Operation: S.P.L.I.N.T.E.R.-C.E.L.L.E.D.
Chapter 4
A Secret Revealed
After traveling down the halls of the moon base, Numbuh 5 knew Fanny had to be close. She was so close to discovering her, Fanny's scent was practically strangling her nose...
"Alright, Fanny!," spat Numbuh 5, now in a dark area of the halls. "Get on out here! I know you're not outside the ship! So just come on out!"
"She'll never find me. Hehe," snickered Fanny, sitting a top a long pipe throughout the ceiling.
"I found you, ya' know," said Numbuh 5, looking up and rolling her eyes. If only Fanny's voice hadn't given it away...
"Darn it!," spat Fanny.
"I don't know what you're up to," said Numbuh 5. "But whatever it is, I won't just stand here like a statue and let whatever's going to happen, happen! I've waited to crush you all these years and It looks like I might just get my chance."
"Alright then, Abigail. I'll fight you..." With that, Fanny lept down, standing before her. "But when you fight me, just remember…I won't hold back."
Numbuh 5 also got into her battle stance, prepared to attack at any time. "I know you won't. And that's good for me, because that means that I don't have to go easy on you either."
"Keep dreaming. Whether you go easy on me or not, I'll still beat you. By the time I'm done, you'll wish that you fought me with all your strength and much, much more. So bring it on 'Blabergail'."
"Oh, now you've done it! No one mocks my name!" Numbuh 5 lept forward. "Hi-yah!," she went, kicking Fanny in the stomach.
Fanny fell to the floor, but got back up, scratched Numbuh 5's face, and poked her in the eye. Numbuh 5 then pulled Fanny's hair and threw her into the wall. But then, Fanny jumped from the wall and on to Numbuh 5. Numbuh 5 then tossed her off, swiftly. Once Fanny was on the floor, Numbuh 5 kicked her in the head, over and over again. Fanny then took out a razer-blade from her pocket and cut Numbuh 5's knee. Once Numbuh 5 was hurt and distracted, Fanny punched her to the floor, banged her head, repeatedly, on its interior. She then pulled out her pony-tail, taking flesh with it, and slammed her through one of the glass windows, which led into the KND science lab. Running in after her, Fanny tossed one of the scientists on Numbuh 5, picked up some tubes of their chemical compounds, and threw them into her eyes. Then when Numbuh 5 was blinded, she took one of the scissors on their desk and stabbed her in the left eye. But Numbuh 5 would not give in. With one of her eyes still in tact, she believed she could still face Fanny. Picking up one of their tables-because she's that strong-she tossed it directly into Fanny's face. Then, she took one of the chair legs off of the table and stabbed a hole into Fanny's head, puncturing one through her brain's front as well.
"…..Have you... had enough...yet?...," asked Numbuh 5 to Fanny, now exhausted, huffing and puffing, and out of breath.
"….No!," spat Fanny, also out of breath. "...I will never give up, never!... So quit thinking that I will!..."
Numbuh 5 then took one of the knives out of the desk right next to her and stabbed Fanny fifteen times. But Fanny still refused to give up...
"...Come on, Scottie! ...Give up before I finish you off and you die!...," warned Numbuh 5.
"...Alright," she said. "…If you're going to be so persistent…I guess I have no choice. In fact... I think I want to rejoin the KND and get out of this terrible splinter cell..."
Numbuh 5 grew puzzled. "You…you really mean that?," she asked.
"Yes, yes I do," replied Fanny with a smile.
With a short paused, Numbuh 5 soon smiled as well... "Then by all means, friend, let's get back to the other guys and get some bandages for these injuries."
"Hey, Abigail?"
"Yes, Numbuh 86?
"Could you grab my hand and help me up?"
"Sure thing, pal."
And with that, Numbuh 5 grabbed Fanny's hand. But Fanny, all of the sudden, shoves her hand into Numbuh 5's head, sending it all the way into Numbuh 5's brain. And with that, because of the intense pain…. Numbuh 5.… died... At least, that's what Fanny hoped for.
