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I don't own KND…sadly

Operation: DESTINY

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Chapter 4: Depression's demon takes my soul

Abby and Nigel stood at the doorway amazed; one of the toughest kids at school was drenched with sweat and panting from a nightmare. It obviously had to be a horrible future also; otherwise Wally wouldn't be so freaked out. Abby and Nigel has never seen Wally this freaked out over anything, not one thing at all. He always wanted to brawl and punch something, anything, and now he was sitting in a hospital bed soaked with his own sweat and panting heavily from a nightmare.

"Are you okay?" Abby asked as she finally walked into the room with Nigel close behind her. Wally didn't look okay in plain sight; he probably just got overwhelmed from the whole thing. But Abby just needed to say something to him to comfort him in a way.

"Do I look okay to you!?" Wally said raising his voice. There were dark shadows under his eyes clearly showing that he was tired even though he just woke up from being unconscious for two days. At least Wally knew that he wasn't okay instead of denying it. Denying facts about life would just screw it up more, even if it is pretty bad.

"Obviously no." Nigel said answering Wally's question. Nigel was trying to stay calm so that he wouldn't attract any attention. If any of the doctors or nurses heard their conversations about what they just saw, they might send them to some juvenile center or some mentally disabled place in somewhere far away. Doctors today take a lot of things seriously, even if it isn't their business.

"Good! 'cuz I'm not!" Wally said again loudly. He was clearly confused, frightened, depressed, and freaked out. Even though his friends don't know it yet, he just saw his own death. He got shot right in the heart and he bled to death within minutes of it. Nigel tried to go to him but the unknown escort wouldn't let him, Kuki cried for him, and Hoagie and Abby were being held against their will. That's the scene that Wally just saw seconds before, and he wouldn't let it go.

"Listen you need to calm down." Abby said quietly trying not to wake up Hoagie and get doctors and nurses in the room. That's not what they needed right now. Nigel and Abby needed to calm down everybody so no riot starts up. "I know that you just saw your future but you can't freak right now, okay?"

Wally looked over towards Abby and Nigel trying to clear his head. He had to keep calm, Abby was right. If other people heard them it would bring bad news upon themselves and the TND. The TND was already in enough trouble with Father's new powers, bomb threats, missiles aimed at the HQ, and enemy spies infiltrating the HQ. They didn't need another kind of trouble caused by Nigel's squad.

"Okay, okay, but how do you know about me just seeing the future?" Wally asked trying to calm himself down.

"We all saw our futures also." Nigel responded as he sat down in a chair next to Wally's hospital bed. He might as well tell Wally the truth now, besides all of them were a team and close friends. Nigel could tell Wally anything at all, that's how close everybody was.

"What? I thought that I was the only one." Wally said apparently shocked. He didn't expect his teammates to see their futures also. He thought that he went crazy, but Wally always jumps to conclusions. That was the one flaw in him besides his short temper.

"Apparently your not." Nigel said continuing his explanation. "Abby and I also saw our futures…" He looked at Wally to try to make sure that he wasn't going to outburst again. Nigel had to tell him quick and painlessly about his future and so did Abby. They didn't feel like talking about it anyways.

"Really? What was it?" Wally asked curiously. He just had to find out; he didn't feel like thinking about his. It was already worse enough that he died in front of Kuki and the rest of them.

"Um…well…" Nigel said trying to stall. Again he had to tell his future and he didn't want to. Of course Abby was quiet about it, but Wally…not a chance. Wally was always loud and sometimes irritating. He would always throw his Wii remote when the computer beat him at baseball, and even in real life he would throw a bat if he struck out.

"Come on, you can tell me." Wally said trying to comfort his friend. Ever since he went into junior high he has become more understanding of people. It helped out a lot.

"Okay, I become the leader of an assassination corps…" Nigel looked away as soon as he finished the sentence. He doesn't even know how he becomes it, it just happens.

"What?! You…" Wally said trailing off into his thoughts. He looked at Nigel with desperate eyes. Wally saw his friend holding a gun and killing people with no emotion at all. That's what assassins do; kill people without caring about who they were, even if they were family members or close friends.

"Okay, I think I've heard enough." Nigel said getting up to leave the room. He didn't want to hear anymore of his future. It was already bad enough that he knew it ahead of time, and from his Uncle.

"Wait, I didn't mean-"Wally began, but he stopped as he saw Nigel leave the room already. He didn't mean to hurt his feelings; he never meant that towards his friends. He just was shocked that Nigel, his leader, would becomes something that he opposed; an assassin.

"It's okay Wally. He just needs to clear his head that's all." Abby said trying to make sure that it wasn't his fault.

"Okay, sure…" Wally said looking at her. He didn't want to believe what was happening. Their futures were just destroying them now, besides, how the hell would Father be able to do it anyways? I mean, he can't just make a bright light shine in your face and then tell you your future. It's just a whole trick to torture them mentally. It had to be it, Nigel would never become an assassin and Abby would never betray the KND. It just wasn't them…but what if it was the truth…

Nigel trudged through the hallways with his head down. He had to clear his head of all of the bad thoughts running through it right now. It was just a nightmare…that's all. I mean, why would he kill anyone anyways. Same with Abby, why would she betray the Kids Next Door? It didn't make any sense at all. Both Abby and Nigel were dedicated to saving people, not killing them for no reason or betraying them. But what if it was their futures…could they prevent it?

