Ch 24: Galactic Standard: Ch 3

Ty's POV

"Ugh..." I grunted. I was still sore from helping out yesterday (which was the day after the Moss Festival), in terms of getting the new project started. Our next one will be some sort of secret project. We received files from someone about some sort of machine... I feel like it will require me to get the alloy that the tower is made from...

"Good morning..." Mumbled Vybe. She had probably the worst job of us all yesterday. She sat around making sure we didn't make stuff fall. Why I say it is the worst job is because Coral often needed help, so Vybe had to help her out.

"So now begins the assembly... I need to figure out the alloy that Inkopolis tower is made from... the energy we may need for that thing is going to be high..." I said. Now that both of us are awake, we can get to work of this thing... whatever it is. Why am I so focused on that?

"Well... whatever... I just want to stay home right now... Too tired..." She said. And with that, she plopped back into bed. Ah well. I can always take Rex with me. I got out of bed, got dressed, got my prayer slips, and ate a bowl of cereal. I left the apartment and walked downstairs to find Rex waiting there.

"Good morning. Is Vybe there?" he asked.

"Why?" I responded. Why Vybe?

"Just wondering. Is she ok? She didn't seem 100% yesterday." Rex said.

"She just needs more sleep." I said. "I'm still sore from yesterday..."

"so am I..." Rex said. "So what about today?"

"We need to find out the alloy that the tower is made from." I said. "We need it."

"I can help with that!" He said. He held out a shard of highlighter yellow metal. "I got this a while back from my father. He was one of the maintenance workers."

"Wow... ok then!" I said. This speeds things along considerably, and that means faster working! YAY! We walk to the lab, Coral already there looking at the files we received yesterday.

"These seem... weird..." Coral said, handing me a sheet of paper. "They are research notes... not blueprints... but they contain building instructions..."

"Then let's build this thing!" I said. "We will figure out what it is truly able to do later." We start our work, building and putting parts together, inserting the memory sticks as needed. By the time we are half-way done, it is 1345.

"I don't know what we are building, but it looks like some form of constructor..." Rex said. I look at it, and he is right... It looks like it is able to construct things. But whatever those things are, it's not an entire inkling robot.

"Hmm... I wonder... does it make robotic replacements of limbs?" Coral asked before going to the instructions. I just shrug.

"Well, we need to work on full bellies anyways, no point in working when you are hungry!" I said. The two agreed to my proposition and we walk out the front door, meeting Vybe in the process.

"Hello everyone! Sorry I'm late!" Vybe said. She was looking bright today, meaning the extra sleep was necessary after all.

"Feel refreshed?" I say, hugging her.

"Yes! Now let's go eat!" She said.

We walked to the diner, and like always, Felix and Flowix are there since school lets out by like 1330.

"Ty! Vybe! Some really weird agents came for Rem and Ix!" Felix said.

"Yeah, and if I wasn't there as well, you would have gotten your privates kicked." Flowix said nonchalantly.

"Slow down you two... two agents? Rem and Ix?" I said.

"Yeah!" Felix said. Flowix was trying to stare him down, but she was failing.

"Ah, agents 1 and 2! They would know of Rem and Ix... their mother is Agent 3, but she is retired..." I spoke in a low voice. "So that does mean that..." Suddenly, a weird Van drove past us as I was eating my Fish sticks, and speeding no less. A quick look as they drove showed Marie was at the wheel.

"Yup, there you go. Agents 1 and 2 are in that van... but chase it we won't." Vybe said. "We are not in the shape to do so..."

"Yeah... I'm still sore from yesterday..." I said. It was true I've been sore almost all day, so it didn't matter that much.

"Really? I am not sore at all!" Rex said like he had something to be happy for.

"Yeah, because you can lift things magnetically..." I responded. "The rest of us can't do that."

"Well, no use in thinking about it." Coral said. "We will ask about them later. For now, though, we need to find out who gave those machine parts and files to us."

"AND finish building it." I said. "Build first, find original. Owner, second."

"Ok, I'm ready to get back to work." Rex said.

"Let's go then!" I said. We pay for our meal and leave, Felix and Flowix staying behind. We walk back to the lab, only to start work again.

It is 1750. We have just finished building it: all of the parts where they need to be, all the memory sticks in place. It is now calibrating, and the screen shows 21% right now. We are just talking in the break room, waiting.

