Jimmy Neutron Teen Genius in:
CHAPTER 9
"The stairs!"
Retroville High School
Sheen was walking by to his locker to drop his math books. The day was slowly starting and he already looked so tired and bored. Who would think dropping UltraLord rom your system would be such a pain?
When he locked his locker shut, he spotted Jimmy. He was talking to Cindy about something, and noticed something unusual. Cindy kissed Jimmy on the cheek and walked away! He shook his head. Nope. They hate each other. She must've bite him on the ear and inyected her venom so he could die. Or something like that. As soon as Cindy walked away, Sheen dragged his foot to meet Jimmy.
"Hey Jimmy!" He greeted.
Jimmy snapped out of his daze and startled, he greeted Sheen with a nervous smile.
Sheen turned to look at his friend's left ear. "Man that bite she gave you must have messed up with your system. You sure this is not contagious?".
Jimmy's eyes opened wide. "Err no, no. Sheen, you've been in planet Zeenu for too long to remember what a kiss look like!"
"Your point is?" Sheen looked esceptical and angry.
Jimmy sighed heavily. "Nevermind..."
Sheen started looking about. "Hey, what about your two friends from space? Where are they?"
Jimmy smiled. "Oh you mean THEM? They left hours ago in a ship. It was a hard time believe me! Saying goodbye to Brobot forever, and being friends with my former enemy." He cringed. "I hope I never see them again..." he murmured that last part.
"But I thought you were going to-"
"LALALALALALA! I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT!" Jimmy screamed bringing his index fingers to his own ears.
"Ok ok! I understand!" Sheen screamed. "Look can I show you something?"
Jimmy shrugged his shoulders and let Sheen drag him to the boys bathroom. When Jimmy stopped by the entrance, he shot Sheen a look of doubt. Sheen invited him to enter. He found Carl was already there with other two classmates Nick and Butch. They were fighting on something. Nick and Butch mostly discussed making a fuss and giving each other a push on the chest while Carl was taking his own turns to take a pair of wooden stairs and climb them to watch through a hole on the wall.
All this scene confused Jimmy to the point of silently dragging Sheen out.
"Well, what do ya think?" Sheen asked, looking very proud of himself.
Jimmy shot him a confused glare. "What do I think of what, exactly?"
"Isn't it obvious? The stairs? The hole in the wall? The girls bathroom and shower are right next to US?" Sheen excitedly screeched, almost piercing Jimmy's ears.
Jimmy's eyes grew wide as plates. "Are you out of your mind? Sheen it is a great idea but didn't you happen to ask yourself what would happen if a GIRL finds out?!". He screamed that last part.
Sheen stared for a few seconds at his friend but eventually, he sighed. "Dude, you're scared!"
"Scared of what?"
"You're scared Cindy will find out and she will turn you into dust with her fist" Sheen pointed out.
Jimmy pushed Sheen aside. "That's it! I'm out of here!". He started walking his own way to class when Sheen grabbed him through the collar of his shirt.
"Aren't you at least a bit curious? Betty Quinlan has been there for a few good minutes" Sheen suggested.
Jimmy's feet stopped. He turned around to look at him. "What is she doing? She should be in class..."
Sheen's smile said it all. When Jimmy walked inside, Sheen started screaming. "Alright fellas! Coming through! Let the new curious peep take a look!". Jimmy climbed the stairs and looked through the hole. Indeed it was the perfect spot. He could see girls smoking, some others chatting while changing after a shower, Betty splashing her make up over and over again, and his Cindy smiling along with Libby, surely telling her about her new found friendship with... himself.
Jimmy gulped as he felt a knot in his throat and his poor heart breaking and his own brain beating fast. He was a peeping tom. And he felt guilty because he was spying on her girlfriend. He couldn't do this to her. She was so beautiful and so pure. When she found out about this... Oh damn! He had to act and fast. He looked at his friends down there and he knew they would not allow him to tell a soul.
"Think! Think! Think!"
Jimmy's brainblast returned! Another hole in the roof should be suficcient. He started programming his laser beam on his watch. The others looked at him.
"Neutron, what are you doing?" Nick asked.
