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I wrote this a LONG time ago, but now that I read it over, it seems worth posting! Enjoy!
New York Minute
Chapter 1.
"Jimmy, are your bags ready yet?"
"Yes mom, I'll be downstairs in a minute!"
Jimmy finished packing his science kit and clothes in his suitcase and lugged it all the way down the stairs.
"Oh good! You're ready to go!" Jimmy's mom said as she walked over to him. She picked up the bag effortlessly and carried it to the car. Suddenly, Carl and Sheen came running in.
"I'm all packed Jimmy! Allergy medication and all!" Carl said in one of his happiest tone of voices.
"Yeah, I've even got my Ultra lord card game for the drive there!" Sheen exclaimed, smiling madly as his eye twitches.
"This trip to New York will be the bomb!!" Carl and Sheen both screamed.
Jimmy had been asked by the government to go to New York and compete in the world child genius competition, competing against a boy and girl from every country for the world cup. Of course Sheen, Carl, Libby and Cindy where coming along for the trip.
"The girls should be here any minute," Jimmy informed Carl and Sheen as he walked out side.
"Neutron, hello!! We're already here!" Cindy's unmistakable voice said.
Jimmy looked up from his watch to see Cindy with her hands on her hips and Libby, listening to another Gray Star CD.
"C'mon kids! We've got to get moving!" Jimmy's dad said from inside the car.
The kids hopped in one by one, with Carl, Sheen and Libby in the middle part of the van, and Cindy and Jimmy sitting in back.
"On the way to New York we have to pick up the girl who's competing with Jimmy for the cup, I believe she doesn't live too far away from New York…We should be at her house in an hour or two." Jimmy's mom said.
"Who is it?" Cindy said, feeling a little bit nervous about another girl around Jimmy.
"I think her name is May… yes, that's it. May." Jimmy's mom replied.
"I hear she's really smart. Well, she has to be to have been accepted in the competition!" Jimmy's mom added.
"Well, let's go!" Jimmy's dad said, and started the engine.
After about one and an hour and a half of talking, playing cards and napping, the car pulled into a drive way of a large brick house that looked like a miniature form of a castle.
"I'll go get her." Jimmy's mom said. She jumped out of the car and ran the door bell on the house.
BING-BONG!!
"Hello? Oh! You must be Miss Neutron!" A brown-haired girl opened the door. The kids in the car saw she was wearing a lab coat. Her hair was tied up in a bun, but some had fallen out and was hanging to the side of her face.
"I was just finishing an experiment, I'll be right with you!" the girl said. She smiled, ran into her house for a second, and then came out wearing a plain purple shirt and jeans.
A mechanical cat emerged with her. It resembled Gonnard, but it was a cat rather than a dog.
"Oh, and can I bring my robot cat, Forafauna? She won't be any trouble…" The girl said.
"That's Ok! Jimmy has a robot dog, so be careful. As long as they won't fight she can come" Jimmy's mom told her.
"Thanks!" The girl replied.
She hopped into the car next to Jimmy.
"Hi! I'm May." May said. She shook Jimmy's hand and smiled.
"I'm Jimmy. This is Cindy, Carl, Sheen, and Libby." Jimmy motioned to the other kids.
"Jimmy? That would be short for James right?" May said.
"Yeah, it is." Jimmy replied.
May flashed a smile.
"I Love that name!" She said. Her brown eyes sparkled as she spoke.
Well, she seems nice…Thought Jimmy.
Well, she seems annoying! Thought Cindy.
For the rest of the ride to New York they talked, and Cindy was growing insanely jealous.
Some where along the trip, Goddard managed to get over to see Forafauna, and instead of fighting they actually liked each other allot. They exchanged a series of barks and meows, and May said that they would probably get along fine.
And then they saw the sign on the highway.
NEW YORK; TWO MILLES EAST
"YESSSS!! Only a few minutes 'till we get there!!" Sheen screamed at the top of his lungs.
They followed the highway and there it was: The shimmering, huge city. Traffic filled, totally rushed, and completely beautiful.
It took what seemed like forever to get to the hotel. It towered above them, hitting the sky.
"Wow…this place is ….amazing…" Cindy was able to say, her shock was overcoming her so much.
"I don't think where in Retroville any more…" Carl blurted out.
"WELL DUH!! Wadja' think!? But I agree, THIS PLACE IS AWSOME!!" Sheen interrupted.
The kids ran into the elevator, and went up to the rooms that had already been paid for by the government and prepared for them. The boys would share one room and the girls the other. Jimmy's parents had there own room.
By the time they where all settled down, everyone went to have dinner.
