Crackerjack45: Heh, kinda lost track of time. Sorry bout that.

Abby was digging a huge hole only out of pure anger while Kuki was sitting above it.

"Ya know," Kuki said, "I figured out the best place Gingy would have something special to her."

Abby stopped digging and looked up at her. "Oh yeah? Where's that?"

"Her room."

Abby yelled out in frustration. "You are so right Kuki! We were all such idiots not to think of that!" She looked at her nails, which were filthy and covered in dirt. "And to think I just ruined my beautifully manicured nails!" She jumped out of the hole and grabbed Kuki's wrist. She started running off.

"Wait!" Kuki cried. Abby stopped and let go of her.

"What?" she said annoyed.

"What about the guys?"

Abby shielded her eyes from the sun with hands and looked out to where the boys were. They were shifting rocks in their hands and throwing grass at each other obviously not looking. That just made her even more ticked than she was before. "They won't care. Let's go." Abby stomped off and Kuki followed.

Hoagie looked where the girls were and saw them walking off. "Hey," he nudged Nigel who was looking at a rock. "The girls are leaving."

"Are they taking the ship?" Hoagie shook his head. "Well then it doesn't matter." Hoagie shrugged and threw grass at Nigel who threw grass back at him and it became a grass-throwing fight.

Wally was starting to catch up to Gingy. He reached out his hand and felt the smooth silk of her kimono with his fingertips. He ran faster and grabbed the back and flung her to the ground; he fell on top of her and pinned her down. She-obviously-didn't mind. She kept laughing and giggling.

"Looks like you caught me," she said. She ran her hand up and down his arm and smiled. "Strong arms," she whispered.

He jerked his arm away. "Stop that! Now tell me!"

"Tell you what?" she asked innocently. Wally became angrier.

He yelled at her, "You know exactly what!"

"Shush, Wally," she told him calmly. "No need for yelling. Just let me go and I'll tell you."

"How many things do you want me to do? First you said to catch you and I caught you! Now you have to tell me!"

Gingy shook her head. "I have all the answers, Wally. I'm the only one that can tell you. You can ask anyone and they won't know. So unless you want me to answer your questions, I suggest you let me go." Wally looked like he wanted to punch her in the face. But he did as he was told and got off her. He stood up but she was still lying down. She smiled dreamily.

"You know what I haven't gotten from you in a while?" He stared at her a little scared. She answered herself, "A good kiss."

Wally looked away nervously. "W-why would you want that?"

"Because I love you, silly. Now come down here and give me some sugar!"

Wally started walking away very slowly. "Uh, no that's okay." Gingy grabbed his ankle and he fell. She pulled him up close to her and grabbed his shirt and pulled him into a deep kiss.

When it was over, Wally took a deep breath. "I forgot how terrible that was!"

Gingy laughed and messed up his hair. "You're so funny Wally. And unbelievably adorable." She snuggled up to him. "Will you carry me to my room?"

"No I will not carry to your room! Who knows what you'll do to me there!"

Gingy laughed again. "Don't worry Wally! I'm only thirteen."

"I've heard people have kids at age thirteen."

"No you haven't!"

"….true."

Gingy stood up and pulled Wally to his feet. "At least come to the basement with me. I need to get something and it's very dark down there."

"All right I'll come." Off to the basement with them!

Hoagie looked off to where the girls walked away. "Hey, Numbuh 1, do you think Abby's okay? She's been gone for a while."

Numbuh 1 looked up at him. "Kuki left too."

Hoagie blushed and looked at the ground. "Oh, yeah, I know. I was gonna say her next." Numbuh 1 rolled his eyes and smirked. "You like Abby, don't you?"

"A-as a friend."

"You like-like her."

"No I don't!"

"Ooooh. Denial." Numbuh 1 poked Numbuh 2 in the side. "You must love her!"

"No I don't!"

"Oh come on, I kept liking Numbuh 4 for about a year. You can tell me. I promise I'll keep it a secret."

Numbuh 2 started pulling chunks of grass out of the ground again. "Okay, I do. I do love her. Remember at the Christmas party I saw Cree and Maurice kissing?" Numbuh 1 nodded. "That was the Christmas we were all turning eleven."

