Chapter 8: Nota Bene saves the day

Tiggerpaka strolled through the HQ. It could have been nicer, He thought was he looked up to the Solid gold ceiling. Tiggerpaka looked at his Diamond-Encrusted cup. Hmm. Not enough diamonds. He sat down in his silver-and-platinum easy chair. Ugh. He thought as he patted the extra-soft real silver cloth. Too hard. He thought, knowing it was filled with Phenex feathers. His office was horrible, as i just explained. He looked into the crystal mirror.
"Minion, Minion, that is tireblade doing?" Tiggerpaka asked the Mirrior.
"Blowing up the entrance." Mirrior replied.
"WHAAAAAAT???" yelled Tiggerpaka. Porta-potties are not exactly camo. He thought. You don't expect to see one in the open. Just then, Tiggerpaka heard a rumbling noise above the gold celing. In case you havn't guessed, the entrance just exploded, and the roof is collapsing. Nota Bene entered the room.
"Sir! Sir! The roof!"  Nota Bene yelled. She pulled out a 20 foot wide 50 foot long notepad (For long, careful notes) and stuck it in between two enlarging cracks. The roof stopped collapsing, Tiggerpaka's office ( And the rest of the HQ) was saved. Nutello walked in.
"Thank you! Thanks for saving 2 years of work!" Nutello yelled as she hugged Nota Bene.

AN: All's well that ends well.

Chapter 7: A Fresh Start

Even though it was 4:30 in the morning, all of the minions were hard at work. Many were lugging suitcases throughout the halls of the new Headquarters, moving their belongings to the new living quarters. Other minions were running papers from one meeting room to another. Still more were setting down salvaged busts of meerkats and hanging portraits of Tiggerpaka on the crisp, green walls. Amid all the chaos, Wolfward and Major Anonsi darted in and out of the bustling crowd, only slowing down when they were outside the new office of Tiggerpaka. Wolfward stretched out a paw and knocked. "Enter!" came a loud voice from inside the room. The door swung open, and Anonsi and Wolfward tiptoed inside the room. The door banged shut loudly, echoing in the silence inside the office. All noise from the outside halls vanished. The new office looked exactly like the original one. A large, wooden desk with clawed feet dominated the room. Behind the desk was a magnificent marble fireplace, and between the two, a large, swiveling winged chair. The chair was facing the fire, but the moment the door had slammed shut, the chair swiveled around to face the two minions. In it was Tiggerpaka, with his long fingers pressed together. "Minions," he said. Wolfward and Anonsi saluted, and then fell back into relaxed positions. Tiggerpaka nodded his approval. "As you have probably noticed, the adjustment to the new Headquarters has gone well. Relatively well," he amended. Even through the walls, the two minions could hear Cookie sobbing over her lost, precious frying pan, which had apparently been passed down from her grandfather.

"So, the next step is to take revenge on Tiredblade," Tiggerpaka continued, and the temperature of the room dropped slightly. "It seems we have wasted months, years even, of useless planning. From now on..." Tiggerpaka paused for dramatic effect. "...we start anew. We must make the best of the fresh start to take Tiredblade by surprise."
"And how exactly will we manage to do that, Tiggerpaka sir?" asked Anonsi. Wolfward nodded, apparently thinking the same thing.
Tiggerpaka smiled. "First, we must infiltrate his forces. Wolfward! Send one of the minions to rally all of the small-ish type minions, and tell them to start on a scouting mission. We must map out every inch of Tiredblade's territory, and what it is used for." Wolfward nodded, and Tiggerpaka turned to Anonsi.
"You, my dear Major Anonsi, must speak with Nutello. We need to build up the weapon stock again. The armory, I am sad to say, is depressingly empty. Fill it up with any weapon that will cause Tiredblade and his forces to recoil, shiver in fear, retreat, and, most importantly, break out in nervous hives. Tiredblade's minions will never scratch the same again," Tiggerpaka finished, a maniacal gleam in his eyes. Both minions nodded, and exited the room to do what Tiggerpaka asked.

