Childhood. I think one of our best facets in life, without many responsibilities, free to do what we want without anyone stopping us. You know what? There are times when I envy Umbrella, Marie, Peacock and Monaca, they can do everything they want without any problem, of course, as a teenager it doesn't stop me from doing everything I want, and even more.

But there are times when that innocence and childish mind can become unruly and somewhat destructive, especially knowing the girls I mentioned above. I am always aware that they even have the mentality to solve any problem they cause. But, I never thought what level his antics would reach.

A new day began for everyone in our city. The omnics walked on the street next to the monsters, the humans rode in their vehicles while the sun shone and many flying monsters flew around the place making their morning deliveries.

On the town dock, the large and improved ice cream parlor, Sweet Justice, stood in all its splendor. Inside the ice cream shop Barry was cleaning the floor, I used my tails to help me put the chairs in place while Lagoona cleaned the counter.

"Guys, the truck is here." We all turned to look at Gil before heading out with the boy to the ice cream truck.

"Sign here." After signing the authorization to a sea monster we set off and opened the truck only to see that the boxes were broken and many ice creams were missing.

"Wait! What happened here!?" Barry shouted, surprised, looking at the destroyed cargo. All the ice creams left were salted caramel, chocolate mint, and rum chocolate.

"I don't know and it's not my problem anymore." Before the boys and I could say anything, the truck driver left, leaving the only flavors we had left.

"This is the fifth time we have had to close the ice cream parlor due to lack of ice cream." I said disappointed as I started to put the few ice creams back into place.

"Something's wrong. I mean, it happened once is understandable, but five? That's already alarming." Lagoona said while the girl served four coffees on the table.

"Do you think it was Selina or some criminal?" Gil asked curiously but I shook my head.

"I don't think so. Selina would tell me if she was going to steal, she likes to play cat and mouse with me. And what kind of criminals would steal 90 liters of ice cream?." My question, she generated a silence in the room while we thought about what was happening.

"And Peacock? I mean, she steals ice cream all the time." We all looked at Barry for a moment to think about that and it seemed to make sense.

"That's true. I'd better go talk to her." I said seriously before standing up and then we all ran back home.

"Is this all they got?."

"We did our best, boss. We barely managed to find worthy flavors."

Peacock looked at boxes in front of her while Tommy Ten-Tons and Andy Anvil placed more boxes in front of the girl on the other hand, Lonesome Lenny seemed to be having a panic attack.

"We don't have enough. We don't have enough! We are dead, dead!" Lenny yelled as his fuse lit but Avery slapped him before blowing out the fuse.

"Shut up already, you're going to wake everyone up!" The bird looked at Peacock while the girl smoked a cigarette to try to stay calm.

"Boss, I think it would be better to tell everyone the truth." Peacock suddenly started coughing and looked at Avery with shock and anger.

"No! Do you have any idea what everyone will do to us if they find out about this shit!? Jack will unsubscribe me from Overwatch, Bloodgood will punish me, Big Band will take away my TV forever!" The girl screamed as she grabbed her hat tightly almost to the point of ripping it off, on the other hand, Avery took off her hat in fear.

"But boss. If we don't do something we will be in danger, two months have already passed, we don't have much time. We must do something!"

"I know! I know, ugh. I wish I'd never done this shit just for fucking ice cream, I need a miracle." Peacock said and suddenly the girl got scared when someone knocked on the door.

"Hide the boxes!" All of Peacock's friends immediately put the boxes away while the girl slowly began to change into her pajamas before going to the store and slowly opening it pretending to yawn.

"Oh, good morning Benja. Umm, can I say that you look very handsome today? Did you do anything with your hair?" Peacock asked with a smile but I had my arms crossed.

"Peacock. We need to talk." The girl swallowed and looked at me with a nervous smile.

"Umm, Benja. It's too early, can't we talk at training?" Before the girl closed the door I stopped her by putting my foot in before entering the room.

"Peacock. A total of 420 boxes full of liters and liters of ice cream have disappeared this month, explain it now." Peacock seemed nervous listening to her friends hide in the closet, when the girl noticed my ears prick up she immediately grabbed my hand and dragged me to her bed.

"Umm, okay. I mean, umm. Okay." Peacock seemed very nervous even more when she saw me so serious. The girl looked askance at her friends and then looked into my eyes. Panic and desperation slowly began to play in her and she began to cry which was very impressive.

"Peacock?."

"It's not my fault! Forgive me Benja, I tried to stop them but I never managed to!" The girl hugged me tightly while crying, which impressed me even more.

"Peacock wait, I don't understand what you're talking about? Please relax." I said with concern as I stroked the girl's head to try to calm her down.

"I know you always order ice cream for the ice cream parlor. But some bad guys constantly steal the truck, my friends and I try to stop them but no matter what we do, they always beat us. Please forgive me Benja, I failed you!" Peacock literally started crying her eyes out but I hugged the girl tightly.

"Don't worry, Peacock, I'll solve this. I'll talk to Big Band, maybe he, Bloodgood and I can talk to the parents of those children." Before I could stand up Peacock pulled me back to the bed.

"No! Umm, listen Benja, I would like you to talk to his parents but I need you to do something for me first." When Peacock noticed that she had my full attention she began to inspect her room until she got an idea.

"Listen Benja, those idiots stole my revolver mistaking it for a toy, I need you to get it back! You and I know that my powers are dangerous, and if I made that revolver with my magic, imagine the destruction that could generate !." The girl shouted with fear which surprised me a lot.

"Okay, I'll get Alice and Barbara, we'll get your gun now." Before I could reach the door, Peacock stretched out his hand and blocked it before approaching me.

"Listen Benja, this is a very serious mission, you can't let anyone know this. If Jack or Reyes find out about this they are going to take away my license as an Overwatch agent, I beg you on my knees, please go on the mission alone. I know that you can handle this, this is what they have been training you for." Peacock said sadly making me bite my lip doubtfully before sighing.

"Okay, I'll go right now. Where do you live?" I asked curiously and suddenly Peacock showed me a holographic map.

"Cleveland? But, that's in Ohio, don't you live near here?" I asked in confusion looking at Peacock.

"Umm, they just went on vacation when I tried to get my gun back." The girl's statement filled me with confusion.

"But we're halfway through the school year." I said with confusion looking at the girl.

"Please! I beg you, go get my weapon before it's too late, now, now!" Peacock yelled before pulling me out of the room and closing the door.

"Okay, okay. Just relax." When the girl heard my footsteps far away she sighed in relief before seeing all of her friends fall out of the closet along with the boxes full of ice cream.

"Boss, I can't believe what you did. Did you really lie to Benja?" Avery asked dazedly while Peacock massaged her forehead.

"When everyone finds out they will be furious." Tommy Ten-Tons said with concern making Lenny nod in fear.

"Listen, I know I screwed up and I screwed up hugely, but listen, this is not serious. We just have to get the rest of the ice cream and return it, when that happens everything will go back to normal, and when we least expect it, this will be nothing more than a very funny memory between the two of us." Peacock said with a somewhat forced smile.

"Safe?." Avery asked with some discomfort looking at the girl.

"Yes! Come on, let's stop wasting time and look for the next ice cream truck." After saying that, Peacock put on his clothes before adjusting her hat and then left with his friends.

The day passed normally, I had to wait until nighttime to be able to go on the mission that Peacock asked me to do, taking advantage of the fact that everyone was asleep to escape to go to Cleveland as quickly as possible.

"Peacock, I'm close to the target." I said through the communicator while flying but received no response.

"Athena, where is Peacock?" I asked before landing on a school roof.

"Negative. Her communicator is disabled, she must be resting." It was the response I got from Athena that made me sigh.

"Good. Athena show me the location again." I said before looking at my icoffin. When I received the location I immediately transformed into Kitsune before starting to run and jump over the buildings.

Using the shadows I started to run quickly but then I stopped after a moment when I saw a huge tree in front of me, when I looked at the height I could see that at the top there was something that would be in a child's dream, a tree house but This tree house had a unique and extravagant architectural design.

"WoW, whoever made this must have taken years." I said amazed but when I took the first step I immediately jumped as lightning almost hit my paw. Suddenly I heard a loud, deafening noise, leaving me stunned for a few moments.

"Alert, teenager in the area. Activating level two defense system." Suddenly I saw how machines began to emerge from the branches of the trees and even from the trunk, the most incredible thing for me was that the weapons were made by hand.

"Okay, this is new." I said before I started jumping and dodging all the projectiles before hiding behind a fireplace.

"It's time to show my cards." I said before disappearing in a cloud of raven feathers and propelling myself into the air before throwing tarot cards that would destroy part of the weapons.

"Alert. Alert, activating level three." Suddenly I saw a force field began to slowly lower to cover the tree, I quickly ran and began to dodge the attacks of the remaining weapons, I took a big jump and using my cards I managed to destroy the rest of the weapons before landing on a balcony while the force field closed.

"What kind of tree does these things have?" I asked before putting my letters away and started walking to the door, when I got there I saw that it seemed to have an electronic lock.

