Hey everyone! Here is the next chapter to the story! Now, for this chapter, there were two songs from the MTR soundtrack that inspired me. When that part of the story comes, I'll put the name of the son in parenthesis, just incase if you want to read and listen to music at the same time.

On to the reviews:

Doddlegirl: Yeah I know what you mean. Anyways, enjoy!

On with the show!

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Chapter 21

A Day With Wilbur Robinson

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"Are you crazy?"

Wilbur and Al were with Carl in a dark room with a small little lamp for light. Wilbur had just finished telling Carl about his plan and he didn't like it one bit.

"C'mon Carl, we need you!" said Wilbur. "You could scan out the area to make sure we go inside…"

"That's trespassing Wilbur!" said Carl, his neck stretching out to get into Wilbur's face. "I don't know what goes on in that little head of yours, by I am not about to help you sneak in to someone's house. Especially someone whom we've confronted with already!"

"Please Carl?" asked Al, putting a hand on his shoulder. "We think he's up to no good again. He was probably the one that stole Cornelius' Time Machine! We need to go sneak inside his lab…it's for the good of the future!"

"C'mon Carl!" said Wilbur with puppy do eyes. "Pwweaasssee?"

Carl groaned. "Okay…okay! I'll do it…but I won't like it," he pouted.

"Yes!" said Wilbur as he gave Al a high five. "Now, here's the plan…"

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Wilbur had set up a mini model of their plan. He used blocks for Mike's house and mini clay models of him, Al and Carl. As he talked, he used the model to show Carl and Al what to do.

"Tomorrow at night, we'll sneak on over to Goob's house. Carl will scan out to make sure everything is clear. Then, Al and I will go inside the house and down to the lab. Since the lab won't go off when Al goes inside (because it recognizes her) she'll go and snoop in the lab, while I watch. This will be my signal if someone is coming…"

Wilbur made a "coo coo" pigeon noise. Carl shook his head and Al raised an eyebrow.

"Okay…so while Al's there, she'll look for the time machine and also get her camera. She'll snoop around some of his papers and then we'll steal back the Time Machine and return it home. Got it?"

"Yep!" said Al with a thumbs-up.

"Yeah...yeah…"said Carl.

"Aww, c'mon Carl! Lighten up! Okay gang, we attack at night!"

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(song; "Pop Quiz and the Time Machine Montage" By Danny Elfman. Play only for the first 42 seconds)

The next day, when the sun went down, Al, Wilbur and Carl met outside of Mike's house. Wilbur and Carl swiftly snuck into the back of the house, making sure not to be seen by anyone in the window. Wilbur showed off by doing a little tuck-and-roll move. Al just crawled her way over to where Wilbur and Carl were. Suddenly, a window opened and everyone froze. Ted stuck his head out of it, looking around. When he found nothing, he put his head back inside and shut the window. Sighing with relief, Wilbur, Al and Carl continued to sneak until they were at the back window, which led to the kitchen. Luckily for them, it was open.

"Okay Carl," said Wilbur after taking a quick look inside the window. "Do your stuff!"

Carl let his neck extend so that his head would enter the window. His eyes did a laser scan of the whole area, making sure everything was safe. Once everything was clear, Carl popped hi head back inside and gave the thumbs up to Al and Wilbur. They nodded and went inside the house through the window.

Al could not help but think that the house has changed. Sure, it's only been two days but something was up. The rooms were gloomier and there was hardly any light. She wondered if this was due to the fact of her departure. Getting that thought out of her head, she took Wilbur over to where the Downstairs lab was. Wilbur hid behind a closet by the lab, but left the door ajar a little.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye out in case Bowler Hat Guy tries to come in,' he told Al in a low whisper. "You just get in there, look for the Time Machine and see if he's up to anything."

"Right," said Al as she was about to go into the lab.

"Hey Al!"

Al turned around to see Wilbur, who gave her a sly smile.

"Maybe if this all blows over, you and I could…"

Al shook her head. "In your dreams whippy-dip head."

And with that, she entered the lab, leaving Wilbur to hide in the closet.

