Numbuh 4 lay down on the couch in the command center, thoroughly exhausted. The battle with the Delightful Children had completely drained every cell in his body, and he wanted nothing more than to get some rest. After all, he had his mind set to that upcoming Tuesday.

That was the day that the new PlayCube video game system was to be released. All throughout the months leading up to that point, he had been working his fingers to the bone, scrimping together every cent he could to be able to meet its $299 price tag, and yesterday, he had finally done it. As soon as he had finished counting the dollar bills and quarters to find out the stacks totaled $300, he had run like a madman throughout the treehouse, screaming, "I'VE GOT THE MONEY! I'VE GOT THE MONEY! THE PLAYCUBE IS AS GOOD AS MINE! YAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Just thinking of that memory brought a smile to his face as he lay there. He could see it now—bringing the PlayCube back to the treehouse, plugging it in and playing until his eyes fell out (or his hands, whichever came first). Multiplayer with everybody…what a concept! He grinned contentedly and sank further into his fantasy, only to be rudely awakened moments later by Numbuh 3 singing to one of her Rainbow Monkeys.

God, how he hated those things. So cute, so cuddly, so unmistakably girly! His daydream of that beautiful console…ruined! He yelled, "HEY! Numbuh 3! Can you keep it down over there?"

"Oh, what's the matter, Wally?" she answered in that unmistakable, innocent tone. "Don't you like my new Rainbow Monkey?"

"Is that a trick question?" Wally replied sarcastically.

"No, silly! This is the rarest Rainbow Monkey of all—the Silver Gold-Plated Bronzified Rainbow Monkey," she said in reverential awe. "There were only five of these ever made…I think I may have the last one in existence."

"And I'm supposed to care…why? Kuki, you know how I feel about those things!"

"All right, suit yourself!" she cheerfully replied as she went back to her singing routine. Numbuh 4 cringed and covered his ears to try and get some sleep, tossing and turning to no avail. Growing angrier by the second, he yelled, "KNOCK IT…" Before he could finish, he turned to see the Silver Gold-Plated Bronzified Rainbow Monkey being danced around in front of his face with Numbuh 3's cheerful "la la la's" backing it up. Irritated and angry, Numbuh 4 screamed, "I SAID KNOCK IT OFF!" and began to swat at the doll.

"Wha--? Hey! Numbuh 4, that's not very nice! You'll hurt his feelings!"

"I DON'T CARE! I'M TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP!" He grabbed the left arm of the doll and started to tug on it, hoping to somehow get it out of Kuki's grasp. He pulled with all his might, and Kuki countered by pulling in the opposite direction, all the while loudly arguing with him. Their scuffle drew their teammates into the room, rudely awakened from their respective slumbers. Numbuh 1 rubbed his eyes and asked, "What's going on here?"

"Grr…it's those stupid…Rainbow Monkeys!" Wally answered.

Numbuhs 2 and 5 snapped awake at the last word and nudged Nigel in the side. He nodded slightly and moved towards the middle of his fighting comrades and said, "Guys, I'm sure there's another way for you to work this out! Do you remember what happened with Mr. Huggikins?"

Saying that name only threw fuel on Wally's fire, and he started to pull harder than ever. With one mighty pull, the rarest Rainbow Monkey of them all was in his grasp. He looked up and grinned sadistically at Numbuh 3, who had clutched her hands to her mouth in horror. He said, "You ruined my fantasy…now I'll return the favor!"

Numbuh 5 yelled, "Numbuh 4…DON'T DO IT!"

"She's right! Just give Numbuh 3 the monkey!" Numbuh 2 added.

As he approached the window, he said, "Oh, you guys don't understand. I've finally got enough money to buy the PlayCube. My dream was so, so beautiful…until SHE ruined it with this stupid, rotten, ugly, worthless, NO GOOD PIECE OF GARBAGE RAINBOW MONKEY! I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE THINGS!" He finished his diatribe, wound up the pitch, and heaved the monkey out of the window.

His teammates gaped in shock as Numbuh 3 ran to the window and looked down. There was the Silver Gold-Plated Bronzified Rainbow Monkey, sitting in the middle of the road where it had landed. Unharmed.

She sighed with relief and started for the door before an approaching car made its presence known. Without thinking, she peered out the window again just as the car flattened the Rainbow Monkey with a sickening crunch. Her teammates cringed at the sound.