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Rachel had just finished giving orders to a bunch of operatives, she was now walking the hallways of Moonbase with Numbuh 86 “Phew! I’m on a roll today!” Numbuh 362 had been working the entire day, she slept only about four hours last night and didn’t stop ever since then, it was already late night
“S-Sir? Are you sure you are okay?” Numbuh 86 asked, even the usually assertive Numbuh 86 was having trouble reaching out for her friend and leader these past few weeks after Grandfather had been defeated “You’ve been awake for…eighteen hours!” Fanny said looking at her friend worried sick
Rachel snorted “Calm down, I’ve been through worse” She laughed “There is still tons of work to do after grandfather attacked, moonbase isn’t even up yet” She said while an operative showed her a clipboard “Yeah, go for something more resistant since we are rebuilding it” She said while the operative wrote her ideas
“Look… I know there is lots of pressure on you right now because well…” Numbuh 86 scratched the back of her head
“I was totally and completely useless while everyone turned into zombies?” Rachel said as she started to sweat “Or if Numbuh 1 had listened to me we would all be making tapioca right now?” She started scratching her head as her hair became more messy “Or is it because Moonbase was destroyed and our comms are in complete disarray with the rest of the kids all over the globe because of that?” Numbuh 362 headed for a console near a makeshift tent and typed in some instructions “Yeah… this should do…” She said clearly on the edge happy with her memo about communications
“Sorry…” Numbuh 86 lowered her head “Look… I’m worried about you, can’t you take a break? At least try sleeping like a normal human being”
“I will sleep like a human being when the moon base is back in place” Rachel sighed then patted Fanny on the shoulder smiling at her with bags under her eyes “I’m fine, I wouldn’t have taken this job if it was easy” She gave Numbuh 86 a thumbs up then went over to a Scamper “Is the fuel we ordered enough to carry the salvageable metal from the old moonbase to the moon?” She asked a pilot who proceeded to explain to her they would need more of it for everything “I… Understand…” Rachel lowered her head then returned to Fanny “Will need to order more fuel from Sector T…” Rachel yawned her eyes were slowly closing then she shook her head and pressed on heading for another makeshift tent
“Alright… This can’t be healthy” Numbuh 60 was behind Fanny looking at Rachel who was resting her body against a fence while talking to a boy with a cowboy hat
“She is driving me crazy! This has been going on for weeks, I knew she would have tons of work on her hands but this is ridiculous! She didn’t have a good night's sleep for weeks now” Numbuh 86 turned her attention to Numbuh 60 who kept looking at Rachel with worry in his eyes “Where is Numbuh 1?”
“Rachel gave his sector mandatory vacations after he saved us all, he didn’t take it too well but accepted since it was a gift from her” Patton sighed “Can’t you knock some sense into her?”
“I’ve been trying for days!” Fanny pushed him to the floor looking at him angry “She doesn’t listen to me!”
“Don’t take it out on me” Patton got up and grabbed Fanny by the shirt while the girl held him by the neck both ready to come to blows but before they could start fighting they heard screams and cries for help coming from afar, both operatives stopped and rushed in the direction of the screams, they arrived only to see Rachel passed out on the floor in the middle of tons of operatives looking at her worried
“OUT OF THE WAY ALL OF YOU!” Numbuh 86 rushed to Rachel’s side and put her head over her chest “She is breathing thank god” Numbuh 86 sighed in relief then noticed a team of KND paramedics arriving, they quickly put her on a stretcher and carried her to a medical tent, Numbuh 86 and Numbuh 60 followed, a Doctor quickly arrived and examined Rachel along with a team of nurses while Numbuh 86 explained the situation the best way she could
“Let me see… Heart is at an abnormal rate… Her pulse is slow… Still breathing…” He smiled relieved
“It’s what I said!” Numbuh 86 crossed her arms worried sick about Rachel then lowered her head as a nurse gestured her to make silence
A nurse quickly placed a pillow below her feet while another placed a damp cloth on her forehead, a third nurse came in with scissors and cut her clothes “Wow… she is using three sets of clothes on top of one another, We are in the middle of summer” the nurse said while cutting Rachel’s Supreme leader and Combat clothing leaving her in casual clothing a simple pair of orange shorts with a loose Doctor time space and the continuum shirt
Her body was incredibly sweaty and her breath was extremely rough “She spent 18 hours like this? Is she even human?” The Doctor said while the nurses cleaned sweat from her body
“Will she be okay?” Patton asked the Doctor while trying to calm Numbuh 86 down
“It seems she had a heat stroke along with a drop in her blood pressure due to exhaustion” The KND doctor said then handed a bottle of some sort of sports drink to one of the nurses “One month of rest, good hydration and staying out of stressful situations and she will be good as new” Suddenly they heard a groan, Rachel had just woke up from her fainting
Rachel sat up on the bed and started drinking the sports drink feeling a bit groggy “Hmmm… Orange” she smiled at it meekly still feeling weak “Alright… enough rest…” Rachel sighed then started getting up
“Pin her down” The doctor said, soon the nurses, Fanny and Patton held Rachel down in the bed from both sides
“W-What is this?! This is insubordination!” Rachel tried to yell at them but the girl was simply too weak for that
“You just fainted Sir, I can’t in good consciousness let you leave this bed” The Doctor said “The name is Numbuh 460 BC, You had a heat stroke along with a sudden loss of blood pressure due to exhaustion, you are not working for at least a month” Numbuh 460 BC said
“I don’t think you understand… We don’t have a base!” Numbuh 362 yelled at the doctor this time while still trying to get up “I need to work whether I like it or not!”
