The first chapter of Out of Mind! Yeah I really had no clue how I was going to write this chapter let alone the whole thing. I had the plotting down but I also had to go and explore each of the characters individual personalities so yes...now that I look at the whole thing this is more like a tv series...

What you know, no longer matters…

The Kids Next Door

The Delightful Children From Down The Lane

They no longer matter…

This is Out of Mind…

28 Days After K-Day

"Come on! Move it up, let's go!" a KND operative yelled over the sound of laser fire.

"Find some cover!" Bruce yelled as he ducked behind mine cart "Robert, Josie, Darius lay down some cover fire while Connor and Natalie flank them!"

Robert loaded his stun rifle and nodded to Darius. The three of them ran out of their cover and stunned three operatives.

"The video games mad this look easier!" Darius said as he dodged a laser bolt.

"Hey Darius, if I can take out five KND flunkies with one taser blast you have to dye your hair bright pink!" Josie said taking out her taser gun.

"But what happens if you can't?" Darius questioned as he dodged another laser bolt.

"Then I buy lunch" Josie smirked knowing he'd take the bait.

Darius thought for a moment as he stunned another KND operative. "You're on" he answered causing Josie to smile wickedly. Josie then jumped towards a small group of operatives and kicked them into one another. She then took out a water bottle and sprayed the operatives with water as she shot the stream with her taser, electrocuting the operatives.

Darius stood dumbfounded as Josie walked over to him. "I hope you like your hair pink" she whispered into his ear.

Robert shook his head at his teammate's antics. A KND operative then snuck up behind Robert an grabbed his shoulder, causing Robert's eyes to widen as he started to have a vision.

The operative in his late eighties, lay on a hospital bed as his heart rate flat lined

Robert snapped himself out of his vision and smacked the operative with the butt of his stun gun. The operative fell to the ground and Robert put his foot on his chest and stunned him.

"You may live to be eighty…but you'll have to spend time in juvie first" Robert muttered as he ran for more sufficient cover.

"Break left!" Natalie yelled as she and Connor dodged a rocket.

"They have rockets?" Connor exclaimed as he and Natalie took cover behind a huge boulder "why don't we have rockets?"

"Because unlike them we aren't here to kill people!" Natalie yelled as dust and debris landed on them.

Bruce punched an operative in the face and kicked another in the gut. He then stunned them both and ran behind a wooden pillar. "This isn't going as planned" he muttered to himself as he reloaded his stun rifle. "Garfield bring in the flame thrower!"

At his command, Garfield ran into the mine, fire gear already on. The pyrotechnics specialist raised his arms and fire erupted from his flame throwers. The KND operatives ran from the flames and into the Natalie and Connor's line of fire.

"Nice work Garfield shut it off!" Garfield did as he was ordered and stood at the ready, stun gun.

"Damn it!" Amber screamed as a laser bolt grazed her ankle. She fell to the ground as the KND operatives closed in. She picked up her stun gun and blasted the nearest operative, who fell to the ground.

Numbuh 24 jumped out from behind a rock and took out two concealed knives and charged towards Amber. Amber shot at Numbuh 24 who cut the darts in half. Numbuh 24 leapt up into the air and struck downwards toward Amber. Before he could make contact, a metallic arm reached out and grabbed Numbuh 24 and threw him to the other side of the mine.

The robot extended his metallic arm for Amber to take. Amber gladly obliged and the robot pulled her up onto her feet.

"Thanks Death's Head" Amber thanked the peace keeper who grunted in acknowledgement.

"Mine secured Bruce" Death's Head grunted.

"Good job everyone but the mission isn't over yet" Bruce took out a communicator and switched the radio channel to 20.30 "Sandman how's it look in the cells?"

Beneath the school, the gas mask wearing member of the Delightful Children searched the underground cells. "We've got twenty eight cells down here, all of which are filled to the brim with kids" Sandman said into his own communicator. He headed to the nearest cell and took out a piece of pencil lead and an unfolded paper clip.

"Please get us out of here!" the kids within the cell yelled.

"Give me a sec" Sandman said as he inserted the two objects into the key hole "this isn't a job you want to rush." After carefully applying the two objects into the lock Sandman unlocked the cell. The kids within the cell quickly ran out of the cell and towards the exit. "Hrn, not even a thank you…" Sandman turned to the remaining cells "one down twenty seven to go."

