After Tom announced her name, Emily gradually walked out from behind the screen. The jaws of Claire and Eliza dropped open from total astonishment, as they perceived the familiar face of their old high-school classmate - Tiffany.
"OMG, Tiffany! What are you doing here?" exclaimed the flabbergasted Eliza.
"We didn't know you were a spy, too!" added Claire.
Nevertheless, the reaction of 'Tiffany' made the two girls even more bewildered. "I'm sorry, but......have we met before?" this assumed 'Tiffany' enquired in an American accent.
"Claire and Eliza, you must have mistaken," elucidated Tom. "This is Emily Hamilton from the US. She cannot possibly be your high-school classmate."
"What?" Claire and Eliza exclaimed in one voice. "How's that even possible?" responded Claire, bemused. "I swear....she looks identical to Tiffany. OMG, even her hair is the same, innit?"
"Did you say Tiffany?" enquired Emily. "Well, I've heard that I have a twin sister named Tiffany. But our parents got divorced when we were mere toddlers, so I followed my mom to Philadelphia, and Tiffany stayed with our dad in the UK. We've never seen each other since. You must've mistaken me for my twin sister, then. Do we really look that similar?"
"What a coincidence!" concluded Tom. "Now, enough tittle tattle. I have to introduce some gadgets to you." Tom explained as he walked towards his pink desk and pressed a button.
In the blink of an eye, the table-top of his desk was overturned, and from within, gradually emerged a golden shelf lined with all sorts of weird gadgets, from Boomerangs to umbrellas to hair-ties, basically, everything one can possibly imagine.
"OMG, Tom! What's all this?" uttered Eliza in astonishment, whilst carefully eyeing Emily to see if her reaction would be similar to that of Tiffany's. Nevertheless, to Claire and Eliza's amazement, Emily, in contrast to her sister, has a quiet and elegant disposition.
"After many years of hard work, the headquarters have managed to develop all sorts of gadgets that aim to aid you during your missions," announced Tom proudly.
"How come we've never seen any of these?" questioned Claire, raising an eyebrow. "All we've had so far were unprofessionally designed apps that summon either useless robots, or ugly gorillas."
"Do not regard the gadgets of the PMSSO with scorn!" scolded Tom. "A lot of time and effort has been placed into developing them. Although I admit that, unfortunately, we do not have enough budget to hire the best research developers. But anyhow, when have they ever failed you?"
~To be Continued~
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