It was going on Nine and Jimmy and Cindy were exhausted from building even though Goddard had helped. If it weren't for him it would have taken longer to finish. They arrived the island at around 7:30 and it took them almost an hour and thirty minutes just to finish. "Well we can pick fruit in the morning." Jimmy said, letting out a yawn.
Cindy was starting to yawn too and nodded. It had been a long and busy evening with packing and getting everything prepared.
She walked over to her elevator and it took her to her house. Jimmy used his elevator and went in his house. He got in his sleeping bag and covered up. "Goodnight Cindy." He said loud enough for her to hear.
She had just got in her sleeping bag too and smiled. "Goodnight Jimmy."
"Goodnight Goddard." He said.
Goddard barked.
"Goodnight Humphrey." Cindy told her dog.
He barked.
"Goodnight hovercraft." Jimmy shouted.
"Night hovercraft." She said tiredly.
After a few minutes of relaxing and just enjoying the nice silence; they finally fell asleep.
Almost an hour ago at the Vortex residence; Sasha pulled into the driveway. It had been another long and stressful day at work and she was ready to just take a quick shower and crash on her bed.
It was only four when she left work so she could properly introduce Cindy to her babysitter. Speaking of which; she wondered how things went and if the guards were doing their job right.
She pulled out her key, jammed it in to the key hole and turned it till it unlocked. She made her way in and spotted Miki watching some soap opera on TV.
Sasha just shrugged after glancing around. "So how was my Cynthia? Did she behave properly?"
"I'm sorry; what?" Miki asked quickly snapping out of her trance and forgetting her interest on the TV show.
Sasha smacked her forehead with annoyance. "I said, how was my daughter?" She asked in an irritated manner.
Miki smiled sweetly. "Oh she was an angel Mrs. Vortex. She was very obedient."
"Good. Where is she right now?" Sasha asked.
"She's probably in her room upstairs." Miki replied before quickly turning her attention back on the TV. Honestly, she could really careless where Cindy was. Miki just wanted to be left alone to watch her favorite soap opera.
Sasha walked up the stairs and knocked on Cindy's door. "Cynthia sweetie, it's me. I'm home from work and I expect that you have already taken care of your homework and piano lessons."
There was no reply. "Cindy?" She pressed her ear against the door and it was complete dead silence.
aggravated by being ignored; she slammed the door open and marched in. She gasped seeing that Cindy was nowhere in sight. "Cynthia!"
She looked under the bed, searched the closet and looked out on the balcony. She left the room, searched the bathroom and her room. "Cynthia Aurora Vortex!"
She bolted downstairs. "She's gone."
"Huh?" Miki asked confused. "Who's gone?"
Sasha stormed over annoyed, snatched the remote out of Miki's hands and turned of the TV. "My daughter you irresponsible dolt! Who else would I be talking about? You're the babysitter, you should know about my daughter's whereabouts. Were you even paying attention to her? Or did you just sit here on your lazy bun all day and watch your shows?"
"Mrs. Vortex I-" Miki began.
"Get out of my house, you're fired." Sasha pointed towards the front door.
"What?" Miki cried. "You can't fire me!"
"I just did." Sasha began to push Miki towards the door and once she was out; Sasha locked the door. She rushed in the kitchen and picked up the telephone. She figured that Cindy must have found a clever way to sneak out, either that or the guards she hired weren't that great with their job.
"She must be with Libby or Jimmy." She dialed Mrs. Folfax's number. The phone rang three times before she answered. "Hello?"
"Mrs. Folfax, it's Mrs. Vortex; Cindy's mom. I just came home and she's not here. Is she with Libby?"
"I'm sorry Mrs. Vortex but Cindy's not here."
"Okay, thanks." Sasha hung up and dialed the Neutrons' number.
At around that time; Judy and Hugh just came home from the grocery store. "Hey Jimbo, we're home."
It was too quiet.
"Jimmy honey?" Judy asked growing concerned.
"Jimbo?" He went upstairs and in Jimmy's room. "We know you're upset about what happened but some pie might make you feel better."
