Missy Makes Mayhem (Missy the Werecat Book 5)

by P. G. Allison

  Twice Kristen tried to mix things up, with Missy and Barbara actually swapping fields. That hadn’t mattered as the other team quickly adjusted, continuing their keep-away strategy so Missy simply wasn’t allowed many opportunities to handle the ball. Yes, her own teammates did often succeed in getting the ball over to her but, as the game wore on, the skill which the FSU offense had was working for them.

  At the end of the day, it was the penalty kicks which decided the game. The score had been five-five when regulation time had expired. At the end of the five rounds of penalty kicks, it was still tied since both teams had scored four of their five kicks. In sudden death, FSU won when their kicker scored and then the West Point kicker’s shot was successfully blocked. Game over.

  Mike tried to cheer Missy up during dinner. She and her teammates had all been pretty bummed over their loss. Once they’d all finally been released, free until the next morning, she had said her goodbyes to everyone and had gone off with Mike. He’d taken her to an excellent seafood restaurant where she’d enjoyed huge helpings of fish, shrimp and crabs. Even so, she was still very disappointed and her mood was uncharacteristically bleak.

  “You can’t let this bother you so much,” Mike told her. “You did score three goals and you made your penalty kick. You can’t do everything, you know. They had a great team and they outplayed you guys.”

  “You mean they outplayed me, since they really worked at always keeping the damn ball over on the opposite side of the field from wherever I was.”

  Mike laughed. “Can you blame them for that? Look what happened when you did manage to get near the ball. Three goals, remember?” In spite of how lopsided the times of possession had been, Missy had indeed been spectacular during those few instances when she’d gotten the ball. Hence, the game ending up in a tie score and needing to be decided by penalty kicks.

  Missy sighed. “Lately, things just haven’t been going very well. From what you’ve said about today’s search in New York, I’ll now need to be sniffing around for days hoping to find some trace of one of our mystery men amongst the many millions.”

  “You really are depressed, aren’t you?” Mike shook his head and sighed. He’d never seen her so disconsolate before. “Drew told me there might be a few hundred for you to sift and sort through … okay, maybe even more than a thousand … but not many millions.” He signed the check which the waiter had left and pocketed his credit card. “Let’s get out of here. Where would you like to go now? We have all night.”

  “Ooohhh!” Missy did perk up. She knew she’d been wallowing in a funk and decided enough was enough. She lowered her voice to a husky whisper and said, “Take me to our room, Mike! Ravish me! Let’s be wild and crazy while we romp and play. Do me as you’ve never done me before! Punish me! Reward me! Finish me! Then begin again … make me frantic! I want some fabulous fun and frolic! Make me forget and then make me remember! Make me love how you love me, forever and forever!”

  “Forever and forever?” He laughed as he watched her eyes sparkle, filling up with golden speckles. Suddenly, her emotions overwhelmed him and his passionate arousal in response, which he had no control over, was immediate, powerful and rather painful. He sat there unable to leave the table. His throbbing erection would be quite apparent to anyone who might look his way once he stood up.

  She was well aware of all this of course, and enjoying it. “Maybe not forever and forever. But, you did say that we have all night, right?” She giggled and, once he did manage to rise, she led the way outside. She was determined to thoroughly enjoy the rest of the evening. And, she did.

  Chapter Thirty-Five

  Nov 24, 2019

  Captain Bonomo and Major Schermerhorn were both waiting at JFK for Missy when she and her soccer team landed there mid-afternoon. Drew had once again cleared things with the Superintendent at the academy and who had sent the captain down so Missy’s staying behind with the two Army officers when the rest of the team boarded their bus to return to the academy would appear very official. The Army had need of Missy’s services for a confidential matter.

  After saying goodbye to her coach and teammates, she rode with her two Army escorts out to Newark Airport where Robert and the others were waiting. Mike had flown home to Massachusetts but would be using the special telecommunications equipment “P” Branch had given him to stay in contact with everyone. Once Missy went searching, he’d perform his usual role as her interpreter. He could do this while back at school since he’d be well within her five-hundred mile radius, even if she went down to Philly again.

  Once they were all sitting around the conference table with “P” Branch and Mike on the speaker phone, Missy was shown all the Brooklyn area photos. Millie and Oliver briefed her as best they could about each of the buildings from which they’d sensed some energy signals. Or, to be more accurate, from which they’d sensed some energy traces. However, there were several of these buildings in each location with several locations scattered all throughout Brooklyn. Since only minor energy traces were being sensed from these locations, there just hadn’t been any way to isolate any specific buildings.

  Missy was asked if she thought it was too large an area with too many scents for her to sift through. She answered, “All I can say is it will take time. If any of the four men from Philly have been there within the past couple of months, I’ll be able to tell you that. And, since I won’t be trying to store any scent memories, that does allow me to go through these places much quicker. But, I have to go through them slowly and thoroughly in order to do this. As I said, it will take time. Possibly days.”

