Am I Doomed To Be Alone?

Zoo of Kids

Operation: Z.O.O:

Zoologically

Obsessed

Octogenarian

My Pov

I was currently at the Sector V treehouse, helping out. We had heard the doorbell ring, so Numbuh 1 went downstairs to see who it was. After a while, he came back upstairs.

"Who was at the door Numbuh 1?" Numbuh 2 asked.

"Some crazy old woman wanting us to come to her stupid kids zoo." Numbuh 1 said.

"Numbuh 5 hates zoos." Numbuh 5 said. I had only been to a zoo once or twice when I was little. Numbuh 4 was asking Numbuh 1 what type of tool to use on a nail(which really shouldn't have been hard to decide)when Numbuh 1 suddenly keeled over. That's when I felt something hit me in my rear and I felt drowsy and fell asleep. I woke up and saw I was in a cage. I rubbed my head and then felt something on my ear. I looked and saw some kind of tag with the number 7 on it.

"Where are we?" I asked. I looked and saw other cages filled with kids. What was this place?

"It looks like we're in a zoo! A zoo for kids!" Numbuh 1 exclaimed. That's when I heard an all too familiar unison of voices. I looked and saw the DCFDTL in the next cage.

"Brilliant deduction Kids Next Dumb." the Delightful Children said. I noticed that Ashley had a purple tag on her ear.

Numbuh 4: "Hah! It's about time someone put you Delightful Children From Down The Lane in a cage a long time ago."

"You mean like... yourself?" the Delightful Children pointed out.

"Oh, right. I hate it when they do that!" Numbuh 4 said. That's when an old woman with a tail came into view. She began telling us about why she started a children's zoo, listed the different 'habitats' and that she was going to feed me and my team to the school bully at 2:00. She walked away and I heard the DCFDTL laughing.

"Bon Appétit, Kids Next Door." the Delightful Children said. I glared at them.

"There's not much time until 2:00. Kids Next Door, spread out!" Numbuh 1 said. There wasn't much point introduces trying to look for a way out. Without any 2x4 technology or weapons, any hopes of breaking out of this cage were pretty slim. After a few failed attempts, everyone stopped. "All right. Well, now I suggest that now we... panic!" Everyone but me and Numbuh 5 started yelling and running around the cage. I glanced over at the DCFDTL and saw them shaking their heads. This was one of the once-in-a-blue-moon moments I was with them mentally. Sector V was acting ridiculous.

"Would y'll just shut up!? I can't think between y'll screamin' and their stupid record player. Wait, record player. Ooh, that's it! Numbuh 5's got an idea. But, it involves working with the Delightful Children." Numbuh 5 said.

"Are you crazy?! They're the enemy! Numbuh 2 exclaimed.

"Yeah! I ain't doing anything with those freaks!" Numbuh 4 added.

"Me neither! Beside, it's lunch time." Numbuh 3 said.

"In a few minutes, we're going to be lunch for a bully. And there's hundreds of kids who need our help." Numbuh 1 said. We decided to work with them. Using the tire swing in our cage and the record player in their cage, we managed to pry a side to each of our cages.

"Thank you very much... Kids Next Door." the Delightful Children said.

"You... are... welcome?" Numbuh 1 said, uneasily.

"Now... if you don't mind, we and our little sister will be leaving." the Delightful Children said. Ashley and Bruce grabbed my arm and pulled me along with them. I mentally groaned and waved good-bye. They pushed me into the front of the limo with the driver. We drove back to the mansion. It turned out that they faked their capture and hired that woman to capture and get rid Sector V. Thankfully, Numbuh 2 called me later on to tell me they and the other kids got out. I didn't make any eye-contact with those Delightful Snobs all throughout dinner. I took a bath, brushed my teeth, changed into my new nightdress, which was a pale blue-white slightly ruffled dress with a piece of ruffled material covering the top of the chest. The sleeves were in two layers, and sewn at the top are three rows of sky-blue spheres(Look at PriPara; Sophie Jellyfish Coord, dress only). I got under the covers and turned off my light. I looked at the picture on my nightstand. It was a picture of my fifth birthday. It was the first birthday I had celebrated since my mom disappeared. Sector Z had thrown me a surprise party.

"Good night Bruce, good night Ashley, good night, Lenny, good night, Constance and good night David." I said. I was full of melancholy. A single tear rolled down my cheek. I snuggled under the covers, hoping to at least get a good night sleep for the first time in almost five years.

Sorry this chapter's so short.