Authors Notes: I need to tell my readers the reason i didn't dive too deep into the characters in origins is because I just wanted to establish which characters were going to be featured in the beginning and how they got their powers. The first season will focus on the team being formed the other seasons will focus on character arcs.
The Mutation Situation
Part 2: The Day Everything Changed
The town of Retroville was a very small and peaceful place. It had morderately happy people and a low crime rate. It was the kind of place you would go to get away from it all. That was the case until an explosion in the desert would change the town and it's people forever.
Thirty minutes before the explosion.
It was a nice cool night in retroville all was well Judy Neutron and her husband Hugh Neutron were driving home after watching the play Macbeth In Space.
"Well that was a lovily play wasn't it Hugh.", Judy commented while driving."
"It sure was Sugar Booger, those kids can definitely act, espeically that that Allison girl she stole the show." Hugh replied happliy.
"And that Toby boy was also really good." Judy responded.
As the Neutrons made it to the drive way they were met by Jimmy's robot dog Goddard.
"Hey boy, how've you been?" asked Hugh as he exited the car.
"Bark! Bark!" Goddard responded as he was petted by Hugh.
As Judy was exiting the car she saw her next door neighbors daughter leave her house and go off running in the opposite direction, "I wonder where she is going?"
"Probaby going to The Candy Bars to meet up with her friends." Hugh answered.
" Ya , your probably right." Judy replied.
She, her husband and Goddard all entered the house. The Neutrons were going to have an early night, both had gotten dressed in their pjamas. Hugh was going to watch a movie to tire himself out, Frankensteins Monster while Judy was going to read a book The Fault In Our Stars.
Then out of nowhere Goddard came in running in their room with siren ringing on his back screaming danger, danger.
"Whats wrong boy?" Hugh asked.
Goddard opened up his chest plate a computor screen appeaered, and words appeared on the screen." Unknown energy pulse detected." Judy read, " What does that mean?" she asked.
Before Hugh could answer Goddard quickly jumped in between them and created an energy barrier, seconds later the energy pulse came crashing against the house shattering windows, vases and glasses.
"What was that?" Hugh screamed.
"We better go check if the neighbors are okay." Juday said rushing out of the bed.
The Neighborhood was in shambles light bulbs, windows, flower pots had all been shatterd. Houses had cracks all over them, cars had flipped over and the sreet lights had fallen.
"What happened here a earthquake?" Hugh asked.
"No, I don't think so. It might be have something to do with the unkown energy pulse Goddard detected." Judy responded.
As more people got out of their houses wondering what happened, Judy screamed. Everyone who was out looked at her, "What's wrong Sugar Booger?" Hugh asked.
With a horrified face Judy pointed at an unconcious Cindy whom had blood dripping from her forehead.
"My baby!" screamed Susan Vortex as the crowd ran torwards Cindy.
"Somebody call 911!" one of the neighbors screamed.
People took out their phones to try and call but nobody could get a signal.
"Damn it!" one of the neighbors shouted.
"I'm not getting any signal." said another.
"What are we going to do if we can't call anyone." Susan asked while holding Cindy.
"Doesn't Goddard have his own server, why don't we use him to call someone." suggested Hugh.
"Hugh, your a genius." Judy replied.
"I am, I mean yes I'm a genius." responded Hugh suprised.
Judy whistled to call Goddard and he ran torwards them, " Goddard, do you have a way to comunicate with emergancy services?"
Goddard barked to indicate yes and sent out a signal to alert emergancy services.
"Now take out Jimmys emergancy phone and give it to Susan." ordered Judy.
Goddard went straight to Susan and opened up his back revealing a phone.
Susan took it and called the general, "Hello(other side of conversation), Sam something happened(other side of conversation), this is important Cindys' unconcious and bleeding." The phone cut, "Hello, hello. What happened?" asked Susan.
"Whatever that thing was that did this must have messed with Goddards' signal as well." responded Judy.
"What do we do now?" asked one of the neighbors.
"All we can do, wait." responded Hugh.
Back at the Military Base.
"Hello, hello, ahgggg!" the general screamed in frustration.
