Numbuh 1 was walking with the rest of the team through the hallways of Moonbase "Good thing we finally got a mission, one directly from Rachel at that"
"I see, so it's a special kind of mission if it comes from her" Numbuh 3 giggled
"Sorry, my wording wasn't the best" Numbuh 1 faked a cough and blushed "It was just such a quiet week, 65.3 wouldn't give us even a single mission"
"If you ask Numbuh 5 you need to get a hobby, you could try candy hunting one of these days" Abby said
"I'm good, that's more like your thing" Numbuh 1 said
"Mind if I tag along?" Numbuh 60 started walking with the members of Sector V
"Numbuh 60, how are the cadets?" Numbuh 1 asked
"To be honest? Pretty good, compared to what I usually get this batch hasn't been half bad" He said "So? What do you guys need with Numbuh 362?"
"She just said it was a mission" Numbuh 2 said "What about you?"
"I need to speak with Numbuh 86 and she happens to be at Central Command, paperwork" Numbuh 60 groaned showing them a clipboard with a few signing papers
Numbuh 4 snatched the clipboard from Numbuh 60's hands and started reading it "This doesn't make any sense!"
Numbuh 5 groaned "Upside down"
"Oh…" Numbuh 4 flipped the clipboard and managed to read it… barely "Just a bunch of teenagers
Numbuh 60 grabbed the clipboard back "Whenever a prisoner is a teenager I need to get Numbuh 86's signature to confirm that the teenager has been decommissioned and if not I need to throw him in a freighter back to moonbase, it's fun" He said
"I imagine" Numbuh 1 sighed
"Come on now you two, Numbuh 86 has so much in common with you Numbuh 60" Numbuh 3 giggled
"Suuuure…" Numbuh 60 rolled his eyes
"Have to agree with Numbuh 3 on that one, you two basically make yelling at others a sport" Numbuh 2 laughed
Numbuh 5 then smirked and looked at Numbuh 60 "You guys could have something to talk about during recess"
"Hilarious" Numbuh 60 blushed
"Would you guys quit it? We arrived" Numbuh 1 said as he and the rest of the team entered the central command room, Numbuh 362 was sitting on a chair with Numbuh 86 right next to her, both girls talked amicably while looking at a few papers, Rachel noticed Sector V approaching and waved at them to come closes
"Hey guys, glad to have you" Rachel said "I was wondering when you would show up, this always happens when there is a drought of mission at your sector" She said
"What do you mean? Didn't you call us here?" Numbuh 1 looked at the supreme leader confused
Numbuh 60 waved his clipboard at Numbuh 86 who groaned and approached the boy with a pen "Have to convince Rachel to drop some of the bureaucracy, can't stand having to see you every week" Fanny said
"The feeling is mutual, I do like the new moonbase though" Numbuh 60 said
While that Numbuh 362 checked her communications console with a worried look "That's… new, there really was a transmission from my console to Sector V but I would have remembered sinding it… maybe a virus?" Rachel sighed "Sorry about that I will have to check for any security breaches, wanna go for lunch before I have to go see the guys over at 2x4?" Rachel smiled at Numbuh 1
"Ehh…." Numbuh 1 looked behind him to his friends grinning at him then sighed "You know what? Su-" Before Numbuh 1 could finish his sentence a loud explosion cut him off, it shaked the moonbase followed by a few screams from afar
"KIDS NEXT DOOR BATTLE STATIONS" Numbuh 362 grabbed a weapon from her pocket, the members of sector V, Numbuh 86 and 60 along with everyone in the room took a combat stance but silence followed "Status" Numbuh 362 reached for her communicator only to be met with Radio silence "Alright… that looks bad" She said, the room was silent except for an annoying beeping sound she thought "Would someone stop this beeping? I'm trying to think!" The girl said then stopped dead in her tracks "Beeping?!" the girl along with other operatives followed the beeping to a loose floorboard, the floorboard revealed a bomb that had only 2 seconds left for explosion
"Rachel!" Numbuh 1 reacted immediately and pushed the girl away
"Nigel!" The last thing Rachel saw before the bomb exploded was Numbuh 1 getting consumed by a red and white shockwave which consumed her shortly after
Numbuh 60 jumped on top of Numbuh 86 to protect the girl who got dazed by the sound of the explosion, the shockwave managed to knock the two out cold as well as everyone in the room
Numbuh 2 was the first to regain his senses, the boy slowly got up from the debris and looked around, the central command was covered in dust with a few pained moans in the background along with the sound of an alarm and debris that was still falling "Is everyone okay?"
