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Chapter35: 362

It has been three days since Blossom and Holden watched the stars on the beach after Princess had ruined their date. On this morning, Blossom's breakfast falls to floor when she slams her hands down on the table.

"What? I won't allow you to use Holden like that!" Blossom yells at Hoagie while she was trying to eat her now defunct breakfast.

She didn't even let Hoagie finish what he was going to say before jumping down his throat.

Hoagie gulps from the stare Blossom gave him and replies, "The Delightful Teenagers from Down the Lane won't talk to us. They want to make a trade for whoever they have hostage."

Blossom heaves a sigh and knows that she couldn't do anything, but go along with the current plan.

She then says with some doubt in her voice, "How do we know they will keep their end of the bargain?"

Hoagie frowns and replies, "They won't. We already know that before we started to work up this deal with them. We have a…"

Hoagie stops talking when Grandpa Max enters the room. Behind him is large crate. Blossom tries to use her X-ray vision on it, but she can't see through it.

Max looks at her and says, "Blossom you don't have to worry about Holden."

Blossom heaves a sigh and places her arms on the table and her head on top of them. She then says, "I'll try not to worry about him too much."

Hoagie sit down, looking stressed and then replies, "When it's time for the Delightful Teens to come, we want you to hang back. Holden can't be allowed to have any contact with you. We don't want to make it harder on him than it already is. There's only twenty minutes before we do the trade."

Blossom looks at the floor wanting to cry, but nods her head that she understood. Max goes back into the hallway and takes the crate to Hoagie's lab. Hoagie follows after him soon after.

Twenty minutes later Hoagie, Blossom and Holden are out in front of the tree house near Hero Square. Five teenagers appear, clustered in a bunch wearing school uniforms that are white and blue in color. The group is made up of two girls and three boys and they seem to be attached at the hip. The one in the back right no longer wore a football helmet, but now wore a beret with sunglasses. The one girl in front of him is no longer wearing glasses and isn't stocky and wide, but now tall and lean. The other three had only gotten taller with no substantial chances.

They then say in unison, "Well, it seems that you're using Wren for this trade. We forgot to bring our person along with us. He should be with you in a few days." They laugh in unison.

This is Blossom's first encounter with the Delightful Teens. Why did they have to be so creepy and how had Father gotten them to act this way?, thought Blossom as she twirls a strand of her hair around her index finger.

She watches as the Delightful Teens look at Holden and reply, "Well, are you ready to go Holden Wren?"

Holden nods and they lead him away towards the west.

Blossom and Hoagie return to the tree house. Blossom goes back to the kitchen to fetch a bottle of water from the refrigerator.

Blossom is now in a rather nasty mood now and did not want to talk with anyone, when she hears voice behind her, "Why are you in such a sullen mood? You know that causes your acne to flare up."

Blossom turns around startled and her eyes widen. Holden is at the table with a piece of bacon on his fork. His hair is wet and he looks confused by what is happening.

Blossom stammers, "S-S-Shouldn't you be with the Delightful Teens right now?"

Holden looks even more confused than Blossom and replies, "Why would I be with them? I've just got out from a fifteen minute shower like five minutes ago. Before I got a chance to get into the bathroom, Hoagie stopped me and asks for a hair sample to run tests on. Then, he took off for his lab at breakneck speed."

Blossom sits down at the table next to him, looks in Holden's eyes and replies, "At least I'm not the only one confused on what is going on around here."

Holden leans back in the chair and replies, "They left us in the dark for some reason. Whatever it is they will tell us."

Blossom licks her lips and looks longingly at the lone piece of toast on Holden's plate.

Holden chuckles and replies, "You can have the last piece if you want Blossom. I guess the food I cleaned off the floor was what remains of your breakfast?"

Blossom frowns and replies sheepishly, "I got mad at Hoagie, because I didn't want them to use you and I slammed my hands down and it fell to the floor."

She picks up the piece of toast and slowly eats it while taking sips of her water.

When she's done she washes the bottle out and replies, "Let's go talk to Hoagie and Max. Maybe we can finally get some answers."

She briskly walks out of the room followed by Holden who has just finished a glass of milk.

Several minutes later, Blossom and Holden arrive in Hoagie's lab to find not just him and Max, but Kevin as well.

Hoagie doesn't even turn around to look at them and says, "Took you two long enough to get here. I'm sorry about earlier Blossom, but it had to be done to make this plan work."

Blossom and Holden see the outside of Father's mansion on the monitor. Kevin snickers at their looks of confusion and replies, "Max, I think we need to fill them in."

Max nods and says, "Holden the sample of hair that Hoagie took from you was to help us code your DNA into a Bioid."

Blossom confusion deepens and responds, "A bi what? Can someone explain what is going on?"

Kevin smiles and replies, "Bioids are alien tech, very high level. It's not even supposed to be on earth. Holden, you remember these things don't you?"

Holden nods and responds, "I remember them. I thought we destroyed them all."

Max nods and responds, "We managed to salvage one and figured since we had it, why not put it to good use."

