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Galactic-Kids-Next-Door mission
Operation: A.L.P.H.A.
Story written by Cris Carvalho
Check out the cover art of this chapter on my Tumblr – Twitter - IG: KicaCris
Chapter 6:
Delta's Fire
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[RESUMING TRANSMISSION]
[Pluto's Orbit - Omega Main Orbital Base - GKND Command Bridge]
"This is certainly disappointing" Galactic Emperor Numbuh Omega said floating high above the command bridge with his arms tucked behind his back and looking down severely at the kneeling alien chained form of Numbuh Vine.
Numbuh 1 was at her side, still aiming his laser water-gun at her while Numbuh 74.239 stood next to her also in his alien form with his branch arms handcuffed behind his back.
"I have good reasons to why I'm so strict with our galactic rules, you know? Rules help me maintain order by preventing insubordination. Because you know what insubordination causes? Hysteria and chaos!" he worded every word with pent up anger.
Lizzie and Gabe looked up at him in fear.
"And that's pretty much what your little insubordination act has apparently caused, Think" He sighed in annoyance.
"Numbuh Infinity has even informed me that Earth's KND Supreme Leader Numbuh 5 and her Global Command Team are on their way to Pluto to request an audience with me."
Numbuh 1 suddenly perked in surprise, his visors changed from red to yellow as he looked up at the Emperor in shock.
"Supreme Leader Numbuh 5?! Abby is the new Supreme Leader of the Kids-Next-Door?!" he exclaimed.
Omega arched an eyebrow at him, "you didn't know? She's been in command for almost a year now I believe. Your old teammates are also part of her Global Command Team. The 4 of them are expected to arrive here in a few hours."
The shadow of a smile appeared on Nigel's lips, "really?"
"Yes," Omega smirked at him, "I suppose that's good news for you. Your old team sector will be joining you much sooner than what I anticipated it" he chuckled darkly.
"However, now the real question here is what should I do with you two?" He said as he returned his attention towards Numbuh Vine and 74.239, who trembled in fear under his gaze.
"Gabe, I'm aware you were dragged into this situation without your consent so I won't punish you for all this mess. However, you won't be allowed to leave your lab for a while, I want you to concentrate and work exclusively on fixing the Delta Sword and nothing else. I will order two galactic guards to accompany you 24/7…for your own protection".
Numbuh 74.239 smiled in relief, "Yes, your grace" he bowed twice, "thank you for your mercy, your grace" he looked at his roots and avoided to look him in the eye.
"As for you"
Numbuh Omega raised a hand and made Numbuh Vine float slowly towards him. She stopped inches away from him, her vines immobilized with a glowing holographic handcuff.
"Think...my dear childhood friend. I'm really sorry about this"
He rose his right index claw and extended it towards her face.
Lizzie closed her eyes expecting a painful blow but she felt nothing for a long minute.
Opening her eyes again, she saw Omega's claw had stopped millimeters away from her mouth.
The tip of his claw suddenly glowed purple and swiftly he formed a holographic 'X' above her mouth. She blinked confusedly as the 'X' vanished upon going thru her face.
She blinked again feeling nothing, no pain, no itching, nothing.
"No more talking from now on" he suddenly said and her eyes grew large.
She tried to speak, but no sound came out of her. Tears welled in her big lime eyes, as she finally understood her punishment.
"You'll get your voice back once you have learned your lesson" he waved his hand and made her float back to the floor.
Nigel and Gabe looked at her with a mixture of shock and sadness brimming in their eyes. She sobbed as tears streamed down her alien face but no sound was coming from her.
"I'm pretty sure Chad will enjoy your company now, Think"
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base – GKND Prisons]
Chad was startled awoken as he heard the sound of something being thrown at the floor next to him.
He rose and scratched his head in annoyance, "I suppose I'm not allowed to sleep in peace anymore, am I?" he turned to look at the source of the noise and his eyes grew large.
"Oh my god-LIZZIE?!" he jumped out of the bench and kneeled down beside the sobbing alien form of Numbuh Vine.
"What happened?!" he looked up as he noticed a familiar pair of red socks and brown boots behind the laser bars, "YOU!" he growled, "what did you do to her?!".
He couldn't see Nigel's eyes behind the red visors, "why don't you ask her yourself? Teenager" he said monotonously and walked away.
The ex-Supreme Leader waited a minute until he was sure Numbuh 1 was no longer near and looked down at Lizzie with worry.
"Hey, are you ok? What happened? Why did they put you here?" he gently lifted her round alien face to look at her better, "are you hurt?"
He noticed her tears and his heart dropped. She shook her head in negation but didn't say anything else.
"Come on missy, talk to me. Tell me what happened" he pressed and Lizzie cried even more.
That's when he noticed it. She wasn't producing any sound.
His eyes were big as plates, "Lizzie…can you talk? I mean, can you…try screaming at me"
He saw Lizzie shut her eyes and even more, tears fell down her face but no sound came out of her.
"I see"
She opened her eyes and looked at him in confusion.
"Ok first, let's free your vines" he suddenly said and reaching for one of his boots he took out a estrange looking needle.
"Don't move" he ordered as the tip of the needle suddenly glowed neon yellow.
Lizzie stood still as Chad took the needle and moved it closer to her handcuff. Upon touching them with the needle, the handcuffs disappeared completely.
Lizzie stretched her vines and moved them softly with her eyes wide in shock. She looked up at Chad who winked at her.
"Much better, right? Now, Gabe told me you guys were trained in every human language on Earth, correct?" he asked her.
Lizzie nodded a few times to him, blinking curiously at him.
Chad then raised his hands and began to move them in different forms.
Lizzie's eyes grew even larger in shock as she clearly read:
'do you know sign language?'
She spun in the air happily, her tears disappearing completely.
She moved her vines to answer him, [YES! How do you know it?]
Chad chuckled, "I was Supreme Leader, remember? I had to learn different languages for all kind of different kids. Now please tell me what happened."
