On the Mothership, Chad's hands are bound together as two guards pull him into a large room and restrain the chain in his cuffs to the floor. In front of him, he sees Numbuh 1 standing before a module. In front of both of them, he sees a screen with the planet Earth on it. He knows what Numbuh 1 is being mind controlled to do.
"That's why I have no choice but to do this." Numbuh 1 says, he takes a booger from his nose and prepares to insert it into the module, but pauses when he hears Chad speak.
"No! My family's there! Your family, our friends!" Chad pleads, hoping that he can break Nigel out of their control.
"It's ruled by adults, infested, too far gone." Nigel says, callously ignoring Chad's pleas.
"What about Sector V? Hoagie, Kuki, Wallabee, and Abigail? Abby would never let you do this." Chad's pleas almost seem to break through the brain washing, when several other aliens chime in on video messages. One of which is Numbuh 74.239, who is revealed to be a tree-like alien. Finally, the bickering aliens are silenced from another video chiming in.
"The decision does not come lightly. The decision is…" The alien begins to state.
"Don't do it Nigel! This isn't what the Kids Next Door is about!" Chad makes a final plea.
"Suppress!" Chad is suppressed, preventing him from talking.
"The decision is Nigel Uno's." With those words, Nigel prepares to unwillingly perform the bidding of Galactic.
"Galactic Kids Next Door, rules!"
Nigel inserts his booger, a voice calls out "NOO!" and suddenly the module is shot with a laser, causing it to explode. The explosion sends Nigel falling back on his face, shattering his mind control sunglasses.
As he stumbles to his feet, he sees several figures walking towards him. Chad is also surprised to see people, who are human, running towards them. It is Sector Z, having found Nigel after weeks.
"Who… are… AAAHH!" Nigel is about to ask a question, but collapses in pain. The device is still fused to his head, but the mind control is unbalanced. It goes in and out, causing him great pain.
"Nigel!" Chad shouts, worried about his love.
Noting this, Rachel looks at him in shock. But still, she shoots the cuffs off his wrists and frees him.
"Chad? Why are you here?" Rachel asks.
"Long story, but wait… are you?" Chad recognizes the voice. Rachel lowers the sunglasses, and Chad now fully recognizes her.
"How the hell did you find us?!" Chad asks.
"We'll explain later, but right now we gotta get outta here. Everyone fall back! David and Ashley, grab Nigel! Lenny, Constance, and Bruce; cover our backs!" Chad was shocked, he had heard those names before. But he decides that now is not the time for questions.
As they flee, several members of Galactic begin to fire upon them, but they are held back by Sector Z.
When they load up in the ship, David and Ashley get to work in a medical, trying to remove the sunglasses without the risk of killing him.
"What did they do to you, Nigel?" Rachel asks sadly.
"It was Infinity, that motherfucker used mind control in him. He wanted to take Nigel from me, and have him destroy the Earth." Chad says, trying to conceal his rage. Rachel takes note of what he said about Nigel being taken from him, but focuses more on what he said about destroying the Earth.
"Cock...suckin' motherfucker! If I see him or 74.239 again…" Rachel pulls out a knife and slams the blade onto a table. "I'm gonna kill them."
"I'm with you on that. But let's get Nigel back to Earth." Chad says.
"Fair enough. Bruce and Constance take over flying the ship." When they approach the pilot's chairs, Chad stops them.
"Are you guys really the original Sector Z?"
"Yes, yes we are." Bruce says.
"But, you guys disappeared. Where have you been this whole time?" Chad asked, shocked to see them again in person.
"Do they look like anyone we were enemies with on Earth, Chad?" Rachel asks, hoping he will recognize who they once were. Looking at them closer and seeing the others around the ship, Chad finally recognizes them as the once Delightful Children, and falls flat on his butt.
"Oh my God."
End of Chapter 10. If the escape seemed too easy and the chapter too short, I have a surprise for you in a later chapter. The next chapter however is going to be a flashback chapter. I love writing nonlinear stories. With everything going on in the world, it shouldn't take me long to post the next chapter. Until then, happy reading!