Nigel tried to get the thoughts out of his head. He just needed to relax for a bit, figure out how to jump over this obstacle. It wasn't going to be easy too. He just saw himself killing two people for not paying up their debt or whatever it was. Just because of that, he shot two innocent men.

Nigel reached a fire escape door and looked around quickly to double check that no one was watching. He saw that no one was and swiftly opened the door and went through. He quietly shut the door so nobody could hear him, and then turned around. He saw that there were still another three flight of stairs until he reached the rooftop. He sighed a little before he started climbing the stairs step by step.

Hoagie had no idea where he was. One second ago he was in Father's mansion and now he is in some type of warehouse.

"Okay, nice joke everybody. Now come out…" Hoagie said trying to turn this confusing state into a joke. It didn't work. Silence just spread throughout the cold warehouse and a faint breeze could be felt. Hoagie started walking around to figure out what was going on.

Hoagie looked at the boxes that were stacked throughout the warehouse. He saw that there was some type of insignia on the sides of the boxes. The insignias were red and looked like a gun and knife, Hoagie couldn't really tell at the moment.

"What the hell is happening?" Hoagie asked himself. For once he was completely confused. He had no idea where he was and how he got there and there was not another soul in sight. It was creepy really, one second Hoagie is with his friend and then all of a sudden he's completely alone in a warehouse full of unknown materials.

Hoagie suddenly turned around quickly as he heard movement beyond the unknown boxes. He smiled reluctantly, hopefully it was someone he knew, and then he dashed off into the unknown. Actually, Hoagie was pretty fast now since he layed off of the junk and fat foods. He actually was as skinny as Nigel now, and he was going to stay that way until he knew otherwise. Besides, he's always running from enemies everyday or at least every other day!

Hoagie jumped and ran around every box in his way; he was more agile from Nigel and Abby's fierce training sessions. He tried to find the source of the noise; it had to be around here somewhere. After a few seconds of running and desperately searching he saw a tall and thin man.

Hoagie stopped and looked at the man a second time. He had a black jacket and black pants, and a pair of sunglasses covering his eyes. He had dirty brown hair and a lanky body but muscular also. Hoagie couldn't believe it; it looked just like him but older.

"Um…hello?" Hoagie said waving a hand in front of the guy's face. Nothing; nothing at all. The man didn't say anything at all or even flinch. He just stood there like he was waiting for something.

"Weird…." Hoagie mumbled under his breath. The man seemed not to hear, see, or even notice him in any way at all. It was like he was invisible. Then a bright light shined in Hoagie's eyes as the man raised it up cautiously. His eyes widened as he saw that it was a gun…a real gun.

"What's going on here!? I'm not a fugitive!" Hoagie said raising his hands up in defense. The gun was pointed right at his face, the barrel of the gun staring him down. But the man never shot at Hoagie, he shot it towards a box a few hundred feet away from them.

Hoagies stood there shocked as he saw a black blur jump away a second before the other man pulled the trigger that spelled death everywhere on it. The man holding the gun seemed not fazed on how his prey dodged the bullet. Then Hoagie noticed something else that the man had that was shocking; an FBI agent badge attached to his chest.

Hoagie stood nerved as he saw the FBI agent take aim and then fire at the jumping prey. The bullet just cut through pure air as the prey disappeared without a trace in mid air. Hoagie couldn't believe it again; the FBI agent's target dodged the bullet again. A bullet!!

Then Hoagie noticed a faint trace of wind coming from behind the FBI agent. He looked over and saw the black figure that dodged the two bullets take form. The man had a long, and black trench coat covering a black T-shirt and dark blue jeans. He didn't have any hair, but his eyes didn't look bright. They looked dark and in a way evil as he held a knife towards the shooters neck.

"So, if it isn't my old friend Hoagie Gilligan. It's really too bad, I'm going to have to kill you…"

Hoagie's eyes widened as he heard his name being the identity of the FBI agent. This must have been what Nigel was talking about on the trip over to Father's mansion, but it also could be a trick. Hoagie couldn't think about it now, his future self was about to be killed.

"You wouldn't want to do that. I have a whole brigade of FBI agents ready to arrest you for all of your crimes." The future Hoagie said trying to fight back. Even though he had a gun in his right hand he couldn't aim and fire it. If he even tried, the killer would just slit his throat in an instant.

"And what would those crimes be exactly?" The killer said towards Hoagie. His dark jade eyes reflected against the gun's shine, showing no mercy and care about Hoagie what so ever.

"Do I have to spell it out for you? Murders, Trespassing, Stealing, Robbery…I could go on forever. It's either you come with us silently or we'll kill you. Which one?" Hoagie said calmly. He seemed to be quite confident in himself and his allies, but he also knew that he was only the bait to bring out the killer.

"I'm not going to do neither. Your going to die right here, and right now and nobody will be able to hear it…" The killer said into Hoagie's ear. Both Hoagie's eyes widened as he raised the knife into the air with a smirk. "Say your last words!"

Hoagie yelled as the killer lunged the knife forwards towards his future self's back, right into the spinal cord. Then everything went blurry as Hoagie fell back into a dark black pit…

Thanks for reading! I'm trying to think of Kuki's future right now, I'm trying to make everything fall into one another so it may be a while until I update later than schedule! I'll try my best and in the meantime will you guys review! It kinda motivates me in a way so I can update faster!