Operation D.R.E.A.M.S Chapter 7: Evil Needs to Get its Way Too
Moon Comix: HELLO! NEW CHAPTER! And now here's a change! I'm interviewing the evil people!
Sandy: You consider me to be evil narrows eyes a king does not wish to be evil
Cree: What is the point if this, anyway? I could be doing different things… like plotting rubs hands together
Moon Comix: Or kissing Hoagie laughs evilly
Cree: You leave Hoag-Hoag out of this!
Sandy: Good Henry the Eighth's ghost! I didn't consider you to be the nick-name type!
Chad: Will I be needed now? I do have tickets to a ballet…
Moon Comix: um… who wants to do the disclaimer?
Lizzie: ME!
Fanny: fine, but if ye stuff it up, I'm steppin' in
Lizzie: Comix doesn't own KND but he does own the things he does! And he especially doesn't own this sock holds up sock that's Niggie's!
Chad: ok….. That's an obsession
Lizzie: no it's not…
Fanny: YOU HAVE THREE OF HIS EYEBROWS! Everyone stares at Fanny strangely well she does! She forces us to smell them!
Cree: oh yeah
Moon Comix: Enjoy!
No one said much in the few seconds after Abby had left. The younger kids were just sitting there, staring into the open door, Nigel was thinking of going after her, Kuki was almost about to break down in tears, Wally was staring at his feet and Hoagie was angry and touching the spot where she had slapped him hard.
"So…. What now?"
The first three words came out of Wally's mouth, the dreaded words that would split them all apart.
"You choose sides," said Saffron, standing up and causing everyone to look at her.
"What?"
"Hoagie has just shown that he has sided with the teenagers," Hoagie began to snort and turned away, "so now, the rest of you must choose. My loyalty is to the Kids Next Door and always will be." From that sentence, they all saw exactly why she had been made leader. Her voice was different entirely, it was stronger and firmer, "Nigel, you next."
"No, Tommy will go first," interrupted Hoagie, "family is the most important thing in the world."
"Well," began Tommy, "I know that you're my brother and all but… I joined the KND for a reason, and that was to help kids, so I need to stay with them…. I don't want my memory to go."
"You double crossing, snot nosed kid! After all I've done for you!" sneered Hoagie and began to jump onto him but Wally, who had jumped up so fast they had not realized that he had left his seat, stopped him.
"It's you're fault too, man," said Wally, "you joined with Cree and he's in the KND, you can't blame him."
Hoagie stopped trying to get to his brother and Wally took his seat, staring at his feet again.
"I'm with the KND, too," said Bilby, followed by Mushi and Angie. Saffron smiled at her team, letting them know that she had never been more proud of them.
"Wouldn't expect you crummy kids to help me," said Hoagie, causing the present KND to growl, Saffron, however remained calm.
"Wouldn't expect anything more from a teenager," she said, not in a hurtful way, but in a way that showed that she felt sorry for him.
"I have to side with Abby," said Nigel, stopping the argument and farcing everyone to look at him, "and siding with Abby means siding with the Kids Next Door. I'm her boyfriend now and the few weeks that we have spent together have made me happier than I have ever been, I'm sorry Hoagie, I know that I'm you're friend but… I'm sorry"
"Fine, go snog her! I don't care! Kuki's my friend, aren't you?"
"No, Cree is an evil person and I can't be you're friend if you like her, I'm sorry," Kuki let a few tears hit the floor as she sat down, Mushi coming over to rub her back.
"Fine, you Rainbow Monkey freak. I don't know why I was friends with a cry baby like you."
"BACK OFF, MAN!" yelled Wally as he stood up, making everyone jump, and lifted Hoagie up by the shirt he wore, "LEAVE KUKI ALONE!"
"What are you gonna do, Wally?" Hoagie asked, not afraid of him, "punch me? Kick me? Throw me to the ground?"
"I'm gonna make you get out," whispered Wally and he put Hoagie down and pushed him over to the door, "and don't come back."
Hoagie looked at him yelled, "Go pash you're girlfriend, Wally, I don't care. I HAVE CREE!"
The boy ran out of the house, followed by Wally, Nigel and Kuki. Wally and Nigel stared at their ex-friend as Kuki asked, "Wally, who did Hoagie mean by girlfriend?" Wally turned to look at her, blushing, to see that her eyes were narrowed.
"H… he… just wanted to hurt me, that's all heh, heh, heh, let's go back inside," Wally stammered, extremely quickly, but it suited Kuki as she walked back into the living room.
"Nice cover up," sighed Nigel as he trudged past him.
"Oh, Nigel, don't call Abby, let me talk to her first, I've known her for ages and I need to help her," said Wally and Nigel nodded.
After walking back into the house, Nigel suggested that everyone went home. The KND walked out, except for Saffron, who walked over to Nigel and said, "I'm sorry, the plan didn't work out at all, we will be there if you're in trouble, by the way, Mushi and Bill are staying at the tree house tonight,"
Wally chuckled feebly as the young girl walked out, followed by Kuki. Wally smiled sadly at Nigel before skating home.
"What a night," he thought as he closed the door of his room, five minutes later, "what a night."
Five days later.
Wally woke up at three in the morning again, as usual, ready to call Abby. He knew that Abby needed time before he called her. If she was feeling better, she would have showed up at school, and Wally was annoyed about having to make up excuses. The blond picked up the phone and dialled Abby's number.
"Abby."
"Hey, are you okay?"
"No, one of my friends is going out with my evil sister! DO YOU THINK THAT ABBY IS OKAY?"
"Sorry, do you wanna come over later?"
"No, Abby thinks she gonna spend the day with Nigel."
"Lucky that there's a school conference on the next couple of days, the teachers are discussing how to torture us, most probably! You know, building machines to make me spell words correctly! I mean, you do spell cake K-E-A-C-T, why doesn't anyone believe me!"
Abby laughed, "thanks Wally, you're a true friend, see ya."
"Oh, by the way, I had to make up some excuses to why you weren't at school so if anyone says, 'sorry about your loss', just smile and say thank you."
Abby laughed a bit when he said that, "heh, heh, heh, bye Wally."
"Bye."
Wally hung up the phone and smiled to himself before falling asleep again.
