Time Force: The Great Christmas Caper

Chapter 8: Antonio's Discovery

One morning, Antonio was feeling very sorry for himself. At last, Penny came to see him, feeling miserable. "What's wrong, Antonio? You're slowing down," she said. "I haven't discovered anything since that stormy night," replied Antonio. "Agent Rapunzel was trapped at the docks, and so were we." "And then she had to be rescued before helping us," Penny added. "No wonder she calls those two little humans 'bugs' or 'mites.'" And she was right.

Meanwhile, Antonio was having doubts about his discovery. "I hope this discovery doesn't send shivers down my butt," he said, "It's bound to be a major discovery that might be found someplace in the city." And he was right. Soon, Antonio was worried about making the major discovery he would be seeing, since he hoped that it doesn't send shivers down his butt. Then, Margo and Sherman came by, feeling worried about Antonio and Penny as usual.

Then, there was a significant amount of blackout being generated all over the world. An alarm was triggered and buzzing off, and Margo said, "This buzzing is sending shivers down my butt." And Antonio said to her, "If only we would deactivate the alarms buzzing with a pull on that lever." "This one?" said Margo, pointing. And she pulled the lever to stop the alarm from going off. The alarm stopped buzzing, and the Time Force members were finally feeling more light.

The alarm signal nearly sent shivers down their butts, and the Time Force members didn't know what to do. Later that day, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny were thinking of a plan to make the major discovery. Then, Antonio said, "I propose that I will lead you guys into my major discovery. I hope this would give us some time to think before we discover something." And Margo replied, "This discovery wouldn't have been made if it weren't for the blackout."

The Time Force hoped that the major discovery would be made on time, but they weren't really sure what to think as they set out, that night, to take the mail train. The next morning, they arrived at the docks of New York City, and they found out that nothing had been the same since they left to find Antonio's major discovery. And it wasn't too long before they delivered the mail extra early as Mr. Peabody put that forward, and was expecting the four humans to arrive when they got there. "Hello, Agents," said Mr. Peabody. "You look tired." "Yes, Mr. Peabody, we are," said Sherman. "I don't know if we're getting shivers down our legs so it causes our legs to shake with fear." "You look the right way up to me," laughed Mr. Peabody. "Cheer up. The discovery can be made by us if you four can join me. Would you four like to join me on your discovery?" "Yes, please, Mr. Peabody," the Time Force members all said.

Soon, Mr. Peabody led the four kids off to the Time Force jet, and they found it in time. But as the Time Force members got into the Time Force jet and got it ready, they heard a strange sound. It was said to be a squeaking sound. "What's that?" asked Sherman, anxiously. Mr. Peabody quickly oiled the Time Force jet's undercarriage, and he said, "That'll take care of the bothersome squeak." And so, the Time Force jet took off, but the Time Force heard the squeak again. They were worried about the squeak a lot. It didn't sound like their squeaky-clean squeak. They hurried to the Kingdom of Arendelle for Antonio's discovery.

After arriving at the Kingdom of Arendelle, where it snowed during the night, Antonio discovered the Ice Palace that Elsa had built somewhere. They were wearing agency outfits and they saw Elsa and Anna at the Ice Palace. "Goodness gracious!" said Elsa. "You made this discovery?! That's quite a feat, I'm impressed. I never thought you four would discover my Ice Palace." "Indeed," replied Anna, "I didn't know that this discover would take a lot of work to get to. In fact, I never thought it would be by a squad of humans trying to spy on us." "They all do these days," answered Sherman. "This discovery was meant to be a bigger discovery, and last night, they said I felt depressed. I hadn't, have I, you two?" "No, Sherman," said Anna. "You are feeling fine, and I'm proud of you."

Kristoff and Olaf were busy arranging ice crystals, but they moved on when they saw Elsa and Anna. "I remember the first time I met Olaf," said Elsa. "He nearly made my eyes pop out. Kristoff soon put a stop to his games." "Kristoff is the only human who can keep Olaf in order," chuckled Anna. "I sometimes call Olaf the sneaky snowman." "A good name," replied Elsa. "He is such a silly snowman when it comes to enjoying the wintertime." Antonio bustled in.

"Excuse me," he said. "I forgot to mention something." "What's that, sir?" said Elsa. "About my discovery," said Antonio. "I discovered your Ice Palace while with my girlfriend. So don't let her tell you different." "She didn't, and we hadn't been discovered since yesterday," said Elsa. Of course, Elsa didn't know that Antonio discovered her Ice Palace. Nor did Anna, so Antonio told them all about his discovery. And the two Arendelle princesses listened carefully.

"So, you see, you two," he said, "It was the biggest discovery I made, then it collapsed. This is the new Ice Palace my team and I had discovered. Mr. Peabody is coming at tea time, and now look at my discovery." "We'll make sure it's good as new, sir. We promise," said Elsa. "The Ice Palace will be shiny and new again in no time." "I totally agree with Elsa," said Anna. And so, Elsa and Anna worked on the repairs of the Ice Palace, and it took them about three days to get the repairs completed in time. The repairs on the Ice Palace were complete, but Mr. Peabody had bad news. "What's happened?" asked Anna. "The Time Force have gotten shivers on their legs," replied Mr. Peabody. "We need your help." "We're on our way, kids," said Elsa and Anna at the same time. "Wait and see."

They didn't see that the points had failed, and that they had been diverted into a siding. At last, Mr. Peabody arrived along with Elsa and Anna. When they got there, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny sat on the bench, getting snow on their butts. The Time Force didn't know what to do, and they were not realizing that their butts got covered in snow. At last, Mr. Peabody spoke. "I had a deputation about this situation," he said. "You four were getting snow all over yourselves at the same time." "That's because our legs started getting covered in snow," said Margo. "Our legs got so snowy that we didn't know what happened to our legs," added Sherman. "Can you brush the snow off our legs?" "Of course I can," said Mr. Peabody. And so, he started getting the snow off their legs.

It took the dog about three hours until the snow was off Margo's legs, Antonio's legs, Sherman's legs, and Penny's legs. As soon as the snow was off, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny didn't see that their legs were wet, and that they had found their way across to Elsa's Ice Palace. They stepped up to their game and entered the area. Elsa was surprised to see them.

"Got yourself in a bit of a snowdrift, eh, kids?" chuckled Elsa. "What you call a snowy situation?" "I didn't know that my legs got snow everywhere," said Sherman. "Otherwise, my legs would get all wet, wet, wet." "This doesn't seem like a right way of thinking, you know," said Penny. "I firmly believe this would send us a way to get on with the mission to saving the world." Elsa didn't know what to say about that. Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny hoped that this mission would go as planned for them. After getting the snow off their butts, the four Time Force members went off to Elsa's throne room in the Ice Palace.

That night, the Time Force Headquarters was silent. Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny felt exhausted from making this major discovery in the Kingdom of Arendelle. At last, Riley spoke to them. "You know," she said to no member in particular, "there's more than one way to make a discovery. We all learned that today." Still, there was silence. "What's more," she added, "we also learned that, sometimes, when humans get snow all over their legs, things can still go wrong." "So?" said a voice. "So, that means we learned a lot today, and therefore—" Then came a chorus. "We're really useful humans, after all!"