Girls Are Such A Drag
By Lauren G.
Chapter 9: She will be loved
"Mmm! This pizza is good!" Kuki said, biting into her 2nd piece of pizza. "Kind of greasy, though."
"Don't let that bother you." Jake aka Numbuh 30c told her.
"Okay... Ouch!" Kuki said, dropping her pizza back on the plate. Grease from a slice of pepperoni had dripped onto the palm of her hand. Kuki stared at her hand. A small black chip was embedded in the middle. It crackled and stung her hand.
"What's this?" Kuki said.
"Its... nothing." Jake said. With a grimace, Kuki pulled the chip off her hand. She looked over at Jake.
"What am I doing here? Where's Wally?" With that said, Jake pressed a button on his watch and quickly covered his mouth. A sickly sweet gas drifted over to Kuki and she blacked out.
"Huh? What???" Kuki said, opening her eyes, to find herself in a stone walled room. She sat up and found herself sitting on a cot.
"Hello?" She called. She got up and discovered she was in a jail type cell, with iron bars caging her in.
"Well hello." Said 5 eerie voices. "So nice to see you up and about." The Delightful Children came into view from the shadows.
"Who are you? Where am I?" Kuki told them, grasping the bars.
"We are the Delightful Children From Down The Lane, and you, Kuki Sanban, are our new recruit."
"Recruit? I didn't sign up for the army!" Kuki whined. The Delightful Children chuckled.
"Noooo. You're here to be on our side. The bad side."
"I don't wanna be on the bad side!" Kuki exasperatedly told the children. "Is that why I'm here? Who brought me here?"
"I did, little miss." Said Jake, stepping out into sight next to the Delightful Children.
"You! From the beach!" Kuki said, pointing a green covered hand through the bars.
"Yes. I'm Numbuh 30c. Or I at least used to be, before I joined the Delightful Children. And you will too!"
"No I won't!" Kuki screamed as Jake opened her cell door and dragged her out.
"Hiiii-ya!" Kuki yelled, wrenching her arm free.
"Grrr..." She growled, posing in a fighting stance.
"Bring it on, grandma!" With that, Kuki jumped up in the air and lashed out with her leg, pivoting on her hip. The kick struck Numbuh 30c on his shoulder and he collapsed to the floor.
"Get up you useless fool." The Delightful Children yelled at Numbuh 30c.
"I'm outta here!" Kuki said. The Delightful Children continued to command Numbuh 30c to get up, but he lay moaning on the floor. Kuki raced up the rounded stairway behind her. She burst out into a hallway lined with a series of doors. She looked to her left, and then to her right. She darted to the right and ended up in another hallway. She kept this up until she found herself in a long, carpeted hallway with double doors at the end. She burst through the doors and was greeted by a thunderstorm. Rain poured down on her and a clap of thunder, followed by lightning, lit up the KND tree house in the background. Kuki raced towards it, the lightning helping her along. She raced into the backyard, holding her arms above her head. She pushed the button for the elevator and took it up. She burst out into the main room.
"Teen Alert. Teen Alert."
"Its me! Its me!" Kuki said, waving her arms at the children who came out to meet her, armed with weapons.
"You're safe!" Mushi said, running up to her and hugging her.
"What do you mean?" Kuki said.
"The others told us you had been taken away by one of the Delightful Children's accomplices, Numbuh 30c. They're out looking for you at all the pizza places." Sarah told her. Kuki scratched her wet head.
"I did go to a pizza place. I remember I felt like I had been sleepwalking. Then, my hand starting hurting... Numbuh 30c must have put a chip on my hand when we shook when we first met."
"A brain-warping chip!" T.J. said. "It's a simple chip, about the size of a lemon seed. Once it has connected with any part of the body, it sends signals to your brain to do what the chip is programmed to make you think and do."
"I got grease on it and it broke." Kuki continued. "That's when I realized I was in a pizza place. Then I blacked out and ended up in some jail cell in some big house."
"The Delightful Children From Down The Lane's Mansion!" The children said in unison.
"Right! So I kicked Numbuh 30c and ran out of the house."
"Wow. You're lucky." Joey said.
"Numbuh 4 is right." Sarah said. "You're lucky to have gotten out of the house without Father finding you."
"Father??? Who--- Wait, Numbuh 4! Wally! Where's Wally? Is he with the team?" Mushi and Sarah looked at each other.
"I'm sorry Kuki. He's not. Don't you remember?" Sarah said.
