And here be the last chapter of this… well, it's pretty much a major story now. :/

Operation: Save Wendy! Off To Better Things!

KND Moonbase

The four members of Sector RZ were the only ones in the vacant cafeteria, save for the sweeping janitor, looks of boredom and depression on their faces. "Siiigh… kind of expected this." Leanne sighed.

"And to make things worse, we got beat by One Piece characters." Denny sighed.

"Actually, only 2=1 is the One Piece." Lulu noted.

"I dunno, guys… maybe Lee was telling the truth about this girl." Leanne said. "He's never bothered thinking up an elaborate lie to cover his mistakes up 'til now."

"If she's real, then why hasn't Lee introduced us?" Lulu questioned.

"Because we're bad friends, duh." Denny stated.

"Maybe we are…" Leanne sorrowfully agreed. "If this girl was in trouble, we should've gone to help him. That's our job as operatives, anyway. But he left his wristwatch behind so, it's not like we can call him…"

"If he didn't come home last night, I wonder if he was camping?" Diwata smiled. "I would looooove to go campiiiiing under the stars and mooooon."

Leanne stood, "Let's go back home and look for him. If anything, we should let our parents know he's still missing. Sector RZ, let's move out!"

Moonbase Bridge

"I'M GAAAAAAYY!" Numbuh 2=1 expressed with fearless enthusiasm. "Can't everybody see?—I'M GAAAAAY!" He danced by the great glass wall. "Don't ya wanna know—I'M GAAAAAY! And I HOPE you will be GAY WITH ME TOO! YEEEEAAAAH! YO, LEXI! Aren't ya still happeh? ? Get over and DANCE WITH MEEEE!"

The boy called Lexi leaned against the glass, back turned to 2=1. "…Sorry… but I just don't feel gay today." he said with a Russian accent.

Black Acropolis, Alaska

"K- K-K-K…KILL Harry Potter! K- K-K-K…KILL Harry Potter!" sang the Voldemort Clone, wearing sunglasses and a backwards cap as he scratched the records. "K- K-K-K…KILL Harry Potter! 8D …" He smiled widely and whipped his fingers to his left, to his Palpatine Clone ally. …He drooped in depression. "I miss Palpy-Walpy."

"Hah ha ha. Ohhhh, I missed playing with these things." Bob smiled.

"I don't understand!" Wendy yelled, trying to break free of the cuffs strapping her to a metal platform on the wall. "Was that story a trick? ! Am I a Horcrux or not? !"

"I don't know if you are or aren't, and I don't care! All I want is your superb airbending, and whoever that freak in the robe was cooperated swimmingly! With your powers, my Weatherator can spread to all ends of the globe, and freeze those Brats Next Door for 20 years, even MORE! They'll finally know what it's like to miss 20 years of history, missing all the newest games and shows while everyone ELSE knows EVERYTHING that happens! They'll be so out of the loop, IT'S LAUGHABLE! Ha 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a 'a!"

"But won't everyone else be frozen, too? !"

"Of course not! Using its built-in Google Map, I can target multiple specific areas at a time, and let the endless snows bury them! So I'll target the treehouses' towns, and bury every single one! And as for the other people in those towns, well, at least they'll have each other." He shrugged casually.

"Those people didn't do ANYTHING to oppose you! Why would you include them in your revenge plan?"

"It isn't just about getting revenge, it's about showing the world the power I can control! It's about showing them how I can rule everyone… and that's just what he's looking for! !"

"What WHO'S looking for? !"

"Enough! This energy ray will drain the chi from your body as you produce it!" He indicated the huge laser device aimed at Wendy. "So the only matter how much you're willing to produce at a time. Thankfully, I have the solution."

Two robots brought out a bowl of dark-green, gooey potion, which bared oozy white lines reflecting the light. "This potion will immediately force you into Fury Mode and release your chi at its fullest potential! When that happens, I'll have more than enough energy to spread my Weatherator far and wide! Now if Voldy here would do the honors-" Bob flinched when he found the Voldy Clone directly beside him, sporting his usual childish grin.

"I smell honeydogs, guys."

"Ummm… just give her the potion."

Voldy pulled out his wand and waved it around. "Wingardium Levioso, Wingardium Levioso, Wingardium Levioso-" Nothing happened.

"Don't you mean Leviosa?" questioned Bob.

"Can't I just find a Latias?"

"Just say the spell!"

"Will you give me cookcakes?"

"Sigh. Sure."

"Wingardium Leviosa!" The oozy substance rised into the air as a long blob, which Voldy divided into several pieces. Wendy tried harder to shake away, but the cuffs binded her tight as the pieces seeped into her arms, legs, mouth, and stomach.

The world around her became blurry, vision dizzy, and everything seemed to become red as her eyes. She looked to a fallen broken robot on the ground, which morphed into Lee's bloody body. "Some friend you were… when will you learn to control yourself?"

She looked at the Voldy Clone, which morphed into Ed. "I smell ditzy lizards! And WHOOOOLE mounty scones of eggon and cheese. Would you flingborm by armpitstare?"

