He faded in and out of consciousness for many days in a row, recovering from the most traumatic experience of his life. Jimmy Neutron had finally lost a battle to one of his enemies. Luckily, in the end, Cindy Vortex was able to complete his work and defeat Eustace Strych. Normally she would brag about this in Jimmy's face and constantly remind him how he failed to save the earth, but not this time, not after what he went through. When fighting Eustace with his energy sword, Jimmy lost his arm, the entire right side of his face, and even a little bit of his brain. However, in a feat that only Jimmy could achieve, he actually made a plan for that exact situation should it ever come up. So in conclusion, James Neutron had completed his best invention…..himself

"Wha..where am I? What happened to me?"

"You're safe Jimmy, that's what matters," a female voice answered.

"Where's Cindy?" "What happened to me?"

"You sustained horrendous injuries that left about fifty-three percent of your body working, but don't worry, it improved," the voice answered.

"What do you mean? Wouldn't that be irreversible?"

"Yes, but not irreplaceable."

There was a pause until Jimmy said, "who are you?"

"Someone you can trust," the person answered and a dark skinned figure with braided hair stepped into view.

"Libby," Jimmy said and then everything faded back into darkness.

"You're up sleepy head, finally!"

"Cindy?" Jimmy asked in a hoarse voice.

"Who else could it be," she said sweetly.

"How long have I been out?"

"About three hours, Libby was just here but she left, tomorrow it will be Sheen's turn to look after you." She said matter-of-factly.

"What about school? You guys shouldn't have to miss school because i'm out."

Cindy's face became slightly shocked and she lightly slapped him. "Jimmy Neutron, don't you EVER de-value yourself like that again!"

"Ok, ok I won't" he said with a slightly amused grin.

"here have some water, you want to start up the organic part of your body so the cybernetic part starts up with it."

"Cybernetic!" Jimmy exclaimed loudly, he realized what she meant after he looked down. Attached to his elbow was a metallic forearm and hand with his signature neutron logo on the palm. He was able to move it around perfectly normally, as if he had never lost his original arm. He brought both his hands to his face and felt metal plating. On touching his face, he unwittingly started up his cybernetic left eye. It clicked and whirred inside its socket every time he looked around the room.

"Cindy….I..um...want a mirror."

"Jimmy, i'll show you later, you already have to process so much that it won't be healthy for you to see that right now."

"Bu..but Cindy,"

"please Jimmy."

"Ok, ok i'll wait a little longer."

He slumped into his bed, his left eye had a depressed appearance to it. His right eye stayed put, mechanical, cold, and emotionless.

Cindy yawned, "you really are a handful Nerdtron."

"What do you mean? I've been in and out of consciousness for three days now."

"Yeah, but i've gotten about five hours of sleep total in the last three days."

"Cindy, don't do that! You're only gonna make things worse by making yourself unhealthy!" After scolding her a little longer, he simply said "get in here," and lifted the covers of his bed. She obliged without a single complaint and they sat there in silence, thinking about the current situation until Jimmy said "Cindy, i'm getting a little hot, I know this is awkward but could you help me get my shirt off?"

"Of course" Cindy said "if you need help with anything, just ask."

Jimmy simply nodded, and Cindy helped him lift his red shirt over his head.

"Jimmy, you need to start eating, you've lost so much weight!" Cindy said out loud after noticing how much he had slimmed down.

"I guess you're right, i'll try," he said, smiling at the concern that Cindy had. He wrapped his normal arm around her waist and tried to move his cybernetic arm away so they could be comfortable, but it didn't budge.

"Um, Cindy, I can't control my arm."

"Don't worry Jimmy, it's still adapting to your body when it is fully adapted it'll give you control again."

"Cindy, I...I can't...I,"

"it's too hard Jimmy, trying to analyze it will only make it harder to bear." They locked eyes and Jimmy felt somewhat comforted.

"It's not even the arm Cindy, it's just….I...I failed."

"No you didn't Jimmy, everyone may be saying that, but you really didn't."

"How Cindy, how was that not a failure?"

"You brought us; me, Sheen, Libby, Carl, Goddard, you have a team of people which YOU brought together to help you out so you didn't have to do anything on your own, so you were prepared."

Jimmy took a few minutes to think about what she just said.

"Cindy do you think that people will think that i've gone too far, you know, rebuilding my body and all that?"

"Jimmy, let's face it, although you are a good person, you are one of the most powerful human beings in history." "You've traveled in time, gone through interstellar space, built an armada of warships and even brought the dead back to life." Jimmy listened as she continued, "however, you have never overstepped your boundaries, and that's why people trust you." "I mean you could literally make yourself master of earth easily, but you don't."

"I never really looked at it that way Cindy" He said, still in deep thought about the conversation that just took place. There was a long silence until Cindy changed the subject.

"You know Jimmy, I was impressed with Sheen's ability as a doctor through this whole process." Jimmy knit his eyebrows,

"what do you mean?"

"Well, he was the only one who could bear to look at the injuries, so he ended up actually attaching your new body parts."

"He did a pretty good job, I don't think I could've even done it this perfectly." Jimmy remarked honestly while glancing at his new arm in admiration of his best friend. "Well Jimmy, i'm gonna go to sleep." "Me too, goodnight Cindy." "Goodnight."