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Kids Next Door mission…

Operation: F.E.A.R.

Fear

Even

Attacks

Reckless operatives

Chapter 12: She discovers the truth

"Hoagie, wake up…"

Numbuh 2 slowly opened his eyes. He saw a lot of doctors standing around his bed. But doctor Lincoln was standing next to him.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

"I… I'm fine, I think," Numbuh 2 answered.

"You scared us, you know," doctor Lincoln said. "Nurse Rednight and me were going to check if you were alright, when she found you, lying on the ground. Unconscious. But you're fine now. Do you remember what happened?"

"Erm, yeah, I think so," Hoagie replied. "I was sleeping when I heard a weird noise. I woke up and saw something lying on the table."

"What did you see?"

"A chilli dog."

"A chilli dog?" Doctor Lincoln looked at the other doctors for a second.

"Yes, a chilli dog. I know it sounds weird but I really love chilli dogs!"

"And what happened next, Hoagie?"

"I… I don't know…"

"What do you mean?"

"I saw a chilli dog lying on the table. I said: 'A chilli dog! Yummy!' and… and… What did I do next?"

"You don't remember?"

"Actually… no…"

From the table the 'chilli dog' was looking at them. He was the only one who knew why Numbuh 2 didn't remember what happened. He was the one who took some of his memory so he'd get more of Numbuh 2's fear. Because he was going to give him this memory back soon. Real soon…

"Wait a minute… yes! Yes, I do!"

"Excuse me?"

"I suddenly DO remember what I did next! Wait… me… out of my bed…"

"Yes, that's something I wanted to ask you too. How did you succeed getting out of your bed?"

"… Grabbing that chilli dog… turning around… seeing that… THE NEWSPAPER! Where is it?"

"Hoagie! What are you talking about?"

"I saw a chilli dog lying on the table, I grabbed it, I turned around and I saw a newspaper. The front page said that all of the chilli dog factories around the world are failure. Is that true, Mr. Lincoln? Because if it is, I will…"

"Hoagie, what are you t--"

"IS IT TRUE THAT THE FACTORY'S WHERE THE THINGS THAT I LOVE THE MOST ARE BEING MADE ARE FAILURE? ALL OF THEM?" Numbuh 2 yelled.

All of the doctors got scared of him, including doctor Lincoln.

"Please, Hoagie, calm down!"

"No, I won't calm down! Answer me! Will I ever eat a chilli dog again!"

"Hoagie, please calm down! We don't understand you! If you'd talk a little calmer, we could…"

"You don't understand me? YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME! Well, if you don't understand me, then look at the table! Because the chilli dog I saw is still lying there!" Numbuh 2 pointed at the table, thinking he was right. He could see the 'chilli dog', but the doctors, of course, couldn't.

They all looked at the table, but they thought it was empty.

"Hoagie, what are you talking about? There isn't lying a chilli dog on the table. You must have something like a conceit!" doctor Lincoln said.

"What are you talking about? It's lying right there! I can see it! Can't you see it?"

"No, actually, we can't. Hoagie, we don't know what you're talking about, but please, calm d--"

"No, I won't calm down! Not until you guys have seen that chilli dog! Why can't you see it? If I can, you can!"

The doctors looked at the table again, but they still thought it was empty.

"Hoagie, I'm sorry, but we still can't see anything. Maybe there's something wrong with you because of the accident you and your friends had."

"No! That's not true! I'm telling you, there is a chilli dog lying on the table!"

"No, there isn't."

"Yes, there is! Look, if you can't see it, then just try to grab it, 'cause I think that chilli dog will be the last one I will ever eat!"

"Hoagie, we can't even see that chilli dog because it isn't there! So I think we can't grab it either!"

"Yes, you can! Believe me! There, on the table, right next to you, is lying a chilli dog! You know what? I will give you the directions if it's so hard for you to grab that stupid chilli dog!"

'Darn!' the 'chilli dog' thougt.

"Doctor Lincoln, I think something's wrong with that boy," one of the doctors whispered in his ear. "I think we better…"

"No no, if grabbing a chilli dog for him makes this boy happy, we can do that easily, don't you think?" Doctor Lincoln tried to smile at Numbuh 2, but in reality he was thinking the same as his colleague was.

He walked over to the table, put his hand on it and looked at Numbuh 2. "So, Hoagie, where does the chilli dog lie?" he asked.

"Erm… Move your hand a little to the left…"

Doctor Lincoln moved his hand to the left.

"No no no, more to the right…"

Doctor Lincoln moved his hand to the right.

"No, that's too far. To the left again."

Doctor Lincoln moved his hand to the left again.

