Authors Intro: Hello again loyal readers. Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I'm back in school now, plus this is the first chapter I haven't entirely thought out. Unfortunately, it may be like this for a while (me not updating), but please bear with me, and thank you for your patience. Anyway, I'd like to take this time to reply to some more of my reviews, so here they are...
J (silence) Quill: Thank you again for your continued reviews to my story. I am very glad to hear that you like my story so much. I'm also glad to hear how my original character interests you so much. Your statement, that he reminded you of Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the chimney sweeps from Mary Poppins, intrigued me (I have seen both of those movies). The thing is, one day, while I was thinking about my character (before I saw your review), it actually did come to my mind that he did, in some ways, resemble Willy Wonka. Of course this character wasn't really supposed to be based on any other people I knew (fictional or otherwise), and I meant him to be completely original. I actually have a theory on this though, and it is that when people are making original characters they may subconsciously base their character on other people (again, fictional or otherwise) that they may have seen, which incorporates into the characters personality, even if it wasn't intentional. Actually he is based a little bit on myself, as his appearance is similar to myself (read my bio), and his abstract psychology is, in some ways, like mine. As far as the chimney sweeps, I hadn't thought of that, but now that I think about it they do also share some similarities. Again I cannot thank you enough for the reviews, and I am just so thrilled that you like my story, and I hope you continue to enjoy it.
Titan Kit: Yes I know I said there was going to be romance in this story, and rest assured there will be. There just won't be very much in the first couple of chapters. But trust me, when I do the romance part, it will be well worth the wait, there will be 3/4ness and 5/OCness, just please bear with me.
Well I guess that's all I have to say, so on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own KND or any of the songs used in this story.
Having been given the order by Numbuh 1, the Kids Next Door got ready for their trip back to the tree house. All five of the Kids Next Door made their way through the mansion until they came by the site where their ship had crashed. Upon reaching the ship, the Kids Next Door salvaged whatever they could through all the wreckage and debris. After doing so they made their way home. None of them spoke very much, for they were all thinking about their encounter with the mysterious child.
2 hours later
The Kids Next Door were now long gone from the mansion, and were back at the tree house at this point, and Father and the Delightful Children were still out cold from their battle with the mysterious child. They lay completely unconscious, unmoving among the vast, luscious, landscape that surrounded their home. The blow that had been delivered to them was brutal. This had been the scene for the last two hours, until something unexpected happened.
From Father and the Delightful Children's mansion, beyond the rich grassland that bordered it, a figure could be seen in distance over the horizon. However, there was something unusual about this figure, mainly that it was approaching from the sky. Even more unusual was that, as the figure approached closer, it appeared to be a human figure that was positioned upright making it seem as if it were floating.
The figure approached rather quickly, moving at a steady, rather fast, pace of about ten miles per hour. The figure was now very close to the mansion, and only continued to maintain its steady speed. The figure was finally in very close range and then, suddenly, it stopped instantly, even at the speed that it was traveling.
Upon stopping the figure scanned the immediate area and noticed the unconscious Father and Delightful Children. The figure gave an odd glance at them and then murmured inaudibly to itself. However, it quickly turned away from them and, once again, headed towards the mansion. The figure floated towards a window that was on the second story of the building, this particular window belonging to the room where Father had activated his orb that had turned the Kids Next Door into animals.
The figure entered the room, surely enough, through the window. Upon entering the figure gracefully landed itself on the rooms carpeted floor. The figure now walked on foot towards the site where the mystery child had destroyed the orb. The figure glanced at the orb that was now split in two, and gave a slight grunt.
"Hmm, it seems someone has beat me to it" the figure muttered to itself.
The figure suddenly heard a noise that seemed to come from outside the mansion. The figure then slightly turned its head and ascended into the air again. The figure left the mansion through the same window he had come in, to see what had made the noise. The figure maintained a sinister, dark look on its face as it made its way outside.
Once outside, the figure again took notice of Father and the Delightful Children, but this time they were moving a little. It was apparent that they were the ones that had made the noise, for they were now regaining their consciousness. Father and the Delightful Children moaned, as they slowly got up, still weak from their agonizing experience.
"Oooh, my head" the Delightful Children muttered as they struggled to get up.
"Aw, Father and the Delightful Children from Down the Lane, good to see you up and about" the mysterious figure said out loud.
This caught Father's and the Delightful Children's attention and they immediately looked up to where the voice had come from, still groggy and weary though. They saw the mysterious figure hovering in the air above them, but it then quickly began to descend to earth below it. Soon enough, the figure reached the same ground where Father and the Delightful Children still lied.
"What's going on?" Father asked to no one in particular, still with a bit of a moan in his voice.
The figure then began to approach Father and the Delightful's on foot. Neither Father nor the Delightful Children could make out who or what this figure was, as it was completely shrouded and shadows and just appeared to be a silhouette against the bright background.
"Who are you?" Father asked the mysterious figure. There was a brief pause among the group, as the mysterious figure slowly came to a stop.
