They debated on what to do next. Johan and Katherine thought it might help if they kept checking the time stream. Dad was afraid if they did they would be sent back against their will like the first time. Basil didn't care what they did as long as it was the fastest way to get back into time. They finally agreed to check the rest of the time stream seeing that they didn't have any other options. After screening the rest of time they found nothing. Dad looked ready to punch the wall and maybe put a hole in it.
"This is beyond frustrating!" He grabbed his hair and started pacing.
"Calm down Dad. Getting angry won't help anything." Basil told him watching pace the length of five steps then turn around just to repeat the process.
"Yea. This reminds me of the game against this unknown team. No matter where we hit the ball they always seemed to know where we were going to hit it. And when we were in the field they hit everywhere we weren't. We were completely stumped on what to do." Matt said his eyes looking up at the ceiling in remembrance. Something about that tickled his brain.
"Yea but you won that game due to your grand slam!" Dad argued. Basil didn't listen to him and thought deeply on what Matt just said.
"Wait! Matt say that again! The part about the other team." He turned to face him.
"The part about where they were everywhere we weren't?" Matt asked confused. Basil nodded excitedly.
"Exactly! Gary and Hodge and certainly their boss isn't going to send us to time that interferes with their plans! My bet is that the king drama is what the boss wanted. It was a diversion! That's why he sent Gary and Hodge. Think about it, they didn't do anything but mess with us…and try to kill Dad. Gary and Hodge messed with the king on purpose so we would come and try to fix it! The boss wanted to keep us busy while he was doing something else. The question now is what." Basil explained, the more he talked the more the others started realizing this.
"Basil you are a genus!" Dad smiled, picked him and spun him around. He set him back down looking more pumped than ever.
"So do you know what time period he went to?" Chip asked with a smile on his face as well.
"Yea I believe so! He went to the one time period we would never had expected." Basil nodded. "He went to the moment after you guys were brought here. He went to the twenty-first century!" Johan, Katherine and Chip's eyes went huge after they just heard what he said.
"Why would he want to go to our time?" Katherine squinted. Basil shrugged his shoulders.
"Beats me!" He turned to face Dad now. "Dad didn't you said they appeared after you checked their time? So my thinking is he wanted you to be so distracted with time going on the fritz that you would forget about the twenty-first century because it's supposed to be a 'safe' time!" He nodded his head signaling he was fallowing along. Dad messed with the Elucidator again and once more they were traveling through time. Because Katherine was standing next to him he could hear her mutter to Johan: "Do you think Mom and Dad are alright?"
"Basil do you know exactly where the boss will be after we land?" Matt asked him.
"I don't know right now." He admitted but he continued. "But I will as soon as we land!" The thought of being connected again to the moon made his heart frantic. Anything that got him closer to going home made him happy. Beat the boss and get to go home! The light surged up at them. His skin felt numb but that was it. He watched as the light faded to view a sidewalk in front of a house. The view became bigger and clearer. Then he felt the nothingness come to an end. He angled his legs so he wouldn't land in a heap on the ground. Basil bent his knees as soon as his feet touched solid ground. So landed in kneeling position. His skin instantly revived. The others landed in a heap next to him. Dad was the only one besides him who didn't take the exit hard.
"You know I don't think I'll ever understand how you don't get time sick. Even I get a little dizzy at the end there." Dad smiled at him. He looked up at the sky, it was late evening. The sun was already behind the house. The sky itself was a bright orange fading to a blue and black. It reminded him of Dad's eye. His mind flared with the connection to the moon. Welcome back. He stood back up and faced the other side of the street were the moon glowed high in the sky. Basil stared up and down the street admiring the porch lights shining back the darkness and giving each house a soft glow. It was a peaceful sight. Picture perfect. It was warm with no breeze. Would I have lived in a home like this on a street like this if I wasn't killed? Basil shook the thought out of his head. He loved his family and his home was very similar to these. In his mind's eye he could see Matt and him playing basketball in the front. When the others got on their feet and didn't look so sick they stood in poorly formed circle.
"Your parents are going to want you to come in really soon. But when you can sneak out and meet us here. While Matt, Basil you two are going to scope around the neighborhood to see if you can't spot anything. I'll get in touch with Angela to see if she can help us." Dad spoke looking at each one of them when he said their tasks.
Matt and Basil ended up walking Chip back down the street to his house. Chip walked behind them by half a step.
"See ya soon Chip!" Matt said looking back still walking down the sidewalk. A hand fell on his shoulder stopping. Basil turned around to see what Chip.
"I'm sorry." He said. "I'm sorry that I lost control of myself back in 1490. I was just upset that I can't seem to win at any life!" Basil gave him a sympathetic smile.
"Hey isn't being alive winning enough?" He said in a friendly tone. "What do you say that we live the hatched back in 1490? I didn't mean to judge back there." Chip shook his head.
"No. I needed to hear that no matter how much I didn't want to. I'm truly glad that you're on our side!" Basil nodded then waved so long and ran up to catch up with Matt.
