A/N: Hello everyone! Sorry for the long wait. I have no school, so I thought that I would write (and possibly finish) this story.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, really.

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Cody looked at the machine and sighed. What is wrong with this thing? I swear, no more inventions after this!

He picked up the helmet that Maddie used and began to study it. He then looked at the other two helmets and noticed a difference. His eyes got wide as he saw his mistake. Oh my gosh! I only fixed one helmet!

Cody ran a hand over the working helmet and said to himself, "Zack must've used this one too! All I have to do is find Bailey and have her wear this one, then she'll be back to normal!"

At that, he ran out of the lab.

~*~*~*~

Zack, London, Maddie, and Bailey walked onto the Sky Deck. "Anyone want a smoothie? I'll buy..." Zack offered.

"Sure, I'll take a Banana Fofana," Maddie said.

"Me too!" London chimed in.

"I'll have a-" Bailey started, only to have Maddie cover her mouth.

"Shhh! You heard what Cody said: No talking!" Maddie instructed.

"MMMHHMMMM" Bailey groaned against Maddie's hand, trying to speak.

"Come on, Bailey! You haven't talked for the past two days. It can't be that hard," Zack said.

Bailey pushed Maddie's hand away and whispered, "Yeah, because I couldn't talk. Now I can!"

"Good point... I'm going to go get the smoothies." Zack stuck his hands in his pockets and turned on his heels to leave.

Bailey rested her head on her crossed arms. "This sucks... The whole 'no talking' thing..."

"Bailey, you do realize that you're talking right now..." London asked.

Bailey slightly lifted her head and looked to London, nodding. She brought her hand to mouth and 'zipped' it shut, then set her head back down.

"I'm going to help Zack with the smoothies," London said, walking away.

Maddie sighed. "Bailey, tell me in a whsiper, do you remember what words you could say when you were a two-year-old?"

"Yes," she whispered. "Coco, up, no, fix... Little words.. Why?"

"You're going to have to keep talking like that."

"No way! That's too hard!"

"Only until Cody can fix the machine."

"That could take days! Maybe even weeks!" Bailey said, raising her voice.

"Shhh! Keep your voice down!" Maddie scolded.

"Sorry..." Bailey apologized, beginning to whisper again. "Do I have to talk like a little kid all the time?"

"Well, I guess only when we're around a lot of people."

"Okay, I will try." Zack and London walked up with four Banana Fofana smoothies.

"Here we go," Zack said, passing around the smoothies. Everyone thanked him and began drinking them.

"So, what are we going to do?" London asked.

Bailey shrugged. "Gameroom?"

"Sounds good to me!" Zack said.

Everyone stood up and walked for the gameroom.

~*~*~*~

Cody walked onto the Sky Deck looking for his friends, when he ran into Woody and Marcus.

"Hey Cody! Where are you cousins?" Woody asked.

"They're, uh, with Maddie. I left them with her for a while," Cody answered.

"Well, we just saw Maddie, Zack, London, and a little girl go into the gameroom about five minutes ago," Marcus said.

"Really? Thanks!" Cody started walking off.

"Your welcome," Marcus yelled back.

Cody ran to the gameroom to find Zack, Maddie, and London playing pool, while Little Bailey jumped to see over the table.

"Hey guys," Cody greeted.

Bailey looked around the room to make sure no one else was in the room. "Cody! Did you fix the machine? Can you change me back?"

Cody laughed. "Yes, it's fixed. Come on, I'll take you back to the lab."

Bailey turned around. "You wanna tag along?"

"No, we're good," Maddie answered, smiling at Zack.

"I have money to go count," London added. "Yay me!" She then skipped out of the room.

"Guess it's just us, Cody," Bailey said.

Bailey and Cody began walking back to the science lab.

"Cody, slow down!" Bailey yelled, practically running to keep up with his normal pace.

Cody chuckled and picked her up. "Here."

"Put me down! This was only cute when I couldn't protest! Now, it's just weird."

Cody did nothing, but put her on his shoulders and kept walking. When they reached the lab, he set her down and handed her the working helmet.

"Turns out I only fixed one helmet. Zack and Maddie used it, but you didn't," he explained.

Bailey nodded. "Makes sense." She turned the dial to 16, and placed the helmet on her tiny head. "How do I look?"

Cody laughed. "Perfect, ready?"

"Yes." Cody once again pressed the DE-AGE button. One more flash of light and it would all be over. The smoked cleared for the last time to reveal Bailey back to normal. "Oh my gosh! It worked! It worked!" she screamed, jumping up and down.

Cody could do nothing but laugh at her reaction.

"You're amazing, Cody!" Bailey threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.

When she pulled away, Cody took a deep breathe. "Wow!"

Bailey giggled and grabbed his hand. "Let's go. I think our friends should see this."

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A/N: May not be the longest chapter, but it's an update. This isn't my favorite chapter, but, but like I said, it's an update. One more chapter to go!

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