Chapter 2
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It was 1:30 in the morning and all of the female operatives were still up; giggling wildly and occasionally squealing...all except Numbuh 3. Even after several hours, she was still pretty shaken up from the movie. Numbuh 8 stood up and said, "Wanna get a bowl of Rainbow Munchies? That always calms me down." She nodded and started to walk out with Kiki, but stopped at the doorway. "But what if....HE'S out in the hallway?"
"I promise. Nothing is gonna attack you." Kiki reassured, motioning at Numbuh 7 to give her a flashlight. The two girls gulped and slowly made their way down the big hallway.
In the kitchen, Numbuh 4 had a big mischevious grin on his face...and a pair of plastic fangs in hand. Numbuh 2 was constantly adjusting his chainsaw freak outfit.
"I don't know, Wally... Should we really be doing this?" he asked.
"Of course!", Wally answered ,"Girls aren't the ONLY ones who can have fun at a slumber party." He tightened the cape around his neck. "Now, when Numbuhs 3 and 8 come out here, you know what to do." Hoagie let out a huge sigh. Just then, two VERY high-pitched screams filled the air. Numbuhs 5, 7, and 1000 ran to the kitchen, and found Kuki and Kiki clutching each other and bawling.
"Chainsaw Freak!!!," wailed Kuki, "Don't kill me!!!"
"Spank-happy vampire!!!" , howled Kiki, "It wasn't me!!!" Kacey glared at her cousin. Wally still had his cape spread out, and had his fake fangs glistening in the moonlight. He started giggling nervously. "Um...I'm seeing what the girls think of our Halloween costumes?" Kacey glanced at a very scared Kuki and Kiki. Numbuh 5 began chewing the boys out and took off her hat and angrilly charged towards the two boys, as did Numbuhs 7 and 1000.
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Chapter 3
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Halloween was DEFINETLEY in the air around the treehouse. Not just because of the decorations and Hoagie's corny jokes, but because Kuki, Kiki, and Wally were about as grumpy as a vampire who didn't get any sleep. Since last night's prank, Numbuhs 3 and 8 had been plotting to get back at Wally....and did so this morning: He woke up to Kuki's giant inflatable "Clownin' Around" Rainbow Monkey in his face. Kacey had entered the mission prep room with a big rolled-up piece of paper.
"Trick-or-treating plans?" Abby asked.
"Trick-or-treating plans." she answered. She rolled out the blueprints, and began to explain the big plan for tonight. Then she noticed Kuki and Kiki weren't in the room. "Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 8!!,"she shouted ", Get your butts down here NOW! We're going over plans for tonight!". Kiki walked in, still in her pajamas, with a bowl of Rainbow Munchies. Kuki, however, still wasn't anywhere to be found. "Numbuh 3!!!," Kacey shouted again, ",get your-". Then out of nowhere, Kuki sprung up in a clown costume, scaring the crud out of Numbuh 4. Both girls and Hoagie laughed hysterically. Abby just rolled her eyes.
"All right," Numbuh 7 started again, "Wally and I will take the Halloween Carnival...". Wally gulped. Carnivals meant clowns. "...Abby, there's been a significant increase of candy output from the houses in the woods...". Numbuh 5 has a concerned look on her face. Woods meant bears."...Kuki and Kiki, you take this neighborhood..." Kuki smiled, whereas Kiki flung some of her cereal at Wally. She giggled mischeviously as Kacey gave her a look. "And Megan, you take the old houses on Main Street". Megan's face turned white. Old houses usually meant ghosts. "What's Numbuh 2 gonna do?" Kuki asked.
He pulled out rolls of toilet paper and cartons of eggs.
"I'm goin' pranking!" he laughed.
Everyone rolled their eyes.
"All right, but you better stay out of Numbuh 5's candy stash if you don't get anything tonight." said Abby
(several hours pass)
7:00 PM. Trick-or-treating time. Kacey emerged wearing her hippie ensemble, Hoagie was going as what he called "Dr. Gilligan-stein", Kuki was going as a fairy princess, Abby was a lion tamer, Megan was a black cat, Wally was going as a vampire (go figure), and Kiki was still in the bathroom, fixing her makeup. "Come ON, Kiki!," Kuki whined, "We can't leave without you!". "You guys go on," she yelled down the hall, "I'll catch up!". About 5 minutes later, she came out in her werewolf costume. She grabbed her trick-or-treat bag and headed for the door. It was locked. "Very funny, Numbuh 4, now unlock the door." No response. The power mysteriously went out. "All right, Wally, if this is your way of punishing me-". Then a deep, scary, and evil laugh filled the air, "This isn't Mr. Beetles' way of punishing you...,". Kiki froze. She recognized that voice. ",...this is MY way of punishing you for tormenting him, you naughty little girl!".
Then everything went black.
When Kiki came to, she had a few things: a stinging sensation in her backside, a different outfit (black shirt, dark pink bottoms, and red-violet cape), pointy teeth, and an order: to punish ANYONE who was going pranking instead of trick-or-treating tonight. The first one that came to her mind? Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr.
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Chapter 4
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Abby made her way down the path leading to the neighborhood in the woods (WHY there's a neighborhood in the woods, nobody knows). She reached into her bag, and pulled out yet another piece of candy. She was running pretty low. "Numbuh 5 better find this neighborhood soon, or else she's gonna have to start bummin' it of off everybody else." she told herself. Just then, there was some rustling in the bushes. Her heart started to beat faster. Abby shook her head. "Get a hold of yourself. It's probably just a stray cat...or a bush baby...or a wolf". Then what was in the bushes started to growl. "Bush babies don't growl....cats do, but not like THAT." Abby shined her flashlight into the bushes. There were two big eyes. Just then, a BEAR- not a big one...maybe like a 1 or 2-year-old one, so it's still a baby- jumped out, growling ferociously. She shrieked and began to run as fast as she could. She found a nearby tree and began to climb up...and only made it about halfway. Abby clung on to the tree for dear life. "Maybe i can try calling Numbuh 7." She took out her KN-communicator and tried to get through to Kacey. No answer. As the bear continued to circle the tree, all Abby could do was hold on and wait for it to go away.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Hoagie was busy T.P.ing and egging various houses. He had even gotten the houses of a few villians (specifically Mr. Wink and Fibb, the Toilenator, and the Crazy Ol' Cat Lady) without getting caught!...or so he thought. As he rounded the corner, he accidently turned into an alley. A dark and tall shadow formed behind him. He nervously turned around to find...Kiki. Giggling. "Ha ha! I got you good!" she said in her newly-acquirred Transylavanian accent.
