Emptiness. That's what I'm felling right now. Emptiness. But I suppose you would feel that way too if you were locked up in a top secret prison cell the government made just for incredibly vicious people and being stuck here for just over a year. That's right, you read right, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is locked in jail cell for a crime I didn't commit. But then again, you might know about me know. A year ago I was tall, with short brown hair, instead of my usual curl and I had lots of muscles. But now, when you look at me you would think that I was an old man. Because of this hellish place my hair was turned pure white. I also lost a lot of weight and had not grown at all.

But do you know what's worse then being in a cramped jail cell when all they give you is a piece of stale bread and water in a chipped bowl because of crime I didn't commit? The charge is for murder. Yes! They locked me up for the murder of my old crush, Betty Quinlin and fifty other people. But there is something that hurts deeper than the beatings they give us or the incredibly hard chores they make us do. Do you know what it is? It's the fact that your so- called family and friends believed you did the crime and testified against you. Goddard, my best friend in the whole world believed that I did it. Even my then baby brother, Andrew, didn't believe. I know what you're thinking. How could I tell that a little baby didn't believe me? That's an easy question to answer. When he looked at me at my trial, he threw me a glare that still haunts me to this day. That's one of the things that will be burned in my memory. No one in the town of Retroville believed me.

Till this day I still can see the hatred in the eyes and in their words in my nightmares. I wake up and I know I've been screaming because my throat is always sore. There were some times that I believed that I actually did the crime. But then my common sense comes back to me and says that I am innocent.

How could they do this to me? I'm only fifteen and they trialed me as an adult and sent me here to live out the rest of my days. When they sent me here they took all of my gadgets so I couldn't escape and I feel more empty because without my gadgets I feel like I'm nothing.

As the months go past I keep replaying the event that put me here on the first place.

I was in my lab working on my new jetpack when my emergency alarm went off on my computer. It said that Professor Calamitous has stolen a nuclear- power generator and about to destroy the Retroville city hall with the big laser he powered with the generator in his lab.

"Calamitous. How come you couldn't about to destroy the world when I'm at school?" I asked to myself as I got in my rocket and headed for Calamitous's lab. As I was getting in Goddard whimpered.

"Sorry boy, you can't come. You need to rest. You were up all night helping me with my jetpack."

Goddard whimpered but followed my orders. I opened up the roof of the lab and blasted threw the day. I landed in the back of Calamitous's backyard and sneaked into the basement, which was his lab. As I entered the lab, I saw the massive laser pointing at a retractable ceiling and, as I got closer, I heard Calamitous talking to himself.

"Killing the citizens of Retroville will make the world take notice of me and they will pay me lots of… uh… what's that word," he said while hitting his head lightly.

I jumped behind him and said "Money."

"Yes! That's the word thank you," he turned around and said "JIMMY NEUTRON!"

"Nice to see you to Calamitous. Now stop this before I hurt you," I said raising my fist in the air as a threat.

"I would love to do whatever you say but I'm afraid my associate will have some problems with that," he said and snapped his fingers.

I instantly felt someone grab me from behind tightly. I looked over my shoulder and saw that Beautiful Gorgeous was the person who attacked me.

"Good job, daughter," he said and went back to his controls. He pushed one button and

the countdown started.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4…"

"You won't get away with this Calamitous," I said struggling to get out of the strong grab Beautiful Gorgeous trapped me in.

"I've got news for you, Neutron. I already have," he said smirking at me as the retractable roof opened up.

"…3, 2…"

"NO," I screamed at the top of my lungs as I tried with all my strength to break free of the grab one last time, only to have my tries in vain.

"!."

The laser powered up and shot out towards the city hall. I heard and heard the big impact of the laser. I cried a little because I knew I let a lot of people down and let people die. I was so overcome with emotion that I didn't even notice Beautiful Gorgeous give me a shot until I felt that I was about to pass out. I looked up to see Beautiful and Calamitous walking away with a smile on their faces while I heard a loud siren. I also heard the crash of glass then of voices then I heard silence.

I came around to the feeling of someone smacking me on the cheeks.

"Wake up you punk," came a really familiar voice.

I slowly opened my eyes to see the face of Commander Baker. I smiled at him but he didn't return the smile. In fact, he scowled at me.

"What's wrong Commander Baker?"

"What's wrong is that you killed fifty- one people!"

I looked at him like he had grown a second head. "What are you talking about?"

