Chapter 7: Hide and Plan Out!
Last time: 9-Volt stuns Shadow the dog with a Deku Nut and Kat requested that their dog needs to be taken to a 24/7 Veterinary Clinic.
After Red has asked Ashley on where the 24/7 Veterinarian, Ashley does a search on her website and found out that it would take about...a 3 hour drive from Diamond City to get to a 24/7 Veterinary Clinic in Toad Town.
"Oh no! I don't even know if our dog could survive!", exclaimed Ana in a dramatic tone.
"Ana. Calm down. It's honestly better if we ask our mom to drive far than wait for another 9 hours at our closest veterinary clinic.", said Kat. Kat turned to Ashley and says, "I'm sorry Ashley, it looks like that the dog must've got 'poisoned' by our enemy and we need to go to the vet now.".
Ashley sighed deeply and disappointingly says, "Okay...I understand, you guys can take your dog to the vet and take your stuff out of here.".
"Um...I think we can come back for our stuff later. The dog's health is more important now.", said Kat concerningly. Kat and Ana pick up their dog and Kat willing says, "See ya later Ashley". Kat then looks at Red and says, "And see ya later Red!".
Red waved goodbye and Ashley felt sad. Kat and Ana call off their animals to call of the search of the thief inside the house.
"Mona! I think we need more of your animal's help!", exclaimed Ashley running where Mona should be.
Meanwhile 9-Volt is in another unused bedroom trying to call his mother, but to no avail. "Damn it Mom! I'm worried that you're going to call me in the wrong time!", quietly yelled 9-Volt. "Hmm...what should I do next? Those guys are still inside the same room...I think I should be more specific and complex about my plan...but how? I don't want them to get caught leaving…", thought 9-Volt.
9-Volt was taking his time to think about the plan. "I've already planned to distract animals by looking for tools in the kitchen...but after I've fought the dog...I think maybe there's a way for animals to go away….", thought 9-Volt. He wrote down a list of things that he could do to let them escape to freedom:
Taking them out one at a time - "That sounded like a good idea...it would be difficult, but it's better to keep it a secret than to try again too many times…", thought 9-Volt. 9-Volt himself approved this idea so he decided on that idea and focus on the specifics of getting out.
Grab and run out - "Hmm...this could work if it meant that I would escort one person to escape but not the other...this can't work…", brooded 9-Volt and he kept writing down ideas…
Try to persuade to be like Snake from MGS - "I had hopes for this idea, but not everyone could hide that well...especially Wario…", mused 9-Volt and he decided to concentrate harder.
Wait for the girls to go to sleep - "There is a possibility of that happening...but I'm honestly not sure if they could go to sleep AT ALL because of the interest in torture…", concentrated 9-Volt and he decided to keep thinking even though this WAS a good idea, he realized that it could be a bad idea if the plan doesn't work.
Wait for the guys to get tortured, then distract the girls to look for "me" - "I dunno...I don't really know...I wonder how much torture that the guys would get before I rescue them...if they're injured, this makes me feel like it going to be very difficult for a guy to get injured men out...I'd better rescue them before they got tortured some more…", reflected 9-Volt and he felt like he got a better idea…
"A-ha! I got a better idea. Those two idea I wrote down, what if I try to make the girls go crazy looking for me, eventually getting tired, and goes to sleep...that mean I can take the guys out of Ashley's mansion and not get tortured...however, I need to get those guys out one at a time just so no girls could wake up.", thought 9-Volt and he felt proud that he was like Solid Snake.
9-Volt felt great. He got up from the floor and decides to peek open a door to see if the coast is clear.
"Ooh ooh ah ah.", said Monkey No.3.
"Crap...those animals are still looking for me...especially that monkey…", trailed off 9-Volt and he decided to instead check the closet to see if he can grab any supplies that is useful to him.
Monkey No.3 saw the door open...9-Volt closes the closet door and hides inside another unused empty boxes.
Monkey No.3 gets inside the room...looking for a switch to turn on the lights. Then, he realizes that the switch doesn't work because the room haven't been used in DECADES.
"Ooh…", feared Monkey No.3.
9-Volt in the box felt really bored inside the box and he decided to carefully and quietly take out his GameBoy Advance to continue playing Wario Land 4 where he left off at third room, second level.
Monkey No.3 decided to inspect carefully in the room hoping that he doesn't contact something scary inside the room. He looked under the bed, he look in the drawer, etc.
While 9-Volt was playing Wario Land 4 through the third room, third level, he hears the door creaks. Monkey No.3 is looking in the closet and 9-Volt volume down to mute. Then he puts his GBA screen face down.
Monkey No.3 kept searching in the closet and wonders if he should look in the boxes or not. He is aware that the house CAN be spooky.
