Chapter Six!
It should've been up earlier, but I forgot.
And I do plan on answering all the questions I've brought up so far.
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Chapter Six
"Um...I think it's coming from this." Carmelite answered, pointing to the radar in front of her, then turned to Abby "This is the radar, isn't it?"
"Yeah," Abby responded, "See anything on there?"
Carmelite looked closely at the screen. A small gasp escaped from her lips.
"Leo." she said to her brother, "Floor it. NOW."
"What is it?" Leopold asked, raising his voice so he could be heard over a loud, approaching sound outside. It didn't take long for the passengers to recognize the sound as that of helicopter blades.
"Let's just say there's someone ELSE who'd fire at a Kids Next Door aircraft right behind us." Carmelite answered.
Without another question, Leopold did as his sister told him, and the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. sped up.
"Vhat's going on?" Heinrich asked.
"Nothing you guys need to worry about." Leopold quickly answered.
Abby, suspicious again, opened a nearby window, and, bracing herself against the force of the air blowing around the vehicle, looked outside. But before she could get a good look at whoever was following them, there was the sound of a gun going off, and a bullet whizzed past, causing Abby to jerk back in surprise.
"MOM, CLOSE THAT WINDOW!" Carmelite screamed in panic.
Abby shut the window and got back in her seat, as more guns fired.
"Who's shootin' at us?!" she asked, sitting down.
"Well...what happened in Numbuh One's dream?" Leopold asked back, eyeing the controls in front of him, as if looking for something.
"Can't we just talk about this later, when we're NOT being shot at?!" Carmelite shouted, "And I thought I told you to go faster!"
"We ARE going faster, but it's gonna take a while before we can outrun them."
At that point, the roar of the helicopters grew noticeably softer, and Carmelite was staring at the radar in confusion.
"They're...leaving." she announced, as the beeping on the radar died down.
"Funny," Leopold commented, "I thought they'd try to capture us or something."
"So...why'd ya ask about Numbuh One's dream?" Abby asked.
"Did he mention anything about a 'war' with the Kids Next Door?" Leopold asked.
"Yeah...he also said he had to sign a 'Bill of No Rights for Kids'."
"Alright, now this is just TOO weird a coincidence." Carmelite sighed.
"I don't want to freak you out too much," Leopold continued, facing Abby "So I won't tell you everything yet. But, let's just say Numbuh One's dream is more right than you know. I'm just glad that they didn't capture us. If we were caught, they'd take the time machine away, so we'd never be able to get you and Heinrich home. And who knows what would happen next? They could try interrogation...imprisonment...or worse...Delightfulization."
"Huh?" both Carmelite and Heinrich asked, not knowing what the last word meant.
"You don't wanna know." Abby told them.
"Looks like we're speeding up some more." said Leopold, changing the subject, "We'll be at our house in no time."
Unbeknownst to the group, there was a small, bullet-sized object lodged into the back of the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S., which emitted a small beep as the aircraft flew off towards its destination.
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"We're here." Leopold told the others, as the C.O.O.L.-B.U.S. slowed down and landed.
Abby looked out a nearby window, and was surprised to see that the house they had landed in front of was apparently not only her future house, but her present house as well.
"Isn't zis..." Heinrich began, also recognizing the house.
"Yeah." Leopold answered him, while getting up, "Grandma and Grandpa moved back to France before Mom and Dad got married, so Mom bought the house."
"I think it's almost the same as when you last saw it." Carmelite told Abby, then added, under her breath, "With some small changes..."
"All right, everybody out." Leopold informed the others, opening the door.
Leopold led the others out of the bus, with Carmelite following right behind him, and Abby and Heinrich getting out last.
"You all right, Heiny?" Abby asked.
"Ja." Heinrich replied, though Abby could tell he was lying.
"You sure? You've been in a bad mood all day..."
"Vhy do you care?"
"Heiny, something's buggin' you. What is it?"
"Ask zem." Heinrich snapped, motioning towards Leopold and Carmelite, who were opening the front door, waiting for Abby and Heinrich to catch up.
"What did my kids do to you?" Abby asked.
"Zey von't tell me exactly vhy I'm here."
"That's not all that's wrong, is it?"
"I don't vant to talk about it, liebchen." Heinrich answered, ending the conversation.
Abby sighed in frustration, then looked back in Leopold and Carmelite's direction. However, they weren't there anymore, and the front door was closed.
"Come on," Abby told Heinrich, "We might as well catch up."
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Carmelite and Leopold were in the garage, where Carmelite was standing in front of a medium-sized box. She effortlessly pushed it away, revealing a trap door with a small padlock on it.
"Now, I'm not gonna be long in here," Carmelite told Leopold, as she held the padlock "So you have plenty of time to - Uh, do you mind not looking while I'm entering the combination? I'd like to keep this one private."
"All right, all right." Leopold answered, looking in the opposite direction, but still listening.
"Danke." Carmelite said, "Anyway, you've got plenty of time to fill in Mom and Dad on anything else they need to know, and to get anything you need."
Carmelite snapped the lock open, and opened the trap door, which led to a flight of wooden stairs. She descended down the stairs a little, grabbed the padlock, and shut the door behind her. There was a sound of the padlock snapping shut again, indicating she'd locked the door from the inside. Leo took the sound as a cue to pick up the box and place it back over the trap door.
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"Danke" - German expression, translates to "thanks"