Operation: Stardust

by UGX7

With two evil villains hunting them, a ragtag group of KND operatives turn to and recommission the legendary Sector V for help along with as many of their old friends as they can get. Together they must defeat these mysterious evil forces while unknowingly changing the KND forever.

11. Legends

KND belongs to Cartoon Network, Warner Brothers, and was created by Tom Warburton.

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Sorry is I grossed anyone out or turned anyone off with all of the Cronenberg-esque horror last chapter, don't worry we're not revisiting that, I promise you.

This is it people, the longest chapter in the story so far and the official halfway point.

Continuing Transmission...

Chapter 11

Legends

Grandfather turned to face his student. "Is it in good condition?" he asked.

"As good as it can be, given the circumstances. He'd only been dead for half a day before we got to him so there was very little decay. But I've had a change of plans; I have decided that we need an ace up the sleeve, so to speak. Can you perform the ceremony?" Ryan asked.

Grandfather knew what he was talking about; back when he was a human he had a wife in addition to two children. She died and he used an ancient ritual to revive her, but it only worked for an hour before she expired again.

Grandfather nodded. "As long as I can torture that Jenna girl nothing would give me more pleasure. I'll go visit Monty and then we'll play god." He said as he hurried to the small private hangar reserved for Ryan.

Ryan went back to his office and opened up a communications link to Shelly.

"Yes Master, what can I do for you?" she asked.

"Send out an order to all KND tree houses. They all have a new mission as of now: capture every former KND operative they can and bring them here for immediate assimilation. Oh and be sure to have them capture Numbuh 8475." He ordered.

"I hear and obey master." She said, without hesitation or resistance.

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The Away ship flew over the store where Maurice worked. Police were all over the shopping center and were asking all the witnesses questions.

"I don't know what they wanted with him. All he said was 'classified info' or whatever that means." Lucas explained to a cop.

From up above the invisible ship was listening in with the eavesdropping spy equipment. Hoagie, Abby, Jenna, Rachel, and Danny sat in the communications room. "Sounds like KND alright. Question is why did they take Maurice?" asked Hoagie.

"To get at me." Abby said, gritting her teeth in anger. "Maurice was my friend and the leader of the Remnants, plus he spent three years alone looking for the source of the chicken pox. If they were gonna take anyone it would be Maurice. Cree ain't gonna like this."

Hoagie looked at Abby. "Cree? Was she and Maurice..."

"Yes Numbuh 2. They are in a relationship, and a pretty serious one at that." Abby said, making Hoagie sigh in defeat. He had long since gotten over Cree, but now he knew he had no chance at all with her. How could he compete with Maurice?

"This is gonna piss her off royally and I know she'll blame me for it." Abby sighed as she shook her head.

"So what now? Go to the fortress you mentioned or..." Jenna asked.

"We try to get Shane first, we might have a chance to save him." Abby answered.

"Okay, tell me where he lives and I'll have Sanjay fly us there." Jenna said.

Abby told her and Jenna left for the bridge.

"What if we can't make it?" asked Danny.

"Then we head on to the fortress." Abby said.

"What is this fortress anyway?" he asked.

"You'll find out soon enough kid." Hoagie told him.

"Hey Danny, can you give me a minute, I got something private to do." Abby told him. Danny nodded and left the room.

Before he made his exit, however, he stopped and turned to Hoagie.

"Hey Numbuh 2, I was wondering if you could fix this?" he said taking the smashed and burned shocker fork out of his pocket and giving it to Hoagie.

"Sure, but it'll take some time." Hoagie said.

Danny shook his head. "Take your time." he said and he then left the room to leave them alone.

Abby sat down in his chair and took out her phone. "Who're you calling?" asking Rachel.

"Kim, another Remnant. They have Maurice so naturally they'll find out about us and we'll be in deep shit, baby. I'm gonna warn Kim so she can get the word out to the others and get them to go into hiding." Abby explained as she listened to the dull ringing of the phone.

"Hello?" said the voice of a woman on the other end of the line.

"Kim, it's Abby. We got one hell of a problem!"

"I'll say! Have you seen the news? The KND have captured Maurice! They didn't even try to do it in secret! They just did in out in the open and in broad daylight!" the woman cried.

"I know, we're leaving the area now." Abby said.

"We? Who's we?"

"Me, Hoagie, Wally, Kuki, Rachel, Sonya, Lee, and a bunch of current operatives plus Tommy. I've recommissioned 'em and now we're gonna try and get Shane before anything bad can really go down." Abby said.

"Oh Lord, what's happening?" Kim asked.

"I don't know girl, all I know is that they've got Maurice and a mind control device and that equals trouble for us." Abby said.

"A mind control device... he could..."

"Expose us. Yep. Do me a favor, spread the word to the others and get yourself somewhere safe. Make sure everyone goes into hiding, understand?" Abby said.

"Alright. I don't like running and hiding, but it seems I've got no other option. You'll fill me in later?" Kim asked, uncertain.

"I won't leave you in the dark for long girl. Abby out." Abby said as she shut off her phone.

"Remnants, huh?" asked Rachel, eyeing Abby suspiciously. Abby sighed, she knew Rachel wouldn't be so easy to calm down like Hoagie and the others were. Rachel was angry and she had every right to be.

"Yeah, a select few who are allowed to keep their memories, Maurice, Kim, and I are just a few of 'em. There's a little over a hundred of us." Abby admitted.

"And you found this out when, exactly?" asked Rachel, hoping that Abby had only found this out on her 'decommissioning'.

"Back when you were in charge. Remember when I destroyed Chicken Pox Island? I didn't do it alone. Maurice helped me and told me about the Remnants, but he made me promise not to tell anyone. Not even the rest of my team." She said.

Rachel was seething angry. "Who else knew about this?" she demanded quietly.

"Numbuh Infinity and Numbuh 74.239 and a few others I didn't know." Abby answered.

"If Grandfather goes after them he can have 'em." Rachel shouted in anger. "I was the freaking supreme leader damn it! Why was I not told about this?!" she demanded out loud.

"You were apparently too take charge for their liking. They knew that if you found out about it you would've told everyone." Abby answered.

"Then why didn't you do it? You were a supreme leader too!" Rachel pointed out. Hoagie sank backwards to the wall, not wanting to get between this cat fight.

"I wanted too! They told me that if I even tried to do it they'd have my age records changed. Just like Chad did to us before. They also threatened my friends." Abby said.

Rachel moaned in annoyance and anger. "The whole time those two little schemers were right under my nose, hiding secrets and conspiracies from me and I didn't even know!" she yelled.

Abby and Hoagie glanced at each other, both very uncomfortable and pondering the same thing; should they tell her about the GKND?

"I need some rest, I'll go call my mom and tell her I'm fine and 'tell' her what I'm doing. Wake me up when we get to the fortress." Rachel said as she left the room.

"Should we tell her?" asked Hoagie.

"Yeah, we should. But I'll do it, and only when she's calmed down." Abby said, shaking her head.

"It'll take a huge weight off of both of us if we just tell everyone about the GKND." Said Hoagie.

"I know it will, but what'll happen if we do that? I don't wanna a whole bunch aliens comin' down and whopping our butts just 'cause we spilled the beans on 'em." Abby said, truly fearing the consequences of exposing the GKND.

"Yeah but, we don't know how they'll react. They could kill us or just give us a slap on the wrist. Speaking of the GKND where are they in all of this?" Hoagie said. Abby shook her head.

"Off jumpin' from planet to planet enjoying the zero gravity. I really don't care, we could use 'em yeah, but they're clearly so damn secretive they ain't gonna help us. We're on our own Hoagie." She said.

"But with all of their secret keepers brain washed and no one calling them they must be worried. They might send help." Hoagie said.

Abby considered that and said "They just might. And if they do I say we make them admit the truth! No more lies."

"You really think that'll work? I mean they are aliens and all." Hoagie said, somewhat scared by the suggestions Abby was making.

"We'll make our stand against them too it we have to. No more decommissioning, no more secrets, and no more prejudice against teens or adults. This is the end of an era Hoagie. And whether it's for good or bad is up to us." She said.

Hoagie admired her dreamily. She was so strong, so brave, so... beautiful. And better than Cree.

"Alright Abby, I'm with you." He said.

She smiled and said "I knew you would be. You always were."

They walked out of the room together, not noticing Ally hiding from behind a corner.

She had heard everything.

"GKND! Just like Ian's notebook!" she said as she quietly hurried to her room to read it.

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Jenna watched Sanjay pilot the ship as they approached Shane's home town.

"We're almost there, Bianca give 'em the heads up." Jenna instructed.

"Hold it Jen, look at the radar." Bianca said, motioning for Jenna to come over.

Jenna limped to her radar station and looked at the screen and groaned at what she saw. "That's a KND prisoner transport ship." She said.

"And by the looks of it's heavily armed and taking off." Noted Bianca.

"Turn us around." Jenna ordered Sanjay.

"You sure?" he asked.

"Yes I'm sure. We may have the element of surprise but we can't survive another ship battle. I'll tell Numbuh 5, I know she won't be happy." She said.

"Won't be happy about what?" asked Abby as she entered the bridge.

"I'm sorry Numbuh 5, really I am, but they've gotten Shane. They've already taken off and their too well armed for us to attack. I'm sorry." Jenna said.

Abby looked at the radar and nodded.

"Good call." She said, calmly.

This calmness worried Jenna as you could rarely read a person when they were calm.

"I know you cared about Shane..." Jenna started before Abby interrupted her.

"He was a good kid, a good student, and a good leader from what I've heard." Abby said, not looking Jenna in the eye.

Hoagie came on the bridge. "Why are we turning around?" he asked.

"They already got Shane. We're going to the fortress." Abby explained. .

"Mind telling me where that is?" asked Sanjay.

"I know where it is, I'll take over so you can take a break." Said Hoagie.

"Thanks." Sanjay said as he carefully got out of the seat and Hoagie took his place.

"So is this place safe and secure?" asked Jenna.

Abby grinned. "About as safe and secure as you can get baby!" she said.

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"Mom I'm fine. Tell the news that some government guys saved me and wiped that big bug out. I'm telling you mom, listen to me; I'm safe and they want me to stay so they can make sure I'm unharmed. They're allowing me to contact you to let you know I'm safe. Tell the college to hold up on the homework and projects until I get back and check up on Cindy for me, please. I...I love you too. I'll be fine. Take care of Harvey for me." Rachel said as she hung up the phone.

She laid down her phone and then put her head down on the pillow.

How could they keep these secrets from her? She trusted Abby. She trusted her with the fate of the entire Kids Next Door operation and she kept something like this from her and everyone else. What else was Abby hiding?

She hated secrets.

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Ally picked up the worn out notebook and began reading it. If this had any info on this GKND she had to find out.

This is a journal/report written by Numbuh 1615, second in command of Sector C-5 aka Ian... whatever my last name is.

If you are reading this I have either allowed you to, I have been decommissioned, or they finally got me. For those of you confused read on and I'll explain.

As you probably know Numbuh 1 disappeared nearly seven years ago and no one knows where he went, not even his teammates. Or so they claim...

You see, I'm a guy who listens to rumors and scuttlebutt to gain information and when you do that you hear a lot of crazy things. And one of the most consistent theories are those about the disappearances of Numbuhs 1, 100, 274, and several other operatives throughout the years.

