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Chapter 4: Escape
Brotherhood H.Q.
Danika dodged Nigel's fireballs, running up and trying to slash the Brit. He ducked and kicked her off her feet, then dodged before Nolan could blast him. It took a moment for Nigel to recognize him. "…Numbuh 2030? YOU'RE with the Brotherhood?"
"The boy that was 'Numbuh 2030' is long gone. Now it's just Nolan York." He fired more missiles, which Nigel stylishly flipped and dodged. "You were supposed to go on that mission! It's YOUR fault Corey was killed! Yours and Rachel's!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I'll explain later, Nigel." Rachel told him. "Just focus on attacking."
At this time, Yin and Yang were trying to fight Matthew and Scarlet. "You shouldn't have snuck into our hideout." Matt said.
"I knew you had a bad past, but I didn't think you would become a villain!" Yin shouted.
"I was kinda already going down that path. And it's kinda fun!"
When Yang tried to punch Scarlet, the cat ducked and kicked him away. "That's what you get for sparing my life." she said, raising her metal claws.
"No! Wait!"
Scarlet was suddenly tackled by Rachel, pinning her down as she aimed her punching glove staff at her glaring face. Sadly, Rachel was pushed away by a fire blast. "You won't win that easily, ho ho ho!" Koume laughed as she and Kotake were on their brooms.
"Time to freeze you to your soul, eh heh heh." Kotake followed.
Before they could act, Zant was suddenly flung into the room toward the witches, knocking them away. They turned to see Annie, Emily, and the aliens coming in, followed by Vaati.
"Cosmo! Nova!" Nigel exclaimed, surprised and happy to see them.
"Nigel!" Nova beamed.
"Good. We can use more help—AHH!" Katie was knocked away by a Gas Bomb.
"Hey, scary lady!" Leopold shouted. "Get ready to suck my-"
"PLEASE don't finish that sentence!" Katie and Danika said at once.
Leo just stuck his tongue out at them before burping another Gas Bomb at Katie. The Nightmare girl unleashed a Fear Scream at him, but she was tackled by Jeremiah. "I'll teach you the meaning of pain!"
"You like pain?" Kami asked before running in and kicking him. "Try looking at Ms. Chow's butt!"
"Well, I never!" Ms. Chow yelled, looking up from beating Violet with a ruler.
"Oh, speak of the cow!" Kami said before shooting at her with a S.C.A.M.P.P.. She was then punched across the face by Jeremiah. Kami recovered and the two started throwing punches at each other. Cad Bane aimed a missile at them and fired, blowing up the ground in front of them and sending them flying. They landed on top of each other, but Jeremiah kicked Kami off and got to his feet, whipping out his pocketknife and running to strike her. Kami got up and swung her feet at his knife hand to block his strikes, and eventually kicked the weapon away. She kicked Jeremiah across the chin, the boy looking at her angrily, but Kami punched his face and knocked him back.
Ava drew out her swords and readied for battle, determined as ever. Kweeb just stood by her right foot, looking worriedly at the many large villains. "Feel free to stay back, Kweeb, but I'm gonna kick some arse." Without giving him a chance to speak, she ran forward and started clashing with Zant's swords.
Kweeb stood in place and watched her fight with fire in her heart. Seeing the way Ava swiftly swung her arms, moving fast on her feet, made memories flow through his head. (Play "Gold and Oden" (the first part) from One Piece.)
Kweeb was a new operative at Galactic Kids Next Door. Numbuhs 74.239 and Infinity, loyal operatives to the Kateenian Kids Next Door, revealed to be of a different race as they recruited Kweeb into GKND. He couldn't be more excited, even though he was forced to leave his friends and family. He was the strongest of his planet, and he couldn't wait to help other alien operatives battle adult tyranny across the universe.
Sadly, things didn't start off so well. The tiny Kateenian felt so feeble and helpless as a gang of alien operatives, of many different races, towered over him imposingly. They had such big feet from his view, and they could easily squash him like an ant. An alien kid who looked like a blue cat said tauntingly, "Awww, wook at the dumb little Kateeniaaan. Don'tchu have somewhere ELSE to be, shrimp?"
"Well, I wasn't chosen as best of my planet for nothin'!" Kweeb retorted.