  Mike had been worried about her remaining in her spirit form for any extended periods and had questioned her about this subject before. Now he told the others, “Missy doesn’t really know how long she can exist in her spirit form. Up until now, she’s been extending these time periods gradually. She’s now done several hours at a time, as you’ve seen, but if there’s a limit to how long she can go, she doesn’t know what might happen.”

  Robert said, “What you mean is, if she has some limit, she doesn’t know if she’ll get any warning when she nears that limit so she can complete her Change and materialize before … well … before whatever!”

  “Exactly! She exists during these time periods in some sort of an energy state and uses energy while she does that. Of course, she also draws energy from all around but …”

  “But, there are risks.” said Drew. “We’ve been trying to understand this spirit form phenomenon back here at “P” Branch. Ever since Missy first told me about it, I’ve had several people researching, checking through our archives, looking for any evidence of this. So far, nothing. We’re dealing with a complete unknown.”

  Marsha’s voice now came through the speaker phone. “Missy, can you maybe complete your Shifts every so often, continuing the gradual time period extensions like you’ve already been doing? We are not looking for this to be any great experiment and we certainly don’t want you to suddenly go poof, ceasing to exist!”

  Missy laughed and said, “Especially if that poof might release the sort of energy you could expect from a nuclear bomb, right? It’s not only me who might be at risk.”

  Millie said, “Marsha’s suggestion does make sense. Doing that will at least mitigate the risk. Especially since you can’t feel anything while a spirit, right? Maybe you’ll experience something as any limit is approached … I don’t know.”

  “Alrighty, then!” Missy had listened to all this enough. “I’ll go one hour longer each time and then I’ll blink myself right back here and finish my Change. Millie can check me out and, once she’s satisfied I’m okay, I’ll go back out and continue wherever I left off.”

  Knowing Missy would need to eat before she started out on her big search, they’d arranged for meals to be brought into their conference room with some extra rare steaks special for her. She told Millie to have some raw steaks waiting when she returned later on, since she’d then be in her cat form.


  Once she was ready to go, it was getting dark outside. Although Wes and Chris had kept their night vision goggles, Missy said she didn’t need to be flown out to Brooklyn. She had visited New York City enough times so she didn’t need any helicopter ride. She could teleport to a nearby restaurant where she and Mike had been which was close enough. She’d be able to find her way after that, having studied the aerial photos of Brooklyn all afternoon.

  Major Schermerhorn announced he wanted to film Missy’s departure so they all gathered around and waited until he was ready with the video camera. Missy then gave Millie her earrings and asked her to take care of the clothes she’d be leaving behind. She waited while the major filmed her for a few minutes, with the others all out of sight from the camera. Then, she focused and … moments later … she vanished into a shimmer of light, with her clothes dropping into a pile on the floor.

  Once again, Chris said, “Damn! I’ll never get used to her doing that!” and the others all laughed. Millie and Oliver could still sense her presence for a few more seconds, but then … she was gone.

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  Mike opened his door for John and said, “Come on in!” It was obvious John had driven directly there after leaving Tracy down at West Point. When he glanced at the clock, he was surprised to see it was almost midnight.

  John asked, “How’s my sister?” Tracy had filled him in on everything she’d learned from Missy and he was well aware the search for the third terrorist cell was now underway. Captain Bonomo had alerted Tracy as well, just prior to his going out to JFK, that her roommate would not be returning to the academy for a day or so. At that point, Tracy had already known much more about things than the captain.

  Mike put his microphone on mute so the folks at “P” Branch and down in New Jersey wouldn’t overhear him talking to John. “She’s been working her way through some tenement buildings in Brooklyn for the last six hours. So far, no joy.”

  John looked around at Mike’s apartment, which was a single unit like his own. “P” Branch had suggested they both find places off campus this year to avoid any of their conversations being overheard by others. Now that Missy and Tracy were actively assisting the U.S. government as supnats, privacy and security were a necessity. “Why do I get the feeling this search might be more difficult than the others?”

  “Well, it turns out the signals which Millie and Oliver were able to follow were merely traces and there wasn’t any concentration like in Philly or at that farm in Chicago. She’s only trying to identify whether any of the missing terrorist cell members from Philly might have visited their buddies up in New York.”

  John nodded, saying, “Tracy told me about that. So, if she can recognize anyone, she’ll go back to Philly and sniff around down there until she locates where they live. Millie and Oliver can then identify some objects which have a really strong energy signal for that person. If so, those can lead them back to the actual person’s current location up in New York and, hopefully, to wherever the whole gang’s now holed up.”

  Mike paused while he listened to the latest messages from Missy. After turning his mic on and repeating her messages for the others to hear, he again put his mic on mute. Looking at John, he said, “As you could hear, still no joy. That’s the third building she’s been through. There are lots more to go, however.”

  “There are actually people living in those buildings?”

  “Yeah, that’s what’s making it so difficult. She actually had me call nine-one-one about an hour before you got here. Some asshole was pretty drunk and started beating up his wife.”

  John grimaced and said, “I doubt she let that go on for very long. I’m surprised she didn’t cold cock the bastard.”

