Chapter 5
After finally reaching NIB Head Quarters and getting out of the car, all three headed inside as the guy who was still relaxing in his seat reading the newspaper while passing him.
"Hey, welcome back Karai." he said flipping the page of his newspaper. "Thanks. Um...who ever you are." Karai answered as she really don't know who he was. April pushed the button to call the elevator and got in. "Come on an get in." she said as Frank got in. Karai shrug her shoulders and stepped inside as the doors slide shut, and begin moving.
"Alright, let me see what you guys have downstairs. Ok red head?." said Karai. April took a deep breath cause she doesn't like someone calling her that but, she have to make due. "Sure thing. An by the way please don't call me red head." April said as she and Frank turned around as the elevator doors were open behind them.
Karai turned around and saw the HQ, and was in awe to see different types of aliens and mutants. As the they begin to slowly come down, Karai was getting the homecoming from everyone. "Welcome back Karai, its good to have you back." said an agent who was doing some paper work. Then another one who was a female mutant as she said "Good to see you again Agent K."
Karai couldn't help but smile an feeling welcome with open arms as they reached the ground, while April stepped off first as Frank and Karai came after. As they walked to go see Zed, an male agent came up to April to give her some reports. "Hey Agent A, I got the info on the. Wait is that Karai?. The Karai?." he ask in disbelief. "Well that's what people keeps calling me that then yeah, I am she." said Karai already looking around at neat stuff's.
"Ah man, this is an honor and a privilege to be standing in the same room as you. I mean this is the agent that saved the world countless of times, and do you know the true fact about it?." he ask. April who was already losing popularity at HQ, and even though she's a top agent. But still she can not hold a candle to Karai. "No what is the true fact about it?." asked April while still walking and feeling a little bit ignored.
The agent was grinning like a true geek nerd as he said "The big fact is that she's the only human in the world that aliens fear in the whole Universe. Can I get you anything Agent K?." Karai thought on it an answered "Can you get an ice cream soda with extra flavor on it." "Right away!." he said immediately running to to the cafe. "Oh can you...oh never mind." said April as he was long gone.
When they made it to the front to where Zed was. Zed was having a conversation with a familiar celebrity who was on the big screen, as she was at the Antarctica. "Good news, I just calmed down the Zics and the Leons and they are willing to write the peace treaty." said Agent M aka Miranda Cosgrove. "Oh that's fantastic news kid. Um, why don't you just stay right there and I call for somebody to pick you up, and will see if your NIB material." said Zed giving her a weak smile.
"What?. Wait a minute hold up, that's not what you told me Zed. You said if I do this stupid lame tasks, you'll will guarantee me a spot at NIB." said Miranda as she was upset about it. Zed really didn't want to deal with her since he has other things to attend to, and said nicely. "Look Miranda, I know you have passion for hunting down bad aliens and mutants but. I have to call you back alright?. Bye." Zed then hand sign the twins to end the transmission as Miranda was pleading. "Zed wait!. I can be Agent M!." Then click.
Zed was in relief when he did that while turning around to see his use to be retired agent. "Ah, yes I almost forgot about you two. How are you doing Karai?." Zed asked. "Oh, I am doing outstanding sir. Yelp, I just became employee of the month for three years straight. An that's what I call a record at Build a Bear workshop." said Karai with a bright smile. April arch an eyebrow after hearing that and so did Zed. "Rigggght. Well, O'Neil I guess you're going have to bring her up to speed, and get right on the case. Asap." he said being back his boss mode.
"You got it Zed. This way please." said April leading the way to the inventory room. Frank was about to go join them and help out until Zed stopped him. "Sorry Frank, but I only need those two on the case." Frank put his head down in disappointment as he said "Oh ok." Then Zed said "But, I do have something else for you to do. It's not outside work but there's nothing wrong about working at the Dentist department." Frank lifted his head up when hearing that from Zed and grinned happily showing his rotten teeth. "Dentil you say?." he said ready to go to work.
Meanwhile back with April and Karai as they reached the inventory room, as April was picking up a weapon for her partner. Karai who still don't remember was curious at seeing odd or weird things in front of her, especially a water like orb that was seating their innocently. Without having second thoughts she pocked the watery orb an inside was an endangered civilised aliens, that screaming there lungs out for mercy.
April heard the sound of small loud screaming an quickly looked back and reacted. "Hey, don't pock that!." she yelled causing Karai to quickly pull out her finger. April sigh and said "Hand's in your pockets please." Karai put her hands up an slowly put them in her pockets, as April looking to make sure she did and resumed back on what she was doing. April looked back on the key pad on the solid doors an went to pressing the code and unlocked the doors.
