Chapter 4 The Next Episode

Days have passed with Wyatt, staying at his humble home, continuing his week long
vacation before he depart to another timeline. Not much has happened after their
adventure in finding the two dogs, Wyatt went to the places that have been
destroyed, or demolished in the future, like the old park, or the theater. Wyatt's
time was finally due, and it was time for him to return back to the Afterlife. He
left at night when they were asleep, as they sleep his soul gets taken back up. He
was back up there, with The Man poking him with his cane, waking him up. "Ey you!
Hobo! Wake up!"

"What?" Wyatt weakly said, as he wake up.

"Welcome back! So, had a good vacation?" The Man asked, cheerfully.

"What? Hey do you have coffee here?" Wyatt said, feeblishly, showing less interest
to The Man.

The Man madly looked at him, he made a coffee machine pop out of nowhere, and he
muttered to himself, "Treat him nicely, he doesn't care. Treat him harshly, he
keeps complaining about it! Kids these days!"

"Woah, what's the problem?" Wyatt paused as he poured coffee to his cup, he took a
sip, then he continued "Yes, I did have a nice vacation, really nice. And I know
that I'm back here, my time was up when I was asleep, I'm not surprised."

"Well then be surprised with your next mission instead, it won't be as easy as your
first," The Man said, who took a cup of coffee as well, "You won't be in your
comfort zone."

"As if I was comfortable last time," Wyatt answered sarcastically, "So, can I go
already after this coffee?"

"Well yeah! You aren't even supposed to stay here for a long time."

Wyatt was just about to finish his drink, when he suddenly remembered about
something else. He asked The Man "So last time, before I died, getting hit by a
truck. Me, and Yvhonne found something weird, in the forest. It was a pair of
mystical eyes, that guided us through the Ethereal Forest. They were large, shining
eyes, it was charming indeed. Do you have any ideas what these were?"

The Man tried to imagine what Wyatt saw, he closed his eyes in deep thought, then
he plainly answered "No."

"Seriously? After all of that thinking, I thought you were gonna give me an
answer?"

"I did, did I not?"

"Yeah! No!" Wyatt paused, and tried ask it again, "You're mystical yourself, why do
you not know the creature?"

"Not because Coco, and The Book of Life has the same culture, doesn't mean they
have the same story," The Man said, it was quite clear what The Man said to Wyatt,
but he still asked for a better explanation.

"Not because I'm mystical, and the creature you saw is mystical as well, doesn't
mean we know each other. Peanuts, and Garfield are both comics, but Garfield, and
Snoopy doesn't know each other." The Man explained much more clearly.
"Oh, ok" Wyatt said, he then gave the box of stones to The Man, and he said "Well,
can I go now?"

"Why are you giving these to me?" The Man said, as he return the box to Wyatt. Last
time, The Man made a door knob pop out of nowhere, and the more Wyatt stayed there
the more unusual things become. The Man clapped his hands, then opened, there a
stick came out of his palms. Wyatt, who doesn't know what The Man will do yet,
looked at him in curiosity, as The Man slowly walks closer to him. The Man hit him
with a stick; the first one was quite light; the second started too hurt; while the
third hit made him scream, and curse The Man "Ouch, what the hell?! Why are you
hitting me. You little, son of a b—"

Wyatt stopped talking, as the background slowly faded away. The Man, who was
infront of him, started to smile and wave him goodbye, and replacing his place was
a grumpy old woman, who was staring at Wyatt, seriously, while pointing her stick
at him. The woman looked quite old, she must be around her early 60s. She had her
hair growing white from it's roots, and she wore round spectacles. She wore a
[long, bright, red dress, that matched her red shoes]. Wyatt started to realize
where he was, he observed his took a glance around his surroundings, he noticed
there were large windows at the wall, at the back there was a huge map of the
world, and in front there was a chalkboard and a desk with an apple. He was back at
school, and if he wasn't mistaken, it was Ms. Willow's history class. Ms. Willow
took one last hit to Wyatt, then she exclaimed "All right that's it! Pop quiz! And
for you Mr. Black you're in detention! Later after school, room 13!"

"Great job doofus! Now we're to answer something she didn't teach us yet," Wyatt's
seatmate said, he recognized the voice, and was even more surprised when he saw,
one of his bestfriends beside him, Michael Lee, or Meat as they call him.