/
"So, Sector V is on their way here?" Chad said as Lizzie finished her story.
She nodded with determination.
"I knew they've been toying with Nigel's mind for a while but it never occurred to me that they were doing it thru his visors" he slapped his head. "He's been using them since we got here! How permanent is the damage?"
Lizzie moved her vines, [I don't know, this prototype is new…if he's been using them since a year ago then…] she paused and looked remorseful.
Chad understood, "Don't worry. We'll fix him and your voice" he promised and she blinked at him intrigued.
He looked out at the window and noticed the shadow over Pluto's profile. "It's been almost 24 hours now, Sector V must be already here" he whispered.
He looked at Lizzie again, "A guard will come now with today's meal so there's no time to waste. Lizzie, would you help me?"
Lizzie moved her vines again, [what are you going to do?]
He smirked at her, "We are going to delay the Planetary Decommission"
Her eyes grew wide.
"And I need you to guide me to where they keep the Delta Sword"
/
[McClintock High School – 24 hours later]
Rachel T. Mckenzie twirled her pencil while boringly looking out thru the large windows of her classroom. The skies were dark that morning, with the threat of an incoming storm looming in the distance.
A math test had started an hour ago and she had managed to solve it quickly in half an hour, so now she was patiently waiting for the bell to ring to give her exam back and actually start doing something at least a bit more entertaining in the next period. Sure she could have turned over the exam 15 minutes ago, but she didn't want to make anyone feel bad just because she had managed to solve it much faster than anyone else. She had always been good with numbers all her life, it was her natural talent, so she respectfully remained quiet in her seat and let herself go numb while admiring the gloomy sky.
'I wonder if the volleyball game would get canceled because of the storm' she questioned silently.
She glanced at the clock on top of the chalkboard of the classroom and exasperatedly glared at it as if mentally ordering it to ring already.
The clock continued to tick but no bell was heard.
Instead, a rumble on her desk began to loudly startle everyone in the classroom.
Rachel blushed as the math teacher, Abriola Stark, blinked at her in confusion.
"I believe you forgot to turn off your cellphone, Mckenzie" she giggled.
The blond teen felt ashamed at her clumsy mistake, "my apologies, Mrs. Stark-"
"Well if I didn't know you are already finished with the exam I would be mad at you, Captain" she chuckled while the rest of the class hurriedly continued to work during the final minutes.
"Again, I'm really sorry" she bowed her head.
"Hand over your paper and I'll let you answer the call" the teacher kindly told her.
Rachel sighed and standing up she walked to the front and handed the exam to the teacher without saying another word.
"You're a good captain, so don't worry about it. Just remember to turn it off next time, ok?" she blinked at her reassuringly.
"Yes, ma'am".
Rachel walked to her desk as Mrs. Stark announced the usual 'final 3 minutes stretch', making everyone groan in complain.
She sat down and angrily opened her purse to pick up her blue iPhone, "I swear to God if it is mom again sending me another stupid cat video or chain message I will-"
She froze as her eyes grew large in alarm while reading the message on her cellphone.
¡La paella de tío Antonio es la mejor paella en Plutón!
"CRUD!"
She stood up harshly, picked up her purse and ran towards the classroom's exist at full speed.
"Mckenzie?!" she barely heard the teacher said before she slammed the doors open and everyone saw her disappear at light speed through the hallway.
She didn't remember the last time she had actually run at this speed, kids-next-door super speed, but she was glad she was still in the top shape probably thanks to the volleyball training she presumed. She skidded around the corner and entered another hallway, startling several teenagers as she ran past them at unnatural super speed.
"Was that Captain Rachel?"
"Why is the Captain running like that?"
Just when she was entering the hallway where the chemistry class was being held, she saw Maurice sprung out from a pair of doors and he too started to run by her side in perfect sync.
"CALL ACE!" She yelled and Maurice already had his green iPhone on his ear.
They turned another corner and found the entire cheerleader squad walking in their opposite direction. They expertly jumped, shocking the girls who saw them jump high above them in slow motion just to then perfectly land on their feet to continue running completely unaffected by the obstacle.
"What in the world?!"
"Where are the Captains going this hurriedly?!"
Ace answered after the first ring, "WHERE ARE YOU?!" Maurice growled uncharacteristically furious.
"I'M GETTING THE FALCON, MEET ME AT THE SOCCER FIELD IN 30 SECONDS!" They heard him said just when they reached the school's main entrance.
/
[Pluto's Orbit]
"So, they're going to use some sort of 'laser cannon' to freeze the entire planet and everyone who is not a kid?" Wally repeated as they all gaped in awe while the giant birthday-cake-like ship of the Galactic-Kids-Next-Door began to raise from Pluto's curve, flanked by at least 20 other smaller alien ships.
Abby nodded from her captain chair as she finished reading in a large holographic screen what a Planetary Decommission Protocol entitled according to the Super Big Computermabob´s database.
They were all on board of an upgraded version of the KND S.P.A.C.E.R.C.H.A.S.E.R., which was slightly bigger and had Numbuh 2's newest light-speed-super-jump rocket system (prototype) attached at each side of the ship. So far, his newest invention had worked out better than he had calculated and they all managed to reach Pluto in exactly 24 hours.
During the trip to the farthest planet of the Milky Way, Sector V had used the time to learn everything there was about the Galactic-Kids-Next-Door in the Super Big Computermabob database. The data, which hadn't been updated since the end of the 2nd Era of KND, had Numbuh Omega as the leader of the GKND 800 years ago, so they all deduced the current leader of the organization had to be someone else entirely.
Right?
"Numbuh 2, where do you think a canon like that could be in that monstrous ship?" Abby suddenly asked.
Hoagie was sitting in the front of the ship, grasping tightly the ship's steering wheel as they got closer to GKND's Flagship.
"Well, I'm not familiar with GKND alien technology but If I had to make a wild guess," he thought hard as his eyes scanned rapidly the structure of Omega Main Orbital Base.