"Numbuh 5 got a bump in the head but she is okay" Abby laughed she turned to look at Numbuh 2 and immediately her smile was replaced by a displeased look "Oh boy…" She sighed
"Y-YOU CAN GET OFF ME ALREADY" Numbuh 86 pushed Numbuh 60 aside which the boy responded with a pained grunt, Fanny lowered her head a bit guilty and sighed "Sorry, are you oka-" before she could finish she looked at the boy right next to her and got a confused look on her face, she grabbed her weapon and pointed it at Numbuh 60 "Hands above the head and don't move!"
"Go to hell I save you and you pay me back by pointing a gun at me?!" The boy grabbed the weapon from her hand and then noticed Numbuh 86 was different, not only the girl was taller but she now sported two pigtail bunches, the boy chuckled "Alright, that explains a lot"
"Explains what Teenager?" Numbuh 86 grabbed Patton by the shirt and lifted him up against a wall, Numbuh 60 was taller and looked more buff, he sported a pair of headphones around his neck
The boy sighed then gestured to a glass panel next to him
Numbuh 86 looked at the glass panel and saw a reflection of herself as a teenager, she released Patton then groaned "Can't believe that, an aging bomb?"
Numbuh 86 started complaining to Patton who only laughed at her pouting, it helped Rachel wake up though, the girl immediately noticed the teenagers talking, she sighed and got up "This can wait…" The girl started digging up some debris near where the bomb exploded, it didn't take her long to find Numbuh 1, she rested her head against his chest and breathed a sigh of relief "Alright… he is breathing" she smiled "Just a little bit older too…" She said looking at a taller Numbuh 1, the boy sported the same shades although broken, he wore a vest over a casual red shirt, she then turned to her side and saw her reflection on a broken monitor, her hair was long now instead of the short cut she used to sport, she was wearing an orange knitwear dress instead of her usual clothes as well "Huh… Mom was right, long hair really looks good on me" She chuckled
"Rachel?" Numbuh 1 looked at the teenage girl confused
"Apparently we got a teenage bomb attack" She smiled at him "You okay?"
Numbuh 1 slowly got up then sat on the floor "No! How can I be okay? I'm a teenager!"
"Calm down, for starters, what was the big idea with pushing me like that?" Rachel punched the boy on the shoulder "What if you got hurt because of me?" She said looking at him with a disapproving look "Now answer me, are you hurt?"
"N-No… Sorry" Numbuh 1 lowered his head "I didn't want to see you get hurt… you aren't hurt are you?
"No" She sighed "Look, you have a team to get back to at the end of the day, don't worry about me that much alright? I can take care of myself" She smiled at him patting him on the back "Loved the new style by the way, the vest and the shirt look so good" She said
"Uhhh… I… thanks, the new hair suits you too" Numbuh 1 blushed smiling at her
Numbuh 362 got caught by surprise by the compliment "Oh, w-what this? My mom always said long hair would look good on me… thanks" The girl said, the mood now got a bit awkward between the two, Numbuh 362 slowly got up "I… have to see how the others are doing and you know… the base… bye" The girl quickly left "Idiot Idiot… the vest and the shirt? Who compliments that?" She said shaking her head
"Her mom says that hair looks good on her, way to go Nigel" Numbuh 1 lowered his head
A few meters away from where Numbuh 1 was resting, Numbuh 3 rested below Numbuh 4, the boy had jumped on top of her to protect the girl but was still unconscious, the girl could hear the Australian boy now a teenager softly breathing, she ruffled his hair calmly while smiling at him
"Numbuh 3, you okay?" Numbuh 5 had just reached the two operatives
"I'm fine, Wally is sleeping" She giggled
"You already know about the teenager stuff?" Numbuh 5 asked
Kuki laughed then looked at Numbuh 4 "This snoring is unmistakable" She said while looking at a boy wearing a pair of cargo pants along with an orange shirt under a sleeveless dark orange hoodie "How is Hank?" Numbuh 3 snickered
"Don't even start" Numbuh 5 laughed along with Numbuh 3 "By the way, love the new look girl, could lose the growing up stuff but Numbuh 5 gotta admit teenager Numbuh 3 has style" She said looking at Numbuh 3 who was sporting a long ponytail and a green and white dress that made her look more mature
"Teenager Numbuh 5 is sooo pretty as well" Numbuh 3 giggled looking at her friend who still wore her usual red cap but now had her hair loose, she was wearing a basketball shirt along with a pair of jeans short shorts
"Ugh… would the two of you shut up… I'm trying to sleep…" Numbuh 4 complained, he slowly opened his eyes only to see Numbuh 3 under him, the boy immediately jumped back startled by how close he was with the girl and by her new look "H-How long did I pass out?"
