A/N: Prepare for a really long chapter!
Much to the first-class agents' confidence, Savannah had dropped the limo they assumed catching a boy named Milo in front of the Time Bureau, and Brick... he was having a good sleep.
With two robotic hands slapping him, he was awaken in a very uncomfortable way that Savannah had given in. The Dalton exmained himself, calling 'disgusting', "Ew, am I just drooling?"
"It's only been 30 minutes. Let's check the kid," the female agent called him out. They both checked the back of the limo, opening it up and seeing something that wasn't the thing they intended to see.
"What's this?" Savannah examined it, while Brick answered, "It's a dummy, you dummy."
The woman ignored that insult of him, checking anothert thing on it, "Wait, there's a message. 'You have just got Milo-ed'."
Being top-class agents, the two however didn't really get what was the meaning of that message. It sure had delivered for them some bad news indeed.
"This sounds familiar but I don't think I get the below meme," Brick stated.
"Whatever it is, we should get this back to Mr. Block and see."
And that command from Savannah made her really want to take it back.
"What? You two just got pranked? How infuritating!" Mr. Block didn't seem to happy with the first-class agents.
"I knew it!" Brick however, didn't mind his sentence and instead minding his own, "I knew it was the meme."
"Dude," Savannah elbows him, "It's not the right time."
Witnessing this fail and the stupidness they giving, Block couldn't help but sighed, "And I think I have a great chance to fire Cavendish and Dakota."
From here, his voice turned more dramatic, as he was trying to convince the two agents something. They exchanged confusing looks.
"I know, you two are really potential agents. You two will have a better future, money and fame," The old man's voice turned sadder, and slowly showing them his real side, "And just think, your dreams will come true if there aren't any jerks in your way, especially those two nut guards!"
The two agents had a clue to where it would be going, "I've come up with a plan to get rid off them. Of course, there's a reason, and it's Dakota and Cavendish have messed things up again. They made a serious change of the timeline without any permissions. Who do they think I am? A stand-alone dummy boss?"
The agents kept hearing the speech, with Brick secretly ate Time Chips and the chomping sound could be heard by Savannah. Without his reveal, they definitely knew where thier boss would end, "So, in order to make Cavendish and Dakota get out of our business, this is the chance I give you by my own hand."
Block put hands on both agents, and with a comfirmation, they accepted to try once more, "Yes, sir!"
Cavendish and Dakota packed one last thing in their small beige time vehicle before going on their journey to find the answer about Milo's missing backpack, and answer for themselves as well...
"Alright, let's check our checklist one more time," Cavendish announced to his partner, "Red Strings... of Fate? Where did you get this?"
"Check!" Dakota replied, "I was inspired with the name."
One thing crossed, "Goggles from Google," The British man gave to his partner an unamusing look.
He just smirked back, "Check!"
Another thing crossed. One last thing, "Pictures from Milo's adventures... Oh, I like this name."
"Check!" Last check had been done after Dakota put the bag of their stuffs, going on another investigation.
The two came inside the van, sitting on the only front seats and saying, "Here we go!"
The engine started for a while. Until a moment later, it stopped.
"You've flooded it, haven't you?" Dakota asked reasonably, when Cavendish gave him a yell, "I'm NOT flooding it."
A minute later, they tried starting the engine again, and it began to start smoothly, as the two time travellers were looking for the reason behind Milo's missing backpack and the connection between it and them.
"Now that was unusual," Cavendish stated.
Meanwhile, at a local football field, Milo, Amanda and their friends were having outdoor lessons from Melissa's dad – Richard Chase. What kind of fun activities would they receive?
"Hi kids and Murphy," Richard entertained himself by a joke he just making up, "Welcome to the summer class of fun outdoor activities. Our motto is 'Summer is fun when you get sunburn.' Not technically rhymed, but it's catchy."
"Dad?" Melissa noticed a difference of his usual outfit, "Why are you wearing your uniform like that?"
He looked embarassedly at himself before replying back, "Well, safety first, you know."
"It's okay, Mr. Chase," Milo realised what he was doing.
"Alright, we'll put that aside. Now, does everyone have the headband that I told Melissa to give it to you?"
"Yes, sir!" Milo, Zack and Amanda replied in unison.
