Author's note: Wheeeee! Next chapter! So as u all know, I've had several different ideas floating around, (the sadiehawkins, the dcfdtl's scheme, and 3's insecurity) and I'm proud to announce that this chapter is when it all starts coming together!
Numbuhs 1, 2, 4, and 5 stealthily crept toward the Delightful's mansion, as silent as possible, praying that they would complete their mission safely.
Numbuh 5 took in all her surroundings, senses on full alert for any danger. "Psst, numbuh 1," she whispered, "It's too quiet, I don't like it."
Before numbuh 1 could answer, a large robot burst out of the bushes to their right, and made a lunge to capture him.
"FOOLS! You thought you could just try to sneak onto our property unnoticed?" The dcfdtl said in unision, following up with their hideous laugh.
Numbuh 1 evaded capture, and without pausing to reply to the Delightfuls cried, "Kids Next Door, BATTLE STATIONS!"
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Numbuh 3 trudged through the forest carrying a load of weapons and scraps that she had gathered from the rubble. "Too bad only three weapons are intact, I just hope numbuh 2 can fix the rest." Suddenly Numbuh 3 heard shouts in the distance, near the Delightful's mansion. "Sounds like a battle!" she exclaimed, "Oh, I'd better hurry and get these weapons to the others!"
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"Hahahaha! Finally! The Kids Next Door meet their defeat!" The Delightful's announced, with numbuhs 1, 2, 4, and 5 in their clutches. The KND were taken inside the mansion and to the lower floors where hallways were long and dark, and where happiness felt miles away, away from hope, and away from memory. (At least for some people…) They were chained to the wall, bound by iron shackles that could not be broken, save by the blade of equal or greater strength, none of which the KND had at the moment.
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As numbuh 3 approached the dark mansion, she felt an ever present sense of foreboding, and doubts once more crept through her mind. 'What if I can't do this? What if I just make more trouble than I've already made?' 3 shook her head vigorously, hoping the physical motions would clear her mind of the doubts that plagued it. "Come on, numbuh 3, you can do this, just take a big breath, everything will be fine, everything….will…be….just fine. Yeah, just fine." Her breathing became more labored as the looming turrets of the mansion steadily grew before her, towering over her, threatening her with merely their presence.
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"Are ya happy now?" 5 exclaimed as she struggled against the shackles that bound her to the wall.
"What's that supposed to mean?" numbuh 1 shot back.
"You got your wish, we're in the delightful's mansion, and numbuh 3 is still lost outside, probably about to be captured!"
"So?" numbuh 1 replied defensively.
"Admit it, numbuh 1, if numbuh 3 had been there during battle, we would be laughing in the delightful's faces and not the other way around!" 5 stated, her tone laced with malice towards 1.
"Yeah!" numbuh 4 piped in, "without numbuh 3, there was no one to distract the delightful's when we attacked, and since we didn't have our jet packs, there was no way to attack their control dome! Numbuh 3 was the only one I could have launched up there to attack, since she's the lightest."
1,2 and 5 just stared at him.
"What?"
"Never, in all my years at the tree house have I ever heard such an intelligent statement from you, numbuh 4!" 5 exclaimed.
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"Okay numbuh 3, just slip on by before it comes back" 3 told herself as a guarding robot passed over the entrance. 3 bided her time carefully, anticipating the robot's motions as it continued its never ending pattern back and forth across the threshold of the side door. Wait for it… almost… NOW! Three sprinted toward the door just as the robot turned its back and quickly admitted herself into the mansion before the robot turned around again.
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"FINE! I admit it! Numbuh 3 is a an essential member of our team, even if she does have A.D.D!"
1 yelled in protest against his teammate's flames and accusation's against him.
"I guess that's good enough." 5 replyed, halting 2's and 4's shouts at their leader.
"Yeah!" 4 agreed, "Um… what's A.D.D?"
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well, there's chapter 6, 7 is on it's way, I ask you all to remain patient with me, my life is very hectic and I have many stories in progress, not just the ones on fanfic, though they will be posted on fanfic once I approve them, half my stories don't make it to fanficnet because I find it was a bad idea and move onto the next story, so thank you all again for your patience! (whoah, what a run-on!)