Author's Note: All right I'm back with another chapter. I want to thank everyone for all their support in my first KND story on FF. This isnt the first time I've written for the fandom, but it is the first time I've been able to post something I was satisfied with. I'm not sure if this chapter is all that great to be honest. Just talking about what kind of effect Nigel's absence had on the organization. Hope you guys like it.

Operation Devastation

Chapter 2

Repercussions

Back at school as Rachael tried to get through the first day of school, she was found staring absently out the classroom window next to her. Wondering to herself what Nigel was doing. A loud tap on the desk roused her from her dream state and saw the teacher standing before her. Without thinking she sat up straight and looked him in the eyes.

"How nice of you to join us Rachael." the middle-aged teacher replied sarcastically.

The students chuckled as they all watched with baited breath. A few rows over her classmate and friend Abby grimaced watching her friend's predicament.

"Sorry Mr. Davis. It wont happen again." she said tapping together a handful of papers.

"I should hope not. If you want to daydream I suggest you do it somewhere else. Now getting back to the task at hand..." he said turning his attention to the others.

Rachael grimaced as several eyes remained on her. The young girl hid behind her papers hoping they'd go away. It was ironic even though she was head of the world's only kids' rights advocacy, she didn't like it when all the attention was on here suddenly. A few minutes later the embarrassment finally subsides and relaxed in her chair a bit. Normally a bright student with good grades, Rachael was one of the few kids that didn't mind going to school. It was this quality among others that made her a great leader. It's a wonder with all of her duties as commander her grades didn't falter as much. It was times like this being a workaholic had its privileges. As of late however things had been in flux; since Nigel was inducted into the GKND things had slowly fallen apart.

In hindsight it never really occurred to anyone what kind of impact his absence would have. Sector V was an especially awkward transfer; with their old leader Numbah 5 returning to the helm they had trouble operating as a cohesive team for a time. Something that became even more apparent to Global Command, and as such tried to remedy by sending replacement operatives. Which each culminated into group fighting and screwing up missions that should've have been easy. And would lead to even more arguing with Numbah 86, resulting in many a headache for their supreme leader. As each replacement operative was rejected by Sector V, the higher-ups became more frustrated until everyone had enough. Rachel had divested too much of her time in trying to help Sector V, while ignoring others and soon came under fire for it.

As Supreme Commander it was her job to be unbiased towards any sectors in order to maintain a sense of fairness and order in her duties. But with Sector V unraveling before her it became apparent to everyone involved that Nigel Uno was irreplaceable. That evening as she mulled over the situation with Sector V, she found herself staring out a window in one of the many rooms of the Kids Next Door Moonbase. The Supreme Commander found some time alone, trying to make sense of the mess they were in.

"Who would have thought one person could screw up everything?"

"Everything all right Numbah 362?" asked Fanny.

The Supreme Commander looked up and saw the young Irish girl standing in the doorway.

"It's been quite a day hasn't it?" she replied.

"That's one way of putting it. I knew Nigel was their leader but...I never took into consideration what effect that would have on them." Fanny said coming into the room.

"They thought highly of him." Rachael said looking out the window.

"And..they're not the only ones are they?" she asked bravely.

Rachael looked over at Numbah 86 who blushed and looked down at the floor.

"I mean...we were all good friends of his." she corrected.

"It's okay Numbah 86 I know what you mean." she smiled.

"So how are you holding up?" Fanny asked.

"I'm not too sure anymore. It just seems like everything's been turned upside-down since he left." Rachael replied.

"I know what you mean. Sector V can barely function without him...he really meant alot." said 86.

"Yeah and now we're left to clean it up." said Rachael.

"Not necessarily." said Fanny. The Commander looked up at her and quirked an eyebrow.

"Care to elaborate?" she asked.

"Maybe Sector V doesn't need a replacement operative? Maybe they can do just fine as a team of four?" she replied.

The Commander pondered this for a moment and looked back up at her.

"I'll consider it." she said.

"And Numbah 362...maybe you should take the rest of the night off? You could use a break from all of this." Fanny suggested. Her friend smiled back at her.

"I think I will. You don't mind looking after things do you Numbah 86?" she asked.

"It wont be a problem. You go home and get some rest now." she told her.

"Thanks Fanny. Lock up when your done." Rachael said leaving the room.

"Sure Rachael." she said watching her off.

Unbeknownst to anyone that night would serve as a turning point. As she lay in bed that night she continued to think of the situation concerning Sector V and Nigel. After taking a few days off, she allowed Sector V special clearance to operate as a four person team. And would therefore wash her hands of the problem. A few days later however they would be rushed up to the Moonbase after confronting a horde of emo teens in the mall and were thus afflicted with angst. A rare disease that sent them into depression and self-loathing.

Rachael would later blame herself for the incident. And for a while it was thought that she might have contracted the disease as well. She later made it clear that this wasnt the case, even though she spent considerable time by thier bedsides. Feeling that she let her friends down, Rachael later stepped down from Supreme Command and took another leave of absence. Numbah 86 was named intern commander for the time being.

The school bell awoke her from her daze once again as students picked up their books and left the classroom. Rachael did the same when her KND bracelet started flashing. Immediately she rushed out of the classroom and raced towards her locker answering it as she rang. At that same time the rest of Sector V's bracelets went off as well and raced to meet up with Rachael a minute later.

"Did you guys get the alert?" she asked.

"Kind of hard to miss." Wally told her. The former commander glared at him.

"So what's the problem?" Abby asked.

"Our systems have detected trouble at St. Brock Lestner Prepretory." Rachael told them.

"What kind of trouble?" Wally asked.

Across town the Delightful Children has finished assembling their army of Delightfulized students in the school gym. The main five stood at center court facing their army.

"Its a good thing Father had enrolled us here at St. Brock Lestner's instead of going to that public school. It is good to know that there are others like us. These students are so well behaved that we didnt even have to force Delightfulization upon them. With an army of like-minded citizens at our disposal we can finally topple the Kids Next Door organization." the children said in their regular demeanor.

In the bleachers stood a horde of finely dressed students in suits and skirts. The Delightful Children let out an evil chuckle as they stood on the cusp of victory and threw up thier arms as they're laughter reached its zenith.

"And now my army prepare for battle!" the Children said with menacing smiles.

"Whatever it is, it cant be good. This is Numbah 362 of Sector V, we're going to investigate . Be advised." Rachael said over her communicator.

"Copy that Numbah 362, let us know if you find out anything." said another operative.

Author's Note: All right so what'd you think of that one? To be honest I had a little more trouble writing this chapter than I anticipated. With someone as dedicated as Numbah One gone that'd cause more than a few problems at Kids Next Door headquarters. I had trouble writing Rachael's character mainly because I hadnt really written her before so that proved to be a little difficult. Trying to show that she misses him without making her seem weak and helpless. That was a little tricky. But now that I have that out of the way hopefully the next chapter will go smoothly. And hopefully Nigel will appear in the next chpater. In case you didnt catch it, the name of the prep school is ironic. Because its actually the name of an MMA fighter. Yeah now I feel stupid for saying that. Anyway let me know what you think of this chapter.

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Green Gallant.