The One where we stop trying to figure out the Conspiracy

Ashley woke up the next morning. Then they all got ready to work.
On the way to the hospital, Ashley and Paolo were having a discussion about their conspiracy theory and how they were getting bored of it.
"I'm bored of this thing." said Ashley.
"Yeah, me too. Let's do something else." suggested Paolo.
"Like what?"
"Rock with our powers?"
"Duh."

So they decided to drop everything about their suspicions of the government's plots.
And turned to focus more on saving as much of the world as they can.

Back in their a-MAZE-ing condo,
"Harvey, since you're our technician," said Paolo. "We need you to hack into the police database and get us that radio thing."
"Yeah, so we can listen in on the crimes in town and get there faster than they do." said Lyca.
"Pfff, you think I can actually do all those things?" asked Harvey.
"Yes."
"Well, you're right. I can. But it'll take me about... an hour."
"No problem. American Idle is starting now anyway."
"Oh, but its a 2-hour special."
"Okay, so start hacking after one hour."
"Ok."
"Oh, look... Lee's auditioning again..."

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After 2 hours,
KSSSSSHHHHH
"What's wrong with it?" asked Annika.
KSSSSSHHHHHH
"Nothing's wrong with it," said Harvey. "Its just that... nobody's reporting in."
"So we're gonna wait until someone does?"
"Yep."
"And in the meantime, we have to listen to this crap?"
KSSSSSSHHHH
"Yep."
"Thank God it's in your place then." said Ashley.
"Yeah, see ya!" waved Annika.

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While Ashley, Lyca and Annika were watching... That 2009 Show, Harvey and Paolo burst in.
"We got something! We got something!"
They all ran back to the boy's place.
KSSSSSSH
"We need back-up ASAP here on 5th and Main. It's a double homicide. Over." said the police guy.
"Affirmative. Units set out. Over." said a female voice.
"What's happening on 5th and Main?" asked Annika.
"A double homicide. She just said!"
"What's a double homicide?"
"It's police lingo for mass murder."
"Do you think this is a job for the WB?"
"Dunno... the act's already been done. I don't see what use we can be now."
"Did they say if they caught the killer? Coz if they didnt we can catch him."
"You wanna go there and ask?"
"Yeah, sure."

So the WB went to 5th and Main to ask questions.
"Excuse me, officer," called Harvey. "What happened here?"
"Double homicide, sir."
"Do you have a suspect?"
"So far, just one, sir."
"Who is it?"
"I'm sorry sir, but that's classified information, sir."
"Oh... okay, then. Thanks..."
Harvey walked back to the others.
"Annika, its your turn." he said.
"Yipee..." and she walked over to the officer.
"Excuse me, officer sir, what just happened here?" she asked, batting her eyelashes.
"Double homicide, ma'am. I don't think a pretty little lady like you should be hanging around a murder spot."
"Oh... so caring... I like that in a man."
The officer giggled.
"My, my... do you have any suspects?" she asked.
"Sorry, ma'am, that's classified information."
"Oh, sorry... I just thought a high-ranking officer like you could... well nevermind," she turned and pretended to walk away. "I guess I expected too much of you..."
The officer looked worried.
"No, wait! I can tell you... if you promise not to tell anyone?"
"Oh, of course!" she came running back. "How awfully nice of you!"
"Uhm.. and maybe after this.. we could get a cup of coffee back at Java Perk maybe?"
"It's a deal then, officer handsome."
He giggled again.
"Well, we're still not sure yet.. but the suspect could have been one of the guy's roommate. Coz witnesses say the three were having an argument, then it got a little carried away... and the third guy shot both of them."
"Oh.. dear..."
"Yeah. Turns out the two dead guys are cousins. So we sent out a team to check in one's apartment."
"Oh, thank you so very very much, officer good-body."
"Not at all, ma'am... so... how about that coffee?"
"You're on you own, pal.. I'm not interested." and she walked away, leaving Officer Good Body with a broken heart.

"Well, the two deadz are cousins. And the police is checking in their apartment for the one guy's roomate." Annika reported.
"Doesn't the other dead guy have a roomate, too?" asked Lyca.
"Dunno. It doesn't seem clear that they'll check on one guy's apartment but not the other..."
"Do you know the address?"
"No, if I asked that, I'd be too obvious."
"The best thing to do then is to follow the cops to the apartment."
"How?"
"Easy," said Paolo. "Just look for the only apartment building where there are cop cars around it."

So they went to the apartment and talked to the lady behind the desk.
"Excuse me, where is the investigation of the double homicide held? What room number?"
"Are you cops?" she asked as she looked at their clothes.
"Uh.. no, just... hired contractors," said Ashley.
"I told you we should've worn the costumes!" whispered Harvey.
"What costumes?" she whispered back.
The lady looked at them for a few more seconds and said,
"Room 6-10. Sixth floor."
"Thank you very much."

