KND: Run

R- Running away

U- Undeniably

N- Necessary

FICS THAT I STRONGLY RECOMMEND OTHERS TO READ!

Dum spiro, spero- Inuyasha (Must read for Kikyo and Vampire Lovers)
The Other Side- Yugioh
The Source of Pain- Yugioh- All of these fanfics. Are by Sweet Cherry
Kisses

Winning Over- My Life As A Teenage Robot- by Miss Funky Diva27 (she has
too few reviews! Please check her story!! It's really good!)

His Mother's Eyes- Harry Potter- nathalsa

Animal Sickness Hits BB- Teen Titans- Raven A. Star
Torn- MLAATR
Deadly Essence- Code Name: KND
Lying in Darkness- Code Name: KND- all these fics. Are by Evil Dark Angel

There is NO Sunrise- Teen Titans by Vampire Lope (she's my alternate
identity)

Dead Air- PPG's- by Parsec

Where Angels Lose Their Ways- Teen Titans- by Daisy Sparrow

Fair Weather Friends- Teen Titans- by Oboebyrd

Feelings- Trigun- by Sailor Starlight Girl

Trigon's Daughter- Teen Titans- by Hillary Friend

After Forever- X-Men: Evolution- by Fire Tears (a must read for X-men
Evolution fans and Avalanche Fans).

Countdown- Kim Possible- by Evil Dark Angel (must read for Kim Possible
and Virus story reading FANS!)

Guardian of Life- Wild Arms- by Angelic-faluna (must read for romance
fans and fans of stories who like it when the author puts themselves in
the story).

Just Killed a Man- Code Name: KND- by Paparazzi (those who love murder
and abstract stories).

Operation: WITNESS- ahhelga (What if Kuki had to join the Witness
Protection Programme and leave everything behind? Read this story to find
out what could\would happen).

Kidnapped- Code Name: KND- by Triple Six (last minute addition, people
please read this!)

Dialing at Random- Bible- by Megan (another last minute addition! Great
especially for Christians and those wondering if God really exists or
doubt their choice of Christianity).

That's the list! Hope you try to read at least one of them (and no they
are not being rated by number. I just typed them in as I remembered
them)!

ON WITH THE FIC!

Chapter4: Finding Hoagie and OTHER PROBLEMS

Suddenly there was a loud crash. Nigel turned around in the direction of
what had just knocked down the KND Headquarters door. Kuki and Mushi ran
out of Kuki's bedroom (the one marked #3) to see what was going on. They
were all shocked to see one of their arch nemesis The Toilenator.

The Toilenator meanwhile stood at the door breathing hard, his eyes
filled with anger and rage and his face (little part visible below his
mask) redder than a beet.

But then Nigel noticed something. The Toilenator; despite his stance
seeming to insinuate that he was ready to fight, looked as if he had been
through a devastating battle and had barely escaped alive. His tissue
rolls were nearly soaked with blood and his clothes were in bloody
tatters as if he was in a battle with several killer Dobermann Pinschers
and Rottweiler dogs and lost and barely escaped alive. Bruises were
visible everywhere and many of them were still bleeding. Several looked
like severe and huge bites and there sections where you could see that
flesh had been literally torn off his body. His toes were exposed and
they looked bent and gnarled as if they had been continually stepped upon
and broken many times by something very strong and extremely large. Even
his very fingers and hands looked as if some monster and tried to eat
them and left many gashes and bite marks. A section of his mask was torn
off and it revealed an extremely swollen black eye that could only
flutter slightly because it could not really open, but couldn't close
properly either. I stood in shock staring at the mutilated eye.

*What happened to him? He looked like he went to hell and had to fight
his way BACK! * (Nigel's thoughts)

Meanwhile Kuki and Mushi stared at the Toilenator dumbfounded. Mushi
clung fearfully to her sister's waist, but still looked at the
Toilenator. Kuki was even more shocked by the injuries that the
Toilenator had. He looked as if he was attacked and mauled by a pack of
wild wolves and then some rabid dogs came along and decided to join in.
To Kuki the Toilenator looked more than just horrible.

*He's seriously hurt. * (Kuki's thoughts)

"You think that this eye looks bad Nigel Uno?" the Toilenator asked with
a slight chuckle when he noticed that Nigel was staring at it, "you
should have seen it before Grandma Stuffum had me put an ice pack on it
for 3 hours," he said his voice low from pain and exhaustion as he
chuckled again.

"Well high and mighty KND!" the Toilenator cried sarcastically, "I have a
little gift for you that might not....," he said then stopped when he
noticed his hands, "damn it, I forgot that little cretin bit off my
bandages again before I could tie it back up," he muttered as he glared
at his injured hands, "umm, I'll be right back," he said and walked out
the open space where the door once was.

Nigel, Kuki and Mushi just stood there staring at where the Toilenator
had made his exit. He had just come in, scared then half to death, and
then went out for some bandages? This was definitely not one of his best
appearances and attempts to scare\defeat the KND.

"Kuki," Mushi said to her older sister, "what kind of gift does he have
for us?" she asked her eyes filled with more worry than curiosity.

Nigel turned to both of them after hearing Mushi's question. He too also
wondered what the Toilenator wanted to give them. But he was definitely
not happy about the Toilenator stating directly that they might not want
it. Could it be some form of killer weapon? Why weren't we trying to
defend ourselves?

But before Nigel could say anything, he heard grunting and dragging from
outside as the Toilenator returned. Mushi hid behind her sister as Kuki
pulled out a Gum Drop gun and could barely hold it properly because she
was shaking so much. Nigel was now blushing madly because he didn't think
of keeping a weapon at hand and he was the leader of the KND!

The Toilenator returned and his hands were now bandaged. But attention
was focused on the long piece of chain that he had in his hands as he
continued to drag something towards him. Soon the object being dragged
became visible, but it looked so small that it could easily be concluded
that it was the heavy chains not the thing that was chained that caused
Toilenator to strain when he pulled the unknown object to the other side
of the room. Then Toilenator sat the chained occupant upright. The others
immediately realized by the glasses with red frame and dark skin that it
was Laura Limpin aka Big Badolescent\Big Bad Allisa.

Her hands and arms alone had chains twisted and locked over it several
times. The same thing for her feet. Then there was a giant mass of chains
that covered all of the other chains. And there was a metal neck collar
(around her neck) that had a heavy chain that ran along the side and it
was connected to one metal ring that had her feet tightly closed
together. Laura Limpin was definitely chained tightly and the tiny sobs
coming from her was extra proof that she was obviously unhappy about it.

"What did you do to her!" Nigel cried incredulously after seeing who it
was, "and what do you think gives you the right to treat her like this!"
he demanded pointing at the Toilenator.

"Do TO HER!" the Toilenator cried furiously, "DO TO HER!" he repeated
incredulously, "if it wasn't for me the other adults would have found her
and she would have been MURDERED!" he shrieked angrily at Nigel as he
walked towards him.

Kuki looked to a sniffling Laura Limpin and then at a nearly massacred
Toilenator. After looking back and fort several times, she realized
something.

"Did she do this to you," Kuki asked trying to sound polite.

"Thank God!" the Toilenator cried suddenly, "finally one of you has
proven to me that you have Common Sense!" he cried pointing towards Kuki,
"One of you actually has enough brain cells to remember that Ms. Laura
Limpin here becomes the Big Badolescent when she gets angry about the
littlest thing."

"Thank you," Kuki said blushing and then gave Nigel a victorious grin.

"How do we know that you didn't do something to her first!" Nigel
demanded glaring at the Toilenator suspiciously through his sunglasses,
"You are not exactly the Angel of Mercy to children AROUND HERE," he
added.

