Alma Mater Much?
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: All the characters of Totally Spies belong to their creators. The original characters are of my own creation.
"You recognize this person?" Jake asked Sam.
"She's my ex-roommate, Stacy!" Sam replied.
"It would explain why the scrunchie looked familiar to you," Nate spoke up. He then asked. "Aside from being your ex-roommate, who is this, Stacy anyway?"
Sam looked up at Nate, "She was a freshman at Mali-U who tried to steal people's intelligence to be the smartest student there." She then put her Compowder back into her pocket as she continued. "I was one of her targets."
"She did what?!" Jake gasped in disbelief, getting Sam's attention. He then growled. "That little…"
Sam quickly put her hands on Jake's shoulders.
"Whoa... easy, Jake," Sam calmly said. "I don't want you blowing a gasket."
Jake took a few deep breaths before saying, "I'm sorry, Sammy. I just hate it when villains do horrible things to you, like stealing your intelligence among other things." He then sighed. "And even though I promised to keep you safe, part of me doubts I can keep that promise."
"Jake?" Sam asked. "Please listen to me. I know you promised to keep me safe, and I promised to keep you safe, but there are some things we can't control. Just remember, whatever happens to either one or both of us, we will always love each other."
Jake cupped Sam's face with his hands, "I understand, my love, my dove, my..."
"Soulmate?" Sam said, guessing the next thing Jake was going to say.
"Yes," Jake cooed. "You are my soulmate."
"And I am yours," Sam cooed.
The two spies were about to share a kiss when...
"Ahem," Clover spoke up, getting Sam and Jake's attention. "I hate to break up the romantic moment, but can we get back to the investigation?"
Sam and Jake pulled away from each other and said, "Right."
"I'll contact Jerr," Jake announced as he got on his Smartphone and contacted Jerry. "Jerr?"
Jerry's face soon appeared on the screen, "You spies found anything?"
"We've identified our baddie," Sam spoke up. "It's my ex-roommate, Stacy."
Jerry soon developed a confused look on his face, "That's odd." He then pressed a button on his keyboard to show Stacy at the WOOHP Containment Facility. "Stacy's being held at the WOOHP Containment Facility as we speak."
The screen changed back to Jerry before Jake asked, "If Stacy is there, then how come the evidence here at the house points to her? I mean, when Sammy analyzed a strand of hair stuck to a scrunchie we found here, we saw Stacy's name and picture appear on the screen of Sammy's Compowder."
"That's a good question, Jake," Was all Jerry said.
Clover soon thought of something and spoke up, "If I didn't know better, I'd say Stacy might have an identical twin sister who decided to steal her name."
Nate turned to Clover, "That sounds like a good possibility, Clover."
"The only way to find out for sure is to ask Stacy herself," Jake added. "But which one of us should question her?"
"I'll do it," Sam spoke up.
"Are you sure, Sammy?" Jake asked as he turned to his girlfriend.
Sam turned to Jake, "Well, somebody's gotta do it, might as well be me since I've been around her the most and know her well."
"I'll make the arrangements," Jerry spoke up, getting the spies' attention. "In the meantime, you will head back to Oxford and protect Laura. I'll send in the WOOHP jet to take you there."
After Jerry broke contact, Jake asked Sam, "Do you need me to come with you for emotional support? You probably have some emotional scars from your last encounter with her."
"I should be good," Sam answered Jake. "Thanks, though."
"May I at least wait outside the visiting room while you question, Stacy?" Jake asked.
"Of course," Sam replied. "Now, let's go back to Oxford and have lunch."
With that, the spies left the house just as the WOOHP jet arrived and took them back to England.
WOOHP Containment Facility, Beverly Hills
6:00 am local time
Sam walked into the visiting room of the facility and sat down in a chair in front of a window. It's been over two hours since leaving the house of the kidnapped Caltech president and, after eating lunch in Oxford, Sam and Jake set off for the WOOHP Containment Facility in Beverly Hills where Stacy was held. And while Sam questions Stacy, Jake would wait outside the visiting room.
On the other side of the window, two guards brought Stacy into the visiting room in handcuffs and up to the window.
Stacy then sat down in a chair at the window.
"Hello, Stacy," Sam spoke.
