Hi my beloved fans! Welcome to chapter 10 of From Ireland To America! I hope you like it. Sorry I took so long to update but I had writer's block and then I had to rewrite the beginning because the first idea wasn't working. Anyway, in this chapter we once again have an encounter with Jesse Linda Wicked that ends much more painful than the last one (for Jesse that is MUAHAHAHAHA!) and then we have a confrontation with (tan tan tan) teen ninjas! Now without any more delays, here's chapter 10!
Disclaimer: I don't own Codename: Kids Next Door or any of the characters as they belong to Mr. W. I only own the OCs and the story.
Battles at the Park. Ellie McKenzie vs. Jesse Linda Wicked; Kids vs. Teens
A few days had passed since the Irish kids parents had found out about Houdini and allowed him to stay. The kids continued their normal routines of going to school/daycare and hanging out with the friends they've made. Fanny hanged out with Rachel, Bartie, Patton and Virginia; Paddy spends time with Harvey, Adams, Sonya, Lee and Tommy; and Shaunie played with Ellie and Wendy.
Though they have hanged together at school or daycare, the three groups never played together someplace that wasn't school that it's, until one weekend when they encountered each other at the park, not one of them ever suspecting that it was the place where their lives will change forever.
Cleveland Park
"I'm gonna get you, guys!" yelled a familiar Polish accented male voice as its owner chased the other seven-year-old kids through the park.
"Ha! Not a chance, Drilovsky!" yelled back the red-headed Irish lass, outrunning the poor boy along with the other three kids that she was friends with.
Fanny Fulbright never had this much fun in her whole life. Back at her old school in Ireland, she didn't have any friends since the other kids were kinda afraid of her because of her temper. So, now that she had true friends here in Cleveland the lass was eager to play with them as much as she could and was the first to agree to Virginia's suggestion to play tag. Rachel, Patton and Bartie also agree and boy they were having so much fun! So far, Bartie, Rachel and Virginia had been it and after being tagged by the Goth girl it was now Patton's turn.
The dark haired boy was determinate to tag Fanny who had successfully managed to evade the other three in their turns. She thought that she could also evade the boy easily but was surprised by the number of times he had almost be tagged. She knew it was a matter of time before he caught her and Patton appeared to know it also as he refused to give up.
"Your time is up, Fulbright! Prepare to be it!" he said to her, merely inches away. He had his right arm stretched out to touch her. It didn't matter how many zigzags she did or how sharp she made her turns, Fanny couldn't seem to shake the Pole out of her tail. And with one major burst of speed, Patton managed to tap Fanny on the shoulder and the two stopped, gasping, completely out of breath.
"Ha! I tagged you!" he laughted when he recovered. He then began to prance around and away from the still panting redhead, gloating about being the one who had tagged her. "I, Patton George Drilovsky, managed to tag you, Francine Winifred Fulbright, when no one else could! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
"Nice going, Pat!" cheered Bartie, pumping his fist into the air as Virginia grinned widely and Rachel just looked at them in amusement.
Once she recovered Fanny glared at Patton, her eyes glinting as he continued to gloat. "Enjoy your victory while you can, Drilovsky! 'Cause I won't be it for long! Yah!" she charged at the others.
"Yikes! Run for it!" yelped Patton in pretend fright, stopping with his prancing to run away from the Irish with the rest of his friends.
A little away from where the older kids played, where their younger siblings and the other younger kids played. The four-years-old played with Adam's Frisbee, throwing it between each other and being surprised that even if Adam was in a wheelchair, he was able to maneuver it with easiness and catch the Frisbee just like any other kid. A few feet away, Ellie and Shaunie each held an end of a jump rope while Wendy was joyfully hopping like she was a bunny or a kangaroo.
"Wow, Wendy!" said, Shaunie happily. "You look like ye have springs on yer feet!"
