Author's Note: This is a sequel to my other KND fic, Operation: NERDS R MAD. I'll try to make this fic capable of standing alone if you don't want to read NERDS R MAD. But if you like you can click on my name and click the link to it. And there are going to be 2x4 technologies mentioned here that are summed up in the last chapter in my old fic so you might wanna check them out, but I will make short explanations of them here so you can chose not to. Also, I'd like to point out that the fact that the Moonbase wasn't mentioned in NERDS R MAD was because it was made when only season one episodes were shown here in the Philippines and I missed Operation: QUIET. Also, I spelled "numbuh" as "numbah" in that fic so I'm correcting that here. Anyway, most of the season 2 episodes have been shown here and I've read some spoiler material on the later season 2 & 3 episodes. That having been said, I'd like to point out that the Moonbase will play a part here and that the timeline for this fic is set after Operation: END. Please bear with any inconsistencies, thank you.
Disclaimer: I don't own KND and this is in no way made for profit.
Story Title: Operation WHACKED
Wally
Hypnotized
After
Cleverly
Kidnapped by
Evil
Delightfuls
Chapter Title: Interrupted Test
KND Treehouse, Sector 5BA-BUP… BA-BUP… BA-BUP…
The sound of fists hitting a punching bag resounded throughout Numbuh 4's room as he landed blow upon blow on his personal punching bag. He had been hitting the bag for almost an hour now. Why? Well, because he was 4 after all, and he was bored. But even he soon got tired of the exercise. With one powerful final bow he hit the bag, causing it to swing away. But it swung right back with the same force, hitting 4 in the face and knocking the boy flat on the floor.
Grumbling and cursing, the Australian operative stood up and rubbed the part of his face the bag had hit. "Cruddy punchin' bag, ah'd hit ya' back but ah've doin' that for 'bout an hour."
Wiping his facial sweat on his sleeves, he suddenly remembered that he had nothing to do to alleviate his boredom now that he had grown tired of punching the bag. He looked around his room, searching for something to do. But he had already used all of his exercise and combat training device before he had started with the punching bag, and for some reason he wasn't in the mood to watch TV, listen to music, or read comics. To sum it up, he was bored out of his skull with nothing that he wanted to do.
"Man, isn't there anything to do 'round 'ere?" 4 said, voicing out his frustrations to himself. "Ah wish there was a mission, ah feel loike kicking adult butt roight 'bout now…"
He strode towards the door and exited his room. All the exercise and simulated combat he had done had made him thirsty and he wanted a glass of water. As he headed of the Treehouse's kitchen, he passed by the main atrium. There he saw Numbuh 3 watching a Rainbow Monkey movie on TV, Numbuh 2 reading a Yipper comic book, and Numbuh 5 reading a magazine. Numbuh 1 was nowhere in sight but 4 knew that it was most likely because the British operative was working on a report or other such things a leader like him did.
At least they have somethin' to do. 4 thought as he passed by 3, 2, and 5. The three operatives didn't even look up as Numbuh 4 passed by, seemingly lost in their own respective worlds. 4 didn't mind, though. He was hardly paying any attention to them himself. He continued on toward the kitchen, all the while wishing that he could see some action or do something, anything, to alleviate his boredom.
But what the blond boy didn't know was that his boredom wasn't going to last much longer. His wish was going to be granted…
KND Technological Research Station Nerd Saber, geo-stationary lunar orbitAbove the KND Moonbase—locked in a geo-stationary lunar orbit that kept it above the primary KND base at all times—was a space station that seemed very out-of-place in space. Why? It was because this particular station looked like it was made from the hulk of an old aircraft carrier. If someone on a spacecraft could get close enough that someone would see what appeared to be an aircraft carrier with rocket boosters seemingly jerry-rigged to where the propellers had once been, shark-like, snake-like, and spider-like craft/robots on the flight deck, and a big insignia painted onto the side of the control bridge superstructure. Upon closer inspection one would see that it was a KND symbol with a big "N" overlapping it. This was the Nerd Saber.
