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Operation: GALACSIA, Chapter 24

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Welcome back, mates. Today, we’ll be heading to the Star Haven. But the road there won’t be easy. Why? Well, you’ll see.

Chapter 24: Confession


Outside Nightmare Land’s atmosphere


Numbuh 1 continued to fly back to the base, thinking aloud to himself. “If Dimentia’s control over Jirachi is as strong as Darkrai says, I’m going to need to come up with a plan. I just wonder if getting the last Star from Rachel is a good idea- AH!” he screamed when lasers hit him. (Play Star Wolf’s Theme from Smash Bros. Brawl!)

“So, the last Star is on Earth. The Tallest will love to hear that!”

“Wait… is that?” Nigel looked up to see, as suspected, the Star Wolf team headed his way. What really took him by surprise was the fact they were in newer and more menacing ships.

“Your journey ends here, Uno!” Wolf declared.

“Let’s see how you handle our new ships!” Leon followed.

“Too bad your friends aren’t here to see you fail.” Panther growled.

“We’ll make sure you NEVER get to Earth!” Jake hissed.

“We’ll just see about that, Star Wolf!” Nigel retorted.


Boss fight: Star Wolf mk. II

The four Star Wolf members shot past Nigel as fast as lightning, scratching his ship a little. They each did U-turns and came back towards him, shooting fast, deadly lasers. Nigel did numerous barrel rolls with his Arwing to avoid taking too much damage, but they were shooting impossibly fast. “Wow, you guys don’t give up!” Nigel said.

“What can we say? We’re bounty hunters. We’re desperate for cash.” Wolf remarked. “Now, are you going to run or fight?”

“Sounds good to me!” Nigel performed a somersault and got behind the Star Wolf members. The four flew off in different directions while Nigel chased after Wolf and shot at him.

“In your dreams!” Wolf shouted as he did a somersault himself and got behind Nigel. Nigel did more barrel rolls to avoid Wolf’s shots and made another somersault. But soon after, Rattlesnake Jake shot up to Nigel and wrapped around his Arwing. Nigel tried to shake away from Jake and his newer stronger armor, but failed.

“That’s it, Jake! Now crush him!” Wolf ordered.

“HA! You ain‘t so tough by yourself!” Jake hissed. “I almost expected a better challenge, but oh well. Once we’re through with you, we might pay a little visit to your precious Rachel! AH HA HA HA HA!”

“Not on our watch!” Jake looked up to see a large energy ball coming his way. The Light Sphere hit Jake’s armor, forcing him to release Uno, while also taking out some of Jake’s spikes.

Nigel gave a joyful expression when he saw his alien friends (and Dib) coming to his aid. “GUYS!”

“Oi mate! You didn’t think we’d miss the action, did you?” Marine exclaimed.

“I see you guys got new ships.” Dib noticed.

“Don’t worry! The six of us can take them!” Ava cheered.

“Hey! Six against four isn’t fair!” Leon exclaimed. “(Even though I only see five.)”

“Neither is four on one!” Nigel retorted.

“Big deal! Our Wolfen II’s are just as strong as the five of you!” Wolf said.

“Care to place a wager on that?” Ava asked.

“Galactic Kids Next Door: BATTLE STATIONS!” Nigel announced.

Rattlesnake Jake was chasing after Marine, while licking his lips with his serpent tongue. “C’mere, dinner!” he hissed. Meanwhile, Dib chased after him on his and shot charged energy balls at Jake’s armor, knocking some of it off. Rattlesnake Jake started firing missiles from his tail at Dib. “Give it up! You can’t win!”

Luvbi was chasing and shooting at Leon’s ship. “I’ll take of you.” Leon said as his ship turned invisible.

“Ay ay ay.” Luvbi shook her head. “Where hast thou-” Luvbi tried to finish, but was interrupted when Leon blasted her from behind.

“Here’s for what you did to my cousin, Francis!”

“I shalt do the same to thee.” Luvbi stated as she somersaulted behind Leon. As a result, she could now see where the lasers were coming from and proceeded to shoot the invisible craft.

“Gah! Annoying angel! I am the great Leo-”

“Oh, just shuteth thine trap!” With that, Luvbi boosted towards Leon’s ship as the tip of her ship stuck through the back of his. With both of his engines destroyed, Leon’s Wolfen began to smoke and spin.

“Not again! GAAAAH!” Leon exclaimed before he crashed on an asteroid.

“You can’t run from me, Ava. I’ve got a better ship.” Panther said as he chased Ava once again.

“Nice aircraft Panther, but you won’t be winning today!”

“Even if that were true, your friends have to find out your little secret eventually.”

Ava was shocked. “How-”

“She’s got nothing to hide!” Kweeb shot back.