"Oh hey, Numbuh 8!," he said, "I thought you were gonna be a werewolf."
Kiki stopped laughing, and nervously thought of an excuse. "Yeah, I was. But i... decided to change at the last minute."
"Oh. Well, I guess you got me!" he giggled nervously.
Kiki smiled evilly, and began taking off one of her light-pink gloves.
"Yeah, but seriously: GOTCHA!!!" and swooped in for the kill....actually more like "swooped in for the kid who'd been bad". After about 2 minutes of pure unadulterated horror (to a kid, getting spanked WOULD be) , Kiki emerged from the shadows. "Ready to go, partner?" Hoagie emerged last, wearing an outfit similar to hers.
"After you, partner.". The two spank-happy kids laughed evilly and took to the skies.
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Chapter 5
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"Kacey, wait UUUUUUUP!" Wally whined, trying to catch up, " (pant) (pant) No fair! I've got shorter legs!" Kacey rolled her eyes, and slowed down a little. "You DO realize I'm still peeved at you for scaring the crap out of Numbuhs 3 and 8, right?". Wally rolled his eyes, "It's not MY fault they're a buncha babies!"
"....Says the boy who almost wet himself during this morning's prank." his cousin retorted. Wally immediatley shut up. "Look, I'm gonna take a break from all this trick-or-treating and take a ride on the 'Freaky Ferris Wheel'. Do me a favor and hold my candy bag". Wally got a mischevious look on his face. Kacey turned around one last time. "And if you even take something as little as a Tootsie Roll, I'll kill you!" she snarled. When she got to the ride, there was something really strange: No line. Every other ride, even the little kiddie ones, had lines. REALLY long lines. Kacey thought nothing of it (actually, she thought "Woo-hoo! I don't have to wait in line!"), and ran up the stairs to the ride. She got strapped in to the seat, while the teenage operator unenthusiastically explained the rules. She rolled her eyes, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll let you know when i wanna come down." The ferris wheel let out a big metallic groan, causing her to cringe. When Kacey reached the top, she saw the entire carnival and all the carnival-goers...who looked liked ants. After 2 minutes, she got really bored. "Okay!! I wanna come down!" she yelled. No response. "HEY! PIZZA-FACE!! Let me down!!!". Still no answer. She started to violently shake the seat back and forth, hoping to get the teens attention, "GET ME OFF OF THIS-", then the saftey belt snapped, throwing her over the saftey bar. She managed to catch it in time. Kacey's heart was beating like a jackhammer; she was staring her biggest fear in the face. She tried calling for help, but the carnival music was playing WAY too loud for anyone to hear. "Maybe I can call Wally to come get me." Thank goodness HER KN-communicator was voice-activated or she'd be a pancake by now. No answer. All she could do was hold on for dear life.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the carnival, Wally was trying his luck at Skeeball (or in this case: Shriekball). He had enough tickets to get...a "Darling Dracula" Rainbow Monkey. He groaned, but decided to give it to Kuki as a "I'm-sorry-I-scared-the-crap-out-of-you" gift. He stuffed his prize into his candy bag, and accidentley pushed it's belly, causing it to talk. "Can I bite your neck?," it asked ",pretty pretty please?". Wally rolled his eyes. He blindly wandered into the far side of the carnival. He reached into his cousin's bag (that little TWERP!) and took out a Blow Pop. He accidently dropped both bags. The Rainbow Monkey spoke again, "I vant to suck your blood! May I please have some?"
"Shut up, you stupid-!" Wally looked up to see a bunch of clowns. And not just those stereotypical circus clowns, there were a few psycho-killer clowns. Standing in front of him was 5- well, actually 1 big lump- of clowns. The 5 clowns grabbed both bags and ran off, laughing evilly. Wally couldn't really do anything. He was paralyzed with fear.
On the other side of town, Kuki was storming down the block. She was P.O'ed at Wally for being such a butt-munch. She was also P.O.'ed at Kiki for not showing up and helping with the candy collecting and calming her down from getting scared (Apperently, the Chainsaw Freak was a popular costume). She walked up to a very familiar house and rang the doorbell. There was no answer, but something reach out of the dog door and grabbed her foot. It was the hand of...The Chainsaw Freak! She shrieked with all her might and started violently shaking her leg. She looked down and saw that it wasn't really the Chainsaw Freak...It was little Joey...in a Chainsaw Freak costume. He was a little shaken up, but he was giggling. "Joey! You goof! You scared me!" she said. He answered her with his usual babbling (translated, it comes out to: "It's only a costume, jeez!"). Kuki laughed. "So all this time, I've really been scared of nothing?". Joey rolled his eyes. She picked him up and began tickling him. "Thanks, Joey! You helped me get over my fear." Joey started squirming to get down. Then, Kuki got a call on her KN-communicator. It was an SOS. From Abby.