"An electronic lock? That's new." At that moment I began to rub my hands to generate electricity before placing a palm on the lock, after a moment the red light changed to green and the door opened.

When I entered the tree house I could see a long narrow and dark path, suddenly I felt the ground go down on one of my feet and I saw that I accidentally stepped on a pressure plate, at that moment I heard something and saw that the walls They opened showing holes, suddenly bullets of sweet peanuts began to come out at high speed at me.

"Damn!" I quickly generated an amber shield that managed to withstand all the shots until the holes smoked, a sign that the weapons were out of ammunition.

"Well, that was scary." I slowly made the shield disappear and continued walking around the place in search of Peacock's weapon.

After walking in circles for a while I saw a huge spiral staircase, I started to climb slowly thinking about everything that had happened. Homemade weapons, a trap wall, pressure plates, security panels? Right now I had serious doubts if this tree house was for children or not.

Suddenly I reached the top and saw a room that had a detail that now had me confused and at the same time serious.

"An eye scan? Peacock, is this a ridiculous joke of yours?" I asked myself before doing the same thing I did at the entrance, after a moment the huge door opened and I was shocked by what I saw.

Ice Cream, but not in boxes, they were literally mountains that stretched to the top of this huge room, it was like I was in the Alps right now only instead of snow it was ice everywhere you looked. Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, white chocolate, brownie, all the flavors in the world, I could smell them clearly.

"Wow, this must be where those kids store all the ice cream." I said before grabbing an empty box and when I saw the design I was right, these boxes were from Metropolis.

"Hands where I can see them." I was shocked to feel something on the back of my neck, it was the spout of a bottle. Suddenly the lights turned on and I could feel other presences behind me.

"Now, turn around slowly." I slowly turned around and was very confused to see what was now in front of me.

The first thing I saw was who grabbed the "weapon." A boy about Umbrella's height, had no hair, wore sunglasses that covered his eyes, a red coat, gray shorts, and orange boots.

The second boy had on a glider hat along with glasses, he seemed to be chubby in a blue shirt and orange pants along with white sneakers. He also seemed to have a "weapon" made primarily of wood.

The third was a quite adorable girl, she had long black hair and seemed to be Asian, unlike the others she was wearing yellow pajamas including a little hat, in her hands was a monkey that had a rainbow on its belly and on its head.

The fourth child had blonde hair that covered his eyes, a yellow sweatshirt, and was also wearing blue pants along with white sneakers. He didn't carry weapons but he had his fists clenched.

The last one was a girl with caramel skin, she had a red hat and a ponytail showing that her hair was black, two earrings, possibly fake gold, hung from her ears, white sneakers, and she was wearing a large blue coat with white stripes. In his hands there was also a homemade weapon that looked like a gumball machine in the shape of a revolver.

"I don't know how you managed to get past our defenses, but be proud, no teenager managed to get into our ice cream warehouse." The boy with glasses said seriously, looking at me.

"These ice creams are not yours, they belong to my city, you kids, I'm going to talk seriously to your parents about it." I said seriously but the kids seemed to laugh at what I said, at least the four that were still awake since the Asian girl looked close to fainting.

"A teenager saying he's going to accuse us? Are you 15 years old?" The girl in the red cap asked with a mocking smile.

"If they knew." I said quietly. It's crazy, but incredibly kitsunes and vampires age at a very slow rate, now imagine that I have the blood of those two monsters.

"Listen buddy, you better get out of here before we kick you." The blonde boy said seriously, looking at me.

"No. I'm not leaving, you have something that belongs to a friend of mine and I'm not leaving until I get it back." I said seriously but the blonde boy walked past his friends before walking to where I am.

"Listen, you think you can come here and take anything you want? You don't know who you're messing with, you idiot." I was scared when the boy raised his fist, I tried to stop him it was too late. The moment his fist collided with my stomach, two seconds passed and suddenly the boy began to jump and wave his hand in pain, which worried his friends.

"Numbuh 4, are you okay?" The boy with glasses asked while the other boy shook his hand.

"That idiot, my hand almost broke, it's like hitting steel." The blonde boy said in pain, clenching his fist, which worried me.

"I'm sorry, please forgive me. Let me help you." I suddenly felt my senses sharpen and I took a big jump just as the dark skinned girl fired a shot causing me to land meters away from them.

"We don't know who you are but you won't get out of here. Kids next door, to your battle stations!" The boy with glasses shouted before starting to shoot next to the chubby boy and the dark-haired girl, making me quickly begin to dodge the attacks.

"Numbuh 3. Activate the defense system!" The Asian girl ran to a lever before pulling it. Suddenly I saw how turrets came out of the ceiling and started shooting which forced me to run faster and dodge all the attacks as best as possible.

"Electric element: Chain electric pulse!" I took a huge leap before launching an electric attack that disabled the turrets, which surprised the kids but also angered them.

"I've had enough!" The blonde boy ran to attack me, forcing me to dodge the attacks just to prevent him from getting hurt.

"Please stop, this is completely unnecessary!" I yelled as I continued to move to avoid the attacks but that also seemed to anger the blonde boy.

"Shut up you stupid teenager!" When I saw that he was going to try to do a leg sweep, I took the opportunity to jump and gently kick him in the back of the head so that he lost his balance. Taking advantage of the opportunity he blew hard causing me to be sent against one of the mountains of ice cream.

"Leave him alone!." I quickly made a big jump when the dark-skinned girl tried to attack me from behind but I managed to dodge her shot.

"Swallow gum, I'm on it!" The girl shouted before shooting a burst of gum but I responded with a burst of fire that burned the candies, however the strong increase in heat caused one of the mountains of ice cream to begin to fall in the direction of the girl.

"Numbuh 5, watch out!" The girl turned around and was petrified as she saw the avalanche of ice cream approaching her, but was suddenly surprised to see that I stood in front of her.

"Ice Element: Great Blizzard!" I shouted before blowing and releasing a strong gust of icy wind that collided with the avalanche of ice cream, generating a dense fog of cold.

"Numbuh 5. Are you okay!?. Answer!." The boy with glasses shouted as the fog slowly began to disappear. When everyone could see a little more clearly they saw that I was in front of Numbuh 5 even while in front of me was the now frozen avalanche of ice cream.

"Are you okay? You haven't hurt yourself?" I asked looking at the girl who looked dazed before she slowly snapped out of her shock and looked at me shakily.

"You saved my life? Why?" The still dazed girl asked, making me smile slightly as I adjusted her hat, but she backed away in terror.

"You spit fire, also ice, what are you?" The other children approached where the girl was holding her weapons although I could tell that they were also scared. That worried me, I didn't want this to happen.

"Please calm down. I don't want to hurt you, I swear. I only came to retrieve something you took from my friend, Peacock." I said looking at the kids but they seemed surprised when I mentioned that name but they also seemed upset.

"Are you friends with Peacock? Did she send you to try to bribe us or change our minds?" The words of the boy with glasses filled me with confusion.

"What are you talking about?." I asked confused, suddenly we all heard the door open and saw Peacock enter with the rest of the gang with boxes full of ice cream covering his face.

"Listen, I know this isn't much but please, I need at least two more days." When the girl was able to show her face from her boxes she paled when she saw that both the children and I had our arms crossed or on our hips with a serious expression on our faces.

"Boss, it's time to practice graceful escape." Tommy Ten-Tons said with fear. At that moment they comically started to run but before Peacock could escape I caught her using my roots while her friends ran away leaving comical holes with the size of her like a cartoon.

"Hehe, Benja, handsome. Umm, did you find my gun?" Peacock asked with a nervous smile but she gulped seeing that I was upset.

"Peacock. I think you have something to explain to us, to all of us in general." I said as the children who previously attacked me joined me with a serious look.

"Shit." Was all the girl could say when she saw the trouble she had now gotten herself into.

After a few minutes we were all now in the middle of what appeared to be an operations center. Computers, cameras, the room was almost similar to what I saw all the time in Overwatch, only less advanced and a little more homemade, but incredibly functional.

"Alright Peacock. I want the truth and I want it now, tell me who these kids are and how they know you." I said seriously looking at the girl but then I saw the boy with glasses cough into her hand to get my attention.

"We don't need someone, especially someone like her to introduce us. I am Numbuh 1, this is sector V, one of the main secrets of KND. An organization of children who seek to eradicate adult control. We seek more days of vacations, the extinction of chores, no more healthy food for dessert but above all, no more mandatory naps." The boy said with seriousness reflected in his glasses.

"Sounds like the kind of friends Peacock would have." I said looking at the girl but then I heard the blonde boy, Numbuh 4, start laughing.

"Friends? Between all of us here, we would never be friends with someone like her." The boy said seriously but this bothered me.

"Hey, Peacock is a very sweet girl and loyal to her friends, how can you say something so horrible about her?" I said annoyed but I saw Numbuh 5 approaching me.

"Do you even know what she did to us? Why are we so angry?" I remained silent at those words and stared at Peacock who now seemed more nervous than she had before.

