On Today's Episode: Mat's friend Tao Chen has arrived to challenge the spies, and he's out for blood, even if he's not really himself at the moment. The spies are gonna have their hands full dealing with getting Tao Chen back to his senses alongside following Vince King and Shirley in order to unravel their insidious plot. Can the spies manage to save the remaining fighters and derail this heinous scheme before things get hairy?
Act 2: A Much-Needed Kick Start
3:41 P.M. – Downtown Beverly Hills
"Is that the friend you mentioned, Mat?" Britney asked as Tao Chen began to advance on the spies.
"Yeah, that's him," Mat answered.
"And ooh, boy, he looks mad as hell," Haruka groaned.
"I don't think he's normally like that," Mat stated. "It must be whatever King and Shirley did to him."
"And you're sure he hasn't been brainwashed, Nick?" Sam wondered.
"Absolutely positive," Nick responded. "But that also means I'm kinda worried, especially if what actually happened to Tao Chen and the other fighters is what I think happened to them..."
"Right now, I think we need to focus on this guy," Melissa quipped as Tao Chen decided to just forego subtlety and start viciously attacking the spies with Kapu Kuʻialua.
"Ooh, boy!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Remember what Nick and I taught you, everyone!" Nozomi responded.
"I can do the whole 'can't hit what you can't catch' thing easily," Bridget proclaimed as she reached for her brooch. "Sonic Mode, online!"
Once she'd transformed, Bridget waited for Tao Chen to approach her before blitzing forward fast enough to momentarily disorient him.
"That's our cue," Nozomi quipped as she and Nick moved in to take point.
"Oh, what, you think you can handle me?" Tao Chen taunted.
"Buddy, you have no idea what we've 'handled'," Nick retorted.
"So how about you just come at us, and we'll show you just how talented we are?" Nozomi laughed.
"With gusto," Tao Chen shot back before lunging towards Nick and Nozomi.
With that, the three of them began going at it.
"I wish we could find out if there's something on Tao's person that is causing him to act this way..." Mat stated.
"Maybe there is," Sam quipped. "It's worth a try..."
She equipped the Cyberjacker Sunglasses to see if there WAS something on Tao's person.
"Did you see anything, Sam?" Clover asked.
"Doesn't look like it," Sam responded. "But, then what the heck is making him so aggressive?"
"Looks like we'll have to roll with the punches for now," May remarked.
"Alex, didn't you ever learn karate once?" Clover asked.
"A bit," Alex remarked. "But not the kind of karate that Nick and Nozomi and Haruka know..."
"Stand still, you little punk!" Tao Chen exclaimed as he attempted to slip underneath Nozomi and strike her from there, but Nick was already on that, running forward to knock Tao Chen away from Nozomi with a sliding kick to the face.
"How about you keep your grabby hands off?" Nick retorted.
"Um, guys?" Melissa stated, pointing to more fighters that were coming to join the 'party'. "We might have company for this one."
"This is getting pretty rough, guys!" Alex exclaimed.
The rest of the spies used what karate knowledge possible they knew on this army, but it only got them so far.
"We'll have to fight fire with fire and team up then," Haruka remarked to Alex.
"I couldn't agree more," Alex quipped.
As a pair of fighters attempted to grab Alex from behind and suplex her, Haruka spun around and whipped one of the fighters in the face with her long hair, disorienting him long enough for Alex to barge into him with a shoulder tackle and send him crashing into the other fighter.
Two more fighters flanked them, but both Alex and Haruka fired Cyclone Blast Hairdryers and spun around each other, the wind blasts taking down those two fighters as well as any unlucky enough to be in the way of the blast.
"And that's what you get," Haruka chuckled after sharing a high-five with Alex.
"You are worthy opponents," Tao Chen commented.
"And although this deals with martial arts, it's time for a little 'martial arts' of our own," Sam quipped.
With that, the army of martial artists went after the thirteen spies again.
"It's time you dealt with what we can do!" Sam exclaimed and fired her Laser Lipstick at their extremities.
"No tournament going on here, so no talking on fairness, pal!" Clover exclaimed.
She got in the spirit as well and used her Laser Lipstick on more of the army.
"We may not be experts in this Kapu Kuialua," Nick stated. "But any martial arts... we can handle!"
"And don't all martial arts teachers say that martial arts is not to hurt others?!" Mat pointed out.
That statement actually made Tao flinch. The rest of the army also flinched as well.
"Something tells me Mat's statement did something," Haruka told the others.
