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Chapter 3: Lost on Io, Hope to Come

Cindy groaned as she came to. She placed a hand on her forehead as she had the most awful of headaches.

"How much did I drink last night?" She asked herself as she slowly sat up.

She opened her eyes and blinked a few times until her vision became clear. Something was wrong, very wrong indeed.

"This isn't my room…this isn't even Earth." She said as she looked up into the sky. Her jaw dropped when she saw the huge mass of the planet Jupiter seemingly above her. She looked into other parts of the sky to try to determine exactly where she was. "I must be…on Io. But…how?"

She got up and looked around and saw the crashed remains of Jimmy's ship. Instantly fearing for Jimmy's life, and a few moments after, her friends' lives, she tried to run over but almost fell flat on her face. She looked down and saw she had almost tripped on a metal panel that had once belonged to the ship so she started stepped over it and proceeded to move towards the ship.


Calamitous' ship raced through the stars as they headed back to Earth after their victory over Jimmy Neutron and his companions.

"Ahh, that felt good finally getting rid of Neutron and company." Eustace said to Calamitous.

"Oh yes, I must say it's wonderfully good. Now I can finally take over Earth and rule it with an inventors iron fist!" Calamitous proclaimed.

"Take over the planet over my dead body, old man. When we get back to Earth and set in phase three of our plan, I'll knock you off." Eustace thought to himself.

"Don't worry though, boy. I won't be forgetting to reward you; I'll let you rule over one continent of your own choosing, after I've taken a few for my own." Calamitous continued. "And when I have no more use for your money, I'll get rid of you and take everything for myself!" He thought.


Cindy finally reached the ship and surveyed the damage. The engines were damaged, the main reactor was leaking coolant, most of the electrical systems needed repairing, part of the front of the ship had fallen off and there seemed to be a few critical hull damage areas and a lot of minor ones, although surprisingly the wings seemed to be fine.

She forced the airlock open and entered the ship and saw Libby, Sheen and Carl all still in their seats. None of them were moving though, but that wasn't her immediate concern as she couldn't see Jimmy or Goddard anywhere.

"Jimmy! Jimmy, are you here?" She shouted, hoping he was conscious but she just couldn't see him. "Oh Jimmy, where are you? I'm worried sick about you."

She was startled when she heard a groan from behind her. She whirled around and saw Carl starting to come round. Cindy moved over to him and unbuckled his seat belt and eased him to the floor.

"Oh my head." Carl whined.

"Take it easy Carl. I've got to see how the others are." Cindy said as she moved to Libby.

"Cindy? Where are we?" Carl asked as he sat up.

"On Io, one of Jupiter's moons. We seem to have crash landed here." Cindy explained. "Thank goodness, Libby is alive; she's just unconscious." Cindy moved to check on Sheen.

"Is Jimmy okay?" Carl asked

Cindy turned her head slightly and then looked back at Sheen and began checking for a pulse.

"Cindy? Is Jimmy okay?" Carl asked again.

"I don't know Carl. He's not here in the ship and neither is Goddard…I'm beginning to fear they didn't make it." Cindy told Carl, fighting back a tear. "Thankfully Sheen and Libby are alright though."

"So, what do we do now?" Carl asked yet another question.

Cindy sighed and sat down, holding her hands against her temples. "I don't know Carl, I just don't know."


Goddard flew through space in his Fly-cycle mode with Jimmy on his back. He had been able to set Jimmy's ship down on Io after doing his best to evade the missiles that Calamitous and Eustace has fired at them. Right now, he needed to get back to Earth and get Judy and Hugh to come and rescue the others, but they would all need Jimmy's help in getting to Io and rescuing Jimmy's friends.

Goddard was worried about Jimmy though, as Jimmy had been thrown against the ship's left side as it crash landed and fell heavily on his left arm. Jimmy needed to get back to Judy and Hugh as soon as possible.


It was 9pm and Judy was starting to get worried about Jimmy. He hadn't returned home yet and he hadn't phoned to say he was either staying at someone else's house or he would be late.

"Hugh, I'm getting a bit worried about Jimmy."

"Oh don't worry sugar booger. I'm sure Jimmy could have taken the sweet Cindy Vortex out on a date and he's just forgotten what the time is." Hugh replied.

Both Jimmy's parents had seen the signs that their son had a crush on Cindy and that Cindy secretly desired Jimmy, although Cindy would never admit it.