"Peacock, explain yourself now." I said seriously making the girl sigh in defeat.

"It all started one night when I went to the refrigerator to look for something to eat, I wanted ice cream but there wasn't any at home, so I went to the base to look and found one, it was Jack's." Hearing that left me in shock.

"Did you eat Jack's ice cream!? That was chocolate ice cream with rum!" I screamed in horror, making the girl sigh bitterly.

"I know! But I was so hungry that I didn't realize that, after eating it, I probably got a little intense and, umm. Maybe I did some crazy things like getting into street fights, breaking everyone's mailboxes and, Well, we took a trip with the whole gang here." Peacock said with shame and shyness covering his face.

"And that's where we come in. We found Peacock driving on the youth streets in the middle of a Saturday night, we all thought she was cool and amazing for driving a car, we thought she was a member of KND for her skills when she had a fight in a casino, we brought her here to ask the other agents and this happened." Numbuh 1 said before giving a signal to Numbuh 2, and suddenly a video occurred on the screens.

In the video, Peacock was seen in a drunken state staggering through the hallways before breaking down the door to the room where the ice creams were, at which point I noticed that the room was even more crowded than when I first saw it.

"Look at this guys, jackpot!" Peacock did not hesitate and ran to where the ice creams were with her friends and they began to eat them, the image froze at the moment the girl devoured the ice creams.

"Official KND members are rewarded every month for their mission achievements with a huge supply of unlimited ice cream, and we receive double pay for carrying out a reckless mission. But that payment was not left a single face by a certain glutton and her friends." I was shocked to hear that and when I looked at Peacock the girl looked away embarrassed.

"How much did she eat?" I asked with concern looking at Numbuh 1. At that moment the boy looked at Numbuh 2, the chubby boy approached us with a paper that the bespectacled boy grabbed.

"Our storage room had a large percentage of ice cream stored, she and her friends devoured 60% of our ice cream, we had to use all our weapons to stop them from continuing."

"60%!? Peacock, how could you!?" I screamed in horror, looking at the girl with shock. At these extremes I was shocked by the fact that she was not sick or somewhat chubby.

"When you have a cartoon stomach you eat a lot." Was all I could hear from her as she mumbled.

"Ugh. Peacock I can't believe it, wait. That means, you were stealing our ice cream!" I shouted seriously making Peacock look at me and stand up trying to be on my level.

"Okay, I admit it! Are you happy!? Yes, I stole the ice cream all this time but it's to try to pay off the debt I owe to these brats! Do you think it's okay for me to steal and see that the ice cream shop is always there?" closed!? Sorry!." The girl shouted in an attempt to defend herself.

"You could have told us and tried to reach an agreement, how could you be so irresponsible!?."

"If I do that shit they'll take away my license, I'll be grounded for life, even Bloodgood would be able to give me homework on vacation until college!"

"And blatantly lie to us!? We had to close the ice cream parlor 4 times! We lost profits and many customers, we could have even lost the ice cream parlor!"

"Do not remind me that!." Peacock sighed in defeat before plopping down on the wooden couch in the living room.

"Listen Benja. Forgive me, I never wanted to lie to you or steal your ice cream, I accept that I would do that just to joke and shit, but not to harm you. I'm sorry, I panicked because if I didn't fulfill part of the deal they would show everything to Big Band and Bloodgood." When I heard that I slowly calmed down and sat down again.

"How much is it?." I asked looking at Numbuh 1, that caught everyone's attention while I searched in my coat for my wallet.

"Tell me your price and how much it will be. What do you want? I can give you money, enough money to make you buy all the ice cream you want." I said while looking at the children.

"No. The debt is with her, but." Numbuh 1 paused for a moment to think and then looked at Numbuh 5.

"Numbuh 5, take Benja outside and guard, the rest stay here. Peacock, you and I will talk now" After Numbuh 1 finished speaking I left the room with the caramel skinned girl leaving Peacock behind with the other children.

When we went outside I stared at the moon with some frustration and annoyance. I never thought that Peacock would do something so crazy, if he had to think about all the things she did, he is by far the award for the craziest thing.

"I'm so sorry, I had no idea Peacock would do something like this. I should have suspected it a long time ago." I said looking at Numbuh 5 with embarrassment.

"Don't worry about that, now that she's here again, Numbuh 1 and the others will be able to come to some agreement." After saying this we were both silent for a moment until the girl spoke again.

"What exactly are you? You breathe fire and ice, not to mention that when Numbuh 4 hit you nothing happened to you and you hurt him." Numbuh 5 asked curiously making me think for a moment before sighing.

"Well, you guys revealed a secret to me, it's my turn." I said before taking off my hood showing my hair and Kitsune ears before letting out my tails which greatly shocked the girl.

"I am a monster, more precisely a hybrid, one part of me is Kitsune and the other part is vampiric because of my older sister. As Kitsune I have the ability to control and use all kinds of magic as you saw when I saved your life and when I stopped your attack , and regarding your friend, what happens is that I train often and I have very strong resistance." I said with a nervous smile as the girl looked at me in amazement.

"Numbuh 5, Benja. Return immediately to the main room please." Numbuh 2's voice was heard over the speakers, drawing my attention and the girl's attention.

"Let's see what happens, I think it would be best if you save your monster parts just in case." Numbuh 5 said looking at me, I complied and quickly put away my monster parts before entering the base with her once again.

"Benja, take a seat" Numbuh 1 said making me sit again on the wooden sofa next to Peacock.

"After deliberating we have a decision that can benefit us all, for now, Benja, since you are from Metropolis, I advise you to stay in the Numbuh 2 room tonight while we think about what to do with everything that happened, and on the other hand. " Numbuh 1 turned to look at Peacock.

"Peacock you can withdraw, we will keep in touch with you to know the progress of your debt with us." The girl looked at me for a moment before leaving the room and leaving. I was surprised to see that she was very down and depressed.

"Very well everyone. Return to your inhabitants, tomorrow we have an important mission pending, Benja, even if you have saved the life of Numbuh 5, that does not guarantee us 100% of your trust, so you will come with us without any objection, understood?" The boy asked, staring at me making me nod.

"Alright team, go to sleep. I'll configure the security system to prevent the alarms from being activated while Benja is here, Numbuh 2. Keep a close eye on him." With that said, Numbuh 1 walked to the computer while the other children left. Numbuh 5 said goodbye politely with a small smile before leaving.

"This isn't over yet, friend." Numbuh 4 said threateningly.

"I'll be watching you." Unaware of the path, Numbuh 4 slams against the door before leaving while Numbuh 3 laughed before yawning and leaving after giving a weak and muffled greeting.

"Come, my room is not far from here." Numbuh 2 said looking at me, I nodded before standing up and leaving with him while Numbuh 1 was staring at the computer screen intently.

"Have I done the right thing?" Numbuh 1 asked himself silently before starting to set up the security system.

"Alright, my room is your room."

When Numbuh 2 opened the door I could see that the room, in addition to being spacious, was similar to an airplane runway, I could see that there were parts of war planes, boxes full of tools and many plans attached to the wall.

"Wow, that's amazing." I said amazed, making the boy laugh while he puffed out his chest with pride.

"Thank you, as you can see my specialty is based on everything related to piloting and technology, in a way, I am like the team's engineer since I am also in charge of making plans for future projects." The boy said proudly showing my plans.

"Awesome, I hope I can help you one day, maybe when Peacock pays the debt I hope you don't mind me coming to visit so I can help you." I said smiling as the boy laughed.

"Oh, you'll be here a long time, I can tell you that." Numbuh 2 quickly covered his mouth which confused me greatly.

"Umm, let's go to sleep. You can sleep on the plane over there, don't worry if you press a button or something. The ejection buttons and others are already disabled and without an engine it can't go anywhere." Numbuh 2 said before opening a closet and handing me some sheets.

"Well, today was a tiring night. See you tomorrow, Benja." After saying goodbye, the boy began to climb a staircase that led to the cabin of an airplane embedded in the wall that seemed to be his bed. I on the other hand went to the other plane in the room before getting on and laying down on a somewhat old mattress that was there but intact, and with that I slowly closed my eyes until I fell asleep.

On the outskirts of the city, Peacock's car was speeding past all of her friends who had returned with her only that they now had some bump marks due to a punishment for abandoning the girl.

"Boss, will it be safe to tell everyone what we've done?" Avery asked worriedly making Peacock sigh.

"I have no fucking idea. But I'd better tell everyone before Benja does it, ugh. It'll be more painful for me to say it than for him to say it." Peacock rested his head against the steering wheel with concern, which worried his friends.

"What can we do, boss?" Lenny asked curiously as the girl slowly recovered, even if just a little.

"Keep paying this shitty debt. The more terms the better, I just hope Bloodgood doesn't kill me for lying to him all this time." Peacock said before increasing the speed of the car further.

The birds singing indicated a new day in the great tree house, Numbuh 2 snored profusely, members slept before being woken up when his alarm rang and with a big yawn he turned off the awakening before settling into his bed.