An upside-down dome in the south part of the ship caught his attention "maybe there?" He pointed at it with his finger and then typed on his keyboard to make a holographic demo of the ship for everyone to see.
The dome was highlighted in bright pink. "I could be wrong of course, but in my engineering opinion I think THERE would be a good place to install a canon: far away from the command bridge, hangars, engines and possibly any other important zone of the ship, especially if we're talking about a HUGE powerful weapon with the capable of freezing an entire planet. Every shot fired with the canon could freeze the nearest zones around it, so the most rational thing to do would be to install it as far away as possible from any key important zones of the ship, so in the scenario of that weapon getting somehow compromised, the rest of the ship wouldn't be really affected" he concluded as an animated demo of his explanation played for all of them to understand.
Numbuh 3 gulped, "but Numbuh 5, that thing is GIGANTIC!" she exclaimed, waving her long green sleeves around the distant silhouette of the alien ship, " and the S.P.A.C.E.R.C.H.A.S.E.R isn't exactly made for fighting" she admitted in fear and Numbuh 4 too looked worried at their leader.
"We are not here to fight Kuki," the Supreme Leader said calmly, "we'll get there, give a good look at the situation, try to speak with whoever is in charge and maybe, just maybe, get Numbuh 1 out of there."
The 3 of them looked at her in surprise, "so, we aren't stopping the Planetary Decommission?" Numbuh 4 asked.
Abby became silent, her eyes narrowing in determination as a couple of small alien ships began to approach them. She moved her right hand and grasped the smooth surface of a familiar pair of black sunglasses that had been resting inside her short's pocket for almost 1 year and a half.
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base - GKND Hangars]
The door of the S.P.A.C.E.R.C.H.A.S.E.R opened slowly and a powerful white light blinded them for a brief moment.
The blinked a couple of times until their vision started to clear.
The hangar was spacious and full of thousand of smaller alien ships. In front of them, a group of around 100 armored alien soldiers, all of different animal races, stood firm in a perfect square.
They spotted good old Numbuh Infinity, standing in front of the group, with a bucket of alien flowers in his hands.
"Welcome to the Omega Main Orbital Base, Supreme Leader Numbuh 5 and Global Command Sector V! We are honored by your visit. Please drop your weapons and follow me"
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base - GKND Command Bridge]
Abby, Hoagie, Wally, and Kuki gaped in awe as they entered the spacious (and empty) Command Bridge of GKND. They could see Pluto and the rest of the planets of the Milky Way thru the large crystal walls that surrounded them.
As they walked further inside the room, they felt their hearts drop to their stomachs as they noticed a figure standing alone in the middle of the chamber. A familiar bald head they all had missed terribly.
"NUMBUH 1!" they shouted and sprinted towards him.
Numbuh Infinity stood behind and saw with a content smile how they all threw themselves and hug-piled Nigel in seconds. They laughed, cried and bone crushed him in a tight group hug, not believing the moment.
Nigel sobbed with tears streaming below his yellow visors, "I missed you all so very much!" he hiccupped against the shoulders of Numbuh 5 and 2, while Numbuh 3 and 4 hugged him from his waist, "I'm so happy you're finally here!"
They all stopped hugging him for a second to look at him at his eyes thru the visors.
"I heard you're all the new KND Global Command! I'm so freaking proud!-Oh my god Hoagie you're taller than me now! Kuki you cut your hair and Wally you finally got rid of that awful fish ball style…Abby-"
He swallowed as he noticed Rachel's old Supreme Leader helmet now rebranded with the number 5, "You're Earth's Supreme Leader now! I can't imagine anyone more suited for such a position than you!"
Abby blushed slightly as a couple of tears fell down her cheeks.
"You-you haven't changed much" Numbuh 2 sniffed.
"I actually was expecting you to have hair by now" Numbuh 3 giggled.
"Same-old-same Numbuh 1 but with cooler space sunglasses" Wally brushed his tears off and playfully punched him in the arm.
"Numbuh 5 is happy to finally see you safe and sound, boss. Our cooler new jobs aren't as fun without ya".
Nigel chuckled and brushed his tears off his cheeks, "I know…I feel the same" he laughed, "but everything will be fine now! You're here, with me, we'll be unbeatable again. You're safe now!" he sighed.
Numbuh 5, 4, 3 and 2 looked at each other in confusion.
"What do you mean with 'we are safe'?" Numbuh 2 asked.
Then, Nigel' smile suddenly disappeared and he became rigid.
Hoagie, Wally, Kuki, and Abby saw as the color of his visor changed from yellow to red, and his face turned emotionless. He then turned his back to them and suddenly kneeled.
"Galactic-Kids-Next-Door rules!" they all heard Numbuh Infinity suddenly shout from behind them and turning around they all saw him too now in a kneeling position.
"What the?-" Numbuh 4 began to say until they all felt the wind move inside the chamber.
"Such a lovely reunion"
Numbuh 5, 4, 3 and 2 looked ahead again towards the same direction as Nigel and then they saw it.
A estrange looking alien, floating above them, wearing a dark armor with the insignia of Omega glowing on his chest.
"Oh my god…" Numbuh 2 was breathless in shock.
"That symbol-it can't be!" Numbuh 4 trembled.
"But-but it's impossible!" Numbuh 3 gasped with her hands covering her mouth.
Numbuh 5 straightened herself and looked straight to the lilac eyes of the alien who began to descend towards her.
He looked exactly like the illustrations she saw in that old book that cadet Trixy Jhonson was reading a week ago.
Omega landed gracefully in front of Numbuh 5 and right next to the kneeling form of Numbuh 1. Abby was having trouble forming any words as her brain tried to understand the creature in front of him. His skin looked like the starry night, dark and full of freckles that glowed like stars. His large lilac eyes contrasted over his very dark skin and his head, or was it his hair? Floated and moved like flaming purple nebula.
