Woo hoo! I actually broke through a hundred reviews! (Does a dance) Anyway, there's no way I'm gonna write chapters as long as that last one. Why? Because I stayed up 'till 11 o' clock to finish it, then I couldn't feel my fingers the next morning. Anyway, to my reviewers...
too hyper for sugar- Haven't heard from you in a while, but that's okay. Anyway, can't wait to read it. HA HA! That's pretty tempting... But I don't wanna steal anything, so...
macka746- I added that part in last minute 'cause I thought it would be funny. Yet, I'd be annoyed if it was me having to explain it to my friends.
sstoons3425- Very confused. BUTCH & SALLY: Like Hannah in Spanish class! "No comprendo!"
wildflower12- Of course I'm gonna write more! With this many reviews, why would I wanna stop? I'd actually be afraid for my life if I announced that I was discontinuing this.
krazykookiegirl- I'm actually kinda curious on how you'd finish this...
evemiliana- No worries. Actually, I already mentioned their kid somewhere in this story. I was wondering if anyone would find it, even though its pretty vague 'cause no one knows Lee's last name.
Moonstar 11- Ugh, same here. There's a few stories that I have to read like ten times before I can get the OC's names straight. RAE: HA! I'm another person's favorite character! IN YOUR FACES! LARA: Aw, come on you guys! Its not so bad! ANDY: Who are you to talk? You're the second favorite! LARA: I meant its not so bad for me...
DarkXRachel- I've been wanting to add that line since that all Rae chapter, but I haven't been able to find a good place for it until that last chapter.
NinjaSheik- RAE: WOO! BEST CHAPTER! (chants while doing that stupid dance again) KYRA: Dude, you weren't even in that chapter! RAE: So? I was mentioned! Which is more than you can say! KYRA: Shut-up! RAE: No you shut-up! (Andy bangs their heads together) KYRA & RAE: OUCH!
Laurie43- PATTON: Its not like I was telling the truth or anything! (laughs nervously as Rae stares at him)
PureWolfWarrior- RACHEL- Well they were!
Number 6- BUTCH: WE'RE BACK! WE'RE BACK! RAE: Dude, what are you doing? BUTCH: Singing and dancing. RAE: Oh, okay then (Stare at each other for a second) BUTCH & RAE: WE'RE BACK! WE'RE BACK! WE'RE- FANNY: SHUT-UP! BUTCH & RAE: SORRY!
On with the story!
Year 2010
Chris's POV
Can I just say something? Butch is an idiot. And proud of it.
You know, I didn't think it would be so bad at first, having Lara and Rae away from the rest of the sector. Not that I hate them or anything, 'cause they're both pretty cool when they wanna be. Nah, I just thought it might be quieter with both of them miles and miles away.
That way, Butch doesn't bug Rae. That way, she doesn't plot a ten times worse revenge against him, as we all know she will. "I don't play to get even. Momma plays to win," is her favorite thing to say after she gets back at him. Then, the two will team up and plan something stupid against Kyra, their favorite target as she's somehow always the last person to make either one mad.
And then I don't have to listen to Andy and Lara argue over anything stupid. Then again, Andy has hardly said much of anything since we traveled back in time. Then again, neither have I. But on the other hand, I'm not a person for words anyway. Andy's different. He likes to be as much of a goofball as he can in front of everyone. I've been asked a few times why he wont talk, but I tell them the same thing every time: "He's just probably making sure you're not all crazy. Don't worry about it. Once he opens up, you wont be able to get him to shut-up."
Anyway, back on subject. Why is Butch an idiot? Because he's bored enough to turn his pranking powers against me. I don't know why he tries so hard either. All anyone has to do is stick their foot out in the middle of a walkway, and there's a pretty good chance that I wont see it.
Yeah, I'm clumsy. But its not my fault I can't see very well! I got hit in the face with a baseball once when I was little, and everything's been a little blurry ever since. Glasses don't work on me though. Trust me, I've begged for glasses and/or contacts before, but they only make it worse. I'm fine though. Sometimes I can see things clearer, and other times I can't. It sucks, but hey, who's perfect?
