As the six of us move to the next room, a distracted Jay keeps searching everywhere for those supposed ladies Lorelei was talking about.
"Does that mean there are more people in the room with us right now that we can't see?" Jay asks, to which I simply whistle in response, leaving Jay annoyed and the others smiling.
When we enter the observation room for the shooting test, we see that O is explaining the rules.
"To pass this test, all you have to do is hit the correct target. Easy peasy, right?"
"Yeah, so easy peasy that no one has managed to pass by hitting it, and instead we've had to give them points for hitting the other targets." Zed says sarcastically.
As we settle in, I watch as Jay, still not believing there were more people in the room, decides to offer a seat to an empty space. Something the Ancient One decides to take advantage of to give Jay a scare. 'It seems Aderyn is having a good time.' I think as I watch Aderyn and Jay, who doesn't know where to stand.
"Locating the true target without knowing anything about aliens or other races is practically impossible." adds K.
"What's the target?" Jay asks, still annoyed that they haven't told him who the other people are.
"With your years of experience in the MIB, I think you'll be able to find the right target easily. After all, you're a senior agent, aren't you?" I say cheerfully, smiling, to which Jay gives me a puzzled look.
The candidates take their positions, the lights dim, and an alarm sounds, signaling the start of the test.
The first target that appears throws Jay off. "What the hell?"
"I don't know what you're so surprised about," I say, watching a target shaped like Worms carrying a coffee pot fleeing at full speed. Except for J, everyone is firing mercilessly at Neeble, Geeble, Sleeble, and Mannix.
"For once, everyone hit the right target. Those damn freeloaders deserved it." Zed says with a grin.
"They've snuck into your office again to use your coffee machine." I ask Zed, who just nods.
The second target we see is Griffin, the Archanan, staring off in some indeterminate direction with his head exposed. He's quickly riddled with holes, just like the Worms, despite his kind, stupid grin.
"Endangered species extinct, congratulations." I say with a grin and a clap. "Poor Griffin, I knew him so well."
The next target appears quickly, a small Arquillian behind a lamppost. Only Natasha manages to hit this target, partly because she wiped it out with one shot.
"I bet the poor thing thinks she's going for the maximum score." I say cheerfully.
"Lately, the kids who create this exam are competing to see who can make it the hardest." Zed says, exasperated and tired. "They've even created a narrative for this test."
"It's good to have hobbies." I say cheerfully. "Besides, in real life these situations don't just appear out of thin air; if we base them on facts, they make sense. Worms stealing coffee is logical, an Archanan in danger despite its advanced technology is also logical, and Griffin observing a highly important event is also logical; after all, he's a natural voyeur."
"Yes, I have to admit that the number of times we have to rescue an Archanan isn't normal." Jay says.
"Also, it wouldn't be the first time Griffin or Uatu have appeared unannounced during a mission to watch us." K says.
The next target leaves K stunned. It's Agent Aileen without her human skin, pointing at an indeterminate point in the room, suffering the same fate as everyone else.
"It's also logical that there could be another agent on the scene trying to defuse the situation, and they don't have to be Earthling, right?" K says, trying to keep a poker face.
"Cheer up, K, I heard Aileen's coming back soon for a mission." I try to cheer up K. 'The kid's halfway through a threesome with Aileen and O and he doesn't even know it yet.'
Just then, the final target appears, the ultimate threat, the terror of terrors, the biggest nightmare.
A six-year-old girl with two books.
"Chief, seriously?" Jay's voice suddenly crackles.
A single shot rings out and the lights come on as a sign that the test is over.
"Did someone shoot only at the real target?" Jay asks, astonished.