"Be quiet Michael! If you don't want to end in detention as well!" Ms. Willow
grunted

"Meat! I missed you so much!" Wyatt exclaimed in a whisper. Meat always had a much
more pessimistic approach to life, which contradicts Scott's optimism, but either
way the three of them were best of friends in highschool. Meat was a skinny kid, he
was quite weak, but he had one strength, or talent where no one can beat him, art.
He was artistic, he can paint, sketch, doodle, sculpt, anything that involves arts,
and craft he can do it. Meat was half-Japanese half-American, he always got bullied
for being so weak, and Japanese, most kids would call him 'Jap', as an insult from
the previous war. Meat had thick, black, bushy hair. He always wore a red hoodie,
and always brought a pen, and paper wherever he goes.

"You, me, and Scott walk together to school like everyday, and still you miss me?"
Meat said, quite confused with Wyatt's statement, as he take one test sheet and
pass it to the guy behind him.

"Well, I miss all of my friends, in the middle of the day," Wyatt said, in defense

"Once everyone has taken a paper, you may start answering, and be quiet!" Ms.
Willow exclaimed

"Great! Let's start this then!" Wyatt whispered to himself, as he answer questions
he barely remembers.

"Who were the Allied Forces, and the Central Power? I'm pretty sure Philippines
were Allied, but then what war is this? Is this World War 1, or 2? I guess if it's
Central Power, then it must mean it was the first, but was the Philippines a part
of the Great War? Why do I not know this?" Wyatt asked in his mind, as he stress
himself out to answer more questions like this for the whole hour.

It was only five more minutes before they pass their papers, and the only answer
Wyatt has in his paper was Philippines, and that was only on question number one,
out of fifty questions, and he wasn't even confident with his only answer, and so
he had to rush, and just put random answers, that barely made sense. Time was
already up, and Ms. Willow finally said "Pass all your papers forward!"

Class was finally dismissed, but before Wyatt got out of the classroom, Ms. Willow
handed her a detention slip. It was a pink slip, and there the room where he was
assigned, and his name was written, with his offense of disrespectful, and foul
language.

Wyatt needed to find the only one who can help him with his mission, Yvhonne. So,
Wyatt went to find Yvhonne, but as Wyatt walk into those crowded halls where
students chat, with their friends; and as he pass through those white lockers,
trying to find his sister, he was reminded of the good memories he had. Those when
he was still innocent, those when he still had not a touch of corruption inside
him. He saw Yvhonne in her locker, organizing her books. Wyatt stood infront of
her, pretending he would put his books, inside his locker as well, he tried to open
the locker beside Yvhonne's, when Yvhonne noticed what he was doing, and in
surprisement she asked "What are you doing?!"

Yvhonne looked much more different than the last time Wyatt saw her, she has gone
taller, and became even more beautiful than before, though her hair was kept the
same.

"Opening my locker?" Wyatt said, as he still try to put random number codes.

"That's not yours! What makes you think that's yours?" Yvhonne exclaimed

"Well, in middleschool our lockers were beside each other?" Wyatt explained

"That was middleschool, we are already in the 2nd year of highschool!"

"Yeah, I did notice that. I was in Ms. Willow's class,"

"So, why are you here? And why do you not remember your locker?" Yvhonne asked, as
she continue with what she was doing.

"I got in detention," Wyatt said

"What?! Why?! Is it for breaking into another locker?" Yvhonne again stopped, and
looked at her brother furiously.

"What? No! I'll explain later at home, please don't tell mom, and dad. I have a
really good explanation," Wyatt said, as Yvhonne finally finishes what she was
doing, and closed the door of her locker.

"You better have an explanation about this," Yvhonne said as she begin to walk
away. "You're locker is number 617, passcode is 23-34-13, and by the way, that's
Georgia's locker."

"Great! Why does she know my password?" Wyatt asked himself, as he begin to walk
away as well, to find his locker.

It didn't take him long to find his locker, first he saw Scott, and Meat talking in
front of their lockers, so he assumed that his locker was just beside their's, and
so he was correct. Seing Scott again, there weren't so much change of his
appearance. Scott got taller, but despite that he looked the same as before, he
still had that hippie style with him, the style which was most used in the 60s.
"Well, if it isn't the boy who got in detention!"

