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Wally opened the door to his house and dragged his muscle tired body through the frame, past his lounge room and into his bedroom where he collapsed onto his bed. He sighed as he recalled his day's events. After work, Dave and he had headed out to the surf to catch a few more waves, with Sydney and her backup girls tagging along in their flimsy excuses of swimwear. They had spent a few hours at the beach, and been forced to play volleyball with the girls, before Wally had finally managed to extract himself from Sydney's claws to get away for boxing practice where he had been for the last 2 hours before heading home to collapse on his bed.

Shifting on his back, Wally rolled onto his side, to gaze at the photo on his bedside table, lifting it slightly with one hand. It was a one of the few photos he had of him and his team where he was wasn't frowning.

The photo had been taken after an extremely dangerous yet successful mission. Nigel was in the middle of the photo with the book or whatever device it was they had had to retrieve raised in his hands, his black sunglasses glinting in the sun, above his proud smirk. On his left was Abby who, for once, had her hat off and was using it to cuff the back of Hoagie's head, who had that stupid grin plastered in his face, most likely from one of his infamously lame jokes. To the right of their leader was Kuki and himself. Kuki had the brightest smile spread across her face, as she hugged the short Australian next to her. Instead of his usual frown, Wally had his signature tough boy grin as he looked up at the shining Kuki.

When he was 10 he had taken a red marker and drawn a love heart around the beautiful Asians image. Wally smiled at the memory and stretched out his fingers to trace the love heart surrounding Kuki with the tip of his middle finger. His smile fell as he felt the loneliness in his heart throb and rolled onto his back to stare at the ceiling. He still couldn't believe how long it had been since his last saw them 6 years ago. How much they would have changed in that time. He longed to see them once more, even if it was only a glimpse. Even if it was only Kuki. Especially if it was Kuki. But they probably hated him now, disgusted by the fact that he had killed his family, even though he hadn't. But there was no point saying that. The police thought he was guilty, the law thought he was guilty and in a few months he would be heading back to Cleveland to spend his 18th birthday in jail.

If life had a face right now, he would seriously punch it.

Wally placed the frame next to his most treasured photo, the photo of his family and closed his tired eyes, not bothering to change out of his boxing gear.

Before he knew it he was drifting off to sleep.

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Wally awoke groggily to a loud noise somewhere further in his house. He stayed still trying to reorganise his mind and recollect his memory when something large and extremely heavy landed on him and a face that suspiciously, closely resembled Dave, appeared in front of his eyes.

"WALLY!"

"WHAT THE &*^%($"

Dave grinned down on Wally, who, currently, was stuck under him.

"G'mornin' mate, ready ta hit the beach?"

Wally swore as he finally managed to shove Dave off his bed.

"What the cruddy hell are'ya doin in ma house, Dave?" Wally snapped as he cracked his back and checked his body for no broken bones,

"Wakin'ya up of course, now come on, mate, before the surf gets too crowded!" Wally glared at his 'friend' before getting up from his bed, grabbing his swimmers and closing the door of the bathroom behind him to get changed.

"How the hell do ya know where Ah live?" Wally asked through the door.

"Tiger told me" Wally growled as he stripped his t-shirt off and chucked it in the bath tub.

"I'm going'ta kill that sheila" he mumbled, taking off the rest of his clothes and put his swimmers on.

"She was also wondering if you would work today" Wally frowned as he opened the door to his room, now fully changed.

"Its ma day off" Wally said simply

"Pleaaaase! I can't do it all by myself! And you attract all the pretty girls" Dave begged, trying to attempt the puppy eye look, and failing. Wally folded his arms and gave a sound halfway between a growl and a sigh.

"Fine. But don't even think about tellin' them cruddy girls Ah'm working today, got it?"

Dave laughed.

"Alright alright, whatever ya say, Champ, as long as you promise me that I can come to your party"

Wally stopped what he was doing and looked at Dave with confused eyes, which, to Dave, looked cute for the usual hard eyes and frown he had.

"Party?"

