AN: Ron's sister is Hana Stoppable from Season 4. Warmonga is a very tall alien Amazon from Season 4.
Chapter 34: Mystery!
Mindy looks at herself in the mirror and nervously thinks, "Ok… so your family knows about you dating a guy now. I knew that this might happen someday." She closes her eyes and mentally sighs, "But why did it have to happen on the anniversary of when we met?"
Mindy was just glad that after all the lengthy discussions and promises that she hadn't been having sex with the guy were done, her parents still trusted her enough to let her go out with the guy.
Mindy was no fool though; she knew that they would probably ask Wade to keep tabs on where she went and who she met up with. Even if they didn't, she knew Wade well enough that he would spy on her without even being asked just to relieve his own worries about who the mysterious boyfriend was.
She couldn't talk to him over the phone without Wade somehow tapping into the phone. She was just glad that her boyfriend was smart enough to use a false name with the cell phone he called her Minmunicator with or Wade would have already all the information he needed about her date.
A part of her really hated to keep secrets from her family but she had made a big promise to the guy. She was also really crazy about the guy or she might not have been able to withstand all the questions about her boyfriend. She didn't want to risk losing him, and was not going to say a word until she had a chance to talk to her boyfriend about meeting up with her family.
She looks at herself once more in the mirror, trying to steady her nerves and praying that her family or any friends of the family didn't mess up the anniversary date. She hoped that her family would keep their noses out of it but given the history of her family, she didn't hold out much hope.
Mindy sags against the mirror and says, "Oh, who am I kidding… this date is going to be a wreck either way. If I don't go, he'll think I stood him up and if I do go, there is a good chance my whole family will show up to spy on me and do something to wreck it."
She looks at herself, and remembers that normally she didn't dress up for her dates so as not to cause any suspicion with any of her family but now that they knew she felt like she could afford to dress up some just for the anniversary. It was still less than she wanted for the anniversary but still nicer looking than she normally wore.
Mindy looks at how she had some nice makeup on her face, with her hair washed and combed nicely with a soft strawberry scent still there from her shampoo. Her top was a nice shirt with the front showing a little cleavage but not enough for her mother to object to. She was also wearing a nice skirt that showed her nice legs and that one thing she was happy about, which was that she got her mother's nice legs.
Suddenly there is a knock at the door and her sister's voice comes through clearly enough for her to hear, "Can I come in Mindy?"
Mindy sighs and thinks, "Might as well get it over with…" She says loudly enough for her sister to hear, "Sure, come on in Cindy and bring in anyone else who's out there."
Cindy walks in and says, "Don't you have a date to go to? If you don't hurry, you will be late, right?"
Mindy says, "I don't know if I should go. It'll probably get wrecked anyway and then I won't get to have my anniversary with him."
Cindy says, "Look, you know that no one wants to wreck this important date for you. Especially on your anniversary and if anyone knows about that kind of stuff, it is Mother and Father with all the times something's come up throughout their marriage."
Mindy nods and says, "I guess so… do you really think I don't have anything to worry about tonight?"
Cindy smiles and says, "Yes, I really think you don't have anything to worry about. Father got Mother to promise not to go digging her nose into things and they even got Wade to promise not spy on you."
Mindy relaxes some at this and says, "I feel better. Thanks sis, I guess I just am worried over nothing. I expected the whole family to try and discover my boyfriend's identity before we're ready to come to the family."
Cindy walks up and hugs her twin before she says, "I admit that it is bugging me as much as anyone to not know who he is but we all trust you. When the time is right, you'll introduce him to us and if he breaks up with you before that, then he wasn't worth us getting all worked up right?"
Mindy smiles with her eyes brimming with some tears, "Thanks Cindy, I really appreciate all this."
Cindy smiles back at her sister and says, "Hey, what is family for? We'll always have your back." She steps back and says, "Now go and enjoy your date, worry free ok?"
Mindy smiles big and says, "Thanks! I will!" She walks out of the room as she hums a happy tune.
(Meanwhile)
Mary says, "I can't believe that those two are doing this to us!"
Sam says, "I can. There's a reason why we call them Team Vermin."
Karen narrows her eyes and says, "Please don't say that word, you're just making me hungry."
Arron waves his hand in the air dismissively and says, "Whatever! Look, we're just going to have to wait until they tell us what to do but at least we're getting paid a lot in the meantime."
Sam says, "Yeah, we could be out doing other jobs instead of just sitting around on our rears while we wait for orders."
Arron says, "I think we should contact Dementor, he always was a good client who used us right away and he paid well too."
Mary says, "No! We promised as part of the contract that we wouldn't take on any other jobs until we did this one. They didn't want us getting distracted, remember?"
