Operation: C.A.R.R.Y-O.N - 8

Codename: Kids Next Door

Operation: C.A.R.R.Y-O.N.

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Chapter 8:

Wally stared at the space where his cousin had just stood, in shock.

4 minutes? Is that all? Wally’s thoughts were only on one person. Is that all I’ve got to say goodbye? I need to tell her. Otherwise she’ll never know…

The silence that stole over Sector V was deafening.

And it was the one girl whom Wally’s thoughts were focused on who broke it.

“Then I guess… this is goodbye…”

The rest of Sector V looked at her, in awe and sadness, as she stood up.

“Bye, Numbuh 5…” Kuki, voice empty of her happy-go-lucky tones, looked at the girl in question, who stood up, and encased the Japanese girl in a hug.

“Bye, Numbuh 3…”

And when they let go, Numbuh 5 took off her hat, and wiped her eyes.

Suddenly, Numbuh 2 was on his feet, encasing all of Sector V is a gihugic hug.

The 4 kids, in their last few moments, remembered all the fun times that had happened.

“Hey!” said Numbuh 2, a grin breaking on his face, “We’ll be back soon, right? No need to get all mopey.”

Wally nodded along with them, but something didn’t feel right about that sentence.

They all closed in for a last group hug, and when they looked up, Numbuh 246 was standing in the doorway.

“Right,” she said, voice taking on an accent Wally couldn’t quite put his finger on, “ time to go.”

She pointed at Numbuh 5.

“Numbuh 5, you will be going with Numbuh 34. Numbuh 2, you will go with Numbuh 25. Numbuh 3, you will go with Numbuh 888.” She half-grinned at Wally. “Numbuh 4, you’re coming with me.”

Wally glared, but he knew there was nothing he could do about it.

Then he remembered something puzzling.

“Where?”

Numbuh 246 smiled.

She pointed at Numbuh 5.

“France”

And at Numbuh 2.

“Canada.”

And at Numbuh 3.

“China and Japan.”

And at Wally.

“With me.”

“But where?” he near-yelled.

Numbuh 246 went to tap her nose, but a rumble suddenly shook the tree house.

“Quick! Say your goodbyes! We have to move! Hurry!”

Wally knew he didn’t have long, so he went to grab Kuki, and say to her what he had needed to say for so long.

“Kuki, I… I… I lo-”

He was cut off when another rumble shook the tree house.

“No time! We have to move! NOW!” Wally heard Numbuh 246 screech, and all of a sudden, he felt his wrist being grabbed, and felt himself be dragged into a pod.

He watched through the glass of the pod, horror-struck, as each of the other members of Sector V were pulled into a pod by their respective appointed operatives.

It was with even more shock, that he saw Kuki yelling out his name, and kicking and crying.

“KUKI!” he yelled desperately. “I LOVE YOU!!!”

But his attempts were in vain, as the pod sealed off all noise to the outside, and vice versa.

He felt the pod take off, and looked down upon the tree house, staring at it as the other pods shot off to their destinations, and without warning, the tree house begin to crack and buckle.

Then he saw the cause.

The Delightful Children From Down The Lane were aiming missiles at the tree house!

He turned to Numbuh 246, but she seemed taken aback by the sight, and before he could do anything, the tree house, and the entire town was out of sight, lost in the clouds.

He slumped to the bottom of the pod, grief consuming him.

He remembered something, something vitally important, and shot a hurt, angry and appalled look at Numbuh 246.

“You didn’t let me say goodbye!” he cried in anguish.

Numbuh 246 seemed to take notice, so Wally repeated his statement.

“You didn’t let me say goodbye!”

Numbuh 246 turned to look at him, and he saw a tear run down Numbuh 246’s cheek, causing him to gasp.

“I never got to say goodbye either, Numbuh 4…”

And with that, Numbuh 246 leant against the wall of the pod, staring out at the clouds, and did not turn to Wally again, leaving him to wonder what she had meant.