One of the weirder and theories that seem to come down from the science nerds that get shunned for turning out to be not very smart is the theory of the Galactic Kids Next Door.

The theory goes that we are just a small part of the life out in the universe. That out there in the vastness of the cosmos there is other life. Aliens. And yes I know how crazy that sounds but hear me out.

Out there adult tyranny is way more insane and powerful out there, like so oppressive it makes what we put up with look like a fun Friday night. And one of these aliens came to earth like an eon ago and inspired kids to rise up against tyrant adults and teenagers. When it deemed us strong enough to survive on our own it left us here and we became the earthbound Kids Next Door, but since we're very unclear about the exact founding of the first age of the KND, with the exception of that idiotic 'kids created adults' theory, we have no solid proof about this. Over the years ages of the Kids Next Door rose and fell and we are currently in the seventh age of the Kids Next Door. Some even call it the golden age, but it's more like a silver or bronze.

But it doesn't end there; from what I've heard when an operative is deemed dedicated enough to the KND cause, a kid with a heart that will always be a child and will always fight for childhood no matter what, they might be chosen to leave this planet and join the Galactic Kids Next Door.

Do they ever return? I don't know.

But I do know that the higher ups want to keep this secret. I don't know if the supreme leaders know about it, but I know that the high up science nerds know about it and I know that Numbuh Infinity X3 is in on it too. I haven't confronted any of them about it because they might change my age records and decommission me or worse.

I know they'll do it because the agent that got me this info was decommissioned. And I know for a fact that she wasn't thirteen. She was a lone agent so she had no sector, one of those spies... you know an info gathering, almost always alone.

They knew no one would care if she was decommissioned.

Except for me.

I can't let them get away with this, she was my friend so I have to try and uncover what's going on. For her and me and everyone else because we have a right to know.

I want to tell Jenna and the others about it, but I know they won't believe me. Even though I'm not as bad a conspiracy freak as someone like Numbuh 1 was and I don't subscribe to most of the theories.

But I can try to tell them. I don't know what to do and I feel so alone.

Okay, I can't really say that. I've got Jenna, Ally, Travis, and Roland. Even if they don't believe me, if they try and decommission me prematurely, my team will give it their all to stop it and save me. I know they will. They're my family. And the only one I've got right now.

Anyway I'm trying to get a new informant ever since my last one got decommissioned, but because of what happened to her the rest of them are being more hesitant and I don't really blame them.

I don't blame you if you don't believe me, it's crazy and I've had trouble believing it myself. I've stopped and tried to convince myself that it's stupid, but the more I think about it the more convinced I am that it is real.

I'll start looking for more connections.

From there on the paragraphs rambled on about theories and possibilities.

One page had small pictures of Numbuh 1, Numbuh 274, Numbuh 100, and several others that she had only briefly heard of before. Numbuhs like Numbuh 1968, Numbuh 12602, Numbuh 12508 all had pictures, all taped to the page. Lines were drawn, pointing to various small sentences such as 'Connection?' or 'What do they have in common?'

A big one was circled around Numbuh 274's photo and it read 'Was he taken or is he still here? What happened to him?' it asked. It noted that there had been sightings of Chad living alone in various cities, not associated with either the KND or villains so it had been a big mystery as to his fate.

Ally closed the book. How did Numbuh 362 not now but Numbuhs 5 and 2 did? Did Numbuhs 3 and 4 know as well? As soon as she was alone with Jenna she had to get her to read this.

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At the Uno Residence all was well. Life had been good even though they missed their son, although they didn't fully understand it, from what they knew their child Nigel had been accepted into a very prestigious school and he couldn't contact them very often, if at all.

Two years ago Monty Uno's father passed away of old age. It was the first time in years he had been reunited with his brother Benedict. It was a short, somewhat bittersweet reunion since it was so short and Ben claimed to have work to do so he had to leave quickly.

Monty felt that something was wrong with his brother; he seemed on edge and more noticeably his children were absent.

He heard the doorbell ring. "Must be Katharine." He said as he put down his paper and went to help his wife with the groceries.

He opened the door and gasped when he saw a gigantic man with scorched up and damaged armor standing right in front of him, looking down at him menacingly.

Monty was, of course, taken a back a bit, but hid it and tried to show a friendly attitude to this stranger.

"Why good day old man! Lost are you?" he asked politely.

"Hello Monty." The man said.

Monty's eyes widened somewhat.

"Do we know each other by any means? I'm sorry to say I don't recall you and I doubt I could forget a big fellow like you!" Monty said, good naturedly.

"Why Monty, I'm hurt!" the figure said, feigning hurt feelings. "You don't remember you're old pappy?!" he said as he entered the house and began to back his son against the wall.

"P-pappy? But... now look here sir! My father has passed away and I do now know you. So if you do not leave my home right away I will call the police!" Monty said, trying to seem tough.

Grandfather's arm shot out and grabbed Monty by the neck and hoisted him up to the ceiling.

"Last time I made the mistake of letting you go unchecked. Not this time old boy." he said as he harvested the soul of Monty Uno aka Numbuh 0 out of his body. He let it fall to the floor.

"Sorry Monty, but the truth is I hated both of you." He said as he absorbed the energy from his son.

"Monty? Why is the door ope...AH!" screamed Katharine Uno in horror as she saw the large armored man standing over the body of her husband.

"Who are you and what did you do to my husband?!" she yelled.

"You'll find out soon enough!" Grandfather yelled as he launched forward and attacked Katharine aka Numbuh 999.

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The away ship flew over the Mississippi River and into the harsh, dense forest that surrounded it. They flew towards the Arkansas-Mississippi boarder and began to descend.

"There's nothing there." Said Bianca as she looked at the radar.

"Oh there will be in a few minutes girl." Abby said as she sat down at the communications console.

"Hello KND F.O.R.T.R.E.S.S. This is former Supreme Leader Numbuh 5 aka Abigail Lincoln. Requesting immediate landing in main hangar." She said into the radio.

There was silence.

Abby smiled.

"Password is let me in before I blast open the door and kick your butt." She said.

A voice suddenly came over the radio. "Roger that Numbuh 5, opening hangar door now. Welcome back and thank you for coming back." Said the voice of a boy.

Hoagie made the ship take a nose dive.

"Are you sure it's here?" asked Jenna, nervously.

"I'm sure." Abby said nonchalantly as they were about to hit the ground when a square door that blended in with the ground opened and they flew into it and it closed behind them.

Lights illuminated the tunnel as they flew down the slanted passageway.

The voice of the base's computer came on over head. "Welcome to the Kids Nest Door F.O.R.T.R.E.S.S. Fortress Of Risky Top Recondite Essential Science Stuff." It said as they exited the tunnel and flew into a city sized bowl like structure.

In the center of the fortress was a giant sphere that served as the control room and it had a giant pole that led up to a watchtower. There were eight towers that seemed to flank the city with four on each side; the two biggest ones were near the back while the other six were smaller and placed around the structure. Various buildings and structures littered the complex with food stands, junk shops, bed rooms, housing, guns and turrets, radio dishes, a hydro electric power plant, and a gigantic hangar in front of the main control room.

From the windows Wally, Kuki, Roland, Joey, Hailey, Tony, Sanjay, Tommy, and the rest were in complete and total awe.

"I remember this place and yet it still wows me every time." Said Wally as the ship began to approach the hangar.

"Even if I had been decommissioned, I don't understand how I could have forgotten this." Kuki said as they began to land.

In the bridge Jenna's mouth had dropped. "This... this is too good to be true." She said, eyes glowing like an overwhelmed child.

"Sometimes life can be just as good as it is hard Jen." Abby said as she got up. Jenna lifted herself up and followed her out as Hoagie finished landing the ship.

The ship landed and the ramp went down. The group went down the ramp and most of them were very eager to look around the fortress.

However, they were all so taken in by the amazing underground city that they didn't notice the distraught looking Ally. Except for Abby of course.

"So what is this place?" asked Roland as he admired a sleek looking runner jet.

"This place was commissioned by Numbuh 100 and designed by his chief architect; Numbuh 8886. It began construction around the time Numbuh 274 took command and was completed halfway through Abby's term." Kuki explained as she smiled, seeing one of her old friends, H.I.P.P.I.E-H.O.P. sitting in the corner of the hangar, covered with a tarp.

An elevator door opened and inside was an Asian kid, armed with a laser rifle. "Halt! Don't come any closer!" he warned as he pointed the gun at them.

"Calm down there Bruce Lee, we ain't hypnotized." Said Abby as she grabbed the gun and threw it to the ground.

He looked at them; they could see his number, 1152.70, on his jacket shoulder.

He eyes them, wearily. "Well you have more emotion in your voices and you..."

"Dude look, if we were brainwashed we'd have this weird silver glow in our eyes." Danny said, hoping it calmed this guy down.

He nodded but still kept his guard up, ready to run at any minute, but then he noticed Abby. "It is you." he said, cautiously. He quickly dropped his guard and grinned. "Boy am I happy to see you! I thought for sure that I'd be left alone but now that you guys are here I... wow! I heard it on the radio but I didn't think you'd come here." He added, excitedly.

"Are you the only one here?" asked Abby. Numbuh 1152.70 nodded.

"The others all went up to the moon base, and now they're part of the collective." He said.

"Wait, how does Ryan not know about this place?" asked Rachel, wondering why it hadn't been attacked.

"He doesn't know about it and my teammates won't tell unless he asks them. I've been listening in on radio conversations and I've learned that they can't tell him anything, only when he asks them or when it's expected of them. And just to be safe I've changed all the security codes, so even if he does find out it'll take him a while to get in here." He explained.

"Why doesn't he know? Shouldn't a supreme leader know about stuff like this?" asked Silas.

"Numbuh Infinity X2 decided that it was better that supreme leaders were kept in the dark about it after Numbuh 3134 was decommissioned." Numbuh 1152.70.

Rachel sighed. "More secrets." She muttered. She glanced over and saw that Abby seemed annoyed too.

"Well for once it was a good idea. Gives us a nice place to hold up." Wally said.

"You've been listening to the radio transmissions? Is there anything about Numbuhs 9 and 3134?" Abby asked.

Numbuh 1152.70 nodded. "Yeah, it's apparently a response to you guys being recommissioned, they want to strike back and hard. They're... uh... guess I should mention that they're going after every former KND operative they can and add them into the army. Like a world wide snag 'em operation. Oh my name is Ray by the way." He said, smiling nervously.

Everyone was shocked.

"Every former KND operative?" Hailey whispered in horror.

"If Ryan pulls it off we can mark ourselves down as royally screwed." Said Wally.

"It ain't gonna happen!" cried Abby, she turned to Ray. "What's the fastest ship you got, and one that can hold a lot of people?" she asked.

"The, uh C.R.A.F.T, over there." He said, pointing to a red colored medium sized ship that looked like a drop ship from a World War Two movie, just made with pieces of wood and steel and various other things.

"It can reach speeds up to Eleventy Thousand miles per hour and it's a pretty good troop carrier, but it can only hold about twenty. It was meant for battle situations and we didn't want it to be that big of a target. Oh and mind the mileage! Cruddy thing's a real gas guzzler." Ray explained.

"It'll have to do! Okay, here's the plan; Rachel you take Hoagie, Wally, Kuki, Tommy, Sonya, and Lee to save as many of us as you can. Patton, Bartie, Virginia, Herbie, anyone! Jenna, you and your crew can stay here and rest." Abby said.

