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Jimmy had a good hour to think before he got to the Amazon. Why did he care so much about Cindy? Would he doing all of this is if it were Sheen, Carl, or Libby were in trouble? Of course he would, or so he told himself. There was no doubt about it, he was changing. He wasn't ten years-old anymore. He had always admired Cindy for her intelligence, and she was attractive, but she was so mean to him. Then again, he was a showoff and was always competing with her. Back in elementary school he could hide behind the excuse that he was too young to like girls, but that option was fading fast. Next year he would be a teenager, and some people his age were already dating.
One reason he had tried to ignore his feelings for Cindy was that he was afraid of being rejected. After all, she hated him. Things started to change after they were on Intergalactic Showdown, however. There was no denying the fact that they were becoming friends. He had admitted that he liked her on Mars, and had even kissed her on the cheek when they fought the League of Villains. Besides, how many times had they nearly kissed before they were interrupted?
Maybe the reason he had never tried to change things between them was that he was scared of change. He had thought that he and Cindy were supposed to be enemies, and nothing could change that. After all, if he went out with Cindy nothing would ever be the same for anyone. Then again, who was to say that things wouldn't be better?
As he neared his destination he realized that his thoughts were pointless. Even if he and Cindy made it out of this alive, it wouldn't change anything. He would still be hundreds if miles away from her. Sure, he could try flying back and forth, but that would take a long time. They both had their own lives, and deep down he knew that those lives didn't include each other.
Why, oh why did I have to move? What did I do to deserve that! I was happy in Retroville. It wasn't perfect, but it was home. Just when things start to change between me and Cindy I have to leave. Why can't anything just be simple! My god, why can't I just tell that damn girl that I love her!
Jimmy was screaming his thoughts out loud by now. He was starting to cry when his radar started beeping. Jimmy set his hover car down in a clearing. He took a moment to collect himself and hopped out. As soon as Goddard left the car Jimmy got to work."Goddard, search for any outstanding technology within a thirty mile radius."
Goddard's monitor flipped up and showed a map of where Jimmy was. Within a few seconds a small dot appeared a small distance away. Goddard gave Jimmy the coordinates.
Ok, so Professor Calamitous is holding Cindy about three miles north. The forest is too dense for the hover car, so we'll have to travel on foot.
Jimmy looked up at the sky. The sun was almost gone, and it would take hours to get through this jungle. He decided to make a campsite and start off early in the morning. Jimmy made a small fire and lay down in the hover car. He realized it probably would have been better to have waited until tomorrow to leave, but it was too late now. Jimmy closed his eyes and fell asleep.The next morning Goddard was licking Jimmy's face. "Ughh, what time is it?" Jimmy asked. It took him a moment to remember where he was. "Oh yeah, the whole kidnapping thing. Forgot about that." Jimmy checked his watch. It was five-thirty. If he left now he could be at Professor Calamitous' hideout by eight. He had a quick snack, got his things together, and headed off into the jungle.
It was rough going. He couldn't believe how thick the forest was. He could barely see anything in front of him. It took minutes just to move ahead a few feet. He was glad he had brought lots of water. It was barely morning and it was already ninety degrees. After two hours of hiking he sat down and took a break.
"Goddard, display progress." Goddard's screen appeared and it showed that they were about halfway there. Ok, this is taking longer than I thought. Jimmy looked at his watch. It was eight o'clock. His calculations were way off. He'd be lucky if he made it to Professor Calamitous' hideoutby noon. All of a sudden Jimmy had a strange feeling on his back.
"What the heck?" Jimmy turned around as far as he could and saw some black slugs on his back. "AH! Leeches! Get them off! Goddard! Burn them!" Goddard produced a tiny lighter and burned all of the leeches off. Ok, from now on I keep my shirt on when I hike.After another three hours of hiking Jimmy heard something. He ducked behind a tree. "Goddard, binocular mode." Goddard's head lifted up and Jimmy stared through two holes that appeared on the back of it. He could see a fairly large steel building a few hundred feet ahead. There were guards on top of the building and at least a dozen walking around out front. Well, this should be fun.
This was going to be harder than he had thought. Ok, Cindy's life is in danger. No more kidding around. Jimmy and Goddard crept forward until they were within a hundred feet of the building. Jimmy sat down in some bushes with his Hypno-beam at the ready. He waited until a single guard came by. It took a while, but finally one of the guards strayed away from the rest and walked towards him. As soon as he was out of the other guard's sight he fired the Hypno-beam.The guard stood there with an odd look on his face. Jimmy looked him over. He had a walkie-talkie and a pistol attached to his belt, and he was carrying an assault rifle with him. Jimmy thought a moment before doing anything. He had to be very careful about this. Finally, he took the pistol from his belt. "Attention. When I snap my fingers you will report back to the other guards and continue doing your duty. You will not tell them about seeing me, but you will otherwise act normally. If your job says you must shoot at me, do so, but purposefully miss by a large distance. Do you understand?" The guards nodded his head. Jimmy snapped his fingers, and the guard walked off, back to his companions.
