This is chapter 7 of CotW! Seems this story is getting a ton of updates. Why this one instead of all my Teen Titans, Eva, or Oh! My Goddess story? Um, don't know. Well, okay, if there is a reason, it is simply because I want to continue this story first, then the others right at this moment. And my OMG story, well, due to the lack of source material knowledge, this one will remain a slow updater. I think I'm on a roll with this one, and I don't want to jinx it. Despite the fact that it is still, one of my least reviewed stories that is more then two chapters (though for my TT: SAC story, I only got 2 review for the last update. Yet even then, that's still two more review then this story. Heck, even the crazier and shorter story, "Freaky Naked Jerry Much?" which also only has two chapters, yet it is coming close to this story's review number! Scary).
Also, Teen Titans has been running a string of blah episodes so far. Not "Birthmark", that episode was awesome! But "Cyborg the Barbarian" and "Employee of the Month" were both kind of blah (the latter being a little better, but not by much). This probably put a damper on my mood to write more Teen Titan updates. Doesn't help much that all Teen Titans are in reruns at the moment. Don't worry; I will continue my Teen Titan stories (as well as Eva and Oh! My Goddess story. Especially now that I have acquired the Oh! My Goddess movie) eventually. But right now, this one came up first.
Also, the last chapter has been proofread and revised. As I have said many times before, I normally don't proofread before I post them. This could be good, or bad thing (mostly bad if you really hate grammar and spelling mistakes). However, the good thing I have found is that, the later I proofread (like right before I post the next update), the more mistakes I catch. Also, I can make little revisions here and there that I would normally not do. Something I did with the last chapter since, I added nearly 600 more words to it. Or is it 300? Either way, that's still a semi-significant number. Of course you could argue that I should postpone an update then, hehehe. Well, yeah I guess I could do that. But then, that would mean delaying the updates then that I have said before, am very eager to put up. And given that normally (before my current spurt of inspiration) updates were far and few between, I think I prefer the earlier.
The only real concern I have with this story is characterization. Not that it isn't really hard to keep the characters in characters, it's just that, well, for certain aspects, like coming up with as many Valley Girl expressions for Clover for example, not easy. It isn't like I know a lot Valley Girls to draw inspiration from (and I live in California. Shows how much the show creators know about girls here). Still, overall the characters should be fine in this category.
And one last thing before the start of the update, Britney will make an appearance in this chapter. If you have read the last bit on Chapter 5, I said she was supposed to make an appearance in the last one. Well, whoops! I've completely forgot about her when I wrote the last chapter. I could see where I could've added her, but, for some reason, I didn't. I'll make up for it and added her here! Also, about the spelling of the name, MS Word likes to spell it as Brittany. And CN website (although you really have to find it. I found it under the video clips section that might now be gone. They spell Britney. Since I assume CN is correct, then that is the correct spelling of her name).
On with the story!
Beverly Hills High - Cafeteria12:22 PM PST
A few days have past since the latest incident. So far, everything has been quiet.
Clover was wearing a blue jean jacket, red shirt, and blue jean skirt. She was also wearing black boots. She was drinking a latte, along with her peanut butter and jelly sandwich that she ordered from the school cafeteria. Clover was still bothered by what happened a few days ago. "I can't believe that Whip person dropped that bad guy!" Clover sighed. "I mean, sure he was bad, but she didn't have to drop him!" As she was running her fingers through her hair, she remembered what happened. "And not only was my hair ruined, it was covered in someone else's blood!"
"Totally. That was so not cool." Alex frowned. She was wearing a yellow shirt with a flower on it, and blue jeans. She was also drinking a latte. She was eating a turkey sandwich that she ordered from the school cafeteria. "And for that guy, who was he by the way?"
"According to Jerry, just some guy who used to work for Vandenburg security." Sam took a sip from her latte. She was eating a ham and cheese sandwich that she ordered from the school cafeteria. She was wearing a blue 70ish shirt with blue bellbottom jeans.
Alex and Clover looked at Sam. Again, she didn't seem to be bothered by the events a few days ago.
"Um, Sam," Clover asked with a hint of concern. "Aren't you at the very least bothered by all the deaths?"
"I sure am!" Sam frowned. "This Phantom guy has no penchant for the value of life!"
"Not just him." Alex added. "But the Whip as well."