"So yellow is Milo, red is Amanda, green is Zack, and blue is Melissa," The man listed everyone's color and was about to start the fun, "Everyone, give all your headbands to me."
The gang were all surprised. They had no idea what this fireman could intend to do, but from the look of Melissa, it was going to be exciting.
They put their respective strings inside a box, and instructions were given, "This will test your memory a little bit, and to see how much you can do a challenge."
He continued, "The rules are simple. I'll pick a random headband with your color inside this box. You have to remember which color you are, and if you are picked, you will be crowned as 'the king.'"
Melissa came in, "And you know, others have to do what the king says. For example..." she took out another piece of notes, which was written with numourous challenges and dares, commanding, "I demand yellow to do 5 push-ups."
Yellow is Milo, and he knew it was him, "Will do! 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! There!"
"And that's basically it. It repeats, the king will be choosen randomly, and he or she can command one to three people in a challenge"
"Thanks, Melissa!" Richard said while she was stepping down to the gang, hearing their reactions.
"Oh, this is a really great game!" Amanda reviewed, "It's like Truth or Dare, but in a different version."
Milo was just as excited as the perfectionist, "Yeah, I mean, what can go wrong with this small game?"
"Sounds interesting," Zack stated with a smirk, "I'm in!"
"Alright, if excitement is what you all agree, let's go straight away!"
"Yeah!" The gang shouted.
It was the 16th turn and this time, Zack had become the king, and weird enough, that was his first time. But the boyband knew what he was doing.
"I – the King – declare yellow to sing my biggest hit," he said.
"You don't need to imply the King," Melissa shot back before turning to Milo, "Anyway, Milo, it's Chop Chop Chop."
That challenge seemed very excited, as it was revealed in Milo's expression, "Oh, I love that song! Here I go."
"Wait!" Zack interrupted, "I'm not done yet."
"You're right," Richard was standing from behind Zack and noticed there was one more term in the 16th turn, "Go ahead."
"And while he's singing, one more person will come dance along with him. I will pick red for the chance," The boyband commanded once more.
The term coming out of nowhere made Amanda surprised. She blushed after knowing she had to dance along with Milo, her voice slightly cracked, "R-really?"
"Yes, Amanda!" Milo turned to her, making her to contact her eyes to his, "Just like in the song, you can do it."
With that motivation, Amanda got her confidence back, "Alright! You sing and I dance."
"Got ya," Milo winked at her.
While Melissa, Zack and Richard was being audiences and taking a look to their challenge.
"Oh, this is gonna be interesting," The fireman stated.
The music had been prepared. In a very Richard preparation, he had brought a soundbox, and the music was played from his phone connecting to it.
All things started, now let's root for Lumber-Milo-and-Amanda.
Milo started the singing voice, while Amanda was dancing confidently along with the music.
I know you're pining
But every cloud has got a silver lining
The leaves are parted, now the sun is shining
And you're in my arms, that's why planets are aligning.
"This is fun!" Melissa commented while taping the whole scene.
Suddenly, a twist was made in the performance. While dancing, Amanda's fall due to Murphy's Law, and Milo had to keep her lying on his arms.
And because of that, they were rolling with it, with Milo had to sing and dance along with the girl. He knew it had to happen, but the early timing wasn't on his mind.
Milo kept singing and somehow, he felt more passionate than before. That was the result of the eye contact they gave each other.
My heart is strong, like a tree
And you belong...
Amanda almost yelped with those words, breaking apart and dancing solo, then following by her sigh.
"Now I remember," the girl laughed embarassedly, "Just do what we've been tasked for."
"Fine by me, the girl who followed me all the way to my home and gave a kiss to my cheek," Milo teased her a bit before continuing.
Baby, you belong to me
Without you, I'm tied to the ground
And if I fall, do I even make a sound?
Zack and Richard enjoyed as planned, while Melissa was grinning so wide. The two copied the moves perfectly, and Zack imagined like he was looking at his own shadow.
Chop, chop, chop
Chop away at my heart
I can feel it fallin' (Timber!)
And now we're never parted
I know you, you've been there from the start...
So baby, chop, chop, chop
"Chop away at my heart" was Milo's line after the soundbox broke apart, which was also a great way to end the turn.
That was also a cue for Amanda. She stopped and caught breath. A feeling of tireness when she had to copy the exact moves.
