Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Matthew's Set-Off (Adventure II: Matthew's Adventure)

 On a slow Friday, Micah’s older brother (Matthew) finishes up his work at school. A short while later, the bell rings to conclude the day. Matthew and the rest of his peers head to their lockers and to the bus afterwards to be taken to the elementary school, where Matthew meets up with Micah and Christopher. Matthew walks home with Micah and Christopher, talking about his day at school with Micah and Christopher and what he and his brothers are looking forward to for the weekend. Soon after arriving home, Matthew puts away his backpack and watches TV with Micah and Christopher until his mom and stepdad arrive home. Matthew’s mother immediately prepares dinner as Matthew continues to watch TV with Micah and Christopher. Matthew’s mother announces dinner a short while later with Matthew and his brothers walking up to the table and scarfing down their meals. After dinner, Micah goes into his laboratory to do some scientific work while Matthew goes to his room to get some homework done. Later at night, Micah exits his laboratory and dresses in his PJs, subsequently brushing his teeth and going off to bed. Matthew and Christopher also dress in their PJs and go off to bed, awaiting the weekend. With Micah and his family fast asleep, a silhouette peaks up outside of Micah’s bedroom window and opens it, picking up Micah and carrying him off. The next day, Micah wakes up and finds himself cuffed on Trekker’s Concrete Slab.

“Micah! You’re finally mine! Ha ha ha ha!” laughed Trekker.

“Trekker, you get me off of this stupid thing right now, or I’ll…” responded Micah angrily.

“Or what? You’re completely helpless! Ha ha ha ha! Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a phone call to make.” says Trekker while walking to his computer. Back at Micah’s house, Matthew looks around for Micah to no avail with Matthew asking, “Mom, have you seen Micah anywhere?”

“No. Not yet, at least.” answered Matthew’s mom. Matthew then goes into Micah’s bedroom with the family dog (Kami) following. Matthew grabs Micah Lab Entrance Cube and turns it upside-down, shaking it while asking, “Micah, are you in here?” With no response, Matthew throws Micah’s Lab Entrance Cube behind him, where it lands on the button and sucks Matthew and Kami into Micah’s laboratory.

“Micah? Where are you?” asks Matthew while looking around in Micah’s laboratory. Micah’s computer suddenly rings with Matthew answering the call.

“Ah, Matthew! I take it you’re looking for...your brother! Ha ha ha ha!” says Trekker while viewing Micah.

“Matthew, I need your help. Get over here as fast as you can.” said Micah.

“I’m on my way!” says Matthew while running over to Micah’s Warp Machine with Kami following. After entering his destination, Matthew steps inside Micah’s Warp Machine and picks up Kami. Matthew and Kami appear at Trekker’s mansion with Matthew setting Kami down and approaching Trekker.

“How nice of you and Kami to drop by on such short notice.” said Trekker menacingly.

“I’m not here to play games, Trekker. Just let Micah go and we can forget this ever happened.” responded Matthew angrily. Trekker walks over to a table and grabs his Teleportation Remote while menacingly asking, “In a hurry, huh?” Trekker quickly turns around, points the remote at Matthew and Kami, and presses its red button while saying, “Let’s see how you like...this!” Matthew and Kami disappear from the mansion and appear in Tokyo, where they see Trekker Jr. as a giant and destroying the city. Matthew suddenly gets a phone call from his cell phone with Trekker on the line.

“Trekker, what did you do?!” asked Matthew angrily.

“Oh, nothing. I just sent you and Kami somewhere else.” answered Trekker angrily.

“If you hurt Micah, I’ll…” said Matthew angrily.

“Don’t waste your time getting smart with me. You know I’m not going to let Micah go that easy. If you want him back, you and Kami are going to have to find your way back to my mansion. Ha ha ha ha!” laughed Trekker. Trekker suddenly hangs up while Matthew thinks of a plan to stop Trekker Jr. Matthew suddenly gets an idea and says “Don’t worry, Kami. Trekker forgot about these.” Matthew pulls out and shows Kami his super-powered Transformation Stones, subsequently stuffing all but one colored yellow with a lightning bolt printed on it into one of his pockets. Matthew taps on the stone three times, transforming himself into an electrified super-powered alter ego named Electricew. Matthew and Kami both approach Trekker Jr. with Trekker Jr. looking down on them and taunting, “Well, what do we have here? Why, it’s Electricew and Kami! Come to stop me, have you? Good luck with that!” Trekker Jr. lifts up one foot, places it over Matthew and Kami, and slams it down with Matthew and Kami barely missing the stomp.

“Oh, you think you’re so smart, huh? Well, how about this?!” asks Trekker Jr. angrily while snatching Kami. Matthew watches helplessly as Trekker Jr. brings Kami closer to his mouth. Trekker Jr. then tosses Kami up in the air, tilting up his head and opening his mouth in an attempt to eat her. Kami opens up all four of her paws and leans forward, landing underneath Trekker Jr.’s nose.

“Get off my face, stupid dog!” shouts Trekker Jr. angrily while curling his fingers up into a fist. Trekker Jr. throws a punch at Kami, who scampers up Trekker Jr.’s face and fools Trekker Jr. into punching himself in the nose.

