The Girl, the Dog and Many Agents

The

girl, the dog and many agents.

By Pedro Myung Massoni

Chapter one

Beginnin

Once upon a time, in a world that was full of secret agencies, mysterious forests and talking animals, there was a slightly dumb little girl called Geniveve Winiarczyk, who lived in a little house with her mother in the middle of the forest. Every week, she went to visit her grandmother Ophelia, who lived on the other side of the forest. She had a normal life, but not for long… It was a very cold day, and fog was beginning to appear, so when it was time for her to go to her grandmother’s house, she put on her red coat and started the long way to her grandmother's house She was in such a hurry to get there,(for it was a very cold day) that she didn't notice a small brown dog watching her on a shadowy corner, gazing at her with his dark brown eyes.

A few minutes later, she reached her grandmother's house and knocked on the door, but nobody answered. She knocked again, but still had no response, so she opened the door and came in. The house was empty. She looked in the kitchen cupboards, the bathroom closets and every single place where her grandmother could be hiding, but found nothing except for some tiny spiders. She was about to call the police, when she heard a soft whirring coming from the bedroom closet, which was so small that her grandmother couldn’t be hiding there. She opened the bedroom door and came closer to the closet, and thought she could hear more faint sounds, even voices and footsteps She opened the closet door and looked down, but instead of a solid wooden surface, she saw a long, dark tunnel, going deeper and deeper. She was about to run away as quickly as possible and call the police,(again) when she suddenly lost her balance and started to fall and fall…

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“How in the world did she get here?” Said a man’s voice. “I haven’t got the faintest idea” Replied a second voice, which sounded a bit like a bark. “well,” Said the first voice “You said you spotted a girl close to Ophelia’s house. Probably she came in through that secret entrance in the closet.” Flabbergastedly, Geniveve noticed these people(or maybe creatures)were talking about her. “What will they do to me?” She thought, but before she could further wonder about her fate, she heard a familiar voice crying out “What happened here? How did she get here?” “Well” said the person with the bark-like voice coldly, “We think it came from the tunnel you hid in your bedroom closet without even setting traps around” “It was my house!” Said the familiar voice indignantly “I couldn’t set traps in my own house!” Finally, Geniveve couldn’t stand it any longer: She opened her eyes and almost closed them again. She was lying on a soft bed on a silver room with glowing blue lines all across the walls. There was a lamp with the shape of various objects and creatures mixed up , as if the person who had made it wasn’t sure what to shape it and had simply blended everything he could think of together, and the result was a very odd-shaped and unusual lamp, which emitted a faint white light , which reflected on the walls and made the room very well-lit, But none of these things was what made her scared. It was the fact that there were three creatures on the room, her grandmother, who had the familiar voice, but was wearing a very odd silver and blue dress that made her look a bit like a robot, a tall man with black hair who was wearing sunglasses, and a…dog? Yes, it was a dog, and he was the one with the bark-like voice, and all three of them were staring at her with curious expressions. “Who are you?” She asked nervously “Where am I?” “Well,” Said the tall man, taking a step ahead, “You are in T H A A C , or The Helpful Association Against Crime We are a secret crime-fighting agency and I am agent Heron Sortun.” “This” He said, pointing to the dog “Is Finn, and I’m quite certain you know this is your grandmother, don’t you?” “Yes, I do.” she answered.

“You may be wondering” he continued “How in the world you ended up here, why your grandmother works here, when and where this agency started, what kind of crimes do we ﬁght and a whole bunch of other silly questions, but fortunately for me, I have other, more useful things to do ” He said coldly “Those two can answer

your questions” He said, waving a gloved hand towards the dog Finn and her grandmother, and left the room, his footsteps echoing in the hallway as he walked away, and the door opening and beeping as he pressed the “OPEN” button on the wall. “Are you okay, Geniveve?” Asked her grandmother worriedly. That was quite a big fall you had.” “Yes, I am, thank you.” She answered “Grandma, can I go back home? This place is nice, but I miss home, and Mom must worried about me already ” “Well actually, no ” Grandmother Ophelia answered “WHAT?” Cried Geniveve “But why?” “ I mean, I can’t stay here forever!” “I know, but we need you, Geniveve, this is very important!” Said grandmother Ophelia impatiently “After you do it, you will be free to go. Can you do it?” Geniveve took a deep breath and said a bit more calmly “Okay, I’ll do it. What do you need?” “We need you” Said grandmother Ophelia “To invade C.O.D.E.R., our greatest enemy.” “What?” Geniveve cried again “You heard me. We need you to invade C.O.D.E.R. We were actually only sending Finn here, but since you appeared ” Said Ophelia calmly “But there must be a mistake! I’m only 10 years old!” Meanwhile, Finn also joined into her indigant cries of “I can’t go!” and “Can’t it be somebody else?” “Will you two be quiet?” Said Grandma Ophelia “That is why we need you. C.O.D.E.R. has many guards and watchmen close to their base, which is how we discovered their location. I’m afraid they are not very discreet, unlike our guards and watch animals.” “Your watch… animals?” Asked Geniveve curiously “Yes, watch animals. Haven’t you wondered why Finn is here?” Said the old woman “Not actually.” She answered “Well” Ophelia continued “T.H.A.A.C. has a lot of animal agents working here as spies, guards, watch animals and many other tasks that need discrete creatures, since nobody pays attention to a small bird watching you from a tree, right?” Said Ophelia with a chuckle “And for this same reason, Finn is going with you on this mission.” “And that is why I’m saying NO!” He replied angrily. “Why me? Can’t it be George, or Charlie, or Arnald, or…anyone else?” “No, Finn, it has to be you.” Said Ophelia sternly “You know that George and Henry are too big for this and C.O.D.E. already knows we have spy birds.” “Okay, I’ll go.” Said Finn grudgingly “But we’ll need weapons!” “Of course! This is quite a dangerous mission, so you’ll also need disguises. I shall warn John and Jack immediately. Now, o you go, both of you ” “Grandma,” Said Geniveve said a bit nervously, “Why are we invading C O D E anyway? I mean, couldn’t we simply be quiet and ﬁght back if they attack us?” “No, it isn’t that simple” Said the old woman “We once had a spy there, and we almost discovered their most precious information, but before he could tell us anything, they caught him and put him into their most highly secured prison cell. The only thing he managed to tell us was that there was a spy in here and that he was passing information for them to destroy us forever.” she ﬁnished sadly. “Don’t you think it may be that rude agent that left the room? He seemed evil enough to me ” “don’t suggest such a thing!” Said Grandmother Ophelia in a shocked tone “He is the current leader of T H A A C and has arrested dozens of criminals.Now, enough chit chat. Report immediately to the weapon room. And with that, Geniveve and Finn left the room, the silver doors sliding silently as they pressed the “OPEN” button.