"Sam?" Stacy gasped. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to ask you some questions," Sam replied. "A series of kidnappings involving college leaders have occurred throughout the world. While investigating the kidnappings, me, my spy boyfriend, and our spy friends found evidence that points to you."
"You have a spy boyfriend now?" Stacy asked. Sam nodded. "Is he smart enough for you?"
"He's the best thing that has ever happened to me," Sam said. "Now, about the kidnappings..."
"There's no way I could've kidnapped those college leaders," Stacy argued. "I was here in this prison the whole time."
"True," Sam agreed. "But do you know anyone who could be behind this? Perhaps an identical twin sister who's using your name?"
"How did you know I have an identical twin sister?" Stacy asked in disbelief.
"I didn't," Sam replied. "Clover suspected you did."
"That scrunchie thief?" Stacy asked with a scowl.
"Huh?" Sam asked, confused.
"I saw her wearing my scrunchie and I nearly had to rip her hair out to get it back," Stacy replied.
"Clover didn't steal anyone's scrunchie," Sam pointed out. "I found it lying at the scene of one of your kidnappings at Mali-U. When I showed it to Clover and Alex, the former took it and wore it as if it were her own. Now, you said you have a twin sister, right?"
"I do," Stacy said. "And you believe she's using my name?"
"Yes," Sam said. "We analyzed hair stuck to a scrunchie at the scene of the kidnapping of the Caltech president and it pointed towards you. But when Jerry mentioned you were still at the WOOHP Containment Facility, it left us confused until Clover brought up the twin sister/identity theft theory."
Stacy gritted her teeth, "That Tracy Alma Mater..."
"I take it this Tracy Alma Mater is the twin sister?" Sam asked.
"Yes," Stacy replied. "And yes, Mater is our last name. Anyway, Tracy was the smartest of us and feeling sorry for my lack of intelligence, she provided me with the means of stealing peoples' intelligence, including yours."
"It would explain where you got the machine you used to steal people's intelligence," Sam groaned.
"After she was rejected from every prestigious school on the planet..." Stacy continued. "Tracy told me she intended to get revenge on the leaders of those schools. But she didn't tell me she was going to use my name to do it."
"And since you and Tracy look identical, the name change was enough to trick WOOHP into thinking you were responsible for the kidnappings," Sam said.
"I totally agree with you on that," Stacy agreed. She then sighed. "Tracy's one devious sister. Heck, more devious than our monster-loving aunt Alma Mater, who happens to be mother's twin sister."
The name, Alma Mater, quickly caught Sam's ear, "Did you say, Alma Mater?"
"Yeah," Stacy answered. "She's a scientist always wanting to find ways of bring monsters to life and has spent years trying to figure out how to do it. Why do you ask?"
"Me, my boyfriend, and our friends recently went up against Gerald Husk and he claimed that someone hired him to steal the schematics to Dr. Drakken's Synthodrones and use them to create Synthomonsters," Sam answered. "He mentioned Alma Mater."
"How wild," Stacy commented.
Sam then stood up from her seat and said, "Well, thank you for your time and your help."
"I'm only helping you because I dislike my aunt and now, my sister," Stacy pointed out. "My aunt for making me dress up in pink bunny pajamas like the boy in that Christmas movie; she thought they'd make me look like a monster. As for my sister, she stole my name."
Sam nodded before she walked out of the visitor center and met up with Jake.
"So?" Jake asked.
"Tracy Mater," Sam replied. "That's who the kidnapper is. I also learned what Gerald meant by Alma Mater. I'll explain more once we meet up with the others."
Jake nodded, "Sounds good to me."
With that, both Sam and Jake walked off hand-in-hand.
Dean's Office, Oxford University
4:45 pm local time
Sam had just finished explaining everything Stacy had told her to Jake, their friends, and Laura.
"That's insane!" Jake commented.
"Now we know the two baddies responsible for the monster attacks and the kidnappings," Gene spoke.
"So, what do we do now, Sammy?" Britney asked.
"We will continue to protect Miss Douglas and wait for Jerry to see if he has anything regarding Tracy and Alma's whereabouts," Sam replied.
Jake soon thought of something and turned to Laura, "Hey, Miss Douglas, I just thought of something."
"What is it?" Laura asked curiously.
"Me, my girlfriend, and our friends will be staying in a house my parents rent out off campus," Jake began. "Since you need protection, you can stay with us if you'd like."
