Operation: WITNESS

Wandering
Innocent pre-
Teens
Never
Even
Shared
Seeking friendship

By Ahhelga

Chapter 25- It's No Longer My Life

Hello, finally, my last chapter, save epilogue, of Operation: WITNESS. It has been a long journey that is finally coming to an end. Can you believe it? A year? Next time, when I make a story, I'm going to update it more often to fit it all in less than a year. Also, I'll continue to call Kuki "Keiko" 'til necessary. Enough, I shall end it now. Here is chapter 25, "It's No Longer My Life".

WARNING! BAD CHAPTER AHEAD! WARNING! IT'LL KILL YOUR EYES! I ADVICE YOU TO TURN BACK AND MAKE THE ENDING A MYSTERY!

Rated for violence, cussing, and kissing scenes...

Disclaimer: The real show wouldn't suck this bad.

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She opened her eyes and found herself surrounded by flashing lights and talking officials. But after that brief second, she found Wally sitting there by her side. His head was buried in his hands, and it seemed like he was crying.

"W-what happened?" she said in a hoarse whisper. It pained her to talk. She didn't know why. She didn't know why about anything right then.

His head looked up abruptly and stared. He quickly wiped his eyes, trying not to show that he was crying himself, like he was manly...just like old times. A hand was placed on her left, as he kissed her forehead.

"I love you, Kuki..."

She stared for a second. And sighed. It didn't answer her question, but she was satisfied for the moment. A faded memory ran through her mind.

"Keiko, I'll always be watching..." Alana whispered.

Indeed she did. Oh no. Alana. The thought of her pushing that knife through her lower belly made her wince. But... what happened after that?

"Wally, I—"

"You need to know what happened..." he said quietly. "What happened after she stabbed you..."

She nodded silently. He took a deep and quiet breath before beginning.

No one answered Wally's question. But it shook off, as soon as he saw Keiko.

Keiko lay on the floor, unmoving. Alana smiled as she held up the knife above the fragile body. An evil smile formed before bringing it down.

"No!" cried someone. Wally didn't know, because he was caught up in holding Alana's hand from stabbing Keiko once more.

"Retched boy, you realize she has been lying to you this whole time?" she exclaimed, still trying to attack her.

He growled. "Yes, I do. But that doesn't mean that she can get hurt any more that she is already...!"

Finally, the knife flew out of her hand and by Kirikou's feet. The young girl picked it up and waved it in their faces. She smiled bigly and kept holding it. Alana scowled, trying to charge at the boy.

Nigel, automatically, flung himself over the grown woman, and pulled her hair. She yelped as he bit her neck ferociously (A/N: Hey, what else would a child do when in danger? Bite! I know I would've done that!). She then threw him across the floor, knocking him unconscious. Hoagie was frozen solid, thinking of something to do while Wally was fighting her. Mushi stood there, stunned, hidden in the shadows, no one really noticing her for the time.

Punch, kick, dodge, charge, it was like a pattern to them. They both were driven to the end. There were seeds in Hoagie's mind, planting new ideas, and new schemes to attack the woman before him. Although, it didn't help much.

He realized something all along. He took out a watch, which had a small screen and communicator. A miniaturized computer popped out.

"Connecting Sector Y..." he said into the communicator. "Sector Y, this is Numbuh 2 of Sector V here..."

"Numbuh 86 here, Sector Y," called in her voice. "And....what in God's name is it, Numbuh 2?!"

He sighed. "I have urgent news."

Kirikou ran over to Nigel, still unconscious. She searched his pockets and (strangely) his shoes and around him to see if he had anything that would help. Apparently, he dropped his mustard gun somewhere else, and she couldn't find it. There was also some gum, but she didn't think that'd help. There was nothing.

Wally was pinned to the floor. Alana was going to kill him for sure. No doubt about it!

"Well, little, Numbuh 4," she said, rather loudly. "You've tried to kill me, prevent me from doing my tasks, and messed up my hair! I..."

