Yeti Mountain.
Chapter 3.
Disclaimer- I do not own the Totally Spies or Martin Mystery characters, nor do I own the episode Totally Mystery Much, I do however own Ruby.
Please enjoy the story!
W.O.O.H.P. Headquarter- 4:21 pm.
Martin scratched the back of his head uncomfortably as Jerry handed him a cup of tea. The older agent was excitedly rambling off questions to the paranormal investigator, "So how is M.O.M.? Does she talk about me much? I remember the cutest thing she said to me once!" Martin just smiled and nodded, praying that Sam and Alex would find something soon before he heard something he couldn't unhear.
Alex stared at the screen of Jerry's office computer intently, "Custom made glacier goggles sure don't come cheap!"
"Only three shipped in the last month! Let's see to whom." Sam noted, furiously typing away at the keypad. The first two names didn't have any relevance to the two spies, but the third peaked their interest.
"Hey! A pair went to the park ranger station near the Chateau Saint Shee-Shee!" Alex exclaimed.
Sam grinned triumphantly, "Bingo! Back to Switzerland!"
These words caught Martin's interest, and he quickly set his cup of tea down before joining the two girls behind Jerry's desk, "What a shame, gotta run, nice meeting you though!" With that Martin pressed one of the many buttons on Jerry's desk, W.O.O.H. the three to the W.O.O.H.P. hanger. The three boarded one of the planes and set a course for Switzerland.
"Ok, it doesn't look like there's a clear spot to land near the station, looks like we're gonna have to jump." Sam informed the other two agents, switching the plane to autopilot.
"Yeah, what about me? I don't have a jetpack parachute thingy, in case you've forgotten, I'm not a W.O.O.H.P. agent." Martin pointed out.
Sam rolled her eyes, "How can we ever forget."
"Don't worry Martin, you can use Clovers." Alex giggled, tossing the boy one of the heart shaped backpacks.
Suddenly the plane began to beep, "Estimated time of arrival, three minutes."
Sam stood, "Come on guys." The group fastened there parachutes as the plane door opened, jumping into the air with excited cheers. Soon the sky was occupied by three brightly colored flowers.
"I gotta talk to M.O.M. about getting one of these jetpack parachutes!" Martin exclaimed in awe.
"So you admit our gadgets are better than yours?" Sam teased.
Martin chuckled, "Different? Yes, better? No." The three floated down in silence, landing quietly behind a nearby shed only a few feet away from the ranger station.
Alex turned to Sam and Martin, "Um, do you guys hear that? I think there's something inside the shed!" Sure enough the sound of scuffling and growling could be heard from inside the small wooden building, the doors of the shed were chained.
"Ok, here's what we're gonna do, I'll break the chains while you two stand a couple of feet away from the door, if whatever is in there comes jumping out, snag it with a net. That sound like a plan?" Sam ordered. Alex and Martin nodded in agreement and stood back, giving a nod to Sam who used her laser wrist watch to break the chains. The scuffling sound increased in volume and speed for a moment before everything went silent, the three agents looked at each other in surprised confusion before Alex and Martin made a move to approach the shed. As soon as they took their first step however, the shed doors flew open and the unknown creature charged them with a snarl. With a startled scream Alex activated her net throwing extendable rod mascara, trapping the creature in a net and sending it to the ground with a loud thud.
"Ow! O venire! That's three times today I've been snagged, non frigus hominem!" The creature growled as it struggled in the net, "How is it that I can tear through wood, plexi glass and some forms of metal, but I can't even get out of a stupid net?!"
Martin blinked, gasping in surprise, "Ruby?! Is that you?"
The creature in the net stopped struggling, "Boss?" The net began to shift again and soon Ruby's head popped out into view, though she was clearly in human form now, the lolling of her tongue and a slight movement in the net that could only be assumed as her tail showed the happiness and relief she felt at seeing a familiar face.
"Hold on, let's get you out of this net real quick." Alex cooed as she and Martin helped to untangle the poor werewolf from her mesh prison. Once the last piece of rope had been removed the two agents found themselves with a face full of tongue as Ruby both thanked and greeted them.
Ruby turned to Sam, but was met by a defensive hand, "Sorry, I'm not much for drool. What happened? How'd you get in that shed? And where's Clover?"
"I tried to chase after the snowmobile, the snow was so thick that I couldn't see more than a few feet in front of me. I was following the smell of the yeti and Clover's screams when all of a sudden I got hit by some kind of fast freezing goo out of nowhere! The yeti came around and tied me to the back of his snowmobile, whatever it was that had trapped me had begun to melt after a while, but by then we reached this shed and he threw me in. I couldn't see where he took Clover, but from the sound of things I'm pretty sure she's somewhere in that cabin over there." Ruby explained. The group turned their attention to the ranger station which, much like the laboratory, appeared to have been abandoned a while ago.
"There doesn't appear to be any kind of security system around, but to be on the safe side I think we should enter through that window up there." Sam insisted. Slowly and quietly the four agents made their way to the window, "Let's do a little recon before we enter."
Alex gasped, "There she is!" Sure enough Clover was right there in plain view, tied to a chair just to the side of the window.