They pressed the up arrow on the left elevator. And saw a sign that said, "Max. 4 persons only"
"Awww, man! One of us has to ride the other one." said Harvey.
"Hmm... girls and boys, then."
So Harvey and Paolo took the left one and Ashley, Lyca and Annika took the right.
In the left elevator...
"Sigh..." sighed Paolo. "What're we gonna do in the guy's apartment anyway? Hang out?"
"I think we should look around and see if he really is the suspect..."
In the right elevator...
There was silence.
Until...
"Dude..." said Annika. "Don't we have jobs? Like, what are we doing here?"
Just then their door opened to the 6th Floor.
Ashley looked at the number on top of the elevator of the left.
"Hm.. the guys are still on the 2nd floor."
In the right elevator...
It stopped at the 2nd floor.
"Going down?" asked a tall, bald man in shades.
"Nope, sorry. Going up." said Harvey.
"That's okay," the man said and got in.
So the elevator went up... up.. so slowly... the door already opened on the 6th floor when,
"If you don't want to get hurt, I suggest you drop whatever you're doing." the man said and pushed Harvey and Paolo out and closed the elevator doors.
"What the--?"
"Finally! What took you guys so long?" asked Ashley.
"Dude! Some guy in the elevator told us to drop it if we don't wanna get hurt." said Paolo.
"By we... you mean... all of us? Or just the two of you?" asked Lyca.
"We don't know... that guy seems creepy... I think we should just drop it..." said Harvey.
"Now you're cowering out? This is just getting interesting!" said Ashley. "Hurry let's follow him!"

At the lobby,
"Hey hey hey!" Paolo asked the lady behind the desk. "Have you seen a uh... tall guy.. bald with shades on? Wearing all black?"
"Yes, sir. He just left."
"Uh.. which way did he go? Left or right?"
"I'd say left, but who knows? Maybe I'm wrong."
So they started to brisk walk (???) toward the door when Annika felt the need to pee.
"Dude! Wait! I'm gonna pee. Lyca, come with me!"
So Lyca obeyed like a loyal dog.
"We'll go around the street asking people, see ya later." said Paolo.

After Annika did her thing, they went out and saw the lady talking to a guy.
"Hey, look!" laughed Annika. "Lady's got a boooyfrieeend!"
"I appreciate you telling them the wrong information." said the guy.
"No problem... are you gonna pay me cash or check?" said the lady behind the desk.
"Gasp!" gasped Annika. "HE'S THE GUY!" [whispered of course]
The guy smiled.
"I don't think so."
He pulled out a guy and shot the lady behind the desk right through the brain.
"WOAH, holy... mother.. bitch!!!" said Annika.
"We have to tell the others!"

Outside,
"No sign of him." said Harvey. "What's wrong with you two? Is Annika's doody shaped like Elvis again?"
"No!"
And they told them everything they saw.
"Wow... but.. what about the body?" asked Paolo.
"We called 911..."
"We've got to find this guy, then!"
"How?! There are a million tall, bald, shades-wearing, black suited guys all over the world!"
They all thought hard..
"Surveilance tapes!" said Ashley. "We could see the guy's face longer and maybe find out who he is!"
"Great! But how are we going to get our hands on them? They're like, really hard to get."
"Do you have to ask?" asked Harvey. "I can get them. Just give me some time."

They went back to Java Perk and ordered coffee.
"Okay, this'll take only a couple of minutes..." said Harvey, typing on his laptop.
"Wow..." said Lyca. "I can't believe we just saw a woman get her brains blown out..."
"Yes. It's disgusting," said Annika.
"But let's think of this in a bigger picture," said Paolo. "We went to look for evidence of the killer of some random guy we don't even know... then a guy shows up and tells us to leave it alone. What does that mean?"
"It means... that it wasn't the guy's roommate who killed him..." said Ashley. "Because the tall guy wouldn't tell us to leave it alone when the police are already seeing the roommate as a suspect!"
"I don't really follow." said Annika.
"It's like this, if the tall guy wants us to stop looking in to this case, that means he's afraid that we might find something out! Which means the roommate ISN'T the killer! It's more likely that the tall bald guy is!"
"Yeah! That fits!" said Paolo. "But what would the two dead guys on 5th and Main have that made the tall bald guy kill them?"
"It couldn't only be what they have... it could be what they did... or what they know... or who they know.. it could be anything!"
"Wow.. this is a real case!" said Lyca. "We should solve it!"
"Again, guys, we're forgetting something!" said Annika.
"What?"
"Our jobs? Well maybe Lyca and I can sacrifice ours but Ashley, Paolo and Harvey have real jobs! You two are doctors, we can't make you leave your jobs. And Harvey's..."
She looked at Harvey.
"...well... what DO you do?"
Harvey did his stare thing.
"I'm working on a software that facilitates inter-business networking!! I told you that so many times!"
"Okaay.. chill!"
"Never mind... huh?"
"What?"
"The... the surveilance tapes.."
"Oh, you got it? Lemme see..."
"I got it... but look! The video gets cut from 10:30 to 10:55! The same time we were there!"
"What! How could the tall guy possibly get his hands on the tapes before you hacked in?"
"I don't know! He could be--"
On his screen, a message popped up from "xXxKiLLeRxXx":
STOP YOUR INVESTIGATIONS NOW OR ELSE.
Silence...