"Prepare a heliocopter, I need to get to retroville." orderd the general.
"We can't sir the helio pad and the copters have all been destroyed." replied one of the soldiers.
"Then how am I supposed to get to retroville!?" shouted the general.
"I might have a way." Jimmy answered, having calmed down.
"How?" asked the general.
"Come with me." answered Jimmy.
Jimmy took the general to his lab.
"What in your lab could possibly get me to retroville?" asked the general, "We hired you to genetically engineer soldiers not build transport."
While walking to one of his labs walls, " Well you see these last few years I've been skimming abit off the top on the operating budget." explained Jimmy.
"James are you telling me that you've been embezzling money?" asked the general.
"Yes, but after this you'll be glad I did." Jimmy answeres pulling out a string of hair holding it up to a scanner.
the general said frustrated, "James I don't have time for this."
"Wait for it." Jimmy replied as the wall opened revealing a second lab(which looked like Jimmy's lab from the series).
"How did you manage to hide this place?" asked the general.
" We don' t have time for that, we have to get to retroville, lets take my hover craft." Jimmy answered.
"Hover craft?" asked the general in confusion.
"Yes, hover craft." Jimmy answered revealing his hover craft.
"It should only take us a few minutes to get there" he continued.
Jimmy and the general got in the hover craft and flew off.
As they were flying the general took a good long look at Jimmy, seeing what his hyberous had created, "Listen James, I'm sorry about what happened."
"Don't worry about. As far as I can tell I'm alright for now, we have bigger things to worry about." Jimmy responded.
The general remained quiet and they continued thier trip.
The general and Jimmy entered retroville to find it in shambles, "What happened here?" asked the general.
"We happened." Jimmy answered.
Jimmy and the general made it to the crowd of people on their street.
Jimmy's parents walked up to them only to be shocked by Jimmys new look.
Hugh commented, "Jimbo your orange." he sniffed him, "and mmmmh smell fruity."
"What happened?" Judy asked in a serious voice.
"Mom we don't have time for that, put Cindy in the hover craft." ordered Jimmy.
Judy did as her son asked and helped put Cindy in the hover craft.
"Anyone who wants to come, get on board." Jimmy ordered.
The general, Judy, Hugh, Susan and Goddard jumped into the craft and flew away.
"Is she going to be okay Jimmy?" asked Susan.
"I'm not sure." Jimmy answered, "Goddard send a biometric scan of everyone to the lab."
Goddard did just that and scanned everyone.
"Jimmy why are you scanning everyone?" Judy asked.
With a pained look on his face Jimmy answered, "What caused all this to happen was my invention, The Neutron Chamber exploding."
Everyone looked at Jimmy stunned.
"You caused this!?" Susan angriley asked.
"Actually..." the general tried to explain.
"Yes, it was my fault, I caused the accident." interrupted Jimmy.
The general gave Jimmy a look but continued to stay quiet.
"Jimmy how could you let this happen!?" asked Judy.
"I ordered the tests to commence today, without regard to any risk, I was so close to my dream I was willing to let anything happen." Jimmy answered.
"I thought we taught you to always triple check your work to think of every contingency for what ever your doing, for the first time in my life Jimmy I'm disapointed in you." Judy lectured.
"I'm sorry mom." Jimmy replied with a saddened vioce.
Hugh wanted to say somehing but decided to stay quiet.
Susan stared at him viciously, "You better hope you can help my daughter Jimmy, because if you can't..."
"Susan! That's enough of that for now." the general interrupted.
Everyone remained quiet until they made it back to the base.
They landed in Jimmy's lab, "Quickily get her on the table!" Jimmy ordered.
Jimmy went to a door opening it, " Introducing the Neutron Regenerating Pod, if we put Cindy in it she should heal almost instantly."
"Are you sure this one won't expolde." Susan asked.
"Susan, right now we don't have any other options." the general commented.
With a hesitant look she agreed, "Alright fine."
Hugh and the general helped put Cindy in the pod.
"Alright let get started" Jimmy annouced, "Searching for entry wound. The scanners activated, "This doesn't make any sense."
"What doesn't make any sense." Susan asked worryingly.