"Good morning Benja, it's time to wake up." The moment Numbuh 2 looked down he let out a gasp when he saw that I was gone.

Numbuh 3 slept peacefully in her bed surrounded by not hundreds, but thousands of enormous stuffed animals. Her dream was interrupted when Numbuh 2 broke down the door with a gun which scared the Asian girl greatly.

"Benja!?. Benja, where are you!?. Stop playing!." Numbuh 2 dove into the sea of teddy bears before shooting out and running out of the room leaving Numbuh 3 stunned.

Numbuh 4 was resting peacefully in his room, which was more of a training room than a room. The boy was sleeping peacefully on a combat ring until he was awakened when Numbuh 2 entered abruptly, causing the blonde boy to fall to the ground.

"Benja! Come out now, stop playing!" Numbuh 4 just watched how the chubby boy searched through all of his things before running away, it was then that his senses turned on again.

"I knew we couldn't trust him!" Numbuh 4 quickly left the room following his friend throughout the base.

Unlike other rooms, Numbuh 5's room was a luxury in every sense of the word, if I had to think about it, this would be a design made by Operetta. The girl was resting until she heard someone enter and when she raised her head before taking off her mask she could see Numbuh 4 standing at the door.

"Numbuh 5 wake up, that stupid teenager ran away!" The blonde boy shouted before running away. The girl heard this with shock, hesitantly she grabbed the gun from her and left the room to see almost everyone searching the room frantically.

"Benja, are you there!?"

"They lied to us, I'm going to kill them when I see them again!"

"It's not around here!"

"What is this scandal?" They all stopped and turned around to see Numbuh 1 who was in his pajamas, clearly not looking happy to be woken up so early.

"Numbuh 2 let Benja escape!" Numbuh 4 shouted seriously making the chubby boy nervous.

"Is that true, Numbuh 2?" The boy with glasses asked seriously, generating more terror in the boy. But suddenly everything was silenced when a sweet aroma reached his nostrils.

"What's that?." Numbuh 3 asked as she seemed to slowly recover from sleep and he could see that Numbuh 2 seemed to float in the air as he licked his lips in delight.

"Maple syrup, fruit sprinkled with sugar, chocolate, just the way my mom makes it. It's the great pleasure of eating!" Numbuh 2 shouted before quickly starting to run through the hallways.

"Follow that nose!" Numbuh 1 shouted before running off with everyone after Numbuh 2.

After a few moments they reached a hallway where the smell was stronger, before Numbuh 2 could continue, Numbuh 5 stopped him using a rope.

"Down boy." While the girl was holding onto the chubby boy Numbuh 1 she approached the door and signaled everyone to be silent. Once everyone was calm they prepared their weapons before abruptly entering the kitchen.

"Stop what you're doing right now, Benja!" Numbuh 1 shouted but then everyone froze.

What was happening seemed too surreal to be real. Roots were cutting and peeling fruits while others were preparing mixtures, my tails were holding blenders and other kitchen utensils while I used my fire breath to cook pancakes, I couldn't hear anything because of my headphones but when I turned around I gave a cry of surprise causing May my roots go away quickly.

"Oh, good morning guys. Breakfast will be ready soon." I said smiling while everyone was still stunned except for one person.

"Aww look, you have cute ears and tails like a fox." Numbuh 3 said before petting my ears, that made my body tense and my tails loosen things before I started purring like a cat which caught everyone's attention even more.

"I think Peacock forgot to tell us more in-depth details about you." said Numbuh 1 before lowering his weapon as he watched the Asian girl continue petting me which increased the purring.

"Guys, you should touch them, they are very soft." Numbuh 3 said with a smile. Numbuh 5 and 2 looked hesitant before putting their hands on my head making the purrs louder.

"Wow, they're so soft, they're almost like touching a huge cat." The chubby boy said but suddenly everyone covered their eyes as a turquoise glow covered me showing my Kitsune appearance.

"Oh god! I'm so sorry, I think I got carried away with the caresses." I said nervously but suddenly I was caught in a very tight hug from Numbuh 3 who seemed to be jumping and squealing with joy.

"He's super cute!. Numbuh 1 we can adopt him, say yes please, I promise to take him for a walk, feed him and I'll take care of bathing him!" The girl seemed so amazed by everything that she forgot that I'm not entirely a pet, which of course made everyone laugh except Numbuh 4 and 1.

"Kuki, let him go, you don't know where he could have been." The blonde boy said but when he tried to separate me the girl didn't seem to give in.

"But it's super fluffy and super cute, come on Numbuh 4, play it." The girl said but the blonde boy crossed his arms.

"I don't do that nonsense." Was all the boy said before sitting down at the table.

"Peacock seems to have forgotten to give us information about you. Explain to us who exactly you are." Numbuh 1 said while I returned to my normal form but because Numbuh 3 was still holding me the girl was now on my shoulders touching my ears.

"I am a hybrid monster, a cross between a vampire and a Kitsune, although explaining how it is possible is a long and complicated story. I can only say that my vampire side is due to my older sister and my Kitsune side, umm is a story for another day. " I said with a nervous smile but suddenly I saw Numbuh 4 grab a gun.

"Kuki, stay away from him! If he's a vampire then you know what he can do to us!" The blonde boy shouted seriously which made me nervous and I raised my hands.

"Wait! Yes, it is true that vampires consume blood but only on blood moon nights, I will never suck their blood, I swear. Vampire word." I said with a nervous smile while Numbuh 4 was still holding his gun, but then he saw Numbuh 1 raise his hand.

"Lower the weapon, 4. If he is a vampire and was with Numbuh 2 all night he would have attacked us while we were sleeping." Reluctantly the blonde boy lowered the gun while the boy with glasses approached me.

"Explain to us what you've been doing, why were you up so early? And Numbuh 3, get off of him now." The boy asked seriously, looking at me while the girl pouted before getting off my shoulders.

"I was training, seeing the city, and when I saw that they were probably going to get up, I started to prepare breakfast for everyone. It's the least I could do to let myself sleep here tonight." I said looking at the boy with glasses.

"Numbuh 2, the cameras." The chubby boy turned a salt shaker on the table causing a computer to appear, using a typewriter as a keyboard everyone saw a screen go down and suddenly the security recordings were shown.

From 5 to 7 in the morning everyone saw that I was doing exercises in the meeting room throwing punches and kicks, lifting rocks and meditating. At 8 they saw me leave the base and 8:15 I returned to the base, the cameras then showed that I went to the kitchen and started cooking until 8:45, the time when everyone entered the kitchen abruptly.

"Why do you train so early?" Numbuh 5 asked curiously making me laugh sheepishly.

"It's customary, I always train very early. Now, I hope you are ready for breakfast." After I stopped talking everyone heard a burp and turned around to see Numbuh 2 eating the last plate of pancakes before showing me the plate.

"More, please." I couldn't help but laugh along with Numbuh 3, 5 and 1 while Numbuh 4 was still looking at me seriously.

"Marching." I said before approaching the stove but then I noticed something that caught my attention, it was a single row of children, they all looked depressed with gifts and party hats.

"Hey guys, look at this." They all came closer to where I am and stared at the children in the funeral march.

"Breakfast is canceled, team. We have a pending mission, everyone to your battle stations!" Numbuh 1 shouted seriously making everyone run away before looking at me.

"Benja, while you are with us you will follow my orders to the letter, go to the main hangar and we will wait there while Numbuh 2 prepares the ship, do not disappoint us." With that said the boy ran away while I looked one last time at the children outside years of running off to get ready.

"Benja, while you are with us you will follow my orders to the letter, go to the main hangar and we will wait there while Number 2 prepares the ship, do not disappoint us." With that, the boy ran away while I took one last look at the kids before running away.

After a while I arrived at a hangar and was able to see in amazement Numbuh 2 piloting a modified school bus, the vehicle had airplane wings and propellers on both the bottom and the rear. The vehicle was perfectly modified for flight.

"A beauty, don't you think?" The chubby boy asked proudly as the rest of the team entered the room.

"Alright team. Numbuh 5, do you have the stink grenades?" Numbuh 1 asked seriously while the girl showed some grenades.

"Ready and prepared to bet." The girl said before showing a full box.

"Numbuh 3, gas masks?." The Asian girl showed 6 homemade but functional masks.

"Very well. Everyone aboard, Benja helps Numbuh 4 put the grenades into the cannons and be careful, they are extremely delicate." The boy with glasses said as we all climbed up. When I was about to lift some of the boxes off the floor, the blonde boy grabbed it first.

"Watch and learn, fox." An anime-style drop fell from my head when I saw that Numbuh 4 had great difficulty lifting the box to the point that he couldn't even get it off the ground.

"Umm, Numbuh 4."

"Shut up! I can do it myself!" But when the boy managed to lift the box he accidentally tripped and fell to the ground along with the grenades, at that moment I noticed why Number 1 said they were extremely sensitive and it was because they had skunks inside.

