Title:The Bruises On My Heart

By:Cerulean Shadow

Summary: Numbah 5 and Numbah 3 are lost in a deserted island! Numbah 1 and Numbah 4 want to go find them both alone. As they try to find the girls, they find out that they are not alone...

CHAPTER 6

"Numbah Five! Numbah Five! Where are you?" Numbah Three cried out.

Even though she still had the scratches on her legs and arms, Numbah Three tried to keep her strength to find her best friend. For hours she tried to locate her friend, but to no avail. She was scared that the wolf might have killed her, but she knew that Numbah Five was the smartest operative in Sector V. She could have found out a plan to outsmart the creature. Numbah Three grew a little tired of looking, but she didn't want to give up. So she kept on looking. As she walked, she came across a green bush. It was clear and full of dark forest green leaves. But while she passed it, she noticed a little stain on one of the leaves. She took a little closer at it. The stain was blood. Numbah Three thought for a moment. Could this be... Numbah Five's blood? Could it be possible that the wolf could have gotten her in some way? Numbah Three was shivering with fear. Then she heard a moan around the bushes. She followed the sound which was about a few seconds away. As she started slowing down, she peeked out of the bushes to see... Numbah Five laying unconscious on the ground.

"Numbah Five!" she cried.

She ran over to her wounded friend. Blood and claw marks were all over her body. Her hair was out of her braid. She didn't move a muscle. Numbah Three was afraid she wasn't breathing. She also noticed that there was cat marks all over her body. As it was pretty feirce. She didn't know what kind of cat made this, but she didn't care. She just hoped her friend was still alive. She shook her a little to make sure she was conscious.

"Numbah Five, Numbah Five are you awake?" she said.

No matter how much she tried to awake her friend, Numbah Five still wouldn't get up.

"Numbah Five please wake up! Wake Up! You can survive this! Don't think you can't because you can! I survived those thorns! You should survive this attack!" she cried with tears.

Nothing happened. She still didn't move. Numbah Three thought she was too late. She thought she was gone. She had no choice, but to walk away. She got up, wiped away a tear, and turned back. Before she knew it, she heard a slow voice.

"... N-Numbah Three.."

It was Numbah Five!

"Numbah Five!" Numbah Three yelled.

"You're right. I can survive this. And I'll do it again."
"Numbah Five! You're okay! What happened to you?"
"What do you think? I was attacked by that wolf and his jerk-wad friend."
"I thought I noticed a cat claw mark! What kind of friend?"
"Cougar. Stupid thing attacked me by the minute I tripped over the log."
"Ow. Now where are we?"
"I don't know. But we better get outta here before those two flesh eaters come and get you."
"I guess. But there's one thing I don't understand: If wolves and cougars are predators, then why didn't they eat you?"
"That's what I was thinking. Although the cougar looked mosty familiar."
"Like what?"
"I don't know. But we need to skidadle outta here or we really will be in for a cat fight."

The scratches on Numbah Five's body may not have been suspicious, but what Numbah Three said was still a mystery. If there is one kind of mystery they can follow, is how to get out of the island alive.

The boys flew over to The DC's home to see if they had Numbah Five and Numbah Three hostage. As they landed the machine on the ground, Numbah One and Numbah Four grabed their weapons and stormed into the mansion from the window. There was no sign of the Delightful Children. Numbah One made a gesture to Numbah Four to look around to see if they could find anything. Nothing. Nothing seemed to be the answer.

"Looks like those Delightful brats aren't here. Maybe we should go." Numbah Four said.

"Oh, I don't think you'll be going anywhere, Kids Next Door." a voice said.

The two boys turned around to see the Delightful Children staring at their anger. The boys turned and loaded their weapons.

"Where's Numbah Five and Numbah Three?" Numbah One said angrily.

"I'm afraid they are not here, Nigel. We dropped them off on an island hours ago." The DC replied.

"What kind of island?" Numbah Four also asked angrily.

"If you must know, we recently threw them in the ocean close to an island. But this is no ordinary island. This island it typically dangerous. There might be a slight chance the girls might have survived... or not!" they laughably responded.

"What kind of danger?" Numbah Four asked.

"There is no possible chance how a kid could survive such an island. I sort of feel sorry for Numbah Five and Numbah Three."

"I said how dangerous is the island?"

"It's a good thing we let loose some experiments on the island. Otherwise part of the Kids Next Door would be too strong enough for us."

"What experiments? And I'm not going to ask you again! What Kind Of Danger?"

"Very well. The dangers and experiments we put on that island is a vast product of wild vicious animals. Take a wolf for example. This wolf may look like an ordinary wolf, but if you take a closer look, you will see a difference. This wolf is part animal, and part adult."

"Part Adult?" Numbah Four screamed.

"You Delightful Creeps! You can't just drop two girls on an island with part animal and part adult creatures!" Numbah One yelled.

"We just did."

Now Numbah Four was really angry. There was no way he didn't want no experiment to attack Numbah Three. Outraged, he held his weapon up to the DC and ordered them to answer another question.

"Is there anything else we should know before I have to beat the crud out of you?"

"As a matter of fact there is. If either the girls have been bitten or clawed by the animal, she will also become part animal, or maybe also, part adult."

"Where is the island?" Numbah One exclaimed.

"It's around the west side of the ocean. And we're only telling you this is because you wouldn't last a minute out there looking for those girls. Even with weapons."

"We don't care how dangerous the island is! We just want to find the girls unharmed and alive!" Numbah One said.

"You may look as long as you want. You will be gone by the time you try to escape."

By the time the DC said it, the boys were gone. They were hoping that they would be safe from those beasts. But they didn't know that Numbah Five wasn't realy lucky...

TO BE CONTINUED...