Thanks for all the reads and reviews! Here's the third chapter
Disclaimer: I do not own codename kids next door…
What should've been of been the twentieth of January was teetering on the fourth week of non-stop Christmas! Sector V's tree house was about to explode with gifts, wrapping paper and cookies.
Nigel had declared first thing that morning that after all the presents were open, they were going to clean up all the trash. There were too many empty boxes and stacks of torn wrapping paper everywhere.
"I can't believe we have to spend Christmas cleaning" Wally muttered as he pushed the trashcan around the room. Abby and Kuki were moving around two push brooms, picking up all the crumbs from the gingerbread cookies. Hoagie and Nigel were sorting all the toys to make more space.
Hoagie pushed aside a box to find the picture of them on the 23rd of December. "Hey, it's the picture we all took with the Santa at the Mall"
"Why don't you place it on the wall Numbah two" Nigel told him.
Kuki smiled. "I remember that. I told the Santa at the mall that all I wanted for Christmas was for it to be Christmas every day!" She giggled.
"No wonder your wish came true!" Hoagie groaned, trying to place the picture on the wall. "You made it twice. I told that Santa I wanted lots of brownies for Christmas. He told me to lose weight"
Wally laughed. "Yeah, well I told that Santa that I wanted all my Christmas wishes to come true. And you know what he did, he gave me that stupid turkey we ate on the first day of Christmas! What a rip off. She gets the wish and I don't" He kicked the trashcan over, letting all the wrapping paper and boxes tumble out of it.
"That Santa didn't even let me speak" Nigel said.
"I still say that Santa was hot" Abby told them, helping Hoagie with picture.
"Ugh, what's wrong with you Numbah five !" Hoagie exclaimed.
Abby shook her head. "No! Didn't anyone else notice that the Santa at the mall seem to give off heat?"
The others shook their heads. "Can we hurry this up, Numbah One?" Kuki asked. "My parents want me home a little early today."
"Yeah, mine too" Wally said "They want me to shovel off the cruddy driveway again"
Fifteen minutes later, the Operatives all went to their own families to enjoy Christmas Dinner and open up more presents.
Hoagie sat down right beside his brother Tommy.
"I can't wait for some more of mom's brownies" He told himself, while rubbing his stomache. His mother came in with a plate of celery and crackers. That was the only plate on the table.
"What's this?" Tommy asked.
Their mother gave a sheepish laugh. "Well, the supermarket has been closed the last several weeks for Christmas, and we've had so many dinners. I thought we should have a healthy snack tonight"
Hoagie groaned as he reached out to pick up a cracker. He bit down into the stale cracker. "Yuck" He swallowed.
"Quiet complaining" Tommy muttered beside him "At least you get to go back to the tree house for a real meal" He chomped down a piece of celery.
The only thing Hoagie had to look forward to for the next few hours was the chance to defeat the Delightful Children's plan, again. At three o'clock he received the call from Nigel and the five friends met up later in front of the Delightful Mansion.
They burst through the front doors. The delightful Children were curled up on their couch, staring at the Christmas tree. A huge pile of coal was lying in the corner of the room.
"Alright Delightful Dorks prepare to-what?" Nigel stopped mid-sentence. The delightful children turned to face them.
"Why hello Kids Next Dumb. What brings you to our mansion on this bland Christmas day" They said in unison. They sighed then returned to staring blankly at the tree.
"Where's the robot or trap you have waiting?" Wally asked, looking around.
"What's the point" They griped. "Every day we get another stack of coal, and there's we've done our Christmas scheme about twenty times already"
Hoagie laughed "And you keep losing too!"
They sighed again. "We're depressed" With that they all rolled over on their side and fell asleep.
"Well, in that case, I guess we better get going" Nigel said in a confused tone. He led his friends outside. They complained amongst themselves.
The minute the close was clear a tall silhouette entered into the living room. The Delightful Children sat up.
"Well done, My children" He congratulated them. "I believe we are almost ready to commence phase 2" The Delightful children looked at each other and grinned.
In the corner of the living room laid a cardboard box. Hanging out of the card board box was what looked to be a santa hat and part of a fake white beard.