Chapter Nine: Shocking Discoveries

The five members of Sector V watched in horror as the machine began to sound, causing the plungers to drop closer and closer towards them. Wally glances over at his struggling teammates in panic before resting his right hand in the front pocket of his sweatshirt. "Come on Wally think," Wally says to himself, "There's got to be something you can do to stop her!" Wally hands come across an object wrapped in cellophane. "That's it!" he says aloud.

The plungers are now only a foot away from the Sector, Wally turns to look at Fanny, who is leaning up against the machine, smirking. "Sorry Moonbase," Wally thinks to himself, gripping the object in his pocket, "No hard feelings, please don't sue me for this."

Wally looks up above him at the five plungers headed straight for the members of Sector V. "I've only got one shot, I hope I don't miss," Wally says. Thinking quickly, Wally tosses the object into the machine. The peach filling of the half-eaten fruit pie squirts onto the controls of the machine, causing black smoke to erupt from within it. "Yes!" Wally says aloud, only to be followed by an outburst from Fanny.

"No!" Fanny calls out, racing over to the smoking machine. She turns to Wally in anger, "What have you done?"

"Exactly what I needed to do," Wally replies smirking as the machine shuts down, five plungers stop inches away from him and his teammates faces.

"All right Numbuh four!" Hoagie exclaims, relieved that his memories were still intact.

"We knew you could do it!" Nigel replies from his seated position adjacent to Hoagie; Wally grins as Fanny steps forward with her hands on her hips.

"I don't know how you managed to do that Wally, but I hope you know that you're not going to get away with this!" Fanny exclaims, clenching her fists in anger, "Just because you destroyed this machine, doesn't mean that Sector V is getting out of being decommissioned! Mark my words, the first chance I get I'm going to get you and your friends back into these chairs for a little taste of revenge-!"

"I knew it!" a familiar voice calls out from the doorway of the room. All of the Kids Next Door stop what they're doing and glance at the person situated at the door. To Fanny's horror, it is none other than the leader herself, Numbuh 362.

Fanny races over to the leader, whose arms are crossed in irritation. "But sir," Fanny begins, "This Sector has been nothing but trouble to this organization. In three years they caused countless acts of destruction and carelessness, and they almost destroyed Moonbase five times! You can't tell me that they honestly don't deserve to be decommissioned for the good of the Kids Next Door!"

"I do recall them doing some of those things, yes," Numbuh 362 answers, "But weren't they also the ones that saved us from teenaged threats and top notch-villains like Father? Sure they have caused their fair share of problems, but the good that they have done for this organization greatly outweighs the bad," Numbuh 362 stops pacing and turns to the members of Sector V before looking at Fanny, "Besides, I don't recall you having any problems with them at all until they destroyed your bedroom."

Hoagie turns to Wally, trying to keep his voice down, "How can you tell?" Hoagie whispers, "She has problems with everyone!" Unfortunately, his comment was not unheard by Fanny, as she turns around to give him a death glare.

Nigel clears his throat, trying to lighten the mood, "So are we getting decommissioned or not?" he asks.

All eyes turn to Numbuh 362, as she pretends to ponder this situation. She smiles, before brushing it off, "Of course not," she responds, "I would never dream of getting rid of my best sector!"

Sector V cheers as Fanny steps over to Numbuh 362, "But sir-" she begins.

"No buts!" Numbuh 362 responds, "Now untie them and get them out of here before I decommission you!"

"You heard the leader!" Wally responds, smiling about a mile wide. He ducks when Fanny's hat is thrown at him, "Hey!" he says startled.

The guards go over to Sector V and began to untie them. In no time at all, the five members of Sector V are completely untied and standing in a circle in front of the broken machine. Kuki steps closer to the machine and picks up the peach fruit pie that is leaking on top of it.

"Wow Wally," Kuki says, "Who would've guessed that this sticky piece of food would've ended up saving us?"

"I sure didn't," Wally responds, "To tell you the truth, I only picked it up because I was hungry and I wanted to eat it."

"Eww, Numbuh Four!" the other four members of Sector V exclaim, looks of disturbance on their faces.

"What?" Wally replies, "Hey, where is that thing from anyway?"

Hoagie begins to jump up and down in excitement, "Ooh, ooh I know!" he responds, "All Star Koney Island!"

Abby rolls her eyes in annoyance, "It is not!" she replies before grabbing the fruit pie from Kuki. She glances at the label, her mouth then opens in shock. "No way," she responds.

"What is it Numbuh five?" Nigel says, walking over to glance at the packaging label himself. Sure enough, in tiny letters beneath the peach fruit pie, the label reads: A product of All Star Koney Island.

"What? What does it say?" Hoagie replies, trying to see over the crowd of his teammates, to get a look at the wrapper.

Abigail quickly puts the fruit pie into her back pocket, "Uh nothing," she responds, "Let's just go back to the treehouse."

And that's exactly what they did. Well, that's what three of them did, as the other two stayed behind. There was still something left to take care of, something important, and it couldn't wait any longer.