Author's Disclaimer: I do not own Disney's Meet the Robinsons.


Chapter 2: Darkness

A strike of lightning revealed a confused robot in the Robinsons' dining room for a few seconds before darkness engulfs it once more.

"Wilbur," A golden metallic robot whispered in the darkness of the Robinson household. He was somewhat frighten of where his buddy went.

"Wilbur…"

Carl sighed. They were hanging some Halloween decors in the dining room when suddenly the power went out. The two pals waited for a few minutes, before Wilbur decided to go find his mother.

But, that was twenty minutes ago and it doesn't take that long to get to the music room from here.

Continuing through the hallways while lightening it with the light fixture he had on his head, he looked for the jet-black haired boy.

"Wilbur?" Carl paused, he thought he heard something. "Little buddy?

The robot looked around and shined his light revealing nothing.

He could have sworn he heard footsteps. Perhaps he was just a little too paranoid at times. And being in a haunted house probably didn't help much.

Maybe it was just a prank or Wilbur decided to go pondered around his father's lab. It would be a perfect time to do so without anybody around.

But, it didn't feel right, though the thoughts comfort Carl.

As he entered Dr. Robinson's lab, which would be the first place to look for Wilbur, he heard the sound once more.

Carl whipped around to look behind him…

Someone was following him.

"Wilbur"

BANG

Quickly the robot turned to look forward… nothing. Carl nervously kept looking back and forth. Shaken from the sound he began to walk backwards slowly.

He was beginning to freak out in this eerie room. Usually there was sounds and lights, fascinating ones too, but without any power it was just dead silence.

Guess he's not here, Carl thought. Maybe he's in his room. He did one last check making sure everything was fine.

As he was leaving the lab something grabbed him. A cloaked figure, about half his size was the last image he sawed before he was covered in shrouds of darkness. He screamed just for a second before he was deactivated…

At that moment the power came back on.


Ten minutes ago

Cornelius got out from his car. He took a deep relaxing breath in as he was getting pelt by rain drops. It is true that there is no place like home. As he ran inside in his home to escape the storm, he found the place in darkness.

"Franny," Cornelius called out. "Wilbur, I'm home"

No answers.

Hmm… the power must have gone out due to the storm. He better go check out the generator to find out why it has not come on. I hope everything is okay.

When he entered the garage he found Franny and Wilbur arguing.

"Mom, all you have to do is press this switch and turn the knob," Wilbur said shining the light on the switch.

"I am and nothing is happening," Franny replied irritated that has been over twenty minutes and nothing is working. She pressed the switch and turned a knob, but only a banging sound was made from the generator. "I think it's broken."

"Hmm looks like one of the wires got loose here," Cornelius said in a very deep, chilling voice.

"Hey it is…thanks" Wilbur said. He paused, realizing that was not his mother he turned around and shrieked. "Gahh…" shining the light it revealed a blonde spiky haired figure. "DAD!"

Cornelius started laughing, "Gotcha."

Franny turned around chuckling, "Hey honey, glad you are finally home. Looks like you got Wilbur back from last year."

"Hmm… not quite," Cornelius sat down with between his wife and son to look at the generator.

Wilbur smirked to the right side of Cornelius, "Nah, that was just pure luck for this one Dad, don't expect to scare me like that by Halloween."

Cornelius ruffled his son's hair, "Don't worry… I won't tell you when." He laughed.

Wilbur just grinned, "Same here."

Franny rested her head on Cornelius' shoulder. "I guessed I won't be able to show you the surprise we all have for you. After about ten minutes working on this, everybody decided to go to sleep. I don't blame them though, it was getting late."

Cornelius kissed her forehead, "its okay, maybe you two can show me later. But, I'm sorry for coming home so late."

"No problem Dad, you have that cool invention you're working on, just remember not to forget about that costume I was talking about two days ago," Wilbur replied.

"Don't worry son, I already got that completed. But, it's a surprise for you now," Cornelius responded as he looked at the wire then looking at Wilbur to see him smiling. That just made his day today. But the wire being lose had the opposite feeling.

Something wasn't right about it. It wasn't burnt or anything, it was as if someone had just pulled it out. He sighed.

"Cornelius is everything okay," Franny asked as she eyed his wary expression in the faint light.

Cornelius pondered over the thought of someone breaking in the garage again. "Yea… everything is fine, I guess the wire just got loosed and felled out of place over time."

But, it wasn't okay and he knew this. Instead he brushed off the thought of sabotage.

Cornelius hooked the wire back in and spoke out. "There we go. It should work now. Wilbur would you like to have the honors?"

"You got it Dad," Wilbur pressed the switched and turned the knob. The generator began to beep and spin out sounds, with the power coming back on.

Franny got up and smiled. "Thanks honey, we couldn't have fixed it without you."

"Hmm… so," Wilbur looked up to his father. "With the power back on, maybe you can show me that costume now."

Cornelius just smiled, "Not today, it's a little late, well actually." He looked down at his watch, "Its 11:48, I think you are way past your bedtime kiddo."

Wilbur groaned.

He ruffled his black hair, "Don't worry son, I'll show you, you just got to wait until tomorrow."

The teenager smiled at him, "K dad, can't wait to see it. It's gonna be awesome." Wilbur yawned. "Well… good night then," Wilbur said sleepily as he left the garage.

Cornelius smiled. He too can't wait to show him his present. He added a few touches that a costume wouldn't normally do.

Franny wrapped her arms around Cornelius. "So… I guess we should go to bed too. It's getting late and I bet you're tired from that invention."

Cornelius sighed contently. What a day he had today.

He looked down at her, gently kissing her lips. "Mmm… I'm off for a few days. Looks like we can finally relax for a change."

Franny looked into those blue eyes of his. She smiled. "I'm glad, you deserved it and I really hate it when you have to work in your office. Just remember to come back to me, I really missed you Lewis," she whispered to him, kissing him back.

"Always Franny," Cornelius whispers as had picked her up into his arms, "Always."


Franny had already felled asleep next to him, but Cornelius was still awake thinking in the middle of the night.

The wire… did someone pulled it out? He turned on his side watching Franny sleep. Stoking her hair, he sighed. Life meant nothing if he lost his wife or his son. They meant the world to him. Brushing the thought off once more, he let sleep take him in.


Robinsons Industries, 2:00 AM

Genetic Lab 13

The thunderstorm had passed over Todayland. It was quiet with the absence of the rain and the thunder.

In the faint light, a small cloaked figured was alone except for one golden metallic robot on the table.

Smiling, the cloaked figured removed some wires and redoing some chips of his new friend. Next to the robot lied the HHC. It too with parts removed.

His plan had all the pieces but one…

Cornelius L. Robinson


Woot thank you Saphire124 and miriam100 for the reviews. You too did not get hit by mind pies. But for the other people who viewed this story, I did warn you XD. I take both compliments and criticism so go ahead and review. If not prepare for a second batch of pies muhahahaha.

Also I still have cookies for whoever figures out the cloaked figure. It's a mystery, let's see if you can figure it out. Thanks for reading :)