"Make it quick Sandman there's another wave of KND operatives heading down towards the mine" Bruce said into his communicator as the sound of boots stomping into wet soil drew nearer.

"Hey do you want this done right or not?" Sandman retorted as he worked on the second lock.

"Tell that idiot to just blow the locks off!" Amber yelled to Bruce as she took up cover behind a stalk of broccoli.

"Sorry to dangerous with everyone bunched up together in the cells" Bruce said to Amber "Okay Sandman just get the job done we'll buy you all the time you need."

"Give me three more minutes" Sandman said as he began working on the sixth lock.

"Consider it done, no?" Death's Head said as he took out his shield attachment.

"Incoming!" Connor yelled as a rocket came hurdling towards the Delightful Children.

"Concussion grenades everyone!" Bruce ordered his teammates as he threw two concussion grenades into the horde of KND operatives.

"Great" Sandman muttered to himself as he inspected the cell door "eight locks…one of which leads to…" Sandman followed the wire sticking out of the cell to a box labeled 'Xplosive'. "Bruce we have a problem" Sandman spoke into his communicator.

"What is it Sandman?" Bruce responded as he kicked an operative into the horde.

"The last cell is attached to explosives, if I pick the wrong one it goes 'boom'" Sandman said as he inspected each individual lock.

"Damn…" Bruce said under his breath as he punched an operative in the jaw. "Where the heck do these guys get these things!" Bruce yelled before stunning another operative "Do what you can…try not to kill anyone down there."

"Never crossed my mind…" Sandman said before he began to pick the lock he had chosen.

"How's the lock picker doing?" Connor asked as they continued to hold off the KND forces.

"We've got one last cell down there full of students…with a bomb attached to it."

"Great…" Connor trailed off as he kept stunning the KND operatives.

"Okay…nothing you haven't done before…" Sandman said to himself "Just…pray to god that's what Deshon always said" Sandman said before his uneasy expression turned to a deep frown. "Gods gonna sit this one out" Sandman said before he unlocked the cell without the bomb going off. The students rushed out of the cell and raced back to their respective homes.

"Bruce, everyone's out can we go home now?" Sandman said into his communicator as he slowly walked back up to the surface.

"Well seeing as we're about done here" Bruce said as looked around the battle field to see all of the operatives unconscious "lets go home."

"That's another of our mines the Delightful Children have liberated" Rachel slammed her fist into her desk. "Tell me Felix why haven't we found their base of operations?"

The science nerd readjusted his posture before answering, "Well you see ma'am the Delightful Children utilize state of the art technology…such technology has rendered our tracers null and ineffective and our attempts to establish a mole have failed."

"So it appears we can't rely on good ol' technology and greed to do our dirty work then, huh?" Rachel asked. Felix simply nodded in response. Rachel took out a concealed hand gun and shot Felix in the head. Rachel then switched on and spoke into the inter com, "Will the janitor please come up to my office immediately with a body bag and a mop, there's a piece of garbage that needs to be taken care of."

Rachel then turned towards the giant view port behind her chair and stared at the planet below. "Ah Earth…soon I shall control the planets youth…and then you yourself."

Back at the Delightful Head Quarters, Robert Cross sat alone on his bunk. He starred at the bed on top of his and replayed the image. Another death predicted by his visions yet again. He squeezed his temples and exhaled. He stared at the wall in front of him without change for the next half hour.

"The last mission this one guy popped out of nowhere and tried to stab me to death" Amber practically screamed at her lunch table.

"How'd you get out of this one?" Darius asked.

"Well I'd be dead if it wasn't for Death's Head, the cyborg/robot really knows when to show up" Amber complimented the peace keeper. At the corner of Amber's eye, she noticed one of her teammates missing. "Hey Josie where's Robert?"

"I don't know, probably at his bunk" Josie said lazily as she took a bite out of her burger.

Amber got up from her seat at the lunch table and headed towards the barracks. When she came to Darius, Robert, and Connor's room, she knocked on the door. "Hey Robert are you in there?"

Inside the room, Robert shot the door a side glare before responding, "I'd like to be alone for a while."

"Come on Robert they've got that special kind of cheese cake that you like back in the mess hall" Amber said in hopes he'd open the door.

Robert thought for a minute before asking, "Is it topped with strawberries?"

"Yes and they also got burgers and French fries" Amber said getting Robert to open the door. "Come on lets go get you some cheese cake" Amber said putting her hand on Robert's shoulder.

