Chapter 4- After the Shadow Games (IX)
Meanwhile back at the S.C.A.B warehouse, everyone was laughing their heads off due to the fact that Frank and Stella thought they were going to die.
"Ah…that would be so funny if 'we' actually did die." Keri sighed and chuckled a little.
"Keri! I can't believe I'm saying this, but you're not such an airhead after all!"
"Gee… thanks Tom!" Keri smiled sarcastically and poked her tongue out at Tom.
"I mean, what if they actually did die? Remember how they reacted when Keri almost died? Imagine what it would be like if the three of you died." He pointed at Dan, Aneisha and Keri. Keri still looked confused but Dan and Aneisha caught on straight away, as did Rose.
"I get it! You mean what if we killed the doppelgangers by falling off a cliff or something?! That would be the best prank ever!" Aneisha exclaimed and Tom smiled gratefully at her. Keri looked at them in a funny way for a few seconds.
"Oh! Now I get it!" Dan and Tom rolled their eyes while Rose and Aneisha sighed.
"What?"
"Never mind, Keri. Anyway, all we have to do it make them fall off a cliff! Then Frank and Stella will see them die and then we've won the Prank War!" Tom explained. Everyone agreed to this plan and started to work straight away. By now doppelganger Aneisha was trying to arrest Marcus Cole and doppelganger Dan and Keri were fighting off KORPS guards to help Aneisha. Eventually they succeeded and Frank and Stella were relieved.
"Now this is where it gets interesting." Tom got excited about the whole Prank War thing and started to control the doppelgangers. Because the spies were fighting on the roof of TORZ-OO, they were in a very dangerous position. Tom made doppelganger Keri feeling dizzy from the heatwave and she lost her balance.
Frank and Stella watched in anticipation and horror as Keri tripped over the edge of the building, but not before Dan just managed to catch her by the hand. Even he was slipping at Keri's weight (I'm not saying she's fat). He started to slide across the rooftop as Frank and Stella still watched in horror. They couldn't do anything; just watch.
Doppelganger Aneisha gasped and grabbed Dan's hand before he slipped over the edge of the roof. Now two teenagers were hanging off the side of a building with another trying to pull them back up. Aneisha heaved with all her might but she started to slip straight away; she was never a strong person.
Stella was now in tears while Frank was trying to comfort her by holding her tight and stroking her hair; he also had tears in his eyes. They were both petrified of what was going to happen next. Stella was now crying her heart out and Frank stared at the screen, completely shocked; actually, shocked was an understatement.
Then suddenly, the worst case scenario just happened; they fell to their death. Both Frank and Stella were wide-eyed.
"F-F-Frank, their g-gone." Stella buried her head into his chest and her tears soaked his blazer and shirt. Frank started to cry too; his tears dropped to the floor and formed a puddle from underneath their feet.
"Come on, guys. Let's get to school before they start having a panic attack and destroy everything." Tom picked up his laptop and the four teenagers and Rose casually strolled down the street, heading for St. Hearts.
When the lift descended with the four teenagers inside, Frank and Stella stared at the lift. Tears were still pouring out of Stella's eyes.
"Frank, who is coming down the lift? They're-"She took a deep breath,"-dead." They were stunned at who stepped out of the lift.
"So… I guess we win right?" Tom hi-fived everyone and Frank and Stella had their jaws dropped open.
"But, you… that… what?" Stella was gobsmacked; this was a first.
"Dan, would you care to explain?" Keri asked him.
"Why certainly. I had this brilliant idea for the Prank War, doppelgangers. You know how you saw Neish, Keri and I fall to our deaths? Yeah, that was a lie. And that's why there are two Toms in this room." Faster than lightning, Frank and Stella's heads snapped to Doppelganger Tom's view, and then turned back to Tom.
"So, yeah, this pretty much means we won and you can't top that." Everyone smirked at Frank and Stella, who's heads were boiling with rage. It looked like they were about to explode. But instead, they took deep breaths and Stella said-
"Well done, team." They were shocked; they thought she would have a full-on rage.
"Hang on, no offence Tom, but how did you reprogram them all so fast?" Frank asked while Aneisha was texting someone.
"We'd like to introduce former M.I High member…" The lift doors opened and out stepped Rose, still in her spy gear.
"…Rose Gupta." Aneisha finished and Frank raised his eyebrows.
"Uh…I'm so confused right now."
"Yeah it's good to see you too, Frank." Rose said sarcastically but she gave him a big hug.
"Hey Rose, you've grown up a bit." Rose was now 2 inches taller than she was in the M.I High program.
"Hang on, you helped them with this?" Frank narrowed his eyes at her.
"Yeah, it was fun, wasn't it guys?" She turned to the team, who were still smirking.
"So, can we call it truce now? I'm emotionally exhausted." Stella sighed and stepped forward to shake hands with the team and Rose.
"Truce." All of them said at once and they all shook hands with Frank and Stella. Aneisha stepped closer to Tom.
"What do we do with that guy?" She pointed at his doppelganger. Tom smiled and sighed.
"I think I've got something in mind." He stepped behind the doppelganger and fiddled with the wires.
"Activate." Tom simply said.
"Frank and Stella lost! Frank and Stella lost!" The doppelganger sang repeatedly. Tom turned to everyone.
"That is now going to play for the next week." Frank and Stella sighed in frustration while the others just laughed; just a normal day in the St. Hearts underground base.
Hope you all enjoyed it! Please read my Zan one-shot that I just posted and the author's note in Please Say Yes. Thanks guys!
Jasmine xoxo