"Maybe I'll just pop over to the Vortex's and see if Cindy said anything to them." Judy said as she got up and got to the front door. "Honey, could you pop over next door and ask the Wheezers if Carl knows anything?"

"Okay pudding pants." Hugh replied as he got out of his chair and followed Judy out of the house, rather reluctantly.

Hugh walked round to the Wheezers and knocked on the door. Mr. Wheezer opened the door.

"Hey Hugh, just the guy I was going to see myself." He said.

"Hey Wheezer, Judy's got a worry about Jimmy and she's wondering if Carl knows where he is since they have that whole best friend thing between them." Hugh said to Mr. Wheezer.

"Well that's the thing. Carl isn't home and I was going to ask you if you have heard from Jimmy." Carl's father replied.

"Well Judy has just gone to ask the Vortex's if they know where Jimbo is. Hmm…come on over and we'll wait for Judy to come back and see what she says." Hugh offered.

"Right. Honey! I'm just going over to the Neutrons' to see if Judy knows where Jimmy and Carl are!" Mr. Wheezer shouted as they left.


Judy knocked on the door of the Vortex house and waited for an answer. After a few moments, Cindy's mother answered.

"Oh, hello Judy." She said.

"Hello, is Cindy home?" Judy asked.

"No, she went out with Libby earlier today. I wouldn't normally expect her back for another hour or so." Mrs. Vortex explained.

"Oh, it's just that Jimmy went out with Carl and Sheen today and he should be home now but he hasn't left a message or phoned saying he was going to be late or anything, so I thought that maybe, since he's quite fond of Cindy, that they might have met up tonight." Judy explained.

Cindy's mother laughed lightly and shook her head.

"What's so funny?" Judy asked.

"The thought of James and Cynthia on a date together; she doesn't like him very much I'm afraid Judy, so I can't really see that happening."

Judy frowned. "It would seem that you don't know your own daughter's feelings towards my Jimmy." She thought to herself. "Well, thanks anyway. Bye."

Judy had hoped that Hugh had had better luck with the Wheezers as she walked home.


Sheen stirred from his blackout and opened his eyes.

"Man, I feel like I've just been hit by Robo Fiend's Photon Blast and then pummelled for few hundred times by Butch and finally had all the blood rush my head. " He groaned.

"Hey Sheen. I found this up by the controls." Carl said as he handed Sheen his Ultra Lord action figure.

Sheen took the action figure and his jaw dropped. "It's…it's…melted! Nooooooooo! It's a tragedy!" He shouted.

"Pipe down Ultra freak!" Cindy yelled as she smacked him "If you haven't noticed Jimmy and Goddard are gone and we're trapped on this rock that is Io!"

Sheen rubbed his cheek. "What's Io?" He asked.

Cindy sighed. "One of Jupiter's moons. We crash landed here and I have no idea how we are getting off this rock and back home without Jimmy's help and since we don't know where he is we are stuck." She explained.

"Shouldn't we look for him?" Sheen asked as he unbuckled himself and got out of the chair, immediately having his back cause him pain.

"For now, I'm afraid we can't. We need to rest for a few days until our injuries have healed sufficiently for us to be able to trek over this moon. Plus, we could run the risk of the ship being found and with none of us here, we could be assumed dead." She finished explaining to both Carl and Sheen.

"I hope Jimmy is alright…maybe Goddard is still functioning and will find us." Carl said.

"What will we do if Jimmy is dead, Cindy?" Sheen asked.

"He's not dead…he can't be." Cindy said as she turned away from them, not wanting them to see a tear fall down her cheek.

"It's okay to admit you worried, Cindy. We are too." Carl said as he got up and put a reassuring hand on Cindy's shoulder.

"But you might find out how I feel about him deep down." Cindy thought to herself.


It was near total chaos inside the Neutrons' house. Judy had found out that none of the parents knew where their offspring had gone to and now Mr. Estevez, the Wheezers, Vortex's and the Folfax's had gone to the Neutrons', all claiming that Jimmy is behind their disappearance.

"Calm down all of you!" Judy shouted. "Jumping to conclusions about the whereabouts of our boys and girls is not going to help us find them!"

They all stopped throwing accusations and listened to Judy.

"Now I've phoned the Candy Bar and Sam hasn't seen them and they haven't been to the cinema or even anywhere near school. Hugh has checked Jimmy's lab and there is no sign of them or even Goddard there, but I do haven an idea." She told them. "As Goddard isn't here or in Jimmy's lab, that means that Jimmy took Goddard with him. Now, Jimmy gave me Goddard's homing signal code so I can track Goddard in such an event as this."