Chapter two

weapo roo

Geniveve and Finn walked silently across T.H.A.A.C.’s long corridors, with Geniveve stopping every now and then to peer at some rooms. One of them was labeled “The Identification room” and contained big, round wooden tables full of unidentified items and glass tanks full of unidentified creatures, such one that resembled a hairy octopus with orange skin and a tube instead of its mouth, like a seahorse

and clay pots with unidentiﬁed plants on them, such as a plant that looked like a

bunch of tentacles sticking out of the soil. There were also a group of people wearing white robes that looked like doctor’s clothes, except they had the word “Identiﬁer” written on the back, and all of them were walking around studying the items carefully. They passed another room labeled “The vehicle room”, which was a gigantic room full of any vehicle they could imagine, from a

spaceship shaped like a squid, to a large metal ball with glass windows and apparently no doors.

At last, the silence was broken by Geniveve asking Finn: “Who do you think might be the spy? Don’t you think it could be Heron?” “I don’t think so”, He answered “he already arrested dozens of criminals. If I were to accuse someone, it would be Henry, the guy responsible for the vehicles.” “Why is that?” Asked Geniveve, glancing nervously at the vehicle room doors “Well,” Said Finn “He’s always asking for information that shouldn’t matter for him, such as passwords for other rooms and information about other agents.” “Then it must be him!” Cried Geniveve “What other reasons could he have to do ask such things?” “Exactly,” Said Finn “As soon as we get enough information to frame him, we can send him straight to jail ” He said triumphantly At last, they reached a door labeled “The weapon room” and went inside. It was quite a small room, but spread along the walls there were compartments full of weapons. there were guns, swords, bows and arrows, cannons and many other weapons they couldn’t name, and standing in the middle of the room, there was a tall old man wearing a brown suit and glasses. “Welcome” Said the man “To the weapon room. I am Jack Hazelwood, and I am responsible for this room. May I help you choose your weapons?” “Yes, please.” Said Geniveve, who didn’t have any experience with weapons “Very well ” Said Jack “What weapon would you rather use, a gun, a sword, grenades ” Both Finn and Geniveve noticed he looked a bit nervous, and because of that, Geniveve asked: “Are you okay? You sound nervous.” “Yes, i’m okay,” He answered “But i’ve been receiving some stupid inspections. as if I were the culprit.” This last sentence was spoken more to himself than to anybody else, so Geniveve couldn’t be sure what she had heard. “What do you mean ‘inspections’?” “Well” Said Jack loudly, apparently not hearing what she had said “Shall I show you some weapons?” “Hmm… Yes.” Said Finn, exchanging a meaningful look with Geniveve “I’ll be right back” Said Jack and disappeared behind a metal shelf “What do you think are those ‘inspections’ he was talking about?” Asked Finn quietly. “I don’t know!” Geniveve whispered back “Do you think he can be the culprit?” “Perhaps.” Answered Finn. “Maybe he and Henry are the spies.” “How will we ﬁgure out who is the spy anyway?” “Well, that’s why

we’re going C.O.D.E.R. anyway.” “Oh.” Answered Geniveve, but before they could continue their’, Jack came back, carrying a pile of weapons in his arms. “Finn, you first. would you rather have a gun or a sword?” “A gun.” answered Finn “Well, I think you might like this one.” Said Jack, attaching a small metal disk with a glowing circle in the middle. “You might want to test it in the training room. So they went to the training room, with Geniveve following close behind “I made this specially for dogs It shoots when you bark ” Then, Jack opened the door of the training room. It was a large room with white walls and many rows of targets on the far wall. But when Finn barked experimentally, instead of the target being hit and exploding or flying away, there was a bright flash of light and Finn went sailing across the air, hitting the wall and falling to the ground. “Great god!” Shouted Jack when Finn got up and gave some small dizzy steps. “You’d better try another one right?” And took another weapon from the pile, removing the previous one and attaching the new one to Finn’s collar This weapon was also a small metal disk, but instead of a glowing circle, there was a small, round, short metal rod with a glowing purple ball at the tip. “You also bark to shoot it.” Explained Jack, and Finn barked again. This time, a purple line of electricity shot out and caught one of the targets, which burst into flames. “I think I’ll have this one.” said Finn with a grin (can dogs grin?).

