The Next Morning
The police officer walked in carrying an iced coffee.
"Hey Mr. Wimpcop!" the police officer heard someone yell.
"Who said that?" the police officer asked in a demanding tone.
"I did." Uniqua answered as the police officer turned around to look at her.
"You're a wimp!" Pablo said.
"I am not!" the police officer retorted.
"Yes you are." Bert corrected. "I bet the only reason you bought an iced coffee is because your sensitive tongue couldn't handle an un-iced one." he continued.
"Hey! If I were a wimp, I wouldn't be a cop." said the police officer.
"Well then you should be fired because you are indeed a wimp." said Uniqua.
"I am not!" the police officer yelled.
"Are too." corrected Pablo. "In fact you're so a wimp, I bet you can't even press that big red button on your desk." he continued.
"Oh yeah?" the police officer asked loudly.
"Yeah!" shouted Pablo.
"Well I'll show you." said the police officer.
The police officer pressed the big red button on his desk that Pablo was talking about. Pressing the button made the glass doors on all the little cells open. All the people in the cells, including Uniqua, Pablo, and Bert, got out of their cells and left the building. Just before Pablo lest the building, he stole the cop's Paralyze Laser Gun without him noticing. When all the real criminals got out, they started destroying cars, robbing banks, stealing purses, saying "idea", and a bunch of other horrible crimes.
"Hhm, maybe this wasn't a good idea." said Uniqua.
"Well anyway, it was nice meeting you Bert." Pablo said to his and Uniqua's new friend.
"But before you go, I've got something to show you." said Bert.
It started raining newspapers again and one landed on Bert's hand.
"Look." Bert said as he handed the newspaper to Uniqua.
"Owners of U&P Inc. officially announce their 7th retirement." Uniqua read. "Me and Pablo invent the Paralyze Laser Gun." she said.
"Of course." Bert replied. "What did you think U&P stood for?" he asked.
"I didn't really think about it, but when the cop said it the first thing that came to my mind was Union and Potter or something." Uniqua answered.
"But anyway, keep the newspaper." Bert said. "That way, when you to grow up and this day comes you can compare it to a new newspaper." he continued.
"Thanks." Uniqua thanked.
Bert than ran away.
"I don't understand, I thought since we went into the future we weren't around form August 26th, 2010 to yesterday and everyone thought we disappeared forever." said Uniqua. "So how do we still exist as grown-ups in 2050?" she asked.
"I guess because we go back in time we still do live then and maybe we just live alone for the rest of our lives." Pablo said.
"But that's not important, we need to find our time machine." Uniqua said.
"I think the guy who toed it away said something about an antique shop." Pablo replied.
All of a sudden an antique shop showed out of nowhere with Screen in front of it.
"Did somebody say antique shop?" asked Screen even though he knew the answer.
"I did." Pablo answered.
"I said 'Did somebody say antique shop?' not 'Who said antique shop?'." said Screen. "But anyway, you guys didn't read the whole article about yourselves." he said.
Screen then went back to the article of Uniqua and Pablo.
"Uniqua and Pablo were 2 little kids who disappeared forever on August 26, 2010. They then came back the next day." Uniqua read. "Oh I see." she said. "Because my time machine doesn't let you go to an exact date, only the date you're on in a different year, we can't go back to yesterday in 2010, only today in 2010." she explained.
"Oh." said Pablo.
"But anyway, your time machine is right in here." explained Screen.
"Thanks." Uniqua thanked.
Pablo and Uniqua ran inside the antique shop and the first thing they saw was the time machine.
"There it is!" Uniqua said as she pointed to the time machine.
Uniqua and Pablo walked over to the time machine. Uniqua opened the door and she started to get in it, but then an employee came over.
"Stop!" shouted the employee. "If you kids wanna use this car, you're gonna have to buy it first." he told Uniqua and Pablo.
"Well how much is it?" asked Pablo.
"Well we just got it, so we haven't thought of a price yet, but I'd say about $5000." answered the employee.
"Five thousand..." Uniqua started to say.
"Oh wait, what am I saying?" the employee asked himself. "It's not worth 5 grand, this car is obsolete." he said.
"What did you just say?" Uniqua asked angrily.
"I said the car's obsolete." answered the employee.
"And just why is that?" Uniqua asked still angry.
"Well for one thing, it has seatbelts instead of seats that are impossible to move from until the car is turned off, it goes on the road instead of in the air, the radio takes cassettes instead of tiny tablets you program songs onto with your mind, it starts by turning a key instead of typing in a combination, and most of all, it runs on gasoline instead of water." the employee explained.
"Why, I ougtha!" Uniqua shouted more mad than ever.
Uniqua was ready to punch the employee for being mean to her car, but Pablo stopped her.
"So anyway, I'd say it's worth about 2 bucks." said the employee.
"I refuse to pay that price." Uniqua said.
Pablo reached into his pocket and pulled out two 1 dollar bills and handed them to the employee.
"Huh, you kids must really like old things. Because you paid with George Washington dollar bills." said the employee.
"Who's on the 1 dollar bill now?" asked Pablo.
"Jacob Clouds." the employee answered.
"Of course." Uniqua said not surprised.
"Thank you for your patronage." the employee thanked just before he walked away.
"You're welcome." said Pablo.
Uniqua and Pablo got in the time machine and Uniqua set the year for 2010. A black hole showed up in the sky again and the time machine started floating.
"See ya' suckers!" Pablo yelled.
Uniqua drove the time machine into the black hole. Everyone in the antique shop had amazed faces. They were amazed by the time machine floating, because they thought it was just a car from 1987 and cars didn't get their ability to fly until 2036, but not by the black hole because since the environment was getting so bad, that was happening often.
"Holy idea!" said the employee who helped Uniqua and Pablo.
"That's 5 years for you!" shouted a police officer who then tackled the employee.
In only a minute or so, Uniqua in Pablo were back in 2010 in Uniqua's part of their backyard.