Chapter 3

Cathy opened one eyes and saw Jimmy asleep. She slowly got out of the mattress and went over so she could see her dad's face. She waved a hand in front of his face and he just kept on sleeping, 'Perfect,' Cathy thought and headed for the bathroom and grabbed the brush.

Cathy pulled a piece of hair from the brush and closed it within the palm of her hand. She tiptoed past her dad and quietly went down the stairs.

With Cindy across the street…

Cindy tossed and turned in her bed, 'Uh,' Cindy thought as she looked at her clock for the tenth time that night, 'Why can't I get him out of my head?'

Cindy finally turned on her light and got out of bed, "Stupid Jimmy," Cindy whispered, "Why did I have to fall for him, HIM of all boys."

Cindy sighed and looked across the street of her crush's house, "But there's just something about him," Cindy whispered.

Suddenly she saw a shadow of a person come out of the back door, "What?" Cindy said in shock and went closer to the window.

The shadow opened its hand and held something to the scanner "Is that Jimmy's hair?" Cindy wondered out loud, "But that can't be Jimmy it's too short to be him.

Suddenly a light flashed on from the 'clubhouse' and Cindy saw, "Cathy!" Cindy said in shock.

Cathy entered the lab and Cindy grabbed her green cell phone and called Jimmy's cell phone. Cindy waited for what seemed like hours before, "Hello?" a sleepy Jimmy said.

"Jimmy," Cindy said, "It's Cindy."

"Cindy?" Jimmy said, "Why are you calling me at," there was a pause, "11:30pm"

"Well," Cindy said looking out her window, "I couldn't sleep, so I looked out my window just as Cathy was coming out of the back door."

"What?" Jimmy said, "No she's right…never mind."

"Anyway," Cindy said, "She had your hair Jimmy and she used it to get into the lab."

"Say what!" Jimmy said all tiredness gone.

"I'm telling the truth Jim," Cindy said.

Cindy saw the light in Jimmy's room turn on and a shadow walking around, "Meet me at the lab," Jimmy said into the phone and hung up.

Cindy hung up too and put on her clothes that she had for today (Remember its only 11:30pm). Cindy walked quietly down the stairs and out the door to Jimmy's lab. Cindy waited there for a few seconds before Jimmy came out of the back door, "Sorry," Jimmy said, "Hard to get past my mom, she's a light sleeper. How Cathy did it I'll never know."

"Come on," Cindy said and went up to the 'clubhouse'.

Jimmy pulled a piece of his hair out and put it up to the scanner and it let them in. Jimmy and Cindy quietly entered the lab so not to surprise Cathy. When they reached the lab they saw Cathy at the computer, "No, that's not it," Cathy mumbled.

Jimmy and Cindy looked at each other in shock, "How old is she?" Cindy whispered to Jimmy.

"I thought two," Jimmy said and they both turned back to Cathy.

Cathy typed away at the computer, "There has to be a way, there just has to be," Cathy said as she typed.

"What's she doing?" Cindy asked.

Jimmy looked at the screen, "Looks like she's trying to find some kind of weakness for something," Jimmy whispered to her.

"Weakness?" Cindy said confused, "Maybe for those green things."

"Maybe," Jimmy said, "But how is she doing that? She's only two."

"Yes!" Cathy cried causing Jimmy and Cindy to turn back to her, "I knew there was a way!"

Cathy hit a button and got out of the chair, "Now all I have to do is invent something that makes that," Cathy said, "Then we can force those Tinacans back to Tinaka."

"Tinacans?" Cindy whispered.

"Tinaka?" Jimmy said.

Cathy stopped in her tracks and turned around, "Hello?" Cathy said, "Who's there?"

Jimmy and Cindy stayed silent, "You're hearing things," Cathy said to herself, "No one can get in here unless…" Cathy trailed off and started walking around the lab.

Jimmy and Cindy continued to keep quiet and stayed hidden, "Stop," Cathy said to herself, "I have to get working on the device or mom and dad could be gone by the time I get back to the future."

