If you are all wondering about the whole 'Numbuh 1 with hair' thing…

According to the episodes, Numbuh 5 tells us that the Delightful Children are the ones responsible for made him bald. So in my mind, he must have lost his hair after he joined the KND and started fighting against them. But then again, Numbuh 4 didn't know why he was bald, so maybe he lost it before he joined… Well anyway, in my story he has hair.

Enjoy :D

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Chapter 1 – The Pamphlet

"Hey Nigiel! Hurry up or we're gonna be late for school!"

A boy dressed in a red T-shirt and long khaki pants emerged from the doorway, shoving a handful of papers into his book bag. The sun reflected off of his dark sunglasses as he tried to flatten his messy chestnut-colored hair. He was in such a rush this morning that he didn't get a chance to comb it.

"It's about time!" Hoagie said, standing at the end of the walkway. He was a somewhat chubby boy with beige pants and a teal long-sleeved shirt. A brown leather pilot's hat sat atop his head with matching goggles over his eyes. "What took you so long?"

"I left my homework on my desk upstairs." Nigiel said as they walked down the sidewalk. "We're not even in Middle School and they're making us write one thousand words essays on life in the 18th century. What kind of 2nd grade teacher gives out an assignment like that?"

"Yeah. It took me all night to finish it. I think I only got 998 words, though." Hoagie said, looking down at the sidewalk disappointingly. "I hope she doesn't take any points off."

"One day, I'm going to find a way to keep kids like us from having to do stupid essays like these!" Nigiel said, waving his fist in the air angrily.

"Yeah, well when you figure that out, just let me be the first to know, ok?"

As the two friends approached the school, they noticed something going on in the front lawn. Two bullies were tossing around a bookbag as a smaller boy between them tried desperately to get hold of it. It looked like a cruel, unfair game of 'monkey-in-the-middle'.

"What's the matter, shrimp?" One of the bullies said as he tossed the bag to the other. He was twice as tall as his partner was, and just as round. "Don't you want it back?" He smirked, a large gob of drool oozing from the side of his mouth.

"Give it back or else!" The smaller boy demanded, jumping into the air to grab it. He missed by a few inches and fell to the ground, his orange shirt and blonde hair filled with dirt.

"Aw, is the baby getting angwy?" The second thug taunted, dangling the bag over top of his head.

"Give it back!" He leapt forward, swinging his fists in fury. However, with one punch, the ruffian sent him flying through the air. They laughed as he landed a few feet away, gripping his stomach in pain. Nigiel had seen enough.

"Hey!" Nigiel shouted, striding up to the two bullies. "You leave him alone!" The boy sat up, watching the stranger who had come to his rescue.

"Oh really?" The larger of the two said, tossing the book bag aside and leaning down into his face. "And what are you going to do about it?"

"This!" Hoagie jumped down from the school roof, landing right on top of the bullies. They stayed down for a few seconds before pushing him off angrily, stampeding towards Nigiel. Thinking quickly, he jumped high into the air and landed behind them. Before they realized what had happened, he had pushed them both to the ground. He smiled as they landed face first into the dirt. One of the bullies had been knocked unconscious, but the larger one was still just as angry as ever. He stood up and spat out a large chuck of grass from between his teeth. With a low grunt, he charged towards Nigiel and Hoagie. They were about to collide when…

BAM

The small boy jumped up from behind and knocked the monstrous bully on top of the head with a math textbook. He wobbled back and forth for a few moments before falling to the ground, defeated.

"And that's for calling me shrimp!" He shouted, pointing a finger in the fallen bully's face. He tucked the book into his bag, swinging it back over his shoulder. Nigiel and Hoagie were impressed. For such a little kid, he could sure pack a punch.

"Hey… thanks for helping me." He said to them, brushing away the dirt from his orange turtleneck. His faded blue jeans were stained green and his blonde bangs were a ruffled mess. "My name's Wallabee Beatles, but you can call me Wally. I moved here from Australia a few days ago."

"Nice to meet you, Wally." Hoagie said, reaching out to shake his hand. "I'm Hoagie and this is Nigiel…"

"Heh heh… Y'all did a pretty good job with those bullies!" An unfamiliar voice said from behind. They turned around to see a girl their same age peering out from underneath a red baseball cap. Hoagie and Nigiel recognized her as Abigail Lincoln. She didn't have many friends, and didn't say much for that matter, either. She didn't pay much attention inclass of the classroom. They wondered why she was talking to them now.

"Are you boy's going to the KND Training Base this summer?" She asked. They looked at each other, wondering if any of them knew what she was talking about. If it was some kind of camp where they sent you out into the woods to fend for yourself, making you eat bugs and twigs to survive, then Nigiel most definitely wasn't interested.

"What? You've never heard of the Kids Next Door?" The girl said, shocked at their reply. "The KND is an entire organization made up of kids who fight against adults, teenagers, and lots of other things! My sister's been a member for a long time. She said that when I finish the third grade, I can start my training. I've been dreaming about it since I was five! Here…" She took off her book bag and rummaged around in it before revealing three pamphlets. "You can have these." She handed one out to each of them. "Think about it. You guys would fit in great there." With a smile, she walked up the steps of the school and disappeared through the front doors.

"The Kids Next Door?" Wally asked, flipping through the pages of the pamphlet. "I've never heard of it. They must not have one in Australia."

"No, I've never heard of it either." Hoagie said, looking at the cover. A picture of a kid holding what looked like a piece of plywood with a soda bottle duct taped to it was standing on the front, a yellow flag with KND waving in the background. They wore a metal colander for a hat and a hubcap strapped across their chest with the number 37 painted in red. "I mean, who would wear a cooking tool for a hat?"

"It's better than that thing you've got on you head!" Nigiel said teasingly. Wally laughed.

"Hey! This was a present from my mom! And besides, this is very fashionable." He tilted the leather cap to the side of his head.

DING DING DING

"That's the bell. We better get to class," Hoagie said as Wally looked over his school schedule. "What classroom are you in?"

"Number 15, Mrs. Hamilton."

"Great! You're in our class! You can sit next to me and Nigiel. We're in the fourth row, so we can pass all the notes we want and the teacher hardly ever notices… Hey Nigiel, hurry up!"

Nigiel took one last look at the Kids Next Door pamphlet before tucking it into his back pocket and scurrying inside.