3:06 P.M. – Tachikawa, Tokyo
("Umi to Shinju" by JUNNA plays)
Dizzy glanced around the city that she called her home as she left school for the day. The other members of the Jellyfish Pirates were off on an errand for their upcoming class project, so it was just her today.
With nothing else to do at the moment, Dizzy reached for her phone, plugged in her headphones, and picked a song to bop to on her way back home.
As she continued to walk, she eventually stopped in front of a new shop she hadn't seen before this. From what she could see, it appeared to be a very fancy-looking hair salon.
Instinctively, Dizzy touched her long, blue hair and thought of all the trouble she'd gone through just to take care of her hair. (Not to mention the craziness that had gone down when she told me her mother she'd wanted to dye her hair blue. Man, that was a trip.)
"Hmmm..." Dizzy hummed as she studied the store windows and the papers posted on them.
Just before Dizzy could get a closer look at what they said, the front doors suddenly opened all by themselves, and a long coil of hair, of all things, shot out, wound itself around Dizzy's waist, and yanked her right into the store.
"All right, who's the wise guy?!" Dizzy shouted as she picked herself up.
The answer to that came in the form of a woman in her 40s, who approached her with a sinister grin.
The craziest thing about her, though, was her incredibly long hair and how it seemed to be moving under the woman's command.
"Well, well," Felicia Mane cackled. "A volunteer."
(The pages constantly turn, no matter how long the reader takes. When one story ends, another story will inevitably start. In the end, there is only a new beginning.)
Mat49324 and The Blue Time Ranger are proud to present:
Totally Spies: The New Adventures
Episode 43: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Story Rated: T for Teen
Story Created: September 3rd, 2021
Story Summary: The fifty-sixth co-op project between Mat49324 and The Blue Time Ranger, and episode forty-three of our mission-based series Totally Spies: The New Adventures. Whacked wig-maker Felicia Mane has returned for a shot at revenge, and in her mad quest to find hair of her own, she's gone and kidnapped... Dizzy of the Jellyfish Pirates?! Upon catching wind of this, the spies head for Tachikawa to find Dizzy before her beautiful hair is ripped from her, and with the assistance of the Jellyfish Pirates, they hope to unravel Felicia's latest scheme before things get very hairy...
Author's Note from Mat49324: Well, it's time for our 43rd project together. Hard to believe around this time two years ago was when Nick and I were just getting back in contact with each other. We're still going strong and still loving doing what we liked doing 16 years ago. Now, we're both in our 30s (our OCs haven't aged – haha) and likely writing much better than we did 16 years ago. For now, we're ready to begin episode 43 overall of The New Adventures, and our 4th episode of season 4. Just an early heads-up... we're having the spies go back to their beach house for the summertime in 3 more projects from now. As of now, we hope you enjoyed our last project, How Clover Got Her Groove Back, and are set to enjoy Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow.
Author's Note from The Blue Time Ranger: Yup, it's time for another Jellyfish Pirates adventure! And once again, another one-shot villain has returned to steal the spotlight. Bet you never thought you'd see wig lady again, eh? I won't waste anymore of your time, so let's get hairy, shall we? ROLL IT!
And Now, the Obligatory Disclaimer: Mat49324 and The Blue Time Ranger do not own anything related to Totally Spies or any of its affiliations. It belongs solely to Marathon Media Group, Image Entertainment Corporation, Vincent Chalvon-Demersay, and David Michel. The only things of this story we DO own are any characters created by us truly for the story (in this case, Nick, Haruka, Bridget, May, Nozomi, Dawn, and Melissa on my side, and Mathew on his side). Any characters or things we don't own, we are just borrowing with no intent of copyright infringement, only for the entertainment of our readers. Besides, if we did own Totally Spies, which we don't, why would we be writing fiction on a fan site?
Act 1: Unraveling the Threads
4:13 P.M. – Malibu University – Nick and May's Dormitory
Not for the first time in recent memory, a lively game of Super Smash Bros. Brawl was erupting in Nick and May's dorm room, as they were preparing for the upcoming tournament at the end of the school year.