"The masks, quick!" Everyone quickly began to grab their masks in desperation, Numbuh 2 accidentally failed to grab the mask in time as the stinky gas slowly released, the boy expected the worst but then everyone noticed that the gas slowly began to disappear.

"Is everyone okay?" The children saw in amazement that in my arms there were flowers that seemed to be sucking the gas before slowly disappearing under my clothes.

"How did you do that?." Numbuh 5 asked, impressed, making me laugh.

"It's part of my magic, I can generate plants in my body with different functions. From absorbing any kind of gas, both stinky and deadly, and even generating gases capable of healing and putting people to sleep." I said looking at everyone.

"Super, that's amazing and quite convenient especially in this situation." Numbuh 2 said as Numbuh 1 walked to where Numbuh 4 is.

"You lost control, Numbuh 4. Next time leave the heavy lifting to Benja, now grab the few remaining grenades and put them in the barrel. Numbuh 2, take off." After that statement the chubby boy started driving the ship while the blonde boy reluctantly started putting the grenades into the cannons.

"Why is he so hard on me? Is he still angry because he couldn't hurt me yesterday?" I asked as I approached the rest of the team and watched the boy put the grenades in his places.

"Numbuh 4 was always a tough nut to crack, give him time he'll surely get used to it. Now, could you transform into a fox again?" Numbuh 3 asked, making soft eyes at me. Seeing that made me feel like arrows were hitting my heart because of how tender she was.

"I hate it when kids use my weak point, cute things." I said before transforming into a fox to the joy of Numbuh 3 and laughter for Numbuh 2 and 5.

In the distance. Exactly in a huge mansion almost far from the city, a birthday party was being held, although you wouldn't notice it. Inside there was a huge table that extended greatly. The children's songs did not sound happy, but rather robotic and depressed, all for a birthday boy or rather, birthday boys.

The children were three boys and two girls. A blonde girl with a delicate dress with a pink bow on her head, a short blonde boy with a suit and tie, the tallest boy wore the same clothes only his hair was brown and covered his eyes, the third boy also, only her face was unrecognizable due to a football helmet, and the last girl was chubby with braids and the same clothes as the blonde girl.

"Excellent. Now, while we eat our cake, we want you to sing that song from the beginning." The five children spoke at the same time causing the other children to sigh and anguish, but before anyone could sing the windows were destroyed.

Grenades with skunk tails entered the room, the smell was immediate and filled the entire room, causing the children to come out in terror. Out of nowhere, a capsule pierced the skylight in the ceiling and when the capsule fell, it was destroyed, letting Numbuh 5 emerge with a mask ready, a war cry emerged from outside and a sharp thump, when she turned around she fell on her back like an anime when she saw Numbuh 2 stamped against the window.

The children gathered in a corner until they felt breathing, and when they turned they saw a tall figure with horns, this caused the children to run scared as the figure slowly came out of the shadow revealing that it is me with a gas mask on the other hand Numbuh 3 and 4 would enter the broken windows.

Chaos like that, the bad smell and disturbing masks would be enough to scare children away, but surprisingly the five children didn't seem in the least affected by it all. Suddenly the door was kicked open and Numbuh 1 started walking around the room.

"Situation report, 5." We all took off our helmets while the girl walked next to the boy with glasses.

"Children evacuated, cake and gifts secured and clown neutralized." The girl said seriously. I turned around and couldn't help but see the poor clown unconscious on the ground.

"Numbuh 1 said we had to pin him down, not knock him out." I said with concern looking at Numbuh 4 but the boy didn't listen to me. I sighed in defeat before seeing Numbuh 2 trying to get in so I would go help him.

"Very well. Load the cake onto the ship, and secure the gifts while I speak with, Delightful Children From Down the Lane." Numbuh 1 said with venom staring at the five children.

"Wow, wow. But it's the Kids Next Door. Are they coming to steal our birthday cake like every year?" The five children asked at the same time with anger clear in their voices.

"Numbuh 2, who are they?" I asked with curiosity and some concern due to their way of being.

"They are Delightful Children From Down the Lane. They are the most fussy, pompous and unbearable children in the world, they love adults to death to the point that they would even make the children of the world unhappy to get any kind of approval from adults. They don't deserve any kind of happiness for being what they are." The boy said seriously and angrily.

Hearing this made me very curious but it also made me very sad. They were children, it was understandable and very reasonable, taking away the happiness of all children was something horrible and ruthless, but being cruel to them also made me feel that it was not entirely right even if it was justified. However, I decided to stay silent and look at everything in more detail.

"That's exactly what we came to do, you five don't deserve any memorable birthday parties for your actions and your praise of adults. This year we'll go easy on you, hand over the cake and we'll leave." Numbuh 1 said seriously looking at the children.

"But we are about to start our party games, please join us." Suddenly the windows began to be sealed with huge steel plates and even the front door. This surprised me a lot before I stared at the children in amazement as I was not expecting this aggressiveness.

"You spoiled children never make things easy for us, do you? Numbuh 4." The blonde boy lifted his chest and rolled up his sleeves before looking at me.

"Look how a professional works, friend." The boy said before climbing up the table and walking seriously to where the five children are.

"Listen, spoiled children, we're going to take your cake, we wanted to do it the easy way and now we're going to do it the hard way. I'm going to break your teeth and make you swallow them." Despite the threats, the five children did not look terrified.

"No party games, Wally? You don't want to hurt Laura's feelings, do you?" The five children asked before looking to the side, when Numbuh 4 turned around he saw a very small girl with braided pigtails.

"It's my first time at a birthday party." Laura said in a happy tone but Numbuh 4 pushed her away from her with a strong push.

"Move away girl, I don't have time for nonsense." I was upset when I heard Numbuh 4's words. I was about to go help Laura and stop this, believing that things were getting out of control, but my senses ordered me to stay still and be alert, which surprised me a lot.

"There won't be any games?" Laura seemed to be on the verge of tears but she suddenly seemed to have fits and I could see that the veins in her hands were swelling and her shoes were tearing from the force of her feet.

"But I want party games!" Our astonishment intensified when we heard Laura's voice change to a deeper, deeper tone like that of an adult.

"Oops, did we forget to mention a certain quirk of Laura? Or rather, Big Badolescent?" Numbuh 4 recoiled in terror at the declaration of the five children and saw how Laura was no longer a little girl but a gigantic, enormous chubby teenager with a face covered in acne.

"I want party games. Now!" Laura shouted before trying to crush 4, but when that was going to happen, some roots caught the blonde boy before being pulled just as the huge teenager lashed out in anger, destroying the table.

"Numbuh 4, are you okay?" I asked with concern as the boy seemed to struggle against my vines to get them off of him.

"Let go of me, I already had it in place!" The boy said before getting out of my vines angrily.

"So, Nigel. Why don't you stay a while and play with us? You don't want to disappoint Laura, do you?" The five children asked making Numbuh 1 look for a moment at the huge teenager who used to be a sweet girl which made him sigh in defeat.

"I think we can play two or three party games." Numbuh 1 said reluctantly while the other children smiled triumphantly.

"Splendid, we were just going to start breaking the piñata." When the children mentioned the piñata Laura seemed happier than she had ever been.

"Yes, we're finally going to have fun!" After saying that, Laura's body again began to change, returning to her normal form and, laughing, the girl ran to the main room.

"Come on, Kids Next Door, don't be shy. Today you'll be our guests, and don't forget your party hats." My team and I looked at each other before grabbing a hat and heading to the room, but when I was the last one to walk I could see that the kids were staring at me with neutral expressions before moving on.

"Brothers, did you see what I saw?" The blonde girl spoke for the first time without her brothers continuing.

"That's right, Ashley. It seems that Kids Next Door has a new member, a very old one." The other children responded before following behind us.

We arrived at a huge living room, reluctantly the whole team had to pretend to have fun even though there was no food or music as usual, it was the only way to keep everything calm so Laura wouldn't get angry.

"Are you enjoying the party, Nigel?" The five children asked with a smile while Numbuh 1 sat at an empty table with his arms crossed.

"I've been to better parties." The boy with glasses answered seriously.

"Follow us Nigel, help us find the piñata, you don't want Laura to be impatient." Numbuh 1 looked in terror at the girl who was tapping her fingers on the table impatiently, Nigel could swear he saw that the girl had a twitch in her eye.

"Let's get this over with." Numbuh 1 said before leaving with the other children to another room.

"I'm starving." I turned around to see Numbuh 3 who was holding his stomach.

"Right, we left without breakfast, well, all except Numbuh 2." I said before checking my pockets and to my happiness I took out three pieces of chocolate that I previously used for the pancakes.

"Here guys, it's not much but, it's better that you eat even a little. I promise I'll make you all the pancakes you want when we get back." Numbuh 3 and 5 smiled happily before grabbing their chocolate pieces and started eating them while Numbuh 4 took the last piece of chocolate away from me without saying anything.

"Hey, aren't you too old to be at kids' parties?" Laura asked curiously, looking at me making me laugh nervously.

