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[redhat]

[She's been warned this probably won't work, but she has to try. And hey, it's not like adults know a thing about 2x4 technology. Or the moonbase. There's still a chance they might answer.]

Sector V? Numbuh One? Moonbase command? If anyone's getting this, please respond. This is Numbuh Five, requesting emergency assistance.

Anyone? Numbuh 362? Man, Numbuh Five will even take Numbuh 86 right now...

[And yes, people, this girl can't be more than eleven or twelve.]

Comments

[thefuzzyguy]

Um...

[And no he has no idea what she's talking about.]

They're just called The Authorities. Definitely bad news. Try and don't cheese them off, ja? That's take-away lesson number one.

[redhat]

Authorities? Never heard of them.

[Though that doesn't mean that Father isn't involved, somehow.]

Sounds like they could stand gettin' their tails whooped.

[thefuzzyguy]

And that is the kind of thing we don't say on the network.

[Not that he looks like he disapproves or anything.]

Anyway, none of us knows how we got here or who brought us, and we seem to come from different worlds and times. So, um, that's weird, but that's the other big thing to get used to. Bad guys in the domed city and people from all kinds of universes.

[redhat]

[Alternate universes? Been there, done that. Abby doesn't look impressed.]

They don't know what they're dealin' with.

At least you all have the same story. Numbuh Five is starting to believe y'all ain't jokin' around.

[thefuzzyguy]

It would be a pretty strange thing to make up. Not that everyone here is super trustworthy or anything, but the basics about being kidnapped and waking up on a spaceship? That's pretty straightforward, even if it's nuts.

[He has room in his head for both.]

[redhat]

Hey, Numbuh Five's seen stranger. You ever stolen somethin' from nerds?

[thefuzzyguy]

[She's ahead of him, then.]

Uh, well, one time I accidentally tripped a booby-trapped lab and my sister beamed me into another dimension with the only piece of tech that didn't blow up. So I guess we sort of stole that from a nerd, but he didn't mind much, since I got him out of the time pocket on my way back out.

[Ah, memories.]

[redhat]

Not somethin' like that, fool. Like a trading card. One of their collectables. Trust me, until you deal with nerd zombies...

[She tuts and shakes her head at the memory. The fact that Kurt's wild story doesn't make her bat an eye should probably mean something.]

[thefuzzyguy]

[Either she thinks he's joking or her life is about as odd as his.]

Nein, that has never happened to me.

[redhat]

Take my advice, teenager, don't try it.

[Yeah, she was still annoyed with Numbuh Two and his Yipper buddies for that one.]

[thefuzzyguy]

[Is that an insult, now? All by itself, even?]

Every time I think I have the hang of English...