She had never imagined someone like him to exist, and yet here he was, the oldest legend of the Kids-Next-Door in full flesh.
"I'm so honored to finally meet you, Abigail Lincoln, Supreme Leader Numbuh 5. Numbuh 1 has spoken highly about you".
"I'm Numbuh Omega, Galactic Supreme Leader and Emperor of the Galactic-Kids-Next-Door."
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base – GKND Prisons]
An armored white mouse alien walked down the large corridor with two silver trays in his hands: one with a small bowl full of watered soil and another one with a cheeseburger. He huffed angrily as he passed various cells with adult alien prisoners groaning at his feet. Why did they had to ask him to feed the prisoners right now when Earth's KND committee had just arrived to meet with their emperor? He had been curious to see other infected humans ever since the bald one had joined them a year ago, but he was now fearing to miss his opportunity entirely thanks to one stupid infected teenager and a gone-crazy plant operative.
He sighed as he finally reached his destination. He used his long pink tail to retrieve a security card key from his pants' pocket and pass it through a scan reader on the wall. The neon green laser bars that were blocking the entrance of the cell disappeared instantly.
"Alright you two, you know the drill. Stand up, hands over your heads and face facing the wall" he said while entering the room.
He saw the blond teen already facing the wall with his hands raised.
But there were no signs of the other prisoner.
He became alarmed as he looked to his right and then to his left and found none else besides the teenager.
"What the-?! Where is Numbuh Vine?!" he exclaimed in panic without noticing 5 vines moving over his head.
Chad smirked as he heard the trays fall soundly on the floor and turning around he saw the mouse guard completely trapped under Lizzie's vines.
The red-eyed alien white mouse tried to fight himself free from the iron grasp of Numbuh Vine but then stopped completely and passed out with Chad's single strong hit on the back of his head.
Lizzie let the guard fall unconsciously on the floor, took the discarded key card and handed it to Chad.
She moved her vines for Chad to read, [let's go to the labs!]
Chad nodded and with all his strength he sprinted fast and out of the cells with Lizzie flying fast right next to him.
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base - GKND Command Bridge]
Abby's eyes glanced briefly at the kneeling figure of Numbuh 1 and then back at Numbuh Omega's lilac dangerous eyes.
He looked behind her, to the three other human operatives in the back.
"Global Chief of 2x4 Engineer, Hogarth P. Gilligan, aka operative Numbuh 2."
"Global Supervisor of the KND Hospital and Medical Staff, the always cheerful Kuki Sanban, aka operative Numbuh 3."
"And Second Global Chief of the Decommission Squad, Wallabee Beetles, also known as operative Numbuh 4."
Hoagie, Wally, and Kuki frowned back at him, not liking one bit the fact he seemed to be already very well informed about them.
"The famous Sector V of Earth's KND is finally reunited! What a splendid day! Don't you think, Supreme Leader Numbuh 5?"
Abby remained silent.
Omega titled his head at her, "to be honest, my lady, I wasn't expecting to meet you so soon but I understand perfectly why you came so fast to have an audience with me after the inconvenient caused by my subordinate. I humbly apologize for the trouble it must have certainly caused."
Numbuh 5 nodded very slowly, now worried about Lizzie's well being, "I see. It certainly caused some unwanted commotion".
Numbuh Omega smiled, "well I guess it doesn't matter much now. What is done is done!" he grinned excitedly like a cat. "I'm confident your soldiers will accomplish the evacuation without much trouble. Your Tree Houses will be a marvelous addition to our fleet, with proper modifications of course since I don't believe they'll be able to resist a serious battle in space but-
"Supreme Leader Numbuh Omega" Numbuh 5 suddenly interrupted him, earning a small muffled gasp from Numbuh Infinity behind her.
Omega arched an eyebrow as Abby cleared her throat, "my apologies, I didn't mean to interrupt you so rudely".
Numbuh Omega relaxed his brow and dropped his smile, "yes, Supreme Leader Numbuh 5?"
Numbuh 2, 3 and 4 gulped and listened.
"I…Numbuh 5 is not very well educated on the matters of the Galactic-Kids-Next-Door, you see? So you must understand that I'm still trying to figure out this whole situation with the sudden decision of decommissioning our planet" she explained eloquently.
Numbuh Omega grinned at her, "what is it that you don't understand if may I ask? Your Earth-galactic-level operative and Sector Leader, Numbuh 1 here, reached the conclusion on his own that Earth has gotten too infected with the virus of adulthood after reading the most recent census of Earth's general population".
Numbuh 5, 4, 3 and 2 looked surprised.
"The what?" Numbuh 2 asked, looking at Numbuh 4 and 3 who shrugged at him unsure.
Abby furrowed her brow in disbelief, "you think adulthood is a virus?"
"It's been confirmed by our galactic scientist a long time ago. We have been looking for its cure ever since the fall of my dear sister, Numbuh Alpha. We decommission planets so we can cure them later once we find the cure" Omega explained with a sinister grin.
Abby frowned angrily at him, "are you serious?!"
Numbuh Omega grinned even larger, "Of course! But Nigel has promised me that he is capable of finding the cure with the help of his trusted team sector, right my boy?"
Numbuh 5 saw Nigel rise again very slowly. He straightened himself up and made a military salute to the Emperor, "yes my emperor, we won't fail you!"
Kuki covered her mouth with her hand as Wally growled next to her.
"YOU MONSTER! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!" Hoagie roared fully angered now.
Numbuh 5 glared at the emperor under the shadow of her Supreme Leader's helmet, "what I'm seeing is an operative who has lost control over his own will" she said lowly.
Numbuh Omega smirked darkly, "I prefer to think he has a much clearer mind now".
"Emperor Numbuh Omega" Numbuh 5 was now gritting her teeth, "I very politely request to reconsider the Planetary Decommission -"
"Why?" he cut her, tilting his head curiously at her but still grinning at her darkly.
"Because" Abby tried to calm down her racing heart, "such a massive measure will bring us equally massive complications for us-"
"Like…?" Omega teased with fun.
