AT LAST! Finally this is updated! How long has it been anyway? (Actually don't answer that question: P) I'm so sorry everybody for such the long wait.
Once again, we have a double whammy to make up for my lack of updating. One is longer and slightly better than the other (This one being the worst of the two in my opinion.)
Disclaimer: I don't own Codename: Kids Next Door, Mr Warburton does.
Disappointment
When the group returned from the museum, the sky had turned into a bright beautiful sunset that shone brightly through the trees, making them look like a dark silhouette.
As they got off the S.C.A.M.P.E.R, all of them shared the same look of disappointment after what they had found out that evening. Hoagie and Wally were slowly lifting the heavy time machine wreck out of the vehicle, until they reached so far and dumped it in the first relevant spot they could find. The girls smiled lightly at their exhaustion and their strained faces as they had lifted the machine. Later, they both had the same thought in their heads.
"Abby" Kuki started, getting the spy's attention. "If they are staying here, won't they need clean clothes or something?"
"Yeah, they will." Abby agreed "Do you by any chance still have your old clothes here?"
"Actually I do" Kuki declared proudly, earning a strange look from her leader. "We all do remember? In the attic." At the reminder, Abby gasped in realisation.
"Kuki you're a genius." She smiled as she waved Wally and her boyfriend over to them. "We need to set them up" She told them, glancing at the 5 children who were trying to figure out how to turn on the TV. Letting out a content sigh, she reached for the remote that rested on the small table nearest her, pressing a button that caused the TV to flicker to life making the group jump in surprise. The sector leader lightly chuckled to herself before tossing the remote to her younger self. Soon Abby turned her attention to the three teens in front of her. "We need to get some of our clothes from the attic and try and set up some proper beds in Nigel's room, cause we don't know how long they're staying for."
"Nigel's room?" Wally questioned, crossing his arms as he leaned against the table.
"Where else should they go? Your room?" She asked jokingly, knowing perfectly well what the answer would be as he shook his head.
"Me and Hoagie will get the clothes while you two can sort out beds. Unless you have a problem with that." Abby suggested, observing the pair of them.
"Well I don't know about Wally but I did want to dry off a little." Kuki confessed, gesturing to her soaked clothes from the water fight earlier.
"That was your own fault though." Hoagie stated in a matter of fact tone, receiving a nod of agreement from his girlfriend.
"Actually it was his. He started it." The Japanese jokingly countered as she poked the blonde in the side, grabbing his attention.
"For the last time, I didn't know what it was! Let alone that it would break!" He exclaimed, laughing slightly at the memory.
"You of all people Wally should know what a water balloon looks like." The mechanic chuckled "Tut tut."
"Well you could say that I had a dumb moment." Wally defended, only making his friend laugh harder.
"You could also say that you have dumb moments alot." He snorted, quickly dodging the swipe of Wally's leg in attempt to trip him over.
"Now now boys." Abby calmly said to them both, making them both stop. "We have already established long ago that Wally is quite thick." As she said this, the teen in question shot her a glare of disapproval, making her snigger. "Sorry, I couldn't resist... Anyway, you two go and dry off first then sort the beds. Remember, be quick and no pillow fights. It's best we do this while their busy."
"Order received." Kuki happily giggled, tugging the wet sleeve of Wally's hoodie. "Come on Wally!" Hearing his name, the Australian obediently followed her out the room, before going their separate ways to their own rooms.
"Better follow their lead huh?" Hoagie guessed, smiling at Abby as she nodded in agreement. He then took one step forward as he prepared to get the attention of the group of operatives who were comfortably sat watching TV.
"Umm...we're just going to sort some our clothes for you to wear while you stay here. Kuki and Wally are upstairs sorting out beds if you need them." After explaining to the kids he followed Abby out the room until he paused, remembering one more thing to ask.
"By the way, is pizza alright for dinner?" In response, he received an excited gasps and 5 smiles causing the mechanic to laugh.
"Yeah, I thought that's what you would say."
"Kuki, can I ask you something?" Wally asked as he held a large pile of pillows in his now dry clothes. He looked at the female working with him who now wore black jogging bottoms and a green t-shirt with a large white star in the centre. Her raven hair was still slightly damp, with the occasional strand looking wavy.
"You are now." She joked, grinning as he raised his eyebrows at her as she continued to carry blankets into Nigel's room. "Sure you can."
"Well..." He started, trying to think of the best way to word his query. "Do you prefer being a kid or teenager?" Noticing the look she gave him, he sighed. "I know it's a weird question but..."
"It's fine." She interrupted, smiling at him reassuringly. "It's not strange at all. I'm sure someone would have asked it sometime anyway...probably me. Difficult to answer though, cause I don't think I could choose."
"Why's that?" He asked in curiosity, placing the pillows on Nigel's old bed as he waited for Kuki to position the blankets on the air beds they had found stashed in a closet.
