Kuki gapes at her leader. She had always dreamed of Rachel and Nigel being together as a couple! She just never told anyone.

"You kissed RACHEL?", she screams in joy, but suddenly remembers Lizzie, standing right there. Lizzie, looking shocked but also pissed, grabs her boyfriend by the front of his red sweater collar after zipping up Naruto's stupid orange jacket, glaring at him, but Naruto pulls the back of her, calming her down. Baffled, Nigel looks at the both of them and says, "I-I don't know what you're talking about..!"

"Nigel...", says Naruto in a accusing tone, smirking. "You shouldn't lie to your girlfriend."

"My girlfriend you raped...!", says Nigel.

"Nigel Uno, you better tell me what happened or else...I'll kill you and her!", says Lizzie in an angry tone.

Nigel gulps. He knew that this had to happen eventually. He just didn't expect it to happen NOW.

"It was an accident...I...I was upset that Naruto left, so out of purpose...I kissed her. I'm sorry, Liz."

Then, the weirdest thing happened. Lizzie was laughing. Not crying. LAUGHING! At him! What was she experiencing? Denial? Fear? Hysteria? Nigel was getting hysterical himself. Nigel tries to calm her down, but she disappears. Through the smoke, a girl with a pink bow took her place. Dammit! The unnamed girl (Lily) took her place! This was a trap! Nigel growls at Naruto. Angry that he used his girlfriend to bait him into a trap and angry at himself for falling for it in the first place.

"How...how...", Nigel was trying to speak, but words fail him.

Naruto chuckles and Lily holds his hand. "You think I'd ever be near HER? Please, Nigel. The girl looks like she has rabies."

"You take that back!", screams Nigel, as he tries to lunge at him, but his feet were stuck to the ground, covered in quicksand. Nigel panics as he was sinking. "Kuki, help!"

"I'm coming!", says Kuki, but something hits her on the head, making her unconscious and someone drags her by the feet, taking her away.

"Nooooo!", screams Nigel, struggling to break free, but it was difficult.

It's quicksand. Quicksand was difficult to avoid.

"Alright, man. You win. Just give me back my friends!"

"No. Not until I get what I want."

"You already got what you want, man! What MORE do you want?", says Nigel, struggling. "Power? Fame? Fortune?"

"You know what I want.", says Naruto as he holds on to Lily's hand, disappearing. Leaving Nigel stuck in quicksand knee-deep. But, luckily, the sand disappears and Nigel left out of the haunted room, trying to find his friends. Trying to find Naruto. Trying to find Father. Find Father and murder him for taking his adopted brother away from him. But, Nigel stops in his tracks, thinking. Naruto didn't WANT to be the bad guy. Right? He just was upset that Nigel left. Maybe if Nigel were to go home. Home to his parents. Will it make Naruto finally happy? No. It probably was too late to change all of that crap. Nigel blows as he was still standing, surprisingly. He slowly gets on his knees and screams.

"Naruto...! You win...! I get you now...! I get you now...You just want a friend."

Nigel sighs but looks up as he hears applause.

"Well done, Nigel Uno.", says a familiar voice.

Father.

Father comes close, his black exterior mocking him, and gets into Nigel's face with a vengeance. Nigel can feel the intensity of the force between them and it was cold. Cold like Father. Or cold like Nigel. He shakes his head. How on Earth could he be cold? He was cold about leaving Naruto. THAT'S how. Nigel sneers and pushes Father away from him. Which only made Father angrier. Big mistake. Father growls and grabs the front of Nigel's shirt, pulling him close to his face, making Nigel smell his smoky breath.

"You...think you're better than US, Mister Uno? HUH?", he yells as he throws Nigel against the wall. "You were supposed to be mine from the beginning! But, now that I've got your brother...it makes us MORE powerful than ever."

"Naruto is NOT some kind of prize, Father. When I find my friends, you're DONE."

"Oh, dear Nigel. You're as reckless as you are...SO stupid. You're so unaware that you're in a trap."

"Yes. Naruto TRAPPED me too many times today!"

Father softly chuckles before disappearing into the darkness, leaving Nigel confused and unaware of his laughter. What was Father exactly planning? For the first time in ages, Nigel was actually afraid. Then, he jumps to the sound of his own communicator. Growling, he answers it, but was stunned when he heard Rachel's voice. He was also stunned that she called HIM. After what happened between them earlier. Nigel hesitantly says, "H-hello...?"

"Nigel, what the hell were you UP to? I thought you were taking care of the Naruto situation!"

"I am-"

"Well, why is he HERE?"

"I can...what?!"

How did he get to the Moon Base?

"How did he get to the Moon Base?"

"You tell ME, since you were doing God knows WHAT!"

"Stop yelling at me, Rach!"

Rachel groans as she says, "Look. Get your damn ass up here, will ya? I don't wanna face him alone. Well, Fannie will have his ass, but still. I don't trust her. You know how irrational she can be at times..."

"At times...?"

"You know.", she says as she chuckles. "Please, Nigel. We need you here."

The sincerity in her tone made Nigel shiver. Did Rachel have feelings of some sort?

"Um. Rach. Remember this morning...?"

"If you're gonna ask me about what happened, don't. I don't wanna talk about it, ok?"

"Sorry."

Then, there was a crash in the background.

"Nigel. PLEASE come. We-"

Rachel was cut off, making Nigel growl. Naruto. He was ruining Nigel's life. At first, Nigel felt horrible for leaving his brother. Now, Naruto was taking this way too far. If Naruto did anything to harm Rachel...Nigel stops himself. No. He shouldn't think about the outcomes. Not yet. Nigel still had to find his team and get them to the Moon Base. As he tried to leave, he opens the front door and nearly bumps into Hoagie, who was standing there, smiling at his commander. Nigel slowly looks around him, his Sector V, all four of them, unharmed but upset.

"W-what...", asks Nigel.

"Flukes.", says Wally. "Bunch of fuckin' flukes!"

"They were all decoys.", says Hoagie, ignoring Wally's usual sailor cursing.

Abby rolls her eyes. "They tried to distract us while going up to the Moon Base. Bastards..."

"Can we KILL them now?", says Wally, angrily.

Kuki, however, was the only one who was silent.

Apparently, she still had feelings for Naruto.

Nigel says, "They're at the Moon Base. Wow. Naruto couldn't be...THAT smart, can he?"

"No way!", says Hoagie, angry.

"Well, he managed to outsmart YOU, Hogarth.", jokes Wally. "And YOU'RE the smartest out of all of US."

Hoagie tried to chase Wally, but he got tired quickly. Nigel slaps his forehead and groans. "Will you two quit acting like dumb asses and let's get a move on!"

Sector V went to the plane. As Hoagie was flying, Kuki snuck over to Nigel, tapping upon his shoulder.

"So, did you REALLY kiss her?", whispers Kuki. "Rachel?"

Nigel sighs. "It was an accident."

"Don't worry; I'll won't tell. I'd like to see you and Rachel together. You two would make a cute couple."

Nigel blushes as Kuki sat down. Wally, who was always nosy, asks loudly, "What were you TWO talkin' 'bout!?"

Nigel groans and throws his shoe at him. "Shut up, Wally!"

Wally ducks and laughs, but Abigail, being the oldest, slaps him on the back of his head and yells, "Will you ever grow UP?"

"Never! Young forever!"

"Numbah 2, will you speed it so Wally can shut up?", says Nigel, annoyed.

Hoagie picks up the pace while Nigel was stuck on his thoughts.

Rachel. He'd hope she was okay...