Ashley wandered around the treehouse when she awoke; wanting to find David and make sure he was alright. She hadn't bought it when he'd repeatedly said he was fine after his nightmare, and she was going to check on him, whether he liked it or not. She just frowned when she couldn't find him, puzzled at where he could possibly be.

"I think he's off with Numbuh 4," Hoagie told her when she eventually asked him if he'd seen the other boy. "He said something about wanting a refresher in hand-to-hand, I think? Numbuh 4's our combat specialist, so he took up the offer," Numbuh 2 shrugged. Ashley just nodded, thanking Hoagie for the help.

"Boys are weird," Constance commented as she walked up beside Ashley.

"They sure are," Ashley agreed. The two girls ended up finding their way to the living room, sitting to talk and joke with each other for a while. "Hey, Constance…Are you bothered much by what happened?" Ashley asked after a bit. "I'm pretty sure David is, and I just…I think I'm confused, mostly. I feel like myself again for the most part, but I feel…different after being delightfulized, too, and…Sometimes I can't help but worry that they might take over again, especially since we don't know how we're back. We were never supposed to be like this again…"

Constance just put a hand on Ashley's shoulder. "I'm feeling that too. No nightmares—for now—but I do feel a little confused. The Kids Next Door have forgotten us. Our families…Have to have moved on without us by now," she frowned, looking sad briefly before continuing. "But we'll get used to this. We may not know how or why we're us again, but we'll be back to normal and kicking adult rear before you know it," she grinned at her blonde friend. Ashley just chuckled at her comment.

"Of course we will. We're Sector Z, we're the best of the best," she grinned back, hugging Constance. "Now if we could just get David to open up and spill the beans," she sighed. "He might act like Mr. Tough Guy now, but we both know he's as soft as a marshmellow on the inside," she added, Constance snickering a little.

"I'm pretty sure he just doesn't want us to be worried about him," the brunette snorted. "I bet he has some weirdo idea that he's got to be the strong one or help us through it or something. David's kind of a dork like that," she shrugged. "But he does mean well. So hopefully he'll relax a little soon, and maybe not wake up screaming in the middle of the night," she continued, being serious again.

"Who's a 'dork', hm?" David asked, stepping into the room alongside Wally.

"If you heard the dork comment, you already know I was referring to you," Constance answered. "Dork."

"Is that any way to speak to your second-in-command?" he asked teasingly, looking a bit smug.

"I think it is, actually," she smirked at him. "Especially when my second-in-command just so happens to be a huge dork!" She and Ashley burst into giggles, and David just plopped down onto the couch with them as Kuki came into the room too. Wally and Kuki ended up fighting over the tv remote and which show to watch, while the Sector Z members simply watched them in amusement.

Hoagie was off working on some new gadget he was in the process of building when a transmission alert went off. He stopped what he was doing to answer the call, surprised when Numbuh 5 appeared on the screen.

"Abby! Err, I mean, Supreme Leader Numbuh 5!" Hoagie beamed at her, before giving a salute.

"Please Hoagie, you don't gotta do that," Abby shrugged at him. "So how is Sector V holdin' up? Abby misses y'all."

"We're doing just great! No need to worry about us," Hoagie chuckled in response.

"Are ya still sure about three members, Hoagie?" she asked him, worried about the three of them anyway; currently unaware of the three Sector Z members residing in the treehouse at the moment. "We can always send ya one or two more, y'know, fill out the squad. Then ya can get back to inventin' and pilotin' full time," she offered.

"We're still fine for now, Numbuh 5. We still miss you and Numbuh 1 too much to really want another team member right at this moment," he smiled sheepishly, shrugging a little. To be honest, he wouldn't mind having more teammates. Sector V was getting fairly small, and they weren't going to be operatives forever; someone had to take over. At the moment, however, with the members of Sector Z hiding out with them, he felt it was probably for the better to not get any more operatives mixed up in the situation. They were still adjusting, after all, and the last thing that Sector V really needed right now was for the news to be spread around. How many villains would Father send after them to try to re-Delightfulize Sector Z?

"Well, I mean…If you're sure…" Abby frowned a little. "But we do gotta send someone your way soon, Hoagie," she warned him. "Anyway, I just wanted to check in with y'all. I miss you guys."

"And we all miss you too," Hoagie smiled warmly at her. He jumped at little when he heard people yelling and a crashing noise.

"What's that? Is somethin' going on?" Abby asked, looking concerned for her former team.

"It's probably just Numbuh 3 and 4 fighting over the remote again," Hoagie told her, hoping that was all that was going on. He flinched as the yelling got louder, though laughter could also be heard.

"Numbuh 2, that sounds like a lot more than just Kuki and Wally," Numbuh 5 reasoned, frowning at him.

"Maybe they're playing a video game or something?" Hoagie suggested, shrugging a little and smiling nervously. "I'd better go check on them! Bye!" he said quickly, ending the call rather abruptly. He ran off to the living room to see what the commotion was all about.

Kuki, Wally, and the former Sector Z members were just goofing off, playing video games and just teasing each other in general. Hoagie just sighed in relief.

"Phew, that was close—Hey! Who broke the lamp?"

Meanwhile, Abby just wondered what was up with Numbuh 2. He'd never ended a call with her so abruptly before; was the treehouse under attack? There was one thing she suspected, and that was that something was going on in Sector V, something that Hoagie P. Gilligan didn't seem to want to tell her.

"Wha?" Fanny Fulbright, also known as Numbuh 86, gasped when she heard what the Supreme Leader was up to. "Ya can't just leave the moonbase at the drop of a bloody dime! Just for Sector V?"

"Numbuh 5 wants to know what's goin' on over there," she insisted. "Numbuh 5 is gonna go find out herself."

Dun dun dun! Is trouble finally heading their way? Stay tuned, and don't forget to leave a review (if you want)!