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Speaker 2: After finding the old school recorder, we headed back to
Speaker 2: HQ thinking we had the upper hand. The defeat we
Speaker 2: felt when we saw those missing batteries was well like
Speaker 2: something you never want to feel. That kind of kicking yourself,
Speaker 2: guilt and regret isn't something I'd ever wish on anyone,
Speaker 2: But we just had to keep putting one foot in
Speaker 2: front of another. Yes, Von Smog tricked us big time,
Speaker 2: but we had something valuable to him, and we were
Speaker 2: about to add another important member to our team. A
Speaker 2: tight knit team isn't something you can steal, that's for sure.
Speaker 3: Chin up, guys, nobody wins with the spirit of defeat.
Speaker 3: Now we have a huge job to do. That contaminated
Speaker 3: pond isn't going to clean itself. Marcus Gabe, Hello, anyone
Speaker 3: who might be able to help with all this, or
Speaker 3: maybe someone more.
Speaker 4: Qualified, someone interested in cleaning up dead fish.
Speaker 2: That's a hard one.
Speaker 5: Hmmm.
Speaker 6: My sister's definitely qualified, probably overqualified, but she's doing an
Speaker 6: internship right now and she's never home.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that doesn't help us too much. Hey, Marcus, didn't
Speaker 3: you mention someone you did a research project with this
Speaker 3: last year? What's her name? Uh? Ali? I?
Speaker 4: Yes, I can't believe I didn't think of her first.
Speaker 4: Ali pretty much ran our science class last year, and
Speaker 4: let's just say she's much more qualified than most people
Speaker 4: even teaching science. She's the one we need for sure.
Speaker 3: Sounds like we found our person. Let's give her a call.
Speaker 3: Wait now, no better time than the president, Marcus.
Speaker 4: If you okay, just just give me a minute. I
Speaker 4: hope she remembers me.
Speaker 5: Dude, it's been like two weeks since you were in
Speaker 5: class together.
Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, I guess you're right. Okay, no time like
Speaker 4: the present. At a boy here goes nothing.
Speaker 7: Hello.
Speaker 4: Hello? Is this is this Ali?
Speaker 7: Yeah? This is Alie.
Speaker 4: Hey, this is Marcus from school. From science class. We
Speaker 4: did a project last year.
Speaker 7: Marcus, I remember you. How's it going. How's your summer bend?
Speaker 4: Oh? Good? Staying really uh busy?
Speaker 2: I remember mister Luke looked at me in motion to
Speaker 2: get to the point already. I don't know what it
Speaker 2: was about talking to kids at school that got me
Speaker 2: all nervous. I guess it was the fact that I
Speaker 2: didn't feel like they knew I was good at anything
Speaker 2: or had anything to offer. But mister Luke definitely pushed
Speaker 2: me in that area, always making calls and chatting with
Speaker 2: whoever would lend an ear. He smiled and gave me
Speaker 2: an encourage thumbs up.
Speaker 4: Actually, I was calling you because well, I recently joined
Speaker 4: a team called the Critter Protectors. It's kind of a
Speaker 4: long story and we've had a difficult start to say
Speaker 4: the least, But I wondered if you might be interested
Speaker 4: in hearing us out and maybe well joining the team.
Speaker 7: Oh. I'm flattered that you think of me, but I'm
Speaker 7: not sure if i'd be a good fit.
Speaker 4: Alie. We both know you carried us through that project
Speaker 4: last year. You're basically this mornest one in the whole school,
Speaker 4: and we could really use some help right now.
Speaker 7: Well, I guess I could stop by tomorrow afternoon and
Speaker 7: hear you out.
Speaker 3: Great.
Speaker 4: Our headquarters is over at s Biology Squad HQ.
Speaker 7: Awesome. I've actually always wanted to get an inside look
Speaker 7: at that place.
Speaker 3: Cool.
Speaker 4: How about you come around noon?
Speaker 7: Perfect?
Speaker 3: Thanks?
Speaker 4: Ali?
Speaker 3: Bye.
Speaker 2: The next day, Ali stopped by and met us all.
Speaker 2: She loved the research that and the idea of making
Speaker 2: a real difference. Once Ali saw the place, it was
Speaker 2: as simple as that she officially joined the team. We
Speaker 2: didn't even know how much of an asset she'd actually
Speaker 2: be to us. After getting her all caught up on
Speaker 2: the O and D, the stinky pond, purple blimp spotting,
Speaker 2: and all of our suspicious findings, Ali wasted no time
Speaker 2: jumping into her role.
Speaker 5: All right, everyone, let's start by cleaning the pond. I've
Speaker 5: been dying to see this mess yikes, this is worse
Speaker 5: than I thought.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's bad.
Speaker 5: Well, i'd say get a pond that going. We need
Speaker 5: to get this algae taken care of. Then we can
Speaker 5: add in some good bacteria.
Speaker 4: More bacteria.
Speaker 5: Yes, the good stuff will restore some balance and get
Speaker 5: things healthy again. Break down the sludge and get ourselves
Speaker 5: a clean pond.
Speaker 4: Okay, well, I trust you.