It was fun still, and everyone in the audience seats applaused the two. Murphy's Law so far had fired a few piece of papers and some piece of net surrounding the local stadium.
"And another soundbox to pay, but everything is still fine as usual," Richard recorded, "Alright, you all have done a very good job. Yellow skipped one challenge though so..."
"I have to run five rounds around this field?" Milo asked for sure.
"You got it," he said before Milo getting a healthy 'punishment.' The fireman then turned to the other kids, "Well, memory is all for today. Be sure to get exercises for tomorrow!"
"Yes, sir!" They replied in unison before Mr. Chase leaving.
Zack didn't feel sastify as much, "That's it? I have not even done anything hard."
"Relax, dude. My dad just gave you guys a trick," The orange-haired one stated.
"Wait for me, guys!" Milo yelled to them from far away, "Four laps left."
"So, what should we do while waiting for Milo to finish his laps?" Melissa asked and the trio thought.
"Argghh!" Milo screamed from behind, "Murphy's Law may take me a while. Amanda, can I borrow your backpack?"
The girl shouted back, "Sure thing!"
Melissa followed, "Well, you can stop now. My dad leaves."
"It's not that fun anymore when you haven't accomplished anything just yet," he stated.
Zack kind of laughed at Melissa, "Oh, Melissa, this is Milo – the kid who has the greatest perseverance in the world."
"I know that!" Melissa retorted, "It's just that 'perseverance' can get him tired easily."
"You're quoting again," now it was Zack's turn to be annoyed.
"That's me. You cannot change anything, Zack," the girl now smirked.
"Guys!" Amanda stopped them and breathed, "Arguing is not a way to kill time. How about I telling you guys me and Milo's story from yesterday?"
"Last night?" Melissa asked for the time, while Zack was already making the guess, "You guys are kissing again, aren't you?"
That quote of Zack made the perfectionist blushed, retorted, "No, I'm not..."
His girlfriend gave him a punch, "Why you..."
"Nah, I kid," He defended sheepishly, "I just thought that after what you had said to me yesterday-"
Amanda then interrupted, "Okay, I kissed him, on the cheek. But that is not the main subject."
"Then what, Amanda?" Melissa teased her, "That seems to be interesting by itself."
The Hispanic girl glared at her, "Not you too..." before starting her story, " It was 8:24 p.m., on the sidewalks around this same football field. Me and Milo were running to home then suddenly..."
Milo was still running and having taken three laps so far. He sprained his fingers on the first lap, but with Amanda's preparation in her backpack, he used her bandage to cover it.
In the meantime, there was a baseball training from preschoolers.
"You ready?" The kid holding the ball shouted.
"Yeah! Give me your best shot!" The kid holding a baseball had prepared.
And the kid behind him was in for a competition as well, "I will never miss this one."
And it began. The first kid threw the ball quickly, but the baseball kid had managed to hit on the target.
"Godness, nice job!" – "It's sad but that was really nice."
But the force from the throw combining with the baseball had launched the ball really far. It was clear in Milo's view, as it flew past his head and landed on a bush at an opened corner.
"Hey bro!" The kid called out the sunshine boy, "Can you get that ball for us?"
"Will do, kiddo!" Milo shouted back, as he went to collect the ball back.
The teenage boy looked around, but hadn't seen anything so far. Until he knew he was sprayed with somekind of gas. The awareness was too late, as he was unconcious and being grabbed by two anonymous people (who are so familiar to us).
Being pulled inside the push, weird enough, it didn't cause any scratch on his body. But one detail proved it to be wrong. A pointy branch made it in-between Milo's bandage, tearing it off and unbeknownst to Brick and Savannah, they had left the drops from Milo's inconsequential wound on the ground.
Once again, the two agents thought they had finished this so easily, and party plans were prepared.
"We're so gonna get rid of those two pistachioners," Brick stated.
"Not with that awful garlic smell," when Savannah could confirm that the Dalton man hadn't brushed his teeth this morning.
They were running until they reached their limo parked not too far from the field, getting in and using time travel.
This way, the kid can't get away from their hands that easily.
The story Amanda telling to Zack and Melissa was even more interesting. The perfectionist couldn't stop telling details and the couple couldn't miss hearing it.
