HELLO PEOPLE OF THE WORLD AND WISCONSIN! I'M SO HAPPY! AND HYPER! WHY? 'CAUSE I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE MORP DANCE. THAT'S PROM BACKWARDS 'CAUSE I'M STILL ONLY IN THE EIGHTH GRADE. (THIRTEEN YEARS OLD FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT) 'Kay, overusing the caps. So, my ankles are killing me, but thankfully not my fingers. Man, I wished my crush would've asked me to dance, but he has a girlfriend, so that sucked. Oh well, HIS LOSS! If anyone here knows what I'm talking about say "YEAH!" in the review. Random, but so am I!
And to those of you that didn't vote on my pole, GO VOTE! IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE AN ANONYMOUS REVIEWER, ANYONE CAN VOTE! Overusing the caps again. Oh, and for those of you that couldn't decide on ONE character, I'M ALLOWING FOUR VOTES! Stupid, tempting caps...
Still nothing funny coming to mind. So no offense if I didn't respond.
To my reviewers...
laughytaffy- Wouldn't that be so cool? Just seeing into the future like that? Awesome! I love my scrambled brain sometimes...
PureWolfWarrior- Oh my gosh, I LOVE thinking up the flashforwards that they could have! Its just hilarious how they would react!
RidingtheRoughWaters- Creative Chica? THAT'S ME! (smiles like an idiot)
sstoons3425- I'm coming up with different flashforwards for all the different characters, I just don't know who should have them yet though.
evemiliana- BUTCH: Ha! Chick fight with only one chick! (pulls popcorn out of nowhere) Let the battle begin!
Laurie43- Ugh, I couldn't figure out how to bring in that couple before, and the flashforward was just too perfect.
dragonaqua- RAE: Too bad I can't be a smart-mouth up on the moon. (Makes sure no one is listening) Or so the think... (laughs maniacally)
aiden673- I'm getting there! I'm getting there! All in due time!
Angelic Sakura Blossom- My cousin's wedding reception was decorated similarly to the one that I made up. Wouldn't it just be so cute to have one exactly like that? LIZZIE: WHAT DID YOU SAY? ME: How the crud did you get in here? LIZZIE: What did you say about my Nigie? You wanna piece of me b- ME: This is an all ages story Lizzie! Take it outside! LIZZIE: Oh! I'm planning on it! Where are you running to? Yeah, you better run!
KNDFANGIRL- BUTCH: (singing and dancing) She likes me! Your reviewer likes me! I got a vote! RAE: Pfft! Big deal! I'm still in the lead! BUTCH: By one vote! RAE: What's your point?
macka746- Man, I wish I remembered the title! You'd think it would've stuck in my head 'cause it was such an awesome book. If I ever remember, I'll tell ya.
Moonstar 11- RACHEL: I don't think I wanna see my future. 'Cause then I'm gonna have to tell what I saw, and if its with Nigel...Talk about embarrassing!
On with the story!
Year 2010
For the first time in a long while, the Moonbase was quiet. Why? Because most of the operatives went home for the weekend to go on their family vacations, and only a few remained behind. Numbuh 362 was one of those few.
Oh yes, no family vacation to go home to for her. Parents were too busy. Not that she minded anyway. After learning of these flashforwards that could occur at any time, it was better that she remained alone.
Numbuh 1 planned to tell his team about the visions, and she was going to tell Numbuhs 23, 35, 60, and 86. Numbuhs 23 and 35 were easy to find before they took off for Earth, and were informed briefly. Numbuhs 60 and 86 on the other hand, had simply vanished.
The Computuh had told her that neither had left. The module had told her that much, but not exactly where they were. For safety reasons, the Computuh had been programmed not to locate the exact position of a Kids Next Door operative. It was a good thing in cases of times when Teen Ninjas somehow manage to hack their systems, but horrible at times like this.
Just when Numbuh 362's frustration was reaching its breaking point, a familiar green baseball cap stuck out like a sore thumb in her vision. But as she approached Rae, she was forced to realize that she was quite alone.
"Sup?" was the greeting she received from the future oddball.
"Nothing. Hey, have you seen," she hesitated, "your parents?" Boy, if either one of them heard that, they would've killed her. It was just an unspoken, unofficial rule between them that no one should mention any kind of relation to the future Sector V closer than a cousin. Unfortunately, as it was unspoken, Rae knew nothing of it, and it had to be spelled out.
"Actually, no."
"Well you and, Numbuh 86," she had to use the codename because a couple of operatives were walking past them, "left my office together."
"Well, we walked half way to her office until she said she had loads of work to do, and I should go to the Whisbee Deck or something so I wouldn't get bored and break something. Smart move on her part if you ask me."