There. Jimmy wished he could have taken the rifle, but that would definitely have brought attention to the guard. Jimmy inspected his new weapon. He had never held, let anyone fired a gun before. "Goddard, scan gun and show all information you have on it." Goddard did as he was told. His screen showed a surprisingly small amount of information. Jimmy had never thought to install much knowledge of guns in Goddard. Jimmy read the screen. It said how to reload it and how many bullets it carried, and that was it. So, fifteen shots. Jimmy held the gun for another moment, realizing that he held the power to kill someone. He then slipped it in his pocket.
Jimmy kept moving around the base and hiding behind trees. One by one he hypnotized the guards that came near him, stole their pistols, and gave them the same instructions. He soon had ten guns in his hypercube, in addition to the one in his pocket. By the time this was done it was four o'clock. Jimmy looked up at the guards on the roof. It would be difficult to sneak past them unnoticed. Jimmy had an idea. He took out his shrink ray and shrunk himself sown to the size of a cockroach. It would certainly take longer to reach the door, but at least he wouldn't be shot at. He pulled out his shrunken pistol and started forward. At least he had some protection incase some insects attacked him. He wished that he could use his jetpack to fly faster while shrunken, but it would be to hard to navigate through all the grass and such.
Another two hours and one centipede attack later Jimmy was finally at the entrance. Of course, it was a giant, locked steel door. No problem. Jimmy pulled out his shrunken laser and made a small hole in the door. Jimmy hopped in and made himself normal size again.
Alright. Thisis serious now. Jimmy pulled two more guns out of his hypercube and put them in his belt. He put the Hypno-beam away. Now that he was inside there would probably be only one or two guards at a certain place, unlike the dozen that were standing guard outside. He was not taking any chances.
"Goddard, search for Cindy's DNA." Goddard's popped up. He could see a trail of small dots, most likely pieces of hair or specks of blood. This led to a large dot in the middle of the screen. "Goddard, do a bio-scan and place all humans onto this map." Dozens of differently colored dots appeared on his screen. "Draw a map from all available data." Goddard took a look at his surroundings, and a three-dimensional map appeared out of his eyes as a hologram.
Jimmy took a look. He was on the ground floor of this building. It had a basement and three floors above where he was. It looked like Cindy was located two floors above him. Jimmy would have to sneak through the main floor, which was basically a giant hallway. He would reach the stairs and go to the second floor. This floor had many rooms in it. He would have to go all the way across this floor to get to the stairway. Once he got on the third floor he would get Cindy and run like hell to the jungle. He would use his jetpack to get to the hover car. They would soon realize Cindy was gone, so it didn't matter if they saw them flying away.
Goddard, display first floor map on your monitor." The three-dimensional map disappeared. A two-dimensional map of the ground floor appeared on Goddard's screen. Jimmy made sure his guns were ready and he had some smoke bombs in his pockets. He then slowly made his way through the hallway.
Everything was going fine until he made it to the end of the hallway. He checked Goddard's map and saw a small dot around the corner. Jimmy took out a small mirror and tried to take a look around said corner. He could see a lone guard pacing the hallway. Jimmy waited until the guard had turned his back and shot three bullets into his head. Well, he tried to get them in his head. One missed completely, one hit his arm, and one did hit him in his head. Not bad for a first try. Jimmy was surprised at how quiet the gun was. He had been worried that the sound would bring him some unwanted attention. Jimmy ran up to the guard. Jimmy threw up. He had never seen so much blood. The victim'sfaceheld a look of shock and pain. Jimmy couldn't believe he had just killed someone. The only thing that kept him from completely losing it was the fact that if he didn't keep going, this would happen to Cindy.
Jimmy ran as far from that body as he could. He quickly stopped when he heard some voices up ahead. He ducked behind a wall. After checking Goddard's screen he realized that the guard was almost right on top of him. After taking a deep breath Jimmy jumped out from behind the wall and let loose five rounds into the guard. The guard fell onto the floor, not even having time to scream. Jimmy, better accustomed to the sight of blood, ran up and stole the guard's rifle. He took out his hypercube and threw it in.