At Nigel's house later that day, Nigel had just gotten up and showered, got dressed and was eating breakfast when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" called Nigel as he walked to the door, opening it without fail and he got a great surprise, and a terrible one, "HOAGIE!"
"Hello Nigel!" cried the boy as he shot the bald teen with something, making everything go black.
"I've become so…" sang Wally, extremely badly, when Bill opened the door to his room, and stuck his head inside.
"Yo, Wally, there's some girl at the door for ya, she looks familiar somehow…" said the brunette and Wallabee turned off the music and followed his younger brother out of the door, down the stairs.
"Okay… some girl… um… Chloe? No, she hasn't spoken to me since I refused that date… Amali? No, she doesn't have my address…" Wally mumbled as he opened the door and got an extremely big surprise, "FANNY!"
"Miss me?" was all he heard before the Irish girl pulled out a familiar, small box and shot him with it.
Abby sniffled as she walked around the corner, her hat in her hand, a small bag over her shoulders. But when she thought of her boyfriend, her blank mouth twitched upwards. She counted the footsteps until she got to the house in question, knocking on the door.
"Knocking on heaven's door," whispered Abby, quietly as her knuckle hit the wood.
"Nigel?" called a woman's voice from inside and when the door opened, Abby came face to face with Mrs. Uno, "oh, it's just you Abby, how are you, dear?"
"Um, Abby's fine, Mrs. Uno, have you seen Nigel?" asked the African-American but her face fell when the woman shook her head.
"No, he answered the door to one of his friends this morning and he just vanished!" cried her boyfriends mother, "do you want to come in?"
"No, that's okay, Mrs. Uno, Abby's gonna go visit Kuki or Wally, bye."
"Bye, Abby dear."
The unhappy girl walked from the doorstep, the small bag hanging from her shoulder and a couple of tears falling to the ground. She pulled her hat over her eyes and headed the familiar route to Wally's.
"Where are you, Nigel?"
"Okay, I have two tickets for the Green Day concert."
"No, no, no! Not TWO tickets, an EXTRA ticket!" cried Mushi as Kuki groaned again, "you can do it, sis!"
"Okay, I'm going, thanks Mushi!" cried Kuki as she ran out of the door, grabbing her bike as she went. The Japanese girl cycled down the road to a familiar house and knocked on the door, blushing slightly.
"Hello?" asked Bill as he opened the door, "hey, Kuk, what's up?"
"Um… is Wally here?" asked Kuki, trying to see behind him, which wasn't that hard.
"No, some red-head came for him and I haven't seen him since," said Bilby in a concerned tone, "when he comes back, I'll tell him you came by."
"Actually, Billy, can you come hang with me? I mean, Abby's too sad and Nigel's gonna try and talk to her… we could get Mushi and you know, go to the park?"
"Um… sure, that would be cool, gimme a sec, I'll call Mushi," said Bill and he invited her in while he ran up to his room. He came back in ten minutes with a pipe and a helmet in his hands, "come on, she'll meet us in five."
The two walked out onto the street to find Abby walking up the road.
"YAY! ABBY! YOU'RE OUTSIDE!" cried Kuki and she ran break-neck speed into the other girl.
"Yo, Kuki girl, what's up?" asked Abby, whipping her eyes, "hey Bilby."
"Wassap?"
Kuki let go of Abby when the African-American's phone went off to the ring-tone of Fantasia Barrino's I Believe, "oh, hold on. Abigail?"
"Abby! It's me!"
"Nigel?"
"Yeah, Abbs, what ever you do, don't tell my parents this."
"Tell them what?" asked Abby as Kuki called out 'what is it?'
"Abby, I'm in jail!"
The phone almost fell from her hand as her face went blank, "um… okay, we'll be there soon. What did you do?"
"NOTHING! I was framed! It was Ho…" began Nigel but he gasped as a hand was clamped on his shoulder.
"Okay, times up, kid," Abby heard the guard's voice through the phone and it was suddenly hung up.
"Kuki, we need to go now," said Abby as the other two kids faces drooped, "now!"
"But we were going to the park!" cried Kuki and Bill in unison as Abby grabbed them by the arms and forced them down the road.
"The old Abby is back, and she's saving her boyfriend!"
"Oh, man, no more late night parties for me," groaned Wally as he lifted his head up, wondering where he was, "and why don't I remember how I got here?"
"I can answer that, Wally," came Fanny's voice, "ye see, my Memory Returner erased the memory of me kidnapping ye and ye were also unconscious…"
"COME ON!" cried Wally, trying to get up but realizing he was tied to a chair, "STOP ATTACKING ME!"
"Oh, we will," came Sandy's voice and the King in question appeared out of the darkness, "once thou changes sides."
"Yes, we need you," Lizzie now appeared in front of him, "and you don't have any say!"
"OK, I hate you three," snarled Wally, "let me go and I'll listen!"
"There will be no need to listen, we will be more than happy to listen on yer behalf!" said Fanny and she stroked her Memory Returner. Sandy clicked his fingers and Wally was untied, "now, here is what we're doin'"
"No, this is what I'm sayin'!" He pointed at Fanny, "you're a nutcase!" he pointed at Lizzie, "you're a stalking lunatic!" and then he pointed at Sandy, "and you're a self-absorbed wack-job who thinks he's better than Elvis! This has been Wallabee Beatles, Insulting People. Now I have better things to do and better people to be with!"
Sandy punched Wally in the nose and the Australian yelled out in pain. Fanny took this chance to explain, "here, this machine can bring back memories, take them away and even create new ones," this last option was said very evilly, "now, remember when I shot ye with this the first time… I showed ye yer decommissioning yet I changed it so ye couldn't remember that yer pitiful friends gave ye a note, but it was in your locker, remember?"
Wally took his hands away from his nose, "you put that in my locker! How much do you know about me?"
"Enough," said Fanny, "now, time for my revenge. I will get my revenge on ye because ye never loved me! I will get my revenge on that worthless Numbah 3 for stealing you away!"
"And I will have my revenge on thou for stealing my fair maiden from me!"
"Not gonna happen!" said Wally and he jumped up, kicking Fanny and Lizzie in the chest and landing in front of Sandy. He heard the two girls groan and Sandy recoiled in fear, "get up."
