A.N. Hi, it's me again, I decided to write this new story before the idea and inspiration leave me. As usual. I clarify that I saw the Latin American version of KND, so the dialogues and behaviors of the characters could be something OoC for those who saw the original version in English. I was reading a dramione fanfic xD when this story came to mind, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it. I want to clarify before starting that for those who saw The Hunger Games, when I mention the "hijacking" it would work in a similar way in this fic.
I also want to clarify that I hope fanfiction will let me place 5 main characters instead of 4. Nigel Uno is also a main character in my fic, but I put the ships on which the story is going to focus, the truth is that I am very excited by the fact that include Fanny and Patton as main characters in the story, I know that a lot of people in the fandom like this couple and the truth is, I've also started to like it a lot, I hope to do it justice xD
Main pairs in this fic: 3x4, 60x86, 1x362
Anyway, I let you enjoy my crazy story.
Nigel One, better known as Numbuh 1, former leader of the legendary Sector V on earth, part of the Kids Next Door, now a member of the Galactic Kids Next Door, was already entering the orbit of the moon, place of the KND lunar base. After spending about two days traveling in space, he was finally reaching his destination. He tapped some buttons on his ship's dash and turned on the microphone to speak to the base that was contacting him.
"This is Numbuh 1 of the KND asking for permission to land," he spoke into the telecom. After repeating the phrase one two times they gave him an answer.
"Welcome Numbuh 1," a distorted voice spoke to him. An image appeared on his dashboard screen of an agent wearing a gas mask, fully covered. "I have sent your ship new coordinates to land, please ignore the previous ones, it is an order."
"Got it," Nigel replied with a military salute to the screen and then the screen turned off. New coordinates appeared changing the course of the ship towards a quite remote place on the moon, it was totally desolate, the boy could not see anything on his radar. "How strange, my radar does not capture anything at all" He spoke to himself, questioning the reason for the change in coordinates.
As the ship approached the new coordinates that had been sent to it, gates from the lunar floor opened and a hook appeared, thus trapping the boy's ship and driving it underground. The ship shuddered from the grip and Nigel thought he was in trouble. He got up from his seat and grabbed his UV beam weapon and stood on guard. He pressed the button to open the door of his ship and waited for the worst. Two officers wearing gray suits and gas masks appeared in his field of vision.
"Put down that weapon Numbuh 1," one of the agents commented, again, his voice sounded distorted and this caused some insecurity in the galactic agent.
"I want you to identify yourselves, I don't remember any KND agent having to wear those weird suits and that mask," he yelled without dropping the weapon.
"Enough," came a voice coming from behind the masked agents. "I introduce myself, I am the Supreme Leader of the Kids Next Door, my code number is 444, welcome to the secret lunar base, '' the agents stepped aside to make way for a shorter boy who wore blue pants and a gray sweatshirt, and like the others, he wore a mask but his voice was clear.
"Secret base?" Numbuh 1 asked surprised, lowering the weapon. "I don't remember that the lunar base had other bases on the moon."
"Supreme Leader, did you not activate the voice distortion," spoke the other agent who had not spoken. Despite the artifact Nigel could recognize what it was about a girl who was speaking.
"It's not necessary Numbuh 83" he made a gesture with his hand and the agents let the boy pass to the front to get closer to Nigel "I know all this seems strange to you, but we had to hide in this secret base for security measures. In addition, it would be very suspicious if you and other teenagers are walking around the base. Your arrival must be top secret."
"Okay, I can understand it and 83 ... Did you say Numbuh 83?" Nigel asked, looking towards the agent. "Weren't you in the W sector?"
"That was a long time ago," the girl replied.
"You have permission to remove the mask," the Supreme Leader gave the order and both agents proceeded to comply with the order.
Number 83 was the first to remove the mask, she looked as radiant as ever and kept her ponytail hairstyle only now she combed them down. Number 84 was not wearing her characteristic hat due to the mask giving way to her disheveled black hair, some strands falling to the front on her face.
"Sonia, Lee," Nigel greeted them from where he was standing.
"That's right Numbuh 1, although you're still the same as when you left," the boy replied when he saw Nigel Uno looking exactly the same as when he left earth "But we both have about 10 more months of service left before we are decommissioned, while so much we will do everything in our power to save KND," he spoke confidently.