"I warned you to stop!," spat Fanny. "But you wouldn't! So now I'm going to continue to procede with my plan. The splinter cell plans on having me steal one of the KND ships in order to move the moon base straight into the sun. But, horribly, you Kids Next Door foiled my plans when you re-attached the moon base back to the moon, that way, it couldn't burn into the sun. for you see, I'm the one who ordered Chad to do that. And that's also why I was doing my part to decomission every KND operative that I could find! And that was my genious plan..."
But little did Numbuh 86 know she had unexpected company. "Well then, sorry I had to hear that," said Numbuh 4 from behind her.
"Yah, I know-NUMBUH 4?," she exclaimed.
"The one and only," he replied, sternly.
"How long have you been standing there?"
"I got here and couldn't help but overhear your lame, pointless speech. But, of course, it's not all that pointless. After all, you did announce your plans, out loud. Have you forgotten that the scientists are still here?"
"Look around you, Wally. There are no scientists here! They all left and ran away when we started fighting in their lab." And indeed, she was right. The scientists ran for their lives when Fanny and Numbuh 5 broke in. "Not so smart now, are we?," she teased to Wally.
"Actually, I am smarter than you think. Is the whole splinter cell in on this plan of yours?"
"No, not at all. I was going to do this as a surprise for them. You know, just to save them the trouble of destroying these guys. One's already dead, so I guess her body will rot in the sun. You know? Insult to injury. Or in this case, insult to insult."
"Well, here's one thing you don't know!"
"Oh yeah? And what's that?"
"Because you said that only you're in on this whole, burn the moon base into a crispy hot french fry thing, that means all I have to do.. is kill you off. And then bring Numbuh 5 to the KND Med Lab so they can fix her up."
"So, you're going to fight me? Please don't waste my time! I suppose you wan't to end up just like Numbuh 5, all injured and beaten up, right? Hahaha!"
"Oh, don't worry. I won't! Because you see, here's one thing that you don't know about me!"
"Oh yeah? And what's that?"
"When I'm angry, I can defeat you. Even if I am weak!"
"Oh, ok." She clenched her fists and spat, "Then let's see what you've got, squirt!"
"What did you say, punk?," questioned Numbuh 4 with narrowed eyes.
"You heard me! Squirt!"
Numbuh 4 ground his teeth, now turning red. "No one. And I mean no one calls me.. a squirt!"
Numbuh 4 jumped on Fanny and started choking her. He then stuck his foot in her mouth, reached for her tongue above it, and ripped it out from her mouth. Then, he smashed in her teeth. And finally, he strapped a bomb to her chest that he came into the room with, unaware to her, and allowed it to explode.. blowing her to bits.
Numbuh 4 breath heavily. "...That one was for Numbuh 5!... And speaking of Numbuh 5, I'd better get her to the medlab immediately. That psycho really did her in..."
Meanwhile, Nigel and his father Mr. Uno, battled the splinter cell's members, one by one...
"Come on, son!," coached Mr. Uno. "We're going to need more fire power!"
"I'm on it, dad!," said Numbuh 1.
"Please stop shooting us with that tauter sauce!," pled a female operative, known as Giggles. "It's messing up my dress! Please stop? Please?," she begged.
But Numbuh 1 shot her with more tauter sauce.
"Aw, come on! My dress is very valuble. It really ties my figure together."
"Yah' I know. And the tauter sauce that I'm spraying really ties it together even better! FIRE!" Numbuh 1 fired another blast at her, using his laser rifle.
"NOOOOOOOOO!," she screamed, soon exploding... literally.
"Well, that was weird….," said Numbuh 1 and his father in unison.
"Now, we have no time to lose, son," said Mr. Uno. "Let's go and get the rest of these hooligans. We have no time to lose!"
"Right, dad. Let's move out!"
"Good, then I'm coming too!," said an all too familiar voice to Numbuh 1 from a distance..
"That voice.. Could it be?…," puzzled Numbuh 1.
"Yes, Nigel. It's me," said the voice, again.
Scratching his head, Mr. Uno asked, "I do say. Who is that, Nigel? Do you know him?"