"Their is no entry wound, as far as I can tell she's in perfect health." Jimmy answered.
Jimmy went and opened up the pod to check Cindys' head, " See there's nothing." he countinued.
"How is that possible her head was bleeding out ten minutes ago?" the general questioned.
Jimmy looked up at Goddard, " Goddard present me with the results of the biometric scan."
Goddard ran up to Jimmy and in a fax like motion gave him a paper with the results, " Hmmmm, I see." Jimmy said to himself.
"What James! What is it!" the general asked.
"It seems that you and Mrs Vortex have been splashed with Cosmic radiation, my parents are completely clean and Cindy and I, our cells have been completely saturated in it." Jimmy answered.
"What does that mean, are we going to get cancer?" asked Susan.
"No, just like with cell phones and T.V's a little radiation is in our bodies that what happened to you two. Cindy and I however it seems our cells have absorbed the radiation causing us to change." Jimmy answered.
"What do you mean change?" asked Susan.
"Captain Saunders turned into a pile of rocks, my skin changed to orange. Just like the two of us Cindy is going through her own Metamorphisis." answered Jimmy.
"What will happen to her?" the general asked.
"Right now I'm not sure, but you guys go somewhere and rest, I'll update you in the morning." Jimmy answered.
"James is right, You get take them to a place they can rest." the general ordered a soldier.
"Yes sir." the soldier answered,standing at the door.
The soldier took Judy, Hugh and Susan away.
"James I have to ask why did you take the blame for this? It could ruin your career." asked the general.
"A career can be salvaged general, you stand to lose so much more than that if the truth were to get out." answered Jimmy.
Thinking about it the general said, " Thank you James I promise I'll make it up to you." before leaving.
The next morning Susan, Hugh, Judy and General Vortex all came to Jimmy's lab when they woke up.
"James what can you tell us." asked the general.
Jimmy said nothing, then pulled out gun.
"Jimmy what are you doing!?" screamed Judy.
Jimmy still said nothing, then pointed the gun at Cindys' body.
"Somebody stop him!" shouted Susan.
Before anyone could get to him Jimmy fired the gun at Cindys' body, only for the bullet to bounce off of her.
Everyone looked in shock." What just happened!?" screamed the general.
"Congratulations General Vortex, your daughter has superpowers." Jimmy announced.
"What!?" everyone said in unison.
Jimmy looked at them and answered, " The cosmic radiation in her cells has mutated her giving her a dense moleculor structor."
Everyone still looked confused.
Jimmy saw the confused look on their faces and continued, "It basically means she's bullet proof now."
"Ooohhhh" they all said collectively.
"Does that mean she'll be okay?" Susan asked.
"Yes infact she'll be better than okay, it will just take a few days for her to wake up." Jimmy answered.
"Thank god!" Susan said in relief.
Before any of them could celebrate, a soldier rushed in, "Sir we have a problem, the media is outside and thier asking questions."
The general went straight to the gate to address the media.
The entrance of the gate was filled with reporters asking varies questions.
Everything went quiet as soon as the general walked up. he pointed to one of the reporters who asked, " General Sam Vortex there was an explosion here last night what happened?"
The general responded, "An expiremental military device malfuntioned last night we are investigating what happened and will deal with it accordingly." he then walked away as the reporters continued to ask questions.
He went to his wife and the Neutrons, " You guys better go home now is going to be hectic here, I'll update you on Cindy if anything happens."
"Fine." Susan agreed as she and the neutrons left in the hover craft.
The general looked at Jimmy, "James what's going to happen next."
"Honestly, for the first time in my entire life, I don't know." Jimmy answered.
On the other side of the base the rocky remains of Captain Saunders began to move again this time forming a hand on his side.
One week later. Cindy was lying on a medical bed surrounded by military docters, with a multitude of cords connected to her.
She opened her eyes and suddenly woke up, " Where am I!?" she shouted
"She's awake." shouted one of the docters.
"Somebody alert the general and Mr Neutron." said another.
One of the docters went to Cindy, " Miss Vortex, we need you to calm down and get back into bed." grabbing her wrist.