Then watched as Professor Bob grew into the towering pitch-black entity that plagued Wendy's dreams. "It doesn't matter where your origins lay… the fact stands you are a monster. And monsters… must serve their worth if they wish to stay."

"AAAAAAHHH!" Wendy's eyes flashed bright green as her hair blew distortedly, the room becoming incredibly windy. Bob tried to stand his ground, and Voldemort's cloak blew far behind him, exposing the dark-pink bikini underneath, the robots quickly pulling his cloak back down.

Grinning wickedly, Bob pressed the button to activate the laser, connecting it with Wendy's body to steadily drain the chi from her body. "Hnn hnn ha ha EXCELLENT! Such marvelous power! What a fine young lady you would blossom into, dear girl! That is, if you can SURVIVE that long!" He pulled a lever.

"AAAAAAHHH!"

A hatch on the ceiling opened to allow a massive satellite to rise above the roof. "To believe the elements of weather could be manipulated with mere technology… 'tis when what's natural and unnatural come together to form the ultimate power. A real scientist's dream! And who better to be the first to see such power…" He zoomed in on the Google Map, "than good old Rozeland, Virginia!" He marked the city and set his device to work.

Rozeland, Virginia

"…" 8I Sector RZ was baffled.

"Uhhhhh?" drew Leanne.

A blanket of snow covered their city, and the children were joyous to run around and play. It was Christmas all over again, even though it was late January. "SNOOOOOW!" Lulu jumped in a pile constructed by two kids, who became angered.

"I HATE snow!" Diwata huffed.

"I don't understand. The weather said it would be sunny, but one minute it's cloudy, then it snows? ?" Leanne questioned.

"If weather could talk, I'm not sure it would be very honest, anyway." Denny remarked.

"I dunno, guys. Something isn't right about this weather. We'd better find Lee fast and try to-"

"Wheeeeeeeeeee!" And it was then a S.C.A.M.P.E.R. came crashing from the sky, exploding a few meters away. Sector RZ approached the flaming cra- "YAAAAAAY!" until the Ice Climbers hopped out and ran to play in the snow.

"Lee said that there was no snow!" Sonny beamed.

"But WE saw that there was YES snow!" Donna cheered.

"PEOPLE CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH LIABLE INFORMATION!" They high-fived.

Leanne sweat-dropped. "Smart little duo, aren't they?"

"Hey, how do you guys know Lee?" Lulu questioned.

"Lee was a sky yeti!" Donna grinned.

"Who got 'imself ready!" Sonny followed.

"TO SAVE SOME UNGRATEFUL BRAT!"

"Wait… you mean the blue-haired girl?" Leanne asked.

"Oh, it was blue alright." Sonny confirmed.

"Blue as Ocean Earth."

"LIKE SOME GUY WE CAN'T QUITE RECALL." They wore quizzical faces.

Denny sweat-dropped. "Somehow I think that's inaccurate."

"Where did he save this girl?" Leanne asked.

"Up in Alaska, duh!" answered Sonny.

"Where we met Lee!"

"AND MADE HIM OUR PET!"

They all sweat-dropped, "Yah, maybe he should." Lulu remarked. "Hey, did you guys make all this winter happen?"

"Huh, but we just got here." Sonny frowned.

"We didn't know it was snowy." Donna followed.

"We only came 'cause those three guys were looking for Lee."

"And one of them sniffed Sonny's pee."

"THE BOX GUY WAS COOL THOUGH."

"Pee… Box guy… they must mean Toiletnator and Box Ghost!" Lulu realized.

"You don't think they kidnapped him, do you?" Denny asked.

"But why?"

"HE BE MAKIN' GOOOD PEE, I GUESS." the Climbers commented.

"Well, whatever the reason… let's fly to Alaska and see what they're doing down there."

"'kay, but, just for the record, whose S.C.A.M.P.E.R. was that?" Lulu asked.

"We stole from IC." Sonny smiled.

"Not that THEY see!" Donna grinned.

"'CAUSE WE'RE ICE CLIMBERS!" High-five.

"All-rights-of-any-stolen-material-to-their-respective-owners." noted Sonny.

"Good, 'cause we aren't liable." said Lulu.

"Let's grab one of ours and fly down there." Leanne decided. "We're solving this mystery once and for all. And finding out the truth about this blue-haired girl…"

Black Acropolis

"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Anyone who could hear Wendy's screams wouldn't want to imagine the pain she's in right now.

"Hm, maybe I should have got those earplugs." Bob thought aloud. "But merely a small nuisance to endure as my plans go into fruition! My only real concern is the longevity of the potion's effects. Only a small dose would be enough to force the chi out at its fullest potential, but absorbing the whole thing may force it out until it's all gone. Then we know what happens then. So the question is how long you can stay alive. Assuming you were a Horcrux, that would be indefinite. So I guess that long-awaited answer will come to pass, but whether that life is limited or not, it will be one of pain and suffering. But that's what science is, my dear, so enjoy it while-"

"PROFESSOR BOB, Professor Bob!" He turned to the entrance as Toiletnator and his team ran in with ecstatic faces.

