Woo-hoo! This story has the highest amount of viewers for the month of June! Thank you so much for reading this! I really do enjoy writing stories like this, and I'm even curious myself about what I would be writing about next. I honestly think that the last chapter has a little bit of suspense and confusion (which I apologize about if you don't understand color guard) and if you want to give me an idea for editing chapters, that would be great! The same thing applies for chapters 9-12 in "Trouble!" and my one-shot "What's Going On?" So, off to the next chapter, which takes place before the last chapter, btw. ;)
*I do not own anything related to "Meet the Robinsons" or the song "Lonely Day"*
*KARENA'S POV*
My alarm went off on my bed as I unlocked my iPhone, and I got up to shower. I looked out the window while grabbing the dress and hair ribbons that I would be wearing today. It looked really gloomy outside; there was no sign of the sun, and the clouds were very gray. Then again, it's winter, so I assumed there would be some sign of snow today.
Because it looked gloomy, I turned on some Phantom Planet music. Ever since I have watched Smallville back in Los Angeles, I have loved this song; it somewhat related to my life back then. After I did so, I turned on some hot water, and I got in the shower. While listening to the music and showering, I thought about my to-do list for today.
I could tell from the minute I woke up,
It was gonna be a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely day.
Rise and shine, rub the sleep out of my eyes,
And try to tell myself I can't go back to bed.
It was gonna be a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely day.
"Item #1: Finish painting the mountains on my drawing."
Even though the sun is shining down on me,
And I should feel about as happy as can be.
I just got here, and I already want to leave.
It's gonna be a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely day.
It's gonna be a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely day.
It's gonna be a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely day.
"Item #2: Go to Band class."
Everybody knows that something's wrong,
but nobody knows what's going on.
We all sing that same old song
When you want it all to go away.
It's shaping up to be a lonely day.
"Item #3: Work from noon until 5:00."
I could tell from the minute I woke up,
It was gonna be a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely day.
It was gonna be a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely day.
"Item #4: Go to Astronomy class."
Everybody knows that something's wrong,
But nobody knows what's going on.
We all sing that some old song,
When you want it all to go away.
It's shaping up to be a lonely day.
"Item #5: Install alarms at the door."
I could tell from the minute I woke up,
It was gonna be a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely day.
It was gonna be a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
Everybody knows that something's wrong,
But nobody knows what's going on.
Everybody knows that something's wrong,
But nobody knows what's going on.
I got out of the shower, proud of my to-do list, and I dried my body and my hair, both of which took only five minutes. I put the very first dress Franny gave me on-the dress with the purple and black polka dots, and I placed purple ribbon in my brown, curly ponytail. I didn't put on my make-up yet because I didn't need to go anywhere for another two hours.
So then I went to make my breakfast, and since I haven't had a robot since November when my attacker destroyed Kacy, I had to do everything, which was both a pain in the butt and okay for me. Cornelius said he was still trying to work on Kacy, and if he fails, then he would just give me another robot buddy. Anyway, I made myself some pancakes and placed some strawberries on top. I was instantly reminded of how Wilbur loved strawberries, and I wrote down Make Wilbur pancakes next time he's over in my notebook. I ate the pancakes with ease, and I washed and dried the plate and fork. I put the remaining pancakes in the fridge to eat later.
I then went to my desk and got out my paint and my drawing of the Smoky Mountains. I started to color the mountains with fall colors-red, orange, yellow, and brown since the mountains looked the prettiest in fall. I took me an hour to blend in the colors and paint only the mountains and the trees surrounding then, and then I had to go do my make-up. I guess I'll finish later. Again, doing my make-up was easy; it was just foundation, a little powder, some blush, and purple eyeshadow, and it took me 10 minutes to do it.
I walked out the door with my keys and approached my flying car. It roared to life as I started it, and I drove off to the music campus of Todayland University. I didn't notice until about two minutes later that someone was following me; I frantically continued to look into my rear view mirror to see if she would stop following me. On one of those glances, I caught a clue if she was determined to catch me: her hair was red. But because she was so close, I couldn't see her license plate number. At least I could describe the car she was driving; she was driving a red flying car, which is the exact same color as the time machine Wilbur drives, but it's just a plain flying car. I continued to make different turns to see if she would stop following me, but the idea didn't seem to work.
At one point I decided that it was enough, and I took my phone out, despite the law to not use your phone while driving. As I dialed the main Robinson Industries number, I noticed that I was no longer being followed, which was a relief to me.
"Thank you for calling Robinson Industries. My name is Evelyn. How can I be of service?"
"Hi, Evelyn, this is Karena Edwards. Can I please speak to Cornelius Robinson?"
"Mr. Robinson is busy at the moment. May I take a message?"
"This is an emergency call."
"One moment, please."
I waited for Cornelius to pick up the phone as I continued to drive around the city. I decided to attempt to try to go to class, despite me now being five minutes late.
"This is Cornelius, how can I help you?"
"Hi Cornelius, it's Karena."
"Are you alright? Evelyn told me this was an emergency call."
"It is...I was being-AAAAHHHH!" I turned to see the same red car speeding right toward my side of the car, and she didn't even honk her horn. She was driving so fast that I had no time to move out of the way. Right as I started screaming, I felt a strong impact on my side of the car, and the window broke. Part of the glass scratched my head so hard that I started bleeding immediately. My phone was knocked out of my hand by the window, and I hit my head on the steering wheel. As my car went straight down to the ground, I blacked out after it hit the ground, thinking that this was the end.
I apologize if this chapter was really short. It was about 11:00 in the morning when the accident happened, and Karena did not wake up for the remainder of the day. We'll find out if Karena survived in the next chapter...do you feel the suspense going on?