"So we begin again, Tiredblade," Tiggerpaka breathed, "so we begin again."

Hi!

Hi, Tiggerpaka had kindly invited me to be an author of this blog!! :D I'll post as much as I can, but as my term exams are coming up, I'll post only when I can. Plus, I need to study this story carefully, so that I can make a continuation. Bye, and thanks Tiggerpaka for inviting me!! :)

~Mimi [Cookie]

Chapter 6: Nutello Saves the Day

Nutello stormed off. "All of the wasted years!" she yelled out. She walked away from the group of minions, and then threw a stick against a tree. "I've built that HQ, took me two years to build it, six months to design it! And what do I get? A blown up headquarters! The code was right! Tiredblade wanted to bomb us!" Her voice echoed through the forest.
That was when Dazzle scampered into the area, looking up at Nutello, twitching her whiskers. "What?" Nutello said, "Look, I'm not in my best mood. The HQ just blew up, don't you understand!? I spent so darn long on that, just to lose it to Tiredblade!"
Dazzle rolled her eyes, and gave Nutello a not-impressed look. "Yeah, I know you think I can rebuild a headquarters, Dazzle, but it's not as simple as it sounds! You got to map it out, mine it, in some occasions dig the hallways by paw, and it's just...ugh!"
Dazzle shook her head to indicate that Nutello translated wrong. Dazzle made a "two" symbol with her paw by putting two toes up, and then making an "H" sign moving her hands to draw it in the air.
"Two 'H'? Dazzle, you make no sense sometimes!" Nutello snorted.
Dazzle facepawed and glared at Nutello. She pointed to her back, then pointed up.
"Back...up..." Nutello raised an eyebrow. Dazzle quickly nodded. "OH! I made a backup headquarters! Doyyyy!"
Dazzle rolled her eyes, putting her paws on her hips. Nutello raced out to the others. "Guys! I remember, I made a second headquarters exactly similar to the first headquarters!"
"Brilliant, Nutello!" Tiggerpaka exclaimed, "I mean...nice job, Nutello, especially for a non-meerkat."
Nutello walked up to a tree and put her paw on it. Some bark fell off and under it was a wooden button. Nutello pressed it and a porta-potty came up from the ground. "I had to disguise our entrance, like our old headquarters had a payphone entrance. Let's go in!"
The group all went into the porta-potty (but they had a hard time fitting in), and Nutello pressed the handle on the toilet inside, and the ground moved down under them. The group was trapped in darkness for a while, and then they got underground.
It was like an exact replica of the old headquarters.
"Yes!" Wolfward exclaimed, "Score one for the Tiggerpaka side!"
"How did you think to do this, Nutello?" Eagle Eye asked.
"Nevermind, Eagle," Nutello responded, "We must focus on..." an evil smile spread across her face. "Revenge."

Author's Note:
You never wanna encounter with Nutello's evil side. .3. Watch out, Tiredblade. 

Chapter 5: KABOOM

Suddenly, a siren wailed. Tiggerpaka jumped out of his seat. His minions followed. Tiggerpaka turned down a hallway. Finally, Tiggerpaka and his minions walked into a room filled with screens, pretty much monitoring the whole world.
His minions all gasped at once. there- on a screen that just so happened to be in the middle- had Tireblade on it!!!! And he was standing next to something shaped like a tire pump.
"Minions-" Tiggerpaka started, but "Tirebland" pumped the tire pump and...

....

KA_ BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!! (Please shake the computer screen as you read this. )

"Minions!!!" Said Tiggerpaka angrily. "Look- Tireblade just BLEW UP our secret HQ!!!!"
Wolfward kicked a rock- once part of the HQ.
" Wolfward- look out!!!" said Mitsu.
"Red cloud?" asked Conchita. Wolfward moved out of the way just in time to watch a telephone booth rain down on Nota Bene.
"I'm ok!" Called Nota Bene.
"Soooooo..." Said Mitsu. "How will we fix the HQ?" she asked.
"Your'e the intelligence officer- do something!!!" Screamed Tiggerpaka.
"Nooooo." said Mitsu.
"Well... Desprate times call for desprate measures." Said tiggerpaka as he walked over to 2 red buttons, untouched and, surprisingly survived the explosion. Tiggerpaka pressed the one on the left, and a door slid open.
Inside was..... a altar to a stick.
"Oops- wrong button." panted Tiggerpaka nervously. Tiggerpaka pressed the button on the right, and the wall reversed to show weapons, from bow and arrows to dragon eggs to swords.

