It was a Saturday afternoon up at the tree house. It was complete business. Since the weekdays were now replaced with the torturous school, they had only the weekends and week nights to update their weapons and defensive systems. Nigel was typing missions out on in the computer. Abby was helping Hoagie fix some weapons. And Wally and Kuki were fixing the broken cabinet table that Wally and Hoagie bumped into when they were wrestling. Little George was in his shoe box, on the couch out of danger. It was silent as everyone worked. Abby went to grab a hammer just as Hoagie did and their hands touched. She blushed and let him take it. He scratched the back of his head shyly, then hammered in a nail. A gurgle broke the silence. Kuki giggled.

"I'm hungry! Can we take a break, Numbuh 1?!" She asked. Nigel studied what he had typed on the screen.

"Uh.. yeah sure. Go ahead." He said. The rest of the team got up and went to the kitchen.

"Numbuh 5 is craving a chocolate milkshake.." She said, opening the cupboard looking for any chocolate.

"Well I want some good old PB&J!" Wally said. "Hey Numbuh 2, throw me the bread!"

"Okay!" Hoagie said. He retrieved the bread and threw it over to Wally. Kuki had taken George over to the table.

"Are you hungry!? What do you want for lunch today? How about some apple sauce?" She said to the egg happily. Wally scowled, sitting down at the table with his sandwich.

"Ugh, how can you talk to it like that? It's just an egg." He said, ripping a chunk out with his teeth.

"He's not just an egg, Numbuh 4! His name is George!" Kuki said. Hoagie smirked.

"Yeah Numbuh 4. It's George." He said. Wally rolled his eyes, swallowing. Nigel turned around to glance back at the team. Kuki was nuzzling the egg against her cheek. He smiled softly. She would make a good mom when she grew up. He suddenly felt very lonely.. How could he always be so serious? Why was he was so committed? Why couldn't he just.. let loose? He thoughts were interrupted by arguements between Numbuh 3 and 4.

"He's not just an egg, Numbuh 4! He's a responsiblity! He's me and Nigel's son! He's GEORGE." Kuki said, nodding, proud of herself. Wally threw his sandwich down.

"NO. He's an EGG! A BLUE EGG! A CRUDDY PROJECT! He's not your son! Your not Numbuh 1's wife! You're just his team mate! Heck, I doubt you guys would even be friends if you weren't in the Kids Next Door!" He cried. Kuki's eyes watered. Hoagie coughed gently and Abby glanced away. Suddenly, this rage came out of no where from Numbuh 3.

"HE'S NOT JUST AN EGG! HE MAKES ME FEEL BETTER! AND YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS! YOU BIG MEANIE HEAD! YOU'RE JUST MAD CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE AN EGG TO TAKE CARE OF!" Numbuh 3 yelled. She started running to her room when she tripped over that darn hammer and fell. CRACK! Kuki gasped and it was silent. Nigel quickly got up to her side.

"Kuki! Are you alright?!" He asked her. Kuki's knee was ripped with blood trickling down. But she wasn't concentrating on that. What she was concentrating on was the cracked George. She screamed and clinged to Nigel.

"I'm so sorry! H-He's gone! I broke him!" She sobbed into his chest. Abby came over and knelt down.

"Shh Numbuh 3.. Don't cry. You'll be fine! We'll get you a new one!" She said. Kuki shook her head.

"B-B-But Muh-muh-Mr. Porter s-said we couldn't.." She sobbed into Nigel. He rubbed her back gently.

"Maybe you could tape him.. or something." Hoagie suggested. Wally thought for a moment and got an idea.

"Ya know, Kuki.. Whenever I fell and got hurt, my mum always gave me a band-aid and then a kiss.. to make me feel all better.. Just tell Mr. Porter that George had a boo boo. He'll understand.." Wally said softly coming over. Kuki wiped her tears and smiled.

"Okay!! Ow!" She has just realized her knee was all nasty. Nigel gathered her in his arms and carried her to the bathroom. He set her down on the toliet ( With the cover so she doesn't fall in.. ) and rummaged around for the band-aids.

"Here we are.." He removed the little thingys on the band-aid to make it sticky, then put it on her wound.

"There!" Nigel said and smiled. Kuki grinned and gave him a hug. Nigel blushed a bit.

"Thanks!! Now it's time to give one to George!" She said, grabbing a band-aid. Kuki skipped out of the bathroom happy again. The rest of the team sighed out of relief. Wally handed George to Kuki and smiled to say sorry. Kuki grinned.

"Thanks Numbuh 4! Wanna help put on the band-aid?" She asked. Wally hesitated.

"Nah.." He said, then walked off to the cabinet to finish it. Kuki shrugged and put the band-aid on George. Nigel smiled from a distance. Abby leaned up against the wall next to him.

"So.. what you did back there. Wasn't very you." She said. Nigel glanced to her.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Well.. normally you would look embarressed.." Abby said, with a slight smirk. Nigel shook his head.

"Yeah? She's a team mate. A friend.. S'how it works out." He said.

"Mmhm." Abby said with a Whatever-You-Say nod and left. Nigel rubbed his temples.

"What am I doing?"

Yay! Chapter 3. I hope it wasn't to dramatic. I didn't think it would turn out like this.. Hope you liked it! Hopefully Chapter 4 will be up soon. I know I got a suggestion for a walk in the park.. I think I'll do that next chapter and have Lizzie guest appear... Thanks for the reviews guys! Helps a lot! ( BTW, I got a review from someone who was confused with the numbers [1/3, 3/4, etc] Like Numbuhs 1 and 3 are 1/3 and so on. Hope that helps )