Lost in Space, Chapter Two

By Snazzo

* * * *

Jimmy had Goddard link up to the satellite, but Goddard could find no images. "It seems that whatever the satellite saw has already been downloaded. Well, men, its off to Yolkus!" Jimmy said.

"Uh, I don't know Jimmy." Carl nervously wrung his hands. "Maybe you've forgotten but the Yolkians kind of hate us."

"Yeah Jimmy!" Sheen said. "They tried to eat our parents, tried to eat us, and then King Goobot tried to destroy you and me! If it wasn't for my great plan, we might never have escaped!"

"What plan?" Jimmy asked.

Sheen thought about it. "Well I am the one that made friends with Tee!"

"That's true," Jimmy agreed.

"Maybe, you know, we should gather up all the other kids," Carl suggested. "Like that first time, if we're going to invade Yolkus. Get Cindy and Libby at least."

"Cindy and Libby aren't agents Carl!" Jimmy said.

"Yeah, I know. But you like it when Cindy wears her outer space jumpsuit Jim."

"What?" Jimmy cried out. "I do not! And don't worry. We have Goddard with us and I've installed a few tricks in the rocket for the Yolkians or anyone else we meet. We won't be captured this time!"

And so they sped off to Yolkus.

* * * *

Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl marched into King Goobot's throne room. "Remember, brave face guys," Jimmy told them. Carl and Sheen were nervous though. All too well they remembered the last time they were in the Yolkian throne room, King Goobot had thrown them all into the dungeon.

King Goobot was polishing his crown. He hastily put it back on. "Who dares approach the throne of the mighty King Goobot?" he asked. And then recognized Jimmy. "What?!?! Jimmy Neutron! Here?!?! Guards, seize that miserable pipsqueak!"

The guards rushed forward with their stunspears. But when they reached Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl they ran through them and bounced off each other, falling to the floor.

"You're not capturing us today, Goobot!" Jimmy said. "We're holograms! We're really in a cloaked ship in orbit."

"Curses, foiled again," Goobot said to himself. "Well what is it you want then? Or did you travel halfway across the galaxy just to be generally annoying?"

"Why do you have a Yolkian spy satellite in orbit around earth?" Jimmy asked.

"Why? Why?" King Goobot said. "To watch you of course Jimmy Neutron!"

"Me?" Jimmy was taken back.

"Me?" King Goobot mimicked. "Yes you, Jimmy Neutron. My greatest rival. The little boy with the big head that has defeated me and humiliated me three times already and made me the laughing stock of the Galaxy! I want to see what you're up to. No good, I am quite certain. But it has been a pleasure to see that you frequently cause more damage to that dinky town on that tiny planet than I ever did."

"So why did you steal the space shuttle and space station Goobot? What's your evil plan this time?"

"The what?" King Goobot asked.

"The space shuttle and space station," Jimmy repeated.

King Goobot's eyes looked at each other. He then looked at the guards and they both shrugged. "Talk some sense boy!" Goobot said.

Jimmy touched his watch and a holographic picture of the station and shuttle appeared next to him. "Don't play games, Goobot, the space station and space shuttle!"

"What a primitive looking spacecraft," Goobot said, looking at the shuttle. "Just a fly speck compared to our Chicken Warbirds." Goobot turned back to Jimmy. "What on Yolkus would make you think I would be the least bit interested in that ridiculous looking antique?"

"Because you're an evil space alien!" Sheen said.

"This is true," Goobot said. "But sadly I've had no time to visit your worthless little planet lately."

Jimmy looked at King Goobot who stared down at him. Goobot could be lying, of course. "Goddard, lie detector on Goobot's voice!"

Goddard barked and lifted up his head. "True," his screen said.

"That's odd," Jimmy said. "He seems to be telling the truth."

"Well maybe he IS telling the truth," Carl said.

"I wondered before if lie detectors work on aliens," Jimmy said. "It did then, it must still be working."

"So now what Jim?" Sheen asked.

"I don't know. I was so sure it was the Yolkians."

"Uh, hello!" King Goobot said angrily. "You're still in my throne room! If you're done being a pest, please leave. Or I will find that ship of yours somehow and blow it out of orbit!"

"An empty threat Goobot!" Jimmy declared, and whipped out a small weapon.

"An empty threat?" Goobot laughed. "You should talk, Neutron! You said it yourself, you're a hologram! What could you possibly do?"

