Steve's POV
"You see anything?" Dustin asks me as we hide behind a plant in the mall.
"Uh, I guess I don't totally know what I'm looking for." I say as I look around, though his binoculars.
"Evil Russians." Dustin says in a 'duh' tone.
"Yeah, exactly. I don't know what an evil Russian looks like." I roll my eyes.
"Tall, blond, not smiling."
"Mm-hmm." I respond, not really paying attention.
"Also, look for earpieces, camo, duffel bags, that sort of thing."
"Right, okay, duffel bags."
I scan the mall some more and I eventually spot Danielle. I'm able to see her in the Gap, but... hold on, is she talking to Eddie Munson?
"Oh, you've gotta be kidding me." I let out.
"What?" Dustin asks.
"Danielle is talking to that meathead, Eddie Munson." I say dumbfounded.
"Dude, if you're not going to focus, just give me the binoculars."
"Aw, Jesus Christ, he just gave her his number. I mean, he didn't even graduate. What makes him think that he can pick up my girl?"
"Dude, you are the worst spy in history, you know that?"
Danielle waves bye to Eddie as he leaves.
"I'm spying on D- oh, my God." I say as I watch D walk past a trash can. "She didn't throw it away, why didn't she throw his number away?"
"How do you even know he gave her his number?" Dustin asks, taking the binoculars out of my hands and begins to look though them.
"Uh, It was a folded piece of paper." I say sarcastically. "What else could it be?"
"I don't get why you're so over worked by a piece of paper. My sister is the perfect girl for you. Like you said, Eddie didn't graduate and Dani did, he probably just gave her his number so they can stay in touch. Don't people usually do that when they leave high school?" Dustin says looking back into the binoculars.
"Anyway." I shrug my shoulders. "He's a weirdo, that's not a good look."
"Now that you're out of high school, which means you're technically an adult, don't you think it's time to move on from primitive constructs?"
"Oh, primitive constructs? That some stupid shit you learned at Camp... Know... Nothing?" I say after taking a quick glance at Dustin's hat.
"Camp Know Where, actually. And no, it's shit I learned from life. Also, may I remind you, that Dani is also a little bit of a nerd... and a weirdo. Remember, she came from the lab, has powers-" He whispers.
"Yeah, but that's different. Danielle is hot, super smart, and apparently, she now speaks Russian." I say listing things off.
"Instead of dating somebody you think's gonna make you cooler, why not date somebody you actually enjoy being around? Like me and Suzie."
"I enjoy being around Danielle." I say defensive. "We enjoy doing a lot of the same things, I even told her that I love her and she said it back. So, we love each other. I really doubt you and "Hotter than Phoebe Cates.", Suzie told each other that you love each other. And, uh, let's think about how exactly did you score that beautiful girlfriend? Oh, yeah. With my advice." I point to myself. "Because that's how this works, Henderson. I give you the advice, and you follow through. Not the other way around, all right, pea-brain?" I say with one final look and begin to watch for Russian spies.
**
Danielle's POV
"Have a great rest of your day Dani." Crystal, my coworker tells me as I clock out.
"Thanks, Crystal. You too." I say as I grab my bag and head over to Scoops.
"Hey, Robin." I say as I enter the back door.
"Hey." She responds, sitting on the counter. "The week is long. The silver cat feeds when blue meets yellow in the west." She reads off of the notepad in her hand. "A trip to China sounds nice if you tread lightly." She finishes and takes a sip of her drink.
"Any ideas?" I ask taking a seat at the table.
"Possibly." She says and picks up the translation book. "Tread lightly." She repeats and begins to thumb through the book.
Shortly after, the sound of knocking fills the room. Someone is knocking at the back door and Robin gets up to answer. It's just the delivery guy.
"Delivery for you." He says and hands her a box.
"Thank you." She responds, taking the package from him and setting it on the table.
I stand up and join her at the door as she fills out the order slip. I glance at his uniform, noticing the word "Lynx" is in big red letters. I side glance Robin to see if she noticed and guessing by the distinct look on her face, she did.
"Have a nice day, ladies." He says to us after Robin hands the clipboard back to him.
"You too." We say.
We give the delivery man enough time to walk down the hallway, before we watch after him. Robin pulls me into the hallway with her. On the back of his uniform is a picture of a Lynx and under it says "Lynx Transportation." The picture of the Lynx is in a silver print.
"Silver cat." Robin and I state, not taking our eyes off of the uniform.
"Silver cat." We repeat as we smile at each other.
Robin quickly grabs my hand and pulls me back into Scoops. Running and pulling me along, she quickly grabs the notepad and we head out to the main floor of the mall.
"You guys aren't gonna believe who Dustin thought was a Russian." Steve says as he and Dustin enter Scoops Ahoy.
"You did too." Dustin says back to Steve.
"No, I did not."
Robin and I race past them, ignoring them as we run to the middle of the court. We jump up on the edge of the giant plant bed and Robin begins to read the code as we scan the mall.
"A trip to China sounds nice." She says as we look around.
"A trip to China sounds nice." I nudge Robin and point out Imperial Panda.
"Yes!" Robin says and looks back down at the notepad. "If you tread lightly."
"If you tread..." We repeat to ourselves as we look around the mall again.
"If you tread lightly." We say simultaneously as we point out Kaufman Shoes.
"When- When blue and yellow meet in the west." Robin says scanning the room and immediately looking up at the giant clock on the wall. The hands are blue and yellow.
"When blue meets yellow... in the west." I smile once I spot the clock.
"Guys." Steve says as he and Dustin walk up to us. "What are you doing?"
"We cracked it." I smile at my boyfriend.
"Cracked what?"
Robin jumps down from the plant bed, "We cracked the code."
**
The mall is now closed and Dustin, Robin, Steve and I are on the roof scoping out the loading dock. In the pouring rain might I add.
"Look for Imperial Panda and Kaufman Shoes." Robin yells over the rain.
"They're with that whistling guy, ten o'clock." Dustin points out and we look in that direction.
The guy is wearing a yellow raincoat and is pulling a dolly of Imperial Panda boxes.
"What do you think is in there?" Steve asks over the rain.
"Guns, bombs?" Dustin guesses.
"Chemical weapons." Robin guesses.
"Whatever it is, they're armed to the teeth."
"Great." Steve says sarcastically as he wipes his eyes. "That's great."
Suddenly, the doors open and the yellow rain coat guy goes inside with the boxes.
"What's in there?" I shout over to Dustin, hoping he can get a look.
"It's just more boxes."
"Let me check it out." Steve says, trying to grab the binoculars from Dustin.
"No, I'm still looking." Dustin says fighting over the binoculars.
"Let me see." Steve argues.
"Hang on!" Dustin says and then drop the binoculars.
They fall onto a dumpster, causing a loud thud. The guards reach for their weapons and quickly duck down, Steve grabs a hold of my hand tightly. My heart races as thunder continues to roar.
"Stay here. Watch the door." I hear one of the Russian guards shout.
"Guys, we gotta move." I say letting go of Steve's hand and running back to the rooftop door. "Now!" I shout, noticing no one following me.
Dustin, Robin, and Steve scurry to their feet and run inside after me. We run down the first flight of stairs. "Here!" I shout opening the door to the second floor of the mall. Steve, Dustin, and Robin quickly go inside, and I follow. I quickly and quietly shut the door behind us. They hide away from the door, lined up against the wall, as I duck down, barely escaping the Russian's glance as he passes the second floor exit.
"I think we found your Russians." Robin whispers.