Interlude, Brassica Oleracea

Around the time as the events of Pool Wrap up

Deep in a secluded underground canyon

Dozens of cloaked individuals traversed the place they call home, littered with overgrown Broccoli and asparagus that grew through every nook and cranny. Holes were dug and wooden planks placed into the walls to create homes, not a spec of sunlight could reach the depths of the society that dwelled so far down. The only light coming from glowing green broccoli inside lamps, and purple asparagus that hung as 'chandeliers' to light up the homes.

Chanting could be heard throughout the civilization, the humans that lived there were of various ages but all held a common attribute. Broccoli sprouts grew in random spots on their bodies, some were more visible than others.

Deeper through the canyon where the chanting grew louder, emblems were hung in places, stylized into a creature of Broccoli. Within a grand cathedral, the chanting was evermore present. As inside the cathedral, dozens upon dozens of citizens were kneeling before a massive statue.

One would mistake it as a giant Broccoli at first glance, but upon closer inspection it was some bazaar eldritch beast of Broccoli origin. The unknown horror that was the statue of a Broccoli creature, would cause whispers and voices to echo in one's mind. To the followers in the cult of the Brassica Oleracea, it was music to their ears and a gentle murmur of their Eldritch 'Giver'.

The man that stood at the podium in front of the statue raised his arms up in rapture towards the Beast in stone, his appearance was greatly changed compared to most of the citizens of the cult. "Olera! Oh Olera! Do you hear our prayers?" He softly spoke in an ecstatic tone, "Centuries upon centuries we have served you, and in return we have been rewarded with bounties of the green!" He announced with rapture.

The man's eyes basked in the 'Giver' before him, "It is almost Time Olera! The time is almost upon the world!" He said with joy while turning to his fellow devotees.

With a flourish of his arms towards his fellow cultist, "We shall not abandon the Centuries old dream! No one can prevent this! No one can stop us now!"

"Lauda Viridi!" The acolytes chanted

The man raised his arms into the air, "As you once did for our ancestors, grant us stalks! Grant Us Stalks! Plant your seeds into our being to grant us the greens!"

"Da nobis vitam Prasinorum" The crowd chanted out.

-scene change-

As the congregation began filing out of the Cathedral, the man at the podium headed to the back towards the door leading further into the building.

On the other side, an acolyte rushed up to him to catch up as he headed off. "Another glorious sermon Brother Calabrese!" The person congratulated while walking with Calabrese.

Calabrese waved the person off, "I thank you for your words sister Kai Lan." He stated with a warm smile as they stride through the stone hallways.

Kai Lan, like many others, had her own Broccoli sprouts growing out from her. Her hair had been replaced with stalks that drooped behind her and hung on her shoulders. In her arms was held the civilization's bible of Brassica Oleracea, it was moderately thick of pages with the book cover made out of various preserved Broccoli stalks.

"So, how are the plans going so far?" Calabrese began to ask as they entered into his office chambers, littered with various books and Broccoli stalks that grew out from the walls and floor. "I trust Brother Rapini has been successful in transporting the greens" he asked with an intrigued curiosity.

With a pep in her step, "Indeed brother Calabrese!" Kai Lan answered, "Our time table is secured, and within a month's time the world above will bask in the 'Givers' greens!" She stated with pride.

As Calabrese sat in his chair of Broccoli stems, he leaned forward on his petrified asparagus desk. "Good, any word from Rapini and Belstar through the stalks?" He asked with a satisfied look.

With a thought look on her face, Kai Lan shook her head negatively. "The operation in the Great Broccoli sea has been met with no resistance!" She answered with glee

With a content look on his face, Calabrese leaned back on his 'Chair'. "Good, the world above has long forgotten about us, this will make it all the more easy for the Great Giver." He remarked with excitement.

As Calabrese stood up and walked over to his window, he looked out to see the civilians within the canyon. Milling about as they went about their day, each one covered in their own gifts from the Giver. "Soon Sister Kai Lan, Soon the World will witness as we welcome the Great Giver to our reality!" He exclaimed in rapture as he lifted his arms up in praise to their Eldritch 'Giver'

"Laudate magna algentem!" Calabrese chanted with joyce

"Laudate magna algentem!" Kai Lan echoed with her head down in reverence to their Great Giver.

In unison, "We are born of the Green, made acolytes by the Green, Undone by the Green! Our stalks are yet to be grown!"

"Bask in the Giver's Green!"

Chapter 66, Pool arc part 18 (Aftermath of battle)

R-Supership Landing Zone...

After the Negative Forces declared their surrender...

Teen's Rebellion Quarantine Tent#012...

