(I don't own Jimmy Neutron or Doctor Who, but I do know Keith Alcorn!)
The TARDIS rematerialized on the planet that almost killed Jimmy the last time he visited it. Jimmy exited the TARDIS, and Timmy was right behind him.
"Jimmy, don't you think it would be a good idea to maybe not return to the planet that sucked the life out of you?"
"Don't worry, I put of a shield around the TARDIS to prevent anything from sucking the energy out of it."
Jimmy did a general scan of the area with the sonic screwdriver, "Well this is interesting."
"What is it?"
"There's no sign of intelligent life anywhere on this planet."
"Yeah, so?"
"The only thing that could have sucked the power out of the TARDIS is some kind of energy beacon. And if there's an energy beacon on this planet, it would have been built by some kind of intelligent life."
"You mean someone purposely tried to kill you?"
"Someone…or something."
Jimmy Neutron
Timmy Turner
Through Time and Space
Stuck in Time by Digger3000
"Jimmy, let's just get out of here. If there's someone in this planet that wants to kill you, shouldn't we just leave?"
"Jimmy Neutron doesn't run. Someone's absorbing all the energy that gets anywhere near this planet and I want to know who…and why."
Realizing that arguing with Jimmy would be pointless, Timmy gave in, "Alright. Well, why don't we just ask them?"
"Who?"
Timmy pointed to a small town about a hundred yards away, "Them."
"But that's impossible," Jimmy said, "There is no intelligent life on this planet. I checked!"
"Then how do you explain them."
Jimmy and Timmy approached the town of humanoid aliens. Jimmy randomly picked a building and went inside. He started questioning the first person he saw.
"Excuse me, can I ask you a few questions?"
The man stared at Jimmy for a second, "Uh, sure, I guess."
"I'm sorry to bother you," Jimmy said, "It's just that I didn't detect any intelligent life on this planet."
"Excuse me?"
"It just seems like a society as developed as yours should have discovered electricity by now. Where are your light bulbs, your TV's, your cars?"
"Oh, those. Well we used to have those things."
"But…you don't anymore?" Jimmy asked, confused.
"It was the weirdest thing. About twenty years ago everything that ran on electricity just…stopped working."
"Stopped working? But how…oh," Jimmy had an ah-ha moment, "The energy beacon."
"What? Energy bacon?"
"Uh, thank you sir. That's all I needed."
Jimmy left the building. Timmy asked, "What is it? What did he say?"
"He said the energy beacon has been here for twenty years."
"So?"
"So, if you were an evil villain and you'd been absorbing power for twenty years, what would you have?"
"Um…a lot of power?"
"Right. And if you had a lot of power, what would you do with it?"
"Um…bad things?"
"Exactly," Jimmy said, walking back to the TARDIS.
"Ok, so what are we going to do?" Timmy asked.
Jimmy was frantically operating the TARDIS controls, "Well first, we're going to track down the energy beacon. Then we're going to find the person running it, stop them from running it, and give these people their electricity back!"
The TARDIS locked on to the signal of the energy beacon and Jimmy started up the engine. The TARDIS then rematerialized in an underground cave a few hundred miles from its original location. Jimmy and Timmy again exited the TARDIS.
"So this is where the energy beacon is," Jimmy said.
"Who do you think is controlling it?"
"I don't know. It's probably no one I know."
Jimmy and Timmy soon became aware that they were not alone. On the other side of the cave they noticed an old man, probably around ninety. He sat in an electric wheel chair with a voice synthesizer similar to that of Stephen Hawking. Jimmy took one look at the man and immediately knew who it was.
"Professor Calamitous, I presume."
The professor typed a message into his talking computer, "Very good, Neutron. And I suppose you've figured out my evil plan too."
Jimmy walking toward the elderly professor, "Most of it. Except what are you doing here? How did you get onto this planet?"
"You should know…you put me here."
"…What?"
"Twenty years ago I decided to finish you off once and for all. But my plan backfired, of course, and you imprisoned me on this planet. But I was able to build an energy beacon, and soon I'll have enough energy stored in my reservoir to escape and have my revenge on you!" Calamitous wheeled himself to the TARDIS, "But you didn't have this beautiful machine with you. You were fourteen when you put me here so I'm assuming this is what? A time machine? Wow, Neutron, I'm very impressed."
"Your energy beacon stole all the electricity from this planet. And on top of that, it almost killed me! You won't get away with this Calamitous!"
"And why not? You can't stop me."
"Oh yeah? Watch me?" Jimmy said as he boarded the TARDIS.