Judy walked in the room. "What's going on Hugh?"
"He's not here. He must be in his club house or lab inventing something." He replied not wanting to think that Jimmy could have ran away.
Judy was horrified by that thought too. They gasped as they heard the phones in the house ringing. They ran in their room and Judy immediately answered the call. "Hello. Neutron residence." She gasped hearing what Sasha told her. "What?"
Sasha was pacing back and forth in her kitchen. "That's right, my Cynthia is gone. I figured she must be at Libby's or with that Neutron kid."
"Well we were just looking for our son and Cindy's not here either." Judy replied.
While she was talking to Sasha; Hugh had ran outside and ran towards Jimmy's club house and knocked on the door. "Jimbo, are you in here?"
Hugh ran back inside. Judy rushed over. "He's not in the club house either." He told her.
They ran in the kitchen and their eyes fell on a note that was taped to the fridge. "A note Hugh."
"It's from Jimbo." He replied pointing at Jimmy's pen signature. He took it off the fridge and Judy leaned over his shoulder as he read it.
Dear mom and Dad,
If you're reading this letter, you must be home.
I'm with Cindy and I can't tell you where we are.
That was the whole point of us leaving. We decided we
needed to get away from all the stress and drama that was
inflicted on us by Eustace Strych, Sally Sagebrush and Cindy's
mother. I don't know when we'll come back or if but this isn't your
fault. You had nothing to do with this. I love you guys very much.
Love Jimmy,
XOXO
Judy and Hugh were really sad and didn't blame Jimmy for feeling the way he did. It was all Sasha's fault. "He ran away." Judy said sadly. Hugh pulled her in for a comforting hug and they began to sob.
Sasha was very angry and upset. She called the cops, showed them pictures of Cindy and Jimmy's parents showed them pictures of Jimmy.
Soon the streets were filled with police cars and Retrovile was packed with cops who were looking everywhere for Cindy and Jimmy. They had no luck and the disappearance of the young couple was reported on the news.
It was Wednesday morning and Jimmy and Cindy's friends entered the school building. They had watched the news. It was on every channel. They were very worried about them.
"I was watching Ultra Lord! It was getting to the good part and the stupid news just came on and ruined everything!" Sheen cried out.
Libby smacked him across the face. "Forget about Ultra lord! That stupid news happened to be about Jimmy and Cindy."
Sheen was clueless. "What about them?"
"They ran away!" Libby yelled right in his face; angry and annoyed.
He covered his ears. "Okay, you don't have to be so loud. I'm not deaf."
"Where could they be?" Carl asked worrying about Jimmy.
"I have no idea, nobody knows. Almost every place in retrovile is packed with cops and news reporters." She replied. "It could take days or months to find them."
Carl, Sheen and Elke were shocked. Sally and Eustace were watching the group with smugs and walked over.
"What's wrong?" She began sarcastically. "The two love birds of Lindbergh Elementary ran away?" She asked rhetorically; rubbing it in.
Eustace was smiling with his arms folded. "Which was a very naughty thing to do." He added.
"What is your problem?" Libby asked. "Haven't you caused enough damage?"
"Yeah." Carl chimed in. "I wouldn't be surprised if they left because of you."
Sally just rolled her eyes. "Whatever. You can think what you want. Jimmy and Cindy will be found and he'll go to the dance with me."
"The same goes for Cynthia." Eustace said.
Soon Principal Willoughby's voice was heard over the P.A system. "Attention students and staff if I can have your attention. I would like you all to go in the auditorium. I have a big announcement to make."
In the auditorium; all the students and staff were seated and Principal Willoughby began to speak. "Two of our students, Jimmy Neutron and Cindy Vortex have gone missing."
Everyone gasped except for Eustace, Sally and Jimmy and Cindy's friends.
"We're having a big search party for them. It's all over Retrovile and their are posters of them on almost every building." Willoughby explained.
On the island; Jimmy and Cindy had just woken up. Jimmy let out a yawn. Their monkey friend moved the bucket of water like last time and Jimmy began to brush his teeth.
