It was a calm, June afternoon in Retroville. School had just gotten out for summer vacation which gives Jimmy a lot more time to work on his experiments. He's been working nonstop in his lab all day. He was in complete focus. In fact, he was a bit startled to see Cindy's and Libby's faces suddenly appear on the huge monitor that displayed at the head of the lab. They were outside, pounding on the door; Cindy more so than Libby.
"Neutron we're here! Open up!" Cindy was extremely impatient, especially when it came to Jimmy.
"Oh Cindy, Libby," Jimmy pressed the bright blue button on his computer keyboard to activate the door mat entrance. It caught Cindy and Libby by surprise as they started sliding down the large tubes that led to Jimmy's lab.
"Alright Neutron, tell us why we're here," Cindy said as her and her best friend cleaned themselves off from the tube ride.
"Well I was expecting Carl and Sheen to get here first, but I guess I can show you girls now while we wait for them," Jimmy led the girls to the other side of the lab where he was working on one of his most famous inventions.
"Do you remember the Interdimensonal Portal? It could take us to any dimention we choose in under a few seconds,"
"You mean how we were able to Timmy's dimension!?" Cindy's faced glowed
"Not just Timmy's, I've been able to locate over 20 other dimensions we could visit," he proclaimed. Jimmy turned on the portal and let the girls get a glimpse of all the different dimensions they would be able to visit.
Cindy was surprisingly excited to see where they would be able to go. Libby however, spotted something that caught her attention on Jimmy's work table. She walked over to get a better view.
"Hey Jimmy, what's this?"
It was a standard, see through jar. One that kids use to catch fireflies in the dawn of summer. Only this jar was flashing with five glowing orbs in five bright colors; red, black, green, pink, and yellow. They bounced off the sides of the jar out of control creating a rainbow pattern.
Jimmy leaped in front of Libby blocking her view of the orbs.
"Don't touch those!" he yelped. "These are my highly advanced skill ameliorator,"
Libby jumped back in surprise. "Alright, alright, jeez,"
Cindy met up with Libby to see what they were rambling about. "Aren't these the things you brought to show and tell one day?"
"No those were my unstable molecules. These are skill ameliorators, they higher the normal being's skills or talents up to 75%. I made one for all of us, including Carl and Sheen," Jimmy explained
"That means I'll be a sure win at my karate competitions!" Cindy said excitedly.
"And I'll be a wiz at playing any song on any instrument I can get my hands on," Libby sassed.
"Absolutely, but they're not quite done yet. They could be highly dangerous, so it's best not to touch them." Jimmy walked back to remain with his interdimensional portal.
"Gas planet, there's a screw loose. Be right back, I left my screw driver in the other room," Jimmy left through the sliding doors, leaving Cindy and Libby alone.
"Y'know Libby, this may be the only time I'll ever be excited about one of Nerdtron's inventions. I mean a karate champion and I may get to see Timmy again!" Cindy squealed.
"And that may be the only time I'll ever hear you say you're excited about one of Jimmy's inventions," her friend remarked.
Cindy and Libby browsed around the lab waiting for Jimmy's return.
"But King Cranium better hurry, I'm not getting any younger," Cindy complained.
Cindy stopped her ranting when a high pitched, annoying but familiar voice buzzed through her ears. The lab monitor shot awake and shown before her olive- green eyes was the hyperactive, superhero loving pal of Jimmy's, which only made her mouth sink lower to her chin. She let out a soft groan to prove her displeasement.
"Hey Jimmy! It's me Sheen! Let me in!"
"Do we have to?" Cindy muttered.
"Oh come on, we need Carl and Sheen so Jimmy can take us to Dimmsdale," Libby returned.
Cindy rolled her eyes at her friend's witty remark and clenched her fists. She dragged her feet across the floor to Jimmy's large- monitor computer and slammed on the blue button to let Sheen in. She had the same reaction as the girls as he was shot down the large orange tubes into Jimmy's lab.
"Sorry I'm late, I was watching Ultralord episode 178 when Ultralord vs. the alien mutated gnomes from planet Gnomia!" She walked swiftly towards Libby. He slicked his hair back and placed his arm around her.
"Hey Libby, I couldn't help but notice you glimmering in the bright dayli- OH COOL GUMBALLS!" Sheen released Libby from his arm and sprinted towards the brightly colored jar.
"Uh Sheen, I wouldn't if I were you," Libby said nervously.