"Oh her?" Sam looked at her friends. "Yeah, her too! Though if you think about it, all the people she killed were bad…"
"So?" Clover replied with a little annoyance. "Even if they were bad, that was no way to treat a bad guy! I mean…" Clover thought about a few villains that she fought before. "True, I thought about giving that Doctor Gelee a thing or two for nearly boring me to death, or that ringmaster guy for turning me into a horrifying circus freak, but actually doing it? No way sister! I think I have more self control then that."
Sam sighed. "I'm sorry if I don't seem too bothered by what happened. I am. It's just that, I've been too preoccupied with the other aspect of this case since I want this mission to be over by now. Specifically before next month arrives when the big finally is supposed to take place."
"That is true." Alex concurred. "I mean, this is our longest case so far, time wise. And if we don't stop them before next month, it's going to be way worse then it already is. And believe me, it was already bad."
"But we haven't gotten many clues at this point!" Clover complained. "Ryan hasn't given us anything useful. Although, for a bad guy, he does have a nice butt I have to admit…" Clover noticed Sam and Alex glaring at her. "Um, hehe, anyways, yeah, nothing that will lead us to his daddy or Phantom. And you Sam?"
Sam shook her head. "Nothing from the meetings. Maybe I could somehow get Scott to give me some more info next time." Sam sighed with frustration.
"I see you're using your new boyfriend for some good use." Clover grinned. "I always knew something good could come by this."
Sam blushed before she sat up straight. "Clover! That's not what I was thinking when…um…"
Alex giggled. "Hey, kill two birds with one stone right?" Alex then questioned that phrase. "Although whoever came up with that saying was kind of mean. I mean hitting and killing two birds?"
"And then there's that Whip person." Clover added with a hint of hopelessness. "There's no way we can follow the Phantom, and get clues on the Whip at the same time!"
"Leave that up to me." A girl behind them replied.
The girls looked back and saw a very familiar face. "Britney!"
Britney smiled and waved at the three. She was wearing a flowery skirt with a blue spaghetti strapped bikini top. "Mind if I join you guys?"
"I don't see why not!" Alex got up and hugged her. "Been a while since we've seen you!"
"Yeah!" Clover grinned. "It's nice to see you again after what seemed like ages! Well, okay, we saw you recently on that one mission, but that was like, what, a few months ago or something? And whatever happened to Demitri and Javier? You know, your hunky teammates?" (AN: It has been revealed that Demitri and Javier are Britney's new teammates as of "Escape from WOOHP Island." Still, that's pretty much the only thing I will reference from the episode. The only reason why I'm not referencing that episode completely is, well, given that I want this story to be as up to date as possible, I'm leaving room for a possible reappearance in Season 4 and, if it comes to that, Season 5 even.)
"Oh them?" Britney sweat dropped. "Um, they're around. In fact, their on their own mission. Though…" Britney had a flashback where Demitri tried to make a move on her during one of their missions. She slapped him hard. Suddenly, Javier decided to make his move. She did the same to him. 'Cute boys. They are great on the outside, but once you get to know them, they can be huge jerks too. Maybe this is why most of the teams are single gendered.' "I needed a little time off from them. Besides, I think they can take care of themselves."
"I wonder what they are doing right now?" Clover wondered as she remembered those two cute WOOHP spies when Britney introduced them. "Probably doing something manly and romantic as they saved the world!"
Somewhere in Africa"Demitri?" The red headed agent Javier was up a tree as a group of lions hungrily looked at them from the ground. It didn't help them much that they dropped most of their gadgets on the ground. "Have you contracted Jerry yet to get us out?"
"I tried but I can't get a hold of him!" Demitri was shaking in fear. "You sure Jerry wasn't pissed when he gave us this mission?"
"Why would he have been pissed?" Javier was sweating in fear.
The branch they were on started to crack. Both of them gulped.
Beverly Hills High - CafeteriaSam raised an eyebrow at Britney. "While it is nice to see you again, at the same time, we don't usually see each other unless it deals with saving a world, or saving your butt from danger. I take it you're here to help us on our current mission then."
Britney turned serious as she sat down with the girls. "You are correct Sam."
"So, you're here to catch Phantom?" Alex inquired.
"Not quite." Britney shook her head slightly. "However, it does concern your mission. While you guys chase the Phantom and his men, I have been sent me after the Whip. Any information you can provide me would be quite beneficial."
"Really?" Sam raised an eyebrow. "Well I guess that's good. We have enough trouble trying to keep up with the Phantom. Trying to catch the Whip at the same time is just a little too much for us."
