Operation: F.A.T.E.

F – Fate

A – Already

T – Told

E – Eternally

Disclaimer: I don't own Codename: Kids Next Door. And I see no reason to repeat this.

Darker Days

Now it was a month since that fateful day. That fateful day that changed the lives of Sector V agents forever. It was 4pm and all five of them had just returned from a mission. And now they were even more on edge than ever.

"Numbuh 86 asked to talk to me privately a week ago," Numbuh 3 revealed.

"You didn't say anything did you?" Numbuh 5 asked immediately.

The male agents glared at her. More and more they noticed that Numbuh 5 became less about the team and more about her and changing fate. Her 'No man left behind policy' seemed left behind and no one was angrier about her change in attitude than Numbuh 2. Both agents barely even spoke to each other now.

"Of course not Numbuh 5," Numbuh 3 told her.

"Let's just get some rest," Numbuh 2 suggested and headed straight to his room.

"I'm gonna play some videogames," Numbuh 4 said and went into his room.

"Numbuh 5's beat," Numbuh 5 said tiredly.

"Can I talk to you privately Numbuh 5?" Numbuh 1 asked.

"Huh?" Numbuh 5 asked.

Numbuh 1 took Numbuh 5's hand and led her into his room as Numbuh 3 headed to the kitchen for a snack.

Numbuh 1 closed his room door and motioned for Numbuh 5 to come sit with him.

"Numbuh 5, we need to talk," Numbuh 1 said seriously.

"I know, I know," Numbuh 5 said knowingly, "you want to reprimand Numbuh 5 for her attitude."

"Not really," Numbuh 1 said surprising her, "I've been talking to Numbuh 86," he revealed.

"What did she say?" Numbuh 5 asked anxiously.

"She found out about the time machine," Numbuh 1 revealed.

"What?" Numbuh 5 asked in disbelief.

"She and seven others headed for Bully Island yesterday," Numbuh 1 told her.

"But if they dig deep enough…" Numbuh 1 started to say.

"Actually they can't," Numbuh 1 said.

"Huh, Numbuh 5 don't understand," Numbuh 5 said.

"Their spacecraft exploded," Numbuh 1 revealed.

"What!" Numbuh 5 screamed, "Numbuh 1 you didn't…" she started to say in astonishment.

"Of course not!" Numbuh 1 shouted, "all I did was ensure that the Bully Island security was on high alert," he told her.

"Numbuh 1 that could be why…" Numbuh 5 started to explain.

"It was determined that it was a mechanical failure," Numbuh 1 reassured her, "it was found out that Numbuh 13 was by the craft earlier that day," he added.

"Oh no," Numbuh 5 said despairingly knowing Numbuh 13's habit of trying to help out but only causing trouble and destruction.

"He denies having anything to do with it of course," Numbuh 1 said not surprising Numbuh 5.

"Wait," Numbuh 5 said suddenly, "how come you know before Numbuh 5?" she asked.

"Numbuh 362 had a meeting with the most trusted leaders of a select number of sectors," Numbuh 1 told her, "I wasn't even supposed to tell you," he added looking at his feet.

"Numbuh 5 will keep a lid on it," Numbuh 5 said kindly and patted him on the shoulder.

Numbuh 5's great, I'm glad I told her, Nigel thought, even though…

"If you're done Numbuh 5 needs to get some Zzz's," Numbuh 5 said to him.

"Oh, yeah I'm done," Numbuh 1 said, "have a good nap."

"Numbuh 5 will have the nap of her life," Numbuh 5 told him and left.

After Numbuh 5 left Numbuh 1 sighed. His face filled with guilt.

I just lied to one of my closest friends, Numbuh 1 thought guiltily, Numbuh 13 was by the craft earlier that day, but Numbuh 85 had called me and asked me to send Numbuh 13's sector to pick him up because he was starting to eye the craft and Numbuh 85 said he wasn't sure how much longer he could secretly keep an eye on the craft ensuring that Numbuh 13 never touched it.

"I'm the only one who can redeem Numbuh 13," Numbuh 1 said sadly, "but I can't," he told himself, "if I do Numbuh 362 will have agents dig for the real cause and eventually find something to connect to the real culprit," he added.

Kuki, you are such a fool, Nigel thought as he shook his head, how could you set the security system to automatically destroy any vehicle that headed within a certain proximity towards Bully Island?

Done