Karen nods and says, "Mary issss right, we did sign that as part of our agreement."
Sam glares at Karen before he says, "I hate it when you take all the fun out of things like that. Watch your speech too, you started to hiss for a moment there."
Karen sticks her tongue out quite far and says, "I'll talk any way I like."
Sam grins as he says, "Even if the rumor about Animal is true? That she can control any animal, even mystic ones?"
Karen's eyes widen briefly before narrowing into dangerous slits, "That's a lie… you can't possibly know that."
Sam's grin never falters as he looks at her, knowing that she was right. He'd only hear about her power to control any animal, but it wasn't a hard thing to imagine that she could control even mystic ones if they were anything like the real ones.
Sam leans back in his chair and coolly says, "Maybe, maybe not. But do you want to risk it? You have always been snake-like, maybe it is enough to control even you."
Karen spins away and says angrily, "I am human! I can not be controlled by any means!"
Sam says with a smirk, "Suit yourself. Don't come crying to me when she controls you."
Mary kicks the chair out from under Sam, causing him to hit the ground hard and when he looks up at Mary with angry eyes she shouts at him, "Have you forgotten? We are all part of a team! If she's in trouble, then we're all in trouble! Whenever one of us gets into trouble, the other backs him or her up to get them out of it."
Sam gets up and picks up the chair as he says, "Yeah, yeah… I know. I was just doing that to get her goat. You know me. You three are the only beings on the face of the planet that I can actually stand and even call as friends. Everyone else can go to…"
Sam never gets a chance to finish as King Rat walks in and says, "Ah, music to my ears. Anger, Hatred… Venom." He looks over at Karen as he says that, noticing that she almost seems to hiss in anger at him.
King Rat just grins at Karen and says, "You know, I couldn't help but overhear your heated argument. It is true that my partner Animal can control even mystical animals." He doesn't change his face but he can tell that her expression changed just so subtly.
King Rat walks further into the room and says, "I know because she has her eyes on the two girls in Team Tri Stoppable who just happen to have mystical monkey powers somehow. Of course I have a totally different interest than she does as her uses for their powers is far too limited."
Mary narrows her eyes at King Rat and says, "So your interests conflict then?" She had to be very careful, as she'd dealt with people whose partners that had conflicting interests and ended up hurting each other with her team nearly getting caught in the crossfire.
King Rat chuckles and says, "Not totally… we both want to use the power of the girls. It is very rare to find twin mystical users for any animal. She wants to use them as the ultimate guard and I want to…" His grin grows very evil at this point before he continues, "See if they will give birth to more mystical children if the father also has mystical powers."
Mary's eyes flash as she remembers just how old the ones in Team Tri Stoppable are and feels like she just did a mini-barf. She may be a mercenary but being a woman even she drew a line at rape as she had a strong feeling that those two girls would not willingly go to him.
King Rat says, "So, our goals are the same. The complete control of the girls and their mystical monkey powers."
Sam says, "Wait… does that mean you have mystical powers too?" He looks at King Rat as he remembers what he'd just said.
King Rat nods slowly and says, "Yes it does and mine are Rat based. It would be interesting to see if their kids have rat or monkey powers, like their parents or if they will create one of the other mystical animals on the Zodiac."
Sam says, "What if there is a mutation? Can mystical people even mutate?"
He chuckles darkly before he says, "Even if they turn out with a cross between rat and monkey powers, it will still be worth it. It will give me new powers to control the world with."
Arron says, "You are pretty confident that you'll be able to rule the world with just their monkey and your rat powers aren't you?"
King Rat laughs confidently and fiendishly before he says, "Never underestimate mystical powers, and especially mine." He then turns and starts to walk away before he pauses and menacingly says, "Oh, and don't fail us. I guarantee that you won't like it if you do."
As soon as King Rat was gone, Karen says to her teammates, "I do not trussst him but he hid nothing in what he spoke about. I believe him when he spoke about the girls and about us."
Mary frowns as she had gotten the same feeling as Karen had before she says, "I think you're right Karen. Well, I guess we all know what we have to do next." She looks to make sure she has everyone's attention and then says, "We can't fail."
AN: Well everyone, I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. So what do you think about Mindy's family and her first date with the family knowing that she's going on it? Do you think they told a lie or have some other way of spying? What do you think of team MASK so far? What did you think about Mary and her feelings? What do you think about Karen and her distrust for King Rat? What do you think of the guys Arron and Sam? What do you think about King Rat's plans?
As usual with me, all thoughts, ideas, suggestions, questions answered, impressions about the story, Scooby Doo sayings, and more are always welcome.