“Aaaaahhhhh! Playing hard-to-get, huh? So much for man’s best friend!” says Trekker Jr. angrily while throwing another punch to Kami. Kami continues to run up Trekker Jr.’s face with Trekker Jr. inadvertently punching himself in the face.

“Stop moving!” yells Trekker Jr. angrily while Kami runs up to Trekker Jr.’s skull. With Kami sitting on top of his skull, Trekker Jr. attempts to grab her, but narrowly misses while Kami runs toward his ear and jumps inside of it.

“Hey! Get out of there!” says Trekker Jr. angrily while picking at his ear. Kami runs toward Trekker Jr.’s eardrum and barks into it as loud as she could, hurting Trekker Jr.’s ear.

“Uuuuuggggghhhhh! Too loud!” shouts Trekker Jr. while covering his ears and stepping back. With Trekker Jr. stepping backwards, Matthew and some Tokyo residents grab a rope and stretch it out, tripping Trekker Jr. and knocking him unconscious after falling to the ground. Kami jumps out of Trekker Jr.’s ear and runs back to Matthew while Trekker Jr. shrinks and disappears. With the residents cheering for them, Matthew and Kami walk off with Matthew waving at them. Matthew and Kami suddenly disappear and arrive at Sendai, where an earthquake is just beginning to strike. The citizens run for their lives with a child tripping over a crack and falling to the ground just inches from the ground’s opening. Matthew and Kami run to the child’s aid and pull him up just before plummeting into the bottomless pit. While running from the earthquake himself with Kami, Matthew suddenly turns around and summons an electrified bridge to cover the giant gap. Matthew and Kami then run onto the bridge and subsequently turn around to face the residents.

“It’s ok, everyone! This bridge is harmless! Hurry and climb on!” hollered Matthew. The residents run towards the bridge and stand on it until the earthquake stops. Afterwards, the residents cheer for Matthew and Kami as they part ways, disappearing all of a sudden and appearing at a rainforest currently in a downpour. Matthew reverts back to normal and hear cries for help, immediately beginning his search with Kami for the life-form in need. The cries get louder and louder during the search until finally, (to Matthew’s surprise), Mr. Wohlgamuth is seen tangled up in some tree branches.

“Oh, Matthew! Thank goodness!” says Mr. Wohlgamuth in relief.

“Mr. Wohlgamuth? What are you doing here?” asked Matthew.

“Expedition. I was studying this rainforest to see what facts I can collect and teach my class. As you can see, I got a little too close for comfort to these tough branches and can’t seem to break free.” answered Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“Don’t worry. I’ll get you down.” responds Matthew while pulling out his Flamethrower Stone. After three taps of the stone, Matthew turns himself into his fire super-powered alter ego, Flamethrower, and burns the branches that Mr. Wohlgamuth was tangled up in.

“Thanks, Matthew! I thought I was a goner!” said Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“No problem, Mr. Wohlgamuth. Kami and I are trying to get back to Trekker’s mansion. He’s got Micah, and we keep getting sent to all these different places.” responded Matthew.

“Mind if I join? You and Kami certainly can’t do this alone.” asked Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“Please. We could use all the help we can get.” answered Matthew. A river suddenly overflows and causes a flash flood to head right towards Matthew, Kami, and Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“Yikes! There is no way we’re going to outrun that flood!” said Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“Hang on, guys! Looks like we’re going for a little ride!” responds Matthew while pulling out his Tundra Stone. Matthew taps on his stone three times and turns himself into his ice super-powered alter ego, Tundra, and climbs up a tree.

“Hurry, Mr. Wohlgamuth! Grab Kami and climb up!” said Matthew. Mr. Wohlgamuth picks up Kami and joins Matthew in the tree while the rapid current passes through underneath Matthew, Kami, and Mr. Wohlgamuth. Matthew shoots out ice from his wrists and forms an ice boat while the flood violently flows through the rainforest.

“Jump on!” says Matthew while jumping off the tree. Matthew lands in the boat while Mr. Wohlgamuth jumps off the tree and safely lands in the boat, subsequently handing off Kami to Matthew.

“It’s nothing but smooth sailing from here on out.” said Matthew. Matthew, Kami, and Mr. Wohlgamuth suddenly disappear and arrive at the bottom of Mount Everest, where Matthew looks up and sees a flag sitting on the top of the mountain.

“We should probably get to that flag. It has to be a sign of some sort.” says Matthew while pulling out his Tundra Stone and presenting it to Kami and Mr. Wohlgamuth. Kami and Mr. Wohlgamuth tap the stone three times and turn themselves into Matthew’s Tundra form. Matthew, Kami, and Mr. Wohlgamuth head up the mountain and encounter a snow leopard, along with a group of himalayan black bears, that begin to chase them. Kami turns around at one point and barks at the snow leopard, scaring it away with the bears continuing to chase Matthew, Kami (who runs off), and Mr. Wohlgamuth. Mr. Wohlgamuth kicks one of the bears, after it gets close enough, and joins back up with Matthew and Kami while the bear tumbles down the mountain, hitting the other bears like bowling pins and causing them to tumble down. Matthew, Kami, and Mr. Wohlgamuth reach the flag at the top of Mount Everest a while later, disappearing afterwards and appearing on a deserted island. Matthew looks around frantically for a way out, but finds nothing in plain sight.