Numbuh 1 turned his head to.. yes... Bob. "He's the sattleite dish. But I thought that he was dead..."
"Dead? Oh, absolutely not," replied Bob.
"What? What are you talking about?"
"I mean I self destructed myself on purpose because I wanted to teach you that you could still love. And since you've proven to me that you loved me enough to fight off this whole splinter cell, with your dad, then I had no choice but to come here."
"Just one question:," said Nigel, "how did you repair yourself?"
"No one's supposed to know."
"What?"
"Just kidding. I can regenerate my metal body whenever I explode.
"Oh, good one."
"So tell me, friend," said Mr. Uno to the satellite dish. "Would you like to help us take down the rest of the splinter cell on this ship?"
"Certainly," replied Bob. "I would like that very much."
"And another thing. You may not be the father of my child. But if you would like to consider my son as your son, then you most certainly can."
"You…..you really mean that?"
"Certainly," he said with a smile. "You're officially part of the Uno family. Welcome to the club, friend."
Bob was now overwhelmed with unmeasurable joy. "I fell so happy, I could just….I could just….." He then poofed into a grown-up human, due to excitement.
"What the...," said Bob, looking at his hands. "I'm cured. I'm really cured!"
"What do you mean by, cured?," asked Mr. Uno.
"Yah and what are you?," asked Nigel. "Some sort of Houdini?"
"Well, you could say that. You see, I do have a name. and my name is Bob. Years ago, a witch cursed me for being part of the splinter cell. I was then turned into a plain old satellite dish. And the only thing that could brake the curse would be the love of a human."
"So because my dad and I are human…..," said Nigel.
"Then you're curse was broken," concluded Mr. Uno.
"Yes, that sums it up," said Bob.
Numbuh 1 puzzled."But wait a minute, you're an adult. Doesn't the splinter cell decommission their people when they become far too old for them?"
"Negative," said Bob. "Once you join the splinter cell, like I said, you never leave. Some people in here are 70-80 years old and are still stuck in this place."
"Well, that explains that," said Nigel. "But there is just one more thing. If your so dog on good, then why did you lure me here in the first place?"
"Because, Nigel, I was just like you as a child, until now. I too was lonely when my parents died. They were my only source of happiness. Once they were gone, I had no more of a meaning to life, just like you. But once I found you, I'll admit I was trying to trap you so the splinter cell could kill you. But soon, I started to feel affection for you. So when I befriended you-"
"The curse was broken and you were completely happy once again," concluded Numbuh 1.
Mr. Uno continued, "And also because you once again have a family that will stay with you for a long, long time. So how old are you?"
"I'm in my 40s," Bob replied.
"Well, what do you know? So am I," replied Mr. Uno with a smile.
Numbuh 1 grew a smile. "You know, if there's something I learned from all this so far today, its that not all adults are bad. I mean, you're a hero," he said to Bob.
"But I never saved you," replied Bob.
"Yes, you did. Remember Ms. J? That big bully? When she was trying to hurt me again when I woke up, you stood up to her and made her leave me alone."
Bob paused... and soon grew a smile. "Yah, I did... Didn't I?"
"You saved my son?," puzzled Mr. Uno before growing a smile. "I should congratulate you. Because it's a shame when a stranger like yourself saves my son and yet I don't."
"Don't talk like that," said Bob. "Besides, you may not realize it, but you've been saving your son all along. You just being here with him has saved him. I know that if my parent's were here, I would be saved."
"Well, don't worry," said Nigel. "Because I'm sure that wherever they are, they can see you right now and are proud of you actually nurturing a kid."
Bob started to cry tears of joy. "Thank you, Nigel. That means a lot to me."
"I know, Bob..," replied Numbuh 1. "I know.. Now everybody... battle stations!"
And now, Nigel, Mr. Uno, and Bob, who was once known as the satellite dish, but is now know as a human, are about to battle the rest of the splinter cell. Meanwhile, Numbuh 5 rests in a coma. Numbuh 4 waits, watching over her and hoping she'll survive. Find out what happens next time, on Operation: S.P.L.I.N.T.E.R.-C.E.L.L.E.D.
