Okay, so this chapter is more centric on Sector V.
Disclaimer: I do not own Codename: Kids Next Door, someone whom I do not know the name of does. I own all the G-Tech and the RADSUIT. I don't own any other 2x4 tech.
I think by now, you people know the drill right? For the newcomers, the italics part at the beginning is a continuation of the video log. It starts at Chapter 1 and in every chapter, it will be continued.
Oh and Sngu Slug is pronounced "Sin-goo Sl-oo-g." Weird I know, but what else would you expect with the Gnarshwuas?
I thought about my dreams. They started to come when I first discovered my powers. At first I thought they were something important. I thought the dreams held some secret encrypted message.
But then I realized something.
They were just dreams. They aren't going to tell me anything. Dreams are just the works of my subconscious mind. They're figments of my fears. The dreams are just that, dreams.
Don't make the same mistake I did.
The dreams were telling me something and I was stupid enough not to listen to them.
Remember this too, Vince Lombardi said, "People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society."
Your friends will help. Don't keep your...condition a secret. It will be the worst thing you could ever do. This...disease can only be cured with the help of your friends...
-Operation NOBLE-
It was 8 p.m. when Numbuh 2 decided to turn in. He yawned and laid down on his bed in the Treehouse. He closed his eyes and tried to go to sleep. But he kept tossing and turning. This went on for an hour before Numbuh 2 decided to get up.
He was surely not going to sleep for a while.
He came down from his plane-bed and went into his workshop. In the workshop there was all his 2x4 technology he invented. But on his worktable there was a different piece of technology. One that did not fit in with the rest.
It was the DATAKA.
It was square and about the size of your hand. It looked like a plain black metal disk but when you touched the center of it, it transforms into a small cube. On the cube there are some alien looking symbols on every side but one. On that one side, there is a red button. When you push it, as Numbuh 2 found out, it sends an electromagnetic pulse that affects any and all kinds of machinery. Even 2x4 tech.
Numbuh 2 didn't know what the pulse did yet but he was itching to find out because it did some pretty weird stuff to his inventions.
For example, the RADSUIT (Radical. Army. Destruction. Suit. Used. In. Tribulations) he was building suddenly started to glow a faint blue. When Numbuh 2 touched it, the suit started to have alien symbols appearing on it. Had Numbuh 2 known what these symbols meant, he would have known the RADSUIT was now re-enforced with a virtually indestructible barrier.
Numbuh 2 sighed and knew that just like the DATAKA, Numbuh 1 was just as mysterious.
Always hiding his eyes from the world, even his friends. The GKND was also kept a secret. Numbuh 2 didn't like being left out of the loop. Now he's back for some reason. Numbuh 2 knew that once you were in the GKND, you could never come back. Numbuh 1 was keeping something from them.
"You're my best friend. Why don't you trust me?"
-Operation NOBLE-
In a dim room, Numbuh 3 was saying goodnight to all her stuffed animals. Her bedroom at home had way less plushies than her bedroom at the Treehouse so it didn't take too long. This went on for a couple minutes before Numbuh 3 had to say goodnight to the last stuffed animal. The Sngu Slug.
Numbuh 3 hugged it and said in a cheery voice, "Goodnight Sngu Slug!"
Numbuh 3 would normally nickname her plushies something but this one was different. This one, she could not think of a name. It was so different, so bizarre. But was it ever so soft! It was kind of cute too! It had a whale-like shape and it was a bright red in colour. The only weird part was the fact that even though it looked like a whale, it had no flippers or eyes.
She hugged it with all her might and took it to her futon.
Numbuh 3 suddenly frowned. She turned to the Sngu Slug next to her and poked it. It wasn't like anything she had every seen before. Though it gave her some sort of comfort. It was foreign yet it was like an old friend. She furrowed her eyebrows in thought. Numbuh 3 couldn't wrap her head around the concept. It was too...odd.
She sighed and turned away from the plushie.
Her thoughts shifted to Numbuh 1. He was back, finally. After a long five months of waiting and worrying he came back home. Numbuh 3 missed him. All of them did. But now he was back! Shouldn't they be happy?
She turned back to face the plushie.
It was then that it clicked. The plushie was something out of this world, literally. So of course it's going to be foreign. But what makes it familiar is that it's similar to her Rainbow Monkeys, something that's already in her life. The familiarity is coming from the memories of something she already knew.
"You're not completely a plushie."
Though the statement was directed to the plushie, Numbuh 3 knew it was for something else entirely.
-Operation NOBLE-
Numbuh 4 sat on his bed in his room. For the first time in a long time he was home. Usually he camped out in the Treehouse but this time he chose to go home.
"Cruddy Numbuh 1. Cruddy Galactic Kids Next Door. Cruddy everything!" Numbuh 4 grumbled. "So 'e leaves and comes back expectin' us ta welcome him with flowers and roses." He growled and picked up the GAD Numbuh 1 gave him. It looked as if it were made out of water because of the transparent colouring.
"Cruddy gun." He threw it with as much force as he could at the wall. Numbuh 4 knew it was only a reminder that Numbuh 1 was going to leave again and who knows when he'll come back this time. Numbuh 4 felt rage boil inside him. The one he always looked up to is leaving.
