From: JQFMelissa@aol.com I ment to post this yesterday, but I was so tired I couln't finish it! I had a study hall in Word Processing yesterday, and I had nothing to do, so I typed the first draft of this up and printed it out in 25 minuets, just before they had to turn the system down for some reason. Disclaimer: I don't own JQ, I'm not pretending to. Please don't sue me because I don't have any money left, I blew all my alowence today. Date: May 9, 1999 Category: E Silver Paw 1/1 by Melissa "What's the matter Agent EDC?" The strong looking character asked. "We have reason to believe one of the enemy is in your area," the blond haired female on the computer screen replied. "Any idea what they're up to?" Agent DUI questioned. "Intelligence hasn't been able to come up with much." The image flickered as she called up another program. "However there has been some unusual activities in several areas of the world." "Any pattern?" "No, and they don't appear to have anything in common either." She looked up from her keyboard. "That's your job to find out, since you have the one of the world's most sophisticated computers at your fingertips." "You can count on me, but I can't guarantee record time, since I'm undercover." "Of course DUI," her blue eyes possessed her usual seriousness when giving out assignments. "Agent SCF will meet you and give you some new equipment." DUI smiled, "I always love those new gadgets." EDC smiled back, "AII makes me wonder with the work AII does." "Especially after the toothpaste incident," DUI chuckled. EDC laughed a little then became serious again. "If you do meet up with one of the enemy, try to find out what you can about their leader, Silver Paw. They're very secretive, and we barely have and suspects to who his real identity is." DUI nodded. "Right, I'll contact you once I find anything of great importance." "Good," EDC replied, "End transmission." DUI sighed when someone called him as the screen disappeared under it's camaflouge. "Another day, another designation." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ On a sunny day, Jonny was taking a walk outside with Bandit when he noticed a battered looking cat. It had a black body and one gray paw, and looked like it had been wandering without a home forever. Since Jonny really has a soft heart, he took the poor thing home despite Bandit's objections. Everyone else had gone shopping for the day, so Jonny pampered it while Bandit rested in another room. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "It's about time you showed up," SCF snapped as she sat up when DUI appeared at the usual rendezvous point. It was a round gazebo with a table and two chairs in the middle. "You know I'm undercover," DUI replied nonchalantly, "I was detained." SCF pouted. "You're no fun." She sighed, "Anyway, here it is." She slid a small, round disc over to him. He picked looked it over. "It's a decoding device, EDC thinks you might need it." DUI stared at it. SCF sighed and said annoyed, "You put it on your collar." "Oh, right," DUI replied as he did so. SCF shook her head. "Don't forget to call EDC if you find out anything important," she reminded when DUI got up to leave. "I won't," he called back. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The cat soon feel asleep, so Jonny went up to his room to do some overdue homework, which was the reason why he wasn't shopping with everyone else. Bandit stayed downstairs, asleep, when suddenly the cat got up, jumped on the kitchen table, and began to tap away to the laptop Jessie had carelessly left there. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Agent DUI was resting with his eyes shut when he heard a quiet patter of feet in the other room of the house where he was undercover. It was so light that it could only be made by someone with special stealth training, and only heard be someone with the same training. After living undercover in the house for several years, DUI knew that the sound could only be made by the enemy, and he knew who it was. DUI carefully got up and walked into the other room, behind the perpetrator. He had to find out what they were doing. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The cat was still typing when it heard a small noise around it. It paused, then turned around and jumped it's unsuspecting victim. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DUI tried to get the cat off of him, but it took a while. He was already battle worn when they to took it outside. "What do you want here?" DUI demanded when the cat jumped him again. "That's none of your concern," the cat replied as DUI dodged it. "That's where you're wrong," DUI shouted as he took the offensive. "Nothing gets past Agent DUI." "We shall see," the cat said fiendishly, and began to attack again. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Meanwhile Jonny was upstairs playing a video game that "had just turned on all by itself." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ An hour later, after a long struggle, the cat was unconscious. Agent DUI walked into the house, and used all his effort to reach the laptop. He hit a key and stopped the screen saver. Then he looked at the screen in amazement. The cat had accessed a list of all bombs in various warehouse around the world. The enemy was planning to detonate the bombs simotaniously, and they would be let in by using Quest Enterprise codes. The chosen warehouses seemed to have no pattern except that they were all near major coastal cities. "Of course," DUI thought, "the detonations would sink the coasts of the cities. The only question is why." DUI didn't dwell on that long. He knew he needed to act fast, and he needed some help. Jonny would have to do, even though his best trait was that he had opposable thumbs. DUI ran up the stairs at a remarkable rate considering the fight he had just been in. Once he got to Jonny's room he tried to get Jonny's attention, but the boy completely ignored him. "What's the matter with him?" DUI wondered, then saw the video game was on. He sigh, and then moved to turn it off. "No, Bandit!" Jonny yelled. "I'm on the fifth level!" He then picked up the dog, threw him out of the room and locked the door. "Dang it!" he cried. "Now I gotta start all over!" Agent DUI a.k.a. Bandit was on his own. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Meanwhile the cat got up and shook it's head. It only had seven minuets left to simitaniously open the doors to the specified warehouses. It ran inside on a limp and began to type furiously. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DUI ran down the stairs. "One of these days I've got to destroy that machine, it's poisoning his mind," he thought. When he got to the bottom of the stairs in the kitchen he was unprepared for the feline's attack. He knocked Bandit into his cage and shut it. "Don't bother trying to get out," the cat said in a lousy British accent ,"I've attached a coded panel to the lock on your electricaly-conducting enclosure, so you won't be able to get out on your own." He laughed maniacally. "It's called a cage," Bandit said contemptuously, "and lose the accent, it isn't you." "One would think, wouldn't they?" the cat asked rhetorically. "Anyway it doesn't matter much what you think because I've already implemented my plan." "I see, and who exactly *are* you?" DUI questioned. It began to pace, "Because I also put a bomb in the lock of your 'cage' as you call it, and you are going to die anyway, I will," the cat paused momentarily, "I am called Silver Paw." Bandit gasped. "Yes, Mr. DUI, I am the leader of my organization and in three minuets, half of the worlds major coastal cities will explode, one minuet after your very helpful computer opens the doors for my people. I placed an oven timer on for that occasion." He smiled in delight. "Three minuets will also be the time when your cage blows up." "That's what you think!" Bandit jumped out of the cage and onto the unsuspecting feline. DUI flipped him over his head and into the cage. He then slammed the door which triggered the locking mechanism again. "But I don't understand," Silver Paw stuttered. "While you were carelessly pacing around I managed to use my decoding device to open the lock. Handy little thing," he said as he flipped into the air like a coin. "Now, please excuse me." Bandit ran across the room, jumped up next to the laptop and began typing in codes. He was doing fine until he hit a block. He hooked the decoding device up to the laptop, when a female voice from it said, "Sorry, this device is only one time use only. It will self-destruct in twenty seconds." "That AII!" Bandit exclaimed. He had no choice but to hook it up to the laptops Internet connection and use the electrical charge to send out a surge that would shut down the power to the doors completely. He the surge went trough just as the oven timer rang and the rest of the family came home. A minuet later the bomb went off when the clan was in the foyer. "JONNYYYYYYYY!!!" Dr. Quest yelled. "I didn't do anything Dad!" he yelled as he bounded down the stairs. "Jonny," Dr. Quest tested. "No, seriously, I was upstairs playing video games the whole-" "Video games! I thought I told you-" Jessie was laughing hysterically. "Shut up Jess, at least I didn't leave my laptop on all day." Jonny retorted. "What!?" Race began," Jessie-" "Oops, uhh, got to go-" "JESSIE!" Jonny was laughing now. "When will those two ever learn?" Bandit thought as he walked out of the house. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Good work, " Agent EDC said when Bandit reported in, "now we know what Silver Paw looks like." "Oh that was hard to figure out," Bandit replied under his breath. EDC jumped. "Hey! Just remember who pays your doggie biscuits!" Her blue eyes calmed down. "Well, you're going to have to stay undercover longer, we have reason to believe they will strike near you again." "I'll keep on it" was DUI's reply. "Good, end transmission." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When Bandit was going back to the house he saw a familiar face before him. "Silver Paw." he said. "Just a hologram I'm afraid, " he replied in his deficient British," You foiled my plans this time Mr. DUI, but trust me, well will meet again." The hologram disappeared. FIN Tee-hee. It kinda turned into a lousy James Bond rip off. I'll do better next time. And believe me, there will be a next time Mr. DUI. If you have anything to say juste-mail me at JQFMelisssa@aol.com Melissa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Did you know ONElist has over 300 Star Wars lists? http://www.onelist.com Join one today!