"Hehe thanks Shaun! I guess is a natural talent- Snob alert!" she suddenly yelled in midair, pointing at a certain snobbish blond girl that was approaching them. Wendy ceased to hop as Ellie & Shaunie dropped the rope's ends while the four-year-olds stood (and in Adam's case, sat) next to them, alerted by Wendy's call.
"Ah no!" moaned Harvey. "Is that Jesse Linda brat!"
"Wait! That's Jesse Linda?" asked Paddy recognizing the name. "The same girl that pushed Rachel at school and that my sister confronted?" Fanny had told him and Shaunie about that girl but had yet to meet her until now.
"Yeah," nodded Adam, glaring dagger at the girl.
"Gah! Fanny said she is very mean!" yelped Shaunie, hiding behind his brother. "Paddy, don't let her hurt me!" pleaded the lad.
Paddy smiled to his little brother and patted his head. "Don't worry, bro. I won't let her."
Shaunie seemed to relax a bit but he was still slightly scared as Jesse Linda finally stood in front of the young children, looking down at them as if they were mere bugs. "Well, well, if isn't McKenzie and Drilovsky's stupid little siblings and their dumb friends." She looked and noticed the two redheaded boys with freckles, a surprised expression covering her features. "Ummm, red, wavy hair, freckles and light green eyes. You two must be related to that loudmouthed, freaky Irish girl Fanny Fulbright, right?"
"Aye, she's out sister." Responded paddy, glaring at the girl, not liking that she insulted her older sister like that. "And don't call her loudmouthed or freaky, because is not true!"
"Y-yeah," stammered Shaunie, being a bit braver and helping his brother to defend his sister. "Fanny is a great sister!"
"Say what you want, runts! I couldn't care less!" she said evilly, getting on Paddy's face and making Shaunie cowers again.
"Leave them alone, Jesse Linda!" yelled Harvey, coming in defense on his friend. Tommy, Lee, Sonya and Adam also stood next to the redhead while Ellie and Wendy flanked Shaunie on either side like bodyguards.
"Why don't you go away and leave us alone for once, Jess!" said Tommy angrily.
"Is not nice to pick on other people just because you think you are better than them!" glared Sonya, with a confidence that was normally out of character with her.
"It's not cool!" agreed Lee, angrily flicking his yo-yo as if he wanted to beat the snotty-ness out of her with it.
"What they said!" yelled Ellie and Wendy at the same time.
Adam rolled his wheelchair so that he was in front of the snob. "So, why don't you do us a favor and get the crud outta here!" the crippled boy glared at Jesse in the eye, which was kinda strange since being in a wheelchair made him appear shorter than he really was.
Jesse Linda didn't appear to be taking the threats seriously. Why should she? They were just a bunch of stupid, lowly brats with one of them being a crippled freak.
"Hehe," she chuckled at Adam's face. "You think I'm going to let myself be bossed around by a bunch of dumb and inferior kids? I think not! Especially if it is from a wheelchair freak!" Then to everybody's shock and horror, she pushed Adam out of his chair to the ground, the poor boy groaning.
"ADAM!" yelled the others, Ellie louder than the rest as Sonya and Lee helped Adam back on the chair.
"You monster!" yelled Ellie, clearly angry. The young McKenzie stomped up to Jesse Linda, her brown eyes glowing with flames. "Stop bothering me, my friends, my cousins, their friends and Adam!"
"Huh, like I'm gonna listen to you more instead of the handicapped idiot. How wrong you are Ellie McOrphan!"
The Fulbright brothers noticed that Ellie flinched slightly when Jesse said "Orphan", her angry gaze misting over with grief. Unfortunally, Jesse Linda also noticed it and decided to keep up with taunting Ellie now that she had found a weakness. "Yeah, you heard me! I called you orphan! Because that's what you are since both your parents are dead!"
"She's not an orphan! She has her uncle, aunt and cousins!" yelled Wendy, outraged at this bully-ism toward her friend.