"No question about it," Bridget stated. "Last thing I want is an injury before our next water polo game."
The spies were met with a scream, and several of the army had May in a lock.
"Uh-oh!" Nick exclaimed.
"Oh, that's not good," Blaine gasped.
"You really think I'm going to just let you mess with her?!" Bridget shouted as she prepared to blitz forward.
"Ah-ah, I wouldn't do that if I were you," the fighter who had May captured laughed. "Can you really get to her before I bust up her pretty little arms?"
"Did you forget how fast I can move?" Bridget retorted.
"All I need is one good move, and even your super-speed can't stop little miss pirate here from losing a few bones," the fighter cackled. "Now I'd step away slowly if I were you, or..."
"Um, thanks for monologuing, by the way," May chuckled as she did a short hop before kicking backwards to hit the fighter in the lower deck, forcing him to release her so she could swipe him away with her anchor. "You didn't learn from Exterminus: always try and restrain all of the limbs."
Knowing that they were pretty outmatched, most of the fighters retreated, leaving only Tao Chen. But as they skedaddled, Nick picked up a random thought from one of them that seriously disturbed him.
It was gone in a flash, but it was something about needing more of the "treatment".
And Nick definitely didn't like those implications.
Turning back to the last obstacle in their way, Nick suddenly noticed that Tao Chen was starting to look less aggressive, like whatever was making the fighters act this way was wearing off.
"All right, you, still wanna tango?!" Clover exclaimed, preparing to go back on the offensive only for Nick to raise his hand and stop her.
"Hold on, Clover, I think he's gonna be all right now," Nick stated. "Whatever those two numbnuts did to his mind is wearing off. Just give him a bit, 'kay?"
The spies all agreed, hoping that this was over but ready to throw hands again if they had to.
After giving it about a minute or two, Tao Chen shook his head to clear the cobwebs from his mind before glancing around, his eyes eventually landing on Mat.
"Oh, my fishsticks," Tao Chen gasped when he finally recognized Mat. "Is that really you, Mat?"
"The one and only," Mat chuckled as he and Tao Chen fist-bumped each other. "Now, onto the question I really want to ask: are you doing all right?"
"Honestly, I'm not even sure what happened," Tao Chen admitted. "One moment, I'm just walking down the streets wondering if you're in town somewhere, and then these two weirdoes in hoods grabbed me and started dragging me somewhere, and then... that's the last thing I remember."
"That's probably when King and Shirley nabbed you," Sam stated. "A bunch of other martial artists and other such fighters have been kidnapped by those two for... something, we're not entirely sure yet."
"Well, you might be finding out pretty soon, everyone," RiCO called out from Nick's X-Powder. "I've got a lock on their signal, and it's stopped somewhere nearby you in downtown."
"Sounds like it's time to infiltrate their lair and figure this thing out," May quipped. "Let's skedaddle, everyone!"
"You're more than welcome to join us, Tao Chen," Haruka stated. "From the looks of things, you might have some lumps to dole out yourself."
"Yeah, I think I'll do that," Tao Chen replied as the spies started heading towards the location of King and Shirley's signal. Along the way, the spies gave their customary explanations of what they did and what was going on, to bring him up to speed.
Eventually, the spies entered what appeared to be an old, abandoned karate studio, and after searching through it, found a secret passage in the back of the store that led down into the secret lair in question, which resembled a cross between, naturally, a tae kwon do studio and a wrestling ring, though there were multiple cameras set up in places like a recording studio, and even live-streaming equipment.
"Why does it look they're trying to break into streaming on Justin-dot-tv?" Melissa wondered.
"...wait," Bridget stated. "Wasn't that pay-per-view ticket you found have something to do with a fight, Sammy?"
"Yeah, it did," Sam answered, her dread growing.
"Why do I feel like really pounding those two morons into mashed potatoes right about now?" Britney asked as the pieces started to slowly click together for the spies.
"It's probably because of this," RiCO answered, catching the group's attention. "I just hacked into King's computers to try and find information on their scheme, and, well... take a look for yourselves."
RiCO flashed the information she'd discovered onto everyone's X-Powders.
"Basically, this whole operation is an underground fight club, where all of the fighters that King and Shirley captured are forced to fight each other in various places in a no holds barred, last man standing battle royale," RiCO explained, noticing the rising anger on the spies' expressions. She couldn't blame them. "All of this live-streaming equipment is set up to broadcast the fights on private pay-per-view channels, which would explain the ticket you found, Sam. And here's the worst part: all of the fighters are being given some kind of drug that pumps them full of adrenaline and aggression, and worse, it's the addictive kind, so they won't want to leave."