"Well, that's lame." said Paolo.
"What do you mean?"
"The guy is being too obvious," said Ashley. "'STOP YOUR INVESTIGATIONS NOW OR ELSE'? I mean... its just too predictable."
"You mean... you think he WANTS us to continue our investigation?"
"Yes. I think he's making this look more and more interesting so that we'll investigate it even more."
Clap. Clap. Clap.
"Very good... very, very good!"
The tall bald man came out from the Java Perk bathroom.
"It's okay. I'm not going to kill you--"
"Duh, there are like, half a dozen witnesses if you do." said Ashley.
"Hm. Smart. But don't interrupt."
The tall guy walked over and sat on the couch opposite of the WB.
"I'm amazed. The five of you figured out our plan in less than an hour. None of our experiments have ever achieved that score."
"What are you talking about?" asked Harvey.
"Oh! The famous Harvey Kim!"
"Famous?"
"Your hacking skill and technology-related knowledge is simply astounding." Baldy complimented.
"Thanks..?"
"I guess I have to introduce myself then. I am Henry Watsisname. And I work for--"
"Henry Watsisname?" repeated Paolo. "You expect us to believe that?"
"Smart as always, Dr. Urquico," he said. "Very well, my real name is Henry Watserface. I have proof."
He gave an ID.
"This is a fake ID." said Lyca.
"Oh course a great artist like yourself would know the difference between fake and real, Ms. Lam."
"Just cut the crap and tell us your real name."
"Fine. It really IS Henry Watsername, I just made a fake ID to test if you could really distinguish the difference."
"Who do you work for?"
"A company."
"A company? Or the company?" asked Ashley.
"What's the company?" asked Paolo.
"Like in Prison Break," answered Harvey. "The company works behind the government doing bad stuff."
Henry Watserface laughed. "No, I do not work for the company. I work for A company named Kappa Zeta Epsilon."
"Isn't there a fraternity or a sorority like that?"
"I do not know. But if there is, we had no intention of copying their name."
"Sigma Zeta Epsilon... doesn't that stand for the English letters S, Z and E?"
"Yes. Stands for our three founders: Sam, Zack and Eric. They are the brothers who started this organization."
"What does the organization do?"
"Our fake goal is to promote cleanliness and order throughout NYC. But our real goal is to bring down this other company, called New Kappa. Which we found out was actually 'nu kappa' which is N and K."
"North Korea?" asked Harvey.
"No," said Ashley. "Nuke."
"What makes you think so?"
"Because if Sigma Zeta Epsilon was against North Korea, they wouldn't be approaching us."
"Why not?"
"The president declared that all organizations surrounding North Korea will be tied together by the Department of Defense and that all help required would first be sent by mail."
They stared at each other for a while.
"Very good. And correct. I do not work for the president. And New Kappa is an organization is in fact for nuclear weapons."
"But shouldn't to government work on this?" asked Paolo. "Not... independent.. Greek... organizations?"
"Yes, it should. But this case is different."
"Why?"
"Because the New Kappa organization is a secret organization. Of the US."
"What's wrong with that?"
"Like I said, it's secret."
"So... the gov't don't know about it?"
"Nope. They've worked really hard trying to keep it on the down low."
"So warn the president or something."
"He can't." said Paolo. "Well, he can, but there are thousands of threats sent to the president everyday. They have no good reason to believe this one."
"Correct. Which brings us now... to our issue."
He took out a folder.
"You want us to help you shut down New Kappa?" asked Harvey.
"Precisely."
"What's in it for us?" asked Annika.
"Money. Lots and lots of money." he smiled.
"What else?"
"Well... I'm sure once the organization is down, the president would be glad to give you a favor."
"Hmm.. what else?"
"What more do you want?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to see how far you're gonna go.." said Annika. "How much money are we talking here?"
"Based on the gravity of this mission, I'd say about... $5Million would be fair."
"Hmm.." Annika thought. "A little small... but its fine by me."
"So what do you say? Are you in?" asked Henry.
"I am." said Annika.
"If Annika's in, then I'm in, too." said Lyca.
"This could be fun. I'm in!" said Harvey.
Now down to the doctors.
"Well... we're doctors, you see." Paolo told Henry.
"We fully understand your situations. And..." he took out a piece of paper. "He is a letter of request for the both of you to take a year-long leave to Paris. Signed by the president herself."
"But I thought the president doesn't know about this?"
"She doesn't. I know a guy, who knows a guy who has this friend. He asked for a favor from his close friend THE PRESIDENT and got him to sign this for us."
"Great. Them we're in, too."
"Excellent! We will be contacting you in a few days to brief you on the mission."

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"Do you think he knows about our powers?" asked Harvey after Henry left.
"Hmm... it doesn't seem like it... he didn't mention them once."
"So why do you think he put us through the test? Of all the people in NYC he chose the five of us."
"We should ask that the next time we meet, then."
"Okay. So... what we're doing... is taking down a secret nuke organization, right?"
"Yeah."
"Why is that so bad? Are they planning to take down the US or something? Because if they're planning to use the nuke for a good thing, I don't think we're on the right side, then."
"I get your point... I think we rushed in to this. We should ask Henry more about this soon."



So now we're gonna start taking down the organization. But we don't know a lot about it. For all we know, we actually COULD be working on the wrong side...
In the next episode, we go on our first mission. Sigma Kappa Epsilon (SKE) got a tip that New Kappa (NK) is sending a messenger from Utah to deliver a message to one of the heads in Texas. Our mission is to intercept the message before the head at Texas reaches it.

