Chappy nine.

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To the group of five, it was like walking into a dream.

It was thier treehouse allright, but it had changed with the new inhabitants.

Nigel even dared to take a peek at his old room. He shook his head when he walked out. "Not the same," he shrugged.

Abby sat down on a couch, unbelievably calm after the day's events. She watched her team-mates,and noticed something

was diffrent. Sure, they'd changed from high school, but it was the old three and four who had seemed to had

changed the most. Trying to place a finger on it, she watched them for a few minutes. They seemed to be longing

for something. She dismissed it as wanting to go back to thier own age. And yet...

"Abby?"

She snapped out of her thoughts. "It seems empty."

Nigel nodded. " Looks like the team is out. Now what are we going to do?" He sat down beside Abby, disgruntled.

"Does anyone happen to know where they went?"

"I overheard some kids saying there was a meeting in Australia this weekend," Wally said suddenly.

The rest of his friends looked up at him. Kuki shot him a glance that seemed to say "Yeah, OUR kids."

"Then we'll have to go find them there," Nigel said, standing up.

"Allright den, Numbuh one," said Abby with a smile, walking past him.

Kuki lit up. "Ooh! Can we call eachother by our Numbuhs? Please? Pretty please?"

Wally smiled. This was the girl he remembered.

Nigel nodded. "Might as well, if we are going to a knd meeting as our ten year old knd selves, why not?"

Kuki let out a squeal of delight, Wallabee smirked, Abby laughed and Hoagie let out a "whoohoo!"

"Well, back to the ship for another long flight," 'Numbuh one' said, sighing.

'Numbuh 4' spoke up. " I could get there faster."

They all turned to look at him. " As i said, i used a transporter. This thing can take you to the treehouse

and to the last place you left."

They still stared at him oddly. " I live in Australia?"

"Ah. But do you happen to know where they are meeting?" One asked, starting to get it.

"I found this direction sheet inside," Two said, holding it up.

"Good. Let's go." One said, as he did in thier knd days.

"Erm... It can only take two people at a time..." Four mumbled.

"Well then, who wants to go first?" One aked, looking around.

Four immediatly looked at three, but she shook her head. He was about to protest, when Abby marched up beside him.

"I'll go."

"Uh... Right." He brought out the round silver transporter and showed her how to hold it.

"Ready?"

She nodded. There was a flash of white light and then they were gone.

The two were engulfed in light and suddenly they were in the open air, falling. They suddenly landed with a thump.

"Sorry," 4 muttered when 5 shot him a glance. " I jumped off the roof when i left."

5 was about to reply when she was blinded by light and then he was gone. She looked around. It was a small neighborhood,

and they were in front of his house. A moment later, he returned with Numbuh 1. He had appeared right where he had left.

Wally dissapeared as quick as he had appeared. "Er, hi." Nigel said. He was still a little nervous to be around girls alone.

4 appeared back at the treehouse to take 2. Kuki gave him a wink, and they left once again. Now the three of them were alone

on 4's block.

"Hi guys," 2 said, walking up to the two. Nigel seemed to relax a bit. " I wonder why he lives here. I saw him about ten years

ago at the local mall."

"Ten years can change a person," Abby said, looking at him.

Wallabee arrived back at the treehouse roof. He still felt like he was dreaming. Kuki ran up and gave him a passionate kiss.

"Sorry," she said after they had stopped. " I had to get that out of my system."

"Don't be sorry," Wally replied, gazing into her light green eyes. She stared back into his deep blue ones. "I'm the one who

should be sorry for leaving. What an idiot I was..." He turned away. "No, we both were. I don't even remember what we faught about."

She gave him a smile that melted his heart from sadness. "Niether do I."

"We better get going." She said allmost in a whisper.

He sighed. " God, we have so much to talk about."

Kuki nodded. "I want to see my boys, allthough not like this."

"The sooner we leave, the sooner you'll be back to your old self."

A car alarm suddenly went off a block away, startling the two.

"Er, let's go." In a flash, ( literally) they joined the others.

"What took you?" Asked 2, looking up.

"Sorry," 4 mumbled.

"Numbuh 2, lead the way," Nigel instructed.

Three and Four lagged behind the group a few steps.

"So this is where you live?" Kuki asked quietly. 'I've been searching and searching, at this is where you went?' She told him silently.

"Yeah," he said breathing in the cold night air.

She shivered. "It's so cold! And in June even!"

He chukled. " Opposite seasons down here."

They walked down the street in silence, gazing at the clear dark sky.

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Here ya go. Too mushy, i think... R/R please. Now off to read more Harry Potter! hehe.