Part 23: Welcome to Visit
Nigel and Rachel are back at the ship where they load Chad's clone into the cargo hold, where Chad and Cree put Infinity and Numbuh 74.239.
"You aren't worried he's gonna kill 'em in there?" Cree asks sarcastically.
"That's not our problem. I don't what he does, they're all going to the same place anyway. I doubt he can attack anyone when he can't even stand up." Rachel quips.
"Well let's just back to Earth then." Nigel says. Cree pilots the ship with Rachel co-piloting. Nigel goes to check on Chad.
"How is your leg doing Chad?" Nigel asks.
"My leg's fine. It should be perfect again in a week. I'm more about you though Nigel. You seem fine but I know what you had to do to the other you. I want to know what your thought process is." Chad replies.
"If you wanna know how it feels to kill someone I can answer that. It's fucking awful, but I had no other choice. I honestly just don't want to think about it right now. All I can do with that is move on from it." Nigel firmly answers. Chad leans to Nigel and puts a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm proud of you Nigel. You're handling this better than most adults would handle it. It's over, we can go home now, and things'll be like they were before. Let's just sit back and watch a movie." Chad suggests. They are about to put in a movie when Rachel runs back to them.
"Fellas, we got company." Rachel informs them. Chad grabs a crutch and walks to the front of the ship with Nigel in tow.
When they get to the front, they see a spaceship in the distance.
"Who is it?" Nigel asks.
"I don't know, but they are trying to send us a video message." Cree explains.
"Put them on the monitor." Chad instructs.
They put the message on the monitor. It's Lizzie and Vincent fresh from their escape from Titan.
"Lizzie?" Nigel asks surprised.
"Guys! You made it!" Lizzie says, happy to see the Squad.
"Made it? What do you mean?" Rachel asks.
"Let's link up first. I wanna have a face to face." Lizzie says.
"Yeah no problem, let me come your way." Cree says. She flies the ship up under Lizzie's to get in through the roof hatches.
The Squad gets out of their ship to greet Lizzie and Vincent.
"Hey guys." Lizzie says.
"What are you guys doing here? Figured you'd head back to Pegasi." Nigel says.
"That was the plan, but we had to change them when Galactic assassins showed up." Vincent says.
"I take it your her boyfriend from Pegasi?" Nigel quips.
"I am. My name is Vincent Casage, or Numbuh Sage as the Pegasi Kids Next Door know me. I take it your Numbuh 1." Vincent replies.
"I am, but you can call me Nigel." Nigel replies. Vincent looks at the other members of the Squad and points at each of them.
"Let me see. Numbuhs 11, 274, and 362? Cree, Chad, and Rachel?" Vincent asks, though he seems to have guessed correctly on them.
"Yeah, how'd you figure that?" Chad comments.
"On the way back from Titan, Lizzie's been raving about you guys. Especially Nigel and Rachel." Vincent responds.
"What happened on Titan?" Nigel asks.
"They tracked us to Titan and sent assassins after us. Clearly... they failed." Lizzie responds.
"How'd they track you?" Rachel asks.
"We think they knew about Pegasi being evacuated. We actually got in touch with Sector V and they gave us instructions on how to evacuate our KND operative off the planet. We helped them try to get everyone off Earth and we were attacked. They didn't know if you guys were dead and neither did we." Vincent explains.
"Well is everything alright on Pegasi?" Nigel asks.
"Oh they're fine. But what about Earth did Numbuhs 3 and 4 go through with the evacuation?" Lizzie asks.
"I guess so, all the KND are waiting for us in the Moonbase. But that doesn't matter now because Galactic ain't gonna be able to attack anyone anymore. Not after what we did to them." Nigel answers.
"They're all dead?" Vincent asks.
"Just one. The others... they're gonna wish they were dead." Nigel replies.
"Where's Infinity?" Lizzie asks.
"He's in the cargo hold with the other two we're taking back to Earth." Cree responds.
"You're bringing him back to Earth?" Vincent asks.
"We have a maximum security prison facility that he can't escape from." Rachel explains.
"That makes sense. But who are the other two you have?" Vincent asks.
"That would be Numbuh 74.239 and the evil clone they made of me. It's a shame about that second one though. We gave him a chance to leave and go anywhere but he just went apeshit on us. That's why I have this." Chad says, pointing to his crutch.
"That sucks. But wait... I thought Nigel's clone went crazy evil too." Lizzie states curiously. Nigel looks at her sullenly.
"He's the one that died. I twisted his neck a bottle cap." Nigel explains. Lizzie puts a tentacle on his shoulder.
"I've been there Nigel; it feels awful but as long you have people to you move on, you'll be fine." Lizzie states, cheering Nigel up.
"Thanks Lizzie. I just want you and Numbuh Sage to know something. You are both welcome to on Earth anytime." Nigel says.
"You mean that?" Lizzie asks.
"Absolutely. You're good people. You helped save our lives and the lives of everyone we care about. Feel free to visit anytime you want." Rachel adds on.
"Thanks Rachel. You guys are free to visit Pegasi anytime" Lizzie gives Rachel a hug.
"Just be sure to have your human disguise if you ever visit. I don't want the government trying to experiment on you E.T. style." Rachel quips.
"I got that covered." Lizzie responds, showing off Vincent's human disguise.
"Very good." Rachel chuckles.
"What's E.T.? The only things I know about Earth pop culture are what Lizzie said and the stuff your government sent out in the '60s." Vincent states.
"It's a movie. Honestly the best music and movies came out in 60s, 70s, and 90s." Chad answers.
"No way... 80s were the best for both." Rachel argues.
"Preach sista." Cree then high fives Rachel.
"Well... to each his own. Anyways I think we should be heading back to Earth." Nigel says.
"I agree. We'll be heading back to Pegasi. It was good to see you all again. We should stay in touch though. Maybe if our paths cross again in the future, it will be under better circumstances." Vincent says.
"Well said. Godspeed you two. Make it home safe." Nigel says.
"The same to you Nigel." Lizzie says, she and Nigel give each other a farewell hug. Now they are completely at peace with their past. The Squad and the Pegasi KND operative bid their farewells to each other's teams. They unlock the ships to fly home to their respective planets.
End of Part 23. This is the last space chapter for the Squad. I'm actually planning on ending this story soon. I just need to think on the best way to end it. When I finish this story, I want to write a next generation story about the lives of everyone's future live and kids in this continuity. Until the next update, happy reading!
