Numbah 1 woke up that morning, feeling...strange. He had a slight headache, and he felt strangely cold. Numbah 1 shook it off as nothing, getting out of bed and getting ready for his day, Bruce was still in bed, as he was still sick. Numbah 1 decided that today he would hang out with his friends today, as he missed them and hadn't hung out with them in a while.
*Later that afternoon*
Numbah 1 was with Numbah 2 and Numbah 5, they were hanging out in the treehouse. Numbah 4 was out of town for the day with his family and Numbah 3 had a doctor's appointment that day, so they weren't able to be around for any kind of K.N.D operations. "So...what's it like living with Father?" Numbah 5 asked out of the blue. "Uh, pretty normal I guess?" "I thought he would be pretty mean to me or The Delightful's would boss me around, but I was wrong." Numbah 1 replied. "Well, for once I'm glad you're wrong." "I'm just happy that Father and The Delightful's are being good to you and aren't taking advantage of you." Numbah 5 said.
Numbah 1 shivered, the cold feeling from that morning had come back, stronger then before. Numbah 2 and 5 noticed Numbah 1 shivering, both of them were concerned for their friend. "Numbah 1?" "Are you alright?" Numbah 2 asked. "Yeah, you seem cold." "Do you want a blanket or something?" Numbah 5 asked. "Oh-uh, no thanks guys, I'm fine." Numbah 1 said sheepishly. The radio suddenly came to life, beeping erratically, Numbah 5 ran over the the radio, listening to the broadcast while Numbah 1 and 2 jumped up off the couch and went behind Numbah 5, listening in on the radio broadcast as well. A voice familiar to Numbah 1 came from the radio, whoever they were, they were pretty panicked.
"Hello?" "Hello?!" "Someone pick up!" "Pick up!"
"Hello, this is the Kid's Next Door." "What's the situation?" Numbah 5 said calmly. "The Kid's Next Door?" "It's me, Numbah 86!" "I need help immediately!" Numbah 86 said. "Okay, we'll help you out." "Where are you?" Numbah 5 asked. "At an abandoned warehouse, the address is *." Numbah 86 explained. "Okay, we'll be right over, sit tight." Numbah 5 said. "Okay, you better hurry..." Numbah 86 said. The radio then disconnected, and Numbah 1, 2 and 5 hurried over to the location Numbah 86 had given them over the radio, all of them were thinking the same thing, "What had happened to Numbah 86?"
At the warehouse*
Numbah 1, 2 and 5 had successfully snuck into the warehouse, everything was dark and it was completely and eerily quiet. The 3 operatives crept around the building, looking for any sign of life. The sounds of someone struggling and kicking erupted from a large room, the trio peeked into the room to see Toiletnator and Chad Dickson tying up Numbah 86 with toilet paper, trying to put duct tape over all her mouth to keep her from crying out for help. "Hurry up!" "We need this dum-dum taken care of before those K.N.D brats show up!" Chad snapped at Toiletnator. "Well, if you would hold her still, I could get her under control!" Toiletnator whined.
"Lemme go!" "Once the Kid's.Next.Door show up, they'll kick your butts!" Numbah 86 yelled at the duo. "Tch-yeah right." "Like those snot nosed brats are going to show up in-" Chad started to say but was cutt off by Numbah 1, 2 and 5 then jumped out from their hiding spots, Numbah 1 flicking on the rooms light, catching Toiletnator and Chad completely off guard. "The gigs up Chad and Toiletnator, come quietly or face the wrath of the Kids.Next.Door!" Numbah 1 declared.