"He's our babysitter!" We all turned to look at Numbuh 5, the girl looking flustered by the attention before coughing and speaking again.

"The thing is, when we came here our parents decided to hire him to bring us here to the party because we couldn't go alone without being accompanied by someone to take care of us." The girl said with a smile making me nod.

"Oh I understand." We all sighed in relief at what Laura said before we heard someone enter and saw the Delightful Children return with a smile on each of them.

"Let the piñata game begin. Kuki, do you want to be the first?" The five children asked at the same time making Numbuh 3 happily and innocently go to where the children are and put the blindfold on him.

"But, I wanted to ask to be first." Laura seemed to be trembling and when I noticed that one of her arms was beginning to have muscles I quickly approached her.

"But if Kuki breaks the piñata first you can grab all the candy you want before she does the same, maybe you could even have more candy than everyone." I said with a nervous smile that quickly calmed Laura down and made the girl jump for joy.

"It's good that everyone agrees. Then let the piñata come down." At the declaration of the five children, one of them pressed a button and Numbuh 1, which was inside a piñata except for his head, would slowly come down from the ceiling.

"Yes! The best piñata in the world, the best piñata in the world." Unlike all of us, Laura didn't know that Numbuh 1 was inside the piñata.

"I've seen better." The glasses boy said in annoyance as his head swayed from side to side.

"Remember Kuki. The more you hit the piñata, the more candy you will have." While the girl was receiving instructions from her, her eyes were covered before she handed her the baseball bat.

"Let the game begin!" The five children shouted before pressing a button causing loud Mexican music to be heard.

"Kuki, wait!" Before Numbuh 1 could continue speaking, he was silenced by a hard blow from Numbuh 3 to the head.

"Dale, dale, dale, no pierdas el tino

Porque si lo pierdes, pierdes el camino."

We all had to sing the song as best we could with Laura so that everything didn't get out of control but with our voices and the loud music it made it impossible for Numbuh 1 to ask Numbuh 3 to stop, in fact the more time passed the louder were Kuki's blows while the girl seemed to be laughing out loud.

"How did I do it, did I do it?", The few seconds in which Kuki removed the blindfold was enough to upset Laura. The girl looked completely furious as her body slowly transformed back into the teenage version of her.

"It's no use looking, you cheated!" Laura screamed angrily but that didn't scare Number 3 who offered her the baseball bat in a friendly manner.

"Now is your turn." The huge teenager looked at Kuki and then at her bat, with a smile he grabbed Numbuh 3's legs and lifted her as if she were a baseball bat which disturbed us.

"Let her go!." Numbuh 4 and 5 quickly rushed to help Kuki, but before they could do anything Laura hit them hard using Numbuh 3 causing them to crash into Numbuh 1 and breaking the piñata in the process.

"Sweets!." Laura quickly returned to normal and ran to the huge mountain of candy before starting to eat it with joy while the rest of the team was buried in the candy in pain.

"Can you believe it? They never send me to parties."

"We see why." It was the thought that the entire team, including me, had looking at the girl.

"Now for our next game. Pin the tail on the donkey." One of the five children pressed a button and suddenly some hands grabbed Numbuh 1, 3, 4 and 5 before throwing them against the wall. When they were about to fall, some hands grabbed them to put a poster of a donkey with its tail missing on top.

"He's the silliest, funniest donkey I've ever seen." Laura said between laughs while Numbuh 2 and I watched this with fear.

"We have to do something, quickly." The chubby boy whispered making me have an idea.

"I have an idea. Listen." I said before leaning in and whispering my plan to Numbuh 2 who quickly understood.

"The donkey also makes funny noises, just remember little Laura, be careful." The five boys said with a smile while the girl nodded before preparing a weapon that had a huge nail from the donkey's tail.

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, prepare to be amazed by magic and mystery!" Suddenly a cloud of smoke appeared and I appeared in the smoke with my hero suit.

"Yes! Magic show!" Laura dropped the gun before running over to me while the other kids looked shocked.

"A magician!? We have never hired a magician!" While the five children came to see, Numbuh 2 snuck behind the tables until he reached where his friends were.

"Laura, wouldn't you rather continue with our game?" The girl turned around when she saw the five children and she seemed to be in no mood.

"But I want to see the wizard. Now!." The girl shouted now with her teenage voice which scared her even though she wouldn't notice the children.

"Okay, okay. Just don't get upset." The five children had no choice but to reluctantly sit in chairs to watch the unprogrammed show.

"Thank you. Thank you very much, young people. First I want to start with something simple." I said before starting to shuffle cards with great skill, which amazed Laura but not the other children, while all this was happening Numbuh 2 was fighting to free her friends.

"Hurry up, 2. We don't know how long Benja will be able to distract Laura and the Charming Children." Number 1 said seriously as the fatty struggled to free his friends from him.

"I'll try that, I need something sharp." Numbuh 2 searched the room until he saw the cake knife, he quickly got to work and began to move stealthily towards the knife.

"Tell me little one. Is this your Letter?" I asked smiling, showing the 6 of hearts, making Laura laugh with joy.

"An old trick, show us something more incredible." The Delightful Children spoke seriously, leading Laura to think the same thing.

"Oh, difficult audience eh? Alright, pay attention." I said get out a couple of party balloons and start blowing them up, then I start shaping them into the shape of a dog.

"A balloon shaped like an animal? How boring." Before the children could continue talking, they got a huge surprise when the dog started barking before jumping into Laura's arms.

"Come on guys, give me a real challenge. You!" I suddenly pointed to the tallest boy in the group.

"Come on son, give me a real challenge. Tell me your favorite animal and I can make it come true." I said smiling. The five children looked at each other and then looked at the tallest among their siblings.

"There can't be a horse." The boy said confidently making me laugh before starting to build the animal.

"Were you saying something, son?" I asked smiling as the huge horse shaped balloon neighed happily before approaching the tall boy who was petrified.

"Come on, come on, what are you waiting for? Give me a real challenge!" Numbuh 2 was watching everything in amazement while he watched as I created an owl and then a snake with the balloons.

"Numbuh 2 hurry up and get the knife!" Numbuh 4 shouted seriously which seemed to get Ashley's attention but I quickly got in front of her.

"Hello Little One. You are very adorable, I need you for my next magic trick." I said smiling before going on stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you loved my animals, now they must rest." I said before spreading my cape as if I were a bullfighter, suddenly all the animals began to disappear in the darkness of my coat before I lowered the cape.

"Boys and girls, what you have seen is nothing compared to what is coming now." While I was explaining the next trick Numbuh 2 grabbed the knife from the table before seeing the huge birthday cake on the table. It was such a beautiful cake and so huge that it seemed almost irresistible.

"No, let's go Numbuh 2. Remember the mission." The boy tried to return to his friends but his stomach seemed to be giving him growling orders which caused him to stare at the cake.

"A little taste doesn't kill anyone." With his finger, the chubby boy ran it through the frosting before tasting it, delighting his taste buds at the flavor.

"Oops, now this part is crooked." Numbuh 2 began to run her finger more across the cake and slowly the finger became her entire hand.

"I'll just tell you this, boys and girls. It's every magician's favorite, now I'll please ask one of the birthday boys to come up on stage to help me with this wonderful trick." I said looking at Ashley who just nodded.

"It ruins his trick." The other kids spoke quietly getting Ashley to nod her head before going on stage.

"Very well little one, but we are going to need to change your appearance a little." I said before I took out some curtains and put them over the girl, before she could realize when I removed Ashley's curtains the girl was now wearing a beautiful embroidered pink dress, her hair was in small curls and she was wearing comfortable shoes. That impressed everyone a lot but especially The Delightful Children.

"How did you do that?." The girl asked surprised. The girl only blinked once when the curtains covered her and suddenly her clothes had changed.

"A magician never reveals his secrets darling, now please come in here." I said before moving my cloak revealing a closet large enough for just one person to fit in.

Hesitantly, Ashley entered the closet remembering her mission to ruin the trick. When she entered she expected to find some lever and even a switch or wait for instructions from me but she couldn't find anything.

"Now boys and girls, feast your eyes on my latest trick!" I said before my hair started to float while my hands were covered in blue fire.

"Spirits from beyond, ancient ancestral magicians, give me your power so I can make this girl disappear. I beg you!"

Ashley could feel the closet shaking and moving as if a tremor was happening, suddenly she felt something and could see her body disappear but more than generating pain it was a pure tickling sensation, and before the girl could even scream in amazement. Her entire being completely disappeared.

"Tadaa!" When I opened the closet everyone was surprised to see that Ashley was no longer in there. Everyone's question now was, where was she?

Peacock had a lump in his throat. She did something that she could never have done, or rather, she asked Avery and her friends to do it, but no matter how the action was performed, she knew the consequences.

"Very well Peacock. Why did you ask for this meeting?" Jack asked curiously as the entire team was gathered at the base. Before the girl could speak, Ashley appeared in the air before landing on the operating table, generating a deep and uncomfortable silence.