"I caught the thoughts on some of those fighters before they retreated, and some of them actually mentioned a 'treatment'," Nick growled. "I guess now we know what that was."
"Wait, if it's addictive, then how come it doesn't seem to be affecting Tao Chen?" Alex asked.
"Well, I did a bio-scan on Tao Chen while you were all heading towards the lair, and it seems he was only given a single dose recently, and it didn't have enough time to start getting to that stage," RiCO responded. "So he should be all right now, but I'm still worried about the others."
"All right, I think those two bastards are really in for it now," May growled as she summoned her anchor. "Come on, everyone, let's go knock them into the next century."
"Exactly what I was thinking, May," Mat answered as the spies all headed further into the lair, Tao Chen following closely behind.
"Are you feeling like the old Tao?" Mat asked Tao.
"Yes, absolutely," Tao replied. "By the way, I never got to properly thank you for the story you wrote on my dojo."
"Oh, I should be thanking you as well," Mat remarked. "I had some doubts about how I might get treated since that was pretty much the first time I was out in the field.
"Well, it helped a bit because I got some more students enrolled since," Tao told him.
"Oh, that's wonderful!" Mat exclaimed.
"Are you still in your Journalism class in college?" Tao wondered.
"Yes, I am," Mat remarked. "With a big update away from that..."
Sam overheard Mat and didn't need to be told or prompted in any way.
"We're engaged," Sam and Mat told him.
That was when Tao was made aware of the rest of the spy crew and told that this was not to be shared with anybody.
"Of course," Tao replied. "Meeting you all is my pleasure."
"Nozomi, Haruka, and I have some karate skills, too," Nick pointed out.
"But this is the first we've heard of this Kapu Kuʻialua," Haruka quipped.
"As someone who did not show much interest in learning martial arts, this was new to me," Mat admitted.
"It seemed like Mat's world mostly revolved around Supercross or racing," Nick stated.
"I do happen to know the martial art," Tao told them. "But I do not teach it in my dojo since it involves breaking bones."
"But there's no way we could master the Kapu Kuʻialua instantly," Mat remarked.
"No, all martial arts take time," Tao stated, which made Nick and Nozomi nod in agreement.
The spies and Tao moved forward.
"By the way," Tao replied again, centering on Nick and Nozomi. "If you're interested, I could use an extra karate instructor for my dojo?"
"...you really think we're that good?" Nozomi gasped.
"With the way you fought, I would say so," Tao answered.
"We're still dealing with classes at the moment, so we'll probably have to get back to you on that one," Nick responded.
May and Bridget could understand their answers.
"Haruka couldn't start right away since we got a water polo road trip for Mali-U coming up," Bridget quipped.
"I see," Tao replied.
"Plus, balancing life at Mali-U is tough in itself for me anyway," Blaine quipped.
"Anyway, we better be on guard to stop Vince and Shirley," Melissa stated to try and get back on track for the mission.
"Totally," Britney added. "One wonders what..."
Her statement got interrupted when they saw weapons being hurled at them from who-knew-where.
"HIT THE DECK!" Sam shouted and everyone dove for the ground, thankfully able to escape injury.
"They knew we were coming..." Dawn told the others.
"Of course we did," King laughed as he and Shirley appeared from the opposite end of the hallway. "Who wouldn't want to see our magnificent show, after all?"
"You call this travesty a show?!" Mat shouted. "Look at what you're doing to all of these poor people!"
"Well, we've gotta provide entertainment, right?" Shirley chuckled. "And we wouldn't want our profits to escape before the show's over."
"...is that all these poor people are to you, just puppets you can drug up to support your sick, twisted habits?!" Tao growled.
"Trust me, Tao, a lot of the villains we've faced have extremely petty motivations for what they do," Haruka quipped. "It's kinda their thing."
"Hey, it's working so far, isn't it?" King cackled. "Seriously, just look at the oodles of dough we're rakin' in from these livestreams! You wouldn't believe how many people would pay good money just to see a damn impressive fight."
"Yeah, but what are those same people going to say when they find out that their aggressiveness isn't an act, especially when they find out what you've done to them?!" Melissa shouted.
"There's the best part, though," Shirley sneered. "They won't."
Nick's response was instant, raising his right hand to fire a Final Shine Attack and sweep it across the floor to knock both villains down.
"Well, sorry to say this to you, but we're shutting down this 'production' of yours right here and now," Nick proclaimed.
