Wow man, it that last one had the most words all my chapters so far... Time to do better. I did a few tweaks (minor but still have part in this) on some of the character bios on that one so you might wanna check back on it, whenever you get the chance.

Chapter 7: Road to Highland

Michael Fir, his son at the front with him, and a bunch of rowdy kids in the back were enjoying the ride from the store with the supplies. Then at the sound of sirens Mr. Fir frowned.

'Oh god, it's probably that officer again', he flashed back on that faithful day one of the drunk guys in his car put the moves on one of the lady cops in the area, then puked on her shoes. He pulled over and lowered his window. Every one got quiet.

"Agent Fir, you failed to adjust your drivers side mirror, thus failing to let you see who was following you for the past 6 blocks", a deep voice said calmly. Mr. Fir just blinked and leaned out the window.

"Sasha Nein? What you-how'd ya... now hold the phone man, why do you have a police siren?" he just stared at his fellow agent it disbelief. The campers just laughed and said simultaneous hellos.

"He has his ways darling. It's good to see all of you darlings doing alright", Milla came to Sasha's side.

"Hi Milla" the campers said in perfect unison.

"It's good to see you too Milla" Mr. Fir shook both they're hands for a bit. "I trust you know your way to the Zanotto estate?"

"Yes, you just meet us at the town exit in 20 minutes. The children we need to pick up will be at the Zanotto's and we have to do a head count of kids, supplies and locate the next destination", Sasha was always on top of these things.

"Alrighty then, I'll be seeing you guys later"

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Two men are perched high on a tree a few yards away from the Psychonauts HQ. One had gray hair, 5 o clock shadow, and was dressed like one of the MIB's. The man next to him is younger, but wore the same cloths.

'Ok, this time will be different' the older man shot a glare at his accomplice 'You better not screw up'

'But boss...'

'What is it?'

'I should warn you, this is their lair, their den, their hive-'

'WILL YOU SHUT UP? Just get to your point boy'

'They probably have very high security here'

The older man turned invisible and jumped from tree top to tree top, his accomplice close by. He stopped at a particular tree and jumped down, landing with cat-like grace. He leaned against the tree and pressed his ear against the trunk.

'Hmm... The guard inside is snoring. Heh some security' his power wore out so he bolted into the nearest bush. A limo with the Zanotto seal on the doors just stopped by the tree. The two men quickly regained their invisibility and latched onto the bottom of the limo. The vehicle continued and entered the mountain. The young man looked at his boss and grinned.

'We're in'

'And you didn't' screw up, good for you'

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Lili sat on a bench outside the gates of her place and waited for the others to show up. Daria stayed with her to get some talk in before her big trip.

"I wish you could come with us Dar" Lili offered her a seat on the bench, Daria sat down with her legs crossed.

"I wish I could kid, but you know Daemon, he'd be all "Just because you're her favorite doesn't mean you get a vacation. You have a job here young lady now go run along and dust the portraits while I mope in the study and wait for Master Zanotto to come back from his trip and give me orders". The rod up that mans butt must have a rod up its butt"

Lili closed her eyes and let out a laugh through her teeth as a few dozen cars pulled up. In a blink of an eye the cars sped away leaving 8 kids in the dust (smoke, smog, whatever that black stuff is).

"Hey Lili", a slightly dizzy Dogen came her way.

"Hey Dogen. Oh this is Daria", Daria took Dogen's hand and shook. Then her beeper went off.

"Ugh, the man wants me to help the new maids... I hope they brought their Barbies", she mocked as she gave Lili one last hug. They watched her walk onto the lawn when all of a sudden "GET OFF THE GRASS! KRIJG VAN HET GRAS! GEHEN SIE VON DEM GRAS WEG!" she quickly jumped to the pavement and continued in a cat-walk. The butler at the 2nd floor window was so startled he knocked the flower pot by the window sill out the window and into the bushes.

"What was that?" Quentin stared wide eyed at the lawn, Kitty and Franke looked at each other and shrugged, Maloof hid behind Mikhail who took a fighting stance, Phoebe looked like she was gonna die of laughter, and Dogen's eyes darted from the lawn to the house as he tried to make himself look smaller.

"Relax guys it's just the security system they installed", Phoebe finally calmed down and pointed at a speaker that was on a big pole (How could they miss that?)

"Yeah, the gardeners like it if no one steps on the lawn, which sucks cuz I can't go on my own lawn. Daria just forgets, sometimes on purpose", Lili pried Dogen from the bench leg.

"Like just now when the dude on the second floor dropped that flower pot onto that gardener in the bushes?" Quentin snapped back to normal.

"Yep, wait what?" Lili looked back to see a gardener looking up and shaking his fist at the sky. The butler on the 2nd floor slowly back away.

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"I don't' know sir, either our security here is getting better every day ten-fold, or these are probably the dumbest spies we've ever had the pleasure to capture", Agent Forman told Truman.

"Yes, they are a modern age Ren and Stimpy", Truman saw the odd look the guard was giving him. "I used to watch that show with my Lili when she was a little girl".

"Ah and how is the little flower?"

"She's doing quite alright. Makes me proud", Truman smiled.

"I would be too, sir" Agent Forman then left Truman in the room to watch the two spies through the one-way window.

"See boss, I didn't' screw up this time", the younger man said aloud, thinking that they weren't being watched.

"Shut up"

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"Whoa, look at that", Maloof and they others leaned against the wall of the estate watching Sasha's Volkswagen come to a stop.

"Salutations children" Sasha lowered the window so the kids could see them.

"Good morning Darlings", Milla waved happily.

"Hi Milla, hi Sasha" the kids walked closer to the killer van.

"Whoa man, that's like, epic", Quentin marveled at the man in shades mural. Kitty and Franke followed Phoebe to the other side. "Wow Sasha, I didn't know you were at Woodstock".

"The teens that painted it wanted to go to that Woodstock 2, so I drove them there. They painted that but ran out of the paint they wanted to use for the '2' so they just left it out" Sasha pushed his glasses up since they were sliding.

"Very beautiful artwork, tell teenagers Mikhail said nice" Mikhail picked up Maloof's duffel bag and his suitcase. The nine kids jumped in, Lili was offered a seat at the front but declined and sat next to Phoebe and Dogen. Inside were black leather seats that folded up onto the sides to make space. On the floor was black flooring with a checkered board mat in the middle. Small Plasma on the back of the driver/passenger seats. Next to it was an amazing collection of tapes, CDs, and DVDs.

"Do you children have everything?"

"Yes sir"

"Good, we're meeting up with the others at the town exit"

"What?" the others looked at Lili like she didn't tell them everything about the trip.

"The other campers are joining us in a separate party. We're rendezvousing at our meeting spot and are going to travel together. I trust there are no objections"

"No sir"

"Then we're in business darlings", Milla flashed them a smile then looked out the window.

Minutes later...

The group met up with the Fir mobile and drove towards Highland, where the three agents hoped to surprise the campers with a quick visit to the circus. It was a good time for Agent Fir to catch up with his son Elton, for Milla to bond with the girls, and for Sasha to listen to this,

"Are we there yet?"

"No"

"Are we there yet?"

"No"

"Are we there yet?"

"No"