Disclaimer; The Impossibles and Big D are not mine they belong to Hanna Barbera, no copy write infringement is intended. Most of the original characters mentioned in this story as well as The Impossibles civilian names and character traits, the name of the city they're from and SSHQ (Secret Security Headquarters) the organization they work for, the country and kingdom of Khakistan and the original characters from there and the "Transformers" which allow the Impossibles to transform when they are separated, are the creation of my good friend and fellow author Erin T. Aardvark, who has written several great stories for the Impossibles and other characters. Her original story "Arabian Nightmare", is highly recomended reading, my story does contain spoilers from this original story which was the insperation for this sequel.
Thank you to Erin for allowing me to borrow your great creations, to improve my story.
I have added a few main and incidental characters my self, as well as some of the locations in the story.
As always, I want to thank my good friend and Mentor, Irual, for all her invaluable help and collaboration, getting my stories ready to post.
There is no gain except reviews. Sit back, relax, read and review please, as the adventure continues, enjoy!
Chapter. 3. Fluey Doubled.
Fluey opened his eyes to find himself alone in a mostly darkened room, well, he thought he was alone, he seem to be kneeling in front of something.
He was thinking, 'How did I get here?'
When Fluey tried to get up, he found he could not, it was as if he was being held down.
Looking up into a stream of light he saw two human figures, one taller than the other, wrapped in black cloaks, looking like a pair of Grim Reapers.
He heard a voice, "Well, the time has come "Little Brother," for me to bid you farewell, FOR EVER!"
Fluey gasp, as he recognized Sandrina's voice.
The other shadowy figure, the taller of the two, displayed a very long, shiny, very sharp golden colored scimitar-like sword and raised it high into the air above his head.
As he saw the long, curved sword begin to plunge downward toward him, Fluey heard a piercing scream…!
Sitting bolt upright, Fluey's eyes shot open, looking around and blinking he saw a serenely calm room.
On the wall an ornate driftwood brown colored clock, was just chiming nine o'clock.
He realized it had been himself screaming, he was sweating and breathing heavily, his heart pounding, as if he had just run a long distance marathon.
"Oh….THANK GOODNESS….It was…just…a dream." he said to himself shuddering.
Then, he heard the sound, of several doors opening and a bunch of running feet.
Skittles, Multi's, (otherwise known as Multiman or Mark Mills) little white puppy, with brown spots on her back, tail, paws and ears, which were visible since she wasn't outfitted as Impossi-Pup, (The Impossibles mascot and partner) who had been sound asleep curled up on the bed next to her master, was instantly awake and in guard dog mode after hearing a bloodcurdling scream.
Revving up, she took off like a shot as Multi, startled awake (and out of a years growth) by the same terrified scream, was scrambling out of bed grabbing his robe and transformer, running barefoot toward the connecting door (pushed open and off it's hinges, thanks to Skittles) from his room leading to Fuley's room.
Multi, sure that somehow Sandrina and her cohort had broken in and were attempting to kidnap or eliminate Fluey, had grabbed his transformer to be ready for a fight if necessary.
Coiley (or Calvin Collins as his family called him) was right behind Multi, running from his bedroom on the other side of Multi's, having been awakened from his own sound sleep, by the sudden piercing scream, so much in a hurry he didn't even bother to grab his robe and slippers, wearing only a pair of shorts-like pajamas bottoms, snatching his own transformer off the bed side table, he was moving at a dead run toward Fluey's room, thru the other connecting doors.
Skittles came running into Fluey's (aka Franky McAlister) room at top speed, looking like a streak of white lightning, coming to a screeching halt and landing on his chest, knocking Fluey backward, his head hitting the pillow.
She was growling and looking frantically around, to be sure there weren't any bad guys to fend off.
She began worriedly, licking Fluey's face, her way of trying to calm down the stricken teen, as if to say, "It's all right now, you're safe."
Multi and Coiley, right were right behind her, each holding onto their transformers, ready to change into their super hero selves.
"FLUEY, ARE YOU ALRIGHT? What's wrong?" they both shouted, concerned, seeing the terrified look in their band mate's eyes.
"OH…Boy, I just had THE most Horrifying dream. That crazy psychopathic princess….Sandrina….she…she was going to have my head cut off. There was this dark room….and a guy with a gold sword….it was awful!" Fluey replied shuddering again, just at the thought.
Arriving into the room, after being awakened and practically jumping out of her skin, hearing the scream and dashing down the hallway, (trying to tie her robe around herself) and in the door, Danalleah had arrived just in time to hear what Fluey had said and rushing over to the bed, she exclaimed, "Oh, My goodness….what a horrid dream!"