"Snake says 'eat grenade', sucker!" May laughed as Solid Snake chucked a grenade at Wolf.
"But Wolf says 'projectiles don't faze me'!" Nick retorted as Wolf used his Reflector to send the grenade back at Snake.
May charged up a smash attack when she saw Nick going to use Wolf Flash, knowing he was going to do that.
"Big mistake, Wolf-y!" May taunted, letting off her attack when Wolf just barely missed Snake and sending Wolf flying off the screen. "YES! Fear the power of the rocket launcher!"
"That one was my goof," Nick admitted as the battle transitioned to the results screen. "I missed by just a tiny bit. Otherwise I would have had you dead to rights, since Snake's side smash takes agonizingly long to charge..."
"Here's hoping they fix that for the next Smash," May giggled. "So, Nick, you think we're ready for this one? We're gonna clean house this time, right?"
"Oh, you know it," Nick replied as May walked up and hugged him. "It feels like it's been forever since the last tournament, huh?"
"Yeah, especially considering we almost missed it because we were spelunking in that alternate dimension with the evil you," May quipped. "I don't think I've ever run that fast in my life..."
Before they could decide on who to play as next, May's X-Powder started ringing. Wondering who was calling her, May decided to open it up and see, only to find a rather frantic-looking Mira on the other side of the screen.
"Whoa, whoa, calm down, Mira," May stated. "Now what's the problem?"
"It's Dizzy! She's been kidnapped!" Mira exclaimed.
"Wait, what?!" May gasped. "By who?!"
"I'm not exactly sure, but she's not the only one, apparently!" Mira proclaimed. "There's been many reports of people disappearing around Tachikawa, and the big connecting thread is that they all checked out a new hair salon that just opened up recently, and they never came out!"
At the words "hair salon", Nick and May both looked at each other, knowing they were both thinking of the same thing.
"We're heading off to W.O.O.H.P. right now, Mira, so we'll be there as soon as we can," May proclaimed. "We might know who's behind this."
Mira nodded just as the call ended, leaving Nick and May to head out and gather the spies so they could head off to W.O.O.H.P. headquarters.
4:31 P.M. – W.O.O.H.P. Headquarters – Jerry's Office
"Well, spies, it's a surprise to see you just walking in here," Jerry stated as the thirteen spies all walked into his office. "What seems to be the occasion?"
"Basically, we've got a Jellyfish Pirates emergency," May explained. "Mira said that Dizzy and several other people had been kidnapped, and they'd all checked out a new hair salon place before."
"Oh, lordy, you don't think..." Clover quipped.
And sure enough, after doing a sweep of the prisoner database, RiCO waved her hands to change the viewscreen to a mugshot of Felicia Mane.
"Oof, I was hoping to never have to deal with that old hag and her obsession with hair ever again..." Clover groaned.
"Let me guess, long and crazy story?" Nozomi giggled.
"You have no idea," Clover sighed.
"I've already prepared your gadgets for you, spies," RiCO proclaimed. "They're waiting for you in the Skyskimmer. Now go and save your friend from the evils of wigs!"
"That was always the plan," May teased as the spies raced for the Skyskimmer.
4:41 P.M. – Above the Skies of Japan
"So, what was everyone doing before this?" May wondered once everybody had reconvened.
"Swimming with Mat," Britney answered with a grin.
"Melissa was with us, too," Mat added. "Plus, I kinda... wanted Melissa to clear anything else with Britney after before."
"I'd just gotten back from my Advanced Physics class," Sam answered. "and I was about to join Mat as well before we were WOOHPed."
"Luckily Blaine-y and I just finished a date on campus," Clover stated.
"And I just met with my basket weaving professor, too," Alex added.
"I was on the beach," Bridget answered. "Dawn, Haruka, and Nozomi were with me."
"If I must say, dude," Nick told Mat. "I'm glad you're spending time with Britney finally."
"I know," Mat replied. "I've been meaning to as well – except I know I've made that 'commitment' to Sam."
Nick had that grin on his face since he was in the same boat – except his "commitment" was to Alex, and he did have May on the side.
