Chapter 4: The Past Returns
'Doris is back in 2037. How did this happen and what is her mission exactly? Things are starting to get real interesting.'
A/N: "Regular talking", "Doris telling her story"
Mike's Room
Mike blinks twice, hoping that seeing Doris before him wasn't really happening, but in reality, he really is.
"Doris? Here? Now?" Mike stammers in shock. "But how? Your existence was undone in 2007. I witnessed it."
"The other Doris has been erased from existence, but I wasn't due to a few modifications I received." Doris's projection screen reads.
Widening her projection screen, an image of Frankie's car now appears on it.
"After being thrown into the trunk by those filthy amphibians, I couldn't stand being in there another minute, so I escaped." The screen's caption reads.
'A circular saw cuts threw the top of the trunk with mini Doris hopping out and beginning to run at break neck speed across the lawn.'
"After escaping, I ran into the city, hoping not to run into those frogs again and was found by a civilian who was passing through." Doris continues explaining. "He picked me up and started looking me over."
'A man with brown hair and wearing a black suit picks Doris up and begins looking her over.'
"A walking hat?" The man speaks. "Interesting. I could make millions off of you. What do you say? How would you like to make me millions?"
"After he found me, the next thing I knew I was receiving upgrade after upgrade in a laboratory of some sort." The caption reads, continuing the story.
'Doris's outer shell is removed, revealing her titanium skeleton with her arms stretched out on an experiment table. Doris's light comes on and turns red.'
"After receiving my final upgrade, I was taken home by the civilian who found me." Doris continues. "Remembering that I had a mission to complete, I escaped."
'Doris jumps on the window sill of the civilian's open kitchen window and jumps into the bushes.'
The image disappears with the caption remaining.
"After escaping, I made my way here and oddly enough found you here." Doris's screen reads, finishing the story.
"It doesn't matter." Mike says turning his back to Doris. "I've learned my lesson when it comes to you. All you did was use me to get back at Lewis, not caring about me at all. Well, I'm a changed man now and want nothing to do with you. You are the past, but being here with the Robinsons, is my future, I have to Keep Moving Forward."
Doris flies in front of Mike and extends her projection screen.
"And you think you can do that here?" Doris asks.
"Yes, I can." Mike answers. "I have a lot to do, a chance to turn my life around for starters. I'm 37 and my entire life has passed me by because I let revenge blind me, but I still have a chance to fix that here with the Robinsons."
"Do you honestly believe that these people care about you?" Doris asks.
"Yes they do." Mike replies, getting annoyed. "They opened up their hearts and home to me after everything I've done. No one else would have done that for me."
"If they care so much about you, then why are they plotting to get rid of you?" Doris's screen reads.
Not understanding where Doris's question is leading to, an image of Cornelius and Wilbur in the garage now comes up on the screen. Wilbur is holding the Dimensional Modulator and is looking it over.
"Hey dad, let's use this device to go back in time to when you met Goob." Wilbur suggests. "We can erase the time when he stole your memory scanner. That way, he won't try to ruin your life."
Cornelius begins thinking and now turns to Wilbur with a smile.
"You know what Wilbur, that's not a bad idea." Cornelius replies. "I really don't care for him that much anyway."
"Glad I thought of it." Wilbur says with a sly smile. "So when do we get rid of him?"
"Soon Wilbur." Cornelius answers. "Very soon."
The image of Cornelius and Wilbur disappears with an image of Billie and Franny appearing.
"Billie, I'm worried." Franny begins. "What if Mike stays too long? He may wipe my baby from existence again. I can't bear it."
"Just geeve it some time Franny." Billie replies. "It won't be long before Cornelius gets rid of him."
"I hope so." Franny sighs.
Having watched both scenes, Mike is in disbelief as to what he just seen and heard. The same people who opened up their hearts and home to him are now plotting to get rid of him? He refused to believe it. That can't really be happening.