Both Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 5 looked at each other and burst out laughing in response while Numbuh 4 argued with the two
"Comms are back" Numbuh 362 said while fidgeting with a console "Huh, the base is mostly fine, anyone alive out there?"
"Hey, Numbuh 362 Sir" Numbuh 35 answered, the boy looked at teenager Numbuh 362 a bit surprised "Oh man, it got you guys too?" Bartie was a really tall teenager sporting a buzzcut while wearing a set of clothes that resembled the ones he already wore as kid only bigger
"It says here you are in the cafeteria, what is the damage?" Numbuh 362 asked
"The kitchen got destroyed but aside from that everyone is fine, Numbuh 23 is with me but she hasn't woken up yet, she is breathing so I guess it's good" Bartie said with a worried tone "I was about to carry her over to the infirmary Sir, sorry I can't help"
"It's alright, update me on Numbuh 23 later, hope she gets better soon" Numbuh 362 said, the girl turned around to see some operatives cleaning the Central command room already"Make sure to search for any traces of the bomb" She then frowned upon noticing Numbuh 86 was still arguing with Numbuh 60
"How can you not be freaking out? We JUST got bombed" Numbuh 86 grabbed Numbuh 60 by the shirt angry at the boy
"I'm just saying it could be worse, we aren't zombies for starters" Numbuh 60 laughed
"Have to agree with Numbuh 60 on this one, I will have pimples over wrinkles thank you" Rachel approached the two "Enjoy the time to chit-chat, I will put you two up for a mission to find out who did this before the day is over… Same thing for Sector V" Rachel smiled to herself upon hearing Numbuh 1 celebrating in the back
"Wait, you want me to go on a mission with him?" Numbuh 86 looked at Patton then at Rachel
"Any problem with that soldier?" Rachel asked Numbuh 86 in a serious tone
"No…" Numbuh 86 lowered her head feeling defeated as Numbuh 362 walked towards the members of sector V "I hate when she does that…" She looked at Numbuh 60
"You will live" Patton sighed "Come on, let's investigate the area, not like we can go back to work like this out of the blue, I would probably get shot on sight over at Arctic if I showed up like this" Patton laughed while he rummaged through the debris near where the bomb exploded
"I will have you guys over at moonbase for some time, I can't depend only on those two to search for clues, hope you don't mind if I boss your team around for a while" Rachel looked at Numbuh 1
"I guess they could use the change of pace" Numbuh 1 said "Just make sure to not leave me out of the missions"
"I will keep that in mind, clean the command room first then we can plan what to do, we also need to investigate who sent that false message, I will check around the base to access the damage, I will be back in… about an hour" Rachel said before leaving the room clearly a bit stressed
"Numbuh 2, search the logs over at her console, we can use it to track who sent the false message, the rest of us will get to cleaning the command room" Numbuh 1 said while grabbing some debris
"May as well help them, come on" Numbuh 60 approached Numbuh 1 and started helping the boy while Numbuh 86 helped Numbuh 3 lift some pieces of metal that destroyed one of the consoles
While that Numbuh 362 walked around the moonbase, most operatives seemed to be fine "The bomb wasn't that potent it appears, well, besides the fact everyone in the base is a teenager" She sighed
"Numbuh 362 Sir!" The Numbuh 44 twins saluted Rachel as she passed by
"At ease soldiers, any trouble?" She asked the now teenage twins
"Some operatives got restless after turning into teens so we locked them up, people are just cleaning some of debris for now
"Did you guys see anything suspicious? What about injured? Did you see many?" Rachel asked
"No, you should check where the first bomb exploded, it was over at the viewing deck" 44a answered Rachel
"All injured are going to the infirmary, we haven't seen any sign of blood so far if that's what you asking, this guy here would have passed out if we did" 44b snickered at his twin brother who nudged him in the ribs in response
