Getting There

Cody's Point Of View

We somehow managed to sneak the book out of the library without the librarian noticing, since it was a robot.

Book in hand, I headed to a cafe. Inside, I zeroed in on the counter and headed for it. I faked an Australian accent and asked, 'Excuse me, I'm on vacation here, but I got lost. Can you tell me how I get to Ronald Seebeewee's Museum? Do I have to take a.. a jet there?'

'A jet? You must really be lost. The museum is just fifty blocks away. You can get there in a cab,' the girl at the counter told me, holding back her laughter.

'Thanks,' I said, my face burning with embarrassment.

'Great! We can get there in a cab!' Zack exclaimed.

'Do you have cash?'

'No, why?'

'How are we going to take a cab if you don't have money?'

'I don't know, you're the nerd, think of something!'

Zack's Point Of View

'That was so genius of you to pretend you lost your wallet and have that old lady give you twenty bucks.' I told him, as we got into the cab.

'You're welcome.'

The buckles buckled automatically. I'm starting to like the future. I thought.

After what felt like a million years, we alighted.

Cody paid the taxi man the twenty bucks and we got off.

There we were. Outside the museum.

There was a big sign outside that read 'Ronald Seebeewee's Museum'.

'Cool, this old dude has his own museum,' I commented.

We entered the museum and the cool breeze of the air-conditioner greeted us.

'Would you like to purchase two tickets, Sir?' asked a robot.

'Um, how much would that be?' Cody asked.

'Fifty dollars.'

The amount made my skin crawl. Nope, we didn't have fifty bucks. We barely had any.

'Could you charge less?' I asked.

'Sorry,' it said in it's robotic voice.

I was about to shove my fist down it's light-up mouth when two professors came to the entrance.

Cody's Point Of View

'Excuse me, Sirs, I'm Cody Martin, and this is my brother, Zack,' I told them.

'Did you say Zack and Cody Martin? The two twin boys who were trapped in the future?' asked one of them.

'Yep, that's us!' Zack butted in.

'But how?'

'We came into the future. And we don't know how to get back,' I explained.

'Really?' one asked. 'Interesting.'

'I'm Calvin,' the taller one said.

'I'm Alvin. We're brothers.'

'Nice to meet you, Sir, Calvin. Do you think you could help us?' I asked.

'Oh, sure, sure! Come on in.' Alvin ushered us into a laboratory under the museum.