The big chapter ten. Dun Dun Dun...

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Numbuh Two stopped when he reached the location on the map.

"It should be right here..." he said, looking up from the map, expecting a large building.

When he looked up, he saw nothing but a large vacant field between two buildings.

"Numbuh Two, is dis some sort of joke?" Five said, rasing an eyebrow.

"It shows it right her-" he was cut off when he ran into something. When he looked, he saw nothing.

He reached out, and felt a solid object.

"Hey guys! I found something!"

The rest of the group wandered over. "What is it?" Numbuh one asked him, looking around.

"There's something invisible here..." The kids reached out and felt the same solid invisible

object. It was about as large as a car tire, only square and an inch thick.

Kuki's face suddenly brightened. " There's something sticking out here!" She pressed it and

suddenly a door appeared to her left.

"Good job!" Abby said, patting her on the back.

Numbuh four causiously opened the door, revealing steps leading downward.

"Well, after you," he said, waiting for the others to pass. Kuki waited for him at the top step

and he closed the door. They looked around, it was a dimly lit hallway. It wound down for a minute

or so. They finally reached the bottom, where there was a door. Nigel opened it and they all gasped.

Before them was a gymnasium sized room with white walls and a tall ceiling. It was trashed. Many tables

and chiars were overturned, and papers littered the floor.

"What happened here?" Two said quietly to no one in particular.

"I don't know..." Nigel said, walking over and picking up a paper. "This is the KND annual meeting place allright.

It looks like everyone panicked."

There was a small hole in the ceiling, and the pale light of the moon shone in.

"Looks like they were attacked!" Kuki gasped.

"We better spread out and look for anyone left," One said, stepping over a chair.

They nodded and went down the hallway across the room. It went off in four diffrent directions.

"Wait," Nigel said, opening a closet. He took out five watches and handed them to his crew and put one on.

"Communicator watches. Notify the rest of us if anyone finds anything." They nodded and One, Two and Five went down

three seperate hallways. Three and Four chose the last one. The walked down a long hallway, checking inside the doors

they passed. No sign of anything. Then they came to a larger room, allmost like the one they had back at their old

treehouse. There was five doors with numbers on each, the local team's rooms.

Across the room was another hallway leading away from the knd member's rooms. "I'll check the rooms, you go on ahead." 4

said.

"Wally..." She stopped in thought. "Are Will and Jake in the Kids Next Door here?"

He nodded. "That means they were here, or are possibly still here."

"Bethie and Aymie are in the KND also," She said quietly.

"Crud! Something's happened to them... i just know it!"

"Wally, what if they meet?"

He stopped pacing and looked at her. "Even if they don't, we still have a lot of explaining to do."

Kuki didn't say anything and went down the hallway. Wallabee was left to check the rooms. He checked the one labeled "741"

first. He couldn't specify the gender of the occupant, it was plain and cluttered with computers and papers. 'The room of

a leader,' he thought. The next room of 742's, was prim and proper with lace and bows. Clearly female. It was also empty.

The next, 743, was clearly Will's room. It was filled with model cars, which were lying around his room at home. Wallabee

soaked it all in, looking at it all. This was where he retreated to all the time. It too was empty. Numbuh Four gave a sigh

of annoyance, and left the room. 744, was clearly Jake's. On the ground was wrestling mats where he practiced Karate,

wrestling and and other sports. It was allmost like his old room. He glanced around, checked the loft above him, and sighed.

No trace. Just when he was about to leave, a thump came from the closet. His heart rate quickened, and he raced over. He slowly opened the door, and a small limp figure fell out, unconcious.

He knew this person anywhere. Jake.

He bent down and

carefully dragged him out of the closet and fetched a pillow from the loft above. He placed it under his head and looked

down at his son, who was now the same size as himself. From behind, you would have not been able to tell the diffrence.

They had the same haircut and color hair. Thier faces were the only thing diffrent. Suddenly Jake's eyes flew open.

"Holy Sh*t!"

"Watch your mouth!" Four said instinctivly.

Jake sat up and stared at the short blond. A moment later, he said quietly, "Dad?"

His face clearly red bewilderment. Wallabee nodded. "Yeah, it's me."

Jakes eyes opened even wider as he stood up. "But... You look like you did when you were ten! They must have hit me harder

than i thought..." he faded off and rubbed his head.

"I know. We don't know what's happening either. I just woke up and i was in my ten year old body. I-"

"Wait, who's we?"

Suddenly a voice came from the hallway outside. "Numbuh Four, it's a dead end and-" Kuki stopped in the doorway, her face

gravely pale.

Jake stared from his father to the girl in the doorway. "Numbuh Four? Dad, what's going on?"

"Jake, I used to be in the Kids Next Door, as Numbuh Four. This was my team-mate Numbuh Three. the rest of our teammates and

us came here to see if you guys could change us back."