"Please. You're only the best by YOUR standards. Everyone KNOWS Kateenians are the weakest race. I mean, you really think you last a chance out on the field?"
"We Kateenians are a PROUD people!" he yelled determinedly.
"Shyah right. But you aren't brave enough to go any farther from your planet. If you're so tough, try and block against THIS!" He swung his foot, sending Kweeb flying and smashing against the wall. The aliens laughed and approached, and he was snatched by a tall, buff alien, who threw him on the ground, and an alien girl, who was made out of fire, spat small flames on him. Kweeb ran around on fire, screaming as everyone burst into loud, booming laughter.
"Peh. Useless bug." As he walked by, the cat boy stepped on Kweeb, but his soft paw didn't crush him. Kweeb merely lay on the floor in depression and defeat. He opened his eyes when he felt a shadow over him. He was afraid more bullies had come to torture him, but saw that it was a pink-skinned girl and a green-skinned boy.
"Hey, buddy. Are you okay?" the green boy asked.
"Oh, you poor little thing!" the pink girl said, bending over with a worried look. "Are you hurt?"
"Errr." Kweeb sat up, rubbing his head. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine. I'm used to it."
"I'm very sorry that happened to you." the girl said compassionately as she scooped Kweeb up in her hands. "I wish we were here sooner."
"No problem." Kweeb smiled modestly. "My name's Kweeb. I'm Kateenian."
"Hey, I'm Cosmo!" the green kid smiled. "I'm from Pumparia."
"And my name is Nova of Harnita." the pink girl said. "It's very nice to meet you, Kweeb."
"Heheh! You too!"
"Hey, wanna try out the alien sodas?" Cosmo asked. "I bet you don't even need much!"
"I can drink more than you!"
"You're on!" With that, they carried their new friend off in a hurry.
Kweeb was in GKND for 10 years since then, and his main job has been fixing up machines and weapons, since he was small enough to fit inside them. "Excellent work taday, Little Mac." Numbuh 20x40 complimented. "You can go now. Seeeee ya latah!"
Kweeb despondently walked down the enormous hallway of GKND H.Q.. Since he joined GKND, he was hoping for more action than just fixing weapons. He wishes he wasn't smaller than everyone else. He would've wished for Jirachi to make him bigger, but that would go against his customs. Besides, it would feel too weird if he was bigger than all the other Kateenians.
"Hah! Hyah!" His ears(?) perked as he walked by the training room's open door, looking in to see a thin, white-skinned girl with black hair and a purple dress. She swiftly dodged and swung two swords at the training droids, moving gracefully on her feet. Kweeb saw her black sandals were laid near the gym's exit.
Kweeb calmly approached, fascinated by this girl's style. She looked very strong and fearless. Something Kweeb wishes he could be. Next to her, Kweeb would feel even more insignificant. No one could push this girl around easily, especially not him and his feeble little arms. He still stared, mesmerized by her swift motion. He approached and climbed the gym's mat as he stared beautifully.
The girl had beheaded all of the training robots, and she smirked as she sheathed her swords in her belt. Kweeb's eyes remained wide with wonder at her confident smile as she stepped forward, in his direction. His eyes directed down to her huge, bare feet, and he shook back to reality too late. "Aaah!-" The girl stepped on him and kept walking. Kweeb lay flat on the crater that was left on the mat for several minutes. Eventually, he pulled himself up.
"Why do you want her to notice you, anyway?" Cosmo asked the following day. "You know Dimentia doesn't want anyone to love."
"I don't LOVE her!" Kweeb refuted. "I just… think she's really cool, and… well, I wanna be like her, too! She's so brave, and… fearless…" He stared dreamily at the white-skinned girl from the distance. "Siiigh… I could never be like her."
"Sure you can!" Cosmo said positively.
Kweeb's eyes perked up. "But… how?"
"I'll train you to be stronger! Come on, let's go to the gym." He carried Kweeb off.
