Moonbase Cafeteria: 1999
Numbuh 100 is having lunch with Numbuhs 9, 274, and the members of Sector Z.
"Alright, so are you guys excited for Phantom Menace?" David asks excitedly.
"Oh my god dude, calm down." Bruce groans.
"Calm down? This is the first Star Wars movie in almost years! This is gonna be awesome. Come on a young Darth Vader, and Obi-Wan. There's so much potential with this story. And I can't wait to see it." David argues.
"Honestly, I'm more of a Star Trek girl than Star Wars." Ashley chimes in.
"I respect that. But so long as you respect my love of Star Wars."
"Honestly, Star Wars lost me at Return of the Jedi. The first two were fine, but the Ewoks lost me." Chad comments.
"Young one, the Ewoks are actually very cleverly written. Believe me, Lucas knew what he was doing." David informs the young boy.
"No, the Ewoks were just there to sell toys to us. They're just sentient teddy bears." Lenny states indignantly.
"That's what I'm saying." Chad says in agreement.
"Okay, the two of you are nuts. Ewoks were more than that, they were…"
"Hey guys!" Behind the group comes Cree; at the time Numbuh 11, Leader of Sector V. "Sorry I'm late. Abby's been sick."
"Oh it's alright Cree, be nice to change subjects anyway." Maurice says.
"Why what did I miss? Another Star Wars debate?" Cree quips.
"To a T, Numbuh 11. But enough of that, where were you?" Numbuh 100 asks.
"I was looking after Abby. She was sick and I wanted to look after her. My dad said to me, 'You gotta be out with your friends; with the laughing, and the movie, and the fun, and the… oh you know.'" Cree explains.
"How is Abby doing? And I forget, how'd she get sick again?" Numbuh 100 asks.
"She's got a common cold. Some guy, going around doing it to kids. Calls himself the Common Cold. He ever shows up at the treehouse, he's a dead man." Cree states calmly, albeit angrily.
"Next week, I want you guys to look into this Common Cold guy." Numbuh 100 orders Sector Z.
"Will do, sir." Bruce replies.
"We'll get him for you, and for Abby, Numbuh 11." Ashley reassures.
"Thank you, Numbuh 0.3. You don't know what this means to me, ever since my brother's been at college. All I've had is Abby, I wouldn't want anything to happen to her. She's my heart." Cree states.
"You really do care about her, don't you boss?" Maurice asks.
"Put it this way Numbuh 9, her first word was Cree. That just meant the world to me." Cree informs him.
"Well you know what, maybe one day she'll join Sector V and fight alongside us." Maurice says.
"Now that, sounds like a plan." Cree quips.
"One day Numbuh 11, when she's. Anyway, I'm gonna handle the bill. You guys hang tight, and I'll be back and we can head to the movie." Numbuh 100 gets up to leave and pay the tab.
"I know I was late to the conversation, but what were you guys debating earlier?" Cree asks.
"Oh, this guy was about to explain to us why the Ewoks were brilliantly written." Bruce explains sarcastically.
"They're just teddy bears. Savage little teddy bears." Cree laughs.
"No, there's a deeper meaning to them. Think of it this way, they represent underdogs of war. Outnumbered and at a technological disadvantage. The VietCong in Vietnam, the Russians in World War II, the Americans in the Revolutionary War, this list goes on." David explains.
"You spend way too much time reading history dude." Lenny quips.
"Reading history pays off. You learn from it, and never make the same mistakes again." David explains.
"How did we go from Star Wars, to this?" Cree asks.
"Because in Star Wars, the underdogs win the war. And the Empire, much like real tyrants of history, don't learn from their mistakes and repeat them, i.e. the Death Star." David states.
"When you're not in the KND anymore, you need to go into politics." Cree quips. Everyone starts laughing. Numbuh 100 comes back to them.
"Okay, is everybody ready?" He asks.
"All good to go, sir." Cree says.
"Alright, let's get going." Numbuh 100 leads his comrades out of the cafeteria, and they prepare to head to a movie theatre back on Earth.
End of Chapter 11. A nice little break from the chaos of Galactic. This part was mostly inspired by "Reservoir Dogs" and "The Godfather Part II." I love exploring the past of several of these operatives. I love to think that they were happy at one point in their lives. Next chapter is back on the ship with Chad and Sector Z.