"Do something to HER!" Toilenator cried incredulously, "HER!" he cried
pointing at the chained Laura Limpin, "that little ungrateful MONSTER!"
he cried as he looked at Nigel with anger and disbelief, "she nearly
KILLED ME!" he continued, "and she didn't just try to do it just once,"
he said, "well more accurately she didn't just change into the
Badolescent, just once," he added as he started to walk towards the
chained little girl.

"FREEZE!" Kuki cried suddenly, the gum ball gun in her hands, "Stay away
from the...." She stated.

But Kuki was interrupted when suddenly, the whole place shook and Laura
Limpin became the Big Badolescent. She broke through all the chains and
was glaring maliciously at Kuki.

"PUT THAT DOWN," Laura Limpin as the Big Badolescent said slowly but
angrily.

Kuki threw away the gun and plastered a big grin on her face as she
nodded her head and stated to step even further away from the Big
Badolescent. Her eyes filled with fear.

Laura Limpin suddenly shrank to normal sized and stared at the two KND
Operatives.

"It's no his fault," Laura said in a squeaky voice as she continued
sniffling, "he saved my life and I acted like an ungrateful brat," she
explained as she looked down at her shoes, "I'm just lucky that he never
handed me over to the other adults or got rid of me himself," she
concluded softly.

"Her parents were murdered last night," the Toilenator explained, "they
made it look like monoxide poisoning," he said as he shook his head,
"then they took Laura Limpin and abandoned her in my neighbourhood," he
said as he pointed at Laura, "she was made open game," he continued his
own voice starting to crack, "Whoever could bring her back dead but still
physically intact would get 10 million dollars," he said as he looked at
a shocked Nigel and a horrified Kuki (Mushi was for some reason glaring
suspiciously at Laura from behind Kuki), "when I saw her I knew that she
was exhausted," the Toilenator said as he took a peek at Laura, "she had
to fight off too many villains alone and if I had wanted to catch her
she'd be easy game," he said, "But the money wasn't worth it," he said as
he walked towards Laura and picked her up in his arms, "the money wasn't
worth killing a scared innocent little girl," he said as he kissed her
forehead and she clung tightly to his neck.

"You guys have to take care of her now," the Toilenator said to them,
"she was just lucky that Grandma Stuffum and I were the only villains on
my block and that I saw her before any other adult did," he stated, "in
fact, I'm not so sure that no one knew that she was at my house anymore,"
he said worry creeping into his voice, "the only other person who I told
about her was Grandma Stuffum and she had to help me handle her despite
having to take care of that wounded dough boy she had hidden in a secret
part of her house," he said as he blinked back tears.

"Dough Boy?" Nigel asked perplexed.

"That boy who's a member of this KND Operative thing," Toilenator said
obviously unable to remember his numbuh or name, "think his last name was
Gilligan Jr. or something," he said as realization dawned on the Kids
faces, "poor kid, had his whole family tree murdered all around him after
they sealed the house shut, barely got away alive," he said shaking his
head.

"Hoagie Operative #2," Nigel and Kuki cried in Unison.

"Oh no!" Mushi cried suddenly and everyone turned their attention towards
her, "did they really get his entire family?" she asked her voice
cracking.

"'Fraid so kid," Toilenator said with a sigh.

Suddenly the large monitor turned on showing a KND operative on the
screen.

"Nigel Uno, other members of the KND at this operation post," a small
male KND operative said formally, "if any of you are her please come..." he
said but stopped when he saw the Toilenator, "What's he doing HERE!"

"Just dropping off this little girl," the Toilenator said quickly
noticing that the two KND operatives looked very panicked, "her parents
were murdered and I thought this was the safest place for her," he
stated.

"With you alone being able to get in already proves that this post is not
safe for any KND Operative or kid," the KND Operative stated, "I numbuh
195 demand that you hand over the child and leave immediately," he
declared as he glared not only at the Toilenator, but at the two present
KND Operatives as well.

"Laura Limpin honey," Toilenator said softly to Laura, "you have to let
go of me n..." he continued but stopped.

Laura Limpin had fallen asleep and even though she still kept a firm grip
on the Toilenator's neck, he could now hear her soft snoring.

"Heh, she's asleep," Toilenator said to an unmoved #195, "I guess I'll
just hand her over to Ku... #3 now and leave immediately," he said as he
quickly corrected himself not wanting to sound familiar with any of the
two KND Operatives in front of another KND Operative who seemed to have
them seriously panicked.

"Hand her over and get out," #195 said venomously as he glared at the
villain with great anger, scorn and disgust.

"Here #3," Toilenator said as he removed Laura carefully from his neck
and paced her in #3's arms, "tell her I said Goodbye," he whispered and
#3 nodded very slightly.

"GET OUT!" #195 cried angrily as he jumped up from his seat and pointed
at the Toilenator, "as one of those worthless adults you BETTER GET OUT!"

"Goodbye #1 and #3," the Toilenator said formally, "take care of Laura
for me," he said and left.

"What was he doing here?" #195 asked as he glared at #1 and #3
suspiciously.

"He already told you," #1 responded in an extremely formal tone, "he came
to drop off Laura Limpin because her parents were murdered," he stated.

"Ever wondered how he knew?" #195 asked as he sat down, "Ever wondered
for second if HE might have had something to do with IT!" he demanded
angrily, his eyes boring hatefully into #1's skull.

"Laura told us that he saved her life!" Kuki said suddenly in Nigel's
defense, "she said he had nothing to do with it and he's the only reason
that she's still alive," she said formally in soldier style, "#195 SIR!"
Kuki added and stood at attention and nodded her head slightly as she was
unable to do a salute [#195 demands top of the line respect from all
Operatives below him- he is a top KND and is superior to thousands of
other KND Operatives, including #1.

"Funny," #195 said, "I see a little girl who's ASLEEP," he said as his
voice started to rise.

*That's it! I am so sick of his 'I am holier than all of you' CRAP! *
(Nigel's thoughts)

She was awake when she said it #195," #1 said with a hint of real dislike
in his voice, "you didn't think that we got information from her while
she was, ummm lets see," he said and stopped as he pretended that his
next statement actually took some thought. #195's face started to turn
red as #3 standing at attention was struggling not to laugh.

"Sleep talking," #1 said with a smirk and #3 and Mushi burst out laughing
and pointing at an extremely red and angry #195.

"I Charlie Loussworth ....," #195 started.

"Please don't say that name in front of me," #1 begged as he grimaced.

"What's the matter Nigel Uno?" Charlie teased, "dislike the fact that you
and I are related, half cousin?"

"If you can't call me cousin don't refer to me as a relative any at all,"
Nigel spat angrily at his superior officer, "Charlie NO Worth!" he cried
angrily loosing all respect and formality.

"I am your superior officer!" Charlie cried as he jumped from his seat
and Nigel simply flashed a hand at him and scoffed, "and it is CHARLIE
LOUSSWORTH THE 14th!" he cried, "especially to YOU!" he cried pointing at
Nigel.

"Me?" Nigel asked pointing at himself, "I know that you love authority
but it has obviously turned you nuts," he said, "Only front of your 'I am
SO superior' father do I call you that, and he aint here."

"Well I guess you can be relieved to know that Mr. Superior is dead,"
Charlie said in an emotionless voice, "our mansion was surrounded and
attacked, everyone inside was murdered," he said to a now horrified
Nigel, #3 and Mushi.

"I am very sorry Cha... I mean #19.." Nigel started but quickly resumed his
respectful tone when he was interrupted.

"Cut the CRAP Nigel you never liked my family," #195 interrupted coldly
as he glared at Nigel.

