"-guys," said Oscar, completing his statement far before he began it. They were no longer in the lab. They were standing on a bridge, where two little boys were overlooking the edge. One of the boys wore a red shirt and had a tangle of hair upon his head, and had a blanket clutched in one arm and his other thumb in his mouth. The other boy was nearly bald, and had a small clumping of hair on the top of his forehead. The two boys turned around, and saw the four of them standing there, two in their lab coats and two in their miniature suits.
The kid who was bald noticed them and said, "Where did you guys come from?"
"A more important question, Charlie Brown, is who they are," said the boy with the blanket, "I would assume they aren't from this neighborhood. My sister would have a fit."
"Oh, I'm Oona, and these are my coworkers, Olympia, Otis, and my boss, Oscar," said (guess who) Oona.
"Coworkers? But… aren't you a little young to be working?" said Charlie Brown.
"Long story. Anyways, who are you guys?" said Otis.
"I'm Linus, and this is Charlie Brown," said Linus, "I'm just wondering… how did you guys get here? There was a big 'woosh' noise, and then you appeared."
"Ah, well… about that. One of the issues with the hiss-adee-gobbler is that it can… time travel." said Oona.
Everyone turned to her, and said, "WHAT!"
"Yeah, I was trying to get around to that, when someone knocked the gadget over," said Oona, looking over at Oscar.
"Sorry," said Oscar.
"Anyways, we are now trapped here. We don't have the hiss-adee-gobbler anymore, either, so…" said Oona.
"Wait, what about the timesheep?" Olympia asked, who had studied history of even this kind of thing extensively.
"Linus, what year is it?" asked Oscar.
Linus told him.
"So," Oscar began doing mental math, "carry the seven… It's all good. While the timesheep reign both now and when we left, due to the time okapi's brief reign between now and then, this time travel functions under their rules, meaning we won't risk any timetastrophes."
"Thank Odd," said Olympia, "But wait, we don't have the hiss-adee-gobbler?"
"Not anymore," said Oona, "Why?"
"Then how will we get home?" said Olympia, silencing the whole group.