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Chapter 6
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Abby had been clinging to the tree for the past several hours. About 3 hours earlier, the bear got tired of growling, roaring and being all around...um...bear-ish, and decided to take a nap. This gave her the chance to slowly climb down and make a run for it. She had quietly made it about 3/4 of the way down when Kuki skipped towards the big tree and shouted: "AAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBYYY! Abby! Yoo-hoo, AaaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaBbBbbbbbbbBBBBYYyy!!!" She cringed as the bear started waking up. Kuki merrily skipped to her teammate, and bombarded her with questions. "Where have you been? Why didn't you call sooner? Is that a bear?". The bear roared loudly. Abby began to run away, but Kuki grabbed her hair. "Hi Mr. Bear!!" she squealed. "Are you crazy, girl?! That thing tried to tear Numbuh 5 limb from limb and-" Kuki began to hush her. "I can handle this. I speak bear". She calmly walked up to the bear and began growling. Abby closed her eyes tightly, expecting to hear Kuki screaming. Instead, the bear quietly growled back. For about a minute, Kuki and the bear conversed. The bear then rolled onto it's back She turned to Abby. "He says: 'Can you take the thorn out of my paw?'". Abby started laughing, That's IT?!?!". The bear began to snarl, and Abby stopped laughing. She pulled with all her might and eventually got the thorn out. The bear looked relieved and walked up to Abby...and began licking her hand as a way of saying thanks. "I think he likes you!" Kuki giggled. The girls then recieved an SOS. From Kacey.
Kacey had been hanging on for about an hour. Help had better arrive soon.. her hands were getting sore. Just then, a seagull landed near the hand that was holding on to the saftey bar. "Shoo! Go away! Go bother Wally." The seagull looked at the bracelet she was wearing...the little beads looked like little bits of food. It threw it's head back as far as it could go, and pecked the crap out of her hand. The pain accidently made her let go of the bar... and began falling. She expected to hear a thump, but instead, she heard the roar of a jetpack. It was Abby. Kacey started crying, "Thank you thank you, thank you!!!!". When she landed, she began kissing the ground. Then the three girls heard a shrill scream. Coming from the far side of the carnival. It was Wally. When the three got there, he was curled up in a ball, shaking and crying. "Wally, calm down. You're fine." Kacey told him. "How can I? I got your and my candy stolen by 5 clowns! I even got Kuki's present stolen!." Kuki's eyes grew huge. "PRESENT?!?! WHERE DID THOSE CANDY-NAPPERS GO!?! When I find them I'm gonna kick their-". Then Kacey's KN-communicator went off. It was an SOS. From Megan. "Coordinates 7 Delta J lollipop..." she read, "That's the old haunted Johnson house! C'mon!"
Meanwhile, on the side of the carnival where the Skee- er- Shriekball game was, Kiki and Hoagie were counting up their tickets at the prize counter. "I want a 'Darling Dracula' Rainbow Monkey!" Kiki squealed. Hoagie whined, "But most of these are MY tickets! Why can't we split a prize?". Kiki snarled, "Because I'm older than you, I payed for the kajillion games YOU wanted to play, and I can spank you into next week! THAT'S WHY!!" Hoagie gave his furious partner the tickets. She giggled like a little schoolgirl and skipped ahead. Just then, Kiki's biggest fear(guess who) appeared right in front of her. She shrieked and ran behind Hoagie. "I told you to go punish any naughty childrens who were going pranking tonight!", the Count said, pretty peeved.
"We did." Hoagie replied.
"Then we got tired and decided to come to the carnival. I wanted some cotton candy and a prize." Kiki finished, smiling and squeezing her Rainbow Monkey. The Count smiled and giggled like a schoolgirl. He thought her toy was absolutley adorable "Can i hold the Rainbow Monkey? Pleeeeeeeeeeeease??" Kiki pulled back and snarled. "GET YOUR OWN!" she hissed. He ran and hid behind Hoagie. After he pulled himself together, he said, "Very well. Continue with your um...carnival-ing. But so help me, if ONE prankster goes unpunished, you two are gonna get it!" He then disapeered into the night. "What's HIS problem?" Kiki asked. Hoagie began to explain, but decided it wasn't worth it. "Come on. We've got some more work to do." She groaned, and took to the skies with her partner and Rainbow Monkey.
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Chapter 7
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Megan was lying in the middle of the basement of the old, haunted, and supposedly abandoned Johnson house. Why? Well....
Here's what had happened earlier: Now normally, a kid wouldn't have gotten past the doorway to a haunted house (becuase, in this case, there were bowls of candy left on the porch and a sign that said "Take ONE"), but the old Johnson house had a sign that read "Candy Inside. Come in...if you dare". Megan always took the phrase "if you dare" as a personal challenge. When she walked in, she expected to see a table with a bowl of candy and someone, most likely a teenager, dressed as some sort of monster waiting on the stairs and attempt to scare her. Instead she found the bowl of candy at the top of the stairs. Her eyes grew really wide; What if something was up there? She gulped and began made her way up the steps. "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..." she told herself. Just then, a ghost (well actually, it was a big lump of kids under a sheet wailing "Booooo!" at the same time, but she was too scared to notice) jumped in front of her. Megan shrieked, dropped her trick-or-treat bag, and ran down the stairs going, "I thought I could! I thought I could! I thought I could!!". She quickly typed "SOS" into her KN-communicator.. and failed to notice the big hole in the floor...and fell to the cold, hard basement floor waiting below. (WHEW! That was long!)
She groaned and rubbed her head as Numbuhs 3, 4, 5, and 7 ran to her aid. Kuki began bombarding her with questions. "Are you ok?! What hurts?! How many fingers am i holding up?!!"
She coherently answered "Not really, my head, and I can't see your fingers-"
Kuki started bawling, "SHE'S BLIIIIIIIIIIIND!!!!"
Megan rolled her eyes. "I can't see them because your sleeves are covering them." Kuki blushed, embarrased. She pulled up her sleeves. "How 'bout now?"
"10"
"No! 8 fingers and 2 thumbs! SHE'S GOT BRAIN DAMAGE!!!". Kacey rolled her eyes and helped her teammate to her feet. All 5 operatives made their way out of the haunted house, and back to the treehouse.
When they got back, every one complained that they either had no luck with the trick-or-treating or they had their candy stolen. Abby looked around, concerned. "Numbuh 5 hasn't heard from Numbuhs 2 and 8 all night. Where do you think they are?"
Everyone shrugged. Kacey reached for her KN-communicator. "This is Numbuh 7 calling Numbuh 8. Where the H-E-double hockey sticks ARE you?!?".
