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"It's in the woods, Megan. I saw it!"

"Does it work, though?"

I glare at her. "I didn't exactly test it out. I'm not that stupid."

She raises an eyebrow at me. "So, this solves our problem how?"

"It's easy. We get Kaleigh, Bryson, and Logan, then, we take them to the time machine. Then we figure out how to work it."

"What if it doesn't work, though? He easily could have just gotten an elevator and put it in the woods."

Now I raise an eyebrow at her. "You know where to get an elevator?"

She narrows her eyes. "It isn't a good plan. You don't even know how to work the thing."

"I told you, the black key will take us back in time, the white will bring us back to the present. It's pretty straightforward, really."

"So , how exactly do you plan on getting the three of them to the machine? And don't you think we should bring Glory with us?"

Glory is Bryson's older sister, and one of our best friends. "Why didn't we just tell Glory about this in the first place?"

"I don't know..."

We consider this for a moment, then, Megan says, "Now, how do you do you plan on getting the four of them down here?"

"Uhh..."

It isn't terribly hard getting them down there. They're the kind of people who will follow anyone if they just say, I have something to show you. It's just in the woods over there! Come on! So it wasn't hard.

They were skepical about how...real the time machine was, though.

"So...this guy came and gave yu the keys to this..time machine, and then he walked away?" Bryson said.

"Yes! We have told you this many, many times!" Megan replied.

Then, Glory said, "What exactly do you guys plan to do with it?"

"We're gonna show you guys that we are descended from Will!" Megan replied. She was pretty mad by this time, as we had just explained this to them.

"Guys, we just want you guys to test it out with us. If it doesn't work...well, then Megan and I will have to find some other way to prove it. If it does...well, that would be great." I say.

"How are we gonna get back though?" Kaleigh asked.

Megan threw up her hands in exasperation. We had already explained the whole key thing to them. She turned to me. "Can we just shove them all in?"

"No." I say, though it is a tempting idea. "Will you come?" I say, directed toward our friends.

Glory nods. "I guess there's nothing to lose by going."

Then Bryson, "I'll go too."

"I don't want to be alone here with Kaleigh." Logan says.

Kaleigh glares at Logan. I know that she is wishing that she had a book. "I'll get my revenge, Logan."

I guess that means that she's coming because they all get into the elevator. Megan and I follow.

I put the silver key in the interior keyhole, which causes the dorrs to ding shut. Then, I take the black key and slowly put it in, my fingers trembling a little.

I'm about to turn it when Kaleigh yells, "Wait! How do you know that we're going to Araluen?"

I pause, then I see the small, digital sign right above the keyhole. Strange. I hadn't noticed it before. It said, Araluen, 912. "It says right here, Kaleigh." Maybe creepy guys who appear in people's driveways are trustworthy after all.

I turned the key slowly, expecting some big rumbling or something. But nothing happened. I am disappointed for a second, and I start to say, "I guess it doesn't really wo-"

And then all hell breaks lose.

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~The Oakleaf Ninja