Tick Tock, EGG Lives!

Howdy Doody, Listener's! So Gene is gone, Jamba hasn't posted the last couple of shows yet and Erik is bored. Hence my idea. I thought it would be fun to do a choose your own adventure story together and we will vote on our next move...as a family. Our first story will be from R.L. Stine and it is entitled Goosebumps: Tick Tock, You're Dead! Today's is pretty long but they all shouldn't be. Let's begin...

What a crummy vacation! Jamba, his little brother Mamba and his parents, Gene & Erik, have come to New York City for Christmas vacation. Jamba thought he'd get to do a lot of cool things, like visit the Statue of Liberty and ice skate at Rockefeller Center. Instead, Gene & Erik are museum freaks (for some reason).
"It's entertaining," Erik says as he drags Jamba into the Museum of Natural History.
"It's educational," Gene declares as he shows Jamba a collection of ancient pottery.
"It's boring!" Jamba says but Gene and Erik could care less.
And the worst part is that Jamba is supposed to be in charge of his little woolly haired brother Mamba. Only Mamba doesn't want anyone to be in charge of him (can't make this stuff up kids...). "You're not the boss of me!" Mamba keeps saying.
Jamba follows his parents through the Museum of Natural History. At first it is kinda interesting. Jamba really likes the dinosaurs.
"Wait till you see what's in this room!" Erik cries.
Jamba rushes into the next room, expecting something exciting but Erik is standing in front of a sundial. "Isn't this just peachy?" Erik exclaims. "An exhibit on time! OOOOOooooo!"
Great, Jamba thinks. A whole room full of clocks. Boring!
Then Mamba gives Jamba a karate kick in the back of the leg.
"OW!" cries Jamba. "Stop it, you son of a ...."
"You're not the boss of me!" Mamba says smugly.
"Yes, I am!!" Jamba replies, punching him in the arm. Mamba whines and complains to Gene. Jamba can't win!
"I'm thirsty," Mamba says now. Jamba can see that Mamba has eaten almost half a bag of Gummi Bears in less than a minute and Jamba begins to have visions of drowning Mamba in a fountain.
"Can you find a drinking fountain for Mamba, dear?" Erik asks without taking his eyes off a grandfather clock.
"Come on." Jamba grabs Mamba's hand (sexy). But Mamba pulls away and runs off down the hallway. Jamba follows him. The hallway twists and turns. There's no sign of either Mamba or a fountain but near the end of the hall Jamba sees a sign on a door: WARNING! DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT INSIDE. THIS DOOR MUST BE KEPT LOCKED AT ALL TIMES.
Dangerous experiment? What does that mean? Jamba wonders. Jamba notices that the door is slightly open. Oh no! Mamba must have run in here, Jamba thinks.
Jamba pushes open the door wider and peeks in. There's no sign of Mamba. A tall, skinny man with long white hair tied in a pony tail is bent over a computer. The computer is hooked up to a big strange-looking clock. Between the computer and the clock is a large square contraption that looks like a picture frame. Jamba can hear the computer and the clock beeping and pinging.
"It's about time you got here!" the tall man says, straightening up. "I'm Dr. Chuck. You must be the KidsWorld Volunteer."
"Actually," Jamba starts to say, "I'm looking for --"
"There's no time to waste!" Dr. Chuck interrupts. "I'm ready to start the experiment. Come on over."
"Well, I --"
"Here!" he says. He places a chain around Jamba's neck. On the end of the chain is something that looks like a stopwatch. A very, very odd stopwatch, with a complicated-looking dial and four big knobs.
"Are you ready?" Dr. Chuck asks.

--break, Erik has a meeting...ok! I'm back!--

"Ready for what?" Jamba asks.
"Why, to travel in time, naturally," he replies. "You'll be the first human in history use the Living Hope Industries Traveling Chronometer."
"Chronomemter?" Jamba echoes. "What's that?"
Dr. Chuck points to the stopwatch around Jamba's neck.
"I don't have time --" Jamba starts to say but he is interrupted again.
"Of course you have time!" Dr. Chuck goes on. "It don't matter how long you remain in the past or future. When you return to the present, it will be the same moment that you left. It will be as if you weren't gone at all!"
"How does this work?" Jamba asks, pointing to the stopwatch.
"It's easy," says Dr. Chuck. "Press the button on the left side to travel to the past. Press the button on the right for the future. To return to the present, press the top button and the bottom button at the same time."
Cool! Jamba thinks. What if this guys invention really works? Traveling in time would be awesome!
"There's no time to waste!" Dr. Chuck determines. "I'm ready to begin the experiment now."
Jamba thinks for a moment. Dr. Chuck obviously believes Jamba is someone else but a trip through time sounds like a lot of fun. More fun than staring at crappy old bowls all day. And since Jamba'll return at the exact time he left, he'll still be able to find Mamba and return to Erik & Gene before they know anything is wrong.
On the other hand, Mamba is a silly-face and can get into a lot of trouble very fast and Erik & Gene will blame Jamba if anything happens because Mamba is Mamba and nothing can save Jamba there.

Make a decision now. Do you all want Jamba to travel in time or should he go look for Mamba first? Here is your choice, please vote for which you would like...

1) I choose to volunteer Jamba for Dr. Chuck's experiment
2) I choose to make Jamba stay and look for Mamba

Until next time's adventures in reading! ~ E of EGG