Nigel was sitting in the tree gazing at the clouds; Hoagie was sitting underneath it reading his magazine.
"Hey Numbuh 1, there's a huge van going down the road. It's probably all wealthy, greedy, adults, don't you think that we should go and earn some pocketmoney." He winked after his emphasis, but Nigel didn't notice, he was staring at a window.
Hoagie looked up at him wondering why he didn't snigger or answer, he then rolled his eyes.
"Forget about her Numbuh 1. She went to moonbase months ago, she won't be back until her thirteenth, when she's been decommissioned and will have forgotten all about you."
"Sigh, well we can always hope Numbuh 2, you're lucky that you have your love here with you."
Hoagie went red and silent.
"M…My…Love?"
"Oh come on Numbuh 2, we all know about you and Abby."
"What about us?"
With this, Nigel took his eyes off the window and looked down at Abby.
"We all know that you have a thing for each other, so why not be proud to show it. If only I could."
He looked back at the window, leaving Hoagie with his arms folded, sulking against the hill.
"Oh, well, Numbuh 2 there's a huge van going down the road. It's probably all wealthy, greedy, adults, don't you think that we should go and earn some pocketmoney?"
Nigel grinned as he climbed down the tree, not understanding Hoagies evil look.
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"Oh, Cousins, It's so great to be back in Cleveland!" A pretty blonde said, addressing five others also in the coach.
"Yes, of course, we have some unfinished business to attend to." They replied in unison.
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"When you're ready Numbuh 2" Nigel signaled from the bush.
Hoagie gave an OK sign with his hands and put a rock in the path of the wheel.
When the coach went over the rock, it stopped; hoagie quickly removed it and held his leg firmly.
"Ouch! My leg! You ran over my leg!" Nigel was impressed; Hoagie's acting was getting better by the day.
As the driver ran out to tend to Hoagie, Nigel opened the luggage compartment and crept inside.
He saw a pink, rainbow monkey suitcase that was obviously a fellow child's. He left that and started going through other, more sophisticated cases for money and other valuables.
"Come on son. Let me look at your leg, if it's badly wounded then I'll have to call the ambulance."
Hoagie caused as much of a fuss as possible to make more time for Nigel.
"No, No, Don't touch it, it hurts!"
Hoagie carried on until he saw Nigel slip out of the luggage compartment.
"Let me see son."
"Oh, it's ok now, it's just a sprain"
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Back at their treehouse, the KND were having a barbeque on the balcony, chatting, laughing and joking.
"And so he just decided to get up and walk off, the driver was so confused!" Nigel laughed, followed by the other four laughing along with him.
"Well, who's heard about Numbuh 1's girlfriend coming home?" Numbuh 4 said, raising his eyebrows. Stuffing a sausage in his mouth.
"Oh, please don't remind me" Nigel groaned. They all looked at him in disbelief.
"I can't be doing with Lizzie anymore, she's just so…"
"No ya twit!" Wally interrupted him. "Number 362's come to Cleveland!"
"WHAT?" this was news that Nigel had not heard of.
"Yeah, she and the delightful children from down the lane returned to their home today, the delighfuls were on holiday, she met them at the airport on the way home." Wally certainly knew a lot about this.
"Why do you know so much?" Kuki asked.
"Fanny told me earlier."
"Oh Fanny did, did she? Since when did you call Numbuh 86 by her first name?"
"For god's sake, just…"
"Guys!" Abby got sick of them arguing 24/7.
"Anyway Numbuh 1, It's the Delightful's birthday is in two days, They're bound to be forcing children to their birthday party and tease them with cake, It's always our mission, she's bound to be there." Hoagie said so laid back.
"Yes, Yes, I forgot about that! Good thinking Numbuh 2. We have to prepare for the birthday party, straight away." Nigel said, rushing into his room.
"Yeah, his way of saying he's gonna see Rachel for the first time in months and wants to look his best." Abby said, smirking at Numbuh 2.