"Just a friend" the figure darkly responded.
With that, the figure seemed to burst from the shroud of shadows that covered it, stretching out its arms, which held a cape that had previously concealed its body. Upon revealing itself the figure turned out, indeed, to be human. It was a tall, somewhat muscular, Caucasian, male, teenager, of about 17 or 18 years of age. He had spiky black hair, and deep, dark, black eyes. His cape was dark red and he wore dark clothing made up of black, gray, and a dark shade of purple. He wore black boots and gloves and the rest of him was dressed in clothing that one might expect of an ancient warrior or sorcerer. Father and the Delightful Children only stood in awe of the boy's enigmatic presence, as he concealed himself again with his cape.
"And I'd like you to come with me" the boy said. The boy then swiftly swiped his hand across the air in the direction of Father and the Delightful's and with that, they were lifted into the air. Father and the Delightful's gasped in shock at the fact that they were now floating in the air by an unseen force.
"Whoa, wha...what's going on?" the Delightful children asked, a bit nervous at this point.
"I want to know what's going on right..." Father began to say in a more stern tone of voice. But he was soon interrupted as he and the Delightful Children began to move through the air straight towards their mansion, as did the boy with them, however he seemed to be in control.
They moved ever closer towards the mansion, as the boy seemed to lead them through the air. The boy continued to lead them, and it seemed that they were heading towards the top floor of the mansion, to the room where the boy had been before. They were then led into the room through the same window that the boy had also previously entered.
As they came into the room the boy floated down to the floor and then slowly turned around to face Father and the Delightful's. They all had a look of anxiety on their face as the boy looked at them, as they continued to float in the air. Just then, the boy pulled out his hand once again and this time opened it so his palm was flat. He then slowly moved it down, and with that they dropped back down to floor on their feet. They took a moment to regain their footing and then looked back at the boy.
Father and the Delightful Children were utterly confused by all this. The last thing they remembered before all of this was that strange child that had somehow seemed to beat them. They weren't sure how long they had been out, but they were now awake and another new and mysterious person was now dragging them into something else.
"So, Father and the Delightful Children, we finally meet," the boy said eerily. "Please, Father, take a seat" the boy said, and with that he made a motion with his hand, which caused a chair to levitate and move towards Father, bumping into the back of him, and making him plop down into the seat. Needless to say this surprised Father a bit, but he still tried to maintain his stern exterior.
Father was bewildered by all of the events that had happened, which was not a normal situation for him to be in. Being the impatient type that he is, Father wanted answers and he wanted them now, so finally he decided speak out.
"Who are you?" Father asked. "And how do you know who we are?"
The boy chuckled slightly at the question, then answered. "I know quite a bit about you Father, how you continuously battle against the children of the world, how you come up with a all of your ingenious plans, and how you fail each and every time," the boy explained, putting an emphasis on the last part.
Father muttered and glared at the man in anger, for his insult. The boy then walked over the orb that lay on the floor, split in two. He looked at it and soon after Father and the Delightful Children saw it too. Father gasped in horror upon his seeing his destroyed orb.
"My...my orb! It's been destroyed! How could this happen?! How could my perfect plan have failed?!" Father ranted aloud.
"I'll tell you why Father" the boy offered. Father looked at him with a curious inquisitive expression. "Your plan failed because you are weak," the boy explained. Father grew angrier as the man insulted him again. "Actually I would have destroyed the thing myself, but it seemed someone else had already done it for me" the boy further explained.
Father inner rage continued to grow, but then something popped into his mind. 'It must have been that child from before that destroyed the orb' Father thought to himself, but he once again had his attention to the boy as he spoke again.
"Hmm, animals, is that the best you can come up with?" the boy asked. There was no response from Father. "If it were me, I'd turn them all into smoldering piles of ash, and I'd do it the old-fashioned way, if you know what I mean" the boy explained. Father and the Delightful Children were taken aback by what the boy had just said, but stayed silent. "In fact, it will be me" the boy said. Father and the Delightful Children were shocked at the boy's proclamation.
"And just what is that supposed to mean?" Father asked.
The boy chuckled again at Father's question. "It means that I'm taking over," the boy declared. "You see I'm tired of seeing you fail time and time again in your feeble plots against children, so I think it's time that someone more suitable took control of your little operation, someone like me, and that's just what I'm going to do" the boy explained.
Father gave an enraged glare at the boy, for his treacherous proclamation. The Delightful Children just stood with a nervous look on their faces, while the boy maintained a wicked grin on his face.
"So Father I offer you two choices, you can join me and be my underling and help me in wiping out the kid population, or I'll destroy you as well" the boy explained.
Father was now completely infuriated now, there was no way he was going to let someone punk kid order him around or threaten him. Father then rose from his chair and became completely engulfed in flames as his anger grew.
