TEN SECTORS
(KND Operatives in Moonbase watch as hundreds of teenagers on bikes fly at them from Earth)
(Numbuh 60 starts shouting orders)
Numbuh 60: Incoming! (Picks up a loud speaker) All hands to Battle Stations, we have INBOUND Teen bikers! Man the defenses; hold them back!
(Operatives scramble to man the turrets. Numbuh 22 runs up to Numbuh 60 and salutes.)
Numbuh 22: Sir, Numbuh 362 wants you on the main bridge at once, she has some special briefing for you.
Numbuh 60: (grits his teeth) Right, pass that message on to Numbuhs 202 and 222 and tell them I left them in charge.
(Numbuh 22 salutes and runs off, Numbuh 60 runs for the elevators.)
(Scene Shift)
(Out in space, one teen biker takes the lead and accelerates.)
(Operatives in the turrets begin firing.)
(Dozens of KND ships fly up from Moonbase and engage the teenagers. Bikes are smashed, ships are broken, and everything is in chaos.)
(Scene shift)
(The Sector V S.C.A.M.P.E.R. cruises around the massive space battle.)
Numbuh 4: Oh man, look at them all! Hey, some of our ships are in there! We gotta help them!
(Revs up the guns.)
Numbuh 1: HOLD YOUR FIRE! Have patience Numbuh 4. I'm sure we'll be in this fight soon enough.
(Scene change)
(S.C.A.M.P.E.R. sets down inside a small hangar away from the fight.)
(Numbuh 60 greets the team as they exit the S.C.A.M.P.E.R.)
Numbuh 60: Sector V! Glad you made it. Numbuh 362 just told me that you've been chosen for a special counteroffensive against the teens. Follow me; she's waiting for you. (Starts walking away)
Numbuh 1: Numbuh 60, where are the Sector X operatives? We heard from Numbuh 65.3 that we would rendezvous with them here.
(Numbuh 60 stops and looks down for a moment and exhales.)
Numbuh 60: This way, I'll explain in the briefing room.
(Numbuh 60 leads the way into a large briefing room. Numbuh 362 is standing at a long conference table with Numbuh 86 and Numbuh 35.)
Numbuh 60: Numbuh 3-6-de-2 ma'am! Numbuhs 1 through 5 of Sector V have arrived.
Numbuh 362: Thank you Numbuh 60. Glad you're here Sector V; several Sectors didn't make it through. Sector X was among them.
Numbuh 1: (with some astonishment) What happened to them?
Numbuh 60: (shuts his eyes and sighs) Communications said that Sector X was ambushed on approach to Moonbase. It's believed Father has already taken them prisoner; just like the others.
Numbuh 362: (sighs remorsefully) So far, ten Sectors have disappeared in the last half hour. Numbuh 60 how many Kids Next Door Operatives have landed safely?
Numbuh 60: When I left the hangar there were eight full Sectors present and accounted for, and another three on clear approach. All the others either joined the space battle or got caught in the crossfire by mistake.
Numbuh 362: (turning to the sentry) Numbuh 35 I ordered fifty battleships to engage the teenagers, how many are still out there?
Numbuh 35: (looking up from his radio receiver) Only sixteen ships, ma'am, and five have suffered critical hull damage.
Numbuh 362: (sighs again) Order them to dock and tell our gunners to give them cover. If we can't beat Father ship-to-ship then we'll fight him and those teenagers inside the base, hand-to-hand.
(Numbuh 35 turns away and speaks into the receiver.)
Numbuh 362: Sector V, I asked you here because I think we might be dealing with more than just Father.
(Everyone gasps or gives Numbuh 362 a look of incredulity.)
Numbuh 362: (indicates a large monitor behind her) I'll show you. Sector C was lost almost twenty minutes ago. We received these images from their vessel after some large object attached itself to their hull.
(Film shows Sector C in their vessel; shaken from a recent impact, several team members go investigate the entry port. As they open the entry port a dark shape flies past them, disarming and incapacitating each of the Operatives. The dark phantom shape then flies through the ship and disables several cameras, then beats the rest of the crew before the picture turns to static.)
Numbuh 5: What was that? And how did it take out all of Sector C just like that? (Snaps her fingers)
Numbuh 362: Watch closely, I'll slow the footage.
(Tape rewinds and pauses just where the port door opens. Much slower than before, an adult dressed in black, races out. Before any of the Sector C Operatives can even react he knocks their weapons out of their hands and delivers a punch or a kick that sends each of them sprawling. The image freezes when he faces the camera.)
Numbuh 3: Who is that?
Numbuh 362: We're not sure. But judging by his height it's probably an adult. He disarmed nine other Kids Next Door cruisers just like this.
Numbuh 1: (shaking his head in disbelief) Ten whole sectors…
Numbuh 2: How is he moving so fast? Even on slow-play he's still kinda hard to follow.
Numbuh 1: Hmm….
Numbuh 5: Coffee… look at that mask he's wearing, it kind of looks like a coffee grinder.
Numbuh 1: He must be using it to take on a continuous supply of coffee. That's why he's moving so fast.
Numbuh 5: But even with that much speed, where did he learn to fight like that? I've never seen moves like that.
Numbuh 86: In either case, he's now your responsibility
Numbuh 5: Oh please no…
Numbuh 86: …Why do you think we asked you in here? We've give the hardest operations to the operatives that can handle it, and you're the best there is.
Numbuh 3: (blushing slightly) Aww, thanks I try.
(Numbuh 35 returns to the table.)
Numbuh 35: Numbuh 22 reports that our remaining sectors have landed safely. A little more than half of all Kids Next Door Operatives have docked, but I don't think we can expect anymore to arrive.
(Radio starts buzzing – shouts come in)
Numbuh 35: Say again Numbuh 22?
(Numbuh 35 listens to some garbled sounds from the receiver)
Numbuh 35: Copy. The flagship is approaching the main hangar and our space turrets aren't having any effect. Numbuh 22 says its shields are too strong.
Numbuh 362: So Father means to take the hangar and spread through the base from there. Then we'll keep the fight inside the hangar, there's enough room for all our Operatives, and we can seal it off if we have to retreat. Numbuh 1, I want you and your team to take position on the Observation Balconies above the hangar and watch for him… (Points to the monitor where the tape of Dark Grinder has started again.)
Numbuh 362: He is your prime target, don't pass up any chance to take him down.
(Numbuh 4 is watching the playback of Dark Grinder's attack.)
Numbuh 362: Any more questions?
Numbuh 3: Yeah (indicating the monitor) do you get Rainbow Monkey Sharing, Caring Time on this thing? Cause it'll be on in an hour.
(Numbuh 86 smiles and raises her finger to answer. Numbuh 362 sighs in frustration and Numbuh 86 remains silent.)
Numbuh 362: Any more questions about your assignment?
Numbuh 4: Yeah, play that fight over again, I could 'a sworn I saw something familiar.
(Everyone turns back to the monitor and the footage rewinds. The slow footage goes through again then repeats twice more.)
(On the last repeat of the footage Numbuh 4 notices something.)
Numbuh 4: Wait a minute… that move he's doing: That arm twist right there… and those rapid sidekicks. I learned that when I was…
(Numbuh 4's eyes go wide in realization.)
Numbuh 4: No… no it… it can't… it can't be!
Numbuh 2: Can't be what?
Numbuh 1: What is it Numbuh 4?
Numbuh 4: That's… that's… NO!