Hey fanfiction! So this chapter is just going to be a flashback. Well, actually most of this story is going to be a flashback but this is the chapter that starts it. It starts with Nigel is five years old so we don't see much of Abby yet. Anyways, please review! Your reviews mean a lot to me!
Chapter 3
5 years previous
"Have a good day at Kindergarten!" Monty Uno said to his 5 year old son Nigel before driving away. Nigel watched his dad drive away before walking into Gallagher Elementary.
In the kindergarten classroom, Nigel felt very nervous. The room was full of children running around and playing. He noticed a chubby little kid with pilot goggles and a pilot cap walking up to other kids and introducing himself.
"Hi, my name's Hoagie! What's yours?" he said to the other kids with a smile. Nigel watched as the boy named Hoagie walked up to a red haired girl who was talking to a young blond haired girl.
"Hi, my name's Hoagie! What's yours?" he asked. The red haired girl turned around and slapped him.
"Don't talk to me, boy," she snapped before turning back to the young blond haired girl. The blond haired girl gave Hoagie an apologetic look. Hoagie just shrugged and walked away. He walked up to Nigel.
"Hi, my name's Hoagie! What's yours?"
Nigel nervously replied, "Um, Nigel Uno."
Hoagie broke into a huge smile.
"Nice to meet you Nigel," he said cheerfully. He stuck out a hand. Nigel shook it. It was the start of a friendship that would last a lifetime.
"By the way, nice hair," Hoagie commented.
Nigel smiled and said, "Thanks."
"All right, children. Please sit down. Class is about to begin," the teacher said. Everybody scrambled to their seats.
"Good morning class. My name is Mrs. Malcolm and I am your teacher," she said cheerfully.
"These are my helpers. They'll be around a lot." Mrs. Malcolm gestured to five 4th grade kids who were dressed in gray uniforms.
"Hello, class. We are the Delightful Children From Down The Lane," the five children said in sync.
Nigel had a feeling that they were up to no good.
"It's recess time, kids. Be inside when the bell rings!" Mrs. Malcolm told the class. The class ran outside to the playground.
Nigel walked with Hoagie to the playground. Hoagie was telling extremely lame jokes.
"And as the dog leaves on the boat, the people on the dock say 'Bone Voyage'. Get it? Bone Voyage instead of Bon Voyage." Hoagie laughed at his own joke. "I learned that one last week."
Nigel, ignoring Hoagie, scanned the playground. The red haired girl who had slapped Hoagie earlier was pushing the blond haired girl on the swings. A cute little Asian girl was clutching onto a Rainbow Monkey and was talking to an African American girl who had her hair in a braid. A little blond boy was surrounded by older kids who looked like they were about to beat him up.
Wait, what?
The little blond haired kid looked like he was about to burst out into tears. Nigel watched with horror. He couldn't just stand by and not do something about it- that would be wrong.
"And then the fan says FAN-tastic- something wrong?" Hoagie asked with a frown. He looked over to where Nigel was looking.
"Oh no, the 4th grade bullies must have found someone else to pick on since the last kid they picked on dropped out of school." Nigel looked startled.
"What? We have to do something!" Nigel shouted. Hoagie looked sad.
"There's nothing we can do. They're bigger than us and they'll probably beat us up. Besides, there's just one of you and five of them. What're you going to do about it?"
Nigel took a deep breath. "It doesn't matter what I do. As long as I stop them from beating that kid up, I'm fine."
Nigel started walking up to the bullies. Hoagie ran next to him and tried to persuade him not to do it.
"No, it's suicide! You're only five years old- the bullies would beat you up to a pulp and probably make soup out of you! Don't do it!"
Nigel looked Hoagie in the eye.
"Though that may be true, I have to try. If I don't, more kids would get beat up," Nigel said firmly. He shook Hoagie off and walked toward the bullies.
Hoagie didn't try to stop him.
Nigel walked up to the bully who was about to punch the little kid, stood on his tippy toes and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Excuse me?" Nigel asked innocently.
The bully lowered his fist and turned around with a look of annoyance.
"A little busy right now, twerp," the bully snapped before turning back around. Nigel cleared his throat.
"Wait, one thing," he said. The bully sighed and turned around.
"What?" he asked.
Nigel thought quickly. He had to draw attention away from the little blond kid.
"Your, um, mom's, um, ugly?" Nigel said uncertainly. His plan worked.
"What did you say, twerp?" the bully asked angrily, looming over Nigel and casting a shadow over him. Nigel gulped.
"I said that your, um, mom's ugly?" Nigel said in a squeak. The bully picked Nigel up from his collar.
"You're going down, twerp!" the bully shouted. The bully pulled back a fist.
Nigel reacted on instinct. He twisted out of the bully's grasp and landed on the ground.
"Run, kid!" he shouted to the little blond kid. The little blond kid turned and ran with terror. Nigel turned to face the bully. His hair was pasted to his forehead with sweat and he was terrified out of his mind but he had to teach the bullies a lesson in messing with kids.
The bullies ran toward him waving their fists in the air. They soon had Nigel surrounded.
The head bully cracked his knuckles and said, "You're surrounded, runt. There's no escaping your punishment."
Nigel looked at all the bullies that surrounded him and came up with an idea. "Hey, look! A bunch of 4th grade bullies getting beat up by a 5 year old!"
The bullies looked confused and looked around. "Where?" they asked confused.
Nigel smiled. "Right here," he said. And with that he jumped out of the circle and faced the bullies.
One bully flung a punch at Nigel. He ducked and stuck out a foot, tripping the bully. The bully fell to the ground face first.
"Ow," the bully said weakly.
Nigel turned to the other bullies. Two of the other bullies ran toward Nigel at two different directions. Big mistake on their part.
Nigel stepped back and the two bullies rammed into each other. They both fell to the ground with loud thumps. They laid there too dazed to get up.
That just left the lead bully.
The lead bully looked at Nigel with a deep hatred in his eyes.
"You're going down, punk!" he growled menacingly. Nigel backed up against the side of the school. The lead bully ran toward him at full speed.
Right before the bully could reach him, Nigel dove out of the way and the bully rammed into the side of the school. He fumbled around for a few seconds before crashing to the ground with his other bully friends.
Nigel got up and dusted his pants off. He looked up and saw the other kids looking at him with awe. He looked around and saw the bullies lying on the ground. He realized that he had just taken down four of the toughest bullies at the school. He went into shock.
Hoagie ran up to him. "You were incredible, Nigel! The school will be talking about this for years! You'll become a legend!" Hoagie said excitedly. Nigel shook out of his shock.
"Well, I didn't really mean to take them down. I just meant to distract them from the blond haired kid. I just reacted on instinct," Nigel said.
"Wow, if those are your instincts, you are one messed up five year old," Hoagie said jokingly.
Nigel looked down at the bullies. "Maybe I am."
The Delightful Children From Down The Lane looked at the brunette kid who had just taken down four bullies.
"He has potential to become a great Kids Next Door operative. We can't let that happen!" the Delightfuls said frantically. They pulled out their cell phone dialed a number.
"Hello, Father? We've got a situation…"