“That Villain who contacted me? He was arrested today, probably just after calling me. He gave me the location of some stuff he thought I might need. I was going to ignore it, but with him being arrested, I don’t think it’s fake.”

“So we’re going to sneak over and grab something,” Athena summed up. “I can do that. I’m very sneaky.”

“I’m more sneakier,” Trinity said.

“You are not!”

“Girls,” the Boss snapped, and both Trinity and Athena flinched. “Not now. We’ll have plenty of time to test your . . . sneakiness later. For now, we need to get back home, and sooner rather than later.”

Everyone agreed to that, and Teddy knew that Trinity was looking forward to putting on her new costume.

Still, Teddy wondered if they had time to stop by that doughnut place on the way home.

The Boss nodded, then headed toward the exit of the park, all her little sisters jogging along to keep up. It seemed, at least to Teddy, that the Boss was in a hurry to act.

That was actually kind of cool. The Boss was really growing into her role as the Boss. She was becoming more . . . bosslike, and she was a whole bunch more scarier. Teddy imagined that in a few weeks, the Boss would be terrorizing the entire country, or at least the city.

She couldn’t wait—it was going to be so much fun!

“Hey, Boss, can we stop at that coffee place?”

“No, Teddy, we’re in a hurry.”

“What about on the way back?”

“I . . . guess? It depends on what we find,” the Boss said.

Teddy shared a grin with her sisters, and a silent bit of communication passed between them. First they’d help the Boss as best they could, because they were all good sisters. And then they’d reap the rewards: snacks and hugs and naps for everyone.

CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT

Breaking and Entering

Emily opened the door to her room, then stumbled back as all her little sisters pushed and shoved to be the first in. She stepped in after them and closed the door behind her. “Okay, everyone, we need to grab our costumes. We can’t get changed here.”

“What about me?” Trinity asked. “I’ve never put my costumes on.”

Emily considered it, then nodded. “One of you get changed. That should be enough to know, I guess.”

“Yeah!” two of Trinity’s bodies cheered. They tore into the bag with her costume, then ran into the bathroom.

Emily listened to the click of the door, then started to move herself. Her costume wasn’t exactly hidden. Rather, it was tucked in a plastic bag along with Teddy’s costume in one of her drawers. Athena’s was too large to fit, at least the jacket part of it.