"I think you can leave your weapon on the ship," the Supreme Leader spoke to him. "Please follow us, we have to talk about your mission elsewhere."
Nigel nodded and hurriedly put the gun on his seat and quickly returned to keep up with the Supreme Leader, right behind them, Sonia and Lee were standing tall with their mustard weapons. He was leering at them, very proud of the loyal agents they had become. At the time it came to Tommy's mind, he would probably be there too if he hadn't pulled his DNA from the code module, but it was thanks to that feat that he saved the organization from brutal destruction.
They entered an elevator that took them to level -4 of the secret base. He could see that in total there were 10 lower levels in the place. Once out of the elevator, they headed down some quite dark corridors, the lights were quite dim except for an orange door adorned with Christmas lights. When they got close enough, the automatic doors slid open and into a great room where there was a large screen, a huge dashboard, and several pieces of furniture to sit on.
"Please, sit where you like, it is an honor for me to finally meet the legendary Numbuh 1 in person," exclaimed the Leader, sitting on an orange double sofa for himself. One sat in a padded chair across from him. Numbuh 83 and Numbuh 84 remained standing behind their leader.
"Well tell me what I'm good at." He crossed his arms.
"I have sent for you because I believe, no, I affirm that you are our only hope. KND is on the brink of extinction, we have been forced to be confined to this small underground base, very few know its whereabouts, only the most loyal and capable agents are allowed to be here and know its location. The rest of the children are on earth, the real moon base is almost deserted. I'm sure you remember that in almost all sectors there were at least 3 to 6 children assigned." Nigel nodded, remembering the sectors he worked with years ago." Well that's over. If we get to 3 agents for every two sectors it is an achievement. Teen ninjas have tripled their ranks, and adults have become more dangerous than you think."
"Are you telling me that Father gained more control of the adults and teenagers?" At that question, the Leader let out a huge sigh.
"You have no idea how much I wish this was just an evil plan from Father and that you would get to give him his kicks and end your mission, but this is not the case. I am afraid to tell you that the leader of the adults, who if we neglect ourselves she could be even more fearsome than Grandfather himself, is nothing more and nothing less than Cree Lincoln."
"Cree? But she was always defeated by my sector at every opportunity we could," commented the boy who could hardly believe the Leader's words. The end of KND? He never thought that he would live something like this neither on earth, nor in a thousand galaxies.
"When all the old sector V that you led with honor turned 13, we had Cree and the teenage ninjas on the sidelines for a season but in the last year everything got out of control and that is why as our most desperate measure we have sent you to call for you to help us. Of course, I will not be able to entrust this mission to you alone and that is why I assigned you to my best available team to support you."
The orange doors again opened giving way to two agents who wore the same clothes as 83 and 84, only that unlike them, they were taller and despite the baggy gray suit, Nigel could distinguish the curves of a whole teenager.
"Are they children?" Asked Nigel, observing them carefully. "They're too tall to be."
"It's because we're not," the one who was taller than the girl began to speak, also using the distorted voice, "We're members of TND."
"TND agents at the moon base? If I'm not mistaken, they are that teenage fraction that ever hears Numbuh 5 speak. I'm starting to worry more than I should." Nigel spoke in surprise.
"I want you to understand how delicate the situation is," the Leader began to speak again, getting up and heading towards the newcomers. "Permission granted to remove the mask."
The taller boy took off his mask giving way to the well-known Patton Drilovsky, his face was firmer, he had marks from a shaved beard on his chin and a scar on his right eyebrow. His hairstyle was the same as he had always had only that it was longer in the back.
"Numbuh 60 reporting sir," the teenager greeted with a military salute.
The girl removed the mask with difficulty, but when she did she released a thick red hair that fell below her shoulders. Nigel was sure that he could recognize those freckles from galaxies away. The teenager wore a band-aid over her nose, with that she looked much rougher.
"Numbuh 86, ready and reporting," she mimicked the same greeting as the other agent and they stood their ground.
"Are you members of TND?" I see it and I don't believe it," said the boy, getting up from his seat." Well, about Patton, I always assumed it, but the freckled one, that is a surprise," he said whispering to himself.
"What did you say?" The girl yelled, putting her hands on her hips.
