A few minutes to 3:00, I was done. I dropped the paper on Miss Paterson s desk before I walked out. I sighed once again as I walked across the school s campus to the front gate. I walked a few feet forward before I heard a click. A mysterious click. Not a click like a gun loading or a click like a cricket. More like you just pressed a switch you weren t supposed too click.
I paused for a moments notice before the ground opened up on me. WHAT THE? I yelled as I fell downwards.
I fell on a soft couch. At least, part of my body did. The other half was laying on two other humans. What the? Where am I? I asked aloud. Can you please get off of us before we die? One of humans said. oops, sorry. I said, scrambling to sit in an upright position. Turns out the other two people were Alyssa and Arina.
What the crap just happened? Arina asked.
Your first Whoop just happened. A man said, turning around to face us. What the flip? Alyssa said.
Welcome to Whoop Spy headquarters. You know the test you just took? The man said.
Yes. It had really weird questions like: If you were stuck in a room with Hitler and the person you hated the most, and you had a gun with only one bullet, who would you kill? I said.
Tell me what you wrote. The man said.
I said, I would make them stand side by side and shoot the bullet through the side of their head and hopefully it goes through and hits the other person. I smiled.
I wrote the same thing. Alyssa said.
I wrote that too because I heard of it on a website. Arina said.
Those tests were to see who was capable to be a spy. Only you three girls passed. The man said. Anyway, my name is Jerry. O rly. Arina said.
Yes. The man said.
Like, really really? Alyssa said.
Yes. Like really really really really? I asked.
Finally yes. The man said, sighing. It s never easy breaking it down to the new recruits. Wait, hold the phone. You have other spies...? I asked.
Yes, two in college and four in middle school. Jerry said.
Ooh.. Alyssa said, her eyes sparkly.
You said you have four spies in middle school. who are they because we might know them, considering there s only three middle schools in this tiny city. Theie names are Lee Clark, Megan Clark, Marc Clark, and Tony Clark. OMG THEY TOTALLY GO TO OUR SCHOOL! Alyssa yelled.
We all covered our ears. oops. sorry. She apologized.
Don t worry about it. Arina said.
Anyway, I ve arranged for you to meet with both the college and middle schoolers about your training. They still don t know who you are, but they know you go to school with the middle schoolers. Here are your MPComs. (A/N: A communicator device that the spies use in The Amazing Spiez.) Jerry tossed us three small devices. I fiddled to catch the green and black one before it hit the ground. I breathed a sigh of relief when It landed in my palm. Alyssa had already caught her orange and black one and was playing with it. Cool, it has PacMan! She exclaimed, moving the yellow orb throughout the maze.
Arina was studying her lavender and black one. Try clicking the green button. Jerry said. We pressed the buttons and my clothes were changed into a green and black cool-looking jumpsuit.
I always knew green and black were my colors, I said, modeling the outfit.
Um... Well, you best be off to the other spies. Ta-ta. Jerry said, pressing a button on his desk. We fell though the floor and onto the ground.
You think their okay? A boy s voice asked.
How should, I know, I m not a doctor. A girl said.
Who do you think they are? A different boy asked.
I felt a finger squish onto my head.
I don t know, but do you think this is her natural hair color? A girl asked. Yes, I said, lifting up my head.
OMG Violet? Megan yelled.
Duh. I said, helping Alyssa up. She had swirls on her face instead of eyes. Arina was getting up.
No thanks for you. She said to me.
You okay? Jerry yelled from above. I gave him a thumbs up, than waved my hand in front of Alyssa s face.
Unh? I m okay! She yelled.
She then stood up on her own. She wobbled a bit, then flung herself onto a wall. I m okay. She repeated.
You guys are the new recruits? Tony asked.
Whadya think? Dogs? I said.
That was offensive to dogs everywhere. Arina said, dusting herself off.
No kidding. Poor Floodle. Alyssa said.
Floodle? We all gave her a look that read What the? Floodle? Are you serious?
Yes. my poodle. She said, making a pouty face.
O-kay. Lee said.
We re supposed to train you. A girl with short black hair whom I ve never seen before said, getting into my personal bubble.
This is Alex, Sam, and Clover. Marc said. The girl with short black hair and in a yellow spy suit was Alex. Sam had long red hair and a green suit on. Clover had short blond hair and a red suit. ZOMG SAM? I yelled. Sam was busy sitting on the floor, not paying any attention to the conversation everyone s been having. You know Sam? Megan asked, surprised.