Copyright.Ashley Magz.2009

The One with the Conspiracy

"Okay, I want you to take a deep breath," Ashley told the patient. "Inhale... Exhale... very good."
She took of her stethoscope and wrote down stuff.
"Alright, Mr. Scofield, [haha couldn't think of another name] you seem fine today, I'll see you next week, then."
"Bye, doc."
"What's up, doc?" Paolo came in. "What's for dinner?"
"I dunno, you tell me." Ashley said.
"What? But we always have dinner at your place!"
"We know, and we're getting sick of it. You and Harvey just dont want us to see your stupid rec room!"
"Then stop trying to look!"
"What's in there anyway?"
"You don't need to know."
Ashley squinted.
"We'll find out soon."
"I'd like to see you try. I'm the one with the super eyesight, remember?"

At Java Perk,
"This is great! It's all over the news!" exclaimed Harvey.
"What is?" asked Paolo as he and Ashley entered.
"Our great rescue of the governor's grandfather!" said Lyca. "We're heroes!"
"Yeah, but they don't really mention our names, do they?" Annika said.
"But the point is, we saved someone's frikkin life! That's incredible!"
"Good point."
"So how do you think the governor feel about his grandfather being kidnapped?"
"Pretty shocked, I guess..."

At Paolo and Harvey's place,
"HaaaaaarVEY! My computer's broken, can you fix it?" shouted Paolo.
"Tsss.. what's wrong with it?"
"I'm trying to do a conference with my pen pal from Yugoslavia but the microphones got all this fuzzy stuff..."
"Okay, I'll fix it."
Harvey did all technicky stuff and wires and plugs and clicking and clicking and blahblahblah some technician words. But instead of removing the fuzz, he just made it clearer--accidentally of course. And he heard something he shouldn't have heard.
"Where are you? I'm at this place called Java Perk..." said a voice Harvey distinctly recognized.
He immediately pressed the record button on the system tray (his own design) so that the others could hear it later.
"Don't worry, I'll be there in five minutes." said a new voice.
Harvey stood frozen until Paolo came in.
"You done? My pen pal Bojka is gonna let me hear the traditional hog killing music!"
"Uh...say goodbye to Boj coz you gotta hear what I just found out!"

Minutes later, all five of them were gathered around Paolo's computer listening to the record.
"Are you stupid!?" said Ashley.
"What?? Not the reaction I was looking for!"
"He's down there in five minutes! How long do you think their meeting will last? One of us has to go there and find out what they're saying! It could be important!"
"Woah, woah, woah! What if it's dangerous? What if it could be like underground stuff or.. or like black market stuff?"
"So? We've got powers! Plus, you're the one who told us we should be saving the world!"
"Okay, fine! But who's gonna go?"
"Obviously you can't coz you're deaf. Haha, but neither can I."
"Paolo?"
"Too tall, they'll notice him."
"Fine! I agree, let me do it!" said Annika. "I'll gladly risk my life for the good of the people."
"You just think the guy's hot, dont you?" said Lyca.
"Hello? Did you HEAR his voice? OMG, it's like David Cook mixed with a straight Adam Lambert!"
"Hmmm..." they thought.
"Yeah, Annika should do it."
"Yay!"

So downstairs, at Java Perk, Annika walked in and immediately looked for two guys together.
"Hmmm... aha!"
She spotted two guys sitting on the stools near the window. She sat in the small chair near there and pretended to read Vogue.
Hmm.. that guy in the blue shirt is DE-licious... yum.. wonder what they're talking about... she thought.
"I told you, Lee," said the guy in the blue shirt. "There's nothing going on between me and Carl!"
"But I saw you come out of the theatre with him!" said Lee. "Dont deny it, Joey!"
"I told you, we just met in there! NOTHING happened, I swear!"
Holy crap, thought Annika. Shit shit shit shit shit!
"So then WHY were you two holding hands???"
"I-I was just--he's my cousin, Lee! Can't I hold my cousin's hand every now and then?"
Oh my God, I think I'm gonna puke... or faint... Annika thought as she turned green.
"Well I'm your lover and you don't hold MY hand!"
Ohhhhh nooooo... I can see the light...
"Shhh! I told you not to say that in public!" said Joey, his eyes looking around for anybody who heard.
"What? You're ashamed of being gay? Are you? Are you!?"
"No! It's just that people don't like to hear a man calling his BROTHER his LOVER."
And here we go...
Annika woke up with someone slapping her face.
"Dude! Dude!" called Lyca. "Wake up!"
"What happened?"
"You passed out, Paolo saw you from upstairs."
"Oh... Harvey! That information was totally useless! You led me to some nasty stuff..."
"What?"
Annika whispered to them what she heard.
"Ugh...!"
"Gross!"
"I know! And that's what you guys sent me down here to listen to!"
"Uh.. dude..."
"I am gonna have nightmares about this!"
"Doooooude..."
"For the rest of my life!"
"Annika!"
"What?"
"You we're listening in on the WRONG guys! THAT'S them over there, the guys in suits!"
"Oh... we'll go on, stop wasting time, listen!"

"How much does she really want this?" the guy whose voice Harvey thought was familiar said.
"Very much. And you know she won't stop until this gets done." said the other guy from the record.
"Yes, I know... but to do that? I mean--"
"Please be informed that it was not her idea to kidnap." interrupted guy #2.
"He is finding that very hard to believe."
"Then MAKE him believe it. She does not like to be thought of as some dirty scumbag."
"But this is just a small thing. Why does she want this so much?"
"Because it is a small step towards the future that she all hopes for us."
"Even if it is against all our beliefs?" guy #1 asked in a shocked voice.
"Even if it against all your beliefs." repeated guy #2. "Good day, and I hope you will be reporting this word for word."
"I.. I will..." said guy #1 sounding lost and defeated.