"You'd be surprised!" Jimmy said, and fired. A beam shot out of the gun and hit Goobot's throne, which flashed and turned into a lumpy white crumbly pile of stuff.

"My throne!!" Goobot cried. "NEUTRON!!!" But then Goobot hesitated. He turned around and looked at the remains of his throne, and sniffed. The guards approached cautiously, sniffing too. "What is that incredible aroma?" Goobot asked.

A visible vapor was rising from the white pile of throne. Goobot broke off a piece and sniffed it again. "It smells delicious!" Goobot opened his mouth.

"Your Excellency!" one of the guards cried out. "It might be poisonous! It might be part of that big-headed-kid's evil plans!"

"Hm, good point, nameless guard," Goobot said. "It's a pity I don't have Ooblar hear to taste it. … Nameless guard, YOU taste it first."

"As you command, your Majesty," the guard said, and popped the white lump into his mouth.

"Well?" Goobot asked.

The guard's eyes shot straight up, bumping the glass dome of his body. "YOWZA!" he shouted. Then did somersaults all about the throne room. That was enough for Goobot to give it a try too. He was more reserved, and rocked his stomach with his hands. "It's heavenly! What is this strange substance?"

"I know that one!" Carl answered. "That's cheese! It's called Gouda-Feta!"

"Cheese?" Goobot asked. "What is that?"

"I food made from milk!" Sheen answered. "I know that one!"

"Milk?" Goobot asked. "And what is that?"

"That's white stuff that comes from a chicken!" Sheen answered. "Wow! I know that one too."

"No Sheen," Carl said, shaking his head. "I'm afraid you're mixing up milks and eggs again. Milk comes from llamas."

"Guys!" Jimmy finally said. "Milk can come from a lot of animals, but mostly cows. Goddard."

Goddard displayed a holographic cow.

King Goobot looked at it, then got a calculating look in his green eyes. He drummed his metallic hands on his chin. "Soooo… Neutron … what exactly is it you want?"

"Your spy satellite might have seen something that our earth sensors didn't pick up. You are an advanced alien species," Jimmy admitted, thinking a little flattery couldn't hurt.

"This is true," Goobot agreed.

"I would like access to whatever that satellite saw at the time of the station and shuttle's disappearance," Jimmy said.

Goobot thought about it, squinting his eyes. "That could be arranged, Neutron, if…"

There was a long pause.

"If?" Jimmy asked.

"If you could provide us with some more of this … cheese-stuff," Goobot said.

Now it was Jimmy's turn to think and pause, though he was pleased that Goobot seemed so taken with cheese. He had originally hoped to bluff his way for the information. First a demonstration of his weapon's "power" then – though it wasn't his style he could see no other choice – a threat. The Yolkians were villains after all. But in the end Jimmy put on his poker face, though he had never played poker, and said as casually as he could "That could also be arranged, Goobot."

A glint of glee came into Goobot's green eyes. It looked like he was about to clap his hands together, but instead straightened his crown. "Nameless guard! Gather the information on an Egg Drive for Neutron!"

The guard approached Jimmy, talked to him briefly, and left. He returned a minute later with a small jumpdrive like device.

"Here's the information you requested, Neutron. Now about that cheese."

Jimmy set the Cheese Ray down on the ground, and suddenly it was solid. Goobot snatched it up and aimed it at a nearby potted plant. The vase turned into cheese, but not the plant.

"It doesn't work on living matter, Goobot," Jimmy explained. "I'm certainly not going to give you any more weapons. But it DOES have fifty cheeses programmed into it, and the battery should last a good long time, enough for plenty of cheese. Now about that Egg Drive."

Jimmy held out his hand. The guard looked at Goobot, and after a pause, Goobot nodded. The guard handed Jimmy the Egg Drive, and it fell through his hand and landed on the floor.

"Oops!" Goobot laughed. "I forgot! How silly of me! You're a hologram! And now I have this marvelous device!"

"The deal's done Goobot," Jimmy said with a smile. "I already showed you I'm no ordinary hologram. I downloaded all the data off the Egg Drive when it passed through my hand. It's in my rocket's computer right now. Goodbye Goobot!"

Jimmy turned off the hologram generator and thus got in the last word.

* * * *

Thanks for reading and comments very much welcome! Happy Thanksgiving!

Snazzo doesn't own Jimmy Neutron.