"Let's see, the structural freezer goes here, then I bolt it into place with this, put the signaler here, the radius calculator here, snap the cover on the front, and there! I'm done!"
Jimmy held up what looked like a small green remote with a small satellite dish on top. Goddard, who had been recharging, unplugged himself from the recharging station and ran over to Jimmy. He sniffed curiously at the new invention, then looked up at Jimmy.
"It's a time freezer, Goddard," Jimmy told him. "One push of the button and everything within a 20 mile radius completely freezes, including time itself! Of course, that's assuming I've done my calculations right, but I'm sure I have. Think of the possibilities though, Goddard! We could raid candy stores! We could take money from the bank! Not that we ever would, of course," Jimmy added, seeing the look on Goddard's face. "My inventions must never be used for harm."
Jimmy turned and headed for the periscope that let him see out into the street.
"I wonder if anyone's outside. I need to take this for a test run." Jimmy peered out through the periscope. Only one person was outside, his rival/crush (not that he would ever admit the crush part) Cindy Vortex. She was walking her dog down the street. Jimmy got an evil grin on his face.
"Perfect!" he said to Goddard. "Cindy's outside."
Goddard gave Jimmy a look that said, "What happened to not using your inventions for harm?"
"I'm not going to hurt her," Jimmy said. "I'm just going to annoy her a little. Hey Goddard, how mad do you think Cindy would be if I stuck her up on someone's roof?"
Goddard gave Jimmy a "You have got to be kidding" look.
"Yeah, you're probably right, she threatened to rip off my legs and make me use them as crutches if I ever did that again…. Well then, I'll just stick her in a tree or something." Jimmy headed for the exit. "See you in a bit!"
"Hey Cindy!" Jimmy yelled from his front yard. "I think you should take your dog to the hospital. It seems to be growing some kind of undocumented insect larvae out of its neck."
"Where's your bucket of bolts that you pass off as a dog, Neutron?" Cindy retorted. "Did it try to play dead again? You'd think that someone with such a big head would have the brains to solve the problem."
"I might remind you, Vortex, than the bug in Goddard's 'play dead' program resulted in you and everyone else being freed from the Yokian's jail cell."
"I might remind you that it was your fault we were in the cell in the first place!"
Jimmy decided that now would be a good time to test out the time freezer, seeing as he couldn't think of a good comeback right then. He hit the button labeled "Freeze" on his invention. The satellite dish began to spin. Suddenly there was a flash of white light, which blinded Jimmy momentarily. When it faded Jimmy looked around. He didn't seem to be in his neighborhood or even in Retroville at all. It looked more like he was in the woods. And he didn't seem to have frozen time either. The trees were swaying in the wind. Leaves were falling to the ground. And standing right in front of him was Cindy, who was looking around, as confused, if not more confused, than Jimmy. She spotted Jimmy standing sheepishly in front of her, time freezer in hand.
"NEUTRON!" she screamed.