"Wait a minute we can help..." Roland began but he was stopped by Abby.

"Nu-uh boy! You kids are waiting here. I trust you and all but you guys are exhausted and need some rest so consider that an order." Abby said.

"And I second the order, you guys deserve some relaxation." Rachel agreed.

"But..."

"Stand down Roland; we need this break so we're taking it." Jenna said.

Roland begrudgingly shook his head obediently.

"Wait a minute, what'll you be doing?" asked Kuki.

Abby smirked. "I'm gonna have a chat with my sister and a certain Mr. Dickson." She said as she made her way to the runner jet Roland had admired earlier.

"Let's go." Hoagie said as he tugged on Rachel's shoulder.

"I need to get the recommissioning module first, they might not be in a waiting mood so we can't wait until we get back to restore their memories." Rachel said as she rushed back to the away ship to retrieve the box.

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Ray had taken Jenna's group to the watchtower and they observed as the two swift ships exited the complex.

"We'll be back as soon as we can." Rachel's voice said over the radio.

"Until then Numbuh 1152.70, you can give Jenna's team a grand tour. Show them everything and I mean everything. We'll radio you when we're on our way back." Abby said over her radio.

"Copy that Numbuh 5. Good luck out there to both of you." He said as he closed the doors, locking the twelve kids inside the underground city.

"Will we be able to breath down here?" Ally asked.

"Oh sure, we got air vents leading up to the topside so we'll be fine. You wanna look around?" he asked.

"Yeah!" said Joey.

"Anything to take my mind off of things." Sighed Bianca, who was very tired.

The rest of the group made various noises of agreement and Ray led them to the elevator where he could begin the tour.

"Sorry if I start stuttering. I never thought I'd have to give one of these." He said as he pushed the button, sending the elevator down.

"So what do you have in here?" asked Danny.

"Oh all kinds of stuff; weapons, ships, archives, vehicles, snacks, but mostly we do research and development. This place is second only to our underwater facility." Ray said as the elevator reached the bottom and everyone stepped out.

"But I can't wait to show you guys my personal favorite things here." He said with giddiness.

"And those would be what?" asked Hailey.

"Wait and see. I don't want to give out spoilers." Ray said slyly as he led them to a vehicle bay.

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Fanny heard a crashing sound and screaming coming from inside Cree's office.

She stood with a dozen other teen officers who were all too scared to take one step towards the door.

She looked at Aaron, a rather dim but strong guy and spoke to him.

"Aaron, as second in command I order you to see what's wrong with our commander." She said.

"No fucking way! I am not going in there!" he shouted.

"Count me out too." Said another guy behind him.

"Worthless men." She snarled. "Stacy, you go in." she said to Cree's old friend.

"Fuck you! I'm with them." Stacy said.

"Wait a minute, you're second in command! You go in!" said a girl next to Aaron. Everyone else said words of agreement, nodding their heads.

Fanny shuttered. She had been overruled by majority vote.

She stepped forward carefully and just as she was about to touch the door knob another crash made her jump back slightly.

She regained herself, she couldn't show cowardice in front of these lower officers. She stepped forward again and opened the door.

She quickly stepped in and closed the door behind her as she avoided a clock being thrown at her and she jumped against the wall. She turned to face Cree, whose hair now covered her eyes but from what Fanny could see she was furious.

"What do you want?" Cree hissed out.

Fanny was nervous, scared even, but she held herself up and spoke.

"Myself and the other officers are concerned about you Commander. What happened? Why are you acting like this?" she asked.

Cree looked up, revealing her tear stained eyes to Fanny.

Fanny gasped. What could make her commander breakdown like this? She had never seen her cry before. She had seen her angry of course, but never... miserable.

"Fanny... they took Maurice." She sobbed out.

Fanny gasped again. 'Numbuh 9? Why him? Why would Abby risk Cree's anger like that?' she thought.

"They'll pay for this." Muttered Cree.

"What was that?" asked Fanny.

"I said that they will PAY!" Cree screamed with all she had. Her throat was raw from the screaming and crying she had been doing for the past twenty minutes.

"But why? I didn't think Abby was stupid enough to take him of all people." She said.

"It wasn't Abby." Cree interrupted before elaborating "It was a different team. It was the main bulk that attacked the school and you. Lucas has informed me that a group of ten kids held some customers hostage, demanding that Maurice give himself up and my... my sweet Maurice did it. He saved those people." She said; her voice calming down.

"But if Abby has a recommissioning module, then how can they recommission him? They'd never build more than one out of the fear that they'd be too easy to steal that way." Fanny said.

"I don't know what they want with Maurice. All I know is that we are going to attack the moon base ASAP!" Cree said as she stood up, no longer crying. A furious look in her eyes, one full of hate and anger.

Her phone suddenly rang and she answered it.

"What is it?!" she snapped.

"I take it you've heard the news?" asked the voice of Abby over the phone.

"Abby! What the hell is going on?! Talk to me you little bitch or I swear to god you'll wish that mom and dad were pro..."

"Calm down! I'm pissed about Maurice too! He was my friend too remember?' Abby said.

"Yeah, your childhood crush if I recall correctly, dear little Abby." Cree said with spite.

"Cree listen, I know you're in control of the teens and I also know you've got 'em spying on nearby KND tree houses and I want you to get them out of there now!" Abby said.

"Who do you think you are? You can't order me around Abigail, I..."

"Cree, shut up and listen to me! The new leader of the Kids Next Door is evil! He's used a mind control device to brainwash like ninety six percent of the current KND! A few survivors got me and my old friends together and we're going to fight him but we just found out that he's ordered a world wide capture for any and all former KND operatives! That includes you and your teens!" Abby cried.

Fanny's eyes widened as did Cree.

"You understand me Cree?" Abby asked.

Cree shook her head in defeat. "Yes I understand you. Fanny get the word out. All operatives in the field are to report to their respective bases and stay together. If they see any KND operatives they are not to engage, just retreat. Got it?" Cree instructed.

Fanny nodded. "Got it!" she said as she rushed out of the room, she would have to put her talk with Paddy off for now.

"Cree, I'm sorry about this, I really am and before you say anything yes; it is my fault." She admitted.

"What do you mean it's your fault?" asked Cree in confusion.

"The only reason they took Maurice is retaliation for me and my friends getting recommissioned. I am so, so sorry." Abby said, her sister wasn't the understanding type but she honestly hoped that she would listen.

"You just love seeing me miserable, don't you Abigail?" Cree said bitterly.

"Cree I..."

"Thanks for the heads up. At least now we know what we're up against." Cree said, about to hang up.

"Cree wait! Don't try to fight them, we can do this together." Abby said.

Cree was hesitant to respond.

"I'll think on it Abby, we won't attack for now but I'm not too eager to work with you and your buddies. Bye." She said as she hung up.

Cree hung her head down. What now? Could she keep her troops from fighting back? Did she have to work with Abby? Could she work with Abby?

The biggest question was really would she?

She didn't have time to think on it now, she had an entire army to look after and she knew some of them would be scared and that she'd most likely lose a lot of them. But she had her duty.

She was the leader of the teens. And she would lead them as best as she could, no matter what.

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Abby dialed her phone to call Kim back.

"Oh man, I hope Cree doesn't do anything stupid." She said to herself, she really was worried for the safety of her sister and she knew that Maurice being abducted would take quite the toll on her.

But right now she had other things to worry about.

Kim answered the phone. "Abby, talk to me now." She said

"Okay, here's what's happening turns out the new supreme leader is evil, brainwashed most of the KND, a few survivors got us and got a recommissioning module, I recommissioned Rachel, my team, and Sonya and Lee. We got Tommy and now we've dumped the current guys in the fortress. I've sent Rachel and the rest of my gang to get as many of our old friends as possible while I go talk to Chad." Abby explained.

"Chad? I don't think he'll be happy to see you." Kim said, doubtfully.

"Tell me about it. But I gotta try and get his help. Have you gotten the word out?" Abby asked.

"It's out. Everyone is going into hiding and they're waiting for either me or you to tell them otherwise. You want me to rendezvous with you?" she asked.

"No, you know as much about the Remnants as Maurice does. Stay hidden, if they catch you it'll be the end of the Remnants for good." Abby said, hoping Kim would agree.

"Alright it makes sense. I don't like hiding like this but I trust you Abby. Keep me updated."

"Can do." Abby agreed.

"Good luck with Chad, he's not going to be easy to talk with." Kim added.

"Don't I know it." Muttered Abby as she hung up.

As she flew the runner across the country she hoped that Chad was in a listening mood.

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Throughout the next two hours Rachel and the others flew around the United States and surrounding areas to rescue old allies and bring them back.

The soon discovered the C.R.A.F.T, or the Crazy Red Agent Flying Transport, had a weird little quirk; it could make incredibly fast escapes, but it would quickly lose energy and they'd have to slow down, but they made the best of it. They could outrun KND ships just fine, it was getting from point A to point B that was the problem.

Patton Drilovsky ran down his street, desperately avoiding laser blasts and other artillery fire from these crazy kids who were after him for god knows what.

"Surrender yourself and we will cease fire." Called a kid from a megaphone on the ship hovering behind him.

"The hell I will!" Patton called as he dodged another laser blast and hoped over a fence and into a backyard. He ran past the yard and jumped over the other side, trying to confuse his pursuers as much as possible.

Patton had graduated from high school last year and had gotten a job as a mall security guard, this was so he could prepare for his dream job of being a cop.

He had been walking home from his shift when they approached him, claiming they needed to talk to him and wanted to ask him some questions. Normally Patton would just say yes and get it over with, but he had a weird gut feeling about these kids. They all spoke in monotone voices and had a weird, dull shine in the back of their eyes. When he declined several times they brought up an attack ship made out of wood and scrap metal and began chasing him.

And so here he was, running through the backyards of his neighborhood, running from a bunch of pre-teens in a flying attack ship out of Star Wars who were after him for an unknown reason.

He ran into a yard that had a bench with a tool box on it.

He reached in and grabbed and hammer and lobbed it at the ship.

It smashed through the windshield and took the pilot by surprise, causing to ship to slant downward a bit.

Patton took advantage of this distraction and immediately ran off.

As soon as he jumped over the fence he heard an explosion and a crash.

He stopped dead and his tracks and turned to inspect what had happened.

He gasped when he saw the ship had crashed into a tool shed and a new, sleek red ship was now hovering above.

It landed and a blonde teenager came out of the side door. "Pat!" he cheered as he ran towards Patton.

Patton was about to run for it when the boy called "No, no, no! Don't run! We just saved you." The blonde kid called.

Patton looked at the kid with a sleeveless orange hoodie and messy blonde hair. "Who are you?" Patton asked.

"An old friend of yours that you don't remember." The boy said.

"What just happened?" Patton asked.

"Let's just say that someone evil wants you and they won't stop until they have you. So in short come on or we leave you here and they can have ya." The boy said, smirking.

Patton shook his head. If this kid was on the up and up, that means more ships would come after him.

"Okay, so who are you?" Patton asked as he climbed the fence to join the boy.

"My name is Wallabee Beatles. I'm your friend from a long time ago and I'll explain what's going on later, right now there are others out there who need our help." Wally said as he offered his hand to Patton.

Patton took it. "This better be worth it Beatles." He said.