"Yeah, well you know how upset I was. But when Numbuh 5 came and cheered me up, I noticed her. I noticed her beauty, her kindness, everything. I thought it was a crush, but it became clearer I loved her."

Numbuh 1 nodded. "I thought so. Don't worry, she's fine."

"Why is there a desert!?" Abby shouted. There was a desert in the middle of a green pasture.

"Maybe it's a moorage," Kuki said.

"A desert itself can not be a moorage!" Kuki shrugged. It was worth a try. Abby started mumbling to herself and sometimes she said things loudly that Kuki could hear. But they weren't nice words.

"When will this stupid desert end?!"

Just when she yelled that, Kuki pointed out, "Uh, Abby, we're out of it."

Abby looked down and she was standing on luscious green grass. "Finally!" But when she looked back, there was no desert. "Your sister is seriously messin' with us."

Kuki rolled her eyes. "Don't I know it?" They continued their walk. It was long and tiring. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, it started to rain.

"What…the…heck?! Does the world just hate me today!!"

"Hey, Abby other people are dealing with this too," Kuki said becoming angry at Abby's attitude. "You're not the only one pissed off at this! I want to get Wally out of that damn castle more than you do, I bet! Stop acting like a bitch and chill out! God, you have serious anger issues!" Then Kuki stormed off. Abby just watched her, very shocked that Kuki-dear, sweet, innocent Kuki-cursed at her.

She caught up to her. "Kuki I didn't…."

Kuki didn't look at her. "Know I could curse like that? Didn't know someone so oblivious as me would know such terrible words? Or do you just want to say sorry for being such a jackass today? Personally I'd prefer the last one."

"Well, all of it really!"

"Well first of all, I went somewhere tough. As most would say, my young, fragile heart couldn't take it. And it couldn't. So I had to toughen up. Which was not easy, let me tell you. I didn't take any of that crap they gave me thinking I was stupid and mentally challenged. So I called them what they were. Of course they hated me after that. But I didn't care. I said to them, 'The hell with you!'. Another thing, I'm related to Gingy, duh! Don't you think she curses all the time? I've always known those words. Do you think I don't pay attention to all those PG-13 movies and shows and such with cursing? I almost took a mental note of everything! Not purposely, sort of like an accident. Oh, and apology accepted." Abby slowly half-nodded if you want to call it that. They continued their walk. Abby was calmer and Kuki was calming down.

Gingy was right. The basement was dark. I know what you're thinking, 'no duh, every basement is dark!' but this basement was really dark. Like, dark, dark. They couldn't even see their hands in front of their face. So they had to stay very close to each other so they wouldn't get lost. Gingy forced him to hold her hand.

"I have one question," Wally said. "How are you supposed to get something in a basement this dark?" Even though he couldn't see, Wally could tell by the sound of her voice she was smiling. Like a holding-back-a-laugh kind of smile.

"I need a flashlight."

"No you don't!" He yelled. "Someone doesn't come down to a really dark basement just to get a flashlight. That's just plain stupid! And I know, you are not stupid." Suddenly he felt her hugging him tightly. "Aw that is so sweet!"

"Get off of me!" Then he felt her let him go and he slid down the front of her kimono onto the ground. He also realized something else, his hand was still being held up but she wasn't holding it. It felt like a metal bracelet around his wrist. He felt it and found it attached to a chain. He followed the chain (which wasn't long) and it lead to Gingy's hand that also had a metal bracelet. His eyes grew wide.

"How long have I had handcuffs on?" he shouted.

Gingy laughed. "Remember when I put my hand on your wrist and you said my hand was cold?" Wally nodded; Gingy couldn't tell but she continued talking. "Well it was the handcuffs and that was the click you heard."

"Darn you!" Gingy laughed and dragged him across the floor. Literally.

"Ow, ow, ow!" Wally exclaimed. Gingy stopped moving. She turned to him, though he couldn't see.

"What?"

"You're cutting my wrist!"

"Well then stand up!" she practically demanded and pulled on the handcuffs.

"Ow! When we get back up, my wrists'll probably be all bloody!"

"Well they might if you don't stand up!" She tugged harder.

Wally winced and shouted, "OW!" He stood up and followed her. After what seemed like hours, Wally sat on a chair causing Gingy to fall.

