sorry for the wait peeps, but as most of you realise that when school starts to finish up, you need to do assignments, and im up to my neck with them. so please dont fret if i dont update this and the other story as often as i usually would for these. but for now just enjoy chapter 3.
hopefully ill get some free time soon for more updating.
Chapter Three
Fanny realised that she couldn't see two foot in front of her, but she attempted to move anyway. She tried to move one of her feet, but a heavy weight was keeping it down. The weight began to shiver, and she realised that Sonia has attached herself tightly to her leg.
"Don't leave me!" She cried. "I hate the dark!"
"Calm down." Fanny attempted to reassure the terrified blonde by petting her head. "I wasn't going to leave you; I was going to turn the light back on."
"How can you? We can't see anything!" Michael exclaimed, waving his arms around even though he was aware that no one could see him.
There was a bump coming from another part of the house, and they began trying to find each other.
"This is ridiculous." Fanny muttered, feeling another presence by her side. "Who's that?"
"It's Shaunie." Her little brother commented in a whisper. He bumped into someone else. "Fanny?"
"No, I'm Tommy."
Shaunie reached out in a different direction and grabbed material. "Well, who's that?"
"I'm Mushi. Who's that?"
Fanny sighed and hushed the kids. She was getting frustrated, and the lights being off weren't helping at all. She was about to explode with anger, until a single light switched on. The illumination cast itself upon a dark figure in the shape of a large bat. Fanny rolled her eyes in irritation as she instantly recognised the new villain as Count Spankulot.
"What do you want?" She asked irritably. "Because in case you haven't noticed, I'm frustrated and had it up to my neck with intruders, plus I'm trying to do a job here that's hard enough without you wrecking it."
"Well, that's quite sad to hear from such a naughty child." He said in an eerie voice. "I came for the children. The boss wants them for his…work."
"And you honestly expect me to just hand them over?" Fanny replied as she searched the wall for a light switch. She found it, and decided to try and get more out of him before she switched it back on. "Well, I might consider it, if you tell me what this work is?"
"You're actually considering handing us over? Jeez you're a….owww!" Michael stated, grabbing his side where Lee had elbowed him.
"Well, I can't just tell you can I?" the Count shook his finger. "You're all such naughty children for not cooperating. Now, I'll give you until the count of three, or suffer the palm on my hand across your touché."
"Hmm, I don't think so." Fanny retorted, and flicked the light on. The Count shielded himself from the light, giving the kids time to run. Fanny ushered them into her room, and leant on the door once they were inside. She pressed an ear to the door, and heard the villain staggering up the staircase. She turned back to the kids; all of whom were sitting in the far end of the room and looking at each other in confusion.
"Right, Shaunie I want you to get me my helmet." Fanny ordered. "Tommy, under my bed is my M.U.S.K.E.T gun; can you get it for me?"
Shaunie did as he was told, and threw the helmet at his sister, who strapped it on and tucked her hair up in it. Tommy threw her the gun, and they looked at her as she armed herself.
"Right, I'm going to distract this loser and drive him outside. I want you to make your way to the kitchen. In there is a butcher knife sticking out of the knife holder. I want you to pull it down, and that'll activate the 2x4 technology in the house. It should be strong enough to bring him down long enough for the Moon Base to come and collect them. You understand?"
"Wait, what 2x4 technology?" Shaunie asked. "How come I don't know about these things?"
"Because you're not yet a Kids Next Door operative, that's why." Fanny placed her hand on the doorknob. "I'm going on the count of three. Get ready for my signal."
She opened the door, and poised her gun upright. She looked around, keeping her gun steady in front of her. Count Spankulot however, was nowhere to be found.
"Where could he be?" She wondered aloud. She carefully trudged down the stairs, only to come to complete emptiness. "Hmm, I guess he left like the chicken he is."
"Wrong little one." She looked up, and the Count struck. He fell on top of her, and knocked the gun out of her hand. He pulled one of her arms around behind her back, making her scream.
"Now tell me, where are the childrens?" He asked forcefully, raising his free hand slightly. She shook her head and attempted to kick back at him. He mere cackled and switched them around so now she was bent over his knee. "Tell me or you'll need a spanking."
"So do it already, I'm not telling you anything." She retorted.