"Maybe because they treated my father like dirt because he decided not to
live the life of the rich and famous!" Nigel retorted angrily, "my father
deserved as much respect as the rest of you!" he cried pointing at #195,
"and because of your STUPID family," he continued, "my aunt Rosalind; who
became your step mother just 2yrs ago, and my mother stopped being best
friends and the closest of sisters!" he cried, "they were soon at each
other's throats because of your WONDERFUL family!" he shouted in rage,
"you poisoned my Aunt Rosalind against her sister's husband (Mr. Brown)
and in turn poisoned her against the rest of us" he stated as he glared
at a now silent #195 who was now seated.

"I am sorry for your loss," Nigel continued his voice now lowered and
softened, "but I am not sorry for you," he said his voice suddenly
becoming harsh and cold and he left the room.

"Kuki Sanban KND Operative #3," #195 said formally, "tell Nigel and Laura
that I am sorry for the way that I acted earlier and that I truly regret
Laura Limpman's loss," he said formally.

"Yes #195 Sir," #3 said formally in soldier style, "I'll do that after
the rest of us get some rest," she said as her voice became small and
informal. She whispered to Mushi to follow her and they all ran quickly
into #3's room to seek refuge.

#1's door creaked open as he came out. He had quickly changed into
pajamas and was no longer wearing his sunglasses. #195's eyes widened
slightly when he saw Nigel's eyes. They severely swollen and blood red.
Obviously from crying for several hours.

"You're still on the monitor?" #1 asked icily as his swollen eyes became
very small, "What is it?"

#195 gulped.

"Umm Major headquarters will be investigating and trying to sto..." #195
started nervously.

"I know all of that!" #1 snapped, "After #2's family tree's been
massacred at Hoagie's home and he himself is currently missing, #4 and
#5's parents are murdered and those operatives are also missing," #1
listed, "my mother was murdered early this morning and with the death of
your family," #1 continued, "unless the Major Head Quarters was BLOWN UP
they'd have to get involved!" he cried, "plus you're contacting from
there, so DUH!" he cried and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah," #195 said softly looking away from #1, "I'm sorry about your
mother Nigel," he said solemnly.

"Now who never liked who," Nigel said coldly his eyes becoming even
smaller, "you liked my mother the moment that you set your eyes on her,"
he said, "don't act like you're her best friend now," he said, "she's
dead," he said and returned to his room and slammed the door.

#195 started to sob loudly and he turned off the monitor.

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"This is it," #5 said to #4 as they peeked out of a bush at Grandma
Stuffum's house from across the street, "we have to hurry and hope that
she'll let us in peacefully," she said as she got ready to come out of
the bush.

"Peacefully!" #4 cried but became silent when #5 gave him a 'if looks
could kill you'd be dead right now' glare, "peacefully," he whispered,
"this is a villain that the KND had to fight on a regular basis alone,"
he said incredulously, "not to mention all the yucky food that she keeps
on trying to make us eat," he continued, "who wants to be as her anyway?"
he asked throwing his hands in the air in exasperation. But pulled them
down quickly and winced because he got several scratches from the bus.

"Exactly," #5 stated, "she hates skinny and malnourished kids," she
pointed out to #4, "notice," she continued, "besides that whole Hoagie
thing, she doesn't attack fat or plump kids," she explained again,
"remember that she even had her yucky food attack the DCFDTL?" she asked
#4.

#5 recalled what the DCFDTL looked like after they were stuffed with food
and guffawed so loudly that #4 had to cover her mouth and peek out of the
bush to see if #5 had attracted any attention. No one seemed the wiser so
he turned to #5.

And I am supposed to keep quiet," #4 said sarcastically as #5 stuck her
tongue at him, "anyway," he said his voice becoming serious, "what does
Grandma Stuffum's choice of kids to force down her nasty junk on has
anything to do with us?" he asked as #5 slapped her hand on her forehead.

"IT MEANS #4 that she doesn't HATE CHILDREN!" #5 cried in anger and
exasperation, "she only dislikes it when they're skinny or malnourished,"
she explained, "and before you try to refer to any other villain," she
said as #4 opened his mouth to retort, "try telling me one that tries to
force us to do something better than eating a whole lot of food," she
stated, "and also did the same thing to the DCFDTL," she added quickly.

"Well..." #4 started but was unable to think of anyone, "it's not their
fault if like KND the DCFDTL don't want to look like extra large
watermelons!" he protested as #5 smiled slightly at being victorious.

"#5 believes that she has won," #5 stated frankly, "now we are going to
Grandma Stuffum's house" she instructed, "and if you do anything to upset
her intentionally #4," she added, "I will kill you," she said, her voice
sounding very serious.

#4 remained silent for a moment. #5 sounded very serious about what she
had just said.

*But this mission has no room for error. I guess I have to keep my temper
and manners in check. * (Wally's thoughts)

"I'll be on my best behaviour #5," #4 promised, "I wont let this mission
fail, Hoagie's too important," he said firmly.

"Good now let's go," #5 commanded and they came out of the bush and
crossed the street briskly.

When they reached Grandma Stuffum's Porch, #5 stood on her toes and rang
the doorbell. Both of them stood quietly and waited.

"I'll be there in a moment," Grandma Stuffum said formally.

But when Grandma Stuffum opened the door, her eyes became small behind
her glasses.

"Well," Grandma Stuffum said when she saw them, "I guess that you're here
for your surprise, come in," she said and gave #4 a dirty look when he
was about to ask what she was talking about.

But #5 fortunately realized what Grandma Stuffum was doing and went
along.

"Whatever," #5 said rudely as she moved quickly inside, "we might be here
for a while, but not because we like it," she said.

"I don..." #4 started, but when both Grandma Stuffum and #5 glared at him
in unison, he simply threw his hands in defeat and stepped gingerly into
the house.

Grandma Stuffum locked the door and then rounded angrily on #4.

"Do you realize that you could have gotten me in serious trouble,"
Grandma Stuffum hissed at him, "don't you realize that I'm not supposed
to help anyone of you children," she whispered angrily, "I'll have to run
for my life the moment that anyone finds out that I helped targeted
children," she said, "especially those that are members of the KND."

"Grandma Stuffum," #5 said respectfully, "can we please see our friend
now?" she asked as the angry woman turned to #5.

"I need to speak to you two first," Grandma Stuffum said firmly, "just
follow me to the living room and sit on the two wooden chairs," she
instructed has she led them and they followed, "your presence here will
certainly surprise my babies, but I know that they wont mind."

"Babies?" #4 asked with a perplexed look on his face, "you have kids?"

"My foods are my babies," Grandma Stuffum responded nonchalantly, "sorry,
but I think my time for giving birth has expired," she said sarcastically
as she headed towards a red couch and sat in it.

"Just shut up #4," #5 whispered to him, "you're getting on her last
nerves," she said, "#5 wants to see Hoagie," she stated, "not get her
butt kicked out on the roadside," she said as she sat on the cushioned
wooden chair that Grandma Stuffum pointed to.

#4 looked at the chair next to #5. He sat on it very slowly, wincing as
he barely reached half way. He simply stopped and sat close to the edge
of the chair. His legs dangling stupidly.

#5 meanwhile was at her boiling point. #4 had been keeping them at the
edge of a cliff from the moment they saw Grandma Stuffum. She watched how
precariously he sat on the chair. She knew that maybe he was having some
pain in his leg, but what kind of problem could it be for him to act like
this?

"What's wrong?" Grandma Stuffum asked suddenly when she saw a #4 wince
for the fifth time, "did something happen to your legs?" she asked with a
look of concern.

#4 looked away. She was an adult! Why should he have to tell her
anything? All he wanted to do was see Hoagie and get his friend out of
here as soon as possible. He kept his hand clasped onto the arms of the
chair, he was slipping and he knew for sure that he didn't want to fall
of!

"#4?" #5 asked her voice filled with concern, "are you alright?" she
asked even though she knew that he obviously wasn't.

