Chapter Twenty: Jimmy Neutron and the Attack of the Algae-Giants, Part 2
Sheen and Jet found themselves being vomited out of a giant algae monster, along with the security droids and office workers, into a massive crowd of people.
Although they had both been on a lot of adventures in their own respective fields- this happened to be a first for both of them. Sheen and Jet found themselves squished between a group of old men in top hats who were complaining about the weather, and ladies wearing massive puffy frocks who were complaining that giant monsters simply didn't have the same kind of manners that they did in their day.
While the rest of the crowd were busy agreeing with the ladies in puffy frocks, and asking when they would get a break for 'a quick spot of tea', Sheen and Jet made their way over to the giant slimy barriers that towered over them from each side. More of the Algae-Giants were approaching the barriers, and throwing up more people into the every growing crowd.
Eventually, Jet and Sheen managed to find their own little space- so that they could discuss what they could do next.
"And you're saying that the Oompa-Loompa's were in on it too!?" asked Sheen. Jet nodded. "Uh-huh. But enough about my mission in the Chocolate Factory." he said, ignoring Sheens disappointed look. "We need to come up with a plan. Any suggestions?"
Sheen thought for a moment. "I dunno... We could try setting fire to the slime. Would that help?" he asked.
Jet shook his head.
"Well, I'm all out of ideas. You?" asked Sheen.
"We have to escape this place and find Jimmy. And we need to do it before the army gets wind of this." said Jet. "Really? I thought that the English army were all about peace, love and being jerks to each other until the band breaks up." said Sheen. Jet shook his head. "No... no, I'm pretty sure your thinking of something else." said Jet.
"Didn't they write that song about turning into walruses?" asked Sheen.
Jet sighed. "No. Look, kid- are you insane? Or are you just trying to be the comic relief?" he asked.
Sheen shrugged. "I dunno. Probably both. But, listen. I got separated from Jimmy and Carl a while back, and they're probably stuck in some kinds cell or somethin'. They'll probably escape, but I don't really know how long it'll take... in the meantime, can you look at Goddard?" he asked, holding Goddard's limp body up to Jets face. "I don't know how to fix 'im... Can you?"
Jet took the robot dog into his arms, and frowned. "Well, it looks like a few of his power circuits have been ripped out... and- he's missing a battery.." muttered Jet.
"Can you fix him?" asked Sheen.
Jet shook his head. "Not without the right kind of battery... or maybe some other kind of power source." he explained. Sheen thought about this for a moment, and then turned to face the crowd. "HEEEEY! DO ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE A BIG BATTERY, OR... OR SOME OTHER KINDA POWER SOURCE!?" he bellowed.
The crowd ignored him, and began to talking amongst themselves. Just as Sheen was about to give up- he noticed the security droids all hustled together in a group, playing cards. He approached them and cleared his throat. "HEY, YOU GUYS!?" he yelled. One of the droids turned to face him.
"We do not have ears- this does not mean that we are deaf." it said in a flat tone. Sheen looked sheepish. "Aw, sorry. I was just wondering... Since you guys are an unstoppable security force... right?" he asked.
The droids nodded collectively.
"Well, then- do any of you guys have a spare battery for my friend, here?" he asked, holding Goddard up in his arms.
"We are on break. Do not disturb us with such-..." the droid went silent. "Is... Is that a mechanical canine?" it asked. Sh
The droid turned to the rest of the group. "Heeey. Do any of you have some spare batteries?" it asked. One of the other droids pulled out a massive block from its chest, and threw it at the first droid. Then, it went back to playing cards. The droid carefully inserted the battery into Goddard, moved a few wire around- and suddenly, Goddard sprang to life.
"Bark! Bark!" he yelped, before giving the droid a big lick across the face.
"Oh, you are a sweet little doggy, aren't you?" the droid asked. It was a little creepy to hear something say that in an emotionless synthesised voice, but Sheen was too happy now to care. "Goddard! It's awesome to see you!" he yelled. "Can you take me outta here, and find Jimmy and Carl?" he asked.
"Bark! Bark!" said Goddard. Suddenly, Goddard began to change shape- 'Fly Cycle Mode; Activated'. "Bark! Bark!" said Goddard. Sheen grinned. "Awesome! I've always wanted to ride a dog-cycle!" he yelled, as he sat on the seat and put his hands on the handlebars. "Are you going to be okay, Jet? I'm going to go find Jimmy." he announced.
Jet sighed. "Yeah, sure. You know where to find me." he said.
