Girls Are Such A Drag
By Lauren G.
Chapter 6: The Past Unfolds
Wally and Kuki followed Sarah out of town and into the suburbs.
"We're almost there." Said Sarah. They paused outside Nigel's house.
"What are we doing here?" Wally whispered. "We can't go in there. It's a government building."
"No its not. It's the Kids Next Door headquarters. Now, quickly!" They crept along the hedges towards the tree. Suddenly, a light blared on.
"HALT! What do you think you're—Wally? Kuki?" Nigel stepped out onto the back porch of his house.
"You! Come with me!" Sarah barked at Nigel.
"Nigel, what's going on with the yelling and the lights and the little kids?" said a voice. Abby stepped out onto the porch also.
"Wally? Kuki?" Abby said. The kid with glasses grabbed her and pushed her towards the tree house.
"Get your hands off me brat!" Abby cried.
"I'm not a brat! I'm T.J. Efferson!" Squeaked the kid. "Now get in the elevator!"
"Numbuh 2!" Sarah ordered Tommy. "Get your brother and bring him here."
Nigel and his friends sat on a half circle couch. Sarah stood behind a podium with a number 1 painted on it.
"Teenagers, we have brought you here to discuss your business of being here." Sarah said. "The 5 of you used to belong to the anti teen and adult group of the Kids Next Door. Tommy, Mushi, Joey, T.J., and myself were sent to replace you once you turned 13. At that age, operatives are sent to the Kids Next Door moon base and their memories of any KND related missions are wiped away. Therefore, that's why you have no remembrance of this tree house. Any questions?"
Everyone sat in silence. Then Kuki raised her hand.
"Yes, old Numbuh 3."
"Yeah... um.... What?" Sarah sighed.
"We were part of an organization against teen and adults called the Kids Next Door." Nigel simply said.
"Oh. Okay! Wait, what?" Everyone groaned.
"Never mind about the explanation. It is highly against the rules for us to bring you here and to ask for your help. But perhaps since the Delightful Children From Down the Lane haven't gotten hold of you, we can use you to help us stop them."
"The Delightful who's from down the what?" Hoagie said.
"The Delightful Children From Down the Lane. They are a group of teens like yourself who have been recruiting adult villains against us since the very beginning of the Kids Next Door. Now, we have received word of the Delightful Children's next plan of attack. We're not sure what their goal is, but we do know they will be at Happyland. We leave tomorrow at 11 hundred."
"We? As in, all of us?" Nigel said.
"Of course." Sarah replied. "But we must keep this a secret from Numbuh 86.
"Right. Whoever that is." Grumbled Wally. As they left the tree house, Nigel spoke up.
"What were you two doing dressed up?" Nigel confronted Wally and Kuki.
"They went on a mmmph!" Mushi began but Kuki slapped a hand over her mouth.
"Well, what was Abby doing over at YOUR house?" Wally said, poking Nigel in the stomach. Nigel went red.
"Well, I uh... We were.... Never mind. Meet us back here tomorrow like Sarah said." They dispersed.
The next day, they walked to Happyland.
"I think I remember this place." Nigel said as they paid their admission and walked into the carnival type amusement park.
"Ooooh! Boardwalk games! Can I go play?" begged Kuki and Mushi.
"Not now, we have to find the Delightful Children first." Sarah said.
"Aw come on. I'm not gonna let a brat boss me around. Come on Kuki, I'll win you a stuffie."
"Hooray!" Kuki said, she grabbed Wally's hand and they rushed off.
"Will YOU win ME a stuffie Tommy?" Mushi said to Tommy, fluttering her eyelashes.
"Uh... I want a scone first." Tommy said, adjusting his beanie. They rushed off.
"I want a scone too. See you guys." Hoagie added and ran off after his little brother. Sarah sighed.
"Come on Sarah, you've still got us." Chirped Joey.
"You're right Numbuh 4. We can find them by ourselves." Sarah told Joey. Sarah turned to Nigel.
