We finally get to see some action from Wilbur! Enjoy! DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything related to "Meet the Robinsons," "Criminal Case," or "High School Story," I only own Diana and Karena.
I woke up the next day and immediately went to the bathroom to empty my stomach. I was still sickened that the principal had files on every single student, and worse, wanting me out of the picture. If that was what my dad experienced in high school, then I am not sure it was worth being in his shoes. My thoughts were interrupted when I heard knocking.
"Sweetie, are you alright in there?" Mom asked through the door, and I got up to open the door.
"Is Dad here? I really need to talk to him."
"You know you can tell me anything, honey," Mom assured me with a smile, but I knew I couldn't tell her the whole situation yet.
"Follow me."
I led Mom out of the bathroom, down the stairs, and into the living room where I had set my backpack full of the files that I had swiped from the basement. I digged for my file and handed it to her.
"What's this?" Mom asked, and I tried my hardest not to puke on the floor.
"The principal had files on every single student at Westport High. The one I gave you is mine."
Mom opened my file and read it out loud.
"Diana Robinson, freshman. Daughter of TIME's Wilbur Robinson. Honey, did you tell her your father is a TIME agent?"
"I swear, Mom, I said nothing about TIME to anybody but Caleb and Emma," I answered while she continued reading. "I'm actually wondering myself how Isa knows about that."
"Must be addressed to take full control of Westport High, broke into Staples, late to class, part of Trojan News, to be taken down… HOPEFULLY EXPELLED?!" I jumped at my mom's tone, for I had never heard her yell before. She took some deep breaths and regained her composure and turned to me with a stone-cold expression.
"Your father has to know about this. We're going to New York right now."
"I'll tell Caleb to join me. He was with me when I found the files."
"Tell him we'll pick him up on the way," Mom said as she hurried up the stairs. "Wesley Wilbur Robinson, get your shoes on right now. This is an emergency!"
"Hello, how may I help you today?" the robot receptionist asked as the four of us walked into TIME headquarters.
"We need to see Agent Robinson right away," Mom said with urgency.
"Agent Robinson is away on an investigation—"
"Save it," I sternly interrupted. "This is an emergency."
"Chief Young, we have visitors here to see Agent Robinson," the receptionist said, speaking into the microphone. "They say it is an emergency."
After a few minutes, Amy showed up.
"Karena, Diana, Wesley, young man, it's nice to see you," Amy said, shaking our hands.
"Amy, this is Caleb, one of my best friends," I introduced my classmate. "Amy is my dad's boss."
"Now what's this I'm hearing about an emergency?" Amy asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Maybe this will help," Mom answered, handing the chief my file. Amy read through it, and I watched her eyes widen as she put a finger on her ear.
"Wilbur, it's Amy. You need to return to the future immediately. Something serious has come up that involves your daughter."
"What?! I'm on my way!" I heard my dad yell from her commlink, and she hung up.
"Let's go to my office," Amy suggested, leading us through security. "That way, it will stay in closed doors."
Once we got to her office, we sat in the chairs and waited for my dad to show up. Meanwhile, I had given the chief the rest of the files so she could examine them.
"Diana, where did you find all of these?" Amy asked.
"There was a hidden basement in the school where the principal had gone to. She had stored those files in there."
"Clever."
"DIANA?!" I heard my dad scream, and I turned around to find him outside my door.
"Dad!" I got up and ran to him, and he ran to me and hugged me tight.
"Thank GOD you're alright! When Amy gave me the call, I thought you were hurt!" He paused and took a look at Caleb. "What's he doing here?"
"He's a witness."
"You did get hurt?"
"Not yet. Dad, do you remember back in January when you grounded me for breaking in at Staples?"
"Of course."
"Well, take a look at this," I said as Amy gave him my file, and he started reading it.
"Who did this?" Dad asked, clearly angry.
"Principal Isa, or should I say, Ashley Faris?"
"Ashley did this?!" Dad shouted, slamming a fist on Amy's desk. "SHE USED ME TO TRY TO EXPEL YOU?!"
"Wilbur, calm down—"
"No, I'm not going to calm down, Karr!" Dad continued to shout. "Not if she's threatening to hurt MY DAUGHTER!" Dad paused, breaking down into tears, and Mom walked over to comfort him. "I thought I had seen the last of Ashley five years ago."
