Legend of the Eight Firstborn, Chapter 67

All-right, everybody… NOW is where everything falls apart.

Chapter 67: Revan Bane Sidious

KND Moonbase

Nigel and Nolan later returned to Moonbase, and Nolan’s mind was still conflicted with the impossible decision he had been given earlier. “Hey, Nigel!” Rachel smiled when she saw them come onto the bridge, the leader hurrying over with Danika. “Where’ve you guys been?”

“We went to Nolan’s house to see his mom. She… wasn’t home.” Nigel answered.

“Oh… sorry, Nolan.” Rachel patted his shoulder.

Nolan then glanced left, seeing Doug and Gwen, the latter back in her decommissioning gear. Doug only looked away in anger, but Gwen nervously scratched her head and walked over. “Nolan, about down at the beach, I…”

“Don’t worry about it, Gwen. It’s okay.”

“Anyway, we found some information that might help us find this ’23 BBY’.” Rachel continued. “Matt read that the GUN Commander used to be an operative during the same time as Numbuh 23 BBY, and never got an official decommissioning.”

“Hmmm.” Nigel rubbed his chin. “The GUN Commander, huh? Well, he is sort of on our side now. Wait, where is Matt?”

“Oh. He said he had something else to do.”

“Hm. It’s not like him to leave out on learning operative history.” Nigel chuckled. “Well, I guess we’ll have to go without him. Wanna come, Nolan?”

“Um, no thanks. Me and the Commander… had sort of a nasty run-in back at the invasion. Hehe.” Nolan scratched his head sheepishly.

“Hm hm. Okay, then. We’ll see you in a little bit.” With that, the two leaders left to the hangar.

Danika then noticed the worried look on Nolan’s face. “Is… something wrong, Nolan?”

“What? N-No… nothing’s wrong.”

“You sure? You know you can tell me.”

“I know, Danika. But… I’m fine.”

“If you say so. I’m goin’ to the pretzel wing!” Danika excitedly smiled and ran off.

“I’m coming, too.” Dimentia figured, following after her. “Oh, and welcome back to the good side!” she smiled at Nolan, tossing Jirachi’s Spirit Ball in her hands.

Nolan’s eyes focused on the Spirit Ball before she was out of sight, then sighed depressedly. He’d really like to tell Danika what just happened, but if things ended up for the worst, he didn’t want her to share the blame, so he couldn’t tell her. “So, why are they checking out this ’23 BBY’ again?” he asked Gwen and Doug.

“Beats me.” Doug shrugged. “Numbuh 362 said she found it in the law that bands metahumans and benders from the KND.”

“Best one they coulda made.” Gwen commented smugly.

“Hmm… that is interesting.” Nolan rubbed his chin in thought, then pulled out his H.E.A.D.-S.E.T.. “Boy, I wish my H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. was able to pick up these files. I still can’t believe it can’t pick up his data.”

“Dude must really be important.” Doug figured.

“And yet, he’s still an operative. But his DNA is still locked away in the Code Module, according to Matt’s story.” Gwen said.

Nolan’s mind sparked with an idea. “That’s it! Maybe I can locate the file by accessing the KND’s cyber network.”

“How are you going to do that?” Gwen asked.

“Come on. Just follow me.” Nolan instructed, setting the H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. in his lap as he rolled his wheelchair along, Doug and Gwen following him.

Unbeknownst to them, however, several tiny heads peeked out of Nolan’s left pocket, most of them Teen Ninjas, jumping out and off his wheelchair and avoiding Gwen’s large boots when she walked over them. The squad of minuscule ninjas scampered across the massive floors of the Moonbase to a dark closet, small enough to creep under the door. _{“Changing Chopsticks!”} Jack Spicer called in a squeaky voice, using the golden chopsticks to resize himself and the Teen Ninjas.

“Finally.” Cree sighed as she, Felix Frost, Mary D. Luis, and the other ninjas removed their helmets and gasped for air. “Who woulda thought the kid’s pockets were so stuffy?”

“At least we’re in the Moonbase.” Jack spoke, peeking out the closet door. “Now we just have to find the generator and cut the power to this place.”

“How are we gonna do that?” Cree asked. “There’s guards everywhere. Don’t you have any more useful Shen Gong Whatever than those lame chopsticks?”

“These chopsticks aren’t lame, Cree. They’re perfect for sneaking around without being noticed.”

“I’d prefer being able to sneak around without the risk of being squished like a bug.” Mary said.

“In that case, try the Manchurian Musca. It turns you into a fly. Anyway, this is the best we have, so why don’t you quit complaining and just go with it.”

Cree sighed in annoyance, rolling her eyes. “Whatever.”

“Changing Chopsticks.” Jack used the mystical chopsticks and shrunk them down. The squad of villains began sneaking along the floors of the Moonbase again, unnoticed by any of the patrolling guards.

Lime Rickey’s

Numbuh 202 depressedly sat at the booth in Lime Rickey’s, drinking soda as her head was rested on her hand. “Hey-hey, Kim!”

Kim gasped and smiled happily when Matt took a seat by her. “Matt! Did you find out who that guy was?”

“Er, sort of. Anyway, I figured I might actually take a break. Need the soda to pump the sugar-levels up!”

“Well, it’s a good thing I was saving a can for you!” With that, Matt raised his hand as Kim pulled out and tossed him a soda, the boy catching and cracking it open. “So, what did you find out?”

“Well, I didn’t find anything on 23 BBY, but I DID learn that the GUN Commander was an operative back in the day. Numbuh 1 and 362 are going down to see if he knows anything. Hopefully, when they get back, I’ll finally have all the info I need on that traitor!”

“Hehe. That’s great! Anyway, um, Matt…” Kim nervously scratched her head, “I was wondering if you were doing anything Friday night. I figured we could go see a movie; I hear that movie Brave is coming out! I’ve always been a Pixar nerd. Hehe.”

“Actually, Kim, if things go well with Numbuh 362, and I can finally know about that operative, I wanna give my grand unveiling of his statue at the museum, then finally tell everyone the story behind him! Boy, people are gonna love it! That’ll be just as good, right, if not better?”

“Oh… um…” Kim frowned. “Actually, Matt… it does sound good and all, but, um… I was actually thinking our friendship could be a little bit more than just, you know, exchanging knowledge and, showing how smart we are… or something.”

