Chapter 96, Staying home to hand out candy for Halloween

It's Halloween time again, and this year I wasn't sure if I would go out to trick or treat for the last time. Generally speaking, most teens stop participating in going door to doors for candy around the ages of thirteen and sixteen. At this point I think I'd like to just hang out with the others at homebase to watch horror movies, Though I think some of them are still going out as their last year or to accompany their siblings in place of their parents.

The neighborhoods are fine and all, leaving most parents in this world to allow their kids to run off ahead from house to house. You'll still have parents accompany their children, but mostly you will have kids running off with friends to trick or treat.

I was about to call up the other teens for a gathering to watch some horror flicks, but Dad had quashed the notion once noon came around.

Dining room

While eating a nice peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch that I had fixed up myself, Father came in sans his silhouette suit. "William." He started as he grabbed a chair to sit down on.

After swallowing a finished bite, "Need something dad?" I asked.

"Would you mind passing out the candy?" He inquired.

I almost choked on my spit at his question, "Um…you…passed out candy previously?" I asked incredulously.

Father allowed a frown to form on his face, "I'm not StickyBeard son, I partake in handing out candy just as any other person!"

"Sorry, just kinda surprised you of all people would hand out candy!" I exclaimed.

Dad gave me an exasperated look, "We live in a gated community, The neighbors will get cross if I don't partake in the activity."

I formed a confused look on my face. "You're a Villain dad, that seems preposterous for you to relent like that."

"...Jeff next door makes really good ribs at his neighborhood cookouts…" Father gently spoke while rubbing his neck in embarrassment.

I blink trying to understand what he said, I could barely make out what he stated. "Dad, it's just us here, mind speaking more clearly?" I asked

Father released a sigh and acquiesced, "Our next door neighbor Jeff makes excellent Barbeque ribs at every neighborhood cookout, I'd rather not miss out on the next cookout." He answered.

"..." I shrugged at my dad, "Fair enough, even I find his ribs quite good." I remarked with a wry grin. "You already got the candy?" I then asked.

"Stashed away till tonight." Father informed me before getting up to leave.

Just as he was about to leave the room, I proceeded to ask him another question. "Something came up for you to need me to hand out candy?" I asked him

Dad turned with a simple smile, "Your Uncle Monty invited me to his little Halloween party, figured I indulge him this time around."

Huh, how nice. "Hope you enjoy your time then." I nodded to him as he left.

Okay, candy? Check. Chair to sit on at the gate? Check. Cave device to watch some horror flick while waiting for each family to swing by? Check.

With dad having gone off to attend Monty's little party, and my siblings to partake in honest trick or treating without nefarious behavior, I'm left alone to take care of handing out the candy.

To be honest I'm not that bothered by my situation, I can still witness the creativity of what the kids are going out as. Plus, I don't have to deal with Candy Pirate shenanigans.

Just as I open the door up to head out, two adults greet me with the female of the two about to ring the doorbell. We stare at each other for a second before I initiate the conversation. "Um…greetings?" I offered.

The female perked up with a smile. "Oh, Danken shen William!" She exclaimed with a grateful look.

…German? Oh please no-

The man next to her coughed into his gloved fist, "Pardon our intrusion young master, but Miss Ingrid insisted that you would help point her to your friend Wayne's location." He said to me with a calm outlook.

"…You're Ingrid aren't you." I inquired of the woman.

The woman perked up at her name, and smiled at me. "Zhat vould be me." She giggled a bit.

I simply gave the two a questioning look, "I don't think it's my place to out Wayne's house, nor his location without his consent." I dryly state

I look at the man, "I never got your name by the way…"

The man placed his hand at his waist and bowed a bit, "You may address me as Sven, Sven Dietrich." He answered.

"Well Mister Dietrich-" I began

"Please, you can call me Sven young master." Sven interrupted with amusement

… "What are you, some Sebastian esque butler of sorts?" I inquired with an odd look.

Sven fixed his monocle a bit before addressing me, "My occupation was once Steward of Sir Otto Von Müller, but he has retired now which leaves me bereft of a master to serve." He answered.

I am pretty sure that's not how it works dude, "Um, why not continue serving him in his retirement?" I inquired.

Ingrid covered her mouth and allowed a laugh to escape her lips, "Sven here inzist he vants to serve ein active leader."

Said man straightened up with a look of proper professionalism awaiting an interview, "What am to you, your Sebastion to my Hawkman or something?" I asked incredulously.

Sven allowed a smirk to grace his lips, "The Irony is not lost on my young sir." He replied.

I released a sigh and gestured towards the gated entrance, "I need to hand out candy for the night. You are more than welcome to wait, and maybe help fight off candy crazed Villains." I point out while exiting the door to head out.

Ingrid had a giggle escape from her lips, "Now zhat iz zomezhing vorth zeeing, fighting off Villains for once." She exclaimed.

I glanced behind me at her while I walked and they followed close behind. "It can get pretty weird and dangerous depending on the Villain that wants to steal children's candy." I remarked while turning my head back forward as i approached the front gate

Sven scoffed to himself, "How absurd, Adult Villains stealing candy? Rubbish I tell you."

I prop my chair up to sit on at the front gate while pulling out a big bag of candy from out of the nearby bushes. "Let me guess, things were very different back then?" I inquired as I sat on my chair.

"Oh yes." Began Ingrid, "Adult Villains in my childhood years vere more focuzed on punishment razher zhan self indulgent Villainy." She mused.

Sven coughed into his fist with a smirk, "I think you forget the time You and your sister-"

Ingrid whirled in on him with an embarrassed look, "Nein! Never speak of zhat incident!" She shrieked.

Sven was left laughing at Ingrid's behavior, while I shook my head at my situation. I'm not sure if the others might drop by or not with their siblings I mean this neighborhood hands out great candy but it's a gated community …

I did invite them after all, but shit could go sideways on their end.

Then there's Jonney, Cree, Chad, and many of the other teens. From going trick or treating, walking around with their siblings, to handing out candy this time around. I could always host the horror flick later tonight too after all.

