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Review Responses:
Anonymous: The story was laid out from the beginning. But I'm glad I successfully created tension. Enjoy the last chapter!
GunMster: Glad you like it! I don't really like killing off children, and there are few characters in this show that aren't at least close to being children. Besides, dying is out of character, heh.
Numbuh 3.14: Cree has to make a choice, and it could go either way. But she's good at heart, I think. She's nice enough to Abby when she's sick in SUPPORT anyway.
Cindy Neutron: I kept you waiting in front of your computer in anticipation for 2 days! Sorry. Anyway, enjoy this chapter.
This chapter is late because I kept getting distracted by real life. It'll go away eventually.
Operation: HOAGIE
Hoagie's
Obvious
Attraction
Generally
Irritates
Everyone
Chapter Seven: TRUTH
Teenager
Redeemed:
Unfortunately,
Truth
Hurts
Numbuh Two's hand was slipping, a five story fall was beneath him. Cree had a choice to make.
She closed her eyes, focusing for a moment. When she opened them, she was ready.
Cree dropped to one knee, throwing her left leg behind her, knocking Chad's ankle backwards, and throwing him off balance. She then stood and punched him hard in the stomach. As Chad doubled over, she grinned at him. "Chad baby, don't you EVER think that you can defeat me. We Lincoln girls are made of stronger stuff than you'll ever know.".
The Delightful Children all stood with mouths agape as their ally was so quickly defeated. They then reached over and pressed another small switch, which began dropping their own lift back into the mansion, realizing that they would rather face the flames inside than an angry Cree.
Hoagie's hand slipped slightly, then suddenly he lost his grip and his short life flashed through his eyes as he began falling. Suddenly he stopped, and looked up to see Cree smiling down at him. "You din' think I'd let you fall, did you baby?"
Cree lightly tossed Hoagie back up to the roof. He was still carrying his SUGAR cannon, he was far too attached to his inventions to let one just fall like that. Cree smiled at him, then turned to face the Kids Next Door. Numbuhs Three and Four had been untied by Five, and she was currently helping Numbuh One to his feet, after waking him up with one of the captured childrens' water.
Numbuh Five looked at her from across the roof. "Cree, I know you ain't sided with us or nothin', but you gotta find some way to help these kids down from here. Our ship was destroyed and we need to save them!"
Cree grinned. "I know baby, and Cree is never caught without a plan." Cree pressed a button on her armor, and a deep rumbling noise reverbated throughout the rooftop. Suddenly a large, armored starship rose up from underground, coming through a hidden hangar in the Delightful Children's yard. Enormous engines fired, bringing the ship up the roof height.
"It was meant for invadin' the Kids Next Door Moon Base, but I decided it was about time I took somethin' back from Father dearest. Everybody get in the ship, and take the captured children with you!" Cree picked up Hoagie and threw him into the ship, and then began helping the tied up children into the passenger bay. Once everyone was secure, she jumped in as well, looking back towards the mansion as the ship soared towards the treehouse.
"Bye bye Delightful Brats. Cree'll see you later!"
A few minutes later, the adult ship landed in the treehouse hangar, after letting the previously hostage children off on the ground. Everyone walked out of the ship, with Numbuh Five still helping One stay upright. Cree followed after the rest of the team, feeling the tension in the air. The Kids Next Door all stood a few feet away, looking at her suspiciously, Hoagie was with them, but was only concerned with Numbuh One at the moment. Numbuh One spoke to Cree as best he could with his injuries.
"Cree Lincoln, form... formerly Numbuh Eleven of the Kids Next Door. You nearly destroyed us all... then you helped save us. You've got nowhere to go... the adults won't trust you, and we can't allow a teenager to join the Kids Next Door. What... What are you planning to do now?"
Cree looked at the floor and sighed. "All I can tell you is that I don' know. The adults will be lookin' for me for a while, but if I go to the Kids Next Door prison, I'll finally be decomissioned, and I'll forget everything, even..." She looked Hoagie in the eyes. "... even the reason that I betrayed the adults in the first place."
Hoagie looked at her sadly. "No way Cree! That can't happen!"
Cree smiled back at him. "Hoagie, I need to talk to you in private. You mind if we step into the DRAGON real quick baby?"
Hoagie followed Cree over towards the small aircraft and got in. The others looked at eachother nervously, and Numbuh Five just shook her head.