"Okay! Goddard- BLAST OFF!" he yelled. With that, Goddard and Sheen rocketed into the sky. Jet sighed again, and turned to face the droids. "Alright, deal me in." he said.
The droids thought about this for a moment, and then shrugged.
"The game is 'Poker'." said one of the droids, as it began to slowly redistribute the cards.
Jet sat down, and sighed. This wasn't the first time he had played a game of poker against a group of faceless droids. As more people were spewed into the crowd from above, he had to hope that Sheen would get to Jimmy safely, and quickly. Because he really didn't want this to be the last poker game he would ever play.
Unless he won, of course.
Few things annoyed Jimmy Neutron more than Cindy Vortex. And even though he knew that the fate of the entire world might be on stake he couldn't seem to stop himself from arguing with her.
'Well, not this time' he told himself. 'This is serious... So no matter what she says; I am not going to argue with her.'
"Oh, great. Leave it to Nerdtron to throw everybody into one of his stupid adventures again." growled Cindy. Jimmy twitched. He was about to remind her that she was more than welcome to leave- when instead he took a deep breath, and decided to ignore her.
"It appears that the giant creatures had already taken complete control of the city. As we speak, they appear to be gathering all of the people in one place, near the center of the city." Jimmy explained. "So what do you expect us to do about it Nerdtron? I don't know if you've noticed, but we don't have our N-Men powers, or any weapons... And they kind of have us beat in size and numbers. What're you going to do? Do math at them?" asked Cindy.
Jimmy groaned, and hoped that somebody else would speak. He looked at the rest of the group. They all looked completely clueless- with the exception of Evil Jimmy, who just looked annoyed. Like he always did. With a frown, Jimmy faced Cindy- determined not to let himself get into an argument. Or let himself get distracted by that face of hers, and that remarkable shade of pink that her lips seemed to-
Everybody in the group jumped, as Jimmy slapped himself across the face. The sound left an echo, that seemed to ring on forever during the awkward few seconds that followed. Jimmy ignored the groups odd looks, and continued to speak to Cindy.
"Alright- The first strategy that comes to mind is to split up so as to cover more ground. While I have theories as to what Dr Moist may be planning to do with the people he has captured- they will only remain theories unless one of us is able to confront him, and get him to tell us his entire plan." he explained. Cindy frowned. "Okay- and which one of us do want to send out into the land of green giants to do that?" she asked. Jimmy shook his head. "I'll decide that later. For now, though- I'm going to try and synthesis a new chemical using the data I've managed to find on the mutated algae- and the formula for the antidote, that we can use to defend ourselves against the algae. First though..." he frowned.
"I'll have to try and synthesis the actual antidote first- and give each of you a bottle, in case you find yourselves infected." said Jimmy.
Cindy raised an eyebrow. "Infected?" she asked.
Jimmy nodded. "Yes. When Carl, Sheen and I first met Dr Moist, we were fed some algae that slowly began to turn us into algae-men. Those are the creatures that you and the others were captured by; and the giants appear to be simply giant versions of them. Anyway- there is no telling whether this new mutated algae still required consumption in order for the transformation to begin. It seems like it might- considering the fact that we have all come in contact with the algae at some point, and we haven't begun to turn green..." Jimmy trailed off.
"Yeah- I've eaten a whole bunch of it off the walls, and I feel fine." said Carl, rubbing his belly with a satisfied look on his face.
Jimmy and Cindy gave him a look.
"What? I got a little hungry... You know it's not good to miss lunch..." he mumbled.
Jimmy frowned. "We had better synthesis the antidote quickly just in case- Carl? How many times have I told you not to eat mysterious goo?" he asked. Carl thought about this for a few minutes. "Um... twelve times?" he asked. Jimmy sighed. "Well, at least your keeping count..." he grumbled.
"Alright- Evil Jimmy? Can you go out and look for some materials we can use to make a few S-Class Goo Propellers?" asked Jimmy. Evil Jimmy sighed. "We'll need to hit them from the air, doc. We'll get stomped on, otherwise." he said, his tone betraying a sense of impatience. Jimmy nodded. "Your right..." he muttered.
Evil Jimmy rolled his eyes, and walked out of the room.
"Um, are you sure it's wise to trust your Evil Clone with... uh... whatever you just said, Jimmy?" asked Carl. Jimmy glanced at Betty. She was leaning against the wall, looking like she was lost in thought. Jimmy sighed, and nodded. "Yeah...I have a theory on his weakness." he said.
