Chapter 4: Jenny's First Space Flight.
Jenny opened her eyes, and got up. She looked at a near by clock, 6 AM. Back in Newport Beach, she always got up at 6 AM. She looked out the window of her temporary room at the Neutron home. It was still fairly dark, yet she could see at the furthest point, a little sun light peeking up. The sun would rise in thirty minutes. Jenny quickly got ready, taking a shower, getting dresses, and other stuff, by the time she was threw, she looked at the clock, 6:28 AM. Jenny shrugged and left her room and walked down stairs. She suddenly heard a bang in the back yard. Startled, she left the house and ventured to the backyard. She suddenly gasped, there was a blue rocket pointing upwards in the backyard, and her anxious little cousin Jimmy was fixing it. By his side was his trusty medal mutt Goddard, passing him a wrench and a screwdriver, and next to Goddard was Carl with a big worried look on his face.
"But Jimmy, remember last time you tried to fly your rocket? You nearly crushed your mom's roof, and because you sent that satellite up, you almost got the whole town's parent's eaten by a big chicken!" Carl warned Jimmy.
"Don't worry Carl, this time I just want to test my new rocket," Jimmy replied.
"Your new rocket?" Jenny suddenly asked.
Startled, Jimmy suddenly dropped his tools, and looked up, he then gave a sigh of relief.
"Oh, it's only you Jenny," Jimmy replied, "I thought it was my mom, or someone."
"Jimmy," Carl interrupted, "You sure we'll be back by this afternoon? Like I said, my mom is taking me to the dentist today, and she's probably going to make me brush my teeth for an hour, and it takes thirty minutes to get there, and I just want to be sure I'm back on time." Carl reminded Jimmy.
"Well … I don't know, it might be another hour or so before I'm finished, and it'll take a while to start her up, and then if we blow up, that might delay us some more," Jimmy replied.
Jenny's eyes got wide, and she then said, "Excuse me, but blow up? I think that'll delay you a lot longer than a few hours Jimmy."
Jimmy thought for a moment, and replied, "Your right Jenny, well Carl, unless you want to skip your dentist appointment, you probably can't go."
Carl let out a sigh of relief, and started to run, but said, "Sorry Jimmy! Got to go! Bye Jimmy, Jenny and Goddard!"
Jimmy sighed and said, "I need one more person to help me balance out the weight in the rocket, Goddard is too light, and if no one goes, then I've spent days on this for nothing, unless …" Jimmy suddenly smiled and looked up Jenny, "Unless you go with me, Jenny."
Jenny stared in disbelief, "Your joking, right?"
"Nope." Jimmy replied with a smile.
"No way! Nuh-uh! You are not getting me on that rocket, and blasting me off to that big space thingy! Not no way, not no how!" Jenny declared, and then crossed her arms, and closed her eyes.
One hour later
"I can't believe, I'm getting in this rocket, and blasting off into that big space thingy with my ten year old cousin!" Jenny said while she sat in her seat next to Goddard, crossing her arms, with a big frown on her face, and a glare in her eye. Jimmy was working on the finishing touches, he was about to countdown to blast off.
"Well believe it." Jimmy replied.
Jenny uncrossed her arms, sighed and rolled her eyes, then said, in a worried tone, "Your sure this thing is safe?"
"Absolutely, no … wait, actually, about 95%." Jimmy replied.
"95? Only? What about that whole 5%?" Jenny questioned.
Jimmy shrugged and replied, "We'll either spin out of control or blow up."
"Oh great, that really brightens up my day," She mumbled, then she got serious, "Jimmy, today is my birthday, I want to live the whole day!"
Jimmy thought for a moment, and replied, "Oh yeah, Happy Birthday Jenny!"
A speaker pops out of Goddard's back, and starts playing the "Happy Birthday song".
Jenny sighed and shook her head.
"Counting down! 10 … 9 … 8 …," Jimmy started.
"Oh .." Jenny looked at the near by ground, and then up to the big, now clear blue sky, then gulped.
"4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … BLAST OFF!!!" Jimmy yelled, then pressing a big red button.
The rocket suddenly shoot up into the sky, faster and faster.
Jenny closed her eyes and repeated to herself, "This isn't happening … this isn't happening .. this isn't happening." The she sighed, opened her eyes, and peeked over the edge of the rocket, the ground was very, very, far away. She gulped, and put her hands over her eyes.
Jimmy pressed a blue button, the rocket gave a little shake, and Jenny yelped.
"Cool! We didn't blow up!" Jimmy then said.
Jimmy then pressed a yellow button, and the rocket turned upside down.
"Oops," Jimmy then said.
Jenny gasped and hung on to her seat tightly, then she yelled over the roar of the engine, "What do you mean oops???"