  Mike laughed. “She did! That’s why she had me call nine-one-one. She made it look like he tripped and banged his head. The wife then was so upset she grabbed some of her stuff and left. Missy was afraid nobody would find the guy and bring him to the hospital for treatment. She could have healed him, of course, but she wanted the cops to find him and handle things.”

  “Good call.” John thought for a moment and then asked, “Did you say she’s been doing this for six hours already? Just how long can she pretend she’s Casper the Not-So-Friendly-Ghost anyhow?”

  “Don’t worry. She’ll be checking in as a cat with Millie in maybe another hour. If anyone can sense Missy having any problems, it would be Millie.” He then explained the plan for extending the periods Missy went back out as a spirit one hour each time.

  “What about you, Mike? My sister can draw enough energy now to black out half of Manhattan but you’re only human. How the hell can you keep going through all this?”

  “Well, she tells me I can snooze between her sitrep messages and, unless there’s something urgent, she’ll only give me those every hour or so. You realize, of course, your sister can always wake me up if she senses I’m asleep.”

  “Oh, yes. And, I don’t envy you at all. I’m soooo glad Tracy can’t do that to me. This whole mind share thing the two of you can do? That’s unique. Nobody else can do that. It’s not a witch thing or a soulmate thing. Tracy thinks it’s because Missy’s cat is so strong inside of her. Lucky you!” He laughed and Mike laughed with him.

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  Nov 25, 2019

  Just before one a.m., Missy teleported back to the conference room at the airport and found everyone still there, waiting for her. Mike, tell them I’m going to re-appear back at the same spot as before, right where I was when I vanished. She heard Mike’s voice on the speaker phone giving them the head’s up. Major Schermerhorn then got out his video camera and got ready and the others all gathered around.

  She focused and, with her typical pulse of energy, she was back. She took a moment to experience the return of all her physical senses and adjust to those, rather than how she’d been experiencing sights, sounds and scents for the past seven hours. Existing as only an energy spirit having just three senses providing any input to her mind was indeed different. It felt good to be back.

  For the benefit of those on the phone, Millie announced, “Missy’s back and I’m going to take a minute to examine her. So far, she seems okay. I’ll let you all know.”

  John’s voice came over the speaker phone, saying, “Hey baby sister, I’m up here with Mike. Millie? You’re making sure she has all four paws, two ears, one tail … stuff like that, right?”

  The others had already known John was there but Missy was only now finding that out. She sent Mike a message.

  John’s voice again was heard as he yelped, “Ow, ow!” Laughing, he asked Mike, “What was that for?”

  Mike said, “Just doing what your sister wanted. She insisted the next sounds she heard you making needed to sound like you were experiencing some serious pain.”

  John said, “Obviously, she’s feeling okay down there. Go ahead and give her some food and water. Maybe that will distract her from giving Mike any more suggestions concerning her loving, caring brother.”

  Missy actually was enjoying the banter and liked that John was keeping Mike company. She went over to Millie and sat back on her haunches. With Mike speaking for her, she then managed having some two-way conversation with the others which she also enjoyed. Millie meanwhile did examine her and was satisfied Missy’s “energy” felt normal enough. Thirty minutes later, fed and refreshed from interacting with everyone, Missy once again Shifted to her spirit form and teleported back to Brooklyn.

  Chapter Thirty-Six

  Nov 25, 2019

  Mike? Wake up, Mike! I’ve just scented Felix. Missy had been working her way through building after building, inside and out, as well as checking up and down all the alleys, street ways, empty lots, recreational parks … anywhere which might have been used by someone staying in the area. It had been almost eight hours -- her target time period for this interval -- since she’d vanished from the conference room. Her thoughts had been drifting somewhat as she’d started considering how much further she could go before
teleporting herself back there, as had been agreed.

  In spite of the distraction due to her wandering thoughts, neither her senses nor her memory had failed her. Felix was the name she’d given one of the four missing terrorists and she recognized his scent right away. She’d reached the corner unit in the basement of a run-down tenement building located on the outer edge of the latest area she’d been searching.

  She felt Mike’s emotional response; he was excited and wide awake now. Felix stayed here a few days ago. He’s gone now but he was definitely here. I’ve followed his scent out to the street but it disappears there … he probably got picked up in some vehicle. But, he was here; no doubt about it!

  She went back inside and began memorizing other scents, which she named, as she’d done before. The building was mostly empty now with only a dozen or so inhabitants on the upper levels. However, they were obviously drug addicts and not terrorists so she didn’t bother naming any of them. But, there had been a few others, like Felix, who had been staying in the lower apartment units until recently and she did assign some character names to those individuals.

  After about thirty minutes, she could sense Mike was getting more and more agitated. She knew why … she had now exceeded her eight hours and he was concerned. When she asked if he wanted her to return back to their team, his “yes” response was very clear and emphatic. She told him to alert the others she’d be there momentarily and then she teleported into the conference room.

  During her absence, they’d brought in some privacy screen panels which were arranged over in one corner. She found her clothes over there, behind these panels, waiting for her. Millie was also waiting for her but the only other person in the conference room was Robert. She Shifted into her human form once again and called out, “Okay, I’m back! Where did everyone go?”