(A/N: Sorry for the wait! Short chapter. Now then, on with chapter 6!)
CHAPTER 6
Something's Wrong
Numbuh 4 awoke with a fright. He'd had a nightmare. He dreamed that the demon was back and had killed everyone on Earth, including Numbuh 3 and Carey. He was devastated. He'd failed. He'd failed everyone: his love, his family, his friends, and that strange girl. In the end of the dream, he had died, too. Luckily, it was only a dream.
Something wasn't right. He looked around the room. It was bright and sunny. At 5:00 A.M., it was not supposed to be sunny. He must've overslept! Numbuh 4 jumped out of bed, pulled on some clean clothes, and ran out into the hall. He headed towards Numbuh 3's room, to see if she was all right. But she wasn't there.
She should've been there. Had she gone to breakfast? Yes, that was it, she'd gone to breakfast. Still, he sprinted towards Carey's room, to find it empty.
"Forget something, everything is wrong!" he thought. Numbuh 4 was right. Everything was wrong. It was 8:00 A.M., according to his watch, and Numbuh 3 and Carey were both gone.
He dashed into the cafeteria to find Kuki and Carey, talking like the best of friends.
"That's odd," he thought. "Of course, everything this morning has been odd."
Wally walked over to the table and sat down. Why wasn't Carey scolding him? "Good job, DS!" Carey praised. "You made it on time!"
"On time!" Numbuh 4 asked, surprised. "It's 8:00 A.M.!
"Yes, on Eastern Time," She answered. "We're in Arizona. That's Western time, which means it's 3 hours earlier than it would be in Cleveland."
"Oh," Numbuh 4 replied, embarrassed. "But you said we'd start training at 5:00 A.M. Why are you eating breakfast?"
"If you recall," Carey explained. "I said we'd have to wake up at 5:00 A.M. if we wanted to be on time for training. Breakfast starts at 5:00, training starts at 6:00."
"I understand!" Numbuh 4 exclaimed. "But why is it sunny outside?"
"It's just one of those freak events, like the avalanche," Carey said, getting annoyed with all the questions.
Noticing that she was annoyed, and he had no more questions, he set off for the buffet.
He picked up a plate, and placed on it, 5 ounces of orange juice, 4 eggs, 3 pieces of pig bacon, 2 pancakes, and 1 bowl of Rainbow Munchies. As he sat down, Carey stared at his food choice.
"What?" Numbuh 4 asked, confused.
"You seem to like the numbers 1-5," she replied.
"They are the numbers of my team members!"
"Mine too!" Numbuh 3 joined in.
They sat and ate for awhile. Talked about adventures and journeys they had gone through. Everyone thought Carey had the most interesting stories.
A bell rang. Everyone left the cafeteria.
"Why's everyone leaving?" Numbuh 4 questioned.
"It's 6:00!" Carey remarked. "Training! Come on, you don't want to be late!"
With that, she dragged him away from the table by his hoodie
"I wonder if what she said about Numbuh 4 is true?" Numbuh 3 wondered, remembering her conversation with Carey…