The main purpose – to kill time – was now buried so deep in the ground... literally.
"Funituring from house to house is a great way to kill time," Scott stated while putting a disco ball inside Casa de Scott.
Anyway, back to Amanda.
"So she told us we would be in danger this day, today. And it was necessary for Milo to stay inside a house."
That indedd was a pretty epic scene. But to Zack and Melissa, it was unbelievable to the very least.
"No way. How can someone sense disaster forehead?" Melissa commented, "I don't buy it. Murphy's Law is unpredictable, not being used in a way to scare people off."
"Amanda, I know you feel worried for Milo," Zack came in to comfort the Latina, "But don't you believe this to be... you know... coming out of nowhere?"
The girl stood up, getting more serious to her reply, "Yes, I did. And I was the one who strongly convinced Milo not to believe this... abnormal phenomenal predictor. Or believe an A.P.P."
She continued once done joking, "But the way she said it was more serious than my voice right now. She even dared Milo to look at her eyes, proving her truthfulness..."
Melissa and Zack stood up next to her.
"I understand," the orange-haired girl whispered.
Zack sighed in defeat, replying, "Well, I guess a try doesn't hurt. Let just get Milo to do it, if not, someone is really misplacing April's Fools."
"Glad to hear your sympathy," Amanda thanked the young couple.
"We'll plan things with you and Milo, don't worry," Melissa said to her before turning to the field, shouting, "Oh, Milo! Have you done...?"
And the thing she seing was an empty view of the grass, which was used to be the path for Milo's laps. In the center, there were a bunch of kids training baseball.
"Where is he? He should have done his laps by now," Melissa voice grew more anxious.
"Don't tell that woman's rumor is-" Zack was about to say the prediction out, when Melissa stopped him right there, "No way! None of those is even logical."
Amanda suggested them the first thing, "Let's ask the baseball kids. They might know something."
The two nodded as they followed Amanda to ask the preschoolers gently.
Cavendish and Dakota had been driving for an hour, and now, they were about to meet Milo in front of the Murphy residence.
"I'm really worried for that kid," Dakota implied, "Hope there's nothing bad happen"
"Silly Dakota..." Cavendish, on the other polar, felt hopeful as ever,
"Of course he would be safe."
"Now the only thing I hope is the Murphys will be the early people," Dakota said before ringing the doorbell.
"Milo? Are you home?" The disco man cried.
"Hold on!" Sara called from inside.
"Wait? Does Milo's voice sound a bit different?" Dakota questioned, and Cavendish then grew more anxious, "Oh no! Then that means..."
"HAS SOMEONE REPLACED HIM?" The two old men yelled and panicked all over the house.
The Murphy girl came out, raising an eyebrow in confusion, "Cavendish, Dakota? What are you doing?"
"AHHH! THERE IT IS!" Cavendish yelled, couldn't calm himself just yet, "HAVE AT THEE!"
"Hello, Sara!" The calm greeting came from Dakota, making Cavendish realize his act, as the two smirked.
"Ahem..." Now there's our British guy, "So... Miss Sara, I want to know where Milo is. We have some important information to tell."
"I'm sorry, Lord Balthazar," The girl teased him with a reply, "but Milo isn't at home right now. He is at a football field with his friends, doing some 'summer activites' or sort of that."
"And you didn't spy him anymore?" Cavendish shot back.
"No!" Sara retorted, "I mean, there is his girl, but I've quitted after Milo's backpack has been missing... because of me." She then turned down her voice.
"Look, don't blame yourself, Sara," Dakota came and comforted her, "All of those wouldn't happen if Cavendish didn't draw the way for us to go..."
"WHAT YOU SAID?" The man asked, glancing at him furiously.
The dolty-snackhound ignored it, continuing, "And that's why we're here: to fix our mistakes."
"That's great," Sara couldn't calm her happy tears anymore, "The Murphys will owe you for all of your kindness!"
"Alright, less emotion more action," Cavendish rushed the two to go, "Let's go! And Sara as well. Lead us to the football field."
"Sure thing!" The girl got inside the backseat, and they headed straight to where Milo's summer class is.
"We did see him," The kid holding the ball said, "but when we asked him to get our ball back..."
"We didn't see him anymore," The kid holding the baseball followed, "Is he secretly getting our ball away?"
