards the Standard Oil Building.
Inside Standard Oil Building – First FloorSam was in an alleyway. With the help of the X-Powder, she was able to change into her sneaking suit instantly. She busted down a side door and entered the building. She kneeled down behind a potted plant, watched and listened in to the group in front of her.
"With those security guards busy, we shouldn't have to worry about them getting in the way. However, we still need to do this fast. Remember, we get the CEO, and get out." Ryan yelled at the group. "WOOHP and that new person, the Whip has given us more trouble then we imagined."
One of the thug men spoke up. "Gotcha. Though at least this Whip person has a better name then…"
"SILENCE!" Ryan yelled at him. "Our leader might need someone to come up with better names, but he has moved this movement forward for years! My father certainly trusts him." Ryan grinned for some reason. "Oh, and one last thing before I go, remember, send someone to acquire the information we need. Got it?"
"Yes sir!" The men saluted before they all entered the stairway.
"Information?" Sam thought about this for a moment. "That must be the big meeting! I better get it before these losers do!" Sam ran in after them.
Alex and Clover also reached the ground level floor.
"Do you see Sam anywhere?" Alex asked concerned.
Clover shook her head. "No! She must've gone in after them!"
"Well, what are we doing here for? Let's go!" Alex was about to run towards the stairs, but Clover stopped her.
"Hello! Remember the last time?" Clover frowned.
"Yeah!" Alex nodded. "Which is why we are not taking the elevator!"
"No, not just that." Clover sighed. "The other part."
"The Whip massacring all those baddies?" Alex asked confused.
Clover continued to make faces. "Why do I have to be the smart one right now? No! When there were tons of henchmen waiting for us! Hello?"
"Oh yeah! That!" Alex sweat dropped. She then looked around the first floor. So far, they see nothing. "Doesn't seem to be any henchmen here!"
"Yeah. However, we must not take any chances." Clover cautiously took a step out. She then instantly went behind a wall and checked her side. "So far, all the baddies are not here. I guess this time, we don't have to worry about running into them yet." She then opened the stairway shaft and looked up. "According to the information Jerry provided us, the CEO is guy is on the top floor."
Alex followed. She instantly frowned as she looked up the stairway. "Why do the bosses always to work at the top?"
Top Floor"What, what's going on?" The elderly man asked as a group of masked men, around twelve, surrounded him.
"We're here to take you into custody." The apparently leader of the masked man grinned.
"Custody? What do you mean custody?" The elderly man replied in fear. "I have done nothing wrong."
"Oh yes you have!" The leader raised his weapon at him. "Crimes against Mother Nature!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" One of the masked men in the pack screamed.
"Huh?" The leader turned around to the man in pain.
"Well, well, well." The Whip grinned. She was wearing her leather uniform and weapons. In one hand, held a whip, on the other, the poor victim of her whip. The tank on his back was destroyed, leaving his back all scratched up. "More idiots."
"The Whip I presumed!" The leader crossed his arms.
"Guilty as charged." The Whip grinned. "So, where is your fearless leader now? You know, the one with the stupid name?"
"It's not a…well…" The leader couldn't lie. It was a stupid name. Still… "He's not here. But he will be so glad when we bring you in!"
"Go ahead and try!" The Whip cracked her whip at the first group of men in front her.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Six of the masked men held their chest as the whip sliced open a huge gash on their chest.
The leader started to shake and pointed at her. "HEY! We…we weren't ready!"
The Whip sweat dropped. "Since when do you...nevermind." She side kicked another masked men. As she was doing this, she grabbed his arm, and broke it.
"Ah!" That man screamed in pain.
The leader was not in full panic mode. "What are you fools doing? Fire!" The leader yelled.
"But…" Second masked men protested.
"DO IT!" The leader yelled.
Meanwhile…
Alex and Clover jumped over the stairway railing.
"Still no one?" Alex asked confused.
"Good for us! Now come on!" Clover kicked the door open. "Sam might be in danger!"
As she was saying this, the sounds of a group of men screaming in pain hit them.
"Sam? You mean the bad guys." Alex commented.
"Okay!" Clover punched her hand. "No more miss nice girl! This Whip person has to go down!"
Alex nodded and held her breath as she prepared herself for what she might see. She and Clover both broke down the CEO's office door. What they see was another bloody scene. Their eyes widened instantly at what they saw.
The Whip was breaking another man's arm. A group of men were also plant food next them. The Whip stabbed another masked man in the shoulder. She then spun kick and sent the final man into the wall.
The leader was cowering in a corner.
The Whip cracks her neck as she approached the leader. "Just you and me it seems."
"We must contact Sam!" Clover got her X-Powder and tried contacting Sam. "Sam!" However, for whatever reason, they couldn't get a hold of her. "Sam? Where are you?"
The Whip grinned. "Trying to contact this girls?"