Robert's eyes widened as he began to have another vision.

Amber, in her current age, stood on the roof of a school before being shoved off by an unknown assailant.

"Oh god!" Robert yelled before running back into his room.

"Robert what's wrong!" Amber asked concerned for her friend.

"Just leave me alone!" Robert said as he rolled into a ball behind the door.

"Fine be that way!" Amber stomped back down the way she came "try being nice someone…"

"So tell me Sandman…what exactly did this bomb look like?" Bruce asked the gas mask wearing kid as said kid took a sip out of his coffee mug.

"Why does it matter?" Sandman questioned.

"I want to know so we could figure out who's been supplying the KND" Bruce said dead serious.

Sandman thought for a moment before responding, "Box like, red, and the word 'Xplosive' written on it, anything else sir?"

"Yeah I need you to do another background check on everyone."

"Why me?" Sandman rose an eyebrow behind his gas mask "wouldn't it make sense for Lenny or Ogie to do it?"

"I'd like to keep this quiet for the time being and you're the only one I know who wouldn't help the KND even if they held a gun to your mom's head."

"Not like they can if they could…" Sandman turned to his side and took out a laptop "Now if you could I have to run a background check on all two hundred and eighty three members of the Delightful Children."

Bruce left the security office and Sandman began his work.

Amber walked back to the lunch table and sat next to Josie. "Josie your brother is weird" she complained.

"How so?" Josie questioned.

"Well I tried to get him out of his room but he just won't" Amber gave up and put her head down on the table.

"…By any chance did you grab him?" Josie asked almost afraid.

"Uh…yeah I grabbed his shoulder…why?"

"Dang it" Josie muttered as she got up from the table.

"Where are you going?" Amber asked.

Josie didn't respond as she headed towards her brothers room in the barracks. She knocked on the door, "Hey bro you in here?" No reply. "Come on Rob let me in." No reply.

"Great…" she muttered before taking out a small knife. She took the knife and cut out the lock in the door. She kicked the door open to find her brother rolled up into a ball. "I take it you've been having your visions again?"

"I could see death…I don't want to sis…I don't want to" Robert said in between shaky breaths.

"I know bro…I know" Josie said sitting beside her brother.

"Alright boys and girls" Bruce said getting everyone's attention "Sandman won't be keeping us company on this mission so Darius you're on lock picking duty."

"Great" Darius muttered as he took out a miniature saw.

"Hocus what's our ETA?" Bruce yelled to the Gull pilot.

"Two minutes, drone intell shows three anti air mortars outside the school perimeter" Hocus said alarming everyone in the troop bay.

"They knew we were coming" Bruce muttered as he walked over to Hocus "open the doors." Hocus nodded and opened the Gull's backside entrance. "Death's Head take those mortars out!" Death's Head ran towards the exit and leapt downward towards the ground below.

"We should totally make a robot" Darius said to Garfield who nodded approvingly.

Death's Head landed on the ground below and took out his ax attachment. "Hrn" Death's Head grunted before racing towards the mortars.

"Hocus land us on the roof, too risky landing in front of the school" Bruce ordered. Hocus landed the Gull on the roof of the school. Bruce and the rest of his team exited the Gull and dispatched the operatives on the roof. "Robert, Amber hold this area, everyone else with me let's go!"

With that Bruce and the rest of the team blew a hole in the roof of the school and jumped down it, leaving Amber and Robert alone on the roof.

"Contacts rear!" Connor yelled as he dodged laser fire.

"Alright time to divide!" Bruce yelled to the team "Miranda, Garfield, Edger with me, Connor, Natalie, Kayla, Darius head towards the tunnels, let's move!" Bruce and his team of three ran down a hall towards the mine as Natalie's group headed towards the underground cells.

"So what happened earlier?" Amber asked Robert.

"Leave me alone" Robert said taking a few steps away from Amber.

"Come on Robert you can tell me what's wrong."

"Just leave me alone Amber!" Robert yelled causing Amber to jump back.

"Come on Robert I'm your friend you can tell me what's wrong."

"Just leave me alone Amber I don- wait…we're on the roof of a school!" Robert jumped at attention, stun gun in hand.

"Yeah…what about it?" Amber asked not noticing the KND operative in the background getting to his feet.