No answer. She tried calling again. "NUMBUH 8! GET YOUR BUTT BACK TO THE TREEHOUSE! NOW!!". Just then, Kiki and Hoagie appeered behind her. "SURPRISE!" she cackled. Everyone shrieked...except for Wally. "WOW! Nice costume, Numbuh 8!", he complimented, "You've even got a pair of fake fangs in! That's a perfect effect!". Kacey stuttered, "W-w-w-ally, T-t-t-those aren't f-f-f-ake fangs..."
"Are you kidding? There's no way Kiki could be a real vampire," he grabbed her face and tried to take the fangs out. His grip slipped and he ripped her cape. Kiki started growling and looked like she was ready to kill Wally. "K-k-k-kacey...d-d-d-do you wanna say it, o-o-o-or s-s-should I?"
"I-I-I-I-I guess". She reached for her trusty S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R. in her back pocket. "Kids Next Door, B-b-b-b-b-b-b-BATTLE STATIONS!!!!"
"That's not what I was gonna say! I was gonna say 'Run for it!'," Wally whined. He thought for a second..."Though, this IS a perfect way to get back at her for the Rainbow Monkey incident."
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Chapter 8
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Though Numbuh 7 had called "Battle Stations", nobody had moved...well, all except Hoagie, who was holding Kiki back from pummeling Wally. "Lemme at 'im! Lemme at 'im!!!" she growled. Wally was about 2 inches from her reach and took the oppurtunity to tease her a bit, despite everyone else's warnings. Hoagie's fingers were sweaty and started to slip....letting Kiki spank Wally at full force. >.< Everyone, except for Kuki, had covered their eyes. Kuki, on the other hand, was laughing. "HA!! He finally got what he deserved!" she roared. Kiki, Hoagie, and the newly "vampirafied" Wally looked at Kuki, and charged towards her. After a minute-and-a-half the only one who WASN'T a spank-happy vampire was.... Kacey. All 6 vampires laughed evilly. "Well, well, well...looks like we've saved the naughtiest for last!" Kiki hissed.
"Wait...I thought WALLY was the naughiest one out of the 7 of us." Kuki pondered.
"I mean...we've saved the naughtiest GIRL for last."
"I thought that was Kuki..." Wally spoke up.
"You DARE question my sentences?!" Kiki snarled.
"Woah, woah, woah, Kiki...calm down" Hoagie started.
"I know, I know...I thought it'd sound all dramatic-y if I said that!". Abby rolled her eyes.
While the group rambled, Kacey saw this as a perfect oppurtunity to attack. She managed to hit Kuki, Hoagie, and Megan. Then Abby. Wally and Kiki finally stopped talking and realized the others were tied up. Kacey smirked and laughed. "Care to do the honors?" Kiki asked.
Wally cleared his throat and deepened his voice to sound like the Count: "Cousin Kacey! You have been bad-"
"And shall feel the sting-y wrath of Wally and Kiki Spankulot, blah blah blah. Just get on with it." she droned on.
Both vampires growled and went for her...that's when Kacey pulled out her S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R. and got both right on their backsides. Wally began whining, "I'm telling!!". His older cousin grabbed him by the collar, "Oh no you're not. I've had enough of this Halloween stuff for one year. Now listen..." Kiki walked up to Kacey, wincing every step of the way. "We're listening...."
"I think we've got enough time to get this trick-or-treating-"
That's when the sun came up. Everyone groaned (especially the vampire operatives. Sun and vampires obviously don't mix). Kuki and Kiki began crying. "HALLOWEEN IS OVER!!!" they howled. Wally rolled his eyes.
"All that work for nothing!" Kuki wailed.
"Well, guess we gotta go get this curse thingy reversed." Hoagie sighed, exausted.
"Not yet..." Kacey and Kiki said at the same time. The girls looked at each other and began talking. After a minute, they began asking the other operatives questions. The two had a pretty good idea on who scared the crap out of Wally and Megan. Kacey smiled evilly, putting on a vampire costume. "All right guys, let's take a trip...down the lane."
About 1/2 an hour and one curse-reversing later, all 7 operatives sat in front of a giant pile of candy. Wally reached into his bag and looked at Kuki, blushing. "K-kuki? I got you something from the carnival..." She let out a shrill shriek of joy and began pressing the monkey's belly. Wally buried his face into his hands, "Not again..." he thought. Abby looked over at Kiki, who was pouting and had barely touched her candy. "What's wrong?" she asked.
Kiki sighed, "I feel like I was the one who screwed up Halloween. I mean, Hoagie became a vampire because of ME, Kuki got scared out of her wits because of ME-"
"No, I didn't." she inturrupted
"Huh?"
"If you HAD showed up, I wouldn't have beaten my fear and rescued Abby." Kuki reassured
"If you HAD showed up, Numbuh 5 would've been bear food." said Abby
"If you HAD showed up, I'd be a pancake" Kacey added.
"If you HAD showed up, I'd still be at the carnival curled up in a ball," said Wally.
"If you HAD showed up, I'd probably still be in the basement of the old Johnson house." Megan contributed.
"If you HADN'T showed up, I'd have gotten a lot more pranking done!" Hoagie whined. Abby smacked him with her hat.
"And I think you know where this is going." Kacey finished. Kiki smiled, "Thanks." She turned to Wally, "I'm sorry I was such a jerk to you"
He shrugged, "Eh, It's cool. I kinda deserved it anyway." She turned to Hoagie and reached into her candy bag. "Hey, Hoagie? I got somethin' for ya..."
Hoagie shrieked like Kuki had done earlier. "Yipper Number 108!!!! HOW did you get this?!"
She smiled, "It's a secret."
Hoagie smiled too. Kiki gave him a big hug, "And I'm sorry I made you a vampire."
Wally started laughing. "Kiki likes Hoagie! Kiki likes Hoagie!," he teased ", Kiki and Hoagie, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-Q-4-17!" Kiki snarled, "I may not be a vampire anymore, but I can STILL spank you into next week!"
Everyone laughed (except Wally, obviously). And although it was kinda late, it was still a pretty AWESOME (and eventful) Halloween.