They spent the whole day in the training room, as Cosmo lay on his belly while his tiny friend punched his open hand rapidly, over and over again. Cosmo's big green hand was thick, so Kweeb's tiny hands dealt no pain, and Cosmo barely felt it. Regardless, Kweeb had a fierce look about him, and he felt himself getting stronger with each punch. Later, Cosmo was barefoot as he determinedly tried to step on Kweeb, but the tiny alien swiftly jumped and dodged his stomps. At some points, Kweeb slipped, but was unharmed as Cosmo's feet smashed him against the soft mat. In time, Kweeb lasted for 10 whole minutes without getting stomped. And when Cosmo pinned him under his toe, Kweeb took a huge bite and made Cosmo step off. Kweeb then went up Cosmo's pants and quickly moved around before reaching the head, attacking Cosmo's eyes.
Kweeb laughed, remembering his first victory over someone bigger than him. Cosmo looked so humiliated. Kweeb shook back to reality, recalling the fight taking place. The roaring screams and punches echoed in his tiny (still invisible) ears, and the sound of Ava's swords clinging with Zant's were heard the most. Kweeb shook his previous worries off, and a determined look appeared. (End song.)
The wind sorcerer, Vaati was in a battle with Annie now, throwing several punches at her while she defended. He noticed Kweeb on the floor by the entrance. "I remember when I was that little." Vaati said. "Didn't really like it. That's why I'm glad I abandoned my puny people and joined Ganondorf."
"Then you're basically like everyone else here." she said, holding back his fist as he tried to punch.
Vaati blew her away with an air blast. "So are you, by the look of it."
Cosmo drew out his bo staff and started attacking several other villains, such as Katarou, See-More, Angel, and Mad Mod. Nova was loitering around, wondering what to do, until Wintergreen, the butler, came with a plate of tea and said, "Would you like some tea, Miss?"
"Huh? Why, of course! Thank you!" But before she could take it, the pale butler spilled the tea into her eyes. "AAAHHHH!"
"NOVA!" Cosmo screamed, running over to attack the butler, but was kicked back by Lehcar.
"You won't see mercy from me—AH!" She was hit across the face by Rachel's staff.
"Why don't you try picking on someone your own size? AND looks?"
"Very well. YAH!" The two were locked in an intense brawl once again.
Violet and Scarlet were in yet another clash of claws. "I suppose you're gonna question why I'm doing this and convince me to change sides." Scarlet said.
"Great minds think alike, Scar."
"If you hadn't run away, Victoria would still be around! I had to find another home, and this was it!"
"YOU'RE the one who ran away after we defeated Malladus! I wanted to invite you to live at the treehouse!"
"Listen to yourself! You don't give a damn about her AT ALL!" Scar slashed a more furious slice, barely missing Violet as her clothes were cut.
"There's no changing your mind, is there?"
As Kweeb watched the battle from the sidelines, Ava still clashed with Zant, and her swords were knocked away, and Kweeb dodged before they stabbed right next to him. He looked in terror as Zant was about to stab Ava, who was knocked on the ground. "Say good-bye!" Kweeb immediately ran behind Zant and shot him in the butt with his ray gun. "NYAAAHHHH!" he cried, leaping high up in the air and landing on his head, his butt sticking straight up. Ava smiled to Kweeb before running over and grabbing her swords, then going over to slash at Zant's rear. "NYAAAHHHHHHH!" Zant screamed again, standing up and hopping around, gripping his bottom.
Kweeb hurried over to Annie, the girl looking down to see him. "Hey!" he panted. "How good is your aim?"
"Good. Why?"
"I need you to flick me into that girl's eye." he said, pointing over to Lehcar, who was still fighting Rachel.
"Okay." Annie said, picking him up. She pulled out a slingshot and put Kweeb inside, squinting as she aimed at Lehcar's left eye. With a steady aim, she released, and Kweeb flew fast dead into Lehcar's left eye.
"OWW! MY EYE!" Lehcar screamed, gripping it.
"Here! I'll get it out!" Rachel said before bashing Lehcar across the face.
Kweeb flew out, and as a result, over to Scarlet, grabbing onto a hair strand and swinging across her face. "I'll clean your ears out now!" he yelled before swinging up into her left cat ear. He put his fingers in his mouth and made a whistle, a loud one at that.
"REEEEEOOOOOOWWWWW!" Scarlet screamed, shaking her head rapidly at the sound. Violet kicked her upside the head and knocked her out before running.
Kweeb was flung out of her ear, landing smoothly on the ground on his feet. He then looked up as Leo towered over him. "You're mine now, Pest!" He started stomping all around, trying to crush Kweeb, who moved too fast. The alien bounced over to Scarlet's tail, where Leo followed and raised his foot. The alien jumped just as Leo stomped down, causing him to crush the werecat's tail.