"My legs hurting me a lot okay," #4 responded softly, "they hurt a lot,"
he added as he turned away and looked down at his feet.

"May I have a look," Grandma Stuffum asked, "I am a certified nurse and I
believe whatever is causing your leg to hurt I can fix it," she
reassured.

"You must have fallen off your rocker!" #4 cried incredulously, "I'm not
letting YOU touch ME!" he cried as he stared at her wide-eyed as if she
were nuts.

"Grandma Stuffum," #5 stated to the shocked woman, "can #4 and I have a
moment alone?" she asked sweetly but there was an obvious under tone of
anger in her voice.

"Well," Grandma Stuffum said sounding a bit shocked, "guess I'll just
occupy my time and be back in about five minutes," she said as she got
up, "is that enough little girl?" she asked her sweetly and quickly gave
#4 a dirty look.

"That'd be just dandy," #5 responded and Grandma Stuffum walked forward
and left the room through a nearby swinging red door.

"WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!" #5 exploded at #4, "YOU KEEP MESSING EVERYTHING
UP!" she cried furiously, "What are you, dumb or stupid?" she asked as
she sat back in the chair waiting for an answer.

"#5," #4 said and then let out a slight chuckle, "do you know what is
wrong with my leg?" he asked softly as he looked at his dangling feet.

"No," #5 snapped angrily, "but whatever is wrong is obviously messing
with your empty head!" she cried as she glared at him.

"I got mauled by a several dogs last night alright," #4 whispered in a
snappy tone, "so I'm sorry if my bruised legs are destroying any little
brain cells that I may have left in my empty head!" he snapped at #5 as
he now glared at her angrily.

#5 sat there silently and in shock.

"My legs feel like I'm being cut at with a saw every time I move and
every step that I take it seems as if my legs are weighed down with
iron," #4 said to her, "I'm sorry if that's an inconvenience to you," he
said bitterly as he turned in the opposite direction.

#5 had to fight back tears. She had no idea that #4 was injured that
badly. She had assumed that it was just some swollen muscles. At least
that explained why several times #4 would stop somewhere and have her
wait as he went off privately to check something.

"How bad are they?" #5 asked, "You can still walk," she said trying to
sound reassured by her statement but failed immediately, "why didn't you
tell me?"

"#5," #4 said almost in exasperation, "we were both tired, okay," he
tried to explain, "your parents were killed, my parents were killed," he
continued, "it was definitely not the time for me to dump my problems on
you," he said frankly.

"But #5 never heard complaints from you when you had to deal with my
problems," #5 observed, "I had no money and literally nothing useful
beyond the clothes on my back," she said to #4, "but you took care of
me," #5 stated, "you bought food, made sure that I slept," she listed, "I
truly don't think that I'd have made it wasn't for you #4," she
concluded, "I've just realized how much help you've been in all this,"
she added, "thanks."

"And I know how I'm going to make it up to you," #5 said enthusiastically
as she jumped from her chair and ran through the swinging red door.

Moments later, #5 and Grandma Stuffum came rushing through the door. #5
had some bandages in her arms, while Grandma Stuffum had a pan filled
with warm water.

"#5," #4 said his voice showing that he was on the brink of exploding,
"what did you tell Grandma Stuffum?" he asked her suspiciously.

"Everything," Grandma Stuffum spoke up immediately, "I know that you
detest me little boy," she said bluntly, "but I am here to help you and I
can see that you need that right now," she said as she looked down at him
her eyes filled with a strange sense of guilt.

"No kidding," #4 said sarcastically but his voice was barely audible. He
realized how exhausted he really was. He had pretty much gone about all
day lying to #5 about being okay, eating, and sleeping. He had made sure
that she was okay, but he now realized something. He was not okay, and if
he didn't receive proper medical attention, he had no idea what would
happen to his bitten and muscle cramped and swollen legs. In fact, he
didn't want to know.

"#5," #4 said his voice suddenly sounding very haggard and almost
inaudible, "go check on Hoagie," he told her, "I'm too tired to come
right now," he said, his voice filled with defeat.

"So you'll accept my help my help them?" Grandma Stuffum asked happily,
her voice filled with hope.

"I guess so," #4 said softly, "could you please take #5 to see Hoagie?"
he pleaded, "I promise I'll still be here when you get back," he said,
"nope, no running away for me," he added and soon started to laugh at his
own statement.

#5 and Grandma Stuffum started to snicker slightly.

"I'll be right back to tend to your injuries #4," Grandma Stuffum
promised, "but," she added as she picked up #4 off the chair and rest him
down the rug on his stomach, "I think it's best that you stay right there
till I get back," she said kindly, "I promise I wont step on you," she
joked and then turned to #5.

"Just follow liver and onions," Grandma Stuffum whispered, "I didn't want
to worry him but I think that his wounds need to be tended to right
away," she added and turned back to tend to #4.

"Follow us," #5 heard a voice a little ahead of her and she looked
towards the red door to see her guides, "you want to see your friend or
not?" liver asked as the onions simply stood around him and glared [at
#5].

"Let's go," #5 said and followed them.

As they walked through a storage room #5 noticed that Grandma Stuffum
seemed to have a great liking for blue, dark blue, baby blue and ruby red
colours. There were some other colours like green, orange, white and some
black. But not nearly as dominant as those particular colours.

"You coming?" an onion asked her icily when she got lost in her own
reverie for the fifth time.

"Umm, yeah," #5 responded and continued to follow her rather cold guides.

"This is it," liver said indifferently but he suddenly stopped and turned
to #5, "if you tell anyone about this room," he said his voice hinting on
a threat, "I swear that I'll kill you," he said so simply that it was
clear that he meant it.

"I'll keep it under my hat liver and onions I swear," #5 promised as she
heard the onions scoff at her, "I promise in fact I ...."

"Don't swear unless you really mean it," liver said so suddenly and with
such hating coldness, that #5 fell silent.

One of the onions ran forward to a strange brick wall and pulled out a
bottom brick and crawled in. Soon a small opening came into view and
liver told #5 to go in and the onion came back out.

Aren't you coming with me?" #5 asked and her reluctant guides guffawed,
"I mean to monitor me and stuff."

"Do you think that you'll do anything that will require us to monitor
you?" liver asked darkly as the onions glare at her suspiciously.

"I guess not," #5 said softly feeling very uncomfortable under the
onion's hateful glares and liver's blatant showing of detest and hatred.

"We don't like any of you," one of the onions said frankly, "none of you
have any respect for Grandma Stuffum and frankly don't reserve such
kindness and mercy from such a revered and wonderful woman."

"Just go in and press 333333670w on a keyboard that you'll see attached
to the wall," liver instructed coldly, "you'll get to see Hoagie after
you do that," he said coldly, "and don't ask me to repeat the password
again," he added and walked off as the onions followed him.

#5 stood there flabbergasted. She barely remembered beyond the first
three 3's and just happened to recall that there was a 6 and a w in it as
well. How on earth was she supposed to remember all of that on one go?

Then she noticed that there was a piece of crumpled paper by her foot.
She picked it up and read it as soon as she opened it.

"The password is 333333670w," #5 recited from the paper, "the password
will change after you go in anyway," she read, "hope your friend gets
well soon," she continued, "yours truly baby onion anonymous."

#5 smiled to herself.

*Well at least one of them doesn't hate me. * (#5's thoughts)

#5 went through the opening and saw a black wall in front of her with a
white keyboard on it. There was also something that looked like a large
plasma television screen above it. That was silver. She typed in the
password and them a whole lot of numbers started flashing across the
screen. Then the words Password Confirmed came up and a section of the
wall beside the screen opened. #5 walked in and it closed behind her.

