Chapter Eight

Day Fourteen

Time: 1300hrs

Agent FF was nervous as she stood at the door of Nigel, Hoagie and Wally's room, but she knew that she had to be there. She had to apologize to Nigel for the way she had acted during his decommissioning.

He had been right after all. Her decommissioning hadn't been pleasant, but she had ordered for no-one to make fun of her. It was her own fault and she had grown since then. The last six months of sorting through her memories had made her realize that she had been a bratty child growing up and she needed to make up for it. So she raised her hand to knock at the door.

"Come in" Nigel called, he was alone. Hoagie had gone down to the cafeteria to grab a snack and Wally had gone to the gym, Nigel suspected that had been a cover-up though and he had gone to talk to Kuki. He looked up to see Agent FF standing there.

"Numbeh Eighty-six" He said with a scowl.

"It's Agent FF now Nigel. I'm not a Numbeh anymore." Nigel smirked slightly.

"How did your decommissioning go? As far as I'm aware mine wasn't all that pleasant." He didn't need to add thanks to you because Agent FF had already realized what he was going to add.

"Look Numbeh- sorry Nigel I came here to apologize about the way I acted as a KID I realize now that I was a bratty leader and if anyone should have been head of K.N.D for the time we where both there it should have been you"

"I said no for a reason Agent FF and I don't regret it for an instant. I didn't join K.N.D to become a leader I joined it to save the unknowing children of the world from adults, teenagers and other nastys along the way." Nigel explained, "I joined for a stupid reason at first which was to fight. I didn't want to be a non-active member of K.N.D which is what you ended up being wasn't it?" Agent FF nodded sheepishly.

"I'm sorry Nigel for the way I acted with you and each of your members of your sector on each of your decommissioning. Heck I'm even sorry for the way I acted when Kuki quit. I was disappointed when she did that but not because of the fact she quit, it was because I would have one less to taunt when they got decommissioned"

"Agent FF, you need to apologize to the other four as well then. Not just me, I'm not there leader anymore- you know that as well as I do" Agent FF sighed.

"Yeah but I was hoping that I wouldn't have to. I've apologized to too many recomissioned agents these past six months." Nigel looked at her surprised.

"You've been here for six months and you're already a head of department? It took me two years to get to chief of police"

"Yeah I guess it was fast, I just wanted to redeem myself and prove that I had changed" Agent FF smiled for a brief second, "and the fact you where in England and I'm in the USA"

"Yeah I guess. You know you're okay Agent FF. You may have been someone I didn't like in K.N.D but you are right and you have changed and it's for the better not the worst" Nigel smiled at Agent FF.

"What ya talking to her for?" Wally asked Nigel angrily as he walked back into their room, "don't you remember the decommissioning?"

"She's changed Wally. Just like Hoagie, Abby and Kuki have too" Wally sat down and sighed.

"Why'd we have to get decommissioned?" Wally asked not expecting any answer, "it ruined all our friendships and everything."

"Because we had to. You know that as well as I do Wally, I am sorry about how I treated you on your decommissioning day, especially after you had admitted your feelings for Kuki" Nigel looked at Wally in shock.

"You admitted your feelings for Kuki?"

"Well even though I had chickened out all those years I knew I had to before I couldn't so I did." Wally admitted sheepishly, "it just happened to be at the last moment."

"Well that explains why she decided to keep her memories" Wally and Agent FF looked up at Nigel surprised.

"Huh?"

"Think about it, she wanted to remember you Wally, even though you couldn't remember her, she wanted to know that somebody loved her"

"How did you get to be so thoughtful Nigel?" Agent FF asked as Wally looked at them both in shock.

"Just did I guess..."

Time: 1500hrs

Kuki stared at the ceiling of her room wondering if anything was going to change between her friends now they had there memories back. She sighed as she remembered the peaceful days of K.N.D, the days before Nigel had left the group. Before it had gotten complicated, but life was complicated no matter how she looked at it.

"What ya thinking about?" Wally asked from the doorway.

"Wally…" Kuki trailed off. She had not known what to say when he told her and she didn't know what to say now- the first time she had seen him with him knowing what he said to her.

"Kuki…" He echoed softly, "can I come in?" Kuki nodded and she watched as he closed the door and sat down on the edge of Abby's bed. Kuki looked down and then involuntary smiled.

"This is silly" she said softly.

"What's silly Kooks?" There it was; the name she hadn't heard in ten years. The name she wouldn't let anyone call her, anyone but him that was.

"Me, no you or maybe it's even you and me. I'm acting like I did when I was a ten year old around you. We can't go back to that stage Wally"

"Wait you liked me at ten?" Wally asked amazed. She nodded twirling her hair.

"That's why I acted like that around you. What did you think it was for Numbeh One or Two?" She laughed, "No they where like brothers to me. You however…"

"Where?" Wally asked hesitantly.

"They still are like brothers to me" Kuki smiled, "Hoagie in more ways than one. Muki married Tommy a few weeks a go now" Wally looked at her in shock and Kuki couldn't help but laugh, "yeah that was my reaction too"

"So you and Hoagie are brother and sister in-law?" Kuki nodded.

"You have no idea how hard it was to see him at the wedding" She murmured to herself.

"Why don't you tell me?" Wally asked Kuki gently.

Time: 16:00hrs

"Can Abby come in? Kuki and Wally have been talking in our room for an hour now and Abby needs someplace to hang" Agent FF and Nigel looked at each other and shrugged.

"It's your room" Agent FF pointed out.

"But are you ready to apologize to another person?" Nigel asked reasonably, Agent FF shrugged her shoulders again.

"Yeah but I would need to apologize to her sooner or later" Agent FF pointed out.

"That's a different tune than before." Agent FF just smiled.

"Yeah Abby you can come in" Abby stopped when she spotted Agent FF talking to Nigel.

"What are you doing here?" Abby growled out.

"Talking to Nigel what does it look like I'm doing Abigail" Agent FF snapped.

"That's not a good way of apologizing to someone Agent FF" Nigel warned and Agent FF sighed.

"Numbeh Five"

"That's not Abby's name any more"

"That's not how you speak to a higher agent then you either Abigail" Nigel pointed out, Abby sighed and sat down. She glared as Agent FF stood up and started to walk around the room.

"Abby, I'm sorry about how I treated you on your decommissioning. The fact is I treated everyone like that and I'm not proud of it. The first time I actually treated someone like that was on Nigel's decommissioning because he was the reason I hated boys in the first place. He was the only reason I got my spot as one of the heads- because he said no." Nigel looked up surprised.

"You didn't tell me that"

"You didn't ask" Abby looked amused at both of them.

"This is the point where Nigel pokes out his tongue" Abby informed them both. Agent FF laughed while Nigel scowled at both of them.

"You're not supposed to take her side"

"Abby's not taking any side; Abby's just stating the facts" Agent FF looked at Abby.

"So do you forgive me?"

"Course Abby does girl"

"I do as well" Hoagie moved the door open to show himself.

"You where eavesdropping Hoagie?" Nigel faked a look of surprise.

"Well I was wondering where everyone was and then I heard your voice with two other females coming from our room so therefore I had to"

"I'm sorry Hoagie" Agent FF looked remorseful, "I didn't mean to cut your time short with Kuki that day"

"I forgive you" Hoagie said with ease, "Hey guys remember Operation: S.U.P.P.O.R.T?" Abby groaned while Nigel put his hand to his head.

"I can't believe we did that"

"Abby can't believe what you did to her sister's room"

"What happened?" Agent FF inquired,

"Well it all started…"

To Be Continued…