"Same here." Clover took another sip from her latte. "The Phantom of Nature, which has got to be the worst villain name we have ever come across with, is just as psycho as the Whip! Which I might add, isn't a great name either, but at least her name is better then theater boy."
"Although, I have to admit, I know she's psycho and all, but she only hurt the baddies so far." Alex conceded.
"Very true." Britney nodded. "However, as you know, her methods are frowned upon at WOOHP, and we shouldn't let a crazed vigilante loose either." Britney happily took a bite from her bagel sandwich. "Now…" She said while chewing. "Anything else about her?"
"Well, other then the fact she has some questionable style, not much." Clover said.
Alex nodded. "Well, there's also the fact that she seemed to be there right before we get there."
"And she uses WOOHP equipment." Sam added. "That's about as much as we know on the subject."
Britney frowned with disappointment. "That's about as much as I know as well."
"Since I assume that you've been snooping around WOOHP looking for clues," Sam inquired. "I wonder if you have any idea who she could be?"
Britney shook her head. "At first, I thought that maybe it was a janitor, or an old spy that used to work for Jerry. So far, none of that panned out. That and, most of Jerry's non-agent staff were male. So that eliminated most of them."
A light bulb clicked inside of Alex's head as realization struck her. "You know, now that you've mentioned it, Jerry does employ a lot of male staff members, but almost none of them are spies!"
"Oh that's not true!" Sam smiled as she tried to retort Alex's comment. "There's Dimitri and Javier! And there's…ummm…" She had to admit, with the exception of Dimitri and Javier who belonged to Britney's team (which she only really knows because of Britney), she doesn't know a lot of non-female spies. Even the many ex-spies, Keiko, Pam, Alice, and Crimson were all female. Then again, he does have those Men In Black people. I guess you can call them agents. "Well, he does have boys that come and arrest the bad guys when we kicked their butts. They almost always come after we do the work though."
"I have no problem with that." Clover added. "As long as they are cute, I'm not complaining!"
Everyone glared at Clover.
"What?" Clover shrank as she felt the glares that were all currently on her.
"Ooooooookay!" Britney broke the silence as she tried to refocus her discussion on the more important matter. "Well, as you know, that greatly narrowed down my suspects list. Which at the moment…hehehe…is no one." Britney's head hit the table. She sat right back up before she continued. "She pretty much defines mysterious."
"Well, what makes you think that she still works for WOOHP?" Sam questioned. "I mean I know that you checked a few of the former spies, but who said it had to be a spy? It could be a disgruntled former researcher or a technician that stole a few items before she left."
"I thought of that too. However," Britney took out her X-Powder and started going through a number of objects. "All the objects that she used were all recent contraptions. Even one, that term-optic suit was still under development when she used it."
"Maybe she has someone on the inside?" Clover thought about this for a few minutes. "Maybe they got through Theo the trash man? I'd say he would be an easy one to manipulate. I bet he hasn't been on a date in months and was desperate for one!"
"Possible." Britney sighed. "Whatever. Still, the easiest way to get her might be to tag along with you guys. She seems to always be there when you're around. The only exception was the first time when she seemed to have a jump on you guys."
"Yeah." Alex rubbed her chin. "I wonder where she gets her info?"
"Maybe she's in cahoots with that Phantom loser after all!" Clover surmised.
Sam shook her head. "I don't think so. If she were in cahoots, why would she be doing everything in her power to stop him? I don't think he would appreciate taking out a bunch of their help."
"Maybe they are really tricking us!" Alex suggested. "Maybe it's some elaborate scheme to think that she is a good person, and then, in the late minute, reveal that she's really working with Phantom as they attempt to rule to the world as King and…um…Queen?"
The other girls simply stared at her.
"Or not?" Alex shrank.
"So, are you saying that they plan to rule the world with their bad names?" Clover joked. She lightly giggled.
"Well, The Whip isn't that bad of a name. Not a great name, but better then Phantoms and…well…" Sam realized that she was getting off the topic by Clover's bad joke. She shook her head as she tried to refocus her thoughts on to what Alex said. "The only thing I might agree with you Alex…" Sam responded. "Is that she definitely had some inside information."
"Yeah. And recently the information has been coming from us." Clover responded annoyed.
"That is true." Britney chimed in. "One way or the other, I will find her and take her down!"