The hotel had a fancy restaurant on the bottom floor, and since it was there first night in New York, they thought it was most convenient. The kids all sat down at one end of the rather long table wile Jimmy's parents sat the other end.
"It's going to be a little bit of a long time before we can order. This place is packed!" May told everyone.
"I think Ultra-Lord should come here some time, he would love this place!!" Sheen exclaimed. Cindy and Libby rolled their eyes.
"So, what are you going to order Cindy?" Libby asked.
"I'm not that hungry, but I might have some soup." Cindy sounded a little depressed.
"Look, Neutron likes you a lot more than May. She doesn't have a chance with Jimmy." Libby said, knowing what Cindy was thinking.
"Well, ok. … HEY! I DO NOT LIKE NEUTRON!!"
"What eva" Libby rolled her eyes.
Cindy shook it off, but secretly admired the help.
"Uh, Jimmy, about the competition, where going to need a strategy to win. The first round is against Russia. We're going to have to work as a team." May said to Jimmy, her eyes locking into his.
"Well, we should do some research on typical Russian techniques, to try and estimate what kind of strategy they will have planed… But it'll be pretty useless, considering we've got no idea what we have to do in the competition…" Jimmy replied.
"Oh, and about your girlfriend Cindy…" May said, but was interrupted.
"SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!!" Jimmy yelled.
"Oh! Sorry… I was just wondering… she seemed so, mad in the car… I was wondering if she's always like that…"
"Well, she's always a bit mean around me. But you're right; she's acting a bit funny lately..." Jimmy couldn't finish his sentence. A waiter came up to the table and said in a fancy voice,
"Can I take your order?"
The kids ordered there food, and then Carl and Sheen got in an argument about ultra lord being dumb.
But when there food came they made peace and woofed it down as if they where some sort of psychos.
Dinner passed without a word, (other than the occasional, "Hey Carl, should I save some of this for Ultra Lord?") and Cindy couldn't help staring at Jimmy. Cindy knew she wanted to talk to him, and eventually got to the courage to.
"Uh, Jimmy…could I talk to you for a minute, out side?" She said quietly.
"Uh… sure." Jimmy answered.
They walked out side, where a fountain, lit up by colored lights was sitting; the only sound was water trickling from the fountain.
"Cindy? You don't look very well, are you ok? You look a bit feverish…" Jimmy remarked, gently sweeping a bit of her hair of her face.
"I'm… I'm… I'm fine…" she started to sway a bit.
"Cindy?" Jimmy cried.
Cindy's knees wobbled and she staggered to the side and tripped.
"Cindy!" Jimmy knelt down, confusion and worry in his features.
"What is it?" Came the voice of May.
She turned the corner to find Jimmy holding an unconscious Cindy.
"OH MY GOD!!" May knelt down beside Jimmy.
"Forafauna, activate antidote shelf!" May cried.
Forafauna lifted up a panel to reveal a line of beakers. She picked up one with purple liquid in side and poured it into Cindy's mouth. Cindy coughed and sat up.
"What…what happened?" Cindy stuttered.
"You fainted or some thing," Jimmy said gravely.
"More than that I think…." May told them. She looked down to Cindy's hand, which was bleeding.
May wiped it with a tissue and handed it to Forafauna.
"Scan mode." She said loudly.
A few seconds passed as Forafauna printed a sheet of paper.
May looked at it and gasped,
"What is it?!" Jimmy said.
"Cindy's blood stream was injected with a dangerous chemical…." May looked up from the page.
"Someone tried to poison her."
It was an hour after Cindy had almost been poisoned. The police had been called, but they couldn't find the culprit.
May was just about to go to sleep when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Uh, thanks for saving my life May."
May swirled around to see Cindy.
"Oh, hey, it was nothing; you would have done the same for me." May said.
Cindy sighed. She saved my life… maybe she's not so bad after all…
"Well, good night May" Cindy said.
"Night Cindy" May said.
Cindy smiled, and drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile, Jimmy was in his room with Carl and Sheen, worrying about Cindy.
"Who would have done that!! This is terrible!" Jimmy yelled wile pacing back and forth.
"I thought you said you didn't care about Cindy," Carl said.
"Well forget what I said! Some one came after Cindy, and they could come for you guys too!"
"WHAT!! I'm too young to die!!" Sheen screamed dramatically.
"Well, listen. We have to be very careful. This is serious guys. We may be in big danger…" Jimmy told them as he looked out the window. Despite what happened, Carl and Sheen found a way to fall asleep, and eventually Jimmy did too.
That night there was a shadow at the window. The shadow saw the boys, alive and well, and scowled.