"It's a lie." Mike says in disbelief as he turns away from the screen. "The Robinsons care a lot about me. They wouldn't do anything to hurt me."
Doris continues playing the scenes, starting over with Cornelius and Wilbur.
"Would they?" Mike questions himself as he now turns back to the screen.
Watching the current scene and hearing what is being said once more, Mike lowers his vision to the ground as the feelings of hurt and betrayal now come over him.
"I thought they cared about me and wanted me to be a Robinson, but it was all a lie." Mike manages to say. "They only brought me here and pretended to care about me, only to later discard me like trash!"
Mike's feelings of hurt and betrayal now change to anger and rage.
"They won't get away with this!" Mike continues, his voice full of anger. "No one treats Mike Yagoobian this way! They will pay for their betrayal!"
Mike now turns back to Doris.
"Thanks Doris." Mike speaks to the hat. "Thanks for showing me that you're the only one who cares about me."
Doris moves up and down, nodding in agreement with Mike.
"Now I have to think of a way to get back at those traitors for betraying me." Mike expresses. "What do you say? Give me a hand and become my partner?"
"I thought you'd never ask." Doris's screen reads with the image disappearing.
Pleased by Doris's agreement, an evil grin now crosses Mike's face, the devilish grin of the Bowler Hat Guy. The Bowler Hat Guy, also known as Mike Yagoobian, has officially returned.
"I have the perfect plan to get back at the Robinsons." Doris's screen now reads. "Cornelius has invented yet another device, The Dimensional Modulator. This device allows you to completely erase an event from your life and if the event isn't undone within an hour, it will remain permanent forever."
Her screen now projects an image of the invention.
"This device is to work in correlation with the time machines." Doris's screen reads.
"Brilliant as always Cornelius." Mike says with a grin. "You just helped me map out your demise."
"By using this device, you can erase Cornelius from history." Doris suggests. "That way, he won't get a chance to betray you."
"You're absolutely right Doris." Mike agrees. "You're absolutely right, but there is only one problem. I can't just walk into the garage and steal the device. I'd be too obvious. It would have to be someone they wouldn't suspect." (He thought of that all by himself?)
"I already have that covered." Doris's screen reads.
Doris's screen now projects a picture of every family member in the mansion, excluding Cornelius, but including Carl, Buster and Lefty.
"Who we pick from this list is who will get a hold of that device for us." The caption on the screen reads.
"That's brilliant Doris." Mike compliments her as he begins looking the pictures over. "Now let's see who will be suitable for this job."
Mike and Doris begins going through the list of family members, trying to figure out who will help them in this heist.
Wilbur's Room
Wilbur is continuing to play Charge Ball and is trying to beat his last high score, which he is very close to doing.
Now smacking the electrically charged ball towards its target, the score begins adding up. The points now tally up with Wilbur's score coming out a thousand points more then his last score.
"Sweet!!" Wilbur shouts in excitement. "A thousand point score! Now, let's see if I can beat this score with an even higher one!"
Just as Wilbur is about to start a new game, his cell phone rings. Rushing over to his night stand, Wilbur looks at the caller id and notices its Megan. Hitting the answer button, a hologram of Megan appears.
"Hey Megan." Wilbur greets with a smile. "What's up?"
"Hey Wil." Megaman greets back. "Just calling to see what you were doing."
"Just playing charge ball." Wilbur answers. "I just beat my highest score for the fourth time in a row."
"I knew you could do it Wil." Megan giggles. "So, um, what are you doing later?"
"Nothing, just playing charge ball." Wilbur simply replies.
"Would it be ok if I came by?" Megan asks while trying to hide her nervousness.
"Sure." Wilbur permits.
"Ok, see you in a bit." Megan says with happiness.
"See you in a bit." Wilbur says.
The two now hang up with Megan squealing with happiness on her end.
Turning to the clock next to his cell phone, Wilbur notices the time.