Broccolite Radiation is a nasty thing for children, especially since their body is not used to it. The effects of it can cause several health complications that include severe weakening, green skin coloration, chances of broccoli skin outbreak, mental degradation and broccoli induced comatose. While teens are a lot less susceptible to the effects and broccoli, they can still be affected if they were exposed to the energy giving radioactive waves and to its super-enriched versions of Broccolium, the product made from refining mined broccoli into an energy source. But despite their level of immunity, the Rebellion treated Broccoli with great respect and care as it is both a powerful source of energy and a horrific weapon at the same time.

Gary was looking at his patients, an unconscious Nigel Uno who is being attended by his girlfriend and the Negative version of Wayne's little brother.

During his time in KND, he knows that the boy was very serious in protecting kids, albeit a bit too paranoid and easily tricked by conspiracy theories regarding adults. He's also involved in capturing him in the past as well when he was Numbuh 206 but that's water under the bridge to him since the kid's just doing his job. Who would have thought that when after he inspired the DNK to revolt against the Revolting Teens and instead of chasing after Negative 4 after he exposed multiple kids to the reactor core before the Marines got there to fix it, he'd stick around to save the kids who were forced to work near a badly made reactor by leading them out of there and using his own SHELLFIELD devices for Negative Terry to use once he ran out of the protective gears that he looted from other DNK and Revolting Teens on the way to the Reactor Room.

He was quite sure that Cree was not happy with seeing one of her former Sector mates nearly went green with Broccolium exposure.

Numbuh 4 went after and captured the cowardly idiot who will most definitely going to end up in a Juvenile Hall along with other Revolting Teens. He still wanted to punch his Negative counterpart but he instead told him that he deserve worse after what he did to the kids inside the R-Supership, selling them all out to the Revolting Teens.

Nigel's girlfriend, a girl named Lizzie was forced into labor in the hazardous R-Supership that the other teens of the Hazardous Materials Team (HMT or Dudes of Hazmat) were cleaning up before it was transported back to their universe. According to her, she along with many kids during the first hours of the battle were forced by DNK and Revolting Teens to work in the R-Supership or face being shot at by their cruel weapons and devices. She and the others were rescued by Numbuh 1 while he was sweeping through the armories and found them being forced to clean up the Revolting Teen weapons using a small cloth and a bucket of unclean water that they can't replace and have to share.

Meanwhile, he looked at the state of Negative Terry and Gary is glad that the Logistics Commander is not here. He would have done something horrible to his Negative counterpart if he found out what the boy who is now in a protective shielding and being checked on by Negative Father, who is given a protective suit as well to keep him from catching the radioactive particles that still linger thanks to the R-Supership.

"This poor boy's condition's a lot more worse than what I've seen." the man frowned as he carefully removed the small broccoli growth on the comatose form of Negative Terry, "The fact that he had been working in that reactor for six months after his own brother sold him to that nasty Erce girl. Where have I gone wrong in raising my Millow?"

"Negative Fa... Doc, can he still be saved?" Gary asked since Nigel asked him to give Negative Terry the best treatment first before him.

"Yes, young man. I'll have to operate on him however to remove the veggie growth inside of this poor child's body. This poor boy has things growing inside him and at this point, the poor child will need extensive therapy along with so many of the poor kids who worked in that awful place." Negative Father was sad as he said the unfortunate truth in what needs to be done and how badly damaged the kids that the KND rescued.

"Please do..." Nigel said as he finally got his consciousness back and weakly sat up from his cot, "Please help them... my head..."

"Nigey! Don't do that! You have to get some rest." Lizzie said as she tried to get the boy to lie down.

"I can't! There's still kids inside there and-..." before Nigel could complete what he said, he felt some sharp pains on his chest and had been forced by Lizzie to lie down, "What... what's happening to me?"

"Your body is undergoing a Broccoli Shock phase. It's now trying to find ways to resist the radiation, causing you to have some body pains. You need to lie down for a bit and rest. Besides, the war's over and the kids are gotten out of that ship, kid." the Rebellion HMT took out his CAVE phone and showed the streamed video of Chad and Rachel, currently formalizing the surrender of the Revolting Teens and the DNK with Negative Fanny and Negative Chad agreeing with the surrender of their arms, "Also, word of advice, Nigel. Please do not take off the SHELLFIELD until the clear signal is given. You'll be in bed for a while once we're back at our universe."

"I... very well... man... if what Chad said about allowing us to have the R-Supership is true, I'll petition to have hamsters as its power source instead. At least they won't risk radiation..." Nigel lie down once more and sighed, "You teens really need to make something that won't end up causing that to kids..."

"Well, until we discover a way to make something better than Broccolium, it's our cleanest, cheapest and most potent source of power. Besides, using hamsters as power source is a bit... cruel to the hamsters themselves..." Gary is an animal lover and seeing the hamster power cores made him a bit uncomfortable due to how many hamsters they use just to power a treehouse.