"WHAT I'M TALIKING ABOUT IS HOW YOU HAD AN UNDERCOVER LAB ALL THIS TIME AND KILLED FIFTY- ONE PEOPLE WITH IT!"

"I can't believe that you would think that I would do something like that. It was Calamitous and Beautiful Gorgeous. They killed all those people."

"Don't try to get out of this one Neutron. We found traces of the same substance the nuclear- power generator was made out of on you!"

"I was there to try to stop them from using it."

"We have Beautiful Gorgeous and Calamitous in custody, they can't possibly be behind this. You're lucky Neutron. If it was me being the judge, I would automatically send you to our special jail."

"What are you talking about?"

"There is an emergency court waiting for you so we can begin you trial for this horrible act."

"BUT IT WASN'T ME!"

"Shut up and walk in front of me punk!" he shouted again.

I got up from the bed I was sitting on and went ahead of Commander Baker. We walked out of the room into a white hallway. We followed the white hallway to the end of the hallway where there was a door. I opened the door and found myself in a huge courtroom where most of the people in the town were seated and when they looked at me they started to boo and throw things at me.

It was at least five minutes until the judge banged his gavel and called order to the courtroom. The judge was a short man with no hair and was very red in the face when he was looking at me with his dark beady eyes.

I looked around at the desk where I was stationed and found that there was no lawyer for me. I slowly raised my hands and asked, "Your honor. Where is my lawyer?"

"No one would be stupid enough to take your case, so you're your own lawyer. Now sit down and shut up!"

Other people agreed with him. I was a little worried but not really. I've read some law books and I thought I could defend myself.

"Order! Order!" He turned to face me again and again his face was red when he did. "James Isaac Neutron, you stand before a jury of your peers for the crime of fifty- one counts of murder. How do you plead?"

"Not guilty," I said with confidence. I knew that the truth will set me free and I will be out in no time.

I was wrong on both counts.

"Will the prosecutor please make his opening statement?"

"Thank you, your honor." I looked at the prosecutor and saw that he was a tall, young, handsome looking man with a head full of black hair and blue eyes. He turned and faced the jury. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. I'm here to prove that this person, James Neutron is guilty of killing fifty- one people. I know that the people killed where dear to some of you if not all of you. So let's send this monster to jail where he belongs!"

After his speech everyone was clapping and agreeing with him. It took a good five minutes for everyone to stop clapping.

"Prosecutor, you witness."

"I would like to call to the stand, Cynthia Vortex."

I had a smile on my face. Over the past three years, Cindy and I have become friends. I knew she would be on my side. But when she was walking to the witness stand, she glared at me. I'll never forget that glare. It's one of the things that haunt me in my dreams.

The bailiff put a bible and raised it to her and said "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God?"

"I do."

"Take a seat."

She took a seat and the prosecutor went over to talk to her. "Now Ms. Vortex. How would describe James?"

She turned to look at me with a smile. I thought it was a smile that said 'that I believe you' but I was wrong again.

"I would describe him as being a big-headed, egotistical, know-it-all who only thinks of himself."

"Would you consider him evil and if so evil enough to kill all those people?"

"Yes to both of the questions."

I couldn't believe my ears. My so- called friend just said that I was evil.

"The prosecution rest," the prosecutor said with a smile. So when the prosecutor sat down I was going to ask some good questions. I stood up and was going to do my part for my innocence.

"Ms. Vortex, tell me who has saved the town countless times?"

"You have."

"Who has also saved you countless times?"

"You have."

I had a huge smile on my face. I felt like I had won the lottery. Surely, the citizens of Retroville wouldn't forget all the times I saved the town from destruction. But what Cindy said next I would never forget.

"But all those times you saved us, it was your fault that we got in the situation in the first place."

That felt like a slap in the face for me. I couldn't believe that Cindy really wanted me to be guilty. I couldn't believe that all we went threw, that she wanted me to go to jail. I had to blink to hold back to the tears.

"No more questions," I said in a low whisper and sat down at my desk.

"You may sit down, Ms. Vortex," said the judge kindly.

Cindy sat down and when she passed me, she glared at me again. The prosecutor stood up again and called his next witness.

"I would like to call to the stand Ms. Elizabeth Folfax."

As with me and Cindy, over the years Libby and I have become friends. But what happened with Cindy I thought that Libby wouldn't be by my side.