"What the hell was that about?" asked Annika.
Paolo and Ashley, easily the smartest people in the group [haha sorry but I have to type the truth =P], were in deep thought.
"It sounded like..." Paolo said. "A threat."
"Yes. It sounds like this 'she' wants this 'he' to do something that will be a 'small step towards the future that she all hopes for us'..." said Ashley.
"So..." Harvey said. "It could be a crazy girl who wants to make this world a better place, right? Like Light from deathnote?"
"Maybe... but why would they both send these two guys to communicate? Why don't they just do it themselves?" wondered Paolo.
"Because... because if they meet in public together--or if they get caught speaking to each other-- that would raise suspicions..." Ashley declared. "So that must mean..."
"...that they are like, high profile people?" suggested Annika.
"Exactly."
"So... these two people, the man and the woman... the woman wants something from the man?" Lyca asked.
"Yes. And by what the guy said 'but to do that' means that the woman did something that surprised the man. Showing him how much she really wanted this." said Paolo.
"And if the man was surprised, then that must mean the thing that she did was something that a woman like her shouldn't be doing." said Ashley.
"So you mean... it's illegal? What she did?" Lyca asked.
"Could be..." Paolo said as he sipped his coffee. "Or it could be something bad but not illegal..."
"Hang on," said Harvey, finally speaking. "I recognize that one guy's voice, the one that was with the 'he'."
"Where have you heard it before?"
"That's the thing, I can't remember..."
"Was it recently?"
"Yeah.. All I remember is--"
Suddenly the guy #1 came out of the bathroom door. He didn't leave the coffee shop yet. He was balding, fat, looked like a potato and smelled like smoke.
The WB fell silent at once. When the guy left,
"Do you think he heard us?" asked Annika.
"My guess is, no." said Ashley. "When he came out, he smelled like smoke. I think he just--"
"Took drugs." said Harvey.
They all looked at him.
"I was gonna say 'smoked'... but if you recognize the smell..."
"No, no, no, no... go on."
"So he didn't hear us?" asked Lyca.
"Nope. He has no clue."
"But I have a clue who he is now." said Harvey.
"Who is he?" the others asked excitedly.
"Well, yesterday, after I got out of the post office, I walked back to you guys, right? Well on my way, I passed by the governor and his grandfather. And the smoking guy was there, he was on his cellphone saying something about damage control..."
"So he's the governor's manager-like thingy?" asked Annika.
"So that must mean...!"
"The 'he' is the governor. But who then is the 'she'?" said Paolo.
"Could be anybody," said Harvey. "His wife? Sister?"
"But like we said, she's someone high profile. Wouldn't be doing... oohhh!" said Ashley as a sudden realization hit her.
"The kidnap of the governor's grandfather was a threat so that the gov would the sign the new bill for the senior citizen thing, right?" she said.
"Yeah."
"So... so..." she stood up and paced up and down. "So somebody with a high profile wanted this bill to be signed... someone... high profile..." she sat back down and thought.
"So... yeah," said Harvey. "I'm gonna get coffee, you guys want anything?"
"Uh, coffee and a bagel please," said Paolo.
"Just coffee for me," said Lyca.
"Me too." said Annika.
"Ashley?"
"Uh.. coffee, bagel, turkey sandwich, choco chip cookie and a blueberry muffin please." she said, still thinking.
"That's it? Are you on a diet or something?" Harvey joked.
"It helps me think."
"Okaaay..."
So they ate their food and sipped their coffee.
"Paolo," said Ashley. "If you were a politician, what would your top priority be?"
"Hm... my campaign, I guess."
"Ok."
Pause.
"Hello?" said Annika.
"Hi."
"Why don't you ask us, too?"
Ashley raised her eyebrow. "Okay. What would your top priority be if you were a politician?"
"Hmm... money."
"See, thats why I asked Paolo..."
"Haha... >P"
"Would you think I'm crazy if I said that I think this is a conspiracy?" asked Ashley to the others.
"A conspiracy?" asked Harvey.
"A plot. A plan. A secret plan."
"By whom?"
"...the government?"
Pause.
"Ash, there are loads of conspiracies about the government already."
"Yeah, but this could go somewhere. I think it's real."
"How so? Please explain."
"Well, President Centrino [haha I got the name from the intel sticker on the laptop] was recently elected, right? Just last year. And since then he's been signing all kinds of bills... like the clean up bills and etc. etc... who was the one person who always was against these bills?" she asked.
"Don't look at us, we're not politically aware of things." said Harvey.
"VicePresident Vista [haha from the windows vista sticker]." answered Paolo.
"Correct. She opposed the clean up bill, the energy bill, everything. They're saying its like the worst pair ever. They are always against each other."
"So what does this have to do with conspiracy?"
"Vice President Vista is a girl. Wendy Vista [haha Windows isn't really a name for a girl]."
"So you think she's the 'she' in this whole thing?"
"Possible, right? She wants our governor to sign something she's sure President Centrino wouldn't like. The senior citizen extension thing."
"So... its like a game? The more people you have on your side, you win?" asked Lyca.
"Seems like it."
"So the VP is blackmailing people to support her on this bill?" asked Harvey.
"So it seems. She's using criminals as her cover."
"Wow... but this is all just guessing, right?"
"Yes. We have no proof."
"But really, what's the purpose of this bill? Its just age! Pretty useless, right?"
"That's it... I don't know..."
They watched as the rain splattered down on the windows (yes, it's raining now).

