Full Circle

Chapter 14

DISCLAIMER: This is not my fanfic, I am republishing it with permission

"He WHAT?" Ms. O yelled, crushing an innocent empty juice box.

"It's all under control, ma'am, but we wanted to let you know what was going on. Oswald has Otto on the phone as we speak," O'Daniel explained.

"It better be under control! We won't have another opportunity like this one for a long time, and we can't let a student tube operator ruin it!"

"I assure you that everything will be taken care of. President Oscar is too far into the tubes to divert at this point, but we can still divert Olive and Otto if necessary. I don't think that'll be an issue, though, " he said, smiling at the back of Oswald's head.

"I'm counting on you, Agent..."

"O'Daniel, ma'am."

"Agent O'Daniel. Don't let me down."

"I—Oswald and I—won't. All you need to do is meet Oscar at the front as planned, we'll take care of the rest."

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"I actually brought the gumball machine up to our office," Oda laughed.

"And I told the maintenance team it was beach ball inspection day," Odalis added.

"So between the two of us, not even the sphere room had more spheres in it that night!"

Olive and Otto laughed.

"How did he react?"

Odalis took a sip of his lemonade. "The poor kid showed up in our office with Ora, the night shift head scientist, about five minutes later, eyes the size of a Hydraclops."

"He saw Odalis and me covered from head to toe in centigurps—"

"You couldn't even see our O uniforms!"

"—and handed in his resignation letter on the spot," Oda finished, wiping tears from her eyes.

"Aww, poor Odenthorpe," Otto sympathized.

"Ah, he deserved it. He'd been a bit of a troublemaker at the Academy, so it was either that or a trip to Blobsylvania to straighten him out," Odalis explained.

"And, of course, we didn't accept his resignation. We even let him have the rest of the night off."

"He and his partner have been our best agents ever since."

Olive turned to her partner. "Oh Otto, we'll have to remember that one!"

Otto chuckled and nodded in agreement, then checked his watch. "Well, I think it's about time for us to go."

"Alright. Thanks for taking over a little early, guys."

"No problem at all, Olive! Have fun!" Oda said, giving her a hug.

"Here's hoping everything goes well, Otto. If you need anything, call us," Odalis whispered, patting him on the back.

Otto gave a quick nod and stepped into his tube, pressing a few buttons. "Preparing to squishinate."

Olive crouched down. "Squishi—Otto, is that your phone?"

He looked at his badge. "I should probably get that. Hello...? No..." His face contorted into an obvious attempt to cover his nervousness. "That's hilarious... Yep... Okay, I will... Bye."

"Sooo, who was that?" Olive asked, concerned.

"Um, wrong number. Actually," he said, stepping out of his tube and checking​ his watch, "we've still got a couple of minutes before the dance starts. Have you guys eaten dinner yet?"