Nigel scoffed at the teen's disagreement of using hamsters. In his opinion, broccoli is plain madness and should not be used as a power source but he kept that opinion to himself. He watched as the Revolting Teens made a stockpile of weapons and equipment that they are forced to give away as they were being watched by the Rebels who are making sure that they dropped their weapons for confiscation. He also saw Hoagie and the legendary Numbuh 30, hauling loads of resources confiscated from the Revolting Teens' strongholds and bases.

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Elsewhere...

After the Battle...

Fanny Fulbright, Numbuh 86 was internally freaking out when she saw Numbuh 74.239 in his true form after what he nearly did earlier to the leader of the Rebellion. Sure they were teens but what the dorky boy did was too far and she didn't understand what he... no, it just said earlier. However, the thing that was Numbuh 74.239 just shot Wayne when he protected her from getting shot at. His arm was at a bad state and had to be treated later on. She can smell the scent of burnt meat and it horrified her as she never saw anything like it in her entire life.

Wayne is currently suffering a burn wound on his arm thanks to what the alien monster creature thing did. Fanny was livid at this and tried to shoot at the creature but it dodged without any care. They were supposed to go to William but opted to hide when the alien tried to assassinate their commander but was foiled by the other teen in leagues with Sezanne, now an infamous name in KND for using Delightfulizing Clothes on kids. They then stealthily went to the direction where Number 74.239 got thrown off to have a talk with the idiot who tried to create a rift between kids and teens. The alien form was a surprise to them however.

"You stupid teenagers are getting in the way again! You stupid, overgrown, useless, dirty-..." the thing threw a tantrum as he tried to shoot both Wayne and Fanny as they both dodged the alien weapon that it was using to shoot the two, "You shouldn't be doing this at all! Kids are your enemies!"

"You... I can tell that you're no kid..." Wayne smirked as he held his burnt arm, "I'm surprised that for someone who pretends to be a kid, you smell like an adult. You don't talk like a kid earlier for sure... you sound like a man-child to be precise. Tell me something, since when was your last, 700th... or maybe 800th birthday of yours going to take place, alien?"

The alien was beyond livid.

There's was no point for it to hide its true identity now that Fanny and Wayne saw him transform into a tree alien creature when the disguise broke down thanks to the other teenager's attack. The alien made sure that no kid with supernatural powers will be able to enter KND due to how they can see through their disguise after one kid in the past was able to uncover their disguises with magic and tried to blab on them. That kid doesn't know his name ever since that day and can't use his magic to do any of his potential adult villainy ever since he had the kid decommissioned through a series of ties pulled. Now, some teenager who is actually family with Count Spankulot was now able to tell how old he was and he really hated to be reminded of his true age.

He was kid forever thanks to the GKND. He was and always will be a kid no matter what the teenager said to him. He hated the fact that this world had something that he cannot control or explain with kid science. He will not let some teenager call him an adult and he will not stand for it at all.

"YOU! YOU! YOU MORONIC, SLAP HAPPY, HALF BREED, CRETIN OF AN ABOMINATION! I'LL WIPE YOU OUT FROM THIS UNIVERSE-..." the alien couldn't finish his sentence when Fanny drop kicked the alien tree creature and shot it with her MUSKET guns, "What the?!"

"Can it, you overgrown bonsai, alien man child thing! First you try to shoot Wayne's boss and now you badly hurt Wayne and tried to kill us both!" Fanny took out the borrowed Jalapeno Revolver that she borrowed from the Rebel's armory, "You better explain yourself before I get you to Decommissioning for being too old to be an Operative!"

Fanny shot the GKND operative repeatedly with both the weapons she had. The alien was unable to see as he was bombarded by the MUSKET fire and the Jalapeno Revolver's missile rounds. The alien tried to activate its shields but Wayne used his psionic powers to force the creature into a hold where it cannot move. It also started to fire wildly, barely missing Fanny but was lucky enough to give Wayne another shot to the shoulders and causing another serious burn on the Dhampir. Wayne is barely able to keep the alien on hold as he felt so much pain on him. Fanny on the other hand, got closer as she emptied her rounds, angry that her friend and one of the few boys she liked get shot at while keeping the alien from harming her.

Once emptied her guns did the alien finally broke hold of Wayne's psionic hold and tried to grab the weapons he dropped but Fanny took out a shock knuckles that she also borrowed from the Rebel armories and punched Numbuh 74.239 to the face with it, causing pain and bolts to course through the tree alien being. Numbuh 74.239 swung its arms and swatted Fanny to a nearby tree. She would have slammed on it and cause lasting injuries on the spine due to the strength of the swing she took had Wayne not caught her midair and used his body as a cushion to keep her from getting too injured.

Fanny hated that she keeps owing Wayne even more while the teen in question was in more pain as he cannot move properly due to the burns he received that would take time to heal even with supernatural methods.

