Chapter Six: The Tree House

"Britney, didn't you mention something about a tree house earlier?" asked Nigel

"Yeah, that's where you guys lived and had meetings."

"I bet if we go to that tree house, we'll find some of our stuff and maybe we'll even remember some of our childhood."

"I wanna go!! I wanna go!!" shouted Kuki, acting like herself at age 10.

"But where's the tree house?" inquired Hoagie.

"It used to be in Nigel's backyard," (A/N: Was the tree house in Nigel's backyard or his house? I'm all confused now) answered Britney.

"Well, it's not there anymore," said a remorse Abby. She had really wanted to visit that tree house and find out more about the Kids Next Door.

"They relocated it right after you guys were decommissioned. I know where it is now," Britney told everyone.

"How do you know?" asked Kuki.

"Because the Delightful Children and I went there after your decommissioning to see if there was any information about the code module. We knew you guys wouldn't be there to stop us."

"Did you find it?"

"No, and we looked everywhere too! Since Wally had the code module last, (he was the last to be decommissioned) we thought he'd leave it behind," answered Britney. "He's not very smart, you know," she whispered to Kuki.

"HEY!! I heard that!" yelled Wally. He may be stupid, but he wasn't deaf.

"Whatever," she said to Wally and turned back to the rest of the group. "So do you guys want to see the tree house or not?"

"Yeah! If course we do!!" they all shouted with eagerness.

And so after hours and hours of walking through the woods, Britney led them to this very peaceful meadow. There, looming above them, was their former tree house. They all gasped at its size and how well built it was. It was hard for them to believe that they made this, when they were only ten years old. They probably couldn't even build it now.

"How do we get in? There's no ladder or anything," asked Kuki.

"Follow me," said Britney as she walked to the trunk of the tree and pressed a tiny button. A little door immediately opened to reveal an elevator.

"Do we hafta go in that little elevator?" asked a scared Wally. "I'm...uh...a claustrophobic and it's so little. We can't all fit in. And...um...it seems a little dark and I'm scared of the dark too!!"

"Shut up, Wally," said Kuki as she ushered him into the elevator. He was right, it was little. They were squished up against each other.

"N-n-now that I think about it, I'm afraid of elevators too!!" Wally said with nervousness. The elevator quickly sped up the tree to the upper levels. There were so many and they weren't sure which one they were going to. "Did I mention I'm afraid of heights too?"

"SHUT UP!!" they all screamed.

The elevator finally stopped and they stepped into what seemed to be the main room. There was the room they saw in the flashback and they realized it was where they held their meetings. Nigel remembered being up on that podium, giving them instructions and shouting, "KIDS NEXT DOOR, BATTLE STATIONS!!". They all wandered around the halls and saw rooms, each labeled with the numbers 1-5. A sudden flashback reminded them of which room they were supposed to be in. Nigel went into the first room and saw a bed, high up near the ceiling. You had to climb a ladder to get up there. He was flooded with memories of being in this room, especially the time a fly got in and almost killed him. (He was exaggerating, of course) Hoagie stepped into room Number Two and saw all these blueprints and airplane models. Even though he's 17, he's still the 10 year old kid who liked to play with airplanes. It seemed as if he had even built one as a bed for himself. Like Nigel, Hoagie also had a flashback of times spent in this room and even the tree house too. He continued to explore this room and saw an old chili dog on the desk!! As Hoagie was drooling about his beloved chili dogs, Kuki came into the room marked Number Three. She was surrounded by stuffed animals, most of which were rainbow monkeys. She quickly ran over to her bed, a giant stuffed animal with the number three on it. She hugged the nearest rainbow monkey and was overwhelmed with images of all the tea parties she had in this room. She specifically remembered one with Wally, who had dressed up as a Mr. Huggykins. Wally went into the next room, room Number Four, and saw all these training equipment. There was a punching bag and a wrestling ring in the middle of the room. Wally, too remembered all the times he spent in this room. He even remembered the pesky little hamsters who always stole his soda. Abby went into the last room, room Number Five and saw a bunch of CD's on the floor. She still loved music, and the room she had now was very similar to this one. Abby also had many flashbacks, and especially remembered the time she let a fly out the window even though everyone else had wanted to do something different w/ it. (A/N: Is there any episode showing what Numbuh 5 does in her room? I could barely think of anything except for the fly episode.) After spending over ½ an hour in their rooms, the former Kids Next Door members, came into the main room and all reminisced about their moments in this tree house. It was like everything came back to them. They had gotten all their memories back.

Meanwhile, Britney was nowhere to be found. Unbeknownst to them, she was in the control room, talking to the Delightful Teenagers from Down the Lane on the big screen. "Good Job, Britney. You have succeeded in luring the Kids Next Door here," they said, in that creepy monotone voice of theirs.

"All according to plan, all according to plan..." responded Britney with an evil grin on her face.

A/N: End of Chapter 6!! Didn't think I'd leave you with a cliffhanger? But come on, did you really think Britney was going to turn good? She's a total bitch, so of course she would betray them!! Stay tuned for the next chapter as the plot thickens...