Sam grinned. "I'm sure you can catch her! Just keep an eye out since she could be right in front of you!" She then turned serious. "Speaking of which, Ryan's group has been unusually quiet recently. I don't like the feeling of this. I will have to see if I can get any more information from Scott. I'll be at his house tonight."
"Scott?" Britney looked at the three. "Who's Scott?"
Clover grinned. "I'll tell you later."
Alex giggled.
Scott's House – Living Room5:06 PM PST
"So you have no idea where Ryan lives?" Sam asked Scott as he was getting a glass of water. "But aren't you like, his friend or something?"
"Never asked to tell you the truth." Scott shook his head and sighed. Scott was wearing a gray shirt; dirty blue jeans with a cowboy belt, and brown work boots. "Still, he's my friend and all but, well, he simply doesn't tell me much. Maybe he doesn't want me to meet his parents or something."
'Especially since one of his parents and is disgruntled ex-scientist.' Sam, who was wearing the same thing that she wore in school, smiled brightly in an attempt to not look suspicious. "So, anything happening with the group now?"
"Well, Ryan gave me a butt load more papers to go through." Suddenly, Scott frowned when he remembered the protest. "And then, what happened next…" Scott punched a vase, shattering it.
Sam put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Scott…"
Scott shook his head. "It's not your fault. It's just that…" At that moment, the phone rang. He went to the next room and picked it up. "Hello? Scott here!" After a short pause, Scott looked up to Sam. "Um sorry Sam, this might be a while."
"Understood!" Sam smiled. "I'll just wait until you're off the phone."
Scott smiled back at Sam before he returned to the call at hand.
Scott's BedroomImmediately after Scott returned to his phone call, Sam started to search for the papers he talked about. 'They must hold something about where Ryan is, or his or the Phantom's next move is.' She quietly snuck into his room and started to look for the papers. She was careful not to leave a mess or he might become suspicious, obviously. As she was looking through his room, he saw a nice brown folder on his desk. 'Damn! Way too big for me to just take a peek at. And if I open it carefully will take too long.' A grin formed on her face. "Lucky for me, I borrowed this from WOOHP!" Sam started to use her X-ray camera that she 'borrowed' from WOOHP. As she was taking pictures however…
Office Room"Shouldn't I be joining you Ryan?" Scott asked concerned.
Ryan shook his head. "No. I have to do this on my own. As you know, that 'other' group has been causing problems recently. Luckily no one believes we are behind it. However, if something 'coincidently' happens here, it won't be good for us."
"I agree…" Scott thought he heard something behind him. "Sam? Hold on Ryan." Scott placed the phone down and started to approach his room.
Scott's Room"Sam?" A voice outside the room sounded.
Sam fumbled the camera a bit, taking a few more pictures then she intended. "Uh oh! Not good." 'Think Sam, think!' Sam looked around the room to see if there are any places to help explain why she would be in his room.
Hallway Outside Scott's RoomScott looked around the hallway. 'She wasn't in the living room where I last saw her, and she wasn't in the bathroom, where could she be?' As he looked down the hallway, he noticed that he door was slightly closed. Previously, it was wide open since he didn't bother to close it the last time he was in there. "Sam?" He approached the room and opened the door.
Scott's Room"Sam?" Scott scratched his head. 'Where could she have gone?' Suddenly, Scott hears the toilet flush behind him.
After a few seconds, Sam opens the door and sees Scott. "Scott!"
"Sam?" Scott looked confused at Sam. "Why were you in my room's bathroom? Why didn't you use the one outside?"
Sam lowered her head. "Well, I was looking at some of the pictures in the hallway when I really had to go! Since I wasn't completely sure where the bathroom was, I um, decided to use the one in your room!" Sam acted embarrassed. "Hehehe."
Sam initially frowned with suspicion, but then gave a reassuring smile. "Okay! Don't want something embarrassing to happen!"
"Hehehe. Yeah." Sam gave a sigh of relief. "I'll be going right now."
"Right now?" Scott asked concerned. "How about if you stay for dinner? It would be nice to eat with someone for a change!"
Sam blushed. "I…I would really like to. But, I have to go. My friends are waiting for me."
Scott smiled. "Okay! Well, see ya later then Sam!"
"Yeah!" Sam smiled, and was walking towards the entrance. But she suddenly stopped. "Wait, Scott? What do you mean by eating alone? Don't your parents live here?"
Scott shook his head and chuckled a bit. "I'm kind of living a teenager's dream right now. My parents are on an extended vacation. Being quiet well off, they have a lot of time to travel the world. So they allowed me to finish my schooling by basically putting me in charge of this whole house when they are gone!"
