Knightbrace casted a glance toward the woman walking beside him as they pursued down the street with no mind to exactly where they were going. She was just grateful he had saved her purse and immediately she wanted to know him more.
And why he was dressed in such an outfit.
"So let me get this straight..." Destiny began as she slung her purse over her shoulder. "You say you're an adult villain and your organization battles some other organization called the Kids Next Door?" She raised an eyebrow at him.
"I don't blame you if you find it insane or unbelievable..." Knightbrace sighed. During their walk, he had explained his attire as well as what he does when he's not working. Desiring to strike up an interesting conversation, he, of course, told her everything that goes on in this town she had just moved to. "Say, where did you say you came from again?"
"Quahog, Rhode Island," Destiny replied.
Knightbrace's eyes widened a little. "Did you say Quahog?"
Destiny nodded, cocking an eyebrow at his surprise.
"You wouldn't, by any chance, be familiar with a Peter Griffin, would you?" He asked carefully.
"Oh, Peter Griffin!" Destiny scoffed. "He was one of the major reasons why I moved here! He trashed my little sister's lemonade stand!" She glanced at him. "You know him?"
"Know him?" Knightbrace gave a sarcastic laugh. "He and two of his friends had dumped bathroom garbage on people in this town a while back...while driving an airplane drunk."
Destiny gasped. Then her fists tightened. She muttered harsh words under her breath. She quickly regained herself and cleared her throat. "Hey, I'm sorry to hear that..."
"No, big..." Knightbrace waved it aside. "We banned him from this place."
"Thank, God..." Destiny said with a sigh of relief. She gazed once more at his interesting attire. She had to chuckle. "Look, I may not get exactly what is it about you 'adult villains'..." she raised both her fingers up to quote. "But hey, I'm still new here, I'm sure I'll learn over time..."
"I don't blame you if you never do..." Knightbrace said, rolling his eyes. But he smiled, nevertheless.
_
Molly Smiles walked down the street of her new neighborhood, getting to know her knew surroundings. She then spotted a park nearby and, being the ambitious little girl she was, raced over and planted herself firmly on the swings. She sang to herself as she swung up and down, up and down...
Then the ground began to rumble.
"What the-?" Molly exclaimed.
Suddenly, something big, robotic, and monstrous emerged from the concrete ground.
It was a giant, caterpillar-like robot and it let out an ear-splitting metallic cry. Molly screamed as she quickly jumped out of her swing, though her legs felt like they were glued to the ground.
"Get down!"
Before Molly could turn to see who it was, she was pushed to the ground. Despite her fear, she grew furious for being face-first in the concrete. She quickly turned her head to see who had pushed her. He was a boy about her age, wearing a mysterious hat, matching cape and gloves; he also wore interesting goggles.
"Numbuh 13!" The young boy shouted as he turned his head. "It's all you!"
"You got it!" Shouted a nasal voice. Molly watched as a ten-year-old boy with glasses, braces, and untied shoelaces held out a weapon of some kind and rushed at the monster...though he was trying his best not to trip.
"I'm going to get him!" The nasal kid said. "Yup! Call me a hero because Numbuh 13 is going to attack a robot bug!" And he let out a nasal laugh.
Then he tripped over his own shoelaces.
The young boy protecting Molly grumbled under his breath for the boy know as Numbuh 13's clumsiness. Molly watched as Numbuh 13 lay sprawled on the floor, groaning over simple pain. Then the robot glared down at him...
"Oh, boy..." Numbuh 13 muttered fearfully. "Um...help?"
"Let's rock!"
Molly's ears became attuned to a strong, yet feminine voice. She looked up, but she could only see a shadow.
The shadow of the mysterious was quick as it charged at the monster at lightning speed. Jumping from one mechanical part to the other, it seemed to have dislocated every wire and bolt in the machine as its parts quickly dropped down.
Finally, the person held out a gun far more advanced than the little boy or the clumsy kid had. It shot out a few blasts of fiery red...chili?
It struck the dismembered robot...and the outer parts dropped in a heap, revealing a few teenagers in interesting garb...like mechanical bras.