"Shut up Scott! And seriously Meat? You told him already?" Wyatt said in annoyance,
as he put his stuff in his locker.

"Why? Do you not consider him as a friend?" Meat asked, laughing.

"Forget about it, so what time are you guys gonna go home?" Wyatt asked, as he
close his locker.

"I don't know, when will you go home?" Scott returned the question.

"After detention?" Wyatt said

"I think waiting for forty five minutes wouldn't be that bad," Meat said

"Are all classes done?" Wyatt asked

"Umm.. Yeah?" Scott answered, who is getting perturbed with Wyatt's question. "Why
are you even asking that?"

"Nothing," Wyatt answered "So, you're saying that I need to serve detention now?"

"Yeah? I guess," Meat answered, who is starting to worry as well.

"Well then, I'll go now?" Wyatt said immediately, as he move away slowly, to avoid
other questions his friends might ask about him.

"We'll, see you later!" Scott shouted, as they walk the opposite direction Wyatt
was heading. Wyatt headed to Ms. Willow's classroom, room 13, for detention, where
he had to spend the next 45 minutes, and be punished for something he didn't mean
to do. But, of course that's what everyone says, especially when they're guilty.

"Ms. Willow, I would just like to apologize for the thing earlier, I shouldn't have
said that. I was just startled," Wyatt said, as he come in the room.

"Not because, you have apologized already, doesn't mean you're out of detention.
You are still to stay here for the next forty five minutes," Ms. Willow said,
calmly, as she check test sheets, that must have been from earlier.

Wyatt took his seat, he took the one in the very middle, 3rd row, of the 3rd
column. He sat there doing nothing, only thinking about what he will do next.
Almost 30 minutes have passed, and Wyatt took a view to the window, where he
glanced at Yvhonne who was staring at him, shaking her head, and just behind her
were two tall familiar figures, one in a hoodie, and one in a colorful vest. It was
Scott, and Meat who he suspects that they have already told his sister, about what
he has done. While, Wyatt was looking at the window, mouthing an argument with
Yvhonne, Ms. Willow calls him and shows him his test paper, from earlier.

"Wyatt, what's the problem?" Ms. Willow said, as she hands Wyatt's paper to him. No
answer was correct, and even the simplest of them questions, were wrong. "Look,
Wyatt you're a great student, you and your sister, both of you. You're smart,
active lively. It's just that I can't help wondering, why would you do that? Are
there any problems? At first you were just answering a question that I asked, it
was about German's relationship to Austria-Hungary, then you started saying stuff,
like coffee, then a week vacation. Then, I tried to poke you, you didn't respond so
I hit you again, until the third time, which didn't even hurt that much, that was
when you cursed at me, why?"

"I don't really know as well Ms." Wyatt answered

"Well, you are free to go,"

"Really? But I still have, like 15 more minutes?" Wyatt said delightedly, as he
return his paper to Ms. Willow.

"You're good to go, besides I have other businesses to attend to."

"Ok, bye Ms. Willow." Wyatt said cheerfully, as he head to the door, and walked his
way out of the school. He saw Scott, and Meat waiting for him outside. They walked
home, Wyatt avoided questions that involves school, or what happened earlier, for
those questions are reserved for Yvhonne. He was the first to go home, being his
house the nearest from the school. He went inside his house, not much has change,
the dogs were still there, alive and well, they weren't pups anymore, they got
bigger, and older. In the kitchen he saw his mother, whom he kissed hello, was
cooking dinner. After visiting his mother in the kitchen, Wyatt quickly, and
silently headed upstairs, to be surprised that their room wasn't the same as it
was. Wyatt knew what happened, it was already separated, their old room was divided
in two, creating a new door, to the right. Wyatt went to the old door, which he was
sure it was his room. He was right, he recognized it, it was his old room. It had
his old bed, the old desk, and the bookshelves, he even had his old toy chest. The
walls were newly painted blue, and it was clean and simple, and it didn't have any
posters on it. His room was filled with vintage items, vintage in our time atleast.
He had a phonograph, and a couple of discs for it. Wyatt, changed his clothes, and
went outside his room, to go to Yvhonne's. He knocked at the door, and Yvhonne
answered quickly, with a frown in her face. He went inside to be catechized, by his
sister. Yvhonne sat in her bed, and faced Wyatt, as she cross her arms, and asked
his brother in a plain voice "How?"

