Hey everyone! Next chapter. Thanks for the reviews so far, it's what keeps me writing!

Morning came way too soon. Stephanie opened her eyes with sunlight pouring down on her blue eyes. Maybe i'll move my bed so i won't have to wake up to that sunlight on my face. Numbuh 5 thought. When she sat up, she felt exausted. Probably because she had slept on a new bed. She looked at her clock. 6:30. School would start soon.

She rubbed her eyes and slid out of the bed. She walked out of her room and down to the area where all the kids seemed to hang out. She entered the room and she could see everyone look up at her. They almost seemed surprised. But then they seemed to go back to what they were doing without further thought or words. Stephanie frowned. This might take a while.

On the couch, numbuh 4 seemed to be playing a video game. She walked over and looked up at the screen.

"Mind if i play?" She asked.

He ignored her for a moment until he had a small breaking point in the game. "Uh... it's one player sorry." He said before returning his focused attention on the screen.

"Oh.. okay." She turned around.

She spotted numbuh 1 tapping on a screen and walked over. "Any missions today?" She asked hopefully.

He glanced up. "It's pretty quiet, actually. But we have to go to school in a bit, and we usually keep a look out from there." He said simply, continuing his tapping.

"Great." She said, and looked around the room. I know I get along better with boys, but maybe it would be okay to hang out with Kuki. She's the only girl. Stephanie walked over to where she was dressing up one of her rainbow monkeys.

"Hey Kuki." She said simply.

"Oh Hey numbuh 5..." She started, and her eyes seemed to flash an emotion unknown to Stevie. Numbuh 5 must be like a curse word to the rest of the team now. Maybe this will be harder than I thought...

"Cute Rainbow Monkey..." Numbuh 5 said awkwardly. She actually could care less about rainbow monkeys.

"Thanks." She said, not turning her head.

She didn't seem to want to talk any more, so Numbuh 5 turned and walked over to numbuh 2. He seemed to be fiddling with an invention of his. When her shadow fell over his work place, he seemed startled and dropped a piece.

"Sorry." She said, bending down to pick it up. "Here i'll put it back in-"

"No there's no need I can-"

"Wait I can help you out-"

Their voices talked at the same time, and Stephanie took the piece and tried to jam it back into the machine he was working on. Instead, it made another piece fall off and the entire thing buzzed for a moment before sending a small shock to Numbuh 5 and Numbuh 2. They both drew their hands back in slight pain and alarm, making the invention drop with a thud to the ground. Everyone else seemed to glance up in alarm.

Numbuh 5's eyes were wide. "Sorry..."

Numbuh 2's face was red, anger flashing in his eyes. He seemed to struggle to control himself. "Just leave me to work, alright?" He growled, turning his head around and picking up the invention. Stephanie dropped her head and stared at the ground before walking away.

She went back to her room and finished getting ready for school. Well, that could have gone better. She thought in her head sadly.

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She arrived at school with the rest of her team. She walked farther back, not bothering to try and talk to them. She stared at her feet as she dragged them. They were all older than her, so they would be in different classes. She watched them depart, waving goodbye to each other as they did so. not even glancing her way.

She followed the hallways through school to get to her class, where she sat miserably staring at the teacher. That was basically how she got through school. By the time it was lunch, she had no clue where to sit. She used to sit with her best friend, Laura, but once she said she was joining the KND, she didn't want to be her friend any more for some reason. Numbuh 5 was still very confused about that entire conversation she had. but she couldn't sit with her team, could she? was she allowed to?

She took a deep breath and walked over to the table where the rest of the team was. Laura seemed to catch her eye and glare at her. Stephanie tried to ignore her. She sat down with the others. "Hey guys." she said softly.

Following her greeting were a few murmers of hellos. She looked at her feet awkwardly. My dream was to join the KND, but now i'm here and now i just want to go hide somewhere.

"So..." She started. She seemed to have stopped all conversation at the table, because all of them awkwardly picked at their food with their forks and didnt say anything. She sighed, and looked at her disgusting lunch food. Suddenly she wasn't so hungry. She pushed her tray away and got up. the others barely noticed her move. "I'm going to the library." She murmered. No reply.

She walked off and pushed the lunch room doors aside, entering the long hallway. What if they never warm up to me? What if they never accept me? She worried, entering the library. She sat down in a table and pulled out a book to read from her bookbag.

Finally, after school every kid began to run freely out of the school cheering. Except Numbuh 5 and a few other kids. The other kids where the other 4 KND operatives. She sighed and followed them to the treehouse. The day had been long and miserable for her. She might as well just leave. She didn't feel at all welcome.

She entered the lounge and sat down on the couch and pulled out her book again. With her nose stuck in a book, she remained there for a while. Suddenly a loud alarm went off, sending her book flying to the ground. The other kids ran into the room and Numbuh 4's foot stepped on her book when he hadn't been looking. "Hey!" She snapped, but he didn't turn around.

She got up and joined them as they surrounded a radar.

"Teenagers are attacking the treehouse!" Came Numbuh 1's voice.

Hey guys! Just to make sure you know, i have a tendency to end things with cliff hangers.

As you still know, I'm sometimes clueless when it comes to KND. So please excuse me if i mess anything up. Thanks for the reviews, and I'll go back and fix what i messed up. Anyway... This chapter is kinda boring.. and short D: I have a problem with trying really hard to make things lengthy, and i hate it when a chapter is too short. Even in regular books. but the next one's better, don't worry! :)

Please review :D

~Stormy