"Enough of introductions, let's go back to what we came up with," the Leader spoke suddenly. "As you will see, Numbuh 60 and Numbuh 86 will be part of your team for this mission, any other element could be added in the future, consider that. I always heard rumors that you knew how to manage your team with your peculiar way of doing it, but I have to assume that you will not have problems working with them, in addition, they are your superiors. Numbuh 60 is TND's second hand and Numbuh 86 is TND's current Temporary Leader."
"Temporary? Well, what happened to Maurice? He was the best of all"
"I'm afraid to tell you we've lost him, he's been missing for a little over a year." They all lowered their eyes.
"Could you tell me what's going on now?" Nigel crossed his arms.
"Cree banished Father as the leader of the adult villains. According to our informants, she worked on a serum capable of changing people's personalities and that they follow her orders without question. This serum is currently under experimentation. His plan is to control all the adults and villains in the world to make life miserable for the children, completely destroy KND and let no one fight for the rights of the children, making them work hard while the adults take permanent vacations for the rest of eternity. Although we believe that there is something more, we have not managed to get to the heart of the matter."
"But that in the long run is not sustainable, at any moment children grow up and adults would produce more children, I don't see any sense"
"I have heard rumors of a negative world that was ruled in this way but Cree's plans are more macabre, it is said that an apparatus is being built to stop time so that the children that currently exist on earth never grow up and neither do the adults grow old, if she succeeds we would be slaves to her mandate for life."
"Ok, I see that the situation is more serious than it is posed. Why is the serum relevant"
"I'm afraid that if the serum finishes its experimentation stage, no one will be able to stop it. Only one test subject has been able to…" He stopped and was silent for too long, it was difficult to talk about it.
"I knew this would happen, always so sentimental 444," Fanny commented, approaching the Leader "I think you should show your face to Nigel, there is no point in keeping it hidden."
The boy nodded and took off his mask, adjusted his blond hair that fell on his face to reveal his big green eyes.
"Numbuh 4?" Nigel suddenly asked, staring at him, then noticed the similarities. "Are you Joey? Wally's younger brother, of course. You are so much like him. How old are you?"
"Correct. Numbuh 4 is my brother, unfortunately. I am 7 years old. I am the youngest Supreme Leader who has commanded the KND, I graduated from the academy at 5 years old, "he exclaimed, very proud of his achievements.
"I always knew you were special, those tactics of yours as a baby, I had seen a bright future in you," said Nigel proudly, which led him to think about his old sector V. "Wait, what happened to my team?"
"I think we all better take a seat, including you Numbuh 83 and Numbuh 84" the children nodded and sat down together. "The only good news is that Abigail, better known as Numbuh 5, is a normal teenager. We always believed that Cree would sooner or later recruit her to the teenage ninjas when she turned 13 but that never happened, I understand they get along quite well and she never included she in her evil plans, but if my deduction tactics are correct, it is likely that Cree preferred to leave her sister ignorant of the situation so that she would not get in the way of his plans, she would probably disagree."
"I'm so glad Abby is okay," he gave a sigh of relief, "But you said it was the only good news, I don't know if I'm ready to hear the rest."
"Well, you better be," interrupted Fanny. "I think it's better to bring a chocolate ice cream or something."
"Okay Nigel, here's the bad news. Hoagie and Kuki were captured a week ago, the whereabouts of all the agents who have disappeared are unknown, some appear out of nowhere but with serious mental problems. We think they are side effects of the serum. They call it Hijacking. Once the serum penetrates the mind and is channeled throughout the body, mind control begins. It is a series of steps that we do not have much knowledge either but it is similar to a torture chamber, and with the help of the serum their mind ceases to belong to them and they change their way of being, their way of speaking, they lose themselves and only respond to orders by Cree.
"Hoagie and Kuki were exposed to the serum?" Nigel asked with signs of some terror in his eyes.
"We don't know exactly, according to our informants they have a machine capable of accessing memories from before turning 13 years old. We know that Numbuh 2 was a genius and maybe they want to get hold of her inventions and her intellect, but Numbuh 3, we still don't know why they captured her. Although Patton has a theory. "He looked from him to the boy and he nodded to take the floor.
"We know that hope is the last thing you lose. All the Kids Next Door have their hope that one day the old Sector V will save the day again, that's why I think Cree tries to completely destroy all the agents in your sector, if you eliminate them there will be nothing that motivates the children to fight and that would be our end.
"Were they teenage ninjas?" Nigel suddenly asked.
