Since I took so long to post chapter 6, I worked really hard yesterday and today so I could post chapter 7! I really hope you like it!
~Emily Believes xoxo
As Sector Z entered the Moonbase, they could see the seriousness of the attack. Many things were destroyed, some of which might take a while to repair. Kids and teenagers alike were winning and losing, so it was hard to tell who had the upper hand.
As they observed the battles, they could recognize a lot of the operatives and former operatives-turned Teen Ninjas. They tried to stay as hidden as possible, not wanting to be drawn into a fight just yet, for they were trying to find Numbuh 362.
Ashley gasped upon seeing her cousin. She was fighting against the Steve, the leader of the Teens. The battle wasn't necessarily fair at that moment, however, for Steve had a paintball gun, and Rachel was left defenseless. She was faring fairly well, as she was dodging everyone of the attacks he tried to make.
"Go help her," Bruce said to Ashley, "we'll try to find some of the other teens." She nodded and went towards Rachel while the others went to go take down more teenagers.
Holding her umbrella sword readily, she approached the two leaders. "Hey sunglasses!" she exclaimed, causing Steve to turn to her.
Even though she wasn't in her military outfit, Steve could tell who she was. Clearly. His eyebrows raised. "Long time no see, eh?" Ashley said, smirking.
Roughly three or so months before her delightfulization, both Ashley and Steve were only 10 years old. Though, they were 10-year-olds with fairly different views. Ashley was a loyal KND operative, though Steve's loyalty was questionable.
It was that day that Ashley had found out he was a spy for the newly developed teen organization.
The battle they fought was short, because Ashley was definitely a skilled operative, coming from the best sector at the time. Even though he had the newly made S.P.L.A.N.K.E.R. and she simply had her umbrella sword, she won. Steve was running for the hills. That was the day he went rogue.
"But - you - you've been lost! Decommissioned!" he said, pointing his paintball gun in her direction. "You have been for the past six years!" He shot a few paintballs at her, which she dodged swiftly.
"You could say there was a certain… recommission mission," Ashley said. Dodging a few more paintballs, she used her umbrella sword to swipe Steve off his feet. His gun flew in there air.
Catching the gun, placed the top of her umbrella on Steve's chest to show she won. "And yet, six years later, I still kicked your butt in the same way," she said. Looking at the paintball gun, Ashley pulled the trigger, hitting him on the arm. Moving her umbrella, she started to use the paintball gun to make a pattern on the upper-half of Steve's body. The pattern formed a Z.
Taking the paintball gun away from Ashley, Rachel asked, "Where's the rest of your sector?"
"Well," Ashley started, scanning the room, trying to remember where they went, "That's a good question."
The rest of Sector Z eventually split up. Bruce found Numbuh 34 and 42 against twice as many teens. Though their performance was pretty impressive, the two Louisianian operatives were more than happy to accept Bruce's help. David found two teens trying to break into the tactic planning room. Both of them were shocked to see who they thought to be a delightfulized operative go against them. Constance bumped into a teen that was running away from Numbuh 66. The two beat him quite easily.
Lenny, however, still hadn't found a teen. The new Moonbase was hard to navigate. He unknowingly found himself going towards the power core. After walking for a few minutes he found a silhouette near a steel door. He furrowing his eyebrows. Upon getting closer, he saw the person was a teenager, but it wasn't just any teenager…
"Chad Dickson," Lenny murmured, causing the teen to turn to him. He couldn't believe his eyes. The seven year old cadet he once knew was now a teenager. And a traitor.
He read the words on the steel door. POWER CORE. His eyes widened. "Stay away from that!"
Chad, however, didn't recognize his former drill sergeant. In his eyes the rather skilled operative looked like a rather new operative, as he had no weapon or armor. "And what're you going to do to stop me?" he asked, pointing the paintball gun he had in his hand at him, walking towards the operative.
Lenny moved backward, hitting his back against the wall. He was cornered. Realizing his predicament, he thought for a moment. After a minute, he slowly raised his hands to his shoulders.