"What?"
"You broke up with him Kuki!" Mushi said, her eyes filling up with tears. "And he would have made a great brother-in-law, too!"
"I.... I did what?" Kuki said, her eyes filling with tears.
"It wasn't her fault, Mushi." Tommy said. "Numbuh 30c put the brain warping chip on her and caused her to do that."
"I... I gotta go." Kuki said, frantically looking for the exit.
"We'll let the others know you're okay." Sarah called after her.
Kuki ran down the street, looking for Wally's house. The rain poured harder, soaking Kuki so much that she began to shiver in the chilly summer night. Lightning flashed, showing a white house with a black-shingled roof. Wally's house. There was a light on on the upper floor. Kuki looked at her glow watch. It displayed after 10:30 pm. Kuki took a deep breath and knocked on the door. She couldn't hear if anyone was coming because the rain was beating on the ground so loudly. A light on the main floor went on. The door opened. Wally stared out the door and Kuki stared right back.
"Oh. Its you." Wally said. He began to close the door.
"Wally! Please! Let me explain!" Kuki said.
"Explain what? What you did with JAKE?"
"You don't understand! Look!" Kuki shoved her right hand in Wally's face. There was a deep, imbedded wound in the center of her palm from where the chip had been.
"What is that? Did he hurt you?" Wally said, forgetting his anger for a moment.
"You could say that. He put a brain warping computer chip on me. I didn't mean to do what I did or say what I did." Kuki took a breath. "Please believe me Wally. Please." Wally stared at her hand and then looked into her eyes. Rain dripped from Kuki's bangs and mingled with the tears on her face.
"I believe you. Come in." Wally said. Kuki stepped in and Wally shut the door. Kuki flung herself onto Wally and began to sob. Wally stroked her damp hair and held her tight. Kuki finally let go and wiped her face off with a soaked sleeve.
"Here, I'll get you a new shirt. You're soaked." Wally said, stepping back from her. He led her to the couch and set her down. Kuki sniffled and sneezed. Wally went pink.
"Take your shirt off." Wally told her.
"What?" Kuki said.
"Take it off." Wally said, handing her a blanket that had been draped over the couch. Kuki slowly took off her green sweatshirt. Her sopping wet hair draped over her bare shoulders. She took the blanket Wally was holding and wrapped it around her self, covering up her pink, laced lined bra from sight. Wally was quite red already. He took Wally's green sweatshirt and headed off to the laundry room with it. Kuki stared around the living room. There were several pictures of Wally placed around the house. There was even a picture of Wally as a toddler in a Kangaroo costume placed above the fireplace. Kuki smiled. Wally came into the room with one of his orange sweatshirts,
"Here. Put this on." Wally said, handing it to her. He turned his head away as she put it on.
"I look like a wet tiger." Kuki said, indicating her black leggings and the orange shirt.
"You look fine to me." Wally said, sitting on the couch beside her. Kuki scooted over and leaned her head on his shoulder and snuggled in. Wally wrapped the blanket around them.
"Wally?" Kuki asked in a tiny voice.
"Yes?" He said.
"Make sure none of this ever happens again." She said, cuddling in closer.
"You still want to be together?" Wally asked, surprised. Then he remembered it wasn't her fault. It was that bloody Numbuh 30c's fault. He had to make a note to kick his sorry ass.
"If you want to." Kuki said. Wally grinned and bent down and kissed the top of her head.
Wally woke up with a very heavy object on him. It took him a second to realize it was Kuki. They were lying on the living room couch with a blanket over them. Kuki was wearing one of his sweatshirts. He looked over and saw Kuki's green sweater folded neatly on the coffee table. He looked closer.
'Went shopping. Love mom' Read the note on her sweater. Wally groaned and leaned his head back. His parents would tease him to no end. Kuki stirred and sat up.
"Wally?" Kuki said sleepily.
"'Ey sleepyhead." Wally said. "I think we better get you home."
End Chapter 9
Author's Note: Sorry this is short, ya'll. I'll try to get Chapter 10 up soon. I hope everyone liked this special 3/4 chapter. Please review! I'd love to hear from you! I am proud of this chapter and its mushy-ness. No trash, recycle! Yet again, dedicated to Kooky34Girl. Hope everyone will mourn with me regarding the LAST new episode of Codename Kids Next Door airing Friday August 13th, 2004. Well, the last new episode until they make new ones. Long live the KND.
