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Chapter 20a: The Happy Ending, Part 1

Jerked over, causing the fireball to miss.

"Huh?" Father said. "But-" He didn't have time to finish. Amber tossed his leg off her, jumped up, and hit him square in the jaw. Blood seeped from his mouth. He growled.

"Nobody holds me down," Amber said. She flew up, spun around, and landed on Father's stomach, knocking him flat. "Not even you!"

She kicked him across the lawn. Temporarily drained of his power by the fireball, Father was helpless. She flew over, grabbed him by the neck, and held his head up to hers.

"For seven years, you tried to hold us down. You treated us like pawns, useless peices in the game of life. Like we weren't your children. Like you weren't our father! How can you even deserve to call yourself one?"

She punched him in the noggin. "Fathers raise you!" Another punch. "Fathers protect you!" Yet another punch. "Fathers help you with your problems!"

She dropped him, and flew over to where the Kids Next Door stood. All except Sector V were in shock now that they heard her talk like that. Isn't that a Delightful Child? they thought. Up until now, they just thought she was an extremely brave child. And they still did.

"I was raised by my siblings, protected by the Kids Next Door, helped by both!" She got angrier by the second. "And all you did was make their job harder!" Fire surged in her hands. "You're going to pay..."

She surged toward him. Unexpectedly, Father said something that would change the course of the story forever.

"Wait, stop! Can't we make a deal or something?"

Amber flinched- for a second. "I'm not buying this."

"No, really," Father said. "I'm willing to talk this out without a fight."

Amber blinked. "Okay. You have 100 words."

Father took a deep breath. "I'm offering you three choices. Perhaps I could forget this whole thing happened. Perhaps I would be willing not to punish you. But you would have to be willing to do as I say for the rest of your lives."

Amber knew that wouldn't be the one.

"Of course, I could be angry with you. I could punish you- for eight months. I don't think you've ever had one that long."

Amber gasped. Eight months? She could barely stand five minutes.

"But, when you turn eighteen, you will be free of me forever. You can move out of the country if you want to."

"Hmm...uuhh..."

"Or, you could keep fighting and never settle this. It's your choice. And I-"

"Okay, 100 words up," Amber said. "And..." She tried to think. What would she choose? Choice 1 was off the list. Choice two sounded good- but eight months... Choice three? At least there was half a chance.

Everyone waited with baited breath until finally, ten minutes later, Amber spoke.

"Fire up the Delightfulization chamber, Father. I'm ready for my eight-month sentence."

Everyone gasped. "No, Amber..." Nmbuh 1 began.

"It's what I have to do," Amber said. "At least this way, we'll be free someday."

"But you'll be free as adults!"

"Better adult than not at all." She smiled. "Thank you, Kids Next Door...you know, for everything. But...Numbuh 1, ther's one more thing I need to ask."

"Anything."

"What's that on your shoe?" She pointed at his shoe.

"What?" He looked down. As he did, Amber leaned over and kissed him on his bald head. As she pulled away, Numbuh 1 seemed to go all jellyly. He sank to the ground in a happy faint. All the KND operatives began cavorting at how sick and gross it was.

"Come on guys," Amber said, beckoning to her siblings. "We've had a long night." Looking back on the free world she loved one last time, she walked slowly towards the ruin that used to be her house. She stopped.

"Uhh...I'm not going to have to pay for the house, am I?" She laughed.

As everyone was laughing, an all-too familliar face dropped in- Cree's. She flew in using her BRA, landed, and did all sorts of kungfu poses.

"Okay, where are they?"

"Uhh...sis?" Numbuh 5 said. "We already beat him. At least, Amber did." She smiled. "It's all over."

"It...it...it is?" A tear escaped her eye. Without warning, she grabbed Numbuh 5 and squeezed her into a bone crushing hug.

"I love you sis.I really, really do."

The epilogue to this ending comes next. Hope this is good. -SP