The 13-year Old Operative

Chapter 4: Reunion

Normal POV:

The SCAMPER landed in the landing hanger of the Kids Next Door Moon Base. The moon base is where everything that happens in the Kids Next Door happens. Ships, weapons, strategy plans, suits, and more are made here.

Numbahs 1-5 walked off, still burnt, bruised, coughing, emotionally hurt and covered in salsa. As the 5 of them walked off, Numbah 96 slipped out of the fuel room and stepped out onto the hanger.

Shadow's POV:

I made it. I thought. Ordinarily, everyone would panic if they saw me, but they didn't. I used a device of my own design. I made something close to a cloaking device a few months ago. The device cloaks me with my background, turning me invisible to the human eye.

However, nothing is perfect. The device gives off a heat signature, making me as visible as a sore thumb in heat-sensor equipped eyes. Also, radars can detect my presence. But it doesn't matter, because everyone who sees me in heat-sensors and radars will think they're stuff is malfunctioning.

I walked through the hangar, watching the kids refuel their ships. None of them noticed me. I kept walking, following the kids I had fought earlier. They'll take me right where I want to go: Numbah 86's office.

Normal POV:

Numbahs 1-5 walked into 86's office. They stared nervously at the back of her chair.

"You didn't catch him did you." Numbah 86 said calmly.

The others were surprised to hear her so calm.

"Uh, no we didn't." Said Numbah 1.

"Stop whimpering. I knew you dimwits wouldn't catch him, which is why I took PRECAUTIONS!"

With the last word, she spin around and blasted the wall behind them. The laser hit something that the others didn't see, but whatever she hit grunted. Suddenly, they saw sparks come out of thin air and Numbah 96 appeared.

"Not bad, 86. Not many people can do that." Said 96 calmly.

"SHUT UP, TEENAGER!" She shouted. With that, she pressed a button on her desk and 3 doors opened, revealing 2 KND guards behind each door.

"I knew you would follow Sector V to the moon base. But why would you walk to your decommissioning like that?" Asked 86.

"To finish what we started 8 months ago!" Shouted 96.

"What are you 2 talking about?" Asked Numbah 4.

But before anyone could say anything, Numbah 96 pulled out a MARBLE and tossed it ahead of him. The explosion from the little ball sprayed mustard everywhere so that 96 could get away.

"GET HIM THIS INSTANT!" Shouted Numbah 96. With that, she, the guards, and Numbahs 1-5 followed.

Shadow's POV:

Crud, she found me. Well, I'm here. Let's finish this once and for all.

Normal POV:

Numbah 96 ran quickly ahead of the others. Numbah 86 pulled out her PIPE communicator and yelled into it.

"Numbah 96 is in the base! He's heading towards the training area! Unleash your darts on him!"

Eventually, 96 made it to the training room.

I'm here. He thought. I gotta find something to fight 86 with.

Suddenly, 96 felt a pain in his back. Then his body went numb abd he fell to the ground.

KND tranquilizer darts. Of course.

Numbah 86 and her troops walked in.

"Good shot, Numbah 34." She said to one of the troops. "Now, tie him up and let's take him to de . . . comm . . ."

She didn't finish because she, and everyone else saw something extraordinary. They saw 96 get up.

The darts are filled with a tranquilizer so strong, whoever gets hit by them are rendered so unable to move, they're practically statues.

But everyone saw 96 get up, even with the tranquilizer in his back.

He grunted loudly as he lifted up his left arm. When he lifted it completely, he put his hand flat on the ground to hold himself up. Then he lifted his right arm and did the same. Then, he managed to lift himself up completely, standing as though nothing happened.

He took deep breathes, and took of his scarf and removed the hood on his jacket. The others saw that he had snow white hair. His face was white and smooth looking.

"You might want to use stronger darts, 86." He said. "If you want to stop me."

Numbah 86 stood where she was, red in the face.

"GUARDS! ACTIVATE LASER SWORDS!" She shouted.

Then every guard pulled out a small sword hilt, but with no sword. After every guard pressed a button, a wide blue beam would come out of the hilt.

"ATTACK!"

All the guards ran at 96. Numbah 96 was surrounded by 6 guards slashing at him. He avoided each of them until one of the ripped his jacket/cut his back.

"So it's a fight you want." Said 96. As though controlled by a remote, his hands were surrounded with his own laser swords.

"Than it's a fight you'll get!"

He jumped at the guards, spinning his blades and blocking the ones from the guards. After a few minutes, every guard was on the ground and 96 was covered with cuts in his jacket and body.

"It looks like you got nowhere to run, 86, and no one to fight you."Said Numbah 96.

"I don't need to run! I'VE GOT YOU RIGHT WHERE I WANT YOU!" Numbah 86 shouted.

86 pulled out a remote, pressed the button, and a giant laser came out of the ground. The laser fired a giant beam straight at 96.

When the smoke cleared, Numbahs 1-5, and 86 saw the burnt remains of his black jacket.

"NO! YOU KILLED THE BEST OPERATIVE EVER!" Shouted Numbah 4.

"HE WAS SOOOOO CUTE WITHOUT THAT SCARF!" Cried Numbah 3.

"NUMBAH 86, THE KIDS NEXT DOOR CODE SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T KILL ANOTHER OPERATIVE!" Said Numbahs 1,2, and 5 at the same time.

"No, she didn't!" Said 96.

Everyone looked up to where the voice came from. The saw 96 hanging onto the florescent lights on the ceiling.

96 jumped to the ground and landed with his hands on the ground.

"I don't believe it!" Said Numbah 4.

"That's incredible!" Said Numbah 2.

"Whoa, Numbah 5 can't believe that!" Said Numbah 5.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!" Said Numbah 3.

"Wow." Said Numbah 1.

Now, right now, I bet your thinking, "Why are they saying all this because he jumped?" Well, they didn't say that because he jumped.

They said that because of what they SAW after he jumped. Not only did they see his black muscle shirt, burning cuts in his body, and his muscles, but something about his arms is why they said all this.

From his shoulders to his elbow, his arms were normal and human-like. But, about half an inch from his arm, it turned from flesh to metal. That's because the rest of his arm was robotic.

Find out how he got these robot arms and what 86 has to do with it in the upcoming chapter, Secrets Revealed.