He picked Sandy up by his collar and threw him away into the empty space in the room. The 'king's' guards ran over but Wally flipped over the back of one, kneed him in the back and fly-kicked the second. The last one glanced at his fallen comrades and pulled out his wooden sword and shield.
"Won't help you here, mate!" cried Wally and he pulled back his fist and let it fly in the direct centre of the shield. The wood cracked and the knight groaned before hitting the ground. Wally stepped back, the shield still halfway up his arm but he shook it off, and turned to face Sandy, "no more guards to hide behind, now FACE ME!"
Sandy stood up but came face to face with a strong fist and he fell back again. Wally picked him up and slammed him against a wall, moving his face closer to Sandy's, "this is for taking her." The blonde punched Sandy in the gut, "this is for trying to get her back, THREE TIMES!" He punched him again, "this is for attacking me!" he dropped Sandy and kicked him in the stomach. The Aussie grabbed him by the back of the shirt and threw him over to a now open door. Wally growled and ran over to his opponent but skidded to a halt when he saw who was standing in the doorway.
Five child-sized people, each of them with glowing, bright blue eyes. They were all wearing similar uniforms and when they spoke, they all spoke in unison, "Wallace, Wallace, where are you going Wallace?" Their voices were bland and exactly the same and Wally stared at them before he remembered. But he realized too late as they cried "NOW!"
"I remember! You're the Delightful Chi…" said Wally before he was hit with a green light. And once again, everything went black.
"So… what are we doing?" asked Mushi as she, Bill and Kuki followed an annoyed Abby to the Police Station.
"We're going to rescue Nigel," said Abby.
"Why?"
"Because he's in jail," said Abby.
"Why?"
"Because he was framed," said Abby, an agitated tone in her voice now.
"Why?"
"JUST SHUT UP AND FOLLOW ABBY!" cried the African American and she stormed ahead, leaving the three behind.
"Don't worry, Mush, I think it's cute," said Bill before hurrying after Abby, leaving two confused sisters.
"Did he just call me cute?" asked Mushi as Kuki shrugged and they followed at their own pace, talking about Rainbow Monkeys.
Meanwhile, Bill had caught up with Abby and asked for advice, "um… Abby, how did you admit that you liked Nigel, I mean in that way?"
Abby's reaction was the exact opposite from what he expected. She laughed. She laughed out loud and so hard that she was in tears before she answered, "you know, your brother asked Abby that when he was your age. Well, not exactly, but the same kind of question, it was the week after we became a team in KND and Abby'll give you the same answer Abby gave him. When the time comes to admit it, you will know. Yet you won't, you'll wait until you can't hold the crush any longer and it'll come out in a giant wave. Use it well, hon." Abby walked off, smiling, and Bilby stood there, taking in the information he was just given and putting it into his memory.
"You told him that when you were eight! That's pretty deep!"
"Abby was a pretty deep person, hon."
"Soooooooo, what are we supposed to do now?" asked Hoagie as he sat beside Cree in a large mansion, "I mean, I've done my part… what happens now?"
"We wait," was all Cree said and they sat in silence for a few minutes.
"Wait for what?"
"We wait for the next order," said Cree and Hoagie rapped his fingers on the steps they were sitting on, "please don't do that, baby."
"Okay, anything for you!" said Hoagie and Cree pecked him on the cheek.
Wally was standing in his mind. Yes, as simple as that. He was standing in the memory part of his mind, to be precise, and was watching his memories disappear before him.
"Hey, leave him alone! It isn't him fault he tiny!" cried a three year old Abby, rushing over to a three year old Wally, stopping other three year olds from bothering him. But before the memory could continue, it exploded into tiny shards. The normal Wally, who was witnessing all of this, instantly forgot what he was just looking at and was repeatedly forgetting things.
"Abby! What's the Kids Next Door?" asked a seven-year-old Wally, running up to Abby, holding a letter. Before Wally could head Abby's reply, they too exploded and he forgot about that day in the park.
"Welcome, Sector V!" cried the leader of the Kids Next Door and everyone cheered. Nigel stood up to give a speech but before the younger Nigel could say anything, everything exploded. And one more memory was forgotten. One by one the memories disappeared before his eyes. Wally couldn't stop it, he couldn't do a thing about it, and he didn't even know what was happening! It continued like this for every memory he had, until there was one left. The sheer memory of Kuki.
"Wally!" cried the memory of Kuki, echoing around the chamber in which he stood, "help me!"
"I'm comin'!" cried the Australian and he began to run for the girl. He tried to get nearer and nearer but she was always the same distance away. Eventually, he just gave up, sinking to his knees, but looked up when he heard Kuki getting closer and closer. He stood up and held out his arms for the girl to embrace him but as soon as she reached him and before he could close his arms, she exploded. And Wally forgot about her. The sadness that would have been inside him would have probably killed him but since he had forgotten Kuki and he had forgotten sadness, he didn't feel a thing.
There he stood, a shadow of the thing he was before, until new memories appeared. Memories about his feelings for Fanny, the fact that they were dating, the fact that he swore to stand by her no matter what, the fact that he was betrayed by all children everywhere and had decided to take revenge. The new Wallabee Beatles stood in his new chamber of memories. Having no recollection at all of what he once was.
"Well, are ye awake?" asked Fanny as Wally opened his eyes, "are ye mine?"
Wally opened his eyes to see his girlfriend standing there, staring at him. He yawned and scratched the back of hid head, "yeah, I'm fine… and of course I'm yours! We've been dating for around ten years!"
Fanny grinned; her plan was going into action, "that's great, 'cause we 'ave a mission from the Delightful Children!"
Wally grinned, not a friendly, cheerful grin, but the kind that Fanny was grinning right now, "perfect."
"So, kid, what are you in for?" asked a burly man in the cell across from Nigel, "me, I killed a guy with a swivel chair."
"Um… somebody framed me for armed robbery, that's all," said Nigel nervously, "nothing serious or all that, right chaps? Heh, heh, heh… right? Right? Is that a brick?"
The man across from him laughed, "nice shades kid, I like your style. Cigarette?" The man handed one across the corridor between them but Nigel declined politely, "I get it, that's okay, kid."
"So, um… how long are you in for?" asked Nigel, trying to be polite so the man wouldn't get angry and leap at him.
"Six more years. I'm one of the more mellow prisoners here."
