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I'll shut up now. :D
Tony stood leaning against the back of his control chair. He brushed his fingers over his raven hair and beamed his pearly white teeth in front of him.
"Aren't I irresistible?" he said.
Megan burst out laughing in front of him. "Tony – you – you're killing me!" she laughed louder.
Tony's face got all red and scrunched up. "Megan! You're not helping!"
But Megan couldn't stop, even if she wanted to. She didn't want to make Tony feel embarrassed, after all, he asked for her help. Tony was naturally a ladies' man, well he says so, but he figured he needed fresh ideas in impressing girls so why not ask the only girl in the family?
But Megan would really be a more helpful sister if she stopped laughing by now.
"I can't believe it!" Lee exclaimed from the pilot seat. He had set the jet to Autopilot since he surely didn't want to crash the four of them from hundreds of feet in the air while he read every girl's text message in his phone. "Heather Johnson texted me!"
Megan finally stopped laughing. "You mean that girl beside you in History class who you said always smelled nice?"
"That's the one!" Lee replied, jumping out of his seat and heading over to Tony and Megan. "I've been trying to woo her for over a month and finally she noticed me. And great timing too because the dance is coming up. Oh yeah!"
Tony got excited but not for Lee. "What did you do to make her notice you?"
"Aside from being a showoff?" Megan added.
Lee got annoyed for a split second. "She probably noticed me during the basketball game last week. You know, the one where my team won." he grinned.
There it is, Megan thought.
"But I don't have enough time. The dance is on Friday!" Tony cried out.
"It's easy, Tone. Just mesmerize a girl with your looks and you'll get a date in no time. Just make sure no one's taking her to the dance yet."
"Now hold on a second," Megan spoke up. "Girls aren't all about looks. We're not that shallow, unlike you boys." She crossed her arms. "If you really want to impress a girl, Tony, you'll have to be a gentleman."
"A what?"
"Don't tell me you haven't tried being a gentleman, Lee."
"What do you mean 'tried'? Maybe you should ask one of my ex-girlfriends about how much of a gentleman I am."
"Maybe I should also ask them how you put the 'ex' in 'ex-boyfriend.'"
Tony was too deep in thought to listen to his brother and sister's little argument. "Hhmm, gentleman. You mean like opening the door, carrying their bags for them and stuff?"
"That's right," Megan smiled. "Come on guys, it's pretty natural. You don't win a girl by just looking at her; you have to do something for her. It can be as simple as picking up the books when she drops it. I don't see how someone would say 'no' to a boy who does that."
Tony stroked his chin. "Since I already tried showing off like Lee (Hey!) then I'll try your advice, Megan. After all, I see it's already working for Marc."
Marc, who was so focused on the controls during the whole time, turned at the mention of his name. "Huh? What?"
"You're helping Celine in class so she won't turn you down when you ask her to the dance."
"O-kay? But I'm not doing it because of that," Marc said defensively.
"I think what Tony means," Megan said quickly but with certainty, "is that you, Marc, are naturally a gentleman whom Celine would gladly go to the dance with."
"Uhhh, isn't that what he just said?" Lee scratched his head.
Megan sighed.
"Alright!" That settles it," said Tony finally, "I'll be a gentleman from now on, well at least until the dance is over. Thanks, Megan!"
"You're welcome, I think."
"That's great, Tony," Marc said, "but you'll have to set the girls aside for a while because the sensors are telling me we're close to our destination."
Oh yeah, the mission.
Lee, Megan and Tony hurried back to their seats. "Great to hear that, Marc. Come on, spies," Lee fastened his seatbelt, "it's mission time!" He pulled a lever and the jet boosted off.
The spies flew from the jet and situated themselves on the rooftop of one of the buildings in the university. From above, they saw college kids scattered on the school grounds. Some were walking to their classes in groups, some did it alone while some were hanging out under the shade of a tree and near the fountain in the middle of the grounds. It looked pretty much like it did in Southdale Jr. this morning, except the students were taller, bigger and had facial hair.
"Who are the two scientists Jerry told us to check on?" Tony asked, curious as always but also because he wanted to get back to school right now. And not for the reason that he wanted to sit in class and really learn, but because he knew that as every second passed, the number of unasked girls grew less and less.
"Dr. Skinner and Mr. Tadwell," Marc answered as he tapped on his blue MPCom. "They're scientists who are also working as professors in this university. Their schedule says they should be in their office for consultation. Unfortunately, their offices are in separate buildings."
"Then we'll split up. Marc and Megan, you two check on Dr. Skinner while Tony and I go on Tadwell," Lee ordered.
"Are we going to get all sneaky and search their offices for clues or face them up front?" Tony asked.
"I say we face them up front. We're not exactly sure what we're looking for so we need to do a little interrogation," Megan suggested.
"Great idea, Megan. We'll ask them about their research projects to see if any of them has enough potential to attract bad guys," Marc added, his siblings nodding. "But to do that, we need a disguise."
"Yeah we do," Tony agreed. He was looking at the view below. "Disguises that will make us blend in with these college students."
"Don't worry, Tony-yo," Megan took out one of their gadgets and held it between her fingers, "I'm sure the Upgraded Virtual Wardrobe Ring can help us with that." She turned the "jewel" on the ring and voila! Her appearance changed.
Lee, Marc and Tony looked to see that their sister Megan now wore sneakers, jeans, shirt and jacket instead of her spy suit. They looked up at her to see that nothing else had changed, except for the fact that they were looking up at her because her limbs grew longer, making her stand taller than she did before. She was even taller than Lee!
"How do I look?" Megan asked, posing as she looked down on her brothers.
"Just the same, only older." Tony answered before grabbing the ring from her finger and wearing it on his. A flash of light and then ta-da! Before them stood no more of their shrimpy baby brother but a tall handsome college student wearing the same smile and hair as Tony's, but he wore a green jacket and white jeans that would probably be XXXL in Kids' size.
Marc took his turn and after a twist on the ring and a flash of light, he was now a teenage kid in dark blue polo and khaki pants. Lee did the same and he transformed into a taller Lee who was now the tallest among the four college-disguised tweens. He wore a red jacket and black jeans.
The spies took one last good look at each other. In just a matter of seconds, they turned from a couple of 5 ft pre-teens to a group of mature-looking 18-year olds.
"Now there's an upgrade WOOHP got right," Lee said, impressed. He pocketed the ring and faced his siblings. "Okay, spies. Let's move out."
The four Clark teenagers split into two teams, running in opposite directions towards the roof of another building.
Boo this is boring. Go to the next chapter! GO GO GO!
