Chapter 2:
A New Rank For The Alpha Spies
It was a quiet twilit night in Beverly Hills. Behind on beautiful vista, an equally beautiful young woman was hurriedly attempting to finish her history paper. She was obviously the smartest girl in her class, considering most of the questions she was answering were grades ahead of her own. Futilely trying to keep her towel wrapped around her hair, she finally decided to take it off, only to be scolded soon after by a slightly annoyed female voice: "Sammy! Come back in here! You'll catch pneumonia if you're not careful!" Irrate, Sam picked up her books and began to make her way inside. As she placed her books on the kitchen table, she turned to the source of the voice, a brown-skinned, black haired girl. "Alex, what has happened to you lately?", she began, "You're becoming way too protective of Clover and I. Ever since that mi-?" She was cut short by the appearance of a tall, blonde girl, obviously the hottest girl in school. "Ahem! Sammy, if Alex is trying to keep you from getting sick, the least you could do is try to be nice and thank her." Then, in a whisper, she added, "remember, we agreed not to bring up the isson-may, right? Alex hasn't been right since that day." "Yeah, you're right Clover. It was bad enough when she had to go to that horrible shrink-lady and try to get rid of that memory. I shouldn't bring it back up, or we may have to relive that experience literally", Sam said, eyes turned down in shame at what she had almost done. Clover strode over to the table where Alex had now sat down, reading Sam's history paper. The second Clover sat down, though, the entire world seemed to turn upside-down, and the girls began screaming as they slid down the familiar metal tunnel. In a matter of seconds, they landed face first on a plush couch. Ahead of them, at a high-tech computer desk, sat a very distinguished man.
"Gerry! Why did you have to woohp us right now?! We were about to have a... um, a very girly chat", Clover shouted. Gerry stood up, and walked towards the girls in a very angry fashion. The girls had never in all their days of working for Gerry seen him this mad. "Girls," he said strictly, "I would like to say something to you about you're jobs." Horrified, they sat up and gulped- all at once. Gerry walked in front of the three and, going from angry to elated in a spit second, exclaimed, " CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS!" Puzzled, the girls sat there wondering if Gerry was suffering some sort of disorder. Gerry looked at the girls and said, "You have once again been PROMOTED! Your new rank is Master Spy. There are many levels of Master Spy though. You are currently at the Alpha level. Not many operatives reach this level, and even so, those that do usually go mad from the enormous work load. From this point onward, your missions will more difficult, as well as more in number, so expect many transports. Also, you may be forced in this class of spying to kill your targets-" Gerry cut short, noticing the looks of terror on the girls faces, then continued, "- depending on their danger level. But, fear not. This will not be a regular thing. Now, as it happens, I also have your first Alpha level mission ready.-" Gerry quickly switched on the holographic screen and displayed the case, "- This is the highest level of corporate building in LA; The Grand Line Tele-Firm Incorporated building. Last night, EMD's arrived to find the place in ruins. They checked the building and found a total of sixteen people dead, while three others were injured. This was only the ground floor." At this the girls' jaws almost dropped off. Gerry went on, "They went to the third floor, only to find twice the chaos. They went to every room, and found a total of twenty-five people on the floor. Now, the strange thing about this is that half of the victims were killed or injured by a set of four small conical puncture wounds, all of which let small traces of titanium-enforced steel alloys. Half of the remaining casualties suffered from... oh dear, how do I put this?... A severed body." "WHAT!?", the girls shouted, as pictures of the victims appeared. It was true: it seemed that they had all been cut clean in half, and not by a series of attacks. Gerry continued, "The remaining casualties seem to due to having been impaled with ahem a butter-fly shaped rod. Only one victim, a woman, was capable of telling us what happened through the shock. She said that three young women had attacked her, robbed her, then went ahead and raped her. She also said that they had been talking about a cloud that walks, and some person called Sephiroth. From the scene, we also picked up a small black box that appears to be a portal device. Your job is to travel into the portal and find these three girls." Gerry activated a second hologram that portrayed three young girls. 'Wow, that one on the right has some serious fashion! Gotta ask her where she got that skirt,' Clover thought, as Gerry went on, "Now, every time we send someone in there, they come back seconds later in primitive armour and looking as if they had almost been torn into pieces. The only thing you will be bringing is your X-Powders. They are the only things that retain any power charge; unfortunately we will not be able to communicate. Now, If you will take these,...", Gerry paused and handed the girls a small chip each, then continued, "put these into the small open part of your X-Powders' mainframe., Then, hold your hand out in front of you while holding the X-Powder, and say, 'Battle System Engage'." The girls did as instructed, then warily spoke the words, "Battle System Engage". They were not prepared for what came next.
Hope you like the cliff-hanger! Will be back next week with next chapter!