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Jailed
And
Inadequate
Lies-makes
Brittany
Really
Enraged
And
Krazy
Sometime after the trial of Count Spankulot ended, Sector V went back to their treehouse feeling very tired and sore.
“Aw man…” Numbuh 2 groaned as he rubbed his sore bottom, “I don't think I can sit for a week.”
“Me too…no thanks to Numbuh 3!” Numbuh 4 glared at his teammate.
“Hey! I said I was sorry!” Numbuh 3 glared, “How was I supposed to know that he would hear me? You should have told me it was a secret!”
“Well, you didn't have to say it out loud with the Count just a few feet away!!” Numbuh 1 said back.
“What important is that he's not gonna bother us anymore.” Numbuh 5 laid down on the couch.
“True. At least it can't get any worse.”
Suddenly the door burst open and purple smoke came out as the kids felt a strange aura.
"Kids…next…DOOR!!!!!"
“What is it? Is it a magician? Or a zombie?!” Numbuh 4 looked around.
They look to see an angry Brittany with reddened eyes and her body was overflowing with energy as she walked towards them.
Uhh…Hi Brittany. How you been?” Numbuh 1 greeted nervously, “How’s your mom?”
She says nothing and walks in ominously. They could tell that she was seriously angry at them for whatever reason and had a feeling on what it was.
“How could you…” she said in an icy voice.
“Uh, say again?” asked a nervous Numbuh 4.
“How could put my father in JAIL?!” Brittany yelled in a rage, “You set him up and now look what happened!! How could you do this to me, my brothers and my mom?! Don't you realize what you've done?!”
“Now wait wait! I can explain!” The bald headed boy started to panic, “I-It was a mistake!”
“But I thought we wanted him in jail.” Numbuh 3 blurted out.
“Shhh!!” The others shushed her.
Those words angered Brittany further and she clenched her fist so hard, they started to bleed.
“Mistake??? You call setting up my only father, the one who helps keep our family afloat, and sending him to jail forever just a MISTAKE?!!!!!!”
Dark energy surrounded her as her eyes become very red and Sector V was shivering in fear; they knew they had messed up big time and they might possibly get a much bigger paddling than what her father gave them earlier.
“I told you this was bad idea! Why don't you listen to me?!” Numbuh 5 scolded their leader.
“Because we fight adults!” He tried to counter her argument.
“But that was her daddy and we sent him down the river!”
“Please don't hurt us!!” Numbuh 2 begged, “We’re really sorry!”
Brittany gave them all a dark look as she powered up her hand, ready to give each of them the worst spanking of their lives.
“Give me one good reason why I shouldn't paddle your backsides to kingdom come for the next hundred years….” She said in an almost demonic voice.
That’s when Numbuh 5 had an idea that could help their fiend and save their hides.
“We can get him back!” Numbuh 5 offered.
“What?!”
Hearing her friend say that helped calm down Brittany and she was her normal self again.
“Wait….what did you say?” Brittany asked in a calm manner, “You will bring him back?”
“Of course we will!” She gave a stern look to her leader, “Right Numbuh 1?”
“Uhh yeah! O-Of course!” Numbuh 1 stammered, “We most certainly will!”
“Well alright. But you better bring my father back or your bottoms are toast! And if you fail to get him back, help me….” Brittany clenched her fist as a warning.
“Don't worry Brittany!” Numbuh 5 tried to calm her, “We promise to get him back.”
“Good. Don't fail me…or else.”
Then, she disappears in a puff of purple smoke and Sector V sighed in relief.
“Golly, that was really scary.” Numbuh 3 rubbed her shoulders.
“Tell me about it.” Numbuh 4 brushed off his arms, “Oh well! Let's go play some video games.”
“Are you nuts?!” Numbuh 2 almost shouted, “You heard what Brittany said! If we don't get the Count out of jail, we'll never be able to sit down ever again!”
“And we made a promise to her! She's also our friend.” Numbuh 3 added.
“But we had a rough night!” The blonde haired boy whined, “Can't we just play games for a while and forget about it?”
“Absolutely not!” Numbuh 1 declared, “If we don't get the Count out now, Brittney will spank us so bad that we’ll need quadruple cheek transplants! And Numbuh 5 is right, she's also our friend and a fellow kid in need. Now all we need is a plan.”
