I just can't stop saying thanks, huh? :D I owe it to you guys that I've become more active on .
P.S. For all the broccoli haters, may I suggest adding a little something to make the taste more palatable? ;)
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Numbuh 13 poked his head out from a bush and scanned his surroundings, making sure the coast was safe. Slowly stepping out from his hiding place, he motioned for the others that it was safe and put their plan to action.
"Let's go," Rocky said as she and the Delightfuls emerged from within the shadows of the trees.
She waited patiently as Tommy followed, having to hold one of the larger weapons Rocky assigned him. He was a bit nervous since he was being put on a KND mission for the first time in a long time, but with Rocky and the other kids who were unlike any KND operatives he had met, he felt a sense of pride and determination he had never felt even when he was a temporary operative.
With these kids he felt he still was an operative, only truly.
Tommy stood beside Numbuh 13 as the other boy regarded the quiet neighborhood before them. Then Numbuh 13 glanced over at Rocky, raising an eyebrow at the interesting 'accessory' she had on her wrists.
"I forgot to ask," Numbuh 13 began as he looked at Rocky's hands, "why do you have toilet paper for bracelets?"
Rocky smiled as she looked at the rolls of toilet paper she had in her possession. "Just in case," she replied smoothly.
"Boy, she must go to the bathroom a lot," Numbuh 13 said to Tommy.
Tommy looked from one side of the street to the other, raising his hat up to get a good view. "Maybe Father gave up?" Tommy suggested as he looked around.
"No," Lenny said in a serious tone as he braced himself with his weapon in hand, "he wouldn't give up that easily."
Suddenly, they felt the ground vibrate, as if there was an earthquake about to occur.
Tommy looked toward the road. "Look!" He gasped.
Walking slowly towards them was another broccoli monster. But massive in size. And the devil himself was riding atop it, eager to do away with Rocky and her team.
"The battle isn't over!" Father shouted from atop of the beast.
The kids looked at one another, nodding that they had to fight or be beaten. Rocky regarded Numbuh 13 and Tommy, a bit worried that maybe she had dragged them into a bad situation. But from the look on their faces, they weren't going to leave their leader behind.
Rocky glared up at Father. "Because the war has just begun…" Rocky said sharply before she tightened her ponytail.
"Ready when you are," Bruce told her, preparing his gun.
"Kids Next Door," Rocky shouted, "battle stations!"
And they charged forward as they began shooting at the beast with their updated technology. Numbuh 13 let out a battle cry as he began shooting like a madman. And unlike his other times when he had been assigned a weapon, he actually didn't miss. Being the little brother of Numbuh 2, Tommy had no trouble aiming and shooting the weapon he had made and saved only for himself, wondering when he would actually use it. The special laser he made shot out in three different directions, pointing at each hopeful weak point at the monster and a huge beam of light would shoot out.
But advanced as they were, they did little damage to the beast as bits of broccoli flew to the ground.
"Is that the best you've got?" Father sneered.
Rocky bared her teeth in anger. "Time to bring out…the big one!" And she quickly took out what appeared to be the E.W.-B.A.L.L.
"Oh, no..." Father's voice trembled, remembering that weapon all too well.
Rocky pressed the button on the bomb before pushing it inside her gun. Then she aimed at the beast, directly at Father, and shot forward.
Father screamed as he braced himself for another impact from the bomb as it aimed at him.
The bomb planted itself directly on the beast…
But the explosion did only little.
Father opened one eye and glanced at the disappointment the weapon had offered as it lay there beneath his feet, used and useless now.
"Ha!" He laughed mockingly before he kicked it out of his sight.
"Oh, man," Rocky cried, "I must have picked a partially used one!"
"What'll we do?" Numbuh 13 cried out frantically as the monster neared their neighborhood.
Rocky tried to think of something, until Tommy tugged at her arm.
"Hey, Rocky?" Tommy began.
Rocky turned to him and her eyes widened as she saw what appeared in his hands.
It seemed to be a more advanced E.W.-B.A.L.L. , only the material seemed completely yellow and there seemed to be some sort of scent that seeped from it that was neither sweet nor disgusting.
"Haven't tested it out yet," the little boy said sheepishly, "but now seems like the time." And he handed it to her.
Rocky nodded in thanks before she took it and inspected it. It wasn't that she didn't trust Tommy, but she was having her doubts.
But it seemed like there only chance.
Then she looked up to see how high Father was from where she was standing.
It was a long way up.
After forming calculations in her mind, and counting off her fingers, Rocky tightened her ponytail. Finally, after taking a few steps back, she held out her toward the air...
And like shooting web, the toilet paper around her wrists shot out.
The others watched in amazement as the toilet paper shot itself toward the monster before tightening around the top of some broccoli stem branch.
"Wow," Tommy gasped in amazement as Rocky hoisted herself up, "she's like that one guy with those spider abilities! I forgot, what was the guy's name was..." The little boy pondered as Rocky climbed up the beast toward Father.