"Go away you stupid piece of shit! You don't belong here!", thought 9-Volt angrily. Then, his cellphone rang loudly and Monkey No.3 is scared and he runs off the room very fast. 9-Volt answer the phone but before he could talk, he thought, "Calm down 9-Volt...Mom's probably just home right now and she wanted to know where we are...if we can come up a believable lie...we don't have to worry about getting punished too much...let's just hear what she has to say…"
"H-h-hello?", feared 9-Volt.
"Oh hi son! I apologize for giving you a scare while you're in bed…", trailed off 5-Volt.
9-Volt is immediately confused on her statement. "Give me a scare? I'm only scared that you've FOUND OUT about me not being in bed!", thought 9-Volt.
"Son...are you there?", asked 5-Volt.
"Uh...s-s-sorry mom...I was sleepy…", responded 9-Volt and he yawn to convince his mom that he's at home.
"That's alright. Listen, I call you because I wasn't home yet.", explained 5-Volt.
"Holy cow! What a relief! Mom isn't home yet!", thought 9-Volt happily. He is happy that his mom isn't home yet and 9-Volt asks, "Oh? And why is that?".
"Well...there was a traffic jam today and it took me about 5 hours to get to Peach's Castle...the highway had one hour traffic jam, half hour of main street, and half more hour to find a right parking spot…", explained 5-Volt.
"...what about um...Princess Peach…?", questioned 9-Volt.
"Well...it took longer to convince the Toads to let me in… and long story short, I've met Princess Peach and we were doing things together for hours until midnight...I don't know why she would do that after the princess explains to me that the letter is fake...but I guess she saw through my strong disappointment and she felt pity on me…", explained 5-Volt.
"...were you...expecting that to...happen?", asked 9-Volt.
"Honestly...I was disappointed that the letter is fake but I was having a good self-esteem after I already told you on how the princess identify the meaning of the letter…", told 5-Volt.
"Okay...so where are you...now?", questioned 9-Volt.
"Oh, I was at Hotel Mario and um...I guess I don't want to drive far again...I'm just so…(yawns) sleepy…", trailed off 5-Volt.
"Well...I guess it's time to say...good night mom…", trailed off 9-Volt acting that he is sleepy.
"(yawn) Good night...9-Volt…zzz", dozed off 5-Volt and 9-Volt turns off his phone. He turn the volume into vibration.
"I better make sure that those guys get out by the morning...for real…", thought 9-Volt and he decided that he would try to sneak out as quickly as possible and try to hide in another room.
Meanwhile, Ashley is whipping Wario at his back while still tied to the chair and Wario felt that the pain should stop.
Wario felt the pain and moaned, "Ugh...I've learned...my...lesson...can I...go now?".
"No way. I just felt like that we haven't teach you enough. We may have only taught you on how not to make a mistake on spying, but we wanted to teach you a lesson where thinking of spying other girls has a BIG consequences and that we truly discourage you from doing THAT.", explained Ashley looking sternly onto Wario.
"Ah, come on! I actually wouldn't be interested in someone else…", thought Wario.
The rest of the guys were tortured. Dr. Crygor had to listen to Sesame Street music 128 times and he felt the pain. 18-Volt had to be chained up to an iron ball and he had to be a servant for everyone with a challenge.
Jimmy T. is forced to feed Ashley's pet piranha plants in a locked room. Young Cricket is forced to wear more embarrassing kinds of clothings like putting on a lingerie while wearing a diaper.
Monkey No.3 came into Ashley's room quite scared. Mona asks, "What's wrong my little monkey?"
Monkey No.3 tries to explain by doing poses and noise about what happen. He does opening the door, looking for something, then makes a ringing noises, and runs out.
"So what happen is that you open the door looking for the thief, then you heard the ringing noise and it scares you enough to run out...is that what you're trying to tell me?", questioned Mona.
Monkey No.3 nodded. Mona thought about what was the ringing noise. Mona turns to Ashley and asks, "Hey Ashley? Um...have you ever kept anything that makes a ringing noise in this old mansion?".
Ashley turns to Mona and questioned, "What for?".
"Uh...you know...you may have kept the alarm clock in one of the rooms or maybe you have a timer...but I'm honestly not certain if my monkey did hear a cellphone ringing though…", trailed off Mona.
"Hmm…", trailed off Ashley. Ashley turns to Monkey No.3 and says, "So...which room did you go into? Wait. Show me which room you've gone into and I'll remember what stuff I have and what stuff I don't...I'm pretty sure that there isn't a timer, I have it in the kitchen.".
Monkey No.3 agreed to show Ashley which room that he has gone into. "Mona. Penny. Stay here. I want you to watch the guys getting their punishment. I wanted to make sure the thief is apprehended.", requested Ashley. Mona and Penny agreed. Then, she went with Monkey No.3.