"We've got something to shoooow yooooou!" sang Light.

"BEHOLD!" Box Ghost held Lee by the waist, binding his arms. "An operative from Kids Next Door! Whom we know from once upon a dream." He smiled goofily.

"What? ! You brought a Kids Next Door operative HERE? !"

"UUH!" Lee broke free and landed on the floor. "Alright, Bob, I wanna know what you know about…!" He looked up and spotted the girl in question, "Wendy!"

"Don't even try to save her!" Bob stated. "Already, her energy's being absorbed to power my Weatherator. Even if you managed to free her, the potion I gave her will continuously unleash her chi in an unending storm, one even SHE is unable to control! She'll tear you to shreds with the least amount of realization."

"Why couldn't you just leave her alone? ! She never had control over her power to begin with, she didn't need YOU making her a million times worse! How did you even get ahold of her anyway, how did you FIND her?"

"Since you insist, child, I'm not the one that wanted her disposed of. It was the request of someone much higher up."

"Who?"

"It was only a month after the Brotherhood was finally freed, and we started wreaking havoc like the old days. But as fast as we came, the Kids Next Door came too, to STOP US. We were weaker than we were 20 years ago, and 20 years out of practice. In my quest to find old memories, I stumbled upon this abandoned base, and rebuilt my Weatherator here. It was nearly perfected, just like last time, but the range only went so far. So I knew, I needed a perfect power source, but where to find one? The answer came to me… on my computer.

"While searching a solution on weathermachines-dot-com, my computer caught a strange virus. I didn't know what it was, but somebody got in contact with my Skype. He spoke with the most charming voice… he said he knew about the Brotherhood's return, and would soon face destruction, for a much higher power controlled the world now. But he knew of my research, and wished to save me from such destruction. So he wanted… to make me his apprentice. All I had to do… was find a little girl. One with hair blue as the sea, eyes like the blood in our veins, and ears sharper than paper. He didn't give me a picture… but the way he described her, so smoothly, I could somehow picture the girl in my head. So I set out to find her, and wouldn't you know it, the image in my head was exactly how she looked… but with clothing.

"He explained her incredible airbending, so I thought, I could kill two birds with one stone. I could use her airbending to power my Weatherator… and once I was finished, I could destroy her. Just like he ordered me to." Lee grinded his teeth. "I don't know why he's so concerned with her, but if it would help me complete my goals, I wasn't complaining. By joining with this man… I knew I wouldn't need the Brotherhood anymore. I would be under the wing of someone who appreciates my genius! And live the rest of my life in solitude!"

"Yeah, solitary confinement." Lee eye-rolled. "You're trusting some complete, total stranger to save you from some kind of, 'destruction'. Destruction he might not even protect you from!"

"If I am to be destroyed, let the world first know my power." He marched back up to the control deck. "I will suck Wendy until she's dry and wrinkly, her body slim and shriveled like a skeleton with flesh! …His descriptive powers really got to me."

"NO YOU WON'T! !" Lee rushed up the stairs to stop him, but was instantly blocked by the Voldemort Clone.

"Hello, Friend! I am Voldemort! Would you like to be my friend? !"

"Grrrrr GET OUTTA THE WAY!" He tried to go around him, but Voldemort kicked him to the bottom and jumped after to pin Lee under his knees.

"We're like snuggle buddies! I'm on you, and you're under me. And we laaaaaugh." Voldy grinned.

"A valiant effort, young man, but it's too late now." Bob grinned. "You and your meddlesome Kids Next Door will meet a frosty end. I've already got Rozeland snowbound… next I'll do Cleveland, Louisiana, Philippines, Washington-" As he marked all these locations, the machine started to sparkle, "-something's wrong." He pressed buttons half-panickingly, "What's happening? ! It can't have absorbed this much chi already. She'd have to be dead by now. Unless…" He looked at Wendy with a look of fear and wonder.

"AAAAAAAHHH." As fast as her energy was absorbed, it seemed to grow. As did her agonizing pain. "AAAAAA-AAAAAAAAHHHHH! UUUUUUAAAAAAAAHH…" The wind spiraled so fast, it became sharp, slicing her cuffs clean off. Finally free, Wendy flew around the room and laid a path of ruin, afterwards flying out of the hatch on the ceiling and across the snowy wilds.

"Ohhhh…" Bob was left weakened on the floor.

"WENDY! ! Come on, we gotta go after her!" Lee told Team Failure rushedly.

"Well, why should we help you?" Box Ghost questioned.

"You want my sister's glowing toilet lunchbox or not?"

"OKAY."

"Team Failure," Lee pointed at the sky, "let's MOVE OUT!"

The three villains were ready, with looks of determination, until they realized- "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL US?"

"Oh! Uh, that's kind of our nickname for you guys, so…"

"That's hurtful." Light said.

"LET'S JUST GO!" Their determined looks returned as Box Ghost carried Lee and his friends, flying out of the building and after Wendy.