Okay, back to the present. Uh... past. Or is it present because we're here? But its still already happened, so its the past. But this hasn't happened from this side, so its the present. Past? Present? Oh never mind! Sheesh, now I'm giving myself headaches! Not cool.
ANYWAY! Before I get distracted by nothing again, there's a bunch of us on the couch, just watching TV. Nothing interesting.
I'm sitting by myself at the far end 'cause I don't feel like talking to anyone right now.
Andy, Kyra, and their dad are on the other side. Kyra and her dad are tinkering with some little gadget thing while Andy's sitting on Kyra's other side looking as bored as I am.
Hannah, Sally, and their mom are a little ways away from me, talking about Rainbow Monkeys, I think.
I had to suppress a smile as I pictured what Sally must be thinking right now. I mean, sure, she likes Rainbow Monkeys like most girls. (Only reason I say most is 'cause the only girl I've ever met that loathes Rainbow Monkeys is Rae). But I don't think she's ever truly fell in love with the things. I don't think she's ever gone ten minutes with talking only about Rainbow Monkeys.
You probably can't tell from just looking at her, but because she's been my best friend for years, I can tell she's seriously bored. Its those little things you have to watch for. Like that bleary-eyed look she wore that was very hard to catch. And that fake smile that isn't nearly as pretty as her real one, buts still kinda cute.
Yes, I think her smile is pretty! Leave me alone!
I don't know where anyone else is, or what they're doing except that Dad got a call and is in the Mission Specs room talking to Rae's mom.
Kyra announced that she would be back in sec., (not that anyone cared), and left. Andy and Kyra's mom walked in and crossed in front of the TV just as another commercial about the latest laundry detergent that worked ten times better droned on.
I looked around at everybody again, (at Sally a little longer than anyone else), and saw something I hadn't seen in days: Andy's mischievous smirk. Oh boy.
Just as Andy's mom passed right in front of his dad, he let out a wolf whistle. Of course, 'cause he hasn't said anything, she didn't suspect Andy of anything for a second. Andy's dad didn't even look up from whatever he was tinkering with, so pointing an accusing finger at him without him noticing must have been pretty easy. The poor guy wasn't expecting her to hit him with her hat, which was exactly what happened.
"Ouch! What was that for?" But he might as well asked his unfinished machine, as she was already out of the room grumbling angrily about what sounded like, "Pervert!"
I snorted while Sally scolded, "That wasn't very nice!" But Andy was too busy laughing.
His dad wasn't though. "What'd you do that for?!"
He obviously wasn't expecting an answer. "Sorry, man. Couldn't resist," he shrugged.
Sally's mom and Andy's dad jumped about a foot in the air and looked at Andy as if he were a bomb.
"You- You don't talk!"
"Well my lips are moving, and words are coming out," he said smartly. Now that's the Andy that I know.
"Are you finally gonna start talking to us now?" Hannah asked coolly.
"Probably."
"What about crashing into the walls and doors?" I sneered. "You gonna do that again?"
He ignored his dad's confused look completely. "Shut-up, Uno."
"Make me, Gilligan."
"Meh."
"Meh." Argument's over.
Kyra came back and plopped herself between her dad and her twin as if nothing happened. Which, as far as she knows, was nothing at all.
It took a few seconds to get over the shock of Andy's personality finally coming back. And when those few seconds were over, the bored atmosphere came back too.
We were in danger of falling asleep in front of the TV for the next two minutes until Dad burst through the door announcing, "Sector V! Emergency!" The alarm was blaring through the speakers throughout the tree house.
"What is it Numbuh 1?!" Andy's mom and Sally's dad with Butch came in two seconds after Dad did.
"Numbuh 86! She-"
"Phe! If Numbuh 86 is in trouble, let 'er boyfriend handle it!" Butch's dad snapped in annoyance.
"What?" he asked, confused. "No! Its not Numbuh 86 who's in trouble! We have to go to Father's mansion! Now!" Not ever, even as an adult have I ever seen him panicking like how he is now.
