Ch 4: And the Story Ends

Dedicated to President Ronald Reagan, who died on Saturday.

"Let me go." "No." "Let me go, please?" "Not until you tell us how to travel through time." "Why do you want to know?" "If we can travel through time, we'll go back to when the Kids Next Door were babies and destroy them." Chiyo's eyes widened. "You can't!" "Oh, can we? BANG! "No, you cannot." The Kids Next Door burst into the room, in a picturesque pose. Then the wall caved in, knocking Nigel, Abby, and Hoagie out cold. "How convenient. We can just kill you now." The Delightful Children pressed a button, bringing out many, many lasers. "We'll start with you." They pointed at Chiyo. Chiyo's eyes widened. She struggled against the ropes that bound her. "Mommy! Daddy! Help!" "Foolish child! Your parents can't help you now!" "Oh, yeah?" Wally yelled. He fired on the lasers but only got one destroyed before a shot ricocheted and hit his hand. "Ow!" "Number 4!" Kuki ran over to him. "Why so eager to defend her?" The dorks asked. "Could it be because..." They never got to finish their sentence, as Chiyo had kicked them. "Yeah," Kuki began slowly, "why do you want to defend her?" "Uh..." "Is she your new girlfriend or something?" Maybe I was wrong about him. Ignoring the "ew" made by Chiyo over Kuki's question, Wally pulled Kuki down to his height and kissed her on the lips. When they broke, Wally said, "Now who's who's girlfriend?" Kuki blushed. He just... Then she noticed something in her hands. A cabbit with a simple message. Kuki read it and looked up. "Really?" He nodded. "Wally, I love you too!" Kuki gave Wally a big hug. "Impossible!" The Delightful Dorks interrupted this would-be tender moment. (Figures) "What do children know of love? Certainly not you two idiots would!" Metal moving through air could be heard and the DCFDTL's device was on the ground, impaled by a dagger. Chiyo cut herself free (and cut herself in the process) and help two swords at their throats. "Never. Call. My. Parents. Idiots. Again." She moved to slash them to pieces, but they escaped through a trapdoor. "She got that from you," Wally said to Kuki. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Wally was sweatdropping as Kuki and Chiyo clung to each other and Wally, bawling. "I don't want you to leave! We just met!" "I know but I gotta go back and help you there!" Wally shook his head and placed his good hand between them. "What are you two crying about? We'll see you and you'll see us someday, so this ain't for forever." "Hey... he's right!" "Course I'm right. I'm your dad, aren't I?" Chiyo gave her parents final hugs. "I'm gonna miss ya." "We'll miss you too, Chiyo-chan. I love you!" "Love ya too, Mommy!" Wally looked down on the ground. "Yeah, well, me too." "Me too, Daddy." A rather advanced bus stopped next to the treehouse where everyone was. The door opened. "Hi Roxanne!" A dark-skinned girl with high tech goggles and a backwards red cap waved. "Come on! There's a special on chili dogs that Number 205's been waiting for!" Chiyo got on the bus. "Bye!" There was a flash of light, and the bus was gone. The Kids Next Door looked at where it was, and then three of them looked at Hoagie and Abby.

END