Chad smirked, waiting for him to utter the words "I surrender." However, instead of that, the operative slid to the left against the wall, grabbing his right arm in the process. With his other forearm he practically pushed the paintball gun out of his hand. And the guy didn't even pick up the gun. He simply just kicked it aside.
"Chad," Lenny said, getting into a defensive stance, "I know you're better than this. Why were you trying to break into the power core?"
Chad did the same thing. "How could you possibly know me?" he asked, completely ignoring the actual question.
"Because, I taught you everything you know!" Lenny exclaimed.
It took a minute for Chad to register what he said. "It can't be… You can't be… Sector Z was lost ages ago!" he stated, narrowing his eyes at him.
"And recommissioned weeks ago," Lenny said. "You seriously don't remember me?"
"I remember the actual Numbuh 0.4. He was the best drill sergeant ever in the history Kids Next Door! That's how I'm the best there is… was," he said.
Lenny sighed, walking backward towards the paintball gun. "That's a shame, Chad. You were always my favorite."
Chad's eyes widened when he said that.
"Chad, could you come here for a minute?" Lenny asked to a seven-year-old Chad.
"Did I do something wrong? I swear, sir, I'm trying the best I can-" he started, but was interrupted by the drill sergeant,
"You've done nothing wrong!" He knelt down so he was at eye level with the cadet. "I need to tell you something. Just don't tell any of the others. You're my best cadet, Chad. You have the potential to become Supreme Leader some day. You've always been my favorite."
Chad smiled, saluted Lenny, and then walked away to the other cadets.
"But - it -" Chad simply just started at the Lenny, slowly putting together the pieces. The operative in front of him was Numbuh 0.4. He had been recommissioned! Sector Z was back! "Go to the Mission Control room. That's were Steve and Cree are. Steve has a big chin and sunglasses - he's not that hard to spot. I'm certain you know Abby, Numbuh 5… Cree is her older sister, so you'll be able to see the resemblance. If you can disarm both of them, they'll call for the operatives to retreat. If you can't do that, then make sure the rest of your sector mates are safe. The teens are furious about Father being imprisoned, and once they find out you guys are recommissioned, they'll likely assume you had something to do with it."
Lenny raised his eyebrows, but decided not to question it. He nodded, and ran towards the Mission Control room. Constance was trying to keep Steve's weapon away from him (while simultaneously using it against him), Bruce was trying to disarm Cree, along with Abby. David and Ashley were fighting off two other teens trying to get to the controls. It was clear that the Kids Next Door had the upper hand.
Just as Lenny was about to help Bruce and Abby, Bruce managed to knock the paintball gun out of Cree's hands with his carrot nunchucks. Lenny grabbed the gun before Cree could. She gave a panicked look before pressing a button on her watch and saying, "Retreat, Teen Ninjas! Retreat!"
Teens scattered, trying to find their way out of the Moonbase. After many minutes, Numbuh 116 reported through a walkie-talkie, "All of the teenagers are out of Moonbase. I repeat, all of the teenagers are out of the Moonbase."
Many of the operatives went back to Earth, though a lot helped to clean up the damage as well. Once it was just Sector Z and Rachel cleaning up mission control, Lenny went up to her.
He sighed. "You know, you could've told me that Chad was a teen operative."
Rachel looked baffled. "What - how did - I don't know what you're talking about," she said.
"Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about, Numbuh 362. They might not tell high ranking operative top secret stuff anymore, but they did when I was drill sergeant, and I can tell that Chad is a teen operative."
"Oh, really? How?"
"I don't think a regular Teen Ninja would just spout out their plans to their enemy. It wasn't that hard to put it together."
"I know this is probably important and all, but what's a teen operative?" Ashley asked.
"A teen operative is someone who stays a Kids Next Door Operative into their teens," Rachel answered, sighing. "There's a reason we don't tell the higher ranks stuff like this anymore." She then turned to the rest of Sector Z. "You can't tell anybody about this! That means no one! Alright? I don't want to have to lose Sector Z right after we got it back."
"Yes, sir," they all replied.
"You all should probably go home. We should be able to fix the rest of this on our own," she said.
Once more Sector Z was the last to leave the Moonbase.