Assistance From Another Universe
The Ruins Of Retroville
October 8th
5:24 PM
Carl's POV
It had been a few months since I saw Jimmy get hurt, then taken away. I want to believe he is still alive somewhere, but day by day, my hopes dwindle. Over the years, I have learned a few things from ol' Jim. I know the very basics of science, and I'm slightly smarter than the average being. I ran away as soon as the incident happened. I saw no one else since. I was alone. I took refuge underground. I probably need a shower, but that doesn't matter now. I gotta figure out a way to stop all this from getting worse. When I came out earlier, I came across Goddard. He had manual tools to fix him up in his side compartment. I've been trying to fix him for a few hours now. Just gotta turn this last bolt and...
"Ah, no good," I say in dismay. "It's not moving. I don't know where the bad spot is Goddard. I'm sorry I wasn't as smart as your master." A tear flows down my cheek as I am saying this. I hear heavy footsteps coming closer behind me. I turn around to see a giant Twonkie monster definitely looking at me and ready to slaughter me at any second.
"What?!" I exclaim taking steps backwards. My adrenaline was making me crazy. I started saying things that might have helped, but I felt crazy for ever saying this. "Jimmy! If you are still alive, please HELP!" My fear was getting the better of me at this point.
The Twonkie monster was about to swing an arm against me. All of a sudden, I hear a vaguely familiar *poof* noise coming from nearby. I hear lighter faster footsteps getting close to where I was. I then heard a blast and a groan of the Twonkie monster falling down. I then heard the footsteps closer to me.
"Jimmy?" I asked uncertainly. I turn around to see the lower part of the man who saved me. He was wearing blue jeans and silver shoes. It's gotta be him.
"Jimmy... you're alive!" I said happily.
"What? I'm not Jimmy!" The person told me.
"Huh? Wait. If you're not Jimmy, then who are you?" I ask curiously.
"I'll give you one guess." I was looking up a little further and I saw that the man had two buck teeth and had a purple t-shirt and hat. Though he had brown hair and blue eyes which threw me off. I also noticed that the Twonkie had disappeared entirely.
"Eustace!?" I say. "What are you doing here?" I ask unsafely since we're enemies.
"What!? NO! I'm Timmy! Timmy Turner!." he said. Then it hit me. I haven't seen him since early middle school days.
"Small headed Jimmy!? How'd you get here?" I ask in shock.
"Long story short, I was fighting the anti-fairies with Cosmo and Wanda. Unfortunately, they got captured and the next thing I know, I get teleported in this world. After a while of looking around, I heard a cry for help and a monster of some kind. That's the basics of how I ran into you. Now that I answered your question, I have one. Why is your city a wreck, and where's everyone else?" Timmy asks.
"Professor Calamitous took all over the world, and I've been in hiding far too long to know what happened to people. I've been alone for a few months. As to how you got here, it's possible that Calamitous' weapon not only took over my world, but additionally affected yours as well." I explain.
"Calamitous' weapon?"
"Yes. It was used to bring war around the globe, and possibly take Jim's life in the process." I say while shedding a tear.
Timmy looked kinda shocked on this. "You mean... he's gone?"
"It's highly likely. Goddard is damaged too," I say as I sit down. "As it stands, there's no way we could win this, or even live."
Timmy sits next to me on the somewhat ruined sidewalk, putting a hand on my shoulder. "Hey. I know it's hard right now, but we've been though worse." Timmy says trying to reassure me. "We fought Goddard when he was a giant robot. We fought Calamitous when he had the wand before. We worked together to stop a villain Jimmy and I made, and also stopped him when he had an army of robots. I can only imagine all the adventures you guys went through. All I'm saying is that we'll find a way through. You may not be as smart as Jimmy, and I don't have my wand, but we've got each other."
That sounded somewhat reassuring, especially at a time like this. "Thanks small headed Jimmy. It's still great to see a Jimmy regardless."
"It's Timmy, with a 'T'." He tells me. "Anyway, we should get going if we're going to save the world and find our friends." We both get up and were walking our way out the city slowly. I'll repair you one day Goddard. I promise...
To Be Continued...