"Alright, and now to the front."

Doctor Lincoln moved his hand to the front.

"Okay, now some more to the right and you got it!"

Doctor Lincoln moved his hand to the right again.

'O no you don't!' The 'chilli dog' suddenly did something that only Numbuh 2 could see.

"Hey! What-- happened?" Numbuh 2 gasped. "The chilli dog moved on its own…" he whispered to himself.

"Erm, Hoagie, I don't feel the chilli dog. You said it laid here, didn't you?" Doctor Lincoln suddenly asked.

Numbuh 2 looked at him. "Yes, it laid there, doctor Lincoln, but you won't believe me when I'm telling you that the chilli dog has just moved on its own."

Doctor Lincoln looked at him. "Erm… Yes, I guess you're right. I don't believe you."

"But you have to believe me! It really moved! I can prove it! Move your hand a little to the left and you will feel the chilli dog!"

Doctor Lincoln decided to do as he said and moved his hand to the left, but the 'chilli dog' didn't give up yet. He moved a little to the front.

"He did it again!" Numbuh 2 suddenly yelled. "The chilli dog moved to the front!"

Doctor Lincoln moved his hand to the front.

The chilli dog moved to the right.

"He moved to the right!"

Doctor Lincoln moved his hand to the right.

The chilli dog moved backwards.

"He moved backwards!"

Doctor Lincoln moved his hand backwards.

The chilli dog moved to the left.

"He moved to the left!"

Doctor Lincoln sighed and looked at the fat boy. "Listen Hoagie, I'm sorry, but I'm getting a little tired of this."

"It's not my fault! It's the chilli dog! It's moving on its own! But you don't even believe it's there." He sighed. "If you guys could only see him…"

"Hoagie. I'm sorry. We can't grab the chilli dog for you, but is there anything else we can do?"

Numbuh 2 looked at him. "Yes. Leave. Now."

"What?"

"I said you have to leave! All of you! Now!"

"Why?"

"LEAVE! NOW!"

"O-okay, alright, calm down. We're leaving already. Come on, colleagues." Doctor Lincoln left the room and the other doctors followed him.

Hoagie looked at each of them and when he was alone in the room, he sighed and whispered: "I will never eat a chilli dog again…" Tears started falling down his cheek.

Meanwhile the chilli dog wasn't done teasing Numbuh 2 yet. His second plan to take Numbuh 2's fear didn't start yet. But it would start soon…

"Numbuh 3!" Numbuh 5 yelled. She was walking through a creepy forest. That was obvious; it was only 3.45am. So it was dark. The darkness made a creepy sphere in the forest. "Numbuh 3, where are you?"

Numbuh 5 had followed Numbuh 3 when she ran out of the toyshop. She thougt she saw her in front of her, running into the forest. But in the forest she lost her friend. So where was she now? She could be anywhere. Maybe she was in danger. Numbuh 3 never liked the dark. And then thinking of her, alone without a weapon, in a dark creepy forest where everyone or everything could attack her. Numbuh 5 had to find her, before she did something REALLY stupid. She couldn't believe what happened in the toyshop. Why did Numbuh 3 had to overreact? There was nothing wrong with the store. So what was bothering her?

"Numbuh 3! Where are you! It's Numbuh 5!" she yelled. She didn't hear anything. It was quiet. TOO quiet. "Numbuh 3! Please answer me! Where are you?"

Suddenly she heard a noise. Numbuh 5 looked at a bush, thinking that the noise was coming from there.

"H-hello?"

No answer, but again the noise.

"Who is there?" This time she didn't hear a noise, but she wanted to know what was hiding behind the bush. She walked over to the bush.

"I know you're there!" she said. She felt brave, but scared too. What was hiding behind that bush?

"GOT YOU!" she suddenly yelled. She jumped in the bush and found…

"Nobody?" Numbuh 5 stood up and looked into the bush, but she didn't see anything.

But what had made that noise then?

Suddenly she heard it again. "Who is there? Where are you hiding?" she asked loudly.

No answer. Only that noise again.

"I'm getting awfully tired of this!" she said. "You better show yourself, or Numbuh 5 is going to--"

The noise interrupted her, but this time it sounded near by.

'It's coming to me,' she thought. "Numbuh 3? Is that you? And if it's you, it's probably a joke and you better stop it, because it's NOT funny!"

She looked around her, but the only thing she saw, was darkness. 'This is getting creepy,' she thought. Suddenly she felt shivers on her back. 'Numbuh 5 thinks she better gets out of here…'

But she didn't even move her foot or a giant animal attacked her from behind.

"AAAAH!" She fell on the ground but managed to get the animal of her.

