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"Goddard, scan area for humans and place them on your map," Jimmy instructed his dog. Dozens of dots sprang up around Calamitous' hideout. "We're only about a quarter of a mile away now. This path looks the least guarded," Jimmy said as he drew a path with his finger. "And Goddard, tape record all sounds until I say to stop it. We need to be ready to tape Calamitous' confession.

"Alright Jimmy, what really happened back there?" Cindy asked as she pulled Jimmy to a stop.

"What are you talking about?" he asked her.

"You've got another gun. Where did you get it?" she asked.

Jimmy sighed as he realized the butt of the gun was sticking out of his pocket. "Ok. Back there a guard attacked me. I killed him and I took his gun, I knew we might need it," Jimmy told her as he tried to continue walking. Cindy grabbed his hand and made him stop.

"You killed someone?" she yelled.

"Keep your voice down," he told her.

"Why did you kill him?" she demanded.

"He attacked me! He tried to shoot me! What did you want me to do, just stand there?"

"Why didn't you use the hypno-beam or just knock him out?" Cindy asked.

"God Cindy! This isn't a game! If Calamitous finds us we're dead!"

"That doesn't give you the right to kill!"

"Yes it does! I am the good guy, protecting myself from the bad guy!" Jimmy yelled.

"We've defeated dozens of enemies before and you never killed any of them!" Cindy shouted, not believing that Jimmy was trying to justify murder.

"Did you ever notice a problem with that? They kept coming back! We were kids then Cindy," Jimmy angrily explained. "Do you think that I enjoyed what I did back there? You think I enjoyed watching him suffer as he took his last breath, enjoyed having to close his eyelids for him?"

"I can't believe that you," she began.

"Well believe it! You know what happened back in Retroville? You remember those five innocent people that were killed? I did what I had to in order to insure that another girl didn't suffer the same way!"

"There was no reason for you to kill him," Cindy repeated.

"Grow up Vortex! We're not ten anymore! Things change. I can't spend the rest of my life capturing a criminal that was hell bent on trying to kill me, only to have him escape from jail two months later and do it again! They are the bad guys, not me! I thought you of all people would realize that you need to get your hands dirty for the greater good. What did you think this whole adventure has been about? A romantic getaway for the two of us? A sight-seeing tour? No! It's been trying to clear my name and stop a killer. I need to end this between me and him. If he doesn't finish me off himself I'll fry in the electric chair for a murder that I didn't commit. Now stop whining, get off of your butt, grab a gun, and let's finish this!" he screamed.

Cindy stood there with a look on her face that Jimmy had seen only once before. It was right after he had taken her hostage. It was a blank look, like she didn't even know him. "I'm done."

"What? he asked, a little confused.

"I call it. I'm out of here. You said this little trip was my call. Now take me back to Retroville," she said, trying to remain calm.

"I can't do that, we're in too deep and you know it," Jimmy told her.

"You said it was my choice! Now end it! I've seen enough!" she yelled at him.

"I can't end it now, we have to finish this. Now let's just do what we have to do and get the hell out of here!" he yelled as he tossed her a gun. That is the stupidest thing that I have ever done, he thought.

"Alright, put your hands up and take me back home," Cindy said in a shaky voice. She had cocked the gun, trying to imitate what Jimmy had done.

Jimmy turned around and took a deep breath, not believing that he was about to do this again. "Put the gun down, Cindy," he said as he aimed his gun at her.

Both of them stood there, aiming their guns at the other. Goddard just sat there and stared, not believing what was going on.

"What are you going to do Cindy, shoot me?" Jimmy asked. He could see that Cindy was shaking with nervousness.

"You are not the man I agreed to help. You're not the Jimmy Neutron I know and love," she told him. "Put your gun down and let's go home."

"You can't shoot me, Cindy. And you know it. The years have softened you," he sneered.

"The years have hardened you," she shot back. What the hell is going on? "You're being crazy, Jimmy. Let's put the guns down and talk about this. You know that neither of us could kill each other. I realize that we both went a little crazy. I'm sorry that I didn't trust you before. I had no right to accuse you of being a pervert. Let's just calm down and talk about this," she offered.

Jimmy looked at himself and Cindy. What is going on? I am not a killer. My god, I'm actually holding a gun on Cindy! Jimmy threw his gun into the jungle. "Cindy, I am so sorry. I have no idea what the hell happened," he told her. Cindy dropped her gun as he ran over and gave her a hug. He picked up her gun and threw that one away too.

"Alright, I have no idea what just happened. You're right, I shouldn't have killed him. What was wrong with me? I should have been holding the hypno-beam, not a gun! Can you' ever forgive me for aiming a gun at you, again?" Jimmy asked as he started to cry.

"Oh god, I pulled a gun on you first," Cindy started to cry as well.

"Ok, you were right. I was wrong. No more killing. We'll just use the hypno-beam or knock them out. Just because we can kill doesn't mean that we should. We're the good guys. I should never have taken that gun from Eustace. We're ok, right?" Jimmy asked as he wiped the tears from Cindy's cheeks.

"Yeah, we're good," she said as she kissed him.

"If you want to go home I'll take you back there right now," Jimmy offered.

"No. You were right. We can't give up now. Let's just sneak in, get some evidence, and get the hell out of here. I can't take much more of this," Cindy told him. Jimmy nodded his head and helped her up.

"Bravo! You two should have your own TV show. I swear, that was much better than Days of Our Lives," Professor Calamitous shouted. Jimmy pulled out his hypno-beam, but dozens of guards emerged from their hiding places in the brush and aimed their guns at him..

"For a moment I actually thought that you two might save me some time and finish each other off, but oh well. Guards, escort these children back to my hideout," Professor Calamitous commanded. He led the way as his two prisoners followed.