"Oooh, Numbuh Five is glad she don't have to hear this."
Cree took a deep breath, and let it out slowly. This wasn't going to be easy to tell him. She'd taken an honest liking to the boy since she'd first started to date him. Still, the truth remained that it had started as only an adult ploy.
"Hoagie baby, You know I love you, right?"
Hoagie smiled at her. His voice showed how nervous he was though. "Ye-yeah. I love you too, Cree. But what's wrong?"
"Hoagie, I need to be honest with you now. The only reason I first started this... this relationship was to get information on the Kids Next Door." Cree hung her head, sighing heavily again. "Father... Father ordered me to date you, even though I didn't want to. I didn't want to play with your emotions like that."
Hoagie's world crashed down around him. He'd had suspicion, sure, and he knew that she'd wanted diagrams of 2x4 tech, but he never thought that she had never really... "So... it was all fake? You don't like me after all?"
"No, baby. It just started that way. But as I spent time with you, I... I started to love you, really and truly. But the problem is, I can't stay with you right now. The age thing."
Hoagie sat back in his chair, looking out the windshield towards his team. They were all tending to their wounded leader, and their wounded selves, watching Hoagie while they tried to look like they weren't.
"Yeah, I know. But... One day age won't be such a big deal. Five years is nothing when you're an adult, right? I mean, we can still be together later, right?"
Cree smiled, though there were tears in her eyes. "Yeah, Hoagie. But that's a long way off. You ain' even going to be a teenager for two more years."
Cree looked down at Hoagie, then leaned in and gave him a lingering kiss on the lips.
"Cree's gotta go now, Hoagie. I'll be around, don't you worry. I'm too good for anyone to catch, Kids or Adults. Promise me somethin' though. Promise me that you'll escape decommissioning, and look for me after you are an adult."
Hoagie smiled sadly, trying to fight back the tears. "I... I promise Cree."
They embraced one last time.
The debriefing room had an unusually somber mood for a successful mission. Numbuh One had his eyes closed as he stood behind the podium, head hung low. He finally looked up at the team, forcing a smile.
"Good work today, team. We got some cake to everyone at the party, and successfully rescued our lost member. However, there are still things to discuss. Numbuh Two, please come up here."
Numbuh Two tried to ignore the anger in Numbuh One's voice as he stepped gravely up onto the platform. He'd betrayed the Kids Next Door. Normally, this carried the weight of decommissioning.
"Yes Sir?"
Numbuh One looked sternly at the operative before him. He thanked all that was holy that his sunglasses covered his moistened eyes. This was a difficult decision.
"Hoagie P. Gilligan, also known as Numbuh Two of the Kids Next Door, you have openly fraternized with a known enemy. Not only that, you have willingly given away valuable and dangerous information to the adults, putting not only the lives of your teammates in danger, but the very security of the Kids Next Door's entire operation on the line. What do you have to say for yourself?"
Hoagie slouched, hearing his crimes stated like that made him feel like nothing more than a common criminal. Any thoughts of righteous rebellion in the name of love had faded with Cree's departure, and he sat silent, trying to think of what to say. He finally looked up. "uh... I guess... I guess there's no denying what I did. I'll have to plead guilty."
Numbuh One nodded gravely. "Of course, the only punishment I'm allowed to bestow for treason is immediate decommissioning."
The team knew it had been coming, but hearing that word made everything suddenly real. Numbuh Five just shook her head sadly. Numbuh Four crossed his arms and looked away, trying to hide his sadness. Numbuh Three suddenly started bawling uncontrollably, drenching the couch and the other operatives in the process.
Numbuh One waited a few seconds until Three had calmed herself a little, before finally continuing.
"However, thanks to the brave actions of one of your teammates, the data in question was destroyed. Therefore, I feel it is acceptable to let you off with only a warning. On ONE condition, Numbuh Two."
Numbuh Two tried to stay solemn, no matter how happy he was on the inside. "What condition is that?"
Numbuh One grinned. "That if we ever end up brothers in law, you won't ever let your wife do what she did to me today, ever again."
Numbuhs Two and Five blushed deeply as Numbuh Four stuck out his tongue in disgust. "Married? Yee-uck!"
Numbuh Two laughed. "Yeah, I'll make sure to tell her!"
Father clenched his fist in his newly sunlit room. The Delightful Children stood in the center of the sunbeam, which had resulted from the top four stories of the mansion burning to cinder.