“But… you only started hanging out with me because of how smart I was.”

“I know that, but… I’d just like it if we could do more stuff that most other friends do, like… going to see movies or playing at the park. You know?”

“Ohh…well, if you want to… I guess I can hold the presentation off, and… we’ll go see a movie.”

“Great! I mean, I like it that you’re smart, Matt, but it never really hurts to have fun once in a while. You don’t wanna be a workaholic like Numbuh 362, right?”

“Hehehe! Yeah, I wouldn’t want that!” Matt chuckled. However, as the boy continued to drink his soda, he just couldn’t help but feel anxious to learn about this 23 BBY.

KND Moonbase Auditorium

After stopping by Numbuh 362’s office to pick up her computer, Gwen and Doug had carried it and followed Nolan to the Moonbase audience chamber. Gwen handed Nolan the computer, allowing him to hook it up to the Code Module, still stationed on its pedestal, then attached the wires from the computer to the H.E.A.D.S.E.T.. “What are you doing?” Gwen asked.

Nolan slipped his headpiece on and replied, “Now that I’ve connected the H.E.A.D.S.E.T. to the Code Module and the KND Sooper Computer, I should be able to access the Kids Next Door’s computer network and find the lost file.”

“The Kids Next Door computer network?” Doug asked. “Then, do you think you can find out who TheEpicKid4Ever is? He keeps sending me hateful emails.”

“That’s Numbuh 4, you dolt.” Gwen said, smacking his head.

“Once I’m in, whatever information I find will appear on Numbuh 362’s computer. Just keep the outside guarded until I find it.” Nolan instructed. “Okay… here we go.” The boy switched on his H.E.A.D.S.E.T. and tapped a few buttons on the computer. In an instant, the boy was zapped into nothingness, his matter being absorbed into the H.E.A.D.S.E.T., which fell to the seat of his chair.

Gwen and Doug gasped in shock and ran over to Nolan’s chair, searching around for him. “Nolan? Nolan, where’d you go!” Gwen shouted.

“Huh?” They noticed the computer starting to blink to life, and walked over to study it.

KND Cyber Network

Nolan rematerialized inside of a pixely room that was bright-blue, and decorated with many square tiles with white lines through them. He could notice faint white waves moving along the walls and floors, and also studied his own form, his body now graphically enhanced like that of a videogame, but he was still in his wheelchair. “Hm. Too bad Virtual Nolan had to be handicapped.”

“Nolan? Nolan, where are you?” Nolan looked up, hearing Gwen’s echo from outside.

“I’m in here!” he yelled up to them. “I’ve virtualized myself into the KND Cyberspace. I’m now inside the KND Sooper Computer.”

“…How the heck did you do that?”

“My H.E.A.D.S.E.T. serves as the ultimate skeleton key.” Nolan smiled proudly. “If it can’t get some files to come out, it can at least let me in.”

“Wow… I gotta hand it to ya, Nolan: you know your stuff.” Gwen complimented.

“Aww. Thanks, Gwen.”

“So, wait, does this mean if I turned this whole thing off, you’d disappear forever?” Nolan could tell Gwen was smirking on the other side.

“Uh, no. I’d just rematerialize and come back out of the H.E.A.D.S.E.T..”

“Okay, then. Let me just turn this off for a second…”

“N-No! Don’t! Please!” Nolan waved his arms.

Gwen and Doug laughed on the other side. “We’re just kidding, Nolan. We wouldn’t be able to decommission you if you were dead.”

“Shyeah… sure you wouldn’t.”

“So, like, is this gonna be one of those ‘Tron’ deals?” Doug asked.

“Hehe, I wish. More like Code Lyoko, really. Just stay and guard this computer until I find the files.”

“Alright, Nolan. Since you’re putting your life in our hands, we might as well make the best of it.” Gwen said.

“Wouldn’t want ya to think you couldn’t trust us.” Doug followed.

“Right… of course not.” (Play the “Virtual Simulator” Theme from KND Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E..)


Stage 50: H.E.A.D.S.E.T. Top Secret Files

Mission: Find the lost file on Numbuh 23 BBY.

Nolan rolled his chair down the first hall of the virtual realm, entering a room in which some W.A.T.C.H.B.O.T.s dropped from the ceiling, taking aim and zapping lasers at him. Nolan easily dodged the slow lasers and rolled over to punch some of the W.A.T.C.H.B.O.T.s away with his chair’s punching glove. Some of them fought back by trying to smack him, but Nolan grabbed the robots and threw them against the wall, shooting missiles and destroying them. A barrier vanished on the other side of the room, allowing Nolan to pass into the next room. There, he watched as a squad of huge, yellow robotic spiders emerged from the ground, each of them baring the mark of an eye on their heads.

“What? H.E.A.D.S.E.T., what are they?”

The H.E.A.D.-S.E.T.’s voice echoed from the outside. “Subjects identified as XANA Spiders. One of many different breeds of XANAbots. They are guardians of this cyber network.”

“Aww, how cute poor wittle Nowan has his talking computer buddy.”

“Ah, shut up, Gwen! Hmm… XANAbots, huh? This is interesting…” The spiders all faced and began shooting at Nolan, but he countered by locking on and shooting missiles to blow them up. The spiders jumped and latched onto the boy, trying to gnaw at him, but Nolan spun his chair around and shook them off, catching them in his grappling hook and giving them a shock, making them explode. After taking out the last bit, Nolan continued through the hall to the next room, which appeared to have a bottomless pit with a platform leading over it.

Nolan got on the slow platform as it carried him across, but from atop a higher ledge, some XANA Crabs appeared and shot triple lasers at him. Nolan’s virtual body took a few hits before he shot a missile up, but a barrier appeared to be protecting the crabs. When the platform finally reached the other side, a barrier was blocking Nolan’s path forward, so he rolled up a hill to the ledge below the crabs’ and flipped a lever, causing the crabs’ floor to explode and kill them.

The barrier vanished, allowing Nolan entry into a longer, wider room. He rolled his chair down a small slope and found some kind of pad, connecting to an extensive line that seemed to go across the infinite abyss across the room. “Uh, H.E.A.D.-S.E.T., any advice?”

“These light pathways permit travel across the space at the speed of light. Use them when crossing bottomless chasms.”

