This is a tale of romance and dedication to one's heart

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Goddard To The Rescue

Goddard gave a sigh as he watched the bus pull off around the corner. Amazingly, Jimmy had actually caught it this time. Goddard was feeling very upset, not that Jimmy didn't need him to help him to school today, but for the reason that Jimmy had caught the bus. Jimmy had actually agreed to sit with Cindy on the bus that day. "There's precisely a seventy-three chance that their relationship will become better today." Goddard thought to himself jokingly. He had a habit of thinking in logistics. It hadn't been so long ago that Jimmy and Cindy had ended their fighting and became great friends. It had been obvious that they were developing feelings for each other. Goddard found that out the hard way when Jimmy accidentally scorched his posterior while gawking at Cindy. The two of them were growing ever closer together with each passing day, and that was why Goddard was depressed. It wasn't that Jimmy was now friends with his former enemy, Goddard was actually happy that those two were now together. It wasn't even that he was worried that Jimmy would forget about him, Goddard knew that was never possible. What was eating him was the fact that Jimmy had someone, and he…. he had no one.

There was only one soul that Goddard had ever fallen in love with. Her name, her name was the most beautiful sound in the world…. Roxy. Roxy was a gorgeous alien poodle that could be described as the very definition of the word beautiful. Right from the moment Goddard had laid his visual sensors on her he had fallen head over tail in love with her. Roxy had been the pet of a cold-hearted alien junk merchant simply referred to as The Junkman, and when he had first met her she had been as hostile as The Junkman himself. However it was his affections for her that helped her turn her soul around. And just at the height of their understanding had she been taken away from him. Ever since that day, Goddard had made a vow that if he ever saw that green-faced junk-pile jerk again he would de-atomize him on sight. But now two years had gone by since then and he had begun to lose all hope that he would get a chance to exact his revenge, or see Roxy again. Goddard sighed in frustration and began to walk to the lab. The word played over and over again in his head, "ALONE." Was that what he was doomed to be forever? No, He'd always have Jimmy, Sheen and Carl, Vox, and perhaps even Cindy. They were all very nice and Goddard really liked them, especially Jimmy, but still he couldn't ignore the emptiness in his processing engine that was the absence of someone who really loved him.

Goddard entered the lab and pondered on what to do. He decided that he would modify himself a little to go even faster when flying solo. He used his ears to fly down to the lower story of the lab and began looking for parts he could use on himself. It took about two hours, but eventually he managed to rig up a new flying unit. He was so eager to show someone how it worked. So he called out, "Vox!" The large screen overlooking the lower level flashed on and a green line appeared on it. "Yes Goddard?" Vox's computerized voice asked. "Check out my new flying gear!" said Goddard. He then flashed a pair of silver swept wings protruding from his sides with a small rocket engine on each one. "Very stylish," said Vox, "But how do you plan to keep yourself balanced now?" "Simple," answered Goddard, "I've installed a gyroscopic balance servo just in front of my tail. Hopefully it will help keep me upright when flying." "Sounds good," said Vox, "Now we can get started cleaning all of Jimmy's dangerous inventions." "Like what?" asked Goddard. "Well, we should start with the cheese ray," Vox answered,"and then there's the time booth, the clone machine, that thing he used to make crab grass, that bubble maker he found in The Junkman's ship, that thingy that he used for the special effects in the school….." "WAIT!" shouted Goddard, "What bubble maker he found in The Junkman's ship!" "The one he used to trap the league of villains with." Vox answered. Goddard folded his new wings into his body, used his ears to fly into the lab's command deck and sat at the main computer. "Vox," he ordered, "Get me Jimmy's personal log! May fifth!" The screen buzzed to life and soon Goddard heard Jimmy's voice. "Neutron Mission Files, May fifth. Boy, what an exhausting adventure. It's good to know we'll never have to worry about any of those villains again. If not for that magnetic bubble maker I found in The Junkman's ship, they might have followed us; I guess I should give The Junkman's dog some credit for showing me what it did." "ROXY!" cried Goddard. He listened to the rest of the recording, hoping for another clue."Now thanks to that, most of the villains that I have faced are still trapped in the cretaceous period, and I'm pretty sure they have no way of getting back here. End transmission." Goddard stared at the screen. His determination had been aroused. He now knew that there was something he could do to see Roxy again. He said, "Vox, didn't you say Jimmy still had his time booth?" "Yes I did." Answered Vox. "Good," said Goddard, "Then warm it up for me." Vox had no idea what Goddard was up to, but by the tone in his voice she guessed she better do what he asked.

Goddard walked across the bridge into his section of the lab. There he ordered, "Target practice! All conditions!" Instantly a number of targets popped out from holes in the wall. Goddard took aim and zapped a target shaped like Professor Calamitous with his lasers. The target melted right away. Then Goddard spun around and de-atomized a Grandma Taters shaped target. He carefully avoided hitting a target shaped like Jimmy, before machine gunning another target. Then Goddard came face to face with the target he hated most, a target shaped like The Junkman. He growled viciously, and let loose with a missile barrage that rendered the target a blackened crater. Finally the targets stopped coming, and a voice said, "Congratulations! All-time HIGH SCORE!" Goddard couldn't have cared less. With all of his weapons working perfectly he walked back across the bridge to the command deck. Sure enough, the time booth was waiting for him. "Vox," he said, "Lock your system onto my guidance servo. I'm going into the cretaceous period." "You are!" asked Vox, sounding shocked. "That's right!" answered Goddard, "I know that Roxy must remember me, and if I'm ever going to see her again I've got to seize the initiative and go for her!" "I have some bad news I'm afraid," said Vox, "I've actually de-fused the booth's main generator, but there should be enough reserve power to get you there and back once." Goddard thought about this. "Alright," he said, "Set your timer for precisely seven hours. That should give me enough time to find her. If I haven't found her by then….." his voice trailed off a bit before he said, "Pull me out. But if I do find her, I'll send you a signal, and that's when you open a time portal with the booth so we can both come through it together! Got all that!" "Yes." Said Vox. "Good." Said Goddard. He fearlessly stepped into the time booth and said, "If Jimmy asks about my whereabouts, or whenabouts as it were, no cover stories! Tell him like it is!" "Yes Goddard." Said Vox, "Initiating sequence now." Blue light began to surround Goddard and finally he found his vision fading to everything but the intense blue light. "Wish me luck!" he shouted, just before he disappeared into the light. When the light cleared, there was nothing left in the time booth. Vox sighed and watched her counter ticking down. "Good luck Goddard." She said quietly.

Goddard's on his way!

Will he find Roxy…? Will she remember him…? Will she still love him…?

Answers incoming! In CHAPTER TWO!