Chapter 1

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(Deep voice - think dragnet, people) Case 163A . . .the place . . . New York City . . . the time . . . I'm not sure . . . (Rina) How can you not be sure! It's written right there on the paper!! . . . (Deep voice) Oh well I ah, didn't see it . . . (Tatem) Jesus Christ, man! We're not paying you to sit around and waste tape! . . . (Deep voice) . . . Ahem, sorry . . . Case 163A . . . the place . . . New York City . . . the time . . . now or then? (Rina) THEN!!! (Deep voice) . . . okay . . . well actually there isn't any way to be specif- (Tatem) Oh nevermind! Just keep reading! . . . (Deep voice) . . . destination . . . The Crown Hotel . . . the goal . . . To let hundreds of fans meet the BSB. The girls assigned to this mission were chosen specifically as THE BSB not-so-teeny boppers of the nation! They are: Agent Tatem, *A pic pops up, she's eating a bagel*. Agent Rina, *A pic pops up, she's bug eyed cuz she didn't realize that they took her picture*. Agent Nads, *Pic pops up, she's standing in front of an American flag, in a general's uniform (ya know, like Paton?)*. Agent Luchi, *A pic pops up, she's applying her eyeliner*. Agent Drina, *Pic pops up for her and Hugh Heffner*. And finally Agent Cleo, *Pic pops up of her standing on her head*. And now onto the mission . . .

Tuesday. 2:07: The sewer

Nadine paced back and forth, her hand placed under her chin thoughtfully.

"Bungie cords?"

Cleo, who was standing off to the side with a clipboard nodded. "Check." She looked over to Drina who picked up a pile of black cords.

"Check".

"Dart guns?"

"Check"

"Check"

"Silly string?"

"Check"

"Check"

"Twinkies?"

"Check"

"Check"

"Walkie talkies?"

"Check"

"Rodger." Drina giggled hysterically, the two other girls looked at her, eachother, then shook their heads.

"Does everyone have their walkie talkies?" Nadine asked.

Tatem looked up from her 'Tiger Beat' and replied flatly. "Yeah"

"Rina?" Nadine looked around the small hide out. "RINA!"

"What?!" Rina yelled as she walked into the little chamber wearing a cute pink dress.

"Where are your clothes?" Nadine asked looking Rina over with her eyebrow raised.

Rina looked at Nadine like she had three heads, then looked down at her clothes. "I'm *wearing* them, Nads."

"YOUR FATIGUES!!" Nadine's yell echoed through the whole sewer. Tatem took a second and looked up from her magazine, then shrugged and continued reading.

Rina rolled her eyes. "Think about it, I'm assigned to find a way in from the street. Don't you think I'd stand out a little?"

"Oh yeah . . . but you may need to run and those," She pointed down to Rina's white sandals. "Will not work! Put some pants on and a tank top, make a fatigue one! And get a hat like Tatem's too!"

"FINE!! I *try* to look cute but nooo, you . . . " Rina's voice faded as she walked into the other room.

Nadine turned and looked at Tatem, who was sprawled out on the chair, intently reading her magazine. "Hey Tate, ya gonna pry your eyes from that magazine and get ready?"

"Nope, I'm busy, why can't you -". Nadine ripped the magazine from her hands and threw across the room. Tatem crossed her arms and raised her eyebrow. "Uh, excuse me? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!" She yelled. Nadine turned around with a knife in her hand and stared coldly at Tatem. "You're a girl with a knife! *WHERE* are my boots . . . LUCHI!!" Tatem stuttered while jumping off the chair and running into the other room.

"Okay." Nadine turned and faced Audrina. "Squawking bird, are you ready?"

"Um . . . about my code name" Audrina winced and began to draw designs in the dirt with her shoe. "Well, oh . . . d-do you think I could . . . *gulp* change it?" She looked up, smiling hopefully.

Nadine nodded thoughtfully for a few moments, appearing to be thinking. "No" She turned and walked to the middle of the room. "C'MON TROOPS! MOVE IT OUT!"

The 'troops' lined up, standing at attention. Nadine stood before Tatem, who was dressed in a pair of dark green khaki's and a white tank top. On her head was a knit cap that matched her pants and on her feet were apair of combat boots. Nadine nodded her approval and moved to Rina, who was wearing a black tank top, tan khaki pants, combat boots, and a tan fishing hat with her hair in braided pigtails. Nadine nodded and moved to Drina, dressed in a black handglider suit with a helmet and goggles. Once again Nadine nodded and moved on to Luchi.

"Who the hell are you?? POSH SPICE?!" She yelled. ::Ya know, in that movie Spice World when they're doing that training thing?:: Nadine threw her arms up in the air. "AGH! Nevermind you'll just have to go like that." She moved forward and then scratched her head. "Where's Cleo?"

"Right here!" Cleo came running in dressed in a black tank top and shorts and stood at attention next to Luchi. All the girls looked at her strangely. ::If this was an anime they'd all have huge sweatdrops on their foreheads::

"Umm Cleo . . ." Drina whispered. "Don't you think you went a little overboard on the make up?" They all looked over to Cleo who was covered in black camouflage make up.