"Five years ago?!" Caleb and I asked in shock.
"Ashley Faris was a TIME agent, but she was not here for long," Dad explained tearfully.
"What happened?" I asked, holding my dad's hand.
"Believe it or not, Ashley had taken Marina's place as the new profiler for TIME after Marina retired. And she was useful because of her manipulative abilities. She went with us on our missions back to the past, but she was overcome with greed. She wanted to be the richest woman alive. While she was traveling in time with us, she kept taking some sort of money from the past that affected the timelines. I, along with my other teammates, was a suspect in that investigation, even though I had said time and time again I had nothing to do with the thefts."
"That's why you were so stressed back then!" Mom exclaimed.
"Yes. But, then I had an idea to plant a camera in Ashley's badge so we could see what she was doing since she was never suspected of anything. It turned out that she not only stole money and other trinkets from the past; she also stole money from TIME, which is a federal crime. She had even traveled to the future to create her plans."
"Was Ashley ever arrested?" Caleb asked.
"She resigned before we could strip her of her position and punish her appropriately," Amy explained. "And we never caught her. It was like she disappeared from the face of the universe. The timelines are still messed up from that."
"We know why," I spoke up, and everyone in the room looked at me and Caleb.
"Tell us everything, Diana," Dad prompted, and we took turned talking about what we found in the school basement, the principal's office, and in her secret room, and how she had a total of four different identities within the last five years.
"So, Ashley has been here all along, manipulating us," Amy said, shaking her head.
"And our school," Caleb chimed in.
"What do we do?" Dad asked as Amy regained her composure.
"Wilbur, I'm making it official: Ashley is a threat and she must be stopped."
"Just tell me what to do."
"I doubt Ashley will be at the high school right now," Amy explained. "I want you and Diana to come up with a plan on how to stop her. Find out what her schedule is and explore the school."
"Amy, I'm not sure that will work," Dad replied, rubbing his neck. "We're not the local police."
"Then enlist the help of the local police."
"Wait, Dad, I just remembered my friends are going to New York to find evidence about what Ashley did at another job," I explained. "Let's wait until the others get back. One of our friends might know someone from the force."
"Wait, I have a better idea. Diana, if you go into the school without a good white lie, your chances of being expelled will shoot up. I think it would be better if you worked behind the scenes while a local cop will escort me to the school. You just give us a tour through the commlink."
"I'll do you one better: I'm going to give the commlink to Michael. He knows the school's secrets more than anybody. Actually, Michael was the one who started the entire investigation. We just joined in because things got desperate with Caleb on the line of expulsion."
"Caleb, you're about to be expelled?" Dad asked with surprise in his voice.
"Unfortunately. I learned my lesson the hard way."
"I know more about that than you know," Dad replied, and I grinned knowing my dad, Wilbur Robinson, was on our side and everything was going to be okay.
Caleb and I joined our friends at Maria's house to catch up on what we had learned.
"Ashley was a TIME agent?" Maria asked with shock in her voice.
"She was a profiler," I explained. "Which is how she was able to manipulate everybody. She went back in time to take money, and she also stole from the agency. But she resigned before she got caught. What did you guys find out?"
"Ashley had gotten fired from her other jobs because she stole money," Michael explained. "The evidence is in her bank account."
"How did you access her bank account?" Caleb asked.
"We found her password," Emma explained. "Now, I've gotta go home. My social battery has a serious need for a recharge.
"Emma's my ride," Luis explained.
"Someone has to report Ashley to the authorities," Maria said. "It might as well be me."
"I'll join you." We all turned around to see my dad behind us.
"Dad! What are you doing here?"
"Amy assigned me the case," Dad explained. "And I remembered her telling me that I needed to team up with the local police force. Maria, do you know anyone from the force?"
"One of my dads is a detective. What's your plan, Mr. Robinson?"
"Wilbur, please. Though, right now, I'm Agent Robinson, so it could go either way. Anyway, I need to reach someone, possibly your dad, about investigating the school. Since my agency is not local, I need the authority of the Westport police to help me."
"I'll see what we can do," Maria replied.
"Meanwhile, Michael, Diana told me that you know the school's secrets?"
"I'm very honest, sir, and I know my way around."
"We need that sneakiness, young man. I'm going to give you this commlink, and you and Diana are going to work behind the scenes since Ashley wants her out of the picture. Can you do that?"
