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A Trip Through Time
Chapter 20: Escape From FTI Part 3
Previously
"Are you sure?...'Andy asked.
"Positive...the ground floor is just a few flows up...now, come on...'Arnold said as he reached for the handle.
However, before he could open, the door had opened itself from the other side, and Andy and Arnold clung to each other and screamed when they saw another figure on the other end.
'AHHH!..."Andy and Arnold shouted.
It had all been so fast. Andy soon reacted on instinct and as soon as the door opened, his natural protectiveness kicked in. The young boy suddenly shouted "HI-YA!" and karate chopped the figure on the other end, causing him to fall to the ground in a painful "OUUF!"
'Short-man!...'Was also heard.
Andy and Arnold blinked as they finally noticed that the figure that was on the other end was not in fact Sheck, like they had feared but someone else entirely.
"Grandpa!...'Arnold shouted when he saw that it was Granda Phil, knocked on the ground and looking at them in bewilderment.
"G!..."Andy exclaimed in horror over the fact that he just karate chopped his great grandfather, who is now on the ground.
"KIMBA! IKO-KUN!...'Gertie shouted as she suddenly came to light and hugged the two boys, while Phil got up, still smarting a bit over the unintentional attack his great grandson did on him.
"Thank goodness that we both found you...'Phil said as he got up.
"Sorry about hitting you G, we thought you were someone else..."Andy said in a sheepish tone.
"Forget about it Andy, I'm just glad that the two of you are safe..."Phil said.
"Now which enemies were the ones to detain you young soldiers?..."Gertie asked, sounding like an old soldier.
'It's Sheck, grandma..."Arnold answered, surprising the old couple.
"You mean that thieving crook that tried to tear down the neighborhood...I thought he was dead...'Phil exclaimed in shock.
"No, he's alive and worse than ever...he kidnapped me because he thought I was Andy and he wants to use me to lure my older self and the others into a trap..."Arnold explained, while Phil and Gertie looked shocked and then absolutely livid.
"Not on my watch...come on men, we are going to capture that scoundrel and deliver him to the hands of lady justice!..."Gertie said as she raised her fist up dramatically.
"No Pookie, not yet anyway...first thing is that we got to get the boys out of here and to safety...then we'll go after that crook...'Phil said, reminding his wife of the priorities here.
"Oh, yes...you are right...retreat for now..."Gertie said as she did a salute.
Andy and Arnold nodded and soon they, along with the two elders, soon started rushing up the stairs, in hopes of escaping before it was too late.
10 minutes later
After running up several flights of stairs, Arnold, Andy, Phil and Gertie soon made it to the ground floor, but unfortunantly for them, they weren't at the front entrace.
"Oh man, where are we now?...'Andy said, not liking this at all.
"Come on...there has got to be an exit around here..."Arnold said.
"Let us lead the way Shortman...'Phil said, since he and his wife had also just broken in here.
This group of four started running, ducking any hall and also kept an eye out just in case Sheck suddenly popped by.
However, as they turned a corner.
CRASH!
Arnold ended up crashing into somebody, as did Andy and a lot of gasps were heard.
"ARNOLD/ANDY!...'Was shouted.
Arnold came too and saw that he has crashed into Helga, who looked stunned.
"ARNOLD! YOU'RE OKAY!..."Helga exclaimed happily...only to realize her outburst and retract.
"I mean...watch were you are going, Geek bait?...'Helga said in her usual tone.
Andy heard this as he came to and ended up looking into the brown eyes of Kiara, whom he has crashed into.
"Andy, oh, you're okay..."Kiara said as she pulled the oblong headed boy into a hug.
Andy blinked, before he hugged her back...Once she pulled away Kiara smiled sweetly at him and then-
SLAP!
Everyone had turned to see Kiara slapping Andy and the boy clutching his face, while Kiara looked absolutely livid right now.
"You big, fat idiot! Do you have any idea how worried I was? What the heck were you thinking?...'Kiara shouted at him, anger and sadness visible in her eyes.
Andy blinked and sighed, before he turned to her.
"I'm sorry Kiara but-..
Andy paused when his eyes landed on some new people in the group and he gasped.
"LOGAN! LISA! MEGAN?! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU THREE DOING HERE?!..."Andy shouted in horror at the sight of his cousins and his baby sister.