"Numbuh 1," Andy's mom said in a soothing kind of tone. "Calm down! What happened?"
Dad wouldn't calm down. He was pacing back and forth very fast, and he looked like he was gonna hyperventilate. In all honesty, it was kinda funny.
When he answered, he seemed to have lost the ability to speak in complete sentences. "Lara--Soompreme Leader--Teen Ninjas--Attack--Moonbase--Kidnap--Gone--Father--Mansion!"
Okay, not funny anymore. "Where's Lara?!" I demanded.
"We--have--go--now!" Dad tried dragging me by the wrist, but I refused to move.
"Where is my sister?!"
He didn't have the chance to answer because Andy's mom pulled him away and started to shake him by the shoulders. "Numbuh 1! Calm down!"
"Can't calm down Numbuh 5! We have to-"
Slap!
Okay, its funny again.
"Get a hold of yourself!" She shook him by the shoulders again.
When she stopped, he looked at her all confused, as if he didn't know who she was. But that didn't last long, but the red hand mark on his cheek did. "I needed that," he said as he rubbed his cheek rather ruefully.
I heard Butch whisper, "I could've done that!" I elbowed him in the gut as a signal for him to shut-up.
"Now," Andy's mom tried again. "What happened?"
"Father kidnapped Lara after he tried to take over the Moonbase because he thought she was Rachel." Even after he regained his cool, he said all this really fast.
"Oh no!" Sally's mom cried with huge eyes. Even with the urgency in the situation, I couldn't help but think, She and Hannah are definitely related.
"Oh yes," Dad insisted back in leader mode which kinda reminded me of Lara. "And I'll need all your help," he motioned to us future operatives, "to get her back."
We (future Sector V) looked at each other for a second before nodding one by one.
"Good. Now, I can't keep track of all eleven of you, so we'll assign a temporary leader for-"
"Christopher is second in command," Sally interrupted. "As long as Lara's not here, he's our leader."
Dad stared at her. Then turned his gaze toward me as if I was the last person he would think would be second. When no one looked like they were kidding, he went on as if he just came into realization.
"Yes, Chris will keep track of the other half when we break into Father's mansion. Kids Next Door, battle stations!"
Okay, so no one says that back at home unless we're fighting here and now. So excuse us if it looked a little weird when our parents sprang into action and sprinted towards the ship, all yelling their excited battle cries. We stood there for a few seconds staring after them. Sally shook her head; Hannah looked confused; Kyra raised her eyebrow; Andy and Butch looked like they were trying not to laugh. Then they stared at me, waiting for instructions.
"Um... Kids Next Door, battle stations?" I said with less of a clue to what I was supposed to say.
"Woo!" they all said back in mock-enthusiasm, and we ran after them.
Later In Front Of Father's Mansion
We were crouched behind some hedges in front of Father's Mansion, totally hidden.
After taking one look at this place, I instantly realized where we were, but didn't point it out because Butch and Andy would probably say something like, "What are you? The president of the Obvious Club?"
Anyway, since we got here so fast, we didn't really discuss a plan on how we were going to rescue my sister, so we were doing it now. Dad was drawing on the ground with a stick to indicate what and how we were going to do this.
Now, back with my bad eyesight. It wasn't going bad right now or anything, but an advantage I had was my hearing was overdeveloped.
So, sometimes its more of a curse than a blessing at times like when Butch steals Rae's hat for kicks and she goes on a screaming rampage.
But other times, like now, I can't help but thank my lucky stars that my ears are picking up small sounds.
While everyone else was bending over to see what Dad was drawing, I thought I heard a twig snap followed by footsteps some ten feet away. Silently, I picked up one of the weapons on the ground (which was a real piece of junk), and slowly headed toward the noise. Its a good think that the dirt was smooth and flat so I wouldn't trip over anything, and it made staying hidden easier.
"Uh, Chris," said Dad, looking up from his drawing. "What are you doing?"
"Shh!" I waved for him to be quiet without turning to look at him because I was so focused on listening for movement. That was signal enough for my sector to carefully pick up their own weapons and get in a fighting stance.