AN: ooooooh!!

Chapter 4: The Minion Assembly

Cookie whistled as she sauteed grubs on the stove. It was nearly suppertime, and she knew that sauteed grubs with a hint of lemon juice was Tiggerpaka's favorite. Just as Cookie was cutting up a lemon, Nutello came dashing through the kitchen door. "What-" Cookie began, but Nutello shook her head.
"No time to explain. Meeting in the plotting room."
"But the grubs-"
"Just leave them. Tiggerpaka called all of the minions to the meeting."
Cookie looked sadly at the sizzling grubs, and followed Nutello out the door.

Soon, Nutello had a whole trail of Tiggerpaka's minions following her. They wound their way down halls, avoiding the small  tables here and there with busts of regal-looking meerkats on them. As the minions walked through the halls towards the plotting room, the eyes of the many portraits of meerkats on the walls seemed to follow them, glaring silently down.

At last, when all of the minions were assembled in the plotting room of headquarters, Tiggerpaka entered. He  had put on his long, dark cape, and it was swishing about as he began to pace back and forth in front of the assembled minions.
"Minions. You probably don't know why I have summoned you here at this hour," he said, still pacing. "But, I believe Nutello has something to share with you before I begin." All faces turned to Nutello, who cleared her throat.
"Ahem. Yes. Well, I have been looking at this so called 'To-Do List.' However, it appears, that it was written in code."
Several of the minions muttered, "Drat that FireBlade and his codes."
Nutello began again. "Well, using one of my useful computer programs, not to mention my cleverness, I have cracked this new code."
Most of the minions looked impressed. Some even whistled. Nutello smiled, and continued speaking.
"It appears FireBlade used a well-known form of code called Circumstra." Nutello then demonstrated how the code worked to the thunderstruck minions. When she was finished, she held up a piece of parchment with writing on it.
"This is the cracked code!" She handed it to Tiggerpaka, who scanned it, and gasped.
"So that's what TireBlade is up to..."

Later that day, all of the minions were dashing all over headquarters, doing tasks and jobs, while Tiggerpaka sat in his study, contemplating the parchment and munching on slightly burnt fried grubs. Nota Bene walked in. "You called for me, Tiggerpaka sir?"
Tiggerpaka nodded, and handed her the parchment. "Yes, I did. I want you to read over Tireblade's plans, and formulate a plan to make sure they don't go into action....whatever it may take."


Author's Note:
Moar suspense!
Sorry for the short chapter....you can put my teachers on the #2 list, Tiggerpaka, for giving out so much homework!