May looked forward as the spies got closer to Tachikawa and her old hunting grounds.
5:20 P.M. – Tachikawa, Tokyo
"Well, here we are," Clover quipped as everybody jumped out and stretched their legs.
"Anybody else feel like this is starting to become a norm?" Mat wondered.
"I think I do," May answered. "And this is a norm I wish never came to be!"
"I sympathize," Haruka remarked. "Sometimes I wish we came here for pleasure and not for adverse situations."
May even sidetracked to Ami's grave just to pay her respects; oddly enough, that's where the rest of the Jellyfish Pirates were, too.
"May! Good to see ya!" Mira exclaimed.
"And good to see the rest of your new group, too," Souji added.
"Hope things have been good up until now," Bridget replied.
"Aside from Dizzy getting snatched, events around here have been going pretty well," Mira replied.
"I have to admit this is becoming a habit," Yuki stated.
"That's what Mat was saying earlier," Melissa laughed.
"Well, since we're here on another mission," Sam chastised a bit. "You care to tell us what happened to Dizzy?"
"We did tell May," Mira explained. "But Dizzy went into a salon and she never came out; May also said you think you know who this villain is?"
"We do," Alex replied.
"Her name is Felicia Mane," Clover answered. "I was a prisoner to her BS plan of hers."
"And we had to rescue Clover after her hair got as long as a ladder," Sam added.
"Can you show us what salon Dizzy went to?" Nick requested.
"Gladly," Akira quipped. "Souji knows every inch of Tachikawa, after all."
"Hopefully we can get Felicia before all hell breaks loose again," Britney told everyone.
Just then, May's X-Powder rang. Knowing that was probably Jerry with an update on the case, she flipped it open. "What's the sit-rep, boss man?" May asked.
"We just did some dot-connecting, and it turns out that Tachikawa isn't the first place where these strange hair salons have been popping up," RiCO explained. "So it doesn't seem like Felicia was going after your friend specifically."
"Dizzy just got unlucky," May replied. "I thought that was Akira's job."
"Hey," Akira reprimanded, even though he was smiling.
"These salons seem to serve a similar purpose to Felicia's original scheme," Jerry proclaimed. "But we have no idea how she could have modified it, so stay on your toes, spies."
With that in mind, Souji led the spies and the Jellyfish Pirates towards central Tachikawa, stopping just outside the hair salon where Dizzy had last been seen.
"This the place?" Alex asked.
"Definitely looks suspicious," May quipped. "But I really don't think Dizzy would just casually walk into a suspicious-looking building, especially after what she's been a part of."
"Maybe someone yanked her into the salon before she could get away from it," Yuki stated.
Nick took a step towards the salon to see if he could glean any information from the signs, and then he noticed something on the ground.
It appeared to be a strand of blue hair.
"Hey, that's definitely Dizzy's hair!" April proclaimed.
Before Nick could study the strand for any anomalies, he felt something wrap around his waist and harshly yank him backwards.
"Okay, what the hell?!" Mira shouted.
Nick quickly used a psychic blade to slash through whatever was holding him, only to find out two strange things.
One, it appeared to be an immensely long wave of hair.
Two, the part he'd cut off was swiftly growing back.
"Well, well, look who decided to crawl out from behind the wig machine," Nick quipped.
Indeed, their attacker was none other than Felicia Mane, though her hair was insanely long, and parts of it were moving around as if they were alive.
"Oh, god, I'm gonna barf," Alex gagged.
"It's been quite a while since our last tussle, hasn't it, spies?" Felicia laughed. "You've gathered quite the team since then, it seems."
"All right, wig lady, just drop the bullcrap!" April shouted. "What did you do with Dizzy?!"
"Ah, the lovely woman with the blue hair, I assume?" Felicia cackled. "Right now, she's probably somewhere in my facilities below, just waiting to get her hair plucked out."
"And what's with your hair, Felicia?!" Melissa shouted. "The last time I checked, hair can't actually grow that long, or lively!"
"You like?" Felicia laughed. "A wig that I can control with my mind. How amazing is that?"
