The Adventure Club Page #6

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Oh, don't I?

Oh, god, I just love this kid's timing.

It's impeccable.

What do we got?

You know what?

Penelope ain't so bad.

Yeah! Nice.

- Uh, Mr. Langley, sir?

- Yeah.

I was just wondering if you were gonna

follow through on your end of the deal.

What exactly is

my end of the deal?

You promised me one of

your wishes if I helped you.

- No, I didn't.

- Yes, you did.

No, I didn't.

Look, well, if I did, I lied.

Just chalk it up to a valuable lesson

in a life of crime. Now, beat it.

You guys wait here.

I've got this.

Are you sure?

Yeah. It's my wish. I've got

to take care of this myself.

- Good luck.

- Go get 'em, Ricky!

Now, we're talking.

Phase one of my master plan.

It's not working.

Why isn't it working? What's wrong

with this thing? Why isn't it working?

Because you forgot

one very important detail.

Ricky. You brought

Ricky into this?

You brought Ricky into this?

The box only grants wishes

to the pure of heart.

Come on, man, the pure of heart? Enough

with the fairy tale crap. Really?

Mom, are you okay?

Yes, sweetheart, I'm fine.

I still have one last wish

granted to me.

And I'm willing to make a deal.

I'll agree to wish for you

to have unlimited wishes,

giving you complete

control over the box.

Be careful, Ricky.

Hold on a minute.

What are your terms?

I only have one condition.

You free my mom

and let us go forever.

That's two conditions.

Think about it, Langley. Anything

you've ever wanted... for eternity.

All right, you have a deal.

But I wanna see you write it

down with my own eyes.

Fair enough.

No, I want to dictate it. That way I'm

sure that the wording is correct.

"I hereby wish

for Michael Carruthers..."

don't say it... "Langley...

To have unlimited wishes

for all time in perpetuity."

- That's p-e-r-p...

- I got it.

- Satisfied?

- Yes, very.

All right, come on.

Let's get on with this shindig.

Give me the keys

to the cuffs first.

No, make the wish first.

You think I'm stupid?

No, I don't. That's really...

He's a smart kid.

Hey, that... hey! Hey! Hey!

Ricky!

How did you do this?

Disappearing ink.

Good ol' Ozzie

came through again.

That wish box is mine!

That wish box

doesn't belong to anyone.

No human should

possess this kind of power.

Which is exactly

why I should have it.

God, you are your

grandfather's grandson.

I am my grandfather's grandson.

And I'm proud of that.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

How are you?

I think I'll live.

You good? I'm glad. I'm not okay.

Not okay here. I'm not fine.

We're not done.

We're not done, you and me.

I'm so sorry, mom.

What?

When I finally realized I could use it

to help you save the science museum,

it was too late.

I feel like I let you down.

Oh, Ricky, no, you didn't.

There is nothing more important

to me in this world than you.

Naturally, I had

everything under control.

That's him right there,

officers.

Oh, thank god you guys are here.

Yeah.

I know I'm the last guy you

probably want to talk to right now,

but I just wonder if you'd give

me a chance to explain myself.

Mom.

I'll keep this in

a safe place, miss young.

Thanks, Curtis.

The truth is, is that I'm an archaeologist,

like your grandfather, Ricky.

The only difference is that

I got involved with some guys

that I thought were legit, but they

turned out to be gangsters who sold stuff

on the black market,

namely Langley.

He was looking for

this precious artifact.

The wish box.

Yeah.

He told me that all I had to do

was get close to this woman...

And her son and find out anything

I could, and if I did that,

then he'd let me

go free forever.

It seemed so easy.

That is until I met

that woman...

And her son.

I fell in love

with both of them.

Hey, you blew it, kid.

You had your chance.

You haven't heard the last

of me, Ricky Martin.

I'll see ya in the big house, where you

belong. Oh, and Jane, don't wait for me.

Live your life,

you rambling rose.

Martin, don't listen to him.

Langley blackmailed you.

He's the one that

should go to jail, not you.

Besides, we're a family now.

You really think so?

Yeah.

But I'm not the one

you have to convince.

Hey, that was awesome

what you did back there.

Yeah, well done, bro.

It was all of us, team effort.

Score one for

the adventure club.

Is there anything else

I need to know?

No. I mean, let's be honest, I was

never a very good criminal anyway.

I mean, look at me.

I just wanted to say, good job. And

that I'm sorry for everything.

You guys were right. All I really

wanted was to be part of the club.

Thanks, Seth.

You know what?

You are part of the club.

Well, unfortunately, you guys, I think

that I'm gonna have to concede defeat.

There is no way that I'm gonna be able to

raise enough money by the end of the month

to save the science museum.

You know, sometimes you can't

make all your wishes come true.

Don't say that.

"True wishes

are granted from within."

Maybe we can.

What do you mean?

I think I understand what

grandpa meant by this note.

At first, I thought he meant

from within the wish box,

but he didn't, because

those aren't true wishes.

True wishes are granted

from within yourself.

It's up to you to make

your wishes come true.

Don't you see? We can

save the science museum.

All right, folks, single

file, single file.

Let's keep everything moving

in an orderly fashion.

Isn't this amazing? How are we doing?

Good. Okay.

Sorry.

I gotta say,

this is pretty amazing.

All this thanks

to our first adventure.

It took a while,

but it was a doozy.

I'll say.

My only question is,

what adventure are we

gonna go on next?

I'm sure something will come up.

You guys are the kids who

recovered the wish box, right?

That's right.

That was pretty amazing.

Thanks. Who are you?

I work for an agency called the

international artifact society.

We work with archaeologists

around the world

recovering lost, precious relics and ensuring

they do not fall into the wrong hands.

In fact, we did a lot of work

with your grandfather.

- Really? -Someone you know thought

that maybe we should meet.

It's really nice seeing you follow

in your grandfather's footsteps.

All of you, keep up

the good work.

- We'll be in touch.

- Thank you.

Look at this.

That was so cool.

Super cool!

Long live the adventure club.

Bam!

Zing.

Adventure club!

Hmm.

- That's it.

That's all I got.

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