Chapter 16. Wow, this story might be over soon! *gasp*

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It wasn't long before they heard the click of the door and light burst through the open door,

a figure in the middle of it. Most shaded thier eyes or blinked to get used to the brightness.

The figure walked down the steps, to reveal the young Chad.

Numbuh one stood up to greet him.

"Everyone know their groups?" One asked to the large group of current and former Kids Next

Door members.

274 nodded. "Let's get them out of here." He would be leading the first group.

A small group stepped up from the crowd.

"We ready," one of them said in broken english.

"Allright, follow me."

The group nodded and crept silently after him up the stairs.

He peeked out the doorway, and signaled it was clear. They crept down the long hallway where

they stopped again. Suddenly there was footsteps coming down the hallway perpendicular to them.

"Get down!" He hissed and bent down into the shadows. His group followed suit.

He peered at the people. They was two of them, dressed in black. They were talking and laughing,

and soon passed. He gave a quick sigh of relief and looked at the many pairs of eyes staring at

him.

Again, he signaled for them to follow. They went down the hallway in the opposite direction

the people in black had went.

Soon they reached a large door. One of the members of the group stepped up to open it, but

Chad stopped her. He pointed to a window that was slightly ajar.

One at a time, he helped them out of it. Under the window was Jake, helping them get down. They

had cover by large bushes. They would not be noticable if someone happened to look out the window.

Once everyone was safe, Chad set off back to the basement.

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Hours later, there wern't many people left. Aymie and Beth hung out at the back, talking.

"So do you see your mirror image anywhere around here?" Bethie said with a smirk.

"Well, no. I'm sure i saw him though."

"Right... hey, i'll be right back." Bethie got up from her seat on the box and waded through

the small crowd. Soon she found her mother.

"Hi mo-" Kuki gave her a look that said 'hold on a minute, don't move!'

So she watched curiously as her mother ran to the front of the crowd, where she couldn't see her,

and waited.

A minute later Kuki came back, smiling. "I can talk now."

"I still can't get over all this, especially seeing you 10 years old,"Bethie said, shaking

her head.

"I know, Bethie dear... Listen, i think i should tell you something. Something important."

Bethie tilted her head. "Well, okay."

"Allright, honey, you see-" Kuki was cut off by a loud noise.

The girls whirled around to see Chad in the doorway, panting.

"They know what we're up to! Quick, everyone follow me!!"

Kuki bit her lip. She had helped many teams through the window to safety.

"Mom?" Bethie looked worried.

"No time now, hun. We need run for it. Come on!"

The group of about thirty bolted out of the basement into the dim lit hallway.

As Kuki ran down the hallway, her mind was spinning. All this happening in just one day.

'There, a glimpse of someone tall, down that hallway. I've got to follow him!'

Bethie saw her mother stop and hesitate. "Mom, Come on!"

"Bethie, Stay with the others. I need to go."

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Nigel glanced to check up on the others bolting down the hallway, when he spotted Numbuh 3

running the opposite way down the hallway chasing... a tall shady figure.

"Chad! Take the others to safety! Numbuh Two, Five, come with me, Hurry!"

They started running down the hallway.

"Yo, what's goin on?" Five asked as they ran.

"Numbuh three was chasing Father, we need to back her up."

"She's crazy! She can't possibly deal with him alone!"

"I know... Numbuh Two, keep up!"

"Sorry," he panted, " I wasn't in great shape when i was ten."

They turned down a dim lit hallway and ran past a few doors. Nigel didn't realize it until

they had passed it, but one of the doors was slightly agar.

"Hey! In here! He skidded to a halt and burst through the door.

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Aymie was the last to climb through the window. Suddenly someone grabbed her foot.

A strong kick in the face, and she fell through the window with a audiable "Thump".

"Come on!" Someone said, grabbing her hand.

She quickly got up and started running. He glanced back around to look at her, and she stumbled

and fell over a rock when she saw his face.

"What the?" She gaped at him.

"Er, no time for this right now!" The blond boy said in his Austrailian accent, dragging her on.

The men in black wern't too far behind, but the kids were faster.

They ran through a hedge and right into a chain link fence.

"Ow,Climb! Climb!"

Tierd and confused, she obeyed. All the others were on the other side. She spotted Bethie and

hopped down. They were in a grassy field that streached on quite a ways.

Bethie ran over. "Aym! You okay?"

"I'm allright..."

Then Chad was leaping over the fence and shouting orders. " Everyone, run left into those trees!

I'll distract these guys."

The message soon got around in all diffrent languages and the rather large group ran for the cover

of the thin but shady forest.

Some went back to help Chad, but Aymie didn't see thier mother.

Suddenly she was aware that the boy was still holding on to her hand.

"Um, you can let go now," she siad quietly, still taking in the strange resemblence between him

and her sister.

"Oh, um... sorry," he said, quickly letting go.

He just kept staring at her. Feeling a bit self concious, she broke eye contact and looked

at Bethie.

Her mouth was hanging open and her blue eyes were wide under half moon glasses that were slightly

askew.

He turned to see what she was looking at and soon his face had the same bewildered expression.

"Wha- What's going on here?" he said quietly.

"I have no clue." Aymie sat down, glancing between the two look-alike blonds.

"I- well, um... We're sisters, twins," Bethie managed to stutter, sitting down beside Aymie.

He gave a slight smile. " I thought so, i have a brother that looks just like you." He nodded to

Aymie.

"Do we know you?" Bethie asked, adjusting her glasses.

" I don't think so, but we must be related. I- I'll be right back." He ran off into the crowd.

"What in the world?" Aymie said, looking at her sister.

"He looked just like Dad in that picture Mom showed us. But it can't be him, Dad's gone... right?"

"I'm not sure of anything right now. Speaking of Mom, where is she?"

"She ran off after that Shadowy guy. The other memebers of her team followed."

There was a rustling in the leaves, and the blond and the boy Aymie had saw before appeared.

"Holy- More Suprises Jake?" The dark haired one said.

"Sit down. We really need to talk," Bethie said.

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Wallabee had recieved an urgent message from Abby a few minutes ago. He had been helping

a team to safety, when she appeared on his communicator watch.

"We're going after the Delightful's Father now, catch up."

Before he had time to respond, she disconnected.

He was now running down hallways, trying to find where they were.

He then spotted a door fully open and caught a glimpse of 5's bathrobe.

He ran in.

"Wally! Watch Out!" Kuki screamed.

He managed to dodge a fireball shot at him by the Delightful Father.

"What now, leaderboy?" He asked Nigel quietly.

"Um..." Numbuh One said, fading off.

"You mean you don't have one?"

Numbuh Five ran up to them. "There might be a hose outside. Let's see if we can-DUCK!"

The three of them ducked down as a ball of fire went over their heads.

"As I was sayin, let's see if we can get him to burn a hole in the wall." She ran around the large

room towards the back, two where hopefully was outside on the other side.

"Kuki! Come 'ere!" She called.

Numbuh Three ran over. Father turned around and shot a large ball of fire at them.

Kuki jumped and Abby ducked at the last second. A loud explosion was heard, and dust and smoke

filled the air.

Kuki shot a raspberry at Father and ran through the newly created "door".

Numbuh Four ran through it after her. "Help me find a hose!"

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Sorry for the wait. I havn't felt like writing lately. Thanks for reviewing! I ment to make

this chapter longer, but I couldn't think of anything else. R/R please! You guys are so nice.

Untill next chapter,

Ness.611