"You and what army, you little punk?" King taunted.
"Do we really have to spell it out for you?" May retorted as she wound up and threw her anchor like a javelin, said anchor colliding with King and sending him crashing back into the opposite wall, then using her Emergency Gadget Transporter to summon it back to her hand and chuck it at Shirley. Shirley attempted to deflect the anchor with a palm strike, only to hurt her hand in the process and get knocked down either way.
"And that, my friends, is why you don't do that," May chuckled.
"Wow, you are incredibly strong," Tao admitted.
"Thanks," May giggled. "Let's just say a lot of upper body training does a girl good."
"Now why don't you two get up so we can beat down on you some more?!" Alex exclaimed. "You've got quite a bit to answer for, after all!"
"Well, then, glad to oblige!" Shirley laughed as she moved in to start attacking Alex, remembering how much she had handled the spies in their previous encounter.
What actually happened, though, was Nick and Nozomi planting themselves in front of Alex, swinging their wrists out to parry Shirley's flying kick, then lunging forward with a double palm strike to send Shirley crashing backwards.
"Did you honestly forget we were here, lady?" Nozomi teased.
"Ooh, you're going to pay for making a fool of me!" Shirley exclaimed as she redoubled her efforts.
"Um, you're doing that to yourself, you know," Nick quipped as he and Nozomi easily countered each of Shirley's incoming strikes before performing an up-and-over before kicking Shirley in the back to send her stumbling towards the rest of the spies.
"Well, well, look at what we have here," Bridget chuckled. "Sonic Mode, online!"
Shirley attempted to pounce on Bridget during her transformation, but Sam sprayed the ground underneath Shirley with Ice Queen Perfume, causing Shirley to slip around. Once Bridget had transformed, she blitzed forward to clock Shirley in the face before turning back around to hit her again, landing eight lightning-fast hits this way before finishing with an uppercut that sent Shirley crashing into the ceiling and then back down to the floor.
"Who's the fool now, you little chick-a-dee?" Clover laughed.
"Damn it, King, this isn't going well," Shirley growled after picking herself up.
"We've still got this in the bag, little lady," King quipped. "We've just gotta stall for a little while longer, and then we'll have them in the palm of our hands."
"I guess this is where we must part ways for now," Shirley conceded. "Do try not to fall apart before it's time for the ultimate fight to begin, okay?"
And with that, King and Shirley made their retreat for the moment.
"Those two are quite depraved, if you want my opinion," Tao sighed.
"Believe me when we say this, Tao, if you think those two are depraved, then you should see some of the other members of our rogues' gallery," Melissa chuckled. "Trust me when I say that you don't want to know what some of them are willing to do."
"I guess I'll just have to take your word for it," Tao answered.
"I'm worried about all these other fighters who've been affected by this," Bridget admitted. "Are we gonna be able to help them out, or..."
"Once again, that's why I'm here," RiCO quipped from Nick's X-Powder. "Once I found that data on their scheme, I also found out exactly what kind of drug they're using to make the fighters aggressive. King shouldn't have done that, because with that data, that means it's gonna be child's play to create an antidote to it."
"Once again, forever lost with you, RiCO," Alex giggled.
"It should be ready by the time you're all finished over there," iCO stated.
"Well, then, let's get moving so we can stomp those two some more," Alex proclaimed.
"Um, that might have to wait, Alex," Sam quipped as the spies were suddenly surrounded.
"Wait, these don't look like the other fighters," Tao noted.
"That means they're probably King's henchmen," Haruka noted. "Considering they've got the same gaudy fashion sense that he does."
"All right, mook boys, who's ready for a stomping or five?!" May shouted, twirling her anchor as the mooks advanced.
"You picked the wrong team of superheroes to mess with!" Blaine proclaimed.
The mooks charged forward, but Nick was able to halt them with a bunch of psychic shots. Tao was surprised to see this from Nick, but he knew now was not the ideal time to ask questions about that.
"How long do we have until the antidote comes, RiCO?" Alex wondered.
"Not very long," RiCO quipped.
"We can still take them," May remarked.
With that, she used her anchor as a makeshift discus and hurled it at the mooks.
"We may not be experts in Kapu Kuialua, but we can still win!" May proclaimed.
Nick flew into the air and fired a Final Shine Attack downwards, sweeping it across the ground to scatter the mooks so that Nozomi could jump in and do her handstand twirl to kick mooks away one by one.