"Hear something?" Sally whispered. "What was it?"
"Footsteps," I answered, still straining to hear any kind of movement, but I couldn't hear anything. After a few more seconds, I forced myself to relax. "I guess it might've been a squirrel or-- GET DOWN!" I heard the gun's click as the person prepared to fire a second before they did. I pulled Sally to the ground with me as a laser was shot right over our heads. And when I say "right over our heads" I mean "so close to hitting us I could feel the heat of the laser over my head". And my hood had fallen over my face, so that's enough to say that it was very close, and whoever shot at us had a very good aim.
I guess whoever it was realized that they didn't anything except a hedge, and ran away. I know 'cause I could hear their footsteps, and sprinted towards them.
I caught up with them pretty quickly. I couldn't tell who this guy was because he was pretty careful of covering his face with a hood from an overly-large gray sweatshirt.
With my careful aim, I shot the laser out of their hand before they could use it again. But this guy wasn't going to give up easily. They kicked up a rock from the ground like a soccer ball, and lobbed it at my hand, forcing me to drop my own weapon.
I'll admit it, this guy was good. But is he good enough?
We immediately launched into a hand-to-hand battle. After each of us threw and dodge some carefully-aimed punches and kicks, it was pretty much a combination of kick boxing and wrestling.
No matter what I tried to get him to weaken his defenses, he only turned the tables so that I was put on the defensive. Neither was winning or losing, as we were both on the same page until I stumbled backwards over my discarded weapon. It was a very small stumble, not even big enough to make me lose my balance, but this guy was very fast, and used my small mistake against me. Before I knew it, I was slammed into a nearby tree, and had to duck as a fist slammed into its trunk because it nearly hit my face. I used that as a small advantage and grabbed his arm and pulled it into a painful angle behind their back, and forced him to face the tree trunk. I took a quick breath and spun him again so he was in the same position I was in, and raised my fist to punch him.
But I stopped as I realized it wasn't a him, it was a her! "Lair?"
"Chris?"
That was the first time I realized that my hood wasn't covering my face anymore.
"What are you doing here?"
"We were on our way into town to get pizza when we decided to stop and- Why do you think we're here?!"
"No need to be hurtful," she pouted teasingly.
"Ha! I told ya he'd win!" an unexpected voice called out in triumph.
"Andy?"
"Crud!" yelled another voice, followed by curses in Japanese.
"Butch?"
"Pay up, man!"
Lair and I walked over to the two voices, where we saw Butch was reluctantly handing a triumphant-looking Andy a fistful of coins.
"You were gambling on who would win?!" Lair shrieked indignantly.
"Uh, yeah. I thought now that Rae's gone, I might be able to win a few bets. I can hardly ever win 'cause she always predicts what's gonna happen," Andy explained.
"And you bet against me?"
"To be fair, I didn't know who you were. I thought it might've taken longer than usual to get one of your famous plans to work."
Lair grumbled to herself angrily.
"If it makes you happy, I'll never bet against you again when I know its you. Deal?" He held out his hand for her to shake.
It sounded pretty stupid to me, but she held out her hand too. "Deal." Their hands met and she gave a loud yelp and jumped away in surprise. "What the-?"
Andy held up his hand to show he was wearing one of those shock-buzzers, and started laughing.
"What kind of a person apologizes then shocks the person who they apologized to, ya jerk?!" she shouted at him while punching his arm repeatedly. He received five extra blows because he didn't stop laughing.
"That so counts!"
"Does not!"
"What counts?" Andy's mom asked, totally confused.
"Counts as being able to trick her. We do it all the time. You know, play stupid pranks to test who's better. Battle of the smarts."
"Oh, you'll be smarting by the time I'm done with you," Lair growled as she rolled up her sleeves.
"Ahh!"
And with that, he ran away with his hands in the air like in a roller coaster with Lair hot on his heals.
Okay, I don't have much to say now except that if I get enough reviews, I'll update in a few days as I'm finally on spring break. I can't decide on a particular number, but I might be persuaded to write before I start my hibernation. So review! Later!