Swindle Page #3

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there. Where are you?

I'm speaking

to you, young man.

Yeah, look,

I'm sorry, sis.

It's just, I got takeout.

You understand.

Oh, save your excuses!

I need someone to

wheel me to St. Agatha's

of the Righteous

and Redeemed.

Young man, I am waiting.

Ow! Hey!

Okay, okay.

Thank you.

I got a bad feeling

about this.

You scared me. I thought

you were a burglar.

Uh, I am a burglar,

and so are you.

We're all burglars.

Wait. Darren,

what are you doing?

You're supposed to

be on distraction duty.

Yeah, I know. I know.

But Swindell's close,

and actor girl, yeah,

she's sucking wind.

Okay, we got to hurry.

We've got to find it!

What am I supposed to do?

We can't find the card.

Okay.

Look!

Oh, this is perfect.

Thank you for

wheeling me here.

Now I can go visit my

sisters in the convent,

and I can see...

Um...

Young man,

I'm not certain this is the

proper route to the convent.

Oh, sure it is, sis.

I'll just point you

in the right direction

and let gravity

do the rest.

See you, sis!

Pray for me!

He's close.

Let's go.

Fate, you've

pantsed me again!

Ben.

Found it.

Nice Honus.

Down.

Oh, great.

Ugh, it's cold.

Did I forget

to set the alarm?

I always

set the alarm.

Alarm sequence activated.

Yello,

Swindell's Collectibles.

Bonjour, Monsieur Swindle.

"Swindell."

Accent on the back half.

Yes, of course,

Monsieur Swindell.

I understand you

recently acquired

the Honus Wagner

baseball card.

Yeah. It's worth a fortune

and a half. You interested?

Oh, for myself, no.

But my clients might be.

Oh.

They are very rich.

I am Anton Lefevre.

Uh-huh. And I run the

greatest auction in the world.

Anton Lefavor?

The Anton Lefavor?

Oh.

You've heard of me.

Yeah, so has every...

Whoa, nose!

I mean, knows...

Knows. Yeah, everyone

in collectibles knows you.

I mean, it's been my

dream to sell my stuff

at your auction.

Well, then, I am very happy

to extend to you an invitation.

The alarm.

This year's auction is being held

at the Lakeshore Hotel resort.

Can you be there

this Saturday?

You kidding me?

Security can't keep me away.

Selling your card at my auction

will make you a very rich man.

Let me write this down.

How do we get out of here?

We can't,

not while the alarm is on.

That's Lakeshore Hotel, huh?

This Saturday.

Oui.

System disarmed.

Pardonnez-moi,

Monsieur Swindell?

Uh, oh, that's just my

stupid alarm acting up.

No... No big deal.

Of course,

the alarms, right.

What are you doing?

Well, au revoir,

Monsieur Swindell.

I look forward

to meeting you...

- Come on.

- What are you doing?

Explanations later. Go.

Right back at you,

Mr. Lefaver.

Move.

That was so close.

Who turned off

that alarm?

No idea.

I did it.

You saved us?

You hacked into

the security system?

A little kid?

Swindell's security

system is a joke,

binary regressive code.

Hacking that was child's play.

I told you I could help.

Thank you. But you're not joining us.

I'll tell Mom and Dad.

Wait. Wait.

Oh, she's your sister.

Okay, you're in.

Yes.

Guys!

Oh, you guys,

Swindell is on his way.

He's coming from the...

You already knew that, right?

Yeah.

You had the card

in your hand, Griffin,

and then you put it back?

Yeah, man, hey, why are we

going through all this trouble

if you're just gonna choke?

I had a better idea.

Swindell would've known

exactly who took it.

There's no way you could

sell it to anybody anywhere.

We need to get Swindell

to give us the card, free and clear.

If we can do that, then...

Then we've pulled off

the ultimate swindle.

Okay, dude, Swindell's

not just gonna fork

over the Honus out of

the goodness of his heart.

It would seem most

out of character.

What she said.

Okay, look.

He's going to do it.

It's all going to happen at the

Lakeshore Hotel this Saturday.

How?

Ben, trust me.

So, what's next?

I have a new plan.

Amanda, we are

gonna need you.

To make this plan work,

we're gonna need

something special,

and I know just

where to get it.

I can't believe

I'm doing this.

Be strong.

Hey, Eddie.

You... You're Amanda Benson.

The Amanda Benson.

Yeah.

This is unreal.

It's like I'm in The Matrix.

Unreal is right.

Amanda would never

crush on a geek.

And yet, you harbor a

not-so-secret crush on her, yes?

And your point is?

Hey, Eddie,

can I come in?

Absolutely.

Thanks.

Okay, all right, wake me

up when it's time to motor.

Or we could make

use of this time

to review some basic

acting techniques.

Oh, okay, yeah, totally.

Uh, this is my "I don't care

what you're saying" face.

Is it convincing?

Okay, then, you do that.

Submitted for your

approval.

Welcome to my man cave.

Huh?

Wow.

- Geek heaven.

- Excellent.

Now find something

small, rare, and valuable.

I'm trying.

Pardon?

I... I'm trying to...

To take it all in.

Well, let me impress.

Check out my authentic Klingon bat'leth.

Worf himself held this.

Oh, wow.

Okay.

It's... That's...

Is that Klingon?

Oh, sorry.

Amanda, did I hurt you?

Are you okay?

Amanda?

Jeez, did I break

your glasses?

No, no.

I don't think they're

broken, are they?

Are they?

Look okay to me.

Amanda, we can hear you.

Can you hear us?

I think they might

be broken. Speak to me.

Um, I am speaking to you.

The earpiece isn't working.

She's completely

cut off from us.

Ugh.

Come on, come on.

Work!

Amanda, are you okay?

Um.

Yeah.

I'm fine.

Hey, Eddie, since we're

alone and nobody can see us,

I have something

to confess to you

that you can never,

ever tell anybody, okay?

Zooming in.

I love...

Me?

No.

Ew.

No, I love

your collection!

You've got it all.

Are you kidding?

Star Phase Metal Jacket.

Oh, Cosmic Dan

number 26

where they introduce

The Stranger?

Yeah.

Ben Kenobi and Darth Vader

in their epic showdown.

Wow.

Amazing.

Are these real

Star Trek uniforms?

Actor-worn,

original series.

And Griffin Bing said you

wouldn't care about this stuff.

What a dorkasaurus he is.

That's some hefty

geekiness Amanda's sporting.

We got scammed.

What?

Amanda Benson

is a secret geek.

No way.

A red-haired

Captain Cybertor.

Yeah. The blues

are a dime a dozen,

but the reds are

an ultra-rare variant.

Yeah, a factory mistake.

Most were destroyed before they

were released to the general public.

Yeah, but a handful

slipped out, super rare.

A red-haired Captain Cybertor

in mint condition, it's worth...

$80,000.

She is so hot. So hot.

Just breathe,

Ben, breathe.

Um, Eddie...

Careful.

I have to borrow this.

It's just for a few days,

and I promise it'll come back

without a red hair out of place.

Please? I promise.

I promise.

Just say yes.

Okay, but you have

to promise me

one thing first.

Well, guess who has

a date with the nerd king.

I got a

date with Amanda Benson.

What?

We saw everything.

The glasses stopped receiving,

but they never

stopped transmitting.

I got a date

with Amanda Benson.

I got a date with

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