"The traitor Cree has eluded us so far, Father. Not only that, but she has used her knowledge of the computer system here to remove all records of her stolen information. We've lost our advantage."
Father's flames burned brightly in anger. The girl had escaped capture. He knew that her skills would allow her to elude them forever. However, there was still the more immediate threat of the Kids Next Door.
"Don't worry, Children. We will defeat the Kids Next Door first, she will come to us when we have her boyfriend captive here. This isn't over, it's only just beginning."
The laughter of Father and his Children resonated out of the mansion, giving the neighbors chills down their spines.
A few days passed quietly. Things were slowly getting back to normal at the treehouse. Missions had come and gone, nothing exciting or even interesting had happened.
Numbuh Two kept largely to his room, but seemed to be recovering well enough.
No one noticed, but Numbuh One and Five had been spending more time together, as couples that had nearly lost one another do.
Numbuh Three had rescued the enormous Rainbow Monkey plushie from the rooftop, and had sewn it's head back on. It wasn't the best sewing in the world, but the large toy made her happy, and that was enough.
Numbuh Four spent all his time training, wanting to be ready the next time he faced Cree or any teenager, tired of losing all the time.
One thought stayed in all their minds, however. Where was Cree, and what was she doing?
Of course, this thought quickly left as the Kids Next Door mission alert went off.
The team rushed madly for the briefing room, lining up on the couch as Numbuh One walked casually in, holding the red tickertape mission specs in his hand. He stood at the podium.
"Okay Kids Next Door! Mr. Pibb and Mr. Wink have once again built a war machine, this time seemingly aimed for destroying the local lumberyard. Without the wood and hardware stored there, this treehouse would be impossible to repair! Our mission will be to get over there immediately, and stop this horrible plot from coming to fruition. Let's go, team!"
The team quickly ran to their quick-deployment pods, and immediately found themselves dropped into the newly-built (and more heavily armored) school bus aircraft. Numbuh Two stared the engines and they flew off towards the lumberyard at high speed. There would be a few minutes before they got there, as an aircraf this size could only go so fast. Numbuh One took this time to explain the strategy.
"Numbuh Two, you will be using the SUGAR cannon. Try to hit the control panel again, it seemed to work well last time. Numbuh Three, you will be manning... uh... controlling the ship, try to keep it out of harm's way. Numbuhs Four and Five, you're with me. We need to find some way to destroy the machine that they've built, in case the control panel plan doesn't--"
"Sorry to interrupt you baby, but Numbuh Five's not sure we even NEED a plan this time."
The team gasped as they looked out the front window. A pile of twisted metal was all that was left of the machine that Wink and Pibb had built. The adults themselves were laying on the ground, tied securely. Numbuh Two set the bus down nearby the wreckage, and the team walked cautiously out.
"Keep your guard up, team. Whoever did this may still be here, and may not be friendly towards us." Numbuh One kept his mind focused, not sure of this strange situation.
"Nobody over here! Except a squirrel! Hi, Mr. Squirrel!" Numbuh Three waved happily at the small, confused rodent.
"This place is clear, I don't think anyone wants a butt-kickin' from Numbuh Four today!"
"Numbuh Five don' see nothin' over here, baby. Wonder who did all this?"
"Nothing over here either, Numbuh One. Whoever did this didn't leave a clue-- wait, what's that?" Numbuh Two rolled Mr. Pibb over, exposing the bright green metal dragonfly attached to the knot on the ropes. He plucked it off gently, smiling.
"What did you find, Numbuh Two?" Numbuh One raised a quizzatical eyebrow at the portly operative.
"Nothin'. Just thinking about a girl I used to know. I think whoever did this is long gone, and we should just be thankful that we can capture these adults now." Hoagie smiled. It would be a while before he'd see her again. But she was still alive, and she still remembered him and the DRAGON. He'd remember her too.
He'd always remember.
A/N: That's the final chapter. Poor Hoagie and Cree have to wait on their relationship, but at least there is still hope. Cree can't join the Kids Next Door, but she's still around, doing what she can. Hoagie is still a faithful member, and now he has no weaknesses when it comes to the adults. Anyway, if you enjoyed Operation: HOAGIE, please review this chapter. I may write an Epilogue, if the fancy strikes me. In any case, I plan to write more KND fanfiction in the future, though they won't be sequels. Thanks for reading this all the way through, and see you elsewhere on the site!