For the first time, in this courtroom, I was right.

She crossed me without looking me in the face, walked towards the witness stand, and the bailiff picked a bible and raised it to her and said "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God?"

"I do."

"Take a seat."

Libby sat down and the prosecutor stood up and walked towards her.

"Ms. Folfax, would you consider James as an honorable and wonderful citizen of Retroville?"

"No."

"How would you consider him?"

"As a nuance that deserves to be in jail. His inventions that were supposed to help people only make people's lives worse. None of his inventions work. The only one that works is his robot dog," she said pointing to the back where I saw Goddard. She said that with venom in her voice.

The prosecutor sat down and now it was my turn to ask questions.

"Ms. Folfax, I would like to state that some of my inventions work. And I would also like to state that you, yourself, have used some of my inventions and has it ever made your life bad?"

Libby sighed and said, "No."

"In fact, I made you some things and I see you use them everyday. Matter of fact, I see one of my inventions on you right now."

She looked down and saw that she had one of my inventions on her hip. It was a little box that looked a miniature stereo. I mad it so it sounded like a concert in her ear. It was purple and, of course, it had my infamous atom symbol. She looked at me and scowled.

I turned to the judge and said with a smile on my face, "No more questions."

The judge looked at me with a red face and turned to look at Libby and said sweetly, "You may sit down, Ms. Folfax."

Libby, again, walked without looking at me and sat down.

The prosecutor stood up again and said, "I would like to call to the stand, Mr. Carl Wheezer."

I heard Carl stand up and turned to look at him. Like Libby, Carl passed him by without turning to look at him. But I had a huge smile on my face this time. If it was anyone of my friends that could have believed me, it was Carl.

But yet again, I was wrong.

Carl took the stand while the bailiff got the bible and raised it to him and said "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God?"

"I do."

"Take a seat."

Carl sat down as the prosecutor walked over to him.

"Mr. Wheezer," he said very smoothly, "would you think that James is evil?"

"Yes."

It felt like another slap made contact with my face. It was one thing that Cindy and Libby didn't believe me, but Carl was my best friend from the beginning. I would think that he would believe me.

"Would you consider him egotistical?"

"Very."

"How about a know-it-all?"

"More than egotistical."

"Selfish?"

"Always."

I couldn't believe what was happening. One of my best friends in the world just called me an egotistical, selfish, know-it-all. When the prosecutor sat down, it was my turn to ask the questions.

"Mr. Wheezer," I said with a slight frown on my face, "tell me who has helped you with homework when you needed it the most?"

He looked down and said with a sigh, "You did."

"Who has given you money when you needed it?"

"You have."

"When you have a bad day at school and you needed someone to cry on, who was there?"

"You have."

I turned to look at the judge, "No more questions your honor." And I turned and sat in my desk.

He again was red in the face when he looked at me then looked sweetly at Carl, "You may sit down now."

Carl again walked without looking at me. I still couldn't get over the shock that another one of my friends wanted me in jail. It wasn't until the prosecutor called his next witness that I stopped thinking.

"I call to the stand Mr. Sheen Estevez."

I jerked up quickly. Sure Sheen had his moments when he would get off track, but he was a great friend and thought that I could count on him.

Yet again I was wrong.

Sheen, like Cindy, looked at me with a scowl. At that time I knew that none of my so-called friends want me innocent. In their eyes, I was a cold-blooded murder. Again I had to blink away the tears. The bailiff walked over, put a bible by Sheen and raised a bible to her and said "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God?"

"I do."

"Take a seat."

Sheen sat down while the prosecutor stood up and walked over to him. "Mr. Estevez, would you consider James humane?"

"Absolutely not."

"How is he not humane?"

"On all of his experiments, he uses me and Carl as test subjects."

"On all of his experiments?" he asked with surprise.

"On all of his experiments."

The prosecutor sat down with a smug grin on his face. Now it was my turn.

"Mr. Estevez, isn't true that I didn't force you or Mr. Wheezer to be test subjects for my experiments?"

Sheen sighed and said, "Yes."

"And isn't true that you like being my test subject for my experiments?"

He sighed again and said, "Yes."

"And isn't true, Mr. Estevez, that you like my inventions tremendously?"

He sighed again and said, "Yes."

"No more questions, your honor," I said with a smile on my face a mile wide.

The red faced judge turned to Sheen and said in a sweet voice, "You may sit down now, Mr. Estevez."

