Chapter 12 (Time Machine and The story of the Skull Rider)
It has been two months after the kids have their experience of visiting the Land of the Dead and saving the day by helping Hector to be reunited with his wife and family, and lifted the hate for music of the Rivera family. An now things have calmed down for these families as they were having a send off party at the Robinson's house for Penny and Sierra.
Penny's ignoring and don't care about anyones personal opinion or thought but his own manager have called them two weeks ago, saying that the new next season of Bolt is going to be filmed on the last week of the month and Penny needs to come back to Hollywood, and get to filming her number one tv show and go on multi interviews, guest appearance shows, and merchandise advertisement commercials.
As everyone was wishing her and Sierra a safe trip back to Hollywood and said they will watch every new episode when it comes on. "We're going to miss you Penny." said Miguel as he gave his best friend a hug. "Yeah, and school won't be the same without you. Plus, I'm losing my favorite chemistry partner for science class." said Hiro as he hugged his crush.
Penny was very use to seeing her friends and family upset to see her and her mother leave to go to Hollywood, and be gone for like almost six months. But rest of sure she in fact hated going to Hollywood and be a center of attention on the red carpet, and dealing with her ignoring manager agin.
"Guys." Penny chuckled and said "I'm not going to be gone very long this time. My manger have told me and my mom that the Director who was in charge of the Bolt franchise, was going to film the episodes twice in a day per week and I can come home early."
Then Violet who was happy about that said "That's great!. And you did say that they will be finishing filming on the eight season here in Todaylands studio." "Yep that's what I said too. That, and I will be be calling and face timing you guys, so we can chat and hang." said Penny while eating her send off cake.
"Right. And we will be watching your show every night and day, like we always have for years." said Wilbur as he was grabbing a can of soda and crack it open.
Meanwhile in the huge living room the adults were talking to Sierra as she was really going to miss her family. "Oh, guys I'm really going to miss each an everyone of you when me and Penny head to California." Sierra said hugging Franny.
"We will miss you too Sierra. But like always you two will come back with no problem." said Franny giving her best friend a smile.
"And don't worry about your house and garden. Me and Cass are taking turns on house watching and watering your flowers." said Helen as she was putting Jack Jack to sleep and handed him to Tardarshi.
"That, and I don't mind staying there while you are away. This will give me the great opportunity to have some alone time with Honey Lemon." He said grinning about the idea of him and his girlfriend being together alone.
"Oh boy. Young love, what can you do?." asked Bob as he and Cornelius chuckled when they remembered the time when they were teenagers, they invited Helen and Franny to their college dorm room and had a quite time. And I mean a really quite time.
Luisa came in with her baby girl and handed her to Dash and Vanellepe, so they can play with her. "As I can speak for everyone here, we really are gonna miss you two and can't wait for you guys to come back." She said taking a bite of her chicken nuggets that Carl have cooked up for her.
Before Sierra can speak a guy with a business suit on with glasses came in while having his phone ear piece on his ear, as he interrupted the family.
"Hey, Mrs. Forrester, I'm sorry to interrupt a good happy family moment, I'm really am. But we have an airplane that is waiting for us, and the eight season of Bolt can't film without the star of the show." He said pulling his head back and went to check on his phone.
Everyone else really hated Penny's agent as they all know that he doesn't care about her health nor safety, but he does care about the money that Penny was bringing in every episode she was in and not to mention her merchandises in every store or gift shop in the whole world.
As he was no where to be seen, Helen looked at Sierra with seriousness as she whispered.
"You seriously need to fire that agent. He doesn't care about you or Penny, except for the money that she's making."
"It's true. You need to let him go or better yet you should take Penny out of the Hollywood business and cancel that contract that they gave you." said Franny who cared about her niece.
Sierra knew they were telling the truth about him and they should quit the Hollywood gig, but Penny insisted on continuing her contract deal but still it's not worth it. While they were discussing the subject the kids were talking about it as well, and they were having a good conversation about it.
"Penny just forget about the contract and leave Hollywood." said Hiro who was trying to convince her.
"Look guys I have a contract deal that I have to fulfill. And besides the point, I can't get out of it." Penny said looking to see a no way out situation.
Wilbur on the other hand had an idea that was good, bad, and plane stupid and dangerous. But hey, this is Wilbur Robinson were talking about and his known for getting into trouble.
"Maybe we can." He said rubbing his chin as he had a mischievous smirk.
"What do you mean by that amigo?." Miguel asked as he seen that look on Wilbur's face before, and knowing it involves some adventure and stupidity.
Then Wilbur couldn't help but start explaining himself on what he had to resolve the issue. "I mean we can prevent Penny from signing that contract or better yet we stop her from singing up for the Hollywood looking for young talent tryouts."