"This isn't right! You should be shooting the teen, not me!" the alien creature hotly shouted at Fanny, who was getting up after Wayne just caught her midair.

"Shut it, you talking weed! You're going to pay for what you did to Wayne, you shapeshifting dork of a faker!" Fanny gripped her knuckles as it crackle with power while her intent to punch the man child once more is showing.

"Looks like we'll have to start another Junior High Rebellion again! This time, we're going to Decommission each and every one of you teenagers until you're all enemies of kids again-..." the alien man-child was shot to the face with rapid heated bolts and nuts, "ARGH!"

"This is for my mom, Numbuh 777, you alien piece of shit!" Bill Finale decloaked nearby and holding a Bolt-Nut Machinegun and continued to fire on the alien man-child, "This for the teens you decommissioned. THIS IS FOR DAD, NUMBUH 612 AND HIS FRIENDS!"

Bill followed the two the moment his IDENTIFIER pinged an alien nearby. He thought that the device was just bugged but it was a device that his mother, the decommissioned Numbuh 777 made to identify aliens and non-humans. Sure Wayne pinged on it but when it pinged twice, he had to see where it was coming from and lo and behold, he saw the familiar figure of Numbuh 3.14, now called Numbuh 74.239. He remembered how his dad, Numbuh 612 taught them of the aliens that infested KND and the chances of them changing their forms every decade or so to continue their charade. Bill was not going to let the chance of confronting the creature that destroyed his mother so thoroughly in terms of memory go off without having some shots thrown at the alien creep's direction.

Numbuh 74.239 was being peppered with nuts and bolts as he was being fired upon by the angry Bell's End teen who was taking his chance to get revenge for the KND operatives that the alien destroyed. The alien thing was no longer able to take the abuse and used his alien abilities to dive down to the earth and disappear for good. Bill went to the hole where the man child escaped and proceeded to throw grenades in it in anger and hopes of one of them reaching the escaping creature.

Fanny was frantic in trying to get Wayne treated of his wounds as she saw how bad the burns were thanks to the alien infiltrator. Teens and kids came later as soon as they received the distress signal that Wayne sent earlier to get rescue. He asked Fanny and Bill that for the time being, they need to speak to their leaders about what just happened before they start talking about it in public to protect themselves. The attack will be officially attributed to the Revolting Teens attacking but unofficially, and in the body cam recordings that Bill had and recorded the madness of Numbuh 74.239, they were facing a potential threat from the outside.

Wayne will be needing some time to recover from the burns he received from the energy weapon made of advanced 2x4 tech that the alien used. The said weapon that was found thanks to the alien dropping it will be studied upon.

Chapter 67, It never ends!

Next day after the pool event

Within the T-Supership, Location:Bridge

I left it up to the Adult Heroes of the Negaverse to handle Millow, the Teen's Rebellion had enough on their hands as it is. Once the county returned to the reality it was from, there were roads and buildings in desperate need of repair.

Sitting on the commander's chair in thought, the bridge was staffed with idle chatter going about. The view outside was nice, albeit with a few wrecked homes that will need a few months worth of cleaning and reconstruction.

"Still recovering from that fight I see." Chad quipped as he entered through the doorway to the bridge, I glanced towards him with a wry smile.

I was able to glean some reports of what went on in the battle, "Did you enjoy the position of temporary high commander once again!" I jabbed back at him with an amused tone.

Chad rolled his eyes at me, "I suppose the position always drags me back to it. " He shot back as he sat down on one of the chairs nearby.

I raised my eyebrow at him, "There's a reason why I put you on the chain of command Chad, you have experience, and experience is what a commander needs." I stated with honesty while leaning back on my chair.

Gesturing out to the sky through the ship's window, "Once the senior staff come of Adult age, I need you to step up and take the reigns." I pointed out with a melancholy look.

Chad furrowed his brows in confusion, "Wait, you started all this, why do you need to step down!" He asked worriedly, and stood up with panic. "William, this isn't the Kids Next Door! You don't have to leave!" Chad reasoned with the loon of denial in his eyes.

I quirked my lips at that, "Who said about leaving?" I asked with amusement, "This is the Teen's Rebellion, Not the Adult's Rebellion." I held up my hand to stop him from speaking.

"I'm not done." I stated with a firm look, "I am planning on forming a new organization for the Teens that will eventually become adults."

Standing up from my seat, I began to pace around. "The Kids Next Door and the Teen's Rebellion will handle the home front." I pointed towards Chad with a stern look. "There is no one else I trust to hold the wheel of the Rebellion while Cree, the senior staff, and I will be busy out in space!" I explained gently as I stared down at a contemplative Chad.

Chad let a wry smile form on his face, "Do I get to choose my own second in command?" He asked with a certain person in mind.

I gave Chad an expected look, "Let me guess, Rachel." I asked, but more or less stated.