Chapter 3: Another Code

Nutello banged the door open, and Milne and Tiggerpaka looked her way. Nutello stormed over and looked at them. "You're gonna read the code I cracked without me?!" she demanded, "I want to be able to assure myself I've done a good job, so I can see your impressed expressions."
"Oh Nutello," Tiggerpaka rolled his eyes, "you obviously want to be as good as I am, but you will never be as great as me, get that into your wolf-like brain."
Nutello ignored Tiggerpaka. "Look, are you gonna read it or not?"
Tiggerpaka glared at Nutello. "Stop rushing me!" he exclaimed, and then turned to the paper and began to read. "'To-Do List'... 1. Buy a fire ant. 2. Drop it on the ground 3. Stomp on it'." Tiggerpaka looked confused. "What? Nutello, this is his to-do list, not a secret code!" In frustration, Tiggerpaka threw the paper at Nutello's face. "You brought me nothing useful!"
Dazzle, who was on Nutello's shoulder, hopped down and examined the paper that was now on the table. She looked at Nutello and pointed to the list, as if to make a point. Nutello raised an eyebrow, and examined the to-do list more closely. "This is no ordinary to-do list, sir! Why would FireBlade want to buy a fire ant, drop it on the ground and stomp on it?"
"True. That'd be a waste of cash!" Tiggerpaka agreed. "He should spend it on grubs!"
Milne studied the paper. "Nutello, maybe you'd better study this more."
"No kidding," Nutello replied, picking up the paper and leaving Tiggerpaka's headquarters, Dazzle hopping onto her shoulders to go with her.
The doors closed behind Nutello. "You know," said the female voice from the paw scanner, "you didn't have to slam me like that when you went in!"
"Grow a spine, paw scanner," Nutello replied, walking down the hall, examining the to-do list. She walked down the hall, and then stopped at one of the lockers. She put in the combination, and the locker door slid up, revealing a secret passage. When Nutello was sure no one was seeing this, she snuck into the passage, pressed a button, and the locker closed behind her.
Nutello then turned to look at the dark hallway. As she walked down the hall, torches lit up, making it easier to see. She stopped in the middle of the hall, as the torches beside her lit up. She turned to a safe in the wall, scanned her paw on the door, and it opened. Inside it was another safe. She put in a combination and opened it, and inside was a box. She opened it, and said the password: "Cheese". The box slowly opened, and inside it was a pen. Nutello picked it up, closed the box, put it in the safe inside the safe, then closed it altogether. She continued down the hall, torches still lighting up as she passed them. Dazzle sniffed the air curiously.
At the end of the hall was a door. Nutello stopped at it, and the paw scanner came on. "Y'know, you didn't have to slam my sister's door," said a different female voice.
"I get it," Nutello rolled her eyes. She waited.
"To enter the headquarters of Captain Nutello, Intelligence Officer, please place paw, flipper, or whatever you have, on this pad," said the voice.
"You know it's me," Nutello said.
"You told me to do this to whoever came by," the voice pointed out.
"Yeah, but I also told you to add something," Nutello raised an eyebrow.
The voice was silent for a while, then talked. "Oh right. I'm supposed to find out how the person got in here. But you're the owner--ugh, just nevermind! Welcome, Captain Nutello."
The doors opened, and Nutelo walked in. "I don't know why I invented these door openers," Nutello muttered. She entered into a small, dark room, and the floor began going down under her. Dazzle looked around and the elevator landed in a room. It was also quite big. There was a large HD television on the wall, a giant computer, and three bookshelves filled with books. A robot rolled into the room. "How may I be of service, Captain Nutello?" it asked.
"Get me a chocolate brownie," Nutello responded. The robot turned around and walked off into a different room.
Dazzle looked at her. "What?" Nutello said. "I'm the only one in this headquarters who has a robot servant because I was the only one smart enough to build it. Only don't tell Tiggerpaka. It took me six months to build the robot."
Nutello took her seat in a lazy boy chair and sat at the large computer. Up on the screen it said "ENTER PASSWORD". Nutello typed in a word on the keyboard, and it let her in. On the screen were tons of squares, which included many pages; Microsoft Word Document, Google Chrome, Microsoft Powerpoint, Paint, and a ton more. Nutello opened Paint and scanned the to-do list, and it appeared on the Paint screen. She began writing notes on Paint.
"FIREBLADE - EVIL", was what Nutello wrote first. "POSSIBLY IN CODE", Nutello wrote, with an arrow pointing to the list. Nutello then put down a list of things about FireBlade. "WANTS TO DESTROY US. LOATHES TIGGERPAKA. WANTS TO BLOW UP HQ".
Nutello then gasped.
She found out what the to-do list was.

Author's Note:
Suspenssse.

Ohhhh Nutellllloooooooo

I don't see chapter 3??!!    Just wanted to let you know I am sharpening my NUMBER 2 pencil......If you know what I mean!!!!!!!!!!!!!