"SAM'S X-POWDER!" Alex and Clover both yelled in fear.
"What have you done with Sam?" Alex yelled concern.
"If you've touched one hair on her…" Clover's anger grew.
"Relax!" The Whip grinned. "All I did was jack her X-Powder. Stupid girl probably doesn't realize that she is missing it."
"My friend is not stupid!" Steam was coming out of Alex's ear.
"Okay you psycho S and M queen, you're going down!" Clover ran up to her, and tripped on a man's broken leg. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Clover fell flat on her head.
The Whip sweat dropped. "Good job Clover. Oh, and I'm not into S and M."
Alex then jumped up and started punching The Whip. "You must be stopped you, freaky person!"
The Whip avoided each punch attempt. She ducked when Alex tried to kick her. "Look girls, my beef isn't with WOOHP. It's with them!"
Clover recovered. "It is now!" She got up and joined Alex in trying to hit the Whip. However, The Whip easily avoided each attempt.
"You are leaving me no cho…" The Whip looked at the wall next to her as she continued to avoid Alex and Clover's attack. She sees a red dot. "GET DOWN!" She instantly pushes the two.
Alex and Clover were stunned. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They fell over a few guys.
BOOM! The window shattered.
The Whip back flipped, avoiding the bullet from the high-powered rifle by mere inches.
"Uhhhhhhh…" The elderly CEO was wetting his pants.
"What the hell are you doing? GET DOWN!" The Whip forced the CEO down.
BOOM! Another bullet makes a huge hole on the CEO's desk. BOOM! One of the henchmen's head explodes.
"EEK!" Clover and Alex squeaked out. They took cover against a few bodies.
Clover looked at the headless masked man in complete shock. "That guy doesn't even care for his own men!"
"Why do they work for him?" Alex wondered aloud.
Whip looked outside the window. She sees a helicopter. Inside the helicopter, was the Phantom brandishing a high-powered rifle.
"So we meet again, Whip." The heavily digitized voice said. "I see you have done another fine job of getting in the way."
The Whip grinned. "I hope to do more of that."
The Phantom laughed. "You won't even come close. Once this conference takes place, the world will be safe for generations to come!"
"The world?" The Whip frowned. "Don't count on it!"
The Phantom glared at him. "Oh, it will be safe. However, at the moment, I Phan…"
The Whip was trying to hold down a giggle. "Please! I wouldn't recommend saying your name!"
The Phantom sweat dropped. "It's a…" He sighed. "Very well," he aimed the rifle at the Whip. "I would like to make a simple exchange; your life, with the leader of my little hit squad. I would add the CEO, but I have a feeling that would be asking too much."
Now the Whip laughed. "Hahahah! You mean your pathetic team leader here?"
The Phantom nodded. "While I admit, he has disappointed me, I still have some use for him." He continued to aim directly at the Whip. "Now, give him to me."
"If you insist." The Whip grabbed the team leader.
The team leader was shaking. "Oh thank you…"
The Whip held him, dangling over the building's edge. "I'm sorry, but my arms don't reach that long!"
The team leader was now panicking.
"Very well." The Phantom ordered his pilot to come in closer.
"My arms are getting tired." The Whip grinned as he looked at the Phantom. Although he was wearing a mask, he seemed quite concerned.
Alex and Clover simply stared at the scene.
"Should we do something?" Alex asked.
"Do what?" Clover replied. "We might get killed by that psycho bad name much guy. Or we might get killed by the Whip."
"This should be close enough." The Phantom commanded. "Now, give him to me!"
"I don't know. It's still a little far." The Whip grinned. "And my arms are getting even more tired."
The Phantom shook his head in disbelief. "You wouldn't…"
"Oops!" The Whip let go of the team leader.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The team leader fell towards the first floor. CRASH! It wasn't pretty.
"No!" As the Phantom was seeing this, the Whip took out her buzz saw beret and slashed the Phantom's rifle. His rifle fell to pieces. He looked up in shock at the Whip.
"Now to end this…" The Whip grabbed her buzz saw beret as it came around again.
The Phantom shot a gas canister into the office. "This is just the beginning Whip!"
The Whip coughed as she watch the helicopter speed away. "Coward!"
Alex and Clover covered their mouths as the tried not to breathe in the gas. As they were doing this, the Whip jumped over them.
"Hey!" Clover yelled as they at the escaping Whip. She coughed as the gas was getting to her. "She's getting away!"
After a few minutes of coughing, the gas finally started to dissipate. At that moment, Sam came running in.
"GUYS!" Sam ran towards them. "I tried to get here as fast as I can when I heard all the commotion!"
"Sam?" Alex hugged Sam. "I am so glad that you are alright! We were concerned that the Whip might've gotten you."
"Whip?" Sam looked at Alex. "Guess I was lucky that I didn't meet her."