Panther searched around, confused by these sudden attacks. “What? Who’s-”

Unknown to him, the tiny alien had landed on one of his wings and found a way inside the ship. Once in, he began to blast several wires.

“Energy levels dropping.”

“What! But how?” Panther exclaimed.

“I’ll tell you how!” Ava replied, getting behind him. “Just a little thing called tiny might!” Once Kweeb got back in his hovercraft and got off Panther’s Wolfen, Ava fired a missile and took him out.

“This can’t be! I’ve been foiled… by a… shrimp!” With that, he crashed on the same asteroid.

“What the heck?” Wolf said, seeing his defeated teammates.

“Where’s your plan now, Wolf?” Nigel asked wittingly.

“Don’t get uppity, you amateurs! You’ll never beat me and Jake!”

“Don’t be so sure, Wolf!” a girl’s voice declared.

They all looked around. “Who said that?” Nigel asked. They noticed a black ship with bat wings headed their way. In the cockpit, Nigel saw it was, “KATIE!”

“What? Another human?” Wolf asked.

“Far from it, Wolf! Now, try this!” Katie fired a needle missile at Wolf’s ship and took it out.

“No way! I don’t believe it!” He crashed.

“Just one more to go!” Nigel announced, looking over to Jake.

“I know what to do with him!” Katie said, flying to Jake. “Hey, Jake! You think you’re tough, huh?”

“Of course I am! I’m the biggest outlaw in Hell!”

“Then TRY THIS!” Katie pushed a button in her ship and projected a hologram of a giant, roaring eagle.

Jake looked at it with horror. “AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!” he screamed as he flew off at high speed.

“And don’t come back!” Katie exclaimed.

“Wow, thanks a lot, Katie!” Nigel praised.

“No problem! But you owe me one!” With that, she flew back to Nightmare Land. (End song.)

“Well, that takes care of that.” Dib said. “What now?”

“I need to fly back to the Star Sanctuary. Darkrai said there’s someone under the fountain.”

“You mean you actually met the Nightmare King?” Ava asked.

“Yes, and let me tell you, he’s not as evil as Dimentia says. In fact, he’s not evil at all! Dimentia’s been lying to everyone. About the Nightmare King, about the disease, everything! All she cares about is immortality!”

“Pray, dost thou speakest the truth?” Luvbi asked.

“I do. Now, I want you guys to fly back to the base and see what she’s doing. I’m heading for the sanctuary.” They all flew off, leaving Star Wolf stranded.

“Well, here we are again.” Leon said.

“All because of Jake’s fear of birds.” Panther growled.

“At least we know where the Seventh Star is. Let’s call the Tallest and let them know. And get a ride back.” Wolf said.

“Why do I sense a massive battle coming on?” Panther wondered as Wolf called the Tallest.

The Massive

The Tallest were once again eating snacks and watching TV. “We now return to Don Knots in ‘Too Many Ostriches.’”

“There’s too many ostriches! Why are there so many ostriches? The brochure said there’d only be a few ostriches. This is a terrible vacation!”


Afterwards, Orbot and Cubot came in. “Sirs: we just got a report from Star Wolf.” Orbot said.

“They got beat, didn’t they?” Red guessed.

“Yeah, they got beat worse than a lady with bad luck, y’know?” Cubot replied.

“But the good news is they brought important information! It seems the final Star Piece is on Planet Earth!”

Red spit out some soda he was drinking. “EARTH? Are you serious?”

“If what Wolf says is true.”

“Hmmm. Come to think of it, that picture of Rachel did show her wearing a gold star necklace.”

“You think that might be the last Star?” Purple asked.

“Then we must go to get it before the GKND do!” Orbot suggested.

“Hold on there, Orbie.” Red replied. “From what I hear, the Earth KND is quite strong for their technology, and if the GKND assist them, they’ll be unstoppable.”

“So what’s da plan, huh?” Cubot asked.

Red thought for a minute and came up with the only solution he could: “Gather all troops. We’ll need a massive invasion force.”

Star Haven

After the unexpected battle with Star Wolf, Numbuh 1 had made it to the Star Sanctuary. He went inside to see the Stars still resting on their pedestals, but no Jirachi or Dimentia. No one was around, giving Numbuh 1 the perfect opportunity to sneak into the secret room below the fountain. But how?

He then noticed an odd stick lying on the staircase. Having a small idea, he picked the stick up, stuck into Jirachi’s pedestal, and tilted it. As if by luck, the fountain slid over and the secret room opened. “Well, that was convenient.” He said to himself as he slowly walked in.

Inside the dark room, he could hear the sounds of moaning, and gained a look of fright. He slowly took out his flashlight and, once he turned it on to see ahead, he gaped with shock. “Mom? Dad?”