"I hate you so much, Numbuh 2-Double-o-2!" Shouted one of the teens before she and the others pressed a button just above their bras.
"Better luck next time, Cree!" Molly looked up to see that the mysterious person was high above a playground tree, her entire figure hidden well behind the shadows.
The teen known as Cree let out a malicious snarl before she and her teammates abandoned ground and flew up into the sky with jetpacks that had produced themselves out of their mechanical attire.
"Wow, great job, Rocky!" The boy that had protected Molly exclaimed as he and Molly both stood up.
Finally, the mysterious person known as Rocky hopped from the tree and landed in front of everyone with grace. She flipped her long hair as she smiled at them...such a charming smile.
Wow...she is pretty...Molly thought. The little girl gazed at the older girl's features: long, black hair held back in a ponytail, eyes brown as chocolate, skin well-tanned...
"Hey, you," the girl known as Rocky greeted Molly with that same charming smile. "Sorry about that..."
"About what?" Molly asked, shaking from the events that just occurred.
"You know, Cree and her stupid teen ninjas attacking the playground and my boy Tommy pushing you into the dirt..." She gave Tommy a warning glance, but the little boy smiled nervously.
"Oh, that..." Molly chuckled nervously. "No big..." She chuckled nervously. "Hey, can I ask you something?"
"Shoot," Rocky insisted.
"What is going on?" Molly asked in an exasperated tone.
Rocky and her teammates glanced at each other.
"I guess she didn't study like you did..." Numbuh 13 whispered to Rocky.
_
"You don't have to take a look if you're not sure you can handle it..." Knightbrace said as he and Destiny continued walking down the street.
"Oh, I'm sure it's no biggie..." Destiny assured him. But deep down, she was worried out of her mind. If Knightbrace himself was this so-called 'adult villain' in costume, there would be others like him?
Knightbrace rolled his eyes. She seemed so sure of herself...which is why he decided for her to take a quick peak at the people he worked with before he completely dropped the subject and brought her home.
"Well, here is is..." Knightbrace said as he motioned to their destination.
"A cafe?" Destiny asked in a cool tone. She was expecting a huge building with robots guarding the place and a sign that said no kids allowed, considering they were in battle with the so-called 'Kids Next Door'.
"This isn't any ordinary cafe..." Knightbrace told her carefully. "It's the villain cafe. Where the sugar is unlimited even Stickybeard can have his share..."
"And who's Stickybeard?" Destiny asked carefully, raising an eyebrow at such a ridiculous name.
Knightbrace didn't answer, instead he just pointed toward the see-through window of the cafe. Destiny gazed inside.
She gasped.
So many villains...so many bright clothes...so much coffee and sugar in big servings...
She didn't have to ask Knightbrace again whom Stickybear was. Destiny caught a man with red facial hair and pirate attire pouring endless amounts of sugar into his small cup of coffee. His beard was covered with sweets...it was so sticky.
Destiny turned away, eyes wide as plates. Did she just see...? Was it even possible...? What kind of place had she moved into?
"I said I don't blame you if you don't believe me..." Destiny glanced over at Knightbrace, who was giving her a cool smile despite wearing massive teeth gear.
"Honestly, I don't think I know what to believe..." Destiny said quietly.
"Well, I guess you wouldn't believe if I told you that my pal Lou is head of Evil Adult Industries," Knightbrace said with a light chuckle as he led her away and they continued walking.
"And what kind of adult villain is this Lou guy?" Destiny asked him carefully.
"Toilet-based."
I am not in Kansas anymore...Destiny thought incredulously.
_
"Oh, wow!" Molly exclaimed as she raced around the flying vehicle of Rocky and her team. "Look at this! And check this out! Oh, what does this button do?"
"No!" Numbuh 13 exclaimed before he grabbed her hand so she wouldn't go near the red button. "That's the self-destruct button!"
Molly just blinked at him.
"Trust me, I know..." He told her carefully. "Thank goodness my leader is such a forgiving person." He let out a nasal laugh. He sighed as he gazed admiringly at the raven-haired girl at her leader's seat looking directly through ship's telescope.
