Operation B.R.I.E.F:
Big
Reward
If
Enemy
Finished
After this chapter is Operation UNDERCOVER. Also, they had me going up and down with my schedule the past couple of days.
My Pov
"Yeah Mom. Me and Mel are going to stay at Nigel's house. Okay, we'll see you in the afternoon." David said, ending the call between him and Mom. We had just finished our ninth mission in two days and we just didn't have the strength to make it home. I could barely see straight. Numbuh 2 finally landed the C.O.O.L.B.U.S in the hanger and we all piled out.
"Ohh! Nine mission in two days." Numbuh 5 said. Numbuh 3 carried Numbuh 4 on her back while me, David and Numbuh 2 followed behind. I was holding on to David's shirt so that I wouldn't run into anything.
"I never wanna face an adult menace again." Numbuh 2 groaned.
"Remind you of 'The Chaos Period' Numbuh 0.6?" David asked.
"Yep." I simply answered. The Chaos Period was when Sector Z completed twenty mission in just four days. Our entire team slept seventeen hours after we got home. Even Bruce had been exhausted.
"Whoo-hoo!" Numbuh 1 exclaimed, making me jump a little. "That mission was totally phenomenal! What do you say guys, one more mission just for the heck of it?" Was he serious?!
"Numbuh 1, I say this as someone who has a workaholic overachiever as a leader, burnout is inevitable and you need to slow down." David said. It was true. Once we were hailed as the best sector, Bruce wanted us to stay that way by going on mission after mission, even if he came to regret it later.
"Numbuh 5 agrees. You better relax before you go nuts." Numbuh 5 said. That's when he started rambling.
"What are you talking about? Nigel Uno is operating at 110 -" He thought was interrupted by him tripping on something. It was a package with a '1' on it.
"Ohh, you got a present!" Numbuh 3 exclaimed. Numbuh 1 opened it to reveal underwear. While the rest of Sector V laughed, me and David did our best(and were failing)to stifle our laughter. After playing keep away, Numbuh 1 threw them away and we all decided to get some well deserved rest. I changed into my night clothes and David changed into his; which consisted of a red T-shirt and black boxer shorts.
"Good night David." I said.
"Good night Mel." he answered back. I laid down and got some shut-eye. Only a few minutes seem to pass when a blaring alarm woke me up. I tried my best to block it by putting my pillow over my head, but ultimately I put my slippers on and went to the mission prep room.
"The world better be ending..." I mumbled. I trudged down the hall, the blaring getting louder. I soon met up with David, who look just as mad as me, and we stood behind the others. It was Numbuh 65.3
"This is Numbuh 65.3 with an urgent code-red maximum security alert message." he stated.
"Yeah, yeah. Lay it on us." Numbuh 5 said. He then stated, albeit in code talk, that without Numbuh 1 he couldn't give us information on the message. That's when I noticed his gaze went to David.
"Wait, who's that?" Numbuh 65.3 asked. Everyone tensed up, especially David. "What a minute! Isn't that one of the Delightful Children From Down the Lane? What's he doing-?!" I quickly turned off the transmission before he could finish.
"Great! Now he's seen me. He's going to tell the Supreme Leader and probably half the Kids Next Door will be swarming your treehouse to detain me!" David exclaimed, pacing back and forth. I stood in front of him, pulled him down by his shirt collar and looked him in the eye.
"Davie, listen to me carefully... CALM. DOWN!" I said sternly. He simply nodded. That's when we heard a crash from Numbuh 1's room. We hurried to his room and then we heard grunts and groaning. Coming from the bathroom. We all cringed as the sounds continued, with me burying my face in David's shirt and him covering his ears.
"Ahh! Help ME!" Numbuh 1 yelled, followed by the sounds of objects crashing.
"You're next in command. You go in and help him." Numbuh 4 said, pointing to Numbuh 5.
"Are you outta you're mind?" Numbuh 5 asked. She still tried to reassure Numbuh 1, despite being uncomfortable. That's when he broke through the door with the pair of underwear wrapped around his head.
"This underwear is trying to kill me! He's the enemy!" Numbuh 1 exclaimed as he fell over the railing of the stairwell.
"I hate to say it, but our leader has finally lost it." Numbuh 5 said. We all nodded.
"What do we do about Numbuh 65. Dweeb?" I asked. Sector V structured a dummy of Numbuh 1 and decided to use that. Me and David watched from the doorway as it actually started to work. However, the transmission was again cut off, this time by Numbuh 1 using power to blast the underwear with a hairdryer. This was actually getting scary. Even Bruce never acted like that when he was burnt out. Finally, Numbuh 5 reconnected to Numbuh 63.5.
"Listen, maybe you better read the alert to me. Numbuh 1's kind of nutty lately 'cause of all the back-to-back missions." Numbuh 5 explained.
"I'm gonna need some proof before I start bending the rules." Numbuh 65.3 said. Cue proof. Numbuh 1 blasted through the floor and zipped around screaming.
"Aaaahh! This underwear's got me in an atomic wedgie!" he yelled before blasting through the ceiling. Numbuh 65.3 then told us that the Delightful Children took a contract out on Numbuh 1 and sent us an analysis of who it was.
"That's then assassin?" Numbuh 4 asked.
"It looks like a pair of underpants." Numbuh 3 said. Then it hit us.
"Underpants?!" we all exclaimed. We all hurried to Numbuh 1's room, hoping we weren't too late. Numbuh 5 threw each of us a B.O.T.T.L.E.C.A.P and we then focused them on the enemy, the pair of living underwear.
"Wait. You don't understand." the underwear said.
"Then explain." David demanded. The underwear, known as Mr. White, explained that Numbuh 1 was holding on for dear life and he was going to save him. He then jumped out the window and the next thing we knew, Numbuh 1 flew back inside. Both me and Numbuh 3 help Mr. White with his recovery, as Numbuh 1 had stretched him a little too much. He said he would have some friends of his get back at the Delightful Children for us. Then I received a message from Numbuh 274; 'Report to Moonbase immediately and bring the Delightful Child with you'. I glupped. I got David and we went to Moonbase. Alone. I came to the area where Numbuh 274 was waiting.
"Y-You wanted to see me, sir?" I asked, nervously. He turned and looked at me and then David, who was avoiding eye-contact.
"Yes Numbuh 7." he answered. He stepped closer as both of shrank. "Care to explain why one of the Delightful Children From Down The Lane was inside Sector V's treehouse?"
"Well... you see, the Delightful in question isn't so delightful anymore." I said.
"Pardon?" Numbuh 274 asked.
"Um... what I mean is... uhh..." I stammered. David sighed and put a hand on my shoulder.
"I got this Mellie." he said. He stepped in front of me and face the Supreme Leader.
"I was one of the Delightful Children, but not anymore thanks to my sister's efforts. I've been recommissioned. Numbuh 0.2 of Sector Z, reporting back for duty." David said, standing firm and saluting. Everyone in room stood froze in shock. They looked at Numbuh 274 for some kind of reaction. After what felt like hours of silence, he smiled and saluted back.
"Welcome back, Numbuh 0.2." he said. He then titled his head to look at me. "Same goes for you, Numbuh 0.6." I smiled and saluted. We were cleared and returned home.