Chapter 3

Rachel T McKenzie

As everyone gathered in the ship's meeting room, Rachel stood at the front of the room.

"All we're waiting for is Numbuh infinity to show up…. We need directions to the galactic KND's headquarters." She stated with that air of authority that she had mastered at the age of six.

Fanny grinned, knowing that the tone. Patton sniggered behind her.

Rachel turned to Terenda Jacobs. "Terry, exactly how technologically advanced is this ship?"

Terry grinned. "Ah, well, with the help of Numbuh two, Numbuh seventy-four point two thirty nine, and Numbuh seventeen-oh- one, we've got the ship about twenty years more advanced than our usual tech." then, she frowned. "Or maybe it's forty years ahead… I don't exactly know, but once we get to the GKND base, I'll have a pretty good idea, though. We're probably thousands of years behind their tech." her large brown eyes went even wider at the prospect and the excitement in her chocolate orbs made her sister raise her eyebrows.

Rachel rolled her eyes- right over to Harvey, and noted with surprise that her younger, neat freak brother (who still had issues with people touching him) had his eyes trained on the small brunette girl with and intensity to rival the arguments between her two best friends.

Rachel hid a smile as Numbuh infinity walked in. "Sir? Numbuh seventy- four point two thirty nine told me that you wanted to see me?"

Rachel sighed. "You may notice that we're on a spaceship, first, Numbuh infinity. Do you know why that is?" she stated quietly

The boy grinned. "I have a slight idea, sir. You are going after Numbuh one, aren't you?"

Rachel nodded in response.

"We need to know if anyone has heard from him in the GKND base. We need to know where to find the headquarters, as well, so I would be grateful if you stayed on board as our guide."

The other teen sighed. "Shoulda seen this one coming…." He mumbled, before addressing the supreme leader of the TND again. He took a deep breath and snatched his sunglasses of f his nose, and wiped them clean on his shirt.

"The supreme galactic leader for the GT&KND sent Numbuh one and his galactic squadron on a mission in the far reaches of the galaxy, and up until five earth months ago, he had been giving us regular reports through transmissions. At first we thought that he had gotten out of reach for our satellites to send the reports, until we found out that he went missing somewhere in the Lynx galaxy. That particular galaxy is in fact in reach of our sensors." He told the group. Then he looked at the supreme leader.

"Sir, I must warn you of the perils of going out of this universe. If the GT&KND find us to be a threat, they will destroy us- and ask questions later."

Terry spoke up "Numbuh infinity, I hardly think that they will consider us a threat, this ship- as I just told the supreme leader is probably about one hundred years behind the tech at the GT&KND. That should save us from being blown up. Don't you think?"

The dark skinned teen blinked and then laughed. "Good point, ma'am." Then, turning back to the supreme leader, sighed. "Though she has a valid point, that's only one problem; this is the problem that we have been struggling for most of our lives against."

Once again, Terry answered the African American. "I do have a cloaking device. It has the capabilities of turning the ship invisible and untraceable to anything we've got on earth, and if we can get to the headquarters, Numbuh two and I can refine it." She smiled at the operative.

"Very well, I will accompany you to the GT&KND headquarters. As a guide only."

Rachel sighed. "Thank you, Numbuh infinity. We are grateful for your help."

She exited the room.

"All of you might want to get to your positions; we need to take off soon. And I need to contact the KND."

Hoagie Gilligan

He had always been the pilot- in the KND, the TND and now, going into space to look for his best friend. Abby had been right, though, about one thing in particular. This was going to be about a million times harder than a coolbus, and Terry couldn't help him, seeing as she would be in the engine room making sure that everything there was running smoothly.

This was why she had wanted his help in building the thing in the first place, to help him figure out how to fly the thing. He was grateful for that.

"Hey, man, you alright?" Wally had caught up to him before he left. "You look pale. Or, paler than usual…"

Hoagie snorted. "Says the blond who's had a tan all his life. Compared to you, everyone's pale… except maybe Numbuh 60…."

Wally let out a snigger. "True…. Very true, I'm not denying it."

Hoagie rolled his eyes. "If we had coordinates, I could put this thing on auto pilot… but noooooooo, Mr. I- have- to- keep- everything-a- secret-even-though-I'm-taking-you-there won't tell me." He muttered, annoyance seeping into his tone.

Again, the blond aussie laughed. "So sorry. Well, see ya later, dude."

He walked ahead of the brunette.

"Dude, so am I…" Hoagie muttered, sitting down in the pilot's seat.

Rachel looked up, and then she sent a transmission to the engine room. Grease covered, Numbuh 1700 looked up from the engine that she had been tuning up to see the blond girl waiting.

"Yeah? What's up, sir?"

"When are we going to be ready to go, Terry?" The blond asked.

"In about two minutes… I want to finish up here real quick…." She started tinkering with the engine "aaaand… now. You can fire engines when ready, captain." She grinned like a lunatic and laughed.

Sometimes, Hoagie worried about the small brunette.

No one else he knew was anywhere near as crazy… unless you counted Fanny.

And he did not.

The controls of the ship were like game console controllers. A joystick for the actual flight steering, and actually, it was game console controllers…. Huh, go figure…. For the weapons, shielding and ect. This thing was off the hook.

At least for Hoagie it was. He really didn't care about anyone else's opinion….

Unless it was Abby, he actually did care what she thought.

AOP

Finally.. I AM ALIVE! Sorry for the wait, but I had a total writer's block…. Which I ate by the way. (It was chocolate) anyway, I need a name for my spaceship in the story. And here's the voting list:

ZERO

ZEPHYRE

ORION

GALILEO

I'll take the tally's and go from there. BYE BYE