She was struggling to pull the lid off the jar. "Relax babe, they're just gumballs that had a little too much sugar, and I want the red cherry one!"
"It's not gum you idiot, its Jimmy's skill improver pod things," Cindy snapped.
It was too late. Sheen was able to slip the lid right off the jar. He went flying to the floor, lid in hand. The five beaming pods escaped the secured preserve of the crystal jar. They flew rapidly across the large room, bouncing off the walls with neon comet tails of their respected colors in separate paths. Each pod glowed light colored auras outlining each one with a white center. Jimmy entered the room right on cue to see what chaos Sheen has caused.
"Sheen! What did you do!?" Jimmy ignored his own statement. There obviously was no time for an explanation. "Everybody take cover!"
Sheen grabbed Libby and hid under Jimmy's lab desk. Cindy ducked as four out of the five pods came her way and bounced their way into the portal from different directions. Cindy shot up feeling that she was safe. She let out a low gasp and looked over her shoulder.
"Cindy! The red one!" Sheen wouldn't let Libby out of his grip to save her friend from the flaming red pod that was speeding right at her.
"Cindy!" Jimmy jumped in front of her, protecting her from the rabid pod that had her locked on target. The pod struck Jimmy right in the chest, like it entered his body.
"Neutron!" Cindy stepped out from behind her large headed savior and covered her mouth with her hands in astonishment. Sheen and Libby remained unmoved from under the table and silently watched from a distance.
A bright red aura slowly formed around Jimmy. He couldn't move, the pod had taken over. He opened his eyes. The vision of red quickly ringed around the blue sapphire of his eyes and vanished within seconds. Suddenly the redness of the pod collected itself at the pit of Jimmy's body and shot out the center of his back at the speed of light into the portal. The clean- swirled hair victim fell stomach first on the cold hard floor of the lab.
No one spoke a word. Sheen and Libby crept out from their exposed hiding place to get a closer look at the pod's results. Cindy knelt down by Jimmy and examined his motionless body, well besides his chest which was pounding in and out. This brought Cindy great relief to know that her savior was still alive, but other thoughts about the situation scattered throughout the core of her brain. Was Jimmy alright? Did she really care? Where did the other pods go? What form of murder was she about to use on Sheen?
"J- Jimmy? Are you ok?" Cindy asked concerned. Sheen ran away from Libby's side and met Cindy and his un-moving friend.
"JIMMY! WAKE UP!" Sheen shook Jimmy's shoulders to bring his conscious back to life.
"Sheen put him down, let him recover on his own," Libby calmly but nervously demanded.
Sheen obeyed Libby's command and gently placed Jimmy down. Very soon after, Jimmy was able to lift himself up and position himself so he was sitting upright. He opened his eyes and rubbed his head. He felt very dizzy for whatever reason.
"Neutron! Thank goodness you're ok!" Cindy lifted herself on her feet and lent Jimmy a hand to lift him up. "Not that I care or anything," she faked a laugh.
Jimmy shook his head to get familiar to his surroundings. He stared up at Cindy and put on a nerdy smile.
"Well hai there purdy lady!" Jimmy scooted awkwardly closer to Cindy until she pushed him away with the tip of her finger. "What's your problem Freakazoid?"
"It's time for my loopy dance!" Jimmy announced. "I'm loopy! I'm loopy! I'm loopy, loopy, loopy….!" He continued his singing and dancing leaving Cindy, Libby, and Sheen in shock of confusion.
"Alright! Stupid Jimmy's back!" Sheen cheered.
"That red pod must've had some strange reaction on him." Libby suggested.
"Gee, no kidding," Cindy watched Jimmy sing and dance like an idiot into the lab desk knocking everything off, including himself. He laid in the rummage with his eyes crossed and his right hand gripped onto his tongue. He used his legs and available arm to make a 'snow' angel in the mess. He chuckled out loud.
"He's completely lost it," Cindy complained.
"I think the pod altered his personality or something," Libby suggested.
"Oh, I don't know. I guess it depends on where the other pods hit to find out –"
"Yes! We're going dimension jumping!" Sheen interrupted. "Where are we going first?"
"The pods could have gone anywhere, so let's try here," Cindy stopped the portal on one odd looking location.
"Here we go Jimmy on an adventure!" Sheen pulled Jimmy up and pushed him through the portal with him following behind. Libby and Cindy followed behind. The adventure has officially began.