"You're reminding me too much of many a bad Sailor Moon villain right now," May quipped, pressing a button on her Emergency Gadget Transporter to summon her trusty anchor to her hands. "And that, unfortunately for you, means we have to take you down! All right, everyone, let's get her!"
The entire group charged into battle with Felicia, making sure to avoid any long strands of her crazy hair that tried to attack them.
Alex flipped over a strand that tried to trip her up, only for Felicia to grab her out of mid-jump with another strand. Nick quickly charged in and slashed the strand off with a Laser Lipstick to free Alex before turning his attention to Felicia.
"How utterly pointless," Felicia taunted as her hair surrounded her body to form a cocoon around her.
"Oh, is that so?" Nick laughed, his psychic aura flaring to life around him. "Let's see how you like this, then!"
Nick raised his right hand and fired off a Final Shine Attack that easily blasted through Felicia's hair shield, leaving her surprised and shocked.
"Yeah, it's always fun to see that kind of face on baddies who haven't seen my powers in action yet," Nick teased before snatching Felicia in his psychic hold and tossing her around a few times, making sure to avoid the rampaging hair that seemed to have a mind of its own.
Suddenly, two large strands of crazy hair wound their way around Sam and Mat, constricting their bodies so Felicia could lift them into the air.
"I wouldn't come any closer if I were you, spies," Felicia laughed.
May wound up for a few seconds before throwing her anchor like a boomerang. Even though Felicia dodged it, this distracted her long enough for Britney and Melissa to fly up and, with one swipe each of a Gemstone Cutting Ring, sliced up the strands holding Sam and Mat.
Melissa quickly spun around and blasted Felicia backwards with a Cyclone Blast Hairdryer in response.
"You wanna give it up now?!" Melissa shouted.
"It seems like my super-wig still needs some adjustments," Felicia admitted. "Prototypes and all that. This won't be the last time, spies."
And with that, Felicia scuttled away, but not before Haruka managed to throw a tracker on her back.
"Why do they never notice when you do that to them?" Souji asked.
"You know, Klee asked me the same thing once," Nick quipped. "Another great mystery to solve."
"Speaking of mystery, how are we going to handle this?" Sam wondered once she was back on her feet. "Felicia said something about an underground facility, and that might be where a lot of our prisoners could be."
"I thought of that, don't worry," May quipped. "I'm gonna take Nick and the Jellyfish Pirates into the salon and see what it's hiding. The rest of you head off after miss hair demon and try to stop whatever she's up to up here."
After a universal affirmative, the spies split into their respective teams and headed off to accomplish their tasks.
Please be okay, Dizzy, wherever you are, May thought.
"Knowing Felicia's layout of her plan," Nick told May. "We're on very borrowed time until she executes her plan."
"We heard that loud and clear," Souji quipped.
Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"What happened with Clover exactly?" Akira wondered.
"From what I heard," Nick answered. "Clover was said she had the 'right hair' for their 'treatment' and she was later abducted in her salon chair."
"That's never fun," Mira commented.
"Never thought I'd see the day where someone would use a salon for dastardly stuff," April added.
"Oh, trust me, April, when you work for W.O.O.H.P., you tend to see a lot of villains use relatively mundane things in their schemes," Alex quipped.
Nick, May, and the Jellyfish Pirates went into the salon to see where Dizzy could be.
"I know she went in here," Akira told them.
"She was definitely here," Nick replied as they checked out the waiting room and found something belonging to Dizzy.
"That's her ribbon!" May gasped.
"Makes sense that Felicia would get rid of the ribbon," Souji quipped. "But Dizzy loves that thing."
"I sat with Dizzy to keep her company and then Mira came in, so I decided to go get a bite to eat when I heard Mira call me and say there was an emergency," Akira went on.
"Hopefully everyone else is having better luck," May stated.
6:39 P.M. – Outskirts of Tachikawa
The remainder of the spy team checked out the rest of Tachikawa for any other clues, or perhaps Felicia Mane herself.
"This is like a needle in a haystack," Haruka remarked.
That was... until her tracker sounded.
"I've got a reading, guys," Haruka told the team.
