Hey everybody. I thank you all for the reviews. You all seemed to like my story pretty well. And by popular request, I have episodes 1 and 2 written out. Yay for me!! I think this will be the longest of the episodes but I'm hoping that it won't. So go ahead and read episodes 1 and 2 and please don't forget to review. Thanks!
Episode 1: "News and surprises"
~Takes place one month after the final battle with the Dark Lord~
"Hey Flint!" yelled a mad Sara Goodman as she chased after the prehistoric cave boy who was running down the halls of the time bureau house, laughing his little head off. Flint had Sara's favorite CD "Black and Blue" by the Backstreet Boys.
But someone stopped Flint by grabbing onto his arm. It was Tony. "Hey Flint," Tony said in a not-so-happy mood. "Leave Sara's stuff alone."
Sara stopped as she noticed the look on her brother's face. "What's wrong Tony? You look really depressed."
Tony walked over to the couch and plopped himself down. "I can't tell you."
Sara frowned and sat down next to him. She could tell when something was bothering her brother. It was like a sixth sense she had. "Come on Tony. I'll bet you'll feel better once you tell me."
Tony looked up at the ceiling and sighed. "Alright. I'll tell you. You see... there's this girl at school who I have a crush on. I wanted-"
"Wait," Sara interrupted, "I know what's wrong. You asked her out and she rejected you, right?"
Tony glared at Sara. "How did you know?"
Sara smiled at her own accuracy. "I'm your twin sister. I know about these things."
Before Tony could say any more about the subject, their uncle, Dr. Bernard Goodman came running into the room. "Urgent news from the time police! Come quickly!"
Tony and Sara got up from the couch and ran to the control room with Flint close behind. They didn't like the sound of fear in their uncle's voice.
In the control room, Jillian Grey, a worker at the time police, was on the screen with tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong Ms. Grey?" Sara asked.
Ms. Grey used a piece of tissue paper to wipe her tears. "Everyone, I am sorry to report that the Time Lord was killed today. Not only that but all of the time shifters were stolen."
Everyone gasped. "How is that possible?" Dr. Goodman questioned.
"We don't know who did it. All we know is that it happened. We don't know what to do." Ms. Grey broke down and cried.
"Don't worry Jillian," Dr. Goodman said. "I'll send Flint and the others to investigate."
For once, Ms. Grey didn't mind that Dr. Goodman called her "Jillian". She only nodded at them and ended the connection.
Dr. Goodman turned around in his seat. "Alright Flint. I want you to go on and investigate this right away."
Flint nodded, a little worried about what he might find. "I'm on it."
Sara and Tony stood nearby, waiting. "Come on Flint. Let's go."
Flint and the others, Sara, Tony, Get-a-long, and Terri, ran to the time cycle, got on, and waited for Dr. Goodman to send them thru time.
In a flash, they were gone.
Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the time police, Merlock Holmes and his time shifter Bindi were walking around the building, investigating the entire place. Merlock was looking around for clues on who could have possibly have killed the Time Lord and also stolen all the time shifters. As he searched, he was a little worried that whoever had done it would eventually come back looking for Bindi.
Bindi floated towards Merlock. On her face was a look of puzzlement. "I can't find anything. Whoever killed the Time Lord did a good job of hiding any evidence."
Merlock didn't answer her. He only stared straight ahead.
Bindi noticed how quiet he was and decided to ask about it. "What's wrong Merlock? You look so down."
Merlock finally lifted his head to stare at Bindi. "Bindi, you know how the ones who killed the Time Lord also stole the time shifters?"
Bindi shook her head.
"Well they'll eventually realize that they don't have all the time shifters. They'll eventually come after you."
Bindi's face saddened. He was right. Since they didn't have all of the time shifters, they would come back for her. But then she remembered something and her face lit up. "But I won't have to worry because you'll be there to rescue me."