"No, he's not," Amanda shouted to them from the bushes nearby, "Here's your ball!" The girl threw it to the kids, much to their delightfulness.
"Wow, thanks, sis!" They gave her a thank in unison before leaving to somewhere else, leaving the trio alone inside the medium field.
"What are we doing now?" Zack question worriedly, "This is an unusual way for Milo to make an exit."
"Calm down! I'm sure it doesn't like that," Melissa stated, "Murphy's Law is unpredictable. Maybe he's somewhere in the bush."
And as unpredictable as Murphy's Law is, a familiar perro came out from the bush.
"Diogee?" Amanda was surprised, "Didn't Milo tell you to go home?"
The dog shook his head, and instead, he leaded them to go through the bushes.
"Wait, where is he going?"
"I think he knows something," Melissa said, "He's the greatest dog in the world after all."
The kids followed Diogee. He ran around and sniffed on the dirt containing a very similar smell to his owner.
"He is sensing Milo."
"Speaking of which, is there a shortcut behind these bushes?" Zack questioned.
"I didn't know there was a passage way down here," the orange-haired girl stated.
The dog barked, went deeper to the path. The three kids curiously followed him. It led them to a sidewalk nearby, and in front of them was an empty view, just houses and no sign of any mishaps or destruction.
Diogee tried sniffing around but failed. He whimpered awfully, making the three kids feel even more anxious than before.
"This is not good," Amanda commented, "Even the greatest dog in the world can't find Milo."
"That means we have to find him again?" Zack complained, "I was tired for a whole day, you know?"
Melissa glared at him, which made him fix his sentence, "I mean, about missing Milo, we have to find him no matter what."
A small van came upon them, and later Cavendish, Dakota and Sara got out of the vehicle.
"What's going on here? And where's Milo?" the British spotted a missing member.
"Cavendish..." Melissa confronted him worriedly, "We... we've lost him. He has been missing again."
"What?!" Cavendish yelled.
"What?" Dakota yelled.
"What?" A woman lying inside the time vehicle yelled.
"WHAT?!" Sara yelled the loudest
"Sorry, Sara..."
"We have been talking while Milo was taking laps around the field," Zack retold the backstory, "We didn't see him come back after collecting a ball for some baseball kids."
Amanda followed, "And there was a woman who warned me and Milo about a disaster coming upon him-"
Dakota interrupted, "Excuse me, but you just said there was a woman who warned you and Milo about a disaster coming upon-"
"Yes!"
"Did you see her face? How did she look like?" Cavendish asked.
"You are a single man, I get it," Dakota smirked, trying to make a joke next to him, and Cavendish retorted, "NOT A CHANCE...!"
"She wears a black coat, and since it was evening, we couldn't see her face," the perfectionist described, "But her voice sounds a bit boring, and she can be serious at times. She even called herself as an Abnormal Phenomal Predictor."
"Hmm, that's strange..."
Cavendish said his reason, "Well, the reason we come here is to inform Milo about his backpack and warn him about the danger he may face with."
"That's exactly what the woman said," Amanda stated.
"It is?"
"Let that for later!" Sara grabbed everyone's attention, "We're losing our time. Finding Milo is our main priority!"
"That's right!" Cavendish confirmed with his British voice, "We won't lose our time as long as we have our time vehicle around."
"Alright," Amanda commanded, "Everyone, scatter around. We need to cover as much area as possible. Areas that are important to Milo, or having most of destruction as possible."
She directly pointed to each person, tasking them each direction, "Melissa, Zack, you go West. Cavendish and Dakota, East. Sara takes North and me takes South. Got it?"
"Right!" Both exclaimed as they scattered to seperated ways.
Melissa and Zack, West direction.
"Milo?" Melissa shouted repeatedly, while Zack's task was asking people in each house if they saw a young boy wearing sweater vests and having his hair straight upfront.
"No, we didn't see him," said a man in a family, "It's a rare occasion to see a peaceful scene in this neighbourhood.
Unfortunately, that only brought down the room, "I get it. Thank you, sir."
"You're welcome."
The man shut the door when Zack left immidiately and reported to Melissa, "So how is it going?"
"50 houses in this neighbourhood and 55 people didn't see him coming," Zack reported, "What about you?"