"I'm afraid you can't leave," Calamitous said.
Jimmy got off the TARDIS, walked over to the professor, and got two inches away from his face, "What are you gonna do? Run over me?"
Jimmy took Timmy's hand and got back onto the TARDIS. He set the coordinates to one hundred feet above the current location, just to get out of that cave. He activated the engine and the time rotor moved up and down. It stopped after a few seconds, and Jimmy left the TARDIS. He quickly realized, however, that he was still in the cave.
"As I was saying," Calamitous said, "You can't leave. You see, I scanned your time machine and discovered that it needs to generate a wormhole to enter the time vortex. Luckily I just happen to have my handy dandy wormhole refractor. Terribly sorry, Neutron, but I'm afraid you're…stuck in time!"
Speechless, Jimmy returned to the TARDIS.
"Oh and just so you know," Calamitous said, "If my vocal cords worked, I'd be laughing manically right now. I forgot to put a maniacal laughter button on my computer. You know how I can never finish things."
Jimmy closed the TARDIS door.
"What happened, Jimmy?"
"It's Calamitous, he's trapped us in here," Jimmy went and sat down, "I was thinking about something he said.
"What?"
"He said that I was sixteen when I trapped him here…and that I didn't have the TARDIS."
"Come on Jimmy, just because he said that doesn't mean it's true."
"I know, I guess I just thought it would last forever. I never thought about what would happen if it ended, if I couldn't travel with you anymore. And now we might not even get out of this cave alive."
"Isn't there anything you can do?"
Jimmy got up and went to the control panel, "Calamitous' wormhole refractor makes it impossible for the TARDIS to enter the time vortex. The only way we could escape is if the TARDIS had a refraction field disruptor."
"Well can't you just, you know, whip one up?"
"No, all my equipment is in my lab. And even if I could get there I wouldn't have time to build one…unless," Jimmy had a huge brain blast, "That's it! That's it!"
"What's it? What's it?"
Jimmy took out his sonic screwdriver and opened the TARDIS console to reveal the Heart of the TARDIS, "If I take all the energy from the sonic screwdriver and put it in the TARDIS, it might be just enough energy to overcome the refractor for ten minutes!"
"Is that enough time to build a disruptor thingy?"
"No."
"Then what good is it."
"Just trust me, Timmy."
After giving the TARDIS and energy boost, Jimmy started up the engine and took the TARDIS to his lab…a few weeks earlier. Jimmy and Timmy got off the TARDIS.
"So where are we?" Timmy asked.
"In my lab, a few weeks ago. This is the night I built the TARDIS."
Future Jimmy and Timmy approached past Jimmy, who was sitting in his chair in front of his computer screen.
"Excuse me," Future Jimmy said.
Past Jimmy turned around and saw himself standing in front of him, "Wow, I must have come back in time to give myself a message…either that or you're that evil clone!"
"No, no, you were right the first time."
"Then what's he doing with you?" Past Jimmy pointed to Timmy.
"Oh, he and I are friends now."
"Really? I become friends with Timmy in the future?"
"Yeah, tomorrow actually, right after you build the TARDIS."
"TARDIS? What's a TARDIS?"
"You mean you haven't built the TARDIS yet?"
"No, what is it?"
Future Jimmy took past Jimmy's and showed him around the TARDIS.
"Wow," past Jimmy said, "This thing is incredible!"
"Yeah it is, isn't it," future Jimmy said, "And I need you to build one exactly like it by tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? I don't know if I can do that."
"Sure you can, I have faith in us. Oh and by the way, can you put a refraction field disruptor on it? It's really important."
"You got it future self!"
Past Jimmy got to work building the TARDIS with a new field disruptor attachment. Meanwhile, future Jimmy took Timmy into the next room.
"Timmy, this is incredible!" he said.
"What is?"
"Don't you see what's going on here? I only built the TARDIS because I went back in time and told myself to."
"So?"
"So that means I never actually had the idea to build the TARDIS. I've created a lot of inventions over the years, but I can't take credit for this one…the TARDIS created itself!"
"What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing, except it goes against every know law of physics."
"Well…maybe there are some laws of physics that you don't know about."
Jimmy smiled. He knew he was a genius, but Timmy made him think in ways he's never thought of before. Timmy smiled too, but then suddenly he looked depressed and went and sat down.
"What's wrong, Timmy?" Jimmy said as he sat down next to Timmy.
"I was just thinking about something. It's nothing."
"Hey, you can talk to me about it."
