Chapter 1
Operation: P.E.R.S.U.I.T
Peeking
Elite
Racket
Skirting
Under
Injustice
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Tony Antonio had trouble grasping why anyone would want to skirt around decommissioning, unless the people he's looking for didn't know about his rebellion, he doesn't see handpicking certain operatives as a more viable option than his rebellion, though part of him wonders if he's being stubborn about it. Standing on a rooftop with Poldi, who was also called Numbuh .957, and Ling, he's looking through a pair of binoculars at a certain person.
"Are you sure he's the person we're looking for?" Tony asked.
Numbuh .608, or Ling, says in a rather enthusiastic tone that Tony finds uncharacteristic of her, "oh, yes! Commander, I don't see any doubt about it, hehe! I can't wait to see the look on his face when he finds himself busted."
Poldi had his arms crossed, he said, "I don't really like the idea that their might be a Teens Next Door thing, I mean, we've been sweating blood, panicking at the thought of Fanny catching us, and bending over backwards to stay undecommissioned, only to find this guy being given a free pass?"
Tony turns to Numbuh .957 and says "Captain, we don't know for certain if he's undecommissioned yet, if we're wrong and he's decommissioned, we'll recommission him, let him know about us, then give him an offer to join the KET, an ex-operative of his calibre will strengthen the rebellion greatly." Tony turns on an earpiece communicator in his, well, ear. originally KET Operatives used basic 2x4 tech communicators, the same kind used by the KND, but were able to upgrade to earpieces for convenience sake. Tony starts talking through it, "Point Binary, is your scan complete? is he undecommissioned?"
Point Binary was on a rooftop of a shorter building, which was just across the street of where Maurice, the former Numbuh 9 and former leader of Sector V, and apparently the person that the KET suspected might be with the Teens Next Door.*
*Author's note: Before start thinking this is a Mary Sue thing I'm pulling with the KET, be aware that they're an organization with an extensive spy network on both the KND and some villain factions thanks to the given fact they have loyal members from all age groups, and if you read a little further, I think you might find the KET's initial suspicions on Maurice make sense.
Point Binary was peeking from behind an air vent shaft, he was holding a PDA-like 2x4 tech device and pointing it while Maurice isn't noticing him. the PDA flashes green. Wearing a headset over his KND hazmat mask as opposed to an earpiece, he starts talking through it in a quiet tone, "We have confirmation, Maurice is undecommissioned, I repeat, he is undecommissioned."
Back at the rooftop where Tony, and Numbuhs .608 and .957 are, the trio had a mixed set of f upon the matter. Tony was surprised to find there are undecommissioned operatives that weren't rescued with his rebellion. Numbuh .608 was pleased, as it was she that suspected Maurice was one of the TND. Numbuh .957 was peeved, he had to spend most of his time hiding in an underground bunker to stay undecommissioned and had to risk being decommissioned many times to assure that other ex-operatives could do so as well.
"That snake!" Numbuh .957 exclaimed, "So there IS a conspiracy on giving 'Elites' a free pass away from decommissioning, those smug plukes! where does that leave everyone else? I say we throw that guy to the Decommissioning Squad, let him see what it's been like being on the run for most of your teen years!"
"We must not be hasty, Numbuh .957," Tony said, "If we charge in to capture Maurice, he'll see it coming and might try a planned escape route, this is so far the only chance we have of rooting them out, we should do this carefully, do it in a way he won't be able to react in time, we need to sneak our way to him."
Which is what they went for, Tony ordered some Teen KET Operatives that have KND Spy training to try to approach and grab Maurice, who now was standing at a bus stop. those KET Operatives deactivated their armor, which now thanks to massive redesign, appears completely different from Teen Ninja Battle Ready Armor and instead makes KET Ops wearing them look strictly like a cross between roman soldiers and storm troopers. Anyway, 3 of them were peeking at Maurice from behind a dumpster in an alley behind him, but Maurice, seconds later, started walking off, the KET Operatives were surprised and wondered if he's into them.
"Commander," 1 of the KET Ops said, "Maurice is moving, I thought he was waiting for the bus? is he onto us?"
Tony, who was still in his spot looking at Maurice through his binoculars, starts wondering what his troops are now wondering, he starts talking to Point Binary through his earpiece, "Point Binary, Do you have anything to scan what devices he might have on him?"
"Only one," Point Binary said, "I brought it in case he might use any communicators he might have." Point Binary takes what looks like a small radio and turns the 1 knob on it at random angles, "Let's see, no, no...no...wait, I think I have something."
Point Binary starts turning the knob just slightly, he hears a faint buzzing sound, he gasps and says to Tony though his headset communicator, "Got it! there's a communications channel close to Maurice, hold on..." Point Binary again turns the knob of his device just slightly, he hears some radioed talking, but there is too much static for any words to be comprehensible, "Yeah! someone's definitely talking to him!"
Tony uses his earpiece to communicate with the 3 KET Ops spying on Maurice, who were know peeking at from just out of the alley way they were hiding in. Tony asks the troops, "Does Maurice look like he's using something?" one of the KET Ops replied, "It looks like he has something in his pocket, but we can't see much from behind him."
