Johnny was terrified after the teenagers put the black bag on his head and took him. He couldn't see anything, but he felt that they flew down to Earth again. They pulled him into a room, sat him in a chair and finally took the bag off him. He was now in a dark room, surrounded by five teenagers.
- "Jonathan Dirge?" a male teenager said.
- "Please call me Johnny!" he said, being both terrified and angry. "I don't want to sound older than I already am!"
- "Very well, Johnny! Do you know who we are?"
- "Yes, you're teenagers! Enemies of the Kids Next Door!"
- "Do you know why you're here?"
- "You're gonna force me to join you!"
- "Wrong! We're gonna ask you to join us! We never force anyone to join us, they all join us out of free will!"
- "Then why did you kidnap me?" Johnny asked, sounding slightly confused.
- "Today's your thirteenth birthday, a day feared by most Kids Next Door operatives as an apocalypse." he said. "We think that the birthday should be the happiest day in the year! We saved you from having your memory deleted!"
- "Then why did you put that black bag over my head?"
- "The location of our lair has to remain a secret to everyone who isn't one of us. We knew that there was a slight chance that you wouldn't want to join us, so we couldn't risk letting you know where we were taking you!"
- "And why should I join you? You're sworn enemies of the Kids Next Door, and one day we'll destroy you!"
- "We? I don't know if you've noticed, but you're a teenager now! The Kids Next Door has turned on you, you don't have anyone at the moment! You can either refuse our offer, step out into the real world and eventually get caught by the Kids Next Door and have your memory deleted. Or you can accept our offer and help us save other victims from decommissioning!"
- "I don't know what to say… I've always seen you as our enemy, and now you're being this nice to me!"
- "Well, it's late!" the teenager said. "We've prepared a place for you to sleep in here, a night's sleep might clear your mind! Forgive me for our precautions, but we'll have to put the black bag back over your head before escorting you!"
- "No worries!" Johnny said and they once again put the bag over Johnny's head.
They began walking with Johnny, who couldn't see a thing. He eventually heard the sound of a door opening, he stepped inside and they took the bag off. The room didn't have any windows, but it had a lamp standing on the floor. The bed in there looked really comfortable.
- "Please forgive us, Johnny." the teenager said once again. "But we'll have to lock you in this room for the night. If you need us, press the button next to the door!"
- "Ok…" Johnny said. "I didn't get your name!"
- "Right, my name is Ron Horvitz! I'll see you in the morning!"
Ron closed the massive door and Johnny looked around in his new room. He didn't know what to think, were the teenagers really good guys? He saw a drawer and pulled it out. Inside was a small box with a note on it. 'It's your birthday, after all! It's not more than appropriate that you'll get a gift as well!' Johnny opened the box and found a brand new DiePod music-player with headphones. He started listening to the music on it, most of his favorite songs were on it! He easily fell asleep to the tunes. He woke up the next morning when Ron stood at the door.
- "So, have you made up your mind about joining us teenagers?" he asked.
- "Yeah, I have!" Johnny said. "I accept your invitation!"
- "Excellent!"
- "Welcome aboard, kid!" a female teenager said entering the room.
- "I'm not a kid!" Johnny said and removed his helmet with the number 666 from his head, put it on the floor and stomped on it. "I'm a teenager!"