"Sam! Where were you by the way?" Clover asked with wonder.
"Me? I was two floor downs from here." Sam replied. "I was looking for information about their potential target. Guys, I know where their next target will be!"
"Great! You should tell Jerry!" Clover nodded. "But the Whip, did you see her?"
Sam shook her head. "I went straight here when I heard the gun fire! I didn't see anyone."
"Great." Alex sighed. "Not only did mister bad name get away, so did the Whip."
Clover then noticed something odd with Sam. "Um, Sam, what's with the lipstick?"
"Lipstick?" Sam looked at Clover confused. "What do you mean?"
"Well, since when do you wear black lipstick?" Clover looked at Sam oddly.
"Huh?" Sam touched her lips. "Um…" Her eyes go wide as she realized what Clover was talking about. Sam turned around instantly and rubbed her mouth clean of the lipstick. "I was just…um…trying out a new lipstick of Scott! That's all!"
"Really?" Clover teased. She grinned at Sam who started to blush. "Looks like you are taking this quite seriously. Well, if you want my advice, don't go with black. That whole Goth thing, so last century!"
A light bulb seemed to click inside Alex's head. "Oh, that reminds me! The Whip stole your X-Powder."
"What?" Sam looked at Alex stunned. "Don't be silly Alex! I have my X-Powder right…" Sam realized that she was right. "Ahhhhhhhhhh! Where could it be?"
Clover and Alex sweat dropped.
"I hate to say it," Clover frowned. "But the Whip was right."
"Not the stupid part though." Alex added.
"Stupid?" Sam scowled at Alex. "She called me stupid? Well, I am NOT stupid!" Sam looked up with defiance. "Besides, I just, misplaced my X-Powder! That's all! Hehehe…"
"I believe this is what you are looking for Sam?" Jerry walked in behind them. "I found it in the elevator. And in case any of you three were wondering, no sign of the Whip."
"Uh..." Sam was completely embarrassed. She grabbed the X-Powder out of Jerry's hand. Thanks, Jerry."
"Next time, keep an eye on your equipment Sam." Jerry glared at her.
"Hehehe." Sam held a funny mortified grin as she pushed her indexes together. "Sorry."
"Well, looks like the Whip left us with another mess to clean up." Jerry looked around the office.
"Yeah." Alex sighed. "I don't know who I should be more worried about. This Phantom guy, or the Whip."
"Yeah!" Clover looked at her hair. "And now I have this…" Clover ran her fingers through her hair. She looked at her hand as she realized that it was now covered in blood. "EEK!"
"Yes." Jerry looked around the office some more. He sees the shaken CEO that was now being taken away by WOOHP agents. "It seems that the Whip should be considered dangerous and someone to watch out for." Jerry watched a few bodies being taken away. "By the way, did you at least get some useful information about what they are after?"
"Yes." Sam turned serious. "I found out their next target. It's going to happen next month at the UN Conference on Global Warming. All the major polluting industries will be there."
"Next month huh?" Although he doesn't know all the details yet, Jerry agreed that would be the perfect target for them. "If we get them before then, that conference should be safe. Continue to keep an eye on Ryan. Also, any clues to get the Phantom will be welcomed."
"Okay!" Clover nodded. "Now, can we please go home so that I can wash this…this…blood off of me?" Clover was disgusted. "I'm going to have so many nightmares of today!"
"But didn't the other day give you nightmares?" Alex wondered.
"No." Clover seemed to be on the brink of breaking down. "I mean, that was disgusting and all but now, LOOK AT ME! The blood, it got on me! I feel so icky right now!"
Jerry sighed.
Secret Hideout – Somewhere5:34 PM PST
"So, are you still sure about this?" Doctor Root asked concerned.
"We still got the necessary information." The Phantom sat back. "Losing one of our team leaders, although incompetent, was still unfortunate, but something we can still get around."
"She also took out the entire team." Doctor Root added. "She is proving to be a more formidable challenger."
"That is correct." The Phantom rose from his chair. "And a much more fascinating one at that!"
End of Chapter 6
Cool! I was about to get it to about 4000 words! I was afraid that this chapter might be over 5000 like the last one. Phew! Didn't happen. Edit, well, now I've added about 600 more words. Still, not 5000 at least.
BTW, unless you are as clueless as Alex and Clover (You have to admit, they are kind of clueless from time to time. And yes, even Sam in a few episodes), you can probably guess who the Whip is. Well, I was never really good at keeping identities hidden! Hehehe. Still, I hope you like this new side of her.
Next Chapter…before the big day, another incident occurs. Will the Whip be involved? And given the situation, an agent has been sent in to capture the Whip. This agent…goes by the name of Brittany! Oh yeah. I said she was supposed to be in this chapter. Well, now she will show up in the next chapter instead! Until then…later!