"Oh… I think I might get out soon… my girlfriend's coming as we speak," said Nigel, not sure how much he should give away.
"That's good, kid, I'm happy for ya, oh, when you do get away from this place, can you tell this guy… Chad something that Big Luis will be seeing him when he gets out," said Big Luis, "he's blonde, American, has a few freckles, about mid-twenties…"
"Full of himself?" asked Nigel and Big Luis nodded, "yeah, I'll tell him." At that moment, Abby, Kuki, Mushi and Bill walked through escorted by a prison warden, "Abby! You're here!"
"You don't think that Abby would leave her boyfriend to the nasty ol' prison, huh?" smirked Abby, winking at the bald boy in the cell. Kuki and Mushi backed away from the cell in which Big Luis was sitting in but Bill slapped his outstretched hand.
"Big Luis! How've you been, man?" asked Bilby as they knocked their knuckles on top of each other.
"Not so good, Little B," said the convict, "some of the other guys stole some of my stuff."
"Um… how do you know this guy?" asked Kuki, slightly worried but Bill was still smiling.
"We met on the excursion with the school," explained Bill, "we came earlier this year, and we were studying jails."
"Yeah, Little B was really inquisitive, weren't ya!" said the prisoner and Bill grinned at him, "well, I guess you're here to get your friend out?"
"Yeah," said Abby as the guard unlocked the cell door. Nigel stood up and the couple hugged, "Abby's glad you're okay!"
"Bye Big Luis!" said Nigel, grinning and Big Luis grinned back, "I'll tell him, don't worry."
"You're a good kid, kid," said Luis and the group left, "take care of your girl! She deserves the best!"
"So, where do you think he is?" asked Kuki and Bill shrugged. They were in the park and as Mushi played on the swings, Nigel and Abby were having some 'alone time' and Kuki was talking with Wally's younger brother, "he didn't say anything to you?"
"Nah, he didn't say a thing! All I know is that some red head chick came asking for him and he's been gone ever since," said the younger Beatles brother, causing Kuki's eyes to flare open in anger, "why? What's up Kuk?"
"I need to go, tell Mushi to stay in the tree house tonight," said Kuki in a teary voice and she ran off.
"Was it something I said?" wondered Bilby before Mushi called to him, "'kay Mush, I'm coming!"
"You have done well Francine," said five voices in unison as a blonde knelt in front of them, "you have done what no one has been able to do for seven years."
"Nay problem," boated Fanny, "he'll do anythin' I ask 'im!"
"Well, Wallace, what do you say to that?" asked the voices again and Wally stood, receiving a large metal staff from Cree and some Battle Ready Armor.
"I say," he smirked evilly, "we destroy the Kids Next Door!"
Chad, Cree, Fanny, Lizzie, King Sandy, Hoagie and the Delightful Children laughed loudly along with the newly converted warrior. The time of terror had arrived.
"It's been a week!" cried Kuki as she walked into school with Abby, "and entire week and I haven't seen Wally at all!" It was Monday and school was back on, Nigel was running late, so the two girls put their bags in their bags in their lockers and sat down on a bench outside. Two football players approached them, smiling in a weird way.
"Hey, girl, wanna hang out with some real men?" asked one of them as they flexed their muscles while Abby mimed throwing up, "what's up? Don't know how to party hard?"
"Because that's okay," said the other, "we can show you how."
"Excuse me," came a small voice from behind them and the one that talked first felt a small tapping on his lower back, they turned to see Bilby standing there, peacefully and innocently, "could you please excuse us? I need to talk with my friends away from idiotic lug-heads."
"Hey, kid, leave before you get hurt!" cried one of them but Bilby stood his ground, still smiling innocently, "alright kid, you're dead!"
One of them ran at Bill but he felt a kick in his stomach and found himself on his back, moaning. The other threatened Bill again but Bill jumped onto his sounders, punched him twice in the face and grabbed his arm, flipping him so he was on his back, just like his friend.
"Nice job, baby!" exclaimed Abby as Kuki cheered.
"YAY! Bill can beat up big boys!"
"And that's how you do it," said Bilby, smiling politely and wiping his hands together, "I'm just here to report that we haven't seen Wally or Hoagie," Abby grunted at the mention of his name, "but there have been mysterious attacks on other Sectors around America and other places from Teenagers. I'll see you two later," Bill walked off, clicking his fingers and forming a gun shape with his fingers, "bye."
"Bye Billy!" cried Kuki, waving frantically as Abby smirked.
"Abby likes that kid."
Wally was kneeling in front of Fanny, smirking, "I have attacked the Sector in Canada, they were a piece of cake. They await you in the cells."
"Very good, they will prove well for the experiments," came a chorus of voices, "you may leave."
Fanny led the way out and when they were in the Entrance Hall of the mansion, Fanny kissed Wally, "this is all going to plan!"
"Yeah, I love you Fanny," said Wally before kissing Fanny again.
The bell went for lessons to begin and the two girls walked inside, getting their books for their first two lessons, Abby and Kuki both had Science but then Abby had English and Kuki had History which she usually had with Wally and Hoagie. As they approached their Science room, the Headmistress, Mrs. Matt called them over.
"Abigail, I need to speak to you," she had a sad tone in her voice, "Kuki, you may come too." The two girls exchanged a glance before following the woman into her office, "sit, please."
"Um… may Abby ask what you would like with her?" asked the African American and Mrs. Matt nodded, "um… what do you want with Abby?"
"Abigail, the school has received a phone call, a phone call from someone powerful. They say they have planted a bomb in the school," Kuki's hands went straight to her mouth and Abby gripped the arms of her chair, "they say that they will set the explosive to go off if the school-board does not expel you from the school."
"What! You can't do that to Abby!" cried Numbah 5, standing up, causing Kuki to jump, "it's a fake call! Call them again! Abby'll find out who made the call, it's a sick prank!"
"I'm sorry, Abigail, but prank or not, the school will not take any chances with the student's lives," said Mrs. Matt, still calm, "Kuki, you were not mentioned in this call so you may leave while I settle the paper work with Mrs. Lincoln, she has turned of age as of today, so there is no need to call her parents."
"Parent!" cried Abby, "my mother died! You should know that you…" Abby was about to swear but refrained herself when she realized she shouldn't make the situation worse, "gimme the papers. Some birthday present."
