Sometime the next day, the twins were in separate parts of the Temple, doing their own things. Carmine was practicing his keyboard in his room and Anakin was sparring with Ahsoka.
Gabby and Boba were in their positions with their comms.
"This is Butterfly and Hunter to Little Lamb, come in Little Lamb." Gabby said into her comm, using codenames they'd come up with.
"Little Lamb here." Lamenta said on the other end. "Subject C is in position. And Subject A?"
"Sparring, right on schedule." said Boba.
"Good. We ready to go?"
"On my count." Gabby said. She watched as Anakin and Ahsoka finally took a break. "One... two..."
"Great sparring today, Snips." said Anakin, setting his lightsaber down.
"Three!" Gabby said.
Boba rushed in and swiped Anakin's lightsaber.
"Hi, Dad!" Boba said, waving the lightsaber.
"Boba! You know my lightsaber isn't a toy!" Anakin scolded.
"Come and get it!"
Boba ran away with the lightsaber in hand.
"Boba, come back here!" Anakin said, running after his son.
Gabby was at the corner of the wall, waiting for Boba.
"Catch!" Boba called, throwing the lightsaber as Anakin grabbed him, and Gabby grabbed the weapon.
"Come and get it, Daddy!" Gabby taunted. "Na na!"
"Gabriella Skywalker!" Anakin said. "Give Daddy back his lightsaber."
"You'll have to catch me first!"
Gabby continued to run and run through the Temple as her father gave chase.
Meanwhile, Lamenta picked up her father's old stuffed rabbit Fluffy and taunted him with it until he began chasing her.
"Lamenta, get back here!" Carmine said, running after his daughter until they got to a certain room in the Temple.
Eventually Gabby stopped just outside the room. Anakin stopped to catch his breath, relieved to see Gabby finally stopped running.
"Okay, Gabby. The game's over. Give me my lightsaber right now." Anakin said.
"Fetch!" Gabby said, throwing the weapon into the other room.
"Gabby!" Anakin scolded.
And Anakin went into the other room, where Carmine was searching for Lamenta, as she'd turned invisible.
"Lamenta, turn visible right now!" Carmine said, when he turned around and saw Anakin. "What are you doing here?"
"Getting my lightsaber," said Anakin, picking up his weapon.
Suddenly, Lamenta appeared at the door they'd entered from, and she and Gabby and Boba shut the door with their fathers in the room.
"Kids, why'd you close the door?" Anakin said. He tried to open the door again, but it wouldn't open.
Anakin tried to unlock the door, but nothing happened.
"Let me try." Carmine said. He banged on the button to open the door, but nothing happened again.
Suddenly, a holo-transmission projector started beeping in the room. Anakin walked over and answered it, and up came a hologram of Gabby.
"Hello, Daddy. Uncle Carmine. If you're hearing this right now," said Gabby. "You're probably wondering why the door's locked and won't open. In a couple words: you're trapped."
That was when Lamenta stepped in.
"Daddy, Uncle Anakin... we don't like seeing you fight." she said. "And to make things worse, you aren't letting us see each other anymore. Since you, the adults, decided to take on the role of acting like kids..."
"We, the actual kids, are taking on the role of the grownups and getting this to end. Talking to each other doesn't seem like something either of you are willing to do."
"That's why," said Boba. "To end this, we've staged an escape room for you to solve. We've hidden clues in the room among all the things you see in there and installed a new lock on the door. Work together to find the key, and you'll get out."
The guys groaned.
"They are so grounded when we're out of here!" Carmine said.
Carmine tried to sing a Sonar Wave to knock the door down, but he only succeeded in vocalizing loud like a professional opera singer. He was immediately shocked and confused. Anakin tried to grow some plants, but nothing happened.
"Oh, and in case you haven't already figured it out," said Gabby. "We magic-proofed this room so you can't use magic to escape. And don't even think about trying to use your lightsaber, Daddy."
Anakin tried to activate his lightsaber, but it didn't work. And Gabby held up something in her hand.
"Boba took the kyber crystal out after he swiped the saber."
"Gabriella Rosella Amidala-Skywalker, you'd better let us out of here this instant!" Anakin said angrily.
"Sorry, Daddy." Gabby said. "But you're on your own. And you have only one hour to figure it out. If you can't get out in time, Uncle Obi-Wan said he'd have both of you suspended from Jedi training and serving in the war, and Mommy and Aunt Caroline will make both of you sleep on the couch until you stop fighting."
Anakin and Carmine looked at each other. They definitely didn't want any of that happening. Both of them face palmed.
"Alright," said Carmine. "We'll play your silly game."
"What's our first clue?" Anakin asked.
Gabby cleared her throat and recited the first clue.
"For your first clue, you must find the time. Look back where it all began, something there for the time you will find, and your next clue you shall find."
"What the heck is that supposed to mean?" Anakin asked.
"That's what you have to figure out." Gabby said. "Your hour-long timer begins... now!"
And the holo-transmitter now had a clock counting backwards from one hour.
"Find the time, where it all began... what does that mean?" Anakin wondered out loud.
"I don't know, but I don't wanna be suspended from training or forced to sleep on the couch with you!"
"At least that we agree on. But hey, you can always go back to touring and prancing on stage like a princess."
"I don't prance, I dance!" Carmine defended.
And the clock subtracted thirty seconds. Gabby then returned to the transmission.
"Did I forget to mention that every time you argue, you lose thirty seconds of your time?" Gabby said. "Spend less time arguing, and more time working together!"
And the transmission ended there. Now the twins were on their own.