Chapter 97, Some introspection and movie watching

Homebase

I looked at the holomap of the Earth presented at the center of the conference table, there were less reports coming in recent months of Adult Villainy. Compared to the first year the Teen's Rebellion debuted across the world, there has been quite the fall off of minor Villain activity.

Oh I am not discounting the Spank Happy Vampire skirmish at all, nor many others in the past that involved Villainy. I'm just reflecting that things have changed compared to the beginning, plenty of Villains have simply dropped out of the profession.

However… more still pop up, from new to old. We have some sort of Broccoli cult to face in the foreseen future, and the location of a Tie Queen nest located. This world is certainly not for the want of trouble, but it does feel like things have changed, at least for the better.

I have the recommissioning module getting worked on, And not for the sole purpose of bringing back Grandfather for dad…still working on the chronomancy folks so cool your jets. The research and division sector have been working around the clock to unlock the intricacies of the module, one not so shocking revelation gleaned from the apparatus is its alien nature and origin. Oh sure the casing and materials are earthen, but inside is another story.

Inside that very module is an octahedron object with a green tinge to it, I would call it crystalline in nature or diamond but the damn thing seems beyond those classifications. Regardless, R&D division were able to get a bead on where to go in permanently curing the Delightfulization of Sector Z.

I released a sigh as I swiveled my chair around in boredom, Halloween had just finished which left me able to head out on my own for the night.

"Trouble young sir?" Sven asked from the corner of the room.

I stopped myself in place, with my eye twitching in annoyance. "Yeah, I told you to wait till tomorrow for you and Ingrid, especially Ingrid to wait." I answered.

The person in question was just on the opposite side of the table, cheerfully humming a tune to herself.

I doubt the readers want any more of this German nonsense

Sven offered me an amused look, while Ingrid simply kicked back on her chair. What is with my luck attracting folks like this? I already have a tsundere-esque Giselle, what the hell is next?...Don't fucking answer that!

I abruptly sit up and make my way towards the dvd collection off in the distance, "That's it, no more waiting, I'll watch the horror flicks myself." I grumbled.

"Not entirely alone young sir." Sven corrected with a polite cough into his fist.

"Not helping Jeeves!" I snapped out in mock anger.

Sven simply allowed himself a soft chuckle at my expense.

Damn Retired Spank Happy Vampires.

Leaning down to view what's available on the dvd rack, "Hollow's eve? Seen it plenty of times already…Wednesday the 11? Meh…Nightmare on Cedar Street…boring…" I softly speak as I go over every horror flick shelved away.

"Ooh, how apout Florida man Chainzaw mazacre?" Ingrid chimed in from over my shoulder, prompting me to jump a bit in surprise.

I turned my head towards her to give her an incredulous look, "What!?"

"If I may…" Began Sven from his spot by the table now, "If horror isn't entertaining anymore, you could always go for a gore fest movie." The old Spank Happy Vampire offered.

Ingrid gleamed a smile towards me, "Inteed, I find it highly Henterdaining to zee how far zee Henffelobe is brezed vith zee ratings!"

…"mind speaking in better english?" I asked Ingrid in an exhausted tone.

Pretty sure the readers are already sick of the terrible accent anyways.

The Spank Happy Vampire woman tsked in annoyance, "Curse this damn tongue of mine!" Ingrid whispered in her native tongue.

Ingrid coughed into her fist before clearing her throat up, "Vhat I mean to say is, I find it highly entertaining to see how far gore fest movies vill push zhe envelope on ratings." She repeated in a slightly easier to read understand language.

I offered a shrug, "Hm…then I suppose Florida Man Chainsaw massacre it is then!" I acquiesced.

After the movie had finished its run, the room was met with the sounds of slurping of sodas and crunching of popcorn.

Well…that was more entertaining than I realized…

"My word…" Sven began as he placed his drink aside, "How on earth did they get away with an R rating on that film!" He asked in an amused tone

I offered the man a shrug, "You would think they would put an Adult rating on it, but the film was made during a different decade of differing ratings."

Ingrid finished her tub of popcorn before chiming in, "Even vith Zhe amputated flying limbs, decapitated heads, und gushing blood?" She asked curiously.

"Very different era of movies." I responded with a rueful look.

I checked the clock to see if I had time for one more movie, "Want to see another movie?" I asked the two of them while getting up to stretch a bit.

Sven seemed to spot a film to watch and grabbed it from the pile placed on the conference table, "It's been quite a while, but I am in the mood for a good Gavel Dracula film…" he softly answered.

…oh yeah, Vlad still existed to inspire books and films…among other things.

Ingrid leaned over in excitement, "Ooh, Vhich one, I always enjoyed the earlier films of Vlad…" she giggled to herself of the Irony

I looked over to see which one Sven was holding, "Ah, the one starring Krisoffer Leeson as Vlad Dracula." I remarked.

Sven made a toss of the DVD case towards me, and to catch it before taking the DVD out to place it into the player..

You know the upside of the Homebase? Couches and futons for crashing over the night. That's what I was met with as I groggily woke up in the conference room, with the sound of soft snoring from the other Vampires.

I looked to see what what playing on the screen, it was the dvd menu of a different Dracula film. Huh, the two must've watched a few more after I took to knocking out over on the nearby couch.

Not a bad Halloween night if you ask me.

Chapter 98, Operation R.A.I.N.B.O.W.S

Homebase

"Please?!"

"Ask your friends, dang it!

"They're all busy, pretty please?!"

"I could have sworn a report read you saved the island already from the Rainbow Monkeys inc."

"They're at it again but now they have like eleventy bajillion ships sailing for the island!"

This has been the conversation so far I've been having with Kuki Sanban aka Numbuh 3, she managed to get her way into Homebase and constantly ask for help to save Rainbow monkey island. I'm all for helping out and saving, but our forces have been stretched thin recently with a surge of Villain activity. Nothing of note mind you, but apparently more Adult Villains have been coming out of the woodwork after the Spank Happy Vampire incident.

