Title: Operation: M.E.M.O.R.Y.
Summary: A reunion with all the old K.N.D. brings 1-5 together again. Numbuh 1 is engaged to Lizzie, and miserable, but a certain person from the past could change that. If only she remembered... 1/5 3/4!
Author: Silverflare07
Dedication: My (once) best friend Destynee who I am drifting apart from. I'll miss you!
Author's notes: I'm sorry if the characters are full of OCC ness...I haven't seen that many episodes yet. Since they're all adults I'll refer to them with their real names. When talking to each other they'll use their codenames.
Extra Info: Not much to say here. But in case you haven't seen it there's this commercial where they K.N.D. have to sing and Numbuh 5 is REALLY good.
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Thoughts are in italics.
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Erased
Memory not
Openly
Recovered
Yet
Hoagie, Brittany, Kuki, and Wally all watched as Nigel practically dragged Lizzie out of the party.
"Wonder what got him so upset."
If this had been an anime, Hoagie decided, he would have face faulted.
"Ummm hello! He just saw Numbuh 5 and realized she still has no idea who he is! He's probably really hurt."
Kuki nodded. "Yeah. In fact I think we should all go. Are you guys staying at the hotel?"
Brittany and Hoagie nodded.
"Come on let's go then."
They four walked out of the party and into the cool night air.
"Who was that girl in there?" Brittany asked.
"Numbuh 5..." Kuki whispered.
"Who?"
"Her name was Abby Lincoln." Wally answered.
"She was the fifth member of our team."
"Why doesn't she remember you guys?"
"She was decommissioned." Hoagie answered.
"Yeah but so were you guys."
"It's a complicated story."
"Well then," Brittany smiled, "I guess we'd better get some drinks. My treat!"
10 minutes later they sat in the lounge of the hotel. Drinks were delivered and Kuki took a sip of hers before looking Brittany straight in the eye.
"Are you sure you want to know?"
She nodded.
"Well you know how we were all members of the Kids Next Door?"
Another nod.
"Well that girl was Numbuh 5. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. We were one of the best teams they had. But when you turned 13 you had to be decommissioned. And at that time that included having your memory erased. Numbuh 5 was the first one of us to reach her 13th birthday. She put up a fight but in the end they erased her memory."
Kuki was fighting back tears so Hoagie took over.
"Well about two days later it was Numbuh 86's turn to be decommissioned. And she put up such a fight that they couldn't get her to stay in seat. She broke free and told them that every time they erased a memory they were setting the stage for them to join the adults, since they wouldn't remember fighting against them and everything."
Hoagie sipped from his glass and Wally continued.
"After that no one else had to have their memory erased. Some people still went to the dark side but they were always caught and had their memories erased. But people like us, who didn't, got to keep their memories. If she had only been a few days younger she wouldn't have forgotten."
All three sat and stared silently at their drinks. Brittany was doing her best impression of a fish. She had always heard stories of the crazy adventures of Hoagie and his friends but she hadn't known there was so much behind it.
"Oh wow... that must be pretty hard on Nigel. But he's got Lizzie now so..." She trailed off at the dirty looks her companions had gained. "What?"
"That awful women! She conned Numbuh 1 into going out with her I'm sure of it!" She had jumped up and begun to shout and was attracting strange looks from people.
"Calm down honey..." Wally patted her arm nervously. "Sit down and relax."
Still breath heavily she sat back down.
"Ummm...Ok?" Brittany raised an eyebrow.
Hoagie gave a quiet laugh. "Sorry about that. You see when we were younger Nigel did go out with Lizzie for a while but it really didn't work out. She was head over heels in love with him but he just didn't feel the same. We all knew he was in love with Numbuh 5. She felt the same way obviously and they started going out."
Wally nodded. "Lizzie was real sore 'bout it but they couldn't have been happier. Always kissin' and holding hands. It was kinda gross actually."
Kuki laughed. "You and I do that all the time too you know."
Wally blushed crimson. "Yeah well...that's not the point. Anyways, when Numbuh 5 was decommissioned Numbuh 1 just sorta stopped being Numbuh 1. He got all mopey and stuff. The only thing that was holding him together was that in a few weeks he would forget too. Then they went and said we didn't need our memories erased anymore. The poor guy just kinda stopped being himself."