Violet loves Wilbur with everything but darn it she hated when Wilbur doesn't get to the point to what he was talking about.
"Wilbur how on earth are we going to stop Penny from every going to that tryout, that happened years ago?. Huh?." Violet asked while taking a seat at the table.
"It's really simple you guys, and I will tell you like a boss. Time travel." Wilbur said as he felt great to say it.
Miguel, Hiro, Violet, and Penny were looking at Wilbur like he just finally cracked up after saying the words time travel. Then Penny said to Wilbur to make sure her ears weren't fooling her.
"Time travel?." She asked as she can't believe those words came out of her best friends mouth.
"Wilbur, dude, time travel does not exist and you know it. Heck, even the greatest minds of the past and today can't built a thing like that." said Hiro as he was right.
"Guys, believe me it does exist. My dad just invented a month ago and it's operational." Wilbur said as he was planning on telling them this information when Penny comes back from her season filming but, hey it's now or never he thought.
This convinced all four of them as they good and well that Uncle Cornelius is the top worlds greatest scientist and inventor in history. If someone would somehow invented a time machine it will be by Cornelius Robinson. With giving a great thought on the idea, Violet said speaking for everyone.
"Wilbur as I speak for everyone else in this room when I say this, and hear me good and well please. Heck no!. Are you stupid?!." She yelled as surprised them that the grown ups didn't hear her outburst.
"Oooohhhhhh why not Vi?. This is a once of a life time thing. Think about the benefits of time travel." Wilbur protested.
"Why because we can do more harm than good. We could cause a huge destruction in the space time continuum and theirs no way in the world that we're going to screw up history." Violet explained to Wilbur while Hiro, and Miguel had second thoughts about the time machine and wanted to look at it and like what Wilbur said. Time travel has benefits just by thinking about it real good.
As they were having a little argument they put it to a hold as Grandma Abuelita came out from the kitchen with a tray of freshly baked cookies while having her headphones on, as she came and sat the tray down and took off her headphones and tune off her iPod, that Tardarshi have brought her.
"What are you kids auguring about?. I heard you in the kitchen while I was helping that sorry excuse for a robot with the baking." said Abuelita as she took a seat and took a bite on one of the cookies.
None of them wanted to tell Abuelita what they are really talking about as she was waiting patiently for the answer. So Miguel have to come up with a good lie and that's what he did as it was a good one.
"Well, um, we were having a discussion about who was the greatest and legendary Super of all time, and we thought it would be either Aunt Helen or Uncle Bob." He said as he hope that she would take that lie.
With a happy smile on her face she told them to have a seat at the table, so she can speak to them about the subject. When they took a seat an help themselves with the plate of cookies, Abuelita began to talk.
"So you kids wanted to know who is the greatest and legendary Super of all time huh?. Well let me tell you this story that I once told your parents when they were kids, and I already told this story to Tardarshi, Dash, and Vanellepe." Abuelita said excitedly as she wanted to tell her grandchildren the story.
"So what's the story grandma Abuelita?." asked Penny as she ate her cookie silently.
Abuelita smile and said "I'm going to tell you kids the story of Mexico's greatest and only hero that is known as the legendary Super. And that's the Skull Rider."
"The Skull Rider?." asked all five in confusion. Abuelita took another bite of her cookie and began telling this story.
"Long time ago way before Todayland ever existed, in the country of Mexico in a small town where it was known to be a wealthy and peaceful place. People who were living in that town were great and caring until they became greedy with money, and became evil and wicked. The town itself have became nothing but a place of crime and wickedness."
The kids were extremely interested in the story as they were listening so hard, as Abuelita continue on telling the story. "But their was one man named Harper McCoy who was still holy and kelp himself away from the evilness of the town. In the middle of the night a mysterious stranger came to him and offered to help him in his cause of putting an end to the evil that poisoning his town."
"Who was the mysterious stranger?. Was this stranger gave him his superpowers?." asked Wilbur.
"Or was this stranger his sidekick?." asked Hiro.
Shaking her head she said "No and no. This mysterious stranger was none other than the ruler of the Land of the Forgotten, Xibalba (A/N: From the Book of Life movie). It was he that told him that he can give him the power of supernatural just by making a deal."
"Coooooool." said all five who were now loving this story even more.
"Yes it was cool when Harper McCoy transformed into the first ever Skull Rider. The Rider is the combination of a judge, jury, and execution. He take souls from the cold hearted wicked people and became the face and symbol of our Day of the Dead holiday." Abuelita said after telling the story of Super.
"Wow, that was an awesome story grandma Abuelita." said Violet as never heard about this Super.
"How did he died by the way?. I mean he was a living breathing skeleton." said Wilbur.
Forgetting on that part of the story she told them that he can never die and sadly he was working for Xibalba since that was part of the deal. Xibalba give him the power and in return Harper will be his enternal servant.