This was the least heavily guarded of all floors. Just as he reached the staircase he realized something. A missing guard is less suspicious then a dead guard. Jimmy ran back to the two dead bodies and sucked them into his hypercube. He then ran back to the staircase and went up to the second floor.
Jimmy checked Goddard's second floor map. This was much more heavily guarded than the first floor. The guards were in groups. It was a straight hallway, no walls to hide behind. Every so often there would be two doors on opposite sides of the hallway. In front of those rooms was a security door, which was guarded by two guards. This was not going to be easy. Jimmy sat down on the staircase and thought for a minute. He pulled the Hypno-beam out of his hypercube. Jimmy sat up a little bit and fired two beams at the guards, who were located about a hundred feet away. Jimmy ran over to them with his pistol drawn. In order to open the security door he had to input a code.
"Guards, tell me the security code to open this door."
"041567," they both said in unison.
Jimmy was about to suck them into his hypercube, but then he realized it might not be a good idea to have live, dangerous criminal in there. He took his gun and was about to kill them when he looked into their eyes. They may be criminals, even murderers, but they were still people. Jimmy put the gun back in his pocket.
"Sleep for seventy-two hours," Jimmy said flatly. The guards slumped against the wall immediately. Jimmy took the guards' guns and walkie-talkies. Jimmy opened the door and shot the other two guards with his Hypno-beam. Jimmy repeated what he did with the last guards. He then opened that door, and did the whole thing over again. He continued to do this until he reached the staircase.
Jimmy took out one of the walkie-talkies and turned it on. He changed the frequency so that he could listen in on the other guards. He was glad to hear that they did not know what was going on yet. He did become concerned when they mentioned the missing guards on the first floor. Jimmy knew he was running out of time.
He checked the third floor map that was displayed on Goddard's screen. This was undoubtedly the heaviest guarded floor yet. It was like a giant maze, with Cindy in the center. Those security doors were everywhere. He had learned on the last floor that every door had a different code. Guards were not only standing near the doors, but patrolling the hallways. As if that wasn't bad enough, when he poked his head up over the staircase, he saw motion-sensitive security cameras.
Professor Calamitous would find out that he was there any minute. Those security cameras would give him away anyway, so he decided to take them out. Before he did that, however, he took out his shrink ray and laser. He thought he may need them. He then climbed up the stairs and shotthe security cameras. Jimmy tossed the gun, as it was running low on bullets. He pulled another one from his belt. Jimmy hid in a corner for a second. He pulled out his walkie-talkie and heard something about missing guards and broken security cameras. They knew that something was up. Jimmy looked at Goddard's screen and saw that three guards were right around the corner.
Jimmy threw one of his smoke bombs down the hallway. He took the other gun from his belt and ran across the hallway, letting loose a hail of bullets. Jimmy heard two of the guards yell. Just before he heard the third guard screamed Jimmy felt a horrible pain in his arm. He hid in the corner on the opposite side of the hallway and looked at Goddard's screen. The three dots that represented the guards were gone. Jimmy looked at his arm. It was bleeding pretty badly.
Jimmy acted fast. He pulled the rifle out of his hypercube with his good arm. He took two bullets from it. He put one in between his teeth and unscrewed the other. He poured the gunpowder on his wound. Jimmy took a match from his pocket and lit the powder. It hurt more than anything that he had ever experienced, but at least his arm had stopped bleeding.
Jimmy checked the walkie-talkie again. They had seen the guards on the second floor, and all the other guards were on high alert. Jimmy looked at Goddard's screen. There were still a lot of guards on this floor. It would take him a while to get to Cindy.
Jimmy chucked his guns and got two more from his hypercube. He ran down the hallway and encountered a security door that the three guards were guarding. Jimmy tried using his laser on the door, but it wasn't powerful enough.
"Goddard, try to hack into the door's security and open it." Goddard nodded and got to work. This would take a minute. Jimmy made sure his guns were ready. He also got his Hypno-beam in place. He couldn't waste time hacking into each of these doors. Goddard stepped back from the door and it opened.
Jimmy ran across the hallway like a madman. Two guards opened fire. Jimmy shot one in the chest and the other in the arm. Jimmy took out his Hypno-beam and fired it at the injured guard. "Guard, tell me all the security codes for the doors you know." The guard rattled off a series of numbers, and Goddard matched them with the proper door on his map.
When Jimmy checked the map however, he saw four dots right behind him. Jimmy saw four guards only a few yards away. Jimmy fired the Hypno-beam that was still in his hand. Two of the guards had already opened fire. Jimmy felt a familiar pain crawl up his leg. He fell to the floor in pain and put his hands on it to stop the bleeding. All of a sudden he felt a tremendous amount of pain on the back of his head and blacked out.