Both Toiletnator and Chad turned to face the K.N.D operatives in union, both equally shocked. Toiletnator turned to Chad in shock, who was just standing there, processing the situation. "You said they wouldn't be here!" Toiletnator grumbled, "Oh shut up!" "I'll handle this, you just keep an eye on Numbah 86." Chad ordered. Chad charged towards Numbah 1, 2 and 5, holding a ray gun, Chad fired out a beam from the ray gun to pin Numbah 2 and 5 to the nearby wall, before leaping at Numbah 1. Numbah 1 and Chad fought for a bit, Numbah 1 managed to knock the ray gun out of Chad's hands but Chad grabbed Numbah 1's wrists and pin him to the wall of the room, Numbah 1 squirmed and kicked, unable to escape. "Ha, how pathetic!" "Once again, you can't do anything by yourself!" "And this time Father isn't here to save you!" Chad declared. "Chad stop!" "I don't know what's gotten into you but just stop!" Numbah 1 pleaded. Chad looked shocked for a second, before his face twisted into a look of pure anger. Chad's grip tightened, causing Numbah 1 to cringe in pain.
"What's gotten into me?!" "Oh please, don't be ridiculous!" "You were always better than me, always more loved than me, even after everything I've done for the Kids.Next.Door!" "So if I defeat you, I'll finally get the recognition I deserve!" Chad explained, his eyes burning with jealousy and anger. Numbah 1 was disgusted by his former friend, Chad wanted to throw away all his friendships, his reputation, all to prove a stupid point?! How could he? "You...you're the worst!" "How can you be this selfish?!" Numbah 1 asked angrily, "Selfish?" "Fine, I may be selfish, but at least my parents aren't in the hospital because of me." Chad said bitterly, knowing full well of the gravity of his words and using them to get under the bald boy's skin.
Numbah 1 felt his heart skip a beat, Chad did not just say that, he...he did just say that.
Numbah 1 felt something inside him snap. A burning anger. A rage more intense than anything he'd ever felt before.
Numbah 1's hands balled up into fists as his breath started to become erratic.
He could hear his own heartbeat, the sound of his heart beating was so loud inside his head he thought he might go deaf as a yellow haze started to cloud over his vision.
Numbah 1 suddenly gained superhuman strength and pushed Chad off of him, Chad went flying and landed several feet away from the strength of the push, landing hard on his back. Chad pulled himself to his feet, looking up at Numbah 1 in terror.
A skin-tight black suit was formed around Numbah 1s body, creating a second skin, the second skin was pitch black with a bright blue outline around his body, Nigel's eye's were glowing bright yellow like a brightly burning lantern in a dark cave, a ring of blue fire that went up to his ankles surrounded the boy as he stepped forward. Numbah 1 locked eyes with Chad, not saying a word, a blue ball of fire formed in Numbah 1's hands before he fired the projectile at Chad. Chad was just barely able to doge the fireballs in time, the building shaking from the impact of the fireball. Numbah 1 wasn't showing any emotion whatsoever, he wasn't even talking, instead acting like some kind of robot hellbent on destruction.
"Numbah 1!" "I-I'm sorry!" "You win, you win!" "Just please don't hurt me!" Chad begged, now the helpless one. Numbah 1 said nothing, firing another fireball at Chad who once again dodged, at this point Numbah 2 and 5 managed to free themselves, Numbah 2 snuck over to Numbah 86 and freed her from her restraints, Numbah 2 saw that Toiletnator had already ran away, once a coward always a coward. "We got to get out of here!" "Whatever's happening to Numbah 1 we can't deal with it on our own!" Numbah 86 urged. "I agree with you, but back-up would take too long to get here and I don't want Numbah 1 getting attacked and getting even angrier." Numbah 2 replied
Numbah 1 continued to run rings around Chad, darting around so fast he was nothing but a blur. Levitating off the ground, flying gracefully despite the intense speed. Numbah 1 was about to unleash a stream of fire on Chad, who had been backed into a corner at this point when Numbah 5 threw herself in between Chad and Numbah 1. "Nigel calm down!" "I know you're angry, you have every right to be after what Chad did." "But hurting him is not the way to solve this, the Nigel I know would never hurt someone just because he was angry." Numbah 5 said, her voice nervous but she refused to move. Numbah 1 paused for a second, his robot-like demeanor softening. The yellow orbs that made up Numbah 1's eyes widened and his hands slowly came down to his sides, the sound of soft whimpering coming from the enraged child. Numbah 1 seemed sad, almost guilty. He was starting to come to terms with what he was doing, no longer in a blind rage. Numbah 5 got a little but closer to Numbah 1, putting a hand on his shoulder. Numbah 1's body was quite warm but it wasn't hot enough to burn her hand.
