Practicing..

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An adult female and a teen male were in a room full of monitors, each showing what footage their secret cameras had captured at that hour. The male was standing and the female controlled the monitors. Somebody had entered the room behind them, explaining rapidly what they had experienced.

"We've spotted them again! And we know what they're going to do next!"

"Really?" Asked the male.

"Yes! We captured someone called Peep earlier in the museum you instructed us to go to. She had a phone in her bag and just after we emptied her bag, somebody called on the phone. Whoever it was said for Peep to 'go'. She struggled for a few seconds trying to release herself from us then ran to the door. Few seconds later, it was like bang, crash, crack-"

"Thank you. You may leave. I will check it out on the secret cameras."

"Okay sir!" He turned around and left. Not very long after, the male and the female were watching the footage from one of their cameras.

"Okay. So they caught Peep.. Someone called and she's trying to escape.." Said the female slowly

"Wait! Zoom in right there please."

"Okay."

They zoomed in on the phone lying on the floor and read the number of the person that called.

"(213) 267 9932.. Write that down." Said the male.

(I would just like to clarify that that was NOT real phone number.)

"Sir! I know a way we could use this information!"

"Tell me."

* * *

Angela, Phoebe, Raphael and Jasper exit their taxi and entered their 'base'. Soon, everybody was either lying or sitting on the floor, discussing the different things that had happened (and the things they could do next).

"So umm.. Next is that we fly up there and just.. fight the invisible things?" Said Raphael.

"It seems a little too.. easy." Jasper mentioned.

"Easy? We don't even know how to use swords!" Phoebe exclaimed.

"Well, we can practice!" Suggested Angela.

"We might stab each other." Phoebe blurted out.

"Then we'll practice against objects!" Said Angela.

Phoebe thought about this for a while before standing up and motioning for the others to line up. She took some tape and walked to a shelf and stayed there for a while. She placed one of their swords in front of the line then walked to the front of it, facing the sword.

"Alright everybody, this is how it goes. We take turns handling the sword in front of us, trying to cut open bags of food taped on the shelves."

"Pretty bossy, huh?" Raphael quietly shouldered Jasper.

"Nah, she's fine. Oh, look! She's gonna go first!"

Jasper, Raphael and Angela gazed at the front of the line where Phoebe was trying to calculate how to hit a bag correctly. She quickly raised the sword upward then downward. The bag of chips deflated like a balloon, but overall not much damage was done. She walked to the back of the line, handing the sword to Angela, who used a different technique. She drew the sword backwards then thrusted it into a plastic bag's side.

"Looks like I need to work on my aim." Said Angela. She walked behind Phoebe then gave the sword to Raphael, who thought Angela's approach was good. He did nearly the same thing, except he aimed correctly. He withdrew the sword and saw the sword had pierced both sides of the plastic bag.

"Yeah, now that's what I'm talking about!"

Jasper did just as good as Raphael, using Phoebe's technique. They kept on practicing when suddenly..

Ring, ring, ring!

Ring, ring, ring!

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* * *

"We're calling them now. Is the hacking system working? Their I.P. address should appear." Said a female to a male. They were in a room full of monitors.

"Yes. Once we get their address, there's nothing that can stop us.."

* * *

Ring, ring, ring!

"Who's gonna get that?" Asked Jasper.

"It's not a good idea. It could be anyone." Said Phoebe

"Oh, it's fine! I'll just pretend to be someone else. Besides, nobody believes we're real anyway. They won't believe us even if we reveal ourselves." He protested.

"If you say so.." Phoebe put her hands on her hips.

Jasper grabbed the ringing phone from their backpack and answered the call.

"Hello?"

* * *

"They answered!" Exclaimed the female. They were on mute; Whoever they were calling couldn't hear them.

"Would you like to order anything?" Asked a voice from the phone.

They can't fool us like that, The male in the room thought. He read their I.P. address and said,

"End the call. We have all the information we need."

* * *

"They ended the call without saying anything? That's a bit suspicious, don't you think?" Asked Phoebe.

"Oh, you're always getting suspicious. Don't worry! It might just be an internet connection issue." Said Raphael.

"That's what I hate about human-made phones." Complained Jasper.

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