#5 smiled a wide smile of happiness and relief when she saw Hoagie
Gilligan Jr. a.k.a. KND Operative #2 snoring softly in a king sized bed.
He looked so safe and peaceful that she almost didn't want to wake him
up.

"Hoagie?" #5 asked softly as she shook him slightly, "wake up it's me #5,
Abby," she said as he started to open his eyes.

"Abby?" Hoagie asked groggily as his eyes opened slowly, "Abby you're
here!" he cried happily as he reached out and hugged her, "I'm so glad
that you got out alive!" he cried happily.

"Huh?" Abby wondered suddenly, "What do you mean by that?" she asked,
"Did Grandma Stuffum tell you what happened?" she asked him and Hoagie
shook his head.

"She didn't have to," Hoagie stated, "I just assumed that if they were
after me, then they'd be after the rest of you," he said, "I mean, I'm
not exactly a top spy or anything," he said frankly, "and they wouldn't
come to my house if they just wanted to get my cousin Lisa Mogul," he
observed, "you and I both know that #5."

"Well Lisa a.k.a. KND Operative #465 is a rather insistent and powerful
spy," #5 observed.

"Are you saying that they wouldn't be interested in me?" Hoagie asked his
tone sounding slightly offended, "I got shot in my side by a shotgun as I
scampered up a tree!" he cried angrily, "I may not be the best operative
around #5," he stated honestly, "but I'm as much treat to them as another
KND Operative that they leave alive," he said and sat back on the bed in
a huff.

#5's face went beet red with embarrassment. She hadn't meant to offend
Hoagie like that. Also the fact that he had to scamper up a tree and got
shot by a shotgun definitely put a lot on her conscience.

"I'm sorry #2," #5 apologized, "#5didn't' mean to offend you," she said
as #2 looked at her through his yellow goggles and his angry expression
softened slightly, "I'm just surprised they just came after us like
this," she explained.

"How did you get out of there anywhere?" #5 asked and Hoagie turned away,
"please #2, tell me?" she asked as she sat beside him at the edge of the
bed.

"They came in the early morning you know," #2 said reflectively, "most of
us were
still awake, but we were so exhausted," he said a slight laugh escaped
him as he remembered the fun that they were having that morning, "but
then there was the skidding of cars outside," he said softly his eyes
getting a faraway look, "and then there was that knock on our door," he
said his voice cracking as he was on the verge of crying.

"It's okay #2," #5 said comfortingly, "all I need to know is how you
escaped and what kind of killers were there," she stated, "I'm going to
have to do an analysis report for #1," she continued, "I'm certain that
you don't want to have to do this over again unless Major Headquarters
needs details from you," she said.

"There were mostly men with guns, but they were obviously nothing near
the level of assassins," #2 started, "but there were some stranglers,
killers with knives, and some ninjas," he continued, "those unfortunately
seemed to be experts and #465, her father and my mother had to deal with
most of the ninjas and stranglers," he continued, "the knife wielders
were surprisingly the hardest to deal with since they had almost
supernatural speed," he said, "they were even faster than the ninjas!" he
cried.

"But what surprised me was Maxine," #2 said suddenly his face suddenly
filled with great concentration, "I never expected her to be able to
wield a shot gun like that," he said sounding awed and surprised, "she's
the one who shot me when I was nearly at the top of the tree," he added
to a confused #5, "she was able to do it after the other men kept missing
me, well they weren't really good to begin with."

"Who's Maxine?" #5 asked her face showing confusion as she gave him a
'how am I supposed to know who you're talking about' look.

"Oh yeah," #2 said with a slight chuckle as he went red with
embarrassment, "she's the plump girl in DCFDTL," he explained, "she and I
went to kiddy's camp together," he continued, "I didn't recognize her
until one of the henchmen said it while I hid with some of the others in
the attic," he said.

"You couldn't afford any camp that her father would send her to," #5 said
incredulously.

"That's just it," #2 said enthusiastically, "she's not HIS daughter," he
said to #5 who looked even more confused than ever, "Maxine is the child
of Fubbals, one of the most hillbilly families that I've ever met!" he
cried, "now that I think about it," he added, "I can see why she was able
to shoot me."

"What did he do adopt her?" #5 asked.

"Must have," #2 responded, "when she was just 5 yrs. her parents died
when the bus that they were on was rammed into by a trailer that had
taken a wrong turn," he recalled his face proving that he was struggling
to recollect all this, "I really felt sorry for her, but she lived so far
away from me," he said, "also she was always mean to me and the other
kids," he added his face loosing the little pity that was there, "she's
definitely become the type of person that would shoot someone
defenseless," he concluded.

"Well this is definitely some interesting information #2," #5 said still
slightly confused at the sudden revelations, "well at least that explains
how come she actually looks like she's eating in that family," she added.

"Anyway #5," #2 said softly, "I got out of the house after #465 flung me
out the door like a bowling ball," he said looking slightly embarrassed,
"but they had surrounded our house with cars and had an invisible force
field around the house that kept me from getting away right away, "I mean
Maxine and several of her gun toting henchmen practically came out right
behind me!" he cried, "after I got shot, I just got lucky because someone
cried out that 'the time limits up lets move' and all of them went into
cars and left," he said, "I headed back to the house after climbing back
down the tree, well falling off actually," he said as he blushed, "but
#465 left a message on the door saying that everyone else was dead and
that I should go to wherever I could think of was safe," he said his
voice starting to crack, "please don't ask me how she got that note up
#5, I have no idea," he added.

But before #5 could respond she heard shrill cries from behind her and
turned around. Several live foodstuffs came running into the room, liver
and onions at the forefront.
They all looked very panicked and scared. But liver had a look of relief
when he saw #5.

"Little girl we need your HELP!" Liver cried.

"She's after your friend and she's nearly totally beaten Grandma
Stuffum!" a head of Lettuce cried.

"Who else is here?" #2 asked suddenly, "You never told me that you didn't
come alone," he said to #5.

"#4 came with me but he's injured!" #5 cried worriedly as she jumped out
of the bed, "#2 stay here," she ordered, "some of you food stay with
him," she continued, "liver and onions lead the way!" she cried as she
hurried out before #2 could say anything.

#2 tried to follow her, but the remaining foodstuff successfully held him
back.

@@@@@@@

BAM! Grandma Stuffum crashed into the wall for the 11th time that the
girl had kicked her into it. She had been trying to fight the girl off
since she heard her 'children' screaming downstairs as the DCFDTL female
member crushed them. She had started fighting the girl downstairs but
when #4 had called out to Grandma Stuffum in concern, the girl became
extremely vigilant. She was now in front of the bedroom that she had
ordered the butter and eggs to go lock in order to keep #4 safe. But the
girl soon realized where #4 was and despite Grandma Stuffum's experience
in fighting moves and strong exterior, the little DCFDTL girl was wearing
her down.

"What is your problem!" Grandma Stuffum demanded angrily as she dodged
one of the girl's kung fu kicks, "the child's injured!" she cried, "what
more do you want?"

"He's supposed to die," the girl responded emotionlessly as she did a
downward kick that knocked Grandma Stuffum to the ground, "and for
helping him," she said frankly, "so will you," she said venomously as she
stood over her.

"Stop right there," #5 said slowly and the girl turned around to see #5
holding a gun at her, "this gun is specially made to follow the target no
matter what," she said her eyes shining with victory as she saw the girl
face start to show worry, "I'll shoot three bullets and all of them will
burst open your ugly little blonde head," she said slowly but seriously.