Blossom, who still has a look of utter confusion on her face, then replies, "So what do these Bioids do?"

Max responds to Blossom's question, "In short, they are robots that mimic a living things DNA. We decided that Holden would make the best candidate."

Then Hoagie exclaims, "NO WONDER I COULDN'T GET READINGS FROM THE MANSION! THEY GOT ALL THE PRISONERS IN THE GARDEN INFECTED ZONE BEHIND THE HOUSE!"

They watch the monitor as the fake Holden is taken into a small building and that has prison cells in it. A few faces peak out from behind the bars as the Bioid passes by them. Hoagie switches to another screen to identify the people that have appeared. Five faces appear on the screen with information on who they are.

Hoagie then says in a flat tone, "Well, that explains why we can't find Leelee and Meemee. They also have Flapjack from Stormalong Harbor, but I don't know why he's there."

Then he looks at the other two pictures and his jaw drops. They were of two teen girls.

"Holy cow! Rachel and Fanny are in there. Numbuh 1 is going to be so excited about this."

Blossom then says with a quizzical look, "Hoagie, who are they exactly?"

Hoagie starts to type and then replies with enthusiasm, "Rachel is Numbuh 362 and the leader of the KND. Fanny is Numbuh 86 and is the in charge of tactical planning and second in command of the KND. They both disappeared right after Fuse showed up. Numbuh 1 has been in charge since then. Max, can you and Kevin try to make the Bioid give Numbuh 362 a message after the guards have left?"

Max frowns and replies skeptically, "I'll try, but if it doesn't work, you will know when you get there."

Hoagie starts to run around the room collecting a few gumballs and then leaves the room.

A few minutes later, he comes back with his F.L.A.P.P.U.H., and a G.U.M.Z.O.O.K.A and replies, "Why aren't you two ready to go? Get your stuff so we can get everyone out of that place."

Holden just smiles. He knew that this spur of the moment rescue mission was important and that he and Blossom would be instrumental to it succeeding. Holden runs out of the room to get his gear and is followed by Blossom a moment after.

Ten minutes later, Holden meets up with Hoagie and Blossom outside the tree house. They slowly make their way west to Father's mansion.

Hoagie then says to both of them, "I know you're both wondering how Father made the Delightful Teens. It was written all over Blossom's face when she saw them earlier this morning."

Blossom nods, shivers and replies, "I always wondered how he got them to be so creepy and in unison like that." She shivers even more after saying it.

Holden frowns and responds, "Isn't Nigel their cousin?"

Hoagie smirks, uses his hands in an animated fashion and explains hastily, "Sort of. Father is Numbuh 1's uncle, Benedict Uno. Nigel's father is Numbuh 0, but here's the real kicker. The Delightful Teens were Numbuh 0's old teammates from Sector Z, but Father used them in an experiment to make children obedient to adults. The Delightfulization chamber was flawed and it exploded making the effect 10 times what Father wanted. It made them into what we see now and to Father they were the perfect children."

Blossom snorts and scoffs, "My sisters and I were created to be the perfect girls and we know that we're not, no matter what the Professor even says about it."

Holden rolls his eyes and comments, "Blossom, you're a perfectionist. You can't stand when one little thing going wrong with a plan."

Blossom closes her eyes and responds, "I never realized that my perfectionism was a problem at all until…until you and Buttercup both disappeared. I finally understood that it was my strength and my weakness."

She opens her eyes and smiles at Holden. He nods, understanding what she was trying to say without actually saying it.

Father's mansion then comes into view and Hoagie takes a green hat out of his pocket and puts it on Holden's head.

"That hat has Dexlabs technology in it. It allows you to take on the appearance of anyone, but right now this prototype only has one appearance." Hoagie explains while pressing a button on the visor.

The hat then activates and Holden assumes a new form. Blossom starts to laugh, but stops to catch her breath and then replies, "You better take a look in that car mirror."

Holden takes a look and is greeted by the reflection of Buttercup. He blinks and so does the reflection.

Holden looks back at Hoagie and replies, "Who's idea was it to use Buttercup's image for the prototype?" He sounds exactly like her expect for the mannerism.

Hoagie chuckles a bit then responds, "It was Professor Utonium's idea actually. You have to make sure to act like Buttercup now when we see the guards."

Holden rolls his eyes and responds in a harsh tone, "That's not too hard. Come on Leader Girl, let's get moving."

Blossom rolls her eyes, tries not to laugh and replies, "Fine Butterfingers! You lead the way."

They start walking again and approach the mansion, which is guarded by ten ice cream truck drives.

The lead one gives them a look and replies, "What do you three want?"

Holden then says in his best Buttercup impression, "I want to talk to my brother Holden, you big moron. If you don't let me see him, I'll pound you!"

The man gulps and replies, "Alright, I'll take you to him. Just don't tell the Delightful Teens or Father about this."

The man leads them to Father's Garden infected zone. They travel deep into the zone, finally arriving at a small building, which they enter.