The girl sighed, "My throat hurts. 50 yells and we didn't see him hiding anywhere."
"Here! I brought a bottle," The boyband gave it to her.
"Thanks, Zack!" She took it and drought with pleasure, lying down on a sidewalk nearby "It's relaxing in this calm scene though."
"Yeah..." Zack commented, following her "It's this peaceful neighbourhood relax our mind a bit after a disastrous day."
But the boyband quickly shaking that thought of, "And no, that's not like it! I mean, relaxing is fine. But I miss the time when we play together in a bad weather, and it's still fun."
"Don't you think so, Melissa?"
"You're right!" Melissa said, "I've already missed him."
Zack got up, putting a hand in front of her in an intend to get her stand up, "Well then, let's keep looking. I'm sure we'll find him very soon."
The girl nodded, grabbed his hand, "No! I believe that will happen!"
"Now, Amanda said that we needed to go to the places that are important to Milo," The girl then got an idea, "I know exactly a place!"
"Where?!" Zack asked curiously, but his hand was quickly grabbed by an exciting Melissa, as she ran ahead and didn't care how her pull affected the boyband.
"Just go and you'll see."
Cavendish and Dakota, East direction.
Now they reached in front of the very Milo school, Jefferson County Middle School. Little did the students know how quiet the school was after they had welcomed a new summer to them.
And this place is important to Milo for another reason.
"This is it, Dakota," Cavendish recalled, "This is the place where we fought those Pistachions and saved the world."
"And after 502 houses we've been scanning, this is the nearest place from the football field we have to scan."
"Again, why don't we look for this place in the first place?" Cavendish questioned the stupidnity again, which the colorful shirt man replied, "Ask it to the man who say Milo will be fine after all."
"Alright, I was wrong and I will fix it," The British commanded, "You and I have some Milo pictures. I'll go and look for him outside. You look for himside the school. Got it?"
He immidiately left, not even waiting for Dakota to agree.
"This man... hearing Milo missing and bam, he is such in a hurry."
Sara, North direction.
The Dr. Zone fangirl had just picked another important place of Milo.
It's a comic shop, where Milo always picks up Sara's favorite Doctor Zone comics during her time at school. Coincidentally, it's also the very comic shop she met someone...
"Hi, Neal from the comic shop," Sara flirted.
"Hey, Sara from the comic shop," Neal acted the same, "So what makes you come over this Tuesday afternoon?"
"You won't believe it. My brother Milo has been missing."
"Missing?" He exclaimed, "Isn't that an usual thing for the Murphys?"
"Yes, but the sign of no disaster or any mishaps is getting on my nerves!" Sara yelled, which made the people look at her.
Neal embarassedly directed her outside the shop, continuing the conversation, "The normal people would kill you if you said that. You are a Murphy girl, Sara. A unique one."
"Really?" Sara blushed, "He doesn't know what he is saying, does he?"
"I'm taking a shift with another employee in the shop, so may I offer you for a ride, or an adventure to look for Milo."
The offer from Neal made the girl really happy. Of course, it was accepted, "You got me! Let's go to the North."
And so, on a comic teenage boy's motorbike, two comic fans were taking a trip to find another comic fan called Milo. It was more of a chance to go dating than a real finding trip though.
Amanda, South direction.
It was funny to her that she was worried when Milo was around at first, but knowing him, she now felt worried when he wasn't around, or missing. And it's even funnier when she used a lot of ways to find him. The first example is a traditional way - making posters and sticking it to lamp posts and walls. She even asked Jim and a few officers about a missing Murphy – they either ignored it, or they really didn't even know a thing. How dare they called themselves polices?
She had come across her house, since it was in her same direction. But realized that there wasn't any disaster caused, she stopped looking. At least this house reminded Amanda of her memorable birthday: lots of friends and joy had been made. But there was the most important thing: Amanda and Milo were now friends and they had grown more interested into each other since that day. They were dancing some pretty moves together. They even kissed each other passionately, and luckily due to Murphy's Law, most of the people didn't spot that.
Now her last place to find him is also another notable place of Milo: Coyote Woods.
"This is the place where Milo and Zack were running through on their first day of school," Amanda informed herself before sighing, and taking her steps in.
Only she was pulled back and being interferred by a strong woman. She knew it due to the softness of her hands while she was grabbing her shoulder.
