--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Oh, now that's just great!!! Just when we don't need anymore mysteries, Mrs. Barker shows up and then in typical fashion, Topher goes and complicates things for everyone again. Great work, Toph!!!" exclaimed Zoey angrily, pacing back and forth in front of the springs in a nervous frenzy. "Me! How is this my fault?!" he asked, raising his hands in the air. "Well, we were just seconds away from getting answers from Mrs. Barker, and then you just couldn't keep your big fat mouth shut!!!" yelled Wyatt, just as frustrated and angry as Zoey. "Well, excuse me for being just a little bit curious and wanting to know---" "HEY!!!! This yelling at each other isn't gonna get us anywhere so how about we all just take a breath and then get back to preparing for the Grand Re-Re-Opening, alright?" asked Harper sternly. "Yeah, okay. Sorry, Harper. Come on, guys." she said sheepishly, starting to walk back to The Tremont. After making sure that Wyatt, Zoey and Topher were out of earshot, Harper turned to face Griffin. "Okay, so, maybe you were right for going to 1962 last night. And based on whatever it was Mrs. Barker was trying to warn us about, something tells me we'll probably get more answers by talking to Savannah." she said, folding her arms across her chest. "I was just thinking the exact same thing. Come on. If we leave now, we can hopefully be back in time for the Re-Re-Opening." said Griffin, starting to run back to The Tremont. "Right behind you." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In 1962, Savannah and Jordan were hanging out at the springs. "So, mind telling me about Griffin?" asked Jordan curiously, watching Savannah skip rocks. "Oh, well. I met him at summer camp last year and he's just a great guy all around." "I can tell. He seems to really care for you like he was your brother. Speaking of which, does he have any siblings of his own or is he an only child like you?" asked Jordan curiously. "Oh yeah. He has twin siblings named Wyatt and Zoey. Zoey is extremely sassy and is very headstrong, and is dare I say a little cocky at times.And Wyatt is well.....he's something else. He's really charming and funny and his red hair and freckles are so cute. Plus, not to mention, a girl could get lost in his baby blue eyes." she said fondly, starting to get a dreamy look in her eyes, which made Jordan start to feel extremely jealous.
However, before he could say anything, him and Savannah noticed the rock she had thrown was starting to get sucked into an almost mini vortex in the springs. "That's.....not normal." said Jordan, starting to feel a chill go up his spine. "No. Definitely not." confirmed Savannah with a worried glance, watching all of the water in the springs start to evaporate into the air and black ooze start to form. "And neither is that. Should I go get Miss Caroline?" asked Jordan, starting to turn on his heel. "No. You stay here and make sure this doesn't get outta hand. I'm a faster runner anyways, so I can get Mom a lot quicker. Be back soon, Jordan!!!" called Savannah, running back to The Tremont and down to the bunker, setting the dial to 2020 and quickly going through the hatch. Whatever was happening with the springs was not normal in the slightest and she needed to get Griffin and Harper's help right away. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Meanwhile, back in 2020, as Wyatt, Zoey and Topher arrived back at The Tremont, Topher had noticed the tension in the air and he really wanted to say something, but decided against it so that way the three of them wouldn't start fighting again. However, as soon as they were safe in Zoey's room with the door shut, Wyatt let out a huge breath he didn't know he'd been holding in. "Okay, so. Things might've gotten a little tense back there and maybe that's partially our faults." he said, sitting on Zoey's bed with his hands folded. "Agreed. We really didn't mean to blow up at you, Topher, but the last few days have been kinda stressful for us. In between getting ready for the Re-Re-Opening, Mom being out of the hospital and now finding out Harper's at risk of going blind in the future, we haven't really had time to catch a breather." admitted Zoey, looking at Topher with sad doe eyes. "Honestly, you guys. It's fine. I understand." said Topher calmly. "Wait, you.....do?" asked Wyatt skeptically. "Yeah. I felt the exact same way you guys are feeling now when Savannah told us I was at risk of going into a coma in 2024. But because there were more serious matters at hand, I just kinda shrugged it off and accepted the fact that if that was gonna happen to me, I was just gonna let the future run its course." he said nonchalantly, leaving Wyatt and Zoey dumbstruck.
After a few minutes of silence later, Zoey finally spoke. "Okay, who are you and what have you done with Topher?" she asked in disbelief, staring at him with wide eyes. "I'm more wiser than you might think, child." he said teasingly. "Oh, ha-ha, very funny. Now, if we're cool again, we better get downstairs. The Re-Re-Opening starts in ten minutes!!!" said Wyatt frantically, opening the door and starting to head towards the stairs. "Hey, how much you guys wanna bet some more paranormal activity happens during the party like last time?" asked Topher, a bit too eagerly. "Don't push it, Toph." warned Zoey dryly as she went down the stairs with them, completely oblivious to the scratch marks being made on her bedroom walls and her window bursting open, just like Griffin's. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------As Savannah came through the hatch and arrived at The Tremont, she was more than a little surprised when she saw the party going on. "Huh. Guess Ben was able to convince people that the ghost was gone. Good for him." she remarked aloud to no one in particular and then quickly, but carefully made her way into The Tremont and downstairs. "Griffin? Harper? Wyatt? Zoey?" Are any of you guys down here?" asked Savannah in a frantic, hushed whisper before she heard voices and quickly ducked down underneath the stairs. "We really gotta hurry if we're gonna go back. I mean, it's honestly ridiculous that paranormal activity is ruining the opening for us again!!! Like, that should not be possible. We banished Judge Walker to the underworld for good, remember?" asked Griffin skeptically. "Yes, I remember. Which is why I'm hoping Savannah can have some answers for us." said Harper quietly. "Answers about what? What'd I miss?" asked Savannah curiously, coming out from under the stairs, making Harper slightly jump. Griffin sighed in exasperation before he started talking. "Well, to put it nicely, the water in the springs was starting to evaporate and be replaced with that funky-smelling black ooze from 2054, all the windows upstairs shattered into a million little pieces, the pipes burst, which completely caused the lobby to be flooded, and to top it all off, all the electricity has been on the fritz and we've already lost power like, five times!!!" he exclaimed a little bit too loudly, clearly starting to feel a little overwhelmed.
