I Miss You
.:Wh00t. I got this chapter out quick. I am considering pasting together CUPCAKE part 1 and 2 to just make it a longer chapter. Oh well. I still haven't gotten around to fixing the first chapter, either. Oh well.
I know a lot of people don't like Lizzie. She won't be here for long, trust me. ;D I will tell you two things: Nigel won't forget her after his memory's erased, but he won't have the spark he has now. And the main couples for the sequel will be starting off 1/Lizzie, 2/5, 1/5, and, of course, -drumroll-, 3/4
This is the start of the chapters with MAJOR parts of the plot. So if you stopped reading the pure fluff chapters, here's where you'll start again. And this is one of the more humourous chapters, if I may say so myself..:.
Chapter 11 - Operation: MINT
M.ATURING
I.MMATURE
N.UMBUH
T.HREE
"Here, I'll get it." Kuki replied, dashing to the door.
"Hey, I thought she wanted to play with me!" Mushi pouted, as her mother patted her on the head and exited Mushi's room. "Grr... I thought I just got my sister back. But I... was wrong. I guess a girl just has to get things done by herself, not sit and wait."
Little did Kuki realize Mushi stealthily followed her, hiding behind the large plant by the door.
"Oh, hi Numbuh One!" Kuki cheered, waving her sleeve. Nigel nodded.
"Yes. Numbuh Three, do you have a television?" Nigel asked, and Kuki replied with a nod, pointing to her family room. "Come out, guys, the coast is clear." Nigel called, as Numbuhs 2, 4, and 5 came out from behind a bush and followed Kuki into her family room. Kuki handed Nigel the remote. He turned it to Channel 5, which happened to be a news station. He also increased the volume.
"Hello! This is Melanie Asters at the London Bay Medical Store at the Yellowtrail Mall downtown. This store has developed a new pill that makes you feel young and look young longer then any other pill created. It sends signals to your brain to have your energy signals expand, make you more anxious for work, sleep easier, more active when you usually go to bed so you can walk your dog or clean up, burn calories, larger amount of color in hair, and many other added effects. It seems that there is no guarantee that it works but..." The newscaster, Melanie Asters, explained, as the Kids Next Door stared at the television in shock.
"Now, it seems since Lizzie's birthday is tomorrow, we have all been secretly fearing decommissioning..." Nigel started, as Kuki squealed.
"Ooh! How did you know that, Numbuh One?" Nigel glared at Kuki for interrupting him, then continued.
"And it seems this pill may help. I don't think that store will sell it to a group of twelve year olds, so we might have to take it. So that's why for today our mission will be to get a hold of these pills and see if they will actually help us in our time of need."
"But Numbuh One, what about your date with Lizzie?" Hoagie asked, biting into the cupcake Mrs. Sanban offered him when the group entered.
"Ugh. I forgot about that... Well... Err... I'll just tell her I'm shopping for her present, since her party is tomorrow."
"Ooh! Ooh! Can I come?" Kuki asked, bouncing up and down, looking at Nigel.
"Sure, sure, whatever..."
"Yay! Ooh! Numbuh Four! What should I get her!?" Kuki squealed. Mushi was currently hiding behind the TV, eyebrows raising.
"How should I know?"
"Well, what did you get her!? Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!"
"I didn't get the cruddy girl anything."
"Aww... But aren't you coming to her party?"
"Well... Err... I guess..."
"Yay! Then let's go shopping!" Kuki cheered, grabbing Wally's arm and dragging him out the door into the Cool Bus.
"Well, we were going there anyway..." Nigel mumbled, as he and Hoagie followed after them.
"And now back to meteorologist Romona Baker with the weather..." Melanie Asters finished, as the screen showed an African-American looking young woman in a dressy outfit.
"Thank you, Melanie..." Romona replied, sounding annoyed, to the airheaded newcaster, "It's a beautiful July day as August approaches quickly. Clear skies and much sun is expected. Tomorrow we are expecting light showers and..."
"That girl's got it goin' on..." Abby stated with a sigh, turned off the t.v., and then chased after Hoagie and Nigel, hoping they didn't leave without her.
"To the mall, eh?" whispered Mushi, tip-toeing behind them, and then entering the storage area at the bottom side of the Cool Bus.
"Numbuh Three... You can let go of me now..." Wally mumbled, as Kuki continued bouncing up and down and singing, "Maaaalll! Maaaalll! We're goin' to the maaaalll!" while holding onto Wally's arm.
"He he he..." Mushi snickered, rubbing her sleeves together from under the bus, "Good, the mall. The perfect place..."
"Numbuh Three, would you call Lizzie for me and tell her that we'll be out shopping for her?" Nigel yelled from the front of the bus.
"Yaaaay!" Kuki cheered skipping to the telephone and hit Lizzie's number, which happened to be on speed dial.
Hoagie ribbed Nigel, "Hey, Numbuh One, too afraid to call 'er yourself?"
"Yes. There was no way I was going to be the one who gets yelled at by Lizzie. And I think Numbuh Three can take it..." Nigel replied, watching Kuki sway and hum to the telephone rings.
"Hi, Lizzie! Oh, Numbuh One wanted me to call and tell you... Wait... Numbuh One! What did you want me to tell her again?" Nigel slapped his forehead, as Abby decided to tell her for him sympathetically.
"That we're shopping for her birthday!" Abby replied in a whisper-y voice.
"But I thought we were going shopping to that pill place! Ya know, those pills that makes something larger and you more active at nighttime? And something expands...And then something is more..." A slight gasp was heard from Lizzie and if you were under the bus, you would've seen Mushi cock her head in confusion. But you are seeing inside of the bus, so we'll see Wally shudder in disgust, then walk up to Abby.
