Gadgets!

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"Finally, a class that all of us took," Sam said, walking alongside her friends to their Fashion History class. "Clover, I didn't know you liked this subject!"
"Well, I thought it was fascinating since it had 'Fashion' in it," Clover said, sounding a little bored. "But who knew the professor would make it so dry like... beef jerky?"
"Where have I heard that one before?" Alex wondered with a giggle. "Anyway, do you think Martin would take this class?"
Her friends frowned.
"You and your Martin..." Clover said, annoyed. "Alex, let me give you a nickel's worth of advice. If he sees one change in your appearance, be it you turned into a roach again, or you got yourself turned into a cavegirl or... something like that, he would run away, trust me!"
"Well, says the one that tried to seduce him after he helped us save you from that yeti freak!" Alex countered with a smirk, hugging her books closer to her chest. "Seriously, Clover. Also, we all had yeti DNA in us at that point!"
Clover scowled and followed her two friends to the lecture hall. They found a spot, closer to the back, next to Diana.
"Sam!" Diana called, waving for them to come in. "Over here!"
"Diana!" Sam replied, rushing over to sit with her. "You take this class too?"
"Is your brother here?" Alex asked hopefully.
"Well, he thinks history is boring..." Diana said with a sigh. "Not to mention fashion..."
"That makes perfect sense," Alex said with a chuckle. "Anyway, where's Professor Phoenix?"
The sound of stiletto heels clapping against the wooden staircase came. A woman with her jet black hair tied in a large bun walked in, wearing a white dress shirt paired with a black pencil skirt. At least three thick books were tucked under her arm, and the students could vaguely see the words The History of Fashion on the spine of one of the textbooks she was carrying. She walked straight to the front and put her books down on the table meant for teachers.
"Alright, students, sorry I'm late," the woman said, looking slightly flustered. "My apologies for my tardiness."
"Whatever happened to Professor Phoenix?" Sam asked, puzzled. "She didn't tell us anything about being replaced, did she?"
Her friends shook their heads. Sam turned back to the front and raised her hand.
"But professor, this is Professor Phoenix's class," Sam said.
"Yes, I'm replacing her," the woman said with a slight smile. "By the way, I'm Professor Leon. Nice to meet you, Sam."
Sam stared back in surprise. She had never seen this woman before, and yet, she knew her name.
"How did you know I was Sam?" Sam asked, puzzled. "We haven't even had an ice breaking session yet."
"Who needs an ice breaking sesh when literally everyone knows you, Miss Popularity?" Clover said with a smirk. "Seriously, Sam? Obvious much?"
Professor Leon nodded with the slightest of smiles. She began the class and honestly, everyone enjoyed. No one even thought about poor Professor Phoenix at this point. They were just glad that the boring lecturer has been replaced with a better substitute.

"Hey, that was actually fun," Alex said as they walked towards the cafeteria. "I actually like Fashion History now."
"So do I," Clover said with a chuckle. "I guess it's good riddance to Old Mr. Phoenix!"
The four girls laughed loudly as they parted ways to go for their classes. Alex eventually met with Martin again, and they were both overjoyed to see each other again.
Diana had apparently found some friendship in Sam too. They were both alike in many ways, and they had so much in common.
Clover on the other hand...
Was slowly getting ditched by her friends. Not that she noticed, since she's busy ditching them for boys. Her Surfology class was really getting her free hunky guys. And she loved that.
And Mandy was getting jealous since most of the guys she targeted was now following Clover like a lapdog.

The girls were WOOHP-ed once again and were very annoyed to see the agents form the Centre just crawling out of a vent.
"I thought you said you were gonna do that for us too?" Clover asked in an annoyed tone. "Seriously, Jer?"
"It's still under development," Jerry said with a sigh. "But your Ultra X-Powders are complete!"
Instantly, three compact powders floated towards the girls. One was green, another red, and the third, yellow. They caught it, and were so excited to see that literally all gadgets made by WOOHP were in there.
"Aww I really missed the Mini Barrette Camera!" Alex said, flipping through the list of gadgets on her device. "Did you add the I-Cutter?"
"No, but I added something similar," Jerry said with a smirk. "Try looking for it, ladies."
"Is it the Super Sonic Laser Nail File 3000?" Sam asked, shaking her head at the long name. "Gosh, what a mouthful..."
"Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Try selecting it to see how it works."
They did and ended up cutting the couch into several pieces, causing pieces of cotton stuffing to fly around the room.
"This rocks!" Alex said, excitedly trying to cut everything she saw. She even tried cutting the top of Martin's hair into a straight line. "Whoops sorry, about that."
They ended up looking through the gadgets, even gasping every now and then at the nostalgia of old gadgets that haven't been used for a long time.
"Ah the Chewable Glueable Tracking Gum," Clover said, remembering how she used it to follow Eugene Snit. But suddenly her eyes widened when she spotted something strange. She looked up from her compact, glaring at Jerry. "Jer, did you develop the Immobiliser?"
"No, I used your blueprints to make that," Jerry admitted. "Spies, Clover is the true owner of the Immobiliser."
"That's more like it," Clover said with a smirk. "Next time, remember to give credit to the creator, Jer."
Jerry nodded sheepishly and waited patiently for them to finish swooning over the gadgets. Diana suddenly raised her hand.
"I'm sorry, but someone said they're developing a special gadget specifically for me?" Diana asked. "Where is it?"
MOM gave Jerry a nod and he asked GLADIS to bring out the U-Watches. GLADIS did, and used one of her tentacle-like hands to take Martin's U-Watch off, much to his dismay.
"Hey, what's happening?!" Martin retorted. "You're not giving my watch to Di, are you now?!"
"No, Agent Mystery," MOM said, shaking her head with her arms crossed. "We're gonna replace it."
GLADIS whipped out a lavender-coloured watch with a pretty flower cover for the screen for Diana. GLADIS put it on her wrist and Diana examined it in awe.
Martin on the other hand, received something very similar, only it was red and yellow, with an M logo with flame-like design.
"These are fantastic!" Martin said, turning it on. "Thanks, MOM!"
"Thank Jerry for the design," MOM said.
Jerry stood there with a smirk.
And then he started telling the spies of a mission.

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