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Nick came back several minutes later with all of the boys behind him. Jimmy looked them over. "You guys all know what to do?" he asked.
"Yes, they do," Nick answered for them.
Sheen smiled and reached into his pocket. He pulled out a pair of sunglasses and flipped them open. He slowly placed them over his black eyes. He grabbed a soldier's helmet off of a table and placed it neatly on his head. He then stared down at the sleeper rifle in his left hand. He tucked it inside his waistband. The others saw him do this, and did the same.
"Everybody, let's move out," Jimmy finally said.
Jimmy slowly approached the door to his clubhouse. The pack of boys stood silently behind him. Jimmy swung open the door and braced himself up against the wall. He pointed at two boys in the group. He gestured at two trees outside.
The boys nodded their heads and ran outside. They ducked behind two trees. One They both took out their binoculars and took a look around. They looked behind them and nodded.
Sheen ran outside and jumped across the lawn. He hit the ground hard and rolled to the curb. Silent as the wind, he crawled across the street. Bracing himself up against a parked car, he took out his walkie-talkie. "I'm in position."
Nick and Jimmy stared at each other and smiled slightly. Jimmy nodded and sent Nick out. Nick ran across the lawn and slid underneath an overhanging branch. He looked to his left, then his right. He saw the two boys still standing there. He grabbed their arms and pulled them to the ground. They crawled across the street, their stomachs getting scraped by the hard cement.
Nick and his two soldiers came to a stop beside Sheen. The four of them peeked their heads above the care. They stared intently for a moment before frowning. Sheen got up and ran back across the street.
"Jimmy, there's absolutely nobody there," Sheen flatly stated.
Jimmy took a step outside. He noticed that there were no lights on in the Vortex house. "Well, um, ok then. Let's continue on." He looked at the twenty-two young men behind him. "Alright, get to the Vortex's lawn."
Taking one last cautious look, Jimmy and the boys ran to the Vortex's lawn. They stood assembled in front of Jimmy. "Split up into five groups of four." The boys did as they were told. Jimmy pointed to a group and then to a tree. He repeated this four times. "Scale the trees and get ready."
Jimmy, Bolbi, Carl, Sheen, Nick, and Ike watched as their fellow men climbed the trees with ease. "They're doing good, Nick," Jimmy commented.
Nick nodded with satisfaction. "They're the best of the best, Neutron." They all suddenly froze as headlights appeared down the street.
"In the bushes!" Jimmy whispered while diving into some brush. The others did the same. Jimmy and Nick pulled away some leaves in order to see. Their eyes followed Cindy, her parents, and Libby walking inside the house. Suddenly the first floor lights came on.
Jimmy looked to his right. The other five stared intently at the door. "Carl, bottom left corner. Ike, bottom right. Sheen, top left. Bolbi, top right. Nick, right side in the middle. Everyone split up and go to your corresponding walls of the house."
The six walked out from behind the brush. They got down on their stomachs and crawled around to different parts of the house. Jimmy braced himself up against the middle of the left wall of the house. He glanced from side to side and saw Carl and Sheen. He pulled out his walkie-talkie.
"Suave Squirrel, this is Captain Chaos. Suave Squirrel, this is Captain Chaos. Do you copy?" Jimmy asked.
Nick pressed a button on his walkie-talkie. "Read you loud and clear, Captain Chaos. You in position?"
"In position. Corner guys, sound off. Start in top left-hand corner and move clockwise."
Sheen pulled out his walkie-talkie. "Captain Chaos, this is Perilous Pigeon. I'm in the top left corner of the house. Everything is going well."
Bolbi struggled to work his walkie-talkie. "Stupid Salamander here. Yeah, I'm here," he said in his goofy accent.
Ike looked up and saw four kids fidgeting in the trees. "Black bear here. Waiting for next command, Captain Chaos."
Finally, Carl talked into his two-way radio. "Porky Pig here." He muttered his code name with disgust. "Why couldn't I have been Lama Lover? It's a good name!"
"Focus!" Jimmy shouted as loud as he dared. "Bulbous Bully, you in the trees?"
Butch continued staring through the binoculars. He was amazed how well they worked. He could count the tiny hairs above Mrs. Vortex's nose. He used his free hand to press the talk button on his walkie-talkie. "Yeah, I'm here Captain Crud."