A tremendous whirlwind of snow blew in the distance, and in its glowing center floated Wendy. Box Ghost dropped his allies a few feet away before they chased it on foot, Toiletnator using his waterbending to form a water barrier to shield them. "Finally, put that bending to good use!" Lee remarked.

"I pretend it's a giant toilet."

The center of the cyclone was more clear, but still very windy as Lee squinted his eyes, looking up at the glowing green that surrounded his friend. "WENDY! CAN YOU HEAR ME? ! IT'S ME, LEE!"

Her mouth was wide like an 'O', eyes totally white, glowing, and blank. "I'm not sure if she heard you." Light said.

"Well, pull her down!" Dr. Light launched light beams from his wrists to clutch Wendy like hands, struggling to pull her down while Wendy tried to stay levitated. "Whooooaa!" Light was pulled off his feet and flown around and around with the cyclone, eventually forced to let go of Wendy and thrown outside.

"Send me up there, Boxy!" Lee yelled, hopping on a cardboard box as Box Ghost sent it flying up to Wendy. "Nnn!" Lee jumped and wrapped his arms around Wendy's waist. "Snap out of it, Wendy! Don't let some lousy potion control you! You're a sweet girl, and a really sweet friend! I'd call you strong-willed, but, I think I should get to know you a little better first before I make assumptions… b-but you probably are anyway—JUST ignore that part, you know I'm not good with helping people! But I still wanna help you, so…SO JUST COME BACK TO YOUR SENSES FOR ME, OKAY? ?"

"Nnn!" Her eyes flashed on and off, allowing Lee to see her red, tearful eyes. "L-Lee…"

"Ha ha!" Lee smiled brightly. "There you are, Wendy! I knew hearing a familiar voice would snap you back to-"

"AAAAAHH!" Her eyes flashed on again, blowing Lee to the snowy ground. "Uh… go… away… I don't want to… hurt anyone… I'm just… a monster…"

"I don't CARE that you hurt me, Wendy! It was just a mistake, everybody makes them! You're still a nice girl, and I could never stay mad at you! And I still wanna help you control your power!"

"Uhhh, I'm still not sure if she's listening, Leee-eee." Toiletnator struggled to stand his ground.

"Ugh, this Fury Mode's getting too out of control. Lou, try to freeze her, that might stop her storm for a bit."

"You got it!" Toiletnator grabbed a bunch of snow with his bending and melted it into water, sending it to Wendy and spiraling around her before trapping her in an ice cube. The ice fell to the ground as the snowy cyclone came to a stop.

"It WORKED!" Lee beamed. He hurried over to Wendy's frozen body as Toiletnator melted the head free. "Wendy… it's gonna be okay. We'll find a cure for the potion and you'll be good as-"

"AAAACHOO!" She blew several meters backward at whipping speed, falling off a cliff as her ice smashed on the tip of a small peak. She regained composure and ran down the rest of the mountain, zooming across the fields with a cloud of snow at her back.

"DANG IT!" Lee ran after her, the villains following. "Team Failure, LET'S MOVE!"

"WILL YOU PLEASE STOP CALLING US THAT? !"

Box Ghost grabbed the trio and flew down the cliff and after the cloud of snow across the field. She shifted direction to the right, allowing the three to cut the corner she created and catch up faster. Wendy swerved around a series of turns along a snaky path between mountains, the four staying outside of her snow cloud as they were about to fly beside her left. "Okay, freezing her seemed to work, so why don't we just leave her nose free, then we might be able to keep her still. So let's get close and—UUH."

An energy blasted sent the four flying several feet back. "There's one crucial component you haven't added to the equation."

Lee looked up and gasped. "BOB!"

"That I am not out of the game YET!" Standing over them appeared to be the laboratory itself, but with long, steam pipe-like legs and a cockpit where the professor controlled it. "And my Mobile Weatherator will exhaust every bone in its metallic body until all your treehouses are good and FROZEN!"

"Hasn't anyone noticed this saga's had too many snow levels?" Light questioned.

"Well, there wasn't a stage here, so…" Box Ghost noted.

The base's front-left leg rose up and stretched, clutching Wendy in its claws. "AAAAAHH!"

"Nne he ha ha, the legs are programmed to suck the energy from you themselves!" Bob snickered. "Try and overpower them as much as you want, I'll STILL freeze all the operatives on this planet!"

"INCLUDING THE ARCTIC BASE?" The four asked monotonously.

"! …" His eyes widened. "Uhhh… didn't think of them. Or Moonbase. …Oh well!" Bob's grin returned as he pulled a lever and swatted the heroes/villains away with the other leg.

"WHOOOA!" Team Failure wasn't flown too far, but Lee ended up plummeting down a nearby cliff. "LEE!" Lou cried.

"Waaah!-" Before Lee fell too far, a mittened hand grabbed his. Lee glanced up to see his mysterious savior.

"The Ice Climbers to save the day!" Sonny beamed.

"Before Lee goes falling ALLL THE WAAAY!" Donna sang.

