Tonya's and Sally's Plan (Cut Scene)

"We should at least stake the place out," Tonya agreed.  "See what kind of extra security they added, what defenses they might use, be able to anticipate their next move and be ready when they make it, if they haven't already."

"You know I'm all for it," Sally replied.  "But Techno thinks he knows what he's doing."  They were silent for a moment.  "Maybe he read what was on that disk."

"You think it had all their plans on it?"  Tonya cocked an eyebrow.  "That sounds kind of stupid to me. Besides, remember how we got that disk?  Why would he have gone to such great lengths to steal info from his own Agency?"

"I'm not sure.  Maybe Techno made a copy of that disk.  I'd sure like to know what was on it."

The braided girl gave a sly grin.  "I might know a way to find out."

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The next morning Sally was walking down the hall to breakfast when Tonya snuck out of Zarbon's room.  Upon seeing her blonde roommate, Tonya gave a guilty grin.  "Well, I think I have the information we're looking for."

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"Zarbon was watching the whole thing?" Sally asked as the two went over the details. "Did he tell you what it said?"

"No, he had just glanced over T's shoulder a couple of times.  All he really remembered was the logo of a blazing earth and a table of contents about a blade, flowers, and ice or something like that."  Tonya cocked her head at Sally's expression.  "What?" 

"That sounds like the disk Daniel had," she offered.

"Daniel had a disk with SECRET stuff on it?" Tonya asked astonished.  "What would he be doing with that?"

Sally shrugged.  "Have Zarbon meet us up in your room after lunch."

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 It All Comes Together (Cut Scene)

As they reconvened in Tonyas study, Sally popped the disk into Tonya's computer.

"I found this disk with the stuff I sent Daniel.  He received it from a man that I saw at the SECRET headquarters."

"Don't you think he'll miss it?" Zarbon asked.

"As a curious and resourceful girlfriend, I made a copy." Sally grinned.  The screen finally displayed the main SECRET page and Sally turned to Zarbon.  "Is this what you say on The Face's disk?"  Zarbon nodded his recognition.  "Do you remember any of the headings T searched?"

"I do think he actually went through them all," Zarbon said, hoping the girls wouldn't want him to stick around as they did the same.  Techno had been at the computer for long continuous hours that day.

"It'll take forever," Tonya said, eyeing the long heading list.

"Maybe if we performed a search for the newest material or anything mentioning The Face," Sally suggested as she sat down at the computer.  Rick had easily explained to her the codes used to do just what she wanted, and her fingers flew over the keyboard as she whipped up the commands on the spot.

In a few minutes she had every report on the disk containing The Face in chronological order.

"Well, at least now there are only one hundred forty-two."

They began to pour over the information.

"He's mentioned a lot in this one particular ploy: Operation Flower Power," Tonya commented, scanning titles of the search results.

"That sounds familiar," Sally said straining to think as she rubbed her tired eyes.

"Sounds like something Lucy would say."  She glanced over at Sally.  "Well, what else was familiar or seemed strange."

"Well, at SECRET headquarters I saw Daft. That's it! Daft!"  Sally looked at Tonya. "The first time I saw him was at the hospital when Daniel's dad had his heart attack.  And Daniel said something about Flower Power, too."

"Then let's start there," Tonya chirped.

They read in silence as Sally scrolled down the screen.

"Woa," Tonya commented. "This is about that poisonous plant."

"Yeah, the yellow-stemmed three-leaved fern rose," Sally quipped. 

"It says here they planned to use it on 'members of prominent position throughout the globe.'  I don't see why Techno won't let us turn them in."  Tonya's look turned into disgust.

"Of course!" She cried out.  "The fern rose!" She smacked her head with a hand.  "Duh!!"  She turned to Tonya.  "Remember how I told you that boy in the picture with Daniel seemed familiar to me?  It was the same boy from Daniel's botany book, the creator of the fern rose.  And come to think of it, that book was in the box I sent to him, also."

"So Daniel knew the creator of the fern rose?" Tonya cocked an eyebrow.

"Not only was he the creator of the plant, but also The Face's brother."

"How'd you figure that one out?"

"Well, he looked alot like him. Plus, F-A-C-E were his initials."

Tonya thought for a moment. "So he didn't want anyone else to die like his brother, so he gives the poison to us," the brunette deducted.  "But if he knew SECRET does such evil things, and he still has a conscience, why is he still with them?"

"Perhaps he's biding his time in order to seek revenge, or perhaps he doesn't know how to leave.  Or maybe that's why he needed the disk, as blackmail for his freedom or to find a loophole for escape.  Plus, before I was pushed out the window, it seemed like he was going to jump with me."

"Sounds complicated to me," Bowie said as he padded into the room. He looked up at them.  "Dinner's ready."