Hiiiiiiiii! I'm baaaaaaaaack! There wasn't such a long pause here, I didn't want to fall into a relapse. Well, since this is the thirteenth chapter, I'm just going to have the characters tell each other everything that's gone wrong the past couple of days and try to make something out of it. But the horizon will shine brighter in Chapter 14, mark my words!

Oooooooooooh, I forgot to write a disclaimer, how evil of moi. So, here goes:

Disclaimer:

Codename: Kids Next Door and all it's characters do not belong to me, I am simply using them for my story. The plot itself, however, is mine. x2, for last time when I forgot this disclaimer thingee.

When Hoagie got to homeroom class late, he saw, to his dismay, that Nigel was once again in the front row, eliminating every chance of talking to him about what had happened. Hoagie rushed to the back of the class next to Wally, ignoring those who were still eyeing Wally's black eye. No one dared to sit next to him, so Hoagie turned to the Aussie to tell him what happened.

"Hey Wally, Abby's been kidnapped." The smile on his friends' face froze, then slipped off.

"Wh-what?... I don't believe you."

"It's true. Do you have any classes with Nigel before Lunch?"

"Yeah... Maths."

"Ask him if he'll sit with us. It's important."

"Wait - Hoagie!" But the teen had hoisted his bag on his shoulder and left seconds after the bell.

"What is it? What happened?" Nigel asked that day at lunch.

"Abby's been kidnapped. Sit down." They sat. Hoagie took a deep breath.

"This morning when my mom watched the news I saw something about a deep cut sort of thing in the roads. Did you see it?"

"It wasn't in my street -"

"-or mine-"

"-but I saw it somewhere else. It was on the news?"

"Yeah. I also heard about a car crash, and the girl who was driving that car couldn't remember anything. There was only broken glass, no blood. The crash took place right outside Abby's house. When I came out, I met Cree. She was crying, and said that Abby was out after school and never came home, that it was all her fault, and then she ran inside."

"But... why does that mean she was kidnapped?" Asked Nigel.

"There was no blood!"

"Yeah, but your road's been cut up, how's it supposed to show blood?"

"You're saying... it happened before whatever came and demolished the road?"

"Well... yes."

"To me, it seems loike tearin' up the road would take all noight."

"But how's a car supposed to crash into someone if there is no road?" Nigel retorted.

"Right. That would fit with this a bit better - it seems as though someone's after us."

"WHAT?"

"Shhh! Think, you two! Didn't you notice? Think about Kuki's picture. The one from her attic."

"... We're all on there..." said Nigel thoughtfully.

"That's right."

"But we can't remember it..." Hoagie nodded fervently.

"And look, Wally's been beat up, Kuki's been... I dunno... brainwashed, or something... and Abby's been kidanpped!"

"And I was attacked last night."

"Really? Where? Was it another robot?"

"Yes, it was a robot, just like you described yours. I was shopping and someone - some little kid - was spying on me. I chased her out, and she dissappeared and there was this robot in her place."

"What did the kid look like?"

"It was a little girl - about ten years old, I guess... with black pigtails and a purple sweater."

"That's Kuki's little sister." said Wally instantly. "We've got to talk to 'er."

"Sure, we'll go after school -" Nigel said, waving his hand impatiently.

"No! We have to go now!" Wally argued.

"Why?"

"Because as we speak, Abby's probably getting farther and farther away." Hoagie interrupted quietly as Wally opened his mouth angrily.

"Tha's roight!" said the Aussie aggressively. He dragged Nigel away from the table, drawing many stares from his peers as he did so. "C'mon Hoagie. We're goin'. Now."

Hoagie sighed and stood up. He didn't like the attention this was giving him... He also didn't like the way they'd all been attacked so far - except for him.

Gulp.

Sorry for the atrocious shortness. I just wanted to end this with a good, healthy gulp. And I might switch this genre to Mystery/Action/Adventure. Ok? Ok. Bye!

And review, ya got that?