As soon as the bell rang, Abby's eyes opened wide and alert. She was the first to leave the classroom, trying unsuccessfully to avoid the hundred backpacks standing in the way. Relieved, after a few inches, she was already outside, where she could take a big breath before leaving her body collapse exhausted on the lawn. She closed her eyes for a second trying to avoid thinking in her problems and everyone she hated in that moment; family, friends…

"You coming tonight, right?" a sweet brattish voice interrupted her hating thoughts.

Abby opened her eyes to see Kenya's brown eyes stuck in hers. She had been reminding everyone in school about that damn football match for three weeks.

"You know every girl is important. Without you in the pyramid, how can I be on top?"

"I know" Abby muttered, closing her eyes again, hiding herself under her old red cap.

"Are you still whining about him?"

Abby rolled her eyes under her cap, ignoring the question.

"Get over it! You broke up millions of years ago! I told you I can introduce you someone better. You know… with hair and less… paranoid?"

"He was NOT Abby's boyfriend. We did NOT break up because there was NOTHING to break up!"

"Uhg. What-ever. You better don't miss it tonight"

It had been tough weeks lately, finding herself in the middle of arguments, mostly with her teammate and best friend. They, as the only sector V's remaining members, used to spend most part of the day together, planning between and after classes, new tactics to secretly help the organization that bond them together as kids. The activity against kids was in that time unbelievable high, making them frequently disappear together without saying anything to anyone.

Even their friends in common, Wally, Kuki and Hoagie would think they were actually dating, without knowing everything they had to pass through alone.

Having the thought in them of being a selfish teenagers to match with their friends were not in the plans of either of them, struggling in every mission they had to sabotage pretending they didn't care about the kids nor the teens.

When Sector BS was assigned to destroy the Battle Ready Armor factory, Numbuhs 280, 279 and their leader, Numbuh 287 were captured by Kenya, formerly known as Numbuh 68 and her Teen Ninja Army, having the kids about to be permanently defeated.

Nigel had enough of Sector BS and their incompetence, thinking for a second in giving Kenya the opportunity to defeat them. After all, a Kid Next Door Operative can't be such a cry-baby hoping for the undercover agents to save their butts.

Abby ran out of excuses and examples about operatives that were not the best, but they at least tried. Even though, Nigel was right. The Sector had stopped trying because in the end, somehow they were always saved by some mystery power. But they were loyal to the organization; no matter how useless, moron or incompetent they were, they must had been saved. What happened to the old KND and its efficiency? Couldn't the reinforcements just help them out? Had KND itself set them a trap?

Destroying a factory of the Teen Ninja Army was such a big mission that not even the Sector V back in their days could handle themselves.

In the middle a fight between Abby against Nigel against Kenya and Teen Ninja Army, the Paralyzing Ray was shoot to Sector BS making them unable to move even an inch. The effect of this ray was designed to last until their thirteenth birthday.

Back to the KND Moonbase, the scientists had tried to revert the lethal ray, but the only member of the KND who had discovered the way to turn a kid into a teen and back into a kid in the same day, was already decommissioned and his project was never revealed to any other operative.

Abby and Nigel were known as the best team ever been, they even recognized that they worked better as the team they had always been, always assigned to the most dangerous missions, always successful.

But this time, a whole sector had been defeated forever. Their duty was to protect the KND operatives no matter what, and they failed three times in a day. Although Abby and Nigel were just warned about their performance, Abby couldn't stand the fact that Nigel had thoughts like that after Numbuh 13, Numbuh 363 even Numbuh 3, and of course, Numbuh 1 himself.

After that day, both agreed in silence they would be better alone. Abby had decided to join –against her will- the cheerleaders to be a step ahead of the Teen Ninja Army, while Nigel started hanging more with the football and basketball teams although he would feel out of the water.
Their common friends, not involved in any of these clubs, would just watch them from the distance, almost worried about their relationship.

Abby was a bit worried about her tactics after the game, she didn't know how to prevent such an attack to the Sectors nearby without Nigel's cooperation. He was so stubborn!

Hours before that important game, Abby visited her locker to put safe her backpack; when she opened her locker, a paper folded in half that made her face fell to her feet.

"You're back again?" Kuki suddenly appeared beside her, hoping her guess was true.

"Yeah" she laughed, knowing her friend was reading over her shoulder.

Meet me before the game at the field.
Can't make it without you.
You and I will catch some stars all night long. Just you and me, babe.

X
X O O X
O O O
Nigel

"I knew you had to be back some day! You're so lucky to have someone that loves you that much! Although… he should really learn how to send kisses and hugs!"

"Abby's indeed very lucky, girl"

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