"Don't worry, all I need to do is reset the pressure level, and modify the fire power, or … I could press the white button, but stricken the chances of the rocket taking over and landing us sooner than the mission has been completed." Jimmy replied.
"PRESS THE WHITE BUTTON!" Jenny yelled.
"Okay, okay …" Jimmy replied pressing the white button.
The plane turned right side up, and then the computer said, "Auto pilot has failed."
"Uh oh …" Jimmy replied.
"I don't like the sound of that," Jenny replied to Jimmy.
"Don't worry, I might be able to safely land her," Jimmy then said.
"Might?" Jenny questioned.
Jimmy pulls a few levers, and pushes a few buttons, the rocket gives a big jerk and heads downwards.
"JIMMY!!!!" Jenny yells.
"Don't worry! Don't worry! I've got everything under control … I think." Jimmy replied to her scream.
"Your not helping by saying, 'I think'!" Jenny angrily replies.
Jimmy tries to take control, and the rocket comes close to the ground, bouncing up in down from the air to the dirty, black street tar.
Jimmy pulls emergency brakes, and the rocket comes to a stop about three feet above ground, and stays for a second, then lands with a thud, but streaks a little more, and hits a fire hydrant, and pauses for a second before the fire hydrant top falls off and water spouts out in all directions. Jimmy nervously smiles and turns around to Jenny, "That wasn't so bad, was it?"
Jenny, now soaked in water, gives Jimmy a startled look, spits out a mouth full of water, then opens her mouth as I to say no, but then she jumps up and exclaims, "Lets do that again!"
Jimmy and Jenny start laughing.
Suddenly, a girl with blonde hair in pigtails and a pink shirt with blue jeans, skips along by, not noticing the mess, until she is hit by a load of water.
"Ack!" The girl squeals, and looks over to see where that came from, noticing Jimmy, his rocket, Goddard and Jenny, the girl suddenly yelled out, "JIMMY!!!"
Jimmy then hoped out of the rocket nervously, and replied, "Hi Cindy."
Cindy stood up, and stomped over to Jimmy, she raised her pointer finger, and opened her mouth, but another load of water hit her, and she slipped, and fell on her bottom.
Jimmy started to laugh hysterically.
"Jimmy Neutron! What have you done THIS TIME???" Cindy yelled again.
Jenny hoped out of the rocket, laughing a little and smiled, helped Cindy up, then said, "He was testing out his new rocket, and I was dragged along."
Suddenly another blast of water hit Jimmy, he slipped and fell. Cindy and Jenny began to laugh hysterically.
"Ouch!" Jimmy mumbled.
The two girls started laughing at poor Jimmy. Suddenly, the two girls slipped and landed in the water next to Jimmy. Yet they all still continued to laugh, especially Jimmy.
Then Jenny tried to stand up, but she slipped again, "Ouch! Ok, now this is getting serious, we've wasted tons of water, and now we're soaking wet, and this is dangerous 'cause someone could walk by and slip, AND I CAN'T GET UP!"
Jimmy nodded and called Goddard, quickly Goddard screwed the top part of the fire hydrant back on.
Suddenly Jimmy's mom walked outside, all of the water was in front of the house, but she didn't notice, until she suddenly slipped and gave out a loud shriek. She landed right next to Jimmy.
"James Isaac Neutron!" She yelled.
Now everyone was able to stand up.
"Uh … hi mom." Jimmy smiled innocently.
"Good afternoon Mrs. Neutron," Cindy said, with a curtsy, only to slip again, and fall back in the water, she sighed and said, "I was just walking along, and I slipped and Jimmy and Jenny where already here."
Mrs. Neutron looked from Jimmy, to Jenny, to Cindy, to the rocket, to Goddard, and back again.
"Jimmy, do you realize how bad an example you have shown for Jennt?" Mrs. Neutron asked.
Jimmy nodded his head sadly.
Mrs. Neutron turned to Jenny and Cindy, "I'm sorry girls. Oh, and happy birthday Jenny."
She turned back to Jimmy and said, "I hope your behavior stays in shape for the next few months Jenny stays here Jimmy."
"It's alright Aunt Judy, I had fun." Jenny was trying to keep her cousin from getting into deep trouble.
"I'm sure you did sweet-heart, but it's still dangerous. At least Jimmy didn't run into the roof again." Mrs. Neutron replied.
"That only happened nine times," Jimmy replied defense fully.
Mrs. Neutron sighed and said, "Don't remind me Jimmy, and now you kids go and change into warm clothes. And I'm terribly sorry Cindy."
"No problem Mrs. Neutron," Cindy replied innocently.
Jenny helped Cindy out of the puddle.
"Bye Jenny, Jimmy, and Mrs. Neutron," Cindy said as she ran across the street to her house.