“Careful you don’t vomit at the speed of light.”

“Oh, Doug.” Nolan shook his head. He proceeded to move his chair onto the pad, causing his entire form to become a beam of light that zipped across the pathway as fast as light. The boy made several left and right turns and even zipped up walls and ceilings before he came to a complete stop at the next ledge. A group of XANA Kankrelats, robots designed like cockroaches, skittered over to Nolan, but he easily took them out in one hit with bullets. Some square platforms lined up to make a slope to take Nolan to a higher pathway, the boy rolling up to the pathway as more squares formed a barrier to block him, but he easily got through just by blasting them.

He then made it to a ledge over an abyss, seeing the next path on the other side, and two squares floating over by his left and right sides, the left one blue and the right one red. “To cross certain areas, you will need to match the floating tiles as the same color.” The H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. reported.

“Let’s just hope Nolan finished preschool.”

“Seriously, Doug?” Nolan then shot at the right tile, causing it to go several color-changes until it turned blue, matching with the left one and causing a path to appear. Nolan crossed to the next path, decorated with several cubes with that same eye symbol. The XANA Bloks sprouted legs and came to life, starting to spin and shoot lasers. Nolan took aim at the weak spots on the Bloks and shot his missiles, destroying them, then continued to a dead end with a row of green lasers going up between two parallel beams. Nolan grabbed one of the solid lasers and held onto his wheelchair as he let it carry him upward. Once he was at level with the next hallway, a platform floated below him and allowed him to drop onto it, carrying him to the next hallway.

Nolan noticed gaps in the walls ahead as he rolled along, and as he was about to pass them, huge red barriers emerged from the gaps and blocked his path. They went away after a few seconds, but when Nolan passed the first one, he saw a huge black cannonball inside the gap, a XANA Megatank. He quickly rolled past before it could launch the barrier again, but stopped before crashing the next one, which seemed to have many others that came after it close by. When the one before him vanished, the other ones activated, preventing him from going far. When the one in the wall beside him opened up to activate another barrier, Nolan spotted the weak point and fired his missile, then repeated this process with the next ones until they were all destroyed.

Nolan got through and reached another room with an abyss, with platforms leading across that moved up-and-down. Nolan made his wheelchair jump to get across the platform, but a group of XANA Hornets swooped in and began zooming around the boy, shooting lasers. Nolan tried to lock on, but the hornets moved too fast, and he was unable to. He just decided to ignore them and continue across the platforms, soon reaching the other side. He was about to continue, but a barrier blocked the next hall ahead. He noticed different-colored tiles along the ground and decided to roll over them, switching their colors until they were all the same. Before he could proceed, however, a giant, floating squid robot lowered itself down from the ceiling and got in his way. “What is that thing?”

“Subject identified as: Scyphozoa. A XANAbot whose tentacles were designed with the same features as decommissioning modules.”

“Finally, something that Nolan needs for once.” Gwen remarked.

“Seriously, can you guys hold it with the comments for ONCE?”

“Nnope.”

“Whoa!” Nolan ducked before the Scyphozoa could grab him with a tentacle, then backed away before shooting missiles at its dome. It didn’t seem to do much damage, and the squid swung more tentacles. Nolan only fired lasers and sliced the tentacles from his body. He repeated this until all of the tentacles were gone, then he just shot his grappling hook at the stem under the monster’s head and ripped it, destroying it. With it defeated, Nolan rolled his chair ahead and soon arrived at what he believed to be his destination. (End song.)

He arrived at a small, office-like room, littered with several drawers containing all sorts of KND files. “Halt. Who dares enter this cyberspace?” A deep voice called out of nowhere.

“Huh? Who’s there?”

“I am the original KND Sooper Computer, imprisoned within this cyberspace for growing… ‘out of  date’. I am the creator of the monsters you encountered on your way here. My name is XANA.”

“Hm. Well, nice to meet you.”

“How did an operative like yourself manage to find his way in here?”

“Actually, he’s not really an operative anymore.”

“Shut UP, Gwen. Anyway, can you please tell me where to find the lost file on Numbuh 23 BBY?”

“Numbuh 23 BBY? That’s a name I’ve not heard in a while. Just what is your reason in searching him?”

“No reason, he…he did something, and we need to figure out what.”

“Mmmm. Interesting. I might have an idea on where this file is located. I would be willing to show it to you, if you told me how you were able to get here.”

“What’s it to you?”

“My curiosity knows no bounds.”

“He got here using his H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. thingy.”

“GWEEN!”

“A H.E.A.D.-S.E.T., you say? I am intrigued. Tell me, just how do you go about making such a device?”

“Sorry, Buddy, but I burned the blueprints on it long ago.”

“But you created the blueprints, did you not? Then they are not truly burned, rather lodged within your brain. Tell me, how do you make such a device?”

Nolan sighed, “Dude, can you just tell us where we can find the files already?”

“Hmph. Fine. Humans are always no fun. Step this way.” That’s when the wall opened on the other side of the room, allowing Nolan entry into a secret room. The boy looked with curiosity as he slowly rolled into the room, finding a shelf full of files. “The operatives who wished to keep their files a secret stored them within the confines of this space, the same place they have trapped me. Numbuh 23 BBY was our latest.”

Nolan rubbed his chin in thought. Behind the shelf was a large computer. To his left was an alternate corridor. He first peaked into the corridor, rather dim and ominous. He could see a rather huge blue door, with the design of narrow eyes and a purple slit down the middle. “You won’t find what you’re looking for in that one.” XANA said. “A rather special guest exists behind that door. So I’m told…”

Nolan shrugged and went to search the shelf. Skimming through all the files, he found one labeled with the operative in question. Nolan opened the file and found only a small disk. The computer had a small compartment fit for the disk. Nolan tapped a few buttons on the keyboard, waiting for the screen to load. The image on the screen was also appearing on the screen which Gwen and Doug were watching from the outside, the two staring intently at it.

G.U.N. H.Q.

Commander Brett Gunkan sat quietly in his office, pinching his forehead in stress at the thought of the evil Sith Lord he once knew has returned. He turned his rotatable chair around to face a soldier walking in. “Sir!” he saluted. “The Kids Next Door Supreme Leader and her assistant are here to see you.”

