Operation: D.A.D.S. (Chapter 9 Up!)

[artgirlb [a.k.a. Numbuh 138]]

I'd been meaning to post a Monty-Uno-and-Hoagie-Sr. fic for a while now, so here it is!

A few things to note - I do use flashback quite a bit. I know it's a cliched plot device, but I felt it worked best here that we actually see the events happening to Hoagie Sr. and Monty for ourselves rather than just hear someone explain them.

And as for romance...not planning on it. Not unless it's between two people already together on the show.

And as for the fic itself, this is kind of a "first look" thing. Basically, you can critique this all you want, and any necessary changes will be made before it is posted on FF.net, where the "final copy" will be posted. Kinda like how I post Time Warp on the 5/H thread before posting it on this board.

Enjoy!

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Kids Next Door Mission
Operation:
D.A.D.S.

Discoveries
Await
Duo's
Sons

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Chapter One.

"Boys and girls, we have a new student today!"

Everyone in the classroom looked at the front of the class to see who had just joined the fourth grade at Gallagher Elementary.

"Everyone," the teacher continued, "This is Hogarth P. Gilligan."

"Actually, I like to be called Hoagie." the boy pointed out.

"Right then, Hoagie. Go find yourself a seat."

Hoagie walked down the closest aisle, looking for an empty seat through his yellow-lensed goggles.

"Psst." a voice whispered from Hoagie's left.

He looked in that direction to see a boy with scruffy, dark brown hair and square sunglasses. He motioned towards an empty desk to Hoagie's right.

"Thanks!" Hoagie told the boy.

"No problem." the boy said, in a British accent, "My name's Monty, by the way. Monty Uno."
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It was Saturday afternoon, and, once again, Hoagie P. Gilligan, Jr., also known as Numbuh Two of Sector V of the Kids Next Door, had to clean the garage. He was rummaging through yet another box of miscellaneous junk when he was interrupted by a familiar voice.

"Numbuh Two?"

Hoagie turned to the direction of the driveway, where his friend and sector leader, Nigel Uno, or Numbuh One, was standing.

"Oh, hey Numbuh One!" Hoagie happily greeted him.

"Shouldn't you be at the treehouse, working on those repairs to the M.O.S.Q.U.I.T.T.O.H.?"

"I would, but Mom wants me and Tommy to finish cleaning the garage."

"Looks like it's just you cleaning."

"No, Tommy's in here. He's probably buried under something...Tommy, where are you?"

"Over here!" shouted Tommy, as his hand rose up from a pile of discarded 2x4 machinery. His hand hit a tower of boxes, which teetered back and forth before it finally leaned over Hoagie.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" he shrieked, as the boxes collapsed and fell on him, before he had a chance to run out of the way.

"Hoagie?!" Tommy exclaimed, crawling out of the pile and towards the mess. Nigel rushed over, and the two tossed away the boxes and assorted junk piled on Hoagie. Eventually, he got up, with a little help from Tommy and Nigel, and brushed himself off.

"Geez, watch it next time, Tommy..." he muttered, unaware there was a old, beat-up photograph stuck in the strap of his goggles.

"Um, Numbuh Two..." Nigel pointed out, "You've got something stuck...there!" He pulled the photo away, then glanced at it. Suddenly, Nigel's expression changed to one of disbelief.

"Something wrong, Numbuh One?" Hoagie asked. Nigel didn't respond.

"Lemme see!" Tommy exclaimed, then grabbed the photo from Nigel's hand.

"What is it?" Hoagie asked.

"It's...it's Dad as a kid! And there's some other kid standing next to him..."

"That's my dad." Nigel stated, "Numbuh Zero."

"WHAT?!" Hoagie shouted, then grabbed the photo from Tommy. Sure enough, the photo depicted two ten-year-old boys. One was wearing the same pilot's cap and goggles Hoagie was wearing, and the other wore square-shaped sunglasses, and had a giant "0" on him.

"Numbuh One, you didn't tell me our dads knew each other!" Hoagie exclaimed.

"I...I didn't..." Nigel stammered, "He did mention some of his teammates in the Book of KND...but I'm not sure if any of them were your dad."

"Where DID you put that book, anyway?"

"I sent it to the Moonbase for safekeeping."

"Think they'll let me flip through it?"

"I don't see why not..."

"Then let's go!" Hoagie said, heading outside.

"Wait!" Tommy called to his brother, "If you're going on a mission, you might need assistance from...the TOMMY!"

"I'm just going to the Moon, Tommy. You stay here and finish cleaning."

"B-but I wanna come with you! He's my dad, too!"

Hoagie sighed, and looked at Nigel for support.

"I'm not sure they'll let civilians in the Moonbase..." Nigel began.

"But I used to be in the Kids Next Door!" Tommy whined, "And I saved you guys from being animals!"