"I guess I'll go see how Mike is doing and see if he needs anything." Wilbur says with a sigh.
Removing his game glove, Wilbur leaves his room, now on his way to see Mike.
Mike's Room
Mike and Doris are continuing to go through the family members, trying to find their perfect puppet.
A picture of Billie appears on the screen.
"No, not her." Mike disagrees. "She'd be too obvious."
A picture of Gaston now appears on the screen.
"Definitely not him." Mike disagrees once more. "He'd more then screw this plan up."
A picture of Franny appears on the screen.
"She is perfect." Doris's caption reads. "No one would ever suspect her at all."
"No one would." Mike agrees. "Yes, Franny is perfect. All we have to do now is find her and have her lead us to that invention."
"Franny is in the music room." Doris's screen reads.
An image of Franny now appears on the screen. She is shuffling through her songs on the podium while Frankie and the other frogs are fiddling with their instruments.
Mike grins, the grin of the B-H-G.
A knock now occurs at the door.
"Great!" Mike sneers. "It's one of those traitors now!"
Doris pulls her screen in and flies under the bed.
"Who is it?" Mike questions in a sincere tone, completely masking his anger.
"It's me Wilbur." Wilbur's voice answers.
"Come in." Mike Permits.
The door opens with Wilbur stepping inside.
"I'm just coming to check on you, to see if you need anything." Wilbur speaks with nervousness.
"No, I'm fine, but thank you." Mike replies with a smile.
"Ok, but if you need anything, just call." Wilbur instructs.
Mike nods.
Wilbur now leaves the room and closes the door behind him. Mike's smile falls, quickly changing back to a frown and Doris flies from under the bed.
"That boy!" Mike hisses. "He didn't accept me when I first got here! He might prove to be a threat and should be done away with first!"
Doris pulls up her screen and extends it.
"We can't worry about him right now." Doris's screen reads. "We will deal with him in due time, but for now, we have to go get a hold of that invention."
"Right." Mike agrees. "Now, let's go have a nice chat with Mrs. Robinson."
Standing from sitting on the bed, Mike begins heading for the door with Doris flying under his shirt-cape. Reaching the door and opening it, Mike proceeds into the hall, now on his way to the music room.
Garage
Cornelius is in the garage working on his invention with Carl assisting him.
"You've done it again sir." Carl begins. "You've created yet another invention that will change the world."
"I hope so." Cornelius replies, not looking up from his invention. "Life will go a lot smoothly with this invention, but my only concern is how many people will actually use this device for its actual purpose, once it's in production of course."
Now finishing the modifications to the device, Cornelius places his tools back in the case and looks the invention over.
"It's finally finished." Cornelius speaks, breathing a sigh of relief. "No longer a project, but a full invention. I just have to do one more thing and that's give it the signature Robinson emblem. Then I can finally test it."
Looking in his toolbox, Cornelius notices that he doesn't have his engraving tool.
"That's odd." Cornelius says, continuing to look through his toolbox. "I thought I had it in here, but I must have left it at Robinson Industries."
"Something wrong sir?" Carl questions as he watches the inventor search through his tool box.
"I left my engraving tool in the lab at Robinson Industries." Cornelius answers. "No invention is complete without the signature Robinson Emblem. I have to go get it. Carl, please inform Franny that I made a run to the office and will be back shortly."
"Right away sir." Carl replies.
"She won't be hard to find, she's in the music room." Cornelius explains.
"I will deliver the message." Carl says.
Carl parts company with Cornelius to deliver the message to Franny while Cornelius hops in the hover car.
Music Room
Having made his way to the west wing of the mansion, Mike and Doris-in-hiding, now reach the music room. Peering around the corner, Mike can see Franny shuffling through her songs, even though her back is turned to him.
"I could have sworn I placed that song in this pile with the rest." Franny sighs. "If it's not here, then it has to still be in the bedroom. Looks like I'm making a trip there."