"Xibalba sended the Rider to go back his town in which it was now called the town lost souls, and retrieve the contract that contains every soul of the people. Heck, even the words on the contract were written in blood of the towns people. But when he meet Xibalba in the middle of the desert he knew. He knew that this contract containing all the souls and blood of people was beyond too powerful and dangerous to give it to Xibalba." Abuelita said as she and the kids were done eating the cookies.
"Sooooo what did the guy do?. If the contract was too dangerous to give it to Xibalba." asked Penny.
"He did something that no one has ever done. He ran away from Xibalba and never been seen or heard from every again." said Abuelita as she finished her story.
After hearing the story, Penny's manager came in and told them that she has to go and then they said their good byes. Two weeks after saying good bye to their best friend, Hiro, Miguel, and Wilbur were in there math class taking a test while discussing about seeing the time machine by texting to one another. Hiro like always the one to be finish but this time he wanted to be fair and be on the same level as everyone else. "You guys ready for the sleepover at my house tonight?. And are you guys ready to see the time machine?". texted Wilbur. "Heck yeah!. We're ready!." texted Miguel while still trying to answer the math question. Then Hiro texted "Did you ask your dad about letting us see the time machine?. I mean we all ask him together but he said no." Wilbur gave it a good thought and texted back. "Same result. No. But Carl has giving me a solid and his going to let us see it."
"Cool." both Hiro and Miguel texted back at once. When school was over the kids took the school bus to get to Wilbur's house, as Violet picked up by her mom early since she too was having sleep over at her house with Vanellope and Penny who was going to use her tablet to video chat with one another. As the boys arrived to the house and finished their homework they followed Carl to the garage as he in truth really don't want to do this but, he owed Wilbur this solid and so he have to let them see the device. When went into the garage, Carl flipped the switch and said "Here you go boys, I give you the time machine." In the garage they saw two time machines in which was the first old version, and the other is the up to date version.
"Awesome." said all three of them as they were examine the fresh model instead of the old one. "This is awesome I mean when will you ever find a time machine in this day of age?." asked Miguel while putting his fingers on the glass. "So true and this took a lot of hard work based off on the detail." said Hiro as he was taking pictures of the thing on his phone. For some odd reason Carl felt that he should not have let them see the time machine but, Wilbur keeps telling him that nothing is going to happen. "Make sure you lock the garage when you leave cause I will not be responsible for not locking the door." Carl said walking out.
"No problem and good night." said Wilbur. After doing a back to the future pose and took quick picture take they left the garage as Wilbur closed the door behind him, and forgot to lock it back up. Little did they know that in the bushes watching them was grown guy and a intelligent hat were planning a plan, that will effect the whole time line itself. "Ohhhhh Doris we can finally have our revenge on that Robinson and take way his and his whole family's future!." said the guy quietly chuckling with a evil smile. Crazily those two were not the only ones watching them as someone was watching the kids as well but, his eyes were on Miguel as this person had an evil plan on his mind.
"I'm so going to enjoy having that boy under my deal." said the mysterious person as he was rubbing his hands together with a evil smirk, and then vanished into thin air.
Back inside of the Robinsons house the boys were in Wilbur's room playing video games as this was part of the plan that Wilbur have made, since this he is hosting the slumber party as they were enjoying playing NBA 2K, Madden, and WWE 2K. While playing the game they couldn't help but talk about the time machine and hope that nothing goes down hill after Cornelius told them not to go to the garage.
"I wonder does the time machine work?." Miguel asked his buddies as he was playing the game with Hiro, as it was a real challenge.
"It should I mean Uncle Cornelius built it and his inventions always work." Hiro said taking a hand full of Takis from bowl and went to eating.
Wilbur smile as he know that it was a great idea for them to take a pick at his dads invention, and its a fifty percent chance that they won't get the consequences of their actions. So theirs no problem at all and no who will ever find out. "Yelp the time machine works and maybe we could take it for a spend." He said as Hiro and Miguel looked at Wilbur after what he just said.
"As mush as it sounds pretty cool to do so but, time travel is super dangerous and you never know what would be the outcome of the results if, let's say a one miss up and everything we know is a memory." Hiro said pointing out facts as Miguel agreed.
"Hiro is right Wilbur we can't mess with time like that and you know it." said Miguel.
Wilbur nodded as he grab a seat on the floor and wait for his turn on his Xbox one while Franny was done stairs in the kitchen making some snacks for the boys, and while talking to Helen on the phone as she too was making snacks for Violet and Vanellepe. "So what kinda of snacks are you making for the girls Helen?. For me I'm making the boys some delicious bowls of mini chicken sandwichs, ranch dip, chips, and warm mini muffins." said Franny as she was done putting the bowl of muffins on the tray. Helen laugh and said "Girl I'm making the girls some cheese and crackers, grapes, slices of apples, freshly bought shrimp and dip, and two glasses of kool-aid punch."
