the punishment

Disclaimer: I do not own Jimmy Neutron or it's characters

Note: I did not have enough room in the description to say that this was a story recommended by fanfiction author retro mania. Thank you retro mania.

Chapter 1,

Jimmy and his friends were on the edge of their seats as they rode through space in Jimmy's rocket. Jimmy had received a super secret report from NASA about a second meteor crashing to earth. Even though meteors crash unto earth quite frequently (though burned up in our different layers of atmosphere) this meteor was full of aster-rubies. Of course, this time Jimmy made sure to fill a spare gas tank up on the off chance that they would have another mishap with fuel.

"Hey, Jimmy I just thought of something. Wouldn't we still get that 'Ruby Madness' disease?" Sheen asked and Jimmy scoffed.

"Oh, come on Sheen. Those guys were only trying to make us paranoid so that they could steal the rubies for themselves." Jimmy said and Sheen tapped his figure against his nose as he thought.

"But those rubies did make us crazy. So the madness must exist." Sheen said proudly and Libby sighed.

"Ok, Sheen. You cute, alright, but you need to tone it down." Libby said and Sheen sighed happily.

"Yes my Ultra-goddess." He said and Carl blushed.

"Oh, stop that Sheen. All that cuteness is giving me a stomachache." Carl said and Jimmy threw back a ginger ale to Carl. Carl opened it right away and soda sprayed out all over him.

"Who knew that this ale could be cooling and an anti-acid. " Carl said happily and Jimmy shifted uncomfortably.

"Sorry, Carl, I probably should have just told you that the soda was up here instead of throwing it to you. That made the carbon dioxide in the soda to activate and it burst through the can when air got introduced to the can, when you opened it." Jimmy said and Carl paused and was repeating the words in his head.

"Ok, the first word I heard was 'sorry' so apology accepted." Carl said and Jimmy smiled.

"So, Jimmy, are you sure you know where you are going this time. I really hope it doesn't involve telling our parents that we were going to summer camp during the school year again." Cindy said and Jimmy glared at her through the rear view mirror.

"Oh, I bet that's a barrel of laughs for you, isn't it Vortex? As it happens, these coordinates actually lead to a planet that is a part of it's own circular rotation around a star." Jimmy said and Cindy blinked.

"Aster-rubies on a planet? That doesn't even sound right." Cindy questioned and Jimmy sighed.

"The most likely answer is that an asteroid crashed into the planet and perhaps even pushed it into it's gravitational rotation." Jimmy said and Cindy rolled her eyes.

"Seriously Neutron, to you have a comment about everything." Cindy asked and Jimmy shrugged.

"I don't understand why girls can be so hormonal or emotional when both sexes produce testosterone and estrogen." Jimmy said and Cindy blinked.

"Did he just say what I think he said?" Libby said and Cindy nodded.

"I think he did." Cindy said and Sheen scratched his head.

"I don't like it when you people talk about something I should understand, but don't." Sheen said and Libby hit her forehead with her palm.

"Just that girls are hardwired to be crying little wimps." Cindy said and Sheen laughed.

"Jimmy would never say that, because I bet Cindy produces more of that man chemical then Jimmy does." Sheen said and he was confused when he heard Cindy and Jimmy said 'Hey!' at him.

"What is wrong with you, Sheen?" Libby asked and Sheen thought about this.

"Uh, I'm not smart, and I say things at the wrong time, and one time when I was little I thought that my Ultralord would love to explore the cavern that is my nose. I think that he had fun, except for the fact that he got stuck and my dad had to rush me to the hospital to get him out, and they had to cut open my nose which left a scar that people can barely see. But I can whistle through it, wanna hear?" Sheen asked excitedly and the girls shouted 'no'.

"Hey, Jimmy what's with that rock that looks like a gray apple got hit with a handful of gray mash-potatoes?" Carl asked and Jimmy gasped.

"That Carl is where the aster-rubies were once located." Jimmy said and he heard his friends cheer.

"But what's with those blinking lights?" Sheen said and Jimmy looked but he didn't see anything.

"Where are the blinking lights?" Jimmy asked and Sheen pointed against the window.

"Right there, in the middle, where the apple meets potato. Mmm, I'm hungry, can we eat before we land?" Sheen said and Jimmy sighed.

"We should probably land somewhere and then make sure that immediate area has no major threats." Jimmy said.

"Awww, man, I was really hoping to get some apples and potatoes." Sheen said and Cindy laughed.

"Ew, glad he's not kissing me." Cindy said and Libby glared at her.

"Well, at least I'm being kissed." Libby said and Cindy blushed.

"Calm down you guys." Jimmy said and Cindy cracked her neck to look at him.

"Hey, Neutron, you better stay-"

"No, calm down. I think there are aliens on this planet." Jimmy said and Carl gasped slowly.

"Wow, Jim, how do you know that?" Carl said and Jimmy motioned to the red blinking lights that matched an airports landing strip.

"I hope that I'm not too close to be detected by whatever satellite they have here." Jimmy said and he curved towards the non-appley part of the planet.

"It looks like this is the asteroid that has the rubies. Goddard, scan lifeforms to help find an abandoned area." Jimmy said and Goddard barked then started his scan.

"Can you see what the alien looks like?" Sheen asked and Jimmy shook his head.

"Not really. I think I see heads that sorta resemble a skull." Jimmy said and Sheen's eyes grew.

"Sugar Skulls! I wanna see, Jimmy. I wanna see!" Sheen said rushing to the front of the rocket and shoving himself between Jimmy and Goddard.

"Sheen, no, stop!" Jimmy said but Sheen was in his own little world. He didn't even notice that he knocked Jimmy out of the chair until the rocket started falling unto the surface of the planet.

