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This began on a typical Wednesday in the Copper Household, specifically in the afternoon. In the living room, the Copper kids (well, eight of them. One more was coming) watched a baking show called Cookies Of The Colossus, where their favorite baker, Miss Spritz, was up against her rival, Pam Pounder.
"Now," The announcer whispered, "Thes two ladies have made their dishes." The Clone 9 crew watched in anticipation. "Spritz has got a delicious peppermint, chocolate, and lemon cake, while Pam has her flavorful Pounder Cream Puffs." The ladies look at one another with contempt in their eyes as the judges sampled their respective dishes. "Mmm," the first judge, a blonde wearing a puce-colored suit, mumbled, "This cake is absolutely EXQUISITE!" She squealed. While the second judge, a well-built man in a royal blue suit, took a bite out of one of Pam's cream puffs. "And this cream puff is FASCINATING." He shouted in joy.
The Clone 9 Crew watched as the two judges whispered among themselves, with Joey unknowingly morphing into different animals, Zack almost causing the couch to freeze, and Tyler growing a small plant from the wooden floor. "And the winner is-." However, before the Clone 9 Crew could learn who won, the T.V, and by extension, the power, turned off. "AAWWWW, COME ON!" Joey yelled as the rest voiced their frustrations, except for Henry, who was preoccupied with his toy train.
"It was JUST getting to the good part!" Andy growled, slamming his fist hard on the armrest, it lightly catching on fire. "Greetings, eight siblings." A voice said from the right it being revealed to be Stanley, standing on the upmost step leading upstairs. The rest turned their heads to him, with either anger or confusion on their faces, while Henry looked at him happily.
"What's up, dude?" Zack asked, wondering what Stanley was up to. "And why?" Andy added, sounding more annoyed than Zack. "I would like all to follow me upstairs to my lab. It is very important." The 12-year-old inventor said, smiling down at his siblings. "Okay!" Henry chirped, getting up and walking towards his big bro. Then, Rosie stopped the 7-year-old by picking him up, lightly heaving, while Henry accepted it with a smile on his face. "Um, what is this thing that's so important?" the 12-year-old girl asked with a quizzical tilt. All her brother did was tilt his head up towards the upstairs.
"Uh, okay then." Danny said, a little uneasy, as he got up, walking towards the steps with Rosie, Henry comfortably in the latter's arms. After they looked at one another, the rest followed them up the steps to Stanley's lab. Once they got there, they looked to see a circular contraption with a sign reading Copper Universal Portal. "Um, w-what is that." Mike asked worried, hiding behind Zack. "This, my brother, is a device that will let us travel to different universes!" Stanley said, causing everyone to look at the contraption with awe, with Andy even looking at it with some level of enthusiasm. "Specifically, it's a portal," Stanley noted, "as when I put in the correct coordinates..." The inventor muttered, typing something into the back of the portal. A few seconds later, the portal sprung to life, swirling with yellow whisps coming out of it. "WHOA!" Joey gasped, everyone else sharing the same sentiment."Portal looks so pretty!" Tyler whispered, his eyes shining with happiness. "Now then, everyone," Stanley said, getting in front of his eight other siblings, "We need to be careful. Who knows what lies beyond this portal." He warned as everyone looked at the portal. "Well, here goes nothing," Danny said, uneasily, before he and his siblings walked into the portal.