Lady Serenity Moon Child: I really liked this story, though you seemed to understate the fact (In the First Chapter) that even though Nigel does freak out, A LOT, he is still a great leader who keeps them all together. You did better in the second one though.
UPDATE SOON!
Priestess Aishisu: I know that he is a great leader, I was just trying to establish that he thinks Abigail would be the better leader.
Princess Rusty: I love it! It's great! But the mp3 player thing seemed kind of inspired by another fic, was it?
Don't take weeks to make a new chapter, hear?
ps. Are the Delightfuls trying to play match-maker (yeah right) or are they trying to kill off #1 and#5 at the same time?
Priestess Aishisu: Actually it was inspired by the time my little brother threw my MP3 player against the wall and broke it. Though I don't think he has baby duckies on his underwear...They're trying to kill them off, duh! I'm the one playing matchmaker.
"Me!?" Nigel cried. The next thing he knew, maybe a hundred hands were pushing him to the dance stage, ignoring his weak protest ("I can't dance!). He tumbled forward and barely escaped slamming right into Abigail.
She was looking at him with a half-smile, hands on her hips, her eyebrow lifted with something similar to amusement. "Umm...." he tried to remember his complaint. "I can't dance."
She laughed softly. "Neither can I," she admitted. "I guess we'll just have to make it up as we go along."
He started to protest, but the music had already started and he had wanted to dance with her. A few more moments of inner struggle, and he smiled. "All right."
I get such a thrill when you look in my eyes
My heart skips a beat girl I feel so alive
Please tell me baby if all this is true
Cause deep down inside all I wanted was you
"This is so unfair," whined Hoagie, watching his friends. Wallabee and Kuki were already King and Queen of the dance again, and Abigail and Nigel were doing very well. They all seemed to be having fun.
O-o-oh, makes me wunnu dance
O-o-oh, it's a new romance
O-o-oh, I look into your eyes
O-o-oh, best years of our lives
"What is?" Beth asked. Beth Killingworth was the girl dancing with him, and already he knew quite a bit about her—she was a girl his age who liked writing stories, she was from Great Britain, her parents were divorced and her father's crazy girlfriend Zermeen had driven her out of her house. He had already invited her to stay in the tree house, though he hadn't asked the other operatives yet.
When we first met I could hardly believe
The things that would happen that we could achieve
So let's be together for all of our time
Girl I'm so thankful that you are still mine
"All my friends are dancing and having fun except me!" he replied, blushing. He didn't want Beth to think he was a baby.
O-o-oh, makes me wunnu dance
O-o-oh, it's a new romance
O-o-oh, I look into your eyes
O-o-oh, best years of our lives
Beth smiled, lifting an eyebrow. She grabbed Hoagie and pulled him to the dance floor, starting to dance. She was a terrific dancer.
My world's a better place cuz I know that you're mine
This love is so real and it's no surprise
Cause through the years I'll be right by your side
Encouraged by this, other people started to dance. The Kids Next Door and Beth remained on center stage, and no one really seemed to be complaining.
O-o-oh, makes me wunnu dance
O-o-oh, it's a new romance
O-o-oh, I look into your eyes
O-o-oh, best years of our lives
The Delightful Children watched. The other kids dancing had been unexpected, but the Kids Next Door were still right where they wanted them. And now they had all five.
So you always consider me an ugly duckling
Treat me like a Nostradamus
Which is why I have to keep my shine on
And break a little something to get my mind on
Cause you have my mind gone
"You know, Numbuh One, for somebody who can't dance you're pretty good," Abigail remarked, spinning around and turning back to him.
Turn the lights on,
Come on baby, let's rewind song
Cause all I wunnu do is make
The next years the best years
All night long
"Me?" he cried in surprise, his cheeks heating up. "I was following you!"
She smiled and laughed.
O-o-oh, makes me wunnu dance
O-o-oh, it's a new romance
O-o-oh, I look into your eyes
O-o-oh, best years of our lives
O-o-oh, Makes me wunnu dance
O-o-oh, it's a new romance
O-o-oh, I look into your eyes
O-o-oh, best years of our lives
The moment the song ended, the ground lurched up and swallowed them.
"Uugh..." Hoagie moaned, then his eyes snapped open. "Where are we?"
Wherever they were, it was far too dark to tell for certain. There was a light up on a ledge, and the figures of the Delightful Children appeared. "Oh, my, idiotic, are we? I was certain you would know by now that this was a trap! Now, each of you and your dancing partners must pass a series of obstacles. Enjoy."
"Well, this is just peachy," muttered Abigail, staring at the rickety bridge hung over a boiling lake of lava.
"Uh...how about we split up? You go this way, I go the other way! Bye!" Abigail's hand snapped out and grabbed the tip of his shirt before he had run four inches.
"You aren't going anywhere except over that bridge," she snapped, yanking him onto it. Gazing distastefully at the lava, she muttered, "I shouldn't have worn a dress today."
"B–B–B–B–B–B–But..." stuttered Nigel. "There's lava!"
"Aw, keep your shorts on," she snapped again. Nigel was baffled on two accounts—the first that she seemed to suddenly be angry at him, and the second:
"But I'm not wearing shorts."
Abigail scowled. "It's just an expression," she snarled, not glancing at him as she gripped the rope at the side of the bridge. "And you call Numbuh Five stupid."
"I never called you stupid!" he cried, then picked up on the insult. "What do you mean, I'm stupid! I am not stupid, I have a perfectly intelligent mind thank you very much."
"Oh yeah," she replied derisively. "You got such an intelligent head, you don't even care what's going on in other people's heart. Or know what's going on in yours!"
"What do you mean I don't care?" yelled Nigel, very mad now. "And I know exactly what's going on in my mind!" It just isn't anything I can let you know.
"Yeah, you love Lizzie Callahan."
That did it.
Without thinking it through, Nigel stormed up to Abigail and spun her around so they were facing each other. "I do not love Lizzie!" he shouted.
Then he kissed her.