The blonde girl recognized the gun. Cree must have hidden it in the
bathrobe that she gave to her little sister when she (Cree) fought the
person's hired to kill #5 and the rest of the family (please note that
Cree was excluded from being killed. But she couldn't allow them to
murder her sister and interfered). The gun automatically locked on the
target and it could not be stopped. The only thing that could destroy the
bullets was liquid nitrogen, and fire couldn't affect the bullets either.
Plus the bullets could go through almost anything and though it was
slightly slower than a normal bullet, it was three times as deadly.

"Fine," the blonde girl said as she stepped away from Grandma Stuffum,
"I'll just leave and you guys can..."

A sly grin appeared on #5's face.

"If you think that you're going anywhere then you must be crazy," #5 said
coldly, "you're staying with us," she said, "hey #4!" she cried happily,
"we got ourselves a hostage," she said slyly, her grin getting broader.

@@@@@@@

The alarm in the KND tree house went off. #1 jumped up and ran to the
main room. #3 was already there and so was Laura Limpin.

"I put something in Mushi's drink to make her sleep," #3 explained when
#1 noticed Laura and looked at her perplexed at not seeing Mushi, "she
needs to sleep," she added as someone appeared on the screen.

"Is the leader Nigel Uno, KND Operative #1 there?" the little girl who
appeared on the screen asked, "I am Reena Mohammed KND Operative #93 and
I need to peak with operative #1 please," she said as she noticed only
Kuki. All around her was rather dark and the sound of the sea crashing
against rocks proved that she had to be outside. It seemed to be early
morning and the girl looked rather anxious to speak to Nigel about an
urgent matter.

"I am Nigel Uno KND Operative #1," #1 said formally as he stepped in
front of the screen, "what news do you have #93?" he asked.

"Bad news I'm afraid," a voice said from behind #93 suddenly, "let's just
say that the adults have struck us all where it hurts the most," the
voice said weakly moments before coming into view.

"Lisa?" Laura asked sleepily, "Is that you?" she asked.

"Hello Laura," the voice that was now revealed to be Lisa Mogul a.k.a.
#465 said cheerily, "did you win cookie girl this year?" she asked
sweetly as she came into view.

No one answered. Everyone stood in silence. #465, the girl who was never
seen by anyone with more than a tiny bandage, was covered in bandages
with the exception of her face and fingers. One of her eyes was covered
and her face looked slightly swollen and there were a couple scratches on
it. Her shoulder length blonde hair now was all on top of her head, as if
someone had ripped out the rest to it. She had on a bright smile, but it
was obviously in an attempt to cover up for her many injuries. She was
failing miserably as the KND Operatives (#1 and #3) and Laura stood
frozen in shock.

"Heh," #465 said softly with a chuckle, "can't fool such bright minds
like you huh?" she asked, "I'm injured, but I'll be alright," she said,
"I'll be alright Laura, don't cry," she said as she noticed Laura's eyes
fill with tears, "I'm still alive and that's all that really matters,"
she said.

Laura nodded and sniffled as she tried not to cry.

"Hoagie's cousin?" Kuki asked softly as she sounded slightly confused,
"we thought you were dead," she said honestly, "how did you get out
alive?" she asked curiously.

"I had to fight those vigilant assassins for miles Kuki," #465 said with
a sigh, "by the time I snuck back, the house was burnt to the ground and
everyone was being evacuated from the neighbourhood," she said her voice
filled with regret, "they made it look like we were attacked by some
terrorists and that the people who came to our house had tried to warn
us," she continued, "I heard that the house was suddenly engulfed in
flames as some miniature bomb blew up in the basement and somehow
something in it caused fire to rage throughout the entire house in
seconds," she stated, "I recently heard that they still can't identify
the special chemical that was inside that bomb," she said sadly, "I just
wished that I was there to try and stop it, you know," she said becoming
very solemn and closed her eyes.

"It will okay," Laura said suddenly as she rests a hand on the screen, "I
lost my parents too Lisa," she said softly as she tried to comfort Lisa.

"What?" Lisa asked in surprise, "they got yours too?" she asked her eyes
wide with horror and surprise as Laura nodded, "Oh God," she said in
despair, "they really are going after everybody," she said as the true
realization dawned on her, "even ex-KND
Operatives," she said.

"My parents were apart of the KND?" Laura asked.

"Your mother was Laura," Lisa responded, "and she was one of the best
computer decoders around in her time," she explained, "in fact her
achievements in her field are still untouchable today," she said her eyes
having a certain level of admiration, "her skills helped the KND defeat a
lot of villain technicians and computer freaks, when she was younger,"
she continued, "they say that she was one of the few that didn't go crazy
when she had to be let go," she said her voice becoming rather soft, "she
simply thanked everyone, gave us computer codes and other technical tips
to help keep up our security systems and improve our weaponry and just
left," she said in an almost mystified voice, "I hope that I can be like
that when my time comes," she added.

"What about my Daddy?" Laura asked as she looked at Lisa with wide eyes,
"did he help protect kids too?" she asked happily as Lisa's face
darkened.

"Unfortunately your father saw life for kids differently Laura," Lisa
said her eyes becoming clouded with a strange look of dislike and hate,
"he believed that kids ought to follow adults every commands, and tried
everything possible to destroy any children's right laws and also end any
organizations that went against adults to help support kids," she stated
darkly as Laura's eyes stated to fill with a look of sadness and shame,
"but don't feel ashamed Limpkin," she said suddenly, "something must have
changed in him if he married YOUR mother," she added and Laura smiled.

"I love both my mommy and my daddy," Laura said softly, "even if my
father used to be a meanie," she continued, "he's not so mean to kids
now," she said in his defense, "he once allowed a kid to come for his
ball in the yard once without shouting at him and permanently
confiscating it, because it disturbed his reading by hitting the front
porch," she said triumphantly as everyone had an uncomfortable and rather
incredulous look on their faces. But they quickly hid it and murmured
pretend approvals of her father's 'transformation.'

"#465," #1 said seriously and formally, "what's the news that you and #93
have to tell us," he said as he noticed #93's large dark brown eyes turn
away from him, "we can take whatever it is #93" he said when he saw her
reaction, "we are professionals after all," he added.

"The Major Headquarters was attacked around 11pm last night," #93 said
formally as everyone else (except #465) gasped, "several sections of the
headquarters were blown up by explosives planted not only by spies; but
also by corrupt agents of our own," she continued, "there were many
casualties, a lot of injured and many dead," she said in an unwavering
voice, "we were able to fight them off, but most of them got away," she
said, "but that's not all we want to tell you Nigel Uno," she said her
voice under toning a hint of dark concern.

"What else is there?" Nigel asked incredulously, his brown eyes wide
with shock and worry, "did something worse than such a severe breach of
our Major Headquarters take place?" he asked as #93 looked down and
started to grind her teeth.

"Trina Hanna Mabel Lear the 16th is dead #1," #493 said solemnly, her
light brown eyes looking very forlorn, "she was on the east wing of the
building which was totally destroyed," she said her eyes now downcast,
"Nigel I just thought that you ought to know," she added, "and also," she
continued as realization of the potential repercussions of this girl's
death sank into Nigel (and Kuki too), "let's just say that Charlie isn't
taking it too well," she said finally as she turned towards something
unseen to the others who were watching her on the screen.

"How's he taking it?" Nigel asked #93 who was still looking in their
direction, "is he alright?" he asked his face filled with a fear that he
already knew the answer.

"Physically he is in better condition than most of us," #93 reported,
"emotionally however, he's in shambles," she stated pointedly, "#195 is
still being held back by some of our strongest KND Operatives," she
stated as she too peeked in the direction that #495 was now starting to
walk to, "he just became conscious an hour ago," she quickly explained,
"as one of the few non-forgetters in our force, the attackers tried to
get information out of him," she continued, "they used physical force of
course but I found him before they could do detrimental damage," she
stated, "he's been screaming for her #1," she said her voice loosing all
formality, "I am really worried about him Nigel," she said truthfully her
4'1 height began to slump, "he is definitely not taking the loss of his
automatically chosen bride very well," she said as she looked away from
#1's eyes, "#465 had a sound shield put up, I'll now remove it so that
you guys can hear things besides #465's and I voices," she said as she
took out a red looking remote control out of her black shorts pocket and
pressed a series of buttons.