In the meantime, 9-Volt is in the box, under the table in the living room. "Alright...I'm in the living room...I should try my best to get to the kitchen now...I need a way to make their pets get distracted…", thought 9-Volt and due to a lack of a dedicated 'personal' space, he would think all the way through instead of writing down some plans in his notebook.
"Hmm...what if I get the animals to eat the food that can send them to the hospital…?", thought 9-Volt and he wonders if it's a good idea.
A few minutes later, 9-Volt retracted, "No...I don't want Red to be sent to the hospital...what happens if I got caught? What if Red is injured? I better take a step back…".
While 9-Volt kept thinking, 9-Volt is feeling sleepy…"Oh crap...I'm feeling kind of tired…", thought 9-Volt and he decided that the best way to stay awake is to play Wario Land 4 on the GBA.
Even though he's playing Wario Land 4 on the third room, fourth room, he still felt sleepy...and by the time he realized that, he took a nap in the box, under the table, in the living room.
Later, 9-Volt woke up shockingly and realized that he's been taking a nap…"Oh no! I've been sleeping in this box and I got to make a move right now before it's too late!", thought 9-Volt and he moved out under the table and takes his box off quietly. Then, he hears Ashley announces something.
"Hey everyone! It's time for a meeting in the living room!", announced Ashley.
9-Volt heard it and puts the box back under the table and he had to hide behind the window drapes. Thankfully, the drapes were closed like a stage curtain.
Ashley, Mona, Penny and all of Mona's pet were gathered around in the living room.
"Um...okay...since we weren't able to find out if the thief is in or out of the house...I suggest that we may have to stop the searches...I don't want another hour to be wasted…", trailed off Ashley.
"Hmm...I dunno...I think we're closer to the thief than we thought…", trailed off Penny.
"And why is that?", demanded Ashley.
"Because...while I didn't notice in the kitchen, I remembered that the thief is hiding in the box...I wonder…", trailed off Penny. Penny then turns to Mona and asks, "Mona, did your Monkey ever got close to a box when something is ringing?".
"Um...actually...according to my monkey and Ashley, she explains that the monkey isn't close to a box, but Ashley did saw footprints and that meant the thief is in the house...isn't that right Ashley?", explained Mona.
"Yes. I saw footprints inside the closet. According to Mona's monkey, he heard it in there. There's a good chances of what he heard is more of a cell phone ringing than not…", responded Ashley.
"That means that the thief...is inside the box under the table...if we had to lift that box again...we'll probably get stunned and the thief will run off...this time, out to the door.", answered Penny pointing to the box under the table. The girls gasped and they've realized that they were listened.
"Damn it! They know my tactics...but thankfully, I'm not in that box...though maybe I should consider changing my game plans…", thought 9-Volt.
"Girls...I think it's time to lift it up...but this time, we cover our eyes and grab the thief.", suggested Ashley and the girls agreed.
Penny decided to grab the box from the sides and ripped it off while other girls are standing on the other sides of the table with animals being the assistants in case if 'the thief' ran off.
"Ready...one...two...three!", exclaimed Penny as she pulls the box with her eyes closed. Surprisingly, the box is light enough and when the girls open their eyes, the box is empty.
"Um...hey guys...did you see the thief running out of the living room?", asked Mona.
All the animals shake their heads making Mona assume the answer is "no".
"But Mona? Are you sure that they're not lying?", asked Ashley.
"They're telling the truth. I can tell if an animal lies because they're uncomfortable, but these guys seem very comfortable to answer it.", explained Mona.
"Wait a minute...Mona!", exclaimed Penny.
Mona turns to Penny and answered, "Yes?"
"If we can assume that the animals ARE telling the truth, that means that the thief is still...INSIDE this house!", exclaimed Penny.
The girls gasped and Ashley says, "Okay then, that means that we must keep looking for another hour...but we still need to torture the perverts...I wonder how are we going to do that…", trailed off Ashley.
"So? One of us can torture them and you guys and the animals can look for the thief…", responded Mona.
"But Ms. Mona, I-I mean we don't want the search to end up in a disaster. Kat and Ana's dog were stunned by the thief's nuts and I don't want one of your animals to ended up with harm…I think we need a new plan…", suggested Red.
Mona never thought about it and realized that she agrees with Red. Ashley thought about a new idea. Ashley suggests that the guys that got tortured could come and help search the thief inside the house, and if one of the guys can catch the thief, one of the guys can go home early. All of them thought about it and thought that was a great idea so they decided to go upstairs.
"...w-what? If one of the guys in the groups that I've known find me...a guys get to go home early…? My plan is now turning upside down! I better replace my previous plan.", thought 9-Volt and 9-Volt went to the kitchen hoping to get deku nuts.
Will 9-Volt ever try to get out of Ashley's mansion? How will the guys react? Are the guys going to betray the girls? Tune in next time for more chapters of "9-Volt and the Sleeping Spies".
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