World of Disney

Chapter Ten: Time Zone - 2010 (After Temporal Displacement)

Scooter slowly started to regain consciousness. He felt more dazed and confused right at that moment than he did earlier when all of the chaos broke loose. Getting to his feet, he realized that he still remained on the staircase, looking over the disheveled state that the basement was left in. Fozzie, Gonzo, Bunsen, and Beaker stood around the computer at the center of the room, while Joanie and the spaceman were nowhere around. The gofer continued down the steps to join the four Muppets, as they frantically talked over one another.

"Bunsen, what happened?!"

"Where are Kermit and Robin?!"

"Meep! Meep! Meep!"

"I know! I know! I am trying to get everything in order right now!"

"Where did that space guy come from?!"

"Yeah, who was he?! And what does this machine do?!"

"Meep! Meep!"

"Yes, it will take some time to reach them, but I believe..."

"GUYS!!!" Scooter screamed, silencing them out of their disordered conversation. "Will you all calm down? I'm sure Bunsen has a reasonable explanation for what's going on." He then looked hopefully to Bunsen and asked, "Don't ya, Bunsen?"

Bunsen stared at him awkwardly and stated with the shake of a head, "I...I-I don't know."

"Well, that's not very reasonable!" Gonzo retorted.

Scooter let out a sigh, realizing that he would not get to the root of the problem anytime soon. So he instead asked the Muppet scientist, "Alright. Well, just tell us what the machine actually does."

"We've seen what it does, Scooter! It's a big, scary vacuum cleaner!" Fozzie exclaimed.

"Really?" Gonzo remarked. "I figured it had to be some kind of weather machine with the huge tornado that blew through here."

Between both of their comments, Beaker let out a long string of angry meeps. Fozzie and Gonzo were taken aback from the harsh words used - most of which they could not repeat in plain English. Before he could have said much more, Bunsen eased his tension and said, "Beaker, don't be upset at them. They don't understand."

"Understand what?" Scooter questioned. "What does this machine do?"

Bunsen took a deep breath and explained as calmly as he could, "It opens a portal between our world and one rooted on animated tales out of Walt Disney's collection of cartoons from the past, as well as those in the future. So far, we've achieved in not only journeying into these said worlds, but also bringing one of the characters into our realm."