"LET ME GO!" a voice screamed and everyone immediately knew that it
belonged to Charlie, "I HAVE TO FIND HER! I HAVE TO FIND HER!" he
shrieked and there was a lot of loud scuffling and grunts heard that
seemed to be him struggling to get to Tina and other KND Operatives
struggling to prevent him from doing so.

Kuki who had been standing there in shock and almost pushed to tears
called out to him.

"Charlie!" Kuki cried suddenly tears' coming from her eyes as she pressed
herself against the screen, "is Tina really dead?" she asked in a
despairing voice, "I am so sorry Charlie," she blurted out, "Nigel and I
are here," she said in an attempt to calm him down as his loud cries and
screams continued, "you can talk to us if you want," she offered as she
leaned off of the screen and sat humbly in the chair that was in front of
the screen.

"#195," #465 said formally, "#1 and #3 are on the monitor," she said,
"would you like to speak to..." she continued then stopped, "cover his
mouth so that I can properly talk to him please". Everyone gasped except
#465. Soon there were only muffled cries heard, proving that her order
was complied to.

"#1 and #3 are on the monitor," #465 said sternly, "would you like to
talk to them or continue shrieking and screaming for your dead life time
partner," she snapped at him, "I know that you loved her #195," she said
as her voice became more comforting, "but she's dead Charlie and there's
nothing that we can do about that," she said honestly, "you two were
among the very few who after being chosen for marriage by your parents
from the moment that you were born to develop true feeling of love and
high devotion towards each other before being brought to the altar," she
said to him, "I know that you're in a whole lot of pain," she said as she
tried to comfort him, "I wont preach that I know what it's like because
I'm not you and only you will know the level of pain and agony that you
feel," she stated.

"But you need to calm down and think logically," #465 said seriously, "we
have a lot of injured people here and we need as many stable hands to
help with repairs to the Headquarters," she said, "I know that I may
sound heartless," she continued, "but Tina is gone and if you really want
to help her, you'll do so by surviving," she said softly, "that's the
only way we'll be able to stop and capture the ones doing this," she
said, "that's the only way that we'll find them and make them pay," she
added her voice suddenly an angry snarl.

By now #195 had stopped all verbal protest and now stood silent.

"Would you like to speak to your cousin Nigel?" #495 inquired, "no?" she
said when he shook his head.

"I would like to lie down," #195 said suddenly in a rather subdued and
cracked voice.

"Take him to lie down #274," #495 said and sighed, "make sure that he
gets lots of rest," she said as she returned to the monitor.

"Nigel I'm sorry but he'd rather not..." #495 started.

"Nigel left as soon as he heard that #195 didn't want to speak to him,"
#195 interrupted, "I turned of the shield, they heard everything," she
said as #495's face flared with anger.

"WHAT!" #495 cried enraged, "#3" she said but noticed that only Laura was
there.

"#3 went after him," Laura said softly, "should I go to bed or
something?" she asked looking very nervous and scared.

"Where is everybody?" a small voice asked nervously from behind Laura.

Laura turned to see Mushi and Mushi's face darkened when she saw only
Laura.

"The others are in #1's room," #495 said quickly when she saw Mushi's
expression, "you can check on them, if you want."

Mushi glared at Laura for a second then turned around, and headed for
#1's room.

"I think that it's best that you go wait in #3's room," #495 instructed
Laura who nodded, "okay, have a nice day, I guess," she said, "it should
be daytime now where you are," she stated confidently, "Goodbye Laura,"
she said kindly and smiled at the little girl.

"Good bye Lisa," Laura said with a tiny smile and headed towards #3's
room.

@@@@@@@

"We still can't find her," Maxine announced to her father, "she didn't
come home from the church convention she said that she was going to," she
said to a frustrated father.

"She didn't go to the convention last night," a boy said suddenly, "I
checked with The Tutor and he didn't see her," he said, "you know that he
checks out all the kids that enter there," he said knowingly.

"Then where could she have gone?" Maxine asked in confusion, "we know her
few friends and none of them have seen her," she said, "and no one in
this town is crazy enough to try and hide her," she observed, "plus what
she be hiding from?"

"Maxine," the father said emotionlessly, "why don't you continue to look
for Mary Jane," he said hoping to give her something to do besides
rambling foolishness, "I want to talk to Matthew in private," he said.

"Yes father," Maxine said in her usual monotone voice and left the room.

"Matthew," the father said firmly, "please come closer," he instructed.

Matthew's eye's light blue eyes grew small with suspicion, but he did as
his father instructed.

"You hate me don't you?" his father asked him suddenly as he turned his
head to look directly into the little boy's eyes, "you never wanted to go
to #3's house, so you switched with your brother and went to #1's instead
just to find out that I hired Richard the Slasher," he said to an unmoved
Matthew, "in fact, you were against me threatening or even considering
killing anybody."

"Why didn't you tell me that you had hired him?" Matthew inquired.

"I knew that it would upset you for one," the father answered, "and two,
I know that I Mr. Hollaris do not have to tell you anything."

"Yes father," Matthew said as he slightly adjusted his helmet.

"Please I need you to do something for me," Mr. Hollaris said, "go and
find #1," he instructed.

"Yes father," Matthew responded, "you're worried about her aren't you?"
he asked thoughtfully.

"I'm worried about her too," Matthew said as his father raised an eyebrow
in surprise at this sudden statement, "I may not be her biological
brother," he said as his father's eye's started to darken, "but I think
of her no less than her biological brother does," he said truthfully,
"he's been sitting in her room waiting for her for hours," he revealed to
a now shocked father, "he still hasn't left," he explained, "he wont even
let Ismarelda brush his blonde hair," he said in a slightly surprised
tone, "it's the first time I truly remember seeing him in the day time
with his hair in disarray," he said, "it's really unnerving," he added as
the father stared at him in deep thought.

"Matthew," Mr. Hollaris said coldly, "I need to expand on the favour that
I just asked you," he said, his voice becoming rather dark, "kidnap #1
and bring him here," he ordered.

"You think that they've kidnapped her don't you?" Matthew deduced, "do
you really think that #1 would be able to capture Mary Jane?" he asked
his voice showing that he personally doubted it.

"No he's too strategic," Mr. Hollaris said dismissively, "no the person
would have to be intelligent but not someone who relies on academic or
book smarts alone or mainly," he said thoughtfully, "also none of them
could beat Mary Jane with brute strength, which definitely eliminates
#4," he stated, "and #3 fighting Mary Jane, would be well, a big joke,"
he said confidently.

"It's #5 isn't it?" Matthew asked with a smirk, "she definitely has what
it takes to give Mary Jane a hard time," he affirmed, "she also would do
anything to avenge what happened to HER family," he said frankly as his
father's face darkened as his eyes grew smaller, "#5 does believe that we
murdered her sister Cree after she fought against her own (other people
who want to get rid of children) to save her beloved little sister
Abigail," he observed.

"Your correct," Mr. Hollaris confirmed, "now get #1 for me," he said, "I
think I have something he'd like to see," he said as he slowly rose out
of the chair, "at least something that he'd relay to #5," he said as he
walked towards a red curtain, "and it's something she'd definitely like
to hear," he said as he reached for the curtain and pulled it back.