I rubbed the bridge of my nose and relented a sigh as Kuki pounded in a tantrum on the conference table with her hands, "Even if I did help-" she stopped to listen with a quick turn of a smile. "It would just be me and you going alone." I reasoned with a pointed look at her.

"Two's better than one!" Kuki exclaimed while holding two fingers up, "And besides, don't you have, like, super secret awesome tools and weapons to combat Villains!?" She gushed out merrily.

I looked to the side with a nervous look

A few days ago.

I stood within the garage of the Homebase, across from Harold and Wayne as we examined the cost the recent small battle that had taken a toll on us. Harold shook his head as he read the paper, "Repairs needed all round…" he grimaced.

Wayne clicked his teeth in annoyance, "And back down to almost red…" he groaned in anger while suppressing the urge to rip the paper in half.

Both Harold and I edged away in caution from Wayne when it came to finances, "Then we'll be stuck back to basics, no more advanced tech till we straighten this all out." I remarked.

Harold sent me a critical look, "So…I guess we're tightening our belts then?"

Letting out a sigh, Wayne relaxed a bit. "I'll see what I can do, but-" he sent us a glare, but more towards me, "Ease off the collateral damage."

"Hey!" I began, "...I'm working on it." I weakly protested.

Harold was about to laugh at my expense, only to stop once Wayne glared at him. "And no more wasting resources on your personal projects! That's nearly embezzlement!" He snapped.

"Hey, others can use what I make, it's not like I'm selfish with my creations!" Harold defended with a mock pout

Wayne pointed his fingers at his eyes and then towards us before leaving.

"What crawled up his ass?" Harold leaned over and whispered over to me.

I turned around to leave the garage to get some lunch. "I think it's a little bit to do with his Aunt Ingrid trying to patch up with his mom and uncle." I guessed before disappearing into the hallways.

Harold shrugged to himself and smirked, "I'd like to see the expression on Jonney's face with the budget cuts." He joked to himself while scratching his head.

Present

I coughed into my fist with embarrassment, "In a way you'll understand, The Teen's Rebellion is facing some shortages of everything for a month…" I grimaced.

Kuki hopped off the table and began pulling my hand, "That's okay! I got my own flying ship and battle mech!" She cheerfully said while tugging on my arm and hand.

I tried to pull my arm out of her grasp, only for her to be lifted up with her firm grip on my forearm. She smiled at me while I held my arm out straight, "If we're doing this, and we are doing this…!" I began while marching out of the room, while Kuki released her grip to run off ahead of me, "We need to plan at least." I relented.

Kuki turned toward me with a mock serious look and salute, "Don't worry, I got the most perfect, sooper bestest plan ever!" She whispered aloud conspiratorially

That does not really help or assuage my worries.

Operation R.A.I.N.B.O.W.S

Ruining

Adults

Insidious

Nets

But

On

Wacky

Silliness

On route to Rainbow monkey island.

I shot Kuki with an incredulous look. "Did you really need to assign an operation name and acronyms for all this?" I asked her with mild amusement while I sat within her modified jetbus….and yes the decals are as you expect.

Numbuh 3 turned to me with a smile while releasing the controls of the aircraft, "Of course silly, every sooper secret mission needs an acronym name!"

I had to immediately grab the controls of the co-pilot's steering to bring the JetBus back up from Kuki's release of her own controls. "Okay fine, but please focus on driving at least!?" I reasoned

Kuki waved me off with a careless attitude and cheerful outlook, "Oh pishaw, I know how to fly!" She exclaimed before grabbing her controls once again.

After a few moments of silence passed- er at least silence from me, Kuki simply hummed a jaunty tune while she controlled the aircraft. Within a few moments the aircraft we rode parted through a few clouds to grant us a view of a clear blue sky with an endless sea.

Kuki began to ask with a smile,"Soooo, which Rainbow Monkey is your favorite?" She asked with a conspiratorial tone.

I offered Kuki a confused look, "You do know that not everyone is an avid Rainbow monkey fan, right?" I questioned.

"Oh come on! Even Numbuh One has one hidden under his pillow!" Kuki reasoned with a giggle while steering the aircraft.

"Oh yeah, what about Wally, or Numbuh Four if you will." I disputed in an amused tone.

Kuki harrumphed at that, "He must be hiding at least one!" She pouted out.

Well...better not push the subject on that any further, "Well personally, I never got around to indulging myself in that hobby honestly." I shrugged

*gasp*"Take that back, it's not a hobby, it's a passion!" Kuki argued with a sharp glare at me.

"...right, my bad." I apologized.

"It's okay!" Kuki quickly answered cheerfully, "Now come on! It's just us here, what's your favoritist Rainbow Monkey!" She asked in a gushing tone.

I coughed into my fist and turned my head to hide my embarrassment, "...Action Explosion devastator Rainbow monkey…" I softly answered.

"Oooh." Began Kuki as she looked at me in surprise, "That was released…wait a minute." She turned towards me and placed her hands on her hips with a glare, prompting me to urgently grab my co-pilot controls. "You had to have been six at the time! And there were only a hundred made and distributed across the world!" She accused me.

"Focus on flying for cripes sake! It was a birthday present! Honest!" I argue back, getting a look of shock on Kuki's face.

"Father gave you a present!?" She asked in shock.

I rolled my eyes at her, "He's not bad family wise! Now can you please focus on piloting us to the island!?" I begged.

Kuki had a confused look for a second, before smiling to herself and resuming her flying of the aircraft. "Okay!" She giggled.

Jesus cripes this girl.

Rainbow Monkey Island

I groaned as I lifted myself off the sandy beach, when Kuki said a figurative number of ships…she wasn't kidding at the absurd amount sailing for the island. Sure the JetBus was equipped with a payload to do some damage, but the amount of boats outnumbered what Kuki's aircraft could carry.