"Oh well, naughty girls like you can't go unpunished." He raised his hand, readying himself for his spank fest, when…
"Let my sister go!" Shaunie called down from the stairs, holding a contraption of some sort. The others followed orders and ran for the kitchen. Shaunie however, kept his weapon pointed at the Count as he reached the foot of the stairs.
"Shaunie, don't!" Fanny cried. She noticed the Count was busy keeping his attention upon her brother, and bit down on his ankle. The Count threw her off to grab his wound, and began hopping around. Fanny grabbed her M.U.S.K.E.T, and shot him square in the behind. He howled in pain, giving the all clear for the others to set off the 2x4 technology. Michael grabbed the knife, and tried to pull it down but to no avail. Tommy grabbed on with him, and together they pulled it down a mere inch.
"Man, is Numbuh 86 like strong or something?" Michael asked, panting slightly. "Or hasn't this been used in a while?"
"Go for the second choice, she's about as strong as a baby gripping a finger." Mushi stated. "Try it again."
"But it won't budge." Tommy replied.
"DO IT!" Mushi ordered, making the rest of the kids cringe.
Fanny leaped over one of the Count's bat attacks, and landed in front of her brother. He went to help her, but she held her hand back to stop him.
"You stay where you are." She instructed. "I'll handle this creep." She leaped up, and shot the Count in the back of the head as she flipped over him. He shook it off, and grabbed her ankle. He dangled her and laughed as she flung around with one hand, and tried to hold her skirt upwards with the other. She punched him in the stomach, and he dropped her hard upon her shoulder. She winced in pain, and looked in shock as a hand connected with her face. She was flung back into a wall, and her head lolled to one side.
Lee held Joey as the others all attempted to pull down the knife. Michael felt it budge a lot, and before he could tell them to stop, they all fell back in a heap on the floor. They heard sirens going off, and the next second, a huge gun emerged from the floor as it willingly opened up.
"Cool." Lee stated as it pointed at the Count, and shot at him before he could let out a yelp. He was shot through the front window, and landed in a crumpled heap besides the other two villains.
"We did it!" Mushi cried, hugging Tommy. He blushed slightly, then petted her on the head in response. Shaunie came in, looking a little shaken up.
"Hey Shaunie, what's wrong?" Sonia asked, placing a hand on his shoulder. He looked up with confusion and concern in his glassy green eyes.
"It's Fanny, she's out cold." He commented as he led them to where his sister was leaning up against the wall, cracks protruding from where she had made contact. Her eye had started to swell and go black, and he body was dangerously limp.
"What do we do now?" Michael asked, looking at the rest of the clueless kids.
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A door on the left, kicked down and the room inspected. Nothing. The door on the right further down the corridor, also kicked down and the room inspected. Nothing in that room either. Numbuh 362 was getting anxious, this facility was supposed to be filled with villains. But the Moon Base head commander and her best team had come to a deserted factory.
"There's nothing in here." Numbuh 4 exclaimed quietly, kicking down another door and checking the room with his gun.
"This doesn't make sense, this place should be crawling with bad guys." Numbuh 362 voiced her fears. "What if they all went after the younger operatives, or worse?"
"They won't be able to infiltrate the Moon Base with Numbuh 60 in charge, so don't worry about that." Numbuh 1 replied reassuringly.
Numbuh 362 smile and nodded, but on the inside she wasn't so convinced. She decided to check on Numbuh 86, and hope it wasn't what she had feared. The reception was really poor, but there was contact from her what soever.
"Numbuh 86, can you copy?" She said to her watch. There was still nothing. "Numbuh 86 report in now." There was still nothing. "Numbuh 86, report!"
"Numbuh 362?" Numbuh 2 enquired with concern.
"It's Numbuh 86, she's not responding to my transmission." She replied, ending her transmission. "Something's wrong down there, I just know it."
"Well, we can't just drop this mission and go down there, can we?" Numbuh 3 replied.
"What mission? There's nothing here to qualify as a mission!" Numbuh 4 exclaimed. "I don't know about you, but I say we turn around and go home."
He turned on his heel and began to head back the way they came. But, a dangerously plummeting steel wall came crashing down, startling the blonde boy. Numbuh 362 ran forward, but the same fate cam to her. They were trapped in the facility, and the only person that could help them wasn't responding to their transmissions.
Numbuh 362 came to the conclusion that they were in big trouble.