Operation: F.A.T.E.

F – Fate

A – Already

T – Told

E – Eternally

Underhanded

It was night time at the DCFDTL mansion.

Nigel grabbed Lenny by the shirt and slammed him to a wall. The older delighfulized boy had been following him solo recently and he wanted to know why.

"Why are you following me?" Nigel snarled.

The frightened only African American member of the DCFDTL only looked at Nigel with frightened eyes. The rest of his face hidden in the shadows of his red helmet and his air restricted by Nigel's arm tightly pressing into his neck and holding him against the wall.

Why doesn't he take that stupid thing off, Nigel thought in annoyance.

Nigel suddenly pulled off Lenny's helmet.

Lenny tried to hide his face, but Nigel saw it before he could anything.

"Where'd you get those bru…?" Nigel started to ask.

Just then Father rounded a corner. Then he turned back and looked.

Wha…oh on! Father thought.

Lenny suddenly got agitated and started to struggle against his captor.

Nigel tried to stop him but Lenny was able to eventually give him a very hard kick in the head. Lenny then grabbed his helmet and ran away.

"Ooooh," Nigel moaned his head feeling like it had been bust open.

Father grinned and walked away.

Laura meanwhile lay in a cage freezing in the dungeon area at the Moon Base. The ground was covered in hay and you could smell that past prisoners had been in there. Past prisoners who didn't get visits to the bathroom.

She remembered how they dunked her over and over again in freezing waters. Jeering and mocking her, Laura believed other KND operatives were getting just as bad as Numbuh 49.5. After they were done Laura wasn't even aware of her surroundings. Toilenator later told her that she had a seizure.

Toilenator had saved her life. Operatives had flung her inside the cage seizing. Leaving her to die.

But no one counted on the one worst villain ever to save her life.

She was still freezing but conscious. Aware of her surroundings. And grateful to the worst villain ever who saved her life and was now keeping an eye on her and stroking her hair as he had her resting on and under some of the freshest hay of what was left in the cage.

"Th…th…" Laura tried to thank him.

"Your Welcome," Toilenator responded kindly.

Abigail sat at the teenager skating rink. It was the following day in the afternoon and she was bored just watching other skate. She was allowed because of her sister and new allegiance. But she still felt out of place.

I hate being ten, Abigail thought hatefully, if I were older I'd be skating out there.

"Hey," Chad said as he skated towards her.

"Hey," Abigail said warily.

Even though she was now under Father's employ, she still felt wary of Chad. One of the biggest traitors to the KND since he once led the entire organization. She tried to pry herself completely loose of the KND utopia, but couldn't. She wondered if her sister even succeeded. If Chad had even succeeded. If anyone succeeded escaping the KND idea when they left with their memories.

"Want to skate?" Chad asked.

"I'm okay," Abigail said pleasantly even though she crossed her legs and arms defensively.

Chad smiled warmly.

"No one fully recovers from the Kids Next Door curse," Chad whispered in her ear.

Abigail withdrew a bit. The breath on her ear made her a bit nauseated. Plus she hadn't had a teenage guy get this close to her. Not since Maurice.

"It's just skating," Chad said amused and stood, "next time Nigel will skate with you."

"Nigel would never come here," Abigail said sadly.

"Who said it had to be here?" Chad asked with a mischievous grin.

Abigail's eyes widened.

"What's going on here?" a voice suddenly demanded angrily from behind them.

Both turned around to see Cree.

"Hey Cree," Chad said brightly but it was obvious that the brightness was faked.

"Disappear zit boy," Cree snarled.

"Hey I covered that with…" Chad started but stopped, "um, I'm going to skate with Julia," he said and sped off.

Abigail sat there confused.

What just happened here? Abigail wondered.

"I have someone great to skate with you," Cree said brightly.

"Who?" Abigail asked carefully.

"Go on," Father who sat nearby said.

Soon Lenny came in sight.

Abigail's face went from wary curiosity to absolute horror.

"Oh come on," Father said as Lenny's eyes obviously furrowed.

"Um, I'm fine," Abigail said fearfully, "I didn't really want to skate anyway."

"Ahem," Father cleared his throat.

Lenny visibly gulped.

"You really seem hesitant for someone removed from the KND," Lenny said suddenly.

There was a dead silence.

Everyone was looking at the two none teens now.

Father was clenching his fists, which were giving off smoke.

Abigail angrily jumped to her feet.

"Are you questioning my dedication?" Abigail asked dangerously.

Lenny didn't answer.