So what was the next idea in mind she had? Fly in with me manning the auto-turrets to help gun down a few more. It went fine for the first minute until every boat fired upon us, scoring several critical hits that crippled the jets on the JetBus.

We were left having the aircraft glide down along the sea until it fully crashed, and all she insisted on saying was that her friends on the island would welcome us. Yeah, right, us.

I took in my surroundings and landed my eyes on Kuki playing around with actual Rainbow Monkeys; Well at least someone's enjoying the aftershock of a crash.

"Oh!" Exclaimed Kuki as she spotted me, "You're finally up!" She cheered, causing the Monkeys to look at me in caution.

"Yeah…" I began to say, "I see you managed to meet your friends again." I noted.

A few of the Rainbow Monkeys began steadily walking towards me, only for me to halt them in place with my hand. "Kuki, We still have an incoming Armada of ships heading this way." I warned her.

"Oh, silly me!" Kuki bonked her head in amusement, "Come on guys, we gotta warn the others!" She exclaimed towards every Monkey before running off into the jungle.

I waved my arms around in alarm, "Wait, I don't know anything about-…crap she's already gone…" I grimaced to myself.

A single red Rainbow monkey remained behind and trotted over to me in wonder and interest, while scratching its head before picking out a bug. I looked on in befuddlement as the monkey offered the bug to me, but waved away the offer. "You can have it…" I tried to communicate with it, only for the monkey to continue offering the insect.

…well…shit. I held my hand out to receive the beetle, "um thanks…?" I weekly thanked.

Great, now the monkey is gesturing for me to eat it…I eyed the beetle and steeled myself, better not anger or upset the little fella. Besides, protein and what not…right?

Few minutes later

After finding a washed up canteen from the wrecked Aircraft, I immediately drank away the taste of the beetle that I had eaten. One solace I can take is the Red Rainbow Monkey left with a joyful look on his face, better that than incur the wrath of the animal. Sure I got powers and all, but rather not anger the entire island of Rainbow Monkeys afterwards from the action.

In the distance of the ocean, I could begin to see ships making headway for the island. Just as I was about to hollar for Kuki, several thunderous booms echoed from the ships' direction. Whistles tore through the air, before dozens of spherical objects landed on the shore with splashes and thuds.

The spheres exploded open to reveal what could only be a dozen robots per sphere built for capturing, the cages on their backs and nets were quite the dead give away. Electrical shocks emitted from their hands not holding a net, giving me a good guess what the function is for.

I could see row boats making way for the island, while more booms went off and spheres landed. I released an annoyed huff, and settled into a fighting stance.

Kuki merrily skipped through the jungle with the Rainbow Monkeys; from swinging on vines to hopping between trees, Kuki traveled with her monkey companions. Her ultimate goal was to procure the help of every possible Rainbow monkey available to defend their island, And she knew one big Monkey that would scare off the big businessmen for good.

3rd POV with William

Staring down a sizable force invading the island, William quashed down any nervousness he had. His shoes ignited into fire and burnt to a crisp as he emitted a jet of fire from his feet, sending him forward as he aimed himself towards the first automaton.

William cut the force emitting from his feet while in the air as he approached the first enemy; just as he was upon the first robot, William blasted a jet of fire from one of his feet to perform a spin kick into the bot's torso with a fire encased leg.

As his leg cut through the robot's body from the intense heat, William promptly landed behind the first defeated bot. Before the Automatons could react in time, William thrusted his hands out at his sides to blast a row of bots into slag. One robot began to make its attempt to neutralize the threat, stomping its way forward towards William with its electrical hand out to shock the teen into submission.

Just as the bot made an attempt of grabbing William once it was close enough while he was busy with another robot, William turned directly at the Automaton and grabbed its offending electrical hand. The bot attempted to shock the teen, only to get a smirk out of him. "here, try mine!" He taunted while his own hands sent and overload of lightning into the bot, the surge of electricity too much for it and ignited it into flames till nothing was left but ashes.

The dozens upon dozens of Robots took notice of William's threat to the operation coded into their programming, and immediately went into full offense as they all discarded their nets to wield a blaster where the nets were. The bots picked up their paces and movements as William cleaved through another bot's torso with his leg, the defeated robot exploding into flames from a poorly connected wire and oil in its cogs.

William stared down the horde of bots as the explosion went off behind him, his features hidden from the bright flash of fire with only the whites of his eyes visible. "No matter the numbers, I'll see to it that none of you reach any further into the island!" He threatened.

From within his personal boat, gritted in anger as he viewed through his binoculars. "Curses!" He yelled before placing his ocular device away and glared at his assistant Simon, "Send in everything we got!" He ordered in fury.

Mr. Mogul turned to continue glaring at the Teen ruining his new plans, "And Why a teen of all people!?" He asked incredulously.

From down the center of another robot, William's fire engulfed foot cleaved the bot in two. He blasted forward with jets of fire from his feet to dodge out of the way of two automatons slamming their electrical fists down where he once was, William curled into a ball of spinning fire as he cannon balled through the torsos of two more bots in his way before coming to a landing.

Turning around in place to see his work, dozens of wrecked robot bodies littered the beach but more kept coming ashore from the sandy ocean beach. Dozens of rows lined up as they invaded the island, "All this just to capture and stuff live Rainbow Monkeys, and sell them to kids…I find the very idea disgusting." William spat in contempt

As if responding to William, The automatons increased their pace from a mere walking pace to a jog, before full on sprinting at the teen.

*ELIMINATE THREAT, CAPTURE RAINBOW MONKEYS*

William spat to the side in disgust, "Last thing I need is that in my conscience, kids never knowing they may very well have a once living Rainbow Monkey that was stuffed." He remarked.

With a burst of fire from his feet, William skimmed across the sand towards the bots. He covered his body in an intense flame as he tackled the first robot he came across, wrapping his arms around its arm with the blaster end to toss it around into another bot.

A couple robots aimed their blasters at William, the function designed to shoot a stun blast. From his body, William blasted an electrical magnetic pulse static shield to block the blasts before promptly dissipating into static. "Tch, great, was hoping I could abuse that." He cursed.

