Chapter 4, Angelica Act
After feeding Angelica dog biskits, in hopes that she would hate them, and demand to eat cookies, the toddlers quickly discovered that this didn't work, when Angelica took a liking to the dog biskits. So Tommy got the idea for someone to pretend to act like Angelica, in hopes it would trigger her memories to come back, and Phil and Chuckie suggested that Lil and Kimi pretend to be Angelica, as a result of them able to pull off impressions of her in the past.
"So Lil and Kimi, are you ready to act like Angelica?" Tommy asked.
"Hey, as long as my sister promises not to throw a quackulator in the mud again, I'm willing to try anything." Said Phil.
"Phillip, I didn't promise nothing!" Snapped Lil, as she pushed her brother down on to the floor.
"Ok ok, whatever you say Lil." Replied Phil.
"You're not bad at acting like Angelica Shorty." Said Kimi.
"And who are you calling Shorty?" Lil snapped.
"I think I just did." Snapped Kimi.
"Now listen up you dumb babies. We're gonna play a game. But first, get me some cookies!" Snapped Lil.
"Yeah! Get me some cookies too!" Snapped Kimi.
"Oh? And why should we Jimmy and Jill?" Angelica asked.
"The name's Lil!" Shouted Lil, as she pushed Angelica down on to the ground.
"Oh, sorry." Replied Angelica, as she stood up.
"And I'm Kimi, and don't you forget it!" Said Kimi, sticking a fist in Angelica's face.
"Whatever you say Jimmy." Replied Angelica with a sigh.
Lil and Kimi looked around the playpen, to see that the other toddlers hadn't left yet.
"You're suppose to be getting me my cookies! Now, go get them, before I turn you all into apple sauce." Snapped Lil.
"We'll get them. Come on Jesse and Dil." Said Zack, as he, Jesse, and Dil left the playpen and headed off to the kitchen to get Lil and Kimi their cookies.
When they went to the kitchen, they saw the cookie jar was on the top shelf of the pantry. So Dil and Jesse piled on top of one another, and Zack climbed on top of them, when Didi walked into the room.
"Oh dear. Kids, that's not a safe thing to be doing!" Said Didi, as she picked up the three toddlers, empty handed of cookies, and took them back into the living room and set them back down into the playpen with the others.
"I don't think I liked that very much." Said Angelica.
"Guys, it didn't work." Said Tommy with a frown, sitting down on the floor just as his mommy dropped Zack, Jesse, and Dil off in the playpen, empty handed of cookies.
"Mommy stopped us from getting the cookies." Said Dil with a frown.
"Never mind Dil. It didn't help Angelica get her memory back." Said Tommy with a frown.
"Why don't we play a game." Said Angelica, who got the star ball out of the corner.
"What kind of game?" Phil asked.
"Let's roll the ball around." Said Angelica.
"But Angelica, you usually hate that game." Said Zack.
"Yeah, you always get bored with it." Added Chuckie.
"Bored? I like rolly ball." Said Angelica, as the toddlers and Angelica all sat in a circle, and rolled the ball around to one another.
They all played until it was time for dinner, where they ate their meat, mash potatoes, and spinach, and were surprised to see that Angelica cleared her plate.
That night, while everybody was sleeping, Tommy lay awake for a while, unable to get to sleep. He had a flashback back to the day when it all happened. When he was sick in bed, and awoke to his friends fighting in the hall, and Angelica yelling at them. He could tell his friends were in trouble, but because his voice was gone, he did the next best thing he could think of, he punched Angelica in the face, sending her down the stairs. It then hit him. He caused Angelica to lose her memory, and so far, none of his ideas were working. If anything, he hoped that this was the end of the terribelest two's, but things were only worser, and poor Tommy, was about to give up hope.
The following day, Sunday, everyone was playing in the playpen, and having fun, well, everyone except Tommy, who sat in a corner, looking sad.
"Wanna play with us Tommy?" Phil asked.
Tommy shook his head.
"You know guys, I like Angelica this way." Said Chuckie.
"Yeah! She's fun to play with now, and doesn't yell or be mean to us anymore." Said Lil.
"Yeah! Maybe it's better Angelica doesn't got her memory back." Said Kimi.
"No!" Snapped Tommy.
Everyone stopped what they were doing, and turned to stare at him.
"What do you mean Tommy?" Chuckie asked.
"No, Angelica has to come back. Cuz, well cuz she's my cousin, and I love her, and, cuz I made her this way. Oh Angelica, I'm sorry I broked you and losted your memory." Said Tommy, as he gave Angelica a hug.
"It's ok Tommy." Replied Angelica, who continued to hug him.
"No it's not, it's just…" Said Tommy, as he collapsed on the floor and started to cry.
Just then, Peter showed up and overheard Tommy crying in the playpen.
"What's going on here? And does Angelica have her memory back yet?" Peter asked.
"No, and Tommy's really sad cuz no matter what we do, Angelica isn't remembering anything." Replied Dil.
"Yeah and this only happened cuz Tommy was saving me and Jesse from her." Added Zack.
"Well, I think I have something that might help." Said Peter, who reached into his gray confederate uniform to pull something out of his pocket.
"Who are you?" Angelica asked.