She opened wide open and revealed different verity of alien guns, and picked one off the shelf and looked at Karai with a friendly smile. "This was your favorite weapon in which were so nice to give it to. The Nosey Cricket." she said showing her the gun as Karai was looking at the small gun with a real look on face. "It's kinda small don't you think?." she ask. "Of course but I'm not complaining. Now let's put it on." said April.
"Put what on?." Karai asked while taking the gun. Then April said "The last suite that you'll ever wear. Again. Follow me to the locker room so you can put on your ninja gear, and put on your makeup." Karai said holding gun and preventing from holding on to the trigger "Makeup?." "Yes make up, cause I really can't take you seriously without it." April responded back while entering the locker room. As April showed Karai to her locker an helped her put on her ninja outfit, she then started putting makeup on her face.
"Annnnd done!. Now you look like your old self again." April said cheerfully as she did a good job at putting every detail on Karai's face. "Weeeelll I looked good without makeup, to be honest." she answered as she got up from her seat. "Girl you look like crap without an I did you a favor." said April while taking her to the other room that was very special in HQ. When they reached the wall, April then placed her hand to be scanned to access the room and open it up. Inside was a all white room that was empty except a electronic round chair that was connected to the floor and ceiling.
"Behold the Deneuralizer. Designed to bring back all the memories that has been stored in the back of your brain, and in other words a memory reboot." April said telling it to Karai. But sadly Karai didn't pay attention or listen to a single word that April said as she looked at the device. "What's that?." she ask. "It called the Deneuralize, oh forget just sit your butt down and let's get this over with." April said losing her patients with the unfocus, can't remember a thing Karai.
Little did they know that at the check in counter, Zelena and her two dum dums were at HQ playing cool as the agent was doing some paper work for her. "An did you bring any food on arriving to Earth?." he ask. "Why yes I have. Two empty coconuts." she answered being mean to her employers, as they didn't caught that. "And is there a reason that you want to live and work on this planet?." he asked one more time.
"Why yes sir, you see my friends tell me back on our home planet that I have a great potential of being a model. See." Zelena said showing her bra as the two guys looked at her with happiness and big guy passed out on the floor. The little head was panicking as he did CPR as everyone was looking at them. "Don't worry man just hold tight for me!." he said giving him mouth to mouth, as Zelena grinned evilly as she started pulling out her tentacles, and wrapping it around every NIB agent while setting the alarm off.
"Hey, what's going on?." asked Karai as April pulled her out of the chair. "It's code NIB 101, meaning that someone just broke in or take over the HQ. Computer activate the flush!." said April as the door to the room was slide shut, as computer what it was told. "Have you ever been to a water park before?." she asked Karai hoping it was a yes. "Yeah, why do you ask?." asked Karai. "Cause we're going to do the exact same thing." April said holding her breath as water begin to come up and then it took them down into a whirlpool and sucked up into a big hole.
They then were in a tube and got separated into different directions, as they were quickly been going faster and faster away from NIB Head Quarters. Then they finally reached there destination as they were transported to double soild silver tubes, and the doors werewere wide open an letting the water out. April and Karai were soak and wet after the little ride.
April spit out some water as she said "Whooo flush!. You know back when you were an agent, you just getting flush. I remember every Friday night you wanted to be flush. An you told me flush me April! flush me!. And an I was like girl please, I want to go home and chill." Karai didn't say word due to being pissed off of getting her hair wet and being pull to this stupid game.
April knows that Karai was not a happy camper right now as she said with plead in her voice. "Karai please don't give up on me just yet." Karai then said "Just help me remember on why I looked at the stars and we can call it even." With relief and getting out of the tube, April was determined to bring back her friend as she pressed the car button as it pulled up with a dummy grown up nib agent.
April then press the button one more time as the dummy was deflated and went back inside of the wheel. "The reason why I have an adult dummy cause my teenage version keeps getting pulled over, and due to city driving rules." April explained as Karai understood an hoped in. While putting the car on autopilot, April was on the cars computer screen checking the HQ as it was empty and don't see any agent's. "Is that part of the lowdown routine?." Karai asked looking at the screen.
"No, not really this is kinda odd. I wonder. Frank come in Frank, do you read me?." said April. At the HQ hiding underneath the dead alien squid, Frank popped up wearing his communications device on his head and said "I hear you loud and clear partner. It's NIB's code 101." "Yeah, I know Frank. Who cause it to go off?." asked April having a hunch on who did it. Then Frank said "Some hot biker chick. An she's one bad women."
"I see well you just stay were you are an keep me posted." she said knowing who it was, as Frank said ok an hid back inside the squid. April then pulled up Alien eBay on her computer to find a second Deneuralizer and found one result. On the screen it showed a familiar alien that owns one. "Oh good it's an old friend." said April as she turned off the autopilot and manually drove the car.