"Right." Something was funny there, but Numbuh 362 didn't say it out loud. "Okay, so see ya later."
Rae responded with a nonverbal cross between a salute and a wave goodbye, and moved on towards her destination.
Numbuh 362, on the other hand, stood rooted to the spot, going over what Rae had told her. "...she said she had loads of work to do..." No she didn't. Numbuh 362 tried not to give operatives work on the weekends. And besides that, what kind of work could she possibly have? There were no operatives who had escaped decommissioning, no mission reports to fill out, no work that she could be so busy with that she would have to send Rae the the Whisbee Deck...on the other side of the Moonbase.
Usually, on times like these, Numbuh 362 would respect her friend's privacy and walk away. After all, it wasn't any of her business. If Numbuh 86 wanted her to know, she would have told her. But curiosity got the better of her, and she set off on her quest to the Decommissioning Officer's office.
By the time she got to her destination, a mixture of curiosity and guilt was eating her up from the inside.
What could she be doing? and Should I find out? were the two questions that kept chasing each other around her head.
Numbuh 362's hand gripped the doorknob firmly, but didn't proceed to turn it. She let the two questions fight it out in her brain for a second before her wondering what Numbuh 86 could be doing finally took over.
She turned the knob before her guilt got up and started to fight back again. What she saw made her close the door as quickly as she opened it, and dash all the way to her own office without stopping to acknowledge the operatives around her.
Once there, she wrenched open the door, slammed it behind her, and locked it. After that, she leaned against it, panting from exhaustion of making it from Numbuh 86's office to her own in what was probably record time. After a few seconds of this, she transferred her weight to her desk before her fatigue overcame and forced her to sit down. She was still panting, but not as hard as before. Still, she dropped her head into her hands, thinking.
In Numbuh 86's office...She was there...And why shouldn't she be? It was her office...But that wasn't why she ran, why she panicked.
In Numbuh 86's office, was Numbuh 86...with Numbuh 60...KISSING!
And not just sweet little kisses either! Oh no! Their arms were snaked around each other, and they were in a major lip-lock! Besides going through that less-than-two-second video in her head, she wondered how they were able to breathe.
It took longer than ten minutes for her to be able to calm down. Then she started looking at the two in her head in a new perspective.
It was true that Numbuhs 60 and 86 could be considered friends. After all, he was probably the only boy alive whom she didn't yell at in a fit of temper. And when she did yell, he didn't cower, but stood his ground without losing his own temper and yelling right back. They had grown a reasonable amount of respect for each other that eventually grew into a friendship.
But never once had Numbuh 362 actually considered it being more than a friendship. Never once, did she stop to wonder if there was some quality that Numbuh 60 possessed that he was treated differently from all the other boys that Numbuh 86 has ever encountered. After all, Numbuh 60 was just like any other boy anywhere. He liked boyish things, he did boyish things, laughed at boyish things, and was just plain boyish.
But she merely passed it off as two operatives who had accepted that they were going to work together, and might as well make the best of it. But even that didn't fit. There were many male operatives that Numbuh 86 spent time around the clock with without ever feeling the slightest bit of affection. No, this had been building for some time. For how long, she wasn't even sure.
She distinctively remembered them getting along back in their early days of being in the Kids Next Door, when Numbuh 86 was assistant nurse something-or-other. That was when she didn't mind boys much. She particularly didn't mind Numbuh 60. After all, he helped and respected her in the Academy. That might have been around the time when things started to grow between them.
Nothing would be for certain unless she asked, and that wasn't gonna happen! Never in a million years! She could already see their reddening faces in her mind's eye. Then they would ask her how she found out. That wouldn't be a pleasant story to tell.
Which was why she was amazed at how Rae was able to tell the very unpleasant story about them getting married without so much as feeling guilty.
Then again, it did help her think, for the first time, about Numbuhs 60 and 86. Together. Yes, they were very much alike. Both hardworking and loyal with tempers more explosive than volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io. But they were also quiet and thoughtful, much to many peoples' disbelief. Maybe, they really could be good for each other. They definitely looked very sweet together. Huh, this could work.
Numbuh 362's thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. She slowly got up, and answered it.
It was Numbuh 60.
Oh, this just got interesting.
"Sup?"
She decided to just play it cool. After all, he had no idea that she had witnessed what he was doing in Numbuh 86's office.
"That sounds familiar," she said coolly, stepping aside to allow him to enter.
"Yeah, ran into Rae. She told me about your little conversation."
She waited with baited breath, hoping he didn't add two and two and figure out what happened.
He didn't. Numbuh 362 had a brief flashback of Numbuh 86 yelling about how boys were too stupid to figure things out on their own. She quickly shook the thought away.