Ruby opened the window a crack, "Whoa! I'm getting five different scent signals in there, well, four if you don't count Clover. The yeti smell is overwhelming, it doesn't seem like the yeti that threw me in the shed has been in there for a couple of hours now though. If I had to guess by the smell of things there are three other yeti's as well, but I hope I'm wrong."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Martin grumbled, kicking the window open. The four agents jumped into the building, but paused as they were hit full on with the temperature of the room.
"Oooh, it's warmer outside!" Alex shivered. Their attentions returned to the task at hand when Clover gave a weak groan.
Martin ran towards that chair, grinning happily as he exclaimed, "Don't worry Clover! Martin Mystery to the resc-!" Martin gasped and fell to the ground, cowering from the blond spy.
Ruby ran over to the trembling paranormal investigator, "Boss what's wro-? Whoa, ok then." The werewolf stared at the drastic change in the red spy's appearance, she looked the same as she had only a few short hours ago, only much … hairier. Clover frowned at the two as she struggled in her chair, deep growls and grunts escaping from her throat as she attempted to give the two innocent eyes.
"Aren't you going to untie me?" She asked sweetly, which was quickly countered by another growl. Ruby made a move to approach her, but hesitated as Clover growled at her again, Martin simply sat frozen in shocked fear. Clover gave a distraught whimper, "Oh, even the geeks think I'm hideous!"
"Poor Clover, but on the bright side, you have your own fur lined boots now." Alex joked, trying to lighten the mood. Before Clover could answer with a sarcastic remark, the sound of several other growling creatures grabbed the agent's attentions.
"Great, more yeti people, why do you have to be so accurate nose?" Ruby whimpered as she crouched onto her hands and knees, ready to shift into her werewolf form if the situation called for it.
Alex chuckled nervously, "He he, who are your friends?" Once again before any answers could be given, the group's attention was captured by the sound of a snowmobile, which crashed through the side of the building only moments later.
Sam huffed in irritation, "Don't you ever walk into buildings?" It was at this point that Martin finally snapped out of his daze, jumping into the air and pointing his U-watch at the yeti.
"Freeze right there furball!" He shouted, but the yeti simply growled back before spitting. The spray surrounded both of Martin's hands and froze instantly, trapping them. He then turned to Sam and Alex, who were beginning to charge him, and froze their legs. As the girls groaned in disgust the yeti then trapped Ruby, freezing the poor werewolf all the way up to her neck as she hadn't had time to stand up.
"Are you serious?!" The temperamental teen howled, "You mean that stuff I got hit with earlier was yeti spit?! That's disgusting! … And yet at the same time completely fascinating."
Sam shot a glare at the white furred yeti, "Why are you doing this?!"
The yeti growled, "I'm not the one destroying the land! It's those developers! Over developing the entire mountain! I had to take action!"
"You couldn't just sign a petition or chain yourself to a tree like most protesters?" Alex asked, making the crazy bad guy seem like he was being a bit too extreme, which he was.
"NO! What about the crazy skiers always going off the trail and getting lost? Who do you think has to find them and bring them back? I do! I'm tired of it!" The yeti lord explained.
Sam scoffed, "It's your job!"
The yeti lord shook his head furiously, "I became a park ranger to take care of the mountain, not the people!"
"Well you can't scare everyone away!" Sam argued back.
"I don't need to." The yeti lord chuckled evilly, "With the yeti DNA I already administered to your friend here and to the scientist." He paused to turn to said scientist, "Thank you very much for the find." He turned back to the agents, "I'LL POPULATE THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN WITH YETI!"
Martin and Alex shouted simultaneously, "Yeti mountain?! Great idea for a video game!"
"One more thing." The yeti lord grumbled, pulling out some kind of injector gun from his belt and injecting yeti DNA into Sam, Alex and Martin, "I'll be back for you once I get rid of the resort, you should be transforming by then." With that he drove away, leaving the others to wonder what he meant by 'transforming'.
"Don't worry, I'll drill us out of here." Sam assured, activating her laser wrist watch.
"Just uncover my U-watch! Then I can laser away the rest of the ice." Martin ordered.
Ruby nodded, "And can you do so quickly? I've got an itch on my ear and it's getting worse by the second!"
Sam scoffed, "You've done enough damage."
"Damage?! I didn't get us captured if that's what you're implying!" Martin shouted angrily, Alex and Ruby shared a worried glance, this couldn't possibly end well.
"I'm not implying, I'm saying!" Sam shot back.
Ruby attempted to interrupt here, arguing wasn't helping and she really needed to scratch her ear, "Oi! It was no one's fault here ok?! None of us knew that he spit fast freezing goo, so let's all do some major chilling before the three of you grow your own fur coats!"
Martin ignored his furry companion and continued to challenge Sam, "Based on what?!"
"Rule number one!" Sam explained, "Don't provoke the villain!"
"QUIET!" Alex suddenly shouted, having had had enough of the two squabbling like third graders. Suddenly a faint rumbling sound was heard, getting louder and louder by the second, and soon the ranger station began to shake.
"Booooooss … please tell me that's not a …" Ruby began timidly, but the answer was quite clear.
The group screamed in unison, "AVALANCHE!"
And viola, we have chapter 3. Read and review, please and thank you! Also on a side note, I'm going on vacation to Colorado for a couple of days, so this story might not be updated until I get back. Just be patient and I'll finish it as soon as I get back.
Latin translations:
"Oh come on! ... not cool man!"