Back at HQ and quickly releasing alien and mutant criminals from there cell, Zelena was looking at each one who was carrying guns in their hands. "Alright boys this is plain and simple. I did you six to find Karai and bring her to me, and who shall ever find her will have Earth. Now go." said Zelena as the others nodded and went to do it. "Any history about that brat?." she asked her two dum dums.
"Why yes we have. It turns out that Karai was neuralized three years ago." said the big guy as his head version said "Yeah, and they brought her back but still they need to find a Deneuralizer to bring her memories back." Zelena rubbed her chin and place her hands on her waist and said "Go find her and make sure she has her memories."
After that she walked up to meet a someone that will build her a ship, and that was a mutant named SnakeWeed. "Ah, Snake Weed it's so nice to meet you." she said smiling. "The pleasure is all mine Zelena." he said eating some plant food. Zelena smile and said "Tell why did they put you in prison in Dimension X of all places?." Snake Weed finished eating his plant food and said with a little bit of anger "I was in there for trying to turn people into fertilizer, but I was stopped by that no good Agent A." Zelena shake her head in agreement with Snake Weed.
"I know how you feel my friend. The reason why I bought you here is because, I need a spaceship built that will get me off this crappy planet. An I need it built by tonight and I will give you whatever you want. Just name it." she said talking business. "All I want is Agent A!. So, I can pull that girl in half!." he said in anger. Meanwhile, pulling up to a familiar store, April got out of the car and went inside to meet an old somewhat trusted friend.
An that alien was Jiff who was counting his money as April walked in. "Oh, April it's been so long!. Hey, guess what my business is banging now and I'm not sailing anything illegal." he said while putting the money up. April came up to him and said kindly "That's great Jiff, really. Hey listen I need a favor to ask you." "Sure kid name it, heck anything for a friend." said Jiff with a smile.
Suddenly his smile went away as he saw Karai enter his store. "Waaait, hold up. She's retired right?." he said in worry and hope. "Sadly yeah, and we need to burrow your machine." said April. Jiff looked at Karai who walked up to them, and said to make sure this wasn't no NIB trick. "Do you remember me kid?." Karai said in honesty "Nope I never seen you in the day of my life. Were you a coffee shop owner one time?." Jiff started laughing after hearing that as he can't believe this was legit.
"I never thought in the day of my life to see the great Karai neuralize." he said with enjoyment. April said cutting in "An that's why we need your Deneuralizer. The world is at stake." Jiff was shaking his head an refusing to do it as he began to get the NIB death stare both girls, in which it made him feel intimidated. "Alright!. I'll let you use it but, in honesty I don't if it will work. I haven't updated the software for it." he said in defence.
"That's alright will take the chance." said Karai who was really want her memories that were so call been wipe away from her. Jiff then said "Ok even if it does work she's going to blow my head offoff for her own sick amusement or if it does not work then she's gonna do any way." At that point, April pulled out her gun and pointed at him to just do it. "Find let's give it a world. Man, you picked up bad habits from Karai." said leading them to the basement. "Yeah, I know and I'm happy about it." she said putting her gun back.
As they reached the basement where the broken down old fashion, duck taped Deneuralizer was sitting. Karai took a seat while Jiff hooked her up into the machine and put a bite guard in her mouth for safety reasons. "Now, before we begin are you allergic to ice cream by anychance?." he ask as Karai shook her head. "Are you allergic to shellfish?." he ask the second time and got the no answer. Then Jiff asked a pointless question "What is your IQ test score?."
"Jiff!." yelled April in ignorance as Jiff quickly went to his computer to fire up the machine, as it begin to do its magic. "Are you sure this thing won't fry her brain?." she ask worried. "Nonsense. If so then that's why you agents have NIB insurance." he said pressing enter on the keyboard. The machine started making weird noises and begin to shake crazily, as Karai was holding on to dear life as suddenly the lights went out. "Um, Jiff?. Does that suppose to happen?." April ask.
"Mmmm somewhat." he said as the lights were back on, as he grinned happily while Karai was being shaken constantly and then the machine exploded, causing her to fall on the ground while still laying down on the broken chair. Both Jiff and April looked at one another in fear as they quickly rush over to her, and bent down to see if she's ok.
When they did looked down suddenly Jiff's head was shot off, making April smile. "You're back." she said. But unfortunately it wasn't the case as Karai said "No I'm not back." "Then how come you know his head grows back?." she ask curiously. Karai looked at April and said "It grows back?." Then Jiff who was growing his head back said in frustration. "Why you disrespectful little brat!. Now, that is the last time that I help a friend!."
Karai got up an put her gun back in her pocket and just about had enough of the bull crap, and headed out. "Karai wait." said April as Karai turned around and said to her "You stay away from me!. You crazy red head!." and walked up the steps and left. "Karai wait you need to let the Deneuralize particles to heal your lost memories. God, I wish have brought software chip on Amazon. Your brain needs to reboot!." said Jiff as he looked at a now sad April who was facing the hard true.