Merlock smiled at her. Just then, they heard a familiar sound. Merlock's smile widened as he ran to the loading room. Bindi stared at him with wonder. 'Where's he going?' She ran after him.
Flint and the rest arrived at the headquarters and were greeted by a very sad Ms. Grey. "I'm so glad you made it."
Sara walked up to Ms. Grey. Ms. Grey's eyes were so puffy and red. Sara felt really sorry for her. "Don't worry. We'll do our best to figure out who the culprit is."
Ms. Grey suppressed a smile. "Thank you Sara."
Sara turned to Flint. She was determined to find out the truth. "Okay. Let's get to it."
"Don't bother. I already searched the entire building," a familiar voice called out from the doorway. Everyone turned to look at whom it was.
"Hey, its Merlock and Bindi," Flint said, excited that they were here.
Merlock kept a smile as he walked over to Sara. He bent down, softly taking her right hand in his left, and kissed the top of it. "I'm so happy to see you my darling." Sara only blushed.
Bindi looked at them with jealousy in her voice while everyone else had a disgusted look.
Tony walked up to them. "This is no time for that Merlock." He smacked Merlock's hand off of his sister's. "We have other more pressing businesses to attend to."
Merlock smirked and got up. He stood very close to Sara (who didn't notice) while Bindi watched with more jealousy. "Well like I already told you, I already searched the building. There is nothing left to search."
"But we have to try," Sara said in desperation. "We can't give up."
Everyone (except Merlock and Bindi) nodded. They ran off to search the headquarters. Merlock ran off after Sara with Bindi not to far behind.
Sara decided to search through the room where the time shifters were kept. It was pretty dark and Sara didn't have a flashlight. The only light in the room was the light from the outside of the door. All it lighted was the floor, which wasn't enough for Sara to see. She cautiously searched around for a light switch.
Sara stopped when she saw a ball of light. She turned back towards the doorway and saw Merlock holding a flashlight. Bindi was hovering nearby. "I thought you could use a light," Merlock whispered.
Sara smiled. "Yeah thanks. That would be really helpful."
She waited until Merlock was close to her so they could walk together through the darkness. Merlock moved the flashlight around and inspected all the cages. "I don't know why you're bothering to look. Like I just said, I already searched the entire building. You're not going to find anything."
Before Sara could answer, a small pink object caught her eye. "Move the flashlight a little bit more towards the cage you were just on."
Merlock moved the flashlight towards the cage marked 'Lynx'. Keeping the flashlight on the small object, he and Sara walked closer to the cage. Sara fidgeted with the lock, hoping it was open. It was. She stepped inside and picked up the tiny object. Merlock entered after her, with Bindi next to him. He brought the flashlight closer to the object.
Sara gasped when she saw it to its entirety. The little pink object was a ribbon. But it wasn't just any old ribbon; it was her mom's favorite ribbon. Before her parents died, her mom had given her this ribbon as a keepsake. Her mom promised her that they would come back. But they didn't. Only a couple of hours later, the police called and told them that the Goodman's were involved in an accident. Sara and Tony were so devastated. Sara had locked herself up into her room while her brother locked himself up in his. Because the ribbon was the only memory she had left of her parents, Sara placed it into a little wooden bow with stars and moons on it and hid it where no one would be able to find it.
That's the fact that Sara didn't get. She knew that the ribbon was hidden away in her room. So how was it possible that it was here at the time police headquarters? How did it get here?
"What's wrong Sara?" A puzzled Merlock asked, breaking her away from her thoughts.
"Huh?" She turned to Merlock and picked up the ribbon for him to see. "This ribbon used to belong to my mom. But what I don't get is how it ended up her. I have it hidden away in my room. It just doesn't make any sense."
"Maybe we should take it to Dr. Goodman and Ms. Grey. They could do some investigating on the matter."
Sara nodded and stuffed the ribbon in her pocket. The three of them left the creepy room and headed back to the loading room.
