Dang, I hate writer's block!

Sorry I haven't updated TYWAW, guys, but I have AWFUL writer's block on it! Dang dang dang dang dang...oh well. Can't be helped.

Anyway, this might be the last update I make for a little while. On August 21st, I'm leaving for Arkansas to visit my family for the first time since Gran died back in November, and I'm really excited. But I'm only going to have access to internet for a few days while I'm there, and since I'm staying with my aunt, I know I'm going to be busy. Then I'm headed down to my hometown of Camden, Arkansas, and there's no wireless internet down there!

Then, the day after I get home, I leave for the Upper Peninsula to go camping with Sophie, and there's no internet there either! So sorry guys!

Anyway, here's the next chapter of LLIAM!

Review, please! Frankie's gotten bored...

-Robin

Chapter three: Collision Course

Just as quickly as they had disappeared from the past, the two time machines appeared in the future –Krys's future, that is.

"Whoa." Lewis and Wilbur breathed together. Todayland sure had changed! The buildings were taller, and a little closer to each other, and there were a lot more of them. People still floated by in bubbles, the moving sidewalks still ran, and hovercars still floated in the air. The blue sky was so clear it was almost blinding, and both boys had to squint against the glare of the sun in order to see Krys's bright orange time machine in front of them.

"Hey, guys, did you make it alright?" Krys's voice sounded from what looked like a handheld speaker.

"Yeah, we're fine. Which way?" Wilbur said.

"Same as it is in your time!" Krys said.

"Uh, Krys…" Lewis said. "Todayland has changed! It's a lot bigger than what we're used to, so we don't exactly know which was that is."

"Oh, right." Krys said. "Just follow me."

"Alright." Wilbur said as he pressed down on the gas pedal, speeding the red time machine up a little.

"Do you see Krys anywhere?" Lewis asked, leaning forward to look over Wilbur's shoulder out the window. Wilbur shook his head.

"No." He said. "I can't see a thing with the sun in my eyes!"

"Didn't you bring your sunglasses?" Lewis asked, also squinting furiously from the glare. Wilbur shook his head.

"Carl stepped on them." He grumbled. Lewis rolled his eyes.

"Wonder how…" He said, knowing it was most likely not Carl's fault at all, and more of Wilbur's irresponsibility.

"OK, so I left them laying where Carl could accidentally step on them! There, happy?" Wilbur said in defeat.

"I will be when we find Krys." Lewis said, looking around for his future granddaughter. "Where is she?"

"I don't know." Wilbur said, slowing down a bit, glancing around for the orange time machine. "Maybe she went this way." He said as he turned the time machine to the right and pressed the gas pedal.

"Careful, Wilbur. We don't want to get lost!" Lewis said.

"Relax. We're not going to get lost." Wilbur said.

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Meanwhile, Krys had already arrived back at the Robinson Mansion. She opened the hatch of her time machine and hopped out.

"Okay, guys, Mom's inside waiting for us, but she kinda didn't tell the rest of the family you're—"

Krys then realized Wilbur and Lewis weren't there.

"Guys?" She called. When they didn't answer her, she let out a frustrated huff and climbed back in her orange time machine and started up the engine, closing the hatch.

"Dad, when I find you, both of you, I'm going to kill you." She muttered as she soared into the sky and back across the Todayland River towards the city.

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"Wilbur, we've passed this building already!" Lewis said as he and Wilbur still flew around Todayland.

Wilbur sighed. "Fine, I admit it!" He said, throwing his hands in the air. "We're lost!"

"And about to crash!" Lewis said, screaming the last part as a hovercar started coming towards them at full speed, its horn honking. Wilbur and Lewis screamed and Wilbur grabbed the wheel, pointing it towards the ground and pressing down on the gas pedal. They ducked under the hovercar just in time. Both let out a sigh of relief, until, that is, they realized they had just ducked into a highway air-lane, and the light had just turned green.

"Wilbur, quick!" Lewis said. "Do something!"

"Do what?!" Wilbur asked, a face of pure terror on his face as he glanced over his shoulder at Lewis.