"umm, hello?" Was all Ashley managed to say as she felt that tingling again and began to float, before anyone could say anything, the girl disappeared just as she arrived.

"What was that?." Mauga was the first to speak in confusion and everyone noticed Peacock shifting uncomfortably in his chair.

"I can answer that." The girl said fearfully before breathing heavily.

"YOU DID WHAT!?."

The scream was so loud and with such magnitude that all the birds near the area quickly left the place.

"And here she is back." The light blinded Ashley when the door opened revealing that the girl had returned, leaving everyone speechless while Laura clapped loudly and screamed with joy.

"Let me help you, miss." The girl turned to look at my hand, doubtful but also scared, the girl held my hand before going down and then returning to her friends, still stunned.

When I raised my head I was very shocked to see that Numbuh 2 was eating the cake, I immediately stomped my foot before generating a root that quickly went to where the chubby boy is.

"Mmm, coconut, my favorite." Before Numbuh 2 could take another bite he felt something on his neck and when he turned he saw the root, the plant pointed to the scene making the boy look at me. I nodded to him, making him come to his senses.

"Oh rays." Numbuh 2 grabbed the knife and quickly went to help the rest of the team, but not before taking one last bite of the cake.

"Thank you, thank you, you were a good audience. See you soon." I said before disappearing in a small tornado of fire but when I left Laura looked sad.

"But, I don't want it to end now!" Laura shouted angrily. Numbuh 1 noticed that and looked at the pile of gifts with a smile.

"Hey, Laura. Why don't you go and open some presents, huh? Start with ours, the little red one." The boy with glasses said making the girl shudder and laugh happily.

"Red gift? Which red gift?" The Delightful Children asked in confusion. Laura on the other hand dove through the gifts before pulling out the gift that Numbuh 1 was referring to.

"This one! Open this one!" The girl shouted before showing the gift but the five children looked doubtful.

"Wouldn't you rather do something else before opening presents?" The children's question seemed to depress Laura greatly.

"But I want to open it. Now!" The girl shouted angrily as pimples came out of her face which alarmed The Delightful Children.

"Okay, okay. Don't be angry, relax." The five children had no choice and grabbed the gift but before opening it they saw a note.

"It says: Kids Next Door, to your battle stations!?." Just as they had just said that, Numbuh 2 managed to free the rest of the team before jumping and surrounding the cake as well as the gifts.

"It was a beautiful party, but I'm afraid we must leave, they already came for us." Numbuh 1 said before pressing a button and suddenly everything around us started to shake.

When I looked out the window I could see a large ship that was carrying a huge knife. At the moment the ship stopped I could hear a loud alarm. I immediately understood and positioned myself next to the team just in time because suddenly the ship stopped. The knife fell and like a giant guillotine it cut the house in half.

"Thank you very much, Delightful Children. I hope you also enjoyed the show courtesy of our dear friend. Numbuh 3." The girl searched in her coat until she pulled out a case that had many whistles, Kuki grabbed a whistle and with all his strength he blew it but it only made me scream in pain while my tails and ears came to light.

"Oops, wrong whistle." Numbuh 3 said timidly before blowing another whistle, although there was no noise I heard something approaching and when I looked out I saw hamsters approaching at high speed towards us.

The hamsters stopped in front of us and strategically shot hooks that stuck tightly to the walls of the house, before tying the ends of the rope to themselves, and with the strength of enormous steeds, the hamsters began to pull hard, dragging the house with us, the gifts and the cake.

"Is the party over? It can't end like this!" Laura screamed in anger as her body slowly began to change back into her teenage form.

"I'll tell you when it's over!" With monstrous force, Laura buried her fingers in the floor of the other half of the house where we were before starting to pull hard causing the hamsters to have to pull harder too.

The force of both ends generated a strong tremor where my team and I were, this caused Numbuh 1 to lose its balance and accidentally launch the cake into the air. Everything was in slow motion while Laura and the hamsters fought with nails, claws and blood to pull with force for different purposes, but it all culminated when the cake hit Laura causing her to let go of us, and due to the accumulated strength of the hamsters we bolted.

"Careful!" I quickly launched my roots to catch Numbuh 3, 1 and 2 just as they were about to fall as we slowly moved away from the place.

"Inviting this brat was a terrible idea." Delightful Children were furious watching my team and I leave while on the other hand Laura seemed happy with the cake.

"Next year we will get a lizard. At least it will be smarter than this silly girl."

"Is it a coconut cake?" The Delightful Children felt a chill and turned around to see that Laura had transformed again.

"I hate coconut!" The girl shouted in anger. The five children closed their eyes expecting the worst but when they saw that nothing happened they saw that Laura had something stuck in her chest, a dart.

"Mommy, I'm really sleepy." With a dull sound, Laura fell to the ground like a tree in a deep sleep as she slowly returned to her normal form.

"Sweet Dreams." I said from a distance with a dart gun while the others opened the presents.

"Where did you get that?." Numbuh 5 asked curiously looking at the weapon in my hands.

"It's a gift that a great friend of mine gave me, she gave it to me for my birthday. With this I can shoot darts with enough power to leave a person asleep in a second." I said smiling, looking at the gun that Ana gave me, but someone doesn't like saying this.

"You had a weapon to put that mastodon to sleep all this time and you didn't tell us!?." Numbuh 4 shouted angrily looking at me but I crossed my arms seriously.

"It is a dangerous weapon. If a dart touched Laura in its normal form the consequences would be fatal, darts were made for large people, if I shot a child with this I would suffer nausea, dizziness, and a headache." I said seriously but that made Numbuh 4 more angry.

"Enough Numbuh 4. Benja has his reasons for using his weapon as I explain, now with the mission accomplished we return to the base with the confiscated gifts and there will be more time for us to get to know Benja in more depth." Numbuh 1 said seriously but I watched this with a little nervousness.

"Umm, I don't think I can stay longer. I left Metropolis for many hours, surely they must be worried about me." I said a little nervously as Numbuh 5 approached me.

"Don't worry, you'll be home in no time, right guys?" When we both saw the rest of the team they all looked at each other as if hiding something.

"We will talk about this at the base, now. Let's analyze these gifts." Numbuh 1 said before starting to open the presents with the other children, leaving Numbuh 5 and me confused.

The night arrives. Numbuh 1 let me roam freely around the base while he and the kids confiscated the already opened gifts, which were nothing out of the ordinary. Stuffed animals, soccer balls, chemistry games for children. To be honest, even though The Delightful Children were bad kids, I didn't feel at all right about stealing their toys and ruining their birthday party.

Now I was in the kitchen preparing dinner. At everyone's request I was cooking pizza, while I was cooking I became doubtful and curious about what the children were hiding from me. When I took the last pizza out of the oven I heard someone come in and saw Numbuh 5 who seemed a little nervous.

"Hello Numbuh 5. Is everything okay?" I asked curiously as I took off my gloves and turned off the oven.

"The others and I have to talk to you, umm. Leave the pizzas here and follow me." Was all the girl said before leaving the room making me follow her.

"Everything is alright?." I asked with some concern, my concern increased when I received no answers so I decided to continue walking in silence.

When we arrived I was surprised to see my suitcases here along with other things that left me completely shocked until I heard a cough and turned around to see Numbuh 1.

"Benja, please take a seat." I slowly approached where everyone was and sat in front of them with confusion and more doubts than before.

"As you may already know, your friend Peacock owes us a lot, and by a lot we mean months or years of hard work and dangerous missions that we, Kids Next Door, have been undertaking. You are aware of that, right?" Numbuh 1 asked seriously making me nod.

"Perfect, that makes things easier. Benja, your performance today was admirable, you knew how to control the situation even though we were in danger and you have a good pulse and control with weapons without the use of your magic, which is the most impressive characteristic among all your qualities."

"You're wondering why we're telling you this, right?" Numbuh 1 asked with a raised eyebrow making me nod.

"Numbuh 2, please." The chubby boy pressed a button and suddenly watched as a screen went down to show a recording, due to the time and place, it was clear that it was a recording from yesterday.

"Peacock. We've been very patient with you, you need to work harder than just bringing in 30 boxes of ice cream a week." Numbuh 1 said seriously, looking at the girl who seemed nervous and upset at the same time.

"I do everything the best I can! I just need more time!!." The girl shouted angrily but that didn't affect the boy with glasses.

"If that's what you wanted, why did you send a teenager here? Did you think he would intimidate us and change our minds to give you more time?" Numbuh 1's questions silenced Peacock who simply lowered her head.

"Please, just give me more time. I really need more time and I promise that I will pay off my debt to all of you please and I will even give you whatever you want!" Peacock shouted looking at all the children in the room.

Numbuh 1 stayed silent thinking about everything until...

"Talk about the boy you sent here to confront us. Tell us what you know about him." Numbuh 1 said making Peacock sigh.

"He is one of my best friends and also one of the best agents on our team. He has unique abilities that you have never seen, he can breathe fire, throw lightning, fly, he can transform, Benja is a hero with unique abilities in our city , he also does other things, he knows how to cook, play instruments, sing, paint and..."