"What's going on?" Sheen asked and Libby grabbed him by the ear and made him sit down. Jimmy rushed to the controls and tried to pull up but he was caught.

"We are caught in the gravitational pull of this planet. We need to execute Alpha plan." Jimmy shouted and each of his friends pushed a button and their seats were transformed into stationary bicycles.

"Deploy fans... Now!" Jimmy shouted and his friends started pedaling for their lives.

"Deploying parachute!" Jimmy called and he hit the button and the parachute went off.

"400 feet to surface. 350. 250. 100. Brace yourselves!" Jimmy shouted. Jimmy and his friends crawled out of the rocket and Jimmy was relieved that his rocket was not completely destroyed.

"Ok, I can repair the rocket in a little bit, but first lets find those rubies." Jimmy said as Goddard handed the others buckets and digging equipment.

"Ok, ladies. The first person who finds the rubies will be treated to lunch that the rest of us pay for." Cindy shouted and Sheen started making random noises of excitement.

"Wait!" Carl screamed in his usual off-key tone, and Jimmy turned to him.

"What?" Jimmy asked and Carl shuttered.

"What about the aliens?" Carl asked and Jimmy paused.

"Goddard do a scan for other lifeforms in the immediate area." Jimmy said and after a short minute, there was a ding and Jimmy saw the results.

"I see two living beings, but they seem to be stationary." Jimmy said and Carl blinked.

"Like the thing people use to write notes and letters?" Carl said and Jimmy smiled.

"No, this time when I use the word 'stationary' I mean that's it's not moving." Jimmy said and Carl nodded.

"Oh, ok. In that case, let's dig." Carl said.

"So, Jimmy is there a system or something that doesn't make us go crazy like last time?" Cindy asked and Jimmy smiled.

"It seems like you doubt my intelligence." Jimmy said and Cindy scoffed.

"Even Sheen has some level of intelligence, but it's when you choose to use your brain that I question." Cindy said and Jimmy growled.

"For your information, Vortex, I have given Goddard a new setting for after we find the rubies. Instead of going by my every command, he will treat us all equally. He will come on command, but only if he wants to. And if Sheen orders him to do something, then there is a chance that Goddard will help Libby instead. Several little things like that to make him more universal." Jimmy said and Cindy bit her lip.

"What?" Jimmy asked when he saw her reaction and She shrugged.

"Nothing, it just reminded me of my aunt's cat." Cindy said and Jimmy's jaw dropped.

"How dare you compare Goddard to a cat!" Jimmy said and Cindy rose her hands in playful defense.

"You said it." She said and Jimmy shook his head in annoyance. Sheen followed Libby, so they dug together. Since Carl always needed more help, Jimmy sent Goddard to help him out. Jimmy and Cindy decided to dig in separate locations, but with their occasional muttering, it was clear that they were thinking about each other.

Jimmy was cursing at Cindy for the whole cat issue, and Cindy was talking to herself, about how weak Jimmy was and how much help he would need. Libby was starting to get annoyed at Sheen with his currant obsessive behavior, and Sheen didn't notice that Libby kept digging in different spots in order to get away from him. Carl was singing about Lamas and during his song, he accidentally bumped Goddard with the handle of his shovel, and activated his new Switzerland mode.

"Oh! SHEEN! Will you give me some breathing room?!" Libby asked and Sheen froze to try and understand.
"Breathing room? But I'm not covering your mouth or anything." Sheen said.
"You should forget about it, Libby. It's not like he can understand things very well." Cindy said.
"Hey, what is that suppose to mean?" Sheen asked.
"My point exactly." Cindy said and Jimmy glared at her.
"Leaping Leptons, Cindy, do you always have to criticize my friends?" Jimmy said and Cindy laughed.
"When they aren't easy targets anymore, then I will consider it." Cindy said and Carl didn't like where this conversation was going.
"You know, maybe we could get some fruit chewys. I have lemon and strawberry and blackberry-"
"Oh, will you forget about those fruit chewys." Libby said and Sheen pursed his lips.
"You insult the fruit chewys? They are pretty good, I love them." Sheen said and Cindy rolled her eyes.
"This is why women should figure out how to breed on there own." Cindy said and Jimmy blinked.
"Oh, like being a woman is the greatest pleasure in the world." Jimmy said sarcastically and Cindy gritted her teeth.
"The difference between men and woman are more then just estrogen and testosterone, Jimmy. It can be really tough being a girl." Cindy said and Jimmy laughed.
"Hello! Do you even remember when we got our brains switched. I have been a girl, I was you, and I don't see what you have to complain about." Jimmy said and Cindy scoffed.
"Yeah, but you still had your stupid boy brain in my body. You weren't thinking like a girl, you were only trying to humiliate me." Cindy said and Jimmy rolled his eyes.
"You did the same thing, Vortex." Jimmy said and Cindy growled lightly.
"That's it, Nerdton. You are just asking for a beating." Cindy said and she lifted her fist, and instantly, the Neutron gang was lifted off the ground.

"What's going on, Jimmy." Carl said and Jimmy looked around. They were in a zero-gravity beam, but the beam didn't seem to go anywhere. It just disappeared into the rocks. Or at least, that's what they appeared to be. The rocks actually began to walk forward. Jimmy and his friends gasped when they saw that these rock creatures were simply two aliens, one male and one female.

"Looks like we have found the intruders Maud." The male alien said and the female nodded.

"Yes Xan, the ruler will be happy that we have found them." Maud said and Xan nodded.

"Unfortunately for them they were trespassing on our main trading resource. Let us hope The Ruler will be kind with their punishment." Xan said and holding the group in the ray, which he controlled with his pointer finger, Maud and Xan walked Jimmy, Cindy, Carl, Sheen, Libby, and Goddard to the castle.