"Oh... okay." said Carl.
"Hey, Neutron? Isn't that your dog on the screen?" asked Nick. Jimmy glanced at him, and then back on the computer. Sure enough- the security footage from outside the building showed Goddard flying through the air. Jimmy gulped. Sheen was riding him... and it looked like he was laughing maniacally.
"Uh... I'm going to go to the entrance and hope that they make it here before Sheen crashes my dog..." said Jimmy. "Everyone, meet Sheen, Evil Jimmy and I at the laboratory. I'll mark it one the map..." he muttered. After searching for a pen, and putting a circle around the 'Always Ethical Secret Lab of Horrific Despair'- Jimmy handed the map to Carl, and left without a word.
"Hold up- I'll follow you."
Jimmy smiled. "I told you before; Sheen'll be fine." he said.
Libby frowned. "Just shut your big mouth and lead the way." she growled.
"Hey, Goddard?"
"Rrgh?"
"Do you think I should cut my hair?"
"Bark?"
"Well, I dunno... I mean, I think I'm like- fourteen or something this year... And, well- maybe I should get rid of the spikes."
"Bark! Bark!"
"Of course I love them! But maybe I need to start looking even more mature-er, for- uh... for Libby."
"Bark."
Sheen sighed. He had been riding Goddard across the skies for a few minutes now, and it looked like they were about to reach their destination. Always Ethical Industries was covered in slime and ruin when they arrived at the entrance. Sheen carefully stepped off of Goddard, and tried not to slip on the slime.
After slipping over face first into the slime for the tenth time, Sheen finally decided to sit down in a huff. "So, Goddard... does Jimmy talk to you about his feelings and junk?" asked Sheen. Goddard nodded. "Are you good at giving advice?" asked Sheen. Goddard nodded again.
"Okay... Well, then... how should I get Libby to be my girlfriend again?" asked Sheen.
Goddard opened up his chest, revealing a small screen. Words appeared on the screen after a few seconds, and Sheen squinted at them as he read them out.
"Op... shun... one... 'Approach her, and express your feelings in a calm and mature way'... hmmm... NEXT!" yelled Sheen. Another option appeared on Goddards screen, and once again, Sheen read it out loud.
"Option... two. 'Examine whether or not you can truly provide her with the happiness you feel she deserves, and mope if you think you can not'... Man- all of these suggestions are too serious. Don't you have any joke options?" asked Sheen. Goddard pondered this for a moment, and then another suggestion entered the screen.
"'Take your stupid teenage angst somewhere else you stupid-' ... Hey! That's just mean! I mean, sure- it's kinda witty... But still mean!" yelled Sheen.
"Bark! Bark!"
"It is not really simple!"
"Bark!"
"Oh... really? I guess it is kinda simple then..." muttered Sheen.
Sheen stood himself up, carefully- and opened the front door. He had only taken a few short steps, when he suddenly crashed into something. Once he found himself on the floor, it took him a while to realise that he landed on top of somebody. And when he realises just who that somebody was, he completely froze.
Libby grit her teeth. "Get offa me, Sheen!" she growled. Sheen didn't move. Instead, he kept staring at her. He wondered if he was hallucinating. That was probably it. After all- Libby hadn't come with them on the BTSO mission, did she? Sheen frowned as he tried to remember. Finally, he decided to ask her.
"Are you one of them watcha-call-its?" he asked.
"Excuse me?"
"You know... a mirage?" he asked.
Libby frowned. "No. I'm not. Now get offa me- your heavy." she growled. Sheen considered this for a moment. "Do I have to?" he asked.
"Excuse me?" growled Libby.
"Well, I dunno... can't I just stay like this forever?" he asked.
In the background, Jimmy cleared his throat. When that did nothing to gain his friends attention, he decided to pull Sheen away by force. "No! Mirage-Jimmy! I don't wanna go!" he yelled in protest, as Jimmy pulled him by the arm with all the force he could muster. FInally, Libby pushed him off of her with a blow to the stomach. As she stood herself up, and tried to wipe some of the green goo out of her clothes, Sheen coughed and sputtered on the floor.
"Oh... you were real..." he muttered.
Libby nodded. "Mmhmm... Thanks for the assist, Neutron." she said. Jimmy shrugged. "Any time."
As Sheen stood himself up, he was suddenly knocked over again when Goddard sped past him and jumped into Jimmy's arms. "Bark! Bark!" he barked, as he nuzzled his face against Jimmy's face. "Aw... It's good to see you too, Goddard." said Jimmy, giving his mechanical friend a scratch behind the ears. "Are the two of you okay?" asked Jimmy.