"Guys!" Lee smiled as the twin climbers helped him back to the ledge. "How'd you guys get here?"

"We go wherever there's trouble!" Sonny smiled.

"In treacherous ice lands!" followed Donna.

"WHY ARE PEOPLE SO CLUMSY?" They smiled.

Sweatdrop. "Well, that answers that. But how did you get here?"

"Oh, your sector brought us!" Son replied.

"Huh?" That's when a S.C.A.M.P.E.R. zipped overhead, flying to Bob's fortress.

"Is that the girl Lee was talking about?" Leanne asked, seeing the girl trapped in the base's claw.

"Not at all, I'm sure there's tons of blue-haired, pointed-ear girls living around here." Denny retorted.

"Diwata, lock onto its wrist and get ready to shoot."

"Ayyyyye SIR!" Diwata did as told and locked on target, blasting lasers at the arm's wrist and breaking Wendy free.

"CURSES!" Bob screamed as Wendy hightailed across the field. "You aren't getting away from me!" The robot furiously stomped after her.

"Come on, we've gotta catch her 'fore he does!" Lee told the Climbers. "Think you can catch up?"

"Well sure we can do such!" Sonny assured.

"It's all part of our job!"

"Upon the softest blankets of snow."

"And slipperiest of ices!"

"FOR WE ARE ICE CLIMBERS!" High-five.

"Notheldaccountableforanyaccidentsofothersduringscaling." Sonny said fast.

Sweatdrop. "Insurance at best. LET'S GO!"

"RIGHT!" The twins took Lee's hands and formed an ice path as they skied along.

"We've gotta help, too!" Toiletnator declared. "We've gotta save Wendy from Bob!"

"Yeah! Let's-! …Wait, I thought we were on Bob's side?" Box Ghost queried.

"Well, Bob attacked us, so I assume he doesn't really care…" Dr. Light recalled.

"'Course, Lee promised us a cool lunchbox, so, we can still take him up on that offer." Lou said.

"You think we can trust him?"

"Good enough. Let's do it!"

Soon, everyone was after Wendy, with Sector RZ in the front, Bob's lab behind them, Team Failure using Box Ghost to fly, and Lee and the Climbers skiing in back.

"…Hu hu hu, hu hu hu, hu hu hu, hu hu hu!" The Voldy Clone was the farthest behind, his upper half angled back with his arms loose behind him, running and giggling in a fashion similar to Ed.

"Lulu, do we have the extendable net?" Leanne asked.

"Yeah, I'm gettin' ready to drop it." she replied. "Let's hope her speed doesn't break it open, then we-" But that was when Bob's laboratory leaped up, clutched their engines in his claw, and crushed them, causing them to lose altitude. "Crud! Guess we've moving to Plan B!"

"What's that? ?" Denny questioned.

"Ge' down there and GRAB that girl!" Leanne yelled.

The S.C.A.M.P.E.R. skidded along the ground before the four hopped out and ran after Wendy on their own. Sadly, Professor Bob was the likeliest one to catch her, and after taking a tremendous leap with his base, he managed to reach and clutch her in its front-right tentacle. "It's time you learned your place, Girl. A little shock therapy never fails in that genre."

"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" The tentacle induced Wendy with a painful shock, her energy flowing into the machine.

"STOP, YOU MEANIE!" yelled the Ice Climbers, making it beside the base and shooting ice beams to freeze the tentacle.

"Oh yeah? ! How about a little HEAT, kiddies!" Bob aimed the Weatherator's satellite and released a heat wave that quickly melted the ice. "Careful, because there's a storm coming!" He aimed the satellite to the heavens and forced the clouds to spiral together, causing lighting to strike around the field. "WOOOOH!" The lightning struck before Team Failure and blew them back.

"GO, LEE!" Lee jumped on the Ice Climbers' hammers as they sent him flying up to Wendy. He made it partway, but used Shadow Glide to float up and grab his friend's legs.

"Nnn!" He managed to climb to Wendy's head and tried to reach below the claw and pull her out. "Hold on, Wendy! Nnnnn I'm getting you out! AAAAAHH!" But Bob electrified the claw again and made Lee fall.

"Lee!" Leanne and the others hurried to their friend, but Bob stomped one of the base's back feet in their way.

"You really thought you could save her, Boy? ! You, with only those pea-brained imbeciles to back you up?"

"HEEEEY!" Team Failure whined.

"Why would you want to save her, anyway? This girl is nothing more than a weapon, dying to unleash its power to the world, sleeping in the form of what appears to be an innocent child. Even if she doesn't want to, the power inside her just WAITS to cause destruction wherever she goes, bringing death to those around her! You experienced this power… and yet you STILL think of her as an actual person. Are you really this dense? Just how much do the KND value you, anyway? You had no friends to back you up, forced to team up with jokes of supervillains, I would mistake you as Numbuh 4's child with that hair. You're just as reckless, and just as stupid! All you'll ever be good at is failing the simplest tasks, and making things more troublesome for everyone you work with. Why don't you make like every other disgrace in this world, crawl back to your room and never show yourself again, because the only help you'll be able to give to this weapon is-"

"HEY! !"