Cindy combed her hair and waved to Jimmy who left his tree house. He waved back. "Morning." He told her.
"Morning." She replied.
They both smiled knowing their life was going to be different and better now. They came down and began to look for fruit. They found a tree with oranges, one with bananas and another with coconuts. They cut the fruit in half and began to eat at the wooden table again and they made and drank guava mango smoothies again.
Goddard and Humphrey began to get along because they figured if their masters weren't enemies anymore; then they shouldn't be either.
Cindy threw a piece of her orange and told Humphrey to fetch. Jimmy did the same with Goddard. Cindy looked around, thinking about something. "Jimmy, there's something I really want to show you." She told him.
"What is it Cindy?" He asked curiously.
She took his hand. "Come here." She led him over to the tree where she carved their initials, a nice heart around it and the word forever. "Look!" She pointed.
He looked and was very surprised.
She smiled. "I made it the last time we were here before Libby, Carl and Sheen called us."
"It's- it's beautiful. That's amazing Cindy."
She blushed. "Oh it was nothing. While you were gathering fruit, I found a stick and decided to carve our initials. I wanted to show you."
He smiled. "It makes it even more official that this is our island now."
She giggled. "So what should we do now?"
He glanced around and smiled as he looked at the ocean. "Well it is kind of humid today."
"Lovely day for a swim." She agreed. "I'll get my bathing suit." She headed for her tree house and he went in his. After changing into their swim wear; they put on sun lotion and ran towards the ocean holding hands.
"Watch this! Cannon ball!" Jimmy shouted as he jumped in the ocean and Cindy got splashed.
"Neutron!" She scowled playfully. "You got me all wet!"
"Help! Help!" Jimmy started to squirm around, trying to stay above the water. "Ah cramps! cramps!"
"Jimmy!" She panicked.
He grabbed her by the legs and pulled her in. "Ah!" She yelled.
He was laughing hysterically. "Got you!"
"Oh Neutron! I can't believe I fell for that!" She looked annoyed before she started cracking up too, like him.
"You should of seen the look on your face." He teased.
"You are so dead!" She tried to splash water at him but he went under; avoiding the splash. "Missed me." He taunted as he began to swim away.
She faked a frustrated growl. "Ugh, get back here Neutron!" She dove under; swimming after him.
She suddenly jumped up and grabbed his legs. "Agh Jimmy! Look out!"
"What is it?" He asked panicking.
"There was a shark behind you!"
"Where?" He turned around and she had a smug.
She grabbed his shoulders, pushed him under the water before pulling him back up. "Got you."
They both laughed and began to splash water at each other. They dove under the water, holding hands and swam around the ocean, avoiding the dangerous parts.
They got their surf boards, surfed the waves and did neat tricks; After that, they decided to play in the sand. Jimmy went in the shack to get the pails and shovels. He handed Cindy hers and they went near the ocean to fill them up. They laughed as a wave came by and splashed their feet.
They dumped their buckets on the sand and began to dig a big hole. Goddard helped them make a nice sandcastle while Humphrey digged his own hole and buried his bone.
The sandcastle was huge and Jimmy smiled as Cindy put the pearl he gave her on the top. He got some sticks and leaves and attached the leaves to the sticks. She helped put them on the castle. It was so beautiful once they finished decorating it.
He laid down in the sand and she buried him. She laid down next to him and Goddard buried her.
Jimmy and Cindy dug a big hole, filled the buckets with water again and poured it in the hole. It looked like a nice little mud pool and it was 3 feet deep. They jumped in and splashed each other with the mud.
They ran near the ocean all covered in mud and watched as a big wave came towards them. The force of the wave splashing them; dragged them down and in the ocean. All the mud was washed off them.
They swung across the vines again, played monkey in the middle with the monkey again and chased after Humphrey and Goddard while playing catch with them.
The day was going by again and at around sunset, Jimmy and Cindy were near their log again sharing a slow dance while Goddard played romantic instrumental music.
After dancing, she and Jimmy were sitting on the log and she sighed relaxed. "Wasn't this the best day ever?" She asked as she put her stick near the fire and roasted her marshmallow.