"Oh, all right," Nigel groaned, "I'll see what I can do when we get there."

As the boys left the garage, anxious about what they would find out, none of them realized just what was in store for them, and what long-hidden information would come to light.

[hoagiegal1970]

Wow. I'm liking this a lot!

So we're going to see a lot more Hoagie Sr./Monty flashbacks?

[artgirlb [a.k.a. Numbuh 138]]

Yes. Yes we are ;D (This is only Chapter One, after all...)

[sjedmondson]

Wow, This is one of the admittingly few fanfics I really enjoy. No-ones OOC or anything.


=D well done!

[artgirlb [a.k.a. Numbuh 138]]

Really? Cool! (I was worried about OOC-ness...especially with Tommy )

[faircod1965]

This is an excellent well written story featuring Hoagie Sr. and Monty when they were kids, nice and interesting.

[artgirlb [a.k.a. Numbuh 138]]

Heeeere's Chapter Two!

Okay, I'm still worried about just how in-character this one is...feel free to critique.

Still...I'm glad I got Ben into the story ;D

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Chapter Two

It was recess, and Monty was showing Hoagie around the playground.

"...and one more thing," he explained, "Stay out of the jungle gym. The last kid that went in there never came back."

"Got it." Hoagie said.

"You think you're gonna be all right here?"

"Yeah, I think I-"

Just then, Monty turned his attention to a couple of bigger kids taunting a meek, shivering boy. He had dark brown, almost black, hair, and square-rimmed glasses.

"Be right back." Monty told Hoagie. He dashed in the direction of the bullies and their victim.

"Hey!" he shouted, getting the bullies' attention, "Let go of him."

"Oh, um, right away, Monty!" one of the bullies said, and he and the others immediatly left the still-shaking boy alone.

"What just happened?" Hoagie asked, as he approached the two.

"I wasn't just going to let them hurt my little brother." Monty explained, "Hoagie, this is Ben. Ben, this is Hoagie.:

"Nice to meet you." Hoagie greeted Ben as friendly as possible.

"Um...h-hi..." Ben stuttered.

"You okay?"

"Don't worry about it." Monty said, "He gets nervous around new people."

"Anyway," Hoagie began, changing the subject, "Why'd those bullies stop teasing Ben just because you told them to?"

"Well...I don't mean to brag...but I'm pretty well-respected around here..."

"Really? Wow, you must have done something pretty impressive..."

"Ever hear of the Kids Next Door?"

"Well...back in my old town, we'd heard a lot about them, but all the adults said that it was all just a big rumor..."

"What did you expect? They're adults. The Kids Next Door does exist...and I should know."

"You're in it?"

"Not just in it - I'm leading it."

"'Leading it'?" Hoagie asked, then gasped. "You mean...you're...you're...Numbuh Zero?!"

Monty simply nodded, answering Hoagie's question. Just then, the bell rang.

"You gotta tell me more on the way to class!" Hoagie told Monty as they walked back towards the school, then quickly glanced back at Ben.

"Nice meeting you!" Hoagie shouted to his new friend's brother, but Ben didn't respond, and joined the crowd going back into the building.

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Nigel opened a door at the end of the Moonbase corridor he, Hoagie, and Tommy had been walking down. It opened up to a small room, with a pedestal in the center, displaying the Book of KND.

"Go ahead." Nigel told Hoagie. Hoagie, with Tommy following behind, entered the room, and approached the book. He picked it up, then flipped through the pages, looking for any signs that his dad had written his story in there, too.

"Wait, Hoagie!" Tommy suddenly exclaimed, after a couple seconds, "I think I saw a picture of Dad in there!"

Hoagie flipped through the pages he'd gone past, until Tommy pointed to the one he had seen.

"It is Dad!" Hoagie said, relieved they'd found the right page, "Now what was his Num...buh?"

"What's wrong?" Tommy asked.

"It says here he was also Numbuh Two..."

"What?!"

"Hey, I'm not making this up!"

"Is it even possible?"

"Sometimes Numbuhs get reused, but the odds of me getting the same one as Dad...this is all too weird."

As Nigel stayed outside the room, his communicator rang.

"Hello?" Nigel answered it, then stepped a few feet away from the room so he could hear the message over Hoagie and Tommy's conversation.

"So, what did Dad write here, anyway?" Tommy asked his brother.

"Well, let's see...it says here that-" Hoagie began.

"Numbuh Two!" Nigel shouted to his teammate, "We have to leave NOW! It's an emergency!"

"But..." Hoagie began.

"You can read it some other time!"

Hoagie sighed, and ran out of the room, following his leader. Tommy hesitated, looking back at the book. Still filled with curiousity, and not having much time to make a decision, he snatched the book, and tore his dad's page out.