"Cree is our infiltration specialist, and Rachel was one as well before the Soopreme Leaduh position was pushed on her." Chad answered with a haphazard shrug.

I let out a sound of intrigue, "Huh, not a bad idea, traditionally to have an infiltration specialist as the second in command." I mused with interest.

Glancing back at Chad, I gave him an expectant look. "Just be sure to run it by her first, ask if she wants the position." I warned with a cautious look.

Chad held his palms up in mock surrender, "I'll be sure not to pull the same stunt on her the second time, honest!" He reasoned with a chuckle, before calming down with a thoughtful look. "Any idea on the name for this new organization you plan on forming?" He asked with curiosity.

I shrugged, "I have a few names in mind, but the running theme I have is an Age Defense Force, an organization that will seek to save anyone of all ages." I answered with a thoughtful look.

Chad snapped his fingers at me, "Why not just go with that? The Age Defense Force?" He proposed with an intrigued look.

Shrugging my shoulders at that, "Hmm, not a bad idea, I'll run it with the others later." I reasoned while heading to the exit, "Come on, we can talk more on the way to the mess hall. I don't know about you but I am hungry for Grandma Stuff'em's bacon filled haggis." I stated while having a hungered look.

Chad hung his tongue out in disbelief, "Oh come on, first Hoagie, Then Coop, now you!?" He asked incredulously while catching up with me, I snapped my fingers at him. "Hey, its bacon, the flavor practically overpowers the sheep stomach!" I reasoned with amusement as Chad's turned green, I shrugged in return. "More for the ones that can 'stomach' it!" I quipped with a badly done pun.

"That was terrible!" Chad grimaced out.

-scene change-

Later that day

Captain's Room

As I paced back and forth in contemplation, my thoughts dwelled on the report I had received just after lunch break. It seemed Romania was not an isolated incident of Spank Happy Vampires; more incidents have been popping up since that trip with Bella and Vlad into Romania, incidents of the Vampire variety to be precise.

Miss Montgomery in particular had called for a meeting not too long ago either, and my gut was telling me another big incident was about to occur. So that's the peace summit, the toob-a-thon, and Lenny's birthday to attend to before anything else is taken care of.

Sheesh, talk about a pack schedule.

I move to sit and read through more reports, I frowned when one in particular spoke of a spike in Broccoli energy within the Earth's crust…the fuck!? I put aside the rest of the papers to focus on the ones pertaining to Broccoli.

None of this seemed right, none of these statements made sense. A surge of Broccoli growing faster, various countries have been bombarded with people turning green and passing out.

I quickly skim through the papers, my worries increase as reports of troubles around the world that have been associated with Broccoli one way or another. My eyes snap straight to the half eaten Broccoli cheese soup, I take a spoonful of it and examine it up close. Placing it back in the bowl, I slowly pushed it away with suspicion.

I sometimes forget that this world runs on cartoon logic, anything can go practically.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire, I sigh in frustration.

-scene change-

Deep within a cave, footsteps could be heard as a cloaked individual ran towards the exit of the cave. Once the person reached the end, they leaned on the cave wall to gasp in exhaustion. Pulling their hood off, the person is revealed to be a Male teen. He glanced out to the night with awe, finally seeing the surface world for the first time.

His face was covered in Broccoli, save for his right eye and his mouth. His head had a buzz cut with a few Broccoli stalks growing out of it. Holding his hand out into the air, he smiled in content to feel fresh wind. Along his arm were asparagus wrapped around, and ended at his wrist.

The teen frowned and jerked his hand in, "No wasting time! I need to warn everyone!" He panicked before rushing out into the darkness of night.

Chapter 68, Just an average day of school, almost

Next Morning

I can take some normalcy that is life, and it comes from going to school. It was my turn to drive everyone to our school. Dad had offered one of his cars with the stipulation of preventing any dents on it. God help anyone if they scratch this car, and it's not because of my father. I like to keep my words, and a man that does not hold to his words is not a man at all.

Currently I am parked outside Cree's home, waiting for her to finish up her breakfast. Mr. Lincoln offered me some pancakes, but had to generously say no. I ate enough this morning from dad cooking up bacon and eggs for his kids, the man likes to cook I can tell you that.

In the corner of my eyes I notice the front door of Cree's house open, waving her parents off before heading to the car I drove over.

"Nice ride!" She quipped with interest as she hopped into the front passenger seat, I gave her a grin in response. "Just try not to damage it, my dad offered it for me to use." I exclaimed.

With a whistle in amazement, Cree gave the vehicle a once over. "Better hope none of those remaining teen Villains damage it." She warned with a snark.

A dark look formed on my face, causing her to back away a bit. "No force on Earth, Heaven, or Hell will save anyone if they put a dent on this car."

Cree gulped in nervousness, "Right…let's pick up that Archie fellow next!" She urged.

