Author's Note: Hey everybody, as promised, here's Chapter 2! Thank you so much to my first commenter, you're so nice! So as you know, I do not own Codename:Kids Next Door, and this is all completely fanmade. And without further ado, please enjoy Chapter 2 of OPERATION: D.O.L.L.S!

"Are you sure, Numbuh 362?"

"For the last time Numbuh 1, I never gave orders to anyone to infiltrate Father's mansion and steal his new Delightfulization Chamber plans. In fact, I'm a little surprised to find out they're missing in the first place. If I'd known they were that easy to swipe, I'd have sent somebody to take them and destroy them eons ago!"

Numbuh 1 sighed. He had set up a communicator conference with the Kids Next Door Soopreme Leader (after a hasty patch-up of the treehouse's damaged wall) in the hopes that maybe she could provide an explanation for this puzzling situation. No such luck.

"All I can say is that we need to uncover the identity of the thief and fast." Numbuh 362 said. "If those schematics are in the wrong hands, this could easily become our worst nightmare."

She was right, of course. Delightfulization was no laughing matter for any KND operative. While the very first Delightfulization Chamber –the one that made the Delightful Children what they were today- proved too unstable to be properly replicated, Father continued to create more models and plans that, while not as effective as the original, were still quite dangerous to kids everywhere. And who knew how potent this new one would be?

"Are you sure that Numbuh 3 is behind this?"

"Well, no." Numbuh 1 answered a bit sheepishly. "But we're getting to the bottom of it right now. Numbuhs 4 and 5 have been sent to Numbuh 3's house to look for her and Numbuh 2 is scanning the hair that the Delightful Children found for any matches in the Kids Next Door."

He gestured behind him to show Numbuh 2 sitting at his large database, completely absorbed in his task.

Numbuh 362 nodded approvingly. She knew Sector V could handle this, though she wished she could have been more helpful. "Alright, I'll leave you all to it. Keep me updated. Numbuh 362 out."

Once the Soopreme Leader hung up, Numbuh 1 decided to contact Numbuh 5 next. "Numbuh 5, this is Numbuh 1 checking in."

"Hey, Numbuh 1. We just finished talkin' to Mrs. Sanban."

"And?"

Numbuh 5 sounded nervous. "She... didn't need Numbuh 3 to babysit last night... she never called… never told her to come home. Then she started gettin' all worried and you can imagine the excuses Numbuh 5 had to make to get outta that situation! And Numbuh 4 tried reachin' her communicator a billion times now. Nothing."

Numbuh 1 sighed. "Alright. Let me know if you reach her."

"You know," Numbuh 5 said in a hushed voice, probably so that Numbuh 4 couldn't hear her. "I didn't blame Mrs. Sanban for getting worried. I'm starting to get pretty worried too. I- I got a bad feeling about all this. Like Numbuh 3 is involved in this mess… I just don't know how."

Numbuh 1 nodded understandingly, even though she couldn't see it. "I do too. Don't worry. We'll get this straightened out."

"Hey Numbuh 1, you better come look at this." Numbuh 2 called from across the room.

Numbuh 1 switched off his communicator and joined Numbuh 2 at the database. "What's up?"

"So," Numbuh 2 stated. "I scanned the hair and tried to match it to the DNA of anyone in the Kids Next Door Code Module. No matches."

"Alright."

"Then I tried matching it to every villain who has been held in the Kids Next Door Arctic and Moon Base prisons. No dice."

"So are you saying the results are inconclusive?"

"Well… Not exactly." Numbuh 2 responded. "Ya see, I was still suspicious about the hair being Numbuh 3's. It just matched so well. So I went into her room and snagged a hair from her hairbrush-"

"Okay, that's not creepy!"

Numbuh 2 was unamused. "Do you want results or not?"

"Oh alright, alright. Go on."

"So as I was saying," Numbuh 2 continued. "I scanned Numbuh 3's hair and compared it to the one the Delightful Children found. Take a look." He pointed at the screen.

"So…?"

"Yeah."

"You don't think…?"

"Oh, I do."

Numbuh 1 grabbed his communicator. "Numbuh 4! Numbuh 5! Report back to the treehouse immediately! We've got a lead!"

Author's Note: Dun dun duuuuuun! The plot thickens... even though it's pretty obvious where this is going. Master of Subtlety, that's what I am! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, which I just realized is pretty short. So Chapter 3 will be up quite soon. Have a lovely day!