Chaptah 11

"It's good to be us, isn't it?" Hoagie asked as he read the latest Yipper. It was a lazy summer day, several hours since there had been any adult activity and the team was settling into their new arrangement nicely. Abby was turning thirteen in a few weeks, and it was extremely relieving that she wasn't going to be decommissioned.

"You can say that again, Numbah 2." Abby said, sipping on an iced tea. She put batteries in her cd player and turned up the volume.

"It's good to be us." Hoagie mockingly said, causing Kuki to laugh from the floor. She threw a Rainbow Monkey at Hoagie and turned back to her game. She had begged and pleaded until Wally gave in and started playing the Rainbow Monkey Board Game: Return to Rainbow Monkey Island. (A/N: Yes, I had to do that… )

"Oi, it's your move" Wally dully said, wondering why he was playing that stupid game. He looked up at Kuki's face, twisted slightly in concentration and remembered.

"Ahem. If we can stop worrying about if Wally's going to die from boredom , we can get on with our next mission. We are going to bust up a shipment of Type B torture devices." Nigel said business-like, as he stood in front of the big screen.

"Not Type B!" Hoagie wheezed, choking on the thought. Kuki shivered and hugged her Rainbow Monkey as Wally and Abby gasped in fear.

"Yes, Broccoli. The adults plan on making us ingest this horrendous device that contains the adult's mind control units. We have one hour before the shipment is administered on the children of Cincinnati. Kids Next Door, Battlestations!" Nigel shouted. The team instantly went into action mode, grabbing their weapons and jumping on the bus quicker then you can spell Mississippi.

"Weapons, ready." Wally called.

"Shields, ready." Kuki exclaimed.

"All systems go." Abby chimed in.

"Numbah 2, let's get this show on the road." Nigel commanded, putting the destination's coordinates into the computer.

"Uh boss, how are we going to beat a Type B torture device?" Hoagie questioned as he put the bus into autopilot.

"The one thing that Broccoli can't stand, something that makes kids want to eat it." Nigel confidently smirked. "Cheese."

"Score!" Hoagie said. "I love cheese."

"Good going." Wally muttered as Hoagie went on about the types of cheese he likes and about the time he beat the cheese shogun.

"And then, I was like Gouda this and Brie that. I know now I should have said Edam up, but I didn't think of it until later." Hoagie gushed, taking only a momentary pause to breathe.

"Numbah 2, if you say one more type of cheese I'm going to make it so you can't even drink cheese through a straw." Abby threatened, taking his fuzzy cheese dice and throwing them across the room. Hoagie gulped and sat in his chair, silent, with the occasional typing at his computer.

"Thank you Ab- er, Numbah 5." Nigel said, turning red with embarrassment.

"I did it to save us all, Numbah 1." Abby replied, smiling at him. He returned the smile adoringly for a moment before snapping back into professional mode.

"Numbah 1, we are approaching target." Hoagie said, pointing at the screen where they could see the broccoli delivery truck.

"This is a quick grab and drop job, so Kids Next Door, Battlestations!" Nigel ordered, eyeing Abby and pointing at the now open hatch. "We're counting on you to get the hook on the cargo."

"I'm on it boss." Abby saluted, jumping down the hatch and onto the truck. She quickly dispensed the hook and gave two shakes to signal she was finished. Kuki pressed the button to pull up the trailer as Wally shot the replacement trailer down. It took all of 3 seconds to pull Abby up and watch the new trailer fall into place.

"Good job team, lets send this where it will be appreciated." Nigel commented. Hoagie turned the ship around as Nigel walked over to congratulate Abby. "Nice job out here." Nigel grinned, taking her by the hand and leading her to her seat.

"Just doing what I've been trained to do." Abby blushed. She noticed Nigel didn't let go of her hand even though they had already reached her seat. "Nigel?"

"Oh, yeah." Nigel reddened, releasing her hand. "Kinda wish we could tell them." He whispered.

"I told Kuki, but she would never tell, even if tortured." Abby muttered. She looked at the Japanese girl with admiration.

"I believe you, three has always been good at not cracking under pressure, unless Rainbow Monkeys are involved, but I don't know about the guys. They might expose us on accident, as a weakness. That can't happen." Nigel told her furtively.

"Someday, soon." Abby said, and Nigel nodded. "Just not yet."

"Right." He replied. He patted her on the knee fondly and returned to his seat. He and Abby were lucky that Kuki, Wally, and Hoagie had been so preoccupied with their work and hadn't noticed the little exchange. "Report!"

"Time of arrival, ten minutes." Kuki answered.

"Fuel supply is low, we should refuel when we get home." Hoagie called. Hoagie pushed a few buttons and on the screen above Nigel was presented with the engine and fuel tank statistics.

"I agree. Now lets just drop this off at the, ugh, Veggie Lovers Café, and we'll head home." Nigel commanded. Wally waited a second and then pulled the release lever, causing a cascade of broccoli to fall upon the café below.

"Vegetal away!" Wally bellowed as the last broccoli left the ship.

"Kids Next Door, let's go home." Nigel said.

A/N: Short chaptah I suppose. Not really in a writing mood, but I wanted to add a little action, and some Nigel/Abby fluff to take a break from the whole ¾ fluff… I love fluff! Although, that one part in the beginning was similar to something that happened at a gathering I went to. More later, your writing extrodinaire, Signy