All will be explained in this chapter, people!

Chapter Ten

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About five minutes later, they were all standing. Kilbur had brought bandages from her pocket of wonders and had helped take care of the wounds. They were now all looking at each other, feeling overwhelming senses of relief.

"Huck! I can't believe it. Perfect timing, by the way," Sierra said.

"Oh, would you stop calling me that? Please," she said.

"But…you changed your name…" Wilbur said, looking confused.

"Nope!" Kilbur smiled, quite pleased. "I'm still Kilbur. I just forged the name change certificate. You'd be surprised how easy it is to do."

"Forged? Why?" Robin asked.

"It was all part of my plan." This statement was met with questioning glances from everyone.

With a sigh, Kilbur said, "You all know that I'm running a little bit low on money, right? Well, I saw the movie Tom and Huck after I found it in a garbage can at the old Todayland dump."

"I thought you found it in the attic," Wilbur said.

"Please. Dad doesn't keep old movies in the attic. He keeps other junk. I watched it, and I saw where Murrel's treasure chest was. I saw that gold, and I knew that would solve my monetary issues. Well, we have Time Machines, so it just took off from there."

"Did you get it?" Lily asked.

"Yep," Kilbur said, pulling a bag from her pocket of wonders. "That's why Injun Joe was after me. He saw me take the treasure, and he knew from spying that I hung out with Huck." She gestured to him with her thumb. "I still succeeded though."

"Wait, so, why'd you get all obsess-y?" Lily asked.

"I needed a good excuse to come to this time without question. I'm a naturally good actress, as you know from my 'I honestly didn't know that assignment was due today' rants. I studied the movie to see where everything was. Simple." Kibur seemed to enjoy explaining her plan in detail.

"So where'd you get those ninja skills?" Robin asked.

".com."

"Ah."

"So, why'd you throw out all of your clothes?" Wilbur asked.

"That trash can? Yeah, that was a travel tube. They're stashed in my headquarters."

"You mean your private theater?"

"Yeah right. That's just a façade. With the touch of a button, the room transforms for a more…suitable environment," Kilbur decided to leave out the details.

"So, how'd you transform it in time when I came in?" Wilbur inquired.

"You have the sneaking skills of a half-dead walrus. I saw you on the cameras. You really thought I didn't keep the place under surveillance?"

"But the movie and stuff were in plain sight when we came in!" Sierra said.

"Duh. Strategically-placed props," Kilbur said simply.

"So…ya did all this for treasure?" Huck asked.

"Totally," Kilbur replied, "Don't look so hurt. It's better this way."

With that, Huck and Tom walked away. Kilbur turned to her siblings.

"What about the stolen time machine?" Wilbur asked.

"Stolen? Oh, yeah, I took that back to 2037. I had to get my clothes. Those brown rags…yeah, they're comfortable, but simply put: ew."

"Well, this is all very relieving," Sierra said. "Let's go back home and watch Chuck Norris webcasts."

"Yeah!" Kilbur chirped. And with that, they followed Kilbur into the woods, into the Time Machine, and back to the future.

Aren't you all relieved? I bet you are. Life is good.