Operation: WITNESS
Wandering
Innocent pre-
Teens
Never
Even
Shared
Seeking friendship
By Ahhelga
Chapter 22- A Bit of Myself
Hey all. Ok, here's my 22nd chapter (finally!) and I'd like to thank you for all your reviews! It might get confusing at first, but I think you'll catch on later on, so, no need to worry. Also, the reason for not updating on Saturday or Sunday is because I have a huge sleep over weekend, and I wish to not be bothered all weekend, so I had to update now or Monday, and I think you all want it now... Watch CSI, they use a lot of big words! Hope you like it!
Rated for violence, cussing, and kissing scenes...
Disclaimer: I do not own anything other than plot, and Keiko, and a few crazy lines...
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He watched the bunny knock out Father. He watched the Delightfuls' go in fear. He still didn't know what to do. The damned rabbit was taking all his credit! Ok, well, not credit...
But the Delightfuls' watched as Hoagie had pet the robot on the head and gave it some oil.
"Good girl... Thank you very much, Hippy-hop..."
The Delightful blonde girl's eye had caught Wally. She stared at him for a second and pointed. Her blue eyes looked suspicious.
"Hey, isn't that the stupid one?" she called out. "What is he doing there?"
"Hey! Don't call me stupid!" Wally called back.
She shrugged. "Well, it's the truth..."
"It doesn't matter! Keiko is in trouble!"
Hoagie's head instantly turned. It was expected of course. A smile slowly formed on his face as Wally scoffed.
Hoagie then said, "Lemme guess she ran off to leave here? Was she so afraid of the dangers around her? And what happened next?"
Wally stared for a sec. "What the—how'd you know?"
"Well, you all remember how she was friends with her good pal Kuki...I figure Keiko's out to save our Numbuh 3..."
Nigel questioned now, "And how do you think of all this? Do you have proof, Numbuh 2?"
Hoagie shrugged. "Not exactly proof, but I just put two to two together..."
To the KND's surprise, a Delightful spoke. "And how do you know that Numbuh 3 is in danger?"
Hoagie smiled. "A very good question indeed. I found out...with a little pal called a note..."
"A note?" the Delightfuls' questioned.
"What note Numbuh—" Nigel stopped. He had realized. "That note?! I thought you got rid of it! It was driving you nuts!"
Wally suddenly realized what they had been talking about. It was the note that they found when they found Abby shot. (A/N: To those who still don't know it's the one in Chapter 8.) Hoagie was still smiling. He stuck his hand into his pocket and grabbed it.
"Well, when I had some time on my hands, I went and checked for it..." He stated. "It was only recently I figured it out... C'mere, everybody..."
He held out the note and took out a pencil to underline what he found.
My sweet dear,
Keep on guessing, you're not too far. Until all is killed, I will reveal myself from afar. Killing spree I did, killing spree she shall. I know where you are, just try to hide well.
Someone is looking upon you. And they would soon attack. Never would I stop, never 'till I get what I seek then catch. But I know you would run; I know you would hide. And all your little friends will try to save but ends to die. Now remember, catch me if you can, but I'll get you first, my sweet child above, just run, run, run but end up to die.
"The letters on the first word of each sentence spells out two words: Kuki Sanban."
There was a silence among them. Wally stared at the note as the rest stared at his shocked expression.
"Kuki..." he whispered. "She's in danger! Both of them! Keiko and Kuki!"
"Hey! Hold on! She's only going to help her, Numbuh 4! She's looking for her!" Hoagie yelled.
Wally was growing impatient. "No! She got captured by some guy! We were arguing and he pointed a gun at her head and made me go! I had to come here for help! I followed her out, because I wasn't going to let her go!"
The rest became quiet. All eyes were on Wally now. But—
"WHAT IS GOING ON?!" cried the Delightful Children.
Nigel sighed and explained to them. It was a bit confusing still to them, but they kept quiet. Wally crossed his arms at the time being wasted.
"Let's fucking go, Nigel! We need to save her-them, whatever!" Wally said, jogging out.
"Team, and, err, Delightful Children...BATTLE STATIONS!"
She couldn't see, with the blind fold and all. Although, she could make out the scent of...lavender in the room. It was a nice scent, but it wasn't right. It reminded her of the times when she and her dad would play in the living room tea party because she pleaded for mercy. What a kind father he was then.
The sound of a door slamming interrupted her thoughts. The lavender smell drifted away and now cigarette smoke butted in. Damn cigarettes. She always hated smoking (GOOD JOB!) and she hated it more than ever right that second.
"I'm gonna keep that blindfold on you for the time being, sweet..."
That voice made her bones chill and all the hairs on the back of her neck sprouted up. It hadn't done that since he first hit her. The voice of...
"Why are you doing this? What do you want with me...?" She pleaded.
She didn't hear a response but she could feel someone's presence. Strangely, fingers were felt by her ears and removed the blindfold. Her eyes got adjusted and immediately saw Wally's smiling face. She grinned like it was the happiest thing in her life to see. And it was. She quickly pecked him on the lips as he blushed. Keiko could've sworn she heard giggling.
"Oh, Wally! I'm so glad you found me! I'm so sorry about earlier! Please help me out!"
Wally pressed a finger to her lips to cut her out. He slowly made a "shh" noise as he reached for the rope on her wrists and then to her ankles. Almost instantly after he undid the last knot on the ankles, the doorknob started to turn. He ran for the desk right by the chair she sat in. She didn't see but there were two other kids underneath the desk also.
The Delightfuls were at the tree house with the supplies and emergency back up.
The door started to open and Keiko was frozen on the spot. She didn't know where to go, and there was no time to tie her back up again. She stood behind the chair and got ready to strike.
"Hey! How'd you get out?!" The man yelled.
She instantly remembered him. Memories of him budged through her head as she stared. It was time to face the truth. She finally knew about it, and it was her time to talk.
"How could you do this, dad?"
The three boys underneath the desk let their mouths hang in shock. They could hear everything.
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Ok, not really a cliff-hanger, but it's there I guess... Ok, this is probably one of the shortest chapters... But who cares?! Ok then, I hoped you liked it! Oh, and a second disclaimer: I do not own the idea of the note. I borrowed it from an HA! Fic by Dale Fjord, so don't think I thought of that brilliant idea. It really is great though. Review, please.
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Ahhelga
AKA Pauline