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A Trip Through Time

Chapter 15: Trouble

Previously

"Dad, I have a feeling I know what you want to ask and I am sorry I can't answer you but...I promise, things will be alright as soon as we send you home...'Andy said, wanting to be there to comfort his younger dad.

"Thanks Andy...I better get back inside...bye..."Arnold said.

Andy was about to hand up, only to hear his father mutter, "How do I turn this thing off?..." as well as some other noises. He also heard "I think that did it"

Andy laughed and was about to tell his dad that it was still on, or better yet, just hang up on his end, only to hear some noise in the background.

"What? Let go of me! WHO ARE YOU?!...'Was heard, along with some muffled screams, before there was silence.

Andy heard it all and froze.

"Dad...dad...are you okay? DAD!?..."Andy shouted, only to get no response.

Andy got more worried and paler with the continued lack of response, only to hear some faint, maniacal laughing in the background.

"I got you now, boy...'A deep, unfamiliar voice could be heard that made Andy feel horrified.

Andy couldn't believe this but there is no mistake about it.

Someone just kidnapped his dad...

Andy was as pale as a ghost when he no longer could hear anything on the other end. All he knew is that somehow, someone just kidnapped his dad and before Andy knew it, he started running, no longer thinking, he just...he just has to get out of here and find him.

However, as Andy started running, he ran into somebody big.

To his rotten luck, it's W.J and he looks mad.

"Shorty Shortman..."W.J said with a growl at the sight of his lifelong enemy.

"Not now W.J..."Andy said as he tried to walk passed him, but W.J, being a big jerk, blocked his path.

"Not so fast, I still owe you for what happened on Saturday...'W.J said in an angry voice.

"I'll kick your butt, later...now move...I got to go...'Andy said, feeling himself getting more worried over his dad and even angrier at W.J's stupidity.

"Oh, and what are you going to do about it, Shorty?..." W.J said as he cracked his knuckles, making it obvious that he wants to fight right now.

Normally, Andy would have no problem clobbering him in a fight, he has done so on a regular basis since first grade, but this is an emergency. His dad is in trouble and he can't afford to waste time, but W.J is being stubborn and he also knew that if he gets caught fighting again, the teachers would come here to break them up, so that's out.

He needs to get out of this school, get away from W.J and the teachers and save his dad...but he will need something big.

Something REALLY big if he wants to get out of here...

"Come on, there has got to be someway-...'Andy thought until an idea formed in his head.

It was a wild idea, bad and wrong on so many levels since he knew that he is going to have to break a big rule here, but he doesn't have a choice here. Andy quickly grabbed some gelatin that was on a random kid's table and before anyone could expect anything-

"FOOD FIGHT!..."Andy shouted as he suddenly grabbed the the gelatin at W.J's face.

And like that, total chaos ensued as every student in the cafeteria began throwing food all over, trying to hit anyone they could. Mash potatoes, mystery meat and sliced carrots were turned into weapons of war as the one clean cafeteria was soon turn into a war zone of semi edible food. Andy started running and turned back to see W.J yelling at him

"YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS, SHORTMAN!..."W.J shouted before he was pelted with even more food projectiles.

Andy ignored him and used this opportunity to run out of the cafeteria. He was glad when he saw that all of the teachers had rushed to the cafeteria to get things under control, giving Andy the opportunity that he needed.

In the middle of all the chaos, Andy threw caution to the wind, ran out to the play ground since at this time, no one was there to stop him. Using his athleticism, he quickly hopped the fence and being the fastest kid in his entire grade, he was on across the street and to the next block in only a few moments.

Breaking so many rules and principals by doing this, but also knowing that he doesn't have a choice here.

His dad needs him right now. Unknown to Andy, a pair of mischievous green eyes had witness the entire thing and were watching him run away from the school.

With Kiara

Kiara is a smart girl, one of the smartest kids at P.S118 and if there is one thing that she has learned in her entire 9 years of life, is that when something wild happens, her best friend Andy is usually involved with it.

She had just made it to her table when the food fight suddenly broke out, but before that, she had seen Andy from a distance with W.J, just in time for him to throw something at him...and that's when the food fight happened.

Kiara was the only one, since the rest of their friends didn't know or care who started the food fight, they just wanted to take part in it.

"ALRIGHT! THIS IS AWESOME!..."Keisha shouted as she started throwing food at any person nearby.

"I'll say..."Adam shouted as he was suddenly hit in the face with tapioca pudding, only to lick it as he liked that stuff.

"HAHA!..."Freddy shouted as he threw some mystery meat and hit Courtney, staining her new, fancy dress.

"MY DRESS!...'Courtney screamed before she grabbed some of her peas and threw it at Freddy, now taking part of the fight.