Again.
He growled. Numbuh 4 was swelling with emotions. Fear, betrayal, hurt and anger. He feared he would never see Numbuh 1 ever again. He felt betrayed that someone he saw as an older brother would choose something over him. He felt hurt that Numbuh 1 thought he could make it up to him for leaving by getting him a present. He was angry at Numbuh 1 for every cruddy thing that happened.
Numbuh 4 clenched his fists tightly in anger. He could feel tears threatning to fall so he wiped them away with his sleeve.
"You were ma older brother." He seethed. "Why do ya have ta leave again?"
He was the tough guy. He was not going to cry over something like this.
"This isn't fair."
-Operation NOBLE-
Numbuh 5 was in the park on a park bench. She curled up on the seat and hugged her knees. She rested her head on her knees and tried to block out the tears that were surely going to fall. "Numbuh 1...Why'd you go an' leave Numbuh 5 like that?" She asked the stars as if they would answer her.
They didn't.
Numbuh 5 picked up the Stone of Glow she brought with her. She stared deep into the glowing lights of the piece of space rock. It's soft gold and dark blue illuminated the darkness of the night. Yes it was pretty.
But not cool.
Numbuh 5 sighed and took the sunglasses off the bill of her cap. These were the very sunglasses that Numbuh 1 wore. He got it from his father to look 'cool.' She rolled them in her hands remembering all those times she wanted to take them off his face so the world could see his eyes. Numbuh 5 chuckled at the irony. Now that these sunglasses were off his face, she wanted to put them back on his face and make sure he never took it off again. Then her thoughts drifted to the new sunglasses on Numbuh 1's face. They looked exactly like the old ones but she knew they were completely different. They didn't show the comfort the ones in her hands did.
They only showed an alien.
"Nigel...is the GKND replacing everything you know and love?" Numbuh 5 paused before looking up to the stars and asking them, "Are they replacing Numbuh 5? Are they replacing me?"
-Operation NOBLE-
I woke up in cold sweat.
I took a couple deep breaths to calm myself down. After a couple minutes I could finally breathe properly. I looked at the clock and it said it was 6:50 a.m. I ran a hand through my bald head and sighed.
I was not going to be able to sleep after a dream like that.
I decided to take a walk through a nearby park to organize my thoughts. "Crud, I need to get my problem fixed. I don't think it's healthy for me to skip out on so much sleep. All because of dreams." I said to myself as I opened my bedroom window. I clicked my heels and let my JETABOOTS do their work. In a matter of seconds, I was off into the sky.
When I arrived at the park I saw something. Or rather someone sitting on a park bench.
I walked closer to the person and finally recognized them. It was Numbuh 362. My footsteps alerted her to my presence and she gave a shy wave. I waved back and sat beside her.
"Hello si-."
"Cut the sir stuff Nigel. I know you're in the GKND. You're practically my surperior now." She snapped harsher than she intended. Then she awkwardly said, "...Sorry...Welcome back."
"It's okay. Thanks." I replied. Then I realized something. Why in the world is she here? I thought she was in Canada or something.
"I moved here about three months ago. Parents said it would be nicer." Numbuh 362 mumbled. I blushed in response, embarrassed that I accidentally said my thoughts out loud.
"So...uh...How are yo-"
"How do you do it Nigel?" Numbuh 362 asked, cutting me off. 'She said Nigel again.' I thought but then I quickly smothered it.
"How do I do what?"
"Lead."
"Lead?"
"Yeah, you make it seem so easy."
"I can tell you right now, I face the same problems. The pressure and responsibility placed on your shoulders. The fear of failure. Trust me; I know what it feels like."
"I know but...you do it as if it was the most natural thing in the world and you do it so well too. But me..."
"Numbuh 36-"
"Rachel."
"Rachel, listen. You are a great leader; never doubt that for a second."
"But, the KND is going through some very tough times. They all look at me to fix it but I don't know what to do. It seems as if every move I'll make will completely destroy the KND!"
"Stop. Stop it right now. This isn't the Rachel I know. She's strong and brave and never afraid to do what's right."
"I'm not any of tha-"
"Yes you are!"
"No, I'm not! You are the one like that! Not me."
"Rachel...You are a much better leader than I. I hide behind a pair of sunglasses so that no one would see my fears. But you, you face your fears head on. You don't hide behind anything!"
"But-"
"Do you trust me?"
"I...yes, of course."
"Then trust my words."
"...Okay...Nigel?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"I'm glad to have you back." After that, she got off the bench and waved good-bye before heading home.
I stayed on the bench long after she was gone. "I'm glad to have you back." Her words echoed in my head. My heart stung a bit. "Will you be so glad when you discover the monster inside me?"
I got up from the bench and began to walk home.
"I don't belong here. Not anymore."
Oh my gosh. I had a brain malfunction writing Kuki's part and the last part.
I re-wrote it at least seven times before I became satisfied with it. You know how I got it on the last try? I stared into the eyes of my own plush doll and all of a sudden, it clicked. Literally. It made a clicking sound and I tossed it at the wall in fear.
Creepy.