Tony again switch's to Point Binary, "Point Binary, can you make out who's speaking to him?"
"Negative, the communications channel he's using must be secured, I was able to detect it was there, but I can't tell what's being said, I can penetrate the block and find where the people talking to him, but only if you can get Maurice to stand in 1 spot long enough."
Tony replied, "Then we have all the more reason we have to capture him, All troops! block all exits Maurice tries to take, stun him if necessary but do not let yourselves be revealed until after he's captured or unless circumstances deem it necessary. We have a small advantage of knowing that he doesn't know that we know he's onto us."
Maurice walked down the sidewalk, trying to appear casual, as he was indeed aware that the KET are following him. He appears to be listening to an MP3 player, however, it was secretly a communicator.
"Numbuh 9," a voice from Maurice's communicator said, "It looks like the KET are trying to block all alleyways, you won't be able to outmaneuver them to escape, we're pretty convinced they've figured out who you are, we think we should send a transport to get you out quickly."
Maurice replied in a quiet tone so that none of the KET Ops secretly, "You can't risk it, if you arrive with a ride, they'll try to shot it down and try to capture any of you guys riding it instead, it's safer if I try to escape them myself."
"The odds are against you, Numbuh 9, we detect there are several squads of KET Operatives from all directions, they're wearing plain clothes instead of their roman soldier armor thing, so it'll be hard to figure out the KET Operatives from the civilians, we could only get profiles on the KET Operatives that arrived at Moonbase*, And so far no one on radar matches them."
*Author's note: see Operation:JUDGED.
Maurice looked around and started thinking while walking, he knows that the KET are waiting in areas where he could make a run for it, to move to those areas would mean running into an ambush, Maurice speaks quietly through his communicator, "Looks like I have no choice, I'll have to fight my way past 1 of those squads."
"Most of the KND thinks you're decommissioned," The voice from Maurice's communicator said, "But the KET somehow figured out you might with with us and are against decommissioning entirely, if they root us out, who knows what might happen? if they capture you, our secrecy is compromised."
"I'll do what I can to escape," Maurice quietly replied, "Wish me luck."
Maurice stops, this caught the KET's attention, especially Tony Antonio, who was in a different spot spying on Maurice. Tony was now just outside a diner sitting in an outside table while looking through his binoculars.
"What are you planning, Maurice?" Mr. Antonio asked quietly.
Maurice stopped close to a small park with a forest of pine trees south of it,he looked there and saw very few people sitting around, outward wise, it seemed like the best path to escape, but he figured the KET are waiting for him to make a move, and it could be possible that more KET Operatives are in hiding in certain structures, but the the rest of the pathways he could slip away with are already occupied by KET Operatives and are narrow enough that it would be hard, if not, impossible to maneuver without getting grabbed by the KET waiting in these spots in ambush. On the other hand, the park was a wide enough area that even if there were more of them in hiding, hoping to jump him, he could maneuver past them without much difficulty, especially if he keeps a safe distance from anywhere they could be hiding. Maurice decides the best approach is that he tries his luck running across the park and hope to lose the KET in the forest on the other side.
Maurice starts dashing across the park.
He was a third way across before the occupying KET started pressing buttons on the wristwatches they were wearing, activating their KET Armor and revealing themselves to Maurice. 1 KET Operative tried to pounce Maurice, but Maurice jumped to a aside, causing the KET Op to miss, 1 KET Op pops from inside a bush and tried to grab Maurice, but Maurice ran fast enough for the KET Op to miss him and land on his belly on the ground. The rest of the KET Operatives could only chase after Maurice into the forest as he started entering it, Maurice entered the forest and saw a pathway downhill, he sees a large chunk of broken-off tree bark and jumps on it, using it to slide down the pathway, the KET Ops start moving down the hill after him, but Maurice manages to slide down the hill fast enough that he became considerable further away from the KET.
"Looks like I'm losing them," Maurice said, speaking through his MP3 communicator, "Are there any more KET Operatives up ahead?"
"It's (static) hard to (static) -ick up any signals, where ar- (static) you?" the voice in Maurice's coummunicator asked.
"I'm in a forest just south of the park," Maurice replied, "Hold on, I'm getting poor reception, must be from the trees, I'll look for an opening."
"Got it, Numbuh 9, standin- wait! WAIT! we picked up something! stop immediately!" Exclaimed the voice in Maurice's communicator frantically.
Maurice was somewhat confused and said in response, "What the- gah!" Suddenly something hits him in the head and knocks him off the piece of wood he was sliding down the hill with. Maurice looks up at the direction he got hit from and saw Numbuh .957 holding his electric guitar like a club.
"Well, well, it must be nice to have had a free pass away from decommissioning, isn't it?" Numbuh .957 asked.
Maurice, says nothing and pulls out a s.p.l.a.n.k.e.r, getting ready to fight.
