Experiment Brady | By : EveKnight75 Category: 1 through F > Brady Bunch Views: 26163 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
Disclaimer: I do not own The Brady Bunch, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. |
It had been a week since Alice had attended that secret government meeting. She went about work as usual, and never mentioned anything about the meeting, even though the idea of being a secret agent excited her. The original letter had been discarded after the meeting, so there was no proof of the experiment. If anyone noticed Alice's giddy behavior, they didn't comment. They were just glad that she was happy. Everyone in the Brady household must always appear happy.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Alice went to answer it and was met by the mail woman. The same mail woman who had led her to the meeting, only now she was dressed in a business suit. She looked at Alice with a smile, and announced, "Congratulations, your family has just won a free 2-month vacation for 9 people to the Mirage Luxury Resort!" The woman was loud enough to make sure that the entire household had heard, and the stampede towards the front door was proof of her success. The four teenagers were yelling all at once in their excitement until Mike finally managed to calm them down. "All right kids, that's enough!" Why don't you let the lady finish?"
The woman just smiled and said, "That's all right, I'm from a large family myself. All I know is that the Mirage Luxury Resort is on a remote American island off the coast of California. I've been there on my honeymoon once, and I have to say, you are really lucky to have won this vacation. It's really a great resort. The rest of the vacation details should be in this package. Enjoy!" The woman finished off with a huge grin, but personally, her ears were still ringing. At least she got the job done. Nobody had noticed the package she had slipped to Alice because they were all clamoring over the prize package.
Alice simply smiled and waved the mail woman off, and hid the package in her room. By the time she had returned to the living room, the others had calmed down a bit. Carol was on the phone with Marcia, telling her the good news and inviting her and Greg on the vacation. After all, the package did say the vacation was for 9 people. It had to be the entire Brady bunch who would go, and neither Greg nor Marcia were enrolled in any summer courses.
Once Carol hung up, she yelled, "Oh my goodness, we're leaving in three days and we haven't started packing! What am I gonna wear? Let's see, there's that white summer dress, and that.....". Carol rambled on and on about all of the clothes she'd need to bring as she walked up the stairs to the master bedroom.
"Guess we'd better pack too." Everyone agreed with Jan and went to their respective rooms to start packing. Cousin Oliver had returned to his parents about a month after Greg's graduation, and Mike had managed to hire a contractor to rebuild the attic soon afterwards. By Christmas, the attic had been converted into two bedrooms and a half-bathroom. Bobby and Cindy had gotten the attic, while Peter and Jan kept the original bedrooms. Everyone was much happier with this arrangement, because it gave each one a certain amount of privacy. Jan no longer complained about having too many siblings. She had her own room, and she only had to share the bathroom with Peter.
Unknown to the others, Alice had received news of the 'vacation' four days ago and had already packed accordingly. She just needed to put in a few more toiletries. While the others were packing, Alice was reading over her personal package for further details and instructions. She had just finished putting the package back into her hiding place when she heard someone yell, "Oh Alice! Could you come up here please?"
"Sure thing, Mrs. Brady."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
According to the vacation package, a limo would arrive at the front door of the Brady residence at 10:00 A.M. on the morning of June 30. The limo would pick up the family and drive them to the docks, where a small ship would be waiting for them. The ship would transport them to Mirage Island. The ship would return to the island on the evening of August 1 to bring them back to California, and another limo would drive them back home. The strange thing was that there wasn't that much information about the island or resort included in the package.
Marcia and Greg had arrived at the Brady house the evening before, so that they could sleep over and not miss the limo in the morning. Everyone had to wake up at 6:00 in the morning to make sure that each person would be able to shower and still have their suitcases at the door on time. Nobody minded - it wasn't as if anyone could get much sleep, they were so excited.
The next morning, the limo trip and cruise had gone rather uneventfully. The limo driver and the captain of the cruise ship had both manged to give Alice a debriefing away from the rest of the family. The cruise ship had finally pulled into the bay of Mirage Island, and as the Bradys stepped onto the island, they could see why. Mirage Island was a tropical paradise with blooming flowers and fruit-bearing trees. A mist hung over everything. The island was extremely hot. As they hiked towards the center of the island, they took a break by a lake to cool off. There was a series of small waterfalls emptying into the lake, with a small cave behind each one. The Bradys then continued up a hill beside the lake, and at the top of the hill stood a large mansion with three wings.
