The Collaboration

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The spies sat around in the living room. Clover handled the remote, steering the tv to the shopping channel. Alex and Sam grew bored.
Alert let out a huff and sat up, turning to Sam.
"I'm gonna go grab a soda," Alex said. "Sammie, do you want one?"
"Get me some of my OJ," Sam said. "What about Clover?"
"Sure," Clover said without looking away from the screen.
"Uh...?" Alex said questioningly. "Soda or OJ?"
"OJ," Clover said.
Alex shrugged and went to the kitchen, dancing to a tune in her head. She danced towards the fridge and flung open, grabbing a bottle of soda and two bottles of orange juice. She kicked the fridge door shut and danced back to the living room.
She handed the her friends the bottles of orange juice and sat down to pop open her soda.
Before they could even open their bottles, the television started flickering. And all of a sudden, they were sucked in.
Occupancies like these weren't new, but they certainly weren't used to it.
"Just when the show started becoming good, we're being WOOHP-ed!" Clover exclaimed. "Why can't Jerry pick a better time?!"

The spies landed on a sofa, jumbled up. Alex noticed that her soda was still intact.
So she proceeded to pop it open and take a sip.
"Good evening, ladies," Jerry greeted with his half smile.
"Can't you pick a better time, Jer?" Clover said, annoyed. "Just when the shopping was getting more thrilling?"
"Never mind your shopping," Sam chimed in. "Jer, it's getting late! We have class tomorrow!"
Just then, they noticed a woman there. And then they heard a sound from behind them.
"What? I thought this was the Centre?" A voice said behind them. "Did MOM do some redecorating?"
"There's probably a logical explanation behind this," another voice said. "I'm sure MOM is somewhere around..."
"Java no like," another gruff voice said.
The spies turned and saw the source. It was Martin, Java and Diana.
"What are they doing here?" Clover asked. "Jer?"
"Hey, who's that bald geezer?" Martin suddenly asked. Then he spotted the spies. "Why are you guys here?"
"Have a seat, agents," MOM said.
Martin pointed out the fact that there were no seats.
MOM immediately turned to Jerry, who pressed a button on his remote. Another sofa instantly appeared.
Martin and Alex sat at side of their sofas and they were actually chatting softly.
"She looks like the lady from KOF!" Alex whispered. "You play that right?"
"Care to share with the rest, Alexandra?" Jerry suddenly asked.
"That woman looks like Elisabeth Blanctorche from The King Of Fighters!" Alex blurted out, pointing at MOM. "Even her hair!"
Martin looked at his boss thoughtfully and perked up too.
"Hey hey, you're right!" Martin agreed. "MOM! You look like a video game character!"
MOM just raised an eyebrow at him, unfazed.
Martin leapt to her and showed her something on his phone.