Numbuh 5 was losing her patience with this guy, "Sir, if you decommission everyone above the age of 13, kids will be the most affected, especially smaller infants! Who is going to take care of all them?!"
Numbuh Omega rolled his eyes at her, "you're making a fuzz over nothing dear Numbuh 5, this is actually good news. Younger cadets are much easier to mold, you'll see, they will be even better soldiers than your current ones. But answering your question, we will gladly train your medical staff in the ways of changing diapers and feeding babies, it's not that hard-"
"Sir, that's not going to work. My oldest brother has babies of his own and-"
"And you also have an older sister who happens to be the current Prom Queen of the Teenagers, correct?"
Abby froze completely caught off guard.
"I-yes that's correct, but what does that have anything to do with this?"
"Well, I thought you will be especially glad to be rid of the only serious thread the Kids-Next-Door currently have after Father's sudden retirement."
Hoagie sensed that must have strung a chord in the wrong way as Numbuh 5 narrowed her eyes even more, "We have the teenagers under control, they are not a threat to us"
"Under control? That's not how I perceived it after the failed Treaty. The previous Supreme Leader was actually plotting a real negotiation with them even."
Abby didn't answer to that and it made Numbuh Omega arch a curious eyebrow.
"Oh…you know about it," he said and Nigel briefly seemed to perk in surprise.
Numbuh 5 shifted a bit, "Yes… ex-Supreme Leader Numbuh 362 told me about it when she trained me to take her place. She admitted to have under-estimated the Teens' Prom King."
Numbuh Omega glanced smugly at Numbuh 1, who was frowning angrily behind his red visors.
"We learned from that mistake and that's why I'm telling you we have the situation with the teens under control-"
"Alright then let me propose a deal with you, Supreme Leader Numbuh 5" Omega chuckled with an idea.
"I'll agree to cancel the Planetary Decommission of Earth on one condition."
Sector V perked in attention, finally sensing some small light of hope with the negotiations.
"Capture and bring me your sister" he suddenly said.
"WHAT?!"
Omega grinned largely, "and while you're at it, bring me the Steve and his Teen Captains, ex-Numbuh 362 and ex-Numbuh 9! Finish the war with the Teenagers and turn the balance in favor of KND. That's my condition."
A long minute of silence passed.
Numbuh 5 sighed in resignation. "No," she said firmly and angrily.
Numbuh Omega giggled, and Abby realized he had been expecting her answer all along.
"Very well, then I'm afraid the decision is unchanged. Earth will be decommissioned in 6 days as scheduled" he sentenced.
Abby curled her fists and thought her next words cautiously, "then sir, please allow Numbuh 1 to return with us to the Moon Base so he can help us with the evacuation-"
"Return?" Omega laughed loudly, "My dear Numbuh 5, forgive me, you must have misunderstood."
He began to float again with a dark grin on his features, "you and your team will resume your duties under Numbuh 1's command starting today. I believe there's no need for a Global Command or a Supreme Leader for Earth anymore".
Omega snapped his fingers and Numbuh 1's visors suddenly glowed neon red as two purple laser guns materialized in his hands.
"But first, let's see if you're really worth it of joining us".
/
[GKND Research Facilities – Numbuh 74.239 Headquarters]
Gabe looked over his shoulder to Numbuh 9L and the lizard guard standing side by side the labs' main entrance.
"Do you guys know any jokes? Any funny story to share?" he tried to make conversation as boredom was becoming a little too overwhelming.
The lizard guard didn't even seem to have acknowledged him while Numbuh 9L's feline emerald eyes looked sad as she shook her head in negation.
He sighed and returned his attention to the rusty piece of metal lying on his table.
"This should be the most important project of my young alien carrier and yet…" he looked sadly at the remains of the Delta Sword as Numbuh 9L came closer and sat next to him.
"Well at least I have you, right Numbuh 9L?" he said and looked again at Numbuh 9L's apologetic expression. As the weaponry expert, she was, she had been ordered to help and guard Numbuh 74.239 while he worked on fixing the legendary weapon.
Gabe's mind drifted back to Lizzie and her willingness to risk everything for her surrogate home at Earth.
She had been so brave.
Numbuh 9L perked in surprise as she noticed the symbol of Delta faintly pulse.
"Hey Numbuh 9L" Gabe suddenly asked, "do you regret having requested for the decommission of your planet?"
The giant purple alien cat's eyes went large, taken aback by the question. She lowly whined in response with her ears lowered.
Gabe understood.
"I did something terrible…to Lizzie, to Nigel…to Earth…to my family on Earth…all because I was too afraid to voice my mind" he murmured and the symbol of Delta pulsed again.
"Lizzie however, lost her voice while attempting to save Earth…she's really brave".
Again, the hilt of the sword pulsed and Numbuh 9L arched a bushy eyebrow curiously at it.
"I want to be brave" Gabe suddenly felt a warm rush of courage in his chest.
Numbuh 9L felt it too and she growled in affirmation besides him.
"You know what? I'm gonna do it!" he looked at Numbuh 9L with a newfound resolution, "I'm gonna go out there and tell Numbuh Omega to stop this injustice! I'm gonna free Nigel from those stupid nasty visors! I'm not gonna be a coward anymore, I'm-"
They both suddenly jumped in surprised upon seeing the unconscious form of the lizard guard of the entrance being thrown hard against the wall in front of them.
"Wha-what happened?" Gabe and Numbuh 9L turned towards the door to find the source of the ruckus.
They both smiled brightly as Numbuh Vine and Chad looked angrily at him.
"LIZZIE! CHAD! Oh, thank goodness-Woah!"
Lizzie launched herself towards him and Numbuh 9L and wrapped them as tightly as possible with her vines.
"Ouch! Hey! I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! You were so right all along" Gabe spoke sincerely with his voice broken with remorse.
Lizzie looked at him quizzically.
