Codename: Kids Next Door

operation:

g.a.l.a.c.t.i.c.

ELEVEN

The operatives up at Kids Next Door moon base were in a chaotic scene. Their Supreme Leader Numbuh 5 had escaped from the base and was now on the run from the nefarious Galactic Kids Next Door. After the attack in which the GKND had invaded the moonbase; the Decommissioning Squad (Numbuhs 86, 51, 91, and 99) were desperately working hard to see if they could track down where their Supreme Leader had gone; along with Numbuhs 60 and 362. Other operatives were still picking up the pieces from the damage to the moonbase. Numbuh 86 and the other member of the decommissioning squad had found Patton and Rachel's underground bunker. However, most of the equipment and information had been taken away by the GKND when they had left the moonbase. So, it looked like they were back at square one.

"Numbuh 362 told me a long time ago about the Splinter Cell...but I never imagined any of it was true," Numbuh 86 said lowering her head in sadness. Truthfully, she had felt a bit responsible for the attack on the moonbase. It had been her job to protect and defend the moonbase from any invaders...but they just couldn't compete with the advanced technology of the splinter organization.

"Hey, Numbuh 86! Look at this!" Numbuh 99 called out to her.

The short-tempered operative walked over to 99. He pointed at the ground to which she rudely shoved him out of the way. (Mainly because he was a boy. -_-) As she looked out the ground, she noticed a piece of paper stuck to the floor like a sticker. It was so stuck to the floor that she had to use her fingernails to scrap it off; all while trying not to tear it. Once the sticker had been removed, she turned it around and noticed that there was writing on it. It read:

11, 23, 07

The Galactic Kids Next Door is Real

Numbuh 86 was taken aback by the strange numbers and message. She then told her squad to run the coordinates through the Kids Next Door supercomputer. Fanny had no idea what was going on, but she knew one thing: the splinter cell was real and now it had a name.

Numbuhs 2 through 5 and 362 had been walking for what seemed like a long time. Rachel warned that the operatives should get to a place of hiding now that they were wanted by the GKND; they would have to be careful. Numbuh 2 told the group that he knew the perfect place to hide. Luckily, their space pods had landed not too far from Sector V's treehouse because Hoagie said that their place of hiding was in the same area. Abby and Rachel were against it; stating that being so close to headquarters would be too dangerous considering it would be the first place the GKND would look. However, Hoagie convinced them that that was what made it the perfect hiding place. As they walked further and further, Numbuh 4 began complaining that his feet were aching and that there had to be a better way of getting there.

"How far is this place anyway Numbuh 2!" Wally yelled.

"I told you...we're almost there," Hoagie replied growing frustrated. However, despite telling him this, Wally still kept complaining.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, they reached a...cardboard box? Numbuh 2 showed it to the operatives as if he was revealing a magic trick. Numbuh 5 looked at him in confusion.

"You mean to tell me that we walked all the way here to hide in a cardboard box," she stated.

"Oh...it's not just a box...but first you must think INSIDE THE BOX," Numbuh 2 said adding a pun with laughter. "Haha...get it because it's not out of the box...and-"

"WOULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN ALREADY!" Numbuh 4 said rubbing the soles of his tired feet.

"All right, all right, jeez. Follow me guys," Hoagie said as he climbed inside the box. The flaps of the box opened then closed once he was inside. Suddenly, the flaps reopened and Numbuh 2 was nowhere to be seen. It was like he had disappeared.

"Oooh! Magic show!" Numbuh 3 said clapping.

"Well you heard him guys...follow him," Rachel said climbing in the box.

KIDS NEXT DOOR C.A.R.D.B.O.A.R.D.

Container. Alarmingly. Reveals. Drastic. Big. Open. Area. Readily. Disguised.

One at a time, the operatives climbed into the box. Abby was the last to climb in. As she stepped into the box and the flaps closed, a hidden door was released under her feet. She then felt herself slide down a very long winding tunnel. She could hear her teammates screaming with fear (all except Numbuh 3 who was screaming with excitement). Finally, the "fun slide" came to an end, and she stood up from the ground she had landed on. Abby looked around and was amazed at what she saw. Inside this cardboard box hideout, were ships and vehicles of all kinds built using 2x4 technology. The concrete walls were rounded in the same of a tunnel, and the whole setting looked like an underground airbase.

"What is this place," Numbuh 3 asked.

"Just a little place we pilots like to go to," Numbuh 2 said. "Some of us belong to the KND, some of us are just trained prodigy pilots, and others...well we all like to fly."

Just then a familiar face appeared in front of them. He was a bit taller than he used to be and he now wore pilot goggles on the top of his head. However, he still kept the sunglasses which was a bit odd. It was none other than Ace. The well-known flying "ace" pilot himself. He and Numbuh 2 had recently begun the underground air base for underground pilot races and dogfights. As soon as he saw Numbuh 2, the two pilots gave one another high-fives.

"Guys, you remember Ace. I don't think he'd mind if we crash here. No one stays here overnight anyway."

"I don't mind at all," Ace said winking at Numbuh 3.

"We gotta stay here with this guy! Why! Can't we go somewhere else!" Wally said annoyedly.

"This looks like our only shot for protection Numbuh 4," Rachel said agreeing with Numbuh 2.

"Fine. But I won't like it."

Just then Ace presented Numbuh 3 with a flower. Numbuh 4 quickly stepped in and swatted it out of his hand.

"As long as flyboy here leaves Kuki alone," he added.

Abby thought about their whereabouts. Part of her hoped that the Galactic Kids Next Door wouldn't be able to find them. However, the other part of her actually wished they would find them. Maybe she would be able to talk some sense into the one person she seemed to have to talk sense to on more than occasion: Nigel Uno.

Author's Note: For those that don't know...Ace has flirted with Kuki on two separate occasions. Once in Operation: R.E.C.E.S.S. and again in C.A.K.E.D. F.O.U.R. Much to the annoyance of Wally. Also, I'm terrible at acronyms.