"Okay, in a few moments you will be ready for your next assignment. We need to deliver you to the location you will be collecting intel within the next couple of hours which is when your target will be expecting you."
"Delivered?" Nicola asked.
"Expecting us?" James added in confusion.
"We have intercepted an online order made by the residents of the home you will be infiltrating. You will be replacing items that they are expecting to receive. Once transformed we will package you up and our delivery driver will take you to your destination within the hour window the residents are expecting their package to arrive. That should avoid any sort of suspicion?"
"So we are going to be stuck as inanimate objects?" An outraged Nicola huffed, thinking back to her short time as a stapler.
"For as long as it takes to gather intel, yes" the chief confirmed "Though when the coast is clear you will be returned to human form, temporarily at least, to report back to us. And of course you may be transformed into anything we need you to be at any point during the mission. But being simple household objects is really the perfect way to gather information without raising any suspicion. And while the Atkinson's might seem like a normal, run of the mill family we believe at least one of them is very dangerous. So it is imperative your cover doesn't get blown."
"But what if.." Nicola began to ask. However, before she could say anything both she and James began to transform.