-scene change-

Checking the time on my C.a.v.e, I tapped the steering wheel in patience as I waited on Archie. "So…" Cree began as she relaxed in the passenger seat next to me, "You say he's Scottish, but how thick is his accent?" She asked idly.

I made for a passive shrug, "Eh, not too bad." I answered with a wishy washy motion of my hand. We were headed for school, and I had offered Archie a ride there. Presently he is staying over at his Cousin's, take that how you will.

Just as Archie is seen exiting the door, I could hear Fanny yelling. Archie had an amused look on his face as he waved her off, you could practically think they were siblings rather than cousins with the resemblance between them. "Who I hang out with is none of your business! I can get along just fine with others!" Fanny argued as Archie laughed her off after she slammed her door.

After Archie entered the vehicle, I looked into my rearview mirror at him with an amused look. "Just another Monday for you?" I asked while starting up the engine.

"Aye, juist anither monday 'ere. Mah wee cousin's temper is lik' mah maw's, ainlie tamer." Archie exclaimed in amusement.

Welp, better go get Chad then, hope his parents don't hold me up again like last time. We only have an hour left till high school starts. "You think Chad's parents will ease off this time?" Cree asked with a smirk as we headed towards Chad's home.

I sigh in frustration, "Do not jinx it Cree, please for the love of all that is Holy!" I bemoaned.

-Scene change-

"You Freakin jinxed it!" I exclaimed as Chad was fussed over by his parents outside my car, "Mr and Mrs Dickison, can you please!" I yelled out my window.

Chad's mom gave a surprised look towards me and walked over, "Oh if it isn't little William!" Please God kill me, I bang my head in frustration on my steering wheel.

Archie rolled his window down and gave her a mean look, "Awright lassy! cut th' jobby 'n' let yer laddie gang awready!" He yelled in slight annoyance.

Mrs. Dickison turned to him with a smile, "Oh! A foreigner, Yo no hablo español!"

…Archie is not fucking spanish you ignorant woman! I bang my head in frustration, we have thirty minutes left. This woman and her husband have been fussing over Chad for the twenty five minutes since we have been here!

-scene change-

Five minutes, five freaking minutes was what we had to spare once we made it to Chad's school, he had the decency to apologize once we made it, I don't even know what Archie was saying in his tirade of jargon. Pretty sure it was filled with plenty of Slang and cursing unknown in the normal tongue.

I had called Wayne if he wanted a ride, but he explained he already had his own ride. Probably a good call too, after almost coming to school late due to mr. And mrs. Dickison. Freaking helicopter parents man, sheesh.

While Chad was dropped off at his middle school, the rest of us made for McClintock Highschool. I just hope Archie doesn't start trouble on the first day for him, though if trouble comes first then all bets are off.

With the usual fanfare of Archie introducing himself to the class out of the way, the day went quite uneventful…

-scene-

I take it back, I should stop tempting Murphy and fate. One of the more stubborn teen bullies had saw it fit to harass Archie, it went as you expected.

"This is a kilt ye dobber! tak' back whit ye said!" Archie yelled into the Teen's face, causing the person to back in shock before stealing himself with a sneer.

The teen spat on Archie shoes with a smug grin, "Or what, is the dress wearing boy gonna cry?" He mocked.

Archie slowly looked down on his shoes, before steadily looking back towards the soon-to-be-in-a-stretcher teen, oh I mean the poor unfortunate teen.

"Ye dane it noo" He calmly said, before roughly grabbing the Teen's shirt and pulling him face to face. "A'm gonnae mak' ye sloch yer ain bunnet noo, cause fae whaur a'm keekin, a' ah see is an eejit that juist messed wi' th' wrong scot!" Archie yelled into the now frightfully Teen's face.

Well, at least most of this school day was normal. I winced a bit as Archie put the Teen through the ringer, I didn't know a human's leg could bend that far without breaking. You would think the Teachers would intervene, but the school board is still rather lax on matters such as this.

Yup, just another relatively normal school day.

Chapter 69 Meanwhile from Wayne's POV

Elsewhere...

During that time...

One of Wayne's morning routine involves bringing his little brother to school and back on his motorcycle. He would give Terry a ride to Gallagher Elementary as he seated on the sidecar with his helmet on. Terry enjoy his rides on his brother's motorcycle since it was nothing like the school bus. They also saw William, Cree and a new guy waiting on Chad who is being fussed by his parents. William is banging his head on the wheels, Chad looked rather embarrassed, the new guy was saying something in his native tongue and Cree saw the two ride past them and Wayne saluted at the Lincoln girl as they rode off to Gallagher.

"Hey Wayne, aren't those your friends we went past by?" Terry asked to Wayne as the two saw the elementary school from afar.