"Yeh! You know! For your 18th! It's coming up in a month or two if I'm right. And we're goin'ta make it the biggest shin-dig anyone's ever seen!" he cried energetically pumping a fist into the air. Wally sighed and shook he head.

"Ah'm not having a party" he said quietly.

"What are you talking about of course you-"

"I said Ah'm not having one!" Wally cut him off harshly, glaring at the brown haired teenager. He growled to himself and messed his air up with on hand.

"Ah can't, alrioght, just can't" He looked away and gazed at the photo on his bedside table for a moment then turned back to getting ready.

Dave followed his friend eyes, stopping when he saw the photo frame on Wally's bedside table.

"Hello! What's this?" Dave grabbed the photo frame and looked at the photo with curious eyes.

"That short little tyke couldn't be you, mate" he teased, laughing slightly.

Wally noticing what picture he was looking at lunged for Dave.

"GIVE IT BACK" Wally snatched the photo, pushing Dave against the wall in the process.

"Whoa! Easy, mate! I was just lookin'" Dave raised his hands in submission, staring at Wally in shock. Wally calmed his breathing down, and clutched the photo tightly in his hands, as if it would be taken from him any minute. He gazed down at it sadly before placing it back on his bedside table.

"It's all Ah got left of them, Dave" he whispered softly, sitting on the edge of his bed, head bowed.

Dave lowered his hands slowly and gave a small, knowing smile. He perched himself on the bed next to Wally.

"Who's the girl?" he asked softly. Wally glanced at him with hard, yet empty eyes. He opened his mouth to return a sharp comment but changed his mind. He turned his head away and gazed at the image of Kuki.

"A girl Ah broke my promise to" his voice cracked slightly as he spoke more to himself than Dave.

The two teenagers sat there in comfortable silence, listening to the kookaburras and cicadas outside. The sun slowly raised itself from the black night, slowly inching its way up Wally's winding, shining its golden light on the two men.

Wally broke the silence suddenly, as he ruffled his hair in annoyance.

"Gah, listen to me, getting all soppy an' stuff. C'mon we got some waves to catch" He jumped up and disappeared into the lounge room. Dave stayed where he was for a moment longer, watching Wally's retreating back and sighed before following him out.

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Kuki yawned as she walked down the hallway of her room and into the kitchen where Abby sat, sipping a Caramel Latte.

"Good morning Kuki" Abby said seeing the Asian finally out of bed.

"Good Morning Abby!" Kuki said brightly, sitting across from Abby.

"Good sleep? Abby made you a hot chocolate by the way. It's in the microwave" Kuki's eye's brightened and she hopped up to grab the still hot, liquid chocolate.

"Mmmm thank-you, Numbuh 5. I had a really good sleep! Thanks to the help of my make your own rainbow monkey, rainbow monkey" Kuki said hugging the hot chocolate with her hands and sipping it carefully.

"Girl you really gotta grow out of those things" Abby told her, rolling her eyes slightly. Kuki smiled.

"I could never ever grow out of rainbow monkey's, besides this one's special" she said quietly. Abby paused and nodded in understanding. "Anyway, I'm not as infatuated with them as I used to be but it's like Hoagie and inventing! Nigel and the fighting adult tyranny! You and sweets! Rainbow monkeys will always be part of who I am" Abby chuckled slightly at Kuki's heartfelt speech.

"There's no denying that Kuki" she peered at Kuki over her mug and smiled. Kuki seemed brighter today, a good sign from her usual sadness and silence. She was the only one who knew that Kuki still cried herself to sleep now and then, or the days where she didn't eat anything at all. They were best friends, and nothing got past Numbuh 5.

"Hello! Numbuh 3 and 5? Are you up yet?"

Nigel's muffled voice carried its way over to the two girls from the other side of their door.

"Come in" Abby called out and the door opened to reveal Nigel and Hoagie.

"Oh good, you're dressed. We need to have a meeting about our current options" Nigel said, striding over to the table and sitting in one of the spare chairs.