"Wow! Sounds like my situation!" Sam smiled. "Well, since I'm sure Alex and Clover will be mad if I'm late, I'd better be on my way!"
Scott waved back at her. "See you later!"
Sam smiled as she entered her car and started to drive away.
Girl's Villa5:56 PM
Sam parked her car in the driveway. She opened the glove compartment and hooked up the WOOHP X-ray camera to the device and waited for the photos to print. As the photos started to appear, she started to examine each one of them.
"Let's see." Sam looked at one picture, then the next one. "Blah, blah, blah…" Suddenly, she stopped at one of the pictures. "Wait, no…"
Later Chicago – Abandoned Chemical Plant9:44 PM
Sam, Alex, and Clover were in their sneaking suits. They were across the street from the abandoned chemical plant. The building seemed old, rusty and, well, abandoned. However, if it was abandoned, why are there guards guarding the place?
"So, this is the place huh?" Alex frowned. "Why can't villains keep their evil stuff in nice buildings?"
"Because, they probably wanted us to suffer trying to stop their butts!" Clover replied as she looked at the entrance.
"Just remember to keep an eye out!" Sam ordered. "Remember, Ryan is here. He would probably know who we are if he sees us."
"Yeah." Clover then played with her WOOHP umbrella. "Good thing we have more gadgets to play with this time!"
"If this mission gets any longer," Alex surmise, "we might break the record for number of gadgets used on one mission."
Clover looked backed and realized something. "Hey wait a second? Where's Britney? Shouldn't she be here with us? I mean if the Whip is going to make her grand entrance, this will be the perfect place wouldn't it?"
"Assuming that she knows this information." Sam smirked. "As for Britney, I don't know. I did tell where she might strike next."
Alex suddenly had an idea. "You don't think…Britney is the Whip do you? I mean, she knows all our moves, she just so happens to be investigating the Whip, and…" She looked up and say two VERY skeptical glares from Clover and Sam. "Or not?"
"You're not still jealous of Britney are you Alex?" Clover frowned.
"Of course not! Britney's the best! I taught her many cool moves!" Alex turned serious at Clover's accusation. "It's just that, well…"
"Well, I admit we can't rule it out. But I just don't believe Britney is the Whip. Britney's good and all, but…eh." Sam returned her attention to the factory. "We need to focus on bringing down Phantom. And our first goal is to get inside that factory."
"Well, we obviously can't go through the front without being spotted." Clover scanned the perimeter. "We might be able to get through the side if we cut a hole in the fence."
Sam shook her head. "Possible, except that guard over there passes by every two minutes or so. Even if we were able to get through undetected, having a hole in the fence will certainly tip them off."
"Um…" Alex pointed to the manhole cover. "We could go underground."
"Do we have to?" Clover whined. "There has to be another way in!"
MeanwhileBritney looked around the corner. She was wearing her blue sneaking suit. She looked around the corner to see a number of guards approaching her location. She quickly backed herself to the wall. "The Whip is going to have a hard time getting in here. Or does she?" Britney remembered all the things the Whip has done. "Either way, I must get inside."
As the guards approached her location, Britney surprised them by kicking and punching them. Both dropped unconsciously to the ground.
After tying up and hiding the guards, Britney changed into the guard's uniform, black vest, gray buttoned up shirt, gray pants, and black boots, with the X-Powder, and entered the factory.
Inside the FactoryAlex opened a hatch slightly and peered inside the abandoned factory. There are tons and tons of barrels full of what she assumed was the spores that turned people into plant food. As she peered around the opening, she did not see any guards in sight. She opened the hatch completely and got out and looked around. She whispers to her friends, "The coast is clear guys!"
Clover exited the hatch next. "I hate going through the sewers."
"You can take a nice long bath at home Clover." Sam was the next to exit. "Right now we have more important things to do!"
The girls looked at their surrounding. They were in a room full of tanks ready to be shipped. If they stop them from shipping them somehow, they could prevent the attack at the UN Conference that is going to occur in a few weeks. Somehow. Maybe if they search this place, they could find some clues.
"Okay girls. We know we need to stop this." Sam looked from one side, then to the other. "I'm going to contact Jerry to send in some reinforce…" Sam took out her X-Powder and tried to contact Jerry. No luck. "Damn! They must be blocking my signal."
