Chapter Seven

Numbuh Five was feeling quite good about herself. For one, she had stopped her dad from embarrassing her in front of her aunt. For another, she was looking forward to spending the day checking the Kids Next Door candy supplies and topping them up if necessary. And of course, do any chores which needed doing. Basically a normal day which, if she was lucky, she would have the afternoon of off.

Most of all, she was going to ask Numbuh One permission to raid the Delightful Children from Down the Lane mansion on a nacho hunt. Hopefully, the mission would go well, and without the lice that had plagued the last one.

She knocked on the door of the Uno house and waited until Mr. Uno came to door and let her in.

"Hello Mr. Uno, how was your night out?" asked Numbuh Five.

"It was a very good night out, thank you for asking," said Mr. Uno. "Nigel is upstairs in his tree house with the rest of his friends."

Numbuh One was not pleased at all. His effort in finding the new Delightful was getting nowhere, because they were no recent records of him or his activity.

He decided to ask someone at the Kids Next Door archive if there were any past records of him.

Numbuh 378, who ran the archive, told him it would take a few hours to find any records of Edward Venn there.

Numbuh One just closed the console and walked into the command centre. His head was still hurting a bit from last night, and the others were worried about him, telling him he should see a doctor if it was still hurting.

"Is Numbuh Five here yet?" asked Numbuh One.

"No, I don't think she's here yet," said Numbuh Two with a sigh.

"And Numbuh Three's mum called me to say Numbuh Three is sick," said Numbuh One.

"Is your head still hurting?" asked Numbuh Four from his position on the sofa.

"It's just a headache, and before you ask, I took a painkiller five minutes ago," said Numbuh One.

"Well, we're just worried about you, Numbuh One. Are you sure someone wearing armour hit you round the shoulder?" asked Numbuh Two.

"Guys, it really happened, and I've got the bruise to prove it!" said Numbuh One.

"What really happen said Numbuh Five as she walked in and sat down on the sofa".

"Looks like you had trouble last night, boss," said Numbuh Five. "Guessing by the bump on your head." Numbuh Five walked over to look closer at the bump.

"So how was your baby-sitter?" asked Numbuh Five.

"He was ok, I guess, apart from the fact he's related to the Delightful Children."

"You're kidding," said Numbuh Five. "Related as how?"

"He claims to be their older brother, but I never heard of him," answered Numbuh One.

"So does this mean we're going to have our hands full with an extra Delightful?" asked Numbuh Five.

"He told me he has no intention of doing anything to us at all. Not that I ever believe a Delightful…even an older one," said Number One. "Did Cree ever mention any Delightfuls during her time with the Kids Next Door?"

"No, to be honest. She never used to say anything about her missions to me," said Numbuh Five. "I wonder if someone's going to visit Numbuh Three. I hope she gets well soon."

Numbuh One flipped on the console to check if Numbuh 378 had found any information on Venn.

"Hello Numbuh 378, have you found anything on a Edward Venn?" he asked sharply.

"We found very little on this Edward Venn, but I sent you what we have on him," said Number 378. "Not that I understand why you're wasting my time," sneered Numbuh 378 as he fixed his glasses.

"Thanks, Number 378." He turned the console off and started reading the report.

"So we got a day for ourselves?" Numbuh Five asked Numbuh Two.

"Well, Numbuh Four and me were thinking about going to this comic fair in town," said Numbuh Two.

"I thought we could do some chores around here that we've been meaning to catch up on, but if you want to go, go," said Numbuh Five.

Unbeknownst to the Kids Next Door, they were bring watched by the Delightful Children, whose plan to destroy the Kids Next Door was nearing completion.

They had not intended to let their brother, Agent Venn, destroy them.

Already, Father was getting his plan together. Their brother was taking it easy, advising them not to go through with it.

The plan was to ambush the Kids Next Door on their way to the comic fair. They knew Numbuhs Two and Four would be attending.

But their brother maintained that it was too early to attack, and they should wait for his signal. They had no intention of following his advice, rather, seeing the perfect opportunity to attack, one that Lenny (the one with the helmet) pointed out could only go wrong if other Kids Next Door showed up. It would be easy to call for help, so they needed to wait for the opportunity to strike.

It pleased them that if their plan worked, their brother would not be needed at all.

They took one of Father's battle machines and walked down the road, ready to attack.

Edward watched them go, not at all pleased that his siblings had disobeyed him.

Their plan would fail; Numbuh One and the girls would come to the rescue immediately.

Knowing the Kids Next Door would be busy for the next few hours with his siblings would him give him a rare opportunity: to begin the first stage of his master plan to destroy the Kids Next Door. He was going to need help from the other Villains, though, and they would never take orders from him because he was younger than them.

And the only person that he could trust was in Kids Next Door prison complex.

So it meant he was going to have to call in a few favours from the few old friends inside the Kids Next Door.

Jeeves the butler came into his room. "There is a visitor for you downstairs, Master Venn."

"Any idea who it is?" asked Edward.

"He says you know him, " Jeeves replied dully.

"Ok, let's see who he is." Edward walked downstairs to the visitor's room and entered it. "Well, if it isn't my mole. And what do you want, Trevor? Or is it Number 125 of the Kids Next Door?" asked Edward.

"We're in trouble. Someone wanted a file on you from the archives. Numbuh 378 told me, so I came to tell you, just like you told me too," said Numbuh 125.

"And who wanted the report?" asked Edward.

"Numbuh One," said Numbuh 125.

"Like I knew he would. So was he given the report."

"Yes, Numbuh 378 gave it him."

"I want you to do a job for me. Free Agent Kyoto from moon base…or I expose you to your friends in the Kids Next Door," ordered Edward.

"It will be difficult," warned Numbuh 125.

"Oh, I think you'll find a way around the problem. Now go."

"Soon the Kids Next Door will be defeated forever," he cackled.

Numbuh One ran into the command centre. "Guys, we've got a problem. Where Numbuhs Two and Four?" he asked.

"They have just left for the comic fair," replied Numbuh Five.

"We've got to warn them about Edward Venn – they're in danger."