His parents were hanging from their shackles, their clothes tattered. Monty Uno slowly awakened and looked to Nigel. “H-Hello… Son.”

“Dad… what happened? Who put you here?”

“It was Dimentia.” he said weakly. “She put us in here, so that we wouldn’t try to stop you from leaving.”

“I don’t understand. You were there to see me off. You wanted me to go.”

“We were never there to see you off. The morning you left with your friends to retrieve the Delightful Children’s cake… Chad and Maurice came to our home and recommissioned our memories, then told us that the GKND was coming to take you away. We were about to come and stop you, but Dimentia came and attacked us, then trapped us in here. She made clones of Agatha and I to come see you off and make you think we wanted you to leave. But in reality, we were trying to stop you.”

“But wouldn’t you want me to do this?”

“Listen, boy. You’re not really the first human to be invited to GKND. I was invited to join many years ago.”

“You… were?”

“Yes. It was some time after I defeated Grandfather. Dimentia came to me and told me I had been accepted to GKND. And I went. But ever since I left, I felt guilty about leaving all my friends behind. Especially your mother here. But I thought I could make up for it by saving the universe from this disease.”

“Wow, you and I really do have a lot in common. But I know the disease isn’t real and that Dimentia’s been lying to Jirachi for eternal youth.”

“Yes, but it’s more than that. Those prisoners you’ve seen in the prison hold? Those weren’t evil adults. They were parents that cared for their children greatly. Those parents loved their children, and the children loved them. So, when Dimentia kidnapped them, those children grew upset. She’s been making people throughout the universe upset for eons, and filling the Fountain of Dreams with darkness.”

“But why is she filling it with darkness?”

“When the fountain is filled with darkness, the Star Rod and Jirachi can be easily used for evil purposes. And Dimentia has one.”

“What is it?”

“She wants to use Jirachi… to awaken Zathura.”

“Her homeworld? The black hole?”

“It’s not just a black hole. It’s a creature that feeds off of planets and galaxies. It’s been locked away for generations. Dimentia wants to awaken and use Zathura… to destroy the universe.”

“WHAT?”

“And once it does so, Dimentia plans to use the Star Rod to make a new universe where only kids rule and no one ever grows up. It will truly be an adult-free utopia.”

“That’s… awful.”

“I did the same as you did. I collected six of the Seven Star Pieces. But that’s when I found out her true intentions. So, before she could begin looking for the seventh one, which Rachel now wears around her neck, I wished for Jirachi to scatter the Star Pieces again and that no one could wish them all back. He luckily granted my wish, but Dimentia would not take it lightly.”

“What did she do to you?”

“She…She sent me back to Earth and ordered my immediate decommissioning. Once I was decommissioned, Dimentia destroyed anything that had a trace of Numbuh Zero and erased anyone’s memories of my work. Then all everyone knew was plain old Monty Uno.”

“So, that’s why people argued whether you were real or not.”

“Yes. Thankfully, Dimentia wasn’t able to erase everyone’s memories. I just wish I told you about all this when you recommissioned me.”

“It’s all right, Dad. I know now. It’s time we taught her a lesson! Just let me break your-”

“NO! It’s too dangerous there for us adults. Especially with Dimentia’s control over Jirachi. And releasing us would just put you in more danger. Leave us here. We’ll get out eventually.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes. Just go on your own. We’ll be okay.”

Numbuh 1 was still unsure about this. But he did as his father said and ran off. Off to confront his leader.

GKND H.Q.

“Excellent!” Dimentia exclaimed, walking down the hall with her Magiblots. “Now that the machine is ready, all we have to do is get that last Star! Then we can finally awaken Zathura and-” Her sentence was cut short when Nigel approached her down the hall, glaring at her. “Oh, Number 1! Where’ve you been? I’ve been-”

“Cut the act, Dimentia, I know what you’re up to.”

Dimentia rose an eyebrow. “You do?”

“You don’t really care about the Kids Next Door at all. All you cared about was staying young! You went around and kidnapped several people from their planets and used the sadness from their loved ones to fill the Fountain of Dreams with darkness, all in your crazy scheme to awaken Zathura!”

After a moment of silence, Dimentia gave a big smile. “So, you spoke to my old friend, did you?” She closed her eyes and held her hands up a bit. “Okay, I admit it: I lied to Jirachi about the disease so I could use his powers to stay young forever and never have to grow up! As a bonus, I tricked him into thinking the Star Spirits didn’t care for him and had him take them out! Though I must say, you figured it all out a lot faster than Number Zero did!”

Nigel immediately ran over and punched her in the face, knocking her against the wall. Afterwards, he grabbed her by the shirt collar and held her against the wall. “I left all my friends and family behind just to help YOU stay young! You’re more selfish than Harvey!”