But despite the impressive and intimidating aura the size and shape of the space station projected, the station's crew was far from being described as impressive or intimidating. The "N" on the insignia stood for the KND Nerds Division, a division of the KND where all the so-called nerds of the organization were sent. These of course composed of people who were considered by man as weird and, well, nerdy. But these so-called nerds were also very brilliant and resourceful, and they were sent here not to be quarantined from the non-nerds but to use their very brilliance and resourcefulness to develop technology and weapons for the KND.
Well, that and to escape being bullied by the other KND.
The commander of the Nerd Saber, like most of his crew, was also an unimpressive-looking nerd. He was a boy with reddish-brown hair and wore thick-framed, thick-lensed glasses. He also had a nasally, squeaky voice and an ever-present asthma inhaler, seemingly a stereotypical nerd. This was operative Numbuh 51, Alden Savant. But unlike most of his nerdy companions, Alden did, despite the way he was, intimidate other kids who knew of him. For this boy, along with four fellow nerds, once rebelled against the KND and nearly brought it down for good.
"Jane," 51 said to a bespectacled, brown-haired girl in his characteristic squeaky voice. "Tell, Klaus and Maria to ready the SHIVA and the HIVE."
"Yes, Numbuh 51," Jane said with a British accent, politely stressing Alden's numbuh. "And it's 98 now. Klaus and Maria are 117 and 159. We've reinstated into the KND, remember?"
"I always forget that fact," the 51 said, smiling to 98. Jane, Klaus, and Maria were three of the four that had joined Alden in the rebellion he had perpetrated months ago, and during that time they had called each other by their names and not their numbuhs. "It was just so comfortable calling you guys by your real names before that I guess it's become a habit."
Jane smiled. "I know, but protocol is protocol."
Alden shrugged. "Well, whatever, let's get on with the test. Kl—I mean, 117, 159, you guys ready?"
"Ready to go, 51." Answered Klaus(117) in his characteristic German accent.
"Ready to roll." Answered the Hispanic operative, Maria(159).
"Red-dy," said a voice behind Alden, he turned. It was special operative Numbuh 57, Alden's younger brother, Allan, an autistic boy who was a computer genius. "R-red-dy."
Alden couldn't help but smile at his younger bro's attempt to imitate 117 and 159. "Yes, Allan, they are ready." He turned back to the communications screen. "Okay, guys, take 'em out."
Affirmatives were heard as 117 and 159 readied the latest additions to the KND arsenal, the SHIVA(Strategic Highly Impenetrable Vehicular Armor) and the HIVE(Highly Impenetrable Vehicular Encasement). Both were 10-foot high robotic suits which were derivatives of another prototype robotic suit, the APE(Armored Personnel Encasement). The APE had been a mentally-controlled, unarmed, and vaguely ape-like contraption that combined both Klaus and Maria's robotics know how. 117 had designed the APE with his characteristic animal-inspired design philosophy while 159 had come up with the internal schematics and integrated 98's self-repair system into the design.
The APE had performed well in all the tests performed on it, but it was still unarmored and unarmed. A combat version had to be created. The APE was turned over to other nerd designers in the Nerd Saber. Those designers had worked on the APE designs and finally came up with two more-humanoid designs that 51 and the others had found to have great promise as robotic combat suits.
First was the SHIVA. It was basically the APE except that it had more humanoid arm-leg proportions and it's body was made of cylindrical and circular parts. It didn't have a head like the APE did but instead had a box-like hatch with clear glass windows on it in its place. Also, it had a rocket assembly on the back with six retractable, blade-like wings. For weaponry it had rapid-fire wrist beam guns on its arms. But these weren't its only weapons. It also had two rectangular compartments growing from its shoulders, a circular compartment on its diaphragm, and compartments on the lower wrists. These compartments contained upgraded versions of the SQUID(Space-borne Quantitative Intrusive Drone) units which 117 and 159 had developed a while back as weapons.