Megan heard this and crossed her arms.
"Saving you, you big dummy..."Megan said in a crossed voice.
"Kiara, what the heck are they doing here?!...'Andy demanded.
"Hey don't look at me, I didn't invite them, they found out and followed us here..."Kiara said, while Megan approached the group, and saw the scolding look her great grandparents sent her.
"I am sorry, but we just couldn't stay by..."Megan said as she sent them big, shimmering green eyes, which caused Phil to sigh and shake his head.
"I know you mean well, darlin' but you being here is really, very dangerous..."Phil said in a scolding way, while Arnold blinked in confusion at the sight of the new little girl, and couldn't help but feel that she is familiar for some reason.
'Who is she?...'Arnold thought.
"Andy, exactly...who are these kids?...'Arnold asked his future son, as his eyes were still on Megan, who finally noticed him.
Andy had a bad moment and turned to Kiara, who looked like she was having a huge headache, before she nodded.
"Fine, go ahead..."Kiara muttered.
"You sure?...'Andy asked.
"No, but we are in this deep as it is...they have already seen them, so what's the point anymore?..."Kiara sighed.
Andy sent a glance to his great grandparents, who also nodded, then to his younger father, then to his cousins and then to his little sister who had an expecting look on her face.
Andy sighed, as he had no choice right now.
"Okay...look, these two kids over here are Logan and Lisa Sherman...they are my cousins and the little pest here is my insane little sister, Megan!…" Andy said, surprising everyone who heard him.
"I am not a pest!..." Megan said in anger at her unwanted title.
"LITTLE SISTER?!...'Helga, Gerald, Phoebe and most especially Arnold shouted when they heard this.
If this little girl is Andy's sister, than that would make her Arnold's daughter!
"A...A daughter?..."Arnold thought as he eyed this child.
Unlike with Andy, she doesn't have a football shaped head, but he noticed that she has big, green eyes that are much like his own...and her blonde hair is the same shade as the one that Arnold has, he even noticed that her ears are a lot like his too. He also noticed that she is a really, really cute little girl too.
Said little girl sent a glance at the cousins, still looking confused before she walked up to Andy, with her hands on hips.
"Andy, what's going on here? And who are all of these people?...'Megan asked as she eyed the new children, especially the boy who looks a lot like her big brother.
"Yeah Andy, what is going on here?...'Lisa asked, tired of all the secrecy here.
'Look guys…I don't know how to do this…so I might as well be blunt…Now here me out…this kid here... it's dad...my dad...as a kid…"Andy said as he gestured to Arnold, who had a sheepish look on his face due to the sudden attention.
Lisa and Logan looked surprised while Megan was silent for a moment, before she pouted and put a hand on her hip, clearly not believing it.
"Andy, just because I'm little doesn't mean I'm an idiot…now seriously, what's going on here?...'Megan said, clearly not believing this.
"Yeah cuz', quit the jokes and just tell us already..."Lisa demanded, while Logan still remained quiet.
Andy sighed dragged his hand down his face in exasperation. He should have expected this...
"I'm serious guys, do you remember the pictures of dad as a kid…this is him..."Andy said as he approached Megan..." Megs, come on...just get a closer look …"He insisted to his little sister.
Megan pouted before she took a few steps closer and was now face to face with Arnold, looking into his eyes, much to the boy's confusion.
'Uh...Hi...'Arnold said, not sure what else to say to a child who he just found out is his future daughter and one who clearly didn't believe it.
"What is she doing?...'Arnold thought as the little girl seemed to be examining him.
After a few seconds, her suspicious and distrusting look was gone…She looked surprised and even let out a little gasp of disbelief...once that was done, her disbelieving expression soon morphed into an ecstatic one. It seems that she somehow managed to recognize Arnold as her father just by looking into his eyes.
"No way…I…I....DADDY!...'Megan shouted in excitement as she suddenly glomp the small Arnold into a very tight hug, surprising everyone but Andy, Kiara and the twins, who are used to the little girl's sudden mood swings.
Helga witnesses this and was a little surprised by the suddenly very enthusiastic little girls actions, especially given how she has been behaving earlier.
Megan however, continued laughing and hugging Arnold, whom she now accepted as her younger father...
