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Chapter 2: Heated Argument

At lunch, Holden enters the quad and sits by himself in a small corner. Blossom stares over at him for a few moments and then turns away to eat. She knew Holden was pissed at her. She had messed around a bit during the fight with Him and Sedusa.

Blossom opens her pink backpack and removes the project from inside of it. The project is still intact, but it has a few tiny holes in it. Blossom wanted to go over to tell Holden how she felt about him, but now wasn't the time to do that. She had to apologize to him first for causing their grades to drop again. Blossom stands up from the table she is at and slowly approaches Holden and sits down next to him.

"Holden, I'm sorry that I was late. Next time we have a project I'll make sure to be on time." Blossom says with sincerity in her voice. She looks at the floor to avoid looking in Holden's eyes.

Holden swallows his food, stands up and with a hint of anger in his voice, "You said that the last two times Blossom! Ever since Buttercup disappeared two months ago you have been starting to take on traits that are like hers. You're messing around in fights and not doing what you're supposed to do. Your supposed to the be the responsible one, the one who keeps your sisters, me, and others safe, not the one who puts them in more danger."

Blossom's face turns red. She knew Holden was right, but she didn't want to admit it. She stands up and smacks Holden across the face, leaving a small bruise, and then screams, "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY THAT! I'M DOING MY BEST TO PICK UP THE SLACK!"

A serious look appears in Holden's eyes and he retorts angrily while slamming his hand down on the nearest table, "THEN STOP ACTING LIKE BUTTERCUP AND BE THE RESPONSIBLE ONE. THE ONE WHO DOESN'T DRAG THINGS OUT AND GETS PEOPLE HURT ALL THE TIME!"

A few tears start to well up in Blossom's light pink eyes. She then says through her tears, "I don't want to talk about Buttercup. Why are you being so mean to me today?"

She smacks Holden across the face yet again, throws their project in the bushes, and then flies off, through one of the skylights and towards home. Holden realizing what he has just done, tries to shout to Blossom, but a pink energy ribbon suddenly covers his mouth.

Gwen stands behind him with her hand held out.

She lowers her arm, walks over to Holden, smacks him on the back of the head and replies, "Nice going Holden. Real nice, now your project will never get presented and you upset Blossom. Next time a little more tact is needed."

Gwen waves her hand and the pink energy disperses from Holden's mouth.

Holden looks at the ground, with a guilty look in his eyes and responds, "I was just going to apologize for going to far. I shouldn't have said anything about Buttercup."

Bubbles floats over to Holden and Gwen, but she doesn't have an upset look on her face. Bubbles whispers in Gwen's ear briefly. Gwen then nods to whatever Bubbles had said and she goes back to sit with Kevin.

Bubbles motions for Holden to lean in close to her and she then says in a whisper, "Blossom has been ignoring everything lately. She needed that argument with you to get back on track. You might not have noticed, but she hasn't been eating a lot or sleeping well since Buttercup disappeared."

Holden heaves a sigh, still feeling guilty about what he said and replies to his sister in a whisper, "I'm her best friend, Bubbles. She could have at least confided in me that she is having some problems. It's been tough for all of us to deal with Buttercup's disappearance."

Holden sits down in a chair with a frown on his face and Bubbles sits next to him and replies, "She hasn't admitted to anyone she's having problems, not even to me. She might not say it at all, but she really needs you Holden."

With that, Bubbles smiles broadly at Holden and then flies off to look for Blossom. Holden scratches his head and wonders what Bubbles is talking about.

On the other side of the quad, Ben, Dexter and Nigel were watching the argument.

"He's either really stupid or just doesn't see how she feels about him." Nigel says, trying not to laugh.

Dexter looks at his watch, yawns and then replies. "At least you know where you stand."

Then a voice in the distance is heard calling out, "NIGIE".

Ben chuckles. "Sounds like your girlfriend is looking for you Numbuh 1."

Nigel clicks the heels of his boots and he rockets off.

Ben then looks at the floor and remarks, "I feel sorry for Holden sometimes. He's the only normal person it seems in this school."

A small annoying beep starts issuing from Ben's pocket. Ben frowns, as he pulls the small Plumbers communicator out to answers.

He then heaves a sigh and then replies, "Well Dex, looks like Vilgax is causing some serious trouble again. See you around."

Ben changes into Big Chill and flies off through the wall. By the end of lunch the only people left in school are Holden, Dexter and Mandark.

When the school day ends, Holden and Dexter hop on the Slider rail system and head to Dexlabs in the Tech Square area of Downtown Townsville. When the two teens arrive at the building, a tall blue robot approaches them with a clipboard in her arms.

"Dexter, everything is running smoothly with the factory."

Dexter smiles at the robot, takes the clipboard to look at the numbers and responds in an excited tone, "Very good Computress. Please get the time chamber ready, today is a good day for science."

Computress leaves through the front door. Holden and Dexter enter the building and they walk over to an elevator, which Dexter presses the button to and the door instantly open and they get on.

Once inside, Dexter looks over at Holden and replies, "Give me your hover board Holden. I'll repair it for you while you're gone."

Holden frowns a little bit, hands the object to Dexter and then responds, "When you're done repairing it, please give it to Blossom and tell her how sorry I am that I upset her."

Dexter nods in understanding. The elevator stops and the door opens and they step out into Dexter's personal lab to find a large blue machine.

"This Holden is my newest invention, a time machine." Dexter says as he looks over at Holden, who's jaw drops from the sight of the machine.

Computress rolls up Holden and motions for him to follower her to the open door in the device. Holden enters the time machine and sits down in the chair that is inside of it. The door then closes with a low hiss. A small tray pops out from the arm of the chair and Holden picks up the small device that is in it. The tiny device can store items, has a map and many other useful function. A monitor then appears in front of Holden and Dexter image appears on it.

Dexter then smiles, with his eyes shining bright and he then replies, "Now, I need you to give me your personal information and sign your name on this document Holden. It is so we can confirm you are interested in helping me with this project. What I have given you just now is a Nancom. I should be able to get in contact with you using the Nancom once you arrive at your destination that I have selected."

Two screens pop up and Holden starts to write as instructed by Dexter.

Meanwhile, behind Dexter, in the shadows of his lab, Deedee slowly tiptoes through the door and starts to sneak around looking for something to press. Dexter pushes a button on his console and the time machine whirls to life.

Dexter looks at the console excitedly and then looks back at the monitor and replies, "Holden, we'll see you in a few days. Have a nice trip."

Then Dexter hears Deedee's excited voice, "OH! What does this button do?"

She pushes the button and the machine starts to make a weird noise and it starts to produce smoke.

Dexter runs over to Deedee and screams loudly in his accent, "NO! Deedee what have you done? You could have just sent Holden to some other time."

The noise suddenly stops and the machine breaks down. Smoke fills the air, as Dexter with a crowbar in his hand, forces open the door to the machine and finds that Holden is no longer inside. Dexter looks at his console and is astonished to see there is no time space coordinates listened on it.

Dexter then looks at Deedee and says angrily, "You just sent Holden to some unknown time Deedee. Now we will never know where he is."

Tears appear in Deedee's eyes and she replies sniffing, "I'm sorry Dexter. I didn't mean for this to happen. I didn't mean to hurt anyone."

Deedee runs from the lab crying. Dexter sits down from the shock of losing his friend and he slowly takes out his cubical phone from his pocket. He sighs at the task that is now in front of him, but knew that a call had to be made to Professor Utonium.