Chapter Four:
Where's Abigail?
A half hour after what the Delightful Children told her, Numbuh 5 was sitting on her bed at the tree house, wondering what they meant by. And of course, Numbuh 2 STILL wants to investigate, but Numbuh 5 keeps rejected him. Anyway, it was a dark and stormy night, today's Friday, so the Kids Next Door got a weekend off. But during that night, Numbuh 5 decided to go to sleep early and think of what the DC told her earlier today. And so, after she brushed her teeth and went back to her room, she crawled under the covers, turned off the light, and tried to get some sleep, but couldn't. She keeps on wondering about the love letter that has been sent to her the last weeks, and what those dorks told her about that she'll never been lonely again. But then, there was a loud crash. Then, some rain comes falling on Numbuh 5's face. She thought that was tears, but wasn't. And she looked at her ceiling to see if the ceiling is leaking, but it's not. It was the Delightful Children From Down, in their Really, Really, Incredibly Destructive Machine.
"Hello, Abigail," they said.
Numbuh 5 sat up and looked very afraid for the first time.
"Wh-what are you dorks want?" she asked.
"All we want Abigail...is YOU!" they shouted, as one of the tenticles reached through the broken ceiling.
Numbuh 5 screamed, but then, the alarm went off. The Delightful Children hates it when that happens. Just then, Numbuhs 1 through 4 burst into Numbuh 5's room, with their weapons ready.
"Give it up Delightful Dorks!" Numbuh 1 shouted, ready to fire his weapon. "Your not taking Numbuh 5 with you!"
"We can, and we will, Nigel," the Delightful Children said, as they started to wreak up Numbuh 5's room.
Numbuh 5 was falling from the broken floor and tries to hang on, but she couldn't. But then, Numbuh 1 grabbed her hand and pulled her up. The both of them than looked back at the Delightful Children, using the machine to walk toward them.
"Numbuhs 2, 3, 4!" Numbuh 1 shouted to them. "Get your robots ready, I'll protect Numbuh 5 has long has I could!"
"Right," Numbuhs 2 through 4 said in a unison, as they run out of the recked room.
As they left the room, the Delightful Children used the machine again, but with it's tenticles, just to try to grab both Numbuhs 1 and 5.
"Hold on!" Numbuh 1 shouted, as Numbuh 5 grabbed him tight. "Not...too...tight."
Just then, he jumped high while holding on to Numbuh 5. The Delightful Children tried to attack them, but they kept on dodging. Just then, a huge robot came out of nowhere. It turns out to be Numbuhs 2, 3, and 4 are inside the machine, and started to attack the Delightful Children. They started to attack them back.
"Numbuh 5, why are the Delightful Children here? And what did they want?" Numbuh 1 asked Numbuh 5.
"I don't know," Numbuh 5 said, with a sad expression. "Numbuh 1...I don't know what to do. I'm afraid."
"Numbuh 5," Numbuh 1 whispered.
All of a sudden, the Delightful Children used the tenticles and grabbed Numbuh 5. Numbuh 5 than started to scream, as they raised her high. Numbuh 1 gasped at that. Numbuhs 2, 3, and 4 used the robot to walk back because they don't want to hurt Numbuh 5.
"What are you guys doing?" Numbuh 1 shouted.
"If we continue to attack, Numbuh 5 might die!" Numbuh 2 shouted.
"Just back up your powers so Numbuh 5 won't die!" Numbuh 1 shouted.
"Numbuh 2, you heard Numbuh 1," Numbuh 4 said. "Use the backup power, now."
"But there's one problem," said Numbuh 2.
"What is it?"
"I forgot to install and load up the backup power."
"WHAT?!?" both Numbuhs 3 and 4 shouted.
Just then, the Delightful Children than started to attack again, but the robot holds it on, and they started to attack them, that makes the tenticles drop Numbuh 5. She dropped to the ground, and she's now knocked out. A few minutes later, the Delightful Children started to back down.
"We better go now," they said, as they secretly grab Numbuh 5 again, but without being seen. "Or Father will be disappointed."
They then left, holding Numbuh 5 in the tenticles. Numbuhs 2, 3, and 4 landed in front of Numbuh 1, and they carefully got out of it, and you can see Numbuh 4 helping Numbuh 3 out. They then walked in front of Numbuh 1.
"Is everything okay?" Numbuh 2 asked.
"Yes," Numbuh 1 answered.
"Is everyone hurt?"
"No."
"Is Numbuh 5 alright?"
"I don't know. Numbuh 5, are you...Numbuh 5?"
The kids looked left to right, and all around, and the same exact spot Numbuh 5 fell, but she was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is Numbuh 5?" Numbuh 3 asked.
"I think I know...," Numbuh 1 slowly said. "The Delightful Children...they took her!"