Kuki sniffed before leaving the room and hurrying to her classroom. She apologized to her teacher and sat down in a seat, next to one of the battered football players. And as she tried to focus on her experiment, she heard one of Abby's cries of anger and a loud thud as she punched the wall, leaving some traces of a hole.
"Poor Abby… who would have asked that?" wondered Kuki as her friend Julie handed her a test tube, "arigato."
As Abby opened her locker, a tall, white haired boy skidded around the corridor, a book in his hand. The boy stopped when he saw that it was Abby at her locker and approached her with a smile, "hey Abby, how are you?"
Abigail jumped, her bag falling out of her locker and she growled, "some day this is, and just bug off will ya!" she yelled at the boy who jumped in turn.
"Uh… sorry?" said the boy and Abby actually saw who it was, "there you go."
"Oh, sorry Zac, Abby's just havin' a really bad day," she said angrily, "stupid school."
"What's happened?" asked the albino and Abby explained to him her situation, causing him to pat her on the back, "that is unfair, but I'm sure everything will work out for the best."
"Yeah, I guess so," Abby muttered, "hey, Zac, don't tell anyone about this, but have you heard of the Delightful Children?"
"Nope, why?"
"Cause Abby knows she used to know them, we all did, you know, Nigel and all that, but I'm the only one that remembers. And I haven't told them that I know, do you think that's right?"
"Um… I'm not good with philosophy and stuff but I had a secret that I kept from Amali and when she found out, she understood, does that help?" Zac asked and Abby gave a small nod, "well, I have to go, if I'm not back in class in about…" he checked his watch, "… thirty seconds, Mr. Parker is gonna kill me! And I have to go to the library. See ya later Abby!" And with that, he ran off.
Abby stormed out of the school, fuming with anger, even though the talk with Zac had cooled her down a bit, and kicked the gate open, just as Nigel ran up, panting.
"Abby! What are you doing out of class? We're going to be very late!" exclaimed the bald Britt but Abby continued to walk, "Abby? What's wrong?"
"Abby has been expelled! That's what's wrong!" cried the girl and Nigel's eyes widened above his sunglasses, "Hoagie probably made some prank call to the school to get Abby expelled! I'm gonna kill him if I ever see him again!"
"Hoagie! He's the one that framed me! For armed robbery too!" cried Nigel, "come on, let's go have a coffee."
"But you still have to go to school," pointed out Abby, still angry a bit.
"Being with my girl friend on her birthday is more important," said Nigel and Abby gasped, questioning how he knew it was her birthday, "I don't know… I guess I just remembered. Hard to forget someone's birthday if you really care about them."
Nigel and Abby kissed briefly before walking down to a café, where Nigel bought her a muffin for part of her birthday present. Even though she got expelled, Abby felt as if she was the happiest person in the world to have such a caring boyfriend.
"Abby! I'm soooooooooo sorry!" cried Kuki as she found the couple after school, "I can't believe you got expelled! AND I forgot your birthday!"
"Don't worry, girl, I didn't tell you and I didn't think I would expelled either," smiled Abby, sadly, "but it's okay, I mean, I get to do a lot more driving!"
"What?" asked Kuki and Nigel at the same time as Abby's smile grew slightly.
"Abby's been learning to drive and Abby got her license ages ago so now daddy's getting me a car! Not an expensive one, mind, but a car none the less!" said the girl and Kuki cheered, "Now I get to take us all on a road trip!"
The three friends laughed about stuff as Bill, Mushi and Tommy walked past the café they were sitting in. Nigel noticed them and waved them in, "hello! What's happening?"
"Bad news, Angie and Saffron have been called away for a very important mission, only for the leaders and second in command peoples," explained Tommy as they sat down, Mushi ordering more drinks, "so we're waiting just in case there is a call."
"Kuk, come here," said Bill and they walked away from the group, "I've found Wally. He's trapped in a mansion at the end of the lane, but it's a dangerous place. I haven't told anyone, but do you want to come with me to save him?"
"Of course!" cried Kuki, hugging him, "thank you! But why just me?"
"I'm getting suspicious," said Bill, "meet me by the tree house at sunset. We'll leave then."
"Where's the tree house?"
"You'll see," grinned Bill before helping Tommy and Mushi to tell the story of when they beat Stickybeard earlier that day.
Yet, as Kuki walked away, a hunch-backed man in a dark blue suit pulled out a walkie-talkie and said "they've found the boy!"
"You have done well, Teenagers. He will be pleased," said the Delightful Children, "Abigail has been expelled, Nigel was in jail and Wallace and Hoagie have been separated from the others and are now working for us!"
"Um… I don't know how to say this…" said Chad, nervously.
"Then don't!"
"But… um… we've been discovered! One of the brats, a tiny one with brown hair, he's discovered our location somehow!" said the blonde in his twenties, "one of our spies overheard him talking with Sanban."
"San… ban?" wondered Wally, recognition hitting him but Fanny whipped out her Memory Returner and the word 'Sanban' was eliminated from his brain, "what are we doing now?"
"We let them come," said the five children, "and we pull at their hearts, and see how strong they really are!"
At sunset, Kuki made her way to a giant tree sticking out the middle of a house. The Japanese girl found the youngest member of Sector V standing beside it, holding a bag.
"Hey, Kuk, here," he handed her a baseball bat in a bag she could hang around her back, "just in case."
"How are we getting there?" asked Kuki, taking the bat.
"You're going by bike," said Bill, "KND style! And I'm taking Wally's skateboard. Come on, follow me."
The pair took off and when they had gone a short distance, Kuki noticed that it was very uphill, "awwww, I can't cycle that way!"
"You don't have to," said Bill, skating over to her and pressing a button on the handlebars, "activate Kids Next Door M.I.K.E!"
Motor
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Kuki was amazed as a windscreen came up and the wheels turned so they were facing the ground. She also found that she went as fast as a motorbike when she pedaled! She turned to see if Bill was keeping up and found him floating over the ground, jets coming out from the back of the skateboard.
"KND STANDARD!" yelled Bill over the rushing winds, "COME ON! FOLLOW ME!" The two kids drove up the hill until they found a large, brightly coloured mansion, "here it is, come on. Bro's inside."