William dodged a grab from another bot, before grabbing the offending arm. "Keep your hands to yourself!" He roared, before pulling the arm clean off with some effort. "Oh look, I guess you can't now!"

With a mighty thrust of the amputated arm, William speared the robot with its own arm. "YOU CAN HAVE IT BACK!" He yelled as the robot exploded into a geyser of oil, cogs, and circuits, covering William from the head down in oil as he hefted the remaining arm he still had from the robot over his shoulder.

William's hair was matted down in oil as he glared at the hordes of machines, he maneuvered the bot's arm around to wield it as a bat. "Come get some!" He taunted.

Kuki giggled in cheer as she rode on the shoulder of Rainbow Monkey King, she pointed over to the Beach where she could see explosions going off. "Over there, they want to capture all your friends!" She angrily announced.

That angered The Kong greatly as it sprinted towards the beach.

From the robot's arm that William held, he used the electrical extensions within it to turn the mechanical arm into a glowing blue electrical bat as he swung to and fro through the robot horde.

With each hit, the bots either exploded into bits or erupted into geysers of oil from getting bisected. Just after William finished destroying one more robot with the 'baseball bat' of his, the arm he held finally gave in from the stress and exploded into nuts and bolts.

"Tch." William glared at the loss of his 'weapon', before resuming his fight with the horde. Just as he was about to continue, the ground began to shake with a loud roar.

Turning around to face the woods, William looked on as an army of Rainbow Monkeys charged out from the jungle. Not surprising to see when he witnessed Kuki riding atop the Kong of the Rainbow Monkeys.

William released a sigh, he never doubted Kuki ran off to just play around. He cracked his knuckles before rolling his neck around to get some cricks out, before getting back into the fight.

"At least they're not ill tempered mutated Rainbow Monkeys." William muttered under his breath as he jumped back into the fray.

Chapter 99, Earth is a Death World of Broccoli

Unknown Sector of The Milky Way

Within a dimly lit large room, Screens aligned the wall with unidentifiable beings broadcast from them. Within the room were chairs filled to the brim of life forms of varying species, but the one thing they all had in common…They masqueraded as children by their species' standard. All to keep looking young and never become the very thing they see as a plague across the galaxy.

The place was filled with the roar of arguing and yelling as they discussed the current topic involving a planet from the Sol System.

"Enough!" Yelled a rotund figure from one of the monitors, Numbuh Glutton. "This is getting us nowhere!"

"Agreed." Began another figure of stringy stature, Numbuh Stringy his designated codname, his image projected on another monitor. "Numbuh 74.239's disappearance in communication is not the worst news to come from Earth." It continued.

"Exactly!" Screamed a bulbous figure from within the crowd of the room, "To make matters worse, the teens on that Death planet have been successful in every account of our attempts to subterfuge their organization!"

"It's bad enough the adults there are prevalent, committing atrocities after atrocities from grounding to sending the kids to school!" Whined another alien. "Once those teens grow into adults, it'll be like eternal grounding if they reach the cosmos!"

Numbuh Cornicous looked on from his screen and yelled 'silence'. "Refrain from sidetracking the meeting, what are we to do to quell these….teenagers?" It gestured with its limbs to punctuate the word teenagers.

A roar of arguments broke out, ranging from dumping a deluge of water balloons on every teenager, to directing their own adult enemies unto the Death World known as Earth.

"This is getting us nowhere…" began Numbuh Cow with a soft groan. "All hands in favor of activating the Broccoli seed within the earth?" He asked.

Practically the whole room of aliens rose their appendages in favor.

Numbuh Glutton shook his head in dismay, "Surely there has to be another way?"

"There is none, That death world is beyond saving now!" Numbuh Cornicous disputed.

"And what if the Broccoli seed fails?" Asked Numbuh Chicken after a few squawks.

Numbuh Grasshopper scoffed, "Nonsense, no one can stomach the stuff in all of the Galaxy, practically toxic to all of us!" The operative disputed

Numbuh Glutton Let out a burp, "Next thing you'll say is that humans can eat Vegetables!" He chuckled while gorging on something unidentifiable behind his monitor that covered him a silhouette rather than show what he looked like.

The entire crowd laughed at the absurdity, humans able to eat the things they can barely stomach. What nonsense.

A podium rose at the center of the room with a red button, its plaque near it had a description that read: Warning, do not press. Broccoli danger!

One operative walked to the center, it was Numbuh Infinity. He had a stern look on his face as he approached the button, he glanced around at the audience through his sunglasses.

"It is fitting for a human to cure his own planet." Announced Numbuh Cow eagerly.

Numbuh Infinity affixed his glasses on his nose to a better position, "Galactic Kids Next Door Rules!" He exclaimed before slamming his palm onto the button.

*meeting adjourned.*

Unknown planes of reality

The being known as Olera trembled what passed as excitement to those little humans that worshiped 'her'. Olera didn't put much thought on the notion why the one human designated 'her' as 'her', Olera's species were 'genderless' if that was the word 'she' would use correctly. When Olera spoke to Calabrese within a lucid dream of his, 'she' had managed to glean that 'her' voice simply had a feminine inflection to it.

Olera did not know how to translate her words better to describe what she was or anything much, so she allowed the man to continue to view her as such. Her kin had their own cults across other planes of existence, spreading their 'vegetables' and harvesting the prayers of thanks from the lower lifeforms that worshiped them. It was Olera's first time, and she did not want to mess this up.

…something wasn't right, Olera was feeling something or someone had done something…

She peered into the ocean between the realms to view and feel the Earth, Olera was sure Calabrese's ceremony for her was not due for another three of the Earth's weeks.

Olera let out an indescribable noise of anger and frustration, Something or someone had somehow planted a seed of her kin's Broccoli at the center of the planet. That would ruin all the work Olera had put into claiming the Earth for herself, it had been eons since her kin found another species capable of eating vegetables. This would not stand. This made Olera seeth, a word she learned from the humans to describe certain emotions.