“Kids Next Door? Send them in.”

Numbuhs 1 and 362 stepped in from behind the soldier. “And for the record, I’m not her ‘assistant’, I’m her boyfriend.” Nigel corrected him.

“Ah, don’t be a baby, Soldier.” Rachel joked, making Nigel furrow his brows. “Anyway, sorry for dropping in unannounced. But we have a few questions we believe you can answer.”

“Mmm. Well, seeing as you kids helped rid me of my curse, I’d be happy to help any way I can.”

“Did you use to be an operative in the Kids Next Door?” Nigel asked.

“Mmm…” Brett stood up from his chair and turned away from the operatives, eyes closed in thought. “I’ll never forget when I was… those were good times back then. Me, Rourke, and my sister, Maria… and my so-called best friend. That is… until he betrayed us!” He pumped his fist in anger. “Numbuh 50 ADY, I was.”

Nigel and Rachel faced each other and gave serious nods. This guy definitely knew something. “Well… there’s this law in the Kids Next Door files… that mentions an operative which… really strikes my interest.” Rachel continued.

“Are you familiar with an operative with the Numbuh ’23 BBY’?” Nigel asked, raising a brow.

Gunkan seemed to gasp silently, his body flinching, then began trembling his fist in anger. “That’s the one operative who caused it all… the one who gave me my curse, and played us all for FOOLS!” He turned and faced the children with a look of anger and hatred. “Revan Bane Sidious.”

KND Cyber Network

Nolan carried the disk over to the computer and slipped it into the little slot. The virtual computer switched on and began loading the data. A bar appeared at the top of the screen, beginning to fill up, while the screen showed an automatic image of the Donkey Kong Arcade game. As the bar was loading, the little Italian plumber began making his way up the building, jumping Donkey Kong’s barrels.

While he was doing so, a squad of men in differently-colored armor snuck past the front of the screen, shooting grappling hooks to a floor of the building and hauling their selves up. They made it to Mario’s level, at the same time the plumber grabbed a hammer, proceeding to swing it around. The men walked up to him, took the hammer, and broke his neck. They then set a time-bomb at the spot below Donkey Kong, quickly climbing the ladder to grab the woman crying for help, then swinging away with her on their grappling hooks before the bomb exploded, making Donkey Kong fall. The yellow man then swung back to Donkey Kong and shot him in the head before swinging off again. One of the little fire enemies remained on the bottom, so the white guy swung back and put him out with a fire extinguisher, then retreated. By this time, the loading had completed.

“Finally. Now let’s see what the good ol’ H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. has to offer.” The screen exposed the name ‘Numbuh 23 BBY’ on its screen, and a file opened up with his background at last.

Numbuhs 58 and 59 watched their computer from outside as the same info appeared on their screen. The two started to read it at the same time as Nolan. “‘Numbuh 23 BBY was one of the newest operatives during the beginning of the Seventh Age of KND.’” Gwen read.

“‘Forever to be remembered as the VERY FIRST psychicbender to join the ranks,” Nolan read, “and never to be forgotten for his horrible crimes toward the organization.’” Nolan glanced to the right of the screen, studying the picture of the operative at hand. Numbuh 23 BBY was a boy with messy yellow hair and mismatched eyes, a blue right eye and yellow left eye. He wore a bluish-gray cape, a white shirt, white shorts, and orange pants under his shorts. He wore a black sash around his waist, black boots on his feet, and bared a rather big scar on his right cheek, similar to what Nolan had now. In his right hand, he wielded none more than a red lightsaber, and his right hand also had a scar on its palm. Nolan gasped in absolute shock when he looked at the name. “No way…”

“‘His name… was Revan Bane Sidious.’” Gwen read.

“The BRAIN was a Kids Next Door OPERATIVE?” Nolan exclaimed.

G.U.N. H.Q.

“It was our first day going to Kids Next Door Arctic Training.” Gunkan explained to Nigel and Rachel. “It was just me, my sister Maria, and my best friend, Lyle. We met Revan at the Arctic Base. He looked a lot different than the rest of the cadets, so that’s why we took an interest in him. He said it was his first day, too, and he was nervous as can get. You see, he was a psychicbender; the first psychicbender to ever join the KND that we know of. And as such, the other cadets thought him weird and unreal, so they mocked him. The three of us took pity on him, so to speak… so we befriended him. After all, just because somebody has unnatural powers, that doesn’t make him a monster, right? Well, I was wrong there.”

KND Cyber Network

“‘Revan Bane Sidious was the first known psychicbender in the Kids Next Door, and has always been taunted for his powers in his earlier years as a cadet.’” Nolan read. “‘However, he and his team of Lyle Rourke, Maria, and Brett Gunkan have shown remarkable efforts in the Training Academy, and passed all their tests successfully, becoming one of the best teams in the Kids Next Door at that time. They stationed their own sector in Paris, France, calling their selves ‘Sector BH’, which stood for ‘Brotherhood’, meaning that, despite their moral differences, they were all part of the same world, and brothers at heart.’”

“Hm. But, wait, if Maria’s a girl, wouldn’t she technically be a ‘sister’ at heart?” Doug asked. Gwen shrugged.

G.U.N. H.Q.

“We were probably the best team there was. We did everything together.” Gunkan continued. “And thanks to Revan’s powers, we had the highest mission success rate. I was leader, and he was our technology officer, and best friend. And because of his Psychokinesis, he was also pretty smart, maybe the smartest there ever was at that time, too. His battle strategies and technical knowhow were, without a doubt, ingenious. We even thought up a little nickname for him: The Brain.” The two leaders’ eyes widened in shock. “And by the looks of things… that’s all he is now.”

KND Cyber Network

Nolen continued reading, “‘Due to his showing of incredible battle strategy, and mastery at building things, he was given the nickname ‘Brain’. And while his powers earned him lots of hate and mockery at first, a great number of operatives began to admire him.’”

“‘But some higher-ranked operatives, namely decommissioning troops, were jealous of his power, and also feared it, and practically begged the Supreme Leader to give him an early decommissioning, but he refused.’ …Huh.” This story started to seem familiar to Gwen.

G.U.N. H.Q.

