A/N: Thanks to the reviewers, I love you guys. Laurie43, I've made them 12, nearly 13.

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"Sector T has arrived!" Numbuh 86 announced, walking in the room.

"Finally!" Nigel gasped.

"Send them in Numbuh 86!" Rachael nodded. She then turned to Nigel. "Are your team ready?"

Nigel nodded, and turned to face his friends. "Come on guys."

Hoagie and Abby stood up and walked to Nigel's side.

The door opened and three operatives followed Numbuh 86 inside.

"This is Sector T?" Nigel whispered to Rachael, who nodded.

"The most well known sector in Australia. Once they heard Numbuh 4 had moved over there, they almost insisted that he joined them straight away. Their last leader got decommissioned and the second in command…well, that's a different story, anyway. They voted Numbuh 4 second in command and they said they don't know how they ever coped without them." Rachael explained to him.

"Sector V?" A girl with backcombed black hair and red highlights said in a strong Australian accent.

Nigel nodded and stepped forward to reach out a hand.

"Nigel Uno-Numbuh 1. This is my team…"

"Yeah, Abby and Hoagie? Is it? Numbuh's 2 and 5? Yeah, you guys are like, our idols. And of course Wal…Numbuh 4's talked about you, a lot!" The girl shook Nigel's hand ecstatically.

"I'm Numbuh 94- Natasha Luton. This is my team, Stacey, Terry and Amber. Numbuh's 92, 95, and 97."

The other Numbuh's shook hands and exchanged greetings.

"Great, now that we've got acquainted, Kids Next Door! Battle stations!" Rachael called.

They all cheered and boarded the moonbase C.O.O.L.B.U.S.

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"Wally?" Kuki whispered from the cell. She was lying in the hay. No matter how much she tossed and turned, no comfort could be found.

"Yeah?" Wally replied, now bruised and battered by Medieval Miles. He was now hanging by the shackles which Kuki was originally placed in.

"Are you okay?" Kuki asked, Wally gave a slight chuckle.

"Apart from being pulled apart on the rack, hanging from these cuffs and being whipped by our good friend Miles? Yeah, I'm just peachy." He said. Kuki wasn't sure whether to laugh or not. She sat up and moved to the bars of the cell so that she could see him.

He glanced at her and smiled.

"Why are you doing that?" She asked.

"What?"

"Smiling? How can you smile at a time and place like this?" Kuki couldn't understand Wally's optimistic behavior.

"'Cause I'm with you?" Wally replied simply.

Kuki blushed and looked down at the ground. She then glanced up to Wally's green eyes, which were looking at her.

She scanned the Wally's signature orange hoodie, which had rips and blood stains from his whipping a few moments ago. A rush of guilt sent shivers down her spine, he took that beating and that torture to protect her. Just as he always used to.

"I'm fine Kooks." Wally had obviously noticed Kuki's sad stare. "You've seen me in worse positions than this."

Kuki looked up at him and gave a weak smile, which he returned.

She reached her hand through the bars of the cell and just about reached Wally's, their fingers entwined and the two stayed motionless, watching each other.

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"Okay! Me and my team will go and get Numbuh's 4 and 3. You guys hold the villains off!" Natasha said as they jumped off the C.O.O.L.B.U.S.

"Who put you in charge?" Nigel snapped. "I'm a leader too!"

"Well, I know where they are." Natasha said calmly.

"My team can't hold the villains off on our own, give us another member of yours!"

"Fine, We'll all go in!"

Both team leaders rolled their eyes and ran into the villains' lair, their teams close behind.

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"Wally!" Kuki thought. "I just remembered, don't you still have that skeleton key?"

Wally thought back and then looked at her with a smile. "Kuki, you're a genius. It's in my jeans pocket, can you reach it?"

Kuki reached out as far as she could and placed her hand in the pocket of his jeans, making him gasp loudly.

"Back pocket!" He hissed.