It was then that Kirikou realized something. Hair! I know just what to do! She thought. Immediately, she started chewing the large piece of gum that Nigel had. Before Alana was about to shoot him down, Kirikou spit out the gum at her hair.

"Oh no! My hair, it's ruined!" she cried as she stepped up. "What have you done? Oh, you're going to pay! You're going to—huh?"

A whirring sound was getting louder. It soon was so loud; you could tell it was right outside of the walls. The right wall, which was where the whirring came from, burst into different pieces, flying all over the place.

"Everyone, come out!" came a voice.

The dust cleared, which let people see that there was a girl screaming into a megaphone.

"Numbuh 5!" Hoagie cried. "You're healed!"

"Of course I am, Hoagie!" she called out, she then said into the megaphone again. "We have the place surrounded. With police and KND!"

Alana backed away, trying to run. She ran into the Delightful Children when she tried to go to the hall. (A/N: Did you think I'd forget about them?)

"Hello, Miss Johnson," (A/N: I have a teacher named Ms. Johnson!) they said. "Trying to run away now? Tsk, tsk, you should have known we would take revenge. Trying to make Father turn against us, and now, he's dead!"

Armed men came into the scene and grabbed her. The medics took Nigel, Keiko, and her father, as investigators talked with the rest. It was all one big commotion.

But Wally couldn't help but remember...Keiko...is Kuki. He walked up to Kirikou, who just finished talking to a strange man. She looked at him, kind of worried. But remembered about the talk she had with him.

"Hello, Wally..." she whispered.

He nodded back. "I, uh, have a question... Is...Keiko really Kuki? Meaning...you are...Mushi?"

She sighed and looked down. A small nod was seen, as he stared at the ground. They both sat on one of the police car's hood. Almost simultaneously, they sighed.

"Wally...there is something you realize, right?" she said.

He shook his head. She took a deep breath, but couldn't continue, for a man walked up to them. Wally recognized him as the police officer, known as Officer Leonard AKA Lenny. He quickly grabbed Kirikou's hand. She waved goodbye to Wally very quickly.

"She didn't even finish what she was about to say..." he sighed.

"Wally, are you alright?" He turned around to see Fanny, Numbuh 86. It kinda surprised him to see her.

"Uh, I'm fine, Numbuh 86..." he whispered, looking down.

She looked at him, concerned. "Please, call me Fanny."

He giggled softly at this. And smiled rather bigly. Fanny. What a kick! He loved that name. Well, he loved how he made fun of it. She saw this and put her hands on her hips.

"I shoulda known," she said with disgust. "All of you boys are the same! Hmph, all I was trying to do was make conversation! Even comfort!"

He watched her walk away, hands in fists, stomping. She was muttering something, but all he caught was "Why'd all the cute ones be so arrogant..." He shrugged it off and continued to stare at his feet.

"Um...Numbuh 4..." Hoagie's voice said.

Once Wally turned to him, he saw Nigel and Abby with him. They held hands (Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 5 did), he noted. He would comment or make fun right about now, but his head was in a fog. He didn't care what they had to say. He wanted to speak with Ku—Keiko right then. He just had to talk to her.

"Numbuh 4..." whispered Abby. "I know you are thinking about this. I know that you, erm, just found out about...Numbuh 3..."

He looked up and stared. "Did you know about this, Numbuh 5?"

She slowly nodded, as she let go of Nigel's hand to rub against the back of her neck. She sighed and looked at the other two boys for support. They shrugged.

"She's healing right now..." She calmly said. "A stab will go in deep...luckily, she wasn't hit in the right place and it wasn't in her long enough to actually kill the girl."

"And you're telling me this why?" he said suspiciously.

"Well, I just wanted to tell you..." she whispered. "The Delightfuls are now orphans, and they're free to do what ever they want."

He continued to look down. He knew what she was doing. She was telling him this because he couldn't talk to her, and well, couldn't keep his mind off her.