“Patton and I can take care of it for you!” Numbuh 86 said
“What? No way, you two can’t go five minutes without fighting!” Rachel said
“Look… Can we at least try? You are shaking sir” Patton pointed out
Rachel then noticed they had released her already and that her hand was a bit shaky from stress, she sighed and rested her head against the pillow “Fine… but if I see any trouble I’m leaving this bed…” Rachel said then closed her eyes to try catching some sleep, it wasn’t long before she fell asleep like a rock
“Thank god…” Numbuh 86 sighed relieved her friend finally decided to rest and sleep, but before she could head out of the hospital tent Numbuh 460 BC stopped her and Patton
“There is… another problem…” Numbuh 460 BC smiled at the two
Rachel was laying on a bed in her room wearing her casual clothes watching tv eating popcorn, she let out a muffled laugh “That’s the best part” She said with her mouth full of popcorn, she then noticed someone laying down next to her, she looked to her side and saw Numbuh 1 smiling at her
“You are watching this old stuff again?” He laughed at the cover of the first Doctor Time space and the continuum movie
“It’s a masterpiece” She laughed then hugged him
“Yeah, It was nice the first two times I watched, this is what? The tenth one?” He laughed then kissed her on the cheek
“Hey… come on…” She chuckled “Don’t interrupt my movie” She paused the movie then kissed him on the lips softly “By the way… you wanna go to the movies later?” She smiled at him
“Sure, but I choose the movie” Numbuh 1 laughed
“Alright… I will think about that” She said then kissed him again “I need to fix up some missions before going though…” She got up from bed
“Missions?” Numbuh 1 looked at her quite confused
“Yeah… put some operatives to fight some teens” She chuckled while sitting at a table with a laptop on top of it
“Fight teens? Rachel we ARE Teens” Numbuh 1 said
As soon as he said this Rachel opened her laptop and saw her reflection, she was at least three or four years older and had long hair now, the girl started panicking, she looked to her right to look at her boyfriend only to see a teenager version of Numbuh 1
“Are you okay?” Numbuh 1 approached her while Rachel looked at him terrified
Finally Rachel let out a scream as she woke up, she sat up in the bed and looked at her clothes then touched her hair noticing it was short again “A dream? Nightmare?” she looked around then noticed she wasn’t in her room but in a completely different place “Right… hospital tent…” She sighed then sat up on the side of her bed, she looked at her communicator “10 AM?! I slept for twelve hours???” Rachel immediately got up and rushed for the door bright rays of light temporarily blinded her it took her some time to get used but once she got used to the light in the room Rachel found out where she was
“Heey… Sleeping Beauty finally got up, feeling better?” Numbuh 5 smiled at Rachel, Abby was holding a mug of chocolate milk still in her pajamas, the rest of Sector V minus Numbuh 1 were all there also eating breakfast
“W-What happened?” Rachel approached them still slightly dazed by the new ambient she was in
“Numbuh 86 and Numbuh 60 told us everything about you overworking, your doctor said a dusty wasteland with lunar base debris isn’t the best place for you to recover from that, so they sent you here” Numbuh 2 was eating pancakes with lots of syrup then pointed at an empty chair with a few pancakes and orange juice in front of it “Go ahead” Numbuh 2 said with his mouth full of food
“Uhhh…” Rachel sat on the chair and just proceeded to taste the pancakes “These are… amazing!” She smiled then proceeded to eat her breakfast with a big smile on her face, the members of Sector V smiled among themselves “W-Where is Numbuh 1?”
