A/N: Here's chapter seven. Please R/R.

Cindy stood calm as she felt the cold metal handcuffs clasp around her wrists. She looked to the side to see the same happen to Jimmy. It seemed so surreal to her. How was it possible that she was going to die within minutes? Yet a peaceful inevitability came over her, one that she couldn't explain. As they were led down into the stadium, she could see Poultra standing on the platform, ready for its next meal. She gulped noisily.

"So, Neutron, do you have a plan?" she asked, her voice quivering with anxiety.

"Not yet."

"Try one of those brain blast deals," Cindy suggested.

Jimmy seemed to be in deep thought when they stopped only feet away from Poultra. "C'mon, think," he muttered. Then his eyes lit up. "Brain blast! Cindy, you see the ten-foot chain that's connecting our handcuffs? Maybe we can get the chicken to bite through that. That way, one of us could fight while the other tries to get the keys!"

Cindy grinned. "But wait, Neutron. How can we fight with our hands tied behind our backs?"

As if on cue, there was a crash behind them. The two turned to find Nick Dean holding a Shock Prod [A/N: I don't know if that's what they're called, but oh well], standing next to a dazed Yolkian lying on the ground. The noise seemed to disturb Poultra, however, who bent over to finish them off.

"Run!!" Jimmy screamed. He and Cindy ran in opposite directions before they were being lifted off the ground. Cindy could feel her being tossed around as the chicken monster struggled against the chain. She clenched her teeth and awaited certain doom.

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Nick twirled the Shock Prod around skillfully, fighting his way to Jimmy and Cindy. It was a wonder he was still in control of himself, unlike everybody else in Retroville.

(Flash-Back)

Nick dove inside an alley as he watched the Yolkians walked by. He continued to back up until he hit a wall, then stopped and listened keenly. He clenched his fist as he waited for the slightest hint of someone that had followed him. When no sound came, he peeked out over the street. Nothing.

He ran back home to find no one there, which wasn't much of a surprise. He had watched as his parents were enslaved, and they were nowhere to be found. There he lived for three days, keeping to the shadows. When he heard two Yolkians talking about the Stadium from outside. He ran to check it out.

When he realized what was happening, he was able to catch a guard by surprise and disarm him. He had snuck his way into the stadium and was now making his way to save the only two that could save the town from certain destruction.

)End Flash-Back(

"Nick! Hey, over here!" Nick turned around to see Poultra snap the chains binding Jimmy and Cindy together. Cindy was running and calling to him. "Get the keys! Over there!" Nick instinctively ran in the direction Cindy was pointing, but was tackled suddenly by someone, but her didn't see who it was until he looked up.

"Dad?!"

Nick's father seemed to be struggling to stop himself, to no avail. "Son… get away… run!"

Nick struggled, but his efforts were futile. He was pinned down, and he could feel the cold hands of the Yolkians' armor grab him.

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Jimmy jumped from the platform and ran for the other side of the stadium, made difficult by the fact that his arms were tied behind his back. He had discovered how to use the snapped chain as a whip, but took to dodging most of the time. Jimmy had watched Nick go down and get dragged away, and he was determined not to let that happen to him.

Cindy made it to the keys first. She unlocked her cuffs while hitting the nearest Yolkian with a high-flying kick. As she rolled out of the way from another attack, she threw the keys to Jimmy.

Jimmy leaped into the air to catch the keys. As he unlocked his restraints, he could hear King Goobot screaming.

"Grab them! Lock the doors! Get them!!"

Jimmy paid no heed as he ran towards Cindy. The latter spoke up first.

"Neutron, they locked all the doors. How are we going to get out?" She was right. They were trapped.

They were trapped.

Remember, please review. and also: I STILL DON'T HAVE A NAME FOR MY SERIES OF JIMMY/CINDY STORIES! PLEASE GIVE ME AN IDEA!!!!! Ta ta!