“Stay on the island with Kami. I’m going to find a way out of here.” says Mr. Wohlgamuth while walking off into the ocean. Matthew picks up Kami and pets her as he stands nervously on the island while Mr. Wohlgamuth swims around the ocean to find a way out to no avail. He swims back to shore and starts walking around the island to search some more.

“There’s got to be a way off of this dump and back to Trekker’s mansion!” says Mr. Wohlgamuth in frustration. Mr. Wohlgamuth gives up after a while and retreats to Matthew and Kami.

“Anything?” asked Matthew.

“No, but we’ll think of something.” answered Mr. Wohlgamuth. The temperature becomes very cold at nighttime with Matthew and Mr. Wohlgamuth setting up a shelter to sleep in.

“That should do it. Now to find something to keep us warm.” said Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“How about Flamethrower?” asks Matthew while pulling out his Flamethrower Stone.

“That’ll do, especially since it will save us the time and hassle of building a fire!” answered Mr. Wohlgamuth. Kami and Mr. Wohlgamuth tap the stone three times and become Matthew’s Flamethrower form, becoming warm and turning in for the night. The next day, Matthew reverts to normal and pulls out his Bane Stone, which he taps three times and becomes his last super-powered alter ego (Bane). Matthew enters a forest on the island, searching for a way out with Kami and Mr. Wohlgamuth still sleeping. Matthew quietly walks through the forest when suddenly, he hears something move through some shrubs. He turns around and finds nothing in sight, so he continues to walk through the forest until he hears a quiet growl close to him. Matthew stops nervously and looks around to find where the noise is coming from, but still finds nothing. Matthew turns around and finds a lion standing right in front of him, immediately running off with the lion chasing him with Kami and Mr. Wohlgamuth still sleeping. Matthew suddenly stops and punches the lion in the face, causing it to fly back and hit a rock. The lion angrily charges after Matthew, who stands his ground after coming up with a plan. With the lion inches away from him, Matthew kicks it up into the air and grabs its tail after landing, twirling and throwing it out into the ocean. Matthew brushes off his hands while saying, “I should probably go back to Kami and Mr. Wohlgamuth before something else attacks.” Matthew runs back to Kami and Mr. Wohlgamuth, who are both now waking up and see Matthew (who is running out of breath) running towards them.

“Did you go somewhere?” asked Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“Yeah, I went into one of the forests on this island to find a way out until this lion came and tried to attack me. But, don’t worry. I took care of him.” answers Matthew while looking out at the ocean.

“Did you find anything?” asked Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“No. It looks like we’re stuck here.” answered Matthew. Matthew, Kami, and Mr. Wohlgamuth suddenly disappear and arrive at Trekker’s mansion.

“We made it! Woo-hoo!” shouts Matthew in excitement while looking around the mansion. Mr. Wohlgamuth looks around Trekker’s mansion and asks, “Looks like we did. Now, where’s Micah?”

“I wouldn’t celebrate just yet if I were any of you.” said Trekker.

“Ok, Trekker. You’ve had your fun watching us go through those worlds. Now, give me back my brother!” said Matthew angrily.

“Who says you three were finished?” asks Trekker menacingly with Trekker Jr. peaking out from behind. Trekker Jr. walks up right next to Trekker with Matthew asking, “What’s this all about?”

“Wouldn’t you like to know?” asked Trekker menacingly. Trekker Jr. counts heads and says, “Hey, dad. I just did a head count, and…it’s three against two.”

“Oh! You are absolutely right, my boy! This is certainly not a fair fight! We can fix that!” responds Trekker menacingly while pulling out his Teleportation Remote. Trekker points the remote at Mr. Wohlgamuth and presses its red button, causing Mr. Wohlgamuth to disappear and re-appear back behind him and Trekker Jr. tied up with tape over his mouth.

“There! Now it’s fair!” said Trekker.

“And the only company Matthew’s got is that puny little dog of his! That runt doesn’t stand a chance against us!” responded Trekker Jr.

“All right, my boy. Let’s rough them up!” replies Trekker while cracking his knuckles with Trekker Jr. Matthew gulps nervously while Trekker and Trekker Jr. charge after him with Kami running up to Trekker Jr. and biting his left leg.

“Ow! Get off me, you stupid dog!” yells Trekker Jr. while holding up his left backhand. Trekker Jr. slaps Kami, who yelps in pain and rolls off to the side unconscious. Matthew sadly looks at Kami while shouting, “Kami!” Matthew suddenly becomes enraged and says, “Nobody slaps my dog! I’ll slap you jerks so hard, it’ll make your heads spin off like a lid!” Matthew approaches Trekker and Trekker Jr. with Trekker punching him in the face and subsequently throwing him off to Trekker Jr., who kicks Matthew repeatedly as he lies on the floor. Matthew jumps back up onto his feet and punches Trekker Jr. in the face. With Trekker Jr. lying face-down on the floor, Matthew grabs his tail and drags him over to Trekker, twirling Trekker Jr. around and hitting Trekker in the process. Matthew lets go of his grip and runs over to Micah as Trekker and Trekker Jr. both fly backward and hit a wall, knocking them unconscious and subsequently falling face-down onto the floor. Matthew frees Micah from the concrete slab with Micah saying, “Thanks, Matthew! I thought I was done for!”