"Well, I gotta go get back to work," said Harvey. "I'm like, 20 minutes late thanks to your conspiracy theory, haha..."
"Yeah, and I'll go sing up there..." said Annika. And she started singing 'Who's that girl?' [Hilary Duff, not Madonna haha].
Ashley and Paolo looked at Lyca.
"Oh, I don't have to work today. I'll just read the newspaper."
"Okay, we'll talk about doctor stuff."
Lyca picked up the newspaper from the coffee table and looked for the comics. She sent a comic strip and wanted to see if they printed it. But something else caught her eye.
'President still insistent on proposed bill'
"Ash, I think your theory's wrong..." Lyca showed her the newspaper. "Apparently the President too wants this bill, not only the vice."
Ashley squinted, thinking again.
"The president wants it... vice president forcing the governor to sign it... but they're supposed to be opposites, right?"
"Maybe for once they agree on the same thing..." suggested Lyca.
Ashley thought harder.
"This is gonna sound crazy but... if the bill was passed, and turned out to be a huge disaster, a huge mistake... then the blame would be put on the president, right?"
"You're suggesting that the VP is intentionally getting this bill passed knowing it would fail just so that the president would look bad?"
"It's every Vice President's dream to be president, no?"
"Yeah but that just seems really risky." said Paolo. "She would also fall because she approved the bill, too."
"She could change her mind last minute and come out the good guy." suggested Ashley.
"This is just insane..." said Lyca. "Maybe... maybe there isn't anything suspicious in here. Maybe we just think so coz we're bored."
"Maybe."
"Yeah, maybe."
"Okay, goodnight."

That night Ashleyh was thinking all about this conspiracy.
If the vice president really did want the president to look bad, how would this bill make it so? If the senior citizen age would extend to age 70, what could possibly go wrong? Not enough jobs? Unemployment rate increase? Would this be enough to make the president look bad? Or could it cause an impeachment? Or was this bill just the first step? The first 'small step'... after this there could be another bill...
Ashley racked her brains harder.
We'll just have to wait and see then , she thought. In a few days the bill would either be passed or rejected then in a few months they would see what happens.

Yeah, I'm tired so I'll stop here.
See ya

The One Where It All Began

EDIT: I added in the part where Annika seduces the commanding officer.
[The title is sorta like, dedicated to FRIENDS the TV show, not my friends]

Setting: New York City, specifically, in a coffee shop called Java Perk (sorry, couldn't think of anything better).

Characters and their powers:

Ashley
Telepathy - apparent communication from one mind to another w.out using sensory perceptions.
Telekinesis - power to move by thinking of about it with the application of physical force.
>basically all stuff pertaining to the mind... being smart, etc. Bottomline, I'm--SHE's a genius.

Paolo
Supersight - able to see things really really frikkin far
Treasurer - its not really a power.. but he holds all the money of the WB

Harvey
Speed - he can run really fast
Supplier - he knows where and how to get "stuff" (haha)

Lyca
Artistry - able to draw accurately
Visionary - unusual powers of foresight. Unlike Paolo, she sees the future (yes, I know, its cliche, ugh, I cant to the e' thing on this laptop... and yes its like Isaac from HEROES and Cassie from PUSH but its kinda hard to find a power for amazing drawing powers!)

Annika
Seductive - haha sorry dude but I couldn't think of anything else.
Master of Disguise - can squeeze the secrets out of anybody boy or girl ahaha!

OTHERS AREN'T MENTIONED NOW BUT THEY WILL BE SOON.

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The door to Java Perk opened and the bell rang.
Harvey, Lyca and Annika were sitting on the couches drinking coffee and talking about current events (pfff yeeeah riiiight haha) when Ashley and Paolo came.
"Phew! Tough day at work!" said Ashley, removing her white... doctor-coat thingy...
"No kidding, I just did heart surgery on a mob boss's nephew... good thing he didn't know I knew..." said Paolo as he removed his too.
"Cool."
"So what's up with you guys?" he asked the others.
"Well, nothings moving with the new software we created." said Harvey. "No company is interested in a software that facilitates inter-business networking."
(Harvey's job is a software manufacturer...a bit far from what he actually wanted to be)
"Duh, maybe coz no one knows what it does!" laughed Annika. "Well anyway, everythings going fine with me, I just got tipped $20 from a guy for singing 'No Woman No Cry'!"
(Annika was a singer at fancy restaurants and bars)
"And just sold another painting." said Lyca.
(She's an artist who sells her own paintings)
(Obviously Ashley and Paolo are both doctors)