"Foul language," Wyatt answered, as plain as how Yvhonne asked. He observed

Yvhonne's room, it was neat and tidy. Most of her decorations were pink, and white.
The walls were pink, her carpet was pink, her lamp was pink, her desk, and shelves
were white, with pink, and her bed, pillows, blanket, and bed sheets if not pink it
was white. She had lots of stuffed toys, that still had the colors of pink, with a
touch of white, or maybe the opposite.

"Why?" Yvhonne asked, this time having an annoyed voice.

"She hit me," Wyatt answered, with still a plain voice.

"Why?" Yvhonne asked, in shock.

"She asked me a question, then I started talking about coffee," Wyatt said, this
time starting to smile, realizing how ridiculous his excuse was.

"What?"

"I don't really know as well," chuckled Wyatt

Yvhonne covered her face in half gag, and annoyance, she again looked at her
brother, this time with a little smile in her face. and said "That's you're
explanation?! That's why you got in detention?! Because you talked about coffee?!"

"Yeah! Hahaha!" Wyatt laughed

"Why would you do that?" Yvhonne asked, laughing as well.

"Hahaha, it's because of The Man!" Wyatt answered while laughing.

And with that, the name that Wyatt just said, Yvhonne stopped laughing, in both
relief, and fear. She need not to ask anymore, she knew why Wyatt was acting weird.
She went directly to his brother, to hug him, then she cried "I missed you!"

"You did? So you believe my story?" said Wyatt in glee, quite flattered with his
sister.

"Of course I do! But, why are you here? Right now? Two years have passed! I waited
for you!" Yvhonne exclaimed in excitement.

"Yeah, I don't really know as well" Wyatt answered, as Yvhonne let go of him "Wait,
so you're saying it's 1969?!"

"October 30, 1969, Did you not ask anyone about the date today?" she asked

"I thought it would seem suspicious," Wyatt answered, as he sit down on the bed.

"And you think breaking another person's locker isn't weird already?" Yvhonne
laughed "Scott, and Meat even told me you were asking weird questions about your
class schedule,"

"Well, I meant to do the locker thing, and you already walked away, so I asked them
instead," Wyatt explained

"Oh ok," she said as she finally accept Wyatt's explanation, but then she
remembered something, "You just left me!"

"No! I said goodbye the night before!" Denied Wyatt

"You left me early in the morning! I woke you up, and asked you what were your
plans, and when will you leave. You said you didn't know what I was talking about!"

"Well, I guess I did leave while you were asleep," Wyatt said, and as they continue
with the conversation, they heard a car park, their father just arrived downstairs,
which they didn't mind yet, following that a telephone rung "Is that yours?"

"Does it look like my telephone is ringing?" Yvhonne answered sarcasticly, as she

laugh at his brother "It must be from downstairs,"

"So, how have things been here?"

"Great! I mean I'm trying to keep an eye on you, and you don't seem to show any
sign of using drugs," Yvhonne said "And also, I have to show you something!"

Yvhonne went out, and Wyatt heard her foot steps, as she softly go down stairs.
Yvhonne returned quickly, she returned with Apollo, and Artemis following her.
Wyatt wondered what she wanted to show, but as Yvhonne came inside she carried
something in her arms, it was small, brown, and furry. First Wyatt thought it was a
stuffed toy, but when Yvhonne put it in the floor, gently, it turned out it was
another puppy. It was little, it had brown fur, with black, and white spots. With
Apollo, and Artemis, it walked towards Wyatt. Wyatt carried it in his arms, and it
kissed him, by licking him in the nose. The fur was so soft, and smooth, it was
like a pillow. "What's it's name?" asked Wyatt

"Well, we already have Apollo, and Artemis, so we called it Hermes!"

"Hermes The Royal Messenger, God of Roads, nice name," Wyatt said as he cuddle it
in his arms. "Is it a girl, or a boy? When did you get it?"