“You’re welcome, Micah. Let’s go help Kami.” responded Matthew.

“Oh! Right!” replies Micah while rushing to Kami’s aid with Matthew. Matthew gently rocks Kami with Micah nervously saying, “Come on, Kami! You got this! Please don’t leave us!” Matthew rocks her a few more times and says to Micah in disappointment, “It’s no use. Let’s go home.” Micah walks over to Trekker’s Warp Machine in disappointment with Matthew picking up Kami and carrying her while joining up with Micah.

“You two went through alot to save me, didn’t you?” asked Micah.

“More than you know. Battling monsters, rescuing people, even surviving severe weather. They don’t call dogs ‘Man’s Best Friend’ for nothing.” answered Matthew. Micah and Matthew suddenly hear a quiet whimper near them and look down at Kami, who is just now gaining consciousness.

“Kami! You’re all right!” shouted Micah excitedly.

“You had us both worried! Thanks for giving me the upper hand towards Trekker and Trekker Jr.! You really ARE ‘Man’s Best Friend’!” said Matthew excitedly.

“Couldn’t have said it better myself!” responded Micah.

“Oh! I almost forgot!” says Matthew while handing Kami off to Micah. Micah holds Kami and pets her as he watches Matthew run towards Mr. Wohlgamuth. Matthew unpeels the tape from Mr. Wohlgamuth’s mouth and unties him while saying, “Sorry I’m late, Mr. Wohlgamuth. You slipped my mind.”

“Don’t worry about it. Better late than never. Thank you for everything you’ve done. I’m so glad to see you, Micah, and even Kami all ok. It certainly has been an honor to be your teacher.” responded Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“You have been, by far, the best teacher I’ve ever had.” replied Matthew.

“Thank you, Matthew. I’m glad to hear that.” said Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“You’re welcome. Let’s all go home, now. We’ve all had enough adventure for one day.” responded Matthew.

“You said it!” replies Mr. Wohlgamuth while walking to Trekker’s Warp Machine with Matthew. Mr. Wohlgamuth warps himself home first with Micah and Matthew waving goodbye to him after stepping into the Warp Machine and disappearing. Micah and Matthew then warp themselves home with Kami, subsequently stepping out of Micah’s Warp Machine in his laboratory.

“What do you want to do, Micah?” asked Matthew. With a smile on his face, Micah takes Matthew and Kami into the living room, where they all happily play together and enjoy the remaining time they have left in the day.

 

The End

The Scientific Heist (Adventure: Micah's Major Trouble)

It is a beautiful summer day, and 10 year-old Micah spends a portion of it cleaning his laboratory. While Micah dusts off his machines, Trekker sneaks out from behind his Warp Machine (while Micah has his back turned) and heads towards a set of cabinets holding 9 of Micah’s inventions:

 

Box of Power Micah Masks

Box of Water Micah Masks

Box of Thunder Micah Masks

Box of Leaph Micah Masks

Levitation Bracelet

Water Belt

Breathing Pills

Shield Ball

Big Shield Ball

 

While Micah continues to clean and has his back turned, Trekker opens up every cabinet and steals Micah’s 9 inventions. He stuffs them into a bag, writes on a piece of paper and places it on one of Micah’s desks, and sneaks back to Micah’s Warp Machine after inserting a disk into Micah’s computer. Trekker types in his destination on Micah’s Warp Machine, steps inside, and vanishes without Micah noticing. Meanwhile, Micah finishes dusting and says, “Finished! Now, to inspect my greatest inventions.” Micah turns around and, to his surprise, finds all his inventions gone with all the cabinet doors open.

“Good grief! What in the laboratory happened here?!” asked Micah. Trekker appears on Micah’s computer monitor and says, “Ha ha ha ha! Looks like someone forgot to lock their doors.” With a frown on his face, Micah turns toward his computer monitor while folding his arms.

“That’s right! I stole your greatest inventions, and I’m going to use them to take over the world!” says Trekker while showing Micah’s inventions.

“Not while I’m around! I’ve stopped you many times already, and I’m going to do it again!” responded Micah angrily. Trekker briefly walks out of sight on Micah’s computer monitor and returns with a black remote in his hand containing one red button. He points the remote at Micah’s inventions and presses the red button, making them disappear.

“What did you do to my inventions?! Spit it out, you rusty bolt!” asked Micah angrily.

“All right, all right. Take it easy, you little brat. The answer to all your questions is right in front of you.” answered Trekker annoyingly.

“What do you mean ‘right in front of me’?” asked Micah angrily.

“The first thing you’ll need to do is go up to your computer’s keyboard.” answered Trekker. Micah approaches his computer’s keyboard and angrily asks, “Now what?”