"So hey, have you heard of that guy that kidnapped the governor's grandfather?" asked Harvey. "We were just discussing it."
"Oh, yeah! I heard that from the nurses...wow," said Paolo. "This will probably pressure him into signing that bill."
"What bill?"
"You know, the one that will change the retirement age from 65 to 70." answered Ashley.
"What?! That's crazy!"
"Yeah, but what can we do, right? We're just civilians..."
"I think that bill's a great idea," said Lyca. "More people working."
"Yeah but it could also cause too much people working. Some others won't get to work then."
"Yeah, but--"
"Could we stop with the lame issues, please?" Harvey cut in. "Let's talk about something else."
"Okay... like what?"
"Like what I suggested we should ALL do, instead of waste our time?"
They all looked at each other.
"We told you, Harv," said Paolo. "That's out of the question."
"But WHY? Why can't we do it? It's not illegal or anything..."
"We know its not, but its too dangerous!" said Annika.
"Yeah, we can't risk being discovered." said Lyca.
"But we have them for a reason." glared Harvey. "And I think we should use it for the greater good."
"But what if we were caught?" asked Paolo.
"Or worse--killed!" Annika shrieked.
"Then at least we died doing something good, right?"
The others fell silent.
"I think... we should give it a shot." suggested Ashley. "Just try it out once. Then let's see what'll happen."
The other three still looked doubtful.
"Hey, I gotta go," Harvey stood up. "But I want you guys to think about it, 'kay? Meet you back in the apartment..."
When Harvey left, they turned to each other.
"You really think it'll work?" Annika asked Ashley.
"It's better to try than to regret never trying in the first place..."

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This is how their lives are at work.
Ashley and Paolo work at the same hospital. Paolo is a cardiologists and a cardiac surgeon and Ashley is a physician.
They just do normal doctor stuff. Then they leave on Ashley's 2007 BMW M6 convertible (hahaha) to their condo in 111 Central Park NYC north condos (yep, livin' the dream life, baby!)
They don't live with each other though. There were three bedrooms in each so the girls were together and the boys were together across the hall and they turned the spare room into a rec room.

At Harvey's building...
Harvey works for a company called Square Co., a Japanese video game company. But apparently instead of video games, he was in charge of creating a software that facilitates inter-business networking. Which is why hes kinda bummed about his job...
"Hey Kim, did you find a buyer yet?" asked.... Bob.
"Nope.." Harvey sighed. "Not yet..."
"Okay, then."
Bob headed back to his cubicle. Harvey took out the folder with all the lists of possible buyers.
One after another he called and got rejected.
"Hm. Reminds me of high school..."
Call.... Rejected... Call... Rejected...
After a while he got tired and stood up to get a cup of coffee. He passed by Bob's cubicle and paused.
"Hey Bob," Harvey said.
"Yeah, Kim?"
"You've been here long, right?"
"Are you trying to make me feel bad, Kim?"
"You have, right?"
"Well... yeah, nearly 15 years."
"How do you get from here to being one of the game designers?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean... you cant stay here forever right? I want to be one of those guys that make Final Fantasy.. or Kingdom Hearts, you feel me?"
"Oh... well, in the history of this company, I heard only one guy ever did it... and he was like, a friggin genius, though... he had loads of great ideas..."
"Hmm.. thanks..."
Harvey thought as he sipped his coffee. If only he could give a great idea, he would have his dream job...

At Annikas job...
"Okay, everyone, I'm going to be singing a classic today..." she announced.
A few people whoo-ed and clapped.
"Alright here it goes..." she began. "Smelly cat.. sme-elly cat... what are they feeding you?.. smelly cat... sme-elly cat.. its not your fault!"
At the end of the song...
"Thank you, thank you. Yes, that was a Buffay original.. yes.. thank you..."
She took her guitar case and went to the back.
"Hmm.. 1.. 1... ooh a 5... yaay! Another 20!"

At Lyca's studio...
"Hmm... a little more yellow there... green over here... just a dab of black... hmm..."
"Uhm.. excuse me?" someone rang the bell.
"Can I help you?" came Lyca.
"Uh, yes. How much is that painting of the moais?"
Lyca took a look at the lady. She looked fussy, wearing designer clothes and loads of jewelry.
"$300."
"Oh, my." the lady clutched her chest.
"Fine. I'll make it... $450?"
"Deal!"
"Cash?"
"Of course."
"Thank you."
Cha-ching. Tsss, Lyca thought. What kind of society is this. Where rich fussy ladies haggle to pay more than necessary.

Later that night...
"Dinner at your place?" asked Paolo.
"Yeah, we're having italian." said Ashley.
"Great!"
Ashley entered her condo and saw Annika and Lyca on the couch watching... E.N.E.M.I.E.S.
"Hey, the guys are coming over for dinner tonight. Italian."
"Awww, they always come over here. Why can't we go there?" whined Annika.
"Because we're the hostess...es and they don't like us to go in their stupid 'rec room'," said Lyca.
After dinner they all sat in the living room watching That '09 Show.
"So have you thought about it yet?" asked Harvey.
"Yeah..." Paolo said slowly. "We agreed to try it once, but only once!"
"Fine by me! You'll see, it feels great!"
"What do you mean, have you done it before?"
"No, but I see it on TV. They always look great!"


"I think because of our different abilities, this job might actually be a piece of cake." said Ashley.
"Stop calling it "abilities" and start calling it by what it really is!" said Harvey.
"Which is?"
He smiled. "Powers!"
"Fine then. Our powers differ so.. its possible that not all of us will be doing something."
"Thats no problem, really. I try not to get to involved." said Paolo.
"So... so we go into that building, take the governor's grandpa, tie up the kidnapper and just scram?" asked Annika. "How the hell will we do that without being noticed by the police that are--" she looked out the window "--surrounding the building?"
"That's what Harvey's powers are for."

