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A Trip Through Time
Chapter 17: Search for Arnold Part 2
Back at the Boarding House.
Helga blinked at the arrival of the three new kids, and especially the little girl who had her arms crossed and looked crossed.
Kiara looked horrified at the sight of them.
"Megan?! Logan?! Lisa?! What are you guys doing here?!...'Kiara exclaimed, unable to believe their presense.
However, the little girl had answered for them, with her arms still crossed.
"Us? What are you and Andy cutting school?...'Megan demadned as she angrily pointed at Kiara.
"I...I don't know what the heck you are talking about...'Kiara said weakly, while Megan just rolled her eyes
"Don't lie to me, I saw Andy start that food fight and jump the fence and I saw you running after him too, so where is he? He's in big trouble!..."Megan said.
"Just who is this little brat, anyway?...'Helga thought as she eyed the little girl who was still angrily pointing at Kiara.
It's strange but there is something about her that seems familiar...especially the way she crossed her arms like right now. Before Helga could ponder it more, one of the older kids, the boy, suddenly spoke up.
"We had a half day and saw Andy a few streets ahead, we tried to catch up to him but couldn't...We then found Megan out of the school and she told us about what happened..and we saw Kiara come here...so here we are..."The boy, Logan said, looking nervous for some reason.
'Just what the heck is going on here, Kiara and where is Andy?..."Lisa asked.
'And who are these guys?...'Logan asked and Megan finally noticed their presence, she just looked at them before she turned back to Kiara, still demanding an explanation.
"He's going to be in really big trouble when-
Before Megan could finish, Kiara interjected, since she knew Megan was going to reveal herself now and she can't let that happen. Things are complicated enough, as it is...
"I'll explain everything...just...not here..."Kiara said in defeat as she started at Phil.
The ancient man nodded before he, Kiara, his fgreat granddaughter and Logan and Lisa soon left to a nearby room, locked the door and soon had a private meeting.
"Okay, I understand you guys are confused...it's a complicated situation..."Phil said, feeling so many unpleasant emotions right now.
"Just tell us please, great-grandpa...'Megan said as she tried to use her cuteness to sway him into giving her the answers that she wants, but Kiara interrupted.
"Why the heck did you have to come here Megan, and now of all time..."Kiara muttered and Megan dropped her cute face and out right glared at Kiara.
"Don't give me that, you and Andy are in big trouble and mommy and daddy will be really mad when they find out...'Megan said.
"You do realize you left school too? You're folks will be mad at you too..."Kiara pointed out while Megan shrugged.
"I'm the impressionable little girl here, you and Andy are the older kids who need to set examples for me, who do you think will get it worse?...'Megan said in an almost smug kind of way.
Kiara groaned, seeing the logic in that statement. It's times like this that Megan is really too smart for her own good.
Lisa however, came in, to get some more clarification.
"Kiara...please...just tell us where Andy is...we need to know just what is going on here and who those kids in the living room are suppose to be...'Logan said, trying to play peace maker.
'Yeah, just tell us...'Lisa said, having felt very weird familiarity from those kids,especially the blonde girl with the unibrow.
She seems so familiar and she knew that Megan noticed too, given how she looked at her, before she went back to badgering Kiara into giving her answers.
Kiara turned to Phil and the very old man just sighed and nodded his head. Kiara didn't want to do this, but time is wasting and honestly, she knew that she didn't have a choice here. The intelligent young girl took a deep breath, unable to believe that she is doing this.
"Guys, I don't know where Andy is right now...but I think...I think that he is in real danger right now..'Kiara said, while Phil sent her a somber look.
Megan's glare soon dropped, her arms were no longer crossed and she then had a surprised...and almost worried look in her eyes.
"What?..."The little girl let out while Logan and Lisa looked concerned as well.
Andy is in danger?
Meanwhile
With Andy
Andy was so grateful that he managed to get to the direction indicated on his phone. He soon arrived to a large, decaying buildimg that looks like no one has been in it for decades...two and a half decades to be more precise. He saw the fading "F.T-" on it and half of an "I" and he knew what this place is.
It's the place of his father's second biggest adventure ever, right after the time he went to San Lorenzo to save his parents and the Green Eye people and also a place that he has heard about many times during his childhood.
His dad is someplace inside there.
'Finally...'Andy said as he glanced at his dad is clearly inside the building, but where is the real question.
He also knows that this is a big place and he is not stupid enough to just walk in there unarmed. He managed to pick up some stuff on the way here, stuff he felt that could be useful for a siuation like this. He is careful to sneak around the perimeter, he knew that the kidnapper could be near and he has to just save his dad, before something happens ,but he can't just use the front door, it would be too open for the kidnapper to see him.
"How do I get in there?..."Andy muttered as he snuck around, happy to not see anyone nearby, but still, he needs to get in there and save his dad, but he also can't just go inside and risk getting caught.
Andy kept walking until he saw the opening to an air vent, that has long been rusted through and he got an idea.
"Bingo..."Andy said as he got closer, managed to open it and soon crawled inside the dusty, long abandoned air vents with only one objective in mind.
To find his young dad and get him out A.S.A.P.
Back at the Boarding House
Kiara and the others soon rejoined them, and Megan no longer looked angry, if anything, she looked really worried and scared now and Gerald, Phoebe and most of all Helga wondered just what Kiara told them.
"Just what kind of trouble Andy is in, right now?..."Lisa demanded, feeling worried for her cousin.
"I will tell you guys later...right now, we have to see where Andy went ...'Kiara said as she pulled out her cell phone.