"Where's Numbuh 43?" Kuki asked, leaning to the side in her chair to look outside the door. Hoagie shook his head and shut the door.

"Asleep, as usual. He practically bit my head off when I tried to wake him. That kid seriously needs anger management, and more sleep!" Hoagie sat down in the other spare seat at the table, placing his elbows on the table and leaning his head on them.

"Well team. Did you manage to see anything of usefulness in town yesterday?" Nigel's asked, his voice full of command and authority.

"Nothing useful at all, Numbuh 1" Abby replied.

"Well we need to keep looking then. Since the Queensland TND doesn't have the supplies we need, we'll have to find some other way to get the parts for the J.E.T.P.L.A.N.E. So you didn't see a machine shop? Tools shops, garage? Anything?" He asked desperately.

"We-ell, there was that one garage we passed. Tiger tools or mechanics or something like that" Kuki pouted as she tried to remember the name of the shop, completely unaware of Hoagie's motioning to 'shut up'.

"There was?" Nigel asked excitedly. "Why didn't you tell me? I need to know important information like this sooner! Right, I want you to go down there today and see if they've got what Hoagie needs to fix the J.E.T.P.L.A.N.E. I'll stay here with Numbuh 43 and get in contact with Sydney's KND. Team, let's move out" Nigel shouted his command before jumping up and marching out of the room. Hoagie turned his gaze to Kuki.

"Way to go, Kuki!" Kuki looked at Hoagie in innocence.

"Whaa-at?" She asked in confusion. Hoagie pouted in annoyance and folded his arms.

"Now we're going to have to go into that girl infested garage with an overly muscled guy who probably has been to juvi 3 times already!" Hoagie shouted in over exaggeration, flinging his hands up in the air. Abby rolled her eyes, grabbed his collar and dragged him out of his chair and outside to the hallway of their hotel.

"Oh come on, scaredy pants, an order's an order. Besides, if Mr Juvi tries to hurt ya, you've got us to back you up" Abby smiled, letting go of Hoagie to pound her hand into her fist as proof. Hoagie grinned back.

"Well if I've got you watching my back, then I guess I don't mind" Hoagie said, winking at Abby before striding off down the corridor.

Abby laughed, shaking her head.

"Just cause Abby said she'd guard his back, doesn't means she's guarding his front" she told Kuki, grinning broadly. Kuki smiled back and followed Hoagie down the red hallway.

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The three operatives stood outside the garage looking up at the slightly faded sign with the words 'Tiger Mechanics and Garage' painted in orange and black stripes.

"Well here we are, ladies first" Hoagie grinned sheepishly at Abby, his hand offering towards the garage. Abby glared at him before raising her foot and pushing Hoagie's behind with it, propelling him forward and into the garage. Inside it looked like a large enough sized shed. The red Jaguar was no longer there but a mixture of Toyotas, Holden's, and a few others parked near the rear of the middle sized garage. Three cars were sat in the middle of the garage which were the ones currently getting worked on. The garage opened out slightly to the left where the rear of an Aston Martin was sticking out, the rest of it obscured from sight.

Music was playing from a radio beside the Aston Martin, the rock songs filling up the garage's space.

"G'day there! How can I help you fine people today?" A voice rang out over the music filled shed. Kuki spotted a boy, around her age maybe a year older, with brown spiky hair, strong looking body, tanned skin and blue eyes, head over to them.

"If you're looking for the King of the Garage, he's doesn't work on Wednesday's" The teenager told them as he stopped in front of the three operatives.

"If that was pretty boy who had the girls drooling all over him yesterday then no, we don't want to see him" Abby stated 'matter of factly' putting her hands on her hips, attitude showing on her face.

The mechanic laughed.

"I like this one, she's got spark!" He chuckled slightly then stuck his hand out to Hoagie with a grin.

"The name's Dave" The guy paused and stared intensely at each operative in turn. "Have I met you anywhere before?" he asked slowly. Hoagie looked at Kuki before shaking his head. "Hmm. I swear I've seen you before... well anyway, the names Dave!" He repeated, sticking his hand out again.