"I was just thinking…if the only reason you built the TARDIS was because you went back in time and told yourself to, what if that's the reason you wanted to hang out with me? What if the only reason you fell in love with me was because you went back in time and told yourself to?"
"Is that really what you think Timmy?"
"I don't know, I was just wondering."
"Look Timmy, there's something I have to tell you."
"What is it?"
"I've kind of…I've kind of always been attracted to you."
"What?"
"Yeah. Timmy, I fell in love with you a long time ago. I just didn't tell you because it seemed so weird and I never thought you'd feel the same way. Plus we were so busy fighting over Cindy."
"Really Jimmy?"
"Of course, Timmy. I may have given myself the idea to hang out with you but…I've always loved you."
"Jimmy, I've always loved you too!"
Timmy hugged Jimmy and they kissed.
"Look Timmy, here's what's going to happen. My past self in there is going to build the TARDIS. Then we're going back to that cave and defeating Calamitous. And after that we're going to start traveling again. You, me, and the TARDIS, just like always."
Timmy smiled and put his arms around Jimmy, "You're the best, Jimmy."
Just then, Jimmy's past self came into the room, "Ok, I'm done building the TARDIS."
"Wow," Future Jimmy said, "Already? You built a time machine in eight minutes?"
"Yup, I just have to put the field disruptor in."
Future Jimmy went and inspected the newly built TARDIS to make sure past Jimmy had built it correctly, "Everything looks good," future Jimmy said.
"Great! So are you going to show me how to work this thing?"
Future Jimmy looked at his watch, "Well I would but we only have about a minute left. Although, this should explain everything," Future Jimmy opened the TARDIS console and past Jimmy looked into the Heart of the TARDIS. When the energy field left past Jimmy's head, he instantly knew how to use the TARDIS, but his memory of the last ten minutes had been erased.
"Huh, what are you doing here?" he asked.
"I guess that explains why I don't remember building the TARDIS," future Jimmy said to Timmy. Then he turned back to past Jimmy, "Oh don't mind us, we were just leaving. Now hurry up, you have to go hang out with Timmy."
"Hang out with Timmy?"
"Just trust me."
Future Jimmy left past Jimmy's TARDIS. Past Jimmy then flew his TARDIS to Timmy's dimension, and from there they would go to Roswell.
"Well Timmy, we'd better get back to our TARDIS. We don't want to be outside when we get sucked back through the time vortex."
"So, your past self is going to hang out with me right now?"
"Yup."
Timmy smiled, "I'm glad you gave yourself the idea."
Jimmy put his arm around Timmy, "Me too. Now come on, we've got to get back on the TARDIS."
Jimmy and Timmy boarded the TARDIS just in time. Seconds later, it was sucked back through the time vortex and returned to the underground cave.
"I see you were able to escape my refractor for ten minutes," Calamitous said, "I hope it was worth it."
"Oh it was," Jimmy said, "Because I've got a refraction field disruptor now."
"What?"
"Oh yes. So if you'll excuse me, Timmy and I are getting out of here."
"Fine! But remember this, I will escape! And I will have my revenge!"
Jimmy turned around, "Professor, do you remember where you are? You're sitting on top of an energy reservoir that's been storing electricity for twenty years. One spark could cause it to blow," Jimmy reached down and touched the cave floor with the sonic screwdriver, "Have fun!"
Jimmy got back onto the TARDIS. Professor Calamitous yelled, "Neutron! Neutron!"
The TARDIS dematerialized and Calamitous again yelled, "NEUTRON!"
The TARDIS flew away from the planet as the underground cave exploded.
"So is he gone Jimmy?" Timmy asked.
"Yeah, that's the last we'll see of him. And since the energy beacon blew up, the planet will get its electricity back. So, you ready for the next adventure?"
"Absolutely!"
Jimmy piloted the TARDIS to their next destination. It materialized in an alley behind a building and Jimmy and Timmy walked out.
"So, where are we? What's the date?" Timmy asked.
Jimmy looked at his watch, "Um, August 9th, 2009."
"What happens on August 9th, 2009?"
"I don't know, probably nothing exciting."
As they walked out onto the sidewalk they saw dozens of people running around and screaming in terror. One of them ran up to Jimmy and grabbed him "What are you doing on the street?"
Jimmy looked confused, "Um nothing, why? Should I not be on the street?"
"Of course not! What are you kidding me? It's the orange day! THE ORANGE DAY!"
The man continued running and flailing his arms. Jimmy and Timmy looked at each other, completely confused…
Through Time and Space will return next season in "The Orange Day."