He couldn't see but he heard a thud and a loud, "Ow! Tell me when you're going to sit!" Wally just grunted and crossed his arms. "Ow! And don't cross your arms, either!"

"Well excuse me! You're the one who dragged me around!" Wally could tell Gingy stood up by the slight tug on his handcuffs. She pushed a loose piece of hair out of her face. By now, her bun was coming out.

"What are you sitting on?" Gingy could also feel through her handcuffs that Wally shrugged. Gingy thought then laughed. "Oh I know what you're sitting on!" She walked closer to Wally and he heard her pull a lever. All of a sudden lights started to turn on slowly. At first they were pink then they were almost a blinding light. It took a few minutes until Wally could make out what he sitting on. He looked behind him and there was a Ferris wheel. He screamed and fell off his chair. Gingy just laughed at him. He looked around and it was the fair. The fair they went to together when they first met.

"Why do you have this Ferris Wheel in your basement?" It was an exact replica of the one they almost rode on together but Wally was too short, fortunately for him.

Gingy chuckled. "I always wanted to have something to remember you by so I had it built. I hoped someday you would come here so we could finally ride it together."

Wally shook his head. "Can I go on he Ferris wheel now? It's been, like, two years. I think I'm tall enough."

Gingy giggled and nodded. "Yes you're tall enough. C'mon let's go!" Gingy took the handcuffs of and they ran onto the Ferris wheel. Gingy was excited and Wally was a little happy. Just a tad.

Nigel and Hoagie started a grass throwing fight.

Kuki and Abby finally made it to the neighborhood. Yay!

Wally changed his mind. He wasn't happy and he regretted going on the Ferris wheel. Gingy cuddled up to him and the Ferris Wheel was pretty slow.

Then Wally remembered something. "You still never answered my questions." Gingy had her eyes closed but didn't bother opening them.

"What questions?" she asked.

"The questions you said you would answer a while back!"

"I don't remember."

"Don't play that stupid amnesia game again," he said angrily.

Gingy opened her eyes. "Very good Wally. I didn't know you knew such big words."

"Shut up! Now tell me." Gingy sat up right and turned in the chair to face him as best she could. She rested her elbow on the bar and her head in her hand.

"Okay, okay. I'll answer your questions. Just tell me what they were again."

Wally faced her. "First off, why are you making them find something? What are you making them look for? And why did you want to hold me hostage?" Gingy's eyes looked at the ground and she shrugged and looked bored. Wally rolled his eyes. "Stop doing that!" Her eyes shot back at him. In a way it was kind of scary how fast they went.

"Doing what?" she asked like she had no idea what he was talking about.

"Your acting like you have no idea what the answers are. You do know! And I want to know!"

Gingy grabbed the bar with both hands and leaned against the back of the chair (aka, she was stretching). "Fine. This is all I'm telling you: you have nothing to worry about. It's just a harmless game. No one's going to die, I promise. I may have thrown a few curveballs," Gingy chuckled. "Like, I have that huge green pasture far off. I made a desert in the middle of it, but it's not big. When they get off it and look behind them, they wont see a desert. It's not hard what they're looking for. If they actually use their brains, they'll figure out the most obvious place is in my room. I just wanted to spend some time with you." She looked at the ground sadly. Wally had his elbow on the bar and resting his head in his hand like Gingy was doing before. He stared at her with a blank expression.

"So," he whispered. "This was all just a scheme so you could spend time with me?" Gingy still didn't look at him and nodded. "Did you plan all this?"

"In a way. It was sort of like a daydream. I was bored and started thinking of you. That lead to dreaming if you came over then I would have the others go on some scavenger hunt so I could have you all to myself. Then, what do you know, here you all come and I can put my plan to work."

"Have you seen her?"

Gingy looked up at him with a questioning look. "Who?"

"The girl we're looking for. You have such high security, it seems impossible for someone to actually sneak in."

Gingy looked at the ceiling deep in thought. "Hm, now that you mention it," she finally said. "I believe someone who was working at the security camera let a girl in. I fired him quickly. I think I saw her walk in then run off somewhere. I never saw her again."

"Then she must be here."

Gingy looked at the ceiling bored. "Yes, so your little tracking device worked." They were both quiet for a long time.