"Future!" Jimmy and Cindy said in shock a little too loudly.

Cathy turned and saw Jimmy and Cindy hiding, "Oops," Jimmy, Cindy, and Cathy said in unison.

Jimmy and Cindy came out from their hiding spot and approached Cathy, "Why didn't you tell us you were from the future?" Jimmy asked.

"Um," Cathy's mind was blank.

"You could've asked us for help instead of sneaking into the lab," Cindy said.

Cathy was quiet. Jimmy went up to the computer and looked at what she was doing, "Haygroron?" Jimmy said, "What's that?"

"It's the Tinacans weakness," Cathy said, "Tinacans are those green people you saved me from. In the future they rule the entire world."

Jimmy and Cindy looked at Cathy in shock, "Do you even know what Haygroron is?" Jimmy asked.

Cathy shook her head, "No, but that's what the computers for," Cathy said pushing Jimmy out of the seat and pushing buttons without taking her eyes off the screen.

Cindy and Jimmy watched in amazement as Cathy did this. Finally, Cathy pushed one button and got out of the chair, "Haygroron is like water only brown and glows green on the inside. When used on the Tinacans they'll melt like Yoginis without their suits," Cathy explained.

Jimmy and Cindy blinked, "Okay…" Jimmy said.

"But that still doesn't explain why you didn't want our help," Cindy said, "Or why you're smarter than Jimmy."

"Hey!" Jimmy said.

"I can't answer those questions," Cathy stated simply.

"Why not?" Jimmy asked.

Cathy sighed, "Because it'll ruin the time stream," Cathy said and started looking through some old guns.

"How?" Cindy said confused.

"Because it has to deal with telling you who my parents are," Cathy said.

"So?" Jimmy said, "We won't tell anybody."

Cathy stayed quiet, "Wait," Cindy said causing both Jimmy and Cathy to turn to her, "You're smarter than Jimmy, you have blue eyes and brown highlights. You're Jimmy's daughter aren't you?"

Jimmy turned to Cathy who had tensed up, "You are aren't you?" Jimmy said.

Cathy just nodded, "My name is Catherine Elizabeth Neutron."

Jimmy was shocked at first, but quickly got over it, "My mom knows doesn't she," Jimmy said, "Which is why you slept with me and how you easily got out of the house."

Cathy just nodded and looked down at the ground, "So, I'm going with Jimmy's wife has blonde hair?" Cindy said.

Cathy just kept her mouth closed and continued to walk around the lab, "Cathy," Cindy said, "What's wrong?"

"I want to tell you, but I can't," Cathy said.

"You want to tell us who your mom is don't you?" Jimmy said.

Cathy nodded, "I see her, but I just miss the way she holds me," Cathy said, "I may think like an adult, but emotionally I'm only two."

"Cathy you can tell us, well me anyway," Cindy said.

"Hey!" Jimmy said, "Wait good point."

Cathy just looked at them and took a deep breath, "Do you guys like anyone right now?"

Jimmy and Cindy looked at each other in confusion, but each nodded their heads and blushed. Cathy walked up to them, "Who?" Cathy asked.

"Um, well, I," Jimmy and Cindy said in unison blushing like mad.

Cathy looked at them and gave a little smile, "Just tell me and I'll tell both of you who my mom is," Cathy said.

Jimmy and Cindy blushed again, "You first," Cindy and Jimmy said in unison to each other, "No you."

"Both of you just say," Cathy said.

Jimmy and Cindy sighed, "You," they said in unison, "What?" they said in shock.

Cathy smiled, "And there is your answer," Cathy said, "You're both my parents."

Jimmy and Cindy looked at each other than at Cathy. Jimmy and Cindy both grabbed Cathy and pulled her into a hug which made Cathy smile, "Thank you," Jimmy and Cindy said in unison.

A/N Longest. Chapter. Ever. Hope you enjoyed it. R&R and tell me what you think. I don't own Jimmy Neutron.