"Agent? What agency are you talking about?" Numbuh 1 asked seriously which made Peacock very tense and made her sigh in defeat.

"Overwatch..."

"From Overwatch!? That's crazy! I have almost all of everyone's autographs, I'm only missing Winston, Hammond and Doomfist!" He shouted Numbuh 2 with excitement but was then silenced when Numbuh 1 raised his hand.

"So he's an agent of that organization, right? How good is he?" The boy asked seriously, looking at the girl.

"Tell him to heal and he will, if you need someone to protect you he will be there and if you need firepower rest assured that he will bring hell if necessary." Peacock responded now with a little more seriousness.

"Very well, Peacock. I think I already have something in mind, something that will make your debt go down in a surprising way, and you will only have to bring ice cream every month." Numbuh 1's words amazed and made Peacock happy.

"Shit, yes! Please tell me!" The girl shouted without thinking twice.

"Benja will temporarily leave Overwatch and be a member of Kids Next Door until all of your debt is paid in full." Numbuh 1's words left Peacock shocked.

"Not a shit!? Listen very well, you bald bastard, I'm not going to sell you Benja! He's my friend, not an object. How will I know that he will be safe, or rather, how will I know that they won't put him in a shit that harms him!?." The girl shouted in anger but Numbuh 1 didn't seem scared.

"You are not in a negotiating position, Peacock. I remind you that you are on a tightrope, many agents found videos of you on Metropolis security cameras committing your misdeeds at our request, not to mention that we also have the videos from the security cameras of Metropolis. our base and the rest of the city."

"All your misdeeds, every one of them, recorded on a disk. We could easily send a squad and present that video to your mother Bloodgood who works at Monster High with her husband Big Band, what would your parents think of all this? Fighting , vomiting, gambling, committing all kinds of crazy things?

"Think about it for a while. We're taking a big weight off your back, you just have to hold up your end of the deal and sooner or later, Benja will be returned to you and Overwatch unscathed. Or, you can refuse, and because your sabotage attempt, we can reduce your time and make the video reach Monster High faster. "What do you think about that?"

A deep silence was present while Peacock massaged her forehead in exhaustion, the girl breathed and let out a deep sigh of defeat before raising her head.

"They're sons of bitches. Ugh, okay. Just, be careful with him, okay? He's part of our family, I don't want anything to happen to him." Defeated, the girl stretched out her hand and Numbuh 1 accepted it firmly. Sealing the contract.

"You have our word, Peacock. Until you do your part, we will do the same." And with that said, the recording would disappear.

I looked at all of this with shock as I never thought Peacock would do this to me, and then looked at Numbuh 1 and the rest of his team.

"Now that you know. We'll get to the point." The boy with glasses said before pointing to the mountain of toys.

"Those toys over there, they weren't bought. The invitation said that all the children in the city were to bring their favorite toys to the Delightful Children's birthday party, and the cake we were supposed to confiscate belonged to a birthday cake for a child on the other side of town, fortunately we contacted the bakery children who managed to create another one just in time before a tragedy occurred."

"We don't play normal kids' games, Benja. Kids Next Door takes this kind of thing seriously, you thought those kids over there were normal and just spoiled kids, but you're wrong, they've been doing this for years, stealing children's toys and birthday cakes that aren't theirs. It's time you knew how we work here while you're with us." Numbuh 1 said seriously looking at me.

"But, the missions I have in Overwatch. They might need me too." I said worried looking at everyone.

"Well, you heard it, it seems it wasn't a good idea after all." Numbuh 4 said but Numbuh 5 hit him on the head with his open hand.

"Don't be stupid, 4. Benja even if you are our agent now we will let you go on the missions where Overwatch seriously needs your help, Peacock came here while you were away to bring your things and also helped remodel a room just for you." The girl said as she and the others stood up.

After walking for a while we reached the rooms and I could see that my room was next to Numbuh 1 and 5. When they opened the door I saw that my room was just like my room in Metropolis down to every tiny detail.

"Listen Benja. Do not think that you are our prisoner, from now on you belong to Kids Next Door until further notice, you will help in Overwatch when they require it, we trust that you will help us, right?" Numbuh 1 asked while I looked at a photo of all my friends for a moment, took a deep breath and sighed.

"Okay I accept." I said with a small smile making most of the team smile except Numbuh 4.

"Very good. Now we are going to celebrate our victory and our new member with a pizza night, everyone in the dining room!" The boy with glasses shouted with a smile making Numbuh 2, 3 and 4 leave while I followed them. Before Numbuh 1 could walk, Numbuh 5 stopped him.

"Did you report this to them?" The girl asked, pointing up while the boy shook his head.

"They must never know that we work with a teenager, especially a monster, it is a secret that will have to be protected so that Benja remains safe." She said Numbuh 1 seriously but the girl seemed more worried.

"But nothing will last forever. There are many agents in the area, sooner or later they are going to catch Benja and they could erase his mind or study him to find out the source of his powers, we are also going to get into trouble. Maybe, even, they would reach us to expel." Said Numbuh 5 with concern and fear but then he noticed Numbuh 1 put a hand on his shoulder.

"We will all be fine, Numbuh 5. Remember, we are a team and we will face everything together no matter what happens. And if we are going to fall, we will all fall together." The boy said with a smile making the girl smile a little.

"Okay. But now tell me, how did you think about recruiting Benja? Even before he showed his powers you asked him to come with us. Why?" Numbuh 5 asked and then he saw that Numbuh 1 showed him one of my tarot cards.

"An ordinary teenager couldn't overcome our defenses so easily, especially using cards, not to mention that he managed to give us battle, if I have to think, he could have defeated us easily. It's better to have him as an ally than as an enemy, don't you think?." The boy asked with a smile making the girl laugh.

"Yes, it's true, not to mention that he saved my life. I owe him a lot too." While they were both chatting they heard footsteps and saw me returning to them.

"Guys, come quickly. Numbuh 2 is already on its fifth slice and I think it's going for more." I said smiling before returning to the dining room, the two children laughed before going with me to the dining room to eat.

"Hey, I know I should only call you by your agent numbers, but it's something I won't be able to get used to easily. What are your names?" I asked curiously before sitting in a chair.

"My name is Abigail Lincoln." Numbuh 5 said with a smile.

"I am Kuki Sanban." Numbuh 3 said happily.

"Hogarth Pennywhistle Gilligan Jr. But my friends only call me Hogarth." Numbuh 2 said before continuing to eat.

"I am Niguel One." Numbuh 1 said before turning around and seeing Numbuh 4. The blonde boy had his arms crossed until he was suddenly kicked by Numbuh 5 in the leg.

"Ouch! Okay, okay. My name is Wallabee Beetles, and don't forget it." Numbuh 4 said seriously.

"I hope I can get along with everyone. Whatever they need, I will help them." I said smiling looking at everyone.

"Can you turn into your fox form again? I want to pet you some more." Numbuh 3 said happily but Numbuh 4 didn't seem to like that.

"Umm, maybe later. Now everyone please eat, you've been working hard all day." I said smiling as everyone started eating.

After dinner and brushing my teeth I went outside for a moment to look at the full moon in silence thinking about everything that had happened. Peacock sold me to pay part of his debt, I don't deny that it made me feel hurt but at least I was happy to be able to go to Metropolis even if it was to be able to help in Overwatch temporarily.

My hair shone and moons appeared on my cheeks, I gathered air and released a loud howl into the air like a wolf would do to its pack. Suddenly my ears perked up as I heard a response making me smile happily.

"Good night all." I said smiling before returning inside without noticing something.

I was walking through the corridors of the base until suddenly I heard a door open and when I turned around I saw that it was the door to Numbuh 3's room.

"Kuki? What are you still doing awake?" I asked curiously seeing that the girl was hugging a rainbow monkey stuffed animal tightly.

"My nightlight is broken. I need you to do a favor for me please." The girl said making me listen carefully.

Numbuh 5 was walking through the hallways to go to her room, she looked everywhere and opened the door to my room only to see that it was empty, suddenly she heard a loud purring and when she went to Numbuh 3's room she could understand why.

Kuki was sleeping peacefully in her bed, but around her was me in my Kitsune form using my body as a pillow for her, standing guard like a dog loyal to its master. Abigail seeing this she couldn't help but laugh softly and smile.

"Tomorrow will be a crazier day than today." With those last words the girl closed the door before going to her room.

Greetings readers! Peacock here again, Benja is still busy with the interrogation, I think everyone is on the verge of losing their temper with that shit, anyway. I hope you are enjoying this new story.

Not only was this all part of Benja, this is also a thank you message to Nemonobody001 for helping and giving inspiration for stories and future chapters. Also Benja wants to remind everyone if anyone has a suggestion for either creating stories or chapters send a message to discuss it and maybe create a story in the future.

That's all for today dear audience. I hope you are having a crazy day, a crazy afternoon or a relaxing night. See you later, I'm Peacock and I say goodbye. That's all folks.