Spy Kid

Spy Kid in "The World According to Betti"

**Spy Kid** was Betti's agent who appeared to be from the Silver World. His real name was unknown.

He initially supported Betti's plan to put an end to conflict and confusion throughout the Parallax by eliminating aberrants but later switched sides.

## Biography

Betti recruited Spy Kid to observe people travelling from world to world in the hope that they could lead her to her twin sister Veronica or other Guardians. One of the people whom he frequently spied was Francis Zapmeister from the Yellow World. As Francis was a friend of her nephew Ben, this eventually led Betti to realise that Veronica was located in the Red World.

Having been warned about Spy Kid by Francis Zapmeister, Ben travelled to the Silver World in search of him. After spotting him on the street, he chased him to the rubbish dump outside of Werrinup. In so doing, he had fallen into a trap. Spy Kid lured him into an old limousine which was about to be crushed by a digger and deadlocked the doors. However, Due had witnessed Ben pursuing Spy Kid and told her sister Una. Using the newly established Francis Cam network, the message was passed along to Katherine in the Green World and she arrived in time to save Ben using Veronica's stave. Katherine was extremely annoyed that her brother's short-sightedness had almost gotten him killed.

He was disappointed that he did not get to witness the Krellick attack on the Werrinup of the Silver World. However, he was delighted when Betti ordered him to infect the town's water supply with the blandishing substance, turning it purple.

Several days later, Otto witnessed Spy Kid observing him while visiting the Johnson house in the Red World. He recognised him as Betti's spy and, after asking Ben to make him a cup of tea, took off in order to throw Spy Kid and hence Betti off Ben and Katherine's trail. Spy Kid eventually tracked Otto to the Spiral Corporation building, the foyer of which contained a portal, but Ben and Otto were prepared for him. They threw Otto's newly cooked omelette in his face and tackled him to the ground. As Otto knew that he would otherwise tell Betti that he and Ben were surviving Guardians, he took Spy Kid into exile in Werrinup 9682 in a far away corner of the Parallax.

Otto somehow managed to convince Spy Kid to turn against Betti. The two of them eventually travelled to the completely blandished Purple World, which Otto had come to realise was the perfect hiding place. They disguised themselves as clowns and entertained the locals right under Betti's nose. Ben, Katherine and the Red World Francis arrived in the Purple World to rescue Veronica. However, their avenues of escape appeared to be blocked as Betti was guarding one portal and Martin was guarding the other. Revealing their identities, Otto and Spy Kid came to their aid. The group, wearing clown costumes, managed to distract Martin and get his stave. This allowed them to enter the portal to the Red World.

Ben soon came up with a plan to trap Betti in the Orange World by hiding its portals. Fearful of what Betti would do to him, Spy Kid refused to participate. However, he assured the Parallax gang that he wouldn't inform Betti of their plans.

## Appearances

* "The World According to Betti"
* "Too Many Chiefs"
* "The Krellick War"
* "The Reluctant Guardian"
* "Seek and You Shall Find"
* "Clownin' Around"
* "It Ain't Over"

## Behind the Scenes

He was played by Kristian Barron, the son of *Parallax* creator Paul D. Barron.