The kidnapper held the governor's grandfather in the post office building just a few blocks from their condo. The police surrounded the building, calling for negotiations. But there was one spot where the police weren't covering, the alley between the post office and the bakery beside it. In that alley was a garbage dump. But even though there were no guards directly beside the alley, there was still a chance they could be seen it they entered that way. There was a door.
"So here's the plan," whispered Ashley as they all walked to the site. "Harvey's super speed renders him near invisibility, right? So I think he should run into the building, unseen by any of the police. And Paolo can guide him to the hostage room because he has the super eyesight thingy. Once inside, you take this rope--" she handed him a rope "--and run fast around the kidnapper, tying him up. And don't forget to gag him."
"But then the police will notice the kidnapper stopped talking, won't they?" Annika asked.
"Yes, they would but they can't take any action unless their commanding officer gives them them the say-so."
"Why do I have a feeling..."
"It's your job to seduce the commanding officer, make him NOT give the command."
"Aw crap..."
"And what do I do?" asked Lyca.
"You--" Ashley grabbed a notebook and a pencil "--tell me if my plan is gonna work."
"Tsss..." She drew. "Yes, of course it will."
"Great! Let's get going then."
"Hang on," said Paolo. "What are YOU doing, then?"
"Me? Hellooo, how do you think you're gonna tell Harvey where to go? Scream it at him? Now lets go!"
"Fine..."
"Well, here it goes.."
For a second Harvey was there, then the next he was gone.
"I see him!" said Paolo. "Uh... tell him to go straight, then take the stairs on his right."
Yo boogah head, go 12 then take the up-up on ya opposite heart side, Ashley thought.
"W-what the hell did you say? He's freaking out."
"Haha just testing."
Okay, go straight then take the stairs on your right...
"Tell him to go to the room on the far left thats where they are."
The room on your far left and its there.
"Hey, how's Annika doing?"

"Wow, I've never seen a commanding officer before..." Annika said as she walked over to the commanding officer.
"Sorry, ma'am, but this is police business, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave." he said.
"Oh... bossy! I like that in a man..." she replied as she stroked his arm.
The officer giggled.
"You do, do ya? Well then... I order you to get yer hands offa me!"
Annika laughed.
"Oh, you're so funny!"
"Well... yeah, I am."
"And sooooo... macho."
"Well, I DO work out five times a week so..."
"Ooh, can I touch your gun?"
"Why of course..."
More giggles.
"Sir!" called the officer in charge of negotiating. "Sir, the kidnapper has stopped talking, permission to enter the building. Sir!?"
But of course, the officer was too busy with Annika to hear him.
"Tsss..." Paolo tss-ed as he, Ashley and Lyca watched.
"Yeah, what a slut," Ashley said.
"Hey!"
"I meant the officer."
"Oh."
Oh, I SO didn't mean the officer.

Meanwhile, up in the building, Harvey was done tying up the kidnapper when he started hopping up and down. Desperate, he grabbed the gov's grampa and chucked him out the window.
Harvey! Thats not the plan!
"Wait.. he's sign languaging... S..O..R.. Sorry.. G.. O...T...T... Gotta... tss! He's gotta pee!" Paolo said.
"Sigh..."

The next day back at Java Perk,
"Anything on the news about us?" asked Harvey as he came in.
"Nope. Nothing. They just think the governor's grandfather broke free, tied up the criminal and jumped out the window."
"Dude! He's 102 years old!"
"Yeah, but people are stupid so..."
"Good point."
"So, dija like it? Dija like it?" asked Harvey. "This hero stuff? Good, ah?"
"Well.. it is fun," concluded Lyca. "Unless you're in charge of making sure the plan works."
"Aw, sorry, dude we'll find you another job."
"Fine.."
"So it's agreed? We'll do this thing?"
"But... there's so much to think about." said Ashley. "So many crimes all over the world, and we're only saving NYC? Isn't that a little selfish?"
They all looked at each other, feeling guilty.
"Nah, who cares? We're heroes anyway!" yelled Ashley.
"Yaaaaahoooo!" they all shouted.
"Yeah! Who cares if loads of people in this coffee shop heard that we're heroes?!"
"Yaaaahooooo!"
"Who cares if we get locked up in a freak show for the rest of our lives?!"
"Yaaaahooooo!"
And so it began, the days when the Weird Bunch were in NYC, protecting the innocent, whooping the bad guy's asses and sipping coffee in Java Perk's as they lived their lives blissfully unaware that some evil bitcharooneydooney was planning their downfall.

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I do not own F.R.I.E.N.D.S. or anything related.
I do not own the Central Park Condos (though i wish I do)
But I do own The Misadventures of the Weird Bunch
© Ashley Magz Industries 2009 (this is not a real industry but still, if you steal the WB from me, I swear I will sue.)

See ya

I'm Back

Dear Readers (who probably have stopped reading by now...)

my last post was, I think Jan. 29... I guess 'a lot of stuff has happened' which is my excuse for not writing for a long time...

Well the HAPI episodes are done.. (Harvey, Ashley, Paolo, Imma) with all their murder cases..
oh and it really does end in a cliff hanger.. i dont wanna see how that ends anyway...

so the next set of episodes will be just random weird stuff that pops into my head whenever, wherever.. you know..

well I'd better get starting then with the first.

Oh, these eps are like superhero-based from now on..

see ya!

EDIT: BTW, I changed the layout so.. if it's disturbing you in any way, do tell.