"It will be mate. It will be. Haven't changed your wardrobe much either I see." Wally said, noticing Patton still wore a lite green jacket with a white undershirt on. And, despite the fact that it wasn't cold at all outside, he wore his old orange cap on top of his black hair.

"Huh?" Patton asked as he followed Wally into the ship.

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Bartie Stork's legs were tired but he couldn't give in. He just peddled as fast as he could, but it wasn't good enough. They were gaining on him.

He wore his blue t-shirt with his black shorts as he usually did, plus his helmet but he doubted that it would do him much good.

He could see the pebbled on the pavement beneath him being scattered by the laser blasts from behind.

Oh man, were they on his ass.

He felt a burst in his rear tire and he was sent flying into the air.

He landed with a hard thud into a ditch. He moaned from a scrape on his knee but forced himself up and he looked forward and saw his bike had now been shot in half by the pursuing kids.

He looked up and saw five kids on bikes, all aiming their guns on him.

"Do you surrender?" the apparent leader asked.

Bartie held up his hands and shook his head. "Yeah, yeah whatever man! Just don't shoot me." He said.

"As long as you come with us we're all good." The leader said.

Out of nowhere a huge red ship, back facing him, slammed into them and send them hurtling down the road.

A door opened on the side and a younger boy in a hat with flaps and a blue and orange striped t-shirt.

"Get in man!" he called.

Bartie didn't argue, he pushed himself up and the kid grabbed his hand.

He was pulled into the ship and it quickly rose up and blasted off.

Bartie looked at the younger boy and let out a sigh of relief.

"Thanks man, those guys wanted something with me but thanks to you guys..."

"Thank us later man, I'm Lee." The boy said.

Bartie nodded. "Okay Lee if you could just drop me off at my house that would be great..."

"Sorry, no can do. We'll talk later, so at least someone else will." Lee said as he helped Bartie up.

"Wait, what's happening?" Bartie asked as he followed Lee deeper into the ship.

"We'll tell you once we've got some others, we don't want to repeat ourselves." Lee said.

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Angelie and Ted hid inside of the basement of Ted's house. Angelie wore her purple blouse and black shorts while Ted wore his yellow button-up shirt and his trousers. They could hear the footsteps of the mysterious kids above them.

"Spread out and surround them! They couldn't have left the house, the back door didn't open." Said the voice of the leader of the five kids.

They had just been leaving their school when a ship filled with five kids attacked them and another kid named Charlie.

Charlie got captured and Angelie and Ted teamed up, despite not knowing each other very well, because they decided there was safety in numbers.

"What do you think they want?" Ted whispered.

"I don't know, but I do know that I'm not going down without a fight!" Angelie whispered back as she held up an old wrench as a weapon.

Suddenly they heard the door being slammed open and shouting. "It's them! It's Sector.. AH!"

There was gunfire and crashing sounds, combined with glass breaking.

"My mom is gonna be so ticked." Ted muttered.

Suddenly the basement door opened and a younger teen jumped down the staircase. He turned to face them, they saw he was dressed like an old hero from a forties vigilante story like 'The Shadow'.

"It's safe now, but it won't be for long. Come with us and we'll protect you from anyone else or my name isn't The Tommy!" he said, dramatically opening his cape like a bat wing.

"The what?" Angelie asked with a dumbfounded expression on her face.

"You coming or what? There'll be more in an hour or so." Tommy said.

"Coming, definitely coming." Said Ted as he got up and followed Tommy out of the basement.

Angelie sighed and followed them. Better than just staying in the dark waiting for someone to find them.

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Herbie was forced up by the five kids that had chased him into a corner.

"Get moving fatso, our Master has need of you." Said one of them.

"Master?" Herbie asked.

"Move!" yelled one of the kids.

Herbie started walking to their ship, when it exploded.

The blast sent all of them flying backwards and onto the ground.

Herbie tried to get up and run but a hand grabbed him and hauled inside of a flying ship.

"We got him. Take us up." said a female voice.

Herbie felt the ship rising up and flying away. He looked up to see a Japanese girl smiling at him.

"Welcome back Herbie." She said.

"How did you know my name?" he asked.

"Answers later." She said, smiling as if this was completely normal.

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"This is so your fault!" cried Peter as he ran along side his twin brother down the street.

"My fault?! I don't know any of these guys so don't pin the blame on me! For all I know this is your fault!" shouted his brother Pete.

"Well I don't know them either..."

A small explosion blew up the pavement behind them. "Shut up and run!" yelled Pete as he tried to run faster.

Two huge robotic suits followed the twins down their streets, firing at them as they ran.

A rope was shot out from one and it caught Pete around his legs, causing him to fall.

"Pete!" cried Peter, he ran to help his brother.

"Forget me and go!" Pete shouted.

"No way bro! I'm not leaving you behind." Peter said as he went to get his brother, when a rope slammed into him, wrapping around his torso.

"We got both 44 a and b, we're taking them to the prison ship now." Said a kid operating the robot into his radio.

"What are you gonna do to us?" asked Peter.

"You'll find out soon enough, we won't hurt you though. We promise the worst of it is over. Well if you try to escape again it'll get worse." Said a kid who operated the bigger of the two mechs.

Without warning the smaller of the two robots was blasted in half and the upper part landed on the road, flailing around feebly.

"What the?!" cried the leader, who operated the bigger robot, as he dodged a blast and shot back as a medium sized red ship landed down and continued firing at him.

Pete tried to edge away when he felt someone grab him by the shoulder and drag him away from the robot.

"You got the other one?" called a voice to some unseen person.

Pete heard a girl call back, "I got him let's get on the ship!"

Pete looked up and saw a blonde boy dragging him to the red ship. He struggled, trying to free himself when the boy said "Take it easy man, we're here to help."

Pete saw a ceiling over head as he was dragged into the ship. "They're in, punch it Hoagie!" the blonde cried and the ship ascended into the air and zoomed away, smashing into the robot and obliterating it.

As the ship flew away Wally and Kuki cut the ropes that bonded Pete and Peter.

"You two okay?" asked Kuki.

"Yeah, thanks to you." Said Peter as she rubbed his arms.

"Hey can you guys please tell me..."

"What going on? Later Pete, we got others to save." Wally said.

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Tara Charendoff ducked and the stun blast missed her. Tara was a beautiful young woman with orange-red hair and green eyes with a beauty mark under her left eye.

Right now, however, she was trying her best to avoid being shot at by a group of five kids, who claimed that she needed to come with them. When she refused they flipped out and began shooting at her with what looked like toy guns.

She was in a department store at the mall where she worked; she saw a changing room and quickly ran in it, slamming the door behind her.

She tried to reach for her phone, but she didn't feel it in her pocket.

She kneeled down and saw it ten feet away from the changing room. "Great." She muttered.

Suddenly she saw a leg of one of the kids enter her field of vision. She grabbed the coat hanger on the door and jumped her legs up, pressing them against the wall so they wouldn't be able to hit her.

"I see her shadow, she's in there sir." Said a girl's voice.

"Blast the door open." Said the team leader.

Tara closed her eyes, ready for impact, she heard shots being fired, but the impact never came.

"Come with me if you want to live... man I've always wanted to say that. Are you alright?" asked a woman's voice from outside. "Don't worry, I'm here to help you and I've taken down the brat pack. My name is Rachel and I can make sure your kept safe." The girl said.

Tara wondered if she could really trust this Rachel woman or not, but she decided she could keep this human stick thing going for much longer so she carefully set herself down and opened the door.

A blonde girl wearing a blue t-short with a tiger striped undershirt over it stood with the bodies of the kids strewn about her.

"Did you... k-kill them..."

"No, they're just unconscious Tara." Rachel explained.

Tara backed up a little. "How did you know my name?" she asked.

"We're old friends, come with me." Rachel said.

"Not until I get an freaking explanation for what just happened to me!" Tara said, stomping her foot down.

"I'll tell you later, right now we have to get going before more show up." Said Rachel.

"More?" Tara asked nervously.

"Yeah, we saw another ship nearby, they already got someone else, but we could still save you so come on." Rachel ordered as Tara wisely followed her out of the department store and into the mall, where she saw a scarlet ship had came down through the sunlight and was waiting for Rachel to get back on.

Rachel motioned for Tara to follow her. "Come on Numbuh 10." She said.

"Who?" Tara asked.

"You'll discover who you were very soon." Rachel said as Tara got on the ship and they took off once again.

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Arthur was sent flying onto the grass as the blast from the ship caused a car to explode.

"Oh mon, that is so not my fault." He muttered as he got up and dashed down the grassy hill as the five kids followed him. "Hey kids! I don't know what I did, but can we work somethin' out?" he called as he dodged some laser blasts.

"Surrender or be taken by force! There is no other option!" called one of the kids.

"Yeah, well none of those sound that good to me!" Arthur called as he ran into a grove of trees.

He came out the other side and saw that he had met a dead end.

In front of him was a cliff that had nothing but a sheer drop down into the Atlantic Ocean. "Shit." He muttered.

He was a good swimmer, and could jump off diving boards decently enough, but this was way too high to jump off of.

He turned to see the kids, guns aimed at him, approaching him.

Trapped like a rat.

"Okay, okay, okay! I give up." He said.

"Smart move Numbuh 1-Love." Said one of the kids.

"Number one what?" he asked.

Just then he felt a rush of air from behind him. The kids raised their guns up and he heard a voice form behind yelling "Come on!"

He turned to see a red ship behind him and an open door with a younger teen girl with blonde hair beckoning him to get in.

He glanced back at the kids. "See ya!" he cheered as he jumped onto the ship.

The kids started shooting at the ship, managing to shoot off one of Arthur's dreadlocks, but it simply sped away, out of fight in a flash.

"Thanks a million." He said to the pig-tailed girl.

"None necessary; were you hurt?" she asked.

"Nah, a little scrapped up and they shot off one of my dreads, but I'm fine. I'd like to get filled in on what the heck and hell just happened." He said.

Sonya smiled and said "You and a whole bunch of other people."

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Virginia Sims was marched towards the ship that the so-called 'Kids Next Door' had arrived in to capture her and she had quickly surrendered, not wanting a fight.

She had absolutely no idea why they wanted to capture her, but despite her initial objections she quickly realized they had weapons and were more than willing to shoot her so she didn't try to resist.

Although if she had a weapon of her own she would gladly fight back, but sadly that wasn't the case.

"Get her on board! We got other teens to capture today." The leader said.

The ship exploded. "Yow!" the pilot screamed as he was sent flying into the bushes.

"Oh great, now what?!" the leader demanded as she turned around only to see Rachel, Wally, Kuki, Sonya, Lee, Tommy, Patton, and Bartie all pointing guns at them.

"Us, that's what." Rachel said.

"Crud! It's them! Sector V." the leader said as she lowered her gun slightly.

"Got that right kid, now put your guns down and give us Virginia." Rachel said as she kept her had steady on the laser rifle.

The leader considered her options and sighed. "The Master will be unhappy with us." She said as she dropped her gun and her team followed her example.

"Yeah, well tell your 'Master' that his days are narrowing down." Said Kuki, smiling in triumph.

"And we will kick his ass. Seriously I will, nice big boot mark on it and everything." Added Wally.

Rachel gestured for Bartie to go over and get Virginia. He nodded and ran over and shot off the handcuffs, then took her by the hand and led her to the sleek red ship.

