Jimmy cringed. "Yeah?" he said?
Cindy took a couple of deep breaths, trying to calm down. Then she marched over to Jimmy, stuck her finger in his face, and said, "You have thirty seconds to explain to me where we are and how we got here. Start talking."
"Well, we're certainly not in Retroville, I can tell you that."
Cindy rolled her eyes. "I wasn't asking you where we weren't. I was asking you where we were. And how we got here."
"Well, we seem to be in the woods, that's all I know. As for how we got here, I'm not entirely sure…." Jimmy trailed off, then took a deep breath and began to talk as fast as he could.
"You see, I finished my time freezer this morning, so I decided to test it out, and you were the only one around, so I went up to test it on you, I swear I wasn't going to keep you frozen though, I just wanted to see if it worked, anyway I pushed the button, and instead of freezing time it kinda sorta transported us here on accident, wherever this is," he finished.
Cindy stared at him.
"Okay, let me see if I've got this straight. You decided to test out one of your inventions on me, but it screwed up – as usual – and we wound up here."
"Yeah, that's about the gist of it."
"But everything should be fine, right? I mean, you should just be able to hit the button again and transport us back home."
Jimmy shook his head. "It's not that simple, Cindy. We have no scientific data to back up the theory that we will be transported home if we push the button. We could be transported to the moon for all we know."
"I don't care," Cindy said. "Anything's better than sitting around here. I feel like we're being watched," she added with a shiver.
"I think that we should only push the button as a last resort. I would rather look around and try to gather information about where we are before we-"
Cindy grabbed the time freezer from Jimmy. "Well, I think we should push the button and see what happens."
"Cindy, give it back!" Jimmy said. Cindy held it over her head.
"No way!" she said.
"Come on!" Jimmy shouted.
"No!"
The two of them were so busy fighting that neither of them noticed the large, bird-like animal flying above them. At least, they didn't notice it until it had let out an ear-splitting screech and dove at them, talons extended.
"Uh-oh," Jimmy said.
Cindy took a couple of deep breaths, trying to calm down. Then she marched over to Jimmy, stuck her finger in his face, and said, "You have thirty seconds to explain to me where we are and how we got here. Start talking."
"Well, we're certainly not in Retroville, I can tell you that."
Cindy rolled her eyes. "I wasn't asking you where we weren't. I was asking you where we were. And how we got here."
"Well, we seem to be in the woods, that's all I know. As for how we got here, I'm not entirely sure…." Jimmy trailed off, then took a deep breath and began to talk as fast as he could.
"You see, I finished my time freezer this morning, so I decided to test it out, and you were the only one around, so I went up to test it on you, I swear I wasn't going to keep you frozen though, I just wanted to see if it worked, anyway I pushed the button, and instead of freezing time it kinda sorta transported us here on accident, wherever this is," he finished.
Cindy stared at him.
"Okay, let me see if I've got this straight. You decided to test out one of your inventions on me, but it screwed up – as usual – and we wound up here."
"Yeah, that's about the gist of it."
"But everything should be fine, right? I mean, you should just be able to hit the button again and transport us back home."
Jimmy shook his head. "It's not that simple, Cindy. We have no scientific data to back up the theory that we will be transported home if we push the button. We could be transported to the moon for all we know."
"I don't care," Cindy said. "Anything's better than sitting around here. I feel like we're being watched," she added with a shiver.
"I think that we should only push the button as a last resort. I would rather look around and try to gather information about where we are before we-"
Cindy grabbed the time freezer from Jimmy. "Well, I think we should push the button and see what happens."
"Cindy, give it back!" Jimmy said. Cindy held it over her head.
"No way!" she said.
"Come on!" Jimmy shouted.
"No!"
The two of them were so busy fighting that neither of them noticed the large, bird-like animal flying above them. At least, they didn't notice it until it had let out an ear-splitting screech and dove at them, talons extended.
"Uh-oh," Jimmy said.