Disclaimer: I don't own Kids Next Door.
Author notes: I won't let my character die!
Operation: T.I.M.E
Time
Is
Meeting
Elders
…Jude Beatles…
It could have ended bad, really bad, if it wasn't for Numbuh Three. The Japanese girl was good at curing persons.
And it could have ended badly if it wasn't for Numbuh Two who carried Numbuh Eighteen to the Treehouse on his airplane at the speed of sound.
It could have ended badly, but fortunately it didn't.
And that's why when Numbuh Eighteen slowly opened her eyes saw Numbuh Three looking worriedly at her.
"She's alive! Thank god, she's alive!" exclaimed Numbuh Three happily and the Sector V rushed in the girl's room to see.
"Numbuh Eighteen! Are you okay?" said Numbuh Four looking at her and Jude managed a smile and tried to stand up.
"No! Lay down!" said Numbuh Three, and at that moment Numbuh Eighteen felt that all her torso bandaged.
"What's happened?" she asked then and Numbuh One decided to answer.
"Well, you were in a coma for a week…" he said and Numbuh Eighteen couldn't believe her ears.
"What?"
"Yeah, you don't know how much we were worried! For a moment we thought you're dead!" said Numbuh Two,
"But you aren't and that's what matters!" said Numbuh Five smiling down at her. Numbuh Eighteen smiled too.
The next day Numbuh Eighteen had fully recovered and everyone decided to tell her, from his or her point of view, what really happened the day she was captured as she hadn't seen anything due to the helmet on her head.
"And then I woke up! I watched the fights for a minute and then I silently left the place…" said Numbuh Four, Numbuh Eighteen listen to him smiling, "And then boom! I jumped onto them! And then I done that and… right!" but his story tell ended there when Numbuh Two entered in the room with a smile on his face.
"Guys! I have a surprise for you!" said Numbuh Two grinning, and Numbuh Eighteen looked inquisitively at him, he coughed: "I've finished my time machine!" he said proudly, "You can return to the future whenever you want now, Numbuh Eighteen!".
And Numbuh Eighteen couldn't believe him but she knew it was true, because she could see that from Numbuh Two's eyes and from those of every one in the room. She too was a little disappointed. She liked staying there, she met some wonderful people (apart from the Delightfuls and Father, that's it), and had a great adventure. But, from the other, she had to return, the past was not her place, and she wanted her old friends back.
"I liked to stay with you guys!" she said then and everyone smiled but they knew that that was a goodbye.
Late in the afternoon they gathered in Numbuh Two's room and prepared themselves to Numbuh Eighteen's departure. Numbuh Three couldn't stop crying and after saying goodbye she hugged the blond girl lovingly.
Everyone said their farewell to Numbuh Eighteen, apart from Numbuh Five, who stayed in silence in a corner, looking at her, thinking of something.
Numbuh Two's time machine was like stove, only bigger and with some bottoms on it. Numbuh Two opened the time machine's door and let Numbuh Eighteen in.
"So… 2025?" he said, Numbuh Eighteen nodded and he typed something on the machine.
"Oh, we'll miss you so much!" he said then and Numbuh Eighteen smiled,
"Me too…" and was ready to leave until Numbuh Five run to her.
"Wait!" she said to Numbuh Two, "Numbuh Five want to say her goodbyes…".
Numbuh Two understood and went to cheer up Numbuh Three with Numbuh Four.
When Numbuh Two left Numbuh Five looked at Numbuh Eighteen and said:
"You're Jude Beatles…" said Numbuh Five, Numbuh Eighteen looked at her surprised, "You are Wally's and Kuki's daughter…"
"How…"
"It was easy… you know… the photograph and when you talked about your brother… so Numbuh Four's is going to propose to our adorable Numbuh Three one day! I knew it!" she said smiling and Numbuh Eighteen couldn't stop smiling too.
"And then you are so similar to Numbuh Four…" continued Numbuh Five, and Numbuh Eighteen remained in silence smiling, "But you have Kuki's nose…".
Numbuh Eighteen smiled again.
"See you in the future…" she said then, Numbuh Five smiled, "See you all…" and she closed the time machine's door.
There was a flash of white light. No one could see anything at that moment. And when everything became clear again, the time machine was already empty.
Next chapter the conclusion. The epilogue!