"I didn't call Oprah because I wanted someone to help me!" Todd complained. "I was trying to tell her I had it under control!"
Otis tried to keep himself from rolling his eyes, but it was hard.
"And she kicked me out for being odd? Look at you two, teenagers on the Odd Squad?"
"Todd, this isn't time to worry about that." Olympia cut in. "What is the problem?"
"Nothing I can't handle." Todd told her. "But seriously, why are you two teenagers?"
"We don't have time for this." Otis said. "We do have other things to do-"
"Yeah, I heard about your dad." Todd said, cutting him off. "Now I know where I saw you before. How is he anyway?"
Otis was starting to get a bit fed up with Todd and Olympia could tell.
"Todd," Olympia interrupted. "Can you please tell me what happened? We don't need to help if you don't want us to, but maybe if you explain what's going on, maybe you can figure out what to do."
Todd seemed to think her suggestion over before nodding. "I guess that makes sense." Olympia smiled, happy she found a solution, as Todd started his story. "Well, I guess this all started this morning when I came to check on my tomatoes, only to find that all of them were gone."
Olympia was confused. "I don't really see how th-"
"I wasn't finished." Todd told her. Olympia then went silent and continued listening. "The tomatoes were gone, but in their place were bushes of books!"
"What!?" Olympia exclaimed.
"Just look." Todd said, pointing to his old tomato patch. The two agents turned to find the plants were now over taken with books.
"How didn't we see that when we got here?" Olympia asked.
"That is a good question, but we really don't have time for that." Otis said. "What else happened, Todd?"
"Well, as the rest of my gardener friends showed up, we realized the entire garden had lost its produce and was now filled with books, TVs, magazines, and a surprising amount of spaghetti." Todd continued.
This time, Otis couldn't contain his eye roll. "This is just ridiculous."
"That's what I thought!" Todd said.
"No, I mean this case is ridiculous." Otis said.
"So, what happened after that, Todd." Olympia asked.
"Not much. The whole day we've been trying to figure out what happened to our crops. So…" Todd stopped for a second.
"What is it?" Olympia asked.
"I think I just figured it out." Todd said. "Can I borrow one of your Reveal-inator gadgets?"
Olympia reached behind her back and handed the gadget to Todd. "What is it?"
"I think I have an intruder." Todd told her. He turned to the 'book plants' and shot them with the gadget. They shook in the zap but then changed promptly into tomatoes.
"Whoa." Olympia and Otis said simultaneously.
"Just as I suspected," Todd said. "Shapeshifter."
"But why would she do this?" Otis asked.
"I know." Todd reasoned. "She must be angry I left the life of Odd."
"So, she attacked your vegetables?" Olympia asked, a bit skeptical.
"She must know how important they are to me!" Todd said. "Where are you, Shapeshifter?"
"She's still here?" Otis asked.
"Believe me." Todd said, looking around the ruined garden. "I worked with her long enough to know she wouldn't leave without gloating about her work."
"You are exactly right, Todd!" yelled a voice. The three kids turned to the voice to see a tree in the middle of the garden shift back into Shapeshifter. "It was me! How'd you figure it out?"
Todd rolled his eyes. "After I thought about it, it was so obvious." Then he smiled. "I was the best Odd Squad agent that ever was, remember?"
"Was." Shapeshifter laughed. "And that never helped you beat them." She then turned to the two agents. "So, Otis, back on the squad?" She asked. "How'd you get them to do that?"
Otis turned up a brow. "W-what do you mean?
She smiled. "I know what happened 5 years ago, Otis." Otis then looked to her with confusion and surprise in his eyes. "Odd Squad might say that they trust you, but they don't," she laughed again. "And they can't, because even though you think you've changed, you can't. Once a villain, always a villain."
That got in his head. He was confused before but now it seemed to increase tenfold. Otis tried to shake it off, but he couldn't. Was she right? He quickly turned away from them and tried to walk away.
"Guess he got the message." Shapeshifter smiled.
"Seriously? Were you just here to talk to him?" Todd exclaimed, a bit angry, "I gave you the best years of my life and you don't want revenge for me leaving?"
Olympia didn't even pay attention to him. "Otis?" she asked, looking at her partner. "Are you all right?"
Otis wanted to tell her he was all right, but he could not. He could not lie to her.
He wasn't ok.