"What?" Bob turned the base to find Leanne glaring at him, eyes brimming with rage.

"You have NO RIGHT talking about Lee like that! SURE he's a failure, who can never remember where things go in the fridge, and barely maintains a C in school, not to mention couldn't tie a shoe to save his life… but no one's great at everything, and Lee doesn't have to be! He's a really sweet kid, he's funny, and a loyal friend! He's sweet enough to wanna help a stranger with a problem, because all he wants is to make a new friend! And the Kids Next Door's job is to help kids everywhere, whether they're 1-year-olds forced to go to school early, or girls with really crazy air powers and creepy glowy eyes! Even if Lee messes up every mission we've been on, he never forgets his number one cause: friendship takes priority over perfection! …Or something like that."

"What kind of nonsense is that? No reasonable being wants the assistance of someone who is utterly useless. Wendy is in my grasp, and there is nothing you or that snot-nosed failure can…" He turned his attention back to… an empty, human-shaped crater in the snow. "Where did he go?"

"Looking for me?" Bob turned and found Lee standing in the center of the lab.

"What do you think you're doing in there? !"

"I might not be any help to Wendy or anyone, but the closest thing I can do is get her away from you. And if there's one thing I learned from watching my mom play Zelda, giant monsters are always weakest on the inside!"

"It took him AGES to figure out how to beat King Dodongo."

"THANK YOU, Denny. Anyway, I may not have any bombs, but nothing steadily tears down a fortress than an endless array of gumballs!" He shipped out his three-way G.U.M.Z.O.O.K.A.. "And with my shadow adding a second set of gumballs," Damien aimed a different direction, "get ready for a REALLY gummy day! Readyyyy…" He aimed forward, "aaaaaim…" finger ready on the trigger.

"If you think that measly toy can damage my fortress, you really don't know a THING about-"

"FIRE! !" In half a second, gumballs and shadow gumballs were flying everywhere. Lee flinched and ducked, being pelted with a storm of his own gumballs, but stood his ground firmly. Bob also shielded himself on his post in the cockpit, and would never see the hundreds of gumballs sticking into the many gaps of his machine.

"Gnnnn, STOP THAT you annoying brat! You can fire as many gumballs as you can produce, my invention is FAR superior-" One of the gumballs forced his lever to 'Max' level, and the sky was soon roaring with Wendy's screams from the incredible shocking. "But may I just say, THANK YOU for the sudden boost in energy! Sadly, I can't leave it on that setting, or else it'll-" But in his attempt to pull it back, a gumball had clogged the other end's gap. "W-What? ! NO!" He desperately tried to pull it out. "GET OUT OF THERE, YOU STUPID-"

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" The leg clutching Wendy shined as blue as the sky. "GYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

"Emergency. Overload. Shutdown imminent. Emergency-"

"NOOOOOOO!" Bob frantically pressed a series of buttons, but the energy was incredible. The base of the tentacle exploded and- "EAAAAAAHHH!" the electrical impulse came right back at Bob. The entire Weatherator sizzled and sparkled, all monitors switching off and the satellite drooping down. Smoke puffed out from all areas, and in 5 more seconds, the legs gave out, the walking laboratory plopping to the ground. The only function that gave one last push- "GAAAAAH!" Professor Bob's built-in spring seat. "OOF." His head was then buried in the snow.

"LEE!" Leanne and Sector RZ hurried inside the lab, finding their friend on the floor.

"Owww…" Lee helped himself up, holding his head.

"Are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah, no big deal… come on, let's go help Wendy!" He ran outside.

They found Wendy in the snow beside the fallen tentacle, barely able to hold herself up as her eyes still flashed. "What's wrong with her?" Leanne asked.

"Bob said she drank some kinda potion. We have to do something fast, she might not last!"

"HEY! IT RHYMES!" sang the Ice Climbers.

"NOT IMPORTANT! !"

"I'm not sure how long she'll last before we get to Undersea Base." Lulu said. "And we still gotta fix the S.C.A.M.P.E.R.!"

"I can help!" someone exclaimed from behind.

"IT'S VOLDEMORT! !" the kids screamed.

"No it's not, it's just a clone!" Lee yelled. "H- Wait a minute… Voldemort, YOU can help her! Use a magic spell, o-or something and get rid of her potion!"

"Oh, silly Lee-Lee." Voldy patted his head. "There's no such thing as magiiiic." He said with a childish, playful grin.

"YOU JUST SAID YOU COULD HELP! !"

"Sure I can! By providing you with car insurance by switching to GEICO!"

"The hell with GEICO, JUST FIX WENDY! !"

"What's the magic wooooorrrrd?" :3

"Uh, I dunno… Wingardium Leviosa?"

"Nope!" ;3

"Um… Potiono Dispello?"