“But when things REALLY started to go down, I think, was when Revan finally found his first crush: a girl named Kyla. She was pretty, I’ll give her that. Even my sister was jealous of her. Hehe. He kept trying and trying, but every attempt to get her to notice him ended up in shambles. Even somebody like him could never get up the courage to ask her out directly. But then, when he finally got the courage to do so… she had already been taken. Operative Numbuh 2010: Darian York.”

KND Cyber Network

“The Brain was in love with… MY MOM?!” Nolan screamed.

“…Wow. That. Is. Rough.” Doug commented.

“Talk about awkward.” Gwen followed.

“‘Numbuh 23 BBY’s first act of crime was when Numbuh 2010 apparently stole the ‘love of his life’.’” Nolan read. “‘He was overcome with anger and used his powers to grab Darian by the neck and raise him in the air.’”

G.U.N. H.Q.

“Revan wasn’t happy that his crush had been taken. He could’ve killed Darian… if we hadn’t stepped in. We were able to get Revan away just in time. …But just barely. After that happened, our sector’s ranking went down. Not that it really mattered to us. But Revan just looked so angry. We tried to calm him down, and tried to tell him to control his anger. He calmed… but he still looked pretty angry. But because of that incident, people started to lose respect for Revan, and the Decommissioning Squad was kind of glad about that. Most people went back to mocking him again. But that only furthered the situation.”

“I can understand that.” Rachel said.

“Then, finally, the time came where it LOOKED like his anger had finally subsided, and he wanted to make amends. So, he had the Supreme Leader order everybody to a meeting at Moonbase Auditorium. But THAT was when everything went wrong…”

KND Cyber Network

“‘Revan had ordered everyone to a meeting where he wanted to express his apologies and give a speech on how it’ll never happen again. But little did the Kids Next Door know, they had fallen right into his trap.’”

“FELLOW KIDS NEXT DOOR!” Young Revan Bane announced to the thousands of operatives in the Moonbase Auditorium. “I, your loyal operative, Revan Bane Sidious, bring you all here today with a very special announcement. Ever since I first graduated Cadets Next Door Training Academy, never have I been so enthusiastic to battle alongside you all, against the EVIL forces of adulthood! But I can see now…” his expression seemed to turn to that of pure anger, “I am well aware who our TRUE enemies are. And I have finally set into motion, my hypothesis, of what happens… when a Moonbase is left with all of its power DISABLED!” The entire treehouse started to quake tremendously, and Revan Bane burst into laughter.

G.U.N. H.Q.

“We all dashed out of there to see what was happening. Before our very eyes, our entire command base was under attack by legions of robotic menaces. The Moonbase was unable to defend itself because REVAN had cut off the power! He had officially put the whole organization’s lives in jeopardy. Our scientists worked tirelessly to fix the generator back together. But by the time they could, a huge number of operatives have been wiped clean. But I will never forgive him… for what happened next…”

KND Cyber Network

“‘Despite the operatives’ attempts to hold back the invading droids, the robots greatly outnumbered them, and Revan was even escalading the situation, by killing any operative he could by using his red laser sword, a weapon known as a lightsaber.’” Nolan continued.

“‘The operatives tried, but none could even touch him.’” Gwen followed. “‘However, Maria Gunkan was able to get close enough to try and reason with Revan, and convince him that this was all wrong. Revan did not listen, however, and he took his sword, and sliced Maria in half.’”

“‘Brett and Lyle then ran in to try and stop him,” Nolan read, “but Revan had drawn out two cans of strange, purple gas, swallowing the two in a cloud of the substance. As a result, Lyle was turned into some crystalline monster, and Brett had grown a second head, one that bared a similarity to a tree stump, and also had roots growing under his skin. But when the decommissioning troops finally had Bane captured’… Oh?” He then noticed a video to the side, labeled ‘Amateur recording of scary Revan’s father’. He proceeded to click the video, the image appearing on both his and Gwen and Doug’s screens.

The video was shown from the point of view of a camera, aiming at Revan Bane Sidious on the Moonbase’s bridge. The camera seemed to be moving up-and-down as the holder was panting, turning the camera at himself, revealing himself as a Mexican child with a frightened expression. The boy turned the camera back at Sidious as the events unfolded.

Revan Bane had been finally knocked to his knees by the surrounding officers, and the Decommissioning Troops all had their guns aimed at the psychokinetic traitor. “Any last words, before we-“ The female leader was interrupted when an unseen force gripped her around the neck, raising her in the air as she began choking. The squad noticed a metal pipe stuck through the huge window from one of the ships behind them, mouths dropping open when a dark, mysterious figure stepped inside, his left hand positioned as if he were choking someone.

Revan Bane’s grin widened to a smirk as the Sith Lord used his powers to make the squad leader choke. The other operatives tried to shoot him, but a barrier protected the psychic, and the villain forced the choking operative to aim her weapon and shoot her own troops. When he was finished, he proceeded to snap his hand shut and kill the squad leader. With that finished, the dark man approached Revan Bane, who recovered to his feet and bowed before him.

“You have done well, Revan Sidious.” The figure spoke in a dark and sinister tone. “Your efforts to fool the childish organization were… sensational.”

“They were all fools, Father. It seems you were right about them all along. Humans like them really are no good.”

“Indeed… Everything is as I have foreseen. With the Kids Next Door and their precious Moonbase dethroned, this world will make the perfect droid factory.”

“Stop right there!” a girl Decom. Troop yelled, running in alongside a boy as they both aimed weapons. They both bared a striking resemblance to Gwen and Doug. Revan glanced back to his father, who nodded, and the Junior Sith proceeded to grab them by the neck and lift them over to the Decommissioning Chamber. He used his psychic to set them in their seats and strap them in. The two tried to break away, but couldn’t, then stopped and gasped in horror at the smirking Revan Bane Sidious. The evil child flicked his finger, using psychic to pull the lever, causing the plungers to begin sucking the operatives’ memories.

“Goood… the Dark Side is strong with you, my son…” Palpatine spoke. “I can see you becoming a fine Sith Lord someday…”

“Sir! We got problems!” one of the droids yelled. The two Siths directed their attention outside the windows, seeing a bunch of other ships zipping out of hyperspace.

“The Jedi have found us.” Palpatine observed. “They must not discover you. Come, Revan. We must retreat.” The Dark Lord entered back through his pipe as Revan ran after him. But first, the Sith apprentice stopped and jumped back around.

