Misery in the mountains.
CH. 2: Meet the spies.
Disclaimer: Ok, I do not own the show Martin Mystery, Totally Spies or anything from the shows. The only things I own are the story and the Catulinus twins. (Which includes all accessories, gadgets, abilities and associates.)
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Switzerland mountain range- 12:03 pm.
The team entered the town and began to look around, trying to decide where to start looking for clues, "Man just look at this place! It looks like it got hit with a bomb or something!" Martin exclaimed as he moved a broken sign from the door of what was once a convenience store.
"Yeah, a bomb with teeth and claws." Diana whimpered, pointing to the deep gashes in the back of the sign. They continued to walk around before they came across the town's welcome sign.
"Java no like this place." Java groaned, he had every right to be scared too. Under the sign was a pile of bones and whatever parts of the sign that weren't chewed on or broken were used as a scratching post. Ruby knelt down and began to sniff at the bones for a few minutes.
"Well, the good news is that these are goat bones for sure, the bad new is that I don't recognize the scent of whatever did this. Not that I have a lot to go on anyway, there hasn't been a fresh scent trail here for at least a week, even the animal scents are a few days old." She stood and looked around, "Scent isn't going to help us here I'm afraid, this place is a regular ghost town!"
Suddenly a twig snapped in the nearby woods, "S-So much for a g-ghost town! You j-just had to s-s-say something!" Diana stuttered as she dove behind Java.
Martin glanced around before whispering, "Quick, everybody hide! We'll wait until they pass this sign and then we'll jump them!" With that everyone split up. Martin and Diana hid in an alleyway between two stores and Java crouched in one of the empty building doorways. The twins transformed into their wolf forms, Sapphire jumped onto the roof of one of the buildings and Ruby managed to squeeze under an abandoned car.
The high pitched voice of a familiar female spy reached Ruby's ears far before she caught her scent or spotted the recognizable yellow jumpsuit, "I don't know about this Sammy, whatever made those marks on that sign seemed to be a bit unfriendly … and hungry."
"There's probably nothing to worry about Alex, it's most likely some greedy punk trying to scare away the townspeople so he can search for gold in the old mining tunnels undisturbed." The green wearing W.O.O.H.P. agent sighed, not looking up from her compact. Suddenly Ruby's whole body relaxed and she eagerly began to wiggle out from under the car. She panted happily and her tail wagged in greeting as she bounded up to the three spies.
"Hiya Chief! Long time no see!" She barked happily as she slid to a stop right before the three spies. Her tail wagged happily as she sat and stared at the surprised girls in front of her.
"Ruby?!" Sam and Clover gasped in shock, but Alex simply smiled and bent down to pat the werewolf's head. Ruby sighed and leaned into Alex's touch, letting her tongue hang out of her mouth slightly.
Alex giggled, "What are you doing here? Where are Martin and the others?" As if on cue Sapphire peaked her head over the side of the building before jumping down and joining her sister, Java also walked out of the shop he was in and gave a small wave.
Martin huffed, "What are you guys doing? What's the point of a surprise attack if you make yourselves known?!" It was at this point that he noticed the three spies, blushing as his eyes locked onto Alex "... Alex? What are you doing here?" The yellow spy blushed prettily and began to twiddle her fingers, leaving the two teens in an awkward silence. The others rolled their eyes and smiled, even though Martin and Alex weren't officially 'dating' it was more than obvious that they liked each other, well, at least it was to everyone except the two of them.
Sam cleared her throat, "We're here to investigate the recent attacks in this area. I'm a little afraid to ask, but what are you doing here?"
"We're investigating the mystery of the disappearing goat herds as well as the attacks. It shouldn't take too long though because it's obviously the work of vampire gnomes! They're tired of only eating small woodland critters, so they've moved onto bigger and slower pray!" Martin explained heartily. Diana, Java and Sapphire all groaned and shook their heads while Ruby simply nodded in agreement.
"Anyway ... on to more serious business." Sapphire drawled as she turned back into her human form, "I suggest we do a team up and split up. Java, Diana, Clover and I will look around town for any clues while Martin, Ruby, Sam and Alex search the nearby woods. Sound good?" Everyone nodded.
"Ok then, we'll meet you guys back here if we-." Ruby began but stopped when the wind shifted and a small pebble came bouncing out of the forest. She whirled around and crouched into an attack position, her fur bristling and a growl tearing from her throat.
Java took a step back, "Something watching!" Immediately all of the girls, excluding Ruby and Sapphire of course, dove behind the caveman.
Clover whimpered, "W-Where is it?!" Suddenly some bushes began to move and a snarl echoed through the town.
Martin pointed to a large bush by the main road, "Over there!" The group followed his finger to find four red eyes glaring at them from within the bushes. For a few moments the teenagers found themselves in a staring match with the creature, then with a final growl, the beast took off like a shot into the forest.
"After it!" Ruby barked, chasing the creature into the woods with Martin hot on her tail.
"Ruby, Martin wait!" Alex shouted after the two, but they were already gone.
"Great, now what are we going to do? Should we go after them?" Sam asked with a bit of hesitation.
Diana shook her head, "No, Martin and Ruby can handle themselves, right now we should look for clues." The others followed Diana slowly as they began to explore the town.
Chapter two is done and edited! Read and review if you want.