The next day in the afternoon, Jimmy was in his backyard testing out yet another invention he made in less than a few hours after the message incident the previous night.
"I will contact those aliens yet!" said Jimmy.
"You sure it will work this time, Jimmy?" said Ariana.
"I am sure, Ariana," said Jimmy. "It just HAS to work. You'll see."
"Hey Jimmy! Ariana!" said Sheen Estevez, running to the two friends.
"Hiya Sheen," said Ariana. "What's up?"
"I want to show you guys something amazing!" said Sheen.
He shows them a wristwatch on his left wrist as he said, "I just got the new Ultralord Talking Wristwatch! It has over 25 different sayings! Listen!"
Sheen pushed the button on the side of the wristwatch as it said in the superhero's voice, "Saying number one!"
"Is that cool or what?!" said Sheen.
"It didn't say any quotes," said Ariana. "It's being literally if you ask me."
"Nobody asked you!" said Sheen, then saying to Jimmy, "Hey Jimmy, is that a telescope?"
"It's my latest invention," said Jimmy. "Behold, the Yelloscope!"
"Yellow as in the color yellow?" asked Sheen. "But it's not even yellow!"
"He means you can yell through it, Sheen," said Ariana, correcting him.
"Ooooooh," said Sheen. "I don't get it."
"So what are you going to do with this invention, Jimmy?" asked Ariana.
"When I speak into the Yelloscope, it will transfer across the galaxy since the sound of a person's voice will be a million times louder so they aliens can hear the message," said Jimmy. "I'll show you. GREETINGS FROM PLANET EARTH!"
There was no response.
"Huh…It didn't work," said Jimmy.
"Maybe I can help," said Ariana, then starting to scream into the Yelloscope, "HEY ALL YOU ALIENS! WE'RE DOWN HERE! COME AND GET US!"
There still wasn't a single response.
"Well, I tried…" said Ariana, with a frown.
"I wonder what's wrong here," said Jimmy, looking into the device to find the problem. "It should've worked. Ariana, what do you think is wrong with it?"
"Uhhh Jimmy?" said Ariana, finding a switch. "I think I see the problem. The "On and Off" switch isn't set to 'on'. It's set to 'off'."
Jimmy slapped his forehead and turned on the Yelloscope.
"Saying number two!" said Sheen's wristwatch.
The audio of the watch went through the invention as the sound was so loud that it broke the side of the house next door.
"Oops," said Jimmy, sweating. "That wasn't supposed to happen."
"I don't know about deep space, Jimmy, but you sure made contact with your next door neighbors," said Ariana, giggling nervously.
Later that day, Cindy and her best friend, Libby Folfax was walking on the sidewalk.
"Look Libby," said Cindy, spotting Jimmy. "Nerd-tron is making a nerd mobile."
"Hold up, Cindy," said Libby. "That is clearly a nerd rocket mobile!"
The girls laughed.
"Good morning, Libby," said Jimmy, sarcastically. "Hey Vortex, I see they let you out of your cage at this time of the day."
"What are you doing anyway, Neutron?" asked Cindy.
"I happen to be testing a rocket so we can fly high enough so I can send a communication satellite into space," said Jimmy.
"We?" said Libby. "Are you referring to Cindy and me?"
"Why would I want to go anywhere with this big-headed freak?" said Cindy.
"I meant myself and the new girl in town, Ariana," said Jimmy. "She's really interested in my inventions since she moved here a couple days ago."
"Hi Jimmy," said Ariana, arriving. "Is the new rocket ready yet?"
"Oh hi, Ariana," said Jimmy. "Glad you made it. It's just about finished."
"So are we ready to go?" asked Ariana.
"You bet ya," said Jimmy. "Hop in."
Ariana sits in the back as Jimmy sat in the front since he was going to drive the rocket.
"Ready Ariana?" asked Jimmy.
"Ready Jimmy," said Ariana, with her thumb up.
"Then let's blast off!" said Jimmy, pressing the button.
The rocket flew forward at a fast pace, but it ended up crashing into a hedge.
"Are we there yet?" asked Ariana.
Cindy and Libby laugh at her.
"Grrrrrr!" said Ariana.
"See you later, space kids!" said Libby.
She and Cindy left while continuing to laugh.
"Wanna go with plan B?" asked Jimmy.
"What's plan B again?" asked Ariana.
A few minutes later, Jimmy placed the rocket on the side of the chimney.
"J-J-Jimmy, are you s-s-sure about this?" asked Ariana, shaking nervously.
"I'm positive, Ariana," said Jimmy. "The chimney provides a perfectly stable launching platform."
"But what if your parents come out and catch us?" asked Ariana.
"We'll be in space before they find out," said Jimmy. "Don't worry about a thing. I got it all under control."
"Can you tell me again, why do we have this toaster?" asked Ariana, holding a rearranged toaster.
"It's NOT a toaster, Ariana," said Jimmy, rolling his eyes. "It's a communication satellite."
"So we're giving the aliens toast?" said Ariana. "If we are, can we send some butter and jam if you wish? Or maybe some cinnamon sugar?"
"Never mind…" said Jimmy, sighing. "Just put on your seatbelt, okay? We wouldn't want you to fly out while on the mission."
The kids put on their seatbelts.
"Wait a minute," said Ariana. "We were supposed to be studying for that math test today. Have you forgotten about it?"
"No, no, no," said Jimmy. "Let's do some simple ones right now. Okay, what's 25 minus 20?"
"Five," said Ariana.
"Good," said Jimmy. "Now what is 16 minus 12?"
"Four," said Ariana.
"Three times one?" said Jimmy.
"Oh, that's easy," said Ariana. "Three."
"Six divided by three?" said Jimmy.
"Two," said Ariana.
"Two minus one?!" said Jimmy.
"Oh, it's a countdown!" said Ariana. "The answer is one!"
"BLAST OFF!" said Jimmy.
The rocket shot up into the sky as it started to fly very, very fast.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" said Ariana.