"Thanks for the rescue, but what's happening?" Virginia whispered to the, admittedly cute, boy.

"No idea, all I know is that everything is insane and I might be going insane." Bartie answered as he led Virginia onto the ship.

"Thank you for your cooperation." Rachel said as she backed into the ship with the others. Wally closed the door just in time for it to absorb the blasts from the kids as they quickly retrieved their guns and opened fire on the ship, only for it to take off in the blink of an eye.

On board the ship as they flew away Virginia was led into the main room where several other teens; a pretty redhead, twins, a fat nerdy looking guy, a Jamaican guy, and two others.

"So what now, oh fearless heroes?" asked one the twins sarcastically.

Kuki looked to Rachel. "Yeah, what do we do now?" she asked.

"Go after Numbuhs Infinity and 74.239. I need to have a little chat with both of them." She said.

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Cree walked out of her office and saw Fanny and Stacy waiting for her.

"Talk to me. What's our situation?" She said as she walked past them and they followed her.

"It appears Numbuh 5 wasn't lying Commander. We've gotten reports that KND operatives have been attacking high schools and abducting every former KND operative, whether they're allied with us or not." Fanny said as she followed Cree into a control room.

"So what are our total casualties?" Cree asked.

"We don't know yet, but so far we've counted over two hundred and eighty nine teen agents captured or missing." Stacy said. Cree nodded and she sat down in a command chair.

"Are all bases on high alert?" Cree asked, their bases were not like the Kids Next Door tree houses, they held up to twenty to thirty, sometimes even more, while the KND only have five or six in one sector.

"As far as we can tell yes, but we don't know how much good that'll do us. They've got greater numbers than we do." Fanny said, starting to feel a little nervous.

"Have they attacked any bases yet?" Cree asked.

"Not yet, as far as we know." Fanny answered.

"Call everyone and tell them; if attacked they are to use the emergency escape vehicles and come here. The bigger we are the more hesitant they'll be to attack." Cree said as she looked at the MIA and captured list on the giant computer monitor.

Things didn't look good for her or Abby. She hoped for two things; that she and Abby wouldn't have to work together in order to stop this and she hoped very much that Maurice would be alright.

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Maurice stood in front of Ryan's throne, flanked by two guard with guns pointed at him.

"You wanna tell me what you're up to?" Maurice asked, glaring at Ryan.

"Not really, you want to tell me how you remember the Kids Next Door?" Ryan asked.

Maurice smirked. "Not really you little punk."

The doors to the throne room/auditorium opened another teen was pushed inside.

"Ow! Watch it kid! Yow! Okay, okay, sorry! You don't need to get so pushy." Said a teenage boy who Maurice recognized as Numbuh 3134 aka Shane. Abby's replacement as supreme leader.

"So they got you too?" Maurice asked.

Shane looked up "Yeah I guess. Don't know why though. Although I do admit this moon base thing is pretty awesome." Shane said as he was marched next to Maurice.

"Shane, you are free of any interrogation." Said Ryan as he walked down the stage.

"Oh. Good." Shane said, glancing at Maurice, unsure of what to make of this.

"Maurice, you on the other had, have got some explaining to do." Ryan said as he walked to Maurice.

Ryan stuck Maurice hard across the face. "Hey man that's not cool..." Shane objected.

"Shut up!" screamed Ryan, instantly making Shane quiet down.

"You remember, and I noticed from what little footage we have that Abigail Lincoln didn't need recommissioning either so tell me! How many of you are there and how have I not known about you until now and I want to know right now!" Ryan demanded, slamming his foot down hard.

"Boy, if I could I would beat you so bad it would make parents from the thirties and earlier look away in horror." Maurice threatened, not flinching away from the ranting Ryan.

Ryan growled in frustration. "Let me offer you one thing; I will not use the mind control device on you if you tell me about your little... club. And how many there are and where I can find each and every one of them are." Ryan said.

"A nice proposition and my response is giving you the finger, asshole." Maurice said calmly.

Ryan threw up his hands in defeat. "Why is it that they always want to do it the hard way? I mean sure I'm evil and everything, but I do offer you an easy, painless way out and you throw it back in my face! How am I the bad guy here? Seriously?!" Ryan raved.

"Well you live on the moon in an evil base in a throne room and you're a big jerk, so I'd say that makes you a bad guy." Shane said, stating the obvious. Maurice laughed a little.

"Laugh while you can Numbuh 9! I have ways of making you talk." Ryan said as he went back to the mind control device.

"You gonna kill me when you're done with me?" Maurice asked.

"Oh no! I hate to waste lives, especially when they can be spent in servitude to me." Ryan responded.

"If I was given a choice between serving you on being killed I'd chose death." Maurice barked. Ryan chuckled, but otherwise ignored Maurice.

The throne room had been changed; the auditorium was now just a small part of it and the mind control device loomed over it like an old castle would a village. Ryan's throne area and the surrounding computers and tables with weapons now took up a majority of the room. As mentioned before the stage/throne area hung over the main hall of the moon base. Below the throne room, separated only by space and glass, was a dozen platform and bridges all leading to different areas of the moon base. Snack bars and weapons stations with computer stations were scattered around the different levels below them.

Ryan reached the mind control device's computer and began operating it. "Last chance Maurice! Join me or be forced to!" he called.

Maurice just stared at him defiantly.

Ryan shrugged and turned it on.

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Ray led Jenna, Ally, Roland, Bianca, Danny, Hailey, Tony, Sanjay, Joey, Silas, and Karl down the downward sloping hallway the curved around in a spiral.

"Was the whole snacks section really that important?" asked Hailey impatiently, she was tired and wanted some sleep, so she really hoped this tour was nearing its end.

"Not really, no. But up ahead is the crowning achievement of awesome in the fortress. It's our greatest and most important research purpose here." Ray said as he approached a door and slid a key card through. He took a booger out of his nose and put it up to the DNA scanner.

"Identification Accepted, you may enter." Said the voice of the computer as the doors opened and Ray led the group inside.

"One of the main purposes of this facility was to study one the greatest enemies of the KND and one of our greatest sectors at the same time." Ray said, excited, like a kid about to show off a magic trick.

"So is this like a two for one room or what?" asked Bianca.

Ray smirked. "Not exactly, look over there." He said pointing to the side of the room.

Everyone looked over and saw five large tubs filled with a greenish liquid. There were five kids, one in each tube, it was hard to make out at first, but the group quickly realized who they were looking at and gasped.

"It can't be!" cried Danny.

"I thought they were dead." Whispered Silas.

"It's them!" said Tony, stunned.

"I never thought I'd really see them..." said Roland.

"This is where they've been?" asked Hailey.

"Wow!" said Joey.

"I guess the rumors were true, they have been holding them in stasis." Karl said, not looking away from the five giant tubes.

Jenna could only say the name of the five kids she saw floating in the tubes; "The Delightful Children From Down The Lane." She said in awe.

All five of them; Bruce, David, Ashley, Lenny, and Ogie all floated calmly, with little suction cups attached to their bodies that fed into life support systems.

"I thought they drowned during the scavenger hunt." Said Ally.

"Almost everyone did, but Numbuh 74.239 saved them and froze them. You see during the Grandfather incident, Numbuh 1 and the recommissioned Numbuh 0 went to Father and the Delightful Children for help. Numbuh 0 used the recommissioning module on them and it revealed that the Delightful Children were really the missing members of Sector Z." Ray elaborated.

"We know this story; it turns out that recommissioning them only reversed the delightfulization process temporarily and they turned back to their evil selves within an hour." Jenna said, remembering Ian's overly enthusiastic telling of the story.

"Yes but, Numbuh 74.239 was not one to let an opportunity go. In the aftermath of the scavenger hunt he and his team saved the Delightful Children from drowning and put them in stasis. They presented them to Numbuh 362 who ordered them to find a cure. They never did." Ray said

"So the delightfulization process is permanent?" asked Ally.

"I'm afraid so. But we have made progress on prolonging their time spent as Sector Z." Ray said as he went around to a table and picked up some charts. "You see we've discovered that there is a way to keep them from turning back to the Delightful Children for an extended period of time." He added as he held up the old wrecked original recommissioning module. We salvaged the wreckage of the first recommissioning module and kept using it on them, over and over again. Over time the effects lasted longer and longer. Hours have become days."

Karl looked at them as Ray went on, he noticed something peculiar about the Delightful Children. They hadn't aged a bit and it had been over six years since they were last seen by the general KND.

"Why haven't they grown up?" Karl asked, causing everyone to look at him.

"He's right, they still look like kids!" said Joey as he noticed what Karl had said was true.

"An interesting observation. You see, we scientists discovered that somehow the delightfulization process prevents aging." He explained.

Everyone jerked their head back to look at Ray. "What?!" they all shouted.

"Weird isn't it? You see every time we recommission them they age naturally, they don't age rapidly like you'd expect. It's like the delightfulization process froze them in time." Ray explained.

Jenna nodded. "So how long can you keep them as Sector Z and not the Delightful Children?" she asked.

Ray shook his head. "Three days at the most. Can you imagine that? Aging just three days at a time and then going back to eternal youth while the world around you changes so fast." Ray said.

"What really happened to them? Did father capture them or what?" Roland asked.

Again, Ray shook his head. "No, they did it willingly. They've told me the story themselves. You want to hear it?" he asked.

Everyone nodded. "I'd like to hear it, get some answers as to what really happened to them." Jenna said.

"Okay, here it goes..."

10 Years Ago

David, aka Numbuh 0.2 opened his eyes from his sleepless rest and saw Ashley, aka Numbuh 0.3, standing over him. "You okay?" she asked.

He nodded, lying.

"I'm fine." He said.

"Don't give me that. I know you too well to fall for a lie like that." She said sternly.

David sighed in defeat and nodded. "Okay Ashley, ya got me. What do you want?" he asked.

"I want to know how you're holding up, your birthday's only two weeks away." She said.

David shuddered at the mention of that accursed word. In less than fourteen days he would be taken to the moon base where his memory would be erased. He would forget everything he had done and the friends he had made. His team Bruce, Lenny, Ashley, and Ogie were like family to him. The best friends he'd ever had and would ever have.

And he would lose them in two weeks.

Ashley noticed a tear coming out of his eye so she sat down beside him and hugged him. He broke down in her arms and she held him tighter to calm him. "We'll find a way to be with you again. I promise." She said, beginning to cry with him.

Unbeknownst to David his other teammates Bruce aka Numbuh 0.1, Ogie aka Numbuh 0.5, and Lenny aka Numbuh 0.4, all watched from the door.

"This stinks." Whispered Lenny.

"Tell me about it, David's gonna be brain drained and we can't do nothin' about it!" Ogie said angrily.

Lenny nodded and looked to his short leader Bruce. "Bruce, what do we do?" he asked.

Bruce shook his head sadly. "I don't know." He said as he walked away.

Lenny and Ogie looked at each other, concerned for their second in command and their leader. "I don't want to lose you..." Lenny said, he was quickly silenced by Ogie hugging him.

"I don't want to lose you either buddy." The shorter girl said.

Bruce walked into his room and tossed his hat onto his bed. He sat down in a chair in front of the computer system.

In two weeks he'd lose his second in command, then a couple months later he'd lose Ashley, then Lenny, then Ogie, and finally he would get the mind wipe treatment.