Numbuh 3 giggled “After Numbuh 86 told him what happened he personally oversaw your move here, he even lent you his room, he is sleeping on the couch in the tv room”
“Oh…” Rachel blushed “So that was his room…” She lowered her head then resumed eating a bit flustered
“We heard screams from his room, you okay there?” Numbuh 4 asked before drinking a glass of chocolate milk
“Yeah… Just a nightmare…” Rachel sighed “Can I talk with Numbuh 86?”
“Finish your breakfast girl, you still look exhausted” Numbuh 5 placed her hand on top of Rachel’s trying to calm her down
“Yeah… Sorry…” Rachel resumed eating her breakfast calmly her nightmare was still fresh in her mind, not only was it weird imagining herself dating Numbuh 1 but she imagined herself as a teenager and she liked it, after she finished her breakfast Rachel headed for the comm room and called Numbuh 86, Fanny appeared on the screen along with Numbuh 60 “Hey… You two aren’t dead… that’s a good sign” Rachel smiled at them meekly
“Yeah, we just need to work on different things, the more we don’t talk the better right?” Numbuh 86 looked at Numbuh 60
“The Moonbase reconstruction is going as planned, you can rest assured we will not fail Sir” Patton saluted Rachel then left the screen
“Communication is a bit hard but… I don’t need him, boys are idiots he isn’t needed” Numbuh 86 said
“So why did you enlist his help yesterday?” Rachel smiled at her friend a bit teasingly
“I… Uhhh…” Numbuh 86 blushed then groaned at Rachel “Enjoy your vacations, Numbuh 86 signing off” The comm console was turn off
Rachel looked visibly worried about those two but she could do nothing to help them at this point in her state, she sighed then returned to the members of Sector V, Numbuh 1 was there now, he was eating his breakfast, the boy had bags under his eyes “Hey… I heard you took care of everything… Thanks”
Numbuh 1 smiled at her a bit embarrassed, the boy got up and saluted Rachel “I was only doing my duty Numbuh 362 Sir” Nigel said
“At ease… It’s Rachel and you know that…” She smiled at him “Look… I heard you got busy yesterday, you look tired, I know I’m not the best person to say this but…”
“I will be taking an afternoon nap, don’t worry” Numbuh 1 said while drinking orange juice “Numbuh 86 said no missions for us this month while you are here, it’s a shame but… I can understand why, how do you feel?” Numbuh 1 asked
“I-I had a nightmare so I’m a bit shaken but I feel better already somehow…” Rachel blushed
“Sorry to hear that, you wanna talk about it?” Numbuh 1 asked
“No” Rachel answered him coldly “Sorry… It’s a personal matter, don’t worry” She said
“No that’s… alright, I’m sure you have your reasons” Numbuh 1 scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed, Rachel was doing the same both trying to avoid eye contact
“Am I feeling a moment between those two or…” Numbuh 2 whispered to Numbuh 5
“Numbuh 5 feels it too, must be like Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 4” Abby whispered back being careful to not be heard by her teammates who were nearby
“Another one of those? I can barely take the tension between those two now I have to deal with another couple?” Numbuh 2 answered
“You have to admit it was pretty obvious, they do match” Numbuh 5 said
“What are you two whispering about?” Numbuh 3 smiled at them oblivious to the situation
“Oh nothing, just some stuff about her candy stash” Numbuh 2 said
“Okay” Numbuh 3 turned her attention back to Numbuh 4, she was teasing him about Rainbow Monkeys like usual
"Numbuh 1... Numbuh 3 is making me hear about her Rainbow Monkey collection... AGAIN, can you for the love of god tell us what is the plan for today since we aren't getting any missions?" Numbuh 4 had his head buried against a pillow while Numbuh 3 giggled at him
“As for plans for today… It’s summer… we were planning on going to the park go and get some ice cream, you wanna tag along?” Numbuh 1 smiled at Rachel now a bit over his embarrassment
“Sure, I guess it will be good to rest a bit afterall” She smiled at him a bit shyly but the initial shock over her nightmare had mostly vanished, Rachel left the treehouse with the rest of Sector V after getting a change of clothes.