What's that? It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's an update! Hey everyone, I'm fasting right now and I can't eat till sunset so now that eating is off my Things To Do list, I have more time to write! Yay! For you. I'm going to be hungry as hell.

Anyway! I'd like to thank my two guest reviewers! You're reviews were very nice!

Dislciamer: That would be a negative, Houston, over.

"I can't believe we're going to India!"

"Why not?"

"Because we have school tomorrow!"

"So? We left in the middle of school and went to Egypt once!"

"We got caught!"

"But look at the bright side, for discovering a lost tomb we got extra recess."

"Who cares about recess?"

"Well you did at the time."

"I was ten."

"You know, that seems like your excuse for a lot of things."

"Because it's true."

"Yeah but you can't blame your age for everything. Remember that time when you refused to leave the mall even though there was an armed robbery going on?"

"I was fifteen."

"You wanted to buy a dress."

"In my defense it was a very pretty dress."

"You wore it once and then you threw it out."

"You're not supposed to wear a dress more than once Neutron!"

"Then what's the point of getting them? It's such a waste of valuable resources!"

"Because that's- that's the point!"

"Whatever you say Vortex."

~xXx~

Cindy stood there, looking at the spot where Jimmy had just been, moments ago.

She blinked, Was he just about to kiss me? Holy crap, he was about to kiss me! Why was he about to kiss me? He hates me!

She shook her head, Focus Cindy; you have to get it together and save his ass. She reprimanded herself in her mind for getting distracted and then made up her mind.

"Come on Cindy, let's go save that genius." She muttered to herself and then sprinted off school grounds and towards the Neutron's house. She reached their house in around fifteen minutes and panted as she caught her breath in front of the clubhouse. She sighed and held her eye up to the scanner.

"Identification confirmed. Welcome Cindy Vortex." The electronic voice of Vox said before the door popped open. She smiled, thankful that Jimmy had finally decided to allow girl's into the clubhouse. She went down to the lab and hopped into Jimmy's seat in front of his main computer.

She quickly typed in some commands, "Locate James Isaac Neutron." She told the computer. The computer searched for a few seconds before locating him.

"James is located at the Strych Manor." Vox replied.

Cindy rolled her eyes, "Why didn't I see that coming?" She muttered to herself. To Vox she asked, "Is it possible to get an image?" She asked.

"Affirmative Cindy." Vox replied and the screen changed, it showed Eustace strapping Jimmy to a chair.

Eustace cackled, "It finally ends Neutron!" He told him, walking over to a bin and rummaging through it.

Jimmy raised an eyebrow, "And how exactly are you going to end it?" He asked him doubtfully.

"Aha!" Eustace cried, pulling out an evil-looking contraption that looked like it could definitely hurt someone, "With this evil ray of doom!" He cried, holding it out proudly.

"And what does it exactly do?" Jimmy asked him.

Eustace grinned evilly, "Oh it just tortures the subject in the most horrible way! IT will leave you begging for mercy!" He said, cackling evilly. Cindy's eyes widened, sure Eustace wasn't the smartest boy on the block- not that spot was reserved for Jimmy- but he did have a history of making a very few rare inventions that did what he said they did. This could really torture Jimmy.

"Master Eustace, it's time for lunch!" A voice called from above. Cindy let out a sigh of relief; maybe she could get there in time.

Eustace scowled, "Dammit." She muttered then he turned to Jimmy, "I guess our torture time will have to be postponed for a bit. I will be back shortly, do not move! Oh wait, you can't." He said, laughing at his own terrible joke. Both Cindy and Jimmy rolled their eyes at him as he left.

"End image." Vox said and the screen shut off.

"Okay Vortex, you have maybe ten fifteen minutes to save Jimmy. Strych's invnetions look serious; you're also going to need some gadgets of your own." She said to herself. She looked around Jimmy's lab and spotted the new and improved hypno-ray.

She smiled and picked it up and strapped it to her wrist, it was no longer the bulky Frisbee glued to a bulky bottom. Jimmy had sized it down and transferred it to a small rubber wrist band. She also saw the also improved shrink ray which he had improved to look like a baseball cap for the Retroville 9's. Cindy smiled fondly at the memory of their baseball team and placed the hat on her head.

She looked around the lab, "I don't think there's anything I else I can use." She said to herself and then spotted the new bike the Jimmy had created. It was a sleek motorcycle which was currently set to have a metallic finish with a red and blue paint job.

She smiled and hopped on, quickly changing the settings on the motorcycle to have a metallic finish with a pink and black paint job now.

She shook her head, "Typical Neutron." She said and then revved up the engine. She pushed a button on the dashboard of the motorcycle and a chute opened up in the wall and Cindy pressed her foot against the gas pedal. She yelled out in joy as she shot out of the chute.

"Here I come, Jimmy!"

~xXx~

"So Cindy . . ."

"What do you want Neutron?"

"I was just wondering if . . ."

"If what?"

"If you would . . ."

"If I would what? Spit it out already Neutron! I haven't got all day, I have to study for my chem test."

"Chemistry test you say? Do you need any help?"

"Well yes I do actually, could you exp- Hey wait! Don't change the subject! What were you going to ask me?"

"Oh er that, well it's nothing really."

"No it was something, otherwise you wouldn't be so nervous."

"Nervous? Who's nervous? Not me! Nope, I'm as cool as a cucumber!"

"Cool as a cucumber? Okay that settles it, it is important. Come on, spit it out already."

"I swear it was nothing!"

"Neutron, tell me before I throw this book at your face."

"That's a pretty big book . . ."

"Yes it is now tell me."

"Oh you see it's that my dad he uh- spent his money on a- um a duck! A rare on and uh- he can't lend me any money and uh- I need some?"