Bruce was an unusual case; it was incredibly rare for a sector's youngest member to be its leader and even rarer for those few sectors to be a successful and popular as they were.

It would be possible to convince Numbuh 100 to change their ages so they could stay on for another few years, but he doubted it would work. Numbuh 100 might have been a new supreme leader, but he was a by the book guy. And by the book guys didn't make exceptions.

He had to figure a way around it. They couldn't just accept David being decommissioned and then just replace him with some random newbie.

They needed to be together.

Suddenly he heard an explosion and the alarms blared in his ears.

"Computer! What happened?" he yelled.

The monotone female voice answered him "The hangar has been blasted open by a fire ball of unknown origin. Adult entity entering the hangar now." It said.

Bruce grabbed his carrot nunchucks and ran out of the room and met up with his team, all armed and ready.

"We're under attack!" Bruce said.

"Thanks for the observation Bruce-y, any other tidbits ya'd like to spout?" joked Ogie.

The team ran down to the hangar, weapons ready to see that one of their more unimportant enemies was standing in the newly made hole in the wall.

"Wigglestein." Lenny hissed, snarling out the name of their enemy.

"What do you want? Come to gloat about your success with the new ice cream sales rules you got passed?" Ashley asked, ready to strike with her umbrella.

"Now, now children! There's no need to be angry. Most kids would just spill the ice cream, wasting their parents' hard earned and valuable money, so I'm doing a good thing, whether you appreciate it or not." He said.

"Put us in the 'not' category." Said David, not caring what Wigglestein had to say.

"Now children, I believe you have some problems. If I understand correctly David is on the edge of childhood and in two weeks he takes a step forward and becomes a teen." The man said.

"How do you know that?" Demanded Ashley, crouching down, ready to fence forward.

"Let's just say I had a fly on the wall." Said Wigglestein as he stood calm and proud.

"Yeah so what do you care? Don't you consider growing up 'glorious'?" asked David, furiously.

"Yes I do, but you don't. You are willing to do anything to stay together, right? Anything to keep your memories." He said.

Ashley lowered her umbrella and David and Bruce also lowered their weapons. "So what? You can't do anything about it." Pointed out Lenny.

"As a matter of fact I can. I have built a device that will help you stay young forever! You'll never be apart. Never leave each other. Never lose your connection to one another." Wigglestein promised.

Now Lenny and Ogie lowered their weapons too.

"You're serious?" asked Bruce.

"Dead serious. I promise you, no lies. I will help you stay together and you will fight anyone who tries to separate you." He said.

"Wait a minute how did you blast a hole in the wall?" asked Ashley. Wigglestein wasn't exactly a villain with powers and he had no weapons.

Wigglestein smirked. "Let's just say it's something I recently got from my dear old dad." He said. He opened up his hand and held it out. A small flame appeared out of thin air and in the palm of his hands. "Dad always was good with fireworks." He said to himself as he doused the flame with his fist.

"So what's the catch? There's always a catch." Bruce said.

"There is no catch. Everything I've told you is true. Tell you what; I'll give you a week to decide. By then poor David will only have a week of childhood left. Choose carefully now children; stay together and remember or be forced apart and forget. The choice is yours and yours alone." He said as he began walking out.

"No catch? No turning against the KND or anything?" called Bruce.

"Weelll... you might have to turn a blind eye to an ice cream truck every now and then but nothing major." He said as he walked away, leaving the five kids to their thoughts.

"Should we report this?" asked Lenny.

"No. Maybe he's got a point. I don't want to forget any of you. Do any of you want to forget?" Bruce asked.

There was no immediate answer.

"That's what I thought, let's give it a week. We'll think about it; I don't think we're bad kids if we occasionally let an ice cream truck go without stopping or Count Spankulot punishing a few bratty kids." Said Bruce as he walked away.

David and Ashley looked into each other's eyes. They had a lot to think about.

1 Week Later

The five kids approached the mansion silently.

Ashley rang the door bell and the door opened revealing Wigglestein standing there with an old smoking pipe in his mouth.

"We'll do it." They all said in unison.

"Excellent, step right in kids and I'll get you all set up." He said as they walked in together.

"You didn't tell anyone about this did you?" he asked.

"Are you nuts? If we told anyone else in the Kids Next Door what we were about to do we'd be decommissioned so fast our mom's would forget we existed." Ogie said.

He led them down to the basement where there was a giant, clear glass case stood in the center of the room like some transparent, foreboding monolith.

"Just step inside kids and all your worries will disappear." Wigglestein promised. Like the snake in Eden.

David went in first, followed by Ashley and Lenny. Ogie went in next, standing in front of Lenny and right next to Ashley. Bruce went in last, in front of the two girls.

"Perfect formation." Wigglestein praised.

"This is our usual formation when going into a battle." Lenny said.

Wigglestein nodded, not really paying attention as he closed the door and went to the console and began pushing buttons.

"Last chance to back down kids, I won't lie to you the process will be painful. Any takers?" he asked.

They didn't say anything.

"Okay then, let'er rip!" Wigglestein yelled as he smashed a fist down on a big red button marked 'begin'.

There was a searing pain in all five kids, they began screaming in pain. "What are you doing to us?!" David and Ashley yelled in unison.

Wigglestein laughed in triumph. "A little thing I like to call delightfulization!" he cheered.

He listened to their tortured screams of pain and he enjoyed it. Finally he would have children of his own. Although he had to admit he hated the name he had chose; Wigglestein. Such an odd name. But he had to change his original name so his stupid brother Monty wouldn't find him.

He noticed that Bruce had taken hold of both Ashley and Ogie's hands. Ashley used her free hand to grab David's and David grabbed Lenny's, and Lenny grabbed Ogie's.

Even if they were to die; they would be together.

"I love you all!" they all shouted in unison as their eyes all turned a pale blue. Bruce, Ashley, and David's hair all turned a dull, sandy blonde while Lenny and Ogie's hair turned into darker shades of brunette.

Their screams became so loud and high pitched that the glass began to crack.

Then something went wrong.

Sparks flew out of the electric conduits and devices on top of the case, wiring in the walls began to burst through the plaster, electricity zapped out of the outlets, light bulbs began to explode.

"No, no, no! It's overloading! It wasn't supposed to do this!" cried Wigglestein as he tried to deactivate the delightfulization chamber, but it was too late.

The console exploded, sending him flying into a wall, the pipe falling out of his mouth.

He opened his eyes and saw that a support beam had given away and was about to smash his head open.

He threw up his arm in a surely vain attempt to catch it, when the fire shout out of his hand, incinerating the wooden beam into ash.

He looked at his hand in awe, and then something else happened; a mysterious black substance oozed out of his fingers and began to wrap around his body like a shroud of fire enveloping his body.

He got up and saw that his entire body had been covered by this black as pitch skin. It looked entirely like his father's old skin.

He heard the sound of glass cracking and it caused him to turn around in time to see the glass case shattering and Sector Z standing completely still.

"Kids, are you alright?" he asked.

"Yes." They all said in unison, with the same monotone tone of voice.

They stepped out of the case and into the light.

"We are quite alright, Father." They said.

He saw that their clothes had changed; the boys all wore blue suits and the girls wore white dresses. Their hair was no longer messy, but neat and combed. Lenny's battle helmet had transformed into an old football helmet.

"Father...I like the sound of that." He said as he put the pipe back in his mouth.

He saw that Lenny's teeth were unusually bad, even by KND standards. "You're going to need braces mister." He said.

"Yes Father." Lenny said calmly, without any hint of resistance or irritation.

He took them back up stairs and began to talk to them as he sat in his chair and they stood before him.

"Kids, I have turned you into the perfect children via a process I call delightfulization. You are now the model children. Your goal in life is to make all children who do not meet your criteria miserable! You criteria is quiet, calm, obedient, and well behaved. You will go out into the world and make all misbehaving brats lives a living heck! Do you understand?" he asked.

"Of course Father. We live only to serve you and make you happy." They said.

"That's what I want to hear. Now as long as you do your jobs without a fuss you'll each get a birthday. That's five a year and you can all share the cake. But! You have to rub it in the other kids' faces. Let them know that you get a delicious birthday cake. Understand?" he asked.

"Of course Father. It will be such a pleasure to taunt the other children with what we have and they don't." the five said, again in unison.

"Good, good. Now I have to test something else out..." he slapped Bruce in the face and as he expected they all reacted to it at the same time. As if they had all felt it.

"Father! Why did you.."

"To remind you who's boss and who will always be boss! Now go upstairs to your room, you'll know it when you see it." He said.

"Yes Father." They said stoically as they began to head toward the stairs.

"Oh and kids, one last thing? Do you remember your families?" he asked.

"Why Father, whatever do you mean? You are the only family we have and have ever had." They said.

"That's my children! You're so... delightful."

54321

"After that they began to torment other children in the city, taunting and tattling on them. The other kids soon dubbed them 'The Delightful Children From Down The Lane'. Soon they became enemies to a young sector led by Numbuh 11 aka Cree Lincoln, and a few years later a legendary rivalry between the Delightful Children and Sector V aka Numbuhs 1 to 5 began. You see, the delightfulization process went wrong. It combined their minds and nervous systems so when one feels pain, so will the others. If one dies they all die. They share a hive mind, they know each other inside and out literally." Ray finished.

"What about their families?" asked Joey.

"They all died in house fires under 'mysterious circumstances'." Ray answered, clearly hinting that Father had killed them.

"Wow. I knew Father was evil... but this... this is just... wrong." Said Hailey.

"Matte Gud se over deres sjeler." Karl muttered in Norwegian as he crossed himself.

"So they got to keep their youth, but at the cost of their individuality and their real families. Talk about a deal with the devil." Said Jenna, very disturbed by what she had just heard.

"You got that right. They were the best and he brought them down with an offer they couldn't refuse. They've shared minds so they know everything about each other. We have to keep the tubes in this specific configuration because if they're separated for too long they'll start feeling pain."

There was a long, awkward silence.

"Well, I think this tour has run its course. Nothing can top this." Ray said as he led them to the elevator once again.

Jenna could help but feel sorry for them. They were like her and Ian, willing to do anything to remember each other.

54321

In the Pine Barrens forest of New Jersey there was an old house. From the outside it looked abandoned and rotting, but from the inside you'd think it belonged to an eccentric millionaire.

Various pieces or furniture lay about; couches, chairs, stools, and shelves all over. In the center of the living room, right in front of the TV, there was a king sized bed and laying on it was a man in his early twenties with long, unruly blonde hair and a rugged beard. He was shirtless, letting his well developed muscles show off to no one.

This was Chad Dickson. Or it used to be anyway.

He heard a knocking at the door and he shook his head and got up, putting on a dirty red jacket to cover himself. 'Must be a Remnant, with all that's been going on it's no surprise they'd come to me.' He thought as he walked to the door.

He was surprised, however, when he saw who was at the door.

It was Abigail Lincoln. Someone who had caused him a whole lot of pain and suffering.

He tried to slam the door shut when she stopped it with her bare hand and forced her way between the door, keeping it open.

"Hold it, I know I'm one of the last five people you want to see but hear me out." She pleaded with the older man.

"Let me think. No. Now get off of my property." he said, flicking her in the face, causing her to lose control, allowing him to shut the door and lock it.

Chad began to walk away when he heard a fist smash through the window on the door and someone reaching inside and unlocking it and opening the door again.