She sat down grabbing hold of Fluey and hugging him tight.
Shawn and FG had rushed in right behind her.
It was after hugging her back and with his head on her shoulder for a few minutes, that Fluey looked up at his band mates.
Coiley blushed a little, realizing he was only half dressed in front of Multi and Fluey's girlfriends, not to mention FG, so he rushed back to his bedroom, quickly grabbing his robe and slipping it on, tying the belt as he was returning back to Fluey's bedroom.
As Coiley walked back into his band mate's bedroom, Fluey, now a bit more calm, was retelling his nightmarish dream, when he and the others heard a knock on the door.
Multi went to the door and opened it, Fluey who was talking to Danalleah looked up and noticed the two strangers, who were just coming into the room.
After making sure that there was no actual danger, Multi had picked up the phone and paged the prince's room, awakening Ali and asking him to wake Serina and come over to the Impossible's suite.
They were standing back a little behind Shawn and FG, dressed in nightwear, having hurried over from their rooms.
He recognized the dark haired girl, wearing a pink robe and furry pink slippers, as the one from the lobby that morning, she was the same one who had started the trouble by mistaking him for Prince Ali. As Multi stepped back, his jaw dropped as he got a better look at the taller of the two newcommers.
There standing beside her, was his mirror image, (without the mirror) dressed in a royal blue robe, over light blue pajamas and dark brown fur lined slippers.
Somehow, Fluey thought that seeing his look alike in the Impossi-jet after his teammates had rescued him at the factory, was all an illusion, induced by the bump he'd gotten on his head, after Sandrina's flunky had dropped him.
Fluey finally found his voice, "I don't believe it….we could be....twins!"
"Franky McAlister, meet His Royal Highness, Prince Ali Sayedso." Multi said, formally introducing Ali.
Striding over to the bed, Ali smiled offering his hand.
As they shook hands he said, "I grew up Ali Alidean, the name of the family who raised me, the only name I have ever known, but that was before I was told who my real father was. I am glad we reached you, before my older sister, could do something horrible to you. Once I'm officially declared, Royal Successor, I assure you, she won't be in any position to threaten anyone ever again."
"Happy to meet you, Your Highness, (Fluey replied, smiling at his look alike) but she's out there, just waiting for another chance to get rid of you. She doesn't know there are two of us, but she will go to any lengths to prevent you from inheriting your father's throne. We need a plan to capture her."
Ali motioned to Serina who shyly stepped forward and he introduced her, "This is my Fiancée, Serina Amira"
Shaking hands with her, Fluey coughed and smiling at her remarked, "Ah Yea, we've kind of met…"
Serina blushed a little (and not just because she was wearing her nightgown, robe and slippers in front of virtual strangers) looking from Fluey to Ali and back to Fluey she then said, "I am sorry for the mistake this morning, but you and my Ali DO look almost exactly alike, it's no wonder I was confused, after all, he had asked me to meet him in the lobby."
Ali gave her a curious look as to the reaction Serina had, after being introduced to his look alike, but thought discussing that in private might be better, he decided to get back to discussing the current situation.
"The sooner we capture my sister, the safer we'll all be! But what can we do? How can we trick her into revealing herself?" Ali asked.
"It will have to be clever plan alright, (Multi admitted) something she won't be expecting until it's too late."
It was at that moment, Multi noticed a smirk forming on Fluey's lips, the dark haired Impossible slipped out of the covers and off the large double bed and whispered something into Ali's ear.
The prince got a nearly identical smirk on his face.
With out a word to the others, they walked into a large walkin closet near Fluey's bed.
After a while, Fluey walked back out having changed out of the pajamas he had been sleeping in and into his regular performance costume, turning toward the closet, he signaled and another Fluey exited the closet, walking over to stand by the first.
Multi looked at the first dark haired teenager, "That's clever Franky, but how would it help to dress alike? How can we use your looking alike to trick her?"
It was then that the second one spoke, "It's simple really Mark…in addition to looking almost exactly like me, Ali can play the guitar and sing!"
Multi was stunned, as were the others, (Well, except for Serina, who had spotted the little ring on the chain Ali had always worn around his neck and was now holding in his fist, some of the chain and the band was showing slightly thru his fingers, as he held his hand behind his back) having completely mistaken Ali, for Fluey and vice a versa.
