Little Wonders

Jimmy pulled a strand of hair from his head before pressing it to his DNA scanner. Sheen felt a sense of pride from his encounter with Libby, and strutted into Jimmy's lab with his pride noticeably showing. By the time Carl had followed in suit, Jimmy frowned at his empty hands.

Carl had eaten all the candy on their way to the lab. Jimmy was looking forward to tasting the sweet, melting candy that every kid bragged about. He would have to put his disappointment behind him and get on to revealing his new invention. He was quite eager.

Sheen caught a glimpse of a sparkle in the corner of his eyes, running over to the shiny metal, "Is this your new invention?"

Jimmy raised an alarm, "Don't touch that, Sheen! It's a malfunctioning ray gun that had been going haywire all day!"

"That's a shame, it would have made a great weapon to go along with my Ultra Lord invention you're working on,"

"Sure," Jimmy didn't tear away from Sheen until he left the ray gun's side.

Carl perked up, "Ray gun? Why are you making a ray gun?"

"I thought it'd be working perfectly fine to bring along for our adventures,"

The two friends looked to each, their smiles sparking, "Adventures?"

"Yeah, boys, I thought instead of spending our summer in boring Retroville, we'd go on exciting adventures to..., well, I don't know, to have fun, I guess,"

"Adventures that will reward us with endless buffets!"

"Or a daring mission fighting aliens in outer space!"

Jimmy chuckled, "Not exactly,"

It was then that he stalked up to a grey cloth that hid a large object underneath it. Goddard had been laying in a corner, waiting for Jimmy to signal for him to take a hold of the grey cloth. He bit down on a corner of the fabric as Jimmy proudly stood beside his creation.

"I was thinking more along the lines of time travel,"

Goddard yanked on the cloth. It fell down in majestic ripples and the boys awed at the sight. Sheen was the first to touch the large, metal box that resembled a time machine ripped straight from a futuristic comic book. He could only imagine the adventures this baby would give for him for a whole summer. The boys were ready.

Cindy lifted the mat in front of Jimmy's lab in a futile attempt to find any hair follicle. Libby tapped her foot, her fingers tapping against her arm. She watched her friend groan in desperation.

"Why don't you just ask Jimmy what his new invention is?"

"Ask? Nerdtron? You must be joking!" She continued to scan the area.

"We both know he ain't goin' to let you in the lab and if he finds out that you stole a piece of his hair to snoop around, he won't be very happy,"

"I found one!"

Libby breathed heavily, "I can't believe you're doin' this, you know he's in there,"

Cindy laughed, "I won't go in his lab just now! I'll wait until I'm sure that Nerdtron is out of his lab and then I'll see what's so great about his new invention,"

The girls left the front of the lab with Libby wishing that her dear friend didn't have so much pride. She would have to do her friend a favor by stopping by Jimmy's lab tomorrow and asking him herself.