"OOOOOWWWWWW!"
"Oops! Hehehe." Leo chuckled nervously. Scarlet kicked him in the crotch and knocked him out.
"YOU!" Kweeb looked up to see an angry Lehcar. The fiery princess started stabbing her sword down as Kweeb dodged. "AHH!" Lehcar shouted when Kweeb shot her in the right eye. As a result, she started throwing fire around uncontrollably, causing her to melt the frozen characters out of the ice.
"NOOO!" Mallah screamed.
"O' RIGHT, MATES! Cap'n Marine is back! Now, le's kick some drongo booty!" With that, the raccoon sheila leaped down and started punching Elijah.
"HEY, KNOCK IT OFF!" Elijah shouted.
"Eh?" Marine stopped. "Wot are YOU doin' here?!"
"Marine KNOWS him?!" everyone chorused.
"Uh… kind of a funny story-" Elijah began.
Nolan blasted a net and caught Marine. "Save it for after we catch them AGAIN!"
"Not on MY watch!" Nigel shot fire and burned the net.
"I'm going for the jar!" Rachel declared. "YAAAHH!" She bounced on her staff up to the air and prepared to strike Brain. "WHOA!" she yelped when Madame Rouge wrapped her left arm around her.
"Children. You never learn—OH!" She dropped Rachel as she was knocked away by Chad.
"But we teens seem to manage okay!"
"Don't count your blessings, yet." With that, Chad was struck by an energy beam. He looked up with surprise at his younger sister.
"April!"
"Surprised to see me here?" she asked rhetorically before spewing another beam which Chad dodged. "I bet you wish you let me join now."
"The reason I didn't let you join was because you barely had control over your powers! They were way too dangerous to have in the KND."
"Shyah, THAT'S the reason." April remarked. "Well, it doesn't matter. Now that I'm in BOE, the only one in danger here is you, Big Brother."
"Boy, everyone here has SERIOUS issues." Nigel remarked. "Chad's sister, Violet's cousin-" He dodged one of Nolan's missiles.
"And it's all thanks to selfish people who don't give a crap about us." Nolan stated.
Chad was grabbed by Danika, holding a dagger to his neck. April held a hand to him and said, "Get ready to cry, Brother."
And that's when a cannonball burst in and knocked her away. "Ugh! WHAT'S going on NOW?!" Danika shouted.
They all immediately turned their attention to Johnny and Plank, who blew the walls down and marched in with their army, along with several 2x4 W.A.T.C.H.B.O.T.S.. Johnny held Plank up on his mop staff as he spoke. "What TERRIBLE construction…" Plank said quietly. "Ahem, greetings, fellow operatives and villains. Sorry to rain on such a goring little brawl here, but I'm afraid the only one that will be conquering this world… is wood!"
"What?" Rachel cocked a brow. After everything that's just happened, this had by far been the most ridiculous.
"You humans treated us wood like we were nothing. But now it is us who will make you into nothing. Fire at Will!" With that, a large wooden slingshot fired a cannonball.
At this time, a little boy, an old man, and a robot were walking by. "Gee, Dr. Smith. This doesn't seem like a very safe place to be." The boy was blown away by the cannonball.
"OH, WILLIAM!" Dr. Smith cried.
Plank laughed. "Okay, attack everybody else!"
"YAAAHH!" The wobbly boards and 2x4 robots roared and charged forward. Nolan immediately started firing missiles. Johnny 2x4 leapt down and raced for the handicapped boy, his staff, with Plank's end, aimed to him. Nolan boosted forward as Johnny leapt, and Nolan turned to shoot more lasers. Johnny swiftly dodged up to Nolan and started pounding him in the face with Plank's end.
"Come on, Boy," pound, "you don't think," pound, "you stand a chance," pound, "at winning, do you?" Plank said, pausing at each hit. Nolan ducked the next one and punched Plank off. Johnny simply leapt behind him and kicked him out of his chair. As Nolan tried to crawl away, Plank bounced over to him. "Oh, how sad to see a human whose legs are useless looking up to a piece of wood who moves quite well without legs." He smirked. "It's quite obvious we deserve to rule over you."
