Codename: Kids Next Door
operation:
g.a.l.a.c.t.i.c.
TEN
Author's Note: Apologies for the long update!
Patton Drilovsky, Numbuh 60, had some bruises on his face. His hands were behind his back bound by silver laser-like handcuffs. Numbuh NB476 stood in front of him in the interrogation room smirking. Numbuh 1 had just entered the room. However, he wished he hadn't. He hadn't spoken to Numbuh 60 in what seemed like a long time, and now he would have to interrogate him on the matters of the Kids Next Door. Nigel hoped that he wouldn't be recognized. He walked over to his past comrade and NB476 very slowly. When he reached the officer and operative (or should he say fugitive), he saluted Numbuh NB476.
"Fugitive #3. Spied on classified GKND information," Numbuh NB476 said describing Numbuh 60 to him. "I've roughed him up a little, but he's not cooperating."
"Maybe your methods don't seem to work 476," Nigel said.
Patton raised up from the floor and groaned. Once his eyes met the GKND operative, he looked at him from head to toe. The operative wore a red hoodie with green patches on the arm and familiar brown shoes. His eyes were shaded with some strange outer space like sunglasses. His head was as bald as an older gentleman. Numbuh 60 knew who this operative was. It was Nigel Uno himself.
"My methods do too work you, big oaf! How many times do I have to say that!"
"Let me have a moment alone with the fugitive," Nigel said wishing NB476 would just leave already.
"That's what I want you to do Numbuh 1."
Patton's heart dropped. It was Numbuh 1. The operative he and Rachel had spied on so closely over the last few months. Knowing the full potential of the Galactic Kids Next Door, Patton knew that being held as a fugitive was anything but good. His heart began racing faster and faster. Who knows what they were going to do to him. Giving a smirk to Numbuh 1, NB476 left the room slamming the door behind her. Nigel then came over to Patton and leaned against the wall in front of him. He knew that the fugitive had been beaten up quite a bit, but he also knew that NB476 wasn't done with him yet.
"Name."
"Patton Drilovsky. Numbuh 60," he groaned. "Commander of Kids Next Door Arctic Base."
Nigel nodded. "The Arctic Base...I have lots of memories of that place. The Academy. It seems like life was so much simpler back then."
"Would you drop the act, Nigel. I know it's you," Numbuh 60 said cutting him off.
Numbuh 1's heart sank. No one was supposed to know about his status in the GKND. Only his teammates knew of his whereabouts, or so he thought...
"Why don't you ask the real reason I'm here," Numbuh 60 said groaning slightly.
"All right." Numbuh 1 said taking off his sunglasses and getting down to Numbuh 60's level.
"WHAT classified information did you get ahold of? And WHAT are you doing looking into the GKND?" Numbuh 1 said emphasizing the questions.
"I don't have to tell you anything Nigel," Patton said turning away.
"You're going to be in BIG TROUBLE if you DON'T ANSWER ME! YOU THINK SHE'S BAD NOW...JUST WAIT UNTIL SHE BRINGS IN THE DEVICES AND WEAPONS SHE USES," Numbuh 1 said his voice getting louder and louder. "YOU NEED TO TELL ME!"
Patton looked down and sighed. "FINE! Using a source from inside the organization, I gathered classified information about the organization itself. I...I...I know everything Nigel," Numbuh 60 said his voice getting softer. "I know about you. I know about the GKND, and I know what they do."
Nigel Uno placed his sunglasses back on and sat down next to Patton. For some reason, he felt sorry for him. He and Numbuh 60 had known one another for a long time and just knowing that the Galactic Kids Next Door did this to him frustrated him. However, he knew that snooping into ANY part of the GKND was a crime against all who stood against adulthood. To Nigel, it would be like someone spying on the Kids Next Door that wasn't even a member. He now knew that Numbuh 60 had done his fair share of snooping, but the question was...why? The only thing Nigel knew was that Numbuh 60 was an honorable operative. He would never spy on an organization. And he would never go against orders. Orders...that was the buzzword that stuck out to Numbuh 1. If someone gave him the order to spy on the GKND, then that was an entirely different matter.
"Why'd you do it Numbuh 60? Did someone order you to?"
Patton looked up at the now bespectacled Nigel Uno. There was a trust between the two. He wasn't afraid of talking to Nigel, but he was afraid of what the organization might do if he spilled the beans. However, he and Numbuh 1 shared a past. The two had entered in the Kids Next Door at almost the same time. He wanted to explain to Nigel all he knew, but for some reason, his mouth wasn't moving. Thinking he would never get Patton to speak up, Numbuh 1 stood up and was about to open the interrogation door.
"362. She ordered me to." 60 said finally but then he added, "But I'd do it again even without being ordered to! The things that they do here is wrong Numbuh 1! I mean they came looking for me and Numbuh 362; just for spying on them. I mean...if we're the KIDS NEXT DOOR and the Galactic KIDS NEXT DOOR, shouldn't we be working together?"
Numbuh 1 didn't want to leave the room because he knew that Numbuh NB476 would rough Patton up even more. Before leaving he asked one more question.
"Rachel. Where is she?"
"She escaped. And so did Sector V."
Numbuh 1 sighed. He opened the door and saw that NB476 had been standing guard the entire time with a strange device in her hands. Once the two operatives swapped places (he exited and he entered), Numbuh 1 began fast-walking down the hallway. He didn't want to hear the sounds of Numbuh 60's agony against her raygun. Knowing full and well that it would be against GKND orders, Nigel decided that he would head back to Earth to capture 362 and Sector V on his own.