“Look to your left.” answered Trekker. Micah looks over to his left and finds the paper that Trekker left behind during his heist. Micah then picks up the paper and skims through it, reading all the riddles written on it to his confusion.

“I’ll tell you what. If your inventions mean that much to you, I’m going to give you exactly 48 hours to find them all.” said Trekker.

“And if I don’t?” asked Micah angrily.

“Then I take over the world!!! Ha ha ha ha!” laughed Trekker.

“I’m going to find all my inventions and it’ll be easy...just as soon as I figure out what these are.” says Micah angrily while looking at the paper.

“Those are riddles you must solve in order to find your inventions. Did you really think I was just going to hand them back? Don’t answer that. The clock is ticking, so you’d better get a move-on. Ta ta!” taunted Trekker. Trekker ends the call while Micah struggles to figure out the first riddle.

This Micah survives in the hot, but you’re going to have to find the spot. What the screwdriver does that mean?” asked Micah to himself in confusion.

“Oh, forget it! Computer, locate my inventions.” said Micah.

“Locating inventions.” responds Micah’s computer while scanning the globe.

“Error! Error! Unable to find inventions!” says Micah’s computer while glitching and short-circuiting. Micah’s computer then shuts off with Micah attempting to power it back on to no avail until hearing his Micah Phone ring. Micah answers the call and sees Trekker show up on his screen.

“You’re not going to find your inventions that easy! I took the liberty of installing a virus on your computer so you wouldn’t be able to track them down! Ha ha ha ha!” laughed Trekker. Trekker hangs up while Micah groans angrily and says, “If I’m going to get my inventions back with so little time to spare, I’m going to need help...and lots of it!” Micah goes around and rallies up a search party, recruiting the following:

 

Mrs. Kathy Dohner, Micah’s 3rd grade teacher

Matthew, Micah’s older brother

Christopher, Micah’s younger brother

Mr. Don Wohlgamuth, Micah’s 4th grade teacher

Tina, Micah’s mother

Sarah, Micah’s friend

Stan, Mrs. Dohner’s husband

Aaron, Mr. and Mrs. Dohner’s son

Kristin, Mr. and Mrs. Dohner’s daughter

Irma, Micah’s grandmother

Zach B., Micah’s classmate

Travis, Micah’s classmate

Austin, Micah’s ex-stepbrother

Jeff, Micah’s father

Jacinda, Micah’s classmate

Peg, Mr. Wohlgamuth’s wife

Jordan S., Micah’s classmate

Linda Jo (LJ), Micah’s stepmother

Jodie, Micah’s classmate

Eric, Micah classmate

 

The recruits meet up with Micah in his lab with Micah walking back and forth in front of them while saying, “Thank you all for coming on such short notice. The reason I called you here is because (how do I put this?)…we are in danger!” The recruits gasp in fear while Micah sets up a projector and screen.

“Trekker has stolen and hidden these inventions of mine.” says Micah while showing a picture of his inventions on the projector.

“The only way I can get them back is by solving these riddles.” continues Micah while holding up the paper he found in his lab.

“And that’s not the worst part! Trekker has given me 48 hours to find all of these inventions! If I don’t find them in time, he’s going to take over the world!” said Micah. The recruits gasp in fear again with Mrs. Dohner subsequently saying, “We’re with you to the end, Micah!”

“We will not rest until all your inventions have been found. Every single one!” said Matthew.

“That’s what I like to hear! Now, let’s shake a leg! The sooner, the better!” responded Micah. Micah and his search party begin reading the first riddle.

This Micah survives in the hot, but you’re going to have to find the spot. I bet that’s Power Micah!” said Christopher.

“The only hot place I can think of are volcanoes.” said Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“Worth a shot. We’ll explore every volcano we can think of.” said Micah. Micah and his search party walk to Micah’s Warp Machine with Micah typing in the destination to the first volcano, subsequently stepping inside the Warp Machine with his search party following. Micah and his search party arrive inside a volcano with Micah saying, “Let’s split up into three groups of seven. Go.” Micah and his search party begin investigating the volcano with every group going different directions. After a while of searching, Micah and his search party meet back up where they started.

“Did you find anything?” asked Micah.

“No. We’ve looked everywhere.” answered Micah’s mother.

“Let’s try another volcano.” said Sarah.

“Yeah, I’d say it’s not here.” responds Micah while pulling out his Warp Machine Remote. Micah summons his Warp Machine and warps to another volcano with his search party, arriving inside another volcano with Micah saying, “All right, everyone. You know the drill.” Everyone begins to explore the volcano in search of Micah’s box of Power Micah Masks, but find nothing after a while. Micah summons his Warp Machine, subsequently warping himself and his search party to the next volcano. Micah and his search party begin searching the volcano immediately after arriving. While climbing a wall, Stan looks up and sees a round table engulfed in flames. He pulls out a pair of binoculars, looks through them, and spots the Power Micah Mask Box (surrounded by the flames) sitting in the middle of the table.

“There it is!” said Stan.

