Am I Doomed To Be Alone?

Delightful Party

Operation D.A.T.E:

Dance

Actually

Threatens

Everyone

My Pov

It felt nice never having to go back to that horrible house. Living in Sector V's treehouse reminded me of happier times. That's when Numbuh 1 called all of us together.

"Kids Next Door, reporting for duty!" Numbuh 3 announced.

"Bad news team. When I opened the Kids Next Door super secret mail this morning, I discovered this." Numbuh 1 said. He held up a piece of paper with salad tongs.

"You are cordially invited to-" Numbuh 5 started, but Numbuh 1 snatched it from her reach.

"Don't touch it!" Numbuh 1 exclaimed.

"Would you relax? It's just an invitation!" Numbuh 5 said.

"An invitation to the Kids All Town Cotillion!" Numbuh 3 exclaimed.

"We got invited?" Numbuh 2 asked excitedly.

"That's the biggest shindig in town." Numbuh 4 said.

"Read the fine print: With you hosts, the Delightful Children From Down The Lane." Numbuh 1 pointed out. Well, I wasn't going.

"Does that mean we can't go?" Numbuh 3 asked sadly.

"Of course we're going!" Numbuh 1 said. Everyone but me cheered. "We'll go to their little soiree, but not for fun. It will be a mission to find out what those Delightful Children are up to. We can't be conspicuous... I think first, we'll have to couple up as to avoid drawing attention to our real-" Numbuh 5 leaned on Numbuh 2 while Numbuh 3 and 4 held hands. Numbuh 1 stammered.

"Looks like Nigel Uno needs a date!" Numbuh 2 teased. Everyone looked at me. I shook my head.

"I'm sitting this one out for two reasons; 1: I'd rather eat broccoli than set foot in that house again and 2: If a certain someone finds out her boyfriend took another girl to a party, there could be repercussions." I said. Of course, I was referring to Lizzie Devine. She be angry if she found out Numbuh 1 took me to the party.

"Excellent point Numbuh 7, but I will have to ask for your participation in the mission." Numbuh 1 said. I sighed, knowing I wasn't getting out this.

"Don't worry. A girl like you should have no problem gettin' a date." Numbuh 5 said, causing me to blush a little. I guess I could ask him to go with me. I went to my room to get ready. I pulled out my P.I.P.E.R(Phone In Pipe Emergency Radio) and began dialing.

?'s Pov

My P.I.P.E.R started beeping. I folded open the antenna and answered.

"Hello?" I asked. Erika was on the other end. She explained what was going on and how she understood if I didn't want to go. I wanted to keep an eye on her since I knew this was going to be a stressful situation for her. "I'll meet you and Sector V there." I folded the antenna closed and headed home. My mom was ecstatic and my dad was lecturing me, even though I told them I was just going for a friend.

My Pov

I changed into my new clothes set aside for special occasions. My attire consisted of a red and pink gingham ruffled mini-dress with a caramel-colored skinny belt beneath the chest. The bottom and bottom was lined in red. I wore a pale chiffon bolero over it with a decorative flower and a black bracelet on my left wrist. On my feet were baby pink pumps with a chunk wedge, covered in tiny white dots. Numbuh 3 had also braided my hair and put it in a ponytail. I rode with Sector V and Lizzie to the Delightful Mansion. We arrived as many parents dropped off there kids.

"Numbuh 7, where's your date?" Numbuh 3 asked.

"He said he'd meet us here." I said. As if on cue, I heard his voice.

"Sorry for being late." Sector V gawked at who was going to accompany me for the evening; the KND Supreme Leader, Numbuh 274(A.K.A. Chad)walked over to us. "Greetings, Sector V."

"N-N-Numbuh 274?! What are you doing here? Sir?" Numbuh 1 asked, surprised.

"I came on the request of Numbuh 7." Numbuh 274 said. Chad walked over to me and put a necklace with a single pink pearl around my neck. He offered his arm. "Shall we?" I nodded. I took his arm and we walked into the mansion. I saw the DCFDTL greeted guests as they entered. Then they turned to me.

"My, my, my. If it isn't our little sister, not only dressed appropriately, but with the Kids Next Door Supreme Leader. How surprising." the Delightful Children said mockingly. Chad pulled me with him into the ballroom.

"You holding up okay?" Numbuh 274 asked. I nodded. "Good. Erika, the necklace I gave you is a communicator. Once the party settles, we need to spread out and look for anything suspicious." After an hour or so, we quietly snuck out of the ballroom and started looking around, but found nothing. We decided to go back to the ballroom only to just Numbuh 1 and Lizzie.

"Where is everyone?" I asked. That's when I noticed a flash from a back room. Lizzie dragged Numbuh 1 into the other room while Chad and followed, but didn't go in. We peeked from behind the curtains. Instead of a camera, there was a large ray gun. "Numbuh 1! Lizzie! Watch out!" Numbuh 1 pushed Lizzie out of the way just as the DCFDTL fired the laser.

"Erika, Erika, Erika. Always ruining our fun." the DCFDTL said. We ran to Numbuh 1's side.

"That's not just any laser, is it? It's a-" Numbuh 274 said, before being cut off by the Delightful Children.

"A neurosuggestion ray- you three know your optical mind-control devices, but we're afraid that puts you all sadly in the minority." the Delightful Children said. The curtains pulled aside to reveal the other guests had been Delightfulized. We started running through the house, as more Delightfulized guests popped out of rooms. Among them was Sector V. We managed to find an unoccupied closet and hid. I fell to the floor, gasping. Seeing Sector V Delightfulized was causing me to flash back to that day. Chad knew it too. He started shaking me.

"Numbuh 7! Numbuh 7, snap out of it!" Numbuh 274 exclaimed. I was shaking, but Lizzie was more concerned with getting a picture of her and Numbuh 1 than with our current situation. Just as the door behind us opened, Lizzie took a picture, which countered the ray's effect and turned Sector V and others back to normal. Numbuh 1 took Lizzie camera and started changing everyone back. Lizzie became angry and complained that Numbuh 1 had taken everyone's picture but theirs. He got angry and yelled at her before going after the DCFDTL. The rest of us evacuated the guests while Lizzie went to find Numbuh 1. "Are you okay?" I would have said yes, but then I'd be lying.

"No." I simply answered. Suddenly, the DCFDTL, Numbuh 1 and Lizzie came running out of the mansion just as it exploded. The explosion set off a barrage of fireworks. Chad took me back to the treehouse. I didn't get much sleep.