Two mooks attempted to sneak up on Bridget while she was dealing with another mook, thinking she'd be easy to catch when not in Sonic Mode, but Bridget quickly made the mook regret that idea by lunging forward to leg sweep him off of his feet before kicking him in the back to send him rolling into another crowd of mooks.
"Nice try, but I'm plenty fast even without Sonic Mode," Bridget taunted. "Track star here, after all."
"I feel like I'm being schooled," Nick admitted.
"I'm getting my legs back under me little by little," Nozomi added.
"Same for me," Haruka quipped.
"The best martial arts we got is a good old-fashioned team-up!" Nozomi quipped.
"My sentiments exactly," Nick remarked and looked at Haruka.
"Let's take 'em to school, shall we?" Haruka proclaimed as the three of them went on the offensive.
One mook attempted to jump on top of Nozomi, only to get lifted over her shoulder and sent flying towards Nick, who telekinetically spun him around before tossing him towards Haruka, who whacked him with a double palm strike to the chest that sent him flying into another crowd of mooks.
This was enough to get the mooks to retreat for the moment.
"Now that team-up felt really good," Haruka quipped after it was over.
"I'll second that," Nozomi added.
In the meantime, Sam and Mat were dealing with some more fighters, as was Tao with what knowledge of Kapu Kuialua he knew.
"I admit, karate's not my cup of tea," Sam replied. "But our gadgets don't let us down..."
"My thoughts exactly," Mat remarked.
Using the Ice King Cologne, Mat sprayed some at the ground to turn it into an ice rink, and most of the army surrounding them kept on slipping.
"If only it were this easy," Sam commented as she followed suit with the Ice Queen Perfume.
Vince King and Shirley appeared to be flabbergasted by how easy they were making this look, and they tried to break away, but Nick and Bridget saw them out of the corner of their eyes.
"You're not getting away that easily," Bridget stated. "Sonic Mode, online!"
She kicked up the juice and created a circle of kinetic energy in a circle that was enough to trap them.
"Nowhere to turn for you douches!" Clover exclaimed when she saw what was going on.
"Oh, you are far from getting victory this time," Shirley sneered.
The spies then heard a bell ring via one of the army mooks.
"What the heck's going on?" Melissa wondered.
Before long, another one of the mooks was at a control panel, and Melissa and Bridget were encased in bubbles and put in the nearby boxing ring where two other Kapu Kuialua fighters awaited.
"Oh goodness!" Haruka exclaimed.
"Try and skedaddle your way out of this one," Shirley cackled.
"Spoiler warning, you won't," King laughed.
"Um, did you forget what I'm wearing?" Bridget retorted, gesturing to her Sonic Mode outfit. "Even if this ring's not that big, I can still kick up the speed!"
Bridget demonstrated this fact by blitzing forward to punch one of the fighters into the other just as they were both about to try and double-team Melissa.
The fighters quickly picked themselves back up and attempted to flank Bridget, knowing that the ring still didn't give her too much room to run around in regardless. But in their aggressive haze, they didn't notice that her Sonic Mode suit was glowing brightly.
"Melissa, you may wanna jump," Bridget quipped. Melissa did so, using her Jetpack Backpack to ascend into the air just as Bridget equipped a Metal Masher Boxing Glove and punched downward. Her gathered kinetic energy exploded outward, throwing the fighters out of the ring and collapsing the ring in on itself as well.
"And that's the way that bout ends," Bridget chuckled as she and Melissa rejoined the rest of the spies.
"Well, what are you going to do now?" Tao taunted to King and Shirley. "You're clearly running out of options."
"Yes, but you might not know something about us, little guy," Shirley laughed.
"When the going gets tough, we villains always get ready to throw down!" King proclaimed, ripping off his normal outfit and tossing it aside to reveal an, if it was possible, even gaudier wrestling outfit underneath it.
("Wake Up Your Hero" by Lyn Inaizumi plays)
"I'd say your prayers while you still have the chance," Shirley taunted as she and King began to advance on the spies.
"Okay, so we're skipping right to this step, huh?" Sam responded. "Fine by us! Let's get 'em, everyone!"
Nothing more needed to be said as the spies all charged into battle.
King attempted a strange lariat attack on Britney, but Mat was there to blow him back with a Cyclone Blast Hairdryer, which gave May the perfect vantage point to swing her anchor and send him stumbling back. Before King could get his bearings, Nick slammed his palm into the ground and unleashed a Zero Gravity that sent King floating helplessly into the air.
"...you really do have some amazing abilities, don't you?" Tao quipped, clearly impressed by Nick's moves.
