Ali and Johnny Meet The Gang

Ali holds a small piece of paper as she and Johnny walk along a dark alleyway in the "bad" part of Salem.

"Are you sure this is where we're supposed to meet them?" Johnny asks

"Yes, for the millionth time." Ali replies "It says Water St. behind the Dimera Warehouse. This is Water St. and THAT is the Dimera Warehouse."

"So where are they?" Johnny asks.

Before Ali can say anything a bright light suddenly blinds the pair. A voice comes out of the darkness behind the light.

"Who sent you?"

"Ciara" Ali answers trying to see who is behind the light.

The light shuts off and Theo Carver walks up to Ali and Johnny.

"Sorry about that, just procedure" Theo says "Hi, I'm Theo Carver. You must be Ali."

"Yeah, I am." Ali answers

"And you!" Theo grabs Johnny and hugs him "Cousin Johnny! Glad to finally meet you."

Ali giggles as Johnny awkwardly accepts the hug from Theo.

"Come on you two, everyone is waiting." Theo goes to an unmarked door and knocks twice. The door opens and he shows them inside.

Ali and Johnny are shocked to be escorted into a huge room filled with video screens and computers. The screens are filled with images of various spots around Salem. The dining room of Che Rouge, the interior of the Salem PD, the Java Cafe, several views of the hallways in University Hospital, and one of the Brady Pub. On the computer monitors there are shots of Philip's office in Titan, Tony and Anna's offices, and Roman's office.

"Do you have the entire town under surveillance?" Johnny laughs

"Actually, yes we do" Theo answers. He goes to another computer and hits a few buttons. Suddenly the interior of Bo and Hope's house, the Dimera mansion, and Victor's house appear.

"Oh wow, I was kidding." Johnny says shocked.

"We aren't' Theo replies "You two need to understand, there's not a conversation in this town we don't hear. And there's not a meeting we don't know about."

"Wow" Ali says "How did you get cameras into some of those places?"

"Easy," Theo replies "Think about it. People take their kids everywhere because they don't think we understand what's going on. That's the beauty of it."

"And that is why we are so excited to have you two with us." Ciara joins them "You two are still small enough to get into places we haven't been able to."

"And with you living in the Dimera mansion now," Theo says "Well let's just say we have been trying to get more cameras in that place for years."

"I've been meaning to ask you," Ciara says "HOW did you ever manage to get your parents to move in there? I mean when we last met and I gave you the assignment of getting just one more camera in there. . . well let's just say when you called and told us you were moving in, that was just about the happiest day ever around here!"

"It wasn't hard." Ali explains "We knew if we started throwing all kind of fits at bedtime and refused to nap at the same time, eventually mom and EJ would realize they needed to be together all the time."

"And then my idea of calling Immigration and reporting their marriage as fake" Johnny says "Well I knew the US Government would jump at the chance to deport a Dimera. Any Dimera. And I wasn't wrong."

"Yep, it was all downhill from there." Ali smiles "We knew mom and EJ would run to Grandma Marlena, and whine they needed a bigger place."

"And we knew Grandma Marlena would run straight to Uncle John," Johnny says "The only down side was now she's going to be all giggling and flirting with him."

A collective "Ewwwwwww" runs through the four of them.

"Dude! Thanks for the visual" Theo shudders "It's bad enough I have to watch my parents hang all over each other. At least I'm used to that."

"Okay, enough of the gross stuff." Ciara declares "We have work to do."

Ciara goes to a large cabinet and comes back with several boxes. She opens one and shows Johnny and Ali a tiny camera and transmitter.

"Now these are the cameras we want you to plant around the mansion." Ciara explains "They are wireless and once activated will pick up everything that goes on in whatever room you place them in. Each has it's own microphone sensitive enough to pick up the softest whisper."

"Wow," Ali says "So we just find out of the way places to put these and then the transmitters will send everything to you guys?"

"Pretty much" Ciara says "We'll give you a laptop with all the software pre-downloaded and set up for each camera and mic set up. They'll act like little web cams and record everything."

"But what about someone doing a security sweep?" asks Ali "Won't they pick up the signal?"

"Nope." Ciara says "These use 3G technology that connects to the cam by dialing through your cell phone. Anyone doing a sweep would only detect cell phone activity. Which of course they would disregard."

"Okay, anything else?" Johnny asks

"Glad you asked that." Claire enters the room and joins the group

"CLAIRE!" Ali runs to her cousin and hugs her "I am so glad to see you! When did you get back?"

"Not long ago" Claire smiles "Remind me to tell you the whole story when we get done here, it's pretty good."

"I'll bet!" Johnny says "I only spent a few hours with Aunt Belle. I have no idea how you managed to survive being her kid!"

"Don't remind me." Claire says "Okay, now let's get back on track here. We need to get you two back home ASAP to set up this stuff."

"Yes, there will be time for family reunions later." Ciara says "Clarie show these two what you have."

Claire pulls out a pen and puts it into Johnny's hand. "THIS, will be the most important part of your mission."

"A pen?" Johnny laughs "What? Is it a SPY CAM!"

"Yes actually, it is." Clarie replies

Johnny's eyes get wide when he realizes she's not kidding. "NO WAY! That is SO COOL!"

"Okay calm down little brother." Ali says "Let Claire explain how this works."

"Thank you Ali" Claire says "Now Johnny, if you can curb your excitement for a few minutes, I will tell you about the pen."

Johnny tries to tear himself away from marveling at the pen, but Ali ends up having to take it from him to get him to listen.

"Okay, pay attention" Claire says "This is a fully functioning, normal looking pen with a completely inconspicuous built in wireless camera. It has a solar charger and a built in Li-ion battery. When the cap is twisted it starts a wireless transmission that can be picked up by the receiver at a range of 10-20 meters. We have designed it to look like the pens that John normally uses. You simply swap it out every morning, and back every night so you can download the information."

"I have GOT to get one of these." Johnny says and grabs the pen back

"Forgive my brother," Ali smiles and wrenches the pen back out of his hands "He IS a guy, and you know how they are about gadgets."

Ciara sighs "Yes, we do. There was a time when the ISA considered only using us girls as agents since we don't get all caught up in the technology. But in the end we couldn't risk the security breaches, so we brought the guys in. But as you may have already figured out, all IT and technology is assigned to girl agents."

"Thank goodness for that." Ali says. She turns to say something to Johnny but finds he is gone. She looks around and sees him off in a corner of the room with Theo. The two of them are having the time of their lives playing with a cabinet full of various spy gadgetry.

"Okay, I see he'll be occupied for a while." Ali says "Go ahead and fill me in on all this and I'll catch my goofy brother up later."

Claire, Ciara and Ali discuss where the cameras will be placed, and make arrangements for the next meeting, as Theo and Johnny play laser tag with rifle sites.

Unbeknownst to them, back at the mansion, Sami wonders why the twins are being so quiet and decides to go check on them. As she starts up the stairs she trips a silent alarm that sounds at the KISA (Kid's ISA) headquarters.
Or rather it WOULD HAVE sounded, had one of the boys not bumped into the keyboard tied into the "parental alarm" system and muted the audible signal.

A red light starts flashing on the computer screen, but neither the girls nor the boys notice it. Meanwhile Sami reaches the door of the twins' room and listens before she reaches for the knob.