Yea, she s my cousin! I yelled. Sam s not-paying-attention bubble popped. Vio? She yelled.
Well, duh, I ve been standing here for at least ten minutes! I yelled.
Aw, how s little Bud doin ? She cooed, using my barely used nickname. I earned it since my name is Violet, like the flower.
Shuddup, I m not here to eat Thanksgiving turkey. I said.
We only saw each other in the summer, on Thanksgiving, on Christmas, and on the Fourth of July.
You still haven t said how your doing. Sam said.
I m doing just fine, can we get on with the blabby blah blah now? I asked. Alyssa and Arina were standing there with a Eh? face.
Yay for family relations. Alyssa pulled out a random orange flag and waved it around.
Sam patted my head. Now I get to boss you around because your mom and my mom don t know we re spies! She said.
Yay, you get to boss me around like no one s watch- Do you think I m gonna put up with your bossiness? I yelled.
It s true, she s a little, tinsy insy little bit bossy. Alex whispered to Clover. I think I would know by now, having worked in the spy business and going to school with her, like, forever. Clover said.
No. But you re gonna learn whether you like it or not. Sam said, dragging my to a door.
Behind this door there is an obstacle course. I m sure you can make it because you took gymnastics and kung fu for years. But I m not sure about your friends. I ll go through it to show you how it works. I m sure I can manage. I said.
Fine. Sam said, opening the door. there was a small box with a door to the right and a door to the left. The left one was labeled Watchers and the right one was labeled Course.
You go through the course when the light hits green. Sam said.
She entered the door labeled Watchers. I entered the Course.
I looked over to the large cubicle where Sam, Alex, Clover, Lee, Megan, Marc, Tony, Alyssa, and Arina were standing. I saw Sam offer Alex and Clover popcorn. They took it hesitantly. I turned my attention to the light. It was red. then it was yellow, then green. I took of in a running start. I did a back flip over a bunch of arrows that shot out from the wall and landed on my feet. I saw two steel crushers slamming together for the next task. I realized that the arrows had stopped and I waved my hand in front of the small holes that shot out arrows. A puff of smoke and nothing. I backed up. I took a running start and leaped onto the wall. Soon I was running on the wall. I could practically hear gasps from Alyssa and Arina. Sam just kept eating popcorn. I ran over the steel crushers and landed with a thump as I landed feet first again.
Here comes the good part. Alex said to Alyssa.
I saw stairs that had at least one hundred steps. I ran up them, not even breaking a sweat. That was how I was raised.
As soon as I was old enough to walk, I was set up on walking up the stairs to the library. I skidded to a stop at the top. It was a straight drop to a pool of sharks and eels. What the crap, do they wanna kill me? I yelled. Then I sweatdropped. I jumped down. luckily, the shark closed it s jaws right before I set foot down. I leaped off his teeth and onto ground.
Ooh. Arina and Alyssa said.
That ain t even the best part. Lee said.
I blinked. The rest of the way was plain. Nothing jutting out of walls, no pool filled with piranha. It was a straight walk to the green button, which I had to press when I was done. I paused and thought for a moment. Everything had been really really hard until this moment. Now it s just a walk on Cloud 9. I hesitated, then withdrew a pencil from my pocket. I threw it out in from of me. It boomed in a puff of smoke and a lot of red laser beams were revealed. There were vertical lasers preventing me from getting forward.
Ah, poop, I wanted to see her get blown up. Sam said.
Nice language, Sammy. Clover said.
I thought for a moment. I took a look around. There was no way I could run up onto the ceiling or walls because there were laser beams everywhere. I unchanged from my spy outfit.
What is she doing? She s gonna get killed! Alex exclaimed.
I pulled my backpack of my shoulder and dug around a bit. I wasn t that girly, so I didn t carry around makeup. I pulled out my Science binder. Science? Alyssa said. I opened it and pulled out my pencil bag. I set the binder down and flipped open the pencil bag. Inside were a few pencils, a pencil sharpener and a big eraser. I threw those on the floor and focused on the stuff built into the bag. A zipper bag, a pencil carrier, and a... mirror.
I flipped the pencil bag around, so that the mirror and other things were on the outside. I stepped forward and ducked as I slid the mirror onto a main laser lasers beamed everywhere. I stood up and walked into the room. There was still the other lasers I had to take care of. I did a few cartwheels and somersaults. I did a back flip and hit the button with my foot. I was heading straight for a laser beam when they blinked out. I landed a centimeter away from the shark and eel pit. I was waving my arms around in a circle and leaning in and out. I finally face planted into the floor. Hey, it was better than being fried and eaten.