"Well I guess so . . . but look at Nads!" She exclaimed, pointing to the girl in front of her wearing a navy blue Generals uniform.

Nadine put her hand over her face and sighed. "Okay it is exactly" She looked down at her watch. "O' two hundred and fourteen hours, at O'--"

"Could you say that normally?" Rina asked, biting her lip.

Nadine rolled her eyes and gritted her teeth. "It's 2:14, at 3:30 you should all be inside the building, check?"

"Check." Mumbled the five other girls.

"Okay, synchronize your watches." They all put their wrists up and beeped the buttons. "And . . . GO!" They all scattered in different directions.

2:15

p "I can't see anything!" Drina yelled as she ran next to Rina in the sewer.

Rina looked over at her and began to laugh. "You look like a fly!"

"Shut up!"

"Well," Rina jumped onto a metal ladder leading to a man hole. "This is my stop, see ya later!" She smiled cutely and climbed up the ladder.

"Yeah, yeah" *thunk* Drina backed up shaking her head. "Stupid wall!" She bitterly kicked it and began running again.

2:25

(Out on the street) Tatem tried for the millionth time to walk through the enormous crowds of people on the sidewalk. **It's absolutely hopeless in that damn city!**

p "I'm *never* gonna get there in time . . ." She mumbled sadly, sitting down on a empty bench. People walked past her staring at her like she was a nut cuz of the loud sobs she was making while crying into her hands. ::You think people would look at you like you were crazy cuz you were crying?! It's New York City Tate!:: **Shut up Rina, you know how loud I cry** ::Oh right, my bad, I forgot::

A fat girl about her age, walked by eating an ice cream, she laughed and pointed to Tatem for her fat friend to look.

"Yeah you keep eating the ice-cream PIG! Wouldn't want to loose any calories or nothin'!" Tatem snapped.

"Oh the little army girl is mad, oh no!" One of the fat girls laughed, stepping forward.

"Oh it's on now!!" Tatem yelled about ready to step forward when she heard her name.

"TATEM! What are you doing?" Rina asked running up to her and the other girls.

"Aww look, GI Jane's little friend Army Barbie came to play." One of the fat girls snorted/laughed.

Rina raised her eyebrow and looked over to Tatem. "They let these run loose now?" The two laughed while the 'apes' scratched their heads.

"That wasn't even funny" The other girl stepped forward, bumping Tatem with her stomach, sending her flying onto the bench.

"Hey! Watch yourself would ya? I don't want to go to a Chiropractor for a fucking back alignment!"

Rina looked at her little pink bunny watch. "We would just *love* to stay and chat but--"

"What? You got a date with Joe and Ken?" They snorted/laughed again.

"Yeah," The other one snorted/laughed again. "Gotta get in your little pink jeep and drive to camp?"

"Listen, Nip and Tuck!" Rina snapped. "Get your fat, blubbery ass out of our way or I'm callin' Green Peace and sending you *back* to the Atlantic!"

Tatem busted out laughing giving Rina a high five. "Aw shit that was good!" The two fat girls *still* stood there.

"Do you need help turning around?" Rina raised her eyebrows. The girls huffed, turned around and began to walk away.

"Boom bada boom bada boom." Tatem laughed, the two girls stopped. "What?" She asked innocently. They began to walk again this time Rina joined. "BOOM BADA BOOM--" Before they could react the two blobs started chasing them.

"AHHH! STAMPEDE!! TATEM RUN!!" Rina yelled, grabbing Tatem by the wrist.

"TOWARDS THE HOTEL!!" Tatem screeched.

p 2:30

Bob, the security guard sipped his coffee then placed it on the cement block beside him. He looked over to his partner Larry. "Ya know Lar, I don't see why we have to do this, I mean who's gonna try to sneak in here?" Larry shrugged and Bob glanced down at his coffee to see little ripples run through it. "Lar, come look at this." Larry stood over the cup then scratched his head.

"I don't--"

"AHHHHH!!" Suddenly two blurs streaked past him and into the building.

Catching his balance Bob turned to see what looked like the Michelin man and the Stay Puft marshmallow from Ghostbusters running towards him. "OH MY GOD!! LARRY RUN!!"

p 2:31

"Hey, Dan put that box over there would ya?"

'Dan' picked up the large black drum case. "This is kinda heavy, are you sure it's just a drum?" After about five minutes of silence he realized no one was listening to him, so he put the case down and walked away.

Moments later a foot kicked through the box, it disappeared back inside. An arm then emerged unlocking the small silver locks on the top.

Nadine rolled out and instantly was on her feet. She looked around, smiled, then brushed off her red uniform jacket. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small nametag that read: Cathy, bellgirl.