"Yes, sir!" Michael exclaimed with a grin.
"We'll take my car," Maria said, and the four of us got in the van and started driving to the police station.
It was now Tuesday, and Dad drove me to school, but he parked the car instead.
"Dad, are you coming in the school with me?"
"You could say that. Ah, there's Maria and Detective Flores over there."
"Is this 'Bring Your Daughter to Work Day'?" I asked, and my dad chuckled.
"If it was, you wouldn't be at school."
"Touché." I approached Maria, who carried a big smile on her face. "Is today the day?"
"Yep! Isa's going down!"
"Ah, here's our special guest now," Detective Flores said with a smile on his face, and out came Michael and Ms. Hughs!
"I missed the smell of Westport High in the mornings!" Ms. Hughs exclaimed, letting out a big sigh.
"Glad you could make it," Detective Flores told her.
"You're here!" I exclaimed with a smile on my face.
"We had a chat Sunday," Michael explained. "And she agreed to come back for a day."
"But, what's with the referee outfit?" I asked, pointing at her shirt.
"Oh, this? It's my work uniform! That's a story for another day though."
"Ms. Hughs?" Dad stepped up and shook her hand. "I'm Special Agent Wilbur Robinson from the TIME agency, and I'm Diana's father. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise! I can see where Diana got her spunk! Look, I can't promise I'm here for the long haul, but I can't let you poor children suffer anymore! I thought Isa was a good cookie when I started here."
"We need you, Ms. Hughs," I replied sadly.
"Let's see what we can do about that. Get ready, Westport High! Hughs has returned!"
"What's the plan, Agent Robinson?" Detective Flores asked.
"Michael is filming the morning announcements, so we'll leave him to that," Dad explained, prompting Michael to go about his business. "I have already let Diana's homeroom teacher know that she is going to be late for class since Ashley will be busy with the announcements. I simply told her that Isa wouldn't pick up the phone. Diana, you and Maria will lead us to the studio room, but don't reveal yourselves yet. Once we all get there, that will be my cue."
"Knowing Ashley, this won't be easy," I spoke up.
"No, but we'll bring her down… together. Let's go."
Maria and I lead our dads into the school and up the stairs to the library and to the doorway that lead to the studio room. We all hid on either side of the door as Michael started filming Ashley and her brother.
"Good morning, Westport High," Ashley said with a smile on her face.
"This is your Trojan News," her brother said, also with a smile on his face.
"Today's lunch will be—"
"Halt in the name of the law!" Dad shouted out as we barged into the room.
"Principal Isa, your reign of terror ends here!" I yelled out.
"What? What are you talking about?" Ashley asked with shock in her voice.
"Don't play dumb," Maria replied angrily. "We know everything… Ashley Faris!"
"Or should we say Lana Harel?" Ms. Hughs asked. "Or is it Alexia Safar? You really do like to play pretend, don't you?"
"And don't think we don't know your real identity too, Bruce," Detective Flores angrily chimed in.
"Who are you?" Bruce asked with shock.
"Stephen Flores. Maria's father… and WPD's head detective."
"And I'm Wilbur Robinson. Diana's father, and the historian for the TIME Agency. We've met five years ago, Ashley, and we know you stole from us and changed the timelines. Just step down quietly."
"Michael, stop the broadcast!" Ashley exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, Principal Isa," Michael explained with a big smile on his face. "Something's wrong with the broadcast. I'm not sure what could have happened!"
"Sis, what do we do?" Bruce asked.
"Isn't it obvious? RUN!"
Ashley darted out the door, pushing me and Ms. Hughs aside, and Bruce trailed slightly behind her.
"I'll call for backup," Detective Flores yelled out. "The rest of you, chase after them!"
"On it!" Dad yelled back as we started to follow Ashley and Bruce into the library, and I watched as Ashley kicked off her heels in our directions – one in mine and the other in my dad's. I avoided the shoe while Dad caught it and tossed it to the side.
"I know you meant for that to hit me, Ashley!" I yelled out.
"Stop, right now!" Dad yelled out as we continued to chase them into the hallway where they split up.
"Bruce, go that way!" Ashley yelled at him. "I'll meet you outside!"
"On it!"
"Great!" I exclaimed. "What do we do now, Dad?"