"AHH!" Nolan yelled, trying to punch him. Plank jumped back over to Johnny, who tied him back on the staff. "It's the end for you." Plank said when Johnny was about to stab down. A dagger suddenly flew over and stuck Johnny into a wall. Danika dashed over, helped Nolan up, and sat him back in his chair.
Cad Bane was trying to shoot Cosmo, who swiftly dodged. Kami watched the bounty hunter fly up, took off her right shoe, and threw it at his left rocket. "Aaahhhh!" Bane screamed, flying uncontrollably and ramming Aurra into a wall.
"I'll leave you lovebirds alone." Kami smirked, slipping her shoe back on and running over to help Ava fight Wintergreen.
With Eva's group…
As Wally, Abby, and Eva continued to sneak through the base, they finally made it to a room with a large computer. "Look! Here it is!" Abby exclaimed, going over to said computer.
"Well, what does it say?" Wally asked.
"'Negatar Gnaa and the Legendary Firstborn.'" Eva read. "Last updated by Monsieur Mallah."
"Numbuh 5 hopes they won't mind if she borrows these files." Abby said, inserting a flash drive and copying them over.
"Not so fast!" They turned with a start to see Yllaw, Atlas, and Adonis standing in the entrance. "Just where do you think you're going?" the goatee boy asked.
"Well, if it ain't my facial hair-loving opposite. Long time no see." Wally said smugly. "Still a coward?"
"I may be a coward, but I'm still smarter than you, and I was smart enough to hire my own bodyguards! Get 'im, guys!"
"Nobody tells Atlas what to do." Atlas said.
"Just stop them from downloading the cruddy thing!" The two buff villains did so and charged. Eva whipped out water with her bending and used it to electrocute Atlas. She then used a Water Slice to chop up Adonis' armor, making the wimp fall out and cower away.
"So, it's just me, huh?" Yllaw asked. "Well, you won't win this time. I'm gonna beat you if it's the last thing I-" He was silenced when Wally punched him in the nose. "Owaaiiii." He fainted.
"Heh." Wally smirked. "It's as SIMPLE as THAT!"
"Okay, it's finished." Abby said. "Let's get out of here!"
Close to the battle site
Rachel and Johnny were in a clash with their staffs, the gourd-wearing boy knocking her to the ground. "Ooh, you're pretty! Too bad you're a WOODHATER!" But just before he could attack, he was hit by a laser and knocked away.
Rachel sat up and looked to see her brother and Sector W, Harvey coolly blowing out smoke from a S.C.A.M.P.P.. "HARVEY!"
"Don't start the fun without me, Sis!"
From their stand, The Brain and Monsieur Mallah watched all the fighting go on. Katie continued to scare Leo in the form of a dinosaur, Kami was still in her fist fight with Jeremiah, same with Yin and Matthew, and Emily was blasting villains with her ecto rays. "Ze Kids Next Door have more allies zan we anticipated." Mallah said.
"Indeed, there numbers are growing. But ours will overpower them… in time. For now, I believe we have collected enough data. Monsieur Mallah, you may initiate the self-destruct."
"With pleasure." With that, a button raised up beside them, and Mallah pressed it.
"WARNING: Self-destruct sequence initiated. All villains retreat. If you're a hero, feel free to stay behind." The computer said in a deep male voice. "WARNING: Self-destruct sequence initiated. All villains retreat. If you're a hero, feel free to stay behind."
"Enjoy this victory, Kids Next Door." The Brain said as Mallah, Madame Rouge, Nolan, Danika, and April gathered around him. "When my villains face you again, you will ALL face destruction." With strong psychic energy, Brain teleported his group.
Mumbo Jumbo enlarged his top-hat and laid it on its side. "QUICK! EVERYONE GET INTO MY HAT!" Each and every villain began to dive into the magic hat.
"They're getting away!" Nigel shouted.
"Forget about them, Nigel, we have to escape!" Rachel yelled.
Somewhere else in the base
"Hey hey hey, what's going on?" Gary asked frantically.
"Come on, Gary, we gotta go!" Dan exclaimed as they ran away.
"EVERYONE, RETREAT!" Immortus yelled to the many Stormtroopers that were fleeing the base. Gary spared one last glance to the base, feeling somewhat worried about the girls and aliens. He shook the thought off and kept running.