Speaker 3: What's first?
Speaker 5: First we suit up and get these nasty dead fish
Speaker 5: out of here.
Speaker 4: I was afraid you were gonna say that. Okay, I'll
Speaker 4: go get the waiters.
Speaker 2: I'll let your imagination fill in the gaps with the
Speaker 2: rest of that job. And yes, we found another unfiltered
Speaker 2: deep in the sludge that confirmed what we already thought.
Speaker 2: Doctor Stinkybreath planted the other one at the marina. The
Speaker 2: only other thing I can remember about that job is
Speaker 2: bags and bags of fish guts to dispose of.
Speaker 1: Ugh.
Speaker 2: That smell stayed in my nose for days. Anyways, with
Speaker 2: us three handling cleanup, mister Luke spent most of his
Speaker 2: day barely looking up from his computer. He clicked and scrolled,
Speaker 2: clicked and scrolled, searching for anything and everything that would
Speaker 2: help us put the pieces together. About von Smogg, the
Speaker 2: O and D Doctor Stinky Breath, and their next move.
Speaker 3: Let's see something will show up if I search Eagle
Speaker 3: Eye metal logo. No, that's just a bunch of collectible coins.
Speaker 3: How about O and D Eagle projects. This just isn't
Speaker 3: getting me anywhere, mister Luke. Oh sorry, I didn't realize
Speaker 3: you guys were done already.
Speaker 5: Yeah, done for now. Marcus went straight home. Too many
Speaker 5: fish guts all over him to walk in here.
Speaker 3: Yikes. Well, I've been reading through articles for hours here
Speaker 3: without much to show for it. I was hoping i'd
Speaker 3: have made some connections by now. All this stuff, the recorder,
Speaker 3: the strange symbols. There just has to be something I'm missing.
Speaker 5: This unfilter in this metal.
Speaker 3: Thing, it's a stinger that kind of started this whole mess.
Speaker 3: Those prongs went straight into my tire. See that mark,
Speaker 3: This Eagle Eye keeps coming back. It seems some kind
Speaker 3: of logo or secret code name.
Speaker 5: Well, I like research, as you know. If you want,
Speaker 5: I could see if I can make any headway at home.
Speaker 3: That would be great. Ali, I'd really be in over
Speaker 3: my head without you guys.
Speaker 6: Well, I'll get a new system rigged for our traveling
Speaker 6: crewter enclosure, but there's nothing to keep them powered when
Speaker 6: we're out. I'm afraid those battery packs and chargers aren't
Speaker 6: the easiest things to replace.
Speaker 3: Wow, thanks Gabe Man again, I'd be lost without you. Guys.
Speaker 5: We're in this together, mister Luke, totally. I'll see you tomorrow. Guys.
Speaker 3: Bye, Alie, see you tomorrow.
Speaker 2: When Ali made it home that night, she didn't waste
Speaker 2: any time. Her parents were used to her having projects
Speaker 2: to work on. She tried to always have something taking
Speaker 2: up her time. As soon as she finished dinner, Ali
Speaker 2: jumped on her computer. What most people didn't realize, including me,
Speaker 2: at that point, was that Ali used her brains and
Speaker 2: knack for science as a way to kind of cover
Speaker 2: up what she didn't really feel good at. Her sister, Sarah,
Speaker 2: was an amazing gymnast. Most weekends in her family were
Speaker 2: scheduled around meats and competitions. Ali's parents tried to convince
Speaker 2: her to do gymnastics too, but it just wasn't her thing.
Speaker 2: Staying busy meant less time to be pestered about being
Speaker 2: an athlete.
Speaker 5: Okay, Now, to get to the bottom of the stuff
Speaker 5: once and for all, there has to be something out
Speaker 5: there that can give us some answers. This is fun
Speaker 5: and all, but I'm going on two hours of nothing.
Speaker 5: Wait is that a picture of doctor Stinkybreath and Victor
Speaker 5: von Smock.
Speaker 4: Huh?
Speaker 5: Why are they shaking hands with that guy? And what
Speaker 5: is this article? Operation of Nature's Destruction makes Peace Treaty
Speaker 5: with Endangered Enterprise? Wait until I show the team.
Speaker 2: The next day, Ali came rushing into the critter queue
Speaker 2: and startled us all. She flung her bag on the
Speaker 2: closest chair and pulled out her laptop faster than you
Speaker 2: can say, critter.
Speaker 5: Everybody, look at this. I found something last night.
Speaker 4: Check this out.
Speaker 5: No way, are you kidding me?
Speaker 3: Doctor Stinky Breath and Victor von Schmock. What kind of treaty?
Speaker 3: Is this? An endangered enterprise?
Speaker 4: Mister Luke, haven't we heard of endangered enterprise before?
Speaker 3: The message on my computer? Marcus, You're right. Listen, guys,
Speaker 3: all the pieces are starting to come together.
Speaker 5: The structure it's taken. So now the question is do
Speaker 5: we have three villains or do we have an ally?
Speaker 5: This endangered enterprise?
Speaker 3: Great question. I guess that's another thing we need to
Speaker 3: figure out.