“Maybe we can just break the jail wall and bust him out?” Numbuh 2 said.
“Simple.”
“Maybe if we can ask really nicely, they can let the Count go.” Numbuh 3 offered.
“Simplier.”
“What if we just tell them the truth and convince them to release the Count.” Numbuh 5 suggested, “Or at least get his sentence reduced.”
“Or we could just bust him out!” Numbuh 4 said.
“Good enough to me! Kids Next Door, battle stations!”
Numbuh 5 only rolled her eyes but followed her leaders orders.
Then, the kids arrived outside the jail and gathered to think of a plan to get Count Spankulot free.
“Okay, so how do we get him out?” Numbuh 2 asked as they stood behind a wall.
“How about I climb in and bust him out of the bars?” Numbuh 4 suggested.
“It can’t hurt. Go for it.” Numbuh 1 approved.
“Ugh….itll never work.” Numbuh 5 sighed.
“Watch and learn. All be out faster than three koalas on a bus.”
With the help of Numbuh 2 & 3, the blonde headed boy made his way inside after climbing in through the window.
“Okay now, I just gotta-“
Suddenly, he was grabbed by one of the guards.
“H-Hey!”
“ and what do you think you’re doing in here, little man?” The guard asked, “Visiting hours are over.”
“I’m uh….sight-seeing?” The boy lied.
The guard glared, and within a minute, he threw him out of the jail.
“Ow!!” Numbuh 4 rubbed his head before standing up, “Next time, I’ll give you guys a whumpuh-thumpah! And a kablam! And a-“
“Would you just get over here, ya big dummy!” Numbuh 5 pulled him aside.
“Well, that plan failed.” Numbuh 1 rubbed his temples, “Anyone else has any ideas?”
“Hmm. I know!” Numbuh 2 said.
A few minutes later, four of Sector V were walking towards the jail in disguises while Numbuh 5 stayed behind; Numbuh 4 carried Numbuh 2 on his shoulders (albeit very difficult) while Numbuh 3 did the same with Numbuh 3.
Numbuh 3. used a long dark dress with a mop wig while Numbuh 2 used a long overcoat and a fake mustache and that’s top hat.
They were disguised as Count Spankulot’s parents too, hopefully, sweet talk the guards until letting him go.
“Uh hello my good man.” Numbuh 2 used a fake accent as they approached the desk.
“Who are you two?” The desk officer asked, “Visiting hours are over.”
“We are Count Spankulot’s mama and papa. Would you please release him?”
“Please release him!” Numbuh 3 used fake tears, “We miss our sweet little spanky! Please let us take him home!”
The man narrowed his eyes and suspicion and looked through his record book.
“Hmm. That’s not possible because it says here that his parents died when he was just a boy. How can you to be his parents if they’re already dead?”
The two looked at each other and realized that they did not know anything about the Count’s family other than his wife and children.
“Uhhh… we adopted him?”
They were thrown out a few seconds later.
“Let me guess…it didn’t work.” Numbuh 5 said as she ate an apple.
“Ugh…how could we have known that stupid cruddy vampire didn’t have any parents?!” Numbuh 4 shook off the costume, “I’d say we forget about this and just go home!”
“But what about Brittany?” Numbuh 3 said, “She’s counting on us.”
“Yeah and if we don’t her dad out, we can forget about sitting down for the next bazillion years!” Numbuh 2 urgently added.
“Oh. Right.”
“We need to keep trying.” Their leader said, “What else have we not done yet?”
As the kids were thinking, Numbuh 3 noticed a little hamster in a jail guard uniform earring a bagel.
“Aww cute!” She said and ran up to him, “Hello little hamster!”
The hamster looked up and was poised to attack but the young girl slowed down and knelt down to talk to him.
“It’s okay, I wont hurt you. But can you help us? We need to get somebody out and it’s very important.”
The little creature narrowed his eyes at the young girl until she brought out a soda can.
“We’ll give you a bunch of soda if you help us.” She smiled.
“Eeee!!” Their hamster squealed in delight and nodded.
“Oi! That mine!” Numbuh 4 complained.
But you got like eleventy three cans in your room.” Numbuh 3 said, “You can handle losing a couple or more.”