"I was a coward…we were cowards," he said as he looked up at Numbuh 9L who whined sadly in agreement. "But not anymore! You have inspired me, Lizzie!"
Chad noticed the hilt of the Delta Sword pulse repeatedly behind them and smiled knowingly.
"I won't be Numbuh Omega's puppet anymore! I won't let him pay his anger with Earth! There must be something we can do to stop him!" Lizzie didn't understand what was happening to him as he whirled under her vines with a new estrange energy.
"You can't stop him" Chad's voice suddenly froze them.
He walked slowly towards the table and as he grew closer to it, the remains of the Delta Sword started to turn brightly redder.
Numbuh 74.239 and Vine's eyes grew larger in surprise as flames started to engulf the piece of metal completely.
Chad stopped right in front of it, the flames reflecting on his brown eyes.
"But we can…"
"Gabe…give me my phone" he extended a hand towards him without tearing his eyes off the burning piece of metal in front of him.
Numbuh 74.239 looked at Lizzie and she shrugged back at him. He whirled and managed to take out the red phone from one of his pockets.
"Here!" he threw it and Chad caught it perfectly.
"What are you going to-?" Gabe and Lizzie seemed to think at the same time just as Chad took the phone, twirled it and face it directly in front of the flames.
"I BELIEVE IN ALPHA!" He shouted loudly.
And the entire floor of the ship was suddenly engulfed in a blinding red light.
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base - GKND Command Bridge]
"SNAP OUT OF IT NIGEL! PLEASE" Kuki begged as Wally and Abby jumped in the air and launched themselves towards Nigel, kicking him hard in the stomach at the same time and throwing him hard to the other side of the room.
"Damnit what did you do to him?!" Hoagie panted looking at the laughing floating figure of Numbuh Omega in the air.
The dust cleared and Numbuh 1 stood up again with still an unreadable expression on his features. Omega snapped his fingers one more time and two new purple holographic guns appeared on Nigel's hands.
"Come on, Sector V. Show me what you're made of," the emperor said darkly and Nigel jumped ahead towards Numbuh 4.
"WALLY!" Kuki screamed as Nigel's punch slammed Wally's face hard, knocking a tooth out of him and sending him rolling backward to the windows.
Numbuh 3 ran to his side, "Wally! Wally answer me!"
Numbuh 4 spat and stood up again, "I'm ok" he grumbled to her.
Then they all saw Nigel dash again but now towards Numbuh 2.
Hoagie trembled in fear while grabbing on to his broken arm. He wasn't a combat expert so he had been rapidly hurt when the fight broke out. He glared and growled in frustration as he saw in slow motion his best friend coming at him to surely finish him.
"Nigel please, It's me, your pal Hoagie. We're best friends! Please don't do this!" he begged.
But Nigel didn't seem to even slow down.
Hoagie closed his eyes and waited for the blow when suddenly Numbuh 5's fast-flying kick slammed hard on Numbuh 1's side and effectively threw him away from him.
Numbuh 2 let out a relieved breath as he looked at a very pissed Numbuh 5 land expertly on her feet.
She growled in frustration as Numbuh 1 once again stood up like a freaking unbeatable zombie. She gave a good long look at him and noticed that he had scratches all over his arms and legs, and blood was running down the left corner of his mouth but didn't seem affected by any of it.
He wasn't feeling anything.
He had been transformed in a mindless fighting toy for Numbuh Omega.
Omega giggled, "we can do this all day" he mockingly sang.
Abby sighed in defeat, "alright…you win…please just…just let him go…we'll do whatever you want us to do" she said completely heartbroken.
Numbuh 2, 3 and 4 silently looked at her in sorrow, not knowing what else to do.
Numbuh 5 felt tears starting to form in the corner of her eyes as she thought about her friends and all the rest of the Kids-Next-Door waiting for their return…her older sister, her parents…she didn't know how to help them, she had been chosen by Rachel T. Mckenzie to take her place as Supreme Leader and yet here she was…hopelessly giving up.
She looked up at Omega quizzically.
"Why are you doing this? What did we do to you?" she asked him.
Omega dropped his smile and silently glared back at him in disgust.
"I'm finishing what my sister started," he said lowly.
But Abby didn't flinch under his threatening eyes as the image of an innocent Trixy Jhonson flashed in her mind. Something in her chest began to burn, "this is not what Numbuh Alpha wanted".
She looked at the cold robotic form of Numbuh 1 as courage flared in her heart and then glanced back at Numbuh 2, 3 and 4 and smirked.
"Alpha defeated you thousand of years ago!" her insolent smirk threw Omega off his confident stance.
"And we will defeat you again!" Numbuh 5 said as Wally, Kuki and Hoagie joined her with renewed courage.
Omega growled in annoyance.
"You know what? I changed my mind… I don't think Numbuh 1 really needs you for his mission" He chuckled darkly and Numbuh 1 glowed in purple power with his fury.
"I'm done with this boring game. Finish them Nige-"
The floor under him suddenly trembled and a column of fire burst out of the floor to the ceiling.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
A powerful wave threw everyone in the room flying to the walls and even Numbuh Omega was forced to land on the floor.
"What's going on?!" Numbuh Omega looked confused at the massive column of fire that had pierced thru the Command Bridge not understanding what was happening. A blaring alarm suddenly started to echo thru the ship.
Warning! Fire inside the ship! Warning!
The computer repeated on a loop.
Omega glared daggers at Numbuh 5 and Sector V as they all shook themselves out of the stupor, "what did you do?!"
He looked then furiously at Numbuh Infinity who had turned into his weasel alien self upon hitting the walls, "I thought I ordered you to strip them off all their weapons!"
Numbuh Infinity looked at the column of fire in terror, "I did! They don't have any weapons with them!" he defended.
Numbuh Omega looked again at Sector V who were just as confused as him. They have been fighting against Numbuh 1 completely unarmed until now.
"Then…what is this?" he froze as he sensed something.
Something he hadn't sensed in a thousand years.