"That sounds like a great idea," Laura agreed. "That is if the others are okay with it."
The WOOHP spies smiled.
"Of course, we're okay with it," Sam said.
"Yeah, it's the least we could do after you helped Jerry get us into Oxford and attend classes together," Nate added.
"If it wasn't for you," Clover spoke up. She then gave Nate a sultry grin. "I wouldn't be wearing something that makes me look twice as cute to Nate."
"We're all in favor of you staying with us, Miss Douglas," Lee added.
"Yeah," Alex added.
"We've got your back, Miss Douglas," Britney added.
"Always," Gene added.
Laura smiled, "Thank you, spies."
"Shall we go tour the house?" Jake asked.
"I'm willing to take a break for a while," Laura said as she got up from her desk.
With that, the spies and Laura walked out of the office.
Spies' New House
5:00 pm
Sam, Clover, Alex, Britney, Jake, Nate, Lee, Gene, and Laura walked up to the front of the house the former eight would be living in.
"So, Jake, this is the house your parents rent out?" Sam asked.
"It sure is," Jake replied.
He then heard his Smartphone ring.
"Text from Jerry," Jake said, recognizing the ringtone. He then pulled out his Smartphone and read the text aloud. "I got your message that you, the spies, and Laura will be going to your parents' house in Oxford. I informed the agent assigned to watch Oinky and Charlotte that you were on your way. She said the pigs are currently asleep upstairs before she returned to WOOHP."
Jake texted Jerry a thank you before putting the phone back into his pocket.
"Oinky and Charlotte are pigs?" Laura asked.
Alex turned to Laura and answered, "They are me and Lee's pet pigs." She then turned to Jake. "Lead the way, Jake."
The group, with Jake in the lead, soon walked up the stairs and to the front door.
Jake used a key to open the door before he, the spies, and Laura walked inside.
Jake flipped a light switch and the light turned on, revealing the living room. The living room had a hardwood floor with three big couches arranged in a horseshoe with a coffee table in the middle and a flatscreen TV on the wall facing the middle couch. There was also an opening to the kitchen and stairs leading up to the second floor.
"This looks amazing!" Clover commented.
The spies soon walked through the living room and into the kitchen, which had a hardwood floor identical to the one in the living room, dining room table with ten chairs, a counter, stove, refrigerator, sink, and dishwasher.
The spies and Laura soon took notice of the backyard through the rear glass door and saw an above-ground hot tub and an in-ground swimming pool.
"Amazing!" Britney commented.
"I'm glad you like it," Jake said in appreciation. He then asked. "Now, shall we move on to the upstairs?"
"Let's do it," Nate agreed.
"How many bedrooms and bathrooms are there?" Clover asked.
"There are four bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths," Jake replied. "And... since there's no fifth bedroom, Miss Douglas will have to room with one of us couples."
"I can sleep on the couch in the living room," Laura spoke.
"Where you're out in the open for Tracy can snatch you?" Jake asked in disbelief. "I don't think so."
"We could take shifts watching over you in your sleep," Sam suggested to Laura. She then asked. "What times do you normally go to bed?"
"I go to bed at 9 and wake up at 6," Laura replied.
"Here's what I'm suggesting..." Sam began. "Each spy couple will cover two hours and fifteen minutes of the time you sleep. We just have to figure out who gets which shift."
"We can draw straws to decide," Jake suggested. "But we'll do that after the house tour."
Just then, the sound of a cellphone ringing was heard.
"That's me," Laura said as she pulled out her cellphone. She then answered it. "Hello? Huh? That sounds great. Tell him I'm on my way. Bye."
She then hung up her phone before Sam asked, "What's up?"
"Vice Chancellor Louis called to tell me that a news reporter wants to interview me for a story," Laura replied.
"Don't worry, Miss Douglas, we'll get you back to the office so you can be interviewed," Sam said.
"Thank you," Laura said in appreciation.
After that was said, the spies, and Laura walked back to the living room and out the front door to the house.
But just after walking out of the house, a mechanical tentacle reached out from an uncapped sewer drain and quickly grabbed Laura before pulling her down into the drain.
"Miss Douglas!" Sam gasped.
She and the other spies ran to the open sewer drain.
Alex stuck her head in the opening and looked around to see no sign of Laura.
