"No matter what happens, evil will always find a way to seed itself back into the hearts of the weak," – Dexter
The great battle had finally been won and Lord Fuse and his army had been destroyed and banished from the face of reality thanks to Dexter and the forces that helped defeat his reign. The ending of the era was a blessing and a curse in the same. With Fuse's army destroyed, people no longer had to live in fear that they would be attacked if they left the safety of their homes and Fusion Matter was no longer polluting the lands. With the eradication of all Fusion Matter on the planet, all of the Nanos that everyone had come to rely on disappeared from existence when Lord Fuse was defeated since they were made of the very thing that Dexter and everyone tried to destroy. The power that the forces Dexter led had now been severely crippled by the destruction of the Nanos and the power vacuum left behind with Lord Fuse's fall only led to darker times for everyone.
To address the issue of the Nano crisis, Dexter called for his allies to hold a conference in Sector V to discuss what to do now that Lord Fuse was defeated.
"There had to have been some sort of way to save the Nanos!" yelled Bubbles to the rest of the conference goers at the round table in the KND Treehouse.
"I am sorry Bubbles, with the destruction of Fusion Matter the Nanos also had to be destroyed to ensure that all traces of the pollution left the planet," replied Numbuh 2 with a large stack of papers in his hands, flipping through them to find the statistical data behind his findings.
Everyone sat in a large office like room with a hi-tech table set in the middle of it surrounded by chairs filled with various people from around the planet. In the center of the table was a hologram of Computress and at the far end of the table sat Dexter in the leader seat to referee the discussion among the allies in the front against Lord Fuse. Everyone appeared agitated because the room was not well conditioned, the A/C had been wrecked for some time now and everyone was on edge because of it.
Professor Oak, not wanting to take sides in the argument between his daughter and science changed the subject, "With everything back to normal, perhaps we should turn our attention towards the more positive aspects this war has brought us. We now don't fight nearly as much with our rivals as we did before the war."
"Just because I allied with you doesn't mean I am your friend," warned Mojo Jojo on the other end of the table, surrounded by his simian minions.
"I didn't say you had to be my frie…"
"What, you're saying you're just gunna go back to your old ways," interrupted Numbuh 5, finger pointing out towards Mojo.
"I can do whatever I please, I won't let some girl stop me," fought back Mojo, slamming his fist into the table.
"STOP ARGUING!" shouted Dexter," We have to work together if we are going to rebuild our society. Just because Fusion Matter is gone, doesn't mean the marks it left on our planet aren't still around."
Dexter pressed a yellow button on the table," Computress, run the info reel,"
The hologram of Computress suddenly transformed into a view of Pokey Oaks School, still damaged from the effects Fusion Matter had on it. The video then panned over and showed Peach Creek Commons, the construction that had been going on in this region now on hold indefinitely till a stable form of leadership could be established. This slide show of the planet continued for 10 minutes till the lights suddenly turned on in the room and caused the video to go blurry and become Computress again.
"What is it?" complained Eddy who shaded his eyes from the bright lights.
A person came running into the room and quickly whispered something into Dexter's ear. Dexter's eyes lit up to the news and quickly pulled a cell phone out of his pocket and left the room.
"What was that all about?" questioned Numbuh 1
Grim, trying to be funny, said," Maybe someone died… then again I think I would know about it!"
"Please, you haven't been a real grim reaper for a very long time," reminded Mandy, dashing Grim's smile with the memory that he was still under their command for all eternity.
"Computress what is going on?" yelled Dee Dee to the hologram in the middle of the table.
"I am not authorized to reveal that information till a clearance is given."
"What the hell! Why won't you tell us! How is Dexter any more important then the rest of us!" said Ben in a fury.
Numbuh 3 got in on the chaos "Yeah, what is up with that! I demand you tell us what is going on!"
Soon various other people began getting out of their seats and yelling at Computress, wanting to know what was so urgent that Dexter had to walk out of his own meeting. Everything from the lack of air conditioning to the sudden disappearance of Dexter was finally getting on everyone's nerves. Even Samurai Jack began to become unnerved by the tension in the room. Professor Oak was having a hard time keeping order over everyone.
"We have to keep calm!" "Wait till Dexter gets back!" "Maybe it was something important!" were some of the many things Prof. Oak tried telling everyone, but the news fell on deaf ears.
Just when all hope at control seemed lost, Dexter emerged back into the room and everyone grew silent. Slowly he walked over to his seat at the table and held his head in his hands. He appeared sadden by whatever news he had been told.
"What is it?" said Edd, breaking the silence in the room.
After 3 minutes of continued silence, Dexter looked up from his hands and towards everyone in the room. His eyes appeared puffy as if he had just been crying a couple of minutes ago.
"Everyone stay calm, there is something drastic I need to tell you. I just received word that…."the words were having a hard time coming out of Dexter's mouth"… the sky bus has just been attacked. Someone detonated a bomb on it, destroying it and the passengers that were on board."
The news hit some of the people hard, something like this seemed unthinkable. They had never had something to worry about like terrorist attacks before. Some people like Dee Dee and Numbuh 4 began crying, others like Ben just hung their heads in sorrow. Even Mojo Jojo seemed heart struck by the news. After another few minutes of silence, Dexter spoke again.
"We have search teams down at the site of the attack looking for survivors and anything we could use as clues to whoever did this. As for us, we must continue this meeting for the sake of the families of those that lost someone today. There is something going on and we have to get to the bottom of it."
"Who could possibly do something as evil as this? I thought we destroyed the evil, why would someone even attack the sky bus?" said Samurai Jack in a calm, cool manner.
Dexter looked Samurai Jack straight in the eyes and said in a soft voice, "No matter what happens, evil will always find a way to seed itself back into the hearts of the weak."
Dexter turned his attention now to the hologram in the middle of the table, "Computress, make sure that the threat level is now at 3."
"Everyone else make sure that your headquarters are in high alert, we can't tell if something like this will happen again," reminded Dexter to the rest of meeting.
A few people in the group pulled out their own cell phones and made calls to their operatives to make sure proper defenses were being made. Others, like Numbuh 4, continued to sob silently to themselves. Numbuh 3 looked at Numbuh 4 and couldn't help but feel bad for her.
"Here Numbuh 4, you want a tissue?" said Numbuh 3, who usually wasn't this sensitive to issues.
Numbuh 4 just ignored his helped and continued the wipe the tears from her eyes onto her sleeves. It wasn't that she didn't like Numbuh 3, it was because she needed to be alone.
The group was now there for a different purpose from when they first walked in, before it was to continue the unity that the war brought them, now it was to merely stop disunity from arising among their ranks. Someone was behind this attack and Dexter would stop at nothing to find out who would sacrifice lives for a reason unknown.