"Thanks, take care you two" Numbuh 362 headed to the viewing deck where she found two operatives sitting on a bench one of them resting their head on the shoulder of the other, the viewing deck was already mostly clean from the debris and only a fine layer of dust could be seen on the floor, as she approached the two operatives she noticed their clothes were oddly similar
The boy noticed Numbuh 362 approaching and looked at the girl "Uhhh… Numbuh 362? Is that you Sir?" The boy asked, he wore a large dark blue hoodie with a brown ushanka that covered his vision, the boy was slightly taller than Numbuh 362 and had a bit of a beard already forming on his chin
"Numbuh 84?" Numbuh 362 approached the boy for a closer look "Damn, I barely recognized you" Rachel smiled at the boy "You look older than the guys at Sector V"
"I think it's just genetics or something like that, my father has a beard too" He laughed then stopped as he felt the person right next to him moving
Rachel then noticed a girl sleeping on his shoulder, she was on the small side but definitely a teenager, the girl was wearing a pink shirt along with a pink skirt, on her head two blonde twin tails could be seen, she looked a bit scared "Sonia?" Rachel said quietly
"She got scared by the explosion so I decided to stay with her here for now, sorry if it looks like I'm lazing around Sir" Numbuh 84 said
"It's alright Lee, you are a good boy" Rachel chuckled "Try heading to the infirmary later if you notice anything wrong with her though, she is lucky to have you"
Lee blushed "I… uh… thanks" he said a bit embarrassed as he watched the supreme leader leave
After that Rachel decided to head to the infirmary, as she thought it was packed, she went straight to the doctor who was on duty "Hi… Numbuh… 1928?"
"Glad you recognized me sir, Hope you guys manage to revert this, I won't miss the pimples" Numbuh 1928 said while he looked after a patient
"Any serious injuries?" Rachel asked a bit worried
"The bombs were pretty weak, just there for the aging effect you see? The fact we use pretty light stuff to build our bases helps too" the boy laughs "Just some bumps and scratches, nothing to worry about, Numbuh 23 was the last one to wake up, she got a cut on the forehead but that's about it" The boy said
"Thanks, where is she? I managed to talk to Numbuh 35 before coming here, he said he would carry her here so I was a bit worried" Rachel said
"Third room to your left, since she was one of the more serious cases I gave her a private room instead of just a bed" Numbuh 1928 said
Numbuh 362 headed to the room, she heard laughing from inside "Was worried for nothing, Numbuh 23 is tougher than nails" Numbuh 362 entered the room and gasped but managed to cover her mouth just in time to not get caught, right in front of her Numbuh 35 was kissing Numbuh 23 in the lips while the girl laid on the infirmary bed, as they parted lips both operatives let out a joyful laugh to each other
"Hey come on, I just woke up, that's unfair" Numbuh 23 chuckled "Well.. the mood was right, so will let you off"
"Sorry… It's just… You are really pretty right now" Numbuh 35 said "Not that old Virginia was ugly it's just… Sorry" Bartie blushed "I… always liked you"
"You aren't so bad yourself… I like teenager Bartie, so tall…" Virginia laughed then pulled the boy in for another kiss, the girl had her hair loose as a teenager and wore a black tank top along with a pair of beige cargo pants"I always liked you too"
"Are we… dating now?" Bartie asked
"I hope so, I ain't kissing you as a friend" Virginia laughed "Hey… this teenager stuff can have some benefits you know… I feel more at ease near you now" She chuckled
Rachel slowly backed away and even more slowly closed the door as she left, the girl then sat right next to their room with her face burning red "Oh god… I wasn't ready for this…" Rachel said her head full of embarrassing thoughts as the image of the two operatives kissing got printed on her memory