"We're finally here at the Mirage Island Resort. Sorry about the long hike, but we don't want to destroy the mirage with paved roads. I hope you understand." The guide led them through the front doors and towards the dining hall, where everyone immediately rushed towards the refreshments, and relaxed in the cool, airy room. In the middle of their snack, the manager of the resort stepped into the room. "Hello, Bradys. My name is Rhonda and I'm the manager of the Mirage Island Resort. It's a pleasure to have you here, and I hope you enjoy your stay. Your suitcases have already arrived and been sent to your respective rooms. Once you're done, just let one of the bellhops know, and he or she will take you to your room. We'll meet back in the dining room at 8:00 in the evening for the grand tour after everyone has managed to take a shower and get some rest."
"I'm already done," announced Alice.
"In that case, I'll take you up to your room myself. The rest of you can just let a bellhop know once you're done eating. Have fun!"
The manager led Alice to her private bedroom and explained the layout of the house once they were behind the closed door. The main wing of the mansion would house the Bradys, each side wing would house the main staff (all of them agents), and the outer section of each side wing would have the research notes and equipment stored in them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By the time 8:00 rolled around, sure enough, all of the adolescents had complaints about the sleeping arrangements. They were all shouting over one another to be heard. Finally, Rhonda had had enough and yelled. "QUIET! I know that the bedroom arrangement is unusual, and may even be considered unethical in some cases, but we only have 5 bedrooms in the main wing. We're known to be exclusive that way. I'm also aware of the fact that all of you are used to sharing a room with at least one other sibling, so you wouldn't enjoy doing so on a vacation. Our final solution was deciding on an age-based theme for decorating the rooms and assigning them. Each of you are sharing a room with the sibling closest in age to you. In this situation, everyone ended up with a sibling of the opposite gender. That was a coincidence. As for the beds themselves, there was only one room available with twin beds, and it wouldn't be fair to the others if one pair of you were assigned that room, which is why it went to none of you. It went to Alice. If for some reason, two of you have trouble sleeping in the same bed, arrange something else amongst yourselves, but do not switch places with anyone else. Any questions?"
The entire family just stood there with their mouths hanging open. Only Mike or Alice had ever managed to bring things under control in the family like that. Finally, they started mumbling that they supposed it was OK, that they could deal with it for two months.
"Excellent! We can begin the tour now. You should all be aware of the fact that we have just started our tour from the dining hall, which is located at the far right of the central wing. The right wing starts at the kitchen, which is staffed 24/7. Feel free to call up room service - it's being charged back to the resort. Never enter the kitchens though; they are strictly off-limits to guests. Right now, we are in the main hall where the main checking and information counters are located. All the phones are on a private grid and the number for the lobby phone is listed in a directory located in each bedroom. The directory also includes the room service number which rings up to the kitchen phone. The only phones not listed are the bedroom phones. Your number is labeled on the phone. No calls can be made to the outside and you are not allowed to exchange bedroom phone numbers with anyone else. If you want to talk to each other, go to the room and knock on the door, or arrange a meeting somewhere. Two people sharing a room is an obvious exception.
On the other side of the lobby is the sitting room and fireplace. The fireplace is just for show. The gift shop is next to the sitting room and signifies the far left of the main wing. The storage room attached to the gift shop is in the left wing. The storage room is also off-limits. One special feature of the gift shop is that it also offers pick-up and delivery services. You can either come down to place an order or do it over the phone. You will be given a special order number that you have to show to the bellhop or register clerk in order to receive your package. Each order is placed in a nondescript box so there's no way anyone else can guess at the contents.
Now if we return to the sitting room, you'll notice that there's a back door. This door leads to a shortcut that will bring you to a beautiful lake and multiple waterfalls. The tour guide who brought you to the resort had mentioned stopping there, so you all know how wonderful it is. There's a map of the shortcut in each room, as well as a resort brochure and a gift shop catalog. This concludes our tour. Good night, everyone!"
While AFF and its agents attempt to remove all illegal works from the site as quickly and thoroughly as possible, there is always the possibility that some submissions may be overlooked or dismissed in error. The AFF system includes a rigorous and complex abuse control system in order to prevent improper use of the AFF service, and we hope that its deployment indicates a good-faith effort to eliminate any illegal material on the site in a fair and unbiased manner. This abuse control system is run in accordance with the strict guidelines specified above.
All works displayed here, whether pictorial or literary, are the property of their owners and not Adult-FanFiction.org. Opinions stated in profiles of users may not reflect the opinions or views of Adult-FanFiction.org or any of its owners, agents, or related entities.
Website Domain ©2002-2017 by Apollo. PHP scripting, CSS style sheets, Database layout & Original artwork ©2005-2017 C. Kennington. Restructured Database & Forum skins ©2007-2017 J. Salva. Images, coding, and any other potentially liftable content may not be used without express written permission from their respective creator(s). Thank you for visiting!
Powered by Fiction Portal 2.0
Modifications © Manta2g, DemonGoddess
Site Owner - Apollo