Chapter 5: I Come from a Land Down Under

Following the tracker on their viewing screen of their cycles, the spies trace the diamond to a remote area in the desert.

"The diamond is just below us," remarked Clover.

"We need to tunnel in, but not here! Let's start our tunnel from behind that rock formation!" stated Sam.

"Okay, Sammie, but we better not just tunnel into any open areas below, or we'll be spotted!" answered Alex, as the gals take their cycles behind the rocks, and hide them out of plain sight.

Little do they know their presence has already been detected below, on a hidden security camera.

"Well, well, who do we have here? Ah, yes! I remember those girls! They are spies for WOOHP! That last diamond must have been bugged! Laslo! Follow plan 49D, and bring my uninvited guests in for a chat!"

"Right, Boss!" replied Laslo, as he left the study.

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Alex is doing the tunneling, guided by Sam and Clover, with their combo contacts.

"Hold up, Alex! The diamond is being moved!" whispered Sam.

The gals follow the diamond on their x-powders.

"Why it's being moved in the tunnel directly below us! Let's drop in, shall we?" suggested Clover.

"Good idea, Clover! We'll surprise them! Alex, dig us straight down!"

"Okay, Sammie!"

Their timing was perfect! Just as the diamond was below them, they broke through the ceiling, landing in the middle of the escort party, who, for some strange reason were wearing gas masks.

That reason became readily apparent as the escort fired sleeping gas at the spies! Soon they were fast asleep.

"Got 'em, Boss!"

"Excellent, Laslo! Bring them to me, after you secure them with handcuffs! Oh, and check their jumpsuit shirt cuffs for any lockpicks!"

"Right, Boss!"

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Slowly the gals start to awaken. They are in a strangely familiar looking study. There are three guards, with gas masks on, armed with sleeping gas rifles, in the study, along with an executive chair directly in front of them. They could see just the grey pinstriped left arm of the person, and the blue cuff-linked shirt cuff, as well, as the chair was turned away from them. Immediately, they knew who they were dealing with.

"Hello, Myster," stated Sam, "so you are our diamond thief!"

"It's nice to know I haven't been forgotten!" stated a voice from the chair, although the chair remained turned away from them.

"How could we forget you? You almost buried us alive the last time we met!" (Myster fanfic) chimed in Clover.

"Yes, but obviously I did not succeed! No problem! I'll eliminate you three for sure this time!"

"Before you do us in, why not tell us why you are stealing the diamonds!" interjected Alex.

"Quite simple, really! I plan to make ransom demands for the diamonds, and provide very high quality fakes, just like the Otten diamond, when I get the ransom! That way I get the money AND the diamonds."

"When did you suspect that the Otten diamond was fake?"

"Only after I observed you three above my hideout! I still must teach Jared and Barbara more on determining the authenticity of diamonds!"

"JARED AND BARBARA?" exclaimed the spies, in unison.

"Yes," replied Jared, "the Otten totally fooled us! But not again!"

"So you WERE in on the thefts!" exclaimed Clover.

"Oh, my yes!" answered Barbara. "We needed to cast suspicion on someone else, and that young man with the briefcase was perfect! He acted naturally suspicious, and that made that part of our job easier!"

"So how did you pull off your thefts?" asked Sam.

"We would look for the right moment – when that young man went to meet his contact!" started Jared.

"Barbara would get a signal from Myster - her handbag would vibrate! Then I would hit the switch in my right-hand pocket to douse the lights, Barbara would fire a metal projectile at the glass, and I would carry out the theft. Barbara would have cleared the escape route for me, after she made the shot, and away we'd go!"

"….Until the diamond exhibitors started using metal cases, and unbreakable glass!" added Alex.

"Yes, that did make it inconvenient!" answered Myster, "But that young man began meeting his contact below the stage. That was the diversion we needed! I'd drill through the base with my tunneling drone, but only after we planted the 'access hole' hidden by the bracing pin!"

"But you didn't do that this last time!" interjected Clover.

"No, because this was the last diamond I planned to steal this year, so we decided against using the bracing pin idea, and go for a straight forward 'drill and grab'! Besides, we expected that our unwittingly helpful young man wouldn't be of much use much longer!

"But the time has sadly come for your end, spies! I hope you don't mind dentists!"

"DENTIST!" remarked Alex, with a large sweatdrop forming on her head, just as the spies are doused with sleeping gas.