She looked at it. It was a giant wolf, which was licking is snout.

"What do you want?" she asked angrily.

But the wolf answered with a roar and attacked her again. She dodged him and gave him a punch.

He fell on the ground but stood up immediately. He ran over to her and showed her his sharp teeth.

She dodged the giant beast again and whispered to herself: "Numbuh 5 has to get out of here! That beast is going to kill her!"

She tried to run away, but the wolf attacked her again and put his sharp teeth in her right leg.

"OUCH!" She fell on the ground, holding her leg. She tried to stand up, but that wasn't easy. "OW! Sheesh, that hurts! Numbuh 5 can't stand up! What does she have to do now?" The wolf attacked her again, but again, she could dodge his attack by rolling aside.

Meanwhile the Ghost of Love and Fear appeared in the forest. He only stood a few metres away from the two fighters. 'What's going on there?' he thought. He decided to look what was going on, but suddenly he had a strange feeling. 'What-- I'm having a strange feeling. I think it has to do with that girl… What the-- ? I can't feel anything of that girl! It's like… Like she doesn't have any fear. But that's impossible. I can see her face. She even has fear for that wolf. So she must have a greatest fear, but the thing is that I can't feel what. I think I'll have to ask that little brats From Down The Lane. They have told me anything about that Kids Next Door, but why can't I feel her fear then? Well, there's only one way to find out.' He disappeared and left Numbuh 5, still dodging the wolf's attacks.

But she wouldn't hold on much longer. She needed help, unless she wanted to die.

Numbuh 3 was still sobbing, but she didn't cry anymore. She was walking over to the Treehouse, after running through a scary forest. She kept running and running, not caring about anything. She only thought of the 'fact' that she would never hug a Rainbowmonkey again.

"They are gone," she whispered. She was walking past the house of The Delightful Children From Down The Lane when she heard voices.

"What do you mean, 'I can't feel her fear? We just thougt Abigail's fear was the easiest fear to get!"

"Abigail?" Numbuh 3 looked at the house and decided to check what the Delightful Children were talking about.

She walked through the large garden and peeked through one of the many windows to see the Delightful Children, standing in a room and talking to… nothing?

'What are they doing?' Numbuh 3 thought. 'Talking to nothing? Are they crazy?'

Suddenly she heard a dark, low voice, saying: "I'm telling you, I can't feel that girl's fear! Are you kids tricking me?"

"No, Ghost of Love and Fear, we wouldn't dare to."

"Well, I should help me if I were you, because you know what happens when I don't get all of the five kids their fear…"

The Delightful Children shivered. "Of… Of course we do, ghost. You know what? Try pretending to be Numbuh 1. We think she loves him. Just do the same with her as you did with Numbuh 4. That will work."

"I hope so," the ghost said, "or else I'm doing it to you." After these words Numbuh 3 and the Delightful Children heard a noise and the Delightful Children walked away.

Numbuh 3 understood the conversation was over and she ran over to the street again. There she stopped running and slowly started to walk over to the Treehouse.

But she was thinking about the conversation. 'Why were the Delightful Children talking to something… invisible? Why were they talking about getting someone's fear? Why did they mention Numbuhs 1, 4 and 5? And what was that noise I heard? Wait a minute… It was the same sound as the sound I heard in the Treehouse, when I found Supergiant Superfluffy Rainbowmonkey. Does Supergiant Superfluffy Rainbowmonkey have something to do with it? Now that I'm thinking of it! The voice I heard… It was the same creepy and dark voice as the voice Supergiant Superfluffy Rainbowmonkey used when… when he betrayed me. Was it Supergiant Superfluffy Rainbowmonkey who they were talking to? No. It couldn't be him. I couldn't see him. But wait… they called him a 'ghost'… Maybe he really is a ghost! Since the cute hamster ghosts took me I always believed in ghosts. But they suggested the ghost to pretend to be Numbuh 1 to… to get Numbuh 5's fear or something… But why? Why did they do that? I think the Delightful Children are up to something. They're probably trying to destroy us again. But how? By getting our fear? That sounds really lame. But I think they're really doing that… with the help of a ghost… to destroying us and stealing our fear…'

Numbuh 3 gasped. Now she finally understood. Everything. The ghost, the Supergiant Superfluffy Rainbowmonkey, the plan of the Delightful Children… Everything.

"He already has my fear!" she realized. "Whose fear does he already got? It doesn't matter! I have to warn the others!" She immediately turned around and started running over to the hospital.

"I hope I'm not too late…"

A/N: I know it's not very obvious for NUMBUH 3 to discover the truth, but I liked the thought, so I decided to write it anyway! ;D Please review!