'744' sat down again. "Something wierd is going on. We were attacked. I managed to crawl into my closet, but i don't know

what happened to the others. We had just about all the KND teams here for the annual meeting, and they were snatched up

by these guys dressed in black." He glanced back over to the girl in the doorway. She was crying. "Er, you okay?"

She ran over and hugged him, crying histericly. He glanced up at his father.

"Kuki, listen I-" he began, but he was cut off my a very pale Jake.

"Dad, Kuki was Mum's name." He shoved her off, stood up and backed away. "You told us she died of cancer."

He looked back over at Numbuh three, who looked dumbstruck. She stumbled over to Wallabee and clasped his hand.

She took a deep breath, and said, "Jake, honey, I'm so sorry. I am your mother."

Jake yelled furiously at his father. " You mean you LIED? Dad, why? I can't believe this... Jeebus!"

"Listen, your mother and I broke up ten years ago. I left, and we couldn't find eachother again. I just thought it would be

easier to tell you that she died. I thought we would never see each other again..." He faded off.

Jake was silent for a moment and spoke again. "You have no idea how this feels! I thought my mother was dead for ten years

and then she suddenly shows up and tells me that she never even died!"

Kuki stiffened. "No. I don't. I just had to spend every single day knowing that my sons were alive, and that i might never see them again. Knowing that they were growing up without a mother. Not knowing how they were. I just thought about you constantly. You, could put the past behind you. No, i have no idea how you feel."

Then suddenly he ran over and threw his arms around kuki, trying to hold back tears. "Mum, I'm sorry..."

"Shh, it's okay. I wish I was an adult again, i don't like having you being this tall," she said softly, stroking his hair.

"Mum," he said, stepping back. " We need to find Will. We need to find the others. We need to turn you back. We can't

stand around here being all mushy."

She nodded. "I understand..."

Suddenly a voice rang out from their communicator watches. "Numbuh three, Numbuh four, report."

Four did nothing and Kuki left her arm that it was on hang by her side.

"Hello? Hello? Guys, you okay?"

Four sighed and finally spoke. "We're fine. Nothing new to report. Over and out."

"Guys, wai-" the connection was broken.

Kuki stared at her son. " You are so big... Last time i saw you, you were only this big!" She showed him with her hands.

"Well, i think this has been the biggest shock of my life," Jake tried to laugh, only it came out as a laugh mixed with

a sob.

Three and Four gave eachother a look. They hadn't even told him he had an identical twin, Bethie. Will and Aymie were

also identical, looking like thier mother.

Suddenly they heard a voice from the doorway. "There you are... Hey, you found someone!" Numbuh One walked in.

He suddenly stopped, noticing a resemblance between the two boys. "You two related?"

"We, are... um... He's my second cousin's son," Four blurted out.

"Ah. Let's all go back to the main room then." One glanced at Kuki's tear-stained face. "You okay?"

She nodded. "I'm still a bit shaken up..."

The three followed One back to the main room, whispering.

"Liar liar pants on fire," Jake whispered to his Dad.

"Refer to me as Uncle Wally or somethin, okay?"

"You havn't told your team about us, huh?"

"Er, they don't even know your mum and I are married."

Kuki tapped his shoulder. "What are you guys whispering about?"

"You havn't told your best friends and team-mates you are married and had kids?" Jake asked his mother.

"Oh... no. It's too embarrasing," she replied.

Jake shrugged. They finally arrived in the commons of this knd base, where 2 and 5 were talking.

5 smiled when she saw One, but her smile faded when she saw Jake. "Er, do we know him or somethin?"

"He's my second cousin's son..." Four said, trying not to look guilty of lying.

"Please to meet ya!" Hoagie said, walking up to him. " I'm the old Numbuh Two. What's your name?"

"Jake, but it's Numbuh 744 to you," he said, shaking his hand.

"Allright, allright. This isn't a formal occasion, this is an emergency! If you havn't noticed, we're ten years old,

and the current members of the Kids Next Door are missing!" One scolded.

"He's right," Abby said, "Someone must have used an age changing devise or somethin..."

"Age changing device?" Two said more to himself than the others,"Mr. B!"

He got a mixture of diffrent looks.

"Of course!" Three said, in thought. " The last time we saw him, he was a baby, but he must have grown up again by now..."

Jake glanced at his mother. "Huh?"

"Yes! He must have made another age changing devise, and used it on the old members of the kids next door to change them

into kids, so he could have more people watch his cartoon channel." One said, his English accent apperant.

"Well den, what are we waiting for?" Five said, adjusting her robe and hopping off a table.

They all murmered agreements and set off up the stairs.

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Aww... Three found her son! How sweet... now the team has to rescue the other three of 3 & 4's kids and the

rest of the knd. What will Mr. B say? Has he changed? Find out in Chapter Eleven!

4: You sound like a tv announcer.

Whatever. R/R Please!