Synopsis: Cindy Vortex is a successful Oncologist who finds out she has a terminal case of rare cancer. Knowing this, she seeks out her first love slash ex-boyfriend and struggles to turn him into the best father possible for her daughter.

Cindy Vortex- an Oncologist, she is a 35 year-old single mom who loves her daughter dearly, she can be snobbish and impatient.

Jimmy Neutron- an Automotive Engineer, he's 35 and lives alone.

Macy- Cindy's daughter. She has short brunette hair and deep blue eyes just like her father, it is said that her real father is dead, she is also stubborn and snobbish just like her mother.

Libby- She tends to give good advice to her friends.

Sheen- Libby's husband, He would always appear when Jimmy is conflicted, Jimmy also talks to him about his makeshift family.

Lily- Cindy's friend who is also a doctor. She is the only one who knows Cindy has cancer.

Henry- Cindy's trainee who likes her as a woman even after knowing she has a child.

Adam- Jimmy's close friend at his workplace.

Belle- She is 2 years older than Jimmy but always tries to flirt with him.

Hugh- Jimmy's supportive father

*More characters might/will be introduced as the story progresses. From the series or from this universe.

Disclaimer: I don't own Jimmy Neutron. If I were the owner, all episodes would have been more or less, similar to Stranded. *wink wink

There were a total of 2 police cars chasing them from behind. The metallic gray vehicle swerved around the street going from line 1 to line 3.

"Almost there, almost there!" The driver yelled while making sure the passenger beside her was still sitting tight. The brunette, ocean-eyed little girl sitting beside the driver looked behind them.

"They're still chasing us, mom! And I'm almost late for school!"

"Just a little more sweety!" Cindy Vortex swiftly turned right and entered the school's entrance. The little girl quickly unfastened her seatbelt and unlocked the car door. She went out and was about to run when Cindy called her not to say goodbye but...

"Macy, your book!" Cindy threw a big, thin white book to her daughter who was already late for class.

"Thanks a lot, mom!" Cindy did not know if it was supposed to be a remark of sarcasm or genuine gratefulness. But that's Macy Vortex for her.

Cindy was about to close the window when 4 police officers approached her vehicle.

An alarm clock started to ring, then 2, then 3, then 4, then, he grumpily sat up straight on his bed. "Here's to another day," He sighed and closed his eyes. He went out of his bed and brushed his brown hair lightly as he turned all of his alarm clocks off. He stared at his bathroom mirror for a moment, noticing his usual unkempt apperance.

He put on his clothes and went to work.

"What are you saying? What do you mean I have one month left to live?" The patient blinked multiple times rapidly. Her eyes began to bulge bigger and bigger until tears started to flow.

The doctor remained silent and did not feel any sympathy at all for her patient. It was as if she was so used to telling other people how much time they still have left to live that she has become numb. It was part of her everyday life.

"You have a month to live," She repeated.

"But the other doctor said I can still receive treatment, I can still be cured!" The hopeless patient pounded on the desk of the doctor.

"She said nothing was certain!" The patient, who was understandably upset, added. She was trying to convince herself more than the doctor.

"It's for sure, ma'am. There was not any misdiagnosis, nor any miscalculations."

"Who do you think you are?!" The patient finally burst, she stood up and grabbed the doctor's white coat.

"Who do you think you are?! Are you a god? You think you are a god?! You think you can just tell people how much time they have left to live?! Well not to me! Not to me! You're just a quack doctor what do you know? Do you even know a mother's heart? Do you? You don't! You freaking don't! You're just a heartless wench!" The lady yanked Cindy's hair that was formerly neatly tied in a ponytail. She shaked and wiggled her shoulders until Cindy felt all dizzy and she could not look at the lady's eyes. She understood what the lady meant. She is, after all, a mother herself. Cindy struggled to keep her mouth shut.

After her clinic hours, Cindy proceeded to the ladies' bathroom. One of her fellow doctors was in there washing her hands, she smiled at Cindy.

"What are you smiling at?" Cindy replied bluntly.

The red-haired doctor's smile faded.

"I know you were the one who gave false hope to my patient earlier just so she can get mad at me and I can be demoted. You think I don't know you?" She smirked, she grabbed the red-head's hair and pulled her into one of the cubicles. Cindy almost dunked the doctor's head into the toilet when Cindy stopped but continued to pull her hair.

"Why? Did the chief doctor tell you to do it so he can get promoted when I get demoted? You really think he will take you as his underling? Oh please!" Cindy yanked the doctor's hair once more as she screamed for dear life.

"Don't worry! I'll be the chief doctor no matter what happens! Understand?" Cindy let go and went out.

"So young and yet so cunning! What in the world!" She mumbled to herself.

"Doctor Vortex?" A man's voice called out.

"Yes, Henry, what can I do for you?" Cindy smiled faintly as she walked towards him.

"Couldn't you be more tactful with your patients-I mean-"

"This issue again?" Cindy's smile fainted.

"Well, I mean, you're my mentor and all, I'm supposed to learn from you but-"

"Talking tactfully only gives them false hope, nothing more, nothing less," Cindy looked away.

"Well, since you're a very strong supporter of honest, unfiltered talking, let me tell you one," Henry started.

"I like you, I really like you Doctor. A lot," Henry looked at Cindy straight in the eye and anticipated a sensible answer. Instead, Cindy kicked him in the shin with her super pointy, super sharp black studded stiletto. "Ouch!"

