A Slip of the Tongue

This is fanfic #1 for me so be kind...or not

Disclamer: Jimmy Neutron not own. :(

Chapter 1

Jimmy was in his lab...again, working on his latest invention. He was sure that this one would be the greatest one he had ever made. In fact he was so sure that he called over his best friends, Sheen and Carl, over to the lab to celebrate.

OK, OK,...he called them over to test his new invention on them...and then celebrate.

"So why did you call us over here in such a hurry, Jimmy?" asked Carl. "I was in the middle of a llama paint by numbers painting."

"Yeah," said Sheen. "And I was in the middle of watching a brand new Ultralord episode, number 922 to be exact, where Ultralord's twin brother comes to stay with him with hilarious results!"

Jimmy shook his head. "Gentlemen," he began, "the reason why I called you over here is to revel my latest invention. One that will change the world for the better. Don't you want to see it?"

"You call us over just to test it on us, didn't you?" asked Carl.

"Well,...yeah, but..."

"I suppose I could tape it or Tivo it or I could wait for the replay of it later on," rambled Sheen to no one in particular. "and then I could tape it and Tivo it at the same time and then..."

"Com'on, guys. I need you to focus here." said Jimmy as he walked over to the workbench that the invention was lying on and walked back over to Carl and Sheen presenting it to them.

"What is it?" Carl asked.

"This," Jimmy announced holding the device up proudly, "is what I call the NeutronicEthnologue 7000!" (patent pending).

"What does it do?" asked Sheen.

"Quite simply, it enables the user to speak in any language they want." Jimmy said.

"Ooooh!" said Carl and Sheen in unison. "Let me see." said Sheen as he took it from Jimmy's hand.

"Hey! Careful with that." warned Jimmy attempting to get it back fromSheen.

"How does it work?" asked Carl.

"Well, you simply select the language you want to speak in and then press the red button." Then Jimmy continued. "It works on the same basic principle asmy shrink ray but instead of shrinking someone it rearranges the language center of thier brain to adapt to that particular language. And the effects are completely reversable so there won't be any permanent damage...I hope."

Sheen and Carl just gave blank stares at him for a few seconds and then snaped out of it.

"Can it make me speak llama?"

"No, Carl."

"I wanna try." said Sheen. "How about the language the aliens in Ultralord episode 562 used in..."

"Earth languages, Sheen." Jimmy said.

"Allright! How about..." Sheen thought about it for awhile, "French."

"French it is." Jimmy then turned the dial on the translator to 'French' and pushed the button. A blue electrical shock emitted from the device and stuck Sheen shaking him for a few seconds and then stopped.

"How do you feel?" asked Jimmy. "Yeah, can you speak French? Carl asked.

"Oui." said Sheen. "Je parle Francais." He jumped up and down in delight. "Je parle Francais!"

"Cool, let me try it" said Carl as he grabbed the translator. "Want to speak...German." He turnd the dial and hit the button. After a few seconds of shock Carl spoke."Ich kann sprechen Deutsch! Wunderschön!"

"It works!" said an exited Jimmy. "It actualy works! Um, not that I had any doubt."

Meanwhile, Sheen and going back and forth zapping each other and switching languages.

"Be cafeful with that guys," warned Jimmy. "I don't know what side-effects if any there are."

"Don't worry, Jimmy." said Carl in Swedish.

"Yeah, what's the worst that can happen?" said Sheen in Arabic.

"What!"

Carl and Sheen then started talking to each other in different languages. They couldn't understand each other but they were having a good time nonetheless.

Jimmy was taking this all in hoping nothing would go wrong with his latest and greatest invention. He was going to present it in front of the entire class tomorrow and didn't need anything to go wrong. He didn't need to hear it from Cindy. Even though they've been getting along as of late she would still sneek in a zinger one in a while. If anything went wrong, she'd never let him hear the end of it.

"OK, guys. thats enough." as he took the Ethnologue back made it so Carl and Sheen spoke English again. "Don't want to overdo it."

He then got a devilish grin on his face as he thought about Cindy.

"What is it, Jim? asked Carl.

"Maybe I should add a silence mode to this thing."

Hoped you guys liked what I wrote so far. Please feel free to review so I know if I should continue or not. Thanks.