Next, it was Geniveve’s turn to pick a weapon “Well, you must be Geniveve, Ophelia’s granddaughter ” Said Jack “Yes ''She answered cautiously, reluctant to give information for a man she thought could be the spy. “Well then, would you rather have a gun or a sword?” “A gun.” She answered. Then, Jack went over to the pile of

weapons and took a gigantic metal-colored gun. It had glowing purple parts, which matched Finn’s weapon. “Try this one.” Said Jack. But as soon as Geniveve pulled the trigger, a plume of black smoke came out of the trigger. “Oh, my!” Said Jack, and he jumped forward, throwing the gun out of her hands. And, when it was just a few inches away from the ground, it exploded, singeing the corners of his suit. “Oh, my!” He cried again “What is happening to my weapons? It seems as if most of them are exploding, or having some other harmful defect! Well, let’s choose your next weapon very carefully, shall we? Try this one.” He said, handing her a small gun that looked a bit like a short revolver. This one didn’t have any defects, but it was very dangerous, for when she pulled the trigger, bolts of electricity came out of the tip, destroying various targets at a time. Shakily, she handed it back to Jack, saying “I think this one is too dangerous. I might hit Finn or other agents accidentally.” “Good choice.” He answered with a wink. Next, he handed her a big (But not half as gigantic as the first one) black gun It had glowing blue parts, matching the lines in the walls and heat was coming out of its tip “I think this one will suit you well,” He said. And when Geniveve pulled the trigger, a jet of fire came out, burning the target immediately. “I think so, too.” She answered in a quivering voice, because even though she thought it would be useful, she was stunned by how powerful the gun was. Besides, she had never used a gun before. Finally, Jack said: “Now, I shall give each of you an extra item.” Then, he handed Finn another metal disk, but this one was larger and thicker. “This is an automatic door opener, and opens any door that doesn’t have extra strong locks, so it might be useful.” He said, attaching it to his collar, right next to the other “But how do I use it?” asked Finn curiously “Just growl ” Jack replied And When Finn growled, five very thin robotic arms shot out, startling both Geniveve and Finn. One of them held a key that was constantly changing, which cast a strange shifting shadow. The second arm had eight “fingers'', forming a circle, probably to write passwords more rapidly. The third arm had many wires coming out of it, which gave it a jellyfish-like appearance. The fourth arm had five stilettos (Which are not always long and thin shoe heels, but also small, thin knives, which, in this story, is the correct meaning.) instead of fingers, and the fifth and last arm had a dough- like material on the tip of one finger and a screen that showed a face, which changed and changed, and as they watched, it changed into a bald man with a gigantic mustache, then into a woman with a big nose, and on and on. Then, the arms recoiled back into the disk and disappeared into it. Next, he handed Geniveve what looked like an ordinary pine cone, except for the fact that if you looked really, really close, you could see that it was actually iron painted to look like wood, and if you held it, you would feel that it was actually heavier than wood. But since Jack was holding it and she didn’t look really, really close, she asked stupidly: “Why are you giving me a pine cone?” And made Finn and Jack start laughing (Or, in Finn’s case, dog laughing, which is a kind of playful panting dogs do when they want to play ) heartily. “Why are you laughing at me? It is a pine cone after all, isn’t it?” This caused them to laugh even more, until Jack stopped laughing and said seriously: “No it isn’t a pine cone. This is a stunning grenade. When you activate it, it emits a

loud noise that stuns enemies, allowing you to escape more easily. But you can only use it once. Remember this.” “Goodbye,” Said Geniveve. “And thank you,” Added Finn. And without another word, they left the room.

Chapter Three

disguis roo

“Do you think it might be Jack?” Geniveve asked Finn, as they walked through the long corridors of T H A A C “Deﬁnitely ” Answered Fin, who was walking beside her. Both of them were gladly carrying their new weapons, but each of them was absorbed in their own doubts. “What are those inspections Jack was talking about?” Thought Geniveve “Were those weapons sabotaged by him to destroy me and Finn?” Meanwhile, Finn thought: “What weapons do the C.O.D.E.R. agents use? Are they more powerful than us?” And “Will there be food in C.O.D.E.R.? I’m hungry.” They were both so concentrated in those enigmatic questions, that they barely noticed the rooms they were passing by, and were surprised when they arrived at a wooden door labeled “The Disguise Room”, which was a bit odd since all the other doors were made of metal There was also a doorbell, which was equally strange, since the other doors had only an “OPEN” button, but when Geniveve stepped forward and pressed the doorbell, she realized it wasn’t a real doorbell, but simply the painting of a doorbell. This left her even more puzzled, so she tried to open the door, to ask whoever was inside why that door was so dierent from the others, and backed away, more puzzled than ever, because instead of being light, like the wooden door in her house, it was as heavy as metal. And just when she was about to turn around and ask Finn to test his door-opener on the door, the door swung open, revealing a tall, bald man with an enormous

black mustache. His eyes were gray, and he wore a purple suit. “Welcome.” Said the man. “To the disguise room. My name is Fred Woodlane, Mr. John Hazelwood's secretary. You may have a seat while you wait for him."