Jenny opened her eyes, and got up. She looked at a near by clock, 6 AM. Back in Newport Beach, she always got up at 6 AM. She looked out the window of her temporary room at the Neutron home. It was still fairly dark, yet she could see at the furthest point, a little sun light peeking up. The sun would rise in thirty minutes. Jenny quickly got ready, taking a shower, getting dresses, and other stuff, by the time she was threw, she looked at the clock, 6:28 AM. Jenny shrugged and left her room and walked down stairs. She suddenly heard a bang in the back yard. Startled, she left the house and ventured to the backyard. She suddenly gasped, there was a blue rocket pointing upwards in the backyard, and her anxious little cousin Jimmy was fixing it. By his side was his trusty medal mutt Goddard, passing him a wrench and a screwdriver, and next to Goddard was Carl with a big worried look on his face.
"But Jimmy, remember last time you tried to fly your rocket? You nearly crushed your mom's roof, and because you sent that satellite up, you almost got the whole town's parent's eaten by a big chicken!" Carl warned Jimmy.
"Don't worry Carl, this time I just want to test my new rocket," Jimmy replied.
"Your new rocket?" Jenny suddenly asked.
Startled, Jimmy suddenly dropped his tools, and looked up, he then gave a sigh of relief.
"Oh, it's only you Jenny," Jimmy replied, "I thought it was my mom, or someone."
"Jimmy," Carl interrupted, "You sure we'll be back by this afternoon? Like I said, my mom is taking me to the dentist today, and she's probably going to make me brush my teeth for an hour, and it takes thirty minutes to get there, and I just want to be sure I'm back on time." Carl reminded Jimmy.
"Well … I don't know, it might be another hour or so before I'm finished, and it'll take a while to start her up, and then if we blow up, that might delay us some more," Jimmy replied.
Jenny's eyes got wide, and she then said, "Excuse me, but blow up? I think that'll delay you a lot longer than a few hours Jimmy."
Jimmy thought for a moment, and replied, "Your right Jenny, well Carl, unless you want to skip your dentist appointment, you probably can't go."
Carl let out a sigh of relief, and started to run, but said, "Sorry Jimmy! Got to go! Bye Jimmy, Jenny and Goddard!"
Jimmy sighed and said, "I need one more person to help me balance out the weight in the rocket, Goddard is too light, and if no one goes, then I've spent days on this for nothing, unless …" Jimmy suddenly smiled and looked up Jenny, "Unless you go with me, Jenny."
Jenny stared in disbelief, "Your joking, right?"
"Nope." Jimmy replied with a smile.
"No way! Nuh-uh! You are not getting me on that rocket, and blasting me off to that big space thingy! Not no way, not no how!" Jenny declared, and then crossed her arms, and closed her eyes.
One hour later
"I can't believe, I'm getting in this rocket, and blasting off into that big space thingy with my ten year old cousin!" Jenny said while she sat in her seat next to Goddard, crossing her arms, with a big frown on her face, and a glare in her eye. Jimmy was working on the finishing touches, he was about to countdown to blast off.
"Well believe it." Jimmy replied.
Jenny uncrossed her arms, sighed and rolled her eyes, then said, in a worried tone, "Your sure this thing is safe?"
"Absolutely, no … wait, actually, about 95%." Jimmy replied.
"95? Only? What about that whole 5%?" Jenny questioned.
Jimmy shrugged and replied, "We'll either spin out of control or blow up."
"Oh great, that really brightens up my day," She mumbled, then she got serious, "Jimmy, today is my birthday, I want to live the whole day!"
Jimmy thought for a moment, and replied, "Oh yeah, Happy Birthday Jenny!"
A speaker pops out of Goddard's back, and starts playing the "Happy Birthday song".
Jenny sighed and shook her head.
"Counting down! 10 … 9 … 8 …," Jimmy started.
"Oh .." Jenny looked at the near by ground, and then up to the big, now clear blue sky, then gulped.
"4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … BLAST OFF!!!" Jimmy yelled, then pressing a big red button.
The rocket suddenly shoot up into the sky, faster and faster.
Jenny closed her eyes and repeated to herself, "This isn't happening … this isn't happening .. this isn't happening." The she sighed, opened her eyes, and peeked over the edge of the rocket, the ground was very, very, far away. She gulped, and put her hands over her eyes.
Jimmy pressed a blue button, the rocket gave a little shake, and Jenny yelped.
"Cool! We didn't blow up!" Jimmy then said.
Jimmy then pressed a yellow button, and the rocket turned upside down.
"Oops," Jimmy then said.
Jenny gasped and hung on to her seat tightly, then she yelled over the roar of the engine, "What do you mean oops???"