"What was that for?" The girl turned back and yelled, "It's you again?"
It was the mysterious look from the day earlier, with an exception of her lips being revealed, smirking, "So, is my prediction correct?"
Now Amanda had to admit it, the woman wearing a black coat covering her eyes was right, "You're right... I should have told Milo to do what you said."
The woman turned softer, in order to comfort the perfectionist, "I know it was supposed to happen. So don't blame yourself then. The problem right now is that we have to save Milo from the kidnappers"
"You're right! But may I ask again," Amanda then asked, "How do you know this was supposed to happen? Is that an ability of an A.P.P.?"
"A.P.P." She tilted her head, and the young girl explained, "Abnormal Phenomenal Predictors, I came up with that name."
"Oh right!" A sudden move was made, the woman took the coat off her head. It was revealed to be an emotionless woman, wearing glass and having grey hair. We all know who she is, right?
"This is more comfortable," she stated, "Now come on!"
And with a reveal from Gretchen, Amanda obeyed and followed her back to where they started to scatter.
"Isn't this the place where I began to command everyone?" The girl questioned, "What are you trying to do?"
"Hold on! I am calling her out right now."
"Her?"
Gretchen pressed a few buttons on her smart watch and in no time, a black time travel vehicle appeared in front of them. Amanda was amazed by the whole view.
"Is this 'her'?" – "Yes… apparently."
"What is B.O.T.T.?" she questioned, but Gretchen didn't answer, "That's for another conversation. Now get in."
The woman quickly got in, but turning back and seeing an ashtonished Amanda, "Well, what are you waiting for?"
"Well, I don't know if I can…"
"Sure you can!" She offered with a cheerful tone, so as to get Amanda in the car, "Do you want to save Milo, my girl?"
"Yes, definitely! I miss Milo, even if he's just missing for a morning…" Amanda stated, "I want to take him back! And no one is gonna stop me!"
"I see. Well, get inside quick!"
The girl agreed, as she got in the best seat inside the car, as the driver began to start the miracle.
"Here we go!"
A shiny white light appeared, made the girl cover her eyes. Until the sound was quiet and she could feel some sort of elevator music around, she checked and saw around the car was now some sort of time-space flow.
A mixture of green representing for time and violet represeting for space, and a bunch of floating clocks, flying freely without the help of gravity or any kind of physical activities.
"Wow…" Amanda felt amazed once again, to the very scene she first saw, "Is this what Milo has told me about? Time travelling and adventure?"
"I wasn't there with him though, but it sounds believable," Gretchen replied, "Welcome to the time stream."
"So this is a 'time… stream'," She then asked, "And what about those clocks? And this vehicle?"
The woman giggled to her curiosity before explaining, "I can explain it all day."
Her voice might sound a bit boring, but to Amanda and the task of rescuing Milo, those were important information to know, "We are inside the time stream with the help of a 'time vehicle', which is the car we're inside right now. And those clocks are the energy for all the time travel activities. It contains a chemical element called 'time juice.'"
"Time juice?" The girl questioned.
Gretchen continued, "Yes, 'time juice'. It's like gas for motorcycle and cars. In the time travel case, it's used to generate power for vehicles. A very normal vehicle will be able to time travel with time juice and some other functions."
"Oh…" Amanda exclaimed, "And I hope this day can't get any weirder. So what is happening to Milo? The reason you bring me along to time travel is to find Milo across time?"
"Yep." The dull woman simply agreed, "It's time to tell you what you and Milo will go through."
"Me and Milo will go through?" It sounded romance to Amanda, but her tone was scary.
"You hear me clearly. It's not as lovely as you think. What you'll go through here is an organization of time travel in the future called Time Bureau. Due to a violation of time travel from two certain employees…"
"Cavendish and Dakota?" Amanda guessed, and it was confirmed, "Can't be more accurate. But the organization picked a rather wacky solution. They choose Milo as a prey to lure the two time travellers in, since they knew Milo has a very close bond to Cavendish and Dakota."
"We all know that!" She shouted for the crime, "They seem very selfish!"
"I know. That explains why Milo's backpack is missing, and now it's Milo himself."
"But why would they have to do that?" Amanda asked, "After all, it makes no sense to use an innoncent person as a prey for someone to get into their trap."