The same man who took Mu—Kirikou away, was walking towards him. He kept a stern face as he kept walking. Wally jumped off the car, and stood up. He was shorter than the rest, and it felt good to be taller than them on the car, but he knew the man was coming for him. The man stopped once Wally reached him. The boy nodded to him and followed.

"She's in there..." he whispered, pointing to some medics, near an ambulance.

Wally walked up to the girl... It was going to be hard.

He hugged her. She was staring into the sky. She wanted to stay like this forever. Always in his arms.

"I—" she began but was abruptly interrupted by a kiss. They stayed like that for a while (kissing back, too), and it felt good.

"Ku—Keiko..." he whispered. She nodded, permitting him to do so. "Kuki. Numbuh 3, I have missed you so much! I can't believe you've changed so much! Not only with the whole identity thing but with...your personality in general. What happened?"

"I died, remember?" she said softly. A smile crept on his face.

"Well, at least she's gone forever, and we're together...forever..." His voice was so sincere, so promising. She sighed. Was this true?

Lenny (A/N: Not Delightful Child Lenny...Officer.) came up to them and whispered something really low, that Wally couldn't make out. Color drained from her face. She knew it. But...it was decision. He walked away.

"Wally...the government...they're giving me a choice..." she started. This was going to be hard. "To stay here...as Kuki with my sister, Mushi... Or...I could become someone else again. I could stay with the WPP."

He knew it was a given. It had to be the first one! Right? His face faltered, as did hers. She knew it was going to be hard on him. Even if he was so confident in the first choice...she wasn't.

"I love you...but...it's not right..." she said softly. "I mean, we'd have all this knowledge of dangers, and...and...that knowledge wouldn't be safe under one roof, if you know what I mean... I—I...think...it'd be best if...if I go away. Plus, they might still be out to get me. We...can't see each other again. And...I have to go. Who knows? Maybe we'll bump into each other some day! Although...you wouldn't recognize me..."

"Wh-what?" he stuttered. Why so sudden? Why right away? Why couldn't she just be with him? This was too soon! Next thing he knew a kiss and a hug at the same time attacked him. He returned it of course, still in a cloudy head.

"Aw! Isn't that so cute!" they heard. It turned out to be Kirikou. "But...since I heard everything...I guess you just can't stay together!" Her voice was a little bit too cheerful. Keiko guessed it was the fact that she was out of Alana's hands.

They both looked at each other, this time, it was with scared expressions. She didn't realize it was this hard. She started to cry as her sister came up to her to pat her on the back. They didn't realize Lenny had been watching.

"We have to go then," he said firmly. "It's all for the best. We have to leave immediately. Good bye, Mister Beatles, the government will want to have a word with you sometime soon, I suppose."

Lenny came up to Keiko and lifted her up from her resting area. She was still healing a bit. He carried her into a black car, Kirikou marching right behind him and got in after Keiko. He went to the driver's seat and revved up the engine.

Wait a minute! They're leaving now! Wally's mind raced.

Time was moving so slow. The other team members watched and ran over to him. They knew what was happening. He couldn't hear their shouts, his mind was in a fog. Wally could see her pale face pressed against the back window, with her hands reaching out to him. Palms were flat against the glass. He started to run after them. He saw her tears as the speed picked up. The car kept going, as he kept running. It was impossible. He couldn't catch up.

"No! Don't go!" Wally cried. He screamed as loud as he can. At last, he stopped and let his knees fall to the ground. Head in his sweaty palms, he started to cry.

"No... I will find you one day!"

The last thing he heard was the feet hitting the ground next to him.

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What the fuck?! I HATE THAT ENDING! When I first thought of it in my head, it was planned so perfectly! It seemed so good when it came to my mind! You know what, sometime in the future, I will revise this whole chapter. So, don't worry, this horror to the eyes will be fixed...one day. Well anyways, I hope you review. And that's the end. Next: Epilogue! That's probably the best of all of these chapters.

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Ahhelga
AKA Pauline