Bill totally ignored the door and walked around the building to the back, a small metal object in his hand until he found a window that looked deserted.
"When you have so many windows, you forget about a few," said Bill as he activated the laser sword and cut a hole in it, "ladies first."
"Why aren't you the little gentleman," giggled Kuki quietly as she jumped up and crawled through, the younger child following her, "where is he?"
"Dunno," said Bilby, "let's look around, but stay close."
"Okie Dokie captain!" giggled Kuki again and they walked out of the small room they had entered and came into a large entrance hall, "wow! Lots of doors! Where do we go?"
"Dunno! I say the stairs!" said Bill and he ran towards them, Kuki following closely, and the instant Bill placed a foot on the stairs, a black figure jumped down from them. Cree was back in her Battle Ready Armor and she kicked Bilby away, causing him to grunt, "Bring it on teenagger!"
He activated another sword and he leapt towards her, she raised her staff in defense. Kuki didn't know what to do, until Chad came from behind her and grabbed her arms, "hey, girly, I've caught you now!"
"Nope!" smiled Kuki and she stamped her foot down on Chad's, causing him to grunt and let go. She then pulled out her bat and swung at him, hard. Chad, however, caught it and grinned at her, "watch every weapon your opponent has! Wally told me!" she said as she kicked him in the chest, causing him to grunt but his armor protected him, so Kuki hit his head with the bat, forcing him into the state of unconsciousness.
Meanwhile, Bill was swiping at Cree, every attack blocked, but he jumped and brought his weapons down, forcing the staff down so he could kick her, "don't wanna be a girl basher, but I have to." He punched her in the chin, kicked her wrists and threw her into a wall, the staff lying abandoned on the ground, "man, they get easier and easier every time."
Kuki collected the staff as they walked up the stairs and decided to go through the largest door. Kuki opened it for the slightly tired boy and they walked forward to fine Wally sitting in a chair, head bowed.
"Bro!" cried Bill, running forward, "what did they do to you?"
"Nothing," said Wally, menacingly, "I've been here my entire life. And I am not your 'bro'!"
"What are you talking about, man?" asked the younger Aussie and Wally looked up, an evil grin on his face, "I'm your brother! Your own flesh and blood!"
"I have no brother!" cried Wally as he kicked him away, Bill landing at Kuki's feet, which a considerable distance away. Wally stood up and Kuki saw his Battle Ready Armor, his staff and his malicious smirk, "now, who dares enter here?"
"Wally! What are you doing?" asked Kuki, tearful, "why are you dressed like that?"
"Because, lassie, 'e's mine!" called Fanny as Kuki felt her hair being pulled, "'e's always been mine! And you can never 'ave 'im!"
"Shall I eliminate them?" asked Wally but Fanny smiled at him, wanting Kuki's pain to last longer.
"Not yet, first ye should kiss meh," said Fanny, letting go of Kuki and walking over to him. She wrapped her arms around his waist and he did the same before pulling her into a deep, tender kiss. Fanny was enjoying the look of horror on Kuki's face and smiled as the girl ran out, in tears. She broke the kiss and said, "Kill the boy."
Wally ran toward Bill, who had just put something away, and the younger brother jumped over the blonde, kicking him in the back. Bill had only one sword out and got ready as Wally shot a green ball out of his staff, "you've gotten lazy, bro, using weapons like that!" Bilby dodged three more balls and a net before flipping over to Wally, punching him in the stomach. Wally grunted slightly but bent down and grabbed Bill's foot, lifting him high into the air, well, high for Bill anyway.
"Come on, Wally, it's me! Bilby! Your brother! Why won't you remember?" cried Bill, ducking to avoid being hit with the staff.
"Bilby?" asked Wally, remembrance in his mind. Before he could think of the word more, Fanny had whipped out a small machine and the hit Wally with the beam, "kid, you are gonna regret coming here."
"That machine," planned Bill, "I've got it!" He reached up to Wally's hand and bit it, causing him to let go. While Wally was distracted, Bill ran over to Fanny and stuck his hand in her pocket, grabbing the Memory Returner, praying that his message had gotten through.
"How does this thing work?" asked Bill and Fanny spat at his feet, "awwww come on, that isn't very nice!" The younger Numbah 4 heard footsteps behind him and ducked as a large armored hand swiped at the place his brunet head had been. Bill pocketed the small machine, pulled out a small, egg-shaped object from his bag and threw it at Sandy's Knight's feet, causing it to explode into a smoke screen. There was many coughing, some spluttering and a gasp as Bill's foot burst through the smoke, knocking the smallest one off his feet. Bill took down the other two before Wally burst into the fray, kicking Bill into the air, the KND member twisted in the air and punched Wally in the face before landing and running into a corner. Sandy came into the room to see what had happened with the Knights to find Wally running past him, trying to get to his brother.
"Okay, lets see, red button, green button, blue button…" muttered Bill quickly before he looked up to see Wally almost in front of him. He panicked and brought one fist down on the machine, smashing it to pieces. A beam shot out of the small box and it hit Wally, stopping him in his tracks and surrounding him with a green light. The older boy groaned and moaned and dropped to the ground, eyes closed, a tear streaming down his face.
"I… I remember!" cried Wally, Fanny, Lizzie and Sandy looking horrified and Bilby grinning with glee, "Bill… Kids… Kuki! It's all back!" The tears flowed faster and faster as memories, correct memories flooded his brain, KND training, KND missions, his friends. Everything was back.
"Oh blast," said Sandy as the doors to the room burst open, Mushi, Tommy, Saffron, Angie, Nigel, Abby and Hoagie standing there, "Egad! Hoagie! What are you doing?"
"I've seen the light, as you say," grinned the pilot.
The younger Kids Next Door had received Bill's SOS and were on their way to the large mansion but Nigel and Abby tagged along, they never knew what they could be up against.
Meanwhile, in the mansion, Cree and Hoagie were getting ready for their mission. Cree activated her armor and Hoagie handed her the staff that she would use.
"Alright, I'm gonna kill some kids," said Cree and she pecked Hoagie on the cheek but he was confused.
"Wait, I thought that we were only going to capture them and, you know, hypnotize them or something," said Hoagie and Cree laughed.