"According to my investigation from days ago, I can tell you this…" Gretchen slowly revealed, "Since the timeline violation was made… they're not themselves anymore."
"Wh-what do you mean?"
"My boss-I mean… the boss of the organization shouldn't have known anything about the violation," She explained, "He was more dumb than you thought. And the agents he sends over, they are acting carelessly, crazy and eating a lot. They're not who they are anymore."
"Oh, I see…"
"Well, we will let the talking for later," Gretchen said, "Now hold tight your seatbelt. We'll jump into 2175."
"Yes, ma'am!" She exclaimed, as another shiny light appeared before them. And the view right now was a morning modern future. The girl's eyes grew sparkling stars to the magnificence of the future.
"Welcome to 2175!" She stated.
"Wow!" Amanda quickly got out of the car, strolling to some features, "Colorful houses? My favorite chocolate bar? No fence for the amusement park?" Her excitement turned down a little bit, "And, no one?"
"It is afternoon right now," Gretchen stated, "There will be a few in the evening, but that's all about the future."
"That's sad. I didn't expect the future could be this quiet. But that will make us find Milo easier, right?"
"Yeah!" The woman agreed, then pointing to a tall building nearby being covered by two house blocks, "We'll just have to go to the tall building over there."
Danville, around 2015
The sun had almost set and everyone gathered back to tell the result of the town scanning. They all got the same report.
"Cavendish, Dakota, have you seen him?" Melissa was the one to ask first.
"No, we didn't." – "Sadly no. What about you?"
"Not in our side either," The girl sighed, then Zack followed in a sad tone, "This case seems tougher than before. It's just... nothing."
The sound from a motorbike grew louder before stopping immidiately. Sara and Neal were about to report.
"Sara and Neal from the comic shop. Have you seen Milo anywhere?"
Sara just shook her head and so did Neal, "Next time, just call me Neal."
The girl then turned to Zack, confessing, "Zack? Now what do we do? I'm worried."
"I am worried for him too, Melissa. But no matter what happens, you just have to believe that he will be fine."
"You think so?"
"It's the least I can do," The boyband then offered for a hug, "Come here! Let me ease your anxiety."
And they both gladly accepted it, with Melissa was the most relaxed one, "There, there, right there, Zack! I did feel relieved."
"Ahem!" The British called their attention back, "Not to interrupt your sweet moment but... has anyone seen... Milo's friend girl maybe..."
"Amanda?" Now he mentioned it, "AAH! Zack! Where's Amanda?"
"You're right! I don't see her anywhere."
"Maybe she hasn't come back yet? Now we're having two missing people!" Sara stated
2175
Gretchen and Amanda were now standing in front of a magnificent building of time travel.
"Wow, this thing is so huge," But there was no time for Amanda to amaze anything, "But this isn't the time for me to look at the scene. Looking for Milo then taking him back, those are two things I'll have to finish."
"Great show! Let's go."
They ran inside without a sweat, and reached the parking lot outside the buliding. Just as Gretchen expected about the fixed Brick and Savannah...
"They weren't here," Gretchen stated.
"The kidnappers?"
"Right." The woman replied a bit tediously, "They used to work faster than this"
Just as soon as she mentioned the agents, the smell and the siren of time travel appeared, as their time limo parked nearby.
"Quickly, hide!" The woman guided Amanda, and both were hiding in a vehicle nearby in order not to get themselves attention.
While hiding, they didn't forget to look and hear the conversation.
"This kid is heavier than I thought," said Savannah.
"I don't know about you, but lifting him is like lifting a pile of sand," Brick followed.
"Oh... and I am so making him to regret it," Amanda complained.
"Calm down, girl," Gretchen calmed her down, "Let your energy for the rescue mission."
They both walked to the backdoor from the building, which didn't open until someone stood nearby it.
"You're ready? I know this is your first mission, and you may not do well, but this is for Milo, and for the timeline itself."
"I'm ready!" Amanda simply replied.
She let out a long sigh before taking a step forward, and one more.
"Milo, please wait for me! I will be saving you in no time!"
Author's Note: I KNOW! I'm sorry to let you guys hang in there, but that's how this chapter is supposed to be! Hope you guys will be excited and eager for the next one, because I've tied in a lot of details in there.
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