The man then says while moving in front of them, "He's at the back of this complex. When you're done, knock on the door and…"

Holden has taken his rifle out and uses the butt of it to knock the hapless fellow out. Holden takes off the cap and reverts to his normal looking self. Holden bends down and takes the keys from the guard and tosses them to Hoagie. Hoagie unlocks the door and they walk down an orange and red patterned hallway. Blossom hears a small whoosh and a creak. She turns around to look behind her shoulder to find Holden is gone.

The floor creaked and Blossom hears a small locking sound. Blossom uses her X-ray vision to find underneath the floor was a tube, but unfortunately, she couldn't tell where it went.

Hoagie looks back at her and replies, "Holden fell into a floor trap didn't he?"

Blossom nods solemnly and asks, "Any ideas where it took him?"

Hoagie nods, frowns and replies, "Back to the mansion probably."

Blossom frowns deeply, but replies with worry in her voice, "I shouldn't worry about him, but it's hard not to. We need to get everyone out of here first before I can."

She and Hoagie press on not coming in contact with other traps.

After thirty minutes, they find the room with the cells where everyone is being kept.

Hoagie walks up to the cell with Fanny and Rachel and says, "Numbuh 86 and 362 glad to see…"

Fanny interrupts him, her red hair flailing side to side as she shouts at him in her Irish accent, "Shut up you stupid boy! It shouldn't have taken so long…"

Rachel covers Fanny's mouth and replies, "Numbuh 2, good work on finding us. What's with that dude over there? He isn't blinking and it's creeping me out."

Hoagie chuckles and replies, "That's a Bioid and it turns into someone when you give it a DNA sample. I guess Max couldn't get a message to you guys. Now, let's get out of here before the Delightful Teens find out what we're up to."

Blossom grabs the bars of the cell and pulls the door off its hinges and Rachel and Fanny exit their cell. Hoagie unlocks the other cell with Meemee, Leelee, and Flapjack. Blossom punches down the door to the fake Holden's cell and freezes it solid. This causes to Bioid to self destruct and it blows up into small pieces.

Rachel looks over at Hoagie and replies, "So, who's DNA did you use for that thing?" Hoagie chuckles and replies while starting up the F.L.A.P.P.U.H., "We used Holden Wren's DNA. Any other person would have caused the Delightful Teens to be suspicious."

Rachel smiles and replies, "Well, let's get out of here. I need to talk to Nigel ASAP."

Hoagie hands Rachel her custom KND weapon, while Fanny, Leelee, and Meemee each take a Cherry Pop Gun. Flapjack is given a G.U.M.Z.O.O.K.A., but then tries to eat the ammo. Hoagie takes it and gives him his Mustard gun.

There was no resistance on the way out of the small building. The guard that Holden had previously knocked out is still out cold. They exit the building and run half way through the infected zone when they hear a loud explosion coming from the direction of the mansion.

They exit the infected zone to find the mansion in pieces and smoking in some spots. They round to the front of the house and find Holden sitting on what remains of the steps. His forehead is bleeding and his left eye is closed so the blood wouldn't get into it. His arms are bruised and one has a white bandage on it that was all red. Another bandage is in his hand and is ready to be applied.

Blossom walks over, sits next to him, gingerly touches his arm, and replies, "Holden, what happened to you after you fell into that trap."

Holden doesn't look at her, but replies, "I slid into an arena that Father uses. Eris was there with the Delightful Teens. She stole a device from Grim's trunk called the Resurrector and gave it to the Delightful Teens. She wanted to cause some chaos like she always does like when she uses that apple of hers. They decided to have me fight someone."

Blossom puts her hand on Holden's cheek and then replies, "Who did they have you fight?"

Holden looks at Blossom and then at the ground and replies, "The one member of our family that you told me about that I never meet. The Delightful Teens said that I hurt all three of you and then she went on a rampage trying to destroy me."

Blossom notices there is a tiny piece of purple fabric tightly held in Holden's hand along with the bandage.

Blossom then replies, "She slashed at you and that is how you hurt you arm and your forehead right?"

Holden nods and replies, "Pretty much. After that she grabbed me and tried to crush me. That is when my Nancom fell out of my pocket and she caught it and the picture of the four of us that was taken last week pops up.

After that, she set me down on the floor and started to attack Eris and the Delightful Children, but they escaped."

Blossom frowns and replies, "She became unstable again, didn't she?"

Holden nods slightly and replies, "Right before she destroyed the Resurrector she became unstable. After she exploded, the Resurrector started to go haywire and then building up energy. I was lucky to have gotten out of there."

Blossom then replies with a small tear in her eye, "At least you got a chance to meet her. Did she say anything before she exploded?"

Holden smiles and replies, "That she loves you all."

Blossom smiles broadly and replies, "That was sweet of her. Now come on, you need medical attention back at the tree house."

Blossom helps Holden stand up and she leads the way back to Sector V.

Well that gives the answers of where a few characters disappeared to and Yes i did have Holden fight Bunny. I just wanted something to happen behind the scenes with Holden with not out front. Just for a chance of pace. Well review and say what you think.