"Get down!" Alex forced Sam and Clover down. As they did this, Ryan walked by checking each container. He was wearing a brown leather jacket, white T-Shirt with some sort of logo on it, and blue jeans.
"We know WOOHP or the Whip will likely try to stop us." Ryan frowned. "That's why we're moving the time table up significantly."
"Uh oh!" Sam whispered. "We need to contact Jerry quickly. Alex and Clover, you two try and stall the workers as much as you can! I will try and find the radio jammer and take it down in order for me to contact Jerry!"
"Okay!" Clover was about to run in one direction, then stopped herself. "Oh, and Sam, keep an eye out on that Whip person! Don't want to be caught by the psycho last that one time Sam!"
Sam scowled. "Yeah, well, same to you too!" Sam runs off in one direction.
Clover and Alex look at each other.
"Should we really be splitting up?" Alex wondered.
Clover shrugged. "Well, that's Sam's plan. And since I don't have one myself, might as well."
"Okay!" Alex conceded. Sam was the smart one you know, so why not follow her plan? Still... "How are we going to stall them?"
Clover looked at some of the boys guarding the trucks. She then looked at her gloves. Her gloves contain knockout gas. Which is courtesy of WOOHP technologies of course. "I think I have a plan!"
Control Room"Phantom? Everything is going exactly as planned." Ryan grinned. He was sitting at one of the control centers. "No sign of the Whip or WOOHP!"
As he was saying this, two guards behind him fell unconscious to the ground. He turned around as the sound hit his ears.
"You were saying?" The Whip, in her typical attire, was kneeling down, and breaking one of the guard's arms. She stands up and started to walk towards Ryan. "I see Phantom's personal secretary is doing his dirty work!"
Ryan grinned. "Pathetic little wretch dares make fun of me?" Ryan reaches inside his jacket and takes out a gun.
"Yawn." The Whip slashes the gun out of Ryan's hand with her whip. She snaps her hands back, causing the whip to snap at Ryan's face.
"Ah!" Ryan held his hand to where the whip slashed his face. He looked at the Whip angrily.
"Ah. Did I do that?" Whip grinned. "Too bad really since I think that will leave a nasty mark!"
Ryan growled. "You won't get away with this!" Ryan stood up and readied to lunge at the Whip.
"That's funny." The Whip grinned. "Normally, I would be the one saying it." The Whip snapped her whip. "Oh how fun this is!"
Ryan started to panic. 'I have to escape from this crazy woman! But how?'
"WHIP!" A female voice called out behind her.
The Whip looked back behind her. "Huh?" At that moment, a chair comes flying at her. The Whip senses the chair and kicks it away. The chair hits the wall and shatters into a million pieces. As she looks at where the chair came from, Ryan was gone. She quickly turned back to the girl that yelled at her. "You let him escape!"
Britney frowned as she looked at the Whip. "We will get him in due time. However, my mission isn't to stop the Phantom. My mission is…"
Whip sighed. "Yeah yeah yeah. Jerry sent you to stop me. Let me just tell you that I am not your enemy. But if I you stand in my way, I will have to fight you."
"Very well." Britney raised her fist and rushed The Whip.
The Whip prepared for the punch and was ready to stop it. However, instead of getting punched, Britney slid and knocked The Whip to the ground. The Whip frowned, rolled to the side, and got up. "You're good. I think we've taught you a little too well."
Britney grinned. "I learned from the best!" She punched The Whip's side. The Whip blocked it.
Then The Whip kicked Britney's side. Britney grabbed her leg. Britney was about to get a kick in, when she was stunned by The Whip when she used her free leg, and kicked Britney to the ground. 'Why does she seem so familiar?'
"I told you that you are not my enemy." The Whip frowned. "I have more important things to chase after!" She ran past the door.
Britney growled. "This isn't over!" She got up and attempted to run towards the door. However, before she could get up, the Whip threw a device that restrained her with metal braces that shot out from the center of it. "Hey!" She fell to the ground. However, she remained conscious. When she looked up, she saw that Sam and the Whip was there.
"You're not getting away from me Whip!" Sam tried punching and kicking the Whip.
The Whip grinned. "Whatever!" She slammed Sam to the side of the wall. Before Sam could follow, a dagger came inches to her side and sliced a part of her uniform.
Britney watched the whole thing, as much as she can get of it, from her position. She thought there was something odd about the fight. However, she brushed it off as nothing.
Sam ran in and used her laser lipstick to free Britney. "Are you okay Britney?"