"Nope!" X3

"Fury Getridofo? Power Shrinkdowno? ? Glowyeyes DISAPPEARO? ! Ai-"

Diwata cupped his mouth shut. "Pleeeeeeaaaaase, Voldy-Woldy?" She spoke with the most adorable brown eyes.

"Awwwwwww. Okay, little girl." He patted her head. With that, Voldemort pulled out his wand, performed a small wave, and "Anapneoloso."

Wendy stopped struggling as she lied on her back peacefully. Her eyes half-closed as their glow finally faded, revealing Wendy's tired red eyes. Lee lifted her head in his arms and stared longingly at her eyes. "Lee… what was I doing…"

"Uhhhh kinda going crazy and making a snowstorm." Leanne said sheepishly. "Thank goodness you were or we never woulda found Lee."

"So… you're Lee's friends?"

"We sure are!" nodded Sonny.

"FriendIES to the END!" smiled Donna.

"WE'D LIKE TO CALL IT OFF EARLY!" They kidded.

Sweatdrop. "Shut up, guys."

"Lee… I'm really sorry. I came back here 'cause… I thought I could finally find a way to heal my curse. …I should've seen this coming. I fell for Bob's trick like…like an idiot. …I just didn't wanna hurt anyone."

"Wendy, I've known you long enough to know you would never hurt anyone on purpose. No matter what it is… these're just honest mistakes. We all make them. You shouldn't feel sorry for yourself just 'cause you do. …And you shouldn't keep yourself from having friends. Because real friends would understand your problem. And they'd still love you for who you are."

Wendy couldn't believe his words. She hurt him, got him in trouble… and he still wanted to be her friend. And Lee messed things up just as much as she did… and he still had his friends beside him. Whether it was because of the potion or not… she felt as though the storm in her heart began to clear. "Thank you… Lee…"

He helped her to stand as they began to walk away. "… …!" Professor Bob's eyes cracked open, the man fuming with rage. "It's not over, yet!" Wendy gasped and whipped around as he got up and aimed a gun. "Even if I cannot have your power, I will still have the honor of DESTROYING you!" He cocked the gun.

A rubber gloved hand immediately stretched from the distance and punched the man away. He got to his knees and crawled around to see his assaulter. "! You!" He gaped. "Y-You're…"

A pair of black high-heel boots stepped across the snow. "Plan to continue zat notion?" It was a sleek woman in a black trenchcoat, red lips, and long raven hair smoking a cigarette.

"MADAME ROUGE? !" RZ exclaimed.

Team Failure whipped to attention and sat on their knees. The woman stood over Bob with a hateful glare. "Vord has reached you are vorking behind ze Brotherhood's back. Vhat vould Revan say?"

"Revan is dead! The Brotherhood was getting nowhere! I had to take this job! I HAD to-"

Rouge punched his face, broke his glasses, and knocked him out cold and bloody. She pulled her hand back and smoked. "How dare you betray your brethren."

"A bit overbearing, don't you think?" Another man walked out of the shadows. A brown-skinned, slim witch-doctor they all knew and loved.

"Uncle Facilier!" Diwata perked.

"Long time, no see, kids! And you too, Wendy…" The girl gasped quietly. "I think we have a lot to talk about."

"What are you two doing together, anyway? !" Leanne questioned.

"What? Ain't you kids hear the news?" Facilier grinned. "We're MARRIED!" They locked hands, revealing the gold, diamond rings on each of them.

"…" They were nearly speechless. "Wait… so THAT'S who he was marrying? !" Lee gaped.

"Told you ve should have wrote the one-shot." Rouge said.

Minutes later…

Everyone marched a good distance from the fallen lab as Rouge dragged Bob's unconscious body. "Here." She tossed him beside Sector RZ. "Do vhatever you vish vith him. Zese three vill be coming back to base."

"YES, MA'AM." Team Failure bowed.

"I still can't believe that you're on OUR side now." Leanne said.

"Vhat. Can't I play the antihero?" Rouge asked, blowing a smoke.

"I-I don't understand. How do you know me?" questioned Wendy.

"Well, the truth is, Wendy… y'all weren't really alone." Facilier explained. "I was asked to watch you since you were born. By yo' father." Wendy gasped. "'Course, runnin' around everywhere didn't make my job easy, so Ah called a few friends. Then Madame Rouge helped, since we 'came married."

They watched as Rouge shrunk into a crow. "Caw. Caw." She grew back to normal.

"But…But why didn't you tell me?"

"Let's just say, yo' daddy made a big name for himself. And people knew you were his daughter, and I couldn't seem affiliated with him. But now it's finally time… 'cause we got a heapin' birthday present for you!" With an eager grin, Facilier gave Wendy an envelope. Wendy ripped it open and read the letter written in the most elegant cursive.

"'Dear Ms. Marvell, you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You are required to bring'… wait a second, I'm a wizard? !"

"The real thing, kid." He smiled. "Y'all 11 years old and finally proper age! Aside from teachin' you magic, they even got programs for element benders, so they can teach you airbendin'!"

"This is so amazing!" Wendy smiled with the greatest joy. "I can't believe I'm actually gonna learn magic!"

