(A/N) Found some spare time. Thought I'd update. You know, writing this was not as easy as I thought. Not to say it's too hard, but I thought that it would be really easy. But a challenge is fun, right? Anyway, this one has a reference to a particular KND episode. If you don't remember or never saw it, Nigel explains the whole situation, so no worries! SO without further ado, here's the next chappie for you to enjoy!

"Alright, operatives!" said Nigel, standing on a chair in front of the room. Everyone turned to face him. "Now that your memories have been replaced, time to tell you what exactly is going on."

"That'd be a good idea." Noah said in a bored tone. In truth, he really didn't care about what Nigel had to say. He was still trying to figure out why he still had feelings for Heather, aka Numbah 3, even after all those years.

"Okay, team!" said Nigel, "Now I suppose that all of you still remember Father. Am I right?" Everyone nodded and murmured general comments of agreement. "Well, I don't know all the details, but I do know that whatever threat is coming, it has to do with him."

"How do you know?" asked Courtney. Nigel looked at her when she spoke, causing her to blush. Duncan rolled his eyes in disgust, turning away to smile at Heather. Heather smiled back at him, then turned away awkwardly.

"I'm glad you asked, Courtney." said Nigel. If you can remember, you know that when Father stole the Code Module all those years ago, he computed it into his system so he would have the DNA of all the KND operatives."

"Oh, that! I remember!" said Izzy, "That was the night of my slumber party. The party that someone," she glared at Leshawna, ", refused to come to."

"Gimme a break, Izzy." said Leshawna, "I just didn't wanna go to a slumber party. Nothin' personal!"

"Oh yeah! Sure" said Izzy in a scornful, sarcastic voice.

"People! Focus!" Nigel said loudly, "I realize there's a little tension, but take it easy. Now, as I was saying. Father stole the Code Module, but me and my sector were able to infiltrate Father's house, steal it back, and bring it back to the moon base before the next inauguration of the new KND operatives."

"Oh yeah!" said Owen, "That was when my little brother, Tommy, got accepted." Owen stopped for a second, "GREAT CUMQUATS OF THE GOBI DESERT! I have a little brother! I totally forgot!"

"We'll have time to go into that later numbah 2." said Nigel, "But your right. That was when Tommy got accepted into the KND. But that was also when Father used the information from the module to turn every KND operative into animals. However, Tommy was able to save the KND by taking his DNA out of the module and putting in Father's DNA, turning him into an animal and giving Tommy the opportunity to shut down the machine, which in turn turned everyone back into a human."

"Ulck! Don't remind me of that!" said Courtney, "I can still feel the fleas from when I got turned into a monkey!"

Nigel chuckled a little before continuing. "Anyway, because of that dilemma, Father officially became a member of the KND. Although I thought I picked up cross feed on the radio on my ship while I was floating out there, overhearing some say that they caught father and decommissioned him. However, something deep inside me says that it's not over."

"What makes you say that?" asked Lindsay nervously.

"The decommissioning process, I've learned," explained Nigel "Is unable to completely erase memories. It just erases the way to retrieve those memories. But to make sure that they never find those memories, the KND decommissioning team tries to cover up those memories by replacing them with different ones they make up. Although it works perfectly fine with thirteen year olds, no one knows for sure if it works on full grown adults."

"So, what do you suggest we do?" asked Duncan, a little annoyed with the whole situation, rather than worried.

"I say we make a base of operations on this island to track down father, and make sure his memories are gone forever." said Nigel.

"Sounds good to me!" said Heather, mainly because she just wanted to leave. "Let's get out of here."

Since Nigel had explained the plan to everyone, he didn't object to the adjourning. So everyone left the mess hall. Courtney was about to leave, but noticed that the buckle on her shoe was loose. So as everyone left, she bent down to adjust it. Duncan noticed that Courtney was staying behind, and decided to stay behind as well.

Duncan took in a deep breath. "So, Courtney." he said smoothly, "How are things with your new boyfriend?"

Courtney sat up in shock. Oh crud! She thought. I totally forgot I asked Duncan out before all this! Not good!

"Oh, you found out, huh?

"Yeah. I mean… you know. I'm fine with it and all. After all… well," Duncan laughed a little at his lack of words.

"I know what you mean." said Courtney, "I like Nigel, and you've got… uh…"

"Numbah 3?" finished Duncan, "Yeah, Heather's pretty cool. Uh, not to say you weren't cool. I mean, you were totally cool! I mean, you still are cool, I just, uh…"

Courtney chuckled a little. "So it looks like bad boy Duncan is breaking down?" she joked.

"Hey!"

"Calm down, I'm kidding." laughed Courtney. She sighed, "So I guess this is… goodbye?"

Duncan stopped for a moment. "You… you don't even wanna be friends?" Duncan said sadly.

"It's not that I don't want to be friends. But, I don't know… It would be too awkward. I mean, me, your ex-girlfriend dating your best friend, and you dating... uh, 'her'. It's too complicated."

Duncan started to panic on the inside, "Wait! Court! I won't mind it! Me and Nigel talked it out! I'm cool with it! Honest! I―"

"Duncan…" she said sadly, "I'm sorry. I don't think I would be able to handle the stress of being with Nigel and being friends with you. I need to part ways with you."

"But―" Duncan started to protest, but Courtney had already walked away. When she left the mess hall, he sat down at the nearest table and sat there for a moment. He slammed his head down on the table top and pounded his fist on it with a loud bang. "Damn it!" he shouted aloud to himself, "What's wrong with me?" He stood up and, in an impulse of rage, overturned the table. "What can't I deal with this? Why do I care?"

"The same reason I care!" said a voice. Duncan turned to see Noah standing there.

Duncan got angrier, "WHY DO YOU CARE!!! This isn't even about you!" he yelled. "And what are you doing here anyway, Noah."

"I saw you and Courtney talking, and when she left, I made a decision to talk to you!" he said in an even, non-intimidated voice. "And I'm Numbah 35."

Duncan looked at him oddly for a second, "Sorry, who?!?!"

Noah sighed, "No surprise there. No one ever noticed me back in the old days. After all, my only job was sitting on my ass, making calls to earth for kids to come to the moon base!"

Duncan calmed down a little, "Oh yeah." he said in a huffy way, "But what do YOU have to do with me and Courtney?"

"Nothing." he said simply, "But the reason I'm involved is because―" The words the he had planned to just spit out suddenly stopped in his mouth.

"Yeah?!" said Duncan, getting more annoyed by the second.

"I―" Noah sighed, "Forget it! It's not important!" Noah started to leave, but didn't even take to steps before he felt a hand grab the back of his shirt and drag him back. Noah turned around, and Duncan grasped his shirt, hoisting him off the floor in a threatening manner.

"I'll be the judge of whether it's damn important or not!" Duncan growled, his teeth bared like a dog's.

"Fine!" said Noah, "I'm in love with Numbah 3! Okay?!?!"

Duncan kept holding him in the air for a few moments more, glaring at him as he let the words sink in. Then he dropped Noah, who landed on his feet hard, causing him to kneel when he landed. Noah picked himself up, but before he could do another thing more, Duncan was already gone.

I love Numbah 3. Though Duncan as he walked, But I think I still love Courtney. Is this why I've been feeling like crap lately?

Duncan leaned up against a tree. He saw Heather by the shore, dipping his feet in the tide. He turned his head and saw Courtney, sitting next to Nigel, talking.

Damn, I hate my life right now!

(A/N) The next update won't be too long! At least I hope! I'll try hard to get the next chapter up soon! See you next time!