Sheen shrugged. "Uh-huh."
Goddard nodded.
"Good... Oh- and Sheen?" asked Jimmy. Before Sheen could ask Jimmy what he wanted, he received a sharp blow on the head. "OW! What was that for!?" he yelled. Jimmy pointed to a small patch on the shirt pocket of his janitor costume. It looked like something had been ripped off of it. Then, he pulled out a small sewing patch from his pocket.
It read 'Vortex Lover'.
Sheen gulped. "Oh... that... that was Carl's idea!" he yelled. Jimmy scowled. "Oh, really? Because Carl said the same thing about you." he said. "What!? That fink! Don't trust him, Jimmy! He's a liar! A liar and a fraud!" he bellowed. As Sheen continued to yell about Carl's complete and total lack of trustworthiness, Libby quickly snatched the patch out of Jimmy's hand.
"Ah- Wait! Libby! Don't read that!" yelled Jimmy.
As soon as her eyes hit the patch, Libby was thrown into a fit of laughter. Jimmy sighed, as Goddard joined in soon after. "Good one, Sheen!" said Libby. Sheen smiled, and stuck out his chest. "Oh- you liked that, huh? Yep, it was all my idea." he boasted.
Jimmy cleared his throat again. "Oh? Really?" he hissed.
Sheen sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "Um... Sorry, Jimmy..." he muttered. Jimmy sighed. "Alright- come on. Let's go meet everybody in the Lab of Horrific Despair." he said.
"Cool!" yelled Sheen. "I love the name."
With that, Jimmy, Libby, Sheen and Goddard made their way back down into the lower levels of Always Ethical Industries.
The Boss took a deep breath.
He had a choice to make. Either escape- or take control of the situation. His brain told him that he would have a better chance of living if he simply left. But his pride wouldn't let him. And in the end- his pride won.
The Boss pressed a small button by the door. Slowly, two massive portions of the city began to separate. All of the buildings and cars around it began to crumble, as the chasm grew. Finally, the Earth stopped moving. And something began to rise out of the darkness.
It was the size of a skyscraper. Massive and colored a bright blue. With twin red strips running down the middle. It was a giant mecha-humanoid, and the Boss' greatest achievement. He had hoped to save it for taking over the Earth- but it would do just as well fighting off the Algae-Giants. The Boss frowned. At least- it better do well against the Algae-Giants. He had spent all of Eustace Strych's money buying the materials for it- and he wanted to get his moneys worth.
The Boss entered a small door in the robots ankle, and rode an elevator all the way up into the robots chest. As he entered the control room, he could feel the smile on his face.
This was going to be fun.
Dr Moist had been cackling and dancing for the better part of an hour, when he felt the Algae grow restless. He frowned, and moved his massive new body around. There, standing in front of him; was the biggest robot he had ever seen.
"WHO GOOOES THERE!?" he bellowed.
The robot laughed. "Doctor Moist. Did you really think you could get away with using my money to fund your little conquest? You know all too well that I would never allow that." it spat in a snobbish accent.
Dr Moist snarled. "You can stop pretending, 'Boss'! Eustace Strych disappeared some time ago! I know who you really are!" he screamed.
"Oh? Well, I geuss ya really are smarter than ya look, huh- pal?"
The Algae-Giant Dr Moist cracked his knuckles and roared. "YOU WERE ON THAT LEAGUE OF VILLAINS, WEREN'T YOU!" he bellowed. The robot shrugged. "Uh-huh. So?" it asked.
"I wasn't invited..." Dr Moist muttered. "I... wasn't good enough... just worthless... worthless... worthless... DON'T CALL ME NAMES!" he bellowed.
From inside the control room of the giant robot, the Boss frowned. "Wow... your really insane, aren't you?" he asked. Dr Moist shuddered. "FLATTERYYY, is flattering, but... NOWHERE IT'LL GET YOU!" he yelled.
The Boss frowned. "Uh- you kinda got your words a little jumbled... Look- how about you just reveal my identity so we can get to the savage beating?" he growled.
Dr Moist looked at him. "Oh? And you are?" he asked.
The Boss sighed. "Eddie. Baby Eddie. That clear things up for ya?" he yelled.
Dr Moist scratched his head. Then he stared at him for a while. Baby Eddie began to feel uncomfortable. "Look- I wasn't all that secretive about it- and... Will you stop staring!?" he yelled.
