DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN CODENAME: KIDS NEXT DOOR

A/N: This story's getting more attention than I'd anticipated. So that's cool. lol Anywho, this is just a li'l filler chapter; leads right into the next one. Apologies for the delay.

Thanks to fictionlover94, numbuh 1x1, FrittzyCrazy, and catspats31 for their reviews.

CHAPTER 3: THE SETUP

"So, what do you guys want to do first?" Kuki asked, crossing her legs indian-style. She tugged at the bottom of her usual oversized purple nightshirt to completely envelop her legs.

The girls all sat facing each other on the floor at the foot of Kuki's bed. Abby sported donned a blue pajama shirt and matching pants underneath a blue bed robe with a while cloth belt, and, of course, her signature red hat. Rachel wore an aqua colored sweatshirt, purple gym shorts, and long, bright orange socks. Fanny had donned her favorite yellow nightgown with a purple Rainbow Monkey head on the front.

Abby picked a piece of lint off of her sleeve. "Abby ain't really picky. Kinda figured you'd have somethin' planned out."

"Well, of course! But a good hostess always caters to her guests!"

"Not necessarily," Rachel said, stretching her legs out in front of her and leaning back on her arms. "We're at your house, after all. And I'm sure your plans are great!"

Kuki grinned. "Weeeeell… It's more of a list of things we could do, really."

With a chuckle, Rachel leaned forward, and asked, "Well, what's first on that list?"

Kuki brought her sleeve up to her mouth as she pondered the question. "Hmm… well… why don't we start with… Fanny!"

Fanny's eyes widened. She'd been sitting quietly, hugging her knees to her chest the entire time. The sudden spotlight caught her by surprise. "Uhh… m-me?"

Rachel giggled. "Yes, let's start with Fanny!"

Fanny whipped her head over at Rachel in confusion. "W-what about me?"

Abby turned her head to look at the redhead. The poor girl seemed scared, almost. "Calm down, girl; they prob'ly just wanna mess wit' yo' hay-uh or somethin'."

Kuki and Rachel both nodded. Fanny still seemed nervous, though, continuing to hold her legs. Abby stared at the girl. How could the Head of Decommissioning be so timid?

Rachel got to her feet. "Don't worry, Fanny. All you have to do is sit there, and I'll let you know when I'm done!"

Abby smirked, watching as Rachel knelt down behind her reluctant friend. The smirk disappeared, however, when she noticed Kuki staring at her with a determined smirk of her own.

"And what exactly's goin' though yo' mind right now?" Abby asked slowly, raising an eyebrow. To her displeasure, Kuki only furrowed her brow in response. "Girl, you had bettuh not be thinkin' 'bout-"

The setup in Wally's room was perfect. With some help from his dad, the big TV from the living room was now sitting against the wall across from Wally's bed. The boys had brought up a cartoon channel; they were waiting until everyone was ready before diving into Zombie Conqueror.

Wally sat at the foot of his bed with his legs hanging off the edge. He wore his usual orange pajama onesie. To his left, Patton sat in a similar manor, sporting army green sweatshirt and sweatpants.

"Hurry up, Hoagie!" Wally glared at his friend impatiently. "If we wanna beat this game tonight, we gotta get started!"

Hoagie came around the corner of the bed. He wore a pajama shirt with matching pants and sleeping cap, all sky blue with puffy clouds.

"Calm down! We can't start till Nigel gets back in here anyway. Donno why he went to change in the bathroom…"

"Well, you know how girls are," Patton said with a chuckle. "Gotta go to the bathroom for everything."

Hoagie and Wally chuckled. Even though Patton had never hung out with any of them outside of work before, he seemed right at home. This wasn't a surprise; he and the members of Sector V stayed on good terms, considering how often they'd bring him prisoners to process, and he and Wally in particular seemed to get along really well, probably due to their sharing similar combative natures. Plus, Patton was always very confident in any situation; he'd probably be able to make himself feel at home at Mr. Boss's house.

"Perhaps he simply doesn't want to be mocked as he changes."

The boys ceased their chuckling as Nigel entered the room. He wore red pajama pants and a white sweatshirt with red sleeves and a red "1" on the front. Hoagie and Wally averted their eyes as Nigel quietly strode over to his duffle bag, while Patton watched the TV, still smirking.

Wally decided to risk it. "Yah know, if yah don't wanna be made fun of, actin' like a girl's not gonna put anythin' behind you!"

Hoagie looked up at his friend, and the two exchange mischievous grins. "Yeah! I mean, if anything, it's gonna make it rear difficult to get past!"

Nigel dropped his clothes onto his bag, and spun around. "That's enough of that! I don't want tonight to-!"

Hoagie interrupted his leader by stepping up to him and giving him a friendly pat on the shoulder. "Don't worry, Nigel, we're gonna be having too much fun conquering zombies to get distracted by the size of your butt!"

"Wow, this game's gotta be amazing, then!"

Nigel glared at Wally, but said nothing more on the subject.

A faint rumbling caused the boys to each look out the window, which Patton had insisted on opening "for the refreshing breeze."

"Man," Hoagie muttered just loud enough for the rest to hear, "this storm could get pretty bad."

A/N: I doubt anyone was gonna say anything about it, but I wanna address something: I know that, even in their off time (as seen on the show), operatives tended to continue calling each other by their codenames rather than their real names. Well, this is one of the things about the KND I relate with the military: stick with last names and ranks at work, but during time off away from work, go by first names. Everyone has a name; no one wants to be called "sir/ma'am" all the time. It's a fanfiction, I'll do what I want. lol

Again, this is very much just a filler chapter. It gets better soon, I promise. ;)

Thanks for reading! Don't forget to review. You know, if that's your thing.

- Marty