Fluey continued, smiling at his band mates, "An idea hit me the minute his fiancée said how she had mistaken me for Ali. I realized how closely we resembled each other, I asked Ali to slip into one of my spare costumes to see of he could fool you guys, my closest friends. While we were changing, I asked him if he had any musical background. Luckily, for my plan, the answer was yes. Of course, if you had seen through the deception, well, we would have to come up with a different plan. BUT, now that you've been fooled and because Ali can play the guitar and sing, we'll be able to pull this thing off, AND capture that sister of his."
Ali looked at Fluey and remarked, "It's a good thing your friend's dog didn't come up to me, right after I came back out, or the whole thing would have been given away. Down stairs, before we started off to rescue you, as soon as the puppy got close to me, she could tell I wasn't you."
"Skittles has a keen nose that's for sure, (Fluey agreed) but here is my plan, we were scheduled to perform a concert here at the hotel, but my kidnapping sort of delayed it. If we can get the hotel to let us put on that concert tomorrow, we can set a trap for Sandrina."
Fluey went on to describe just how they could capture Ali's sister, since Sandrina didn't know about the real Ali and Fluey not being the same person.
Everybody seemed to think it was a brilliant plan.
They would set up the concert as bait to draw Sandrina into the open.
With Ali disguised as Fluey, he could take Fluey's place, on the Impossi-Stage with Coiley and Multi.
Meanwhile Fluey, after using his transformer, would be in his Superhero persona and hidden in the sprinkler system, in the ceiling high above the audience.
"I'm sure that when she gets the word about the concert she'll disguise herself to slip unnoticed into the concert hall. Said Fluey, We will have a squad of security from SSHQ, disguised as ushers and as soon as she attempts to get at Ali, the agents can capture her. Besides, from above, I'll have a good view and I can point her out to security if I spot her, before she reveals herself!"
With the plan formulated and after contacting Big D, The Impossibles talked both Ali and Serina into moving from the rooms that they were now in, to make sure they would be safe.
Ali would move into the set of connected rooms with the boys and Serina would stay in the set of rooms FG, Shawn and Danalleah were now in, right at the end of the hall with the girls.
At the same time, The Impossibles were formulating their plan to capture Sandrina, the princess was alone, lying on a couch arms crossed a brooding look on her face, somewhat distorting her pretty features.
She was holdup in a hotel room, on the other side of town, grumbling about being outsmarted by a bunch of teenagers in outlandish costumes and losing one of her henchmen to boot.
While in a mood like this, even her henchman Hakeem, knew enough not to bother her.
"OOO, It's unbelievable, how those retched children have come out on top, every time I have run into them. Being beaten by those teenage crime fighters was bad enough the first time, having them thwart my plans a second time, was even more humiliating. I can't go back to my homeland, till I've gotten that brat of a brother of mine, and his friends, permanently OUT of the picture!"
The next morning Hakeem was watching the television in the living room of the hotel suite and a live remote broadcast came on, interrupting his program.
The picture on the television, desolved from a bodybuilding program, to become the lobby of the Sea Breeze hotel.
A pretty young lady with short brown hair, wearing a yellow skirt and sweater and an emerald green jacket with a logo on it and black patent leather pumps, was shown standing in front of the concert hall entrance, where a poster showing a picture of the Impossibles performing on the Impossi-stage was prominently displayed.
An assistant was handing her a microphone.
Sandrina was getting dressed in her own part of the hotel suite and because the sound was turned up, heard the Anchorwoman as she started the broadcast.
She rushed into the room just as Hakeem was about to change the channel, preventing him from doing so….
"This is Jane Paulene, from KDROC Entertainment TV News, coming live from the lobby of the Sea Breeze hotel, in beautiful Seaside. All you fans, of the world famous Singing Impossibles, will be happy to know that the concert, which was scheduled for yesterday, is back on for this evening! SO, all you lucky kids out there, with tickets from yesterday's canceled concert, present them to the box office here at the Sea Breeze and come enjoy the show tonight, starting at 6pm sharp. Don't miss it!"
The broadcast ended with the picture going back to the regular programming.
"Did you hear that Hakeem, "Little Brother" and his friends will be performing tonight, I'll have another chance at him! In the ensuing chaos of several hundred screaming teenagers, running around in panic after I take care of Ali, I'll have no problem escaping into the crowd! Now…for a disguise…., she smirked rubbing her hands together in anticipation of what was to come….
Meanwhile, sitting in the front room of their accommodations, eating the breakfast room service had sent up, The Impossibles and Ali, the girls and Skittles had caught the TV spot, advertising their concert for that evening.