"'Ey, Numbuh Five, what kind of pills are we gettin' again?"
"If they're the ones Numbuh Three's talkin' about, then I really... REALLY don't know..." Abby replied, as she heard Kuki mumble on until Nigel covered her mouth and Abby took the phone.
"Err...Lizzie? This is Numbuh Five. We're just going shoppin' for your b-day, since it is tomorrow, and we want you to be surprised, so we'll have the Boss call ya when he gets back, 'kay? Yeah. Adios!" Abby slammed down the phone and sat down again as the plane landed and they entered the mall. -
"Now what?" Asked Hoagie, as the group all stared at the humungous line to get in the store, not to mention security guarding the line.
"We need to split up into two teams. One needs to get the pills, the right one, and the other needs to go shopping. Numbuh Three, you'll be in the shopping group. We'll meet at the Minty Munky Restaurant at three when we're done." Nigel ordered, knowing not to use Kuki in the pill-obtaining group.
"Who wants to go shopping with me!?" Kuki chirped, as all of the others yelled, "Not it!"
"Aww...Man..." Abby pouted, knowing she was not victorious.
"Do you hate shopping, Numbuh Five?" Nigel asked, as Abby shook her head.
"No... I just wanted to get in with the... uh... excitement. Yeah. The action." Abby replied, not so energetically. "I just hate shopping for Lizzie..." She said under her breath after Nigel left. "Com'mon, Numbuh Three, we bettuh..."
"Yay! Toy store!" Kuki yelled, louder then usual, dragging Abby to the store as she shook her head and sighed. "Hey! Do you think Lizzie would like the Super Rainbow Monkey Tea Set? No... Maybe the new stuffed Rainbow Monkeys with ten super-fun phrases! Wait... Maybe..."
"Numbuh Three, are you all right?"
"Huh?" Kuki asked, holding up a stuffed cactus with a sombrero.
"You seem more... Hmm... You're just more, childish today. Didja eat too many cupcakes or sumthin?"
"Um, no... Numbuh Five... I just thought that... Since I'm twelve... That I..."
"Numbuh Three, just because your getting older, over-obsessing with stuff you liked when you were ten all of a sudden is not going to help..."
"It's not?"
"No. Numbuh Three... You just gotta be yourself and let things happen as they do. Numbuh Five would if she could, but you just can't fight getting olduh. That's the most important thing Cree evuh said to me... Times change... I got olduh. There's nothing you can do. She's with the adults now..."
Kuki flopped unto Abby and hugged her, a tear coming from her eyes. "Numbuh Five..."
"And that's somethin' yo' sista' taught me..." Abby smirked, then under her breath she whispered, "People fall for that mushy stuff. It makes 'em calm down."
Kuki smiled. And for once she acted like she didn't hear people talking about her when she said, "Let's go find a present for Lizzie."
Nigel, Wally, and Hoagie dove behind a display infront of the store.
"Now, all we have to do is wait for some unlucky adult to come out of that store with the pills... Then we take 'em... And then run." Nigel explained, as Hoagie and Nigel nodded.
"But what about Numbuh Three and Five?" Hoagie asked, suddenly remembering the girls.
"Ah, who cares about 'em. They'll be okay." Wally replied, as Hoagie nodded again.
"But, Numbuh Two, why don't you go wait in line, just incase."
"Fine..." He mumbled, standing in line, smiling nervously as the adults stared at the goggled boy waiting in line for pills.
Nigel opened a brochure full of advertisements for the different medications London Bay had. "Vee -ah-gra?" He thought to himself, "What the...?" "Hey, Numbuh Four, look at this!"
"Hmm? What the? Why would they... Eww... Nasty... So that's what that stuff is... Ahh no!" Wally yelled, covering his eyes.
"What is it, Numbuh Four?" Nigel asked as Wally shuddered in horror.
"Ma' dad has that Vee-Ah-Gra stuff... Yet he nevuh told me what it was for... But now that I know..."
"EWW!" They shouted in unison, throwing the paper down and getting Hoagie, since they saw a man with the pills, that wasn't this mystery "Vee- Ah-Gra" stuff, thank God.
"So, didja guys get the stuff easily?" Abby asked, biting into her mint-flavored monkey.
"Err... Kind of. You see..." Nigel replied, starting to explain the discovery of "Vee-Ah-Gra", sitting across from her at the two-chaired booth as Abby laughed.
"'Ey Guys! Look at that!" Wally laughed, pointing to Abby and Nigel, suspiciously looking as if they were flirting as they opened the mint fortune cookie they were sharing. Hoagie frowned a bit until he heard Kuki.
"Ooh! Look! Mint fortune cookies!" Kuki cheered, grabbing the quarters on the table, "Do you guys want some?"
"Oh yeah!" Hoagie replied, as Wally watched Nigel and Abby open theirs and laugh again. Wally grinned and turned to Kuki.
"Count me in."
"Okay!" Kuki chirped as she went to the machine and got three for fifty cents each. When she returned she passed one each to Hoagie and Wally. They all cracked theirs open.
"Bright careers are in your future." Hoagie read, throwing the paper behind him and eating the minty cookie.
"You're family success will lead to your own!?" Wally read in a confused voice, "Cruddy cookie... What does yours say, Numbuh Three?"
"It's embarassing..." Kuki stated as she blushed.
"Com'mon..." Wally whined, curious of what's to be embarrassed about. It's just a fun, simple, fortune cookie. (That's mint! Hee hee!)
"Okay... You've already met your life partner. They're closer then you think."
.:I actually made this chapter the same day as I posted Chapter 10. I just didn't want to shove two chapters out incase it would confuse people and have them skip Chapter 10.
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