"Watch out for teen in a blue suit or a white dress." Sarah warned Nigel. If you do, use this to contact us. We don't want to be seen together." Sarah handed an old cordless phone with duct tape around the middle. She and Joey and T.J. rushed off. Nigel and Abby were left by themselves.
"You uh... want to walk around?" Nigel asked Abby. She smiled and nodded. They walked off into the carnival.
Hoagie wandered through the park with his scone. He cradled it carefully so not a single flake of powdered sugar would fall.
"Awesome! A Ferris wheel!" Hoagie said. He hurried forward and got in line. He munched on the scone as he waited in the line. The wheel went round and round. When it was his turn, he slid onto the seat. But the bar did not go down. Instead, a girl in a white dress slid into the seat next to him. Hoagie looked over at her and almost dropped his scone.
"You! From the skating rink!" He said.
"Hello Hoagie." The girl with the pink bow said. The bar went down and the wheel began to go round.
"Wh—who are you?" He stuttered.
"Me? You may call me Deb." She eerily replied.
"Deb? How about Debbie?" Hoagie asked.
"That would be even better." She said. The Ferris wheel went round and round, and stopped when they were at the top. Debbie blew a bubble with her gum. The wind blew and rustled the wax paper on which Hoagie's scone lay. The Ferris wheel continued to stay stationed. Hoagie swallowed. He was stuck. On the top of a Ferris wheel. With a girl. A pretty, but creepy, girl. The wheel began to move again. Hoagie breathed a sigh of relief. As their seat was en route to the drop off, Debbie untied her pink bow from her hair. She took Hoagie's scone from off his lap, folded it up in the wax paper, and tied the bow to it. She handed it back to him as the ride operator opened the safety bar.
"Goodbye Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr. We will meet again." Debbie said as she got off the ride. Hoagie stood still for a moment before running off to find Nigel.
"Who's a happy boy? Who's a happy boy? Who's a happy boy? Who's a happy-"
"For the last time, STOP POKING ME!" Nigel screamed at the lion suit clad carnie.
"Geez." The guy muttered and walked away. Nigel turned to Abby.
"Sorry about that." He said.
"It's okay. Abby was about to say something herself." She said. "Come on, lets go to the roller coaster." Abby grabbed Nigel's hand and they ran off together.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY WALLY!" Kuki cheered as Wally popped a red balloon, winning a giant stuffed dog. The tall blue suited boy running the dart booth handed her the dog.
"Congratulations Kuki Sanban and Wallabee Beetles." Said the boy.
"Thanks!" Kuki said.
"Hmmm..." Wally said, staring at the boy. He wasn't even sure the boy was staring back, since he had equally long hair hanging over his eyes. Wally just shrugged and went after Kuki.
"Wally!" said Kuki in a singsong voice. "Can we get some popcorn?"
"All right." Wally said. They headed to the popcorn stand. It was run by a girl who looked a lot like Nigel's ex-girlfriend Lizzie, only with brown hair.
"1 popcorn please!" Kuki said. The girl smiled and turned to scoop popcorn into a red and white striped paper bag. Kuki grinned the entire time, and so did the girl at the stand.
"Here you go." She eerily said. Kuki paid the girl a dollar and they walked away.
"Look! There's Nigel and Abby!" Wally pointed out. They walked over to them. They were holding a photo and looking at it together, heads touching and cheeks rosy.
"What's that?" Wally said in a teasing voice.
"N-nothing." Nigel said, stuffing it into his back pocket.
"We just went on the roller coaster and bought the picture the ride takes. You know, with the big drop and the loop de loop and the camera..." Abby said.
"Oh." Wally said disappointed.
"You guys! You guys!" Hoagie cried out, racing towards them. "You'll never guess what happened!"
"What's up?" Nigel asked Hoagie. Hoagie stopped to catch his breath as he stood in front of his friends.
"I met this girl!" Hoagie gasped. "And she gave me her bow! And she said she'd see me again! Soon!"
"Whoo hoo! Go Hoagie!" Wally said. Suddenly, the kids ran up to them.
