Disclaimer: I don't own Jimmy Neutron. The people at Viacom and Nickelodeon do. Lucky.
One
Area 51 : 5:30 a.m.
Mitchell was scanned half a dozen times before the huge steel doors finally opened into his lab. Mitch got to work right away on his assignment. The general's orders had been simple. "The Army is in need of a new and improved rocket fuel for their high-range missiles. We have already been asked by the president to experiment into this fuel. I am putting all of our top scientists onto it, and that means you." And then there had been the usual shouting of "Get out of my office and get to work!"
And now, Mitch was ready to start work. The first thing he did was turn on the TV. As Mitch turned away from the national news channel, he noticed something. At the bottom of the screen scrolled a news flash. It read: "Texas genius said he could go twice the speed man has ever accomplished in a rocket. A demonstration on Wednesday, August 4, proved James Isaac Neutron right. A special on this subject tonight at 8". Mitch paused. The general had to hear about this.
Jimmy Neutron's Lab : 1:47 p.m.
The genius in question, Jimmy Neutron, was enjoying the last remnants of summer vacation as he pleased. Carl and Sheen had agreed to come over in ten minutes for some virtual baseball. Of course, as a surprise for them, he had made some of the outfielders llamas and the pitcher was none other than Ultra lord. Jimmy's life had been quite calm since his last encounter with Timmy Turner, unless you include feeling slightly rejected by Cindy at the Friday the 13th dance. Cindy had returned to her usual mocking and "I'm better than you" atmosphere. You could say things were normal. But not for long.
And then VOX alerted Jimmy that there was someone at the door. Jimmy glanced at his security screen and saw Sheen was making faces at his lab door camera with Carl right behind him. "Great, their here!" exclaimed Jimmy, as he opened the lab door remotely. Carl and Sheen came racing down Jimmy's tube slide and were sent sprawling across the lab floor. "Hey Jimmy!" said Sheen, "Are we ready to play some ball?". "Yes", agreed Carl, "There's been nothing to do at my house except watch TV".
"Well guys", said Jimmy, "my virtual chamber is just a prototype, so don't get too excited about me giving you one yet."
"OK Jimmy", agreed the two friends.
"Let's go!" exclaimed Jimmy suddenly, and he handed his two friends their own glowing baseball bats. The three headed into what looked like Jimmy's Inter-dimensional Portal 9000. But what met their eyes when they had stepped through the portal was much different than just the back of the machine. They were all standing on the soft green turf of a large baseball stadium. The field was all set up for a game, and all the virtual players were assembled.
Sheen's eyes lit up once he saw Ultra lord on the pitcher's mound and rushed over to him. "Ultra lord!" he gasped in excitement, "It's actually you!"
"Yes, Ultra Buddy", said Ultra Lord, "Robo-fiend can be forgotten for now, let's play baseball".
"Yes Ultra Lord!" said Sheen and headed to the dugout where Jimmy was. Carl was also returning from visiting the llamas. Jimmy was up to bat first. He hit a solid grounder up the center of the field. Jimmy smiled. It was summer vacation. He had no worries whatsoever. Nothing could go wrong.
And, of course, no one should ever say that, because the opposite is always bound to happen.