"Whippy-dip head?!"

He touched his hair, somewhat hurt by Al's comment.

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(song: "The Evil Plan" by Danny Elfman)

As Al snuck down to the lab, she couldn't help but feel horrible. True, she knew for a fact that Mike was someone not to be trusted, but…

She still loved him.

As she went down, she couldn't help but think of all the good time they had. The way he laughed, the way he smiled, his somewhat clumsy cuteness…

As she finally got downstairs, all her thoughts of Mike went away. She turned on a light that barely illuminated the room but you could still tell that everything was the same. As if nothing had been touched. She got started looking around. So far, as she inspected everything, there was nothing too suspicious. She then came to a sudden halt. She noticed the picture that she left for Mike was hanging on the wall, along with a bunch of others she took. She wondered why he did that. Hanging right next to it was a small little doodle that he apparently drew. She took it off the wall. It was of Mike and Al, laughing and having fun…

Like best friends...

"Coo coo!! Coo coo coo coo!"

Al looked up when she heard Wilbur's sudden pigeon call, making her drop the drawing. She heard footsteps approaching. She immediately ducked under the closest desk and hid.

Mike sighed sadly as he entered his lab. He came and placed some papers on the desk Al was hiding under. He took a brief moment to look at the picture he hung up on his wall. He sighed sadly. But something as up…Mike bent down and picked up the drawing that Al dropped on the floor. Al noticed what she did and grew worried. Her heart felt as though it would jump out of her chest.

Mike grew suspicious. He decided to check behind the desk where Al was hiding. He did, but found no one was there. Al quickly got out of there just in time. Mike checked the other side, but Al moved out of there too before he could see her. Mike gave a suspicious look. He carefully tacked up the drawing of him and Al on the wall, before leaving the room.

Al gave a sigh of relief. She got out of her hiding place and began to look through the papers Mike left on the desk. There wasn't really anything. Just scraps of papers, old blue prints…

Her last article in the paper...

Al picked it up, noticing that Mike had but a circle around her name. She found this to be odd and somewhat frustrating…she really wanted to find some stuff to prove that he was up to no good. She looked around, and she didn't find a Time Machine. But she did find something else…

Her camera.

Al gasped happily when she spotted it. She went over to pick it up. She gave it a hug, as if someone would for a long lost friend. With a cute little kiss, she took the camera by the lanyard it was on and placed it around her neck like a necklace.

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Wilbur was in a panic.

Someone was heading there way to the lab. He cried his little pigeon sound, but Al wasn't responding. He gasped and finally gave up and hid in the closet as the person entered the lab. Wilbur bit his lip.

I hope she doesn't get caught, he thought.

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Al kept looking, but found nothing. She decided that she has snooped around too long and was about to go back up when…

Someone grabbed her! They had a hand up her mouth, enabling her to speak. With a quick movement, the figure dragged Al to a chair and swiftly tied her up. He also placed tape over her mouth.

"I have no idea why the alarm didn't go off,' said the voice as he finished tying her up. Al immediately recognized the voice.

It was Ted.

"Well, you didn't get away that easily Mr. Cat-burglar," said Ted to Al.

Obviously, Ted could not tell it was Al due to how dimly lit the room was. She tried to speak, the tape over her mouth muffled her voice.

"What's going on down here?"

Al cringed. Mike had come down to the lab to see what was up.

"I caught someone sneaking into your lab Probably from a rivaling inventing company who wants to steal your ideas."

"I can't see his face," said Mike, trying to look at the culprit (Al), who shifted in her chair. "Do you have a flashlight Ted?"

Ted felt his way around a table until he found just what he was looking for. "Yep!"

"Okay…let's see who the culprit is…"

Ted shined the light in Al's direction. Both of them gasped, causing Ted to drop the flashlight. Mike widened his eyes in astonishment. His voice suddenly grew hoarse.

"Al?"

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Oh no! Al's been caught! What are we going to do! Go save her Wilbur! (pushes Wilbur who refuses to go.)

Thanks for reading!

-Kim