This fire was no ordinary fire. It felt familiar.
'It can't be!'
He then noticed it. The fire was powerful and overwhelming but wasn't burning anyone in the room despite its magnitude.
"You have been unfairly playing this game alone for far too long, Numbuh Omega!" a voice said angrily from within the fire.
Everyone's eyes grew wide in shock as a shadowed figure emerged from the flames.
Omega gritted his teeth and hissed in fury, "NO! YOU CAN'T BE-!"
Numbuh 5, 4, 3 and 2 gapped as the fire suddenly stopped and they saw a familiar face, once again dressed in red, sporting a new dark silver armor with a spectacular long sword made of fire blazing with renewed life on his right hand. The symbol of Delta glowed vibrantly red on his belt and the hilt of the sword.
"Oh…my…god" Numbuh 3 exclaimed as everyone smiled in excitement upon recognizing the person.
Ex-Supreme Leader Numbuh 274, Chad Dickson stood tall and fearless, glaring defiantly at the child emperor with powerful red eyes.
"I'm the knight of fire, guardian of youth's courage, the brave flaming sword!"
"I'm Numbuh Delta!"
"And I believe in Numbuh Alpha with all my blazing heart!"
The Emperor trembled with fury, his white pupils sharp as an angered tiger. He growled and the purple diamond on his armored chest started to glow with power.
"You! A teenager!...YOU?!" He shouted in a mix of confusion and disgust. He pulled a long purple bolt from the glowing diamond on his chest. The bolt sparkled and morphed in a few seconds in the shape of a sword.
Chad grabbed his long fire sword with both hands and took a defensive stance as the sword in Numbuh Omega's left hand became fully materialized and solid.
He aimed his weapon to Chad in an elegant sword fighting stance. The saber sword had a black blade, dark as a black hole with small stars and nebulas dancing over its surface.
"That sword must be more damaged than what I thought if it accepted your filthy traitor teenager DNA to be the new Numbuh Delta! I will destroy it with you!" he snarled and suddenly disappeared.
Sector V and Numbuh Infinity gasped as Omega suddenly re-appeared again, floating above the teen and aggressively swung his black laser saber against ex-Supreme Leader, but Chad had somehow read his movement in time and effectively blocked his attack with the Delta Sword.
Omega went wide-eyed in surprise, his sword jolted angrily against Chad's.
The teen chuckled, "I've been trained to fight you ever since I got into the Kids-Next-Door, you BRAT! Your tricks won't work with me!" he planted his feet firmly and pushed Omega away from him with the weight of his blade.
Omega blinked in confusion at the statement, "Ever since-?" the Emperor growled in annoyance.
"SECTOR V! OVER HERE!"
Abby, Hoagie, Kuki, and Wally turned their attention away from Chad and Omega and looked for the source of the voice calling them.
They recognized the human form of Numbuh 74.329 sitting on the back of a giant purple alien cat who had the unconscious form of Numbuh 1 hanging from his hoodie between her fangs.
"Gabe?!"
Then Lizzie floated from behind him.
"Lizzie!" they all exclaimed with relieve.
"We have to get out of here NOW! Hop on Numbuh 9L's back come on!" he pressed urgently.
"But Chad-!" Numbuh 5 turned again and saw Omega jump again to clash his sword against Chad's.
And Chad briefly glanced at Abby "GO! NOW!" he ordered.
For a brief second Numbuh 5 sworn to have seen him younger, dressed in red and green instead with the plate of Numbuh 274 on his chest.
She smirked and tipped her red cap under her Supreme Leader's helmet in respect.
"Let's get out of here!" She said and ran towards the purple cat.
"NO!" Numbuh Omega shouted and jumped in her direction.
"Oh no, you won't!" Chad spun his sword upside down and stabbed the floor hard with it with the blade going deep under his feet. Fire veins cracked and extended and suddenly a ring of fire rose from the floor, blocking Numbuh Omega's path.
Numbuh 9L jumped thru the hole created by Chad's entrance and fell down with Sector V, Gabe, and Lizzie on her back.
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base - GKND Hangars]
They have been screaming for a long minute straight until Numbuh 9L landed softly on the floor.
Sector V breathed in relief.
"Good kitty!" Kuki celebrated happily, earning a purr from Numbuh 9L.
Gabe looked at the chaos around them as the previous awakening of the Delta Sword had created a massive wildfire that had rapidly spread from the Labs' floor up until the hangars, creating the perfect distraction as everyone was too busy trying to put the fire off.
"Where's your ship?!" he questioned urgently, noticing some of the GKND ships in the hangar also burning.
"THERE," Numbuh two pointed at the KND S.P.A.C.E.R.C.H.A.S.E.R. stationed a few meters in front of them.
Gabe blinked and looked at Numbuh 2 in disbelief, "Really? Couldn't you have brought something a little more ARMED?!"
"Well excuse me! At least we brought something to escape FAST!"
"HEY! STOP THEM! DON'T LET THEM ESCAPE!"
They all saw the weasel form of Numbuh Infinity yell to some soldiers around him. He had apparently followed them when they jumped thru the hole in the Command Bridge Room.
"LET'S GO!" Numbuh 5 ordered and Numbuh 9L ran fast to the ship as lasers were fired at them.
"Come on, kitty! You can do it!" Wally chanted as she dodged the shots while running.
Hoagie took out a small remote control and pressing a bottom he opened the door of the S.P.A.C.E.R.C.H.A.S.E.R.
Numbuh 9L gave a long jumped for it but then got hit on her right tight.
She roared in pain but managed to slide right into the ship, making everyone fall off her back once inside.
"Numbuh 9L!" Gabe and Lizzie ran to her side as Numbuh 2 went for the ship's piloting seat.
He swiftly sat and turned the engines on, just when Numbuh 5 saw GKND soldiers running at them.
"PUNCH IT NUMBUH 2!" She commanded and Hoagie pulled both engine levers at once, making the ship rock and fly away from the hangar at full speed.