"Why yes, they're my friends." Wayne answered as he rode past another school bus where kids at the window seat stared at the teen who was giving his sibling a ride, "And I'm glad that I have my own vehicle if they have to wait for Mr. and Mrs. Dickson to be done fussing over Chad."

"Yeah... parents are weird. Mom and Dad kept telling us about wearing helmets and making sure I'm wearing seatbelts." Terry remembered how early in the morning, their parents talked their ears off about road safety.

Sure they do this once a week but the two already heard it too many times that they memorized what they might say. Even their granduncle found this a bit too excessive at this point and tried to appeal to at least lessen it to once a month but to no avail. Their mother told him that they are living under their house so they must understand the rules of road safety... even if Wayne installed so many safety features on the motorcycle when he was restoring it since last year.

As they both arrived in school, one school bus is already unloading the kids within and Terry hopped out of the sidecar after he took off his seatbelt and stored the helmet he wore in a compartment under the sidecar's seat. He noticed that Fanny and her brothers are coming out of the school bus and when Shaunie noticed Terry, it also alerted their older sister and looked at Wayne, who waved at her as he revved his motorcycle. Fanny waved back and he saw her fidget from where she stood. Wayne hoped that she grows out of this crush as he leaves Gallagher Elementary School.

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The trip to McClintlock High School did not take him long since morning traffic is nearly absent and that he's taking a shortcut to his destination and not using the main roads due to them being under repair. He still had a half an hour before classes start and he's really glad that he did not take up William's offer to ride with them. He'd rather not go through picking up Chad again. The last time he dealt with that, he nearly got late by a few minutes.

Once he got there, he saw Steve and Jenna, both arriving in their own respective vehicles and greeted Wayne.

"Hey Wayne, nice ride you have there." Jenna said as she got off her scooter, far cry from her usual rides as a part of the Mech Boyz.

"Yeah man, it looked banged up when you got it from the junk shop last year and now it look so amazing." Steve praised the motorcycle that Wayne worked on last year as he got out of his new van after the first one was destroyed by his Negative self, "By the way, did you two saw William's ride?"

"It's a pretty cool ride he got there." the Mech girl said as they walked into the school, "Wonder where he got it?"

"Must be from his old man, Jenna." Wayne said as they stopped by at their lockers and started to grab the things they need in their first periods, "Anyway, they better hurry up or they'll be late for classes."

"Glad we have our own rides, huh?" Steve smirked and shuddered at the thought of picking up Chad like last time, "Last time I picked up Chad, I nearly got late, dude."

"I think we should get Chad a ride of his own if this is the case." the Logistics Commander suggested, "I do know someone who sells good cars and all that. That way, we don't end up late if ever we have to pick the guy up and his parents fussed on him for an hour despite classes starting at the same time."

The trio agreed on the thought. Apparently, all three of them had an experience in picking up Chad since the Rebellion offers carpooling as well. They were nearly made late thanks to Chad's parents and now, William is the one who experienced it for the first time on why they tend to be reluctant in picking up Chad.

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Much later, William, Cree and the new guy arrived at the same time and with five minutes to spare. They ran to the first class as fast as possible to prevent themselves from getting late. Wayne would also discover that Archie is Fanny's cousin and when he asked him about her cousin, all he could say was that his cousin was a handful but a nice girl once she stopped acting too aggressive. Cree however, asked if he could pick up Chad next time and Wayne said no due to the first experience of carpooling for Chad before as well as how many teens with vehicles experienced Chad's parents.

Him and Terry refuse to be late just because the Dicksons want to fuss over on Chad some more.

Later on, after school, Wayne would be riding out of school and he noticed that someone was near his motorcycle.

It was Maurice, one of Chad's classmates in the middle school and has an upcoming birthday.

"Maurice." Wayne said as he made his motorcycle, "How's it going?"

"Wayne, thanks for the tip on the Pox Island." Maurice answered back to Wayne's casual greeting.

"Thank William for that. I just brought you the data, kid." the Logistic Commander shook his head when Maurice attributed to Wayne the data he got, "Anyway, good luck with blowing the stuffing out of that island. Freaking Teen Ninjas messed with me many times before so screw them all."

"You really hate the Teen Ninjas more than anyone I know... Huh?" the soon to be teen KND operative quipped as Wayne got on his motorcycle and revved it up.

"They messed with me when I finally got out of the Home School System, Maurice. All just to make me join them. I want each and every one of those few remaining Teen Ninjas be utterly ruined and that island sunk below the ocean." Wayne said in a very spiteful tone, "Anyway, see you later, kid."

Wayne once more rode his way to Gallagher to pick up his sibling and go home. It was a normal day for Wayne when he's not on the clock as a Rebel Logistics Commander and not doing any paperwork.

Chapter 70, Peace summit part 1

On Route to The Homeschool Cartel Headquarters.