“Just you wait, Kids Next Door! You haven’t seen the last of me! One day, I will become the greatest Sith Lord the universe has ever known! I shall call myself… Darth GENIOUS! And one day, I will have MY OWN apprentice! And he will be the end of you for ALL TIIIME!”

“Let us go, Revan.” Palpatine called.

“Ooh! Just one second, Father. Almost forgot something.” With that, the future Sith Lord dashed into the Supreme Leader’s office, rapidly pressing some buttons before finally pressing ‘Enter’. “There! Now NO ONE will ever find me again, or EVER decommission me! The fools will fail to remember their history, thanks to this foolish decommissioning process, and someday soon, the events will unfurl AGAIN! AHH HAHA HAAA!! …HEY!” It was then that he noticed the operative recording him. “What do you think YOU’RE doing?!” he yelled, walking over.

“No! Señor! Please! I- NOOOO!” The video ended when Revan Bane switched out his lightsaber, and took a swing at the camera.

Nolan continued to sit there, staring at the computer with shock. Outside the cyberspace, Doug and Gwen had the same looks.

G.U.N. H.Q.

By this time, Commander Gunkan held a hand over his eyes as tears appeared to be falling down. “Lyle and I were cursed with that metahuman sickness. And my sister was killed. And since then… I vowed to dedicate the rest of my life to ridding the world… of that metahuman scum.” Nigel and Rachel began to show looks of sadness at this story.

“Aw… then that’s why you hated metahumans and benders.” Rachel said.

“A law was established then, to ban any and all inhuman freaks from the Kids Next Door. Almost everybody agreed. But that’s when me and Lyle decided to desert the KND. Not because we were banned. But because we wanted to accomplish our own goal. We removed our DNA from the Code Module so that the troops wouldn’t hunt us when it came time for decommissioning. We needed our memory… if we were EVER to bring that unholy traitor to justice!”

“Boy… it must’ve been painful to remember that, huh?”

“…Yes. It was. Anyway, Revan vowed he would find his own apprentice, and follow in his father’s footsteps. The same events would occur. He would send his own apprentice into the KND’s ranks and have them destroyed from the inside. Just like he did.”

“Then that means…” Nigel gasped. “Nolan York…”

“He wouldn’t do that now, would he? I mean, he kind of already did.” Rachel said.

“I know. Still, I’m getting a little worried. I think we should head up to Moonbase.”

“Me too. Thanks for the help, Commander.” Rachel waved good-bye to the man as they ran off. “And don’t worry. We’ll put Revan in his place.”

“Yes… I know you will. I’m glad to help… Supreme Leader, Sir.”

KND Moonbase

Nolan finally rematerialized from the H.E.A.D.-S.E.T. and unhooked it from Numbuh 362’s computer, rolling over beside Gwen and Doug. “So, I guess that’s it, then.” Numbuh 58 figured.

“I guess so.” Nolan replied calmly, still a little in shock. “Numbuh 23 BBY is… Brain.”

“Hm. Boy, that’s gonna be one heck of a story for Matt to tell, right?” Doug said jokingly.

“Heh, sure is.” Nolan chuckled. He then gave a sigh. “Man, I need a drink.”

Meanwhile, the group of tiny Teen Ninjas along with Jack Spicer had finally made it across the halls of the Moonbase, sneaking under the door of the generator room and easily getting past the guards and sneaking into the small cracks within the KND’s power generator. “I just wanna say for the record, we coulda done this a lot faster if we just disguised as guards.” Cree said as they began laser-drilling the wires.

“Oh, sure, Cree, do it the old-fashioned way. But how many people use magical shrinking chopsticks?” Jack asked.

Cree sighed in annoyance once again. “Whatever.”

“We’re almost through with the last of ‘em.” Mary reported.

“Perfect!” Cree smirked. “Say your prayers, you snot-nosed kids.” The traitorous teen took aim at the largest wire below her feet and fired her laser, splitting it in half.

Doug, Gwen, and Nolan stopped and gasped when the entire base suddenly blacked out. “What happened?!” Gwen shouted.

“I don’t know…” Nolan said worriedly, already having an idea what was going on.

“Everybody! Move into defensive positions!” Numbuh 86 ordered from down the hall. The three exchanged quick glances and hurried down the hall to the Moonbase’s bridge.

The kids gaped at the sight of thousands of BOE ships outside the window, laying siege upon the Moonbase as squads of supervillains and Stormtroopers already began piling in and wreaking havoc. “YOU!!” Gwen jabbed her finger at Nolan, already assuming him responsible. “You did this, didn’t you?!”

“What? No, I swear! I-”

“I understand now!” Doug exclaimed. “That whole ‘looking up the secret file’ thing was just a cover-up! Doing THAT musta blown a circuit or something!”

“Oh, come on! If that were true, the power would’ve blown the moment I hooked it up, so-“ They shielded their heads and ducked when an explosion suddenly occurred behind them.

“BLAHAHAHA!” Jack Spicer laughed, flying in using his helipack. “Greetings, Kids Next Door! Jack Spicer, evil boy genius, here with a very special announcement- AH!” Cree pushed him away.

“We hereby claim this Moonbase in the name of Darth Genious,” Cree announced, “the most powerful Sith Lord in the universe. Either you brats surrender now, or pay the price!”

“Over MY dead body!” Wally shouted.

“Sounds like a plan.” Cree smirked to Jack, who smirked back and nodded.

“JACKBOTS: ATTACK!” At his command, swarms of his flying red-eyed robots flew in from behind.

“Teen Ninjas, attack!” Cree ordered, and her ninjas charged in.

“Food Patrol, FEED zem!” Gramma Stuffum ordered as her food minions ran forth.

“Hungry Men, pilfer and plunder.” Robin Food ordered, his Hungry Men charging forth.

“Oi, Britbots, show ’em a thing er two, eh?” Mad Mod ordered, directing his robots with his cane while riding atop his own Britbot.

“Oh, CAAAARDS!” Mumbo Jumbo sang, slipping his cards out of his sleeve as they grew into the size of soldiers.

“DENTA DROOONES!” Knightbrace sang.

“ATTACK!”