They had contacted the entertainment people for the hotel, about the concert the night before, after discussing it more with Big D, to set everything up.
The hotel manager had been getting a flood of calls from irate teens, after they had, had to put a canceled banner, on the poster out in front of the hotel, when Fluey was kidnapped and he was relieved to know that The Impossibles were going to be performing after all.
He was quick to contact the TV news station, so the word could be released ASAP!
"That ought to bring Sandrina out from wherever she's hiding! She won't be able to resist another try at getting her brother, but we'll be ready for her this time!" Fluey remarked, finishing his bacon and scrambled eggs.
The others nodded in agreement.
"Yeah! If she sees the broadcast. And don't worry your Highness….the concert hall will be loaded with our agents." Coiley said, between bites, reaching for a piece of toast.
"The entertainment director said the station would be rerunning the remote broadcast up until just before the concert, she's bound to see it sometime today!" Multi commented finishing his orange juice.
After they finished eating the boys rehearsed with Ali, who first listened to Fluey playing the song on his guitar and then Fluey let Ali play it, with Multi and Coiley.
After they played through the songs a few times, they also showed him the dance steps.
While watching the boys rehearse Serina quietly talked with Danalleah and Shawn. "I'm very nervous about tonight." she admitted.
"Don't worry, the boys will take care of that sister of Ali's, if she tries anything." Shawn said.
"There will be a lot of security agents there to back them up, Ali will have wall to wall protection." Danalleah agreed.
"I know, but it's just that we've known each other since we were children and even then, I knew that there would be no one else for me. If I lost him I….I just don't know what I would do. How do you stand having Franky and Mark in constant danger like they are?" asked Serina.
Danalleah looked at Shawn and then said, "It's who they are Serina, we've had to except it and adjust…"
FG had over heard their conversation, "They're very good at what they do and even though we do worry, their special powers and the crime busting they do is necessary, to keep the criminal element from overrunning the country."
Shawn added, "Or the world for that matter. As to their singing careers, we just take it all with a grain of salt, But, only to a point."
"Yes I remember how my mistaking Franky for Ali, upset Danalleah, (Serina admitted) I would have reacted exactly the same, had I been the one to see some girl hugging my Ali."
"Sorry about the scene in the restaurant, I realized I had made a mistake, after meeting Ali and found out about the real culprit behind Franky's kidnapping." Danalleah answered, smiling, "You'll see, everything will work out tonight."
Serina thought about it and secretly knew, that her worries were more about beginning a new life so different from the way she and Ali had been raised, becoming a queen and learning to support Ali, in every way she could, after he became Sultan.
Talking to the Impossible's girl friends and FG had given Serina a lot to think about, for the moment.
For a start, getting through the concert tonight, hopefully everything else would begin to fall into place, she settled back to watch the boys as they continued the rehearsal.
Ali got in more practice time, after lunch.
The concert was a complete sellout, even the standing room only and set for 6pm that evening. So, they had an early dinner and then went to the concert hall, to set up the stage area and all their equipment, including the Impossi-stage, to be ready for the concert.
As soon as everything was set up and ready and Fluey was hidden up in the sprinkler system, the audience entered and was seated.
Then as 6pm rolled around the curtains opened and the music began.
Ali was pretty convincing in his role as Fluey and as they sang, nobody seemed to be the wiser, to the Impossibles little deception.
Including Sandrina, who suddenly stood up, in the middle of "Little Sally Ann," brandishing a gun.
The crafty princess had come into the concert hall along with an excited crowd of teenagers, (wearing a disguise, so she wouldn't be recognized by any security) she had gotten her hands on a concert ticket by offering a boy in the line waiting to come in a large amount of money, (an offer he couldn't refuse) knowing her description would have been given out, she put together a blond wig, black knee high boots with a skirt and sweater in pink and purple, an outfit that was in fashion for the typical American teen girl after having visited, a popular teen clothing store.
She was creating a near riot, as dozens of audience members, started to head for any available exit, making it difficult for the SSHQ agents, to get to where Sandrina was standing.
She was pointing it at the Impossibles, or more directly, at Ali, shouting, "You've been lucky enough to have survived till now, "Little Brother," but your LUCK has just run out!"
However, before she could pull the trigger, a familiar voice from directly above her head shouted, "NOT SO FAST, It's YOU who have run out of luck!"
Sandrina looked up to see Fluey in his half liquid form appearing out of one of the sprinklers, distracting her enough so that Multi, Coiley and Ali could duck behind one of the big amps, behind the Impossi-Stage.