The Eldritch Vegetable Creature peered into the abyss of the Broccoli ocean, scrying for something of how and what planted the seed there. After much looking through the vast ocean, Olera was able to discern it originated eons ago as a fail safe to destroy the Human species…but that did not make sense, Humans were able to eat and process Broccoli.

After more peering through the Broccoli abyss, Olera's body trembled in anger as she found the culprits.

Her kind's most hated enemy across the known Galaxy of the Milky Way.

G̵̢̛̺̻̩̟͕̥̫͎̼͌͋̅͛͗̄̐́͒̈́̑̔̈́̔̍͌̈̄̋̾͝ͅẠ̴̞̒̐͌̾̔͌͗͌͊͒͐̍̿̌͝Ļ̶̡̨͍͔̱̲̪̰̩̳̙̭̲͕̠̗̿̽̑̋̓̔́̑̓̿͘A̶̛̛̘̼̙̱̗͇̱͕͎̹͉͔͙͖͑̈̂̉͌̆̆̈́̄̚͘͝͝Ć̴͔́͂͗̆̿̓̾̂͐͊́̚T̷̡̢͎͈͍̬̼̈́̓͗͝Ì̵̧̯͈̝̗̱̣̦͍̥̝̹͕͚̰̗͜ͅĆ̴͎̭̉̾͐̇̋͊̅̕͠ ̵̢̨̱̹̘̗̖̪͔͖͉͉̰̾͌́̑̃̈́͊̈́͂̂̑̉̿̑̏͘̕̚K̷̫̣̰̝̟̬̘̭̞̱͈͈̼̘͖̮͕̒́͌̏͆̎̋̏͛̈́̑́͑̊̓̽͒̾͛̈́̚̕Ḯ̴̪̝̫͓D̷̛͔͖͇͋̀̈̉͐͛́̀̔̚͠S̸̡͚̞̝͉̻͔̣͕͓̼͖̻̈̍̒͑̀͆̍̓͒́͑͋͒̀͘ ̸̭̩̗̯̲̓́͌͑̚ͅN̸̢̻̳̗̲͚̩̪̼͈̰͇͕̾̑E̸͔̪̰̭̣̦̩̘̦̼̭͖̘̣̎͐͐̇͐͜͝ͅͅͅX̸̢̛͓̭̦̞̲̫̮̪̣̩̱͒̏̌̇͆͛̒̃́͗̓̕͘͘͠T̴̛͕͎̥̣͈̖̥͓̖̙̼̜͚̙͊͊́̊̒̏̉͆̒̿̽̀̈͌͛̇͘͝͝͝ ̴̫̪͎̊̐Ď̴̡̨̛̬̯̻͇̟͎̲̪̜͓̈́̽͑̐͛͋͊̓̂́̇̽͝Ỏ̴̢̨̧̡͖͖̟̦͇̹Ṏ̴̢̠̰̩̘́͒͆̇͛R̸̨͚̰̭̺̰̱̝̺͕̝̦͔͉̼͔̘͇̼͎̒̿̆̾͊̈́͘͠ ̸̧̪̩͙̫̲̠̥̺͙̖̰̞͖̞̩̻̪͖̏̿̂̈́̓͒͋͌̅͛̿̽̊̽͛͘̚͘͝

The mere mention of the name echoes through her plane of existence, traveling far and wide till others like her pick up her mention of the organization. Warbles and ripples ripped across the plane until all became calm once more.

Those blasted 'Kids', Olera refused to even call those beings even hatchlings or seedlings, they were an affront to her and her kin. Wiping out planets eons ago at the mere sight of her kin's vegetables spotted on planets, Olera's stalks and vines trembled in anger.

Earth is mine not yours! You will not destroy this one!

Olera shrieked in anger, before diving into the deep abyss of Broccoli to prematurely arrive on Earth. The usual rites and Rituals be damned.

Chapter 100, The Broccoli Arc part 1, T̸h̸e̸ ̶E̷l̸d̶r̷i̴t̴c̶h̸ ̴B̶r̴o̴c̴c̵o̶l̶i̷ ̵

Homebase

Sirens went off as the ground trembled beneath the base, dozens of Teens scrambled to escape as the Warning siren went off for the Broccolium Reactor. It was going critical for an unknown reason that no one could fathom, every failsafe failed as if some outside force deliberately kept causing every Broccoli atom to act up.

As the last bit of Teens escaped the Homebase, Cree arrived on scene after receiving the notice on her C.A.V.E. device. She had ridden her motorbike to arrive faster than simply arriving by bicycle, Cree parked her motorbike aside to run towards Chad that was currently receiving check ups on Broccolium contamination.

"Chad!" Cree yelled as she jogged her way over to him, "Did everyone get out okay?" She asked worriedly.

Chad looked up with an unreadable expression, before frowning as he looked around. "Wait…Where's Will-" was all he got to say before a massive Broccoli stalk erupted from the Earth, up and through the Homebase till the stalk reached the clouds.

Cree's arms slackened in worry, "William…" she whispered, before sprinting off towards the Wrecked Homebase with a giant Broccoli growing from the Reactor no doubt. "WILL!" She yelled, only to be held back by the shoulder.

Harold gave Cree a stern look, while he held her back. "Did you forget the chain of command?" He asked.

Cree gulped her worry down, "Right…Knowing William…he'll survive." She assured herself.

Chad picked himself up off the ground and brushed himself off, before walking over to the two. "We need to convene over at Sector V's treehouse."

Cree gave Chad a questioning look, "Look, I know the peace treaty was finalized, but isn't it a little soon to seek aid from them?" She inquired

Harold pointed at the large broccoli stalk that now stood where the Homebase once was, "I don't see how we can even get in there to use communications, doubt they even work now." He griped.

Chad gave a nod in agreement, "If there was ever a time to seek aid from the KND, especially from Sector V, now would be the time." He remarked.