“Really? Let me take a look.” responds Mrs. Dohner while holding out her hand. Stan gives the binoculars to Mrs. Dohner, who looks through them at the box while saying, “Yep, sure is! We’d better let Micah know right away!” Mrs. Dohner gives the binoculars back to Stan and subsequently pulls out her phone, calling Micah while Micah leads his group back to where they started.

“This is hopeless! I’m never going to find my inventions in time to stop Trekker!” said Micah in disappointment.

“Don’t say that. We must not give up hope. We just have to keep looking.” responded Micah’s mother.

“Yeah. I’m sure that any minute now, someone will call and tell you they’ve found your Power Micah Masks.” said Matthew. Micah suddenly hears his Micah Phone ring and answers the call.

“Hello?” asks Micah in disappointment.

“Hey, Micah? It’s Mrs. Dohner. We just found your box of Power Micah Masks!” said Mrs. Dohner. Micah’s jaw drops out of excitement and subsequently asks, “Really?! Where?!”

“Look to your right.” answered Mrs. Dohner. Micah and his group look over to their right and see Mrs. Dohner and the rest of her group waving with Stan pointing up. Micah hangs up his Micah Phone and rushes over to Mrs. Dohner’s group with his group following.

“Careful, Micah. Your box is surrounded with fire.” said Stan.

“How are we going to get it?” asked Aaron.

“Leave it to me!” answers Mrs. Dohner while pulling out a cape. Mrs. Dohner puts on the cape and turns herself into her super-powered alter ego, Super Kathy.

“Super Kathy to the rescue!” shouts Mrs. Dohner while sky-rocketing up to Micah’s box of Power Micah Masks. Mrs. Dohner inhales the fire surrounding the box and exhales it upward and out the volcano. She grabs the Power Micah Mask Box, flies back down to Micah and his search party, and hands it over to Micah while removing her Super Kathy Cape.

“Thanks, Mrs. Dohner! How can I ever repay you?” said Micah excitedly.

“No need. I’m just doing you a favor.” responds Mrs. Dohner while holding out her hand.

“Now, let’s find the next invention.” says Kristin while looking over the riddles.

“Way ahead of you, Kristin. We still got 40 hours left, so no hurry.” says Micah while reading the riddles with the rest of his search party.

At the cliff of the ocean trench, retrieval of this Micah is not going to be a cinch.” said Micah’s grandmother.

“Sounds like the box of Water Micah Masks.” said Zach.

“Which is obviously in an ocean.” responded Travis.

“Looks like we’re going for a swim.” says Micah while summoning his Warp Machine. Micah enters in the destination to the first ocean and steps inside his Warp Machine with his search party following, subsequently appearing underwater in an ocean in scuba gear. Micah signals his search party to split up and investigate, but find nothing after a while of searching. They warp to another ocean and begin searching for the box of Water Micah Masks. Shortly into the search, Austin spots a trench and swims down it with the rest of his group following. He suddenly sees a cliff with another round table sitting on top of it. Austin and his group swim closer to the table and find the box of Water Micah Masks sitting on top of it just as Micah and the rest of his search party begin to swim down the same trench. Austin turns around and swims towards Micah while the rest of his group remains near the box of Water Micah Masks. Upon approach, Austin points out rapidly at the table to Micah and leads him and the rest of the party to it. After seeing his Water Micah Mask Box, Micah gives Austin a high-five and swims towards it to retrieve it. Before Micah could touch the box, a school of Sharkers appear in front of the table and begin circling around it, forcing Micah to retreat back to his search party. Micah’s father pats Micah on the shoulder and then leads Austin’s group to the school of Sharkers, fighting them off. With the Sharkers gone, Micah’s father and the rest of Austin’s group hold out their hands in front of the Water Micah Mask Box while Micah swims towards and safely retrieves it, subsequently swimming to the surface with his search party following.

“Let’s find some land and read the next riddle.” says Micah while swimming off with his search party following. Micah and his search party swim for a while until Micah’s father spots a beach.

“Land hoe!” says Micah’s father while pointing out the beach. After drawing their attention to the beach, Micah and his search party swim towards it, subsequently removing their scuba gear while walking onto land. Micah pulls out the riddles with Jacinda reading, “Don’t make a blunder, or you’ll never find the thunder.”

“This should lead us straight to the Thunder Micah Mask Box.” responded Peg.

“Hmmm...I’m going to warp us to a power plant. It’s the only place I know that revolves around electricity.” responds Micah while summoning his Warp Machine. Micah enters in the destination and steps inside the Warp Machine with the rest of his search party and warps inside the fence of a power plant, where they find the box of Thunder Micah Masks sitting on a round table surrounded by electricity at the very tip top of a tower.

“I wonder if shutting the power off will get rid of all that electricity surrounding the box?” asked Jordan.

“Only one way to find out.” responds Micah while looking around for power switches. He finds and runs towards a giant lever labeled “Main Power Source”, pulling it down and shutting off power to the entire plant. As a result, the electricity surrounding the Thunder Micah Mask Box disappears with Micah saying, “Good thing you pointed that out, Jordan! It’s nothing but smooth sailing from here!” Micah climbs up a telephone pole and grabs his Thunder Micah Mask Box, sliding back down afterwards to his search party. They read the next riddle and warp to the next destination, successfully finding the Leaph Micah Mask Box. Meanwhile, Trekker and Trekker Jr. watch as Micah and his search party retrieve the Leaph Micah Mask Box.

