Twenty
Bon Bon's Plan was finalized in 5 minutes and 43 seconds and everyone except The Belt agreed it was ingenious.
"We better hurry," Mr. Bemis said, "Lollie is still 100 yards from Donatello but she could be within his range. Clone get out there with this megaphone so she doesn't have to get too close." Bemis said as he lowered his binoculars.
"I'm not goin' out there," said the Clone. "Why don't you give it to her?"
"Because I provided the binoculars, the megaphone, the battle fatigues and I sprung for that juicy steak you were chomping on for about an hour."
"You can't let these women go out there and face gun fire.... I won't allow it." said Black Belt at the opposite side of the room.
"We're going and that's it." said Karen boldly.
"Well, at least shave your heads so you look like men; then I won't feel so bad."
"Let's get our passion in action!" said Polly ignoring Black Belt for the first time in history.
"Yeh, cut the crap, Black Belt," exclaimed Judy. "Oh wow, I just told him!" she said turning toward Karen for approval. Then she said, "Jesus, Black Belt you haven't been this worried about me since the last time I spelled Oprah's name wrong."
With that the 4 heroes marched out the door. Quietly they snuck through the woods down towards the lake where the sniper was hiding.
"We can't let them go out there.... damn they just had their hair and nails done yesterday. We better do something." The Belt said.
"Hey Black Belt," Bon Bon said, "why don't you go and start boiling some water."
"Hold on I got an idea," Jef Herring said. "Clone, give me that phone." The Clone gladly obliged. Herring grabbed it and went out the door.
After walking towards the lake for about 15 seconds Jef yelled, "Hey you.... imposter.... you realize you are deploying a most basic defense mechanism... you are acting out..... surely there is a better way for you to express your feelings."
The girls were half way to the sniper by now, moving very carefully when they heard, the famous hypnotherapist's voice echoing through the stillness.
"Jesus Christ!" said Karen.
"Holy shit!" said Polly.
"Oh wow, "said Judy, "what's good about this?"
The sniper stood up from behind a bush and fired a shot at Herring. It missed him but it shattered the megaphone, causing a horrendous noise and sending Jef scurrying back to the lodge.
"See," Judy said, "now we know the sniper's exact location."
The girls moved quietly until they got within 10 yards of the sniper who was behind the same bushes, his back to the lake 15 yards from the shore. There they waited patiently for the perfect time to implement the elaborate plan which Bon Bon had designed 30 minutes earlier.
Meanwhile, Lollie was inching toward Donatello on what appeard to be a suicide mission. She was alone, unarmed and didn't own a laptop.
Tammy asked, "when do we make our move?"
"Hold tight," Karen said, "I'll give the signal but something has to happen first."
