"I'm so sorry, Nigie." Kuki said after she finished casting his arm. They had been sparring in the training room when she accidentally hit his wrist too hard, fracturing it.
"It's okay, Cookie Monster." Numbuh 1 replied, placing his good hand over hers and giving her a warm smile. "At least I know you can hold yourself in a fight."
Just as Numbuh 3 was about to respond, Numbuh 1's communicator sounded. "Hold that thought, love." Nigel said as he pressed a button on his watch, an image of Numbuh 362 appeared.
"Numbuh 1, I have a mission for your team." Rachel said. "I know you are down two members, but this is in your sector and your team is the most qualified." It was true, Abby and Hoagie had gone on a classified mission a few days ago. Their last communication from them was only a few sentences long. They had explained how they were in position and wouldn't be back for another day or two.
"Understood, Sir." Nigel replied.
"I have sent you the mission statement for you to look over and to debrief your teammates. Good luck, Numbuh 1." Rachel said, saluting and then ending the transmission.
"It looks like it's going to be you and Numbuh 4 on this mission." Nigel said as he scanned through the documents on his watch.
"Why does he have to go with me?" Kuki asked, "I can easily take this on by myself."
"It's a Delightful mission." Nigel explained, "You're going to need all the extra help you can get."
Kuki huffed as Nigel pressed Numbuh 4's number into his communicator.
"What is it Numbuh 1? I'm busy." Wally groaned.
"I need you to meet Numbuh 4 and I in the Mission Room in ten minutes." Numbuh 1 demanded.
"Yes, sir." Wally replied before ending the transmission.
Gathering in the mission room, A hologram fluttered to life on the projection. The Delightful Adults mansion's blueprints stretched across the wall of the treehouse. Little blue dots blinked indicating the adults were on the move. Wally sat back, his arms crossed over his chest and his legs sprawled out in front of him. His other two remaining teammates stood across from him and he braved himself for the news that was about to come. With Nigel in that cast, he knew it wouldn't be good.
"Because of some unforeseen circumstances," the leader glanced at Kuki, giving her a reassuring smile, "Numbuh 3 will accompany you on this mission."
The same time Kuki said, "sorry," Wally jumped up, his arms high in the air and then tugging his already messy hair. "You have got to me joking. I can't do a Delightful mission with this cruddy girl. Even in a cast, you'd do better, Numbuh 1."
Nigel took Kuki's hand and frowned. "I don't want Cookie Monster- I mean- Numbuh 3 to do this either, but I have been giving her lessons and she's gotten pretty good. I'm sure she'll be-"
"I got it." Wally interrupted, raising a handprint. "When do we leave?"
Kuki stepped forward, a smile stretched on her face, her eyes nearly invisible. "Tonight at ten."
"Then don't bother me until then." Wally huffed, storming off to his room.
Kuki and Nigel exchanged glances before crashing down on the couch. Kuki wrapped his good arm around her and rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry I broke your arm. I didn't know I hit it that hard."
"It's really not a big deal. I wouldn't have been able to go anyways." He kissed the top of her head and ran his hand through her raven hair.
"Why?" She asked, sitting up to look at him.
Nigel grinned. "You know my cousin Buddy?"
"Yeah. He's dating Kami Drilovsky or at least was before being decommissioned."
"They're getting married. Can you believe it? Even after being decommissioned and forgetting each other entirely, they still ended up together."
Smiling again, she snuggled back into him. "Do you think that if we had been decommissioned, we would still be together?"
He shrugged. "Only fate knows the answer to that."
"Yeah," she frowned, standing up, smoothing out her green sweater.
Sighing, Nigel followed her. "What did I say?"
"Nothing. I just have to get ready for the mission. I'll talk to you later." Kuki said, leaving the room before he could say anything else.
Nigel watched her go and checked the time on his watch. He had to start getting ready to go to the wedding, he was, after all, the best man.
AN: So we decided to write a new KND fanfiction for fun. We were talking about missing writing KND fics and being an active part in the community, but because we both are busy and our lives are no longer consumed with KND or fanfiction in general and the community isn't what it was four/five years ago, we probably won't be an active part. We hope you enjoy this story and please review.
-Yougotburned & The Lord Writer/buddygirl1004
