Team Alphanumeric

Team Alphanumeric
Family picnicking
by SSJ04 Mewtwo

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Reviewer Responses

MaxJ1800: Nope, not over yet. This is the more light hearted part I promised. I shall explain my plans for season four and I will appreciate your and everyone else's input. Enjoy this one.

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Three adults, three teens, one monkey, and an infant come to a clearing in the park. Sally and Clair had the food while Mr. Botsford and Tim carried the coolers. Becky carries her infant child now of two months in her arms.
"I don't see why we needed to go on this stupid picnic anyway." TJ quietly complains. "There's a marathon of Robots Robots Robots that I'm missing."
"You can watch Robots anytime TJ," Mr. Botsford states, "now pick up the pace mister."
"Alright." he says and picks up his slow pace. "Bad enough that I have to be around the golden pair all day. can't believe my sister's WordGirl." he hisses under his breath.
"Now you stay right there." Becky says after putting her daughter down on the blanket.
"She's certainly become a hand full ever since she started crawling hasn't she?" Clair asks.
"You don't know the half of it." Becky says sighing. Because of her daughter's activness, her duties as WordGirl had been greatly hindered. The only time Carina dared to be still was when her father was around. The girl was certainly a daddy's girl.

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After eating lunch, Becky lays on her side and gives Carina a chance to feed. Tim lays beside the two, shielding the sight from the rest of the world.
"We still haven't gotten around to telling Violet." Tim says.
"I know. This little one has been distracting us." Becky says looking down at her feeding daughter.
"And we've still got a little over more than three years of high school left."
"We've got to start coming up with a plan now for when we graduate. I figure we do as many extra curricular activities as we can have time for. That'll look good on any college application. We both take summer jobs and hope the heck that the criminals don't decide to go on sprees."

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"Look TJ," Mr. Botsford starts as the two are walking through a quiet part of the park, "you have to get over this."
"Get over this? Get over this! Dad, this wasn't being rejected by your first crush...,I wasn't even given a chance to be rejected! WordGirl is my sister! You and mom expect me just to treat my sister better than I have?! There's nothing you or mom can say that can make this go away!" TJ storms off.
'Well, that went about as well as that old family recipe.' Mr. Botsford says and tries to catch up to his son.

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"How'd it go with TJ?" Sally asks her husband in their bedroom that night.
"Like trying to teach a hippo how to fly." he replies.
"We can't let this go on much longer, or TJ might end up going down a bad path."
"What can we do hon? This is a situation that no one has ever handled before. None of those parenting books discuss this."
"Boarding school?"
"Maybe, he needs some time away from his sister. I thought seeing his niece he'd calm down, but that was wrong as well."
"Let's keep a closer eye on TJ." Sally suggests.
"Oh, and you're backing off on Becky?" Tim teases.
"Carina is doing a better job of that than I ever could." sally replies with a coy smile.
"It's good to have little ones in the house again. I remembered the day we found Becky." Tim says smiling at the memory.
"You know they aren't going to want to depend on us forever. I know those two over responsible kids will find a way to take care of Carina and go to school at the same time."
"Those two are destine for greatness, and I don't mean their super hero personas." Tim says.
"Agreed, c'mon, we better go to bed."

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"So, why are we at Tim's house?" Violet asks.
"Not a good idea to be around TJ when we tell you what we have to tell you." Becky says as she sits on the edge of Tim's bed with Carina in her arms. Tim sits in his desk chair facing Violet as well.
"What are you talking about?" Violet asks.
"Violet...,during the lust ray fiasco...,you went after both Becky and WordGirl. What does that tell you?" Tim asks. Becky smiles at him for a moment for his use of the word 'fiasco'. Violet blushes remembering those embarrassing situations.
"Uhhh," she says not getting where this conversation was going.
"Let me give you a hint...," Tim says and stands. "Calculate!" Violet's mouth hangs open for a moment realizing that Tim was MathWiz. Then her brain put the rest of the puzzle together.
"You're Team Alphanumeric." she says in awe.
"That's right." Becky confirms.
"That's why you guys kept popping out at odd moments." Violet states.
"Yeah, but at least Tim was able to come up with better excuses than I ever could." Becky says.
"And Bob must be...,"
"Yep," Tim answers.
"Why...?" Violet begins but Becky stops her.
"Crime fighting has been taking its toll on him. He's only a monkey. He wasn't involved with the invasion though. He and Tim might have to pick up my forced slack though." Becky gripes .
"Why are you guys letting me in on this?" Violet asks.
"You would have found out eventually. You were starting to put the pieces together. It was better in the long run if we just came out and told you. I hope you understand why we hid it though." Becky says willing her best friend to understand.
"It's ok," she says and sits besides Becky, "you had to keep that secret. Has she...,"
"Not yet. When that day does come though, it'll be heck trying to keep up with her." Becky states.
"Awe, is little Carina going to be more powerful than her parents?" Violet asks now talking in baby talk to Carina.

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Across town, a much more depressing scene was taking place. Mr. Big sits in his office trying to figure out what went wrong.
"Everything was perfect. I thought a consolidation of the city's villains was a good idea. The lust ray was a great idea. The hate ray was too, but how could Team Alphanumeric have dismantle us so well?" Mr. Big asks.
"Mr. Big?" Leslie's voice comes over the intercom.
"What is it?" Mr Big says depressed.
"Your...," Leslie begins, but she is cut off by a louder female voice.
"Big!"
"B-B-B-?Big Mama!" Mr. Big stammers out.
"That's right." she says coming into her son's office. She was a large built woman and wore a designer suit.
"Big Mama...," Mr. Big says nervously,, "what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to fix your screw ups!" she rails and throws her son out of his chair. She sits down. "Your mind control schemes haven't worked. Now I'm here to take this city for Big Enterprises."
"B-b-b-b-but mama, Team Alphanumeric...,"
"You should have been making Team Alphanumeric obsolete! You should have made the city completely depend on you and then seize control!" she shouts. "But I'm here now, and I'll be taking over your operations."
"Y-y-y-y-you're firing me?" Mr. Big asks meekly.
"No. You still have your uses. You can stay on as vice president of Mr. Big Inc." she says smiling.
"thank you thank you thank you!" Mr. Big says gratefully. He rushes out and with Leslie in tow, they head for the the unused VP's office. He was scared though. Big Mama was more into the buying and selling of illegal weapons, and security measures. Just how was she going to make Team Alphanumeric obsolete?
"Stanley," Big Mama says over the phone, "setup a meeting with the MacCallister boy. If his mother interferes with your efforts, apply the pressure we discussed about." she says smiling like a vicious animal ready to pounce on its pray. This city would be hers, just like all of the other cities that depended upon her products.

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Author's Ramblings

Thus ends the third season of Team Alphanumeric. Doesn't take too much of a genius to figure out what is going to happen in the fourth season. But, here's more of an explanation anyway.

Tobey will be wooed by Big Mama into producing a robot that on the surface is to help the city police department. This is only a front though as once the city asks for and receives a dozen of the crime fighting machines, their brand of justice goes a little over board.small Small infractions of the law are punished harshly and Team Alphanumeric become outlaws in their own city.

Hopefully, that wets your appetite. If anyone has suggestions to continue expanding this story, just review and let me know.