"Because as a kid you don't have as much responsibility as a teen does. A bit more freedom, but that's just my opinion." As the Japanese teen explained, she positioned the blankets on the beds. Her violet eyes met his emerald ones as she placed the last blanket. "What about you?"
"Same as you I guess." He told her, placing a pillow with each bed. He could hear Nigel's old bed squeak as Kuki sat down. "But being a teen has its good and bad sides."
"Would you change anything?" She asked quietly as he sat down next to her on the bed, once again the bed answering with a creek.
He froze at the question. He knew the real answer, but he knew he couldn't say it aloud. Especially to her. Not ever. So instead he settled for a different answer.
"As a teen, nothing really. But as a kid... I guess I would like to have been a bit taller and have my teenage brain." He laughed making the younger teen giggle.
"Why do you want that?" She smiled kindly, wanting to know the reason behind his answer.
"Cause compared to back then, I am a genius." Wally openly admitted, making her have a fit of giggles. "I'm serious!" He exclaimed as he caught her contagious laughter. "What would you have said then?"
"Nothing as I'm not telling you." She smartly declared, poking her pink tongue out in succession.
"You tricked me!" He gasped in shock, once again receiving a mischievous laugh as she knew he was only joking. "How dare you!" The pair of them continued to laugh until it eventually died down.
"We're still kids really though" Kuki stated as her breathing returned to normal from the laughing.
"You think?" He asked, not quite understanding her statement.
"Yup!" She happily nodded. "It may not seem like it but it's true." As she explained she looked down at her fingers. "We may not have been decommissioned like everybody else but somewhere in everybody's heart is their inner child...Just like us. Like we promised Numbuh 1."
"And this is coming from someone who has the mental age of a 10 year old." Wally smirked. "Very deep."
"Stop it!" She complained, lightly hitting his arm. She suddenly stopped and smelled the air. "Tell me I'm not imagining the smell of pizza."
"You're not imagining the smell of pizza. I smell it too." He sniffed before standing up from the bed, suddenly holding his hand out to her. "Shall we go investigate the kitchen?"
"I like your thinking Numbuh 4." Kuki smiled, willingly accepting his hand as the rushed to the treehouse lift.
After sharing a few pizzas between the 9 of them, the group finished the day by watching some more TV. They all spent minutes arguing over what to watch but soon agreed on a programme, not that it really mattered to the young sector V as all the shows suggested were unknown to them.
Due to lack of interest in the show, the 5 operatives bid the teens goodnight as they went up to bed. Once the 5 of them had gotten into their newly created beds, they all lay awake, discussing the day's events.
"Numbuh 1?" The second in command called quietly to her leader who was sat not far from her. He had refused to sleep on the floor so the five of them agreed to let him have his own bed with it being 'his' room. He had been silent for awhile now but Numbuh 5 was certain that he wasn't asleep yet.
"Yes?" He replied, his voice a little dry as he hadn't spoken.
"Do you think we'll ever get back?" She asked hopefully, watching his body language while he sat up to face his team.
"I truly don't know Numbuh 5." He hung his head solemnly as he answered, removing his sunglasses and resting them next to his pillow.
"We can trust them though." Numbuh 3 wondered uncertainly, clutching an orange rainbow monkey her teen self had lent her. "Can't we?"
"I think we can." Numbuh 2 reassured her, making her smile lightly. He knew that she desperately missed home, but then again they all did.
"How do you know? They're teens... Our enemy." Numbuh 4 asked, lying on his back with his arms crossed stubbornly over his chest.
"If they really are a threat they wouldn't go through the trouble of trying to fix that machine." The mechanic told the unconvinced Australian. "Besides, they're us! We wouldn't do anything like that ever."
"But people change Numbuh 2." Numbuh 5 sighed sadly, thinking back to her own sister who had once been a devoted operative to the organisation until she betrayed them all. A subject that she would never know the truth behind. "But you're right; we should give them a chance. They might even surprise us." She flashed the scientist a smile causing him to blush and be thankful that it was dark.
"Listen guys...I'm really sorry about all this." Numbuh 2 apologised to his sector. "This never would have happened if it wasn't for me and..."
"Stop Numbuh 2." The leader ordered him. "This is no one's fault. If it wasn't us, it could have happened to someone else eventually."
"Exactly" Numbuh 5 agreed. She looked around at her other 4 teammates "It will be ok, Numbuh 5 knows it will."
"Thanks. I don't know what I would do without you guys." Numbuh 2 thanked them with a weak smile.
"Yeah someone has to control those rubbish jokes of yours." Numbuh 4 smirked causing Numbuh 3 to let out a giggle which was then interrupted by a sleepy yawn.
"I think that's a sign we should all go to sleep." Numbuh 1 told them as he laid back into the pillow and rolled onto his side. "It may be a tough day tomorrow." As he heard each of them shuffle on the air beds to get comfortable, he became the first of them to enter dreamland.
Disappointment... that's what I feel about this chapter. This was only a chapter to fill in until the next day/chapter which is also up now. :)