"How many times do I have to reject you? I have almost no time to raise a kid, how am I even supposed to take care of another one? Let alone a big one?!" Cindy hissed.

"Who?"

"You! Dummy! And make sure I don't ever see that red head again in the operating room, or during my rounds or conferences! You don't know what I can do to her!" Cindy walked out.

"Hey are you learning martial arts, doctor?! You're a bit too violent sometimes, don't you think so too? Doctor Vortex! Wait for me!"

Another doctor called Doctor Callum approached Cindy and reminded her of tonight's plans.

"You didn't forget tonight's meeting with one of the stockholders, right?"

"Of course! Of course I didn't! Why would I?" Truthfully, Cindy has forgotten all about it. "Shoot...what about Macy?" Cindy thought.

"Remember, he can help you with your promotion, so don't mess this up," The doctor gave her two thumbs up and walked away.

Afternoon came, and Cindy decided it was time to fetch Macy from school. She arrived there just in time to see Macy staring longingly at other kids who had both parents to fetch them. Cindy sighed but put on a smile as she greeted Macy.

"Hey!"

"Hey mom," Macy looked down.

"What's up? Is it the matter again?" Macy knew what her mother was talking about. How can she not? One of them always brings it up every day, it has become like a normal issue for the two of them.

"Well, yeah, what else is new," Macy answered lamely.

"But don't worry mom! I have accepted a long time ago that daddy's up there, I mean, we're not really sure if there is one, but I'm sure he's looking over us. So technically, I still have two parents, right?"

Cindy just smiled.

A phone call from Doctor Callum interrupted their conversation and reminded her yet again about the plan tonight.

"Hey, I'll see you later at home, okay? I'll try to go home as early as possible," Cindy remarked.

"That's a promise!"

Cindy pulled out of their driveway and brought Macy home. After that, she proceeded to go to the so-called tonight's plan with a few doctors and one sleazy stockholder. She found herself parking in a karaoke TV bar that looked semingly friendly.

"Hey, hey! Doctor Vortex is here! We have to level up the party!" Doctor Callum remarked as he eyed all the other doctors present in the small room. Doctor Henry was also there. Cindy smugly looked at the stockholder who was already a bit tipsy.

"Is she Cindy Vortex?" The rude stockholder eyed her with curiosity and as much as Cindy hated to admit it, lust. She wobbled and felt goosebumps on her arms and legs. She smiled crookedly and sat on the couch maintaining a safe distance from the old man. He approached her.

"I heard you've been eyeing the chief physician position?" The old man started, Cindy eyed him with disgust. She tried to control herself for the sake of her career.

The man whose breath was stinking like smoke, started to make improper advances to Cindy, much to Cindy's chagrin. The other doctors did not notice what was happening, it was dark and they were all having their own fun, singing and dancing. Cindy felt fingers running through her pencil skirt, and then her shoulder blade. She could not keep it anymore, and so she wrestled with him and yanked his necktie to the ground. Cindy's co-doctors looked at her, she glared at them.

"Continue singing or else!" Cindy yelled, still glaring at them.

It was either they were scared of Cindy, or they did not really care because they really continued singing.

Cindy pulled the struggling man to the men's bathroom and tied his necktie tightly to one of the fountain faucets as he continued yelling for dear life, even threatening her she'll get demoted.

"I don't really think someone like you has a say about the things going on in the hospital, well, better luck next time!" Cindy left him in a very difficult position, even she was wondering how he would help himself.

Cindy dialed Macy's number as she started to go back to the karaoke room to get her things. Nobody was in there anymore.

"Hey sweetie? I'll be home in a bit, want me to buy you anything? Brownies? Ice cream? Pizza?"

"No thanks mom, I'm good...Mom? Mom? Moom?"

Macy heard Cindy's phone fall and crash to the ground, a dead silence was everything she could hear after that.

Cindy found herself lying on a hospital bed rather weak and stiff. She sat up straight and saw a woman facing her back to her.

"Doctor Vortex?" She faced her.

"Lily! What happened to me? I felt intense abdominal pain and then after that I don't know, I think I just fainted." Cindy said, all unworried.

Silence...

Silence...

Lily gulped before speaking. "You have gastrinoma, and it has distantly spread to the other parts of your body. As seen from the CT scan, your liver in particular seems to be very much at risk. The tumour is malignant, and-" Doctor Lily was cut off by Cindy, who already knew what she meant.

Cindy blinked back tears as she looked away. "It's the final stage?" She glanced at Lily for further confirmation.

"I'm so sorry to say this Doctor Vortex, but you have stage 4 gastric cancer."

...

"How long can I- You know what I mean, the years."

"One year, max."

Cindy was incredibly shocked. "One year?" Cindy felt rather weak and disheartened. For her, one year sounded such like a very short time.

"What about treatments? Chemotherapy, radiation, surgery! There's a lot of options right?" Macy Vortex was all Cindy could think about.

"You know the answer to that doc, surgery will be unfeasible because it has distantly spread, while chemo and radiation...Well, you know it can only give a month or two. There's also the possibility of suffering from tumour recurrence after treatment."

"Lily, you were once under me. Do me a favour and erase all my records, I want absolutely nobody to know about this."

Author's Note: I'm sorry if it's not good thanks for dropping by! :)