"And I think I've found something myself," Mat replied.
"What is it?" Clover wondered.
Mat came holding a slip of paper.
"I think they were expecting us to come to one of their salon destinations," Mat answered.
Sam checked it out.
"It's pointless to stop me, you meddlesome spies," Sam read. "I'll be coming for you next; your days are over."
"Mat's right, she was expecting us," Melissa chastised.
"Well, best we counter her," Blaine commented.
"I concur," Bridget quipped.
"Turning back isn't an option after all," Nozomi replied.
Clover and Alex went to check out another salon nearby.
"Girls, I hope you're not thinking of your next hairdos," Dawn chastised.
However, when Dawn got a look inside herself, she could see what Clover and Alex were specifically looking at. Girls were disappearing and dropping down like whack-a-moles.
"I think we found their next lair," Clover told everyone.
"Let's get in there and stop 'em!" Alex exclaimed.
Sam and Britney equipped Metal Masher Boxing Gloves to get through the doors no problem.
"Time to answer to us!" Britney proclaimed.
However, the last of the girls had disappeared just after everybody got through the doors. In addition, extra doors began to shut on the other eleven spies.
"They're trying to box us in!" Clover shouted.
"Maybe, but will they succeed?" Bridget quipped, equipping her own Metal Masher Boxing Glove and opening her X-Powder with her other hand. "I don't think so. Sonic Mode, online!"
Once she had transformed, Bridget lunged forward with her boosted speed, punching each door down one by one until the exit was revealed.
"Fear the power of my super-speed punches," Bridget giggled as the spies all returned through the pathway and moved down another hallway.
Eventually, the spies came across what appeared to be another set of girls who were primed to lose their hair.
"Don't worry, girls, help is on the way!" Dawn exclaimed, running towards the chairs.
"Wait, Dawn, I think this might be..." Melissa responded too late.
Before Dawn could take another step, the "girls", now revealed to be just mannequins, fell through the floor, and the spies were surrounded by a large cage, with very thick metal bars and electricity coursing between the bars to keep them in.
"...a trap," Melissa groaned.
"Damn it all, she learned from rule thirty-three!" Blaine shouted.
"How sad that such insight came far too late for you," Felicia laughed. "And now, I have you right where I want you, you accursed meddlers."
"Well, this is a pickle," Nozomi quipped. "Anyone have any ideas?"
"I'd just lie there and accept your fate," Felicia proclaimed. "You're all going to lose your hair and there's nothing you can do to stop it."
"That's what you think!"
Before the spies could get a good look at whoever that voice belonged to, their savior showed up and fired a High Pressure Water Cannon towards the cage, shorting out the electricity surrounding the cage and allowing Bridget to punch down the nearby bars with her Metal Masher Boxing Glove.
"W-who dares?!" Felicia growled.
"That would be me, miss crazy wig," Sortiliena exclaimed as she blasted Felicia back with the High Pressure Water Cannon.
"Curse you, this isn't the end!" Felicia bellowed as she retreated for the moment.
"Right on time with that save, Sortiliena!" Alex giggled.
"Jerry informed me about what was going on, so we all figured you could use a combat instructor to kick some tail," Sortiliena laughed. "Now let's keep following the wig lady before she gets away."
"Sounds like a plan to me!" Sam proclaimed, and the group chased after Felicia.
6:58 P.M. – The Underground Salon
"Man, this place is creepy," Mira quipped as Nick, May, and the Jellyfish Pirates delved deeper into the underground facility beneath the salon. "Almost like that one house, if you know what I mean..."
"Remind me to never tell Mira about Mosquito Marsh," Nick stated.
"Is there anyone in here?" Yuki wondered as she looked through the windows on the nearby doors. She saw rows of salon chairs but nobody sitting on them.
"It looks like this place has been just about packed up and vacated," Souji stated. "Which probably means that Dizzy isn't here..."
Nick did a quick psychic radar sweep to confirm Souji's suspicions, only to pick up on someone's thoughts a few feet ahead.
"There's someone in the room just up ahead," Nick proclaimed. "I don't think it's Dizzy, but whoever it is, they might need our help."