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By Lauren G.
Chapter 9: She will be loved
"Mmm! This pizza is good!" Kuki said, biting into her 2nd piece of pizza. "Kind of greasy, though."
"Don't let that bother you." Jake aka Numbuh 30c told her.
"Okay... Ouch!" Kuki said, dropping her pizza back on the plate. Grease from a slice of pepperoni had dripped onto the palm of her hand. Kuki stared at her hand. A small black chip was embedded in the middle. It crackled and stung her hand.
"What's this?" Kuki said.
"Its... nothing." Jake said. With a grimace, Kuki pulled the chip off her hand. She looked over at Jake.
"What am I doing here? Where's Wally?" With that said, Jake pressed a button on his watch and quickly covered his mouth. A sickly sweet gas drifted over to Kuki and she blacked out.
"Huh? What???" Kuki said, opening her eyes, to find herself in a stone walled room. She sat up and found herself sitting on a cot.
"Hello?" She called. She got up and discovered she was in a jail type cell, with iron bars caging her in.
"Well hello." Said 5 eerie voices. "So nice to see you up and about." The Delightful Children came into view from the shadows.
"Who are you? Where am I?" Kuki told them, grasping the bars.
"We are the Delightful Children From Down The Lane, and you, Kuki Sanban, are our new recruit."
"Recruit? I didn't sign up for the army!" Kuki whined. The Delightful Children chuckled.
"Noooo. You're here to be on our side. The bad side."
"I don't wanna be on the bad side!" Kuki exasperatedly told the children. "Is that why I'm here? Who brought me here?"
"I did, little miss." Said Jake, stepping out into sight next to the Delightful Children.
"You! From the beach!" Kuki said, pointing a green covered hand through the bars.
"Yes. I'm Numbuh 30c. Or I at least used to be, before I joined the Delightful Children. And you will too!"
"No I won't!" Kuki screamed as Jake opened her cell door and dragged her out.
"Hiiii-ya!" Kuki yelled, wrenching her arm free.
"Grrr..." She growled, posing in a fighting stance.
"Bring it on, grandma!" With that, Kuki jumped up in the air and lashed out with her leg, pivoting on her hip. The kick struck Numbuh 30c on his shoulder and he collapsed to the floor.
"Get up you useless fool." The Delightful Children yelled at Numbuh 30c.
"I'm outta here!" Kuki said. The Delightful Children continued to command Numbuh 30c to get up, but he lay moaning on the floor. Kuki raced up the rounded stairway behind her. She burst out into a hallway lined with a series of doors. She looked to her left, and then to her right. She darted to the right and ended up in another hallway. She kept this up until she found herself in a long, carpeted hallway with double doors at the end. She burst through the doors and was greeted by a thunderstorm. Rain poured down on her and a clap of thunder, followed by lightning, lit up the KND tree house in the background. Kuki raced towards it, the lightning helping her along. She raced into the backyard, holding her arms above her head. She pushed the button for the elevator and took it up. She burst out into the main room.
"Teen Alert. Teen Alert."
"Its me! Its me!" Kuki said, waving her arms at the children who came out to meet her, armed with weapons.
"You're safe!" Mushi said, running up to her and hugging her.
"What do you mean?" Kuki said.
"The others told us you had been taken away by one of the Delightful Children's accomplices, Numbuh 30c. They're out looking for you at all the pizza places." Sarah told her. Kuki scratched her wet head.
"I did go to a pizza place. I remember I felt like I had been sleepwalking. Then, my hand starting hurting... Numbuh 30c must have put a chip on my hand when we shook when we first met."
"A brain-warping chip!" T.J. said. "It's a simple chip, about the size of a lemon seed. Once it has connected with any part of the body, it sends signals to your brain to do what the chip is programmed to make you think and do."
"I got grease on it and it broke." Kuki continued. "That's when I realized I was in a pizza place. Then I blacked out and ended up in some jail cell in some big house."
"The Delightful Children From Down The Lane's Mansion!" The children said in unison.
"Right! So I kicked Numbuh 30c and ran out of the house."
"Wow. You're lucky." Joey said.
"Numbuh 4 is right." Sarah said. "You're lucky to have gotten out of the house without Father finding you."
"Father??? Who--- Wait, Numbuh 4! Wally! Where's Wally? Is he with the team?" Mushi and Sarah looked at each other.
"I'm sorry Kuki. He's not. Don't you remember?" Sarah said.