"Kool-aid you say?." asked Franny as she loves kool-aid when she was a little girl as she continue on. "Mmmm Helen you always know what's good when it comes down to snacking and drinking." Helen grinned in victory as she was the life of the slumber party when they were kids as she was taking a sip of her fruit punch.
While the two were chatting with one another, back in Violet's room she was doing some hair work on Vanellepe's hair while they were listening and seeing Penny on the tablet as she was video chatting them in her trailer in Hollywood. Penny was seating on her couch in her pajamas while eating a hand size cup of ice cream while telling them that she was ready to go and say home and wishing her contract get cancelled.
"Don't give up Penny you'll be back home in Todayland in no time. In fact if I were you, I would take the advantage of being a popular Hollywood kid and enjoy it." said Vanellepe as she was passing Violet the hair comb.
Penny smiled and said "If only you know they being a TV star is not what it cracked up to be. In fact, Bolt over here thinks he has super powers but he doesn't." Penny looked back at her pet dog Bolt who was as usual guarding the door of the trailer, and thinking something or someone was going to break in and kidnap her. But then she looked back at her tablet as one as Violet have pulled her out from looking at Bolt. "The dog is trying to stay in character Penny it's not his fault. Besides he train like that." She said while combing Vanellepes head.
"By the way where's your little brother Dash yet?. I'm surprise he didn't barge in and try to pull a prank on you two with his speed." Penny ask.
Violet looked back at Penny as she remembered where her brother was. "His at the community college with Tardarshi. He said that Tardarshi wanted to show him what he was working on and what not." She said.
Penny never visited Tardarshi's college in which Hiro calls it the nerd school but besides the point she remembered what Tardarshi had wrote in his work journal, and saw the draw design of a robot and the name of the robot that was on the very top of the page that read The Personal Health Care Robot. And that's all she knows about out of his journal since that's what most of the pages were and for some odd reason their was a electronic super hero suite design on the very end of the page of the book, and Penny was confused about that part but it's probably nothing but a mistake that Tardarshi made as she said it to herself. (A/N: Or maybe it's not?
"Sooo do you girls want to talk about boys?." Vanellepe asked out of nowhere as it caught both of the older girls attention.
Penny and Violet didn't mind at all as they began talking about random things about boys, but the main talk was about Wilbur, Hiro, and Miguel. And the funny thing about it was that the boys were talking about the girls as well as it was of the list that Wilbur have put down on his list.
While the kids were talking, Helen and Franny continue talking about their husbands such as Cornelius was doing good on his business trip and Bob as usual hating his insurance company job and always wishing that the government would take down the Super Hero ban law, so he can come back to being a Super and help save lives again.
"Don't worry Helen I'm sure that one day they would take down that law and bring back the Supers. I mean come on, Todayland is home for the villains and the cops can't stop them." said Franny as she was done giving the kids their snacks, and was now doing a midnight late rehearsal with her frogs.
"Maybe one day yeah but that will be the day that I will be wearing my super suite." Helen said doubting about it as she already got use to being a retired super and focusing on her family needs.
"Trust me on this one Helen they will. Plus, maybe our kids and niece and nephews might be the ones to bring the idea of bring back the supers into action." said Franny as she and Helen broke out laughing at that joke as that was meant to be funny.
Meanwhile at Violet's room Penny and Vanellepe was trying to figure out what Violet is going to do in order for Wilbur to be her boyfriend, as she claims she has a plan.
"Vi please don't tell you're going to make Wilbur jealous by trying to be cute and have fake interest in some dum boy." Penny said as she can see it on Violet's face as she was grinning about it like a silly girl.
"You know me too well Pen and yes that is part of my plan in order to have Wilbur to be my boyfriend." Violet answered as she was still grinning.
Vanellepe rolled her eyes and can't wait any longer for what the boy that Violet was going to use in her plan to have Wilbur, and so she said "Can you please tell us already?. The expanse is totally killing me right now." Violet smiled and finally reveal as it surprised both of them.
"It's Tony Rydinger." She drinking her red kool-aid punch.
"Tony Rydinger?. The pretty boy?." said both of them.
"Yelp. Let me break it down for you two girls." Violet said with a twisted smirk.
Vanellepe and Penny looked at one another and then looked at Violet as she was waiting for them to respond back."Go on." said both of them at the same time as Violet begin to explain her master plan.
A/N:Who were the strangers inside the bushes?. And who was the mysterious stranger that was watching the whole thing and have his eye on one of the boys for his evil plan?.
This is not looking pretty good for Team Future as this was just getting started. That and what is Tardarshi up to in his journal when Penny saw the designs of a technical Super suite?. Anyone?.