Vandana and the other robots took Jimmy's friends over to some sort of jail cell, which was big enough for all of them.

"Hey!" Nick shouted "Put us down you bucket of bolts babe!"

"I don't think so" said Vandana "Meldar has ordered me to lock you and your jelly bag friends in here"

Vandana threw the kids right into the jail cell and they landed right onto each other.

"Ow" said Carl "My scapula"

"What're you gonna do to us?" Libby demanded.

"It's quite simple, really" said Vandana "As soon as we're out of the star system, we're going to launch you out our airlock and into space. Outside the star system, there's a whole bunch of black holes and you'll be sucked into one of them and the best part is, without your pathetic leader, you can't escape. Bye bye"

Meanwhile down on Earth, Principal Willoughby was on the beach, relaxing and minding his own business. Just then, his cellphone rang.

"Hello?" he answered the phone.

"Where are you?" Ms. Fowl asked on the other line.

"On the beach, Ms. Fowl" said Principal Willoughby "School is cancelled"

"Who said that?" asked Ms. Fowl.

"I did" Principal Willoughby replied "Hey! Wait a minute!"

Back in space, Jimmy was taken to a jail cell and thrown right into it.

"Looks like you've reached the end your rope, Neutron" Meldar grinned.

"You won't get away this Meldar" Jimmy exclaimed "I'm going to rescue my friends and get them out of here!"

"I don't think so, jelly bag" Meldar said "You see, you destroyed everything I had and I've decided to return the favor by having you watch your friends be launched into space"

"What?!" Jimmy shouted.

"You heard me, twerp" said Meldar "Your friends are going to be sucked into a black hole to the Dark Matter Dimension and that mechanical mongrel of yours will be melted into scrap metal and you can't do anything about it, and don't think about trying to escape, the entire ship is equipped with a perimeter scanner programmed to recognize your bio-signature. If it senses you trying to escape the ship, it'll make you explode, so it looks like you're hopeless now, jelly bag"

Meldar floated out of the prison and Jimmy started to feel sad and truly defeated for the first time since those Yolkian's abducted his family and everyone else's. He sat down in a corner and started getting teary eyed.

"What have I done?" he said to himself.

Meanwhile on Earth, Hugh and Judy were sitting on the couch and watching TV, but they were discussing Jimmy. As you may remember, Jimmy tricked his and the others' folks that they were at some sort of made up camp.

"Hugh, I'm worried about Jimmy" said Judy "He's been depressed and we need to be there for him"

"Sugar booger, he's away at camp" Hugh said casually "I'm sure it'll be good for him"

"Maybe I should call the camp to make sure he's okay" said Judy.

"Honey" Hugh pulled her back "I'm sure he's okay. Does a bear have a butt in the woods?"

Back in the other prison cell, our other protagonists were sitting in the cell, feeling all hopeless. Cindy explained to Nick and Brittany about their encounter with Meldar and the space rock and stuff.

"So, it was Neutron's doing once again?" asked Nick.

Cindy nodded her head.

"Should've seen that coming" he rolled his eyes.

Libby was playing a song on a harmonica she was conveniently carrying with her in her pocket.

"Now I know why the caged bird sings" Carl sadly said.

"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown, but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom" Brittany sadly replied "Maya Angelou"

"I guess we're really up the creek this time, guys" Cindy sadly said.

"Come on guys, don't feel so bad" Libby stopped playing her harmonica for a second "Jimmy didn't mean to get us sucked into space, almost get a bunch of planets blown up and then have us kidnapped by one of our worst enemies"

"Libby's right" said Carl "After all, what would Llama Boy do?"

"Well let's think about that, Carl" Nick approached Carl "Maybe just SPIT ALL DAY?!"

"Calm down, Nick" Libby said softly "Maybe he's onto something. Go ahead Carl, what would Llama Boy do?"

Carl thought for a moment "I...I...I DON'T KNOW!"

"Oh my god!" Nick angrily snapped "You are so pathetic!"

"Nuh uh" Carl shook his head "You're the pathetic one"

"Oh really?" asked Nick "Oh look at me! I'm Carl Wheezer! I'm hubby, have numerous medical problems and obsess over llamas"

"At least I don't break my leg many times and at least I have a dad" Carl spat.

"That does it" Nick angrily threw his jacket down "You want a piece of this, Wheezer?"

"Bring it on, Dean!" Carl raised his fists.

Just as Carl and Nick were about fight each other, Libby went right between them and tried to hold them back.

"Guys" she shouted "This isn't helping!"

"Let me at him, Libby" Nick angrily said "I'm going to show that llama-loving jerk what for!"

While Libby tried to stop the two from fighting, Brittany walked over to Cindy, who looked like she was crying or something.

"Cindy..." she whispered "Cindy...are you okay?"

"Yeah" Cindy sniffled "I'm okay. I just feel bad"

"We'll be okay" Brittany put her hand on Cindy's shoulder.

"No we're not, Brit" Cindy sobbed "This is all my fault"

"No it's not" Brittany's pigtails drooped "There's no way you could've made this happen"

"Yeah but, if I had been a better friend to Jimmy and hadn't snapped at him, maybe he would still talk to me and we wouldn't be in this mess" Cindy kept sobbing.

"Okay, so you made a mistake" Brittany wiped the tears from Cindy's eyes "Feeling sorry for yourself isn't going to make anything better. You know, I've been feeling bad about my cousin and not doing more to help him and...I know how you feel. But I've learned from that friends have to stick together and I care about you guys"

"I know B" said Cindy "It's just that...all my life I've been expected to be perfect and always be number one. I have to perform like some sort of wind-up toy, I hate being perfect. My whole life I've been pressured by my mother and forced to be better than everyone else, and even when I make a minor mistake, she yells at me and forces me to do harsh chores"

"Cindy..." Brittany started getting teary eyed as well.

"I hate my life" Cindy continued sobbing "I hate everything! I wish I had a mother who loves me. Maybe if I did, Jimmy would still talk to me and he'd know that I love him"

Cindy ran into Brittany's arms and pulled her into a comforting hug.

At that same time though, Libby still couldn't stop Carl and Nick from fighting. Nick jumped right on Carl and started attacking him, while Carl tried attacking back. Libby kept trying to break up the fight, but with no luck.

Outside of the cell when that was happening, there was some bashing and beating up taking place. All of a sudden, the cell door bashed right open and everybody stopped what they were doing. There was a mysterious figure standing right where the door once was.

"Stay calm and don't panic" said the strange figure "I'm going to get you out of here"

"I know that voice..." said Cindy "It can't be..."

Author's Note:

Like I said before, Meldar's bigger and badder than before. Now, he's going to do away with Jimmy's friends and who knows what he plans to do with Jimmy? Not that Jimmy cares, since he seems to have once again, reached his lowest.

As for his friends, they're still having their dilemma's and they can't figure out a plan without their leader, but it appears there's silver lining. Who could it be? Stay tuned!