"About a year ago, and it's a girl," Yvhonne answered. There was a short pause
between they're conversation. Wyatt played with the dogs, as Yvhonne gets lost in
deep reverie, Yvhonne then remembered and asked "Oh! So, what did happen up there?
Meeting The Man again?"

"It's weird, it was like I traveled to Neverland! Two years have already passed
here, while I stayed there for like forty five minutes, or so! Weird," Wyatt said,
as he shudder from the bizarre experience.

"So, you're saying you just woke up, by then?"

"Yeah, and that's why I was talking about coffee, I was asking for some!" Chuckled
Wyatt, "It turns out as he wake me up, he already connected me to this present
Wyatt, and to get my attention, he hit me, until I cursed, then I got sent to
detention,"

"Well that makes sense, so you were cursing at The Man, not Ms. Willow," Yvhonne
said, as she have finally found it clear about what happened earlier. And as the
twins stay in Yvhonne's room, chatting, they were surprised when someone knocked
and opened the door, it was their mother. At first Yvhonne taught it was just a
call for dinner, but then she went towards them and sat beside her. It was
peculiar, how their mother acted, she smiled at Wyatt and Yvhonne which they was
suspicious, she stared at them for a few more moments, not speaking, until she
finally decided to greet them.

"So, how was school today?" asked their mother who was wearing an oddly suspicious
smilr on her face.

"Same as ever mom," Yvhonne answered with a smile as well, and a slight chuckle of
confusion.

"Really? Nothing new? Nothing Interesting?" again their mother asked

"Nope, as far as I remember, none," Wyatt, who was starting to smile as well,
answered.

"What about your detention?" and slowly their mother's smile faded away.

"Oh yeah, well it wasn't really that interesting mom," he answered politely. Wyatt
looked at Yvhonne, annoyed, suspecting that she might have been the one to snitch
to their mother about his detention, but Yvhonne looked back at him, shrugging and
in denial.

"Oh why it is! Talking back to your teacher, cursing at her," their mother said
this time in a much more distinct voice.

"Wyatt didn't mean it mom." defended Yvhonne, but their mother looked at her
seriously, making her quiet.

"Mean it or not, what has gotten into you? You know I don't tolerate this kind of
attitude! Ms. Willow called earlier, telling me about what happened, and even she
was shocked as well!" Wyatt's mother scolded. Wyatt, who was guilty and in no way
able to deny what he did, just looked down as his mother continue scolding him. And
normally kids would feel sad, afraid (like Yvhonne right now), or atleast a slight
feel of anger, causing them to talk back to their parents when they get scolded at,
but Wyatt didn't feel any of those right now, and instead of hiding his anger
inside, trying to resist talking back to his mother, and trying to be polite. He
hid his joy inside, trying to resist himself from hugging his mother.

Wyatt's scolding lasted for atleast half an hour, until his mother paused for
awhile, and finally said in a calmer voice. "Wyatt, if there's anything wrong?"
Wyatt was shocked, this was supposed to be his scolding, but now his mother was
asking him if he was fine. "Ms. Willow was concerned about you Wyatt. She said
there was something peculiar about you today, Yvhonne did you notice something
weird with your brother today?"

Yvhonne was surprised with her mother's question, she didn't know what to say, so
she just said the first thing that came into her mind. "He forgot where his locker
was." Wyatt was surprised with what his sister had to say, and he glared at her for
sharing it.

"Forgot you locker? How's that even possible?" Wyatt's mother asked, confused, as
Yvhonne shrug her shoulders, laughing. "Look Wyatt, if there's anything wrong
please, tell us. I raised you to be open to us, not keeping your problems to
yourself," their mother said, and as she have finally calmed down, she hugged her
children and kissed them, until they heard a car park from outside, and they
finally decided to have dinner. "Well, come on now, let's go downstairs, your
father's home. Oh! And Wyatt, you're grounded for a month," she said sweetly, and
calmly as if nothing happened.

So after Wyatt's scolding, they finally had supper. And though how supper was still
same as ever, with everyone talking about their day as they eat, it didn't last
long. It was still a school night so the twins had to sleep early. Tomorrow,
finally, Wyatt's mission starts, the only thing is, how will he be able to do it
now that he is grounded?