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"You see?" Martin said, showing her a picture of the video game character. "She's just like you! Same hair, same sorta clothes. Wait no. Not the clothes. Hair and face. And maybe a bit of character? Alex, Elisabeth is really serious too, right?"
Alex nodded excitedly while MOM just glared at him.
"Agent Mystery, we have an important announcement to make," MOM almost shouted. "Go back to your seat."
Martin dolefully did and sat down at his spot next to Alex.
"Spies, meet MOM," Jerry said. "The Centre will be working with WOOHP for technological advancements."
"Okay, for starters, you can summon us in a less... aggressive manner?" Clover said. "Like... it isn't fair that Martin gets to just crawl into a portal and crawl in here, while we're practically being sucked into the tv!"
"Yes yes, that would be included too," Jerry said.
"And you're getting us one of those I-Cutters," Sam added. "Our Laser Nail files are practically kitchen knives against those!"
"Point taken," Jerry said, nodding slowly.
"And maybe update our WOOHP database with those paranormal info?" Alex chimed in. "I don't find anything about yetis in our database..."
"And what about a U-Watch?" Clover added with a smirk. "Yeah. That would be perfect. No gadgets needed."
"I'm sorry, Blondie, but that's strictly for Centre agents only," MOM pointed out. "Unless you're willing to quit WOOHP and join me? But I don't think Jerry would allow that, huh Jerry?"
"Good heavens, no," Jerry said. "I would never trade these spies for anything!"
"Then what about me and Jav?" Diana suddenly said. "We're Centre agents. It's painful to see the stupidest in the team to have it instead of us!"
"Hey!" Martin said, insulted. "I saved us all when I was literally the last man on Earth! Doubt you would've done the same thing!"
They started quarrelling and Jerry had to ask GLADIS to turn on the fire alarm to make them stop.
"Agents, please!" Jerry said, annoyed with all of them. "The only reason why we've summoned you now is to just tell you about our collaboration! There's no need to fight!"
"WE DEMAND A U-WATCH!" The girls demanded.
"Fine fine, I'll install a similar function in your X-Powders," Jerry finally said. "Happy?"
The WOOHP agents quieted down. But not Diana.
"Then what about me?!" Diana demanded. "Java and I almost always depend on Martin for gadgets!"
"We'll do something for you too," MOM said, annoyed. "How did I get myself into this?"
Jerry gave her a comforting pat on her shoulder.
"This happens all the time," Jerry said with a tired sigh.
"Oh I'm sure you've seen nothing as bad as Martin," MOM added, giving Martin a glare. "He destroyed countless experiments from the Centre. He even shrunk me once..."
Everyone gave Martin an annoyed look. He scratched the back of his neck with a sheepish grin.
"So why are we here again?" Clover asked.
"To tell you that you might be working together on future missions," MOM said.
"Question," Alex suddenly said. "Is your name really mom? Martin, Diana, is that your mom?"
MOM looked annoyed.
"MOM is short for Mystery Organisation Manager," MOM explained, annoyed. "Did you guys hear the part where Jerry said that you might be working together on future missions?"
Martin and Alex cheered, giving each other a high-five. Sam shot Diana a smile while Clover groaned.
"Jerry, why?!" Clover demanded. "Of all people, Martin?"
Martin stuck his tongue out at her.
"I still helped rescue you," Martin added. "Besides, I'd it weren't for us saving you, you'd still be a hairy yeti!"
Clover scowled and turned away.
"So any questions?" Jerry asked and no one spoke. "Okay, you may go. I'll summon you again when your new X-Powders arrive, ladies."
Diana cleared her throat.
"Jerry, we'll need a new design for Diana too," MOM said. "The Compowder's too girly for her while the U-Watch is far too bulky for her."
"See, Martin, they're designing a gadget specially for me."
"Hi guys!" A squeaky voice suddenly greeted, followed by a green alien flying in on a small spaceship.
The spies screamed in shock. Clover even threw one of the cushions at him.
"Eww, what are you?!" Clover said in disgust. "Jerry!"
Billy grinned and pressed a button on his spaceship, activating his B.S. 1000.
"Billy?!" The spies said in shock.
"Yeah, I'm actually an alien," Billy said, getting out of the suit. "That was just a suit."
"Come on guys, it's not like we've never seen real aliens before," Alex said, calmly walking up to Billy. "Though, you're a lot smaller than the aliens we met, Mr. Billy. Besides, where can I get one of those cute little spaceships?"
"I feel like you're a little too big for this, Alex..." Billy said with a small frown. "But don't worry, maybe we can develop one for you too."
Martin suddenly appeared and asked for one too.
MOM facepalmed.
"The spaceship we saw looked more like a kumquat... or a rutabaga," Alex said, remembering the large aircraft. "Whatever, it was cool driving it anyway."
"You rode a spaceship?!" Martin asked in shock. "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! You're telling me all about it. In detail!"
Sam chuckled while Clover looked bored.
"Bon voyage, agents," Jerry said, holding a remote.
"Where's the exit?" Diana asked, looking around.
"Oh it'll find you, don't worry," Sam said.
And instantly, they were sucked into the air conditioning system.

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