Like the older versions, they were 18-inch-long machines with a can-like body, a drill-like head on one end, and a rocket booster surrounded by 10 tentacles on the other end. Also like the older version, they were built to tear into enemy vehicles/structures and destroy them from within. But the SQUIDs in the SHIVA had one difference from those older versions. These newer versions could produce a powerful energy field that not only helped it tear into enemy units but also protected the drones from being destroyed. Also, if used right the SQUIDs could deflect shots fired by enemies away from the SHIVA. There are 27 of the upgraded SQUID units in the SHIVA, 8 in each of the two shoulder compartments, 3 in each of the wrist compartments, and 5 in the diaphragm compartment.
To top all that off, the SHIVA had a self-repair system consisting of billions of nano-fixers in its armor that allowed it to instantaneously self-repair any damage is sustained. This made the suit practically indestructible. The only way to beat the self-repair system was to either take out the pilot or to destroy the nano-fixers' central control node which was located right behind the diaphragm compartment.
The second design was the HIVE. It was a lot like the SHIVA. Like the SHIVA, it had 5 weapons compartments, beam guns on the wrists, a rocket attachment on the back with retractable wings, and a self-repair system. The difference was, its body had more hexagonal components, its beam guns were on the lower wrists, the arm weapons compartments were on the upper wrists, and it only had four retractable wings, not six. Also, it didn't carry SQUID units in its weapons compartment. Instead, it carried STINGR(Super Tiny Ionized Neutralizer Generator Robot) units.
STINGRs were 3-inch-long, bee-like robotic drones. They, like the upgraded SQUIDs, could produce energy fields. But the STINGRs' energy fields were different. They could interlock and expand, forming a powerful shield around the HIVE. It could also project force fields around other objects, making it excellent for defensive purposes. But defense wasn't the only capabilities of the STINGRs. Concentrated and merged, the energy fields could become a powerful beam that could do a lot of damage. The HIVE contained 63 STINGRs, 15 on each shoulder compartments, 9 on each wrist compartment, and 15 on the diaphragm compartment.
Together, these two robots would be the first of the new line of KND weapons. But of course, each new development will always have bugs in it. The SHIVA was so powerful that the compensators couldn't cope with it. The last test pilot had ended up looking like he had been beaten-up by an entire football team. The HIVE didn't have that problem, but it was so maneuverable that most pilots couldn't make it go the way they wanted it to go. There had been many attempts to correct those problems, but so far all had failed. 117 and 159 were merely taking the two out to see if the latest corrections attempts had worked.
51 looked out of the bridge's windows and saw the black-colored SHIVA and the golden-yellow-colored HIVE clambering onto the flight deck. Technicians in space suits, ASP(Automated Security Probe), and SPIDR(Super Powerful Interception and Destruction Robot) automated security units made sure to stay clear of the two robots.
"Ja- I mean, Numbuh 98, have you cleared the test area with the Moonbase?" Alden asked Jane who smiled at Alden's near slip-up.
"Yes Al—uh, I mean, Numbuh 51." Jane said, jokingly imitating Alden's near mistake. "The Moonbase has cleared the test area. They will divert any incoming or outgoing craft away from it."
51 rolled his eyes at 98's playful mocking. Then, his voice turned businesslike as he became serious. "Numbuhs 117 and 159, you have clearance to begin the tests."
"SHIVA, going aut." 117' German-accented voice came over the radio.
"HIVE, moving out." 159 said a second later.
The robots' wings extended as they flew off the Nerd Saber's flight deck. They seemed to perform well with simple flight maneuvers. But as they started to pull the more complex maneuvers that were unavoidable in combat, it became clear that the new corrections didn't work. The computer terminal monitoring 117's physiological state started to sound in alarm as the force of the SHIVA's maneuvers were bruising 117 and threatening to inflict more serious injuries. 159 in the HIVE also experienced her own problems as the HIVE tumbled uncontrollably in space.