"Floor it!" Lewis commanded and Wilbur did as he was told. He sped forward, dodging honking hovercars left and right, up and down as he did.

"Quick, turn left!" Lewis said. Wilbur turned left and sped past a few other hovercars. He quickly flipped the time machine to the side as they passed in between two buildings, ending up back where they had started at the intersection.

"Fly up this time!" Lewis said and Wilbur pointed the time machine towards the sky and hit the gas pedal, flooring it again. The time machine jerked forward into the sky. Finally, when they were sure they were high enough off the ground, they slowed down, panting as if they had been running as they did.

"That…was…close…" Wilbur breathed. Suddenly, the time machine slowed down to an almost stop and lurched a few times before plunging towards the city below.

"Wilbur, what's going on?!" Lewis cried.

"We're evidently out of gas!" Wilbur screamed. The two could only scream and hug each other in horror, their eyes closed as the time machine grew closer and closer to the ground.

But just as they were about ready to meet the ground, they felt the time machine stop, and begin to move back upwards, as if it still had gas in its tanks and someone still at its wheel. The future father and son opened their eyes and realized they had indeed stopped moving…towards the ground anyway. They were now moving forward, towards the edge of the city.

"Geez, I take my eyes off you guys for two seconds and you end up almost getting yourselves killed! If even one of you got killed, I'd cease to exist, and that's not something I want to do today, thank you!" The two heard Krys's aggravated voice come from the speaker. The two looked up and saw that the red time machine was trailing under the Krys's orange one, as if suspended by invisible wires or something.

"You're lucky Grandad installed a Lev-Ray in this thing!" Krys went on.

"Might want to watch how you talk to us, young lady." Wilbur said, clearly enjoying his own authority over somebody. "Don't forget, we can ground you."

They heard Krys go quiet for a minute, then let out a small growl. Wilbur grinned at Lewis, who just shook his head.

Before the two knew it, the time machine was gently lowered onto a grassy, green lawn and Krys's time machine landed next to them. She quickly jumped out and the two boys followed in tow, landing in the grass. They then turned to Krys for instructions.

"Okay, so Mom said to meet her in the library. She kinda, well…forgot to tell Grandad, and he's bound to have noticed my time machine gone by now when all the time machines are on lockdown until we find Dad." She said.

"How many time machines are there?" Lewis asked.

"Twenty-two. That's how many members of the TCTF there are, and that's not including their partners." Krys said. She waved her hand in the direction of the house.

Wilbur and Lewis's eyes both widened at the sight of the Robinson Mansion. It was a whole lot bigger than they both remembered from Wilbur's future.

"Whoa." They said together. Krys grinned.

"Yeah, I know. It's huge. But hey, you guys had to add on to make room for me and Mom and Teeny didn't you?"

"Teeny?" Wilbur asked. "Who the heck is Teeny?"

"Tiny's son." Krys said. "Tiny got a little lonely a few years back so we got him a girlfriend, but Mini had to go back to the past after Teeny was born because the timeline was threatened." Krys shrugged. "But Teeny got to stay!"

"What other kind of pets do we now have that we might want to know about?" Lewis asked, almost scared to ask. Krys shrugged.

"Just Jess, my cat." She said.

Suddenly, there was a loud roar and a huge lioness came running from a flap on the side of the house. A large bell from around its neck jingled as it ran towards the trio and pounced on Krys, pinning her to the ground.

"Ah!" Wilbur screamed, hiding behind Lewis, who looked at the lioness with a slight nervousness. It was licking Krys furiously on the face, and Krys was laughing.

"Jess, Jess, stop it!" She laughed. The lioness, obviously Krys's so-called "cat," stood back and sat down, purring with delight.

"I thought you said you had just a cat!" Wilbur said, still hiding behind Lewis.

"Did I mention she's no ordinary house cat?" Krys asked, trying not to laugh from Wilbur's fear of Jess.

"No, you conveniently left that part out!" Wilbur said, crossing his arms. Krys just rolled her eyes.

"C'mon, let's just get inside." Lewis said. Krys nodded and turned back towards the house.