But Jesse Linda ignored the Pole and continued. "I bet they were always traveling because they couldn't stand you!"
Harvey was trembling in anger, not enjoying seeing his baby cousin get harassed like that. Though they didn't always get along, Harvey saw Ellie as a little sister and loved her as much as he loved Rachel. "Stop that, Jesse Linda! I'm warning you!"
Unlike with Wendy, Jesse turned to Harvey and said in a taunting way, "Shut your trap and get back to your cage in the zoo, beaver face!"
If there was something that Harvey hated more than people picking on his friends and family or touching him, it was being called beaver because of his buckteeth. He wanted to walk up to her and punch that snob right on her "oh so perfect little nose". But he didn't get the chance, because Jesse made a mistake that she'll regret her whole life.
Still taunting the poor blond girl, Jesse Linda noticed a few tears forming on Ellie's eyes and she grinned coming up with an insult that she thought will surely make Rachel's cousin cry a waterfall. "Aw, is wittle sad? Why don't you go to cry with your mommy and daddy? Oh yeah, you don't have neither because both of your stupid parents are dead! Ha! Ha! Ha!" she cackled cruelly.
That was the last straw for Ellie as Jesse Linda had gone too far with her insults by calling her deceased parents stupid. "RAAWWWWW!" with a loud scream that didn't appeared to come from her, the young McKenzie lunged at Jesse Linda in complete rage, shocking the other kids.
Jesse's sneering expression turned to one of horror when she saw the enraged girl jump at her, the fright preventing her to dodge away. Ellie pinned her down and began to mercilessly beat her up, rising up a cloud of dust that covered her and the bully from the others' view.
"Go get her, Ellie!" cheered Wendy, Tommy and Harvey, the three jumping up and down.
"Ow, that must've hurt!" winced Adam, hearing Jesse yelp in pain from every blow that Ellie gave.
"You can say that again." said Paddy also wincing.
"Cool!" grinned Lee, flicking his yo-yo.
"I can't watch!" cried Sonya, burrowing her face on Lee's arm.
"Me neither!" whined Shaunie, covering his eyes with his hands.
"Hey, what's going on?" said Rachel as she and the others came back from playing tag and watched as Ellie continued to punch the bratty snob.
"Jesse Linda came and insulted us, then pushed Adam of his chair, then she insulted Ellie's parents and Ellie began to beat the crud out of her!" rambled Tommy told them quickly before going back to cheering with Harvey and Wendy.
"Uh, should we stop them? Someone could get really hurt or worst?" asked Bartie, looking worriedly at the cloud of dust and arms.
"Nah! Let's wait a little!" said Fanny, clearly enjoying this as if it was one of her Rainbow Monkey cartoons.
"Yeah guys, let Ellie beat some kindness into that snob!" agreed Patton, joining in the cheering with his sister and the others.
Virginia however, looked unsure. "I think Bartie is right, dudes. This is getting way to violent and we don't want to send Jess to hospital and get in trouble with her dad."
The Fanny, Patton and the other kids considered this and they realized that the Goth gal and the blond boy were indeed right. Neither of them wanted to get in trouble with their parents if Ellie send Jesse to intensive care and they didn't do anything to stop her.
Seeing that the others agreed, Rachel nodded to them and stepped toward the dust cloud and struggled to pry Ellie of Jesse since the former had grabbed the latter's hair and wasn't letting go. "Ellie, come one! She learned her lesson, now let go!"
After a few more seconds, Ellie finally let go, but mostly because of exhaustion than listening to her cousin and began to weep in sadness.
Jesse Linda looked horrible with bruises all over her body, her blond hair messed up and her clothes torn up. "Look what your crazy cousin did, McKenzie! My outfit is ruined all because of that orphan freak!" she said, glaring.
Rachel glared back at her, holding her crying cousin close to her. "It's your fault for saying those things about Ellie and her parents!"