"You said that you wanted to see Numbuh 86 and me. Numbuh 86 went home, but I'm here."
"Uh huh." It took a few seconds to remember why she went out looking for the new couple in the first place, and quickly explained the flashforwards that he might experience at any time.
"Is that what those are called?" he said when she was done.
"Yeah, I guess they're--Wait! You've had them before?"
"Oh yeah."
"Since when?"
"Since Rae stayed at the Arctic Training Base with me. I was getting them all the time. I just thought that keeping her around all the time finally made me lose it."
"I wasn't aware you even had it."
"Hey!"
"So, you got them a lot?"
"Yeah. I'd just start getting these thoughts going through my head, like I was remembering something. But it was stuff from the future. And then the base would disappear, and I was on the day that I was thinking about. I didn't say anything to Rae 'cause I thought that she'd do another dance about a victory."
"And that's bad?"
"You don't wanna know." He shook his head.
"Did you tell anyone?"
"Actually, yeah. I was just telling Numbuh 86 while I was in her office just now. Before I came here, I mean."
Yeah, I'll bet that's what you were doing, Numbuh 362 thought grimly. "So, what did you see?"
"Nothing important," he shrugged. "Mostly my life after decommissioning. Teenage life, high school. I guess you can blame me for why Rae is such a weirdo."
"Why?"
"Apparently, I spend a lot of time in detention with Numbuh 4 in high school."
Numbuh 362 smiled. Typical Patton.
"What did you see?"
"Nothing!" she said a little too quickly.
"Come on! I told you about my visions. 'Fess up!"
Numbuh 362 stared directly at his feet when she spoke. "My wedding reception," she mumbled.
"Oh." He tried to sound embarrassed for her, but she could here him straining to cover the laugh that was trying to escape him. "Anything interesting?"
What a stupid question! She couldn't resist smacking his arm.
"What'd I do?" he said innocently, rubbing his arm where she hit him.
"Anything interesting?" she said in a sickening imitation of his voice. "What kind of a question is that?" she snapped.
"I meant," he said heatedly without raising his voice, "did you recognize anyone?"
"Oh," she said, anger disappearing. "Uh, yeah. You were there, with Fanny." She put emphasis on the last two words, seeing what his reaction would be. Not even a blush.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, you were engaged."
"How can you tell?" he said a bit quickly, then quickly cast his eyes toward the floor.
"I dunno. I just looked at you two sitting next to each other, and instantly thought fiance."
He nodded in response.
"Then Numbuhs 3 and 4 were sharing the table with you. They were already married," she said, remembering. "And Numbuhs 2 and 5 were at the table next to yours with Numbuh 1's parents. And at the table next the theirs' was Numbuh 2's little brother, Tommy."
Numbuh 60 snickered, then fell silent again.
"He was talking to Harvey--you know, my brother--and Numbuhs 83 and 84." Then she remembered something else. "Numbuh 84 proposed to her."
Numbuh 60 smirked. "I knew it. They're just like Numbuhs 3 and 4: totally predictable.
Okay, that's enough for this chapter. Its already past midnight, and my feet still hurt.
Now here's something to think about: I'm having a contest. Uh, I guess you could consider it a contest. Or maybe just a way to get some say in this story. See, I saw from your reviews that a lot of people were interested in these flashforwards that I introduced you to in the last chapter. And, 'cause I know I'm gonna get writer's block again, here's the deal: you can come up with the flashforwards for this story. They could be about any character in the present, seeing into any part of their future lives that you're interested in. You could add couples and their children, their adulthood, whatever. Here are the rules though:
1. As for the couples, I don't accept slash. I'm not homophobic, but KND is still a kids show, so yeah.
2. There are some characters that I already paired up and gave children. And no matter how hard I try, I wont be able to change them. Some of those couples are Maurice/Cree and Ace the Kid/Numbuh 10.
3. If you've payed any attention to Chris when he was explaining the flashforwards, you'll understand that they can't see anything farther into the future than 2032, which is where my OCs are from.
4. Under NO condition will I change the couples that I'm writing about. So if someone out there wants something about 1/5, guess what? THIS AIN'T THE PLACE FOR YOU!
5. I prefer not to have too many OCs, 'cause they're difficult to write about when I didn't create them.
6. Even though I still have no idea who Tommy, Chad, and Harvey should end up with, I already have their kids. So spouses are still open.
7. Flashforwards have to still make sense if put into context of what my fantasy future is. The good thing is that I didn't get into too many juicy details, so there's still plenty of stuff that would apply.
Okay, so even if you don't have any ideas, I'd appreciate some reviews.
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