"Don't worry, all I need to do is reset the pressure level, and modify the fire power, or … I could press the white button, but stricken the chances of the rocket taking over and landing us sooner than the mission has been completed." Jimmy replied.
"PRESS THE WHITE BUTTON!" Jenny yelled.
"Okay, okay …" Jimmy replied pressing the white button.
The plane turned right side up, and then the computer said, "Auto pilot has failed."
"Uh oh …" Jimmy replied.
"I don't like the sound of that," Jenny replied to Jimmy.
"Don't worry, I might be able to safely land her," Jimmy then said.
"Might?" Jenny questioned.
Jimmy pulls a few levers, and pushes a few buttons, the rocket gives a big jerk and heads downwards.
"JIMMY!!!!" Jenny yells.
"Don't worry! Don't worry! I've got everything under control … I think." Jimmy replied to her scream.
"Your not helping by saying, 'I think'!" Jenny angrily replies.
Jimmy tries to take control, and the rocket comes close to the ground, bouncing up in down from the air to the dirty, black street tar.
Jimmy pulls emergency brakes, and the rocket comes to a stop about three feet above ground, and stays for a second, then lands with a thud, but streaks a little more, and hits a fire hydrant, and pauses for a second before the fire hydrant top falls off and water spouts out in all directions. Jimmy nervously smiles and turns around to Jenny, "That wasn't so bad, was it?"
Jenny, now soaked in water, gives Jimmy a startled look, spits out a mouth full of water, then opens her mouth as I to say no, but then she jumps up and exclaims, "Lets do that again!"
Jimmy and Jenny start laughing.
Suddenly, a girl with blonde hair in pigtails and a pink shirt with blue jeans, skips along by, not noticing the mess, until she is hit by a load of water.
"Ack!" The girl squeals, and looks over to see where that came from, noticing Jimmy, his rocket, Goddard and Jenny, the girl suddenly yelled out, "JIMMY!!!"
Jimmy then hoped out of the rocket nervously, and replied, "Hi Cindy."
Cindy stood up, and stomped over to Jimmy, she raised her pointer finger, and opened her mouth, but another load of water hit her, and she slipped, and fell on her bottom.
Jimmy started to laugh hysterically.
"Jimmy Neutron! What have you done THIS TIME???" Cindy yelled again.
Jenny hoped out of the rocket, laughing a little and smiled, helped Cindy up, then said, "He was testing out his new rocket, and I was dragged along."
Suddenly another blast of water hit Jimmy, he slipped and fell. Cindy and Jenny began to laugh hysterically.
"Ouch!" Jimmy mumbled.
The two girls started laughing at poor Jimmy. Suddenly, the two girls slipped and landed in the water next to Jimmy. Yet they all still continued to laugh, especially Jimmy.
Then Jenny tried to stand up, but she slipped again, "Ouch! Ok, now this is getting serious, we've wasted tons of water, and now we're soaking wet, and this is dangerous 'cause someone could walk by and slip, AND I CAN'T GET UP!"
Jimmy nodded and called Goddard, quickly Goddard screwed the top part of the fire hydrant back on.
Suddenly Jimmy's mom walked outside, all of the water was in front of the house, but she didn't notice, until she suddenly slipped and gave out a loud shriek. She landed right next to Jimmy.
"James Isaac Neutron!" She yelled.
Now everyone was able to stand up.
"Uh … hi mom." Jimmy smiled innocently.
"Good afternoon Mrs. Neutron," Cindy said, with a curtsy, only to slip again, and fall back in the water, she sighed and said, "I was just walking along, and I slipped and Jimmy and Jenny where already here."
Mrs. Neutron looked from Jimmy, to Jenny, to Cindy, to the rocket, to Goddard, and back again.
"Jimmy, do you realize how bad an example you have shown for Jennt?" Mrs. Neutron asked.
Jimmy nodded his head sadly.
Mrs. Neutron turned to Jenny and Cindy, "I'm sorry girls. Oh, and happy birthday Jenny."
She turned back to Jimmy and said, "I hope your behavior stays in shape for the next few months Jenny stays here Jimmy."
"It's alright Aunt Judy, I had fun." Jenny was trying to keep her cousin from getting into deep trouble.
"I'm sure you did sweet-heart, but it's still dangerous. At least Jimmy didn't run into the roof again." Mrs. Neutron replied.
"That only happened nine times," Jimmy replied defense fully.
Mrs. Neutron sighed and said, "Don't remind me Jimmy, and now you kids go and change into warm clothes. And I'm terribly sorry Cindy."
"No problem Mrs. Neutron," Cindy replied innocently.
Jenny helped Cindy out of the puddle.
"Bye Jenny, Jimmy, and Mrs. Neutron," Cindy said as she ran across the street to her house.