"It's all happening so fast!" Lulu wept. "I didn't bring enough hankies for this!"

"Just out of curiosity, is there a school called Fairy Tail?" Leanne asked.

"Yes, but it's a college." Facilier winked.

"Hey, hold on. It said my name was Marvell." Wendy recalled. "Is that who…"

"It's not yo' real surname, but they needed something to call you. They named you from 'a Muggle novel called a 'comic book''. If you can believe that. Oh! And they got you this, too." Facilier pulled a small white box out of his hat, tied with a thin green ribbon. Wendy unwrapped and opened the box, finding a birthday cake with yellow icing outline, and mostly icing as blue as her hair, and pink writing that read, 'Happy Birthday, Wendy', with two '1' candles. "We're gonna take you to the school on our ship, so… say anythin' you need to."

"But… I can always come back, right?"

"'Course you can! What good's bein' an airbender without freedom?"

"WE WANNA COME, TOO! WE WANNA COME, TOO!" Sonny and Donna cheered. "WE'LL becoooooome: ICE WIZAAAARDS!"

"Heh heh heh. Well, join the bender programs, I guess." Facilier chuckled. "Five minutes, Wen, we ain't got all day." He and Rouge walked ahead.

"Well, I guess this is good-bye for now, Wendy." Leanne said.

"I guess so… but, it's not forever!" Wendy smiled. "Lee… thank you for everything, though. Even if you didn't know what you were doing… I'm really grateful that you tried to help me. And I really enjoyed our friendship!"

"Eh heh heh…" Lee blushed, scratching his head. "Ah, it was nothin'. Any kid coulda saved you."

"Maybe… but one thing I really admire about you, Lee, even if you think you'll fail at something, you still give it a try. And that's what I'll do, too!" Wendy smirked with confidence. "I'll keep training with airbending and magic until I can control this curse! And once it's all gone, I'll enter Cadet Training and become a Kids Next Door just like you!"

"We hope to SEE YOU soon, Wendy!" Leanne saluted, the others following.

"SEE YOU SOON! SEE YOU SOON! YAAAAY!" The Ice Climbers hopped away.

"Here." Wendy gave her cake to Lee. "The five of you can have it. You all deserve it way more than I do."

"As much as we'd like to disagree, well… we do like cake." Lee winked. "We'll mail you a slice."

"Okay! I'll send you a postcard once I get to Hogwarts!" She waved to her friends as she ran after Facilier and Rouge. "GOOD-BYY—WAAAH!" She tripped and fell.

The five friends joined in laughter. "GOOD LUCK, WENDYYYYY!" They still waved.

"Ha ha ha ha!" She got up like nothing happened and kept running.

Soon, Wendy caught up to the Ice Climbers, Facilier and Rouge, and Team Failure. "Um, Mr. Facilier? Am I really a Horcrux?"

"I can't say for sure, Wendy. But your daddy studied more than his share of the Dark Arts. I still ain't sure what lengths he would go to…"

"Well, I hope I get to meet him one day. And have some questions answered."

"Still, I must commend you three for your vork." Rouge said to Team Failure. "Even zough you vere forced to vork vith ze snotty children, you saw Bob's treachery before anyvone else and helped to stop him. Perhaps I have misjudged you clowns." She smirked.

"All in a day's work!" Lou saluted.

"Huh? But we didn't know he wa-" Lou nudged Box Ghost's waist, "Uh, I mean, yeah, BEWARE traitors of Brotherhood, and fear the BOX GHOST and his sleuthing talents!"

"That's all well and good, but, what'll we do with him?" Dr. Light indicated the grinning Voldemort Clone, joining beside them.

"I'M VOLDEMORT!"

"Weeeell, Hogwarts can always use more practice targets." Facilier winked.

Just as well, Sector RZ was following the opposite path to their S.C.A.M.P.E.R.. "So anything happen while I was gone?" Lee asked.

"Well, we're in 11th place now." Leanne replied. "But that's okay, really. Who needs it when we have each other!"

"Says the girl who almost tore her hair out in the bathroom." Denny remarked.

"Denny, whaddid I tell you about eavesdropping lady time? !" Lulu scolded.

"I didn't say I eavesdropped. Ha ha ha!"

"Still, I can't help but wonder who her dad is." Lee said.

"I bet he's like filthy rich, and makes hundreds of bucks selling prankster potions!" Diwata beamed.

"In your dreams, Dee-Dee."

Atop the mountain's peak above, the black cloaked figure's cape blew in the wind, watching the sunrise beyond the horizon. "…Achoo." It was a very beautiful day today.

Don'tcha feel all them feels. X3 But wow, this filler… really didn't end up much of a filler. Heck, a lot of important concepts are foreshadowed. So I guess this'll be the missing story of the Big Mom Saga. :/ ALL in all though, I really need to touch this story up when I have time. But 'grats to anyone who read it and kept along. Our next story will be, none other than… Operation: CLOWN. So go read it and stick along with the timeline. XOXO But with that… I shall see you later.