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Operation: S.E.E.K.O.U.T.
Seeing
Eiji
Enables
Knowledge
Of
Uncongenial
Trauma

"I'm telling you, Numbuh Five! Numbuh Three wouldn't leave us just because her cruddy uncle came to town! It has to be an arch foe tricking her into it! We've got to save her!"

Abigail kept walking up front, ignoring Numbuh Four's weird theories. She understood that he missed Kuki a lot, but sometimes they just had to let her go. It wasn't like they were getting decommissioned or anything. And besides, it was just one lousy week.

"Numbuh Four, she just needs to spend some time with her great uncle," Hoagie explained, following behind Abby, "that's all."

"All right, team," Nigel Uno stated, once Numbuhs Two, Four, and Five stepped into the assembly room. Soon after, Temporary Numbuh Three (a.k.a. the stupid cruddy hamster) came speeding in.

"Now that we're all here, I'll tell you why I've asked all of you in," Nigel said. "It's about Numbuh Three. She--"

"Ha! I knew it!" Wally interrupted, jumping up, "I told you! I told you! Who's the stupid one now?!"

"Numbuh Four, please sit down. I haven't finished yet," Nigel told him. Wally sat down, making faces at Hoagie and Abby.

"Actually, Numbuh Three's great uncle took her shopping in the morning, so she delivered these for us," Nigel finished, placing five boxes of candy in front of him.

Abby's eyes widened at the boxes of sweets, licking her lips in hunger. "Boy, Numbuh Three sure has a GREAT uncle!"

Hoagie chuckled.

"Wait," Wally stopped Abby from putting her hands on one of the boxes, "Has Numbuh Three tried these yet? What if they're poisoned? What if her great uncle tricked her into sending these? What if the Delightful Children from Down the Lane were the ones who really sent these? What if--"

"Numbuh Five has an idea," Abby suggested, hoping Wally would finally shut up, "How about we let Chichi try the candy first? And then we'll see if there's anything awkward in it."

"That's a great idea, Numbuh Five," said Nigel. He reached for a candy bar from one of the boxes.

The stupid cruddy hamster made a nodding gesture, then began to nibble on the candy bar Numbuh One had given her to try.

She looked over at Wally, and suddenly began to choke. Chichi made a coughing noise, placing her paw against her forehead and actually began to sweat.

"Oh no! It was poisoned!" Hoagie realized. Wally panicked.

"What did I tell you? Quick! Somebody help her spit it out!" he yelled, looking everywhere for some kind of two-by-four spitting out device.

Then, out of the blue, Abby started laughing. As if it was funny. She was soon joined by Hoagie, and then Nigel, but Wally just looked at them, confused.

"You should see the look on your face!" Abby said between laughter.

Then Chichi stopped making the choking noises and smiled, like she wasn't about to be killed by a candy bar at all. They had tricked him! Wally shot a deadly glare at everyone, then headed towards his room, muttering things that included the words "stupid" and "cruddy" a lot.

"Numbuh Four, aren't you going to eat your candy?" Hoagie asked.

"Nah," Wally answered, "You guys can have it."

He could faintly hear Abby and Hoagie arguing about who was going to have his box.

Wally sighed as he changed into his pajamas. He was going to clear the dread of the day by having a good night sleep. He climbed up his boxing ring bed. Ever since Wally found out Kuki had gone, he hadn't been feeling up to anything at all. What was wrong with him?

"Kuki?"

"Hi Wally!"

"Kuki, what are you doing there? We've got to get back to the treehouse!"

"Why? I'm having so much fun here."

"You wouldn't understand. Don't you--"

"Wally?"

"Yes, Kuki?"

"Do you like me?"

"There's no time to answer that, Kuki. We have to leave, now!"

"But I don't want to."

"Listen--"

"No. I'm going to stay here forever! And you can't stop me!"

Numbuh Four woke up from his ugly, awful dream. It was horrible. One second, he was talking to Numbuh Three, and the next, she was being sucked in by a black hole, keeping her out of his reach.

But in a matter of seconds, he had forgotten what he had dreamed of.

It was now dark, and by the way the lights were out made him realize it was already probably past midnight, and everyone should already be in their rooms, sleeping.

He tried to close his eyes for a couple of minutes and go back to sleep, but somehow, he couldn't. More than that, he didn't want to have that appalling dream again... whatever it was.

Wally walked out of his room, scanning the hallways for any signs of his team. Everything was dark and the coast was clear. He wandered through the corridors and down the staircases until he was right in front of the door that led to the outside of the treehouse.

Numbuh Four placed his hand on the doorknob, turned it, and yanked the door open.

Don't worry, Numbuh Three, I'm comin' for ya, he thought to himself. He ran through the streets, regardless of the fact that he still had his pajamas on.

Suddenly, Wally stopped running as he came across an intersection. Which was the way to Kuki's house??

"Aw, crud!"

transmission interrupted/