"Yeah, we wanna see the girls!" Butch asked along.
Jimmy snorted. "Sure but if there was a hole on the roof you could look more detailed and nobody would find out!"
Carl smiled, nodding. "It's a great idea Jim!"
"Let the genius take care of everything!" Sheen shouted.
Jimmy purposedly started making a hole on the roof. As he expected, the roof started collapsing and throwing material and concrete down.
"Run! Everyone! Now!" Sheen screamed to the others.
He didn't need to say it twice. The boys run out of the bathroom but Jimmy got trapped inside, the collapsing roof giving him a hard time. The bricks fell on Jimmy's head and some broke the stairs. The girls on the other side screamed scared and ran everywhere. Only two remained asking themselves what happened.
"Libby let's go see what's going on. The roof started falling on the boys bathroom"
"I'm with you girl!"
The two teens ran outside the girls restroom and opened the door of the boys one to see the bricks and through it a few strands of brown hair.
"Libby! That's Neutron over there!" Cindy screamed.
"Neutron?!" Libby asked surprised. "Say, why are there broken stairs and a hole?" she said, examining the structure of the room.
They soon realized. They were smart, if anyone dared to call them dumb, that someone wouldn't survive.
"Neutron...!" Cindy's teeth screeched against each other, while she showed the poor kid a menacing fist.
"Oh you're gonna PAY for sure!" Libby's voice could be heard with venom in it.
Jimmy didn't hear a thing. He groaned and asked for help. Cindy and Libby nodded at each other and helped him go out of the bricks. But as soon as he was free, the interrogation began. Or the angry fuss.
"Damn it Neutron! Have you seen me naked?!"
"Maybe he did, girl!"
"Ohhh you're so dead! Start your pleads because you're finished!"
"Same here! You sure ruined me a pair of good headphones back there!"
Cindy cracked her knuckles. Libby grabbed a brick.
Cindy smiled devilishly. "Anything you say before your doom?"
Jimmy just brought Cindy into a hug. And he started crying. Which made Cindy's heart sink to her feet.
"I couldn't do it! I'm so sorry! I feel so sick!" Jimmy shouted through sobs.
Cindy pushed him. "Calm down and tell us who was the pervert!".
"Nick Dean" he smiled, still sobbing. Obviously Nick would use his charm to get out of this predicament.
"And...? There were more voices, I'm sure I could hear Sheen" Libby fumed in anger. Just thinking his boyfriend being a peeping tom. She would never forgive him.
"Sheen ran with Carl as soon as he got free from Butch". I can't rat my own friends. They would never speak to me or make me test with them.
Cindy and Libby carefully dragged Jimmy outside and to the still empty cafeteria.
"So you just... broke the roof. Why?" Cindy asked while making the effort of dragging his still boyfriend.
"I thought they would like... a better view, so I brought the laser in my watch. The rest explains for itself" Jimmy replied.
"So you put your life at risk so they couldn't look at us?" Libby asked.
"Well... technically speaking... yeah" Jimmy replied.
Cindy eyed him. She gave him a stern look. He's nervous.
"Sheen did it!" She screamed.
"What?! How did you find out!" Jimmy asked surprised.
"I know you! You become nervous when Sheen makes stupid and dangerous mistakes!" Cindy replied.
"Way to go, girl! Let's drop him on this table and we're gonna find the new cadaver!" Libby screeched.
"Yeah, Libs. You go ahead".
Libby looked at her questioningly, but shrugged and started running. Cindy grabbed a surprised Jimmy by the hair and connected her lips with his. She dropped his head back to the table.
"Thanks. For doing this. The right thing." She blushed as a tomato.
"Sheen's gonna be soo mad at me" Jimmy said, chuckling.
Cindy glared at him. "Oh please! He's gonna be so tired of running he will think twice before getting mad at you!"
"Maybe", Jimmy smiled at her. "Hey, now that the moon's empty. Same time, tomorrow?"
"Yeah. Sure. We can talk about this whole thing there" Cindy replied.
Jimmy gulped. He nodded. He watched her go. He shook his watch.
"Goddard. Goddard! Can you hear me? Bring the Hypno Beam. And a nurse!"