“Blast! They’re catching up fast!” said Trekker angrily.

“What are going to do?” asked Trekker Jr.

“I’m going to change the time on our clock!” answered Trekker. While helping Micah retrieve his Leaph Micah Mask Box, Sarah overhears Trekker talking to Trekker Jr. and sneaks up on them to investigate. Sarah then peaks around a corner and watches as Trekker and Trekker Jr. change the remaining time left for Micah to complete his mission. Sarah gasps and runs back to Micah and the rest of the search party, carrying on with their mission. Micah and his search party find the rest of the items very quickly except for the Big Shield Ball, where they begin to struggle figuring out the riddle.

To find this last doohickey, just try and get past Mother Nature. The place she strikes often is sooner or later.” said LJ.

“Sounds like severe weather…like tornadoes, hurricanes, or even thunderstorms. What state or country would have something like this regularly?” asked Micah.

“I know Iowa has a lot of tornadoes.” responded Jodie.

“Let’s look there.” says Micah while summoning his Warp Machine. Micah and his search party warp to Iowa, appearing in the middle of a storm caused by an F5 tornado.

“All right! Let’s look for my Big Shield Ball! And we’ve still got 24 hours left to spare! So, no hurry!” says Micah while leading his search party on. They search for a short while and find nothing, so they continue walking on into the path of the tornado with Eric spotting another round table sitting on top of a house. He pulls out a telescope and looks through it, spotting the Big Shield Ball sitting on top of the table.

“Found it!” shouted Eric. Micah and his search party draw their attention to Eric, who then points out the Big Shield Ball to them.

“YEAH!!! Way to go, Eric!” says Micah while giving Eric a high five.

“Ok, guys! Let’s get my Big Shield Ball and put an end to this dumb mission!” says Micah while leading his search party to the Big Shield Ball. Upon arrival at the house, Micah and his search party are suddenly sucked into the tornado.

“Don’t worry about us, Micah! Go get your Shield Ball and save the world!” said Micah’s mother. Out of guilt, Micah pulls out his Power Micah Mask and places it on, turning himself into Power Micah. Micah flies over to the table on top of the house and retrieves his Big Shield Ball, subsequently summoning his Warp Machine on the ground and flying back inside the tornado to rescue everyone. Micah and his search party warp back to Micah’s laboratory with all inventions retrieved, cheering and celebrating while Micah puts them away.

“We did it! Ha ha! And only 24 hours left to spare! I couldn’t have done it without you guys!” shouts Micah excitedly while looking at his search party.

“Always happy to help, Micah.” responds Mrs. Dohner while smiling.

“Same here.” replied Matthew.

“What Matthew said.” said Christopher.

“And us!” said the rest of Micah’s search party.

“All right, guys. Mission accomplished. You’re free to go. Thanks again for all your hard work.” said Micah. With Micah and his family remaining, the rest of the search party walk to Micah’s Warp Machine to warp themselves home when suddenly, Micah’s computer rings with Trekker appearing on the screen.

“You’re too late! Ha ha ha ha!” laughed Trekker.

“What do you mean ‘too late’?! We found my inventions just in time!” asked Micah angrily.

“Not on my watch.” responds Trekker while showing a video of Micah and his search party retrieving the Big Shield Ball. The video shows Micah and his search party the incorrect day and time they retrieved the Big Shield Ball with Sarah angrily shouting, “You liar! You and Trekker Jr. changed the time! I saw it with my own eyes!”

“Computer, evidence.” said Micah.

“Searching for evidence.” responds Micah’s computer while scanning her hard drive.

“Evidence found.” says Micah’s computer while showing a video of Trekker and Trekker Jr. changing the clock.

“I told you!” said Sarah.

“You rusty bolts have a lot of explaining to do!” said Micah angrily.

“Ok, so we changed our clocks! Big deal! We bad guys don’t play by the rules! It’s in our nature!” responded Trekker annoyingly.

“I’ll say.” replies Micah angrily while rolling his eyes.

“I don’t care if you’ve found your inventions in time or not! Jr. and I are still taking over the world! Ha ha ha ha!” laughs Trekker while pulling out his Transport Remote. He points it at himself and Trekker Jr., presses the red button, and disappears, subsequently appearing in outer space just above Earth in their Trekker Station. Inside the station, Trekker presses a button labeled “Control”, which causes the Trekker Station to shoot a green wave that travels around Earth, causing whoever makes contact with it to be placed under Trekker’s control. Micah cleverly avoids the wave by hiding underneath one of his chemistry tables, but his entire search party wasn’t so lucky.

“Ha ha ha ha! We did it, Jr.! We finally rule the world!” laughed Trekker.

“Yippee! I thought this day would never come!” responded Trekker Jr.

