The next morning we got up and dressed. Leaving the apartment building we ran into Noah and his wife Kate.

“Hey, you, get over here!” He said.

“What do you want!” I said, coming over to him.

“Nothing, it’s just that you’re walking in a no-walking zone.” He stated, slipping a piece of paper in my pocket.

“A no-walking zone!”

“Yeah, but I’ll let you go this time since you new here. Don’t let it happen again.” I left him and went back to Carrie. We went outside the door.

“What was that all about?” Carrie asked.

“Noah planted a note on me while he was pretending to scold me.”

“Oh, what does it say?”

“Not here, someone might be watching.” We moved into a side street.

“What does it say?”

“‘The Dastardly Duo will try to rob the First National Bank on Tuesday.’ It’s signed Andrew Tucker.”

“So, you now know through normal means where to find the DD. You know, something bothered me when I read your story.”

“What was that?”

“Well, right after the part about the plans the story addressed me.”

“Addressed you?”

“Yeah, first it said hi. Then it told me not to read any farther.”

“Why not?”

“Something that would cause you not to enact the plan, and that the plan was too important for you not to enact.”

“That’s odd.”

“I didn’t read it.”

“Good. What ever it is, if I think that I will change my mind if I hear, then I probably will.”

“Right. What shall we do for the next few days?”

“What do you people do for fun?”

“Go to the 80’s place.”

“The 80’s place?”

“Yeah. It’s the place where capitalism was at its strongest before President Bill Clinton turned us over to socialism. It’s the last place of true prosperity.”

“Wow! Let’s go then.” I said. Walking to this place I saw the First National Bank. Over by it was a construction site. “Darling, what’s going on over there?” I asked Carrie.

“It looks like there has been a break in the tunnels. That’s the repair crew.”

“When will it be fixed by?”

“Probably sometime next week. The repair crews are very inefficient in the twenty-first century.”

“Here we are. It says that the DD will be robbing a bank on the other side of the moon. And that you got the info from this chapter!”

“So we’ll just be there to stop them. What’s my plan?”

“Julie and her husband are inside as tellers, Ryan is getting a loan, Noah and Kate are outside, and you and I are getting a mortgage, and Jenn is calling the police.”

“When does it say this will happen?”

“Next week Tuesday.”

“And what’s today?”

“Wednesday.”

“Well, I might as well enjoy what little time I have in the future.” We shut off the book, not thinking to look at what would happen in the next six days!

When it came time for dinner, I was ordered to change into those matching colored clothes. Boy what a shock. It was like one full suit of one color. We went to dinner and had the local delicacy, moon-rock pasta. Swell. The night time came, and we wandered the streets of the city. As we came to an alleyway, a man jumped out of a side street with some sort of gun in his hand. “Give me your card.”

“Why?”

“Because I’ll shoot you if you don’t.”

“I think you’d better do it, darling.” Carrie stated.

“Are you kidding!!” I said.

“I’d listen to the little lady.”

“Maybe your right.” I said, turning around. As I tuned around, I gave him a kick in the jaw, just like Noah had taught me all those years ago. He dropped the gun and fell on the ground. “Now, sir, what’s your name?”

“The name’s Tucker, Andrew Tucker.”

“Tucker, eh?”

“Adam, this is the person who gives you the info on the DD!” Carrie whispered to me.

“I’ll make you a deal Mr. Tucker.”

“And what’s that?”

“I won’t turn you in, if you give me any and all info you have on the Dastardly Duo.”

“The who??”

“Dastardly Duo. Don’t play dumb, I know that you know where they are.”

“I don’t at the moment, but I could check my connections.”

“Okay, then do it. Here’s my address. And don’t worry. If you don’t show up in three days, I’ll tell the cops.”

“The who??”

“Cops, police, you know, those who enforce the laws.”

“Oh! You mean Security officers! A lot they can do.”

“Well, you had better do it!”

“Okay It’s a deal.” He said, disappearing down the side street.

“Adam, you had better watch your language. We don’t have policemen anymore.” Carrie stated.

“Well, how was I to know that!” I responded.

“Well, now you do!” She said. We returned to the apartment and went to sleep.

“Do you like it?” She giggled. “This clothing I’m wearing means that I am married. Your suit is the same color.”

“Why?”

“So people will know that we are married.”

“But won’t some colors be the same.”

“No, not for miles. Each couple in each area is assigned a different shade, hue, or tint.”

“Wow. Ryan said that you knew who our contacts were.”

“My Aunt Jenn is down a floor with her husband, John. Aunt Julie with her husband George across the hall. Uncle Noah and his wife, Kate, are the Security Guards.”

“Who am I supposed to be?”

“You’re Adam Schofield, and I’m your wife Carrie Chapman-Schofield.”

“Why Chapman-Schofield?”

“We needed my name to change in case the DD scans my background, they won’t find that I’m a Schofield. That’s also why all the people here are descendants from your daughters Jennifer and Kristen.”

“Okay! I think I’ve got the picture. What’s our cover?”

“We’re newlyweds, you are a up-and-coming author, and I am your inspiration.”

“What am I currently writing?”

“The Mystery of the Disappearing Damsel in Distress.”

“You mean, I finished the Mystery of the Purloined Palette!”

“Yes, but you were going to wait to publish it after you were married. What with the time distortion and all, it never got published.”

“What?!!”

“Yes. I still have the original copy on 5.25″ floppy disc!”

“Wow.”

“Now, you had better re-write them and say they were about a famous detective with your same name. Say that you have done intensive research on the subject.”

“Wait just a second.”

“What?”

“If I’ve finished the book, that means that in it we can read how to find the Double D and everything! You know, I think I know why I never published it.”

“Why’s that?”

“Because, who would believe this, they would think I was a lunatic. When did I finish it?”

“1982. It wasn’t until 1981 when the game tried to kidnap the real you that your memory was allowed to return. But enough about your past, you won’t remember until then anyway. Let’s see if we can access that book.” She said. Going over to a nearby computer she put in a disc. The computer opened the file and found the chapter in which catching the Double D was all explained. It was entitled : Chapter 12: The Capture of the Dastardly Duo. What a catchy title. The funniest thing was reading of our previous conversation. This book was over seventy years old and it had everything we said and did written in it!