"Great," Alex groaned as she pulled her head out. "The kidnapper has given us the slip."
Sam got on her Compowder and contacted Jerry, "Jerr?"
"What's wrong, spies?" Jerry asked as his hologram appeared.
"Miss Douglas has been kidnapped," Sam replied. "A mechanical arm came out of a sewer drain, grabbed her, and whoosh she's gone."
"These baddies know how to get past even the best spy protection," Clover groaned.
Sam soon thought something and spoke, "But I think I know a way to locate, Miss Douglas. Has anyone noticed what she was wearing around her neck?"
"Yeah," Alex spoke up. "It looked like that Tracking Accessory Device you wore on that mission when we went up against Vladimir Kozyrev all those years ago."
"It is a Tracking Accessory Device," Jerry said, getting the spies' attention. "I gave it to Laura as a retirement present in case she ends up in danger and needs help. Let me see if I can track it." He then typed a few keys on his computer and pulled up a map of the world with a red dot moving south. "I found it, and it has stopped in central Algeria. I'll send in the WOOHP jet to pick you spies up and take you there."
Just then, the WOOHP jet flew in, deployed a vacuum hose, and sucked the spies into the jet before it flew off to Algeria.
Central Algeria
7:00 pm local time
The spies jumped out of the WOOHP jet and deployed their jetpack parachutes before touching down near an abandoned house.
Once the spies retracted their parachutes, Sam got out her Compowder and opened it to reveal a map of the surrounding desert and the coordinates of Laura's Tracking Accessory Device.
"She's in the house," Sam spoke. "Follow me."
She and the spies soon ran into the abandoned house and found ten people tied up and gagged.
They soon noticed Laura.
Sam removed the gag from Laura's mouth before asking, "Are you okay?"
"I am now," Laura replied.
"We'll untie the others," Jake spoke before he and the other spies proceeded to untie the others and remove their gags as well.
"Who are these people?" Sam asked as she proceeded to untie Laura's ropes.
"They are the leaders of nine of the most prestigious schools in the world," Laura replied. "While I was being abducted, I noticed a girl in a school uniform controlling the robot. I was able to identify the girl from the photograph you showed me of Tracy Mater."
Laura was soon free of her ropes while the other spies finished untying the ropes of the other college leaders.
"Did you mention, Tracy Mater?" A man, who happened to have been President Rodney Jakobsen of Harvard University, asked.
"I did," Laura replied. "You know her?"
"I rejected her college application to Harvard upon reading her permanent record, which revealed a rebellious history," Jakobsen answered.
"I did the same thing," Another man spoke up. "I'm Robert Bates, president of Caltech by the way."
"And I'm Rodney Jakobsen of Harvard University," Rodney added.
"Have all of you received college applications from Tracy and rejected them?" Sam asked.
"I didn't," Laura spoke up. "But my predecessor most likely did."
"Why would Tracy kidnap you if you didn't reject anything from her?" Britney asked Laura.
Laura turned to Britney, "She probably thought I was the headmaster who rejected her application; my predecessor's name was also Laura Douglas."
Just then, the wall of the abandoned house the front door was part of was suddenly pulled away.
The next thing the spies, Laura, and the other college leaders saw was a two-legged robot with a tail, a green bubble, and a pair of metal tentacles.
The group soon took notice of a girl sitting in a chair attached to the robot.
"Hello, spies!" The girl shouted.
"We have been looking for you, Tracy Mater!" Sam growled, recognizing the girl.
"So, you've figured things out, eh?" Tracy asked. "Then you know I'm not Stacy."
"And we know your aunt Alma Mater, hired Gerald Husk to steal those Synthodrone schematics so she could use them to make Synthomonsters," Sam pointed out.
"How did you know?" Tracy demanded. She soon thought of something and asked. "My sister told you, didn't she?"
"She did," Sam replied.
"Why would she sell me and Aunt Alma out?" Tracy asked.
Lee soon spoke up, "Well, that's the price you and Alma pay for stealing your sister's name and making her wear bunny pajamas."
"I can't believe you spies caught up to me," Tracy groaned. She then shook her head. "No matter."
She then unleashed her mech's tentacles out toward the spies and college leaders.
In response, the spies and college leaders took evasive action.
But in the process, Sam and Jake were both caught by their feet and brought close to Tracy.