"Fine," Abigail snapped, "let's skate," she said and held out her hand.

Lenny carefully took it.

Soon both pre-teens were skating gracefully.

"Do you think she'll really go along with this?" Chad asked seriously as he returned.

Cree was ready to tell him off.

"For someone with solid dedication," Father said suddenly causing Chad to fearfully stiffen, "you have a lot of questions when it comes to dear Abby," he observed.

"Um well I…" Chad started.

Father suddenly grabbed Chad and took him aside.

"Listen to me you blonde piece of shit," Father snarled, "I'm looking for an heir," he revealed, "Lenny's the best," he said, "Abigail a potential mate."

Chad who was freaked out with fear, suddenly had a clear head.

"Abigail?" Chad asked.

"No a Chihuahua," Father said sarcastically, "of course Abigail," he spat, "she's left her team, abandoned the KND, made me fish out Maurice," he listed, "she even helped take away Nigel's girlfriend and Hoagie's love interest," he said with a great approval, "she's diabolical," he said grinning, "she'll be the perfect daughter-in-law," he said after a happy sigh.

"Abby will never agree to this," Chad said disgusted with the idea.

"She will," Father declared, "when the one thing standing in my way is gone, she'll turn to Lenny," he told Chad, "they'll eventually fall in love or just grow to tolerate each other's company," he said simply, "either way," he said calmly, "they're getting married!" he shouted and flames washed across the entire area.

Chad shivered. He was covered in soot and some minor burns.

"Don't be a baby," Father said in annoyance and flung Chad aside, "Cree knows about my plan," he revealed, "and she's not babying it up like you," he said angrily.

"Cree knows you're planning on arranging a marriage for her sister?" Chad asked incredulously, "why'd she agree to that?" he asked confused, "she loves Abby."

"She knows what's best for her," Father said simply, "and her name's Abigail," he added and walked away.

Chad sat on the ground silently. He didn't like this one bit.

Even though I'm no longer an operative for the KND, Chad thought, I still care for some of the members sometimes, he confessed, Abby and Nigel are like me in a way, he observed, all castaways and traitors of the KND, he recalled sadly, I loved that organization, so much more than this one, he thought, here you don't for others, only yourself and your goals, he remembered, KND was about unity, protecting your fellow man, knowing your ene…

"Oh God," Chad said suddenly, "I know what Father's going to do."

At 2 pm Nigel slowly walked the path away from a smouldering lake. Well actually smoke was rising out of the lake as a result of the smouldering car that ran right into it.

His father was in that car. So was the chauffer. At least until the seatbelts both locked tightly on him and his father. Then they heard the front door open and someone bail.

The black screen suddenly flipped over showing father's face grinning on a monitor.

"Did you really think I'd let you survive Nigel Uno?" Father asked sweetly, "and Numbuh 0," he added.

Nigel remembered his father being confused.

His father.

Nigel's injured body soon racked with sobs.

His Dad was always the great Numbuh 0. Even without his memories as the best former KND operative. His Dad had loosed their bonds. His Dad had hugged him then told Nigel that he loved him.

Love.

That's what made him cry now since his Dad died in that car.

Neither knew the car was booby trapped with explosives.

Nigel had jumped out the window.

Nigel didn't see it happen. But he guessed that his father tried and succeeded to open the car door to escape the increasing speeding car.

And that's when the bomb went off.

It must have been a bomb. How else a car just speeding down a lonely country road would suddenly explode without hitting anything. It did eventually speed into the water and sink, yes. But it hit nothing else.

"Dad," Nigel whispered as he now stood still sobbing.

It has to be a lie, Nigel thought desperately, what father said about Abigail knowing about this, wanting it to happen, he tried to deny, but he showed her skating with Lenny, I saw her running with other teens who must've been trying to recapture Lizzie that day in the lab, hinted highly her feelings for me, her want of her sister's love, her dedication to teenagers, he listed, could she really have allowed Father to try and kill me with her knowledge? he wondered, is she that far gone?

Nigel eventually lessened his cries and kept walking. His injuries preventing him from running.

If Abby had really betrayed him, he'd kill her. He'd kill Father, Lenny, and her. The murderer of his father, Abby's real lover, then her last. He wanted her to suffer.

He wanted her to suffer loss.

Fifteenth Child in Misery

Hope that got your blood pumping. The things I write at then end of each chapter is to make it more interesting. For example writing 'Fifteenth Child in Misery' is more interested than writing 'Done' or 'Chapter Completed'. Thank you for reading and please review.