[Sticks]

The new branch of

Starbucks!

A fate worse than death

Oh no Nim wailed, I don't have my loyalty card

This is no time for a mocca late Nathan said sternly as he saw Ammi queuing up at the counter

Then to their horror, they noticed that one of the customers was Baron Sticks, sipping on an Americano in his metal coffee mug. (It was a cunning plan, because he knew if he brought his own mug he saved 25p)

"You Nathan shouted, "How could you stoop to such evil"

"My normal; coffee shop was not yet open and this was the only place available with a toilet" Baron Sticks replied, "Besides I hear that they will be paying £20m to the UK government.

Baron Sticks then got up, "Must dash, have a meeting with the directors of Smith Kleine Glaxo and Monsanto. I was doing some sub contract work for them and the department of defence over some super soldier project for the US Department of Defence. It looks like their cutting corners may have messed up the project"

Baron Sticks thought for a moment as he put his empty cup in his bag, "If you see that black turtle can you tell him his prescription is available at Lloyds the chemist, we had to switch from Boots because some irritating anti capitalist lot said Boots were not paying tax or something of that kind. Bunch of lefty hippies if you ask me, I bet they are working and claiming as well"

The response from the group was a collective huh! Was this Mr Big really the super villain they had been lead to believe, or was it some cartel of big faceless business men, involved in shadowy defence projects that had gone awry.

Just then a barista approached them with a tray of cups, "Would you like to try a promotional of Caramel Lattes'?" she asked the group