"You are a smart girl, Samantha," Tracy began. "But you were stupid enough to come and rescue the people who've cast me aside."
Jake scowled, "No one calls my soulmate stupid!"
Sam quickly thought of something and said, "Jake, Brr Bracelet! Now!"
Jake nodded before he and Sam used their Brr Bracelets to freeze the tentacles of Tracy's mech.
"No!" Tracy gasped.
Sam and Jake then reached up and hit the frozen metal arms, breaking them, and before falling and landing in the sand.
Realizing she was in trouble, Tracy hit a button on the side of the right armrest, and rockets deployed from the feet of her mech.
Alex, noticing what was about to happen, quickly fired her Biodegradable Spitball Tracker and was able to attach a tracker to the mech before it took flight and disappeared.
Sam and Jake got up before the former opened her Compowder and contacted Jerry.
"Yes, Sam?" Jerry answered as his hologram appeared.
"Tracy got away," Sam announced. "But I just saw Alex attach a tracker to Tracy's mech."
"Did you find Laura and the other college leaders that were kidnapped?" Jerry asked.
"We sure did," Sam replied.
Just then, Alex's Compowder started beeping.
She opened it and noticed a map of the world with a red dot moving.
"Spitball tracker online!" Alex announced.
"Where's Tracy heading?" Sam asked Alex.
"She's heading for some strangely named island called, Guadalcanal," Alex replied.
"That's not a strangely named island," Jake pointed out. "That's where the U.S. Marines launched their first amphibious assault of World War Two."
"Jake, you are such a knowledgeable person," Sam commented as she wrapped her arms around Jake from behind. "That's one big thing I like about you."
"Thanks, Sammy," Jake cooed. "And you are very knowledgeable as well."
Sam kissed Jake on the right side of his neck before resting her chin on his shoulder, "And that's one big thing you like about me."
"Ahem," Jerry said, getting Sam and Jake's attention. "If you two love birds are done, I'm sending in a chopper to come pick up Laura and the other college leaders and take them to WOOHP HQ. I'll send in the WOOHP jet to take you to Guadalcanal."
"I'm not going back to HQ," Laura announced. "I'm temporarily rejoining WOOHP; I wanna help the spies catch this college leader kidnapper and her crazy aunt."
Jerry sighed, "Alright. But I am going to keep you in reserve in case the spies get captured."
Laura nodded, "Fair enough."
Just after Jerry broke contact, the WOOHP jet appeared and WOOHPed the spies into it while a WOOHP chopper flew in to pick up Laura and the other college leaders.
Guadalcanal
3:15 pm local time
The spies parachuted and landed in a clearing located within the jungles of the island.
Just after the spies retracted their parachutes, Alex opened her Compowder and said, "My Compowder is saying that Tracy's right on top of us, but I don't see her."
Lee soon noticed something at Alex's feet, picked it up, and got a good look at it, "Hey, isn't this the WOOHP tracker you attached to Tracy's mech, Alex?"
Alex looked at the device and said, "Uh oh, I think Tracy has outsmarted us."
The other spies looked at the device and groaned.
"Now where could Tracy be?" Britney asked.
"I don't know," Jake spoke up. "But we better be careful while we're here; this island is still littered with unexploded ordinance from the war."
"Thank goodness we have the M-ray Contact Lenses," Sam said as she put on the contact lenses. "This should help us see any unexploded ordinance." She then looked around. "It's all clear around here."
Suddenly, a distant explosion was heard.
"What was that?" Britney gasped.
Sam noticed smoke rising in the distance and pointed to it, "It came from over there."
The other spies soon noticed the smoke.
Sam activated her jetpack backpack and said, "Follow me."
The other spies activated their jetpack backpacks as well before the entire group took flight in the direction of the distant smoke.
The spies soon arrived at the source of the smoke and noticed an unconscious Tracy and, a short distance away, the remains of her now destroyed mech.
"Looks like she may be hurt," Jake speculated.
The spies soon landed near Tracy.
Jake checked her pulse and said, "She's still breathing."
Tracy regained consciousness saying, "Ow…"
She then passed out, again.
"We need to get her to a hospital," Jake said. "No telling how bad she's hurt."
Sam quickly got on her Compowder and contacted Jerry, "Jerr, we need a medivac."
"What's wrong?" Jerry asked as his hologram appeared.
