Chapter 9: The Enemy

Cindy turned around with a smile and started to leave. The future Cindy, while kissing Jimmy saw the young Cindy out of the corner of her eye.
"Look," Cindy whispered, "Remember when we saw our wedding at ten? There I am."
The futuristic Jimmy looked over at Cindy who suddenly ran off, the future Jimmy smiled, "Yeah, just by seeing you with me in the future told me that everything was going to be ok, because there was going to be a future and you where going to be apart of it."
Cindy smiled and they started walking down the isle, Libby went up to the future Jimmy and Cindy, "I saw Miss Carolyn and Mr. Johnny."
Jimmy and Cindy laughed, "Where ever did we come up with those names?"
And then Jimmy spotted the younger Jimmy and Cindy and Goddard jumping into the time machine, "Wow … feels like Déjà vu doesn't it? You know, the feeling that this has happened before." And Cindy nodded with a little laugh.

Meanwhile the present day Jimmy and Cindy hopped into the bubble thingy silently, they had nothing to say to one another, and Jimmy slowly drove the machine to a long hall way, and waited for the speed to get to 88 Miles Per Hour.
20 … 30 … 40 … 50 … 60 … 70 .. 80 … 90 … it was now over 88 and the time machine disappeared with a sudden zap, the future Jimmy noticed this and whispered, "Good luck kids."

Not too long later Jimmy and Cindy found them selves in Jimmy's lab again, Cindy looked at her watch, "Oh great! We didn't go back far enough! It's 9 PM! We have an hour and a half and it takes half an hour to get to our airport! We have basically under an hour!"
Jimmy replied, "And I know how to break that bubble! We just need to get to 88 MPH again and then it should work! As long as we pop this bubble on our machine."
Goddard took a small tool and hit it against the bubble on the machine and it popped.
Cindy and Jimmy stared at Goddard and the machine for a moment.
Cindy then said, "Well that was easy."
Jimmy replied, "Almost too easy … oh well, lets go, we've got a world to save!"
Cindy saluted him, "Yes Captain Neutron!"
They hopped into the machine, along with Goddard, and blasted out into the sky once again. Everything was darker, and it sort of surprised them as it really didn't feel that late.
They where heading higher and higher into the sky, and the higher they went the darker it got and they had to squint to see, suddenly the bright yellow-ness of the bubble surrounding Earth came out of nowhere and being so surprised, Jimmy came to a sudden halt.
"What's wrong Jimmy?" Asked Cindy.
"I can barely see anything! If we don't hit that bubble with exactly 88 MPH, I don't know what will happen …" and Cindy stopped him.
"Jimmy … everything is going to be okay. Just trust yourself, trust what you saw in the future." Cindy said to him, in every word you could believe that she had been wishing desperately that what they saw in the future could come true.
"But Cindy … the future is indefinite … it can change at any moment and …" But Jimmy didn't finish before Cindy leaned in and gave him a kiss on the lips.
When she backed away, Jimmy looked a little surprised, but then smiled and backed up the machine, "Lets pop that bubble!"
Cindy smiled, "Now that's what I'm talking about!"
The machine went faster and faster … 30 … 40 … 50 …60 … 70 … 80 … and then at 87 they hit the bubble, but nothing happened and with a hard jerk of a whiplash the machine was thrown back. But without the bubble surrounding the time machine Cindy had nothing to hang on too and fell out of her seat, dangling from the edge of the machine, only holding on with one hand.
"JIMMY!" She yelled with a heart throbbing scream.
"Cindy!" Jimmy yelled back, some what diving to her hand, and grabbed her wrist.
Cindy's eyes where full of terror and suspense, and she whispered loudly, "Don't … let … go …"
Jimmy shook his head, "Am I the person to do that?"
Cindy smiled and Jimmy tried to pull Cindy up, but the machine gave another hard jerk and Jimmy couldn't hang on and accidentally let go.
An ear piercing scream could be heard as Cindy fell faster and faster.
"What have I done Goddard?" Jimmy asked.
He hopped back into the drivers seat and drove downward, hoping he could catch her in time … oh no, not time … time was Jimmy's enemy right now, no matter what he could never rely on time now, not at this moment at least.