A few minutes later, they landed in---water?? This wasn't right.
"This isn't London," Jeff said, eying the tall beautiful buildings and bright landscapes. Bogg opened the omni.
"Nope—Aigen, Salzburg. 1926," He looked over at Jeff. "Any clue?"
"Nope," Jeff shook his head. Finally, Jeff noticed where they had
landed.
"In the water, Bogg???" he moaned, feeling verrry wet.
"Hey, I can't control where this thing lands us, ya know. Besides, at
least it wasn't fire." Phineas retorted back.
Jeff smiled. "I know. I was just testing you,"
"Oh, yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"Well, test this!" Bogg splashed water on his partner, who laughed
and tossed water back. Soon they found themselves engaged in a
water fight. They were lucky it was a nice and hot day, so they
didn't' mind the cold splashes they gave themselves. For a few
minutes, they were able to forget who they were and ignore the
onlookers. The onlookers just figured they were father and son and
having a day to themselves.
Suddenly, a young woman's voice said, "Pardon me, sirs," they
stopped playing and glanced up to see a shy, pretty red head with
bright green eyes.
"May we help you?" Phineas asked.
"Well, sir, you two seem to be enjoying yourselves."
"We are," Jeff nodded, smiling up at her.
"May I join you?" she asked shyly.
Phineas looked at Jeff, who shrugged. "Sure," Jeff said.
To their surprise, the woman put down her guitar case and bag and
climbed in the water.
"Oh, that feels soooo good!" she sighed as she sat down.
Looking sheepishly at the two young men, she decided to splash
the boy. To her delight, he laughed and splashed water right back
her!
They enjoyed the water fight until the clock struck the hour hand.
"Oh, my! I must get going! I shouldn't miss the bus!" she gasped,
grabbing her skirts. When she climbed out and picked up her
belongings, she looked at her two new friends.
"I ever so enjoyed myself. I hope to meet you two again." she
smiled.
"So do we," Bogg smiled back and Jeff also replied with a smile.
"My name is Maria if we ever happen to run into each other," she
shook hands with them both.
"I'm Phineas and this is Jeff," Bogg said to her.
"Thank you for a wonderful time!!" she hollered as she ran down
the street towards the bus.
"Bogg, the omni." Jeff reminded him.
Without really wanting to, Phineas opened up the omni, which at
this moment was green light.
"Green light, kid."
They climbed out of the water fountain.
"Want to go for a walk? It's a nice day," Bogg said while ringing
out his shirt.
"Yeah. Maybe we can dry out!"
After awhile of sight seeing, Bogg looked at his boy. He had a
strange look on his face.
"You okay, Jeff?"
Jeff turned to the pirate. "Bogg, that was Maria Von Trap."
"Maria who?"
"Maria Von Trap. Well, she will be, anyway. She was hired by
Captain George Von Trap to governess his seven children while he
looked for a wife,"
"Maria Von Trap," Bogg allowed the name to roll off his tongue.
"Seven children, you say?" he asked, whistling. He tried to imagine
ANYONE with that many kids.
"Yep," Jeff nodded.
"Can you imagine being with that many children?" Jeff asked.
"Nah...seven little runts like you?"
"Bogg!"
"Heh heh. Just kidding, kid." Bogg mussed up the boy's hair.
"Cut that out," Jeff pushed the hand away as Bogg laughed.
"Know where they live?" Phineas asked.
"Nope," Jeff answered.
"Well, it's a nice day for a walk, anyway. Maybe we'll find it,"
Jeff's face lit up. The mere thought of being among other children
thrilled him.
He quickened his step, and Bogg put a firm hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, slow down there, kid. We'll get there quick enough," he
smiled, only because he knew what the kid was thinking.
Soon enough, a car came passing by. There was a man sitting in the
back with another man and both seemed to be engaged in a
conversation.
The older man looked at them as they passed by and told the driver to stop.
Bogg and Jeffrey ran to the car.
"You gent's wouldn't need of a ride, would you?"