He indicated two wooden chairs with a long-ﬁngered hand, and just then, Geniveve noticed that the room, instead of silver walls with blue lines, had wooden walls, adorned with portraits of nonsense things, such as a lion eating lettuce and an earthworm visiting an optometrist. And just as they were getting accustomed to all the surprises they were having that day, Finn turned his head to Fred and shrieked, jumping into Geniveve’s face accidentally, because in the place where Fred had been, there was a quite short old man with a cheerful expression and a black suit, emerging from his tall disguise and laughing his head o “You should have seen your faces!” He said between laughs “Or better, Finn’s face, the girl’s face was covered by him.” Finn seemed a bit embarrassed. “Who are you anyway?” He asked Geniveve curiously. “I am John Hazelwood, not Fred Woodlane. That was one of my disguises. Would you like to have a look at some?” And without even waiting for her answer, he trotted cheerfully to the far end of the room, where there were some odd-looking glasses hanging from pegs on the wall. “Now, you shall see my greatest invention! The anti-disguise glasses! Take one, each of you, and you shall see the truth about this room.” So Both of them obediently put a pair on and stared around the room in amazement Instead of wooden walls, they saw silver walls with blue lines, just like the ones in the other rooms, and when they went closer to the door, they saw it was also like the other ones: Metal-colored, double and with a “OPEN '' button at the side. “The whole room is under disguise!” He cried proudly. “Isn’t that astounding? Isn’t it breathtaking? Isn’t it fabulous? Isn’t it spectacular? Isn’t it TREMENDOUS? Isn’t it…” “ Yes, it is all of these things.” Interrupted Finn quickly, “How did you do it?” “Oh, actually, it was very recent.” John answered eagerly. “I had this idea for many years, but never had the

courage to ask for authorization. But one day, I was really inspired. I got out of bed, and entered T.H.A.A.C. without even having breakfast!” He said. “Then, I ran into Sortun’s oce and showed him my projects, which I had brought with me from home, and to my great surprise, he approved them, but said he would have to talk to the T.H.A.A.C. engineers, and a few days later, I entered this very room with no hope at all, thinking Agent Sortun had simply forgotten about my projects, and ran into a completely dierent room, which was just like my projects! I thought it was just a coincidence, when I saw a note on top of the table, and it said: ‘You are welcome. And I knew it was from Sortun.” He ﬁnished.

“And you can keep the glasses. They might be useful.” “Thanks.” Said Finn “But what about the disguises? We’ll probably need to be under disguise to invade C.O.D.E.R.” “To do WHAT?” cried John “Are you insane?” “Actually, It was Ophelia and Sortun who sent us.” Answered Finn quietly. “But why?” Spluttered John “I mean, no oense, but you’re only a dog and a little girl! Why not send somebody else?” “Because we’ll be discreet.” Geniveve answered hurriedly. “Don’t worry, we’ll be ﬁne ” “Well then ” He said, regaining his cheerful expression, “I’ll be rooting for you Shall we choose your diguises, then?” He said, walking around uneasily on the carpet. “Now, put your anti-disguise glasses on your pockets, or this room will get as boring as any other.” And with that, he walked away to the other side of the room, where there was a single, quite small wooden closet, with carvings of other nonsense things on its doors, such as an anteater visiting a dentist and other crazy things. “Is that where the disguises are stored?” Asked Finn, handing Geniveve his glasses, since she was the only one who had pockets.

“Isn’t it a bit small?” “Yes it is here that the disguises are stored, but I think you’ll find it quite…vast.” Answered John with a grin, and swung the door open. Inside, there was an apparently endless corridor, stretching on for hundreds of meters, which left Finn and Geniveve gaping in surprise. “Follow me.” He said, calmly walking inside. “Now, what will you disguise yourselves as?” Geniveve looked at Finn questioningly, but he shrugged, since none of them had thought about that until that moment “Actually, we didn’t think about that ” She admitted “Can you help us choose our disguises?” John scratched his head and said “I can try, but there are so many disguises that it might be a bit hard, since there are more that three hundred sixty nine million, nine hundred eighty seven thousand, two hundred fifty seven and a half disguises.” “That’s very specific.” She said. “I counted them a few months ago.” John explained. “How about…C.O.D.E.R. agents?” “That’s a good idea but I think we should have more than one disguise.” Finn replied “Brilliant I’ll put the disguises you like the most on this bag ” Said John, showing them a big, white bag and shoving the C O D E R agents disguises inside “As for the other disguises, does a C.S. students sound good to you?” “Criminal School.” Finn whispered nervously, in response to Geniveve’s puzzled look, than said loudly to John “Yes, that would be good too.” “Is there a problem? You seem nervous.” Geniveve whispered to Finn “Later.” He responded curtly. Then, he said in a loud voice “What is that spiky suit there?” “Oh, that’s a cactus disguise. Very useful when invading criminal bases in the desert. “May I put those Janitor disguises on the bag too?” Asked John from far away. “Yes, you can put as may as you want!” Shouted Geniveve, for they were very far away from each other Then, she said to Finn “Come on Let’s try to reach him ” So they ran and ran, looking sideways to the disguises as they passed by. Finally, instead of reaching an end, they reached a small room, which also had (probably) fake wooden walls and mirrors on the walls. On one of the corners was a wooden table, with stacks of cans, pots and paper boxes. “Here, we have the ‘special eects makeup’ room! And by the way, I put some food on the disguise bag too. Thought you might need it. Here, there are all the materials you need to disguise your faces, from fake mustaches to fake freckles.” And indeed, as they looked around, they saw dozens of mannequin heads wearing wigs and glasses hanging from pegs “Amazing, isn’t it?” John asked proudly “I think it would be useful to take some on your mission, don’t you?” “Oh, yes!” Geniveve cried excitedly “I always wanted to learn how to use them!” “Then, today is your lucky day!” John replied. "First, let's choose some lenses to change your eye colors. Do gray eyes seem good to you? Or would you rather have something more common, such as green, blue and brown?" "Gray sounds good." She answered. Then, John stepped forward and carefully selected a paper box at the bottom of a pile and handed it to Geniveve, who opened it and found two gray eyes staring back at her No, not eyes, but lenses "Try them " He said So, she cautiously put them on and looked at her reflection: She looked like a completely dierent person. "Is that the real reflection?" She asked in amazement. "I look like another person!" "Yes, that is the real reflection." John responded. "Aren't disguises absolutely fascinating?" "Yes, they are." She replied in

