NOTICE / UPDATE [ETA File X-forward]: While all these updates can be read in any order, File IX may be a better starting window / intro for the story as a whole to consider as an alternative to reading in posted & original order starting here at File I. It's a suggestion and nothing more; I'd switch them around in chapter order myself if it wouldn't make a mess of the reviews.

Also, minor tweaks are ongoing.

AUTHOR'S NOTES

This is basically series of snapshots of KND Global Command (from canon, and speculative / canon-derived) and the people they interact with. Timeline and chapter length varies. g:KND material is considered series canon for story purposes. 'Main' characters of every file are in the chapter titles so you can skip around if you want, even though events tie together and are overarching.

FILE I
Characters: Numbuh 86 (aka Fanny Fulbright), [ex-]Numbuh 274 (aka Chad Dickson), [ex-]Numbuh 11 (aka Cree Lincoln)
File Under: SERIES TIMELINE – unspecified
Archive Label: Yes, Numbuh 86 knew exactly why that teenager had saved her life. That didn't mean she had to like it.

Fanny gaped, wide-eyed with shock, when the form of Cree towering over her suddenly collapsed toppled unconscious from above. Numbuh 86's eyes swiveled automatically toward the cause.

Standing where the treacherous teenager had been was another familiar face: Chad, terrible and scowling, staring down at his fellow teen that'd been holding Numbuh 86 at knifepoint with a terrible expression.

"Don't touch her," he said lowly, finally lowering his weaponized stupefier. The words were directed to Cree's prone, unhearing form on the ground.

Fanny dizzily took in gasps for air. She found her voice again as the danger passed.

"N-Numbuh 274!" she managed finally, not as loudly as she'd have liked. "What were you thinkin'?" Fanny's voice trembled still with fear, not entirely for herself, and she hated it. Hated stupid boys who became stupid teens who became stupid spies who couldn't even do their jobs right, because what if someone had seen? "That's supposed to be yer teammate, now! Ya could've blown your—!"

Before she could finish, Chad stormed over to her and seized Fanny by the front of her KND uniform.

"Wh—" Fanny startled automatically, indignant.

Chad only yanked her up to meet him, and her breath caught at the look in his eyes when he looked at her. The teen's voice was ragged and he snarled.

"She could have killed you!"

And Numbuh 86 knew this.

And she did not want to hear it from him.