Lying in a bed beside a wall was Cree. She had a lot of tubes coming out
of her, a monitor above her checking on her heart rate, breathing and
brain waves, and an oxygen mask to assist her with her breathing. She
looked slightly pale, but had a steady heart rate and strong brainwaves.
But her breathing was rather poor and laboured. She was wearing a light
blue hospital patient gown and had a white sheet pulled up to her chest.

"She's been conscious three times," Mr. Hollaris stated as Matthew
appeared beside him, "the first two times she fainted when she saw me,"
he said with a slight chuckle that made Matthew look at him suspiciously
from the corner of his eye, "but the third time she was able stay
conscious for a whole fifteen minutes," he said with a faraway look on
his face as he smiled, "at first she was angry, but after I explained
everything she simply laughed and we spoke to each other for a few
minutes," he said with tiny smile on his face, "there was no doctors with
me at that time of course," he said and Matthew suddenly looked at him
incredulously, "she asked me not to call them and that if she died while
she was awake, I was to say that I know nothing of the cause," he said as
he smiled down at Cree.

"Should I go after #1 now?" Matthew asked formally without monotone, "he
should be at the KND tree house," he quickly deduced, "he's so
discernibly predictable," he said as he shook his head, "he probably has
another agent with him who was dumb enough to head to the tree house
too," he said sarcastically.

"Well whoever it is," Mr. Hollaris said coldly, "it wont be #5," he said
darkly, "you may be excused now Matthew," he said simply, "please hurry
and carry out the order that I've given you," he said, "I'd rather not
hear about anything bad happening to my little ray of sunshine," he said
his tone becoming cold and threatening.

"Of course father," Matthew responded, his voice revealing obvious
disappointment, "I'll make sure that your daughter is returned safely
into your loving arms," he said almost sadly as he turned around and
started to walk away.

"Matthew," Mr. Hollaris said suddenly and Matthew stopped but didn't turn
around, "I know that Mary Jane and her brother are my only biological
children," he stated formally, "but I don't think of you, Maxine or
Alexander, as anything less," he said as Matthew's eyes widened in
surprise, "I love you all the same," he said his voice stressing on every
word slightly, "and I'll never love any of you any less," he said as he
stroked Cree's limp hair, "no matter what," he said stressing strongly on
these words, "and I truly mean that," he added.

"Thank you father," Matthew said softly, "I really needed to hear that,"
he said his voice starting to crack, "Goodbye father," he said quickly
and hurried out the room.

Mr. Hollaris turned around for a moment and started to go after him. But
then something held him back.

He turned around to see a thin hand grasping his gloved hand tightly.

"Let him be Julius," Cree said weakly as he gave in, "he only needs to
know that you love him," she told him through ragged breath as she closed
her eyes for a moment in pain, "without his biological father, sometimes
he'll get lonely," she said softly.

"I am his biological father," Mr. Hollaris said defiantly, "at least I'm
more of a father than that monster of a man ever was," he said, his voice
filled with bitterness.

"Calm down Julius and sit right here on the bed beside me," Cree said
softly, "now remember your promise, no doctors."

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"Do you really think that my family wont soon realize that I've been
kidnapped," Mary Jane demanded long giving up her monotone voice as she
sat chained to a chair, "I've never missed a curfew," she said as #5
rolled her eyes, "and the Tutor will definitely let them know that I
wasn't at the convention," she said her eyes filled with great victory.

"But you weren't going to be there anyway," #2 said suddenly as Mary Jane
turned her blonde head in his direction and glared him at him hatefully.

"But at least I would have been back before noon of the following day,"
Mary Jane said pointing out the obvious, "unlike you children, I live in
a home, not a moldy old tree house and I do not go around at all hours
roaming the lonely streets," she snapped as #2 glared at her.

"Well at least we live in a home," #5 threw at her, "not some drilling
academy for manners and the brain-dead!" she cried as Mary Jane whipped
her head around to #5, looking extremely enraged.

"My house will be more of a home than yours will ever be!" Mary Jane
cried so angrily that #5 jumped back, "just because my father doesn't let
us run around like a bunch of wild animals, doesn't mean we have any less
of a beautiful and loving home than yours!" she cried as her voice began
to crack, "my father loves us!" she cried in his defense, "and just
because you can't see that gives you NO RIGHT to insult my home or my
family!"

#4 stepped wheeled himself in just them. After his disastrously painful
treatment, Grandma Stuffum advised him to stay in a wheel chair for a
while. He decided on a non-electronic one despite her protest. He wanted
to exercise his arm muscles since his leg muscles needed a break. Even
though he refused to admit to Grandma Stuffum, right now he couldn't walk
on his own two feet. No matter how hard he would have wanted to try (no
readers, he will not become a cripple!).

"How dare you talk about family when yours is destroying and eliminating
a whole bunch of others," #4 said very slowly but his voice was filled
with hate, "you simply stood there and let those adults murder my family
and now have the audacity to try and defend your sadistic one."

"#4," Mary Jane said with a chuckle, "do you know how your father woke up
before he got killed?" she asked, "I purposely knocked down a lamp
downstairs to hopefully give you guys a chance to escape," she answered
as #4's eyes filled with disbelief, "I'm a karate student with good
manners, not a murderer," she said simply, "now I'm going to rest my eyes
and I rather that none of you bother me," she said her voice returning to
her normal monotone as she closed her eyes.

"NO YOUR LYING!" #4 cried suddenly as Mary Jane's eyes flew open to see a
crying #4 who turned his wheel chair around and wheeled out the room.

"Wally wait!" #5 cried as she ran out of the room after him.

"Hey um Mary," #2 said to Mary Jane.

"It's Mary Jane," Mary Jane said in monotone and #2 rolled him eyes.

"Anyway," #2 said, "thanks for trying to warn Wally's family," he said
softly, "I'm guessing that what you did somehow helped him to wake up
before those monsters got to him," he deduced.

"2," Mary Jane said a sultry curious voice that caught #2's attention,
"can I ask you a little question?" she asked as she turned her head to
him, her face filled with a strange look of happiness that sort of crept
#2 out.

"Uhh shoot," #2 said, as he looked a bit wary.

"Is it true that you really looked like a fat scurrying squirrel when my
sister shot you as you tried to climb that tree?"

End of Chapter4- Read and review please!

Paine: This story took such a long time because of a story eating
computer and the writer's problematic personal life. If you want to flame
her about that, please go to her profile and so by using her e-mail
address. Not her review box! Thank you.

Chapter5: Fighting Back.

Matthew finds #1 and battle ensues. But what's happened to Matthew. #3
has really not gotten back her full memory? She does not remember who the
DCFDTL are?! What is going on with Mary Jane and why is Wally so upset?
You have to wait for the next chapter to find out!!!! (and I honestly
don't know when that will be).

Please Note: A few changes have been done to Chapters one and two. In one
I have #4 stop (after he was mauled by the dogs) to slip on a pair of
pants (this is to explain how come #5 never saw his wounds). In chapter
2, I'm dropping the last name Gonzalez off Kuki's mothers name. It will
be Sanban. And for the person who thought that I believed that Kuki was
Hispanic. KNUCKLEHEAD! Does she look Hispanic at all to YOU! I only used
that last name because I was pressed for time and I just grabbed the
first name that came to my mind.

And I am leaving Nigel's father's last name as brown. In this fic. Nigel
Uno will be Nigel's code name (just work with me people).

Just a little addition People: This will NOT be a 1\3 fic. NO! NO! NO!
Just imagine a mix of British and Japanese accents and then throw a bit
of American accent in the mix. Sounds scary huh? Please no one flame me
about this! I am usually very open about pairings and I do believe that
this pair would make an EXCELLENT oddball pairing. But they will not be
paired together in this fic. They are just together by coincidence. Sorry
for anyone who's disappointed but 1\3 relationship in this fic, just aint
gonna happen!