amazement, removing the lenses and replacing them on the box, which she pocketed afterwards. “Oh, Mr. Hazelwood, I have a question. How do we create fake names for ourselves? Do we simply choose random names?” “You can do that, or you can switch the places of the letters on your name and use them to create a name. I actually considered using this second techniche, but I couldn't create another nice name using my letters, so I chose a random one Except for the surname, of course I made the surname with my letters and the ﬁrst name randomly.” He answered. "Now, you must leave as soon as you can" He continued. "So I'll try to be as concise as possible. Here are the hair-color-changing-powders, which you simply pass on your hair. If you use them, be sure to cover all of your hair, or, in Finn's case, fur, or the C.O.D.E.R. agents might become suspicious. If you want simpler methods, just use those wigs." He said, stung some cans and wigs inside the bag. "Then, to change the shape of your nose, you can use those fake noses, or my 'Incredible-nose-dough Any questions?" Well, they did have many questions, such as "Have you got any idea of who the spy might be?", and "What if we are caught by C.O.D.E.R.?", and even "Can't anybody else go instead of us?" But they weren't questions that could be answered by a simple disguiser, except for "Have you got any idea of who the spy might be??" But his opinion might not be necessary, since they would discover that if their mission went well, so they kept quiet and just shook their heads in a sign which you probably know means "No."

Chapter Four

i Roo

“Why were you so nervous?” Geniveve asked Finn. The two of them were walking across T.H.A.A.C.’s long corridors. “So you really didn’t notice?” He asked her incredulously. “It was right under your nose! Literally and figuratively!” “What 's that?” She asked curiously “Never mind ” He replied “What happened was that there was a carpet in that room!” “Well, of course there was a carpet in that room, it was under disguise!” She retorted “But we could see it even with our glasses, genius!” “Oh. But what does that mean?” She asked, suddenly worried “It means” Finn said, also sounding worried, “That John might be hiding something underneath it! It may be a secret passageway, a powerful weapon, a dangerous creature…” His voice trailed o. “It might be anything!” He concluded. “Then he’s probably the spy!” She said loudly, causing many agents who were walking by to stop and look at her, some with stern expressions, some with curious expressions “Shh!” Said Finn, “Speak more quietly!” “Sorry ” She answered in a whisper “Do you think there might be more than one spy? I mean, Henry, Jack and John are all acting suspiciously, and Jack and John are siblings! They could have been sent by C.O.D.E.R. and convinced Henry to join them.” “That’s a good hypothesis.” Finn answered thoughtfully. “As soon as we get to C.O.D.E.R., we can get evidence to throw them into prison.” “What prison? Are you sure it’s safe enough?” “Yes, it is safe. It’s T.H.A.A.C.’s prison.” Answered Finn proudly. This was another situation in which they were so immersed in their thoughts and conversations, that they were surprised when they got to their destination, which was, in this case, T H A A C ’s exit it was a huge black room, full of big pipes which started at the floor and disappeared into the darkness, up above. There were many objects that looked like ticket gates, but with people or animals standing close to each one. They stepped forward and approached a large gray lizard wearing thick spectacles. “Good evening.” It said in a raspy voice “I am Larry, you attendant. Are you exiting or simply looking for the bathroom?” Geniveve had a sudden urge to tell him they had turned the wrong way, and when she looked at Finn, she thought he was also feeling something similar, and was about to run away, expecting he would go too, when he looked at the lizard and answered “Exiting ” , his voice quivering with fear. “What exit?” Larry asked. “Exit 6-h.” he said in a calmer, but still quivering voice. “Follow me.” Said Larry, and passed one of his scaly paws over a tiny screen on the ticket gate, and the doors opened. “Follow me.” He said, and walked across the room, his long tail trailing behind him. Finally, he stopped and pointed a scaly finger to one of the pipes. “That’s your exit.” He said. “Have a good evening.” And with that, he went to his ticket gate where another agent was waiting to be

instructed on what exit to use. “Do you know how to use those exits?” Finn asked Geniveve “No, of course not.” She replied “Then, do just as I do.” He told her. Then, he entered the pipe, pulled a lever on the “wall” of the pipe and shot upward, disappearing from view. Then, trying hard not to give up the mission, entered after him, pulled the lever and felt as if she was being thrown upward. She was going up and up and up and up

