Chapter 1

Operation: S.I.N

Serious

Injustice

Noted.

Note: this takes place chronologically 5 to 4 months before Operation: ROGUE.

(Camera shows Ling and Cassie walking down a sidewalk in a city somewhere. Ling is an Asian teen who wears a speghetti strap black tank top, a denim short skirt, and basic tennis shoes with white socks. She has medium length black hair with bangs. Cassie is caucasian, has curly blond hair, and white t-shirt, jean short shorts, and sandals with velcro straps.)

Cassie: (hears rumbling) Did you just hear something, Ling?

Ling: I.. think so...

(Suddenly, a D.O.H.D.O.H driven by Decommissioning Squad Operatives approaches them from behind, they hear it and turn to it.)

Ling: D.O.H.D.O.H!

(Ling and Cassie respond by running off, the D.O.H.D.O.H chases after them. The 2 friends turn to an alleyway and start running down it.)

Ling: Cassie! Maneuver T!

(Ling and Cassie head for the other end of the alley, but split up, heading different directions. The D.O.H.D.O.H follws then to the other end of the alleyway but then starts looking both ways that the 2 teens took in confusion, the D.o.h.D.o.h turn the direction where Ling was headed, Camera cuts to Ling hiding behind a dumpster in a different alleyway that the D.o.h.d.o.h blanty passes. Ling walks over to the end of the alleyway and sticks her head out to see the d.o.h.d.o.h, gone.)

Ling: Whew!

(Camera cuts to Ling and Cassie reuniting at a local cafe with outside chairs and tables, the duo sit face to face with each other in an outside table.)

Ling: You wanna know something, Cassie? I don't think we can keep this up if we stay in this town.

Cassie: I know, but this is the 3rd town we've taken refuge in, staying in homeless shelters and living off money from odd jobs.

Ling: Yep, though pretty soon, the local authorites might notice we've ran away, I say we head on the road again.

Cassie: Say, Ling, I just thought of something; Are we good guys or bad guys? You know, since KND Global Command wants us decommissioned so badly?

Ling: From what I gather, they want us that way 'cause they're afraid that we might reveal their secrets to the enemy, but why would we? we love the Kids Next Door.

Cassie: Dang straight, What is it about us that makes Global Command and the Decommissioning Squad think we have to be decommissioned?

Ling: That much I don't know, though sometimes I wonder if we should've started running sooner, (sighs) I would've given anything to have been able to bring Maurice with us.

Cassie: Maurice? you mean Numbuh 9? that one operative that used to be with Sector V?

Ling: Yeah, I've never spoken to him before, but I kept afew photos and posters, watched KND Nightly News sigments involving him, (sighs dreamily) he's so dedicated... so handsome... so...

Cassie: Wait! wait, you had a crush on him?

Ling: Cassie, we're teenagers now, no real use hiding those sort of things, and when I found out Cree, our classmate from back in our cadet training days, got her hands on him, I admit I was instantly jealous. Too bad Maurice was decommissioned, I hoped I could at least walk by and say hello to him someday, but I never got that chance, so did anyone in the KND catch your eye?

Cassie: Well, You know of that one previous Supreme Leader? Numbuh 274?

Ling: Wait, oh, my, gosh, you've been eyeing on Chad?

Cassie: That was before we learned he tried to hurl Moonbase into the sun, of course, though I wish there was someone out there...

Ling: I'm sure we all do. By the way, we've been out on the run for quite a while, I hate to imagine how my parents must be thinking.

Cassie: 5 bucks says they're worried sick, and my baby brother no doubt misses me as well.

Ling: You have a baby brother?

Cassie: Yeah, his name's Olle, you'd probubly like him, he's a year old and an absolute doll. I sometimes wonder if he'll join the KND when he's old enough, though when peoplesee us they tend to ask if I was babysitting, (chuckles) I end up having to explain that Olle and I are multiracial.

Ling: multiracial?