"This is so neat! Now I have two daddies to love me and play with me, and this one is little just like me!…"Megan giggled as she continued to hug the daylights out of the bewildered football headed boy, who is starting to turn blue from all of her squeezing.
"CAN'T BREATHE!..."Young Arnold barely managed to choke out.
Megan just giggled and even kissed Arnold on the cheek of all things, and Helga was getting annoyed.
"Hey, kid…lighten up or Football head might pass out…"Helga said, to the little girl who now turned to her.
Before Megan could ask who Helga is, Andy got in the way and started looking at her in annoyance.
"There! Happy! You finally know what I have been hiding all weekend!...'Andy said, while Megan finally released Arnold, who took a much needed breath.
Megan gave her brother a crossed look.
"You still should have told me...I could have helped out...'Megan said to her brother while the twins were examining and even poking Arnold of all things.
"Um...could you please not do that...'Arnold said, while the twins stopped but still looked amazed.
"Wow, time travel...awesome!...But how the heck did this all happen?..."Logan asked, while Lisa was for once, too stunned to properly speak yet.
"I'll explain later...first, let's just get out of here before Sheck comes too...'Andy said.
"Sheck?!...'Helga and Gerald exclaimed in horror.
"He's the one who kidnapped Arnold and he's around here someplace..."Andy said, while Helga and Gerald looked stunned.
"You mean that insane developer that tried to buy out the entire neighborhood?..."Phoebe exclaimed in shock.
'Yeah, him...'Arnold answered once he recovered from the sudden boisterous introduction from Megan.
"Sheck, who is Sheck?...'Megan asked in confusion.
"Remember the time dad told us about how he and uncle Gerald saved the neighborhood...that bad guy is back and he wants to hurt the both of us...'Andy said, causing Megan to gasp in horror.
"He's not going to, let's just get out of here, fast...come on...I know a short cut..."Helga said as she lead the group to where she and the others had emerged from.
The group started running fast, dodging any obstacle they could find before they ran out of the entrance of the building and were now out.
"We made it..."Arnold said, panting happy for his freedom.
'Yeah...made it...'Andy said as he glanced at the others, only to suddenly notice that something isn't right here.
'Wait...what's up? someone isn't here!...'Andy exclaimed, while Phil and Gertie looked alarm and started doing a head count.
'Arnold...Helga...Gerald...Phoebe...Andy...Kiara...Lisa...Logan and...Megan? Where in the world is Megan?..."Phil explaimed in horror at the absense of his missing great granddaughter.
"Megan!..."Andy shouted as he looked around only to get a bad feeling.
'She must still be inside..."Kiara said, in horror.
However, before either of them could go inside to get them, a group of thugs suddenly appeared, about 12 of them and they all had weapons on them. Normally, Phil and Gertie would have no trouble fighting them but suddenly someone else appeared...
'Sheck...'Arnold said, in horror as his eyes soon saw what was in his arms.
He has Megan in one hand and a pistol in the other, which the little girl is looking terrified at.
"Hello everybody, I see you met a few of my dear friends whom I made during my time in prison...'Sheck said smugly as he eyed the many children, especially the two football headed kids.
"My oh my, what a nice little reunion isn't it?..."Sheck said as he had a smug look on his face.
Phil and Gertie saw this and growled, about to go beat the living daylights out of him.
"YOU GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OR I'LL-..."Phil was silenced only when Sheck pointed the gun closer to Megan.
Phil and Gertie both gasped and stopped right there, as Sheck continued sending that horrible look.
"Not so fast, my finger might slip..."Sheck said, while Megan struggled out of his grasp but to no luck.
Everyone saw this, stopped and raised their hands in surrender, all the while sending him hateful glares, which Sheck just laughed at.
"Now that's better, now I do believe that family reunion is more suitable for indoors..."Sheck said and the thugs forced everybody to go back inside the abandoned building, all the while Sheck pulled out his cell phone, having finally gotten the number he had wanted.
Once his thugs had restrained everyone, he pulled out his phone and dialed that number.
"Hello Mr. Shortman...I do believe I have something that is yours...'Sheck said with a wicked look in his eyes as he could practically taste his revenge right now.
And revenge is like change, it tastes good.
-To be continued-
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