Molly raised an eyebrow at the way Numbuh 13 was gazing at the person he called his leader...she had to admit, Rocky could attract a crowd if she wanted to.
"So..." She began. "Where are we going?"
"The best place that's out of this world..." Rocky said as she turned away from her telescope to smile at her. "The moon."
They had not been kidding about going to the moon as Molly gazed out the window and saw it up close and personal.
"What's that weird piece of stuff on top of it?" She asked.
"KND Moonbase," a voice told her.
Molly turned to see it was the boy who had protected her during that battle. He smiled at her.
"I know Rocky already introduced us..." He said with a slight blush to his cheeks. "But I'm Numbuh T, aka Tommy, or The Tommy." He offered his hand.
Molly smiled. "And you already know me as Molly Smiles." She shook his hand.
"We're here," Rocky called.
Tommy quickly let go of Molly's hand and took over the steering wheel once again as they neared the base. Soon, they landed inside the main entrance. Once the door of the ship opened, Molly stumbled out first.
"Wow..." She muttered as she gazed at her surroundings. "I wonder how astronauts never saw this..."
"It's called 'faking the moon landing'," Rocky explained to her as soon as they exited out of the ship.
"So..." Molly began as she turned to see Tommy standing next to her. "What does KND stand for again?"
"Kids Next Door," Tommy explained. "An organization where kids battle adult tyranny."
"You know, bad grown-ups..." Numbuh 13 told her.
"Bad adults, huh?" Molly reflected back on a certain fat man with glasses that destroyed her lemonade stand.
"NUMBUH 2-DOUBLE-o-2!" Shouted a shrill, demanding voice.
"Oh, geez..." Rocky sighed.
Molly watched as a fuming girl in a green sweater and yellow skirt marched toward them, particularly toward Rocky. Rocky stood her ground, not terrified or interested in the girl's ranting.
"You were suppose to be taking down Cree's defense robots!" She shouted.
Rocky sighed before flipping her hair. "I already did, Numbuh 86."
"There's more than one!"
"I know," Rocky said simply.
"What do you mean you knew?" The girl known as Numbuh 86 demanded.
"Dude, while I attacked Cree's robot at the park, I took my battle time to track a connection to all her other robots. Meaning, when I destroyed her, that set off a chain reaction of the other robots falling as well," Rocky said as she folded her arms.
Fanny said nothing, obviously defeated in the verbal battle. She continued glaring at her.
"Maybe you should see the KND handbook again, Fanny..." Rocky said before she brushed past her. The others followed her quickly, leaving Fanny to fume even more.
"Who was that?" Molly asked Tommy.
"Numbuh 86," Tommy told her. "Head of the Decomissioning Squad?"
"What's that?" Molly asked.
"A group that takes care of kids who become thirteen..." Tommy said quietly, not wanting to give the sad part away.
"So, Molly..."
Molly's ears perked up as she looked over at Rocky gazing over her shoulder, blinking her brown eyes.
Rocky just gave a charming smile to the young girl. "Are you in?"
_
"Nice place," Knightbrace said as he gazed at the large house Destiny and her family had moved into.
"Thanks," Destiny said as she passed the gate and toward the door. She turned to see Knightbrace remained where he was, watching her enter safely into her home. "Oh, and thanks for, you know...helping out and everything."
"You're welcome," he said with a calm smile.
"Would you like to come in for some tea?" She offered, almost hopefully.
"Oh, no, that's okay," he shook his head. "I've got some business to take care of."
Those people back at the cafe...Destiny thought quickly.
"Yeah, okay..." She said, sounding a bit disappointed. "Still, it was really nice meeting you. Hopefully, I'll see you around again?"
"Oh, I'm sure of it," Knightbrace assured her, his cheeks becoming warm. He stood there for a few moments. "Well, bye!"
And with that, he immediately left her estate, leaving Destiny in wonder.
"What a nice yet unusual guy..." Destiny sighed before she entered her home.