A/N: I actually really enjoyed this chapter when I got into it, hope you liked it too.

They were cooking for hours, it was now 6:00pm, getting dark and the others still hadn't got back.

The transmission screen went off. Wally went and answered it. It was Numbuh 1.

"Sorry Numbuh 4, We're being held up." Nigel told him. "Dr Experiments is being less than helpful. We're staying until he tells us something."

Wally nodded and ended transmission walking back into the kitchen where Kuki was working on dessert.

"We haven't got any eggs. I'll go get some." Kuki told him.

"They don't know what time they'll be back." Wally told her.

Kuki thought for a moment. "Oh well, more for us. I'm just going to the store."

She walked out and was gone for more than half hour.

Wally waited and in the end got bored so decided to go and meet Kuki wherever she was.

After managing to open the door he only got a little way before he saw her walking up the road with a small shopping bag. A boy most known as The Kid, or Ace was walking with her.

He could see that they were talking but couldn't make out what they were saying.

"Here let me take that." Ace said, trying to take her bag.

"No, It's okay thanks anyway." Kuki replied.

"I'll carry it for you." Ace told her.

"No! It's not that heavy." Kuki sighed, pulling it away.

"So making food for anyone special?" Ace asked her.

"No."

"Can anyone join in?" Ace hinted.

"Maybe some other day." Kuki sighed irritably.

"Hey Numbuh 3." Wally said as he walked over. Glaring at Ace.

"Wally!?!..what are you doing here? Everyone'll see you!" Kuki hissed to him.

"I got bored inside." Wally replied, not taking his eyes off Ace.

"Jeez dude, what did you do to your hands?" Ace laughed mockingly.

"I washed them, try it some time." Wally replied sarcastically.

"Freak!" Ace snapped.

Wally took a menacing step forward.

"You got a problem? You want to go!?!" Wally argued.

"Wally, let's just go." Kuki said quietly, pulling Wally's hoodie to try and stop him.

"Well yeah, I'm pretty sick of you butting in when I'm about to ask my girl out!" Ace yelled back.

"Ace! Will you just go home?" Kuki told him.

"Your girl? She's not just something that you can own you son of a...!" Wally yelled.

"Wally!" Kuki pulled him back, he tried to pull out of her grip. She let go of him but he accidentally caught her hand.

She pulled it back quickly and hissed in pain, she looked at her hand, it was a pretty big, deep cut and it was bleeding pretty badly.

Wally stopped in his rage and turned to Kuki.

"Kuki! I'm...I'm so sorry I..." He gasped.

"Now look what you've done to her! Get the hell out of here! Go! You freak!" Ace yelled, pushing Wally violently.

"Ace stop it! It was just an accident!" Kuki told him, trying to stop him.

"Go on! Get lost!" Ace shouted.

Wally turned and ran. He panted as he ran as fast as he could, tears blinding him.

"Where's he going?" Kuki asked frantically "Wally!"

"He tried to hurt you!" Ace told her. Grabbing her hand to check it.

"No he didn't and you know it!" Kuki snarled back.

"Come on, let's get you home!" Ace said to her, ignoring her fuming at him.

It began to pour with rain. Wally sat under a tree to shelter from it. He stared at his blades of fingers.

"I am a freak!" Wally whispered to himself. "I'm a monster. I couldn't fight back! I would have killed him."

"Will you get off me! I have to go find Wally!" Kuki growled as Ace brought he into the Tree house.

"No, you're staying here! When I find that little twerp I'm gonna..." Ace snarled, beginning to walk out of the door.

"He's not a twerp! Just leave him alone!" Kuki warned him.

"What's going on here?" Nigel asked as he walked into the door.

"Wally's gone! This jerk made him go!" Kuki sobbed.

"Kuki! I'm only trying to protect you!" Ace told her.

"Will you just get out!" Kuki screeched.

When he left, she began to pace back and forward anxiously.

"We've got to find him." She said.

"Of course Numbuh 3. You stay here in case he comes back." Nigel replied. "Numbuhs 2 and 5, come on, let's go looking for him."

The three operatives left leaving Kuki alone. She paced back and fourth worried sick about Wally.

Ten minutes went by and there was a knock on the door.

"Kuki, Kuki it's me open the door!" Ace called.

"What do you want." Kuki yelled.

"I found that dork in the park! Bet he wishes he never messed with me now!" Ace said proudly. "Come on open the door! You're safe now!"

"What! Where is he now?" Kuki asked.

"He ran for the hills. I doubt you'll see him again. Come on, let me in!"

"Go away!" Kuki began to cry. "Just go away!"

"Come on babe! Let me in!" Ace knocked again.

Kuki stood away from the door.

"I said go away!" She screamed.

Hearing a bump from another room, she turned around. Wally walked in a few seconds later.

"Wally!" Kuki sniffed, wiping a tear from her eye.

He was soaked from head to toe.

"Are you okay?" He asked her, glancing at her hand, which she'd bandaged up when waiting.

She nodded.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah." Wally nodded.

Kuki wiped a stray tear from her eye. They both looked at the door when Ace banged on it loudly.

"He won't go!" Kuki groaned.

"That's why I came in through the window." Wally replied with a smile. "Just ignore him, he'll give up."

"I thought he'd hurt you and you ran away." She whispered. Wally shook his head.

"He said that he found you in the park and..."

"I was nowhere near the park." He told her. "The little liar."

Kuki chuckled with relief. Then looked up at Wally, who stood there awkwardly. She was so glad he was safe. She wiped another tear from her eye.

"Hold me." She sniffed.

Wally wanted to, but he didn't want to hurt her again.

"I can't." He whispered. He walked over by the window and stared out of it.

Kuki walked up to him and took his wrists, she gently lifted his wrists up and placed them over her. She hugged him tightly. He was getting her soaked but she didn't care, she just wanted to be near him.

When they pulled away, he smiled at her.

"I guess the others aren't back yet." He said quietly.

"They are, they're out looking for you." She replied.