51 gritted his teeth as he watched. If he didn't stop this now 117 could get seriously hurt while 159 might uncontrollably crash into something. He turned to Jane. "Stop the tests, now!"
98 nodded and spoke into the radio: "117, 159, stop the tests, I repeat, STOP THE TESTS!"
"Roger." They heard both 117 and 159 say over the radio. 117 seemed pained while 159 seemed to have a harried tone.
Alden watched in concern as the two robots were slowly but surely being brought under control. He was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when a voice suddenly cried out. It was a nerd sensor operator. 51 turned to the sensor operator.
"What is it?"
"There's a KND craft going into the test area.," the sensor operator said. "And Moonbase reports that its pilot is obstinately refusing to detour around the test area."
"WHAT?!" Alden flew out of his command chair. "Who the heck is that idiot?!"
"Uh, well, Moonbase reports that it's operative Numbuh 86."
51 groaned, and everyone knew why. 86 was the most obstinate and annoying operative in the entire KND organization, and her attitude had always come at odds with many others before. And this was the worst possible time for that. Alden whirled onto a radio operator.
"Give me a direct radio link to 86's ship, now!" the radio operator nodded. He manipulated his equipment for a while before looking up and nodding.
"Attention Numbuh 86," 51 said into the radio. "Please divert your craft now, you are entering a testing area with unstable experimental machines in flight."
"Don't you be givin' me any of that," an Irish-sounding (AN: is 86 Irish?) voice said huffily. "I'm in a hurry an' this is the quickest way to the Moonbase."
"But there are unstable machines in flight in the area you are entering." 51 said frustratedly. "There is a very high likelihood of collision if you continue."
"Pft, I'm sure those machines' pilots have the common sense to get out of the way, even if any of they are stupid boys they'd still know enough to get outta my way!"
"But—"
"Just shut up! I'm tired of hearin' ya' yammer your mouth off. Tell those pilots of yours to get out of the way"
With that 86 cut off communications and proceeded onward toward the testing area. Alden cursed before turning the radio to another frequency. "Klaus, Maria, get out of there now! A crafts's commin' in."
"What?" 159 demanded. "I thought you had the area cleared?"
"86." Alden said simply, and that was all the explanation needed.
117 and 159 cursed in German and Spanish respectively as they struggled to get out of the testing area. But it was too late, 86 came rushing on with her craft. Klaus saw that she was heading right for him and zoomed out of the way. But he zoomed right towards Maria who also reflexively boosted away to avoid the SHIVA. She put too much power into it, however, causing the HIVE to lose control and careen wildly into 86's vehicle.
Whatever damage the HIVE got from the collision was automatically repaired by its self-repair system. However, the same could not be said for 86's craft. The red-haired operative screamed and cursed as her craft zipped uncontrollably, forcing her to eject.
51 watched the scene unfold from the bridge from the Nerd Saber. He slammed his fists in anger and barked out to his command crew. "Have the SHIVA and the HIVE return and send out ASPs to recover 86 and her craft. I'm gonna give that darn moron a piece of my mind."
Some distance from the Nerd Saber
While the fiasco unfolded around the nerd space station, a robotic probe watched silently. Unseen, it recorded the performance of the two prototype KND machines as they returned to the Nerd Saber. Finally, as the two KND robotic suits were taken back into the space station, the probe compiled its data and headed toward Earth. Its simple robotic brain was sure that those who had sent it would be pleased with the information it had recorded.
It engaged it heat shields and set itself for a reentry heading that would make it land right next to a place Kids Next Door everywhere knew. The Delightful Mansion.
Author's Note: Well that's it for now. And in case any of you are wondering, I called the Nerd space station the Nerd Saber because in my NERDS R MAD story the original Nerd space station was called the Nerd Star. Anyway, please review and tell me what you think.