Sheen walked away without looking at me. The prosecutor stood up and with the same smug smile on his face, he said, "I call to the stand Hugh Neutron." My head jerked up. I knew that my father could be stupid sometimes, in fact all the time, but I have no doubt that my father will believe me.

Yet again I am wrong.

Dad walked right by me and his face showed no emotion. The bailiff put the bible between him and my father and raised a bible to her and said "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God?"

"I do."

"Take a seat."

I still had my huge smile on my face as the prosecutor walked towards my father. "Mr. Neutron, you consider James responsible?"

"No."

The smile disappeared from my face. Something told me that my father, the person who has been there for me for years, didn't believe me.

"Do you believe that he is innocent?"

"No."

That felt like a punch had hit me in the stomach. I thought I had miss heard him but when I looked at the scowl on his face, I knew I heard right.

"Do you think he should be sent to jail?"

"No," I let out a sigh of relieve "I think he should be killed!"

That did it. I let some of the tears I was holding back roll down my face. The prosecutor sat down, still with that smug smile on his face. I sat up and felt wobbly and when I talked, my voice felt scratchy and when he looked up he gave me a horrible scowl.

"Mr. Neutron, who helped you plan and cook for Mrs. Neutron birthday recently?"

"You."

"Would you consider that responsible?"

"Yes," he said with a sigh.

"Did I take care of Andrew when you and Mrs. Neutron were out?"

"Yes."

"Do you consider that irresponsible?"

"No."

"No more questions, your honor," I said without turning around to face the judge and sit in my desk. I rested my head in my hands and closed my eyes. My own father thought I was guilty of murder. Those words just kept replaying in my head and that horrible scowl he gave me. I heard the prosecutor get up and who he called next gave me new hope.

"I call to the stand Mrs. Judy Neutron."

I jerked up and saw my mother. I thought that if anyone could believe, it was my mother. I saw her scowl at me and knew I was wrong. The prosecutor stood up and walked towards her.

"Mrs. Neutron, do you think that your son could commit such a heinous act?"

"That's not possible," she said and I let out a sigh of relief "my only son is just born and that man right there is a stranger to me," she said pointing at me.

That was like someone grabbed a sharp knife and stabbed me in the heart. My own mother, the person whom I loved since birth and believed in me when no one else did, believed that I did this crime. I cried a little and didn't listen to any of the other questions the prosecutor asked my mother. I didn't look up until I heard the prosecutor sit down. I didn't feel like talking. So with a heavy heart, I looked up to the judge and said, "No questions," with a scratchy voice and went back into thinking.

I went quiet. I move until the judge asked the verdict, "How do you find the defendant?"

A middle-aged woman with a few strands of grey hair stood up and said, "We find the defendant guilty as charged."

I didn't react. I couldn't because I didn't feel anything. When I looked up, I saw that the judge was actually smiling since that first time I saw him.

"James Isaac Neutron, I sentence you to life in a top-secret prison. Guards take him away!"

Guards grabbed me from either side and dragged me to another door which eventually led me here.

Well that's my story. I know it's kind of depressing but it's the truth. I'm all alone in this world. No one tried to help me and everyone sent me to jail. I felt so deep in my memory that I didn't even notice my jail cell opened until two burly guys grabbed me and dragged me out of it. They dragged me into a huge white room that was at least the size of a basketball court. As I was dragged in I heard laughter. I looked up and saw Professor Calamitous and Beautiful Gorgeous in the middle and surrounded by at least twenty others all of whom having a nasty looking electric spear. As I looked closer I saw that Cindy, Libby, Sheen, Carl, my father, my mother, Andrew and Commander Baker tied up in the corner looking scared.

Finally Calamitous looked up and saw me. "So glad you can join us, Neutron. It's been over a year since we last saw each other." He then turned to look at the scared group of people that were once my family and friends. "See what your ignorance has done to your once proud hero. You've practically turned him into an old man. Bring him over to them!" he commanded the guards. They dragged me over to them and I saw their scared faces and heard their surprised gasps. It's true I had changed a lot and it's their entire fault!

"You see Neutron," said Calamitous "I brought you here so you could watch your friends and family…"

I quickly grabbed one of the guards electric spears, turned the dial up the max, aimed it at everyone and said "die!" I held the trigger and watch as Calamitous, Beautiful and the rest of the guards got electrocuted to death. And I soon passed out.