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It was 1:30 in the morning and all of the female operatives were still up; giggling wildly and occasionally squealing...all except Numbuh 3. Even after several hours, she was still pretty shaken up from the movie. Numbuh 8 stood up and said, "Wanna get a bowl of Rainbow Munchies? That always calms me down." She nodded and started to walk out with Kiki, but stopped at the doorway. "But what if....HE'S out in the hallway?"
"I promise. Nothing is gonna attack you." Kiki reassured, motioning at Numbuh 7 to give her a flashlight. The two girls gulped and slowly made their way down the big hallway.
In the kitchen, Numbuh 4 had a big mischevious grin on his face...and a pair of plastic fangs in hand. Numbuh 2 was constantly adjusting his chainsaw freak outfit.
"I don't know, Wally... Should we really be doing this?" he asked.
"Of course!", Wally answered ,"Girls aren't the ONLY ones who can have fun at a slumber party." He tightened the cape around his neck. "Now, when Numbuhs 3 and 8 come out here, you know what to do." Hoagie let out a huge sigh. Just then, two VERY high-pitched screams filled the air. Numbuhs 5, 7, and 1000 ran to the kitchen, and found Kuki and Kiki clutching each other and bawling.
"Chainsaw Freak!!!," wailed Kuki, "Don't kill me!!!"
"Spank-happy vampire!!!" , howled Kiki, "It wasn't me!!!" Kacey glared at her cousin. Wally still had his cape spread out, and had his fake fangs glistening in the moonlight. He started giggling nervously. "Um...I'm seeing what the girls think of our Halloween costumes?" Kacey glanced at a very scared Kuki and Kiki. Numbuh 5 began chewing the boys out and took off her hat and angrilly charged towards the two boys, as did Numbuhs 7 and 1000.
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Chapter 3
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Halloween was DEFINETLEY in the air around the treehouse. Not just because of the decorations and Hoagie's corny jokes, but because Kuki, Kiki, and Wally were about as grumpy as a vampire who didn't get any sleep. Since last night's prank, Numbuhs 3 and 8 had been plotting to get back at Wally....and did so this morning: He woke up to Kuki's giant inflatable "Clownin' Around" Rainbow Monkey in his face. Kacey had entered the mission prep room with a big rolled-up piece of paper.
"Trick-or-treating plans?" Abby asked.
"Trick-or-treating plans." she answered. She rolled out the blueprints, and began to explain the big plan for tonight. Then she noticed Kuki and Kiki weren't in the room. "Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 8!!,"she shouted ", Get your butts down here NOW! We're going over plans for tonight!". Kiki walked in, still in her pajamas, with a bowl of Rainbow Munchies. Kuki, however, still wasn't anywhere to be found. "Numbuh 3!!!," Kacey shouted again, ",get your-". Then out of nowhere, Kuki sprung up in a clown costume, scaring the crud out of Numbuh 4. Both girls and Hoagie laughed hysterically. Abby just rolled her eyes.
"All right," Numbuh 7 started again, "Wally and I will take the Halloween Carnival...". Wally gulped. Carnivals meant clowns. "...Abby, there's been a significant increase of candy output from the houses in the woods...". Numbuh 5 has a concerned look on her face. Woods meant bears."...Kuki and Kiki, you take this neighborhood..." Kuki smiled, whereas Kiki flung some of her cereal at Wally. She giggled mischeviously as Kacey gave her a look. "And Megan, you take the old houses on Main Street". Megan's face turned white. Old houses usually meant ghosts. "What's Numbuh 2 gonna do?" Kuki asked.
He pulled out rolls of toilet paper and cartons of eggs.
"I'm goin' pranking!" he laughed.
Everyone rolled their eyes.
"All right, but you better stay out of Numbuh 5's candy stash if you don't get anything tonight." said Abby
(several hours pass)
7:00 PM. Trick-or-treating time. Kacey emerged wearing her hippie ensemble, Hoagie was going as what he called "Dr. Gilligan-stein", Kuki was going as a fairy princess, Abby was a lion tamer, Megan was a black cat, Wally was going as a vampire (go figure), and Kiki was still in the bathroom, fixing her makeup. "Come ON, Kiki!," Kuki whined, "We can't leave without you!". "You guys go on," she yelled down the hall, "I'll catch up!". About 5 minutes later, she came out in her werewolf costume. She grabbed her trick-or-treat bag and headed for the door. It was locked. "Very funny, Numbuh 4, now unlock the door." No response. The power mysteriously went out. "All right, Wally, if this is your way of punishing me-". Then a deep, scary, and evil laugh filled the air, "This isn't Mr. Beetles' way of punishing you...,". Kiki froze. She recognized that voice. ",...this is MY way of punishing you for tormenting him, you naughty little girl!".
Then everything went black.
When Kiki came to, she had a few things: a stinging sensation in her backside, a different outfit (black shirt, dark pink bottoms, and red-violet cape), pointy teeth, and an order: to punish ANYONE who was going pranking instead of trick-or-treating tonight. The first one that came to her mind? Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr.
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Chapter 4
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Abby made her way down the path leading to the neighborhood in the woods (WHY there's a neighborhood in the woods, nobody knows). She reached into her bag, and pulled out yet another piece of candy. She was running pretty low. "Numbuh 5 better find this neighborhood soon, or else she's gonna have to start bummin' it of off everybody else." she told herself. Just then, there was some rustling in the bushes. Her heart started to beat faster. Abby shook her head. "Get a hold of yourself. It's probably just a stray cat...or a bush baby...or a wolf". Then what was in the bushes started to growl. "Bush babies don't growl....cats do, but not like THAT." Abby shined her flashlight into the bushes. There were two big eyes. Just then, a BEAR- not a big one...maybe like a 1 or 2-year-old one, so it's still a baby- jumped out, growling ferociously. She shrieked and began to run as fast as she could. She found a nearby tree and began to climb up...and only made it about halfway. Abby clung on to the tree for dear life. "Maybe i can try calling Numbuh 7." She took out her KN-communicator and tried to get through to Kacey. No answer. As the bear continued to circle the tree, all Abby could do was hold on and wait for it to go away.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Hoagie was busy T.P.ing and egging various houses. He had even gotten the houses of a few villians (specifically Mr. Wink and Fibb, the Toilenator, and the Crazy Ol' Cat Lady) without getting caught!...or so he thought. As he rounded the corner, he accidently turned into an alley. A dark and tall shadow formed behind him. He nervously turned around to find...Kiki. Giggling. "Ha ha! I got you good!" she said in her newly-acquirred Transylavanian accent.