Cassie: Yeah, My dad's black, and an immigrant from South Africa, my mom's caucasian and American-born, that's why I'm caucasian while my little bro's black.

Ling: I think that's abit more interesting than my national heritage, both my parents are born Americans, though my dad decented from Chinese immigrants while my mom came from Koreans.

Cassie: Really? hm..

Ling: (sighs) I really wish we didn't have to do this, I'm getting tired of running, I wish we could just go home, but we can't, as long as the Decommisioning Squad is after us, the3 best we can do is keep moving until the heat dies down.

Cassie: Well, we've been dodging them for a good while, they can't keep at us much longer.

(Camera cuts to nighttime in the city, Ling and Cassie are walking down the sidewalk, again.)

Ling: It's getting late, we should find a homeless shelter, we can head for another town in the morning.

Cassie:Yeah (yawns) Even if it's on a floor, or a sleeping bag, a good night's sleep sounds like a good idea.

Ling: (hears something) wait! I just heard something...

Cassie: (Looks around, see 1 D.o.h.d.o.h approaching them, again, from behind.) Another D.o.h.d.o.h! quick! we can lose it at an alleyway again.

(The teen duo quickly head for an alley, only to see another D.o.h.d.o.h walk out of it. They turn the opposite direction to see another D.O.H.D.O.H walk out of alleyway. They look around to only see the path down the streets they were taking, they quickly start running down it with the D.o.h.d.o.h.s in pursuit.)

Cassie: These guys seem more driven than ever!

Ling: It's like in truth the longer we stay undecommissioned, the more effort they put into trying to get us!

(Camera cuts to Ling and Cassie running toward a seemingly empty street intersection. a black limo suddenly starts riding dwon the intersection then stops where it's side was in front where Ling and Cassie were running, the back seat side door opens to reveal Father.)

Ling and Cassie: (shocked) Father!

Father: my, my, you 2 are in 1 heck of a predicament, are you?

(Ling and Cassie decide to ignore Father and start heading for a eastern direction of the intersection. They stop when they hear Father speak.)

Father: Where you're going is the direction closest to the outskirts, but I saw more D.o.h.d.o.h.s heading that way, if you go that way on foot, they'll just cut you off, same result if you run any other direction, but I can get you 2 out of town quick enough to dodge them, if you'd be willing to do some things for me.

(Ling and Cassie turn to Father.)

Cassie: You think we'd help the likes of you? you're off your rocker! I think we should just take you out here and now! (reaches into her pocket, but finds nothing) oh no! we didn't bring any 2x4 tech weapons with us!

Father: (chuckles) Not very bright of you, is it? Well, unless you want to be decommissioned, I'm your only chance to escape, so, you can get in the limo, or get grabbed by the decommissioning squad, your choice, I won't stop you if you turn down my offer.

(Ling thinks for a few seconds, then start approaching Father's limo, Cassie stops her.)

Cassie: Ling! what are you doing? don't listen to him!

Ling: I'm sorry, Cassie, but this is the only way!

Cassie: Don't say that! we can keep this up! we can keep running! we don't have to work for Father!

Ling: (starts shedding tears) I can't take running anymore, Cassie! I want my life back! (looks at the D.o.h.d.o.h.s closing in them from the direction they came from) I'm sorry...

(Ling gets inside the Limo. Cassie pauses, looks at the D.o.h.d.o.h.s getting closer, then finds herself heading inside Father's limo. Ling and Cassie are now seen inside the limo sitting sitting together in the backseat, with Father sitting in a different seat separate from where Ling and Cassie are. Cassie hugs Ling and they both start sobbing.)

Father: (turns to his limo driver) Alright, get moving.

(The limo starts moving off.)

Cassie: (sobs) Oh, Ling, why? why did we do it?

(Author's note: Just a reminder, this takes place before Operation: ROGUE, so Ling and Cassie don't even know about the KET yet in this chapter. This might seem lame, but I think it'll get better in later chapters. stay tuned!.)