"I'll just put it back in later..." Tommy assured himself, as he replaced the book, and quickly folded the page into his pocket. He then rushed out of the room, attempting to catch up.

[sjedmondson]

Hurrah for Ben!

=)


Nice workkkkkk. =D

[faircod1965]

Brilliant chapter, Father's in it as well, though he was just Monty's brother Ben.

[hypergirl20]

That was a very good chapter. The characters are not OOC at all! Great job!

[artgirlb [a.k.a. Numbuh 138]]

Thanks, guys

Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to put this chapter on FF.net...

[faircod1965]

That was such a brilliant chapter of this story.

[digigirl02]

Great start, I can't wait to see more of their relationship w/ Ben.

[artgirlb [a.k.a. Numbuh 138]]

Trust me, you will. ;D

And now that I've gotten more time to write it tonight...*cracks knuckles, continues typing*

[artgirlb [a.k.a. Numbuh 138]]

Okay, I'm really, REALLY unsure if this chapter is any good, and honestly, it could've been better.

Oh, well.

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Chapter Three

"Hoagie?" Monty called into the garage, from inside the Gilligans' house. It had been three weeks since the boys had met, and Monty had come over to his friend's house to discuss an assignment they'd been paired up for.

Just then, Monty saw something in the garage that caught his eye. To the average person, it would appear to be a big piece of junk, but to a Kids Next Door operative, it was a fine piece of 2x4 technology - a small airplane.

"Hey, Monty!" Hoagie greeted from behind the plane.

"Hoagie...what is this?"

"Oh, this? Just a little project of mine..."

"Does it work?"

"Yeah, it does. I took this thing for a test flight the other night, when there was a full moon out, so I could see better. Of course, it's not the only thing I'm working on. You should see the trike I'm-"

"I just want to see if this thing can fly."

Without a word, Hoagie got into the plane. He pressed a button in the aircraft, and the large garage door lifted up. Hoagie then started up the plane, and once the door was out of the way, he took off.

Monty followed the plane out of the garage and watched as it flew off the ground and above the neighborhood. Hoagie piloted it on a straight course at first, then, apparently in a playful mood, he made a few loop-de-loops before finally landing the plane back into the garage.

"You want a turn?" Hoagie asked Monty.

"Did you really build this yourself?" Monty asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, the Kids Next Door, including myself, have been trying to build 2x4 technology aircraft for a while now, using old blueprints from the previous generation of KND operatives, but we haven't had much success...not like you have here, anyway. At least your plane stayed in the air."

Hoagie kept listening, his mind racing with ideas of what Monty could be getting at.

"The point is," Monty continued, "That we could use someone like you in the Kids Next Door."

"Really?!" Hoagie asked, excited, "You mean it?! Wait, do I have to go through any training first?"

"At the moment, we're just looking for kids with the right skills. What do you say?"

"Sure thing, Monty - er, I mean, Numbuh Zero."

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"What happened here?!" Hoagie exclaimed, as he, Nigel, and Tommy got out of the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. and into in the hangar of the Sector V treehouse.

Only now, it seemed to be half a treehouse. The entire place, particularly the hangar, was badly damaged, as if there had been a battle, and no one was in sight.

"HIIIII!" greeted a familiar voice. The boys turned in the direction of the voice to see Kuki Sanban, a.k.a. Numbuh Three, popping out from behind the heavily-damaged C.O.O.L.-B.U.S.

"Numbuh Three!" Nigel said, relieved to see at least one of his teammates was still around, "Where are Numbuhs Four and Five?!"

"Right here!" responded the voice of Abigail Lincoln, a.k.a. Numbuh Five. She was running into the hangar, with Wallabee "Wally" Beetles, a.k.a. Numbuh Four following behind.

"Are you guys all right?" Hoagie asked.

"Yeah," Wally replied, "You're lucky you weren't here."

"Huh?"

"We were attacked by Father." Abby began, "He and the ice cream men were just tearin' up the place, and he was demanding to know where you were."

"Why would Father wanna know where I was?!" Hoagie asked, confused.

"If he's looking for you, then maybe we should check your house," Nigel suggested, "He'd probably try there next."

"O-okay..." Hoagie replied, trying to think clearly, after all that had happened so far.

As the rest of the team got ready to leave, Tommy confronted his older brother.

"Why do you think Father's after you?" he asked in curiousity.

"I don't know..." Hoagie sighed, "The only time I can remember doing anything to make him angry was that time at Toobathon...and if he was mad about that, he'd go after me right away instead of waiting this long."

"Maybe he thinks you've got something he wants?"

"I don't have anything an evil adult would go after me for!"

"NUMBUH TWO!" Nigel shouted, "Are you coming or not?!"

"Come on, let's go." Hoagie told his brother, as they joined the rest of Sector V in the S.C.A.M.P.E.R., unsure if they'd find the Gilligan home in better shape than the treehouse.