A/N: Alright, kiddies, we've reached Act 3 and the climax. Snow days are
beautiful, beautiful things.... But anyway, I hope you've all enjoyed
yourselves so far in my bizarre little KND imagining- and I expect that
enjoyment to be reflected as my first fic to get over a hundred reviews!
Hey, a girl can dream can't she? As long as I make it through this chapter,
the whole fic should be up by Saturday night, you lucky dogs you. Enjoy Act
3!
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"Yeah! Movie Time!" Numbuh 5 said happily as she and her teammates plopped in front of the large screen in the common area. She felt 100% better after knowing Numbuh 1 would keep his promise and make the right decision. She believed in 1, his leadership as well as his judgment, and also had no doubts as to what the right decision would be.
"What'dja' get, Numbuh 2?" 3 squeaked in her seat, an enormous bowl of popcorn balanced precariously in her narrow lap, "What'dja' get?"
"'I Was a Teenage Appetizer from the Planet Cuisine Part Four'!" he said in a menacing voice as he readied the DVD player before turning to the rest of his team and saying normally, "What else?" (A/N: Sounds like something Ed would enjoy, doesn't it?)
The other four children groaned, "Numbuh 2," 5 said in a chastising tone, "we seen dat movie 'bout a BILLION times already! Why couldn't you've picked somethin' else?"
"Cuz it's a classic!" 2 defended his movie as he settled into the couch, remote in hand, "Ya' can't go wrong with a classic." The other four murmured in reluctant agreement and quieted down as it started.
Just as the opening credits began to roll a huge crash rocked the treehouse and the common area was ripped in half, throwing the Kids Next Door from the couch to what was left of the floor. Through the cloud of dust and debris came a rumbling and grinding of metal joints. Suddenly the cloud disappeared to reveal the zoo lady operating a huge robotic suit that had torn the treehouse its new entrance. It was so big it had to stoop to stand inside the common area.
"Hello, BRATS Next Door," the zoo lady spat out acidly, "Hope I didn't disturb your movie!" She started manipulating the controls of the robotic suit, and its massive metal arms started grabbing for the five Kids.
"Kid's Next Door: Evasive maneuvers!" Numbuh 1 cried out his order as he ducked one of the arms.
"I'll get you Kid's Next Door this time," the zoo lady cackled maniacally, "You don't have any Delightful Children to save you now!"
Numbuh 4 stood up indignantly, "'Ey! Those creepy freaks didn't save nuthin'! We saved THEIR worthless behinds!"
"Numbuh 4," 1 shouted at his teammate, "GET DOWN!!"
But the Aussie hadn't said his peace yet, "An' lemme guess 'ow you found our HQ, they pro'bly TOLD you, the tossers! I'm gonna- AHH!" He's impassioned threat was abruptly interrupted by a swift blow to his stomach by one of the metallic arms which sent him flying into the round of couches in the common area's center.
A blazing purple light suddenly illuminated the area as it was shot from Numbuh 5's blaster and hit the suit. "Gotcha!" the dark girl shouted triumphantly as the robotic suit twitched and shut down, leaving the zoo lady helpless.
"No!" the adult screeched as she fiddled with the suit's buttons and switches, attempting to get just a little bit more life out of her one weapon. It worked, "HA! It's ALIVE!" she cried as the suit's arms lifted jerkily off the ground, "Take THIS, Kids Next Door!" With its last energy, she made the arm sweep over the common area, scooping up four of the Kids Next Door and pinning them painfully against a wall. Last reserves depleted, the suit shut down, making escape all the less likely for the four completely trapped children.
The zoo lady jumped out of the suit, her tail swinging from side to side in joy, "I think I'll make this place my center of operations for a new zoo." She turned on her captives and screeched in their faces, "How do you like THAT, Kids Next Door? That'll teach you brats some manners! You'll be my first exhibits!"
Throughout her continued tirade, Numbuh 4 had been fighting off unconsciousness and the crippling pain in his stomach from beneath the table in the ring of couches. Because of the couches sunken-in structure he had escaped the arm's last sweep by rolling under the table, but now he was near to screaming in pain from the action and couldn't move a muscle for fear of making it worse. He slowly opened his squeezed-shut eyes and saw something lying before his face that immediately dimmed the pain. A plan formed in his groggy mind. Sure, it was dangerous and flimsy, and Numbuh 1 would probably go into an apoplectic seizure, but Numbuh 4 knew it was their only chance. He clenched his teeth against the pain and reached out, taking the gun into his shaking hands.