"Neutron, you're pathetic at lying."

"I am not!"

"Yeah you are, you do realize that you have abundant money because of your inventions right?"

"Oh. Yeah forgot about that."

"So tell me what it is!"

"It's nothing, I tell you!"

"Tell me!"

"It's nothing! Leave me alone, woman!"

"You're the one who approached me."

"Well now I'm walking away!"

"Oh no you don't! Tell me what you want to now!"

"Fine! Cindy Vortex will you go to Prom with me? There I said it!"

". . ."

"Cindy? Say something."

"That's what you wanted to ask me!"

"I know, I understand why you wouldn't want to go with me and all."

"Neutron, I've been going out with you for more than three years! Of course I would go with you! I swear sometimes you are a moron."

"Wait so you'll go with me?"

"Of course you moron."

"You want to?"

"Neutron, I'm about to slap some sense into you."

"But why? I mean I'm not that great and a- Mm!"

"Remember why now?"

"Oh yeah now I remember now . . ."

"Idiot . . ."

"What was that?"

"I love you!"

"Uh huh sure."

~xXx~

She put in the address for the Strych manor and reached it in less than five minutes. She parked the motorcycle behind an over large hedge which was but to look like Eustace with a moustache. Cindy looked up at the hedge and crinkled her nose.

"Eustace with a moustache! Conceited jerk." She mumbled, before skirting around the hedge and running into the shadow that the gigantic house left behind. She pressed herself to the side of the building and carefully walked along the side.

"Come on there has to be a secret entrance somewhere!" She muttered to herself, groping around blindly with her hands, looking for misplaced brick or an unusual edge along the wall. Finally her hand found a brick that was pushed slightly outward.

"Aha!" She cried to herself and pushed the brick down. Suddenly the wall she was standing against turned around and she found herself inside the mansion.

She smirked to herself, "Perfect." She walked forward, looking for some kind of passage to where Jimmy was held. She suddenly stopped in her tracks.

'Dammit, I don't even know which room Jimmy is held in! I should have checked!' She shouted in her mind. She sighed and rubbed her temples. She looked around; the hall she was in was a long hall with dozens of doors on either side.

'Well this is just great. Just freaking great' she thought to herself bitterly, 'How in the world am I supposed to find him in here?' She thought a bit hopelessly.

"Dammit!" A voice cried from one of the doors. Cindy's ears perked up.

'That's right! Eustace didn't cover Jimmy's mouth! I can listen for him!' She thought smiling victoriously. She began to listen carefully but Jimmy didn't speak again. She bit her lip, how was she supposed to find him if he didn't speak? She couldn't speak up because surely there was some sort of security. She looked around for a camera or something but all she saw a portrait of Eustace. She narrowed her eyes thoughtfully.

'Or maybe he's too confident to use security' She thought. She let out a breath, 'I have to risk it.' She decided.

"Jimmy, where are you?" She called out tentatively.

"Cindy? Is that you?" His voice asked.

xXx

"Cindy, are you serious?"

"Of course I am Jimmy, you can't avoid this forever."

"But I'm too young for this!"

"Jimmy, you're eighteen, you're more than ready."

"But if I screw up, we're both screwed!"

"You won't screw up."

"You say that now but . . ."

"Come on Jimmy, I really want to do this."

"But- but!"

"No buts Jimmy! We're doing this!"

"But I'm not ready!"

"Yes you are!"

"No I'm not! I've never done this before."

"Really? Never."

"Don't judge."

"It's a bit too late for that."

"Shut up."

"I can think of a few way you could do that."

"Not the time Cindy."

"Sorry, couldn't resist."

"So I don't have to do it?"

"Neutron! You have to do it!"

"Dammit."

"I'm going to be with you the whole time Jimmy, I'll guide you on what to do and what not to do."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah Neutron, I will. Now let's do this!"

"But you said it could wait until evening!"

"I change my mind; we have to do this now."

"But it's not even noon!"

"So?"

"We can't have dinner with your parents at noon!"

"Damn you're right."

"I always am."

"Shut up."

xXx

Cindy smiled, she replayed Jimmy's voice in her mind, it sounded like he was on the right side, "Yeah Jimmy it's me. Do you know which room you're in?" She asked, walking alongside the right side of the hall.

"Nope." E replied helpfully.

She sighed, "Fine then keep talking." She commanded, listening for his voice.

"Okay, how did you get here?" He asked. Cindy determined his voice to be coming from near the back.

"Oh I borrowed the motorcycle." She said, waiting for him to respond.

"The motorcycle! Cindy, do you realize how dangerous that could have been? It's just a prototype! It's highly unstable and has the capability to blow at any given moment! Not to mention the painting system, it ahs a tendency to paint everything in the room! It also ejects the rider randomly!" He ranted angrily. Cindy listened to his voice carefully and ran towards the back of the hall. She listened to each door as he continued to rant about the dangers of the motorcycle when she finally heard his voice coming crystal clear from one of the doors.

"Aha!" She cried.

"What did you find it?" He asked.

She took out a bobby pin from her hair and slid it into the lock, "Yeah I think so." She said, picking the lock. The lock clicked open and she stepped into the room. She looked around; it was quite small with a huge monitor mounted on the wall.

Next to the monitor were a couple of posters showing some science methodologies and medical information. There was a desk pushed up against the other side with papers scattered all over it. The lighting was very dim in one corner of the room and in the corner opposite from it the light kept flickering on and off.

The room was a dump.

And plus, Jimmy was nowhere in sight, "Uh Jimmy I don't this is it." She called out.

"Of course it's not." A voice said from behind.

She whirled around and came face to face with a smirking face.

"Eustace."

Yes, I did just leave a cliffhanger. What'choo gon' do 'bout it? R&R? Please?