"You, Ms. Hughs and I are going to follow Ashley. Maria, you and Michael follow Bruce. Now, GO!"
Dad and I continued to run after her as fast as we could.
"You don't know when to quit, do you, Diana?" Ashley yelled behind her. "I should've expelled you right off the bat!"
"I'm a Robinson!" I yelled back. "I don't—"
"Oh, enough with the Robinson crap!"
"Excuse me, that's me and my daughter you're talking to!" Dad yelled. "Now give it up! You've lost!"
"Never!" Ashley yelled back as the entire student body followed us.
"Come on, everyone, run faster!" Mia yelled.
"This is the final boss!" Sakura yelled out as we turned a corner and found a puddle of water on the ground.
"We need to go around!" I exclaimed. "But how?"
"I know a secret shortcut!" Ms. Hughs exclaimed, and we followed her and my dad.
"Is this hallway really a secret?" Aiden yelled as we continued to run around.
"Let her have this!" I exclaimed with a smile on my face as I watched Ashley going for the exit.
"Bye-bye, Westport High!" Ashley yelled.
"She's headed for the parking lot!" I yelled.
"Don't let her get away!" Dad furiously yelled as we watched Ashley getting into her car.
"Wait!" Caleb yelled and got in front of her car.
"Caleb, NO!" I screamed, going after him, but Dad pulled me back.
"Diana, no! You're going to kill yourself!"
"I've done a lot of bad things as a hall monitor," Caleb yelled at me angrily. "Time to make it right."
"You know what? Me too," Frank said, joining Caleb, and soon, Autumn and Morgan walked over, forming a wall in front of the car.
"And me!"
"Fine, if we're all doing it."
"I swear, if you don't get out of my way this instant, I will run each and every one of you over!" Ashley yelled after rolling down her window.
"Get out of there!" I screamed as Dad continued to hold me back.
"I'm not going anywhere!" Caleb screamed back just as the rest of the police squad arrived.
"Do any of you know where Ashley Faris is?" a female officer asked, and I pointed to her car. Dad released me and approached the car with a chargeball glove on his right hand. "Miss, step out of the vehicle and put your hands up, or I will be forced to add 'resisting arrest' to the charges against you."
I watched as Ashley glanced at the two officers, then at the hall monitors, and back at the officers. I heard her engine shut off, and she got out of the car as my dad put the plasma cuffs on her.
"Fine, you win," Ashley said angrily. "But don't forget about my brother! He's just as guilty as I am!"
"What? No I'm not!" I heard Bruce yell as Detective Flores put him in handcuffs. "You've been using fake identities and stealing money for years! I just joined in because I wanted to coach basketball!"
"Tell that to the judge, Faris," Detective Flores replied. "You and your sister are under arrest."
"Detective!" Dad walked over to him with the other officer, who was guarding Ashley. "You and Officer Jones take Bruce while I take Ashley. TIME has been waiting a long time to bring her to justice for her crimes not only here, but also in the past and future."
"I'll leave it to you, then," Detective Flores replied. "Thank you for your help, Agent Robinson."
"And thank you for yours," Dad replied. "None of this would be possible had we not teamed up. Kids, we'll keep you updated."
I watched as the two criminals were carried away in their cars. We all sat in silence, unsure of what to do until Payton ran over to Frank, hugged him tightly, and kissed him.
"My hero!"
"It's nothing," Frank replied. "All I did was stand in front of a car."
"No, guys, you stopped Ashley from getting away," Michael spoke up with a smile. "That's kind of a big deal."
"It was the least we could do after how we let Isa—I mean, Ashley, trick us like that," Autumn replied sadly.
"Guys, I don't blame you," I spoke up. "None of us should. Ashley Faris was an experienced con woman. She knew how to use your weaknesses against you. The fact that you stood up to her in the end proves that you're good people."
"Thank you, Diana," Caleb said, placing an arm around my waist. "I hope you're right."
"Actually, can we go inside now?" Sakura asked, and I opened my mouth in shock when I found she wasn't wearing a coat!
"Sakura, why are you wearing a sleeveless dress?" Julian asked, also in shock. "It's February."
"I didn't expect to be spending more than a few seconds outside today!" Sakura snapped.
"Well, we can't exactly send you all back to class after this," our homeroom teacher said. "Everyone, wait in the gym. Mr. Olson is on the phone with the school superintendent right now."