"THAT'S IT! Look I don't know who you think you are, but nobody orders me around, especially in my own home!" Father yelled. "Do you understand? You think you can do better than me? You're a mere novice compared to me, and I will not be toyed with by some brat! DO YOU HEAR ME!?" Father yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Hmm, fine, if that's your decision then I guess I'll have to get rid of you," the boy proclaimed.
"Not if I get rid of you first!" Father yelled and then sent a wave of fire straight at the boy.
Father continued his onslaught on the boy for a few seconds, until he finally withdrew his fire wave, in his belief that he had defeated the boy. However, as the smoke from the attack cleared, the boy could be seen, completely unharmed. The boy had his hand held up, which was supporting a purple barrier around him, which had deflected the attack and protected him entirely. However, the boy soon retracted his hand, which caused the barrier to dissipate, but he still maintained his firm stance. Father and the Delightful Children were shocked upon seeing this.
"Now, as I was saying, time to get rid of you, Father" the boy said.
The boy then revealed his right hand from behind his cloak, which held a dark orb. He then held it out and directed it towards Father.
"What are you doing?" Father asked. There was no response. The orb began to glow with small energy sparks that surrounded it. "Stop this...right now!" Father yelled, and just then a dark energy beam shot out from the orb. "No...No...AAAAAHHHHH!!!" Father yelled as the beam made contact with him and slowly pulled him towards the small orb.
Father struggled as hard as he could to break free of the beams pull, but to no avail. The beam continued to pull him slowly closer and closer to the orb as Father's energy diminished as he continued to struggle. After a few seconds of Father's useless attempts at resisting the beams pull, he was shrunk down and was completely sucked into the orb.
The Delightful Children couldn't believe their eyes. Their "Father" had just disappeared into a dark orb, by a teenager who seemed to have no problem in vanquishing him. They could only look in horror as they waited to see what would happen next.
After a moment or two, Father could be seen inside of the orb, with a flustered look on his face as he tried to gather what was going on. It didn't take him long realize that, by the fact that he was trapped in a large sphere and that he was now looking up at the mysterious boy, that he was inside the orb.
"What have you done to me? Let me out of here NOW!!" Father yelled as he erupted in flames, inside the orb. The boy merely chuckled at his pitiful request.
"Hmm, I don't think so" the boy responded. "Yes I believe an eternity in a dark void of nothingness is quite adequate enough for you, Father," the boy explained. He then gave his attention to the Delightful Children from Down the Lane. "Now, Delightful Children, I offer you the same choice, you may join me and be my obedient servants, or you will share the same fate as your father. I believe you'll make the smart decision," the boy said, as he still held the orb in his hand, which contained Father.
"Hah, try all you like to persuade them, my young friend, but my Delightful Children are completely loyal to me. They'll never join you" Father informed the boy, as he diverted his attention back to Father.
The boy then quickly paid his attention back to the Delightful Children and asked them again. "Hmm, so what will it be, Delightful Children?"
The Delightful Children didn't know what to do. They had just seen their Father be defeated by this strange boy, and now it was possible they would be trapped along with him. They knew they were supposed to, and wanted to, stay completely loyal to Father, but at the same time they didn't want to be locked in a dark orb like Father was. After some deliberation, they finally came to the only solution they could make.
"Uh...actually, we'd prefer to join you" the Delightful Children said to the mysterious boy.
The boy grinned in delight at the Delightful Children's response, while Father was in complete disarray. "WHAT!!!? You impudent, defiant, little brats! I am your master, YOU WILL OBEY ONLY ME!" Father yelled from inside the orb.
"Quiet Father!" the Delightful Children yelled, at their former master.
Father's eyes went wide with shock upon hearing this. "What!? Why you treacherous, disloyal, worthless little vermin, when I get out of here you are going to be in so much trouble! You hear me, you..." Father yelled, before being cut off as the boy once again retracted his hand and placed the orb inside his cloak fading out Father's ranting.
"Yes, Delightful Children, now I am your master" the boy said, in his eerie tone of voice. "Now, we have much to do."
"Yes...master" the Delightful Children responded. They were now completely loyal to him.
"Yes, for you see, I have a plan, a plan unlike any you have ever seen before" the boy said to them. "A plan that will wipe out the entire kid population, putting an end to the child nuisance forever" the boy finished.
"But master, what about the Kids Next Door?" the Delightful Children asked.
"Ah yes, the Kids Next Door, the only children that may pose a threat to my plan" the boy said. "Well, we'll just have to destroy them, won't we, my children"
"Yes master" the Delightful Children answered.
"Now, lets get my plan underway" the boy declared.
"Yes, but before we do master, if we are to be your servants, perhaps you could tell us your name?" The Delightful Children asked.
There was a brief pause, and then the boy answered. "But of course my Delightful Children, you may call me...Vlad."
Authors Notes: That's all for this chapter. Next chapter is about the Numbuh's 1-5 and their responses to the mysterious child, and what they will do. Other than that, not much, just please keep the reviews comin' (also you can let me know if I make any grammatical errors) and I'll see you next time.