"I…I have these visions Amber…they're triggered when I come into contact with someone" Robert said as he searched behind the Gull "Hocus do you see anything!"

"Nadda" Hocus said as she looked around from her position in her pilot chair.

"Visions about what?" Amber asked.

"I could see someone's death Amber…"

The operative removed the dart from his neck and aimed his S.C.A.M.P.P. at Robert. The operative pulled the trigger and shot Robert. Robert was sent backwards and onto his back as the operative kicked Amber's stun gun from her hands and off the side of the roof. Amber socked the operative square on the jaw, causing the operative to back up. Amber aimed to kick the operative in the crotch but he caught her leg.

"No…" Robert muttered as he got back on his feet.

The operative then shoved Amber off the edge of the school. In one swift motion, Robert jumped on the operative and caused him to fall off the edge of the roof. Robert set the KND flunky beneath his feet and kicked him, sending him forward towards Amber. Robert collided with Amber, changing her trajectory and causing them to fall into a bush. The operative, however, landed on the concrete and died instantaneously.

Amber got on her feet and dusted herself off. She extended her hand for Robert to take. Robert waved her off and pushed himself off the bush.

"Thanks…" Amber said to Robert.

"It was nothing…just delaying the inevitable" Robert said in a sad tone.

Amber bit her lip. She grabbed Robert and kissed him square on the lips. "Trust me it wasn't nothing."

Robert's eyes shot wide open, not from the kiss but from another vision.

Amber, now a few months older, stood still as fire consumed her.

"Ar-are you alright?" Amber asked Robert.

"…Yeah…just another vision…" Robert said unsure.

"What was it?"

"Nothing...nothing at all."

"Defensive positions!" Bruce yelled as he, Edger, Miranda, and Garfield took up cover behind a set of lockers.

"This is messed up!" Edger yelled hystarically as he tried his best to avoid laser blasts.

"We're ending this now!" Bruce as he motioned to Garfield "light 'em up!" Garfield got up from behind his cover and activated his suits flamethrowers and set the area between the Delightful Children and KND on fire. "Let's go!" Bruce yelled to his team as the fire began to spread.

Death's Head tossed another operative aside before picking up the last mortar and crushing it within his palm. "Hrn…low tech machinery" he grunted before activating his communicator "Death's Head to Bruce, done are we?"

"Affirmative Death's Head Natalie's group just let out the last of the students but Garfield went a little overboard one the fire" Bruce said on the receiver end.

Death's Head turned towards the school to see the middle section on fire. "Hrn…so it appears, eh?"

"And so he jumped off the building and used the guy who pushed me off to speed towards me" Amber told her tale to the many listeners.

"So what happened next?" Miranda asked wanting to hear the rest.

"And the Robert collides with me sending us landing safely on a bush and then I…I think I'll save that part for another time" Amber smirked as the many listeners all asked to know what happened.

"That story true?" Darius asked Robert from the back of the crowd.

"Don't you have to go and get your hair dyed?" Robert pointed out as Josie appeared behind Darius.

"Come on Darius, I think pink is a good color for you" Josie said dragging Darius away.

"God damn it Rob!" Darius yelled as he tried to get away.

Bruce entered the security office to find Sandman crossing a name off a list. "I take it you've made progress?"

"You could say that" Sandman showed Bruce the three names crossed off the list "three down two hundred and eighty left to go."

"Why don't you take the rest of the night off and get some shut eye" Bruce suggested.

"No" Sandman bluntly stated before returning to his work "I don't like sleeping."

"Do I have to make it an order?" Bruce threatened.

"…Give me one more hour then I'll sleep okay?"

"Good, we've got another busy day ahead of us" Bruce said exiting the office.

Sandman turned to his laptop and pulled up three files. He looked a the three pictures on each individual file and let out a humorless chuckle. "I'll be a monkeys uncle if I fall asleep" Sandman said before pulling up his gas mask and taking a sip out of his coffee.

"Tell me Numbuh 0.333, what has become of our operative?" Rachel asked the science nerd.

Numbuh 0.333 looked over his papers and responded, "Numbuh 832 was killed in action today ma'am noth-"

"Not that one handed freak!" Rachel interrupted Numbuh 0.333 "what of our operative?"

"Oh yes" Numbuh 0.333 looked over his papers "our newly acquired undercover operative remains hidden within the Delightful Children as trusted and loyal operative."

"Good, consider Operation: Infiltration a go."