Chapter Four

Up th rabbi hol

Before I continue the story, I must remind you of a story about a very nosy girl that insists on following a rabbit into his hole and ends up into a completely dierent world, full of queens, kings and talking animals, and because of that, the phrase “Down the rabbit hole” became an idiom which means “To end up somewhere strange” As you probably noticed, the chapter you are about to read, unless you are simply bored and is just flipping the pages randomly, has a similar title, but in this case, it means “Going up and up in a seemingly endless journey”, and as Geniveve continued her journey up the rabbit hole, she exactly the same thing “Enjoying the journey?” She heard Finn’s voice coming from up above “No!” She shouted back She felt frozen, and was afraid to even move, thinking it might make her go plummeting down, and that would be the end, so she kept as still as a banana slug, which you may know is one of the slowest moving animals in the world. However, she was also impressed, for even though this other world had a lot of technology, most of the people never got to know it, and Geniveve was one of them, until that moment. But after some minutes, she became more relaxed and started moving freely, and even enjoying the journey. “How long until it’s over?” She asked Finn. “Just a few more miles ” He answered ‘Miles? We’ll probably end up at the top of a mountain! Then, as if reading her thoughts, Finn said “We’ll end up on top of mt camelopardalis, which is named after giraes, since it’s one of the highest mountains in the world.” “That’s interesting.” She answered. Then, after a few more minutes she heard a small scream and a thump. “Finn?” She said worriedly. “Its okay!” He answered. “The journey’s over!” And she suddenly was flung upwards and landed on soft snow. “Ouch.” “Yes, it takes some time to get accustomed to the landings. But it’s worse when you end up on Mt. pétra, named after stones because… It’s basically a giant pile of stones. Shall we get going?” “Yes, but do you know the way?” “No, but I can find out.” And, to Geniveve’s great surprise, he said “Map, please.” And a hologram came out of his collar. It was full of diagrams, lines and drawings, but clearly a map. On the top of the map, in the middle of a mountain range, was a bright red spot, labeled “Possibly C.O.D.ER. Do not approach.” Finn and Geniveve felt a shiver down their spines. Even though they already knew where they were going for some time, they

hadn't really thought about how their mission would really be. And with that, they started what promised to be a very long and dangerous mission.

Chapter Five

A reall lon wa

"How do you know where we are?" Geniveve asked Finn after some time. "Are there any coordinates, references, or do you simply guess?" "Honestly." Said Finn, "Haven't you seen any T.H.A.A.C. technology your whole life? Your grandmother is such a good agent, after all. Why wouldn't she have anything to show you? And why didn't she tell you about T H A A C earlier?" "Actually, I think she showed me something…" She said, concentrating hard to remember, "But I was really little, so I can't remember well. But how do you know where we are, anyway?" "See that tiny blue spot on the map? That 's our location." Geniveve jumped over a rock. They were about a quarter down the mountain, but even though Geniveve was wearing her red coat and Finn had a thick layer of fur, they both felt ice-cold. "Don't you have anything to heat us in your collar?" She asked, shivering. "I can try."He replied, and said to the collar "Fire!" And a tiny jet of fire came out, melting some of the snow, but it still wasn't enough, so he tried again "Heat!" He said and a cloud of steam came out, covering his head "Ouch! Stop!" And the steam obediently stopped coming out from the collar. "Too hot." He told her. "I guess we'll just have to keep moving." "What if we use the disguises to heat ourselves up a bit?" "You mean burning them to make a fire? No way." "That's not what I meant." Geniveve replied. "I mean there may be some warm clothes among all the disguises." "Oh, that's quite a good idea. Let's start searching." And within a few minutes, Geniveve had found an enormous snowcoat and had put it on, causing Finn to laugh and say she looked like a gorilla, and Finn had found a long scarf, which he had winded around his body, which then caused Geniveve to laugh at him and say he looked like a roulade with four legs In the end, they were both feeling a lot warmer, and continued their journey. When they finally reached the bottom of the mountain, the sun was already starting to set, and consequently, it was getting darker. So, Geniveve and Finn decided to stop and continue their journey the following day, but they still had to find somewhere safe to sleep. Fortunately, Finn found an empty cave (Except for some tiny transparent snails.) to sleep and used some coats and clothes from the disguise bag as beds, but they spent most of the night thinking about their mission, and when they finally managed to sleep, the sun was just a few hours away from rising

Two more days passed, in a similar way, but they traveled a very longer distance each day, since they weren't mountain-climbing. Occasionally, they would search

for caves and had to escape angry bat colonies who lived inside them. Before sleeping and after waking uo, they would eat some of the food John Hazelwood had given them and lastly, after those two long days, they checked their location in Finn's map and saw they were just outside the circular mountain range towering the red spot labeled "Possibly C.O.D.E.R. Do not approach." "I think we should choose our disguises " Geniveve told Finn "There may be watchmen nearby, and I don't want to risk being seen and recognized as T H A A C spies " "Okay Let's choose our disguises." Finn answered. They opened the bag and took all of its contents out. There were 6 disguises inside: One Criminal School student disguise, which was simply a dark uniform with C.S. embroided on red letters, one C.O.D.E.R. agent disguise, which included a fake mustache, a dark blue suit, a pair of glasses, and a box of fake freckles, One janitor disguise, which included a foldable broom, some janitor clothes and a can of nose dough, and one delivery person disguise, which included a blue cap, some blue clothes and a pair of fake big teeth Those were Geniveve's disguises Finn had only two disguises, since being a dog limits your options. He had a delivery disguise, which was a cardboard box, and a evil machine disguise, which was actually a tiny vehicle, big enough for a dog, with a cannon on top. It had a hidden door on one of the sides, and inside, there were controls similar to those of a car, except for something that looked like a periscope, which controlled the cannon. At ﬁrst, Geniveve wanted to disguise herself as a Criminal school student, but in the end, she had to disguise herself as a delivery person, and Finn disguised himself as an evil machine. He was really excited to test the cannon, but Geniveve convinced him that the noise would attract the attention of the C O D E R watchmen, so he just drove it around a bit Then, he told Geniveve "You can climb on top of my disguise, and I'll drive it up the mountain, so It'll be faster and less tiring." So, Geniveve climbed on top of it and started going up, both of them afraid, but also a bit excited about destroying C.O.D.E.R. forever.