Britney looked at herself. "I'm fine. Still, I need to catch her!" Before she got up, she noticed that Sam had the dagger. "Say Sam?"
Knowing what Britney was talking about, Sam did not wait for her to finish her line of thought. "I'll give it to you later. I might…still need it later. First, go and try and find the Whip! I have to contact Jerry!"
Britney nodded and ran out of the room.
Loading Dock"Hey boys!" Clover crossed her arms and grinned at the drivers who were waiting their orders to pull out. "I can't help but notice that you two looked bored here!"
The two drivers looked at each other then back at Clover. The drivers were wearing gray jackets, over a black sweater, and tan khakis. One of the drivers was bald, and slightly overweight. The other one had a full head of reddish hair, slightly younger then the bald one, and was considerably thinner.
The bald drivers spoke up. "Well, um…hey wait a second, you're not supposed to be here!"
"Oh that?" Clover fluffed ups her hair. "That's not important! What is important is, I'm here!" Clover fluttered her eyes at the two. "And if you have any friends, I wouldn't mind sharing the fun!" Clover winked.
The two drivers looked at each other. Each one held a silly grin. They nodded enthusiastically and approached Clover.
Clover then held out her hand and knocked them off. "I'm sorry, you two were going a little too fast for me!" The drivers dropped to the ground. "That should hold him off while Sam gets reinforcements!"
"Good job Clover!" Alex started to hide the drivers being a nearby machine. "Now, with that out of the way, maybe we should…"
The driver's radio sounded. "Mac, MAC! Start drving. Mac? Are you there? Tommy? Are you there?"
Clover and Alex looked at each other. They both sweat dropped.
Alex cautiously picked up the walkie-talkie. She attempts to sound masculine by lowering her voice. "Um, sure! Yeah! We're…um…on it!" Unfortunately, she only succeeds in sounding less feminine, and not a man.
"Who is this?" The man on the other side asked. "You don't sound like Mac!"
"Uh…" Alex coughed. "I have a cold. Yeah! That's it!"
"Bull! I don't know who you are, but you will not get in our way!" The man angrily replied. "Initiate Plan B!"
"Plan B?" Clover looked at Alex with uncertainty. "What's Plan B?"
BOOM! The roof shattered. Three helicopters dropped a number of grappling hooks to the truck's cargo bed.
Clover and Alex stared wide-eyed at the scene.
"We have to stop them!" Clover took out her buzz saw beret. "Prepare to go into space suit mode! We don't want to turn into plant food." She threw her buzz saw beret at it. However, the buzz saw beret simply bounced off the extra durable cables. "Dang!" Unfortunately for her, the buzz saw was coming back right at her. "Eeeeeeeek!" She ducked. Luckily for her only thing she only lost a few strands of hair. Well, given that this is Clover… "My hair! I'm not scheduled for another haircut until next week! Oooooo. I hope it isn't ruined beyond repair!"
"Forget about that Clover!" Alex frowned at Clover's shallowness. "We need to stop the choppers!"
"Well, if that didn't work, how about my high powered laser umbrella?" Clover aimed her laser umbrella at the cable. However, even that didn't work as the laser simply bounced off of it, and back at them. "Eeeeek!" She opened the umbrella completely that, when the laser hit it, redirected the laser to a nearby wall, causing a nice hole to form. "Even that didn't work? What are these cables made out of?"
To the side, they see Sam throwing a dagger at the cables. However, even those weren't working. Sam cursed.
"Sam!" Clover and Alex yelled.
Sam looked angry that they were getting away. She tried to use the grappling hook to get on the helicopter. But before she could get any distance up the helicopter, the guards that were in the helicopter fired at her with their machine guns. They severed the rope holding her up to the helicopter. She fell to the ground with a thud. "Ow!" She slammed her hand on the ground. "They're getting away!"
"Did you at least get in contact with Jerry?" Clover asked as she helped Sam up.
Sam nodded. "He is sending in reinforcements. But they won't be able to get here fast enough. If we only stalled them a little more…"
HelicoptersThe pilot looked at the radar. "A number of helicopters are approaching us at high speeds!"
The man behind him, the Phantom, nodded knowingly. "WOOHP I assume! Well, we better get out of here quick. Nothing is going to stop our plans."
Ryan frowned. He was nursing a wound given to him by the Whip. "In a few weeks, none of this will matter!"
Factory
Britney ran by. "Where is she?"