"The perfect children's zoo!" the zoo lady was gushing to her captives, "It will be wonderful! No one will have to deal with you brats ever again! And if they're ever curious, they can come on down and view you from a safe distance. Children are meant to be SEEN, not HEARD! Ha ha ha! I always believed in that! I-"
"Let my friends GO!!" Numbuh 4 shouted from just outside the ring of couches. His legs were shaking from the effort to keep himself on his feet and hold the heavy gun level with the zoo lady's head, despite her pointed lack of vertical inches.
The nasty woman whipped away from the astonished captive Kids Next Door to the one blonde, trembling boy who was pointing a gun at her. Even behind her large sunglasses, Numbuh 4 could see her eyes widen, "Whoa, son, be careful with that thing!" she said with a shaky and much softer voice.
"Shut up!" 4 cried, his voice cracking, "Ah'm not your son! Let my friends GO!!" He pulled back the hammer.
The zoo lady jumped at the gun's telltale click, and she put her hands up slightly and backed away from her captives, "Son, can't we talk about this? Do you know what that thing can do?"
"Yeh," 4 said with hard determination, "Ah know what it can do," his voice rose to a shout again, "An' don't think I won't use it ta' protect my friends!" He lunged forward a little.
The zoo lady jumped again with a yelp at his sudden movement, "Okay, okay! You win," she started toward the hole she'd created, "See? I'm leaving, you don't have to shoot, I'm leaving!"
Numbuh 4 didn't change his rigid position of pointing the gun at the adult's head until she was out of sight and he knew she had gone. Then he let himself drop to his knees as the gun clattered to the ground, tears of fear and relief falling from his eyes. During the stand-off, the captive Kids Next Door had been pushing with their combined strength to free themselves. With one last effort they wriggled out from behind the arm and ran to their savior.
Numbuh 3 immediately wrapped her arms around 4 and hugged him tightly. The Aussie let his head rest on her shoulder as she rocked gently and more tears fell. His other friends stood or crouched close to him, patting his shoulder and congratulating him.
"Whoo, Numbuh 4," Numbuh 5 said, "You saved all our lives! Numbuh 5 thinks that lady ain't comin' 'round HERE no mo'!"
"I agree, Numbuh 5," 1 said, "Good work, Numbuh 4." He patted his friend's shoulder warmly, "Very good work."
"Yeah, Numbuh 4," Numbuh 2 said excitedly, "That was so awesome! You scared the livin' daylights outta her! Numbuh 5's right, she ain't comin' back, I think."
4 stayed in Numbuh 3's embrace for a few more precious seconds before pulling away and wiping his eyes with his sweater, "Guys?" he said quietly.
"Yes, Numbuh 4?" Numbuh 1 replied.
"Let's get ridduh' that thing." He nodded toward the abandoned gun. All the children's eyes fell on the gun.
"Yes, Numbuh 4," 1 said, "I think the decision has been made." He left the tightly packed group and gingerly picked up the weapon and released the hammer. Numbuh 5 smiled.
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"FIVE!" Numbuh 5 shouted happily.
"FOUR!" Numbuh 4 echoed.
"THREE!" Numbuh 3 said with a big smile.
"TWO!" Numbuh 2 cried, and opened the door to his homemade forge.
"One." Numbuh 1 said with a half smile, and threw the gun into the orange fire. The rag they'd wrapped around the gun burned away quickly, and, though it took a while longer, the gun melted into a useless lump of metal before the Kids Next Door's happy eyes.
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A/N: You know, call me narcissistic, but sometimes I'm really impressed with myself. Damn, what a good fic! I hope you all liked it. I offer up this, probably the best thing I've ever written, to you, my most cherished readers, to either approve or reject. Oh yeah, I didn't remember the zoo lady's name, so I took not-so-creative license with that too, hope you don't mind. Ugh, it's gonna be agony waiting to upload this, but I'm glad it's all done now; otherwise I might've gotten bored with it. Anyway, if you liked this you might wanna check out my other fics, I've got 'em on both ff.net and fpress.net, though only this one is a KND fic. K, I think that's it, bye!