"You guys! Look what we found!" Sarah said. She flashed a photo in front of them.
"My picture!" Wally said. His hand flew to his back pocket. 'The photo must have fallen out!' He realized.
"Look at it!"
"I don't think that necessary." Nigel said, trying to snatch the picture away from Sarah. Everyone else leaned it. It showed the roller coaster train zipping down the tracks after the loop de loop. Nigel's sunglasses were askew and he was holding Abby's hand. Abby was smiling, her hat almost flying off. And behind them in the picture was a boy in a blue suit with eerie blue eyes and blonde bowl cut hair.
"Its one of the Delightful Children From Down The Lane!" Mushi cried out.
"Well well well. It seems our popcorn plans are going as planned." The Delightful Children From Down The Lane said in unison from inside a circus tent. The voices of the new and old Kids Next Door members crackled over an intercom that had been placed in Kuki's popcorn.
"You five must perfect more of our popcorn plans." Said a dark voice from the corner of the tent.
"Yes Father." The Delightful Children replied.
"I want to speak to you." Father said.
"Yes?" they all answered.
"No. Just you." His red eyes glared at the blonde girl. The others shrank into the shadows and dispersed.
"Yes Father?" Debbie said.
"Are your intentions for that boy for our best interest?" Father growled.
"Yes Father. My intentions fall right into line with our plans." Debbie replied. Father's eyes narrowed.
"Good. Dismissed." The eyes faded and Debbie left the tent.
"Or do they?" Debbie said to herself.
End Chapter 6
Author's Note: Sorry this took a while to get out. I had to do a ton of shopping for college. But at least this is getting kind of good! What do you think of the DCFDTL/Hoagie pairing? Dunno, thought it was different. Thanks for the reviews as always! And for those who might be curious as to why I named Blonde DCFDTL Deb (or Debbie), Deb stands for De-lightful b- londe. See? Kind of interesting, I think. Hopefully I will get Chapter 7 out soon. See ya'll later!
By Lauren G.
Chapter 6: The Past Unfolds
Wally and Kuki followed Sarah out of town and into the suburbs.
"We're almost there." Said Sarah. They paused outside Nigel's house.
"What are we doing here?" Wally whispered. "We can't go in there. It's a government building."
"No its not. It's the Kids Next Door headquarters. Now, quickly!" They crept along the hedges towards the tree. Suddenly, a light blared on.
"HALT! What do you think you're—Wally? Kuki?" Nigel stepped out onto the back porch of his house.
"You! Come with me!" Sarah barked at Nigel.
"Nigel, what's going on with the yelling and the lights and the little kids?" said a voice. Abby stepped out onto the porch also.
"Wally? Kuki?" Abby said. The kid with glasses grabbed her and pushed her towards the tree house.
"Get your hands off me brat!" Abby cried.
"I'm not a brat! I'm T.J. Efferson!" Squeaked the kid. "Now get in the elevator!"
"Numbuh 2!" Sarah ordered Tommy. "Get your brother and bring him here."
Nigel and his friends sat on a half circle couch. Sarah stood behind a podium with a number 1 painted on it.
"Teenagers, we have brought you here to discuss your business of being here." Sarah said. "The 5 of you used to belong to the anti teen and adult group of the Kids Next Door. Tommy, Mushi, Joey, T.J., and myself were sent to replace you once you turned 13. At that age, operatives are sent to the Kids Next Door moon base and their memories of any KND related missions are wiped away. Therefore, that's why you have no remembrance of this tree house. Any questions?"
Everyone sat in silence. Then Kuki raised her hand.
"Yes, old Numbuh 3."
"Yeah... um.... What?" Sarah sighed.
"We were part of an organization against teen and adults called the Kids Next Door." Nigel simply said.
"Oh. Okay! Wait, what?" Everyone groaned.
"Never mind about the explanation. It is highly against the rules for us to bring you here and to ask for your help. But perhaps since the Delightful Children From Down the Lane haven't gotten hold of you, we can use you to help us stop them."