The Magiblots attempted to charge into him, but Dimentia waved a hand, signaling for them to stop. “Number 1:”

Numbuh 1.”

“Let go of my shirt.” she said angrily. Still angry, Numbuh 1 released her. “Now listen, I may have lied about the disease for immortality, but one thing remains the truth: the Irken Empire is real, the war against adult tyranny is real, and only the Kids Next Door can stop them. Think about it, Number 1, if not for my lie, the Kids Next Door would have never existed and the adults would all be ruling over us. And if I’m as selfish as you claim, why would I let my other operatives drink from the fountain and have immortality, and not just myself? I may be a big liar, but I still want what’s best for the Kids Next Door. And awakening Zathura to destroy the adults of the universe will help us do that.”

“But you’ll be wiping out the children of this universe, too!”

“That’s the price, Nigel. We all have to make sacrifices in the war against adult tyranny. But it’ll all be worth it in the end, once we establish an adult-free universe!”

“Forget it! I’m not letting you destroy everything just to get what you want! I’m going to tell Jirachi, so he’ll never let you use his power again! Then I’m heading back to Earth, so I can spend the rest of my childhood with my friends!” Nigel began to march down the hall, past the Magiblots.

Dimentia thought for a minute and spoke, “What about the rest of the GKND?”

He stopped and turned around. “What do you mean?”

Dimentia smiled. “If Jirachi knows what’s happening, he won’t let anyone use his power! They’ll all age and become adults, including Ava, Luvbi, and Kweeb, and some of them will die! I don’t think you want something like that to happen to them.”

Nigel looked down in defeat, knowing Dimentia was right. If Jirachi knew what was happening, it may be bad for them as well. Dimentia smiled more, knowing she had him. But her smiling ended when she was hit in the back by some force. They all looked to see Marine holding up her glowing fist, with the others behind her. “Looks like we caught the liar red-handed!” she exclaimed.

“Guys!” Nigel shouted.

“Frankly, Dimentia, we don’t care if we can’t stay young forever.” Ava said. “We only want what’s best for the people we care about, including Nigel!”

“So, we art going to exposeth thine treachery if it kills us!” Luvbi vowed. Nigel smiled with gratitude.

Dimentia’s face furrowed as she turned back to Nigel. “You may have friends by your side, but I still have Jirachi! If any of you try anything, I’ll just convince Jirachi you’ve been brainwashed by the disease, and then I’ll send YOU back to Earth and erase any trace of your existence, so the good times you all had together will seem like they never happened!” At this, everyone held back. Dimentia calmed down a bit. “That’s more like it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need a drink. Ciao!” She and the Magiblots teleported.

“What are we going to do about this?” Ava asked.

Nigel looked down. “I don’t know.”

The Massive

The Tallest sat in their control room while Orbot and Cubot checked several controls. “Sirs, all weapons and Irken ships are ready to go. Now we’re just waiting for the other captains.” Orbot said.

“All units report!” Red ordered into the large computer screen.

“This is Invader Tak! I’ve got the Dryans ready to ship off!”

“This is Star Wolf! We’ve picked up the ice troops from Planet Glacia and we’re ready to go!”

“Neeerrrr! This is Francis! I’ve got my Meowbots ready for battle! Schweeeet!”

“This is Ripto! My Rhynocs are ready to go whenever you’re ready! (Also, no one ask how I survived.)”

“YARR! This be Admiral Razorbeard! The warships are ready to ship off and swab the deck with those scallywags, arrr!”


“Excellent!” Red exclaimed. “Everyone: prepare to make the jump for hyperspace! Destination: EARTH!”

All the ships vanished in a flash of light.

Planet Earth

Far outside Earth’s atmosphere, the alien armada got out of hyperspace, and a countless number of ships flew down to Earth and started wreaking havoc, adults and children screaming at the sight of it all.

On the Moonbase, Fanny noticed the fleet of ships come out from hyperspace and immediately called Rachel over. “SIR! Ya have to come see this!”

Rachel immediately ran over and gaped with horror as she recognized the flagship. “THAT’S THE MASSIVE!” Before Fanny could say anything back, the Massive began firing missiles at the Moonbase, the operatives screaming, while on the Massive, the Almighty Tallest laughed maniacally.

Zim, standing outside the control room, heard all this happening. “Come on, GIR. This is going to be a heavy duty fight.” The two ran off, not knowing how right Zim was. The greatest battle the Kids Next Door had ever seen was about to begin.


AND DONE! Next time, we’ll head to the next world, which is, in fact, Planet Earth, and we’ll do my personal most favorite part in the story: THE INVASION! I hope you all like action, because the next few chapters has it all!
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Nice adventure. Can't wait to see how it goes on Earth.