Meanwhile, Flint was looking around the familiar garden where he had his battle with Uni the time shifter. That was the day the Time Lord told him all about the time shifters and what they were really for. But nothing looked out of the ordinary. Suddenly, his stomach rumbled. Flint clutched his stomach softly. "I'm so hungry. I don't think I can search anymore dad."
Two eyes appeared on the stone mallet on Flint's back. "You can't quite now son. Everyone's counting on you."
Flint plopped himself on the floor. "Yeah but without food I can barely do anything." Flint looked up towards the sky until he spotted something flying towards him. He got up slowly, still hungry. "What is that?"
I just want to point something out. In my prologue I called the kid "Kudai Okoan (or something like that). I just wanted to point out that I was wrong. The actual name for Dark Child in Japanese is "Kurai Okosan" Thanks for listening. On with the fic!
Episode 2: "The fight"
Disclaimer: I don't own Flint. But I wish I did, than Merlock and Sara would have ended up together in the end in the original series.
In our last episode, the time bureau received the worst of news. The Time Lord was killed and the time shifters were stolen. When Flint and the rest went to investigate, Sara found a pink ribbon that used to belong to her mother. Then while Flint was investigating, he began to get hungry so he plopped himself on the floor and looked up towards the sky. That's when he saw something flying towards him.
"What is that?" a very puzzled and hungry Flint asked as he looked at the small object flying towards him.
Flint's dad jumped from behind Flint and stood next to him. "What ever it is, you'd better be prepared son."
Flint looked towards his dad and groaned. "I'm too hungry to fight."
"Flint!"
Both Flint and Rocky turned to look at who had yelled. Sara, Tony, Merlock, Bindi, Get-a-long, and Terri were running towards him. Flint was excited to see food in Sara's hand. She ran up to Flint and dropped the food at his feet. "You need to eat Flint. Ms. Grey uncovered something evil coming this way and she wants you to be prepared to fight it."
But Flint wasn't even listening. He was already too busy gobbling down the different varieties of fruit that Sara had brought him. With all the new energy he had, Flint picked himself and his dad right up. He held his dad in front of him while he waited for the whatever-it-was.
The flying object landed on the ground, sending dust flying everywhere. Merlock protected Sara with his cape while everyone else protected themselves.
When the dust cleared, they uncovered their eyes and were wowed by the huge object in front of them. It was a giant black robot with a red cape. On it's chest was a crest of a clock that had a circle and a slash over it.
"What is that thing?" Sara yelled out.
The door to the cockpit opened and a small child walked out. He had short black hair and black hollow eyes. His cape was black, as well as his clothes. He wore black pants with a coil of red going down one leg. His shirt was black as well and it held the same crest as the gigantic robot. The only white he had were his gloves. He jumped down and faced everyone He was as tall as Merlock and had a powerful evil aura around him. The boy just stood motionless like a British soldier.
"Who are you?" Sara asked. But the boy didn't move. Everyone's heart was pounding as they waited for the boy to talk or even move but he didn't. Silence overpowered them as they all stood there.
Finally, the boy spoke. His voice was low and hollow, as though it didn't have any character of its own. "I have come for the time shifter Bindi. My master was very upset when I took the other time shifters to him and discovered that I didn't bring them all." He raised him arm as though he wanted something handed to him. "Hand the time shifter over and no one gets hurt."
Bindi hid behind Merlock in fear.
Flint glared at the young boy as he held his dad in front of him. "Who are you anyway!?"
"My master called me Kurai Okosan. And I am his loyal servant. Now give me the time shifter."
Flint charged at Kurai. "You'll never have Bindi!!"
Kurai raised him arm up and in an instant a white invisible force field encircled him. Flint ran into it and fell back, screaming in pain when bunches of shocks hit him as he hit it.
Sara ran over to Flint. "Flint! Are you okay?"
Flint stood up slowly and grabbed his dad. "Are you okay dad?"
