Gone

No own Jimmy- thanks for reviews it kind of switches off...mostly Jimmy and Cindy though.. Mostly I put those other characters in if they play an important role. I shall try to be more specific though!! Thanks!!!:D :D Double P.S. warning this ch. May shock you..

-kTe-

Libby was excited, tonight was the night, she was going to ask Sheen if he loved her. Ya, they had been going out, but she loved him... She had been hiding this secret long enough. She nervously locked her house and walked through the dark. She was scared of the dark, but she had kept that secret to.. Her eyes found the sunset quite interesting. She looked at Jimmy's house and then Cindy's she knew they belonged together. She knew that they loved each other. But both had made her swear she wouldn't tell. She smiled.

" I wish that those two would just get together," she said looking at the ever beautiful sunset.

She knew Cindy was in love..and so was Jimmy. It would be so perfect, for both of them. She found herself standing on Sheen's front door step. She knocked.

" Hey," she said as Sheen opened the door. He smiled.

" Hey," he replied. " Come in.." he said.

" I love you.." she stated without even thinking. He swept her up in his arms. They seemed to be so warm and comfy. Like a big chair. She squeezed him back. He pulled away and kissed her ever so gently. She had kissed him before, but this time..it was special.

" I love you to.." he said.

" Good, just making sure." he swung her to the floor. Freely kissing her.. She groaned with unexplained pleasure. Just then they heard a noise outside the door. Whatever it was, was probably gone now. She said as she pulled Sheen on top of her hardly. She thrust her lips on him.

Hours, hours.. Past by.. Making out.. Finally it was like ten o clock and pitch black out. Her shirt was wrinkled, and half way pulled off her body. Sheen lay next to her holding her hand. She kissed it sweetly, and got up. As She heard a slight noise. She walked out to see what it was. She stood in the darkness. All of a sudden A black figure emerged from the bushes. It was moving closer. She screamed.. But no-one would hear her......

Nothing.. Absolutely nothing.. Notta... Niente.. That's all that she and Jimmy had found. Now she found herself lying in Jimmy's lab. Him upstairs and not letting her go..saying that she shouldn't risk going out alone. Had he been protecting her out of care??Or just simply hoping he wouldn't get sued if she got killed...ya..he was just trying to be nice. And it worked.. The clock struck one o clock. She looked and looked through the endless journals, writings, clippings. Nothing connected the three girls with each other. Nothing.. Cindy angrily looked at the newspaper clipping and recalled the touch of Jimmy's hand. She brushed her other hand up against it. She could almost feel his warmth. Like he had put himself into her. She remembered her fall down that corridor. Long and dark, and landing on top of her boy. The one she had fallen in love with. He was smiling up at her.. And she sort of lost conscienceless.. And he had awakened her "moment" very rudely. She smiled at the thought of her response. That closet.... so close to her. She had even thought to shut him up just to grab him and kiss him. But the temptation passed, finding she made him shut up.. Very quickly. Her eyelids sorely drooped..obviously her body was begging for sleep. but there was something inside her mind that would not let her sleep. Perhaps it was the thought that three more girls would be killed this morning. That would be three...nine...girls...dead.. Tears spilled down her cheeks. If they didn't hurry, every girl in the city would be dead. She coldly slapped the paper. Please someone give her an idea. But nothing came... her eyes were so tired.. But she had to help Jimmy.. But she was so tired. She wondered if Jimmy was also tired. She not even thinking touched the button to his room. A portal opened. How to get up it.. She called from down stairs.

" Jimmy!!!!!" her voice echoed. She was very cold all of a sudden and could feel a warm breeze on her face. " Jimmy!" she heard a groan. A face marked with red sore eyes appeared.

" What is it Cindy, did you find something?" he asked.

" No, but I am so tired..I need sleep, and it's cold down here!" she cried up the tube. He smiled. He was making some noise and then he plummeted down the tube. She noticed his hard fall on the floor made him grimace. She laughed at him as he got up.

" Okay, I have to work out some bugs, but hey..." he smiled at her. Her heart skipped a beat. He was wearing only jeans... He smiled at her. As he pushed a button, and out popped a couch. He turned on the heat. Threw her a blanket and smiled.

" There..it's all better.." he said mockingly. She threw the papers at him.

" Well..at least I didn't fall asleep..." she came back.

" Touche..." she laid down on the couch. He smiled at her as he flicked off the lights.

" Try and sleep, we need to be able to think clearly in the morning...it is still school after all.." Her heart found a place near the top of her throat.