Ah, poop. Sam said again.
It s like she wants me dead.
Great, job, Vio! Alyssa yelled, running out the far end door and hugging my out of the floor. I m okay, I said, picking a few chips of paint out of my mouth. Well, she was born to be an assassin." Sam said, kidding. Then I turned around and stuck my tongue out to the shark and eels. Na-na. I said. They made a pouty face. Yay~! My turn! Alyssa said, as always, in her upbeat mood.
That upbeat mood turned to fear as she ran through the course, terrified. OMG! She yelled, somersaulting through the crushers.
I m so not doing that. She said, pointing at the shark pit. I pressed a button. If you don t try, you ll never learn. I said into a mic. I unpressed the button and kept watching as she flung herself over the edge. She was so scared, that she ran across the water in a wave, flinging eels into the air behind her.
Arina was in the back, playing PacMan. Did you know they have PacMan on here? She asked Megan.
No. Megan said, peering over Arina s shoulder. Can you send it over by Wireless? She asked.
Sure. Arina said, then she sent PacMan over to Megan s MPCom. Soon they were competing for the highest score.
Ha! I win! Arina said just as Alyssa hit the button, her clothes teared and a tired look in her eyes.
Never. Again. She said slowly as she entered the cubicle. She clicked her green button on her MPCom and changed back into her normal clothes. She fell face flat onto the floor. I knelt down and clicked a button on my MPCom.
RING RING RING RING RING RING RING RING RING
ZOMG! She yelled, fumbling and jumping around. The sound was louder then an alarm clock, but not a fire alarm. It served the purpose of an alarm clock and, if you press the red button, it makes a super sound wave louder than the average ear could hear. It could make mini explosions on devices, but it didn t explode the compacts or other MPComs, because the frequency didn t allow. I turned it off. Never. Again. She said again, pointing at me.
You never said I couldn t, Arina said, switching her s on.
RING RING RING RING RING RING RING RING RING
I reached over and shut her s off. Aw, Vio, you ruin all the fun, Arina said. I pushed her out the door and at the start of the course. She had crossed her arms. And make sure you get hurt. I said into the mic. She stuck out her tongue, then started the course. I was sleepy, so I half closed my eyes. I slid down the wall and sat there. She was halfway through the course when Sam sat down next to me. I have a question. She said.
Shoot. I said, blinking slowly.
How could you run on the wall without a gadget? She asked.
Simple. I learned if you have the right velocity, speed, and fulcrum, you could do it easily. Even gravity can t reach you. I said. Ah. Clover said, sitting down on the other side of me.
You totally don t get what I just said, don t you? I asked her.
Not a clue. She replied.
Okay. I said, as Arina finished the course.
I ran a hand through my spiky orange hair as Arina opened the door. Piece of cake. She said.
I think that s Vio s line. Alyssa said, fiddling with her MPCom.
I fell asleep.
Ah chizz. She said as the MPCom s lifetime batteries fell out and skidded underneath the cabinets near the window to see across the course. Chizz. I like it. Sorta ve like slang. Arina said.
Chizz fiddles. She said, reaching her arm underneath the cabinet. She could nt reach. The only thing that came out of putting her arm underneath the cabinet was that her arm got stuck. Vio, help! She whined.
She won t wake up. Arina said, waving her hand in front of my face. I know. Sam said. She leaned down. Bud. She whispered in my ear. I responded with a fake slug to the face. And by fake, I mean fake. It barely touched her. And by barely, I mean a few millimeters away. Sam was staring at my hand, which was still the two millimeters from her face. I flicked her. OW! She said, holding her cheek. I got up and walked over to the cabinet and Alyssa, who was whimpering. I kicked the cabinet and her arm pulled free. I kicked it again and the batteries slid out. Cool,
how d you do that? Tony asked.
We have cabinets like this at home. I said.
Happy Chizz! Alyssa exclaimed putting the batteries in her MPCom and clicking a Virtual Pet icon she had just bought. It opened up to show a small kitty. Aw, kitty~ She cooed.
I shall name you Chizz. She said, sticking her tongue out of the corner of her mouth as she pressed buttons.
Yay! You passed. Megan said, popping a small confetti out of nowhere.
