Chapter Two: Alternate Ending/ Song

Disclaimer: I do not own Jimmy Neutron.

A/N: Well, I've decided to try my alternate ending with my inspiration that began it all. "If You Could Only See." by Tonic. Yes, it's a songfic, but hey, I love songs! Thank you so much for all your kind reviews! Enjoy!

Jimmy knew that he would be discovered. But he did not know it would be from his once two best friends, Sheen and Carl.

It was on a sunny day nearing his fifth year when Sheen came to apologize. Jimmy by then had long since forgiven him and had refused to let them into the club house. Refused, the two waited for Jimmy to come out of his lab. When Jimmy was called in for dinner and left, they investigated for anything unusual to explain Jimmy's behavior.

When Jimmy returned, Carl and Sheen were resting with their backs on a table, Sheen glaring at him, Carl looking guilty at the ground, unable to meet his gaze. Jimmy looked in horror at the destroyed lab. Equipment was saturated and fizzing electronic sparks. Damaged screens were blacked out and clutter of papers spread out on the floor. The time-slower, Jimmy thought. Where is-

"Looking for this?" Sheen pulled out the metallic remote from behind, holding it poised above a puddle of water at a dangerous height. "Tell me Jimmy, why is this so important to you?" Sheen asked with an edge in his voice. The remote tipped between his thumb and forefinger.

"Please Sheen, no." Jimmy pleaded, frightened.

If you could only see the way she loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about our love
And what I must do

Those wretched four years would be for nothing if the remote was destroyed.

If you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she says
when she says she loves me

"Tell me why... or else." Why was Sheen doing this to him? Jimmy hesitated, and then realized something. After the funeral, Libby had been acting almost vulgar to Sheen, as if she were taking the place of Cindy's continuous taunts. Jimmy didn't notice then but now, only because he wanted to, he saw. That must be the same with Libby. She did not know that she was hurting Sheen because she didn't want to.

Was that the same with Cindy?

Well you got your reasons
and you got your lies
and you got your manipulations
they cut me down to size

Jimmy's eyes were glazed over, drawn into the past and what it was. Then he remembered what had brought him into this; this hell hole. She had left. She had abandoned him; all of them. She was a coward, unable to face what she had done, and had taken the easier path.

Saying you love but you don't
you give your love but you won't

Jimmy shook himself out of his reverie. He was out of it. And Sheen noticed, a scowl appearing at the corner of his lips. He was still waiting for his reason. And Jimmy just looked pitifully at him, uncertain of his decision, his sacrifice, to one person who may not deserve it.

If you could only see the way she loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about our love
And what I must do
If you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she says
When she says she loves me

Sheen sighed, gave him a glance that said, This is for your own good, and dropped it. It fell with a small splash into the water, screamed electronic charges and sparks, and then died; dimming like how one's eyes closes when post extremis. Time clicked back into place; Jimmy grunted, and fell to his knees, fatigued and nauseated by the time withdrawal and pressure. It felt like spinning on a merry-go-round and suddenly letting go. He lifted his head and looked in disbelief and betrayal at Sheen, and rage at Carl, who had just stood in the sidelines letting it all happen. How could they.

Seems the road less traveled
Show's happiness unraveled
and you got to take a little dirt
to keep what you love

Sheen looked ... smug, like he enjoyed what he just did. Carl nudged him, beseeching that they should go. But they couldn't go anywhere unless Jimmy allowed them.

Jimmy snickered under his breath. They weren't going anywhere. All their lives; ruined. He was going to take them down with him. "Well done boys. It seems like you've finally gotten my attention. But it also seems that you have lost your only exit." Jimmy rose to his feet, his eyes like slits and a malicious grin on his face.

That's what you got to do

Carl looked fearfully at Jimmy. He was serious. And Carl was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"Jimmy, stop it." Carl said, his voice quivering. Jimmy kept approaching, driven as if possessed.

Saying' you love but you don't
you give your love but you won't
you're stretching out your arms to something that's just not there
Saying' you love where you stand
Give your heart when you can

Jimmy's grin widened. He would take them with him. Take them with him to see her. Then he could be happy again. Spotting a pipe on the floor, he walked towards it, swooped it up, and headed towards them. Sheen's smugness was wiped off quickly replaced with astonishment. Jimmy had changed. He had lost it.

Carl bit his lip, and looked at Sheen, who was gaping but paralyzed. And then he looked to Jimmy, who was chuckling to himself, gripping the pipe like an iron rod. Carl couldn't take this anymore. He wanted his friends back, to be friends again. He had enough.

Jimmy raised the pipe over his head, but before it could come thrusting down Carl had wrapped his arms around him, holding him still. Jimmy was unable to move.

"Jimmy, listen, please. Sheen just wants you back. I want you back too. You have to let Cindy go. She's gone. That's what she decided. Please Jimmy, we miss you." Carl buried himself in Jimmy's shirt that was becoming wet with his tears. "Please."

Jimmy stood blankly for second, wavering. Then his grip slipped on the pipe, dropping with a harsh thud. He hugged Carl back. Jimmy had almost committed homicide. On his best friends. He felt so ashamed, and yet, he wished he had pulled through. It... would have been much easier.

Maybe, just maybe, this is what happened to Cindy. She stopped herself just a second after it was too late. Maybe she had wanted to live. But she did not have someone there to stop her. Yet that was Cindy. This is Jimmy. He did have someone to stop him. He lived. And she didn't.

...Jimmy just wished he could have been that one person to stop her.

If you could only see the way she loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about our love
And what I must do
If you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she says
When she says she loves me

The End


A/N: I hoped you like it! There's not that much I can say on it, but hopefully you can! Thanks for reading.

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