That was all they needed to charge down the hallway towards the room Nick had discovered. After discovering it was locked, May simply bashed the door down with her anchor, revealing a small room with a singular salon chair and its occupant, a girl about their age with long platinum white hair and aquamarine eyes.
"Um... are you good or not good?" the girl asked when she heard footsteps approaching her.
"Trust us, we're the good guys," Akira quipped.
"Wait, wait, Fena?!" Mira gasped when she recognized the girl in the chair.
"Hold on, when did the Jellyfish Pirates become my rescue service?" Fena exclaimed. "How'd you all get down into this crazy place? Were you looking for Dizzy?"
"Was Dizzy here?" Nick asked.
"Last I saw her, she got sent through one of those holes in the floor," Fena answered. "Something about throwing 'meddlers' off of her trail."
"Crapbaskets, she learned rule sixty-eight," May groaned. "But, onto why we're here, you need some help?"
"The thought crossed my mind," the girl teased as a large helmet began to descend from the ceiling, quickly sucking her long hair into it.
"Oh, boy, what do we do?!" Yuki gasped.
"Someone cut my hair, quickly!" Fena shouted, struggling against the machine.
Nick responded in kind, forming a psychic blade on his hands, then dashing forward and striking, cutting the back half of Fena's long hair off and leaving her with a shorter cut. May then moved forward and bashed the machine with her anchor to destroy it.
Once everything was calm again, Fena walked up to a nearby mirror and glanced at her now-shorter hair. "Hey, I like it," Fena giggled before turning back to her rescuers. "So, now that we're out of danger, how about I properly introduce myself? My name's Fena, and I'm actually a friend of Dizzy's from school."
"I'm guessing you got snatched by the crazy wig lady, too, huh?" May quipped. "That's why my friends and I are here, to put it simply, to take down Felicia."
"Whatever the case, it doesn't seem like Dizzy's here, so let's get back above ground and see if we can help the others," Nick stated.
"Yeah, I'm all for getting out of this dark and creepy place," Fena proclaimed.
"Good, so I'm not the only one who thinks that," Mira responded.
With that, Nick did his thing and created an opening for everybody to get out of the underground salon.
"By the way," Fena stated. "Am I the only one who hasn't heard of this... Felicia person?" she wondered.
"We can answer that," Nick replied and told Fena about Felicia Mane.
"Yikes, she sounds like the crazy type," Fena quipped after the explanations were over. "All because she doesn't have hair of her own? That sounds really petty when you say it out loud."
"You could say that about a lot of our rogues' gallery and their plans," May replied. "Oh, and about that, Fena..."
"Don't worry, lips are sealed," Fena responded. "Besides, who would really believe that I got kidnapped by a lady in a living wig?"
"...good point," April laughed.
"And what's ironic is that according to our main spy trio – Sam, Clover, and Alex – Felicia's bald herself," May added.
"Ironic is right," Mira commented.
"I guess that's why she said 'wigs' so many times," Fena replied.
"Was there anything you saw or heard that could help us stop her?" Nick wondered.
"I remember her talking to one of her captives about some kind of secret project she's got brewing here in Tachikawa," Fena answered. "Which would explain why she's collecting everyone's hair for some reason..."
"Well, let's update the others," May quipped.
7:01 P.M. – Somewhere in Tachikawa
Some more of Felicia Mane's henchwomen had cornered the spy team.
"You've seen too much, now we will end you!" One henchwoman cackled.
"Not if we can help it!" Britney quipped as she used the All-Weather Umbrella as a shield.
That henchwoman, who held a giant pair of scissors and a rope, saw the rope ricochet off.
"Now, it's our turn!" Bridget proclaimed as Britney dispersed the All-Weather Umbrella. "Sonic Mode, online!"
Bridget dashed in all directions to make the remaining henchwomen look around in all directions.
"Atta girl, Bridget!" Haruka quipped. "Keep that going!"
She got the Net Throwing Extendable Rod Mascara and threw it up above. A net was created; Bridget, who saw the net up above her, dashed out of the way with time to spare. All the henchwomen were trapped.
