How can I hear from Uncle Cyrus when you have Steel with the two of you Luis said I think I need to keep it here since it needs to be near Teslaʼs Time Twister for Uncle Cyrus to talk through it Tyler nodded Yeah I agree If we donʼt hear something soon weʼll be going back to school And our dad is afraid weʼre bored so heʼs talking about taking us to a cabin that a friend of his owns Casey said We canʼt leave now You canʼt Time Twist alone My dadʼs been trying to get me to go somewhere away from the house too I told him the three of us might go to the movies today in case he comes home and weʼre not here Luis said You mean like not here or anywhere in this time Casey said If we donʼt go soon Cyrus may really be stuck in the machineʼs pull on time forever That would be awful
Luis opened his mouth to agree when Steel began to shake His tail twisted in a circle and his eyes glowed red Luis grabbed the robot Is that you Uncle Cyrus Steelʼs voice box crackled Yes Luis But you must hurry to the machine I have been sent to another event in time and I need your help Luis and his friends jumped up Okay this is it Maybe if we solve this adventure and find another item from Tesla Uncle Cyrus can finally go home Casey grabbed Steel and took off fast Tyler moved quickly across the grass He could run a lot faster than people gave him credit for Especially when the fifth-grade bully Greg Dover was chasing him Or an Egyptian crocodile-lion-hippo goddess Luis ran to the shed and pulled the strange tree-shaped key from his pocket He fit it into
the large lock turned it and stepped back as sparks shot out and the lock fell to the ground Hurry he shouted to his friends Casey ran into the shed and held the door open for her brother She shut it behind him They walked across the large shed to the tarp-covered machine on its wooden platform Luis and Casey yanked off the tarp Luis set the combination lock on the machine to 10 10 10 Their fathers had used their ages to set it Luis wondered if his dad hadnʼt been thinking hard enough or thought it would be too obvious for Luis and his friends to guess The door of Teslaʼs Time Twister slid open and they went inside They quickly found their seats Luis put his hands on the spot where he had to set the dates on the machine Okay Uncle Cyrus where are you Luis asked What date do we set 8
Steel bumped into the control panel then backed up and rolled forward until it bumped the panel again with its nose The date to set is March 20 2175 Cyrusʼs voice said All right into the future Tyler said Maybe robots will do all our work for us Luis shook his head I hope not How many science fiction movies are there about robots who take over humans Lots He leaned over and set the dials to March 20 2175 He smiled at his friends What kind of problem would they have to solve this time He hoped it wasnʼt more aliens Ready he asked Ready Casey said Oh yeah Tyler added Luis pulled the lever next to the dates The room began to spin He knew it wasnʼt the machine moving Somehow they traveled