“And we’re not done yet.” replies Trekker while contacting Micah’s laboratory. Micah’s search party answers the call on Micah’s computer with Trekker saying, “Slaves, find Micah and bring him to me!”

“Yes, master!” responded Micah’s search party. Micah’s search party begin looking for Micah, who attempts to sneak over to his Warp Machine.

“There he is!” said Matthew. Micah quickly types in the destination to Trekker’s mansion on his Warp Machine, but gets captured by his search party just as he could step in. The search party steps inside the Warp Machine with Matthew and Christopher holding onto Micah’s arms, subsequently warping to Trekker’s mansion and appearing on the trail leading to it. The search party walks up to the mansion while dragging Micah when suddenly, they are stopped by a voice shouting “HAAALLLLTTTTT!” Micah’s best friend (Wesley) jumps out of a bush, performs a double front flip in the air, and lands in front of Micah and his search party.

“Unhand him...now!” shouts Wesley while pointing at Micah. Micah’s search party stare at Wesley until Trekker contacts them.

“Don’t just stand there! Bring Micah to me at once!” shouts Trekker angrily. The search party ignores Wesley and continue walking up to the mansion. After Eric passes by, Wesley catches up to Micah with Micah saying, “Boy, am I glad to see you!”

“Same here, especially with the fact I’m not the only one under Trekker’s control! I’m going to get you out of this, so hang tight.” responds Wesley while running inside the mansion and hiding behind Trekker’s Warp Machine. With Micah’s search party feet away from Trekker’s Warp Machine, Wesley walks out from behind it and pretends to be under Trekker’s control from the green waves.

“Hand Micah over to me. I will take him to Trekker.” said Wesley. Matthew and Christopher drag Micah up to Wesley, who then grabs Micah and drags him up to Trekker’s Warp Machine. Micah looks at Wesley, who winks to indicate he is not really under Trekker’s control. Wesley types in the destination to Trekker’s space station and steps inside while Micah’s search party exits the mansion. Micah and Wesley appear inside Trekker’s space station with Wesley saying, “Yeah, I was only pretending to be brainwashed so I could help you get to Trekker. Sorry if I scared you.”

“You didn’t scare me at all. But, you certainly did a good job of fooling the search party! Thanks, buddy! I owe you one!” responded Micah. The Trekker Station’s alarm suddenly starts blaring with its computerized voice saying, “Intruder alert! Intruder alert!” Trekker turns around and notices Micah and Wesley on board while saying, “Look, Jr.! We’ve got company!”

“Why don’t we make them feel right at home?” asked Trekker Jr. menacingly.

“Let’s!” answers Trekker menacingly while approaching Micah and Wesley with Trekker Jr.

“You missed a spot!” taunts Wesley while pointing at himself.

“Yeah, I see that! Don’t rub it in!” responded Trekker angrily.

“Face it, Trekker! There’s nothing you can do to stop me, even if you are ruling the world!” taunted Wesley.

“We’ll see about that!” says Trekker while chasing after Wesley. Trekker Jr. lunges at Micah, who side jumps out of the way and grabs Trekker Jr.’s tail. Micah swings Trekker Jr. around and throws him at a wall, knocking him unconscious while Wesley continues to run from Trekker. At one point, Wesley and Trekker run past Micah, who grabs Trekker’s tail and slams him down onto the floor. Micah and Wesley then restrain Trekker with their Grab Shots and subsequently pick him up. Wesley opens the side hatch of the Trekker Station with Micah tossing Trekker out into space after being freed from the Grab Shots. Wesley walks over to Trekker Jr. and picks him up, tossing him out into space as well. Micah and Wesley watch as Trekker and Trekker Jr. float away, subsequently running over to the Trekker Station’s controls. Micah and Wesley find a button labeled “Undo” next to the “Control” button, pressing the “Undo” button together. The button breaks Trekker’s spell from Earth and restores everything back to normal. Micah and Wesley give each other high fives and warp back to Micah’s laboratory.

“Hooray for Micah and Wesley! They saved us all!” said Mrs. Dohner.

“Thanks, guys. It was nothing, really.” responded Micah.

“Let’s hope Trekker never takes over the world again.” said Wesley.

“If he does, we’ll be ready.” responded Micah.

“Well, guys. We’d better get going.” said Mr. Wohlgamuth.

“I understand. You’ve all done enough. Bye, everyone!” responds Micah while his search party walks to his Warp Machine. Micah, along with the relatives that aided him on his quest, watch as his search party warp themselves home while Trekker and Trekker Jr. continue to float aimlessly in outer space.

“Unbelievable! We had the world right there in the palm of our hands, and that blasted Micah and Wesley ruined everything!” shouts Trekker angrily as he and Trekker Jr. continue to float away in space.

“We’ll just have to try harder to keep Micah and Wesley out, dad. I mean, we DID fulfill our lifelong dream of taking over the world. We just had some flaws in our plan. That’s all. If we’ve done it once, we can do it again.” responded Trekker Jr.

“You’re right, son. We’ll just take what we can get…for now!” replied Trekker. Trekker continues talking to Trekker Jr. as they float away in outer space, waiting for the next plan to take place.

 

The End