Yay! My computer's finally fixed-well at least for now. Hopefully it'll stay fixed long enough to finish this story and this series, which shouldn't be much longer. So, sorry about the wait, but here it is, the next chapter. Oh, and please review!

"She is so hard headed!" exclaimed Jimmy, slamming his fist on the table.

"You don't have to tell me that. I've been her best friend for years and I don't think she's ever done anything I've told her to do." agreed Libby.

After realizing what Cindy had done, Jimmy had called his friend and told them to meet him in the lab A.S.A.P.

"It's not her fault, Jimmy. She's just independent. But I bet that's one of the reasons you like her. . " said Libby, giving Jimmy a knowing smile.

Sheen and Carl had been busy sampling Heather's mother's cooking when Jimmy had contacted them, so they were just entering the lab.

"I'm telling you, Sheen, squid tastes like chicken!" said Carl, adding his opinion to and argument they were having.

"And I'm telling you, Carl, if I wanted something that tasted like chicken, then I would eat chicken! That way, I wouldn't have to deal with all those legs!"

Rolling his eyes, Jimmy said, "Guys, listen! We have a problem. Goobot's ship landed in the park. . . Tara apparently went to report, and Cindy followed her."

"Uh, no offense dude, but that chick loves getting into trouble!" said Sheen.

"I know, that's why we have to get in touch with her. She might end up revealing to Tara that Libby escaped from my lab and told us about her betrayel."

"But, how are you going to do that? Do you have some sort of invention that can help?" asked Carl.

"Yeah, it's called a cell phone. Let's just hope she has it on vibrate, otherwise, she's in big trouble when it rings."

For the moment, Cindy was safe. She was hidden inside a closet. It wasn't her choice hiding place, but it was better than nothing.

"Stupid pride." she muttered to herself.

Part of the reason she was there in the first place was because Jimmy had told her not to go, and she knew it. The other reason was harder to explain. Cindy was partly hoping that Tara would notice that Cindy was following her. That would give her a reason to fight Tara, which she wanted to do badly. Tara's perfect body and beautiful hair, were of course, just a disguise. Underneath, she wasn't so pretty. Still, Tara's disguise was good enough to get a kiss from Jimmy.

"Why is the whole world against us?" Cindy asked herself, and was immediatley answered by her cell phone ring.

"Great, just what I need." said Cindy. She quickly answered in order to stop the ringing.

"Hello?" she whispered.

"Cindy! What are you doing? I thought I told you not to go anywhere!" she heard the other end.

"Since when have I done what you told me? Don't worry, I'm fine. I might find out some more information." she replied.

"Cindy," said Jimmy, apparently lowering his voice so the others couldn't hear. "I'm sorry I yelled at you, but what were you thinking? It was really dangerous following Tara like that. Goobot is probably tired of you slipping through his grasp everytime, so I'm not sure he would have kept you alive this time. "

Cindy sighed, "You're right, I just want to do something. When I'm locked up, I feel like some pathetic princess who can't do anyting for herself! I'm sorry, but I'm not going to just sit around like a good little girl while war is going on around me. You know me better than that, Jimmy."

"Look, Cindy" said Jimmy, dropping his voice even lower. "We 've been through a lot together, and I'm really glad that we don't fight as much as we used to. You know that I care about you, which is exacly why. . . Cindy?" he asked.

On the other end, there were various voices and sounds of a struggle.

"Cindy!" he asked again.

"Sorry, Jimmy" he heard Tara's vioce say, "Cindy's busy right now."

The line went dead.

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