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81 " You’re the idiots,” Ashley sneered. “In fact, you’re midiots. Morons plus idiots.” Dane didn’t say anything. He seemed a little confused by the entire conversation. "
― Stuart Gibbs , Spy School British Invasion (Spy School #7)
82 " Ah,” I said. “That’s a case of mistaken identity.” “And Erica, Mike, Zoe, Alexander, and Murray Hill all happen to be wanted for the same thing?” “Er…It’s a very complicated case of mistaken identity. "
83 " I squared off against Warren. Normally, it wouldn’t have been that much of a fight. Warren had been the worst person in our class at combat. "
84 " In my defense, I wasn’t the only one screaming. Screaming turned out to be a rather normal response to falling through the floor of a famous landmark and plunging to your possible death. Zoe and Mike were also screaming. Alexander wasn’t, but that was only because he appeared too terrified to make a sound. Meanwhile, Murray was screaming enough for an entire crowd of people. Only Catherine and Erica appeared calm about the whole thing. Erica actually seemed to be enjoying herself, as though this were a theme park ride. Catherine simply seemed to regard it as a routine part of spying; I actually saw her look at her watch on the way down. "
85 " The cars ahead of us swerved out of the way, crashing into one another and plowing through the storefront windows of several shops that had, up until that point, been very quaint and picturesque. Alexander sighed and turned to Catherine. “She obviously gets this from your side of the family,” he said. "
86 " then found a coffee shop that finally allowed Mike to go to the water closet. The rest of us all went too, as per Hogarth’s Theory of Fear-Based Urination. "
87 " Looks like Erica has things under control,” Zoe said, then winced as the bus jumped a curb and flattened a bike rack. “More or less. "
88 " Excuse me,” an exceptionally polite bus rider seated behind Erica said, “but you seem to have passed my stop. And the next four stops after that. I don’t suppose you could let me off at Waterloo Junction?” “Sorry, old chum,” Murray told him pleasantly. “This is an express bus now. "
89 " I hear that you are recovering from your concussion and no longer believe that you’re in the Revolutionary War. Or that you are a giant chicken. (I’m not sure if you ever believed that last part, to be honest. Erica told me that and she might have been joking. Anyhow, I’m glad you’re feeling better.) "
90 " A dog?” Alexander asked, confused. “Yes,” Mike answered. “It’s a four-legged mammal. Comes in all shapes and sizes. Likes to lick its own private parts. Lots of people have them as pets. "
91 " It was commissioned in 1874,” she’d explained while carefully leading us there via a shadowy network of back alleys and decommissioned subway tunnels. “At the time, airplanes were science fiction. The true power of every nation—including London—was its navy. "
92 " Zut alors!” the maid exclaimed, which was French for something much more offensive in English, and then fearfully raised her hands over her head. "
93 " Although all the pubs looked like the type of place you might be stabbed for merely asking directions, each had a bizarrely cheerful, somewhat cryptic name: the Knave’s Head, the Tickled Chicken, the Elephant and the Plumber, the Moldy Cheese. "
94 " Ashley had a habit of combining two words into one, like “swawesome” (sweet plus awesome) or “jidiot” (jerk plus idiot)—which was the one she used to describe me and my team the most. "
95 " However, Alexander was even worse at fighting than I was. He tried to punch one of the thugs in the face but missed when Zoe decked the guy instead and ended up driving his fist right into a brick wall. Alexander staggered backward, howling in pain, tripped over yet another thug (whom Erica had just rendered unconscious), and tumbled into a pile of trash that had been set out for pickup. "
96 " SPYDER. "
97 " 0800 "
98 " Please, Dad,” Erica said with a sigh. “This is not the time. We have a major crisis to deal with.” “We do,” Alexander agreed. “It’s a crisis that our entire relationship was founded on lies.” “I meant the fact that we’re all fugitives,” Erica said. "
99 " were fighting to the death over a soggy pizza crust. “Doesn’t look that impressive,” Mike observed. We all hopped out of the cab and hurried through a light drizzle to the employee entrance. There was a small foyer where another guard was on duty, controlling a second set of secure, alarmed doors. The guard observed the arrival of our wet, improperly dressed group with concern until Catherine breezed through the door. Then her face lit up as though she were a small child who had just found Santa Claus coming down the chimney. “My stars, Mrs. Hale! It’s been far too long since you’ve graced this entrance.” “It certainly has, Lizette,” Catherine agreed. “My work in the States has taken "
100 " Cyrus Hale, the expert spy who was our mission leader, was standing guard over Joshua in the infirmary, ready to interrogate him the moment he woke up. “All right,” I said to Murray. “Let’s forget about what the key opens for now. This morning you said you would explain how to defeat SPYDER with it. So why don’t you do that? "