The summit for the peace agreement between the KND and the Teen's Rebellion needed a neutral ground, and what better organization than the cartel of the Homeschooled. I had asked Wayne for assistance in getting a word in, especially with the sales father of all 'people'.

The majority of the top brass of both organizations would be taken to the headquarters, transported by the Cartel's own vehicles and driven by their own people.

"So." Cree began as she sat back in her passenger seat, "Have you ever had the chance to see the headquarters with your own eyes?" She asked.

I shook my head negatively, "Nope, and never bothered to ask for a trip there." I answered with a chuckle, "Never had a reason to ask permission to travel there till now." I remarked.

Cree shrugged with a smirk, "whelp, first time for everything then I suppose."

It was not long until we reached a tunnel, the clanging of gears and mechanisms could be heard from inside our ride. "You think the KND is freaking out a little?" I asked Cree while our view was covered in the darkness.

"Knowing Rachel, she is probably doing her best to calm her fellow operatives." Cree answered with a rueful tone.

I could feel the vehicle jostle a bit, from what I could assume the road that our ride was on was on some massive elevator.

Light soon graced our vision as we could finally see where we were taken, "whoah, that had to take several decades worth of digging." I remarked as I leaned forward in my seat to view the headquarters, letting a whistle out in appreciation.

"Damn, the HSC pulled out all the stops for themselves." Cree exclaimed as she rolled her window down to get a better look.

The place was a hollowed out cavern, a massive one at that. What took up the space within the massive cave was various buildings of all sorts, lit up by plenty of neon lights and other styles of lighting. Massive columns reached towards the ceiling, large enough to house an apartment complex. I suppose they need the enormous place for obvious reasons, I could also make out some businesses going on in the streets that lined the streets.

"You think they sell their wares down here?" Cree asked idly as our transport arrived at the ground floor, allowing itself to continue driving towards the underground headquarters.

I could faintly see other transports behind us in my side view mirror, noting the others wouldn't be far behind us. "This is a business organization, I would be surprised if they did not." I answered with amusement.

I would not be surprised if the show was expanded upon, a form of Homeschool kids and an organization that surrounded them would exist.

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Well the Cartel was quite accommodating, I can tell you that much. On the stipulation of staying within the designated areas for the duration of the summit, a little tourism was allowed for young business kids to practice their salesmanship and sell their wares. Chad had wanted to see if they had the new DVD set collection of his favorite show, and Cree left to check out some clothing ware.

I stuck behind in the visitor's lobby to go over my own agenda of topics to go over, and there was plenty to go over for the treaty to go over. Sure, I could have gone to check out my living quarters for the stay, but I was too antsy and decided to check through my Document Application on my C.a.v.e.

Hearing footsteps approaching where I sat, I looked up to see Bill from Bell's End. Good to see he was able to make it, I would need all the evidence to get the Kids Next Door to finally drop the decommissioning procedure. Especially with evidence of Numbuh 74.239 doing shady shit, I needed to pull back the curtains for the whole world.

With the summit being televised to all sectors, this was as good a time as any to finally reveal the Galactic Kids Next Door and their nefarious crusade against those older than twelve.

As Bill sat across from me, I put my device aside to give my full attention. "It has been quite a few years, hasn't it?" I started calmly. "From A worldwide Rebellion three years ago, to the culmination of finally tearing the wool away." I remarked.

It looked like Bill was ruminating, but gave a nod nonetheless. "I can at least take solace in the fact that the coward of an alien tree can no longer hide after this." he answered with a satisfied smile.

I looked at what Bill had carried with him, a nondescript suitcase that was packed with the way he had carried it in. "At least customs weren't too rough with our stuff." I made note of, "Were you able to get every audio log and video evidence?" I asked Bill expectantly.

Bill had picked his briefcase up and placed it on his knees, he gave a grin of excitement. "Oh I have the recordings, enough to get those kids to wake up!" He exclaimed.

I relaxed with a grateful look. "I'm glad our intelligence divisions were able to cooperate on that, you have my thanks." I stated with a grateful tone.

Looking up to the clock that hung above the entrance doorway, I took note of the time. "Go relax, we have about two hours till the official peace summit begins." I told Bill in a relaxed tone.

Bill gave a nod before getting up, "See you later then Will." He waved while leaving with his suitcase.

As I waved him off, I brought my C.a.v.e back out to look over a few more things. One major topic is allowing KND operatives on their thirteenth birthday to transfer over to the Teen's Rebellion. It would allow the kids next door to keep their rule of only kids allowed in their organization, and at the same time allow the teens to keep their memory and still fight against Villain tyranny.

With enough evidence against the traitorous Numbuh 74.239, and the Galactic kids Next Door, this peace summit should work out smoothly.

Author's Note; So what are ya'lls thoughts so far? Still got quite a ways to go, and more chapters to post.