"Britney!" Clover, and Alex yelled back.
"Oh yeah!" Sam commented. "Britney's here. So she did make it."
Britney nodded. "Hi guys. However, I missed the Whip. Now…Sam?"
"There she is!" Sam pointed at the doorway. Sure enough, she was standing right there. Suddenly, she turned around and ran. Sam ran after her.
"Wait for us Sam!" Clover called out. "She's freaking psycho remember?"
"Not after she gave me this!" Sam pointed to her cut suit. She continued to run after the Whip and into a darkened room.
As Sam was about to catch up to her, the Whip threw a device similar to the one she used on Britney that restrained her with metal braces. "Ahhhhhhhhh!" Sam gritted her teeth as she looked at the disappearing Whip.
"Sam!" Alex caught up to her. "Don't worry Sam! We'll get her!"
Alex and Clover ran after the Whip. As they entered the dark empty room, they prepared themselves to fight. One problem though…
"Where could she have gone so fast?" Clover looked around confused.
"I don't know." Alex scratched her head. "It's as if she just, disappeared!"
Britney freed Sam from on restraints. She suddenly noticed that she was wearing a ring. "Hey Sam! Have someone special in your life? Or is that one of WOOHP's gadgets?"
Sam blushed a little. "Well, I do have someone special…but no. This is just another one of WOOHP's gadgets! Namely, the holographic mood ring! Handy little device!"
"Interesting." Britney looked at it. "Used it recently?"
Sam shook her head. "I thought about using it against Ryan or the Whip, but, well, Ryan escaped, and the Whip caught me by surprise."
"Really?" Britney hugged Sam. "Just glad that you're all right."
Sam grinned.
Alex and Clover returned with disappointed expressions.
"I take it that she escaped." Britney sighed.
"I do not understand!" Clover frowned. "She just disappeared!"
The sound of helicopters surrounded the place. WOOHP agents dropped down to secure the facility.
Jerry dropped down. "This is not good. I assume they stored the spores here."
"Enough to take out the conference in New York that's for sure." Sam frowned.
Jerry turned to Britney. "And the Whip, any clues on who she is?"
Britney shook her head. "No…" Then she remembered something. "Wait!" She walked across the room and looked at the ground. "Sam used it in a failed attempt to cut the cables…ah here!" She picked up the dagger. "I have a clue."
"Good job Britney. Any clue, even a minor one, will be helpful for us." Jerry smiled. "As for the Phantom however…"
"There's still time to stop them." Sam commented.
"Yes. And since we are tracking the helicopters…" Jerry listened into his earpiece. "What do you mean you lost contact of the helicopters? But…" Jerry lowered his head. "Well, our jobs just got a little bit tougher."
"So much for your cool gadgets saving the day." Clover frowned.
Jerry shrugged. "Nothing's perfect. Still…"
Alex crossed her arms and sighed. "Well, at least we know that they are heading to New York. I mean, isn't it obvious?"
Jerry nodded his head, and then shook it. "While it is a given that they are going to strike in New York, you have to remember that the New York City is over 300 square miles. And that does not include the sea if they have a ship that they could launch from."
"Still," Sam crossed her arms. "We have about three weeks to stop them. We'll just have to work harder from now on."
Jerry grinned. "That's what I want to hear."
End of Chapter 7
Crud that's a lot of words! This is also my longest chapter for CotW yet! Granted, 600 or so words at the top are all Author's note, but even if take that out, this is still a long chapter. Why do they keep getting longer and longer? However, the end is near. Right now, I'm aiming for 12 chapters for this story. Although at the moment it appears to be less if only because the main event is coming up pretty fast, and all the pieces are falling faster then I originally planned. Still, 12 chapters is the plan.
Oh, and even though they haven't really shown up yet other then just pictures, have you noticed that I'm not quite a fan of Demitri and Javier (pronounced with an H by the way if you were wondering about that)? Hehehe. Guess the idea of Britney having teammates, male teammates didn't sit well with me. Heh.
Oh, and don't expect any updates after this one for this or next week. Well, okay, maybe next week (Spring Break), but definitely NOT this week. I have a 6-8 people essay due this Thursday. Add that to a Final tomorrow that I need to study, this week is just insane. I just wanted to get this out of the way while I had the chance. What little I have of it that is.
Next Chapter, Sam has a date Scott! Mandy can't stop that now! But is the Phantom staying quiet? And will Britney discover something about the Whip that could change everything? Until then, later!