Review Responses:
Anonymous: The story was laid out from the beginning. But I'm glad I successfully created tension. Enjoy the last chapter!
GunMster: Glad you like it! I don't really like killing off children, and there are few characters in this show that aren't at least close to being children. Besides, dying is out of character, heh.
Numbuh 3.14: Cree has to make a choice, and it could go either way. But she's good at heart, I think. She's nice enough to Abby when she's sick in SUPPORT anyway.
Cindy Neutron: I kept you waiting in front of your computer in anticipation for 2 days! Sorry. Anyway, enjoy this chapter.
This chapter is late because I kept getting distracted by real life. It'll go away eventually.
Operation: HOAGIE
Hoagie's
Obvious
Attraction
Generally
Irritates
Everyone
Chapter Seven: TRUTH
Teenager
Redeemed:
Unfortunately,
Truth
Hurts
Numbuh Two's hand was slipping, a five story fall was beneath him. Cree had a choice to make.
She closed her eyes, focusing for a moment. When she opened them, she was ready.
Cree dropped to one knee, throwing her left leg behind her, knocking Chad's ankle backwards, and throwing him off balance. She then stood and punched him hard in the stomach. As Chad doubled over, she grinned at him. "Chad baby, don't you EVER think that you can defeat me. We Lincoln girls are made of stronger stuff than you'll ever know.".
The Delightful Children all stood with mouths agape as their ally was so quickly defeated. They then reached over and pressed another small switch, which began dropping their own lift back into the mansion, realizing that they would rather face the flames inside than an angry Cree.
Hoagie's hand slipped slightly, then suddenly he lost his grip and his short life flashed through his eyes as he began falling. Suddenly he stopped, and looked up to see Cree smiling down at him. "You din' think I'd let you fall, did you baby?"
Cree lightly tossed Hoagie back up to the roof. He was still carrying his SUGAR cannon, he was far too attached to his inventions to let one just fall like that. Cree smiled at him, then turned to face the Kids Next Door. Numbuhs Three and Four had been untied by Five, and she was currently helping Numbuh One to his feet, after waking him up with one of the captured childrens' water.
Numbuh Five looked at her from across the roof. "Cree, I know you ain't sided with us or nothin', but you gotta find some way to help these kids down from here. Our ship was destroyed and we need to save them!"
Cree grinned. "I know baby, and Cree is never caught without a plan." Cree pressed a button on her armor, and a deep rumbling noise reverbated throughout the rooftop. Suddenly a large, armored starship rose up from underground, coming through a hidden hangar in the Delightful Children's yard. Enormous engines fired, bringing the ship up the roof height.
"It was meant for invadin' the Kids Next Door Moon Base, but I decided it was about time I took somethin' back from Father dearest. Everybody get in the ship, and take the captured children with you!" Cree picked up Hoagie and threw him into the ship, and then began helping the tied up children into the passenger bay. Once everyone was secure, she jumped in as well, looking back towards the mansion as the ship soared towards the treehouse.
"Bye bye Delightful Brats. Cree'll see you later!"
A few minutes later, the adult ship landed in the treehouse hangar, after letting the previously hostage children off on the ground. Everyone walked out of the ship, with Numbuh Five still helping One stay upright. Cree followed after the rest of the team, feeling the tension in the air. The Kids Next Door all stood a few feet away, looking at her suspiciously, Hoagie was with them, but was only concerned with Numbuh One at the moment. Numbuh One spoke to Cree as best he could with his injuries.
"Cree Lincoln, form... formerly Numbuh Eleven of the Kids Next Door. You nearly destroyed us all... then you helped save us. You've got nowhere to go... the adults won't trust you, and we can't allow a teenager to join the Kids Next Door. What... What are you planning to do now?"
Cree looked at the floor and sighed. "All I can tell you is that I don' know. The adults will be lookin' for me for a while, but if I go to the Kids Next Door prison, I'll finally be decomissioned, and I'll forget everything, even..." She looked Hoagie in the eyes. "... even the reason that I betrayed the adults in the first place."
Hoagie looked at her sadly. "No way Cree! That can't happen!"
Cree smiled back at him. "Hoagie, I need to talk to you in private. You mind if we step into the DRAGON real quick baby?"
Hoagie followed Cree over towards the small aircraft and got in. The others looked at eachother nervously, and Numbuh Five just shook her head.