The boy only crossed his arms as the hamster led them through the back door.
Well, the kids stay in the sidelines, Bernie (the hamster) use a donut box to lower the guards away.
“Donuts!” both guards said excitedly as they ran to catch the box.
Once they were gone, Sector V searched all the cells until they found the Count sitting on his bed.
“I found him!” Numbuh 5 said, “Count Spankulot! It’s us! We’re here to bust you out!”
But the Count didn’t speak nor did he look up at her once.
“Uh you okay?”
“Let’s hurry and get you out of here before these guys come back.” Numbuh 2 said as he tried to open the cell.
“No need.” the Count spoke softy, “I’m not leaving…”
“What?!” They all said.
“I need to stay here and repay my debt to society.”
“But but….” Numbuh 3 stammered.
“And besides, why would you wanna break me out? You’re the one who put me in here…. again.”
“I know I know, we’re sorry about that.” Numbuh 1 explained, “But to be fair, you weren’t exactly a great houseguest. And you force yourself into the Kids Next Door even though you’re an adult.”
They all gave him a “really?” glare as Count Spankulot lay on his cot and turned away.
“Just leave me be.” He said sadly, “Even if I was free, I know I have shamed my family. I can’t ever go home again….”
The kids started to feel bad for him and even regretted both times they sent him to prison.
“Count listen.” Numbuh 5 started to say, “We-“
“Who’s there?!”
“Whoa! Hide!”
The kids had to hide inside a closet as the two guards went to investigate.
“I swear, I thought I heard somebody over here.” One said.
“Ah, you’re just hearing things. I told you you should have your ears checked.” The other told him.
“Oh shut up!”
Then a few minutes later, the guards noticed the lights were flickering on and off
“What the? Who's there?!” One guard looked around.
“It must be the stupid wires again.” His partner said.
Suddenly a swarm of bats came and fly all sprung them.
“Ahh!! Get them off! Get them off!”
“What the heck is going on?!”
"Leave!" A demonic voice said, "Let my friends and father go!"
“Who is that? Who are you?!” The other guard asked fearfully.
Brittany appeared in the shadows with her red eyes glowing and her fangs on display.
“Your worst nightmare!”
“AHHHH!!! MOMMY!!!!”
The guards scream in horror and ran away like the cowards they were.
Brittany smirked as they ran away and turned back into her normal safe.
“That's better.”
“Brittany, you came!” Numbuh 3 said happily.
“Of course I did. Someone gave me a message to come here and let a hand.” She said as she held the hamster in her hand.
Unbeknownst to the KND, Bernie looked into the files and saw where the Count lived and who his family was. it didn’t take long for him to track down Brittany and bring her here after drawing some pictures saying that her friends needed help.
“Oh Bernie! Good job!” Numbuh 3 took the small animal in her hands and hugged him.
“You actually know how to speak hamster.” Numbuh 1 asked.
“I don't. But with his uniform and message, it wasn't hard to figure out that you guys had trouble.” She brushed off hthe r shoulders, “Where's my father?”
“He said he won't leave.” Numbuh 2 shrugged.
“What?” Brittany said in shock, “Why?”
“He said he feels sad and don't wanna embarrass you anymore.” Numbuh 3 revealed.
Brittany couldn't believe what she heard and went to her father’s cell. She had to try and convince him to come back home.
“Father is it true? You didn't want to embarrass us?” she asked softly.
Count Spankulot barely turned his head to look at his daughter and felt the shame growing in his heart.
“Yes my child.” He sat up without liking at her, “I can't leave this place…I can't risk getting myself into more trouble and disgracing you, your mother, and your brothers. It’s because I spanked an innocent child that led me to make it more mistakes and making things worse. So, it's just better I stay here and learn my lesson.”
Brittany places her hands on the bars and felt herself gripping them tight.
“But what about us? Don't you care or love us?”
That’s when the Count went to the cell door, reaches through and and placed a hand on her cheek.
“Of course I do, my sweet daughter.” Count Spankulot tried not to tear up, “I just can't risk my family any further.”
“But staying here won't make it any better.” Brittany shook her head in disagreement, “We all miss you terribly, especially Mom. She's had to work double shifts at her computer since you've been jailed. She and the boys miss you very much and so do I. We all miss you so much, father, and we wish you would come home.”