Hearing that, Mike steps inside the room. Franny now turns around and spots Mike standing in the doorway, which startles her. Placing a hand on her chest, Franny breathes a sigh of relief.
"Mike, you startled me." Franny speaks as she begins trying to calm herself.
"I'm sorry Franny." Mike apologizes.
Doris quickly makes her way onto the floor and quickly scuttles behind Franny, making sure not to get spotted.
"That's quite alright Mike." Franny smiles. "Is there anything I can do for you?"
"As a matter of fact, there is." Mike answers with his signature B-H-G grin.
Doris now lands on Franny's head, immediately taking control of her. The shine in her brown eyes disappear, now leaving them dull and lifeless.
"I want you to get your husband's invention for me, The Dimensional Modulator." Mike instructs. "It's in the garage and I'm certain you know where that is."
"Yes master." Franny replies in a robotic tone.
Mike leads Franny out of the music room as the two begin making their way to the garage.
Carl now arrives at the music room and enters. Looking around, Carl sees no sign of Franny.
"Cornelius said that she would be in here." Carl says to himself.
Stepping back into the hall, Carl looks to his left and spots Mike and Franny going down the hall. Continuing to watch the two, Carl notices an odd mound on Franny's head, knowing for certain it isn't just her cowlick. Changing his eyes to the zoom lens, Carl gets a closer look and notices that the mound on Franny's head is Doris, Cornelius's long forgotten invention.
"Oh no, not again!" Carl says with devastation. "I'm not going to let you tear this family apart again!"
Determined to make sure history doesn't repeat itself, Carl begins down the hall after the two. Catching up with them, Carl is just inches from removing Doris from Franny when Doris suddenly turns her lens towards Carl and shoots him dead in his chest armor with her laser. The impact of the laser knocks Carl to the floor with a deep hole in his chest.
Mike, Doris and Franny continue down the hall.
Carl manages to sit up and looks down, noticing the damage to his chest armor.
"I've got to inform Wilbur about this right away." Carl chokes out.
Getting to his feet and covering the hole in his chest with his right hand, Carl begins down the hall, opposite of Mike and Franny, to go find Wilbur.
Living room
Wilbur is currently in the living room talking with Megan.
"So I'm thinking on Saturday night, we could go see that new movie." Wilbur begins. "If you're not busy of course."
"No, not busy at all." Megan replies with a smile. "I'd love to go."
Carl now arrives in the living room and spots Wilbur talking to Megan.
"Wilbur! I'm glad I found you." Carl calls out.
Hearing his name, Wilbur turns around and spots Carl.
"Hey Carl, what's up? Wilbur greets to the robot.
Just as Carl is about to reply, a circuit in his chest armor sparks, causing Carl to collapse.
Surprised by the robot's sudden collapse, Megan and Wilbur immediately rush to Carl's side as Wilbur cradles Carl's head in his lap.
"Carl, what's wrong?" Wilbur asks with fear quickly coming over him.
"He has a huge hole in his chest and from the looks of it, was caused by a laser." Megan informs Wilbur.
Looking at the hole, Wilbur's eyes grow wider.
"Carl, can you hear me?" Wilbur asks, nearly frantic. "How did this happen to you?"
"Doris…..she's back.." Carl chokes out as another circuit in his chest armor sparks, this time, shutting Carl down.
Wilbur and Megan turn to each other with horrified expressions on their faces.
A/N: Ok end of chapter 4 and I hope you all liked it. I want to apologize for the following things: If any parts in this chapter doesn't appear to come together and that it is late. I have been so busy lately, it's ridiculous, but here is my chapter and I hope you all liked it. Thanks to SecretWindow1 for letting me use her OC Megan. Thanks buddy. As usual, please no flames and if anything is confusing to you, please let me know right away and I will handle it. I'm never too busy for good reviewers. Chapter 5 will be out when me and life has slowed down together. If nothing else, please review.
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