Jesse Linda knew that Rachel was right but wasn't going to admit it. She clenched her teeth in anger and if it weren't for the fact that she now didn't dare to get close to Ellie, she would have slapped Rachel in the face. "Don't you believe that I'll forget this, Rachel! That beaver you call a brother, your crazy cousin, you and your dumb friends will be sorry! This isn't the last of Jesse Linda Wicked!"
Suddenly, Houdini shot out of Paddy's pocket and stood in front of Jesse, baring his tiny teeth of her in a menacing way. The red hamster had enough with this terrible girl tormenting his owner and his friends.
Jesse Linda looked at the red hamster with a cross of fear and disgust. "Eww!" she whined. "An icky red rat! Daddy!" with that the snob ran away.
"Good riddance to her!" yelled Fanny, glad that she was gone now.
Rachel nodded, then she turned to Ellie, who was still sobbing into Rachel's shoulder. "Are you ok, Ellie?"
Ellie lifted her head up, her eyes red from crying and sniffled as she said to Rachel, "S-She s-said that i-it was my f-fault that my parents died!"
The blond girl whipped some tears from Ellie's eyes and looked at her cousin in the eye. "Don't listen to hear, El. Is not your fault that they died, nor anyone else's."
"Yeah Ellie, that snobby witch just said that to bother you. It's not true." said Wendy, trying to make her friend feel better.
Ellie sniffed a bit more and whipped her eyes. "I guess you're right."
"Of course we are!" with that Rachel gave Ellie a comforting hug that made Ellie feel much better. "Oh and just for curiosity, did you hit her hard?"
"Yeah," she nodded.
"Good job."
"I also bit her arm," admitted Ellie.
"Really? Great!"
BOOM!
The sudden noise made the ground shake and caused to birds to fly away in fright. The startled kids looked at where the noise came from and saw a column of dark smoke coming from beyond the trees.
"What was that!" asked Bartie in fright.
"I don't know!" said Fanny, also startled. "But it came from over there!"
"Oh no!" said Tommy suddenly, a look of horror in his face.
"What's wrong, Tom?" asked Adam worriedly.
"Hoagie and his friends were over there! They could be in trouble!" then without thinking it twice, the chubby kid dashed toward the trees. "I'm coming Hoagie!"
"Tommy get back here!" yelled Harvey as he and the other four-year-olds followed him, Paddy placing Houdini back in his pocket.
"Harvey, guys no! It could be dangerous!" called Rachel but it was useless, sighing she turned toward the others. "We better go to or who knows what might happen."
"Right!" said the others, nodding. Fanny grabbed Shaunie's wrist and dragged him as she followed the others. "Come Shaun! And ye better listen to what I say because I don't need two brothers running off!"
"Ok Fan." said Shaunie as they tried to keep up with the others.
Tommy and the other four-year-olds didn't go too far when Tommy spotted his brother and his friends up ahead, looking at something from behind a bush. And as they neared, they could also make out the sound of what appeared to be fighting.
"Hoagie!" exclaimed Tommy, happy to see that his big brother was fine.
Hoagie & the others turned around in surprise. "Tommy?" he was startled when Tommy hugged him hard, as if he would vanish if he let go.
"Hoagie, you're ok!" said Tommy, tears of happiness in his eyes.
"Uh yeah, of course I'm. Why wouldn't I-"
"There you are!" panted Rachel as she and the others caught up with them. "Don't go running of like that again!"
"Rachel? Why are you guys here?" asked Nigel.
"We could ask the same about you five, Uno." remarked Harvey, glaring at the bald brit.
However, it was Kuki who answered with her usual smile. "Oh we are just watching Abby's sister and her Sector fight a bunch a mean Teen Ninjas."
"Teen what?" said a confused Bartie.
"Teen Ninjas!" repeated Wally, who looked as excited as if he was watching wrestling "They are evil teens who had some weird armor and lasers!"
Abby nodded. "Yeah, and Abby's sister Cree or Numbuh 11 is part of the Kids Next Door and she's Sector V's leader."
