Operation: TIME-TRAVEL

Today or
In time
Many
Erupt

Time
Rocks
Aviators
Very crazily
Even
Loony

By Ahhelga

Author's Note: Hello kiddos! I'm alive and still hanging out at DA (not, Defense Attorney, allyfromcali… hey I'm from Cali too). So…yeah. Hope you enjoy my newest installment: Chapter 9.

Disclaimer: Uh…I don't own what you are accusing me of owning!

Chapter 9- Caught in the Act

Kuki groaned as she leaned her head against the cold table. Just next to her was a leaning Wally, who was, unknown to her knowledge, starting at her. Abby, who noticed this, ignored them and stared at the cement ceiling. Next to her was Hoagie, who, from time to time, stood up to walk around the room. Nigel was pacing back and forth in the back of the room. On the other side of the table sat Calli and Willy who were impatiently playing a game of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors'.

Wally's eyes shot back and forth to the very thin folder in the middle. Slowly his hand started to extend to reach out for it. No one noticed this except Willy, who was watching through the corner of his eye, in the process losing yet another match of the game. Wally, unfortunately, had only touched it with the tip of his middle finger, due to his short stature. If he adjusted himself to grab it whole, he would have gotten his teammates' attentions. So, he reluctantly brought back his hand to his pant leg. Hopefully no one saw, but he could only hope. The silence crept up again when Willy's and Calli's game ended.

"So, team," Nigel had broken the silence and stopped pacing. "We…need to figure this out."

Calli made a face and jumped up, "Excuse me! We're in this too! But we're not part your team." She didn't notice Willy, the person who she was referring to when she mention 'we', who seemed to sink in his chair as she was talking.

Almost instantly, Nigel's face began to slightly boil up. No one knew why, but his temper was getting so out of hand. Boy, someone was PMS'ing.

"Don't you dare talk to me like that!" Nigel inched up to her, who stayed still with a frown on her face and slightly growled.

What broke them apart was the voice of Abby. "Numbuh 1!" she scolded. "You know better than to be up in someone's face! This is so not like you, snap outta it, or I'll let you go outside!"

Everyone froze for a second after her outburst at them; Nigel never budged from his spot. He only winced, which caused Abby to fume because he didn't back down, bravely. Wally, luckily, didn't hear much after that, only noticed everyone except Willy and Kuki, who were just gaping at them, were screaming at one-another. Boy. What a great night huh?

Wally seized the moment to just sit up and grab the manila folder from the middle of the table. He was sure to be swift. Score. No one saw him. And by the time everyone died down, the single paper that was inside of the manila folder (the reason it was so thin) was crumpled into his pants pocket. He thought he was a sneaky devil.

He didn't know how much information that paper kept. Unfortunately, he didn't get a chance to see it. He couldn't because of them all being interrupted. Those really cool doors opened themselves and let in a girl with a thick folder. She had sunglasses, only a female version's of Nigel's and had brownish-red hair. She made a face at them and stared. Behind her shades, she eyed Calli and Willy. They sensed the eerie feeling coming from her so they slightly waved all the while laughing nervously.

Hadn't Angelo thought that something like this would happen?

"How did you get in here?" she said to all of them.

The feeling she gave off to all of the people in the room was awkward and weird. Everyone didn't feel in place there. And yet, everyone felt as if they relied on Calli and Willy, hoping for an explanation. In truth, Calli and Willy were relying on each other for help. About another moment in silence, and the girl was sick of this odd-ness.

"Alright, that's it!" she said, firmly clutching her folder. "I'm telling Numbuh 70 about this!"

Everyone seemed to slightly sigh out of relief and actually be glad to see the current leader of KND. This girl stared at them strangely but stayed still. She took out a communicator type thing and dialed a three-number digit.

"Please contact me back. There are several kids in the Therapy Room without consultant and pass, I dunno how they got in. But I'm leaving the questions to you." She turned to them. "I'll go call one of the guys on break to guard—" Unfortunately, she was interrupted.

"Numbuh 105, stop scaring these guys!" said a male voice from behind her.