"The Delightful who's from down the what?" Hoagie said.
"The Delightful Children From Down the Lane. They are a group of teens like yourself who have been recruiting adult villains against us since the very beginning of the Kids Next Door. Now, we have received word of the Delightful Children's next plan of attack. We're not sure what their goal is, but we do know they will be at Happyland. We leave tomorrow at 11 hundred."
"We? As in, all of us?" Nigel said.
"Of course." Sarah replied. "But we must keep this a secret from Numbuh 86.
"Right. Whoever that is." Grumbled Wally. As they left the tree house, Nigel spoke up.
"What were you two doing dressed up?" Nigel confronted Wally and Kuki.
"They went on a mmmph!" Mushi began but Kuki slapped a hand over her mouth.
"Well, what was Abby doing over at YOUR house?" Wally said, poking Nigel in the stomach. Nigel went red.
"Well, I uh... We were.... Never mind. Meet us back here tomorrow like Sarah said." They dispersed.
The next day, they walked to Happyland.
"I think I remember this place." Nigel said as they paid their admission and walked into the carnival type amusement park.
"Ooooh! Boardwalk games! Can I go play?" begged Kuki and Mushi.
"Not now, we have to find the Delightful Children first." Sarah said.
"Aw come on. I'm not gonna let a brat boss me around. Come on Kuki, I'll win you a stuffie."
"Hooray!" Kuki said, she grabbed Wally's hand and they rushed off.
"Will YOU win ME a stuffie Tommy?" Mushi said to Tommy, fluttering her eyelashes.
"Uh... I want a scone first." Tommy said, adjusting his beanie. They rushed off.
"I want a scone too. See you guys." Hoagie added and ran off after his little brother. Sarah sighed.
"Come on Sarah, you've still got us." Chirped Joey.
"You're right Numbuh 4. We can find them by ourselves." Sarah told Joey. Sarah turned to Nigel.
"Watch out for teen in a blue suit or a white dress." Sarah warned Nigel. If you do, use this to contact us. We don't want to be seen together." Sarah handed an old cordless phone with duct tape around the middle. She and Joey and T.J. rushed off. Nigel and Abby were left by themselves.
"You uh... want to walk around?" Nigel asked Abby. She smiled and nodded. They walked off into the carnival.
Hoagie wandered through the park with his scone. He cradled it carefully so not a single flake of powdered sugar would fall.
"Awesome! A Ferris wheel!" Hoagie said. He hurried forward and got in line. He munched on the scone as he waited in the line. The wheel went round and round. When it was his turn, he slid onto the seat. But the bar did not go down. Instead, a girl in a white dress slid into the seat next to him. Hoagie looked over at her and almost dropped his scone.
"You! From the skating rink!" He said.
"Hello Hoagie." The girl with the pink bow said. The bar went down and the wheel began to go round.
"Wh—who are you?" He stuttered.
"Me? You may call me Deb." She eerily replied.
"Deb? How about Debbie?" Hoagie asked.
"That would be even better." She said. The Ferris wheel went round and round, and stopped when they were at the top. Debbie blew a bubble with her gum. The wind blew and rustled the wax paper on which Hoagie's scone lay. The Ferris wheel continued to stay stationed. Hoagie swallowed. He was stuck. On the top of a Ferris wheel. With a girl. A pretty, but creepy, girl. The wheel began to move again. Hoagie breathed a sigh of relief. As their seat was en route to the drop off, Debbie untied her pink bow from her hair. She took Hoagie's scone from off his lap, folded it up in the wax paper, and tied the bow to it. She handed it back to him as the ride operator opened the safety bar.
"Goodbye Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr. We will meet again." Debbie said as she got off the ride. Hoagie stood still for a moment before running off to find Nigel.
"Who's a happy boy? Who's a happy boy? Who's a happy boy? Who's a happy-"
"For the last time, STOP POKING ME!" Nigel screamed at the lion suit clad carnie.