"Oh no, baby, we have to kill one of them. I think it's only that Sanban girl and the younger Beatles, the kid should be no problem, Sanban's the only one we need" said Cree calmly and began to walk out but Hoagie grabbed her elbow, "um… Hoagie, you need to let go."
"I can't let you kill someone! It's inhumane! It's wrong!"
"Well, Hoagie, this is the life I lead, if you can't handle it, then you better clear out!" cried Cree, "I can't believe I decided to date a wimp like you!"
"This relationship has gone downhill for ages! We're through!" Hoagie growled and stormed out of the room, out of the mansion… straight into Nigel.
They both fell to the ground and picked themselves up, before Abby screamed at him, "Who do you think you are? Barging into us like that you traitor!"
"Abby! Nigel! Tommy! I'm sorry," said Hoagie, "I saw what Cree really was! She's gonna kill Bill!"
Mushi gasped and placed her hands over her mouth, "we have to hurry!"
"Can I come with you guys?" asked Hoagie as the others walked away, "please… I don't like this anymore."
"The Kids Next Door have learnt to forgive and forget," said Saffron, "come with us, you could be of some assistance."
Fanny and Lizzie realized that they was out numbered and ran out the door, bursting through the barricade of people, causing everyone to scream. Saffron ordered everyone but Mushi and Bill to stay with Wally and the others ran after Fanny and Lizzie, realizing they were the most dangerous foes in the room.
"So, thy is also a traitor!" yelled Sandy, pointing at Hoagie's running form before Mushi realized who it was. And Sandy recognized who it was too, "Mushi!"
"SANDY!" screamed Mushi, her face instantly turning red, "HOW COULD YOU!"
"Oh dear," said Sandy as Bill ran over to Wally, who was trying to stand, "the King does not like this situation."
Wally's eyes focused as Bilby stared at Mushi bashing the crap out of Sandy. He was bent over in the middle of the room as Mushi alternated in punching him in the stomach and kicking him in the shins and 'delicate' areas.
"Wow, Half Pint can kick butt," said Wally as Bill stood transfixed, "we should go."
"Yeah," said Bill.
"Or…" said Wally, grinning slyly, "… we could stay and watch."
"Okay!" Bill's eyes brightened as he enjoyed every hit Sandy received, "yeah, kick his butt, Mush!"
"My lil' bro's growing up," laughed Wally before Bill realized who was talking.
"WALLY! You remember!" cried Bill, "IT WORKED!"
"Yeah, I feel as fine as the time I saved Christmas," said Wally, before he realized what he just said, "I remembered that! I'm back!"
"You did not save Christmas!" cried Mushi, pausing for a second from Sandy's painful meeting.
"Did so!" cried Wally as Mushi shrugged and kicked Sandy's crumpled form one more time, "what did ol' Sandy do to make you that mad?"
"He left me to go after Kuki," said Kuki, matter-of-factly, "scum."
"How did he dump you?" asked Bill, walking out of the room with Wally and Mushi, "was it really bad?"
"He said he needed to get an ice-cream and a minute later I saw him being driven away by his mother," said Mushi, "that was a year ago and I've hated him ever since!"
"Yeah, he is scum!" said Bilby and Wally pushed the front door open when they reached it. Outside it was around eight o'clock at night and standing in front of the building were the rest of the group, minus Kuki, and Abby grinned when she saw Wally.
"Wally! Abby knew you'd be okay!" she said as the two hugged, Wally wincing slightly from where he had been hurt in the latest fight, "what happened?"
"We'll explain when we get back," said Bill, looking serious, "cause we're about to be involved in a high speed chase." Everyone looked and saw Cree and some other teenagers they didn't know running at them, strange weapons in their hands, "told ya!" he was about to run when ammunition from Cree's gun hit the ground in front of him.
"They're using real guns!" cried Hoagie as everyone swallowed, "let's find Kuki, some vehicles and get the hell out of here!"
"We'll go in our bus," said Saffron, stiffly, "you find another way. Numbah 3, Numbah 4, come on!"
"No," said Bill, "I'll go with these guys, make sure they're okay."
Saffron gave a face of disgust that was completely out of character for her and the four kids ran to a flying bus that had just landed, "good luck."
Wally, Nigel, Abby, Hoagie and Bill realized that they were about to be shot and began running, some bullets hitting the ground behind them.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the grounds, Kuki was opening the door to a garage and walking out, sniffing and wiping her eyes with her overly large sleeve. Bilby spotted her and the five friends ran to the Asian girl, Kuki pleased to see most of them.
"Kuki!" cried Wally, running up to hug her but she pushed him away, "what?"
"Hey, look at these," said Hoagie, pointing at two mopeds, "I think we could take these! Just let me do this," he had walked over to them and pulled out a couple of wires and fiddling around with them before the engine roared on both of them, "come on!"
"Wait, that won't fit three," said Bill, "someone will have to take the bike and the board."
"Board me!" cried Wally and Bill threw it to him, "hey! This is mine! What are you doing with this?" Kuki walked over to it, pressed a button and walked out of sight, returning with the bike.
"Come on!" cried Nigel, sitting on one, Abby holding him around the waist. Hoagie got on the other and they rode out. Wally stood on the board and flew after them, remembering how to ride it instantly, Kuki followed too. Bill grinned as he watched them go.
"Shoot to kill with this one!" cried Cree as she and her troop of teens jumped in front of Bill, all of them about to shoot.
"Eek!" cried Bill before kicking his heels together and jets blasted out from the bottom of them, allowing him to fly over the teenagers before they could shoot. He whooped out in delight as he dodged the flying bullets, "ha, ha, ha! Take that teenaggers!"
On the road, Nigel and Abby were riding up front, followed by Hoagie and Kuki, who were side by side, and then Wally up the rear. They were riding the normal road to Wally's house, which was closer, but a shot rang out and Wally felt something hit his board, so he looked back. Chad was driving a car with some other teens, shooting at them.
"Oh crap," said Wally before yelling to the others, "DON'T STOP! KEEP GOING!"
The obeyed but, as the rode through the suburban streets, they couldn't throw off their pursuers, "go for the M8."
"What?" said Nigel, "that's a motorway!"
"I know, just do it!" said Abby and Nigel turned away from a street. The others just followed and Wally called to Bill as he flew over him.