"Follow me." She said. "And this time, try not to get lost!"

Wilbur and Lewis just gave each other sideward glances and followed Krys into the now-bigger Robinson Mansion though Jess's cat door.

"This is the den." Krys said. "It's where Jess sleeps. Pun unintended." She added.

She led them down some very familiar hallways, and it was apparent that while it had gotten bigger, a lot of the inside hadn't changed at all.

As the trio neared the library, Jess following close behind, they heard voices coming from inside the room. The door was opened slightly to where Lewis, Wilbur, and Krys could peek in.

"Cassie, I still don't think Krys bringing them here is going to solve anything! I'm worried about Wilbur, too, but don't you think this is a little far-fetched?" Said an older, yet still suprisingly young looking, Cornelius said. He was standing in front of a woman with long blonde hair. She, like Krys, wore glasses and had green eyes.

"I know it may seem a little rash, Cornelius, but if anyone can find Wilbur it's himself, you, and Krys together!" The woman, obviously Cassie Robinson, future wife of Wilbur and Krys's mother, said. "You and I both know that!"

Cornelius sighed. "I just don't know if this was such a good idea." He said.

"Ahem." Krys interrupted, stepping into the room. Cornelius turned around and Cassie glanced around him at her daughter.

"Krys!" She said as she went over to hug her daughter. "Did you find them?"

Krys nodded. She reached around the doorframe and pulled in Lewis and Wilbur, who just grinned nervously at Cassie and Cornelius.

"Hello, Lewis, Wilbur." Cornelius said, nodding at his son and younger self. The two nodded at the now seventy-two year old Cornelius, who actually looked like he was still forty-two, which surprised Lewis and Wilbur both. Cornelius saw their faces and laughed.

"It's called the Youth Patch. Mom invented it awhile back." He said.

Cassie proceeded in giving both confused boys hugs.

"It's good to meet you!" She said as she stepped back and extended her hand. "You don't know me yet, but I'm Cassie."

"Hi." Lewis said, shaking her hand. "I'm Lewis."

"Wilbur." Wilbur said, also shaking her hand. It felt awkward introducing himself to his future wife, who obviously already knew who he and Lewis both were, but shrugged it off and gave another nervous grin. Cassie smiled.

"We were wondering when you were coming back!" She said, turning back to Krys. "We didn't know what was taking so long!"

"Sorry, Mama." Krys said. "They kinda got lost back in the city and nearly crashed the prototype time machine and got themselves killed."

"Oh no." Cornelius said, rubbing his temples. "What happened this time?"

"Well, we got lost, like Krys said." Wilbur said, shrugging.

"Then we ran out of gas trying to get away from the traffic." Lewis added. "It's a good thing Krys found us when she did or we'd both be in big trouble right now!"

"I'll say." Krys agreed.

Cassie just shook her head, still smiling. "Krys, would you do me a favor and show Lewis and Wilbur to their room while your grandfather and I alert the rest of the family they're here?"

Krys nodded. "Sure, Mom." She said. She turned to Lewis and Wilbur. "Follow me." She said. Lewis and Wilbur looked at Cassie and Cornelius, then at each other.

"Guess we'd better follow her." Lewis said. Wilbur nodded and the two boys turned and walked down the hall after Krys.

Krys led the two to a set of travel tubes. She pointed to the one to the right.

"Alright, so the one on the right will take you to your room." She said. "I think you know how to sue the tubes."

"Where does the left one go?" Lewis asked. Krys's nose wrinkled at the thought, pushing her glasses farther up her nose to where they were almost touching her forehead.

"The downstairs toilet." She said. "Always make sure you take the right." She said.

Lewis and Wilbur nodded. Krys grinned again.

"Alright, so I'm going to go help Mama and Grandad tell the family you're here. Mama 'forgot' to tell them you were coming, too." She put quotations on the "forgot" part and laughed. "She does that a lot, apparently, when she's not working!"

The two boys just laughed nervously along with her. She smiled again and walked back down the hall as Wilbur and Lewis stepped under the right travel tube.