"You didn't seriously think we wouldn't be suspicious of you?" Poldi asked, "We found out that our recently captured Teen Ninja, Cree, was dating you, you, a 'decommissioned ex-operative dating a traitor to the KND, a high-ranking Teen Ninja, and in my opinion, a scumbag who's giving teens everywhere a bad name. That's too convenient that you were in that position, and yet, one of our operatives was able to crack that code, and I hear she had a crush on you back in her KND days."
Maurice tries to run past the German KET Operative, but Poldi stops him shoort by swinging his guitar at him horizontially, Maurice ducks under the guitar and quickly hits Poldi with his s.p.l.a.n.k.e.r, knocking him down to the ground, giving Maurice the chance to run off, which he took. Poldi stands back up and rubs his head in pain.
"Ow, that guy is fast," Poldi said to himself, he looks at Maurice already running away, he talks to his fellow KET through his earpiece, "He's getting away!"
"Don't worry," Tony finally says, talking through his earpiece at a currently unknown location, "We got this covered, you ready, Cassie?"
Poldi was confused, he didn't see Cassie anywhere, and she wasn't anywhere near where they were when they were spying on Maurice. "What's going on?" Poldi asked the Supreme Commander, but Tony gave out no response.
Maurice continues running, he looks back briefly to see no KET Operatives have followed him, but before he could relax, he saw a pile of sticks and leaves, showing obvious signs of being a pit trap, Maurice jumps over it and moves on only for someone's arm to suddenly appear in his sight and whack him in the head just hard enough to knock him to the ground on his back. He looks up to find Cassie walking out from behind a tree, who apparently gave him that close-line to his face.
"Hey there, 'Numbuh 9'!" Cassie said in her usual friendly tone of voice.
Maurice knew she isn't in the TND, so that fact she's a teen that knows him by his operative number could only mean she's with the KET. He attempts to point his s.p.l.a.n.k.e.r at her when he gets stopped when someone steps on his weapon and pins it to the ground, Maurice looks up to see Tony Antonio was the one doing so.
"I'd suggest not trying anything," Tony said to Maurice.
Other KET Operatives in full armor come out from behind the trees and all point s.c.a.m.p.p.s at Maurice, one of them said, "Don't move! we have you completely surrounded!"
"Stand him up," Tony commanded, 2 KET Operatives put away their weapons , walked over to Maurice, and pulled him back up on his feet, but they keep their hands on his arms to keep him from running off. Tony looks at Maurice with his usual calm, yet slightly cold, posture. "You know, I find it abit odd you were pulling off that little escape of yours, the fact you seemed to be able to tell that certain teens standing around were waiting to jump you implies that you know about us if nothing else, But it's thanks to our confirmed suspicions that we know there's a so-called 'Teens Next Door', but why just help a few of you out of several others become undecommissioned? I'm trying to make it so any operative can be like that."
"It's now that simple, Antonio!" Maurice replied, "Your rebellion is too idealistic, it will do more harm to the KND than good if it suceeds."
"You're an undecommissioned ex-operative like all of us are, yet you're saying decommissioning should mainly be enforced as it always was?" Tony asked, "That sounds rather ironic, don't you think?"
"This is different," Maurice said, "Not everyone understands why the KND is needed, not even some of it's members, why do you think there have been operatives that did betray the KND?"
"Not every ex-operative that goes undecommissioned is bound to betray the KND," Tony replied, " And as far as I know, those that do are a minority at best. And I don't see why you can't simply teach operatives why the KND is needed, makes sense to me, it could help further in lessening the chances of a KND operative becoming a traitor."
"Or maybe it couldn't, that's impossible to know for certain," Maurice replied.
"Maybe," Tony replied with a slight nod, "but just 1 question, did you really think someone who knows you wouldn't take some particular notice on you dating Cree, one of the highest ranking Teen Ninjas and one of our most recent prisoners?"
Maurice said nothing and tilts his head downward, Tony could tell that Maurice figured the KET's suspicsions made sense.
"Your silence speaks volume," Tony said, he looks at 1 KET Operative and says to him, "pat him down, remove everything he has in his pockets, anything he has could be a tool he can use, we'll then take him to T.H.E.R.E, relay our findings on Maurice to Numbuh 362 to give her confirmation that the TND does exist like I promised I would, then we'll interrogate Maurice and see if he'll give us any further information on his group and figure out what to do from here."
Tony turns away from Maurice and the KET Ops and looks at nothing in particluar, he then starts rubbing his chin strip beard, as if pondering something while a KET Operative pats Maurice down looking for whatever equipment he might have, his MP3 communicator has already been confiscated. Tony then suddenly turns to Maurice and the group of KET Operatives.
Tony says quickly, "Wait! I have a better idea..."
Author's note: Uh oh! looks like Maurice is in a pickle, and looks like Tony has a different plan in store for him, But I want to know, do you think the reasons that the KET became suspicous of Maurice make sense? Did I portray Maurice properly? it's been a while since I saw an episode with him in it so I have a bit of trouble figuring it out, and lastly, Is my portrayal on my fan faction, the KET, done in good believable fashion (as can be done in the KND universe anyway)? and not some mary sue thing I was doing?