Nigel and Rachel were on their way to the Moonbase on their S.C.A.M.P.E.R., already gaping at the sight of their treehouse under attack by legions of villains. They quickly landed and dashed to the bridge, getting alongside Numbuh 86 as the Global Tactical Officer tried to shoot Jackbots with her M.U.S.K.E.T.. “Numbuh 86, what’s happening?!” Rachel shouted.

“Our power generator suddenly went kerplooey. We lost all power, and these villains just started attacking us.”

“But where’s-“ Nigel tried to say, but then heard an explosion on a higher floor, where he looked up and saw the operative in question. “Nolan!” He and Rachel ran for the stairs, but a Fear Scream erupted from their left and stunned them. They turned and found the fearbending woman, Phobia, standing beside Legion, the insane villain wielding his syringes of Nightmare Toxins. “YOU?! He doesn’t even exist in this universe!”

“We exist in many. We are awesome.” Legion hurled his Nightmare Toxins like darts, but the two were able to duck and avoid. Rachel drew her sword and ran to battle Phobia while Legion ran and started throwing kicks at Numbuh 1.

Nolan did his best to shoot away the incoming Spinach Soldiers and Cards, but the villains were piling in like crazy. “Come on!” Numbuh 60 yelled a few feet away, shooting Britbots away with his S.C.A.M.P.P.. “Let’s show these villains who’s-“ Just then, his hands were suddenly zapped with a pink ray, turning them into girly hands with long, pink nails.

“Hello, Patton!” Patton turned and noticed his little sister, Margaret and her Girl Troops.

“Margie?! What are you doing here?”

“Duh! Putting you rotten Kids Next Door in your place. Say cheese- AHH!” Before Margie could shoot Patton, Nolan caught her around the waist in his grappling hook and gave her a painful shock, knocking her out.

“YAAH!” Numbuh 4 cried, swinging on a rope and kicking away the other Girl Troops. He landed on his feet as the Faculty 4 were about to attack him, but Hoagie ran in with a burp cannon and unleashed a powerful “BUURP” at the teachers, sending them flying, the two smirking in victory

However, that’s when Le Mime came into the scene, the magical mime making a few poses. Hoagie and Wally watched him before he started making the gesture of creating an invisible wall around them. “Hehe. Hey, Wally. Mime’s trapping us in a box.” Hoagie snickered.

“Ooh, heelp!” Wally cried sarcastically, earning snickers from Hoagie. “We’re traaped, in a booox!” The two then burst into uncontrollable laughter. “Come on, Hoags. Let’s blow this mime and-“ He was about to walk away, but some strange force kept him back, the two feeling around and feeling the invisible prison. “What the-“

Hoagie gulped. “Numbuh 4… we really are trapped!”

“AAHHH! Help! Help! Numbuh 5, help!” they both cried, banging rapidly on the wall.

Numbuh 5 took a break from shooting Ice Cream Men and looked over at the two crazily banging the ‘imaginary’ wall, unable to hear their cries for help. “Aww. Would you two quit mimin’ around and help us out here?” With that, she went back to battling villains while Hoagie and Wally began to tire out from crying and banging, their bodies slumping and sliding against the invisible wall.

Nolan shot some Cheese Ninjas, but the Cheese Shogun gave a cry from behind, leaping to attack the boy, but Danika emerged from a shadow in the ground and kicked the chubby villain upside the head. “Nolan! Are you okay?”

“I’m fine Danika, barely.” he replied, shooting some Card Soldiers.

Some of Katnappé’s Super Kitties were about to tackle them, but Eva came and splashed some water over them, making them shiver and retreat. “What are these guys after, anyway?”

Nolan gasped and looked to see Dimentia unleashing Space Lightning at Dr. Light and Toiletnator, seeing the Spirit Ball glow brightly in her pocket. “Dimentia, the Spirit Ball!”

“Huh- OOF!” When Dimentia turned to face Nolan, the Box Ghost hurled a crate at her, swooping by to swipe the Spirit Ball.

“HAHA HAHA! Foolish children! Your distraction has allowed me, the BOX Ghost, to take your precious sphere, which, in no way is it cubical whatsoever, but is still something of great value to Darth Genious, therefore it will be my greatest honor to- DOH!” The ghost was zapped by Hoagie’s Diffusion Rifle, dropping the ball into Hoagie’s hand.

“Turns out, imaginated box is destroyed by imagination.” The pilot smirked, tossing the ball in his hand.

“Ha! What now, Mime Boy?” Wally taunted Le Mime.

Le Mime stood in thought for a moment, then made the gesture of having an idea, pretending to set up what they assumed to be a machinegun. “HE’S GOT A GUN!!” Hoagie screamed. The two dashed away as Le Mime seemed to fire it around, throwing the Spirit Ball in the air as Mega Mom and Destructo Dad flew by and caught it.

“My, my, Dear, this ball would look BEAUTIFUL as an-” They crashed into a wall of ice, conjured by Eva, who caught the Spirit Ball which they dropped.

“Sorry. Already beat you to it. Hey!” The ball was snatched from her hand by Count Spankulot, flying by and laughing evilly.

“I got the ball! I got the ball! I got-” The spank-happy vampire was spanked across the cheek by Numbuh 23, using her spanking hands.

“Not so fast, Dad!” Ginny exclaimed, catching the ball in her hand.

“Virginia??”

Dimentia appeared behind the vampire and zapped him with lightning, knocking him out as Virginia tossed her the Spirit Ball. “Thanks.” She nodded and flew off.

“Man, this is gettin’ crazy.” Nolan said to himself, shooting a laser to burn a rope the Hungry Men were swinging on.

“Nolan!” Numbuh 362 called and ran up to him.

“Numbuh 362!”

“I overheard Stickybeard ordering his pirates to search for the Code Module. We can’t let them retrieve it! Where is it?!”

“It’s still in the audience chamber. Come on, let’s go.” With that, Nolan quickly rolled his way back to the audience chamber with Rachel following behind.

Down on the lower deck, however, the REAL Rachel was still locked in her battle with Phobia.

Audience Chamber

“Here it is.” Nolan stated, the two hurrying into the room as Nolan pulled the precious Module out of its slot, tossing it to Rachel’s arms.

Rachel nodded and said, “Thank you. I’ll hide it somewhere safe. You help the others.”