Sandrina did a double take as she spotted Fluey and then Ali who had peeked out from behind the amp before Multi pulled him back behind it.
"What The….There are TWO of them?!" she shrieked, (She recognized Fluey's black flowing hair and face even through his blue swim goggles.) Sandrina was so stunned at the sight of the two nearly identical dark haired teens, she forgot about using her gun.
"Afraid so Toots! Meet Your Brother, Prince Ali!" Fluey replied grinning, as he solidified into human form again, landing onto the floor just as the Secret Security Agents apprehended her, reliving a shocked Sandrina of her weapon.
Ali stood up and came out from behind the amplifier, jumped off the stage and walked over to stand beside Fluey.
"Hello Big Sister!" He said grinning.
Sandrina simply fainted, into the arms of an agent from SSHQ and was taken out of the auditorium, as Fluey used his transformer to return to his regular self.
Since the room was empty due to all the audience rushing the exits no one saw this, Well, except for Danalleah, FG, Shawn, Serina and Skittles, as well as Multi, Coiley and the agents….
Ali looked at the dark haired Impossible, shaking his head, "You'll have to tell me how you and your friends can do what you do Franky!"
Fluey just smiled and said, "It's a long story, anyway if we can get the audience back, how would you like to join us on stage to finish the concert."
Ali just smiled and nodded his head, following his look-alike to the stage.
Fortunately, a little ruckus could not keep all the diehard Impossibles fans, from coming back into the concert hall.
After the agents left with Ali's sister and everything was safe, the loud speaker in the lobby announced that the concert would continue.
A huge cheer went up and the audience re-entered the concert hall, to enjoy the rest of the show.
A big round of applause went through the audience, at the surprise of two identical dark haired Impossibles.
The concert was, as always, a complete success.
After several encores, they finally wrapped up for the night, the curtains closed for the last time and the boys started to pack up.
Later the Impossibles, Ali, the Girls and Skittles, were back upstairs in the Impossibles hotel room, celebrating with soft drinks and an extra large combination pizza, (Skittles was eating her kibble of course) room service had sent up, congratulating each other on a plan well executed, when Coiley's guitar started to beep.
Coiley picked up his bass guitar and activated the Impossiblescope, Big D, appeared on the screen.
"Hi Chief, what's up? Coiley asked
"I'm sorry to interrupt your after concert celebration, but there is BAD news. Prince Ali's sister was liberated from the prison van, on the way back to Megatropolis. A large tank-like truck rammed into our transport, broke into the back and witnesses saw two men escort Sandrina into the truck and drive away. They also liberated the accomplice who was picked up at the fertilizer factory, he was being transported with her. Be extremely cautious and on the lookout, keep the prince safe and hidden until we can recapture his sister!"
"Roger Chief, will do!" Coiley answered in a clearly upset tone, saluting.
The news from Big D, had quashed the party mood and they sat there wondering what to do.
Now that Sandrina was on the loose AND knew about both Ali and Fluey, they had double trouble, the heroes had to come up with a new plan to re-capture the Prince's sister.
"WHAT are we going to do now?" asked Multi, flipping on the TV.
As the set lit up, there was a news flash.
"This is Morgan Charles reporting, with the latest news in the Middle East, from the Kingdom of Khakistan.
Sultan Khazaiah Sayedso, is not expected to last the week. As his heath deteriorates, his ministers and advisors are extremely worried not only about the Sultan himself, but also about the state of the country and Kingdom. Without a leader, there will most certainly be a take over of power attempted, from one of several criminal factions unless a successor to the throne is found, before the Sultan's death. Now, on to other news of the day….."
All eight teenagers sat there shocked at the broadcast, especially Ali and Serina.
Ali came to an immediate decision, "I have to get to Khakistan right away, to claim the throne and prevent any kind of hostile take over. Especially now that my sister is loose, she will be heading there to try to gain the throne as the only known member of the royal family. If my father dies without declaring his wishes, his ministers may have no recourse, unless I can beat my sister to the palace and prove my identity."
The Impossibles were worried about keeping the Prince safe, as Big D directed, while stopping Sandrina from taking over the Prince's Kingdom, with help from the criminal underground.
Knowing that the Prince would be determined to reach his homeland before his real father died, they had to come up with another plan to foil Sandrina.
They explained to Big D about Ali's determination and received permission, (against his better judgment) from Big D, to accompany the Prince to Khakistan, ASAP, to get him to the palace and on the throne.
Meanwhile a Black Jet was preparing to take off its destination the Middle East….