In fact, it wasn't the girl that scared them, it was that male voice. Everyone stared at him, he had red hair that went passed his eyes and a book in one hand. He scratched his head, to show that underneath his hair were pretty thick glasses. It was brief, but it showed a lot about him. He turned to the group.

"Erm…why and how did you get in here?" he said.

"They won't answer me, Numbuh 104," Numbuh 105 crossed her arms and looked at all of them.

He looked at them and said, "Hello. I'm Numbuh 104. I'm curious as to who you are and why you are here."

"I'm Numbuh 18," Calli said. "This is Numbuh 28."

The girl, Numbuh 105, looked towards the others. "And they?"

"They're KND operatives!" Willy said quickly.

"Um, yeah," Numbuh 104 said, raising a brow. "Well… how did you guys get in here? This is a secured room. Not even most of the highest ranked operatives are allowed here. And you're just an operative, are you not? Besides, we'd know if someone was in here…"

"We're…" Hoagie started. He paused and looked towards Calli and Willy, who just nodded violently. He turned back to 104 and 105.

"You…?" Numbuh 105 said impatiently.

"Guys!" Everyone turned to the voice behind 105 and 104. Behind them was Alexander, along with a lunchbox. He smiled nervously and turned to 104 and 105.

"Don't worry, I have it all under control," he said, smoothly. "I got your message Numbuh 105, and I'll interrogate them immediately. If not, I'll wash their memories. Now head on out, both of you. I have business to attend to."

"Yes, sir," they both said simultaneously.

"But, sir," Numbuh 105 stopped and said as 104 rushed off. "I'm curious. I want to know what they were here for. Could I stay?"

"No, Numbuh 105," Alexander said that a little too harshly and 105 stepped back, with a shocked and curious expression.

"I'll find out, I'll tell you that," she said. "You may be head of KND, but I'm head of KND-HELP. Hope you have a pleasant time." She turned on her heel and headed after Numbuh 104, who was now long gone. The door shut after her and was completely sealed off for the time being once more.

"Okay, onto important news…"

Fanny tugged on her bed sheets. She was tossing and turning. The image couldn't get out of her mind. Beads of cold sweat rolled down her face as she squeezed her eyes shut. What was going on?

Her eyes widened from the dream. What was it now? The fifth? The sixth time?

She tried to recollect herself by remembering the night before. Okay…the gang was there. She came in. They accepted her with opened arms. She got to rest. Kids go missing. Talk with Wally and Kuki. And immediately after Kuki goes to the bathroom, she goes up. Okay, at least she had her memory still. She stopped. Was that the problem? A…memory? No, that couldn't be. The dream was just that, a dream.

She scowled to herself and rolled herself. The bed and the pillows and the blankets were nice and soft and comfortable. But still, she had a bad feeling. She couldn't get herself together. Why had she been getting memories she never had? Were they another's or were they simply made up? Each of them felt so real, like they were happening at the moment, but it also felt like she was watching it, not living it. She didn't understand.

Fanny sighed. One question popped in her head though.

Why did they come after she escaped?

"Wake up, wake up…"

Her head slowly rose. She immediately awoke once she realized that here hands were bound to a chair, and so were her feet. A rope secured her stomach and a piece of duct tape closed off her mouth from opening.

What the crud?

She realized that there was a man in front of her, completely shadowed. He was tall, she could tell, and probably all she could see clearly of him were his big bright eyes and the smoke coming from his mouth. A small smile formed on his lips, but she wasn't sure. He bent down to peck her nose and she got scared now. Kicking and trying to bash her way out, she had gone crazy.

"Now, now, Kuki, don't be frightened," he said, with her eyes growing wider by the second. "I have all that I need for you to be happy once more."

She made a face, but still she was scared. "Ah, don't you remember?"

He leaned in once more and stroked her face. "Well then, I'll help you with that…"

(END CHAPTER)

Author's Note: Okay, yeah, sorry for the extremely long while of not updating. I have just been so busy/lazy. Gah. I'm sorry! Sorry if the chapter sucked. Sorry that it was so super short! Sorry that I took a long time of updating. Sorry of everything else! Please review!

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Ahhelga
AKA Pauline