Kuki nodded. "I'm not sure how he ended back up with Lizzie, she probably got him when he was heart broken but I can guarantee he could never love her. His heart belongs to Numbuh 5 and always did."
Brittany was trying not to cry. "That's so sad." She sighed dramatically. "I...think I'll write a book about it!"
Kuki and Wally exchanged confused glances. Hoagie explained. "She's a writer and always looking for new ideas."
Wally looked Brittany dead in the eye. "How's it gonna end?"
Brittany fixed with an equally serious look. "With a happy ending of course."
Kuki smiled. "Real life too I hope."
Brittany smiled as well. "Me too."
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Nigel turned over in bed for the tenth time that night. How could God be so cruel to him? Giving him the girl he loved then snatching her back. Beside him Lizzie slept peacefully giving a soft snore every now and then.
Nigel sighed, he couldn't take this anymore. Giving an agitated sigh he pushed himself off the bed. He put on a robe and walked into the hall.
A quick nighttime stroll will ease my mind and tire me out.
He set off for the lobby hoping to watch the nightly activities of the new KND base, which could be seen from one of the large windows.
He was surprised to see a lone figure already at the window. And he was even more surprised to see that it was Abby. He walked up next to her.
"Hello."
She jumped; obviously she had thought she was alone. She turned her head and gave him a grin.
"Hey. Whatch you doin' up this late?"
"I was having problems sleeping."
She gave him a knowing smile. "Yeah same here."
Then both turned and watched as kids came and left the base. It was so peaceful, not at all like his old tree house was at night.
"I remember one time when I was still a member of the KND. I had invented this defense machine and had been up for 6 days straight to fix it. I was receiving an award for it and probably would have stayed up till I got it if my friend hadn't made me sleep. She was such an amazing friend." Nigel looked at Abby.
He noticed she looked like she was in a far away land. Her eyes were glazed over and seemed to see beyond the window and into an event many years in the past. Her face was decorated with a large smile.
"Sounds like it." Her voice was faint and seemed distant.
"I miss her."
"I bet she misses you too."
He smiled. "Thanks. That's nice to hear even if it can't be true."
She nodded. "You never know it might be..."
They continued to watch in silence for a few moments before Nigel turned to Abby. "Well I think I'd better be going back to my room. It was nice meeting you down here."
She turned to face him fully for the first time and he noticed what she held in her hands. He felt tears well up in his eyes.
"Yeah you should go before your fiancé worries about you."
He nodded and began to walk away hoping to hide the tears that were threatening to fall. Now more then ever he wished he had brought is sunglasses. Her voice stopped him as he reached the stairway.
"Do you...do you love your fiancé?"
Nigel turned to look at her.
I should just tell her I do. She doesn't remember me and telling the truth would require a lot of explaining that I don't want to go through and I doubt she does either…
He took a large breath and said in the most sincere voice he could muster at 12: 30 in the morning: "Yes of course. I love her very much."
Abby watched as he walked slowly up the stairs. She waited a few minutes after he disappeared to make sure she was alone. Only when she was sure she was alone did she sink to the floor burst into sobs.
Alone in the dark of the night Abigail Lincoln buried her face into her old pink hat and cried.
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Wow...this chapter was really sad toward the end. It was sad when I was writing it anyway.
Well R&R and let me know what you think. Flames are still going to be used to roast Lizzie.
In the Next Chapter:
"I think it's time to get rid of that girl." Lizzie sneered to herself and picked up the hotel phone. "It's time to make a call to my old friends. The Delightful Children from Down the Lane. That was good frosting." She dialed the numbers.
It rang for a few seconds before a familiar voice picked.
"Hello, Delightful Children-" She listened as the voice corrected her. "Yes it would be the Delightful Adults now wouldn't." the voice on the other end agreed with her. "Listen I need someone taken care of. An awful goody two shoes. Do you still do that sort of thing?" She waited for the answer.
"Good." Her wicked grin spread.
Well hopefully it'll be up in a few days.
Ok I don't usually do the whole respond to the reviewers thing but there was one review I just had to respond too.
Caro N: OMG your review cracked me up! That was great! I'm glad you like the story. And the song Numbuh 5 was singing in the first chapter was "I'm Going Down". Thank you so much for that review it brightened my day immensely.