Chapter Three
"First we are all going to leave here in our small groups. Act like everything is normal and a idiot named Braden doesn't want to kill Amanda." I began looking around the table.
"Thanks Cheryl." Amanda commented to me with a smirk.
"It will make sense in the end. Have…"
"Patience? That's a laugh." Mike said, smiling for the first time.
"Oh shut up." Amanda snapped.
"Anyways! Back to the plan. Second, we are going to send in the three best Low Winds Agents. I say Cat, Bridget, and Julie..."
"That's the new agent! Cheryl that's stupid!" Exclaimed Lauren almost jumping out of her seat.
"Excuse me? She is the top in her class and hasn't been on the field yet..."
"This mission is not for armatures! You're endangering Amanda's life!"
"I know what I'm doing! It would be a great first job and I think she will..."
"She'll blotch it up."
"CAN I SAY ONE SENTENCE WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED?"
The room got silent again. Andy was the first to speak.
"Was that you're one?"
"ANDY" Screamed the other Clarinets to the ditzy boy and Mike added. "Give me thirty push-ups!"
"Why?"
"Because you are a ditz!"
That earned a laugh from the others as we watched Andy do the push- ups. The entire time he was yelling at Corey who was laughing the most.
Once that was over with, I continued the plan, hopefully not to be interrupted again.
"I still want Julie in. Third, after the three arrive, I want all the security notches to be dropped to their original standards." I paused at that.
The look I got was expected. The rest of the Clarinets stared at me like I had a second head or a third eye. Amanda was the first to un-stick her mouth.
"Are you serious?"
"Yes."
"Then Lauren is right. You are crazy."
I lightly laughed.
"Don't worry. I have the entire thing arranged so perfectly that it will work."
"Even the most perfect plans go wrong." Maria said wisely.
I smiled at the Queen.
"That's why I have three backup plans too."
"Three?"
"She's good."
"Then can I continue?"
They all nod and motion with their hands for me to go on.
"Thanks." I take another deep breath and continue.
"Then, if everything else works, I'll come back. I'll say that I had something to discuss and stay here."
"What if Braden comes back before that?" Questioned Stephanie with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, part to my backpack plan, if that happens then..."
"Then we panic!" Corey called suddenly out receiving glares from the others.
"What have I said about interruptions!' I snapped at the Fashion Boy.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist."
A pen went flying across the table and struck him in the head. We all turned and stared at Katie who had her arm extended.
"Richie Stoner isn't that innocent is she." I said with a smile.
"Don't call me that!"
"But its true!"
"No it isn't!"
"Yes." I started to say before Mike interrupted me.
"Ladies, we don't have time for this." He reminded us.
"Right, Amanda could get attacked at any moment."
"Thanks." Amanda said sarcastically.
"Can I continue or not?" I asked loudly looking around the table.
"Please."
"Yes, it'll shut up Andy."
"Hey!" Andy complained.
The girls giggled at his face.
"Anyways!" I said loudly again, making them shut up. "If Braden shows up early then Amanda escape through the back way while Cat distracts him."
"Okay." Amanda says, trying to think of the 'back way' in her house. I pulled out a map of the palace and showed her the secret door in the kitchen.
"Oh yeah! You sure are smart Cheryl."
"Thanks, now if Braden doesn't come before me we are good. While I'm here, I'll start building a trap."
"A trap?" Katie questioned.
I sighed and counted to ten. A hand rose up to rub my head. Boy, was I getting a headache.
"Yes Katie, a trap. It will put a tracking device on Braden leading us back to the Trumpeters and to the Cornick brothers."
"Then we go in and capture the rest." Corey finished for me.
"That's why you let Braden go."
I smiled at Andy.
"Yeah, I've decided to capture them all."
"I'm sorry Cheryl."
"Its okay."
"Well if that's if for now, then I hereby end this meeting. You're all dismissed." Mike said standing up and leaving.