"Who am I kidding?. Karai is gone and there's nothing that I can do. Oh, god I wish that I haven't flash her when she ask me to do it." she said with a tear coming down. Jiff comforted her by giving her a hug, and then said "From the bottom of my heart April, I'm really sorry for your misfortune." All of a sudden the walls were broken down by a red muscle mutant crab as a bunch of aliens and mutants were shooting.
April pushed Jiff out of the fire and started shooting an this have made her day. She then hid behind a pole as one of the aliens said "Where is Karai?!." Jiff put his arms up and said "She just." April came out of her hiding spot and shot Jiff in the head to keep his shut, and pointing her weapon at them. "Karai is neuralized three years ago, but I am her replacement. So, you have to deal with me then." she said as an alien jumped down behind her, and knocked her gun out of her hands and threw her to the ground roughly.
Then Zelena's hinchmen came up to April an being cocky as he looked at her. "Well, well, well what do we have here?. Listen April I'm really not a bad alien at all so if you would tell me where's Karai is, then you might be able to still walk." he said. "I told you and your goons that she's been neuralize." said April trying to protect her best friend. Then the little head popped up and said "Tell us that we don't know?." an then sneezed.
"Bless you." an harry mutant said being civil. After thanking him an alien in disguise said to April "Little girl tell us or die." April super punched the guy causing him to lose his mask, revealing his one eye face with green spikes. "Wow you look like crap." she said making every mutant and alien laugh. April looked at the other alien and look back at the alien that she insulted. "My mistake. He looks like crap." The alien stopped laughing while the mutant was continuing laughing, until he got the death stare and stopped laughing.
"Bend her!." he said as Zelena's henchmen agreed with that. "Bend away you guys." he said walking away. April wished she keep her smart mouth shut as she said pleading "No, please don't bend her." But too late as the four armed mutant lifted her up in the air, and started bending her backwards causing her to yell.
Meanwhile, Karai walked out of the store and getting ready to call cab, until she stopped dead in her tracks. Her mind began to feel like it just got rebooted as she began to look at her whereabouts as she is aliens in disguise just hanging out, then she looked at a postal guy who was pushing his cart of mail where a cute mutant popped his head up and waved at her.
Karai then begin to look down and see a cockroach an was getting to step on it but didn't do it. The small alien cockroach looked up at Karai and said "Thanks for not stepping on me kid." and resumed crawling. "No problem." she said as she looked up at the stars and saw the beauty of it. An at that moment everything begin to click in her mind, and remember everything as she started grinning in happiness.
An then remembered about something or someone in the store. "Ok guys I really think that she's telling the truth." he said holding his little head version of himself from throwing up. "Then she's no good to us then!." said the mutant putting more pressure on April, as she screamed in pain.
Then suddenly the big red mutant was shot down causing him to drop April, as she landed on the floor and looked up to see who saved her. The person that did it was none other than Karai as she raised an eyebrow as she said "Did I teach anything rookie?." "Karai behind you!." yelled April. Immediately Karai blocked the hit from an alien an went kicking five times in the face, and then jumped over and high kicked a hurry mutant. Then she tried kicked one in the private but nothing was working.
"Karai his a bonechillen." said April trying to get up. "Oh." said Karai as she jumped kicked the guy causing him to hit the wall, while the others ran for it. Karai looked at her partner and said "Well it looks you got yourself in tight spot huh O'Neil?." April said adjusting her sore arm "I had it handled." "You need a partner." she said dusting some dust off of April's uniform.
"I use to have a partner but Jeff got too rough on her. Soooo, you got your memory back?." asked April while climbing up the steps. "Yelp." said Karai. "Then that case please tell what the heck is going on here?." April asked her partner. "I don't have a clue." she said continuing walking the steps. "Ummm, ok um, do you know where the Light of Zarthra is?." April asked again as Karai shrugged her shoulders.
When they exit out of the building April was confused. "Ok, if you got your memories back then how come you don't remember about the Light of Zarthra?." she ask. "I must have neuralized myself to keep the secret safe and have it to myself." said Karai as April understood that smart idea. Karai was about to get into the drivers seat as April stopped her.
"Yo girl what do you think your doing?." Karai said confused "What?. I'm going to drive I remember that." Then April said "Yeah that's when you drove that broken down Toyota Camry, but this is the next big thing. Old Camry. An next big thing." Karai just looked at her like is she stupid and actually can not believe this is happening. April smile an pull out her car keys and press the button to unlock the car, and handed to Karai.
"Old Camry it is." she said under her breath. "Hey, I heard O'Neil." said Karai turning on the engine and drove off.