Hoagie shook his hand, fuming slightly as Dave winked at Abby. "How can I help ya?" he asked once again.

"I'm looking for certain parts for my um, vehicle" Hoagie stated slightly nervous.

"And what sorta car would that be?" Dave asked leaning against a blue Holden.

"Well it's not exactly a car, it's..."

"Ugh! It's a plane, alright? The engine of our plane got busted and we need a new one" Abby cut over Hoagie speaking with exasperation. Dave's eyes widened in surprise.

"A plane? Crikey" he scratched the back of his head and glanced at the back of the garage, where a huge pile of engines and metals scraps lay. "Well, thing is, I don't know much about planes and I don't think we have any plane engines. Got car engines, but no plane ones I'm afraid" Dave sighed turning his head back to the 3 friend with apologising eyes.

"Oh! I can use a car engine! It'll work just as well" Hoagie's eyes brightened up and Dave looked at him sceptically.

"Well, I guess..."

"What sort of engines?" Hoagie asked quickly.

"Uhh" Dave glanced at the car parts again. "Well, truthfully, I don't know a lot about car engines either"

Abby raised an eyebrow at him.

"Yet you work in a CAR garage" she stated dryly. Dave rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"Well, I know quite a bit about cars but not the actual engines. I leave that for my partner to work on" he explained to them.

"And pretty boy's away, am I right?" Abby asked, catching Dave's drift.

"Uuh..." Dave thought for a second before sighing and shaking his head, muttering a 'gunna kill me' before turning around a shouting towards the Aston Martin.

"WALLS! I got some people who need your expertise" Kuki, Abby and Hoagie leaned to the side slightly, trying to glimpse who the boy was shouting at.

"Ah'm busy!" a strong Australian accent shouted back, from what sounded like, underneath the Aston Martin.

"But they need your help"

"Then help them ya-self" Dave glared at the car and sighed.

"If you don't come help them I might 'accidentally' give Sydney Goldfair your number" Dave called back in an almost sing song voice. There was silence, before a mixture of crashes and swearing from underneath the Aston Martin. Dave grinned and turned to face his customers.
"He'll be here in just a minute" he said sweetly.

Kuki smiled and waited patiently. There was one last loud crash and a tall, blonde haired teenage boy appeared from behind Aston Martin. His face lowered as he approached Dave.

"Thanks mate" Dave grinned at his friend. The Australian looked up.

Kuki gasped as she recognised who he was. Blonde hair, thick accent, green eyes, tanned skin, orange singlet top, jeans overalls, muscled body. She couldn't believe her eyes as she saw who stood before her. She could feel tears prickling her eyes.

"Wally" her voice came out unheard but she knew she didn't need to confirm who was in front of her. Wally glared at Dave, unaware of who was standing before him with shocked, confused eyes.

"Give Sydney ma number and Ah'll kick the bloody crud outta...ya" Wally's voice fell as he turned his gaze onto the three customers in front of him and froze. He blinked, praying desperately that this was all some sick joke. But the 3 people in front of him were too real. Abby, who had been like a sister to him, stared at him with unbelieving eyes, Hoagie, who'd been his best friend, gawked at him as if he was a ghost and Kuki...He gazed at Kuki's amber eyes taking in how much she had grown, changed, how beautiful she looked now. Her eyes were wavering as happiness, sadness, confusion and many other emotions flitted inside her eyes as she stared back at the boy she had believed once dead. Wally mentally flinched as he saw Kuki's eyes grow watery. Crying was the last thing he wanted Kuki to do and he wished he could turn away from her hard stare but he couldn't. He couldn't seem to miss the question held in her eyes.

'Why?'

There was no denying it. For six years he had been running, turning away from his past and the people in it.

But the past never leaves you

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Dun Dun Duuuuh!

And I'm leaving it there cuz I'm mean like that ;)

Hope you like it. Next chapter should be following very shortly

Once again. I know nothing about cars, planes or engines. I tried hard to make it sound like Dave knows what he's talking about ... Wally too

A.S