Wandering
Innocent pre-
Teens
Never
Even
Shared
Seeking friendship
By Ahhelga
Chapter 7- Where Is She?
Hello, I am glad you reviewed, and now, it's time to review again! Hah... Okay, alright... More romance in this chapter... I have actually put this up early fer you people's pleasure... Nah, its just that I'm lazy to be lazy... So, on to the fic!
Disclaimer: Damn, is everyone so stupid to think that I would write a disclaimer if I didn't own Kids Next Door?
"Keiko!" Wally yelled through the halls. "Keiko, are you there?"
"Yo, Keiko, ya'll can come out now!" Abby screamed after Wally.
"Keiko!"
That name echoed throughout the town. They really cared about her, and they knew that if she was out there, they wouldn't handle it. But little did they know she was actually right under their noses.
Lying there, underneath the tree in the town park, she thought about this once more.
Her breaths came in and out as time passed. Inhale, exhale. The pattern continued until she didn't realize that she had fallen asleep.
Meanwhile, the team was searching... searching for her. Numbuh 1 didn't even know why she was easily attached to the team, and neither did the rest. The calls reached far, and yet the sleeping girl could not hear their cries. The dreams in her head playing could not let her break free, as she had hoped in her crashing head.
She figured that they would not notice her disappearance... And it's not like she and they were attached to each other... At least, they weren't attached to her.
The snores grew, as time wearied on... And it got earlier and earlier in the morning...
Hoagie looked down on his watch, and jumped. It was already morning. Great, he missed the re-run of Yipper.
"Hey, guys! Let's call it a night," he called out. "I'm bushed!"
"No! Not yet, Numbuh 2!" snorted Wally. "She's gotta be around here, somewhere..."
"Hey, team! I think I hear snoring..." Nigel yelled.
She snored on, and on... not realizing that they have found her already. And in dream land she played, not realizing that they were carrying her fragile body up to the KND tree house. She was sleeping, not realizing that someone had been watching her every move ever since she had exited the tree-house.
"Wake up!"
She stirred, but no actual movement was happened. Wally walked up to her and propped her up, and suddenly, shook her silly.
"Wake up, Keiko!" he yelled in her face.
"No! Please not them! Take me! Don't hurt them, Dadd--" her face was awake with life. "Huh? Where is he?"
"Who, Keiko?" Hoagie asked as he popped a few popcorn pieces in his mouth. "What are you talking about?"
She replied, "Huh? It's just no one... just no one... H-hey! Y-you guys found me..."
"No duh. It's a little after noon and Numbuh 5'll be out to get some candy from the candy store!" Abby said.
"Oh, Numbuh 5, be sure to get me more of these gummy worms!" said Hoagie.
"Okay, and the malted milk balls for you, Numbuh 1?" she turned the leader.
He nodded.
"And you, Numbuh 4?" she turned to him.
He just stood there. For some reason he could feel an extra pair of eyes staring straight at him. He whipped his head in back of him.
Nothing...
A sigh escaped his mouth. "Err, Numbuh 5, just pass on me..."
The four others gasped. "What?"
"You turned down candy!" Nigel exclaimed.
"So? It doesn't matter, just go Numbuh 5..." Wally said, still shifting his eyes side to side.
"Okay, well, do you want anything, Keiko?" she asked the young girl.
"Why, yes, actually, I'd like to have some jaw breakers..." she replied.
"Okay, I'm on the job," Abby said to the four others. "See you's all later!"
She took off. The others did their own thing, building up an appetite for candy. It was now a couple of hours passed since Abby left and not one word.
"Something's wrong..." Nigel said.
"Yeah, we should check out what's going on!" Hoagie exclaimed.
Going down the tree-house, Wally still looked around. Trying to figure out what that feeling was. Someone was out there, and he knew it. He also knew that Keiko was rather silent ever since Abby left.
"What's the matter, Keiko?" Wally asked when they were in the back of the foursome group.
Keiko looked up after the long session after staring at the ground. She smiled slightly as she said, "Nothing's wrong, Numbuh 4... There's no need to worry..."
He smiled back as he put a hand on her shoulder, and said, "I'm just looking out fer ya, 'Kay?"
Keiko frowned. She took his hand off her shoulder and headed on. Wally stopped. And his loving smile turned upside down. There was something wrong. Not looking to where he was going, he slammed into someone.
"Ow! Watch it, will ya?" He noticed who he bumped into, Keiko. "Huh? Why'd everyone stop?"
The group was looking a crowd in front of the candy store. There were ambulances and police cars surrounding the area. They noticed that a car halted in back of the crowd. And out came Abby's parents.
The Kids Next Door rushed to the area. Mr. Lincoln was seen comforting Mrs. Lincoln, who was crying her heart out. It was just as they had suspected.
Abigail was lying on a stretcher, looking pale and motionless. Her arm hung over the edge.
Keiko gasped.
"Oh no..." whispered Nigel.
Eh, well that search for "missing" Keiko was pointless... You know it was! Well, that was... interesting... Yeah... Oh man!
That's me
Ahhelga
AKA Pauline