" Ya, sure, see you in the morning." she heard his raspy breath. She heard some noise and heard him exit the room. Her eyes freely closed.. Only to dream about him..

She awoke the next morning to Jimmy next to her side. She jumped a bit at this site, at least this time he was fully dressed.

" Mornin to you to.." his voice reassured her. Why did he sound so happy? She threw a nervous glance in his direction.

" Why are you so happy? Who got killed?" she smiled at him sweetly. She wanted to know. He glanced at his feet.

" Betty.." his voice whispered. He just kept looking down.. " Some girl named Liza, and then.." he paused. A tear freely fell from his eye. " You won't believe me..." he said. She looked at him. " Libby.." his voice said drearily. The news hit like a load of bricks. Tears fell freely from Cindy's eyes now as well.. "NO!!!" she screamed with such anguish Jimmy thought the world had exploded.

" I'm sorry, but it's the truth, she was killed last night.. Her mom said she had gone to see Sheen and didn't come back.." his voice said. Cindy found her shoes very interesting all of a sudden. She could feel nothing. Why couldn't she feel anything? She was to blame, because they hadn't stopped the killer..

" Cindy, there's no way we could've solved this thing last night!"

" NOW ITS 12! DON'T YOU GET IT?? 12!!!" she screamed back at him. Her eyes filled with more tears. Her cheeks stained with them, she wiped them with her sleeve.

" I'm really sorry.." he said looking at his keyboard. Vox was silent.. All was silent. Except for the occasional sound of Cindy crying. He looked at her with the utmost sympathy. He walked towards her slowly, unsure if he was welcome.

" Can I help?" he asked. She got up and to answer him she wrapped her arms around him in a warm embrace. His breath was heavy and he was surprised. But then he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her so tightly into him. Her head found a soft spot on his left shoulder. Just then he did something she didn't quite understand. He kissed her right ear softly. He whispered.

" I'm sorry Cindy, we will find whoever did this.." he reassured her. She smiled at him. She put her head back on his shoulder.. And stood there..doing what she had longed to.. Just standing there..holding him.. Like a puppy. Her heart had wings. She giggled inside as he played with her hair. She smiled at him as she pulled away.

" Thanks you're a great friend.." He smiled at her.

" I try Cindy, I really try.." he assured her. She flashed him a smile.

" I figured you didn't want to go to school, that you'd want to work on the case all day. Of course talk to Mrs. Folfax of course..but I brought you the homework from today. I got it this morning." he smiled. This was the nicest thing Jimmy had ever done for her. She embraced him again. As a friend.. Like a warm teddy bear in the dark of the night. He smiled at her.

"Well we better get started.." he said without looking from her. He still held her in his arms. She never wanted him to let go. It felt so good, so right. He slowly pulled away from her grasp. She looked at the floor. Which now seemed very interesting to her. He handed her a journal. Libby's journal. She knew she kept one. But Cindy knew all of Libby's secrets. But Jimmy insisted that every thing be looked through, journal writings, poems, paintings, anything that could lead them on the right track. She placed the key in the lock. Sure enough it opened. She looked at the first page.

My name is Libby folfax. I am 10. Jimmy said that she should scan to the later entries So she did. The last one...started with Cindy's name!

Cindy, she seriously needs some help. She obviously is very much in love with nuetron. But yet has to admit it. I mean can't she just tell him? He obviously loves her back.(Cindy jumped at this sentence.) Could it be any more obvious? NO! Those two seriously need to get together, no matter what it takes.

Sheen, he is such a sweetie. I am going to tell him that I love him tonight. No matter what it takes. And I will be so happy then. He will tell me he loves me to.. It will be so perfect.

Now for planning of the Neutron/Vortex get together. I have hatched this plan. That one day I am going to tell Cindy that I need to meet her at the school. Sheen will do the same to Jimmy. I'm sure he will.. And then we will not show up. Lock the doors, burn candles. The two will have to be in the same room. Romantically lit.. Neither one of them will be able to resist the truth. Love is strong.. Very strong. I don't think Cindy quite understands this fully.

Well I best go.. I have to go tell Sheen! Wish me luck!

Sincerely, Libs

Cindy grasped the book tighter in her hand. Libby was gone. Had she managed to talk to Sheen? Maybe Sheen saw something! She snapped to this realization. Jimmy looked at her strangely. She forced the new entry out of her head.

" It said that she was going to meet Sheen! Maybe he saw something.." Jimmy smiled.

" LET ME SEE!" he said excitedly. She had a hard time giving it to him. He read the entry nonchalantly. Cindy could feel her face burning as his eyes read. He laughed at it.