"Hey let go of me!" Cindy shouted,
She threw the doctor across the room, "How did I do that?" she said to herself.
She ripped off the cords and ran out of the room.
She continued to run down the hall, she saw to guards, and continued running, she collided with them and tossed aside like ragdolls.
More soldiers came and they were able to corner her, some tried to hold her down but they failed as they were too thrown to the walls.
An alarm sounded off, and the doors in the hallway began to close.
Cindy began to pick up on speed and made it through all them before they closed, "What's happening to me?" Cindy asked herself.
She continued until she was at the hanger. When she saw that the exit was closed, she stood still until more soldiers came with guns.
"Miss Vortex, you need to come with us" said one of the soldiers.
"Like hell I am." Cindy replied.
One of the soldiers whom feared for his life shot at Cindy.
Everything slowed down around her, she could see everything in slow motion and as the bullet approached her, she caught it and dropt it right in front of the soldiers with an angry expression on her face.
"What have you done!?" said another soldier.
Cindy supersped right threw them tossing them aside.
Realising what she could do, Cindy went straight through the metal doors leaving small holes in her wake, she eventually made it back to the medical room from which she started all of this.
"There must be something here that can tell me what these guys did to me." Cindy said to herself.
Jimmy walked in, "Cindy I'm going to need to calm down."
Cindy rushed at him with her superspeed, and slammed him to the wall, "Tell me who you are orange boy." demanded Cindy.
"You already know who I am, Jimmy Neutron boy genius." answered Jimmy with a smile on his face.
"No games." Cindy ordered as she began to squeeze his neck.
Struggling to breath Jimmy answered, "We were in kindergarden together, you used to call me nerdtron."
Cindy let go of him when she realised who he was.
Trying to catch his breath Jimmy said "Now that we have that out of the way, follow me."
Cindy followed him through the hallway.
As they walked down the hall way Cindy asked, "Okay Nerdtron, tell me where am I, how can I do all this crazy stuff and why do you look like you got a really bad spray tan."
Jimmy answered, "The where is the military base in the desert, and the why I look like this and how you have abilities is because my invention The Neutron Chamber exploded, sending out an energy wave filled with cosmic radiation."
"I'm guessing somehow the radiation mutated you and me." Cindy continued.
"Correct your much smarter than you look." Jimmy said smugely.
"Ya and apparently you aren't as smart as you claim." Cindy retorted.
Jimmy glared at Cindy before moving forward. They entered a room where General Vortex was in, "Cindy are you alright?" he asked.
"Ya I'm fine." she answered with an angry look on her face.
"I'm glad." he replied.
She walked up him, "So this is what it took for me to finally see you."
"No Cindy it's not like that." the general tried to explain.
"Well I think it is, because I bet if you had just come home when you had promised I wouldn't be a freak right now." she argued.
He looked at her, "You're not a freak you're my daughter."
"Ya right." she replied.
Jimmy inturpted them before the argument could further intensify, "Look Cindy what's happened has happened, right now your body is going through changes I don't understand, we need to run tests now before you hurt someone."
Cindy gave him a hostile look, "Okay fine, but of you ever talk to me like thay again Nerdtron, i'll beat you into the ground."
"Gee and you wonder why you're single." Jimmy replied.
"How do you know I'm single?" asked Cindy.
"Just an assumption. Is it a right one?" Jimmy teased.
Cindy kept quite and walked out.
"You have quite the way with women, don't you James." the general commented as he walked out.
"It's apart of my charm." Jimmy replied as he followed.
Jimmy, Cindy and the general all entered his secret lab where they were greeted by Goddard.
"Hey boy, did you miss me." Jimmy called as Goddard jumped on him.
"Not trying to disturb this beautiful momment between a boy and his robot dog but didn't we come here for a reason." Cindy commented.
Putting Goddard back on the floor Jimmy replied, "Okay fine, Goddard prepare the weight and the tredmill."
"What are those?" asked the general.
"You"ll see." Jimmy answered.
On the other side of the base the rocky remains of Captain Saunders began to form arms and legs.
Well that was my second chapter hope you liked it. Looking forward to the you have any questions don't be afraid to ask.