How it all began

Chapter 4 - The First Mission

About an hour later Jessie realised that her friends were still missing! She rushed to The Chief who was busy doing a sudoku in the local paper. "Mr Chief dude guy sir!" Jessie yelled as she skidded to a halt in the rug in Sid's office and sat down with a bump. "OUCH!" Jessie exclaimed as she tried to get up. "Are you alright" the Chief said as he jumped out of his chair. "Yeah it was just a slip" Jessie laughed. Her eyes lit up as she realised he cared about whether she hurt herself. She took his hand which was held out to her to assist her in getting up. "Thanks" she said

"Now then... What?" The Chief had noticed Jessie looking at him with a pondering face. "Hmm... Oh! Nothing. You were saying???"

"Yeah Erm What made you rush in to my office in such a hurry??? Must have been important"

Jessie thought for a moment then "Oh yeah. My friend where is she???"

The Chief looked puzzled but only for an instant. Then he slapped his forehead "ARRRRGGGHHH" he groaned "I totally forgot. She's at the top secret coffee shop."

-Ring ring- the phone rang The Chief pounced on it "Hello Chief of BABV SS who is speaking please?"

"Mwa ha ha ha" laughed an evil voice over the phone

"Thea Narcosa" the Chief said angrily "Shouldn't you be in your swamp?"

"Pass the phone to the new agent, Sid!" Thea sneered

"Here" said the Chief covering the mouthpiece "But be careful Thea Narcosa is a nasty piece of work"

"Hello? Jessie Loveable here" Jessie said worried

"Listen here and listen well! If you ever want to see your friend again i suggest you accept my offer." Thea spat

Jessie gulped "what's your offer ma'am?"

"Don’t be smart with me kid or your friends will pay. Meet me at the entrance to Build a Bearville at 10 pm tonight, ALONE. Don’t bring your precious chief with you."

"Hey! He's not my precious chi... ehem why must i meet you." Jessie said through gritted teeth

"For a duel! I must destroy you before you destroy me! Mwa ha ha ha"

"--"

"She hung up" Jessie said looking worried

"If its a duel she wants then its a duel she'll get! Come on Jess, you need gadgets"

"Net shooter, Here" The chief handed Jessie a long cylindrical contraption "A skeleton key just incase you need to free your friends" He handed her a shiny metal key "Scissors nothing special just incase there is rope" he handed her a small case in which was a pair of small blue scissors. "Ha ha, rope!" he said handing her a shiny green long rope, which seemed alive as it 'magically' tied Jessie up in a hopelessly ridiculous tangle. "A laser watch which forms a laser bar where it hits

if shot in a circle shape it makes a cage of lasers clever huh?" Sid handed a watch over. "Erm Chief?" Jessie said "What? Oh." Jessie was totally helpless wrapped up in the rope "Help?"

The chief couldn't help but laugh "Ha ha your in a bit of a tangle there aren't you" He reached over to help her and tripped over the crumpled up rug which Jessie had previously mistaken for a flying carpet. "whoaaaa!!!" He started to fall. Jessie was struggling to get herself free when

--Thud-- Jessie and the Chief both fell over like dominoes

"Ouch!" Jessie said "Hey are you ok?"

"Yeah im fine luckily i had a softer landing. Here let me help with that rope"

As they were about to walk down to the Entrance, Cade the Scientist raced up to the Chief and Jessie yelling "WAIT! WAIT!" She arrived completely out of breath and was panting heavily "The... hat... I... Made a... replica... of the... chief's" she said with her hands on her knees. "Ehem... Here its for Jessie"

She handed a hat just like Sid's to Jessie and she passed it to the chief. Jessie removed her beloved Cat Hat and the Chief placed the new hat gently on her head

"Here i'll take that" said Cade taking the Cat hat off Jessie and putting it into a satchel. "Now off you go. Oh and Chief!"

"What?"

"Fleur is there"

The Chief's face grinned "Good Old Fleur"

The Chief took Jessie to a pole which he asked her to slide down "I'll be straight down after you it's ok" Jessie took hold of the pole and jumped. "Whoooooooaaaaa!!!" Jessie yelled as she whooshed down. She landed and shouted up to Sid "OK I'm down"

The next minute He was whoosing down beside her and he grabbed her arm and pulled her half walking half running over to a tree. "Look there is Fleur" The Chief took out a whistle and blew it. Fleur glanced around and sneeked over to the tree. "Fleur this is Jessie, Jessie..." He turned to the smiling girl "This is Fleur, she's an old friend"

"Nice to finally meet you Jessie!" Fleur whispered cheerfully. "Chief!" she said to Sid more serious "Thea's gettin' more nastier by the minute. I'll take care of Jessie. Go!" The Chief nodded his head and darted off to the HQ entrance.

"Hi Jessie!" Fleur said warmly "I'm Fleur I'm here to assist you in getting your friend back"

"Great!!!" Jessie paused "But Thea said i gotta be alone"

"I know but she meant alone from other agents like the Chief but I'm not an agent. However i am highly trained in the means of duels we have a quarter of an hour to practice lets go"

Fleur taught Jessie how to dodge, when to attack, how to sneek silently how to run quickly without being too tired and how to hide in the most open of areas.

"Erm Fleur..."

"Yeah?"

"Who exactly is Thea Narcosa?"

"Ah! Thea is one of Sid's arch enemies. She is wanted by the police for kidnapping and attempted murder. She violated all of the Build-a-Bearville laws so she got bannished from Bearville completely she lurks in an area the BABV SS have identified as Slimy Swamp. Trust me she is bad."