"Oh, I'm Peter, King of the Confederacy. I've known you all since April 15, 1993, and I've been your friend and babysitter ever since." Peter replied, fishing out a black cube from his pocket.
"Oh, hello Deater." Said Angelica.
"Um, actually it's, Peter." Replied Peter.
"What's that?" Chuckie asked, staring at the item Peter was holding in his hand. It was a black cube, and in the center, was a panel with the current time, a bunch of buttons on it with numbers on them, and beneath the panel, was a go button.
"Oh, this? Oh it's just a little something I finished inventing." Replied Peter.
"Yeah, but what is it?" Phil asked.
"It's a time machine. I just finished building it as of yesterday, September 28, 2013. I was thinking of taking Angelica on a trip back in time, to see if this would help bring her memory back. That's why I invented it in the first place." Said Peter with a smile and a twinkle in his eye.
"But before we travel back in time, Tommy's mommy suggested I take you all to the park for some fresh air. Who's up for a day at the park, and a trip back in time?" Peter asked.
"I don't wanna go." Said Tommy with a sigh.
Everyone was shocked at this.
"What's wrong Tommy?" Peter asked, as he opened up the playpen, and Tommy grabbed on to Peter's leg, making it harder for Peter to walk over to his favorite easy chair he liked to sit in in Tommy's living room. Eventually, he made it to the easy chair, and picked up Tommy and put him in his lap, who looked quite sad, his heart was pounding fast, and Peter could tell, something was really bothering him.
"These last two weeks have been hard on you haven't they Tommy?" Peter asked.
Tommy nodded.
"I mean, between Chuckie going off to preschool, then you getting your first splinter and wasp sting, then getting that awful cold and having to miss the apple festival, and then, when you were only trying to save your friends, Zack and Jesse from being hurt by Angelica, you hurt Angelica. No wonder you're stressed out. Maybe you need a day to rest. I'll take trying to get Angelica's memory back from here." Said Peter.
"Oh Peter, I can't have you do that. I broked her, and I have to fix her." Said Tommy.
"No Tommy. It's obvious you need a break. Here, you stay here and take a nap, and I assure you, when we return and you wake up, Angelica will be back to normal." Said Peter with a smile, as he put Tommy back down in the playpen.
"Well if Tommy's going to stay here, then I'm staying too." Said Chuckie, who went and took a seat next to his best friend.
"You don't have to stay if you don't want to." Replied Tommy with a frown.
"I want to, you're my bestest friend." Replied Chuckie, who put his arm around Tommy.
"I'm staying too, in hopes I can cheer up my big brother, and get whatever aliums that have invaded his brain, out of there." Said Dil.
"Ok then, Angelica, Phil, Lil, Kimi, Zack, and Jesse, let's head to the park." Replied Peter.
They got to the park to find Taffy at a picnic table, working on some new song lyrics.
"Well hello Taffy." Said Peter.
"Hi Peter, and hello minis!" Said Taffy excitedly, as she looked up from her sheet music, to see Peter walking by with Angelica, Jesse, Zack, Phil, Lil, and Kimi.
"Any luck at getting Angelica's memory back yet?" Taffy asked.
"Aren't you the nice lady who visited me in the hospital?" Angelica asked.
"Does that answer your question?" Peter asked.
Taffy nodded, as Peter, Angelica, and the toddlers, all went to a sandbox that was near a bench. Phil, Lil, Jesse, Kimi and Zack all started playing in the sandbox, while Peter and Angelica sat down on a nearby bench.
"So, who's ready for a time traveling adventure?" Peter asked the other toddlers.
But the other toddlers were so emerged in playing in the sandbox at this point, that Peter didn't receive a response.
"Well Angelica, it looks like just you and me." Said Peter, who turned towards Angelica.
Then, he looked over at Taffy, and motioned for her to come over to him.
"Angelica and I need to go do something, so, do you think you could look after the minis for a little while until we get back?" Peter asked.
"I'd be happy to." Said Taffy with a smile, as she sat down on the bench, and got out her guitar.
"Hey minis, here's a new song I've been working on." Said Taffy, as she started playing her guitar, and Phil, Lil, Jesse, Zack and Kimi, all stopped what they were doing in the sandbox, and turned towards Taffy to listen to her song.
Just then, several Disney characters popped out of portals, and Stitch, Jeany, Rafiki, and Ariel in human form, all joined Taffy and the other toddlers, as they started dancing and swaying to the music.
"You ready Angelica?" Peter asked.
Angelica nodded, signaling she was ready to take the first trip with Peter back in time. So Peter pulled out the time machine, entered in some numbers, pressed the go button, and Peter and Angelica vanished, in a flash of white light.
And this, ends chapter 4. So how will the time traveling experience go? Where will Peter and Angelica travel to? And will this time traveling adventure, bring Angelica's memory back? We'll find out, in chapter 5, and since I have school in a few hours, and there are only two chapters left to go on this story, you'll have to wait until later, to find out what happens.
Author's Note: I found out from TCKing12, that Peter built the time machine in 2013, and since this story takes place in the year 2013, I figured, how appropriate for Peter to finally reveal the time machine. And, as a result of Angelica getting Amnesia, what an excellent reason for Peter to build the time machine. Here's hoping it does its job, as far as Angelica is concerned.