On their way up, Geniveve and Finn saw some tall silhouettes, but before they could further examine them, they disappeared in the shadows. It was a bit eerie, and Geniveve found herself looking around nervously various times before they arrived at a huge crater in the middle of the mountain range The ground around it was blackened, and there was a dead tree standing like a phantasmagorical arm, with some strange, black, alien-like plants sticking out of the soil, and a patch of dark moss grew in the middle of it. "How exactly do we get in?" Finn asked Geniveve. "Do you remember anybody telling us about that?" "Not really." She admitted sulkily. "Perhaps there's a secret entrance?" She suggested. "I don't think so. But I think I remember overhearing something, long ago…" "What is it?" She asked eagerly. "Wait a minute, I'm trying to remember." He said, his voice mued inside his disguise "Hey, what are you doing there? Who are you?" Said a voice behind them They whirled around to ﬁnd themselves face to face with a tall woman wearing a dark blue suit, exactly like the one in their disguise bag. She had dark, piercing eyes and black eyebrows that stood out in her pale skin. "What's wrong with you? Are you deaf or what?"She asked disdainfully. "D-delivery." She

managed to stutter. "Delivery?" The woman replied incredulously "Yes, from… the criminal school." She invented quickly. "It's a new project, an automatic cannon machine. I've received instructions to give it to the C.O.D.E.R. leader, Mr. … " "You mean Mr. Hunter?"She interrupted. "I'm afraid he's not here, but do come in. You can leave the delivery in his room." And she put her hand inside the patch of moss, took out a small screen and said in an imperious tone "Open up " And a scanner came out turned to face her and recoiled into the moss "Welcome, agent Cassandra Villin." Said a robotic voice, and the moss sunk into the ground, revealing a metal trapdoor. "Follow me."Said the woman and entered the trapdoor.

Chapter Five

Insid C.O.D.E.R.

Unlike T.H.A.A.C., C.O.D.E.R. had dark corridors, lit by red lamps, which gave them a sinister look, but unfortunately, it was the place where Geniveve and Finn were walking at that very moment. "Do you see that door over there? Enter it and turn left on a corridor labeled 'Sobs, and open the door at the far end of it. You can leave your delivery there." Cassandra Villin instructed. "Have a good day."And walked away As soon as they were free from her unwanted company, Geniveve and Finn started talking "So the leader of C O D E R isn't here?" She whispered to him "Do you think he might be the spy?" "Probably." He answered. "We just need to discover who he is disguised as. Come on, perhaps we can ﬁnd some clues in his oce." And they walked into one of C.O.D.E.R.'s long corridors, following Cassandra Villin's instructions.

When they got there, they opened the door cautiously and came in, glancing quickly around to be sure there was nobody hiding there. The room was empty, except for a polished stone desk with one chair behind it No, there wasn't only one chair. Behind the shiny black table, were two identical chairs, and two name plates were standing on the table, and both of them read "Boss". "Wait a minute. We were right all along! There are two chairs two nameplates! They belong to John and Jack! They're the spies! They're the leaders of C.O.D.E.R.!" Geniveve cried. "I think you're right!" Finn said eagerly from inside his vehicle. "Now we need to go back to T.H.A.A.C. Immediately. Come on, hurry up!" And they ran out of the room, trying not to get lost in the confusing labyrinth that was C.O.D.E.R., but in the middle of a corridor decorated with paintings of tall people sitting on chairs that seemed vaguely familiar to Geniveve, they stopped, for they heard something very interesting inside a room. So The stood close to the wall, with Geniveve pressing her ear against it. "...Must be close. We'd better start." They heard a voice saying. "But you still didn't answer my question."Said a second voice. "Have you heard any news from the bosses?" "I heard they'll soon have enough information for us to invade T.H.A.A.C. today. The last files should arrive at any minute now." Said a third voice. Geniveve unstuck her ear from the door. "Let 's go!" She told Finn. "We have no time to lose." And they continued running along the corridors, and only stopped briefly to get a vehicle for Geniveve on a room labeled "Vehicle room", where they got a large, floating metal disk for Geniveve, and not stopping until they reached the exit. But then, they heard a familiar voice behind them saying "Where do you think you're going?" And they whirled around (Again) and found themselves face to face with Cassandra Villin (Again).

Cassandra Villin stood between a crowd of C.O.D.E.R. agents, all of them holding weapons, or prepared to ﬁght martial arts. Then, remembering what Jack had told her, Geniveve had told her, she fetched the stunning grenade out of her pocket, and threw it at the ﬂoor, where it stood still, not even emitting a small noise. The crowd of agents backed away, but when they realized it wasn't working, advanced, laughing evilly But before they could do anything, Geniveve stepped forward and pushed Cassandra, causing many of them to stumble backwards, like domino, and they opened the exit door and escaped, more quickly than the agents because of their new vehicles.

This time, their journey was very quick, since they had technological vehicles, and it only took them about one hour to get to the bottom of Mt. camelopardalis, and just a few more minutes to get to the top of it Her hands shaking, Geniveve tossed snow down the mountain, trying to ﬁnd the pipe where they had come out of in ﬁrst place. Then, she saw something that made her blood run cold: There was a plume of smoke coming out of the exit pipe. The invasion had started.

