"Larry-Boy and Brio-Girl" Chapter 8

Larry was still feeling down when he got back to his home, which looked like a large mansion on the outside, but was, well, still
a mansion on the inside, but also held the super-secret LarryCave, Larry-Boy's secret hideout. He went up to the door and
knocked, hoping that his friend and butler, Alfred, was still home (Sometimes he went out on errands). The camera on the porch
focused in on him. On the intercom, he heard someone say, "Who seeks to enter my fortress?"

"Alfred, it's me. Let me in."

"I'm dreadfully apologetic, but I have no information on this "me" figure that you're stressing."

"What?" Larry said. A lot of times, Alfred spoke in terms he couldn't understand.

"I don't know anyone named 'me'."

"Thanks for the english and the joke, but i'm not in the mood."

"Can't blame a guy for trying."

The door opened and he went in. He knew exactly where Alfred was, and headed for the cleaning closet. It looked just like a
cleaning closet, except for when you pulled on the broom handle, the back popped out and revealed the door to the LarryCave.
Larry entered and found Alfred at the control panel and computer, just where he knew he'd find him. Alfred wasn't just any butler
and friend. He had an engineering degree and had built all of Larry-Boy's gadgets, including Larry's favorite,
the utility belt super-size cupholder attachment. After all, you can't fight evil on a super-size thirst.
Alfred listened intently as Larry told him what had happened earlier. After about 18 minutes, he finally finished.

"Whew, that is quite a predicament, Master Larry. I believe we'd better start looking for this mystery person and find their
intentions right away. But i'm afraid that I cannot help you on the other."

"I know, Alfred. It's my problem and i'll have to find a way to avoid it, but on the mystery person, we can't start on it tonight.
Remember, the Bumblyburg Citizens Dinner? We already got our tickets, and I already told Mayor Blueberry we'd be there."

"That's true, we did say we were going to attend, and it would be a waste of our tickets to not go."

So they decided to go ahead and get ready. And of course, Alfred didn't miss the opportunity to remind Larry to not forget
his supersuit. But he wasn't aware of how much he was really going to need it.