"They were not, they refused several times because they did not agree with the oppression of children, especially because they had younger brothers and the idea was repulsive to them. I was entrusted with the mission of recruiting Hoagie but after refusing three times we gave up on him."
"Do you work for teenagers?" And you Fanny, did you also have to infiltrate?
"I'm not part of the teenage ninja like Patton, but I have attended some of their meetings and been to some of their operations. I had to pretend to be his girlfriend to gather information. For some reason no one wanted to recruit me." She frowned angrily.
Everyone present looked away at that comment, from the short time that Nigel had been in the girl's presence, it was quite noticeable that her volatile temper was still as energetic and irritating as ever. It was no surprise to anyone to hear from her because she had not been recruited.
"Your Mission Numbuh 1 is to help us recover all the lost agents, destroy Cree's plans, and save KND from extinction. Do you agree with that?" Joey addressed the galactic boy.
"Of course I accept the mission Sir. I will save KND and the world to infinity and beyond." He put his hand on his heart as if it were an oath.
"Okay, the teens will help you get home and the whole adjustment process. Once you enter the atmosphere it will grow suddenly, take a couple of days to get used to it and wait for my orders, any question you ask Numbuh 86. We will find a way to keep in touch on a secret encrypted channel."
"Excuse me Numbuh 444, Sir," Nigel began to speak when he saw that those present got up from his seat to leave the room. "You didn't tell me anything about Wally."
Joey looked at Nigel with a serious look, all the agents froze at the mention of the former member of Sector V. After several seconds of total silence, the boy began to despair waiting for an answer.
"What happened to him?" He asked in exasperation.
"After several test subjects, Cree got a teenager to fully accept the serum. The Hijacking was completed," Lee spoke when he saw that no one spoke a single word.
"Unfortunately I have to inform you that my brother's moron is…" he paused."Wallabee Beatles, ex former KND Numbuh 4, is the current leader of the Teen Ninjas and Cree's right-hand man."
"WHAT?" Nigel yelled in surprise. One of his closest friends was never expected to be his enemy.
He was in a momentary trance where he began to remember his friends, Numbuh 4, being one of the best of his team in combat, although his decisions were not the best and he always wanted to be the leader of the sector, from time to time he said things very coherent that on more than one occasion, he saved everyone's skin. Fanny took Nigel by the shoulders and forced him to sit up. Sonia took a hand fan that she kept in her pocket and began fanning Nigel to give him air.
"I told you we should bring a chocolate ice cream, you never listen to me Patton," the redhead scolded him.
"Numbuh 1 is an experienced high-level agent, how I was going to know that he would turn whiter than paper," the boy apologized.
"Enough!" Sonia shouted, calling everyone's attention, except for Nigel, who had a lost look. "Experience never prepares you to face your worst enemies, even none of your best friends," she began to speak. process the news, it must be very difficult for him.
"How did it happen?" Nigel asked after a few minutes, they offered him vanilla ice cream, it was the only thing available in the secret base.
"My brother disappeared at the same time as Maurice," explained the little blond, "I tried to look for him but my duties at the moon base prevented me. Shortly after that I was appointed Supreme Leader but my instincts told me that I should hide my identity. That's why, with Chad's help, we located this secret base and outfitted it for long-term use. Very few agents work here and know its location to hide it from the ninjas, to hide myself from Wally. Due to the Hijacking of his mind he is out of his mind and I am afraid that if he finds out who I am, that I am part of KND, well, I think he could do me real harm and I do not want to add that concern to my parents. Not after seeing them cry for Wally missing all that time. "He clenched his knuckles tightly. "They attribute his behavior to a trauma generated by the time he was lost, but I know perfectly well that he acts that way due to the Hijacking. That is why we try to hide our identity and speak through communication channels using masks and synthesizers in case our signals are compromised by the enemy. We must not lower our guard."
Nigel thought about his Leader's words. He began to believe that if he had stayed on earth none of that would have happened, but then he thought that if everyone had gone through the memory erasure process, then no one could stop Cree under the present circumstances. It couldn't be a coincidence that he still has his memories, unlike his team, he had to save his friends, he had to save KND at all costs.
"I will save Hoagie, Kuki, all the lost agents and I promise I will bring your brother back," said Nigel One, very sure of himself. They all looked at them with respect and admiration.
"I hope so, Numbuh 1," the Supreme Leader exclaimed, giving the order for them to withdraw.