Emerging Compassions
Chapter 28: Invisible, Yet Not Sneaky Enough...
(Libby's POV)
I noticed something strange as we became invisible. We couldn't be seen, but Cindy's & my developing children could be seen. Must've been a glitch in that feature on Jimmy's watch... She & I tried to make sure they stayed hidden from view. We stayed behind a control panel of some sort, trying not to expose our location & betray ourselves & our friends.
Jimmy apparently noticed this glitch, as well, so he firmly instructed us, "Try to stay hidden, because if Calamitous sees your children, our cover will be blown! Carl, Sheen, & I will do most of the investigation here..."
"Can do, Neutron," I reassured him.
Well, with our developing children now visible while the 2 of us were still hidden, we could tell what kind of child we were having! That excited me! "Look, Cin!" I quietly exclaimed, "I'm havin' a baby girl!"
She gasped & added in a whisper, "That's awesome, Libs! It looks like I'm having a girl, too! Now, to think of fitting names for them..."
"Yeah," I agreed, thinking. Then, an idea for a name hit me! "I know! How about 'Marie Curie Neutron' for your little girl?"
"Eeep! Awesome, Libby!" she exclaimed a little too loudly.
"Ssshh, Cindy!" I quietly shushed her, "You'll give away our position!"
"Sorry... I was just excited, is all...," Cindy apologized, "Now, how about... 'Taylor Swift Estevez' for yours?"
"I love it! Heck, if it was up to Sheen to name our child, he would've chosen 'UltraLady' as her first name...," I noted, snickering.
I couldn't see it, but I could tell she was rolling her eyes at that statement I'd made as she quietly giggled about it. Then she put in, "What else do ya expect from an Ultra-Dork like him?"
"Not much, I expect," I stated matter-of-factly, chuckling to myself.
Unfortunately, that was when we heard an all-too-familiar female voice speak up & demand, "Who's there? Come on out so I can see you!"
"If I'm right, that was none other than Beautiful Gorgeous!" Cindy gasped, emerging from our hiding spot with me.
"Now that's creepy! How is it possible for 2 developing children to be floating in midair?" Beautiful pointed out, hands on her hips.
"Ya might as well make us visible, Jimmy. Our cover's blown," Cindy hollered to him.
"Brilliant, JUST brilliant...," I heard him mutter in a disgusted tone as he made us visible again.
"You just HAD to open your big mouth, didn't you, Cindy?" Sheen snapped, arms folded & glaring at her.
"Hello, Ultra-Moron? It's only natural for expectant mothers to be curious about their child's gender!" she barked, clearly furious.
"On the bright side, we have names picked out for our growin' babies," I added, trying to be helpful.
"That still doesn't change the fact that we just endangered our lives, Libby," Jimmy reminded me.
"True...," I noted, a tad downcast.
"Well, I would have dastardly plans for you all, but my father says his big plans aren't going to be put into action until next month. He does have a new sidekick, however... What was his name again? Ethan? Evan? Esteban?" Beautiful remarked.
"Ha! You're just like your father, in that you can never finish anything!" Jimmy taunted her, then added, "The name you're looking for is 'Eddie', my cousin Eddie, to be exact!"
"Zinga! You are correct!" came his reply. We all looked up & saw him zooming up to us on a hi-tech jetpack. When he came face to face with us, he deactivated it dropped to the ground. Jeez, I thought to myself as I looked down at him, For a 7-year-old evil genius, he sure is a little squirt! He's about as tall as Jimmy was at age 11, minus the hair!
"What do YOU want, Eddie?" Cindy snapped.
"Did you not hear what Neutron said a minute ago? To take over the world, DUH!" he barked, heading over to a control panel. Calamitous soon joined him.
"Why the heck would you 2 join sides?" I demanded furiously.
"Because, obviously, my father could never finish his previous plots!" Beautiful put in, obviously ticked off.
"But, dude, why are you waiting a month to get started on the real plan?" Sheen wanted to know.
"What? Are we BLIND? You 2 girls are expecting kids! A month from now is most likely when you're due to give birth, which couldn't happen at a worse time for you since I'll be commencing my plan by then!" Calamitous sneered, cackling evilly.
"Hold it!" Jimmy snarled, "I thought you could never finish anything!"
"Well, I'll be taking control of the world's land-based vertebrates, but I haven't figured out what happens after that...,"he stammered.
"That's where I come in, losers! I'm gonna turn every pet in the world against their owners, thus taking over the world with full animal control!" Eddie finished for him.
"That's one evil kid!" Sheen remarked.
"No duh," Cindy hissed, rolling her eyes.