"CHECK ON THE OTHERS!" said Wally as they turned onto the M8. Cars were rushing past their ears, horns were blowing, trucks were thundering past and Nigel had to grab his sunglasses as they flew off his face.
They were weaving in and out of cars, trying to lose Chad, who had gained more cars on his side now, and they thought they had lost them when…
"AHHHHHHH!" screamed Kuki as her back tire exploded, one of Chad's bullets had hit it. She weaved out of control and smashed across the barrier to the other side of the road. Wally panicked and followed her, yelling at her to jump. She didn't care who had called, she just did it and landed in the safety of Wallabee's arms. He blushed heavily before she knew she wasn't dead and looked at Wally, "put me on Hoagie's bike. Now."
Wally was shocked at the rudeness in her voice and did what she asked, skating beside Hoagie and saying, "take care of her, okay!"
Hoagie nodded and stepped down on the accelerator and following Nigel, "oh crap… we can't lose them."
Abby was thinking the same thing and looked ahead, getting a very dangerous idea, "go up the closed road!"
"ABBY! THAT'S SUICIDE!" cried Nigel but she persisted, "okay, I love you, you know that."
"Yeah, I know," said Abby and she snuggled deeper into his back, "believe me, this should work." She told Bill to pass on the message and he did so, causing Hoagie, Wally and Kuki to gasp.
"Come on! If Abby came up with it, it should work," said Hoagie and they followed the moped in front past signs and cones blocking the way in. They all heard the squeal of Chad's breaks and concentrated on the road ahead. Or what was going to be the road ahead.
It all happened very quickly. First Bill flew over, since he could go faster than the others, then a screaming Nigel and Abby, who was now driving from behind, Hoagie cheered as Kuki grabbed onto Hoagie for support and finally Wally flew over, striking a skateboarding pose with one hand in the air, feet off the board and one hand on the edge of the board. Nigel's eyes were closed as he felt the ground come back under him, Abby yelling at him to open his eyes. They had landed on a hill which was close to the road in construction, and they were all alive. Abby skidded to a halt and watched as Hoagie and Kuki came towards them, slowly. Wally and Bill landed behind them, laughing.
"THAT WAS THE BEST RIDE EVER!" cried Hoagie as he joined in the Aussie's laughing, "can we do that again?"
"No way!" said Nigel, "we should get back to someone's place."
"Mine, you guys saved my butt, so my house can be our HQ for tonight," said Wally as they began to drive off.
Half an hour later, they drove up to Wally's house. Hoagie stepped off the scooter, helped Kuki down and checked it over, "can I have these?"
"Sure…?" said Abby, uncertainly, "but these ain't ours."
"Now they are," said Wally, bitterly, "those Delightful Children can go suck a lemon."
Abby and Bill froze at these words, everyone but Kuki were confused yet Kuki was still sour with Wally, "bro, did you just say Delightful Children?"
"Yeah… so?"
"Um… I'll explain inside," said Bill, looking very depressed. The weather must have read his mood because it began to rain as he finished his sentence, everyone rushed inside and they were glad that Wally's parents were out.
"Okay, you wanna know about the Delightful Children from Down the Lane? Here goes," said Bill, "they appeared only when you five became official Kids Next Door members and they were bad, but not bad enough as you beat them every time. But, on your last mission together as a team, you won, but at a cost," Bill looked as though he was going to say the cost but didn't, "and they vanished, with their Father, and haven't been sighted for over four years. But if they're back, it means they're more deadly than ever."
"Abby remembered them, when Numbah 234 came to our school, but she didn't tell anyone," said the African American, "sorry."
"Yeah, but I remember them completely," said Wally, "when Bill trashed that thing, every memory that I've ever had came back, so I know everything about the Kids Next Door, except for one thing… that last mission, it's a bit of a blur."
"Yeah, it would be," said Bill to himself, "anyway, it's late, we should get to sleep."
"Alright, um… Bill has his room, Abby and Kuki can have mine, I'll get the camp bed Abby, so Nigel can have one couch, Hoagie can have the other and I'll take the armchair," said Wally but Kuki stood up in defiance, "what's up Kooks?"
"I'm not staying," she said darkly and they all watched as she stormed out into the rain.
"Oh man," moaned Bill, "go after her, quick!"
Wally ran after her, completely forgetting the heavy rain that had soaked him in seconds, "Kuki! Kuki! Wait up!"
"No!" she screamed back at him from a distance of at least fifteen meters, "how could you!"
"How could I what?" wondered Wally.
"YOU KISSED HER!" Kuki screamed again, louder than the rain, her heart and soul in those words, "YOU KISSED THAT FOUL, EVIL, DISGUSTING COW!"
"Who the hell are you talking about?" Wally yelled back as he closed the gap, about five meters away now.
"FANNY! YOU KISSED FANNY! AND IN FRONT OF ME! HOW CAN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN PRETEND THAT EVERYTHING'S OKAY! YOU'RE AS DISGUSTING AS SHE IS!" Kuki was crying so hard, she eyes ever closed and she fought as Wally grabbed her arms in a caring way, "let go!"
"Kuki…" said Wally but she still fought so he held on. And then he remembered some words of advice he was given on his first day in the KND.
When the time comes to admit it, you will know. Yet you won't, you'll wait until you can't hold the crush any longer and it'll come out in a giant wave.
Today was when he couldn't hold the crush any longer, the time to admit it was long ago. Here, the wave was going to come out.
Wally removed one hand from Kuki's arms and made her head move up so it was level with his, she opened her eyes to look at him and their gaze connected for a couple of seconds. Wally moved his head forward and planted his lips onto Kuki's soft ones. The feeling was magical and the connection made the two bond as they had never done before. The thing that had been waiting for almost ten years had awoken. He had finally done it, she finally knew truly.
Numbah 3 and Numbah 4 both knew that they were in love.
Moon Comix: YES! It's finally happened, the 3/4has begun! This was a great chapter for Nigel and Abby, their relationship grew and it was EXCELLENT for Wally and Kuki cause now they're together and it was a bad chapter for Cree, Fanny and Sandy.
Sandy: I hate you all
Fanny: aye
Cree: meh, there's always Chad
Chad: what, now I'm the backup!
Lizzie: I WANT NIGGIE!
Moon Comix: sweet zombie Jesus, I hate it when they're like this, please review and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Comix Out!