" Sheesh what kind of a person was she? Saying that you and me..." he laughed again as he sighed.

" Well at least us it gives us somewhere to turn." he said slowly looking at the entry again.

" To Sheens!" he cried.

" Ya," she replied trying to hide the tears that were screaming to come out. Not only had she just lost her best friend in the world. She had lost the only person she loved .. Nuetron.. He obviously had no feelings for her.. Whatsoever.. She had to fight off the temptation to just give up. He signaled her to come. She obeyed like his puppy. She figured because of the nice things that he had done today she was never going to be able to convince herself she was mad at him. She grimaced at this short coming. Jimmy knocked on Sheens front door. Jimmy smiled at him. Sheen looked down at his shoes, he seemed to already know what was coming. Cindy followed Jimmy inside. She watched as he sat down. She looked Sheen in the eye. It was her turn to ask, it was her best friend. She took a deep breath......

He listened to Cindy tell Sheen that Libby had died. He could see tears welling up in her eyes.

He looked at the floor. Recalling that entry. It had said that Cindy loved him. Was this true? Or had Libby known that she was next and simply wrote it to throw us off track. Nah, but there had to be some explanation for it. He seemed to block out the sad voice of Cindy and Sheen discussing what to do. He had found himself.. Happy.. He was with Cindy.. He was sad to.. Betty had died. She was his friend. He didn't know what he felt. It was like a mixed up pot of nothing. He smiled at this never ending thought. If only there was some scientific proof that Cindy felt the same as he did. But of course, anything scientific would point away from the fact that he loved her, and she didn't love him. Fidgeting with his hands seemed to have become the only thing that made sense any more. He thought of Betty, did she have any enemies? Well Cindy, but he knew that Cindy was there with him last night. He had watched her fall asleep. That lab gets dark he remembered thinking. He made some noise. But didn't move from his spot. He watched her sleeping. When she was sleeping, he knocked something over just to make sure. She groaned but nothing. He felt his way over to her in the dark. He placed a warm kiss on her sleeping lips. She stirred a little bit. He smiled as he remembered the electricity that shot through his back bone. He went back upstairs and at 7:00 his phone rang bearing the horrid news. He headed down into the lab and kneeled over Cindy. He knew that she would be happy if he didn't make her go to school. When he told her, he knew that she would get weird. Sure enough 10:00 came around. He woke her, and told her. She reacted exactly like he had expected her to. But he didn't act anything like himself. He had hugged her.. he knew he was wanting it. But she acted like she wanted it to. And he kissed her cheek. She didn't do anything. Then she said he was an awesome friend. Then he understood that if she had been with any one else, she would've done the same thing. He looked back at the scene in front of him. Sheen's eyes were down cast.

" How did she die?" Cindy glanced at him.

" Remember that time when I told you that you had a concussion..well you really didn't.. You see..there have been a few murders. And you wanted to tell lib, but I couldn't let you. The government would kill me. If she had told just one person, the government would've found out. So I zapped your short term memory. Libby has now been taken victim.." sheen's eyes lit up. Red seemed to spark in them.

"Get out traitor!" he cried.

" But we can't we have to ask if you saw anything."

" Well I heard something outside in the bushes, and that's it..now leave!" he angrily stated. He took Cindy's hand and led her outside. She followed him willingly. Under any normal circumstances he knew that she would've so killed him by now. He stood near the bushes. He let go of her hand as he rounded the bushes. Nothing. No scraps of clothing.. Nothing.. No blood. Whatever it was..it was gone..along with Libby. Cindy looked down at the ground as he came near her. He didn't even really think about what he did next. He touched her face with his hand.

" We Will.. Find who did this.. I promise you..if it takes to the end of my days." she smiled. She pulled away a little bit.

" Let's go back to the lab."

" O.K." she said solemnly. He knew that she was very sad. Just like he would've been had it been Carl or Sheen. He realized he could do nothing but solve this case, and then maybe she could be normal. And then it hit him. Why did the government really think that he couldn't tell anyone? A lot of girls would stay inside then!! Were they on to something?? Nah...but he knew that he wasn't ever going to discard the idea. Just in case. Cindy smiled at him. Ya, just in case.

Because Libby was gone..those other 11 girls were gone..and Cindy could possibly the next one gone..and then he would be gone..

End of ch. Hope it was good enough..sorry it's kinda moving a little bit fast. So next ch. I'll slow it down a tish. PROMISE!! :D :D -kTe-