"Tracy in her mech appeared to have stepped on a landmine," Sam replied.
"Oh my!" Jerry gasped. "What's her status?"
"She has some cuts and bruises," Sam replied. "But we don't know how badly she's hurt internally."
"I'll send in a medivac at once," Jerry announced.
WOOHP Hospital, Oxford
6:00 pm local time
Tracy regained consciousness to find herself handcuffed to a hospital bed and surrounded by Sam, Clover, Alex, Britney, Jake, Nate, Lee, Gene, and Jerry.
"Where am I?" Tracy demanded.
"You're in the WOOHP hospital at WOOHP HQ beneath Oxford," Jerry replied.
Tracy scowled at Jerry, "Your spies tried to kill me!"
"No, they did not," Jerry spoke. He then turned to Jake. "Jake?"
Jake stepped up to Tracy and spoke, "You stumbled upon a landmine left over from World War Two."
"How come I wasn't caught in the explosion?" Tracy asked.
"The shockwave from the explosion most likely sent you out of your mech's seat and into a clearing," Jake replied. "You were very lucky that it was your mech that got blown up, instead of you."
Tracy sighed, "I discovered your tracker and planted it in some random place to shake you off my tail. I would've made a retreat from the island but rocket engine trouble delayed my getaway, forcing me to hide somewhere in the jungle. But I failed to notice a landmine where I went to hide."
"That island is still littered with unexploded ordinance from an old war," Jake pointed out.
"I had the perfect plan for revenge against the leaders of the schools that rejected me," Tracy groaned. "Had I'd been accepted into at least one of those schools, I wouldn't've kidnapped anyone and nearly get killed by a landmine."
"If it hadn't been for your rebellious nature, you would've been accepted into one of those schools," Nate pointed out.
Tracy sighed, "Well since I'm now caught and the college leaders freed, I guess this is case closed for you?"
"Not quite," Jerry corrected. "We still need to know the whereabouts of your Aunt Alma."
"The one responsible for those Synthomonster attacks," Lee added. "And the one who created a Synthomonster for Sebastian Saga."
Tracy shook her head, "I don't know where Aunt Alma is."
Jake smirked and spoke up, "Well... then we'll just have to make sure you and Stacy, who's really ticked at you for using her name, share a cell together."
Tracy's face turned pale, "Mongolia! In the mountains of the Great Gobi A! You happy?!"
"Now, that wasn't so hard, was it?" Jake taunted.
Sam wrapped her arms around Jake's right arm, gave him a peck on his cheek, and cooed, "Way to make her talk, Jake."
Jake then pulled Sam in for a hug and cooed, "Why thank you, Sammy."
Sam returned the hug before she smirked at Tracy.
Tracy looked away and growled, "Spy couples!"
Great Gobi A, Mongolia
2:30 am local time
The spies have parachuted and landed where Tracy said Alma was located.
They soon retracted their parachutes and activated flashlights to see in the dark and begin the search.
Just then, Jake noticed something behind some brush, ran up to it, removed the brush, and found a metal door.
"Look what I've found behind some brush," Jake announced.
Sam and the other spies looked at what Jake found.
"Nice find, Jake," Sam commented as she walked up to Jake.
Jake took Sam into his arms and cooed, "Why thank you, Samantha."
Sam giggled, "You always make me coo with your charm, especially when you say my full first name in a flirty tone. Don't you?"
"Charming you is my specialty, my lady," Jake cooed.
Sam giggled, "I thought spying was your specialty."
"That too," Jake cooed.
"And as much as I'd like to have a romantic moment we need to continue with the mission," Sam pointed out.
Jake let go of Sam and slumped, "I understand."
Sam then whispered into Jake's ear, "After the mission's over, it will all be lovey-dovey from there."
"Deal," Jake whispered into Sam's ear.
Sam and Jake then turned back towards the door and walked up to it.
"Now, how do we get this open?" Sam asked.
Britney pulled out the Heavy Hand Smash All Glove, put it over her right hand, and spoke up, "This will help."
She then walked up to the door, raised her fist, and punched the door, causing it to turn to shambles and reveal a hallway going down into the earth.
"Nice one, Brit," Sam commented.
"Thanks, Sammy," Britney said in appreciation.