Kuki pulled her hand out and reached into his back pocket, making him squirm and blush even more.

Finally, she managed to grab the key and pull it out. She managed to quietly unlock her cell and get out. She checked that Medieval Miles was still asleep before releasing Wally from his cuffs.

When he jumped down, he rubbed his wrists which were now red raw.

"Let's go!" He whispered to Kuki. He took her hand as they ran out of the door.

They ran hastily round the corner, only to run straight into their teams.

"Numbuh 4?" Nigel, Abby and Hoagie said in amazement.

"Bout time you got out!" Natasha smiled, as she stood up. "It doesn't usually take ya this long."

Wally shrugged, helping Kuki up. He was about to say something back when they heard footprints running up the corridor. They turned to see Cree and Medieval Miles turn the corner, over 50 other villains behind them.

"Let's get outta here!" Fanny yelled. They all turned and bolted towards the exit.

Nigel used his bannaskin gun and Natasha fired her marbles gun to trip the villains up as they ran after them.

At the stairs Kuki and Stacey held back and hid until the villains caught up, they then used Kuki's shoelaces to trip them up.

Once Stacey and Kuki had finally jumped out of the sheep, Hoagie and Terry threw baby powder bombs down the stairs to save time as they ran to the C.O.O.L.B.U.S.

They arrived at moonbase in no time, and assembled in the meeting room.

"Great job team!" Rachael exclaimed with a smile.

The two teams exchanged high fives and smiles as they all sat back to listen to what Rachael had to say.

"Mission stalled for a week or two, let the villains cool off before we send another sector. You guys can hang out here as long as you like." She said before smiling and turning to walk out.

"Hey Numbuh 4, how about that date you promised me?" Natasha said with a blush.

Wally nervously glanced at Kuki and then back at Natasha.

"Umm, sure, as long as you don't want to go to some cemetery or something." Wally replied.

"Course not," Natasha laughed. "There's supposed to be a cool night club for kids here on moonbase, how about there?"

Wally nodded and glanced back at Kuki, who just looked as if she didn't care.

"Hey Kuki, sector V are going to the burger bar, followed by the ice cream parlor. You coming?" Abby asked her.

Kuki looked back at Wally, who looked pretty down, then turned back to Abby.

"Sure." She nodded.

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Natasha and Wally laughed as they walked out of the nightclub.

They decided to hang out outside it and gaze at the moonlit river.

"I've had a real fun time." Natasha giggled.

Wally smiled, his eyes fixed on the scene in front of him.

"Numbuh 3 doesn't know what she's missing." She said softly. Wally's eyes widened and he looked at Natasha in confusion.

"What?" He said.

"C'mon Wally." She chuckled and gazed in front of her. "It doesn't take a genius to see you care about her."

Wally began to get defensive. "What makes you think…?"

"No need to go all high pitched on me Numbuh 4! Anybody'd think you were a girl." Natasha giggled. "Maybe it's because you haven't stopped talking about her all night, or the way you acted towards her when we were in the Villain's lair. Or just the way you look at her."

They both looked at each other, Natasha had a smug, knowing look on her face. Wally had a confused, guilty look on his, then his face turned into a guilty smile.

"That obvious huh?" He chuckled.

"Uh huh."

"No wonder the guys always used to tease me."

They both laughed. Then an awkward silence followed.

"you know." Wally started, "You actually clean up pretty well, you know for a goth."

Natasha hit him playfully on the shoulder.

"If you're gonna' make fun of me do it right, I'm an emo. Anyway, what are you still doing here?" She asked.

Wally looked at her, confused. "Where else should I be?"

"Sector V's leavin' for Cleveland in a few hours. Go and tell that girl how you feel about her before you don't get the chance again."

Wally thought for a moment, then pulled Natasha into a hug.

"Tash, you're right! I missed my chance once, and now I've got it again and I'm wasting it."

"Go on, quick." She laughed.

"Catch ya later!" Wally called as he ran out, towards the ice cream parlor.