"Nigel, I know you're in there somewhere." "Please, calm down and come back to us...I know you can do it." Numbah 5 pleaded softly. Numbah 1's body began to tremble, shakily putting one of his own hands on top of Numbah 5's hand that was resting on his shoulder. The ring of fire surrounding Numbah 1 started to die down, Numbah 1 was calming down slowly but surely. The black skin tight suit was fading away, the angry yellow glare in his eyes was becoming nothing more than a flickering candle, the blue ring of fire was also dying down. "There you go." "It's okay, we're okay...now let's get out of-" Numbah 5 was cut off by Chad firing a laser into Numbah 1s back, Chad was making a mad dash for the exit. Numbah 1 howled in pain, the black skin-suit covering his body again as yellow orbs glowed brighter than ever, Numbah 1s ring of blue fire flared up around him as he ran after Chad. Numbah 5 tried to grab onto his sleeve but her friend was too fast and evaded her grip, Numbah 5 falling down on her hands and knees. Numbah 5 was helped up to her feet by Numbah 86 while Numbah 2 frantically scanned the room for a way to stop this chaos.
Chad immediately realized his mistake upon seeing the angry blue fireball coming at him full speed. Chad held out his laser gun, aiming it at Numbah 1. His hands shaking with fear as he put his finger on the trigger. "Nigel, stop!" "I'm warning you!" Chad demanded, his shaky voice giving away his fear. The room seemed to go silent for a few seconds, like someone had hit the "slo-mo" button on the world. Numbah 2, 5 and 86 closed their eyes, not wanting to see their friend get hurt. But instead of the sound of a laser gun firing, there was nothing, nothing but silence, then a familiar voice shouted out:
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!"
Numbah 5 gasped softly, that was a voice she knew all too well. Numbah 5 looked over to see...Father?!
Yes, Father, of all people! He was here!
Father was holding Numbah 1 in his arms like how someone would hold a football, as for Numbah 1, he was unconscious and turned back to normal, no yellow eyes or blue fire in sight. Father was standing in front of Chad, who was trying to quietly slip away from the scene of the crime only to be picked up and held still by Father's telekinesis, a red arua restraining the evil blonde. Chad struggled and squirmed in Father's telekinetic grip but Father just rolled his eyes at Chad. "You...what are you doing here?!" Numbah 2 asked. Father turned to look at Numbah 2, from what little facial features Father had, Father looked very annoyed and angry, which was pretty understandable in this situation.
"I came here after Toiletnator called me in a panic and said that Nigel had turned into an "angry fire monster" hellbent on turning Chad into a pile of ashes." "I thought he was exaggerating, but from the looks of it, things got pretty out of hand here." Father explained, shifting Numbah 1 in his arms to hold him like a sleeping infant. "Is Numbah 1 alright?" Numbah 5 asked hesitantly. Father turned his attention to Numbah 5 now. Surprisingly Father was pretty calm, no yelling or bursting into flames at all, he was even speaking to the kids pretty calmly. Then again, Father was probably only this calm because he didn't know what happened or had witnessed the chaos that had taken place right before he got here.
"Yeah, Nigel's fine." "He just needs to rest." "Anyway, I'm leaving, You three can decide Chad's fate." "If you need me, you know where to find me." Father said. Father used telekinesis to throw Chad towards the 3 kids and without another word exchanged, Father turned on his heel and disappeared in a burst of flames, leaving Numbah 2, Numbah 5 and Numbah 86 to deal with Chad.