"Geez." The guy muttered and walked away. Nigel turned to Abby.
"Sorry about that." He said.
"It's okay. Abby was about to say something herself." She said. "Come on, lets go to the roller coaster." Abby grabbed Nigel's hand and they ran off together.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY WALLY!" Kuki cheered as Wally popped a red balloon, winning a giant stuffed dog. The tall blue suited boy running the dart booth handed her the dog.
"Congratulations Kuki Sanban and Wallabee Beetles." Said the boy.
"Thanks!" Kuki said.
"Hmmm..." Wally said, staring at the boy. He wasn't even sure the boy was staring back, since he had equally long hair hanging over his eyes. Wally just shrugged and went after Kuki.
"Wally!" said Kuki in a singsong voice. "Can we get some popcorn?"
"All right." Wally said. They headed to the popcorn stand. It was run by a girl who looked a lot like Nigel's ex-girlfriend Lizzie, only with brown hair.
"1 popcorn please!" Kuki said. The girl smiled and turned to scoop popcorn into a red and white striped paper bag. Kuki grinned the entire time, and so did the girl at the stand.
"Here you go." She eerily said. Kuki paid the girl a dollar and they walked away.
"Look! There's Nigel and Abby!" Wally pointed out. They walked over to them. They were holding a photo and looking at it together, heads touching and cheeks rosy.
"What's that?" Wally said in a teasing voice.
"N-nothing." Nigel said, stuffing it into his back pocket.
"We just went on the roller coaster and bought the picture the ride takes. You know, with the big drop and the loop de loop and the camera..." Abby said.
"Oh." Wally said disappointed.
"You guys! You guys!" Hoagie cried out, racing towards them. "You'll never guess what happened!"
"What's up?" Nigel asked Hoagie. Hoagie stopped to catch his breath as he stood in front of his friends.
"I met this girl!" Hoagie gasped. "And she gave me her bow! And she said she'd see me again! Soon!"
"Whoo hoo! Go Hoagie!" Wally said. Suddenly, the kids ran up to them.
"You guys! Look what we found!" Sarah said. She flashed a photo in front of them.
"My picture!" Wally said. His hand flew to his back pocket. 'The photo must have fallen out!' He realized.
"Look at it!"
"I don't think that necessary." Nigel said, trying to snatch the picture away from Sarah. Everyone else leaned it. It showed the roller coaster train zipping down the tracks after the loop de loop. Nigel's sunglasses were askew and he was holding Abby's hand. Abby was smiling, her hat almost flying off. And behind them in the picture was a boy in a blue suit with eerie blue eyes and blonde bowl cut hair.
"Its one of the Delightful Children From Down The Lane!" Mushi cried out.
"Well well well. It seems our popcorn plans are going as planned." The Delightful Children From Down The Lane said in unison from inside a circus tent. The voices of the new and old Kids Next Door members crackled over an intercom that had been placed in Kuki's popcorn.
"You five must perfect more of our popcorn plans." Said a dark voice from the corner of the tent.
"Yes Father." The Delightful Children replied.
"I want to speak to you." Father said.
"Yes?" they all answered.
"No. Just you." His red eyes glared at the blonde girl. The others shrank into the shadows and dispersed.
"Yes Father?" Debbie said.
"Are your intentions for that boy for our best interest?" Father growled.
"Yes Father. My intentions fall right into line with our plans." Debbie replied. Father's eyes narrowed.
"Good. Dismissed." The eyes faded and Debbie left the tent.
"Or do they?" Debbie said to herself.
End Chapter 6
Author's Note: Sorry this took a while to get out. I had to do a ton of shopping for college. But at least this is getting kind of good! What do you think of the DCFDTL/Hoagie pairing? Dunno, thought it was different. Thanks for the reviews as always! And for those who might be curious as to why I named Blonde DCFDTL Deb (or Debbie), Deb stands for De-lightful b- londe. See? Kind of interesting, I think. Hopefully I will get Chapter 7 out soon. See ya'll later!