"definitely." He replied, roasting his marshmallow.
"And we get to do this everyday. No more peer pressure, or stress, or mean people getting in our way. It will be just you and me and we'll have all the time in the world." She explained.
He smiled. "I was just thinking the same thing."
They shared a smile, intertwined their hands, scooted closer and watched the beautiful sunset.
The next day, Carl and Sheen walked over to the Neutrons and knocked on the door. Jimmy's parents were sitting on the couch depressed. "Did they find Jimmy and Cindy yet?" Carl asked.
This caused Judy to cry louder. Hugh put an arm around her. "I'm afraid they haven't." He replied.
Sasha was really upset when a cop told her they haven't located her daughter yet. Cindy would be in big trouble once they did.
On the island; Jimmy and Cindy were gathering fruit again and they heard a loud thumping noise. It sounded like it was coming from the jungle. They froze and the fruit they were holding, dropped. Goddard and Humphrey hid in their dog houses.
"What was that?" Jimmy asked.
"I don't know, it sounds like it's coming from the jungle." She replied.
"I think we better investigate." He took her hand and they ran off. They swung across the vine that brought them to the cliff. "The noise we just heard must be around here." He told her quietly.
They hid behind a bush as they heard footsteps. They saw a young couple who looked somewhere in their late teens.
"Oh this is going to be rich Don." The girl with brunette hair told the boy with blond hair.
"Correction Veronika; we're gonna be rich." He replied. "Once our boss finds out we found a deserted island, we can all use this as our private hide out and destroy all these animals, get rid of the plants and dirt. This place will be perfect. The cops will never find us here."
Cindy and Jimmy's eyes widened. These people wanted to destroy their beautiful island and the animals. Aside from the giant spiders, flys and boa constructors; the other animals were friendly.
"Wait! What if we're not the first two to discover this place? What if other people are living here?" Veronika asked.
Don put an arm around her. "Don't worry babe, no one is here. It's dead silence. Besides who would want to live in this dump without remodeling it?"
She relaxed a bit. "You do have a point and maybe they even have hidden tressure here. That would make us filthy rich!"
They continued to walk on and Veronika gasped. Don became concerned. "What is it?"
She pointed. "A cliff."
"Well I guess our only way across would be to swing across this vine." He replied.
"Afraid not." Jimmy replied as he stepped in front of them.
Cindy was behind him and had her arms folded. "This is our island."
Don chuckled. "Cute. What are a couple of kids gonna do to stop us?"
Veronika was smug until stomping was heard. "Uh Don,"
The giant spider came and the bad guys were caught in a giant web.
"Oh no! It's the giant spider again!" Cindy exclaimed.
Jimmy stunned the spider with his laser.
"What should we do with these two goons?" She asked, pointing towards Veronika and Don.
Jimmy smiled. He released the web from the tree and the couple went flying across the jungle until they landed in the ocean where Jimmy and Cindy fell.
"We can't risk anymore people coming. Wait a minute that's it!" He said getting an idea. "Think, think, brain blast!" He looked at Cindy. "We have to go in the shed. I brought one of my inventions I made last week. It's a force field laser."
After, he got the force field laser, they drove through the jungle in the hover car, until they were at the beginning of the stranded area. He created a force field around their island so no one could get through; then he put a system on the force field; it was like the one on the outside of his club house.
They got back in the hovercar, drove through the desert and over the cliff again. They continued gathering fruit and they had Guava Mango smoothies again. They were sitting on the big rock she sat on the last time she drank this smoothie.
After awhile of silence, a beautiful tropical bird landed in her hands. She and Jimmy petted it. Jimmy and Cindy swung across the vines in the jungle again, played in the sand, swam in the ocean, surfed and had roasted marshmallows again.
The days went by and soon it was Saturday night. It had been nearly five days since Jimmy and Cindy were on the island. Sasha was fed up with how long it was taking to find them. Where could they have gone?
Sasha figured that Libby, Carl, Sheen and Elke should know since they were their friends. Sasha smacked her forehead for not thinking of this before. She was going to get some answers out of them. One way or another.