I am so terribly sorry, I don't even deserve to live DX.

Year 11 is beyond insane at the mo. Assessments, exams, rehearsal practice, harp practice, church, youth, the list goes on!

I'm supposed to be doing an assessment right now which is due tomorrow!

Instead I tried to remove my guilty of not putting any chapters up so here it is

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"I don't see why I have to come to check the engine out" a very, cranky Nigel Uno was practically pushed along Brookes Street by persistent Hoagie, followed by an amused Abby and lead by an extremely hyper Kuki.

"Well, you always like to know what's going on so I thought you should check this engine before I buy it" Hoagie stated, pushing his leader's back harder at any sign of resistance.

"That's true, but I trust your judgement enough in purchasing something as simple as an engin- OW! WILL YOU STOP PUSHING ME!" Nigel stopped to rub his poor bruised back, glaring at Hoagie.

"Come oooooon! !" Kuki stood a few metres ahead of them, jumping on the balls of her feet in excitement while simultaneously dodging numerous bodies.

"Kuki! Will you calm down! You're like a 3 year old!" Nigel swiped a critical eye over the hyped up Asian.

"Aww, leave her be Numbuh 1. Seeing her happy is a rare moment" Abby said softly, leaning against Hoagie. Nigel's eyes softened.

"Yeah, your right" he sighed, before straightening up and fixing up his sunglasses. "So where is this garage?" he asked gazing along the hot, busy street.

"Here!" Kuki shouted, as she pointed up at the faded 'Tiger Mechanics and Garage' sign.

"Tiger Mechanics and Garage? Sounds real professional" Nigel scoffed as he stopped in front of the wide metal garage door.

"Come on!" Kuki grabbed her leader's hand and dragged him into the warm stuffy air of the shaded garage. Once again music hummed from a stereo somewhere behind a car, overshadowed by the loud hum of fans desperately trying to fight a losing battle against the humid air.

The group stepped further, looking for an signs of life.

"Helloooo? Anyone here?" Kuki's voice echoed around the large garage, with only silence to answer her.

"Oi! Creepy flirt? Sparkle brain? You in here?" Abby tried this time, yet again being answered with only music and the' click clack' of fans.

"They leave a garage completely open with no one to serve customers? What sort of bad employment is this? What makes them think no one will drive off with one of these cars?"

"'Cause Ah work here" Nigel shrieked and spun around to face the voice of the tall, blonde haired, green eyes body behind him, carrying on his shoulder, a box full of metal parts and other objects.

"What are ya doin' here?" Wally asked gruffly. He winced as Kuki's eyes flashed with hurt.

Abby bonked Wally on the head, purposely hitting the hump on his head from yesterday. Wally yelped, dropping the box he was holding (and narrowly missing his toes) and held his head in his arms, mumbling profanities at the African-American in front of him.

"Is that anyway to treat us?" Abby growled at him. He glared at her through his mop of blonde hair. Wally grumbled something in retaliation, standing back up to his original height, as he rubbed his sore head gently.

"After the way ya treated me yesterday, Ah should throw ya outta ma garage" Wally said, frowning at her.

Abby turned to her side, caught sight of a nicely sized hammer and stepped towards it. Wally watched her line of sight before quickly jumping back.

"OKAY! OKAY! Ah won't through ya out, so long as ya stop hittin' meh on the head!" Abby stopped advancing towards her weapon and smiled at Wally.

"That's what I thought"

This entire time Nigel had been staring at Wally , his body completely frozen.

"Helloooo? Earth to Numbuh 1" Hoagie asked waving his hand in front of him. Nigel quickly snapped out of his statue state and glared at Wally.

"Numbuh 4" Wally winced at his old codename. He hadn't been called that in 6 years. He turned his gaze towards his old leader and coughed nervously.

"Numbuh 1"

Nigel cast a critical eye over him, assessing how he had changed. "And what do we owe the pleasure of a previously thought DEAD team-mate" he asked sternly. Wally glared at him.

"They're the ones that turned up in ma garage!" Wally huffed pointing towards the three original intruders.

"What? You didn't want to see us?" Kuki asked quietly. Wally winced again.

"No! That's not what Ah meant Ah just….. GAH! Ya all know how bad Ah am with words" he stated in frustration. Nigel smiled.

"I know. I know. That was cruel of me. Sorry" Nigel said,smiling to himself slightly.

If he hadn't have been Wally's old leader, he would've been punched by now.

Nigel cleared his throat, readjusted his sunglasses, and looked Wally up and down.

"It's really you? Goodness. And we were told you were dead! What happened? It probably has something to do with those adults. I should've guessed"

"You think everything is caused by the adults"

"And when is it not?"

"Not all adults are bad!"

"I know, I know but-"

"You were once an adult Numbuh 1!"

Wally gazed at the four of them in amazement. To them not a thing had change. It was just like old times.

'If only' Wally mused. Everything had changed. They were older, more mature for one thing. But his parents were dead; he was facing trial in a few months and would soon be spending the next 3 years of his life in jail.

And they didn't know a thing. Wally sighed. It's not like he could tell them. It wouldn't make a difference. Whether he had killed them or not didn't matter anymore. But in truth, deep down, he knew he killed them. He killed them because he couldn't protect them. Instead he had lived, sporting the only reminders of their death, a memory that would never go away and nightmares that continued to haunt him, a scar running down his back, and a scar running through his eyebrow.

Always reminding him.

Wally sighed and turned away from the loud group, heading towards one of the bench tops.

"Wally? Are you alright?" Kuki's timid voice appeared from behind him. He turned towards her delicate figure.

"Fione" He answered gruffly. He went to turned back but found himself caught in her eyes. Those golden topaz eyes that seemed to see right through his soul, knowing every deep, dark secret he had. She blinked and suddenly Wally felt like he had been released by burning chains. Quickly, hiding his slightly pink cheeks, he turned towards the bench to check the engine Hoagie had come to collect.

He heard Kuki sigh behind him and very slowly turn away from him.

After making sure the engine was in good working order, Wally managed to catch Hoagie's eyes and nodded him over.

"This what you wanted?" he asked. Hoagie looked over the machine quickly.

"Perfect! Now I'll get the J.E.T.P.L.A.N.E finished in no time" he said eagerly. He checked the engine for a few more minutes till Wally interrupted his thoughts.

"How are you getting it there?"

Hoagie froze.

Slowly he turned his eyes towards he old best friend.

"That. Is a very good question" His spoke the words out slowly, dragging out the syllables.

Wally watched the machine nerd in amusement. He even couldn't stop his smirk as Hoagie tried to lift it. Key word there being 'tried'. Nudging Hoagie roughly out of the way, Wally picked up the heavy engine, his arm muscles flexing at the work.

Hoagie glared at him.

"Show off"

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I apologise that it's not as long as usual and my rushed typing. It's crappy, it's horrible, it's rushed and I'm sorry. Next one will be better.

I tried to write this as soon as I could cause I really need to finish this horrible assessment.

Don't to Extension English. It will suck out your soul. No joke

Xx A.S