CHAPTER 4

A Surprising Awakening

"So," said Numbuh 4. "How am I going to fight this demon?"

"You must train," said Carey. "Tomorrow, at the crack of dawn, I will take you to The Temple of Dawn, where you will train for one month. We must make sure you are ready. Now, go home, and go to bed early. You will be tired at the crack of dawn."

"Fine," Numbuh 4 mumbled. He left.

He arrived at his house 2 minutes later.

"Hi, son!" said Mr. Beatles, as Numbuh 4 walked into his house. "You're just in time for dinner!"

"Great," mumbled Numbuh 4.

He looked at the table and noticed something; there were 8 chairs at the table.

"Mum?" he asked.

"Yes, my little marsupial?" she said.

"Are we expecting anyone?" he asked.

"Your father's boss, and her family, coming to live with us for a few days!" said his mom.

"Why?" he asked.

"A tree fell down on their house last night," said Mrs. Beatles. "No one was hurt, but their house needs repairing. We offered them to stay at our house!"

"Whatever," he mumbled.

The doorbell rang.

"That must be them!" yelled Mr. Beatles. "Son, I want you to open the door, and greet them!"

"Whatever," said Numbuh 4. He walked over to the door and opened it to find a happy little girl…

"Numbuh 3?" yelled Numbuh 4. "What are you doing here?"

"My family and I are staying here until our house is fixed!"

Numbuh 4's mouth dropped wide open.

"You mean YOUR family is staying with us?"

"Yes, silly!" she giggled. "Didn't your parents tell you?"

"No," he said, confused.

Mr. Beatles came to the door.

"Madame Head of Accounting Mrs. Sanban and Mr. Sanban!" yelled Mr. Beatles. "Can I help you unload your car?"

"Sure!" yelled Mrs. Sanban. "And call me Genki!"

"Fine with me!" yelled Mr. Sanban. "But call ME Konni!"

Mr. Beatles left the house to help Mrs. Sanban and Mr. Sanban unload their car.

"Can we come in?" asked Numbuh 3.

"Huh?" said Numbuh 4, confused.

"Can we come in?" asked Numbuh 3, pointing to her and her sister. Numbuh 4 hadn't noticed her sister there.

"Oh, sure," said Numbuh 4, dumbfounded.

They walked past him.

Numbuh 4 noticed that as Numbuh 3 walked, her hair bounced from side to side.

In a few minutes, everyone was at the table. They were seated, from left to right, Mr. Beatles, Mrs. Beatles, Joey Beatles, Numbuh 3, Numbuh 4, Mushi Sanban, Mr. Sanban, Mrs. Sanban, and back to Mr. Beatles. Numbuh 4 was surrounded by girls.

"So," said Mrs. Sanban. "Where will WE be sleeping tonight?"

"We've already planned this out!" said Mrs. Beatles, enthusiastically. She took a piece of parchment from her pocket, and unfolded it. "Konni and Genki will sleep in our room, while we sleep on the pull-out couch. Mushi will sleep on the spare bed we keep in Joey's Nursery. She will sleep in the nursery, with Joey. And Kuki will sleep in Wallabee's room, on Wallabee's bed, while Wallabee sleeps on the floor in his room, in a sleeping bag."

"You know," said Numbuh 3 to Numbuh 4. "Your name appeared in her last sentence 3 times!"

The next day…

"RING!"

"AAHHH!" yelled Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4 as they had just wakened up. When they awoke, Numbuh 3 had been so shocked, she fell off the bed, and landed on Numbuh 4, lips touching his.

"I'm not interrupting anything, am I, love-birds?" said a familiar voice.

Numbuh 4 took his lips away from Numbuh 3's and looked around. He saw Carey.

He had forgotten about going up to the Temple of Dawn. He calmed down, but Numbuh 3 had a streak of horror across her face.

"Who's there?" she silently screamed with horror. She leapt onto Numbuh 4. "If you're a ghost hamster, GO AWAY! I've had enough experience with ghost hamsters!"

Numbuh 3 could not see Carey.

"DS!" said an angry Carey. "Don't you know you're not allowed to bring other people with us on our journey to the Temple of Dawn!"

"It's not my fault!" yelled Numbuh 4. "I didn't know Numbuh 3 and her family were going to be living in my house until their house was fixed! Now, if you don't mind, turn off the invisibility switch, you're terrifying my friend."

Carey stopped being invisible. Numbuh 3 calmed down.

"I guess we have to bring her along," said Carey, calming herself down.

"To the Temple of Dawn," said Numbuh 4.

"What's going on?" asked Numbuh 3.

"We'll tell you on the way," said Numbuh 4.

Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4 got dressed, ate, and left the house with Carey, to make their way to the temple of Dawn.