BEHIND THE SCENES
with PROFESSOR PEARL
Tape #010: Bang, Bang, Choo-Choo
Train
[Posted 9.05.11]
“Oh
yeah… right there… that’s perfect.”
Nick
kept his ear to the door, his brows rising. He couldn’t believe what he was
hearing. Maybe Jay was right. Maybe Pearl was
having an affair with K. His jaw set, he felt personally insulted that she’d
want K over him. These past years, he’d always figured she rebuffed his
advances to keep him interested in the chase.
“What
are you doing?” Leo asked as he walked down the steps. Nick narrowed his eyes. Great, more competition. At least he’s an
idiot.
“Shhh!”
He waved him off, trying to listen to whatever was going down in Pearl’s
laboratory. Leo leaned up against the door, wanting to know what Nick was
suddenly so interested in.
“Oh… oh…
oh my God.”
The
other agent’s expression changed. “She’s…”
“I
don’t knooooow. I keep trying to listen, and you keep
interrupting!” Nick retorted in hushed tones.
“Yeah…
yeah, that’s right; I just need to turn your knob a bit. Bet that feels good…”
Footsteps
could be heard again. This time, they belonged to their superior, none other
than Agent Jay, who watched them with a bemused expression. “Why are we
spying?”
“Dude…
you gotta hear this… She’s definitely got something going down!” Nick whispered
excitedly.
Jay
blinked, his eyes suddenly looked distant as he too went up to put his ear
against the door. “No way… Pearl and Emerald are finally…”
Nick
stared at him. “Pearl and Avril? Wow, that’s…” He’d never admit it, but there
was something undeniably appealing about the images that popped in his head at
the mere suggestion.
The
three agents found themselves doing their damnedest to hear every little bit of
whatever was happening on the other side of the door. Footsteps interrupted
their spying, and now, Emerald came into view. Jay cursed to himself in pure
disappointment.
“Okay,
what the fuck?”
Leo
glanced over. “Pearl and K, we think,
are getting it on in there.”
Nick
snickered. “Jay thought it was you in there with her.”
Emerald
gave Jay a questioning look, but didn’t comment. Instead, she ,too, went to
listen. The four of them nudged one another aside, each trying to get a better
position to hear exactly what was going on.
“Oh
yeah, download to my instant data, give me a socket, and I can plug it in…”
Pearl could be heard giggling. “Bang, bang, choo-choo train… baby, put that thing on me…”
Nick
glanced over at Jay. “Wasn’t K’s old alias Train?”
Jay
nodded silently, his eyes widening.
Emerald
kept listening. “This shit’s better than cable.”
“You want me to flip the switch out so I-I can be your
victim…” Pearl said in a sing song voice.
“If K can have her, I can…” Leo muttered.
“You wish Lame-onardo…” Nick retorted,
still irritated that Pearl rebuffed him only to hook up with someone else. He’d
always accepted it because Pearl never got involved with any HimTak agent that
way. Sure, they’d been best friends, but Pearl, Pearl was attractive… He’d always have fantasies of the things he
could do to her…
…Things K was doing to her.
They were so involved at this point, each trying to picture what
was going on, none of them were paying attention to what they were doing. They
kept shifting, still searching for the spot they could hear best from. Amidst
the shuffling, a hand went above their heads, hitting the switch that opened
the door. The four of them fell into the doorway, eyes peeled to see what was
happening. They each stood, brushing themselves off. Nick was the first to
react.
Pearl stood in front of them, modeling some set of hideous leopard
skin cowboy boots, a matching hat, along with a western-styled outfit in front
of the mirror. Bullet holes could be seen in the wall, with a tiny gun emerging
from her belt buckle. She stared at the four of them.
Lancy could be seen behind her, wearing an almost identical
version of the same outfit, only slightly more masculine. Too masculine,
really, for Lancy’s typical tastes. Clearly, the two had been modeling Pearl’s
latest clothing weaponry, and Nick felt a sheepish grin form on his face.
The two shared a glance before Pearl spoke up, eyeing Nick in
particular. “Do I even want to know?”
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