Relenting to the reasons, Cree glanced at the Homebase once more. 'You better not have kicked the bucket' she thought to herself, before shaking her head of the worse case scenario.

"Alright Teens!" Cree began to hollar to grab everyone's attention, "Drastic measures are needed, we will be convening over at Sector V!" That got quite a few confused looks, "I don't see any other base within reach to combat this dilemma." Cree glowered at them with her hands on her hips, that straightened them up and immediately began moving out.

The abyss of the Broccoli sea

I gasped in shock after coming too. I try to regain my bearings for a few moments before realizing my situation. The last thing I remember was sprinting to the reactor to shut it off as a last ditch effort of a final fail safe. Unfortunately, just as I reached the lever that was designated to shut everything down and jettison the Reactor far out into space, (I still can not figure out how the thing was designed to blasted the fucker straight from Earth and into space.), all I saw next was a blast of green then nothing.

I try to maneuver myself, but all I got was the feeling of weightlessness and floating…I definitely wasn't in space…I could still breathe…I think?

Looking around, my view was what could only be described as an ?ocean? of Broccoli, and I was currently floating above it…momentarily though. My position slowly had me float downwards towards the Broccoli till I simply ?sat? upon it.

My head started to ache as a murmur echoed through the area around me, something felt warm dripping down on my shoulder that prompted me to check my ear with my hand. Pulling my hand in front of my face to check it, I saw not red but dark green…Blood? The fuck? This some Eldritch Cthulhu shit right here, sending my nervous into overdrive with worry as I desperately think of a way to escape this…whatever this place is.

I attempted to stand with some trouble, but triumphantly made my way to stand before my attempts at walking/wading through this Broccoli Ocean. The shit even had small waves and currents…

Was that a Broccoli whale jumping out in the far distance?

Nope. Nope. Nope.

Nuh huh, fuck this.

I made haste to figure out a way to escape, looking for any kind of land or something that passed as stable 'land'. I don't know how much time had passed as I walked/waded through the Broccoli, but nothing ever came into view to be referenced as any kind of land.

What's next, am I gonna to assume I'm in the Kids next door equivalent of the Warp?

…

… …

… … …

I need to stop tempting fate.

Breathing a sigh of relief, I plopped myself on a 'beach' of…Broccoli buds? Okay…

My rest was short lived however, as from the Ocean of Broccoli a creature of unfathomable size emerged. My head ached ever more, and now I felt my nose leak something odd smelling. I kept my eyes focused on the entity as it continued to emerge from the ocean, I rubbed my nose quickly and checked to see that it had dripped something green of a different hue.

My ears ached as the creature released an unspeakable sound as it finally cast its gaze on me.

In all the ways I figured I would die, I did not think I would in the way of some Lovecraftian KND Broccoli.

I could feel my eyes bleed as a beheld the creature, I almost mistaken it for Ebrietas save for the swap of everything Broccoli wise.

Y̵̘̋o̵͍̿u̵͉͛ ̴̼͑d̵̟̋o̶̗̎ ̸́ͅn̸̺͑o̴̡̍t̵̲͛ ̶͈̆b̷̤͠ẻ̶͉l̶͍̍o̴̺̊n̷̡͊g̶̤͊ ̵͍͂ḣ̵ͅẻ̶̝ṙ̷̼e̴͐ͅ

My ears popped in agony, I let out a silent scream before holding my head in pain. I felt like puking my breakfast from hearing an incomprehensible language.

The creature released a warbled tone of…I couldn't tell what. I glowered at it as I struggled to maintain eye contact within, regardless of the fluids leaking from my eyes. "Whatever you are…I…gah!" I immediately swiveled my head away as the pain became unbearable with my eyes and head.

Y̵̝͑o̵͇̎u̴̗̾ ̴̥́ş̸̛h̴͓͆o̷̩̓u̸͍͆l̶͓̊d̴̗͆ ̵͍̑c̶̻͒ȯ̸͍n̴̳͂s̴̯̓i̶̮͆d̷̻̍e̷̼͋r̴̠̈́ ̴̛̣ỹ̶̡o̸̜̍u̴̪͝r̴͇̍ṣ̶͘e̸̛͈l̵̡̓f̵̝̈́ ̷̻̾l̷̟̋ǘ̶̺c̵̞͝k̷̞̀y̴̘͆,̵͓̈ ̴͍͛h̸̲̐u̸̜͗m̸̰̃a̸̛̜n̸͎͝,̷̞̆ ̷̧̀y̴̢̾o̷̟͗u̷̡̔r̸̺̀ ̴̤̚ǩ̸͓î̴̝n̶̯̚d̴̫̋ ̷̰̈c̵͓̄a̷̬͝n̷͔͐ ̵̢̋h̴̖̏a̸̭̕ń̷̗d̶͇̄ ̷͕̓t̴̰̀h̵͉̏ē̸̲ ̷͍͐s̴̫̾t̶̠̕r̸͙̕e̴͙̒s̷̏͜s̸͓͠ ̴͍̕u̷̢͋n̸̨͠l̶͉͘i̶͉͑k̵͕̓e̸̙͌ ̶̹̎s̸̞̚o̴̩͂ ̸͍̄ṁ̵̻a̶̘̅ṇ̸̐ÿ̶̰ ̵͔̾ơ̸͙ť̴̺h̴̫̓e̸̬̓ṟ̵̊s̸̳̒

I screamed in pain as I rolled around on the 'beach' while holding my ears, "Just stop talking for a second!" I wailed in pain.

That caused the creature to back up a bit in…surprise?, as I turned to look at it once more with continued pain.