Chapter Six

Battl

"Finn, look at this!" She shrieked. "The invasion! It has started!" "What? It can't be!" He answered. "T.H.A.A.C.'s the most well-hid place in… Oh, my! Oh, my! We need to hurry! They are in great danger! Perhaps we can help them! Come on!" And ignoring the smoke and the heat, he and Geniveve jumped into the pipe, and he was so distressed, he forgot to get out of his vehicle, and Geniveve felt herself falling and falling… Again.

They were both too anxious to talk on their way down They had had butterflies on their stomachs, both because of what was happening and because they didn't know how their landing would be, and in Finn's case, if he would be able to survive inside his vehicle. After what seemed like centuries, they landed on a pile of ashes, and with a shiver, discovered that a battle was already happening there. There were lasers flying all over the place, and they could see agents from opposite sides battling furiously. They saw Larry battling Cassandra Villin, spitting poison and batting her in the face with his long tail. They saw a group of pinschers biting a machine, and many other people and animals battling, but if I were to describe all of them, this book would be a lot longer than it is right now. Suddenly, Finn, who had been staring in disbelief (And as still as a stone) Told Geniveve "I'm going to help T.H.A.A.C. on the battle. You look for Jack and John, and try to defeat them. They must be really powerful."And drove his machine into the battlefield, shooting his cannon like crazy, and leaving Geniveve alone, before she could disagree, and she had no choice, but to run and search for the Hazelwood siblings. She passed many empty rooms, and many rooms where there were battles happening, but Jack and John didn't seem to be anywhere, so she kept searching, even when she wanted to help in the battles Suddenly, she stopped She had an odd feeling about the room she was passing. She got closer, opened the door, and gasped in surprise, for standing in the middle of the room, calmly tying up three people, wasn't Jack, and neither John, and not even Henry. Standing in the middle of the room, tying up the Hazelwood siblings and grandmother Ophelia, was agent Heron Sortun, who was the spy after all.

Chapter seven Sp

"What?" Cried Geniveve, flabbergasted. "Oh, hello, there" He answered calmly, turning around slowly, as if he were expecting her. "I was wondering when you would show up." "But this doesn't make sense!"Cried poor Geniveve. "All the clues pointed to Jack and John! It can't be you!" "Yes, it can. Because I set up all the clues! Don't you understand? All the suspicious things involving Jack and John were caused by me! Jack's weapons seemed to be sabotaged, and he was receiving inspections But who was the one responsible for those inspections? ME! And it was during one of them that I sabotaged some of the weapons John Hazelwood had a carpet on his room, but who really disguised his room? Was it him? Oh, no! It was me, and during the disguising of the room, I hid a secret passage under the carpet, and used it to invade your agency! That oyster IQ old man was so excited that he didn't suspect anything. But everything you discovered, every tiny piece of information, was meant to be discovered by you. I instructed my agents to put another chair and another name plate on my oce, and to fake that conversation you overheard. Didn’t you think it quite easy to enter C.O.D.E.R.? My plan was to destroy your agency and frame the Hazelwoods Than, I would pretend to have captured them to any agents that could have escaped, before capturing them too. It was all going very well, until your grandmother appeared fighting kung-fu, or karate, or…Whatever!” “It was jiu-jitsu.” Came grandmother Ophelia’s voice from behind him. “So, I shot her with tranquilizing darts, and tied her up. That was when you arrived, thinking you would find Jack or John. But you could have found out all the time. You could have heard my audio recorder beeping when you first arrived here. You could have remembered who did the inspections and disguised the room And you could have noticed that Cassandra let slip my real surname Hunter But because of your jellyfish IQ, you couldn’t solve that For if you changed my name letters, you get my real name. I am Orson Hunter.” He said, and with a flick of his hand, took what looked like a machine gun out of a cabinet that was standing beside him, and started shooting tranquilizing darts. She screamed and ducked, avoiding by inches a tranquilizing dart that whistled past her head, landing on the wall. Then, remembering her weapon, she started looking for it desperately, but it was nowhere to be found. So she fetched a small metal ball that was lying on the floor and threw it at Orson Hunter, and when it landed, it opened in half, revealing big metal teeth and started biting him And taking advantage of that distraction, she leaped to her feet and ran out of the room, being followed by Orson Hunter, who was hit in the face by Larry’s tail and fell on the ground, unconscious. This was followed by many pinscher coming and dragging the unconscious spy to

jail, and many other evil agents being arrested, and that was the end of the invasion of T.H.A.A.C.

Chapter seven Wha Happene n

You may be wondering what happened after the story, and that is totally comprehensible, since there are many things to be solved. I think you might like to know that after the invasion ended, T.H.A.A.C. was able to enter C.O.D.E.R. and arrest the few remaining agents, with the help of Geniveve and Finn, and was finally able to set their grateful first spy free, and C.O.D.E.R. finally ended. And as for the characters of this story, Grandmother Ophelia, after she woke up from her sleep, was really well and became the new leader of T H A A C , who was free from spies for the rest of its existence, and Geniveve went back to her house, where her amazed mother was told all about T.H.A.A.C., and Finn became the head of T.H.A.A.C., where he created various useful machines. And as for the Hazelwoods, they were very glad when they woke up, and promised never to let anyone disguise their rooms or make unexpected inspections. And that is the end of the story.

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