"What?"
"You broke up with him Kuki!" Mushi said, her eyes filling up with tears. "And he would have made a great brother-in-law, too!"
"I.... I did what?" Kuki said, her eyes filling with tears.
"It wasn't her fault, Mushi." Tommy said. "Numbuh 30c put the brain warping chip on her and caused her to do that."
"I... I gotta go." Kuki said, frantically looking for the exit.
"We'll let the others know you're okay." Sarah called after her.
Kuki ran down the street, looking for Wally's house. The rain poured harder, soaking Kuki so much that she began to shiver in the chilly summer night. Lightning flashed, showing a white house with a black-shingled roof. Wally's house. There was a light on on the upper floor. Kuki looked at her glow watch. It displayed after 10:30 pm. Kuki took a deep breath and knocked on the door. She couldn't hear if anyone was coming because the rain was beating on the ground so loudly. A light on the main floor went on. The door opened. Wally stared out the door and Kuki stared right back.
"Oh. Its you." Wally said. He began to close the door.
"Wally! Please! Let me explain!" Kuki said.
"Explain what? What you did with JAKE?"
"You don't understand! Look!" Kuki shoved her right hand in Wally's face. There was a deep, imbedded wound in the center of her palm from where the chip had been.
"What is that? Did he hurt you?" Wally said, forgetting his anger for a moment.
"You could say that. He put a brain warping computer chip on me. I didn't mean to do what I did or say what I did." Kuki took a breath. "Please believe me Wally. Please." Wally stared at her hand and then looked into her eyes. Rain dripped from Kuki's bangs and mingled with the tears on her face.
"I believe you. Come in." Wally said. Kuki stepped in and Wally shut the door. Kuki flung herself onto Wally and began to sob. Wally stroked her damp hair and held her tight. Kuki finally let go and wiped her face off with a soaked sleeve.
"Here, I'll get you a new shirt. You're soaked." Wally said, stepping back from her. He led her to the couch and set her down. Kuki sniffled and sneezed. Wally went pink.
"Take your shirt off." Wally told her.
"What?" Kuki said.
"Take it off." Wally said, handing her a blanket that had been draped over the couch. Kuki slowly took off her green sweatshirt. Her sopping wet hair draped over her bare shoulders. She took the blanket Wally was holding and wrapped it around her self, covering up her pink, laced lined bra from sight. Wally was quite red already. He took Wally's green sweatshirt and headed off to the laundry room with it. Kuki stared around the living room. There were several pictures of Wally placed around the house. There was even a picture of Wally as a toddler in a Kangaroo costume placed above the fireplace. Kuki smiled. Wally came into the room with one of his orange sweatshirts,
"Here. Put this on." Wally said, handing it to her. He turned his head away as she put it on.
"I look like a wet tiger." Kuki said, indicating her black leggings and the orange shirt.
"You look fine to me." Wally said, sitting on the couch beside her. Kuki scooted over and leaned her head on his shoulder and snuggled in. Wally wrapped the blanket around them.
"Wally?" Kuki asked in a tiny voice.
"Yes?" He said.
"Make sure none of this ever happens again." She said, cuddling in closer.
"You still want to be together?" Wally asked, surprised. Then he remembered it wasn't her fault. It was that bloody Numbuh 30c's fault. He had to make a note to kick his sorry ass.
"If you want to." Kuki said. Wally grinned and bent down and kissed the top of her head.
Wally woke up with a very heavy object on him. It took him a second to realize it was Kuki. They were lying on the living room couch with a blanket over them. Kuki was wearing one of his sweatshirts. He looked over and saw Kuki's green sweater folded neatly on the coffee table. He looked closer.
'Went shopping. Love mom' Read the note on her sweater. Wally groaned and leaned his head back. His parents would tease him to no end. Kuki stirred and sat up.
"Wally?" Kuki said sleepily.
"'Ey sleepyhead." Wally said. "I think we better get you home."
End Chapter 9
Author's Note: Sorry this is short, ya'll. I'll try to get Chapter 10 up soon. I hope everyone liked this special 3/4 chapter. Please review! I'd love to hear from you! I am proud of this chapter and its mushy-ness. No trash, recycle! Yet again, dedicated to Kooky34Girl. Hope everyone will mourn with me regarding the LAST new episode of Codename Kids Next Door airing Friday August 13th, 2004. Well, the last new episode until they make new ones. Long live the KND.
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