"Yeah son. Don't worry about me. But we need to make sure this kid doesn't take Bindi. Than we really will be in trouble."
Flint smiled menacingly. "Don't worry. We'll never let this guy have Bindi. No matter what it takes."
Flint once again charged at Kurai but it was no use. He hit the barrier again and was hit with little shocks as he fell to the ground.
Finally, after many attempts, Flint gave up and plopped himself on the ground again. His stomach rumbled. "I'm too hungry to fight."
"What are we going to do now? Flint can't fight without food," Sara said.
Kurai Okosan walked over to Merlock but Merlock brought out his cane and began attacking Kurai. "I won't let you take Bindi!"
Kurai blocked all of the attacks, his face unreadable as if it didn't have any feeling.
Sara couldn't take it anymore. She had to do something. She couldn't just stand around and watch. With a frown, Sara charged at Kurai while Merlock fought him. Noticing the girl, he used one hand to block Merlock's attacks and the other's to knock Sara away, making her go unconscious.
"Sara!" Everyone yelled. Everyone except Flint, Merlock, Rocky, and Bindi ran to her.
Suddenly, a scream was heard from behind Merlock. Merlock turned around and discovered another Kurai. He was floating in the air and had Bindi in his clutches. "Let me go!" Bindi yelled. "Merlock! Help me!"
But Merlock couldn't help her. He was too busy fighting the other Kurai. 'Which one is the real one?' he wondered as he continued to fight. In answer to his question, the Kurai he was fighting turned into a puff of smoke. Merlock turned to try and get Bindi back but it was too late. Kurai Okosan climbed back into his robot and flew of through a warp hole of time.
"Bindi!!" Merlock yelled as he stood there, unable to do anything. He looked towards Sara and remembered. "Sara!" He ran over to her and checked her over. Merlock picked her up. "She's unconscious. We need to take her home."
Tony was a little annoyed that Merlock got to carry Sara. She was HIS big sister. It was HIS responsibility to look out for her.
They all headed back to the loading room.
Kurai transported himself back into his master's lair. Standing in complete darkness, he climbed out of his robot and held an unconscious Bindi out in front of him. "Here's the time shifter you requested master."
Only a voice answered him. Not even a figure stood in front of him. "Good job Kurai Okosan. You have done well."
Bindi was magically teleported out of Kurai's hands. "Master," Kurai began, "I met some obstacles while on my trip for the time shifter. They fought me. What should I do about them?"
"Eliminate anyone who stands in your way. I don't want any interference in my plans. Nobody should be able to defeat you so I won't have to worry about that."
Kurai bowed. "Yes master." Then he transported out of there through a warp hole in time.
Meanwhile, everyone waited patiently while Sara stayed unconscious. The weather was terrible outside. Rain poured and lightning flashed outside, causing the walls to shake. Merlock stayed by Sara's side the whole time.
Tony watched, puzzled as to why Merlock was so protective, involved, and why he was always following Sara as though he were in love with her. Tony's eyes widened at the thought. Could it be that this vampire time detective was in love with Sara? Tony had never thought so. He had always assumed that Merlock was out for her blood or something like that; some kind of excuse to why he was around her all the time, but certainly not because he was in love with her.
Suddenly a knock came at their door. Dr. Goodman got up from his seat next to Tony and walked over to the door. He opened it and gasped. "I can't believe it!"
I'm going to stop right there because I love leaving people wondering. If you want to find out whom it is at the door, than send me a review. If I don't receive a lot of reviews, than I won't continue (unless I get only one review where someone really begs me to post up the next part). Just kidding. I'll still post episode 3 up as soon as I can so don't freak out on me. But still, be kind and send me a review. Thanks!
Next episode: What will the time police do to get all the time shifters back? Will they be able to win against the new evil? Who was Kurai Okosan before he turned evil? Who's at the door? Some questions will be answered in the next episode: Episode 3: "The visit"
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