Kiara, in the middle of all of this chaos, knew that somehow, Andy is in trouble since he usually isn't the kind of person to start something like this...at least not without enough provocation, that is.

She went to the ground, and started crawling to avoid getting hit by even more food projectiles, while all of the teachers rushed in to break off the fight, she quickly ran to the front entrance and was on the street and started running, and dialed her cell phone, only to get a bad reception and thus, she couldn't contact Andy and get answers to his sudden rash actions.

She was getting worried, even more when she had a feeling she knew what might have caused this sudden, erratic action he just committed.

"Oh Andy, please be okay...'Kiara thought as she ran to the only place she believed he would go now and was willing to risk huge trouble for.

The Sunset Arms boarding house.

Elsewhere

Logan and Lisa Sherman, the twin son and daughter of Olga Sherman, once known as Olga Pataki had just gotten out of their junior high, since it was a half day today and they didn't have any plans for this afternoon.

"So, what do you want to do, now?...'Logan asked.

"Not sure, maybe we can go to the park and play some ball...'Lisa suggested to her twin brother, who shrugged.

He wasn't as sporty as his sister was, but that doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy the great American pass time as much as the next kid.

However, before either twin could do or say something, they saw somebody running at top speed across the speed...somebody familiar.

"Hey, is that Andy?...'Logan said as he pointed to his cousin, who hasn;t noticed them.

Lisa looked in that direction and saw him. There is no mistake since there is only one kid they know who has a head shaped like that, and could run as fast as that.

"What is he doing?...'Lisa asked.

"It's not suppose to be half day at the elementary school, mom would have mentioned it..."Logan said as he and Lisa got suspicious.

It seems somebody is ditching today.

"Come on...let's go see what's up...'Lisa said as she started running in that direction.

Logan blinked, having not expected to turn this into a spying thing, but he soon found himself following his twin sister, to go see exactly what their cousin is up to.

Because whatever it is, it must be big if he is ditching school for it...

At The Boarding House

Helga had a bad feeling that something was wrong when she came back to the living room and Arnold wasn't sleeping on the couch like he was five minutes ago.

'Anybody seen the Football Head..."Helga asked, upon noticing his absence.

Gerald and Phoebe, who had went to the kitchen for some lunch, also notice his absence.

"He must have gone upstairs...I'll go get him...'Gerald said as he went upstairs to search for his best friend.

However, five minutes later, Gerald came down and he looked worried.

"He's not upstairs...'Gerald said, much to the alarm of everyone, including Phil and Gertie, who had came from the basement due to Gertie wanting to bring up her old butter churn to make butter for the kids.

"Are you sure he is not on the roof?...'Phil asked.

'He's not there...'Gerald said.

"What about the bathroom?...'Gertie suddenly piped up and Gerald shook his head.

"He's not out on the front porch...'Helga said as she came back from outside.

"He's not in the backyard either...'Phoebe said as she suddenly came as well.

Everybody was getting worried, Phil and Gertie rushed upstairs and checked every room, even the borders rooms but their missing grandson wasn't there, they checked the boiler room, the root cellar, the bio house, practically every inch of the boarding house but to their horror and dismay, there was no sign of the football headed child anywhere.

And they were all getting worried.

'Arnold, where are you?...'Helga, Gerald, Phoebe, Phil and Gertie all thought in worry.

Meanwhile

In an unknown location

Arnold Shortman groaned a bit as he finally managed to regain consciousness, but the side of his head felt pretty sore, as it someone had struck it very hard.

'Ugh...what happened?..." Arnold mumbled as he finally opened his eyes.

"Where am I?...'He thought as he looked around and saw that he was no longer at the Boarding House.

He was in some storage place and judging from the poor conditions of the area, it seems that no one has been here in many years, maybe even since his own day. Arnold was confused and was even about to scratch the back of his head...only to finally noticed that both his hands were bound...not just his hands, he was even tied to a chair to boot!

'What?!..." He exclaimed as finally came to and tried to free himself but to no avail.

Suddenly, he heard a voice that proved that he was not alone here...one that he did not like hearing...

"Ah, glad to see you are finally awake, my boy..." The shadowy figure said, in a taunting voice that made Arnold nervous.

"Who are you?..."Arnold demanded.

The shadowy figure then let out a dark chuckle and soon came to the light. Arnold blinked when he saw an elderly man and Arnold gasped when he recognized him. It was from the look in his eye, he might be older, gray and wrinkly but he knew who this man is...

Since to him, it's only been a couple of months since he encountered him in his own day, but there is no mistake who this man is...

"Sheck..."Arnold whispered in horror as he realized his situation and frowned.

This is not good.

-To be continued-

Next time on A Trip Through Time

Search for Arnold

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