"...And then, my friend shows me this other car of his. Brown, no less, but a nice car anyways. He shows me it and is like 'You want to buy this?' and I was like 'why is it the color of poop?' " Rex was saying. The adventures he and Coral had while me and Vybe were on honeymoon are just above a joke. Coral was just sipping her tea.

"We should be heading home." I said. We really have nothing to do while we are here, so makes sense to just go home.

"Ok. We will stay here a bit longer." Coral said.

"Alright then." I said. "See you tomorrow!" Me and Vybe walk back to our apartment.

We get in the apartment and I immediately start cooking Steak.

"Smells good!" Vybe said, her head on my shoulder. "Say, mind if I make the side dish?"

"Go ahead!" I said. She rummages through the pantry, finds a sac of... something, and brings it to me.

"Potatoes!" She said happily.

"Go ahead!" I repeated. She grabbed a plate, a fork, and some tin foil. She then proceeded to stab each potato with the fork, repeatedly. "What are you doing?"

"Letting the steam come out!" She said. "We don't want half of our dinner exploding on us, do we?" After she was done releasing her homicidal tendencies on the potatoes, she wrapped them up in the tin foil. My guess is that the tin foil will capture the steam, further cooking the potatoes. She then put them on the plate, put them in the microwave, and set the timer for around 3 minutes. After that was done, she flipped the potatoes and set the timer for another 3 minutes. I was done cooking the steak by the time she was done cooking the potatoes.

"Yum!" She said. "This looks delicious!" I can't think straight: She is too happy right now!

"Let's get eating before we lose our heads." I said. We both chow down on the food. Once we are done, I sit back and let the body process the food.

"Ah... that was good..." Vybe said, doing the same as I did. Predatory instincts aside, it was delicious. Though I think she is getting hungrier because we have children: She ate all but two of the potatoes (total was 6, she ate 4) along with her steak.

"I would think so considering you ate the rest of the potatoes." I said.

"Yeah... Motherly instincts did it." Vybe said. "I feel like... happy in a way... that these changes are happening."

"mhm?" I said, sipping the last of my soda.

"Yeah... I feel relaxed now..." Vybe said. "Well, I'm getting ready for bed. Care to join me?"

"Yes, I will, just let me take care of dishes." I said. I walk to the kitchen to take care of the dishes, and there is a note there in front of me... no wait... it's a news paper clipping... Wait a minute... this is from 15 years ahead of this year!

"Three inklings and their Parents have been helping all they can in this city of chaos. The True Light has been on the case for the past few months. However, a situation including the Red Sword Project and Project Time Traveler made an enemy long since forgotten return..." I said to myself as I read it, and I could not continue because it was torn. The picture shows Me and Vybe standing in front of three inklings, whose heads were not shown because of the tear in the paper that was made. Why is this here?

"Ty! Are you done yet?" Vybe asked from upstairs.

"Yeah, hang on. I will be up in a minute!" I responded. This will wait until tomorrow.

"I found a piece of paper. Looks like a news article..." Vybe said. I run upstairs, and in the bathroom is Vybe, in her bathrobe.

"Can I see it?" I ask with my hand out. She hands me the scrap and I begin to read it. "...Stored his children, in a last ditch effort, in the last working time machine. And with that, he protected his children, in the effort to continue the Beacon line."

Me and Vybe just sat there, staring at it. What is this? Why are these here?

"Let's go to bed, I'm starting to feel queasy." I said.

"I am too." Vybe said. With that we go to bed.

"Good night Ty. I love you" Vybe said.

"Good night Vybe, I love you." I said, kissing Vybe on the cheek before we fell asleep.

(Meanwhile)

"Looks like they are asleep." An inkling boy with Cyan hair and gold tips said.

"Yeah, but you should not have put those scraps around. You made them worry." An inkling girl with yellow hair and light-Gray tips said.

"We should keep our distance. No sense in creating a rift." An inkling boy with Cyan hair with orange tips said.

"Agreed." The gold tipped one said. He took off the pair of goggles he was wearing. He looked at the back of the strap, nostalgic. "Soon, we will re-unite with father."

Oh my god, TIME TRAVELERS!

So the future is spoiled. I know some smart people will realize what these time travelers are after right now, and I invite them to PM me to see if they are correct. Now, for now, the time travelers are mentioned, but we know not their names. It will be a while until we see them again. For those who needs hints, check any irregularly formatted text compared to everything else.

Then again... Who is phone? we may never know.