Back with the others
"Errr! I don't know how to shut it off!" Herbie exclaimed, examining the button.
"What canst we do?! We art all DOOMED!" Luvbi cried.
"Just get everyone out of here!" Rachel ordered. "This place is as good as gone!"
Lehcar slowly recovered and looked to see Harvey shooting off more Planks, while every other Plank Troop, including Johnny and Plank, had escaped. She noticed the Darkness Cannon that Zant dropped. She rolled over, grabbed it, stood up, charged and aimed, and FIRED the laser, successfully hitting Harvey. "AAHHH!"
"HARVEY!" Rachel cried.
"YES! A DIRECT HIT!" Lehcar declared.
"Grrrrr!" Rachel growled in anger.
"Good going, Girl!" Scarlet said, high-fiving her.
"LEHCAR! SCARLET!" They turned their attention to Ganondorf and his henchmen. "Time to go!" The two nodded and ran after them down a hall.
"COME BACK HERE!" Rachel pursued them in anger.
"Weren't you saying we have to escaped?!" Violet shouted, following her with Nigel joining.
"We have to go, too!" Chad yelled to the others, running out while they followed after him. Angie and Sonya grabbed Harvey and followed.
Yin stopped and looked back, for Matthew was the last person to enter Mumbo's hat. He passed her a look before diving in the hat. Mumbo shrunk the hat, put it back on his head, and vanished in a poof.
Ganon, Lehcar, and Scar were later boarding some sort of rocket. "This should get us to Moonbase." he said.
"WAIT!" Vaati yelled. "There's not enough room for me and Zant."
Ganon thought for a moment, then sighed as he pulled out his keys and gave them to Zant. "Take my car. Meet us back at Mt. Gnaa. And try not to get it scratched." With that, the demon thief boarded the rocket right when it took off. Nigel, Rachel, and Violet arrived just in time to watch them leave. Koume and Kotake flew away on their brooms while Vaati and Zant jumped down to a lower level.
Just then, Kade flew by them on his KNN C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. with Eva's group onboard. "We have all the others with us, GET IN!" he yelled. Rachel, Nigel, and Violet jumped into the open door and flew off, escaping just before the Brotherhood Base exploded into an enormous fireball.
KND Moonbase
The two girls and Ganon were getting ever so closer to Moonbase. "Girls: today's lesson is about the Moonbase. And how it will eventually IMPLODE in on itself! Would you like to see that happen?"
"YES!" they exclaimed.
"You'll have to. Because YOU will be the ones doing it! Prepare to board."
The rocket soon landed in the hangar as Fanny and Patton approached, curiously. They watched as a stairway appeared and Lehcar and Scarlet stepped down. "Numbuh 362!" Fanny exclaimed as they saluted. "Numbuh 9-Lives."
"Care to tell us what's with the rocket?" Patton asked.
Lehcar simply responded by charging lightning and firing at Fanny. "WHOA!"
Scarlet then scampered over and scratched at Patton, making his clothes fall to pieces. "AIIEE!" he screamed, running away in embarrassment.
The girls turned to Ganon as he came down the stairs. He rose an arm and pointed. "Go." With that, the two immediately charged into the Moonbase's interior. The operatives screamed and ran in terror as Lehcar fired lightning and exploded parts. Scarlet threw her shurikens all around and blew up several balconies. Bartie tried shooting at Scarlet, but she evaded and dashed up, slicing his weapon to pieces. Virginia tried blowing Shadow Breath at Lehcar, but she countered with her fire breath, running over and kicking Virginia away. Fanny came back and tried her best as she threw green flames at Lehcar. The Evil Princess once again countered, eventually knocking the Irish redhead off her feet.
"Fanny, let's go!" Patton yelled, grabbing her while Bartie grabbed Virginia as they ran out. The two girls stood and watched with smirks as the Moonbase began to collapse.
The operatives watched from the KNN C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. as the Moonbase was falling to pieces. Horror plagued their faces while, inside, Ganondorf was laughing maniacally. Nigel held his serious look, ready as always to fight. "LET'S GO!" Kade hit the boost on the ship as it shot inside.
This was just a preview to the REAL fight with the Brotherhood of Evil!