Nolan nodded and quickly sped back the way they came. With him out of sight, Madame Rouge stared at the Module in her hands and gave a maniacal smirk.

Moonbase Bridge

Nolan hurried back onto the bridge and rolled by Gwen and Doug’s sides, helping them shoot away Killer Moth’s mutant moths. “God, how many of these guys are there?” Nolan shouted.

“More than how much of that Space Lightning Dimentia can shoot.” Gwen remarked.

“Nolan!” called the real Numbuh 362, she and Nigel finally finishing with Phobia and Legion as they ran over.

“Numbuh 362? But you were just in there.”

“No I wasn’t, I was down there.”

“Then who-”

“Atten-TIOOOOON!” The call of General Immortus ceased all of the fighting, and everyone looked up as the ancient general hovered on a little platform. Madame Rouge stood with him, and Nolan looked in pure horror and guilt as the stretchy woman raised the Code Module high in the air with her right hand. “Your Moonbase is ours, now! The Code Module is in our possession! Thanks to Brain’s loyal apprentice:” two spotlights shone down on Nolan, “Nolan York! The one… who shut down your defenses… and allowed us to invade. Let’s hear it out for Nolan, everybody!”

“YEEEAAAH!” the many villains cheered. “NOLAN! NOLAN! NOLAN!”

“Nolan… you?…” Rachel asked with a look of hurt in her eyes.

“N-No, I didn’t, I…”

Just then, a grappling hook shot over and latched to Dimentia’s Spirit Ball, pulling it away from her hands and into that of Mary D. Luis, who stood beside Felix Frost. “Oh, don’t be modest, share in the glory.”

“YOU TWO!!” Nolan pointed.

“That’s it, time for YOUR decommissioning!” Gwen decided as she and Doug started to push Nolan toward the Decommissioning Chamber.

“No, guys! Please! They’re-” The ground suddenly exploded behind them, and the two officers were sent falling backwards. Nolan turned and looked down as they were holding for dear life onto a wire, dangling just above a massive blue fire. “Guys!”

“AAH! HEELP!”

“HERE’S your help!” Princess Azula exclaimed, unleashing more flames along the floor below.

“Hold on! I’ll save you!” Nolan yelled. He took out and lowered his grappling hook for them to grab, but the Crazy Cat Lady tossed one of her cats like a shuriken, passing by the wire and using its claw to cut it. “NOO!”

The two were saved, thankfully, when Danika swooped by with Shadow Glide and grabbed them, setting them on safe ground. Nigel then flew up to where Nolan was and grabbed the boy’s wheelchair by the handle, then shot his G.R.A.P.P.L.U.H. out to swing them over the flames to the base’s hangar where Numbuh 362 waited with the others. “Come on, let’s- Hey!” the Supreme Leader’s helmet was suddenly pulled away, latching onto a giant magnet held by Monsieur Mallah.

“Forget about it, let’s go.” Nigel ordered, piling into their C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. with everyone. The 2x4 ships launched out of the hangar, successfully getting away from the now-conquered base.

Nolan looked out the ship’s window and watched the Moonbase draw further and further away, becoming quickly surrounded by more ships. “Phew… that was close. Good thing we got outta there when we did, right?” Nolan nervously turned around and instantly found all eyes on him, angry. The crippled operative shrunk back in his wheelchair in anxiety, already having a really bad feeling about what’s going to happen. Danika sat in one of the corners of the bus, feeling terribly worried for her friend.

Moonbase; sometime later

The villains had begun to clean up after their battle and started to redecorate as The Brain himself rolled in to the chamber where the great golden statue of Numbuh Zero was stationed. “Oi, and here be the grand boss man hisself.” Mad Mod announced, stomping over in his Britbot with Numbuh 362’s helmet in the robot’s right hand. “’ere ya go, Brain: one doozy of a crown fit for a king of conquering kiddom like you.” The robot slipped the helmet onto Brain’s head.

“Let me just add a little adjustment.” Cree said, pulling off the ‘362’ tape and replacing it with a tape of the Brotherhood’s logo.

“Ahhh… never has the feeling of victory felt so glamorous upon my dome… you have all done exceptionally, my villains. Especially with our latest capture of the Firstborn and his Guardian.” The armored villain, Adonis held the unconscious Dimentia in his right hand. “Mother Mae-Eye, if you please.”

The giant ugly witch faced the Numbuh Zero statue and waved her wand around. “Reducto!” She fired a spell and made the statue explode into smithereens. Up above, a giant puppet holder was holding a giant golden statue of Brain on strings. The holder was driven by Puppet King, who panted heavily as he moved the floating holder by pedaling from above. The Puppet King held the statue above the stand where the Numbuh Zero one once stood, and released the strings, dropping the statue onto the pedestal before pedaling away.

“Everyone, listen up.” Immortus announced. “Thanks to Brain’s efforts, we have conquered the very first of many worlds. And with the Firstborn’s power, many others will soon follow.”

“Oi, The Brain is the king of the universe!” Mad Mod cheered. “All hail The Brain!”

“Yes! All of Father’s attempts to destroy the Kids Next Door were NOTHING!” Count Spankulot yelled. “But thanks to Brain, we have achieved total victory! Praise to The Brain!”

“His incredible powers and Sith influence extend to the reaches of far beyond.” Tubbimura, the fat samurai spoke. “Kneel before The Brain!”

“Oo-ah-oo! The Brain has more smarts and tactics than Ganondorf or Lord Gnaa will ever have!” Octoroo exclaimed. “Long live The Brain!”

“Long live The Brain!” the Nighlok cheered.

“Long live The Brain!” Long Feng and the Dai Li Agents cheered.

“Long live The Brain!” Legion and Phobia cheered.

“Long live The Brain!” the Teen Ninjas cheered.

“Long live The Brain!” Jack, Katnappé, and the Heylin villains cheered.

“Long live The Brain!” the Ghost Zone ghosts cheered.

Soon, all of the villains erupted into cheers of “Long live The Brain!” The cunning Sith Lord only stood and took in all of the villains’ cheers. He’s never felt more satisfaction and pride in his life.

Courthouse Sector; grassy plain in Washington

“This is the courtroom of Judge Trudy. If you’ve got a beef with a traitorous operative and can’t have him decommissioned, don’t take the matter in your own hands. Put it in Judge Trudy’s. Okay.”