"Your sister is a Sector leader?" asked Patton, unable to believe it as Bartie had his mouth gaping open.
"She's is a KND operative?" also asked Fanny, surprised. "As in a member of that kid organization that defend children worldwide from evil adults and teens?"
Abby nodded in confirmation at which Fanny could only stare in awe while Ginny said, "That's awesome!" The younger kids were looking in amazement.
"Wanna join and watch with us?" asked Hoagie.
"Sure!" said all the kids at once and all of them took a place so they could see over the bushes with Rachel ending up next to Nigel.
In a clearing just beyond the bushes, the kids could see four kids, one girl and three boys, were using some weird weapons to fight a bunch of teens dressed in armor and shooting lasers. The only girl, whom they assumed was Cree, was African-America and had dreadlocks. One of the boys was also African-American and also had dreadlocks and the other two boys were twins and had a chipmunk-like appearance, with one having an A on his shirt and the other having a B.
The kids flipped and summersaulted out of the lasers path and in turn fired their own weapons that almost always hit their targets.
"Wow! That 2x4 Technology they use is pretty neat!" exclaimed Hoagie.
"And look how they beat the crud out of those cruddy teens!" said Wally, impressed by their fighting skills.
"And how Abby's sis is such a good leader and leads her team with precision." added Nigel. The others silently agree, they two impressed by what the KND could do.
With Sector V
Cree and her team were making a good job in fighting does teens, despite how many they were. It looked like things were in favor of them but it didn't last long. Because Cree was too busy kicking and punching a ninja, she didn't notice another one sneaking behind her and pointing a bazooka at her.
"Cree, watch out!" warned Abby but it was too late. The ninja fired the weapon and a net flew out trapping Cree in it.
"Hey!" she yelled, trying to free herself but it was no use.
Her team then noticed that their leader was in trouble and rushed to help her. "We're coming, Numbuh 11!" yelled the African-American boy as he and the twins ran up to her. But another ninja also fired a net and trapped the boys in it. The other teens cheered and whopped as it looked like they had won.
Back at the bushes
"Oh no, Cree!" said Abby, worried about her sister and the others.
"This isn't good!" said Rachel, frowning. "Now that Sector V is caught, the teens will surely take them as prisoners."
"What do we do now?" wanted to know Bartie.
Abby worried face changed to one with determination. "Well, Abby don't know you but she's going to save her sister!" and with a battle cry, Abby shot out of the bushes toward the ninjas.
"Wait Abby! I'll help!" yelled Hoagie, following the girl.
Nigel looked like he was about to follow but Rachel stopped him by placing a hand on his shoulder. "Wait Nigel! It could be dangerous!"
The brit looked back at her with his blue eyes. "I know but they need our help."
Rachel looked at him for a moment and knew that he was right. "Then I'll come too!"
"We'll come too!" declared Fanny with Patton, Bartie and Ginny nodding.
"Don't forget about us!" said Kuki cheerfully while Wally made his pointing by hitting his palm with his fist.
Looking back at their loyal friends, Nigel and Rachel gave nods and with all their power yelled, "BATTLE STATIONS!"
With that battle cry, the two kids ked their friends against the teens that were already fighting Abby and Hoagie. The younger kids stayed in the bushes as they watched the older kids begin fighting the teens.
"You think they'll be ok?" asked Shaunie to his brother.
Paddy looked at the battle where the ninjas were having a hard time with the kids. Fanny kicked one on the shin really hard, Patton tripped another, Bartie bashed together the heads of two more while Ginny grabbed a small one by the ears and pulled hard, making him scream. Meanwhile, Abby hit one in the face, Hoagie blasted three with one of the discarded 2x4 weapons, Kuki jumped around happily dodging a laser shot by a ninja, distracting it so he didn't see Wally sneaking on him and knocking him out. Rachel and Nigel backed up to each other as two ninjas jumped at theme from both sides. The two ducked and then ninjas ended up hitting themselves.