"Oh hey, Numbuh 8!," he said, "I thought you were gonna be a werewolf."
Kiki stopped laughing, and nervously thought of an excuse. "Yeah, I was. But i... decided to change at the last minute."
"Oh. Well, I guess you got me!" he giggled nervously.
Kiki smiled evilly, and began taking off one of her light-pink gloves.
"Yeah, but seriously: GOTCHA!!!" and swooped in for the kill....actually more like "swooped in for the kid who'd been bad". After about 2 minutes of pure unadulterated horror (to a kid, getting spanked WOULD be) , Kiki emerged from the shadows. "Ready to go, partner?" Hoagie emerged last, wearing an outfit similar to hers.
"After you, partner.". The two spank-happy kids laughed evilly and took to the skies.
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Chapter 5
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"Kacey, wait UUUUUUUP!" Wally whined, trying to catch up, " (pant) (pant) No fair! I've got shorter legs!" Kacey rolled her eyes, and slowed down a little. "You DO realize I'm still peeved at you for scaring the crap out of Numbuhs 3 and 8, right?". Wally rolled his eyes, "It's not MY fault they're a buncha babies!"
"....Says the boy who almost wet himself during this morning's prank." his cousin retorted. Wally immediatley shut up. "Look, I'm gonna take a break from all this trick-or-treating and take a ride on the 'Freaky Ferris Wheel'. Do me a favor and hold my candy bag". Wally got a mischevious look on his face. Kacey turned around one last time. "And if you even take something as little as a Tootsie Roll, I'll kill you!" she snarled. When she got to the ride, there was something really strange: No line. Every other ride, even the little kiddie ones, had lines. REALLY long lines. Kacey thought nothing of it (actually, she thought "Woo-hoo! I don't have to wait in line!"), and ran up the stairs to the ride. She got strapped in to the seat, while the teenage operator unenthusiastically explained the rules. She rolled her eyes, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll let you know when i wanna come down." The ferris wheel let out a big metallic groan, causing her to cringe. When Kacey reached the top, she saw the entire carnival and all the carnival-goers...who looked liked ants. After 2 minutes, she got really bored. "Okay!! I wanna come down!" she yelled. No response. "HEY! PIZZA-FACE!! Let me down!!!". Still no answer. She started to violently shake the seat back and forth, hoping to get the teens attention, "GET ME OFF OF THIS-", then the saftey belt snapped, throwing her over the saftey bar. She managed to catch it in time. Kacey's heart was beating like a jackhammer; she was staring her biggest fear in the face. She tried calling for help, but the carnival music was playing WAY too loud for anyone to hear. "Maybe I can call Wally to come get me." Thank goodness HER KN-communicator was voice-activated or she'd be a pancake by now. No answer. All she could do was hold on for dear life.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the carnival, Wally was trying his luck at Skeeball (or in this case: Shriekball). He had enough tickets to get...a "Darling Dracula" Rainbow Monkey. He groaned, but decided to give it to Kuki as a "I'm-sorry-I-scared-the-crap-out-of-you" gift. He stuffed his prize into his candy bag, and accidentley pushed it's belly, causing it to talk. "Can I bite your neck?," it asked ",pretty pretty please?". Wally rolled his eyes. He blindly wandered into the far side of the carnival. He reached into his cousin's bag (that little TWERP!) and took out a Blow Pop. He accidently dropped both bags. The Rainbow Monkey spoke again, "I vant to suck your blood! May I please have some?"
"Shut up, you stupid-!" Wally looked up to see a bunch of clowns. And not just those stereotypical circus clowns, there were a few psycho-killer clowns. Standing in front of him was 5- well, actually 1 big lump- of clowns. The 5 clowns grabbed both bags and ran off, laughing evilly. Wally couldn't really do anything. He was paralyzed with fear.
On the other side of town, Kuki was storming down the block. She was P.O'ed at Wally for being such a butt-munch. She was also P.O.'ed at Kiki for not showing up and helping with the candy collecting and calming her down from getting scared (Apperently, the Chainsaw Freak was a popular costume). She walked up to a very familiar house and rang the doorbell. There was no answer, but something reach out of the dog door and grabbed her foot. It was the hand of...The Chainsaw Freak! She shrieked with all her might and started violently shaking her leg. She looked down and saw that it wasn't really the Chainsaw Freak...It was little Joey...in a Chainsaw Freak costume. He was a little shaken up, but he was giggling. "Joey! You goof! You scared me!" she said. He answered her with his usual babbling (translated, it comes out to: "It's only a costume, jeez!"). Kuki laughed. "So all this time, I've really been scared of nothing?". Joey rolled his eyes. She picked him up and began tickling him. "Thanks, Joey! You helped me get over my fear." Joey started squirming to get down. Then, Kuki got a call on her KN-communicator. It was an SOS. From Abby.
