A Day in the Life...

Missing Pieces

"Rachel? ... You mean Numbuh 362?" Nigel blushes slightly

"Yeah, the one and only, Abby and I just recently got in touch with her after a few years. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you two planned this." Hoagie laughs

"Wha...what do you mean by that?" Nigel asks

"What flyboy is tryin ta say is dat Rachel also came back into our lives within the last few months."

"Why is that? I thought you guys would always stay friends and keep in touch."

"Well honey, afta you left... well, she did too..." Sighing she states "The reason being is, because of you..."

"Me!!? Why me? Why would she do that? The whole organization is more important than one missing operative is. Why would she leave just for me?"

Abby looked at him with disbelief

"Because sugah... There was only one operative who won her heart..."

Nigel looks dumbfounded... then surprised, opening his mouth to speak but no words came out. He looks to Hoagie, just to see him holding back his laughter.

"Exactly, she went searchin fo you Nigel. Rach took a leave of absence and neva came back, thus putting me in charge of the KND. Obviously, I couldn't tell the girl that the love of her life went off to space on a top-secret mission. Dat would open a whole nother mess of trouble. If you think about it, if she hadn't of left, we wouldn't be standing here talking ta you today." Abby smirks

"What do you mean by that?"

Abby shook her head, "Child did that brain of yours get rattled on da way here? Did you stop to think about why Hoagie and I still member ya?

Again, Nigel was stunned, "Wha... how... you mean..."

Hoagie burst into a fit of laughter "Yeah man, we were never decommissioned. Well technically, we were but we've retained our memories. Thanks to our former soopreme leader over here" he points his thumb at Abby

"When... how did that happen? Then tell me, what happened with the teen/adult tyranny thing, the secrecy of the organization, or the classified information. Wouldn't that be leaked?"

"Honey, none of dat really ever mattered. The reason for all the conflicts between da KND and adults was just irrelevant. Abby figured dat the teens and adults were bitter because they forget ta have fun as kids. Without dat they become old rule lawyers, bitter crusty old people." Hoagie laughs in the background

Contemplating Nigel responds "What about the theory about kids ruling over adults? Doesn't that tie in somewhere?"

"Buddy look... I'm not sure if all that is true or not. Whether kids ruled the world at some point in time would have been cool; but you have to think of it this way, why do kids grow up into adults? A continuous cycle never ends. It is bound to happen eventually, but it's up to us to make sure we are fun, good natured adults that kids like and look up to."

"Hmmm... that does make sense, although the G: KND does have a theory about the adults..."

"Which would be what sugah?"

"Eh... well... they think being an adult is some sort of disease... with that thinking, they see Earth as being corrupted by this growing epidemic."

Hoagie shouts, "What!! You can't be serious... that's the dumbest..." Cutting him off...