"No way," Father cried as Rocky jumped at him, "not only are you like Numbuh 1, you're like…the Toiletnator?" Not only was he shocked that Lou had succeeded in getting such a fine woman such as Cleo, but has successfully taught one of the greatest members, Father had to admit, ever to join the KND?
"Yeah, he's cool, isn't he?" Rocky told him with a grin before slamming the bomb in his 'hair'. She shot out more toilet paper toward the lower end of the beast before gliding down just in time before-
BOOM!
Cheese. It was a cheese bomb. And cheese was a special condiment that could easily take down broccoli as Father just realized as his monster cried out in pain as the thick, oozy liquid covered its entire body in one swift motion.
"My hair!" Father cried, which was completely covered in cheese.
"Fire!" Bruce shouted before he and the others began firing once Rocky came down safely and grabbed her gun.
The blasts from their technology began heating up the monster's body…
SPLAT!
And it blew up, leaving a very sloppy mess around the neighborhood.
The others cheered in victory as they high-fived and congratulated one another, despite being covered in cheese as well.
Numbuh 13 sampled a taste from his fingers and smiled. "Wow," he said as he looked at Tommy, "have you ever thought of making a bomb that explodes chocolate?"
"Not really," Tommy pondered, "but I'll keep that mind."
Father, somewhere in a puddle of broccoli bits and cheese, lightly nibbled on his pipe which was now covered with the two products mixed together. But instead of being disgusted, his yellow eyes lit up in realization. "Hey, this ain't bad…"
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Rocky smiled to herself as she stood proudly with her friends. Looking over to Bruce and his siblings, then to Numbuh 13 and Tommy, Rocky felt a great burst of pride, knowing deep down that her moment of leadership had definitely shined. Having arrived back from Earth, the KND had already heard of the successful mission and the accomplishments they had made.
And they said it was all thanks to Rocky.
But Rocky, honest as she was, explained how it was all of them, their ideas morphed into one and how she complimented on Numbuh 13's determination and aiming as well as Tommy's incredible technology he had made from home.
Rocky had to stifle a giggle as she saw the pouted, jealous look in Fanny's face as Numbuh 362 approached them with an honorary smile.
"As Kids Next Door Supreme Leader," she said before bowing, "I thank you for saving kids from the fate of eating broccoli."
And the moonbase cheered.
Rocky embraced the praise she and her friends were given; she waved to Numbuh 4 and the rest of Sector V as they cheered her as well.
"Thank you, Numbuh 362," Rocky said happily. After brushing a strand of hair from her face, she cleared her throat. "If it's not too much, I'd like to ask for something…"
The commander smiled. "You'd like to skip the rest of your training and become an operative already?" Numbuh 362 suggested with a light laugh.
"Well, no," Rocky shook her head. She knew she still needed a lot more training before the time came. She glanced over at Tommy. "I'd like Tommy Gilligan re-instated as a KND operative."
Tommy's eyes widened as he looked up at Rocky in shock.
The crowd murmured to each other about this request. Numbuh 2 seemed a bit concerned that if this was turned down, he knew his little brother would mope from the disappointment, just as he tried to hide after he left moonbase after announcing being The Tommy.
Numbuh 362 looked at Rocky uneasily.
"Oh, well, um…" Numbuh 362 began, playing with her fingers nervously, "gee, we would love to have Tommy come back, but..." She sighed. "See, his booger has been-"
"But doesn't it say in the KND handbook…" Rocky interrupted smoothly as she took out a copy of the book she was speaking of and began to read. "All KND operatives who have been accidentally decommissioned in order to save the KND must perform an act of assistance and accomplish a victory to be able to be recomissioned through signature and writing?" She closed to book and smiled knowingly at Numbuh 362. "Well, Rachel, how about that? If it wasn't for Tommy's cheese bomb, we'd all be swimming in a sea of broccoli, wouldn't we?
"You got to be kidding me!" Numbuh 86 exclaimed before she grabbed the book from Rocky. "It doesn't say-"
"Yeah, it does," Numbuh 5 intervened as she pointed at the exact words on the page.
Numbuh 362 took the words in, pondering. Then she smiled at Rocky.
"I didn't know that!" She exclaimed happily. She turned to a still surprised Tommy. "Welcome back, Numbuh,uh...T."
"Yeah!" Numbuh 2 cheered. "My brother is back!"
"Congrats, Tommy," Bruce told the little boy as he and the others gave him pats on the back.
Tommy turned to an appeased Rocky.
"Wow, I can't believe it," Tommy whispered to Rocky, "how could Numbuh 362 have overlooked that one section in the rules?"
Rocky tried to supress her giggles as she shook the book in her hand.
"Maybe because a certain someone wrote it in there?" Rocky said with a smirk. She winked at him.
If Tommy's eyes were wide now, they had now become as wide as ever. But his shock quickly drew aside as he gazed at the many operatives of the KND...an organization he would soon join.
Finally, he turned and smiled at Rocky, trying not to shed a joyous tear. "Thanks, Rocky."
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You thought Rocky would always be by-the-book? Like Numbuh 1, no way! :D