Smiling, Paddy looked back at the still worried Shaunie. "Yeah, they'll be ok."
"Hey, now that the teens are distracted, maybe we could free Sector V so they can help." suggested Adam.
Harvey nodded in approval. "Yeah, I don't trust Uno to be able to protect my sister for too long." The bucktoothed boy and the others came out of the bushes and approached the still trapped sector.
"Uh, Numbuh 11?" said Paddy, trying to get the leader's attention.
The girl stopped struggling and looked up in confusion at the kids. "Yeah?'
"We are getting you out!" declared Tommy with pride.
The African-American boy looked up in surprise. "Really? How?"
"Uh…" stammered Tommy, not knowing how.
Luckily, Wendy had an idea. "I know! Let's uses Houdini!"
"Great idea!" said Paddy, taking his hamster out of his pocket. "Ok, Houdini, I need you took cut those roped, ok?" he instructed.
The little red hamster gave a salute before jumping out of his owners hands and onto the net. With his sharp teeth, he wasted no time in freeing Cree and processed to free the others. Once all four KND operatives had gotten out, Houdini returned to the warmth of Paddy's pocket.
"Thanks alot!" said Numbuh 11. "Now we must help my sister and the others with those ninjas. But there was no need for that as all the ninjas now lay down on the ground, moaning in pain.
The ten kids responsible for it stood by pride in her eyes on what they did before Abby ran up to her sister and gave her a hug. "Cree! You're ok!"
Cree smiled, hugging her back. "Thanks to you and your friends. You did a great job fighting them and you don't even have any training."
"You think so sis?"
"I don't think, I know!"
"Yeah," said Tommy. "You were all "pow' and "wham" and this and that!" he mimicked some of the moves. "It was very incredible!"
"Yeah," said the other younger kids.
"They are right," said the African-America boy, standing next to Cree. "You know, with the right training, you guys could make great Kids Next Door operatives."
"We could?" they asked simultaneously.
The boy nodded and exchanged a look wit Cree as if they were thinking the same thing. Finally, Cree looked back at the 7-year-olds. "Say, how would you ten like to join the KND?"
They all looked at each other with identical expressions of shock and surprise as the younger kids looked in amazement. After the initial shock, their expression turned to looks of determination and sureness. Rachel and Nigel stepped forward, looked at each other for a second before Rachel spoke. "Nigel and I speak for the ten of us and we say…"
"Count us in!"
"Yeah!" said the other eight kids behind them.
Cree gave a pleased smile, glad of what she heard. "Very well then, I'll speak to Numbuh 100 and ask him to sign you in."
"Thank you!" said Virginia.
"The boy chuckled. "No, thank you! Now if you excuse us, we must take these stupid teens to the Artic Prison."
That said he, Cree and the twins tied up the ninjas and dragged them to their ship that looked like some school bus with rockets. The kids watched it take off and shot into air, disappearing behind the clouds.
Once they were out of sight, Patton looked at Fanny, still not believing what had happened. "This is great or what, eh Fulbright?"
Fanny nodded, unable to say anything. She herself couldn't believe her luck. She had made new friends in this country that weren't scared of her and now she had the chance to join a great organization that helped kids. Yeah, she was a lucky Irish indeed!
Ok, this chapter was kinda long and it took me alot to write so I hope you enjoy it. So, what do you think of Jesse Linda and the way she threated Adam and Ellie? Evil right? And how Ellie beat her up like that and bit her, Ouch! Hope she let a mark! Oh and the old Sector V had an appearance! Sorry, if the Teens vs. kids fight wasn't so detailed so I'll try to make future battles more interesting. Anyway, next time our characters will arrive to the Artic Base to begin their training and they'll meet a bunch of characters plus an OC that you might find interesting. Until then, see ya next time!
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KND Operative Numbuh 227 out, peace!