"BINGO!" Clover proclaimed.
"Hopefully those girls in the salon are still okay," Blaine stated.
"If my guess is right, Felicia Mane couldn't have gotten to them yet," Sam replied as the spies made for a break deeper into the underground of the salon they were in.
The spies made their ways down to see numerous girls trapped in their own salon chairs, and in restraints as well.
"Creepy déjà vu much," Clover commented, remembering back to her own experience.
"Except they don't have the 'Rapunzel hair' like you did," Sam pointed out.
"Totally," Alex replied.
"Anyway, let's get 'em out," Britney quipped.
("Hold On" by Wilson Phillips plays)
"Allow us," Alex added as she and Sam used their Laser Lipsticks to break the restraints.
"This almost seems to be too easy," Nozomi stated, hoping not to jinx anything. Thankfully, this time no cage came up to trap them, and the spies were able to free the women in the chairs and lead them to freedom.
"Here's hoping I didn't jinx anything," Nozomi quipped as the spies moved towards the next salon.
Sudden footsteps made Nozomi jump before spinning around to aim her Cyclone blast Hairdryer towards whatever was approaching them.
"Whoa, calm down, Nozomi, it's just us," Nick proclaimed as himself, May, and the Jellyfish Pirates arrived on the scene. "No need to be so jumpy, you know."
"We jinxed ourselves once, and I'd rather it not happen again," Nozomi answered.
"Did you guys find anything in that underground facility?" Sam asked.
"Sadly, no Dizzy, but we found a friend of hers," May replied, gesturing to Fena, who smiled and waved. "She was the only one left in that facility, but we managed to save her from getting wigged at the cost of some of her hair."
"Hey, I actually like the short look," Fena giggled. "Not sure how I'm gonna explain this to mom, though..."
"Fena said she heard some chatter from Felicia about a 'secret project' that she's working on," Souji quipped. "I sincerely hope it's not another giant robot, though. I don't need any more bad memories after last time..."
"What about you all?" April asked.
"Well, we kinda jinxed ourselves and got caught in a cage trap," Alex chuckled. "But we got out of it thanks to our new buddy over here."
"Sortiliena Serlut, W.O.O.H.P. Combat Instructor, at your service!" Sortiliena proclaimed. "Sorry, it's a habit of mine."
"But we managed to get Felicia to retreat for the moment, and now the tracker we put on her shows her skulking around... some kind of tower-like building," Haruka stated. "I don't know many landmarks in this city, so..."
"Ooh, that can only be the Skywhirl Tower downtown," May responded. "It's a recent addition, only built in the last few years, but it's a pretty big tourist attraction around here, kinda like the Space Needle if we needed to compare it to something."
"Makes me wonder what she's doing there," Mat stated. "It can't be just to kidnap more girls for their hair..."
"Well, whatever the case, we'd better get over there real lickety-split like so we can help those people!" Fena proclaimed. "After all, helping people is what you all do best, right?"
"True that," Alex laughed.
"Let's move out, everybody!" Sam proclaimed.
As the entire group headed towards the Skywhirl Tower, Sortiliena heard a small beeping from her belt, which could only mean that he was trying to contact her.
Still, Sortiliena ignored it, since she knew this wasn't the time for that.
To be continued...
On the next episode...
Britney: Okay, this tower place is pretty cool, not gonna lie.
Melissa: I don't think we've got time to stand around and gawk.
April: Yeah, we've got a crazy wig lady to take down!
Fena: Man, you guys have some strange villains, don't you?
Sam: Oh, tell me about it.
May: Hey, there she is!
Nick: All right, Felicia, drop those two right now! We've got you cornered!
Felicia: Oh, do you, now? We'll see about that soon enough.
Alex: Um, what is she doing and why should we move away from it?!
Nick: Well, readers, things are getting... well, you know. (I'm not saying that stupid pun.) We'll see how this all goes down next time on Totally Spies: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, "Getting Wiggy With It"!
May: I've got my eye on you, mister scriptwriter. Try sneaking in another stupid pun. I dare you.