"Oooh, Numbuh Five is glad she don't have to hear this."
Cree took a deep breath, and let it out slowly. This wasn't going to be easy to tell him. She'd taken an honest liking to the boy since she'd first started to date him. Still, the truth remained that it had started as only an adult ploy.
"Hoagie baby, You know I love you, right?"
Hoagie smiled at her. His voice showed how nervous he was though. "Ye-yeah. I love you too, Cree. But what's wrong?"
"Hoagie, I need to be honest with you now. The only reason I first started this... this relationship was to get information on the Kids Next Door." Cree hung her head, sighing heavily again. "Father... Father ordered me to date you, even though I didn't want to. I didn't want to play with your emotions like that."
Hoagie's world crashed down around him. He'd had suspicion, sure, and he knew that she'd wanted diagrams of 2x4 tech, but he never thought that she had never really... "So... it was all fake? You don't like me after all?"
"No, baby. It just started that way. But as I spent time with you, I... I started to love you, really and truly. But the problem is, I can't stay with you right now. The age thing."
Hoagie sat back in his chair, looking out the windshield towards his team. They were all tending to their wounded leader, and their wounded selves, watching Hoagie while they tried to look like they weren't.
"Yeah, I know. But... One day age won't be such a big deal. Five years is nothing when you're an adult, right? I mean, we can still be together later, right?"
Cree smiled, though there were tears in her eyes. "Yeah, Hoagie. But that's a long way off. You ain' even going to be a teenager for two more years."
Cree looked down at Hoagie, then leaned in and gave him a lingering kiss on the lips.
"Cree's gotta go now, Hoagie. I'll be around, don't you worry. I'm too good for anyone to catch, Kids or Adults. Promise me somethin' though. Promise me that you'll escape decommissioning, and look for me after you are an adult."
Hoagie smiled sadly, trying to fight back the tears. "I... I promise Cree."
They embraced one last time.
The debriefing room had an unusually somber mood for a successful mission. Numbuh One had his eyes closed as he stood behind the podium, head hung low. He finally looked up at the team, forcing a smile.
"Good work today, team. We got some cake to everyone at the party, and successfully rescued our lost member. However, there are still things to discuss. Numbuh Two, please come up here."
Numbuh Two tried to ignore the anger in Numbuh One's voice as he stepped gravely up onto the platform. He'd betrayed the Kids Next Door. Normally, this carried the weight of decommissioning.
"Yes Sir?"
Numbuh One looked sternly at the operative before him. He thanked all that was holy that his sunglasses covered his moistened eyes. This was a difficult decision.
"Hoagie P. Gilligan, also known as Numbuh Two of the Kids Next Door, you have openly fraternized with a known enemy. Not only that, you have willingly given away valuable and dangerous information to the adults, putting not only the lives of your teammates in danger, but the very security of the Kids Next Door's entire operation on the line. What do you have to say for yourself?"
Hoagie slouched, hearing his crimes stated like that made him feel like nothing more than a common criminal. Any thoughts of righteous rebellion in the name of love had faded with Cree's departure, and he sat silent, trying to think of what to say. He finally looked up. "uh... I guess... I guess there's no denying what I did. I'll have to plead guilty."
Numbuh One nodded gravely. "Of course, the only punishment I'm allowed to bestow for treason is immediate decommissioning."
The team knew it had been coming, but hearing that word made everything suddenly real. Numbuh Five just shook her head sadly. Numbuh Four crossed his arms and looked away, trying to hide his sadness. Numbuh Three suddenly started bawling uncontrollably, drenching the couch and the other operatives in the process.
Numbuh One waited a few seconds until Three had calmed herself a little, before finally continuing.
"However, thanks to the brave actions of one of your teammates, the data in question was destroyed. Therefore, I feel it is acceptable to let you off with only a warning. On ONE condition, Numbuh Two."
Numbuh Two tried to stay solemn, no matter how happy he was on the inside. "What condition is that?"
Numbuh One grinned. "That if we ever end up brothers in law, you won't ever let your wife do what she did to me today, ever again."
Numbuhs Two and Five blushed deeply as Numbuh Four stuck out his tongue in disgust. "Married? Yee-uck!"
Numbuh Two laughed. "Yeah, I'll make sure to tell her!"
Father clenched his fist in his newly sunlit room. The Delightful Children stood in the center of the sunbeam, which had resulted from the top four stories of the mansion burning to cinder.