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Chapter 6
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Abby had been clinging to the tree for the past several hours. About 3 hours earlier, the bear got tired of growling, roaring and being all around...um...bear-ish, and decided to take a nap. This gave her the chance to slowly climb down and make a run for it. She had quietly made it about 3/4 of the way down when Kuki skipped towards the big tree and shouted: "AAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBYYY! Abby! Yoo-hoo, AaaaaaaAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaBbBbbbbbbbBBBBYYyy!!!" She cringed as the bear started waking up. Kuki merrily skipped to her teammate, and bombarded her with questions. "Where have you been? Why didn't you call sooner? Is that a bear?". The bear roared loudly. Abby began to run away, but Kuki grabbed her hair. "Hi Mr. Bear!!" she squealed. "Are you crazy, girl?! That thing tried to tear Numbuh 5 limb from limb and-" Kuki began to hush her. "I can handle this. I speak bear". She calmly walked up to the bear and began growling. Abby closed her eyes tightly, expecting to hear Kuki screaming. Instead, the bear quietly growled back. For about a minute, Kuki and the bear conversed. The bear then rolled onto it's back She turned to Abby. "He says: 'Can you take the thorn out of my paw?'". Abby started laughing, That's IT?!?!". The bear began to snarl, and Abby stopped laughing. She pulled with all her might and eventually got the thorn out. The bear looked relieved and walked up to Abby...and began licking her hand as a way of saying thanks. "I think he likes you!" Kuki giggled. The girls then recieved an SOS. From Kacey.
Kacey had been hanging on for about an hour. Help had better arrive soon.. her hands were getting sore. Just then, a seagull landed near the hand that was holding on to the saftey bar. "Shoo! Go away! Go bother Wally." The seagull looked at the bracelet she was wearing...the little beads looked like little bits of food. It threw it's head back as far as it could go, and pecked the crap out of her hand. The pain accidently made her let go of the bar... and began falling. She expected to hear a thump, but instead, she heard the roar of a jetpack. It was Abby. Kacey started crying, "Thank you thank you, thank you!!!!". When she landed, she began kissing the ground. Then the three girls heard a shrill scream. Coming from the far side of the carnival. It was Wally. When the three got there, he was curled up in a ball, shaking and crying. "Wally, calm down. You're fine." Kacey told him. "How can I? I got your and my candy stolen by 5 clowns! I even got Kuki's present stolen!." Kuki's eyes grew huge. "PRESENT?!?! WHERE DID THOSE CANDY-NAPPERS GO!?! When I find them I'm gonna kick their-". Then Kacey's KN-communicator went off. It was an SOS. From Megan. "Coordinates 7 Delta J lollipop..." she read, "That's the old haunted Johnson house! C'mon!"
Meanwhile, on the side of the carnival where the Skee- er- Shriekball game was, Kiki and Hoagie were counting up their tickets at the prize counter. "I want a 'Darling Dracula' Rainbow Monkey!" Kiki squealed. Hoagie whined, "But most of these are MY tickets! Why can't we split a prize?". Kiki snarled, "Because I'm older than you, I payed for the kajillion games YOU wanted to play, and I can spank you into next week! THAT'S WHY!!" Hoagie gave his furious partner the tickets. She giggled like a little schoolgirl and skipped ahead. Just then, Kiki's biggest fear(guess who) appeared right in front of her. She shrieked and ran behind Hoagie. "I told you to go punish any naughty childrens who were going pranking tonight!", the Count said, pretty peeved.
"We did." Hoagie replied.
"Then we got tired and decided to come to the carnival. I wanted some cotton candy and a prize." Kiki finished, smiling and squeezing her Rainbow Monkey. The Count smiled and giggled like a schoolgirl. He thought her toy was absolutley adorable "Can i hold the Rainbow Monkey? Pleeeeeeeeeeeease??" Kiki pulled back and snarled. "GET YOUR OWN!" she hissed. He ran and hid behind Hoagie. After he pulled himself together, he said, "Very well. Continue with your um...carnival-ing. But so help me, if ONE prankster goes unpunished, you two are gonna get it!" He then disapeered into the night. "What's HIS problem?" Kiki asked. Hoagie began to explain, but decided it wasn't worth it. "Come on. We've got some more work to do." She groaned, and took to the skies with her partner and Rainbow Monkey.
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Chapter 7
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Megan was lying in the middle of the basement of the old, haunted, and supposedly abandoned Johnson house. Why? Well....
Here's what had happened earlier: Now normally, a kid wouldn't have gotten past the doorway to a haunted house (becuase, in this case, there were bowls of candy left on the porch and a sign that said "Take ONE"), but the old Johnson house had a sign that read "Candy Inside. Come in...if you dare". Megan always took the phrase "if you dare" as a personal challenge. When she walked in, she expected to see a table with a bowl of candy and someone, most likely a teenager, dressed as some sort of monster waiting on the stairs and attempt to scare her. Instead she found the bowl of candy at the top of the stairs. Her eyes grew really wide; What if something was up there? She gulped and began made her way up the steps. "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..." she told herself. Just then, a ghost (well actually, it was a big lump of kids under a sheet wailing "Booooo!" at the same time, but she was too scared to notice) jumped in front of her. Megan shrieked, dropped her trick-or-treat bag, and ran down the stairs going, "I thought I could! I thought I could! I thought I could!!". She quickly typed "SOS" into her KN-communicator.. and failed to notice the big hole in the floor...and fell to the cold, hard basement floor waiting below. (WHEW! That was long!)
She groaned and rubbed her head as Numbuhs 3, 4, 5, and 7 ran to her aid. Kuki began bombarding her with questions. "Are you ok?! What hurts?! How many fingers am i holding up?!!"
She coherently answered "Not really, my head, and I can't see your fingers-"
Kuki started bawling, "SHE'S BLIIIIIIIIIIIND!!!!"
Megan rolled her eyes. "I can't see them because your sleeves are covering them." Kuki blushed, embarrased. She pulled up her sleeves. "How 'bout now?"
"10"
"No! 8 fingers and 2 thumbs! SHE'S GOT BRAIN DAMAGE!!!". Kacey rolled her eyes and helped her teammate to her feet. All 5 operatives made their way out of the haunted house, and back to the treehouse.
When they got back, every one complained that they either had no luck with the trick-or-treating or they had their candy stolen. Abby looked around, concerned. "Numbuh 5 hasn't heard from Numbuhs 2 and 8 all night. Where do you think they are?"
Everyone shrugged. Kacey reached for her KN-communicator. "This is Numbuh 7 calling Numbuh 8. Where the H-E-double hockey sticks ARE you?!?".
