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.
Stuff you need to know:
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Thoughts are in italics.
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Operation: M.E.M.O.R.Y.
Memory
Erased
Memory not
Openly
Recovered
Yet
Chapter 7: Holding Her In My Arms
Lizzie, standing there in the doorway, was quite a frightening sight indeed. Her face was red and her hair was coming out of the two braids she had put it in. Her glasses were askew and hung from one ear and she looked ready to burst.
Nigel gulped. I'm dead. Then he noticed that her murderous look was directed solely at him.
Abby was receiving it as well.
We're both dead.
"NIGEL UNO I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU!" Her yell shook the windows.
"What? I saved her life!"
This only seemed to make her angrier.
"YOU DID WHAT!?!" Her shriek cracked a window.
"I stopped the Delightful Adults from harming her!"
"HOW DARE YOU!" She dropped her purse and lunged for one of the guns left by the Delightful Adults.
She aimed it at Abby, a wicked grin spreading across her face.
"I wouldn't have gone through the trouble of getting the Delightful Adults to kill her in the first place if I had wanted you to save her Niggie."
Nigel's eyes widened in shock.
She sent the Delightful Adults after Numbuh 5!
"But why...?"
Her gaze became cold and unforgiving. "Because she took you away from me Niggie! I saw you first why should she get to be the one you loved!" She gripped the handle of the gun tighter. "And then she was decommissioned and I knew you would never see her again! So of course you came crawling back-"
"I did not come crawling back!"
"SHUT UP NIGEL! As I was saying, then she shows up again out of nowhere. Just when I thought we were fine. Well I knew I had to get rid of her for good!"
Abby shrunk back a bit. She couldn't tell whether the gun Lizzie had was the loaded one or not. When the Delightful Adults had dropped their guns the loaded one had gotten mixed up with the others.
"And since the Delightful Adults weren't able to get rid of you I WILL!"
She pulled the trigger of the gun and Abby closed her eyes waiting for the pain to hit.
But nothing happened.
She opened her eyes to see Lizzie looking at the gun and pulling the trigger multiple times. Each time nothing happened. Abby could have laughed in relief. She had one of the unloaded ones!
"NO!" She was starting to turn a shade of red that Abby decided could not be healthy. "THIS CANNOT BE HAPP-" Suddenly her eyes rolled up in her head and she slumped to the ground unconscious.
Behind her Brittany stood wearing a very annoyed expression and holding Lizzie's overly large purse.
"My God she was getting annoying. I had to do something to shut her up." She whipped her notebook out. "And this will make an amazing twist for my story!"
Hoagie popped out from behind her. "Glad you guys are all right."
Wally was behind him helping Kuki to her feet. "Yeah sorry we weren't awake to help ya."
Nigel smiled. "It's alright things seem to work out fine in the end."
Kuki smiled. "They always do!"
Nigel walked over to Brittany. "Thank you for your help. If we were still part of the Kids Next Door I would appoint you honorary member Numbuh 7."
She looked confused. "Why Numbuh 7?"
"'Cuz we named that stupid skunk Numbuh 6." Abby laughed.
"HIS NAME WAS BRADLEY!" Hoagie and Kuki shouted in unison.
Then suddenly... they all, with the exception of Kuki, who knew she remembered and hadn't told anyone yet, gaped at her. And then proceed to pass out.
Kuki looked at her fallen friends. "I guess we should put them to bed."
Abby nodded. And they removed Lizzie and placed their friends in various comfortable places in the room.
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Nigel woke up with the worst headache of his life.
He sat up and looked at the clock next to the bed. It read 12:05 a.m. He messaged his temples trying to remember what had happened. He looked around the room to where the balcony was still missing to where a bunch of bullet holes littered the wall near the door. And he remembered. Everything. From Abby saving him to Lizzie pulling the trigger of an unloaded gun. And he remembered that Abby remembered.
He jumped up and walked over Wally and Kuki who were asleep in each other's arms. He smiled at Hoagie who had Brittany wrapped securely in his arms, both asleep on the couch. He had to find Abby and he knew just where to find her.
He walked out of the room and into the dark and eerie hallway. For the second time since his stay Nigel made his way to the lobby of the hotel. And there she was standing in front of the window overlooking the KND base.
He walked up behind and her and opened his mouth to speak but she beat him too it.
"Hey Numbuh 1."
"How did you know it was me?"
"I always know when it's you. That and I could see your reflection in da window."
He nodded. "You always were the smartest of us." He placed his hands on her shoulder. "How long have you remembered?"
She shrugged his hands off. "Bout 7 years. I was in the candy store and some kid said just put it on the Kids Next Door tab. The word sparked something in me that I couldn't place so I researched it a little. And slowly but surely I figured out why at least 5 years of my life was missing. And then one day it just all came back to me."
He turned her around to face him.
"So you've remembered all along."
She nodded.
"And you still acted like you didn't remember anything."
She nodded again close to tears.
"But why...why did you pretend to not remember anything?" Nigel's eyes pleaded with hers for the truth.
"I...I realized you was in love with Lizzie now so I just figured it would be easier fo' everyone if I still didn't know anybody..." She looked down as tears welled up in her eyes.
Nigel took a step closer to her. "But I don't love Lizzie..."
She finally met his eyes. "You don't?"
He pulled her into a hug. "There's only one person I could ever love. And I've finally got her in my arms."
She gasped against his chest.
"You...you mean it Numbuh 1?"
He placed a hand under her chin and forced her to meet his gaze. "I could never lie to you...and you know it."
She smiled. "Good. 'Cuz Numbuh 5's been going crazy without ya."
He brought his face closer to hers. "Well that's no good." With that said he closed the gap between their lips.
He hadn't kissed her in over 10 years and it still felt like the most natural thing in the world. It was second nature. They way her body fit perfectly with his, the way her lips fit with his. They way her arms found there way around his neck easily. The way it was so easy for him to run his hands through her hair.
Everything about this was right. She was right. The only one for him and he couldn't understand how, for even a second, he could have survived without her. And he thanked god for sending him someone so amazing.
They broke apart and Abby looked up into his eyes.
"Numbuh 5 doesn't know what to say."
He grinned. "You don't need to say anything." He dipped his head and captured her lips again.
And he was right...she didn't.
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TaDa! I hope you guys like it. I'm sorry if it gets a little bit mushy towards the end and I'm sorry that this chapter's shorter then my others.
Only one more chapter to go!
In the Next Chapter:
"You guys have to open or gift first!" Brittany said excitedly handing Abby a rectangular gift.
"Ok, ok calm down. We'll open yours first." Abby replied with a laugh.
She carefully removed the wrapping to find a book. The cover was blue but no pictures decorated it.
"Look at the back."
Abby turned it over and over her shoulder Nigel read the summary out loud.
"He was sure he would never see her again. He was also sure she didn't even remember who he was let alone how she used to feel about him. He even managed to find himself someone else to love. Not as much of course...
He could never love anyone as much as he loved her.
And then one night, 10 years after she had been so cruelly taken from him, she turned up again and so did a whirlwind of emotions he thought he'd never feel again.
A reunion reunites five friends. One is engaged, and miserable, and a certain person could fix that. If only she remembered...!"
Both looked at Brittany in awe. She smiled. "Look at the cover."
Abby turned the book over and saw, written in fancy gold letters the words:
If Memories Could Talk.
By: Brittany Gilligan.
Her smile grew wider. "Now open it."
Well it should be out soon! I hope you liked this chapter!
R&R!!!