Ȟ̷̼m̴͍̅m̴̛͙,̶̫̕ ̸̡͆Ĭ̵͍ ̵̗̊s̷̪̑ẘ̸͇o̷̠̓r̴̲̊e̴͉͝ ̵̻͒ỳ̵̝ȍ̴̖u̶̦̓ ̷̦̏h̷̩̍ṵ̴͘m̸̟̽ã̴̟n̸̤̒s̸̲̋ ̷̳͊a̷̠͛t̷̪͛ȇ̶̼ ̶̡͐e̸̼̚ṅ̸̝o̵̳̓ȕ̶̮ğ̶͎h̸̼̅ ̸̪̈́B̸̫͒r̶̻̓o̷̮̾c̶͈̀c̵̺̀ơ̵̩l̴̳̒i̵̯̋ ̷͇̓t̷̺̊o̴̤̿ ̴͇͌h̷̖̊a̵̤̕ņ̷̈́ḋ̴̙l̸̬̍e̴͎̚ ̵̥́m̸̤̓y̴͈͊ ̷̻̄k̶̠̉î̵͈n̸̹͠'̶͖̂s̵̮̚ ̵̳͝p̴̩̒r̸̯̈́e̴̩̽s̵̞͘e̶̥̊n̴̝͝c̴̤̿e̸̛̩ ̵̺̆b̴̺͂y̷̫͛ ̸͉̿n̷͕̉ơ̵̙w̴̦̑.̷͚͑

My ears kept ringing in pain, I waved at the creature to stop. "I can't understand you! Fuck!" I cursed as I dry heaved while looking away once more.

As I tried to regain myself, the creature grabbed me with its stalks, causing me to panic as it brought me towards its 'face'. My head felt an unbearable amount of pain, but unconsciousness never came to me.

One of its stalks was brought up to my forehead and wrapped around my head. All I knew next was unfathomable pain and agony that felt like an eternity to me. My screams grew hoarse till finally my conscience blacked out

Sector V treehouse

Nigel had his KND holo-database map pulled up within the meeting room, His brows furrowed in contemplation as warnings popped up all over of Broccoli infestations.

"I don't understand." Started Harold from the other side of the table nearby, he viewed the map alongside the others. "Most of the concentrations of Broccoli outbreaks are popping out practically where our-"

Cree shot a look over at Harold, "The eggheads never said this would happen though! This isn't even some sort of Broccolium Reactor meltdown!" She exclaimed.

Nigel scoffed with a glare at Cree, "We warned you teens that Broccoli is trouble! But you never listened!" He rebuked.

Chad rubbed his forehead in frustration, "Please not this again, we keep telling you that this is different compared to what is expected from Broccoli!" He argued.

"For messing around with Broccoli, I-" Wally was saying before getting whacked upside the head by Kuki. "Ow, what, I'm just saying nothing good comes from Broccoli Numbuh 3!" He exclaimed

Kuki glared at Wally, "Are you forgetting who is missing, Numbuh 4?" She eyed him dangerously.

Wally had a confused look before he looked around, "Hey…Where's that Will fellow?" He ask confusedly.

Cree released a sigh, and looked down in worry. "William stayed behind in an attempt to shut off the Reactor…" she rubbed her arm in nervousness.

Nigel frowned at Cree, and looked towards Chad. "Why'd he stay alone?" He asked.

Chad held a grimace on his face, "He figured he would manage to survive somehow…cover himself in that silhouette of his with fire and all…" he answered Nigel.

After a few moments of silence passed, Hoagie was the first to break the silence. "Soooo, who's next in command after him?" He asked somberly.

Cree let out a soft sigh. "Me." She simply answered.

"Got any plans then Sis?" Abigail asked from her spot, leaning against a wall with her arms crossed.

Cree looked over at her little sister, "First off, I have thank you guys for helping us, second, I need a few hours to communicate with other leaders of the Rebellion to get a scope on things." She listed off.

"Why not just destroy the blasted stalks?" Wally asked with a stubborn tone.

Cree blinked before scratching her head in thought, "Not a bad idea Wally…" she smirked at him, "But let's put that later after we figure out if what we're dealing with is simply just giant Broccoli." She chuckled a bit.

The Abyss of the Broccoli Sea

My eyes shot open, before abruptly shutting them in pain as I had glanced at something…I could have sworn I almost died twenty times over, but the creature that held me…felt like it was feeding images into my head to communicate.

My head felt like it was slammed by a sledgehammer over and over, the duration felt like eternity to mere minutes as time felt…time has no feeling…well, the body would feel time if it grew tired but…

I opened my eyes slowly, and beheld the beach I had walked/waded onto. I was lying on the beach of Broccoli buds, with the entity nowhere in sight. Was that all…no, that had to have been all real. I'm in this place for fucks sakes, some warp like place that spawned Broccoli Gods…

Fuck me, fuck my luck.

…at least she…wait, she? I blinked my eyes as I sat up abruptly, my head no longer felt in pain. My head began feed me images that I couldn't discern, but I saw planets destroyed by…

I blinked at the mental images, these were not my memories…Did I get…yeah, I just got mind fucked to see something…I grimaced as I rubbed my head in pain that was popping up. I mild migraine from more images popping up, things I barely understood beyond human tongue. What I could glean from the images were of…

…I seethe in anger, of course the Galactic kids next door would step on so many toes. Destroying planets left and right, ridding worlds that grew Broccoli and all sorts of things kids hated to eat.

If I understood correctly, this universe's Broccoli and to a lesser extent vegetables are a byproduct of these Eldritch beings…

I scoured my mind for more info, only to be not so surprised to find out the purpose for these entities to grow their vegetables in the reality I live in.

They offer a good harvest to prayers and thanks, in turn, those prayers and thanks grant them…substance? Sustenance? Power? Kinda still hard to discern these images planted in my head.

I frowned while looking around, "My real question should be, how the hell do I get back?" I asked aloud, with my voice carrying far into the distance with an echo

I rubbed my face in aggravation, only to stop once I felt line(s) of sorts going down my face…like a scar or something? I traced the line(s) and felt it started from my forehead downwards, splitting right above my nose before stopping under my eyes.

Might have to chalk it up to the cause of interacting with this Eldritch shit, Maybe that's how Raab's people started out?

Still need to get home though, fuck my luck to hell and back…wait, would this place be…nah…

Thoughts for another time.