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"Yeah! Movie Time!" Numbuh 5 said happily as she and her teammates plopped in front of the large screen in the common area. She felt 100% better after knowing Numbuh 1 would keep his promise and make the right decision. She believed in 1, his leadership as well as his judgment, and also had no doubts as to what the right decision would be.
"What'dja' get, Numbuh 2?" 3 squeaked in her seat, an enormous bowl of popcorn balanced precariously in her narrow lap, "What'dja' get?"
"'I Was a Teenage Appetizer from the Planet Cuisine Part Four'!" he said in a menacing voice as he readied the DVD player before turning to the rest of his team and saying normally, "What else?" (A/N: Sounds like something Ed would enjoy, doesn't it?)
The other four children groaned, "Numbuh 2," 5 said in a chastising tone, "we seen dat movie 'bout a BILLION times already! Why couldn't you've picked somethin' else?"
"Cuz it's a classic!" 2 defended his movie as he settled into the couch, remote in hand, "Ya' can't go wrong with a classic." The other four murmured in reluctant agreement and quieted down as it started.
Just as the opening credits began to roll a huge crash rocked the treehouse and the common area was ripped in half, throwing the Kids Next Door from the couch to what was left of the floor. Through the cloud of dust and debris came a rumbling and grinding of metal joints. Suddenly the cloud disappeared to reveal the zoo lady operating a huge robotic suit that had torn the treehouse its new entrance. It was so big it had to stoop to stand inside the common area.
"Hello, BRATS Next Door," the zoo lady spat out acidly, "Hope I didn't disturb your movie!" She started manipulating the controls of the robotic suit, and its massive metal arms started grabbing for the five Kids.
"Kid's Next Door: Evasive maneuvers!" Numbuh 1 cried out his order as he ducked one of the arms.
"I'll get you Kid's Next Door this time," the zoo lady cackled maniacally, "You don't have any Delightful Children to save you now!"
Numbuh 4 stood up indignantly, "'Ey! Those creepy freaks didn't save nuthin'! We saved THEIR worthless behinds!"
"Numbuh 4," 1 shouted at his teammate, "GET DOWN!!"
But the Aussie hadn't said his peace yet, "An' lemme guess 'ow you found our HQ, they pro'bly TOLD you, the tossers! I'm gonna- AHH!" He's impassioned threat was abruptly interrupted by a swift blow to his stomach by one of the metallic arms which sent him flying into the round of couches in the common area's center.
A blazing purple light suddenly illuminated the area as it was shot from Numbuh 5's blaster and hit the suit. "Gotcha!" the dark girl shouted triumphantly as the robotic suit twitched and shut down, leaving the zoo lady helpless.
"No!" the adult screeched as she fiddled with the suit's buttons and switches, attempting to get just a little bit more life out of her one weapon. It worked, "HA! It's ALIVE!" she cried as the suit's arms lifted jerkily off the ground, "Take THIS, Kids Next Door!" With its last energy, she made the arm sweep over the common area, scooping up four of the Kids Next Door and pinning them painfully against a wall. Last reserves depleted, the suit shut down, making escape all the less likely for the four completely trapped children.
The zoo lady jumped out of the suit, her tail swinging from side to side in joy, "I think I'll make this place my center of operations for a new zoo." She turned on her captives and screeched in their faces, "How do you like THAT, Kids Next Door? That'll teach you brats some manners! You'll be my first exhibits!"
Throughout her continued tirade, Numbuh 4 had been fighting off unconsciousness and the crippling pain in his stomach from beneath the table in the ring of couches. Because of the couches sunken-in structure he had escaped the arm's last sweep by rolling under the table, but now he was near to screaming in pain from the action and couldn't move a muscle for fear of making it worse. He slowly opened his squeezed-shut eyes and saw something lying before his face that immediately dimmed the pain. A plan formed in his groggy mind. Sure, it was dangerous and flimsy, and Numbuh 1 would probably go into an apoplectic seizure, but Numbuh 4 knew it was their only chance. He clenched his teeth against the pain and reached out, taking the gun into his shaking hands.