Jimmy was about to reprimand Butch, but Nick beat him to it. "Bulbous Bully, this is Suave Squirrel. None of that bullshit tonight. This is a serious operation. You listen to Captain Chaos, ok? For tonight, he is your leader and your superior. Got it?" he seethed.
Butch sighed. "Whatever. To answer your question, yes. The guys are all in the trees. I'm staring inside the kitchen. Cindy's parents are in there drinking coffee."
Sawyer, another kid in the trees, talked into his walkie-talkie. "Captain Chaos and Suave Squirrel, this is the leader in tree two. I can see inside the living room. Cindy and Libby are watching TV in there. You might want to send Nick in."
Jimmy nodded and squinted his eyes. Now it was time to really start the action. "Suave Squirrel, get inside that house and do your thing. The rest of us, get to the back of the house. Suave Squirrel, get there when you finish."
Nick nodded from the other side of the house. "You got it, Captain." He started to round the house when he heard Jimmy's voice.
"Suave?" Jimmy was saying over the walkie-talkie.
"Yeah Captain?" Nick whispered.
Jimmy paused as he reached the back of the house. Carl, Sheen, Bolbi, and Ike were already waiting there. "Thanks a lot for this. You're doing great."
Nick looked down at the ground. "Yeah. No problem."
Shoving the walkie-talkie into his pocket, Nick walked up the stairs to Cindy's door. He was about to ring the doorbell when he slapped his forehead. He took the sleeper rifle out of his waistband and placed it on the dirt near the steps. He certainly didn't want Cindy to see that. "Close one," he muttered.
Taking a deep breath, he rung the doorbell. His nervous frown instantly transformed into his famous smile. He placed his hands in his pockets and bobbed his head a little.
"Nick?" Cindy asked while opening the door. She quickly fixed her hair a bit before motioning him inside. "What, um, what are you doing here?"
Nick wiped a bead of sweat from his lower lip. He also fixed his hair, although it was just to give his shaking hands something to do. "Oh, uh, I was just taking a walk when I went by your house. I needed to asked you something."
Cindy stared up at him. "What?"
Nick cleared his throat and looked inside the living room. He waved at Libby, who just nodded and turned back to the TV. "Well, did we have any homework in math this weekend?"
Cindy stared at him curiously for a moment. "Oh, um, no. Old Heinman let us off this weekend," she said with a slight chuckle. "Is that all? You want to stay for a moment?"
Jimmy was pressing his ear up against the walkie-talkie. He bit his lip so hard he felt a trickle of blood flow down his chin. What the hell is she doing? Is she flirting with him?
"No she's not," Sheen comfortingly said while patting Jimmy's shoulder. Jimmy stared up at Sheen with an amazed look on his face.
Back inside the house, Nick was shaking his head. "Uh, no thanks. I better get going." He headed back to the door. He had his hand on the doorknob when he suddenly snapped his fingers and turned back around. "Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. I hear you're having a sleepover tonight."
Cindy smiled and flipped her hair. "Yeah, I am. But I don't think I can let you stay for that," she said while brushing his arm.
Nick took a step back and nervously laughed. "No, I should hope not. That would be highly inappropriate." He paused for a moment and ran his hands through his hair again. "So, you holding it in the living room?"
Cindy squinted one eye and took her hand off of his arm. "Um, that's a strange question," she said while backing away.
"I'm a strange guy, Cind," he said while flashing her his smile once again.
It worked like a charm. Cindy's confused face melted into one of bliss. "Oh, I don't know about that." She paused for a moment before and stared into his eyes. "Yeah, we're sleeping in the living room."
Nick nodded, amazed that his plan had just worked. "Well, have fun. See ya Monday, Cindy."
With that said he quickly rushed out the door, picked up his sleeper rifle, stuffed it back into his waistband, and headed to the rear of the house. "Made it, Neutron," he whispered while meeting up with the other five guys.
Jimmy stared at him angrily for a moment before finally shaking his head. "What?" Nick asked.
"Nothing," Jimmy muttered while taking out his grappling gun. The others did the same. He fired it up onto the roof. He yanked on it and was glad to feel that there was tension. It had hooked onto something.
The others did the same as Jimmy looked at them. "Well, here we go," he muttered before pressing the trigger once again. The gun pulled him up to the roof.
Author's Note: I added a section in the last chapter to include the grappling gun. I had forgotten to incorporate an explanation of that invention.