Cindy's and Libby's parents looked sceptical but Carl's parents and Sheen's dad looked a bit more hopeful, which Judy was glad of.

"So we go down into James' lab and find out where Goddard is? How will that tell us where are kids our?" Mr. Wheezer asked.

"It won't directly, but I can tell Goddard to come home immediately and tell us what happened." Judy replied. "And before you ask, don't forget that Goddard is programmed to do 11,000,004 things so he will be able to tell or show us what happened."

"But he can't clean up after himself though. It's kind of like a chore for me really." Hugh stated.

Everyone looked at him questioningly as they started to make their way out of the house and across to Jimmy's clubhouse.

"What? It's one of the few things he can't do." Hugh said.

Judy sighed as they all stood just outside Jimmy's clubhouse. Judy took a strand of hair out from Jimmy's comb and held it in front of the scanner. The hair follicle was scanned and access granted; the 'Welcome' mat opening and the parents all falling down the tube into Jimmy's lab, the parents screaming (except for Judy and Hugh) as they fell down the tube.

"Ow my back!" Mr. Wheezer complained as he hit the floor.

"Despite all his inventions, why can't Jimmy have invented a more comfortable way into his lab?" Asked Mr. Vortex as he rubbed his lower back.

"You get used to it after the thirteenth or fourteenth time." Hugh commented back.

They all got up off the floor and Judy and Hugh walked over to Jimmy's main computer, the other parents in awe of how big Jimmy's lab was and how much he had in here. Judy activated Goddard's homing signal.

"Well, he's not on Earth." Judy said as she zoomed out to look at a larger scale. "But he is close to Earth…seems he's just passing the Moon now."

The other parents were in shock. Judy ignored the gasps and activated the microphone.

"Goddard? This is Jimmy's mother. Come straight back here as I want to know where Jimmy and all his friends are." Judy said.

Goddard barked a response and whined a few times.

"Good boy." Judy said as she turned the microphone off. "Well ladies and gentlemen; our questions will be answered in about another half an hour or so."


Libby groaned as she came to. Her head was spinning wildly and she felt as though she had drunk a few gallons of alcohol and now had the mightiest of hangovers.

"Libby! You're awake!" Sheen said gleefully.

"Sheen…where are we?" Libby asked.

"On some strange moon called…er…Io I think. I think that's what Cindy said." Sheen said to Libby.

"Io? Orbiting Jupiter?" Libby asked.

"I dunno, I'm not an Astrologist." Sheen replied.

Libby rolled her eyes and then unbuckled and got off her seat. Her legs were painful and her back hurt.

"Where's Cindy?" She asked.

"She's outside checking the ship over to determine how much damage was caused when we crashed." Carl said.

"And Jimmy?" Libby asked

"Dunno…dead probably." Sheen blurted.

Libby's jaw dropped. "Jimmy is dead? What about Goddard?"

"Maybe dead, we don't know. Goddard and Jimmy are missing, that's all we know." Sheen explained.

"Cindy doesn't want to believe that Jimmy is dead, and neither do I. You should check on her Libby, she might be more open to talk to you about her feeling towards Jimmy…plus we will need her if we want to get off this moon." Carl suggested.

"Your right Carl, I bet she feels really down at the moment as I know that deep down she wants Jimmy more than anything in the galaxy." Libby said as she started to walk to the air lock and out of the ship.

Once she had gone, Carl looked over at Sheen, who was holding his slightly melted action figure, shaking his head.

"Do you think Cindy really loves Jimmy that much?" He asked.

"As much as Jimmy wants her I would say." Sheen replied.

Carl giggled slightly. "They are both so silly. If they just admit they like each other it would be so much better for them."

"Yeah, but we wouldn't get to make nearly as much fun of them though." Sheen replied.

There was silence between the two for a few moments.

"I just know Jimmy is alive." Carl said.

"I believe he is too, Carl. At this point we need to believe he is."

Carl nodded as his friend as they sat on the floor together, waiting for Cindy or Libby to come back into the ship.

To be continued…


Yep, I'm gonna make you all wait another week for the next chapter (although at the time I upload this chapter, it's Tuesday in America, it's Wednesday in England)

The weeks seem to be rolling off very quickly now so although a week might seem a while to some of you, to me it'll feel more like three or four days.

Find out what happens to Jimmy and Goddard when they get back to Earth and what happens to Cindy, Carl and Libby next week. Hope you enjoyed reading this chapter.