"The perfect children's zoo!" the zoo lady was gushing to her captives, "It will be wonderful! No one will have to deal with you brats ever again! And if they're ever curious, they can come on down and view you from a safe distance. Children are meant to be SEEN, not HEARD! Ha ha ha! I always believed in that! I-"
"Let my friends GO!!" Numbuh 4 shouted from just outside the ring of couches. His legs were shaking from the effort to keep himself on his feet and hold the heavy gun level with the zoo lady's head, despite her pointed lack of vertical inches.
The nasty woman whipped away from the astonished captive Kids Next Door to the one blonde, trembling boy who was pointing a gun at her. Even behind her large sunglasses, Numbuh 4 could see her eyes widen, "Whoa, son, be careful with that thing!" she said with a shaky and much softer voice.
"Shut up!" 4 cried, his voice cracking, "Ah'm not your son! Let my friends GO!!" He pulled back the hammer.
The zoo lady jumped at the gun's telltale click, and she put her hands up slightly and backed away from her captives, "Son, can't we talk about this? Do you know what that thing can do?"
"Yeh," 4 said with hard determination, "Ah know what it can do," his voice rose to a shout again, "An' don't think I won't use it ta' protect my friends!" He lunged forward a little.
The zoo lady jumped again with a yelp at his sudden movement, "Okay, okay! You win," she started toward the hole she'd created, "See? I'm leaving, you don't have to shoot, I'm leaving!"
Numbuh 4 didn't change his rigid position of pointing the gun at the adult's head until she was out of sight and he knew she had gone. Then he let himself drop to his knees as the gun clattered to the ground, tears of fear and relief falling from his eyes. During the stand-off, the captive Kids Next Door had been pushing with their combined strength to free themselves. With one last effort they wriggled out from behind the arm and ran to their savior.
Numbuh 3 immediately wrapped her arms around 4 and hugged him tightly. The Aussie let his head rest on her shoulder as she rocked gently and more tears fell. His other friends stood or crouched close to him, patting his shoulder and congratulating him.
"Whoo, Numbuh 4," Numbuh 5 said, "You saved all our lives! Numbuh 5 thinks that lady ain't comin' 'round HERE no mo'!"
"I agree, Numbuh 5," 1 said, "Good work, Numbuh 4." He patted his friend's shoulder warmly, "Very good work."
"Yeah, Numbuh 4," Numbuh 2 said excitedly, "That was so awesome! You scared the livin' daylights outta her! Numbuh 5's right, she ain't comin' back, I think."
4 stayed in Numbuh 3's embrace for a few more precious seconds before pulling away and wiping his eyes with his sweater, "Guys?" he said quietly.
"Yes, Numbuh 4?" Numbuh 1 replied.
"Let's get ridduh' that thing." He nodded toward the abandoned gun. All the children's eyes fell on the gun.
"Yes, Numbuh 4," 1 said, "I think the decision has been made." He left the tightly packed group and gingerly picked up the weapon and released the hammer. Numbuh 5 smiled.
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"FIVE!" Numbuh 5 shouted happily.
"FOUR!" Numbuh 4 echoed.
"THREE!" Numbuh 3 said with a big smile.
"TWO!" Numbuh 2 cried, and opened the door to his homemade forge.
"One." Numbuh 1 said with a half smile, and threw the gun into the orange fire. The rag they'd wrapped around the gun burned away quickly, and, though it took a while longer, the gun melted into a useless lump of metal before the Kids Next Door's happy eyes.
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A/N: You know, call me narcissistic, but sometimes I'm really impressed with myself. Damn, what a good fic! I hope you all liked it. I offer up this, probably the best thing I've ever written, to you, my most cherished readers, to either approve or reject. Oh yeah, I didn't remember the zoo lady's name, so I took not-so-creative license with that too, hope you don't mind. Ugh, it's gonna be agony waiting to upload this, but I'm glad it's all done now; otherwise I might've gotten bored with it. Anyway, if you liked this you might wanna check out my other fics, I've got 'em on both ff.net and fpress.net, though only this one is a KND fic. K, I think that's it, bye!