But just when the group stepped inside, a trap door opened up beneath them and they soon found themselves falling and landing in what looked like a lab. In the middle of the lab facing the spies was what looked like a salon hair-drying chair with metal wrist, shoulder, and ankle straps.
Just as the spies got up, a blue forcefield suddenly surrounded them.
Then, out from the shadows, came what appeared to be an older version of Tracy wearing a white lab coat.
"Hello spies," The woman said with a smirk.
"Are you Alma Mater?" Sam asked.
"Of course, I am," The woman replied.
"Then you must be the one who hired Gerald Husk to steal the Synthodrone schematics and use them to create Synthomonsters," Sam pointed out. "You also made a monster for Sebastian Saga and deceived us into thinking Professor Dementor was responsible for the worldwide monster attacks."
"You are a very smart girl Miss Samantha," Alma commented. "And I have plans for you."
Suspecting what Alma might do, Jake walked in front of Sam and spoke, "You are not stealing my girlfriend's intelligence like your niece Stacy did. You're gonna have to get through me if you are to get to her. Plus, there's no way you can touch any of us without lowering this forcefield."
"Who said anything about stealing her intelligence?" Alma asked. "As for the forcefield…" She then pulled out a metal glove from her lab coat and put it on her right hand. She then activated the glove and a glowing green arm with a claw at the end of it emerged from it. "I have this energy claw."
Alma soon sent the energy claw through the forcefield, around Jake, and grabbed Sam.
"Sam!" Jake gasped as Sam found herself surrounded by glowing green energy and yanked through the forcefield.
Alma then used the energy claw to place Sam into the chair and activate the restraints, rendering Sam immobile.
"How were you able to pull Sammy through this forcefield?" Alex asked in disbelief.
"That's for me to know and you to find out," Alma said as she retracted the energy claw back into the glove.
Jake soon thought of something and spoke, "It's obvious the energy claw, along with the energy the claw surrounded Sammy with, was running on the same frequency as the forcefield."
"What do you mean?" Alex asked.
Jake turned to Alex, "Alright, let's say if you fired an energy weapon like a laser, or a torpedo surrounded by energy, running on the same frequency as the shield of the target, what would happen?" Hearing no response, Jake answered. "The shot would pass right through like a hot knife through butter and hit the target."
"You sure know your sci-fi stuff, don't you, Jake?" Clover commented.
Jake turned to Clover, "Hey, what can I say? I may look cool, but deep down... I'm a geek."
"Something I truly like about you, Jake," Sam cooed.
Alma chuckled, getting Jake's attention, "You know, Jake, you would've been perfect for my plans instead." She then sighed. "Oh well. Now, say goodbye to the woman you love!"
She then turned around, pulled out a remote from her lab coat, and pressed a button.
The helmet attached to the chair came down over Sam's head and the inside of the helmet gave off a dim red light.
Sam soon developed a tired look on her face, "Everything's... cloudy..."
"Sammy!" Jake gasped as he started tearing up. He then scowled at Alma. "What are you doing to her?!"
"You'll find out soon enough," Was all Alma said.
"I love you... Jake, forever..." Sam said before blacking out with a tear coming down her face.
Jake collapsed on his knees and cried, "Nooooooooooooooooooo!"
"I know you all can't bear to watch this," Alma taunted. "But I can fix that."
She then pressed another button on her remote and the inside of the forcefield was filled with a green gas, which made the spies inside lose consciousness.
But right when Alex fell to the ground, she accidentally landed on her pocket where her Compowder was and accidentally activated the distress button on the device.
To Be Continued…
A/N: The college leaders have been freed, the real kidnapper captured, and the one behind the Synthomonsters located.
Now the spies are in trouble and Jake's worst fears of something bad happening to the love of his life have been realized.
Let's hope Jerry gets the spies' accidental distress call.
What plans does Alma have for Sam?
You'll find out.
Stacy mentioning being made to wear bunny pajamas was a reference to, "A Christmas Story."
Guadalcanal was home to one of the biggest military campaigns and the U.S. Marines' first amphibious assault of World War II. The Japanese were trying to use the island as a base to cut supply lines from the U.S. to Australia and New Zealand and leave the latter two countries open to invasion and conquest. Luckily, the allies were able to prevent that.
Unfortunately, like many places where war took place, the island is still littered with unexploded ammunition, including mines, that has remained a danger to this day.