'Who are you calling at a time like this?...'Helga asked, feeling so worried for her beloved Arnold...and Andy too, to be honest.
"I'm not calling Andy, I am trying to see if I can track his cell phone..."Kiara said as she pressed some buttons.
Gerald, Phoebe and Helga heard this and look surprised.
'Wait...you can do that?..."Helga asked, sounding surprised.
"Duh, I usually only do this during drastic meassures, but it might be the only way..."Kiara said as she waited for any results.
After a few moments, she got a "ping" sound and looked happy.
"Oh thank goodness...they are someplace called Ivy Street...that's in the abandoned part of town...'Kiara said.
'What about the Football Head?...'Helga exclaimed hurridly, no longer caring who looked at her now.
She just wants to go save Arnold.
Kiara typed in the phone number and in a few moments, there was another "ping" sound and Kiara smiled.
"I knew it, they are both at Ivy Street...'Kiara said, happy to know that they are both in the same place.
Helga heard this and got a determined look in her eyes.
"Then that's where we are going to go now...come on..."Helga ordered as she marched over to the Packard that Gertie already had on the street, with Gerald and Phoebe following too, determined to save both Andy and Arnold at any cost.
"Yeah, let's go...'Megan said as she was about to go into the car, only for Phil to block her.
'Sorry, sweetie...but I don't think so...'Great Grandpa Phil said to his cute great granddaughter, who looked shock to say the least.
"What?...'Megan exclaimed but Phil turned to the twins.
"Logan and Lisa, stay here and watch Megan until further notice..."Phil ordered.
Megan heard this and frowned hard.
"But Great-Grandpa!...'Megan started but Phil sent her a stern look.
"No Megan, it's no place for you...I want you three here and call the cops if we don't come back in an hour..."Phil said.
"But G..."Lisa started, but Phil is having none of it.
"You three are not coming and thats's final...it's too dangerous and I already have two family members M.I.A... I am not risking any more...Stay here and stay safe...we will be back later...'Phil said as he slammed the door shut, went to his old packard car and soon they drove off.
Megan ran back to the street but to her dismay, the car has already driven away.
"No, Andy...'Megan said, while Logan went to get her.
Lisa also walked out, with a confused expression on her face.
'What did G mean about two family members?..."Lisa asked in confusion.
Meanwhile
Back at the (abandoned) FTI Building
Arnold was still tied up, while Sheck was going through the phone books, in search for his future self's number or something in order to make the ransom call, since Arnold had refused to tell him his number.
Mostly since he honestly didn't know and thus, couldn't give it to him anyway.
"You rotten child, you can't change the fact that by the end of this day, your mommy and daddy will finally pay and you won't be able to stop me...'Sheck laughed maiacly while he continued to search the phone book.
"He's nuts..."Arnold thought and sighed in exhaustion.
He has spent the last 20 minutes tryng to break free but nothing worked. He is stuck here and he won't be able to escape and stop Sheck before he endes up hurting his future self and-
While Sheck was too busy, his nose too deep in the phone book to notice, Arnold heard a "pst" sound. He looked around and then heard another one, he looked up and to his surprise, he saw Andy's face peering through the the small entrance.
'Andy?...'Arnold thought, unable to believe this, while Andy gave him the "shush" gesture and then pointed to Sheck, who has yet to notice.
"Give me a second and I'll get you out...'Andy mouthed at him and Arnold remained silent, wondering how his future son will manage to pull this off.
Andy discreetly opened up the vent a bit, pulled out what looked to be a rock and once he was sure that Sheck's back was turned and thus, he could not see, Andy used all of his strength to chuck that rock, hitting an already shattered window, wrecking it even more and getting Sheck's attention.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!...'Sheck shouted as he looked around, not liking any threats to his glorious plan of revenge.
Sheck then turned to Arnold and before he could demand an answer, he heard another cracking sound and Sheck got angry, especially when he saw a pile of old boxes suddenly fall on top of him.
'AH!...'Sheck shouted as he pulled the box off and got angry.
Suddenly he heard the sound of a door opened and when he turned, he saw that it was just closed once again and Sheck gritted his teeth.
"You won't get away, you little spy!...'Sheck shouted in a derange kind of way as he ran out the door.
Arnold had witness the entire thing, being the only one who could see Andy sneaking and hiding behind all of the discarted garbage and items in this abadoned storage area of FTI and how he basically trolled Sheck for a good minute before he managed to quicky run, open the doot and let t shut close as he ran to another hding place, where Sheck could not see him.
And it worked.
Andy quickly ran to Arnold, cut the rope that was restraining him with some sharp metal he found lying around.
'Are you okay, that creep didn't hurt anything, did he?..."Andy asked as he finished untying all of the restraints.
'I'm fine...let's just get out of here before he gets back..."Arnold said.
Andy smiled as he handed him a rope and before Arnold could react, Andy stood on the chair, lften him up and Arnold found himself boosted up into the air vent.
"Hurry...'Andy said and Arnold realized what he is talking about.
Arnold lowered the rope, Andy quickly climbed and soon the two boys were inside the old air vents, managing to close the hatch just in time for Sheck to come running back and going into a mad fit.
'WHERE DID THAT LITTLE BRAT GO?!...'Sheck demanded as he started snarling and looking wild.
Any other time, Andy would have found such an outburst to be hilarious, but now is not the time.
"Come on...let's get out of here before he thinks to look up here..."Andy ordered and Arnold didn't need to be told twice.
Arnold and Andy soon started crawling away within the air vents, to get away from Sheck and hopefully to get help before anyone got hurt.
-To be continued-
Next time on A Trip Through Time
Escape From FTI
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:
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