The Count tears up and bowed his head in shame. During his struggle do good for kids, he filled to realize how emotionally damaging it was to his family; he knew his daughter was right and had to face reality.
“I'm sorry…” he apologized in a tearful voice, “I am so sorry, my child… how could I have been so blind? Please, forgive me…”
Brittney felt the tears in her eyes form and hugged her father through the bars.
Sector V look at them sadly and wish there was more they could do; Numbuh 4 even had to turn away, so he wouldn’t cry in front of the others.
“Now I feel bad.” Numbuh 2 wiped a tear from his eye.
“Me too.” Numbuh 1 agreed, “I should never have set him up to have him sent away a second time. Villain or not, we cannot let a loving parent be away from his children. There’s gotta be a way to get him out of jail.”
“Well, Numbuh 5 is gonna do what she should’ve done in the first place.” His friend said determinedly.
She took out her phone and dialed a number. In a few minutes, the same Judge who put Count Spankulot away came to the jail while in a grumpy mood.
“Okay I’m here.” He grumbled, “Now what’s all this about? I’m gonna miss my stories!”
“Sorry for disturbing you, sir, but we have something to tell you.” Numbuh 5 glared at her later, “Right Numbuh 1?”
The boys sighed and said, “Yes…”
He proceeded to explain about how both times, they set up Count Spankulot to spank an innocent kid and went to join the KND after he was released; then he explained about how he was so annoying from his habits to bad flying skills that they set him up again.
“So, that’s what happened.” Numbuh 1 finished, “It was really our fault that he went to your house and spanked you and your wife. We know it was wrong and we’re very sorry.”
“I see.” The judge scratched his chin, “Well, I guess I can’t really blame him if he was honestly trying to do the right thing. Still though, the laws of the law, and he needs to face a consequences for his actions.”
“I have an idea.” Numbuh 5 spoke up, “What if whenever we capture the Count, he can just stay a few hours or days at the Arctic Prison Base and then he can go home?”
“You know, that’s actually a good idea.” Numbuh 1 approved.
“Alright then. Count Spankulot, you’re free to go.” said the judge.
The Count was released from his cell and Brittany hugged her father.
“I’m so glad you’re free again.” Brittany nearly teared up, “I was afraid you’d be gone forever….”
“I am so sorry, my little one.” Count held his daughter close, “I was so wrapped up in my own worries and goals that it blinded me to what’s really important. I promise that will never happen again.”
“Thank you, dad. I’m just so glad that you’re free again.”
Sector V smiled at them and Numbuh 2 stepped forward to say something.
“Hey Brittany?” He twiddles his fingers, “We’re really sorry for what we did to your dad. We didn’t mean for it to get this far. We really didn’t think straight.”
Brittany stopped hugging her father and faced her friends.
“Well, I don’t blame you for one thing and that’s the way my dad drives.” Brittany admitted with a sigh, “According to my mother, the last time she let him drive, he had to pay a lot of fines and rebuild some stuff.”
“Jeez!” Numbuh 2 cringed, “He needs to work on his driving skills.”
The Count smiled sheepishly at the comments but decided to let them slide.
“I know. And I’ll be honest with you guys. While I’m not happy that you sent my father to prison twice, you’re still my good friends and I can see that you tried really hard to help him get out.”
“Of course and we’re very sorry for whatever did.” Numbuh 1 apologized sincerely, “We promise to never do it again.”
“Thanks, you guys. You did good.” She thanked them honestly.
“Anytime Brittany.” Numbuh 1 smiled, “And once again, we’re very sorry about what we did.”
“It’s okay, I forgive you all. And you did get my father free so you’re in the clear….for now”.
“But if you ever do this type of stunt to me or my family again, I will paddle your bottoms until you can’t sit down for months!” The Count threatened, “Is that clear?”
“Crystal clear!” They all said and covered their butts.
“Good!” He turned back to his daughter, “Now let’s go home, dear.”
“Yes father. Later guys.”
“Later! Bye! See ya!” They all waved goodbye.
Brittany left with her father and the KND went home after apologizing to the judge again.
Count Spankulot agreed to do his community service as long as he gets to go back to his family.
And Sector V promised to never set up someone like that again, even if they are villains.
(The End)