But then the ship stopped abruptly a mile away from the ship, and they all heard the dying sound of the engines.
"No, no, no, no, no, no!" Numbuh 2 exclaimed as he pressed the bottoms on the control panel.
"What's wrong?!" Numbuh 4 exclaimed.
"The engines are not responding! I TOLD YOU THIS SYSTEM WAS A PROTOTYPE!"
They all panic as GKND ships started to fly off the hangar towards them.
"We can't escape!"
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base - GKND Command Bridge]
Numbuh Omega turned towards Chad with a large grin as he saw Sector V's attempt to escape fail completely.
"Well, I have to admit I haven't been this entertained in centuries" he aimed his saber sword at Chad. "But as usual, I win! You fought good Chad, I'll give you that, but you must have known you alone cannot defeat me" the emperor chuckled and rejoiced in his apparent victory.
But then, the symbol of Delta suddenly began to glow and Chad smirked.
"Who said I was fighting alone?"
Upon saying those words the entire ship suddenly shook violently and the lights went out.
Warning! Hostile attack! Warning!
Numbuh Omega lost his balance as another blow suddenly made the entire ship rock again.
Warning! Critical Damage! Critical Damage!
Omega stood up shaking the dizziness off his head, "what now-?" he froze as he looked at the windows behind Chad with his eyes large.
/
[Pluto's Orbit]
Sector V, Gabe, Lizzie, and Numbuh 9L stared in awe as the shadowed silhouette of a large ship suddenly appeared in the distance, firing powerful yellow laser beams towards the GKND flagship.
The shots hit the lower part of the ship twice and effectively managed to blew up the upside-down dome that Numbuh 2 had previously conjectured to be the location of the GKND Decommission Canon.
Their eyes grew even larger as the ship got closer to them.
It was as large as a commercial plane, its wings and body made of some silver and gold metal, with 4 windows shaped like eyes on the cockpit head, several small lights glowing yellow, blue, red and green all over the fuselage, and you could clearly see under his wings two very large scary laser cannons glowing yellow with electric power.
As the ship flew above them, they gasped in shock as they all saw the symbol of Alpha engraved on its chest.
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base - GKND Command Bridge]
"The Falcon Alpha?!"
Omega breathed as he saw the large ship sprung his wings large and menacingly behind Chad's back, the laser canons angrily glowed with electric yellow power.
He looked at Chad as the realization hit him like cold water and Chad glared back at him with the Delta Sword flaming wildly and glowing brightly red.
"We kicked you out of this galaxy once, and we'll do it again!"
And everything went blindly yellow.
/
"OH MY GOD!" Numbuh 2 exclaimed as two large yellow laser beans went thru the Command Bridge and a big cloud of smoke shielded the view of the upper part of the ship.
"Ahm…wasn't Chad just there?" Numbuh 4 said with worry.
And then they saw someone jumped out of the windows and float away from the debris unharmed.
"CHAD!" They all exclaimed while looking at the teenager 'swimming' thru space while holding his breath.
"That's one crazily brave ex-Supreme Leader right there" Abby chuckled.
"We have to help him! He's going to pass out without air!" Kuki exclaimed.
"But we can't move!" Hoagie reminded her.
They saw the Falcon Alpha move again and flew right above the teenager. A door under its belly opened and two figures extended their arms towards him.
Sector V, Gabe, and Lizzie gasped upon recognizing the two familiar faces of Rachel and Maurice.
"Hehehe, I knew it" Numbuh 5 chuckled knowingly as the ex KND operatives grabbed Chad by his arms and pulled him inside the ship safely.
GKND alien ships appeared from within the smoking large birthday cake shaped ship and started to shot furiously at the Falcon Alpha but the legendary spaceship seemed to have a power shield protecting it.
The Falcon Alpha's engines began to charge with power and moved towards the S.P.A.C.E.R.C.H.A.S.E.R.
Two large claws emerged from the cargo bay door area of the ship and securely grabbed the small KND spacecraft.
The thin body of the ship screeched in complains under the weight of the Falcon Alpha's claws.
"Hey! Watch it, would ya?!" Numbuh 2 protested just as the engines of the larger bird-shaped aircraft turned on fire and then flew away from Pluto at full speed.
/
[Omega Main Orbital Base - GKND Command Bridge]
Omega growled with utter fury as he saw the silhouette of the Falcon Alpha disappear in the distance.
Pieces of glass and metal floated around him as the alarms of his ship continued blaring.
Warning! Critical Damage! Critical Damage!
His body trembled, his nebula flame hair was blazing wildly as his mind ran at full speed while analyzing everything that had just happened.
"My emperor!" Numbuh Infinity flew towards him with an oxygen tank attached to a helmet on his head.
"What's the damage?!" Omega hissed without turning to look at him.
Infinity visibly trembled, "most of the lower floors had been completely destroyed, the labs, the prison cells, half of the hangar and…the Decommissioning Canon is gone…" he whispered the last part.
Numbuh Omega roared loud with a dangerous black and purple aura exploding electrically around him.
Infinity rolled his weasel body in the form of a cinnamon roll and covered in fear until the emperor stopped.
The eternally young alien breathed in a few times as if trying to calm down his temper and then spoke again severely.
"Call everybody, all my troops and every single one of our armies spread across the universe to come here to the Milky Way, Earth has become a top priority now…"
Numbuh Infinity was shocked by the magnitude of the order but nodded obediently never the less. "Yes, Sir but it will take them some time to arrive-"
"DO IT!" he roared so loud part of what was left of the Command Bridge fell immediately.
Numbuh Infinity sobbed and covered in fear, "as you wish, my emperor".
"And…one more thing…" Omega suddenly whispered.
He then turned over his shoulders and looked at Infinity with the scariest most furious glare.
"Send a message to my sector team too"
"…to Sector Omega, sir?"
"Yes…and tell them to bring with them another Planetary Decommissioning Canon"
/
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