Chad turned to see an angry Abigail Lincoln standing in the doorway as it began to rain outside. "I'm not in the mood for this shit, Chad." She said.

Chad sighed and gave up. "Fine, come in. Make yourself at home." He said as he continued on into the house.

Abby shut the door behind her and looked around. The walls were barren of pictures except for one; it was a picture taken back when Chad was the supreme leader, in it was every team leader and important operative at the time; Nigel, Rachel, Herbie, Fanny, Maurice, etc. She wondered why it was the only picture on the wall.

Chad came out of a kitchen carrying two bottles of beer. "Drink?" he asked her. She shook her head. "More for me then." He said as he led her to the living room

"So what exactly is going on?" he asked.

"Turns out Grandfather is still alive and he's working with the new head of the Kids Next Door to take over the world. This new leader, Numbuh 1 Billion, has created a mind control device and used it on most the current KND operatives but a small group that he assigned to hunt down Grandfather, why we don't know yet, escaped and recommissioned my team plus Rachel and Sonya and Lee and Tommy with us, but at a cost. Most of those kids got their souls sucked out by Grandfather." She said.

"Why isn't he doing the Senior Citi-zombies trick he did last time?" Chad asked.

"I dunno, but I do know he killed an operative of the KND." She said.

Chad looked up at her in surprise and asked "He killed a kid? Who?"

"I didn't know him, happened before they came to us, I do know however that he and his leader were sweethearts and the girl took it pretty hard. You and I both know that we need all the help we can get and that includes you." Abby said.

"Well you're not getting it Abby." Chad said.

"Why not?! You don't understand Chad! This isn't some conspiracy in the KND, this isn't who gonna get chosen for the GKND, this is the fate of our world itself!" she begged.

"Well maybe this world deserves to be taken over. I don't owe it any damn favors." He said, as he reclined a chair backwards.

"I know your bitter about Nigel being chosen over you for the GKND, but you've got to get over it!" she shouted.

"Get over it? Get over it?! GET OVER IT?!" he screamed as he jumped off of his chair and got in her face. "For over a year I worked with those moronic teenagers, earning their trust, getting my ass handed to me by you and your pals over and over again. I became one of your villains. And a villain for your guys is rarely anything but a joke. I threw everything away when I joined the teens; my friends, my reputation, my childhood, my heroism... I was a hero Lincoln! They made fucking action figures out of me! I gained my mom and dad's approval by joining them with the villains. I had to put up with morons like the Toiletnator and The Mysterious Twins from Beneath the Mountain to earn their trust! The worse part of it was the only way I could gain their trust was by being defeated by you kids over and over again just like they had been. That was the reason for the whole framing you and trying to get your entire sector decommissioned and trying to send the moon base into the sun. I needed all of you to believe I had gone bad. I sent those letters so Nigel could figure it out, he nearly didn't if it wasn't for Hoagie's little brother. I became a traitor, so I would be a hero and the whole of the Kids Next Door would never even realize it. But you see that's where it went wrong; I couldn't take all the defeats, staged as they were, began to take a mental toll on me. I realized that Nigel was the reason my plans always failed and so did the other teens. They hated him so I hated him too. Eventually I really did start to hate Nigel. I was seeing that he could be better than me. And I'll be damned if he was." Chad admitted as he closed his eyes in embarrassment.

As pathetic as Chad was Abby agreed that his lot in life wasn't at all fair. But as Nigel once said who said life was fair?

"When I revealed my true nature at the treaty signing, I was cast out by everyone; teens, kids, villains. Everyone abandoned me. Even my own parents don't want to see me because I still chose the KND over them. But I still had hope that the GKND would accept me." He said, smiling a bit.

Abby knew what was coming but she didn't try and stop him. Maybe if she listened to him he'd help her.

"They threw all my hard work back in my face and laughed. They laughed at me!" he yelled. "They had already chosen someone else and you know who that is; Nigel Uno. I was always the best, but even the best have to be bested." He said, admitting his defeat.

Whether Nigel meant it or not Abby had to admit their various victories over Chad had taken a serious toll on the former champion's psyche.

"So you've been hiding here for the past few years?" she asked.

"Yeah, hacking into internet companies with stolen laptops and getting all the internet, cable, power, and money I need to survive." He explained.

"Didn't know your hacking skills were that good." Abby said.

"When you're an outcast you learn to improve in everything that'll help you." Chad responded.

She nodded, that sounded about right.

"So I saw on the news they got Maurice." He said.

"Yeah, and Shane too and a whole bunch of others. They've issued a world wide capture of every former KND operative they can get." Abby said.

"So it's open season on us basically." He said.

Abby nodded, "And they're having happy hunting." She said.

"So with Maurice in their possession they'll soon find out about the Remnants, won't they?" Chad asked.

"Yes, they probably will. Maurice is good but even he can't fight mind control. I've already called Kim, she's told the others to go into hiding until the time is right." Abby said.

"Well thanks for the heads up, I'll keep an eye out for them if they come for me." He said.

"Aren't you going to help me?" she asked.

He looked at her. "I fail to see what this has to do with me." Chad said.

"If they find out where you are they'll make a b-line right for you! Come with me Chad! Help us save the Kids Next Door, help us save the world! Save yourself from living like this." She said, trying everything she could to persuade him, short of violence.

He got up and stood face to face with her. "No." he said.

"I don't get you Dickson, why the hell not? Are you just gonna sit here while all hell breaks loose?" she asked.

"You don't get it do you? That world out there? The Kids Next Door? They don't exist for me anymore. I've got this place. It's my home. It's not much, but it's mine." He said.

Abby looked at him with disgust.

"So fuck everyone else?" she asked bitterly.

"Yeah, fuck them." Chad said as he sat down again, looking much older than he really was. "Now please Lincoln, leave me alone. Just leave me in peace."

"Fine, I'll leave you here to wallow in self pity you pathetic has-been." She snarled as she turned and made her way to the door.

She saw the picture again.

She had to wonder why was this the only picture? Why weren't there any with his mom and dad in them?

"Hey Dickson! What's up with this picture anyway?" Abby called. He got up and looked at her once again.

"I keep that picture to remind myself of what I once had. What I lost. Every day I look at that picture to remind myself of how great I used to be and how far I've fallen. All for the glorious cause of the Kids Next Door." He said sarcastically. He held up his water bottle as if it were a wine glass. "Cheers to the end of the Kids Next Door. And to the end of the world." He said as he drank from the bottle.

"So tell me Chad, what do you plan on doing if Grandfather wins this?" Abby questioned.

"Hide here. Read books and watch movies. I won't try to fight him so he'll have no reason to come after me." He answered.

"Grandfather don't need a reason to come after anyone. He'll want full control over every living thing on this planet." Abby remarked.

"True. But I really don't care anymore. He comes after me I'll fight and run. Just like I did last time but for now I just want to be left alone." He said.

Abby shook her head and opened the door.

"Oh and Lincoln! You were wrong about the self pity part." He said, causing her to turn around. "It's more of a combination self pity and self loathing." He finished.

Abby left the house and walked to her ship.

"Now I'm gonna have to pay for that window." Muttered Chad as he watched Abby climb back into her ship.

Abby closed the cockpit and buried her face in her hands. As much as she hated to admit it she couldn't really blame Chad for refusing to help. The GKND and Numbuh Infinity had screwed him over big time.

She started up the ship and flew away into the storm.

Chad looked at the picture again, just stood there and stared at it. He had been a hero. And they ruined it. No. HE had ruined it. He was all alone and he knew he had no one to blame but himself.

54321

Isaac ran for it, screaming and flailing his arms as he went down the road from the murderous group of kids that were after him.

Why they were trying to get him and take him to the moon, or so they claimed. Why was something he didn't know, but he did know these kids had guns, and big chicken walker robots that chased him down the street.

One of them jumped overhead and landed right in front of him.

"Surrender now or else." The driver of the chicken walker threatened.

Isaac, not being one for fights, instantly threw his hands up. "You win, take me away just don't hurt me!" he said.

"Smart thinking." Said the operative. A ship flew overhead but Isaac was the only one to notice it.

"I gave up! Do you really need some flying thing to chase me too?!" he shouted.

"Ship? We... oh darn." Said the operative, right before his chicken walker was blasted apart by the ship.

It smashed down on the road and a door opened, revealing a blonde girl about his age. "Get in!" she yelled.

"No way! I'm out of here..." he said, but he felt a string wrap around his arm and it pulled him towards the ship.

"I got him." Said a voice.

"Good work Lee." He blonde girl said as the he dragged Isaac into the ship.

"Do you got the dork? They're really blitzing us up!" called a male voice with an Australian accent.

"We got him, let's go!" the girl called and the ship blasted off.

Isaac shook his head in confusion and felt himself being grabbed and hauled up.

"I was very tempted to leave you to them, but I'm saving you because we might need you. You are very lucky they already got Infinity." She hissed as she dropped him.

Isaac yelped as he landed on his butt. "Who are you?" he yelled.

The blonde girl turned her head slightly to look at him. "You'll remember soon enough." She said.

54321

Jenna slashed and stabbed the air with the sword of Grandfather. She had to admit; it was a damn beautiful sword, highlighted by the hybridization of the various Asian styles. Good compensation for her own.

She, Roland, and Ally had stayed on the away ship while everyone else went into the various living quarters of the fortress to find rooms and beds of their own.

She knew she needed sleep, but she didn't feel like sleeping, despite what her body and mind were telling her.

She heard a knock on the open door and she turned to see Ally standing in the doorway holding an old notebook. "Jenna you should be..." ]

"Resting. I know. Screw it, I'll rest when this mess is over." She said as she swung the sword at the non-existent enemy.

"Well if your not going to sleep, then I need you to read this." Ally said holding up an old notebook with Ian's handwriting on it, it was labeled 'The GKND Conspiracy'.

Jenna sighed.

"Ally, I'm not in the mood for Ian's crazy theories." She said.

"Jenna, listen, I heard Numbuh 5 and Numbuh 2 talking about this! Not the notebook, the GKND itself! They were saying how they were going to tell Numbuh 362 about it as soon as she calmed down. They were also wondering if this GKND would come and help us. Jenna, I think you really need to read this." Ally said.

Jenna nodded, shaking her head as she took the notebook up and tossed the sword onto her bed.

She sat down in a chair and began to read it.

54321

Ryan silently listened to the brainwashed Maurice as he told him everything about the Remnants. How many were there? A little over eight hundred. Who decided who kept their memories? The Infinities and some high up science nerds. Why hadn't any supreme leaders besides Numbuh 5 been made aware of it? They couldn't be trusted.

All of the Infinities would be punished for their conspiracies but that would wait for later.

"Do you remember anything Numbuh 3134?" Ryan asked Shane. Shane did not respond. He repeated "Do you remember anything, Shane?"

"No." Shane answered in a calm, monotone voice.

"Hmm, it would seem that my mind control device doesn't recommission you. But then again that does make sense. Oh well, it doesn't matter if they remember or not. An army is an army." He said.

His radio beeped. "Sir the first shipment has come in, over a thousand prisoners sir." Reported a communications officer.

"Excellent. Herd them into the assembly hall." Ryan ordered.

"Yes sir, but we've gotten reports of... problems." The officer said.

"What kind of problems? Are they trying to fight back?" Ryan asked.

"A little bit sir, but the real problem is about nine of our capture attempts were thwarted by Sector V and the other recommissioned operatives sir."