No answer. She tried calling again. "NUMBUH 8! GET YOUR BUTT BACK TO THE TREEHOUSE! NOW!!". Just then, Kiki and Hoagie appeered behind her. "SURPRISE!" she cackled. Everyone shrieked...except for Wally. "WOW! Nice costume, Numbuh 8!", he complimented, "You've even got a pair of fake fangs in! That's a perfect effect!". Kacey stuttered, "W-w-w-ally, T-t-t-those aren't f-f-f-ake fangs..."
"Are you kidding? There's no way Kiki could be a real vampire," he grabbed her face and tried to take the fangs out. His grip slipped and he ripped her cape. Kiki started growling and looked like she was ready to kill Wally. "K-k-k-kacey...d-d-d-do you wanna say it, o-o-o-or s-s-should I?"
"I-I-I-I-I guess". She reached for her trusty S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R. in her back pocket. "Kids Next Door, B-b-b-b-b-b-b-BATTLE STATIONS!!!!"
"That's not what I was gonna say! I was gonna say 'Run for it!'," Wally whined. He thought for a second..."Though, this IS a perfect way to get back at her for the Rainbow Monkey incident."
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Chapter 8
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Though Numbuh 7 had called "Battle Stations", nobody had moved...well, all except Hoagie, who was holding Kiki back from pummeling Wally. "Lemme at 'im! Lemme at 'im!!!" she growled. Wally was about 2 inches from her reach and took the oppurtunity to tease her a bit, despite everyone else's warnings. Hoagie's fingers were sweaty and started to slip....letting Kiki spank Wally at full force. >.< Everyone, except for Kuki, had covered their eyes. Kuki, on the other hand, was laughing. "HA!! He finally got what he deserved!" she roared. Kiki, Hoagie, and the newly "vampirafied" Wally looked at Kuki, and charged towards her. After a minute-and-a-half the only one who WASN'T a spank-happy vampire was.... Kacey. All 6 vampires laughed evilly. "Well, well, well...looks like we've saved the naughtiest for last!" Kiki hissed.
"Wait...I thought WALLY was the naughiest one out of the 7 of us." Kuki pondered.
"I mean...we've saved the naughtiest GIRL for last."
"I thought that was Kuki..." Wally spoke up.
"You DARE question my sentences?!" Kiki snarled.
"Woah, woah, woah, Kiki...calm down" Hoagie started.
"I know, I know...I thought it'd sound all dramatic-y if I said that!". Abby rolled her eyes.
While the group rambled, Kacey saw this as a perfect oppurtunity to attack. She managed to hit Kuki, Hoagie, and Megan. Then Abby. Wally and Kiki finally stopped talking and realized the others were tied up. Kacey smirked and laughed. "Care to do the honors?" Kiki asked.
Wally cleared his throat and deepened his voice to sound like the Count: "Cousin Kacey! You have been bad-"
"And shall feel the sting-y wrath of Wally and Kiki Spankulot, blah blah blah. Just get on with it." she droned on.
Both vampires growled and went for her...that's when Kacey pulled out her S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R. and got both right on their backsides. Wally began whining, "I'm telling!!". His older cousin grabbed him by the collar, "Oh no you're not. I've had enough of this Halloween stuff for one year. Now listen..." Kiki walked up to Kacey, wincing every step of the way. "We're listening...."
"I think we've got enough time to get this trick-or-treating-"
That's when the sun came up. Everyone groaned (especially the vampire operatives. Sun and vampires obviously don't mix). Kuki and Kiki began crying. "HALLOWEEN IS OVER!!!" they howled. Wally rolled his eyes.
"All that work for nothing!" Kuki wailed.
"Well, guess we gotta go get this curse thingy reversed." Hoagie sighed, exausted.
"Not yet..." Kacey and Kiki said at the same time. The girls looked at each other and began talking. After a minute, they began asking the other operatives questions. The two had a pretty good idea on who scared the crap out of Wally and Megan. Kacey smiled evilly, putting on a vampire costume. "All right guys, let's take a trip...down the lane."
About 1/2 an hour and one curse-reversing later, all 7 operatives sat in front of a giant pile of candy. Wally reached into his bag and looked at Kuki, blushing. "K-kuki? I got you something from the carnival..." She let out a shrill shriek of joy and began pressing the monkey's belly. Wally buried his face into his hands, "Not again..." he thought. Abby looked over at Kiki, who was pouting and had barely touched her candy. "What's wrong?" she asked.
Kiki sighed, "I feel like I was the one who screwed up Halloween. I mean, Hoagie became a vampire because of ME, Kuki got scared out of her wits because of ME-"
"No, I didn't." she inturrupted
"Huh?"
"If you HAD showed up, I wouldn't have beaten my fear and rescued Abby." Kuki reassured
"If you HAD showed up, Numbuh 5 would've been bear food." said Abby
"If you HAD showed up, I'd be a pancake" Kacey added.
"If you HAD showed up, I'd still be at the carnival curled up in a ball," said Wally.
"If you HAD showed up, I'd probably still be in the basement of the old Johnson house." Megan contributed.
"If you HADN'T showed up, I'd have gotten a lot more pranking done!" Hoagie whined. Abby smacked him with her hat.
"And I think you know where this is going." Kacey finished. Kiki smiled, "Thanks." She turned to Wally, "I'm sorry I was such a jerk to you"
He shrugged, "Eh, It's cool. I kinda deserved it anyway." She turned to Hoagie and reached into her candy bag. "Hey, Hoagie? I got somethin' for ya..."
Hoagie shrieked like Kuki had done earlier. "Yipper Number 108!!!! HOW did you get this?!"
She smiled, "It's a secret."
Hoagie smiled too. Kiki gave him a big hug, "And I'm sorry I made you a vampire."
Wally started laughing. "Kiki likes Hoagie! Kiki likes Hoagie!," he teased ", Kiki and Hoagie, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-Q-4-17!" Kiki snarled, "I may not be a vampire anymore, but I can STILL spank you into next week!"
Everyone laughed (except Wally, obviously). And although it was kinda late, it was still a pretty AWESOME (and eventful) Halloween.