"We sure could use one," Bogg smiled.
"Come on in, then. We've got plenty of room, don't we, Max?"
"Uh, yes, yes we do, George."
Gladly, Jeff and Phineas climbed into the car.
The man looked at them up and down. He saw that the wary
travelers were still wet to the skin and wore oddly looked cloths.
The boy, he could understand. But, the older man was dressed like
a pirate!
George worked on his mustash as he thought.
"You two wouldn't happen to be the governess, would you?" he
asked.
"No, sorry." Phineas said as Jeff blew a sigh of relief.
"Oh, that's good. I couldn't imagine you two handling my children!"
"But, we DID happen to see her passing by. She took the bus,"
Jeff told him.
"Oh, good. As long as she's on time, reliable and dependable. Do
you think she could handle my children?"
Phineas shrugged his shoulders. "She looked like she could handle anything to me,"
"Same here," Jeff nodded.
"Well, if the both of you think so highly of her, she should turn out
fine." Captain Von Trap said.
They all leaned back and enjoyed the ride. The Captain told them
stories of his children and his travels.
They came near to a drive way, which was long and narrow. The
driveway was shaded with tall, long trees that offered comfort on a
hot day.
After the long ride, Jeff was glad to be seeing a house. His eyes
widen when he saw how big it was!
"Bogg, look!" he gasped, pointing to the house.
Even Phineas was impressed with the size of the house and glad he
didn't have to worry about the up keep! He put an arm around the
boy, who didn't shrug it off this time. As a matter of fact, the boy
snuggled up to him as if for warmth and protection.
The car stopped in front of the house and seven children came
running out to greet them. They stopped in a dead halt when they
saw Jeff. None of them could speak at first, having it being such a
long time since they'd had visitors.
"Children, this is Phineas Bogg and Jeffrey Jones." the Captain
introduced them.
"Hi!" Jeff smiled and waved.
"Hi, ya," Phineas tipped his head in politeness.
The oldest girl looked him with wide eyes which made him feel
uncomfortable.
"Can Jeffrey play with us, Father?" the youngest boy asked.
"Of course. If it's all right with his father,"
Jeff gave Bogg a longing look.
"You can go ahead. I won't be far away," Phineas nodded his
approval.
"All right!" Jeff said and ran into the house with the other children.
Phineas smiled as he watched his boy run as a boy should and
laugh.
The Captain put an arm around Phineas. "Do you and the boy have
a place to stay, Phineas?"
"Uh, no. Not yet, though I had figured he and I would stay at a
hotel somewhere."
"Figure no more! You're staying with us!"
"No, really. I don't us to impose,"
"You two? Impose? Please, with these many rooms, I can't imagine
we would be each other's way!"
Phineas laughed with the man as they walked into the house. He
whistled as they entered the foray.
Suddenly, Jeff came running to them with another boy his age.
"Bogg! You should see this house! It's huge!"
"Where have you been just now? You're filthy!" Phineas gasped. In
deed, Jeff was dirty from head to toe, but a big grinn on the boy's
face.
"Outside,"
"Werner, did you have anything to do with that?" the Captian asked.
"Yes, father." the boy looked down at the floor.
"Go on back and have some fun!" the Captian laughed.
Jeff looked at Bogg. "Please, Bogg?"
Phineas smiled. "Go ahead,"
The last couple of hours had been so much fun, Phineas had almost
forgotten that he was a Voyager as well as the kid. He knew they
would have to leave at some point but right now...
A young woman was announced as the new friends talked. Phineas
turned as saw that it was Maria. He smiled at her, but made it look
like he didn't know her.
He allowed the Captian to do what he needed to do.
"I shall now attemp to bring my children down here," he told Maria.
He put out a whistle and blew.
Meanwhile, upstairs, all the children, including Jeff, heard the
annoying whistle.
"That means we have to go!" Werner told him.
"Go where?" he wanted to know.
"The governess must be here. Come! We mustn't be late!"