Time Force: The Great Christmas Caper

Chapter 26: Back to the Drawing Board!

Back at the Time Force Headquarters, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny were sitting on the couch in the loft area, feeling very sorry for themselves as they felt quite ashamed about what had happened to Elsa's ice palace. They were worried about what Elsa and Anna would say about the destruction to the ice palace in the kingdom of Arendelle. At last, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny saw Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf. "Oh, dear, what will they say?" Sherman asked the other Time Force members. But Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf were smiling.

"I was seeing the bike chase and I saw everything," said Anna. "You were able to help us trap the dark villain, Pitch Black, with one unique way. After that performance, you deserve to keep your special headquarters under the school you four are attending." "I totally agree with Anna," said Olaf. "Thanks, Olaf," said Elsa. "It's been a while since you helped us capture Pitch Black." "What you don't know," Sherman said, "is that Darkness was chasing us until we trapped him by destroying your ice palace, Miss Elsa. The news would be flashing any second now."

And sure enough, the news flashed all over the world. "News flash!" said the television news reporter, "In a surprising turn of events, Elsa's ice palace was destroyed by the Time Force members, who were trying to capture Pitch Black, the boogeyman. But once again, law enforcement is baffled, leaving everyone to wonder who this mysterious group of heroes is, and what they will do next." But suddenly, Margo, Antonio, Sherman, and Penny heard a voice calling them.

They hurried to the Time Force Headquarters command center to see what was going on. Riley was there, and so were Hiro, Luca, and Mei. "You called us, boss?" said Sherman. "Yes," said Riley. And Hiro added, "We are concerned about your recent, strange behavior. Why?" "In recent times, we have dreams," said Margo. "These are not some ordinary dreams. I just don't know why we want to capture an innocent man." Riley was puzzled, and she gasped. "He is NOT innocent! He is a wanted criminal!" she protested. "We need to capture that criminal so we can bring him into custody." The Time Force didn't know that Pitch Black was a wanted criminal that they had been looking for.

"They don't know that we are the only ones who would capture Darkness," said Antonio. "On second thought, I might have figured that we should strategize this top-secret mission while we are on with our A-Game." "Who knows?" asked Hiro. "I guess there has to be a way for us to band together so we can capture Darkness without further notice as soon as possible. The only way we would do this is together." And he was right. The only way to capture Pitch Black was together, as Hiro put it. There was only one thing the eight teenagers needed to do: plan off. That's what I wanted them to do, plan off.

So, the Time Force got out a blueprint to get the plan to defeat Pitch Black in time all sketched out. As soon as the Time Force got some of the plan sketched out, so did Riley, Hiro, Luca, and Mei. After the plan was sketched out completely by all eight of them, Riley took no notice and started to explain the plan as soon as the Time Force was ready. Just then, strong war music was playing along with the bagpipes as Riley was describing the plan to the Time Force.

"Where is that music coming from?" Penny wondered. "Alright," said Riley. "Let's go over the plan. That's us, there's Darkness's lair. At 2150, Hiro, Luca, and Mei divert the dark demons, who are Darkness's minions, away from the entrance to the lair. At 2200, Sherman breaches the baskets to take us up to the lair with a swarm of self-guided underwater nano-charges." "I call them explosive water-bombs!" said Sherman. "Yes, please don't," said Riley. "Okay, sorry," said Sherman. "At 2202, knock-knock," said Riley. "Who's there?" asked Hiro. "The Time Force," replied Riley. "The Time Force who?" asked Hiro. "The Time Force who doesn't have time for knock-knock jokes, because we're too busy taking down Darkness," said Riley. "Personal hover tanks, check. Also targeting weak bounds. At 2209...mission accomplished. See that? I don't even look back. There's a HUGE explosion and I just keep walking." And the Time Force was mind blown by Riley's speech about the plan to defeating Pitch Black.

"Whoo! Way to go, boss! That's Time Force, sucker!" said Sherman. "Nicely done," agreed Margo, slowly clapping. There was a long silence, but then Mei spoke up. "But, on the last crazy side of things, the Time Force discovered a way to trap Darkness with their scheme," she said. Riley chuckled. "And you certainly know a good plan, I mean, your operation to saving the world allowed Darkness to escape with Edith and Agnes," said Riley. "I've never lost a member of my team, it must feel awful. I can't imagine the guilt, the regret, the feeling that...I don't know, that...should've been you." Still, there was a long silence afterward.

"All for Riley's plan?" asked Hiro. And all eight of the teenagers raised their hands on the sight of hearing Riley's plan. "I guess everyone agreed on my plan," said Riley. "At last, I am glad to say that we all are on the same page as each other, as I would put it." And so, the Time Force took no notice and started heading off into the Time Force jet as soon as Riley led them there in time. At last, the Time Force took their seats and they got into position as soon as they were ready for takeoff when they started to get the plan going when they started the flight. And so, the flight had lasted only about eight hours.