"Momma?"
Baby Eddie sighed. "Alright. Obviously words ain't the way to go about this..." he grumbled. One of the robots shoulders suddenly opened up, revealing a set of missiles. Baby Eddie smiled. "Alright- Night, night!" he yelled. The missiles fired simultaneously, each one of them landing directly into Dr Moists chest. They sank into the algae for a moment, and then- exploded. Dr Moist was ripped to shreds, as pieces of flaming algae rained down into the charred crater of his remains.
Baby Eddie smiled. "Well, that was easy. Now I guess all I need to do is clean all the crud up- I guess I'll hire somebody to do that... Then, I'll just destroy a few military bases, and crown myself Emperor of Europe!" he announced. "The world can wait until after my nap..."
As Baby Eddie continued to monologue (as all villain seemed to), all of the algae began to slowly piece itself together. Just as Baby Eddie was getting the robot ready to walk away and look for a giant blankie to cuddle with- he noticed Dr Moists angry face rising from the ground.
Baby Eddie sighed.
Maybe this wasn't going to be quite as fun as he thought it was.
Time had passed very slowly for everybody, as Jimmy and Evil Jimmy worked at building whatever it was that they were building to defend themselves against the Algae-Giants. During the time they had spent working in silence, Sheen had told everybody about his adventures with the lasers, meeting Jet Fusion again, and a couple of lies involving Ultralord and the worlds biggest pizza.
Finally, Jimmy turned to face everybody, with a wealth of what looked like weapons all piled on top of one another behind him. "Alright, everybody! We've just finished creating the weapons... Carl? Would you come over here for a moment?" he asked. Carl nodded obediently, and made his way over to his friend. Evil Jimmy quietly helped Carl to strap what looked like a big plastic container onto his back. The container was connected with a hose to what looked like a big black rifle. Carl gulped. "Um... I'm not going to be able to accidentally disintegrate everything with this... am I?" he asked.
Jimmy was about to say something- before he was interrupted by Sheen. "Wow! Awesome! Jimmy- did you build us flamethrowers!?" he yelled.
Cindy, Betty and Nick looked at Jimmy with looks of equal concern, while Libby merely rolled her eyes.
"Of course not, Sheen! Carl? Aim the weapon at the algae on the wall over there." said Jimmy. Carl frowned. "Are you sure, Jimmy? I was thinking about saving that for later- you know, in case I needed a snack or something..." he mumbled. Jimmy crossed his arms and frowned at him. Carl sighed.
"Aw... alright."
Carl aimed the weapon at the algae on the wall, and pulled the trigger. A massive stream of orange goo leapt out of the barrel, splattering all over the algae. Slowly, it began to fizzle. And then, the orange goo and the algae seemed to mix together, and fade away in a purple mist.
"Wow... what just happened, Neutron?" asked Nick.
Jimmy cleared his throat. "Well, I managed to synthesis a few different alien chemicals together into an orange paste- it should turn the algae, and only the algae- into a harmless gas." he explained. "Oh, really? What kind of gas?" asked Cindy. Jimmy coughed. "Um... excuse me?" he asked. Cindy frowned. "I asked you... what kind of gas?" she growled.
Jimmy looked nervous. "Well... I mean- it shouldn't be harmful to the enviroment or to the inhabitants..." he muttered. Cindy put her hands on her hips, and scowled at him. "Okay, okay... so the gas is kind of a mystery to me as of now... Look- I checked it out for any kind of harmful substance, and it appears to be completely clean. In fact- it seems to be mostly... sugar." he explained.
Before Cindy could yell at him for his carelessness and general stupidity- Sheen interrupted her. "Cool! Let's all go out and fight! I've always wanted to spray orange all over a giant monster! Of course, I always imagined using cheese-whizz, but this is cool too!" he yelled.
Evil Jimmy smiled. "Well that's real nice, doc. But unfortunately it's lookin' to be about time I went back home." he said. Jimmy frowned. "Really? And where is your 'home'?" he asked. Evil Jimmy shrugged. "The Dark Matter dimension, of course." he said. "And how to do you propose to get there?" asked Jimmy. Evil Jimmy grinned. "Well- there's a nice little wormhole in the middle of the city that I can use." he said. With that, he turned around and made his way over to the exit.
"Alright- au revoir, chumps!" said Evil Jimmy. He was just about to leave, when he felt something grab his shirt sleeve. He turned around to see who it was; and scowled.