"The traitor Cree has eluded us so far, Father. Not only that, but she has used her knowledge of the computer system here to remove all records of her stolen information. We've lost our advantage."
Father's flames burned brightly in anger. The girl had escaped capture. He knew that her skills would allow her to elude them forever. However, there was still the more immediate threat of the Kids Next Door.
"Don't worry, Children. We will defeat the Kids Next Door first, she will come to us when we have her boyfriend captive here. This isn't over, it's only just beginning."
The laughter of Father and his Children resonated out of the mansion, giving the neighbors chills down their spines.
A few days passed quietly. Things were slowly getting back to normal at the treehouse. Missions had come and gone, nothing exciting or even interesting had happened.
Numbuh Two kept largely to his room, but seemed to be recovering well enough.
No one noticed, but Numbuh One and Five had been spending more time together, as couples that had nearly lost one another do.
Numbuh Three had rescued the enormous Rainbow Monkey plushie from the rooftop, and had sewn it's head back on. It wasn't the best sewing in the world, but the large toy made her happy, and that was enough.
Numbuh Four spent all his time training, wanting to be ready the next time he faced Cree or any teenager, tired of losing all the time.
One thought stayed in all their minds, however. Where was Cree, and what was she doing?
Of course, this thought quickly left as the Kids Next Door mission alert went off.
The team rushed madly for the briefing room, lining up on the couch as Numbuh One walked casually in, holding the red tickertape mission specs in his hand. He stood at the podium.
"Okay Kids Next Door! Mr. Pibb and Mr. Wink have once again built a war machine, this time seemingly aimed for destroying the local lumberyard. Without the wood and hardware stored there, this treehouse would be impossible to repair! Our mission will be to get over there immediately, and stop this horrible plot from coming to fruition. Let's go, team!"
The team quickly ran to their quick-deployment pods, and immediately found themselves dropped into the newly-built (and more heavily armored) school bus aircraft. Numbuh Two stared the engines and they flew off towards the lumberyard at high speed. There would be a few minutes before they got there, as an aircraf this size could only go so fast. Numbuh One took this time to explain the strategy.
"Numbuh Two, you will be using the SUGAR cannon. Try to hit the control panel again, it seemed to work well last time. Numbuh Three, you will be manning... uh... controlling the ship, try to keep it out of harm's way. Numbuhs Four and Five, you're with me. We need to find some way to destroy the machine that they've built, in case the control panel plan doesn't--"
"Sorry to interrupt you baby, but Numbuh Five's not sure we even NEED a plan this time."
The team gasped as they looked out the front window. A pile of twisted metal was all that was left of the machine that Wink and Pibb had built. The adults themselves were laying on the ground, tied securely. Numbuh Two set the bus down nearby the wreckage, and the team walked cautiously out.
"Keep your guard up, team. Whoever did this may still be here, and may not be friendly towards us." Numbuh One kept his mind focused, not sure of this strange situation.
"Nobody over here! Except a squirrel! Hi, Mr. Squirrel!" Numbuh Three waved happily at the small, confused rodent.
"This place is clear, I don't think anyone wants a butt-kickin' from Numbuh Four today!"
"Numbuh Five don' see nothin' over here, baby. Wonder who did all this?"
"Nothing over here either, Numbuh One. Whoever did this didn't leave a clue-- wait, what's that?" Numbuh Two rolled Mr. Pibb over, exposing the bright green metal dragonfly attached to the knot on the ropes. He plucked it off gently, smiling.
"What did you find, Numbuh Two?" Numbuh One raised a quizzatical eyebrow at the portly operative.
"Nothin'. Just thinking about a girl I used to know. I think whoever did this is long gone, and we should just be thankful that we can capture these adults now." Hoagie smiled. It would be a while before he'd see her again. But she was still alive, and she still remembered him and the DRAGON. He'd remember her too.
He'd always remember.
A/N: That's the final chapter. Poor Hoagie and Cree have to wait on their relationship, but at least there is still hope. Cree can't join the Kids Next Door, but she's still around, doing what she can. Hoagie is still a faithful member, and now he has no weaknesses when it comes to the adults. Anyway, if you enjoyed Operation: HOAGIE, please review this chapter. I may write an Epilogue, if the fancy strikes me. In any case, I plan to write more KND fanfiction in the future, though they won't be sequels. Thanks for reading this all the way through, and see you elsewhere on the site!