"WHAT?!" he yelled. "How have they not been captured?! Who did they rescue?" He demanded to know.

"Numbuhs 60, 10, 23, 35, 74.239, 65.3, 42, 78, and both 44 a and b." the officer elaborated. "And sir, they had a significantly different ship than Sector C-5's away ship. One so fast it blasted off almost instantly" The officer said.

"Where would they get a new ship? And one that fast?" Ryan asked, "Never mind, just keep me updated on the status of the rest of the prisoner ships. How goes the attack on the teens?" he asked.

"Mixed sir. They seem to have prepared themselves for us." The officer said.

"Numbuh 5 must have warned them. Typical." Ryan said as he cut off the connection. He gestured for his a guard to come forward. "Take Numbuh 3134 to the assembly hall where he can meet up with the rest of them, another blast of the ray won't hurt him."

The guard nodded and escorted Shane out.

Ryan knew that Maurice was fighting his control internally, but just in case Maurice did break free he had another guard.

Violet, his new bodyguard. Ryan walked up to Maurice and began to talk.

"Now Numbuh 9, I believe we have much to discuss. So please tell me... where are the other Remnants?"

Maurice didn't answer.

He was about to hit him again when a door in the side opened and Grandfather returned.

"I see you've caught a troublemaker." Grandfather observed.

"Yes master, was your visit eventful?" Ryan asked.

"Hardly. Monty is no threat decommissioned, and he won't be ever again." Grandfather said.

Ryan nodded. "And Father?"

"I have yet to visit Ben, but I decided to return and help you bring the Ian brat back. Do you have that sample?" Grandfather asked.

Ryan took out a vial filled with water from the fountain of youth out of his pocket. "A little youth serum right here and we're going to use it to reanimate the dead." He said.

"Don't be so down, you can always get more from the fountain. Besides with that water he might last longer than an hour. Now let's get to work." Grandfather said, cracking his knuckles.

54321

"We can still save two more." Rachel said to Hoagie as he flew the C.R.A.F.T through the clouds.

"Yeah but the blasts we took from the D.O.H-D.O.H's managed to slam a few good shots into our engines plus we're running low on fuel." He said.

"How can we be running low on fuel so soon?" Rachel asked.

"This thing is a total gas guzzler, just like Ray said." Hoagie reminded her.

Rachel swore under her breath. "Can you at least get us back to the fortress?" she asked. Hoagie smiled at her.

"That I can do without a hitch." He said as he put the pedal to the metal and stepped on it.

Rachel backed out of the cockpit and saw Kuki standing near the entrance.

"They're getting restless. They want answers and they want them now." Kuki said. Rachel heard shouting going on in the main room of the small ship.

"Let's jog their memories." Rachel said as she followed Kuki into the main room.

The main room was the biggest room on the ship, rectangle shaped and had couch like seats attached to the wall.

"I'm with the Pat guy, I want to just what the hell is happening and I want to know now!" shouted a Jamaican voice.

"Yeah, we have a right to know, don't we?!" agreed Tara.

Kuki and Rachel arrived to see Wally massaging his temples as he was being yelled at by Patton, Arthur, Tara, Herbie, Pete, Peter, Ted, Angelie, Isaac, Virginia, and Bartie while Tommy, Lee, and Sonya tried to calm them down.

Kuki sighed, not happy seeing her boyfriend being yelled at like this.

"SHUT UP! WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN RIGHT NOW SO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN!" she screamed.

All eleven newcomers immediately sat down, not wanting to invoke the Japanese girl's wrath.

"Thanks Kuki." Wally said as he walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek.

"Any time." Kuki said, blushing.

Rachel stood in the center of the room. "Alright listen up. You eleven are just a fraction of the amount of teens all over the world that are being targeted by the Kids Next Door. The KND is a secret organization that battles adult and teen tyranny when operatives turn thirteen their memories are erased. Their new leader turned out to be evil and he used a mind control device to control all of them. A few of them managed to get away and recommission all of us. I'm Numbuh 362, a former supreme leader but you can call me Rachel. The two young lovers are Numbuhs 3 and 4 aka Kuki and Wally. The guy flying the ship is Numbuh 2 aka Hoagie. And those three over there are Numbuh 83 aka Sonya, Numbuh 84 aka Lee, and Tommy." She finished.

"That's The Tommy." Tommy corrected. Rachel ignored him.

"You were all former operatives once. Patton you were Numbuh 60; our top drill sergeant. Tara you were Numbuh 10, leader of Sector L and a newscaster. Herbie and Isaac you were two of our top science nerds, you were Numbuhs 65.3 and 74.239 respectively. Arthur you were Numbuh 1-Love and the leader of Sector J. And Virginia you were... oh forget it. Bottom line is we have a way to restore your memories and you can help us save the world, what do you say?" Rachel asked as she took out the recommissioning module form a compartment she put it in.

All eleven young people looked at her like she had another head coming out of the stomach.

"Bullshit." Said Patton blankly, not buying it for an instant.

"Great, we got rescued by crazy people and now they want us to join them." Muttered Tara.

"Talk about a bad day." Muttered Arthur as he shook his head.

"That's it, I'm calling the cops." Said Angelie as she got up to look for a phone.

"Okay, don't believe me? Look in here; you'll get your answers." Rachel said as she held up the recommissioning module.

Everyone looked at it, and a flash engulfed the room.

They were all still for a minute before Patton got up.

"Hot damn I'm back!" he cheered. Wally ran over to him and shook his hand.

"Good to have ya back Pat." He said.

"Nice to see you too Beatles." Patton said.

He glanced at Kuki. "See you finally fessed up." He said.

"I remember it all." Said Tara.

"Me too." Said Bartie, shaking his head to regain himself.

"Me three." Said Virginia, glancing at Bartie and blushing. "What a rush." she added, shaking her head.

"Nice to have everyone back." Said Sonya.

"Well it's nice to be back." Said Arthur. He looked up to Rachel. "So where's Abby, or did the kids of the damned get her too?" he asked.

"She's fine. She's off to have a chat with Chad." She answered.

"Numbuh 274?" asked Peter, dumbfounded.

"We don't need that traitor!" said Pete, remembering what Chad had tried to do to the moon base.

"Yes we do. We need everyone we can get." Kuki said.

"Listen guys I ain't too happy with the idea of Chad being brought back either, but right now the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Wally said.

Patton nodded, then looked to Rachel. "So do we get decommissioned all over again if we win this?" he asked.

Kuki noticed Virginia had placed her hand on top of Bartie's, remembering they had been in a relationship prior to decommissioning.

"No, Abby and the current operatives have already decided that we keep our memories and I agree with them. We'll erase your memories, only if you want us to. Sound fair?" she asked.

Everyone nodded or said words of agreement. "I'm in." said Herbie.

"Let's do it." Said Patton, grinning his cocky grin.

Rachel noticed Isaac slinking behind the others. "Numbuh 74.239!" she called, making him stop dead in his tracks.

"Now Numbuh 362, sir. I can explain anything you might want to know about..."

"Save it! We're going to have a chat once we get to our base of operations." She said, glaring at him.

"And where would that be?" asked Angelie.

"The fortress." Answered Rachel as the ship flew through sky.

54321

Everything was numb.

Numbness had completely engulfed Ian. "Ooohhh..." he moaned as he opened his eyes. He heard someone talking above him.

"Are you sure this will work?" asked Ryan's voice.

"Yes, but remember, only for an hour."

Ian could see both Ryan and Consortium standing over him, but Consortium's mask was gone and it now had the face of black mist, but Ian was so dazed and confused he briefly forgot about Consortium..

"W-what... where...? Am I... was I..."

"Dead? You were. Welcome back to the world of the living. For an hour anyway." Ryan said.

Ian gasped in air.

Dead. He had been dead.

"Calm down! Don't let your heart rate go up too much... we wouldn't want you having a heart attack now would we?" said Ryan, trying to comfort the newly resurrected Ian.

Ian calmed down slightly. Then he remembered what had happen and the events leading up to his temporary demise.

"YOU!" he screamed as he tried to lunge at Ryan, but strong leather straps held him down.

"Okay, so you remember, didn't take long." Ryan muttered as he smirked at the struggling Ian.

"You bet I do! Let me out of here so I can kick your butt!" Ian yelled as he tried to get free, the shock of everything had caused Ian to be very direct.

"I don't think so Ian, you see we have need of you." Ryan said, beginning to grin.

"We?" asked Ian, and then Grandfather came into his field of vision. "Consortium!" he cried.

"I have no use for that name anymore young man. You may call me Grandfather." He said as the black shroud covering his face faded and revealed the sinister visage.

Ian was stunned, too horrified and overwhelmed by what was happening to him to speak.

"Finally, silence. Honestly it's a bit of a whiplash with you." Said Ryan as he shook his head. He leaned in. "Ian, I'm going to give you a choice; either you can help us capture Jenna and what remains of your 'Consortium Hunters' and we'll let you and your friends live in peace and we'll find a way to keep you alive longer than an hour or you can defy us and we'll use you as an example of what will happen when someone defies us. What do you say Ian? Serve or fight?" Ryan asked.

"Go fuck yourself." Ian growled suddenly, a furious look in his eyes.

"I'd say that's a no." Grandfather said sarcastically.

"Very well, Ian. You were given life anew and you throw it away. How selfish." Ryan said as he shook his head in a disappointed manner.

"Ain't that the pot calling the kettle black." Muttered Ian.

"Joke all you want Ian. I was just going to use your body as a way of luring Jenna into a trap, but she has forced my hand by recommissioning Sector V." Ryan snapped.

"She did it? She actually managed to bring them back?" Ian asked in amazement.

"It's true, and I've got the battle damage to prove it." Said Grandfather, showing Ian the various holes and marks all over his armor.

Ian smiled. "That's my girl."

"Yes, well your girl has just earned herself some emotional trauma. When she is brought here in chains she will see your body hung like a trophy. If that won't break her nothing will. Maybe I'll even have mercy and put you two beside each other, because I'm planning to do the same thing to her." He said, grinning in Ian's face.

"The hell you will!" yelled Ian as he once again tried to get free, but failed.

"Don't bother Ian. In forty five minutes you will be taken to the assembly hall room where as many decommissioned KND operatives as we can get will be waiting for you, there you will be executed in front of them to make them see that we are their new lords and masters. Then I'll use the mind control device on them and my army will multiply times ten! And then no one, not even the great Sector V will be able to stop us!" Ryan cheered.

He turned to exit the room with Grandfather and a bodyguard following him and Ian saw something familiar about the guard who followed Ryan out.

"Violet?" he asked silently.

He had to figure a way out of this and stop Ryan or at least slow him down.

But how?

Transmission Interrupted...

Whoo! Longest chapter ever. I will never do one this long ever again.

Numbuh 10 was never given a real name in the show so I named her after her voice actress, Tara Strong, adding her maiden name Charendoff that she used in her nineties voice acting credits. Numbuh 1-Love wasn't given a real name either so I named him Arthur.

Most of the old KND members that they've saved will be supporting characters but 78 and 42 are just going to be background characters and might get one or two lines in the future, although I can guarantee that the others will speak.

Ian was originally going to stay dead, but I decided there needed to be more emotional torment for both Jenna and Ian, plus I think Ian needs some more development to make you really feel sorry for both of them.