Chapter 4
The Loonakids looked all around town for Macy. It took a while, because, apparently, New York City was the biggest city in the country at the time. They finally gave up and met on Broadway.
"It's looks like we really are stuck here," said Benny, "What do we do?"
"First of all, we have to do a serious inspection of the city to find her," Nadine said.
"Then, we'll have to take the device of hers and fix this whole mess," Lucy said.
"Heads up, ding ding ding!" Kelly said, "We just tried that! She could be anywhere."
"You're the psychic, you find her," said Ryan.
"Fine," Kelly said, closing her eyes and calling out for her in her mind. She saw her inside a museum, waiting for it to close down so that she could take the rare jewel beneath her. "I think I found her."
"Where is she?" asked Benny.
Kelly zoomed in on the name of the museum. "The Museum of Natural History. I'm pretty certain that it's not far away. Come on!" She led the way to the museum, her powers guiding her every step of the way.
They finally arrived at the museum.
"So, what's big-brain's daughter doing anyway?" asked Benny.
"She's going to try and steal another jewel," Kelly explained, "That must be the most important part of her device, quite possibly the main power source."
"Do we want to stop her?" asked Jack, "Because, if we do, we won't be able to go home. And, if we just do nothing, she'll have her way and we'll be stuck here forever."
"Then what we'll do is go in and hang back until she finished her device," Nadine suggested, "Then, we take it from her and teleport home!"
"Great idea, Nadine," Benny said, beginning to enter the museum, "You're starting to scare me."
"I am the oldest, you know!" Nadine said, chasing after him.
"They will never learn, will they?" asked Robert.
"Unfortunately for me, no," Lucy said.
They got in and looked around for any sign of Macy.
"There she is!" Sarah whispered, pointing to the rafters above them.
"Attention, people!" Everyone turned to see the curator. "The museum is closing in 5 minutes. Everyone out!" The Loonakids hid and waited for everyone to leave so that Macy could make her strike.
Macy withdrew the jewel from its casing and put it in her device.
"Hey!"
She turned to see Benny at the end of the hall, surrounded by the other Loonakids.
"I believe that you have something that doesn't belong to you!"
"Oh, you can't stop me now!" She began to set the device when it began to pull towards the Loonakids. She held on tightly, but Jack's telekinetic grip was too firm for her and she eventually had to let go.
"Yes!" Before Jack could adjust it (or even figure out how), Macy shot her power out at him and the device flew into Kelly's hands.
Kelly saw a turn-dial on one side of the gun-like machine. She began to set it for the date it had been when the wormhole had opened. "Dec. 3, 2789." She shot the device and its energy was consumed as the wormhole opened for them, this time not as strong.
Macy withdrew a dagger from under her cloak and threw it at them. Nadine saw it coming (because she could read minds) and warned Lucy. Lucy turned around and made a plant grow through the floor and toss it back at Macy. Macy ducked, though, and the dagger hit someone behind her, the last person to leave, a brunette of about 18. Macy began to go after the Loonakids, who were retreating into the wormhole, but her feet wouldn't leave the ground. She couldn't move. Suddenly, the ground opened up beneath her feet and swallowed her as the wormhole closed.
The wormhole reopened in 2789 and the Loonakids fell out and landed on the ground, this time allowing Lucy to make a force field just before they hit the cement, thus, making the landing easier.
"Thanks, Cottontail," Benny said.
"You're welcome," said Lucy in response, "But don't you think we got out of the situation surprisingly easy?" She then sensed that something strange was going on. When they had left that morning and landed in New York, the sky had been stormy because of the wormhole. Now, there wasn't a single cloud in the blue sky. "BLUE SKY"? The sky was supposed to be purple! "Benny, look up!"
Benny gasped. He had never seen the sky like this before. It had always been so dark because of the comet. They had changed something…and now something bad was happening.
"We better ask Dad what's going on," said Michael.
"Michael…" Sarah said.
"What?"
"Turn around."
He did, and the others looked where she was looking. Where the tower usually stood, there was nothing.
"What's going on?" asked Ryan.
"I don't know," said Kelly, "But I have a feeling where Dad might be."