It was Betty.
"You're really just going to leave?" she demanded. Evil Jimmy nodded. "Uh-huh. I don't know if you know this, dollface- but us evil guys; we don't like bein' helpful. And I've already been far too.. helpful..." he spat. "So, I'll be on my way."
Betty frowned, and let go of him. "Fine..." she mumbled.
Evil Jimmy left without another word.
Silence fell over the group. Jimmy cleared his throat. "Come on guys, pick up your weapons. We have a city to save." he said.
Dr Moist swung his fist at the giant robot, the impact shook the ground, as the robot was sent flying through the air, through a few buildings and museums. Baby Eddie growled, as he began to move the controls as fast as possible. The robot stood itself up slowly, just in time for Dr Moist to make his way over to where he had crashed. The robot launched another set of missiles at him. This time- Dr Moist began to spit massive globs of algae out of every part of his body- each one meeting a missile in mid-air. The result was a flurry of massive explosions in the air. Like a gooier version of the fourth of July.
As the battle raged on, Baby Eddie slowly ran through every weapon in his arsenal.
The wrist loaded flamethrower caused Dr Moist to scream in pain, until he managed to open his mouth wide- and bite the robots hand off. With a triumphant swallow, Dr Moist picked the robot up, and threw him across the city. The robot tumbled through the vast majority of London's most important buildings and sites- narrowly missing the royal palace.
This was about when the army showed up to make life much more difficult for the both of them.
There were about a dozen jet fighters racing through the sky, sending a rain of bullets down onto both Dr Moist, and Baby Eddie's giant robot. Baby Eddie snarled. He pressed a small button on the control panel, and two giant booster rockets suddenly came out of the robots back. Eddie flew the robot through the air as carefully as he could, dodging the bullets and the missiles as he did. Eventually, he flew as close to one of the jet fighters as he could- and just as the pilot pushed the eject button, the robot grabbed the rocket in its hands and crushed it. Then it threw the ball of crushed metal at another one of the jets. The collided with a loud 'smash!', and the jet spun wildly out of control- finally landing on the goo slicked streets, in a smoking heap.
Dr Moist was busy taking care of the others- spitting globs of algae at them and swiping at them like he was some kind of giant movie monster.
Baby Edde grinned, as he landed the robot carefully on the ground. He quickly launched himself at Dr Moist, wrapping both of his arms around him as he crashed into the ground. Now laying directly on top of the algae giant Dr Moist, the robot began balled its hands into fists and began punching Dr Moist in the face with everything it had. Eddie grunted, as he moved the controls to hit Dr Moist again. And again. And again.
Suddenly, one of his fists got stuck. The robot tried to pull its fist out of Dr Moists face- but it was too late. Dr Moist grinned, as he slowly opened his mouth.
Eddie knew where this was going. He quickly ran out of the control room and crammed himself into the escape pod. He pressed a small button, and the pod burst out of the robots back, just as Dr Moist began to swallow it whole. Once the giant robot had completely disappeared into his mouth, Dr Moist gave a loud burp- that shook the very Earth.
The escape pod rocketed into the air, twisted about- and then plummeted into the streets. The hatch opened, and Baby Eddie crawled out, coughing and sputtering.
He was about to stand himself up, and run as far away from the giant Dr Moist as he possibly could- when he felt something in the back of his head. There was somebody there... He frowned, and turned around.
Evil Jimmy was standing there, grinning to himself. A thick black smoke seemed to be leaking out of his pores.
"Hey there, kid. I just thought I'd get you to fill in a few blanks... that sound good to you, doc?" he asked. Baby Eddie trembled. "Wha-... Your that evil clone of Jimmy... aren't you? H-... How are you able to control dark matter like that!?" he demanded. Evil Jimmy chuckled.
"I'll be asking the questions here, doc." he said. All of a sudden, the black smoke began to twist into tendrils, and launched themselves at Baby Eddie. He tried to struggle, as the black smoke wrapped itself around his entire body.
"Don't worry, doc. I'm just gonna peek inside your memories..." said Evil Jimmy. He smiled, as he watched Baby Eddie flailing about in the smoke. "Now, now- I promise... It ain't gonna hurt one... little... bit."
To be continued...
(AN: Okay- It took me a little longer than usual to post this one- 'cuz it needed a little work. It still does, frankly- but I kinda wanted to move on. So, here it is. Next chapter will come soon. I still really appreciate the feedback from you guys. So- read and review! It helps me get motivated and stuff...)