"It's quite the long story, really," Nick chuckled.
Meanwhile, Nozomi was dueling with Shirley, the tae kwon do instructor wildly throwing out vicious attacks one after the other, with Nozomi countering every one that came her way.
"Why don't you just fall already?!" Shirley exclaimed.
"Why don't you get good?" Nozomi laughed, hoping to rattle Shirley into making a mistake.
Much to Nozomi's amusement, Shirley took the bait, growling in anger and closing the distance to try and grab Nozomi by the legs. Nozomi simply jumped to avoid it before swinging her right leg out to whack Shirley across the face and send her tumbling into King, who had just fallen after the Zero Gravity had worn off.
"Oh, we're not done yet, you punks," King laughed as one of his mooks appeared from out of nowhere to grab Tao from behind. "I don't know about you, but this guy doesn't look like he's that hot."
"I think you forgot something about me," Tao retorted. "Just because I don't teach Kapu Kuʻialua... doesn't mean I don't know how to use it."
Tao swung his arms upwards to break the mook's grip on him before dashing towards King, who attempted to hit Tao with an overhead fist slam, but Tao simply slipped around the attack and snatched King from behind, making sure to grasp the joints of his arms.
"H-Hey, you wouldn't dare, would you?!" King gasped, trying to break free.
"I wouldn't," Tao stated. King sighed in momentary relief, only... "...but they might, given what you've done."
Tao bent back before striking King in the back with a double palm strike, causing King to tumble towards the spies. Britney struck first, hitting King with a sidewinder kick. While this was happening, Shirley jumped back into the fray, still frantically trying to dodge Nozomi's assault. King fell close to her, distracting Shirley long enough for Nozomi to quickly get the drop on her, knocking her into King with a shoulder charge.
Just as Shirley attempted to get her balance back, Nick and Haruka were already on top of her, clocking her from both sides with a forward punch before hitting her from either side with four quick strikes in perfect sync with each other, finishing with sending Shirley into the air via double upwards snap kick, then jumping after her and sending her crashing back down to the ground with an overhead fist slam.
"Beautifully executed!" Tao laughed upon witnessing Nick and Haruka's Accel Dance.
"We've been using that combo for a long time, and it still hasn't gotten old or stale, has it?" Haruka chuckled.
"Not a bit," Nick replied as he high-fived Haruka.
"You two wanna just give it up now?" May taunted as she hefted her anchor towards King and Shirley. "Because I'm pretty sure you're probably gonna lose a tooth or two if you keep this nonsense up!"
King started weighing his options, until he heard a beep from a device in his pocket. That could only mean that their secret weapon was finally ready to go.
"Well, well, spies, would you look at that, our secret weapon is all finished," King taunted.
"You'll be crushed under our heel before long, just like all of those other little punks we captured," Shirley cackled.
And with that, both King and Shirley retreated down the nearby hallway, as if daring the spies to follow them.
"Good, I've been waiting for that to happen," Nozomi quipped. "Now we can trash that weapon and put an end to this nonsense."
"Good news, everyone!" RiCO exclaimed from Nick's X-Powder. "The antidote we were making is complete!"
"We've dispatched a squadron of agents to the lair to administer the antidote to all of the fighters," iCO stated. "You all just go after those two and take care of their secret weapon."
"That was definitely the plan, iCO," Alex chuckled.
"You heard the ladies, let's go and trash another trump card, shall we?" Nick proclaimed.
After a unanimous affirmative, the spies, Tao Chen following closely behind, all raced down the hallway that King and Shirley had retreated down, ready to put an end to this maddening scheme once and for all.
To be concluded...
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Next time...
Mat: There's nowhere left for you freaks to run, is there?!
Haruka: Why don't you just surrender right now?!
King: Yeah, fat chance of that happening.
May: Oh, so you're going to be stubborn, are ya?
Shirley: Why would we just give up here when we have something delightful to show you?
Dawn: Here it comes, everyone!
Tao: ...what on earth is that?
Nick: Yeah, this is kinda a staple of most bad guys we have to deal with.
King: I hope you're ready for some pain, because we ain't even gotten started yet!
Bridget: Well, then, how about you just shut your cake-holes and bring it on?! We'll see you all next time on the final act of Totally Spies: Fight or Flight, "In the Clutch"!
Clover: Hey, wasn't that Mandy I just saw heading to the rehearsal area?
Nozomi: Well, she's got a major role in the next episode, so she probably wants to get some last-minute preparations in, considering what we'll be dealing with there.