"Anyways, Mr. Campbell just sent us down here to check the fuse box and bring up some towels to clean up the water in the lobby and we'd been discussing maybe going back to 1962 and seeing if you could help us." said Harper, grabbing some towels off a nearby shelf. "Funny you should mention that." said Savannah with a nervous chuckle. "Earlier this afternoon, Jordan and I were skipping rocks out by the springs when the water started to evaporate and some black ooze started to show up and I came here to get your guys' help back in 1962." said Savannah, letting out a huge breath when she was finished talking. "Woof." said Harper dumbstruck. However, before any of them could say anything else, they were interrupted by Wyatt and Zoey. "Griffin, Harper, are you guys down here?" asked Zoey cautiously, going down the stairs. "Dad sent us down here to check on you guys and we really don't know what we're gonna tell him if you guys time travel----Oh, hey, Savannah." said Wyatt nervously, his face going bright red.
"Savannah? What're doing here?" asked Zoey curiously, watching both her and Wyatt's faces go beet red. "Oh, well, I, um----" she started to say before she was abruptly cut off by Griffin. "Look, we can talk about this later, but right now, we gotta help Dad clean up the lobby, so Wyatt, Zoey and Savannah, you guys go upstairs and wait in my room and then we'll be right up as soon as we can." said Griffin, starting to head back upstairs. "You heard him. Let's go." called Harper, following him. However, almost immediately after they got upstairs, Jess showed up. "Oh, good. Harper, can you and the twins help me serve customers out on the veranda? I would ask Topher to do it, but he disappeared off to who-knows-where." she said, exasperated. "Sure, Mom. Be right there." she answered before the four of them turned to face Savannah, who'd been hiding around the corner. "Okay, so change of plans," said Griffin, letting out a huge sigh. "Savannah, you try to stay outta sight while we help our parents out and as soon as we can, we'll all come upstairs and talk then." he said in a hushed, stage-whisper before he grabbed the towels from Harper and ran off to help Ben clean up the water in the lobby. "Great. Just great." said Savannah, annoyed as she watched Harper and the twins walk off with Jess and then started to walk around the lobby, avoiding party guests and Griffin and Harper's parents a few minutes later. It looked like she was gonna be a little bit late coming home for dinner tonight. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Almost twenty-five minutes later, Griffin, Harper and the twins were finally able to meet back up with Savannah after Griffin had to help Ben turn off the water and Harper and the twins had to help Jess serve a family of six on the veranda. Needless to say, Savannah was not exactly happy with them for making her have to sneak around for such a long time. "Okay, so, lemme get this straight:The exact same thing that happened to the springs earlier this afternoon is also happening way back in 1962?" asked Wyatt in disbelief as he and the others went upstairs to Griffin's room where they could talk safely without any listening ears butting in on them. "Yep." answered Savannah simply. "Okay, I've heard of crazy coincidences, but that just seems a little bit too ridiculous for it to actually be true." said Zoey skeptically as they arrived at Griffin's bedroom door. "Why do you say that like it's a bad thing?" asked Harper defensively as she moved over so Griffin could open the door. "I'm just saying that it seems a little bit crazy that the exact same thing that's happening here in the present is also happening in the past." answered Zoey calmly as she watched Griffin open the door to his bedroom and saw a young, curly-haired boy standing in front of Griffin's bed. "Oh boy." said the boy wordlessly looking between the five of them.
"I'm sorry. Who are you supposed to be and why are you snooping around in Griffin's bedroom?" asked Wyatt, eyeing the boy suspiciously. Griffin and Harper looked between each other nervously before Griffin sighed in defeat. "Wyatt, Zoey, Savannah, meet our son, Nick Campbell." he said awkwardly, looking at the three of them for any kind of reaction. Needless to say, they were all shocked. Wyatt kept looking anywhere but directly at Nick and was rubbing his neck, Zoey's eyes were wide and she had a million different thoughts running through her head, along with the biggest smile on her face and Savannah looked like she wanted to scream but she never did. Instead, her eyes were almost bulging out of her skull and her face was looking a little pale. "Savannah, you okay?" asked Wyatt, concerned laced in his voice as he watched her face get more whiter.
"Great Scott." she answered breathlessly right before she promptly fainted right then and there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm pretty sure I don't even need to tell y'all what to do at this point. lol. And, honestly, can you really blame for throwing a Back To The Future reference into the mix? I mean, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Anyways, Ciao 4 now!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------