2:40

The sewer

Luchi 'eeked' again as she stepped into another puddle. "I can't believe they left me with the sewer! By myself!" She heard a noise and instantly whirled around, standing before her was a little wet rat. "Oooh!" she cooed. "Arwen't you a cuwtie!" She knelt down and tickled the rats chin. ::GAG!:: **Luchi's the reincarnation of Mother Nature herself** "You're lost aren't you?" She asked, picking it up. "C'mon, I'll help you . . . we'll call you . . . um, how about Fernando? You like that name?" The rat squeaked. "Good!" She giggled then gasped. "Oh no . . . ah, the girls will be fine without me." Smiling she kissed the rat on the head before the two walked off into the sewer. **lol, sounds like a love story**

2:55

Tatem gasped for breath as she pulled herself up the stairs by the railing. "Why - did - the - elevator - not - go - to - the penthouse - level? Like - do - they think - someone - is - gonna try and - get up - THERE!" she complained, barely.

Rina nodded. "I - know - this - door better - be open - cuz - I don't - want - to climb - twenty flights - for - nothing!"

Finally they reached the top and pushed open the metal door marked '20th floor'.

"Wow! I thought it would be locked!" Tatem smiled.

"Me too, hey isn't it weird that we aren't breathing hard anymore?"

Tatem shrugged. "The miracles of Fan Fiction." The two began walking quietly down the hall. "What room do you think Brian and Nick are in?" Tatem whispered. "Cuz I don't want to knock and have Howie open the door naked or anything!" She scrunched up her face and made a little gag noise. Rina laughed then stopped suddenly. Tatem, after bumping into her back, looked down at her. "What?"

"Shhh!" Rina hissed, placing her finger over her lips. "Someone's coming!" She grabbed Tatem's arm and pulled her into one of those little in-lits where the ice and soda machines are. Rina peeked around the corner to see two pizza guys walking down the corridor.

"Jerry, are you sure this is the right floor?" Asked the scrawny short one. Jerry, the tall fat one, looked at the reseat taped on the top of the box. "Yeah Jay, it says floor 20 suite 6."

Tatem smiled. "Time for the minx spell." She shoved Rina in the back sending her stumbling out into the hall. She instantly stood up and shot a nasty glance to Tatem.

Both the guys stopped dead and looked at her wide-eyed like they've never seen a girl before.

"Hi" She smiled sweetly, walking towards them.

2:56

Cleo wiped her brow and looked down to the cement 19 stories below her. Shaking her head she began to pull on the ropes connected to her 'window washing cart', bringing her up to the 20th floor.

3:00

Tatem tugged furiously on the sleeves of her uniform but they still wouldn't reach her wrists. She looked over to Rina, who seemed to be swimming in her Domino's jacket. She then turned to the two boys in their underwear bound up and gagged.

"Why don't we switch? I mean you're smaller than me and it would make more sense."

Rina looked up at her while placing her huge hat on her head. "It's cuz I look more like a Jerry than you do, anyway let's go."

"See ya later boys!" Tatem smiled and waved to the pizza boys, who made an attempt to yell through their gags.

Rina picked up the pizza and the two walked out into the hall only to have Tatem bump into something.

"HEY!" Yelled a short woman with badly bleached hair and a big nose, as Tatem stepped on her foot.

Another blonde girl who appeared to be around their age rolled her eyes. "Could you *please* watch where you're going!" She huffed as the two passed Rina and Tatem.

Rina went to pounce on her but Tatem grabbed her by the back of her jacket. "That's Leigh-anne and Mandy!" She whispered. Rina once again tried to snatch the girl bald headed, but Tatem tugged her back. "Rina! That means Nick and Brian are alone, we can take 'em with no one else to fight us off!"

Rina nodded while giving the two retreating girls the finger (not like they could see…)

3:03

Leigh-anne rolled her eyes and pushed open the door marked 'fire exit'.

"Can you believe them? I mean *how* hard is it not to see someone walking down the hall?"

"I guess it's hard not to with *that* shirt on! Damn girl what were you trying to do? Blind innocent bystanders?" said a voice, referring to viciously bright yellow shirt she had on.

"W-who's there?" Called Mandy, while cowering behind Leigh-anne. An evil chuckle echoed throughout the dark stairwell. Beside them a girl dressed in a red uniform type jacket and skirt stepped out of the shadows. Her shiny black hair hung just above her shoulders and her blue eyes glinted slightly. Leigh-anne pushed Mandy out in front of her.

"Take her! I'm engaged!"

"HEY!"

Nadine rolled her eyes. "Oh Christ! I'm not gonna *kill* you or anything! I just need to . . . tie you up for a while, K?" She smiled. The two girls sniffed then nodded, holding out their wrists for Nadine to handcuff.

3:05

Audrina landed on the hotel roof. She quickly folded up her handglider and placed it, her goggles and her helmet in a pile near the ledge of the building. She unzipped her jumpsuit and began to peel it off her.

"Hey! What are you doing up here?!" Yelled a deep voice behind her.

She whipped around to see a tall security guard standing on the other side of the roof. Scooping up her walkie-talkie she began to run towards the door leading inside the building.



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