Disclaimer: For the 81st time (yes, I counted), I do not own Jimmy Neutron or any related characters.
Jimmy took a look at the world around him. It was the bleak wasteland that he had come to know as the future. Something was different about this vision, though. It was very dim and fuzzy. He saw his future self in front of him.
"You lied to me. You said she'd believe me," Jimmy calmly told the man in front of him.
The future Jimmy just walked forward. Jimmy saw that he was bloody and limping.
"What happened to you?" Jimmy quietly asked. His future self just grabbed Jimmy's arm and opened his hand. He placed a crumpled piece of paper in Jimmy's palm.
The vision ended. Jimmy looked around him and saw that he was back in the stall. Well, that was about the freakiest thing I've ever seen. He opened the crumpled piece of paper in his hand. Don't kill him unless prompted. Jimmy scratched his head as he read the note. Ok then, that's kind of weird. Jimmy stuffed the message in his pocket and headed back to class.
Unbeknownst to Jimmy, Cindy had been watching the whole thing. She was surprised to see that her hands were shaking. She stepped down and kneeled on the floor. She threw up into the toilet.
My god, that paper just appeared in his hand! He really was telling the truth! Cindy mentally slapped herself for not believing Jimmy. My god, I said that he could trust me, and I let him down! She ran back to class, trying to comprehend what was going on.
Later that afternoon Jimmy was working out in his gym. He stood up and walked over to a nearby wall. Dozens of notes about saving the future were stapled to it. Jimmy took out the crumpled piece of paper and stapled that to the wall as well. Suddenly he head a buzzing from the other room.
He left the gym and checked his monitor. He saw that Cindy needed to get in. "Come on in, Cind," he told her through a microphone.
Cindy burst into the lab and ran into Jimmy's arms. "I'm so sorry, Jimmy. I should have believed you," she said as she tried in vain to hold back tears.
Jimmy was confused, but hugged her back. "Hey, come on.Stop crying. It's going to be ok. Now what exactly are you talking about?" Jimmy quietly asked her.
Cindy took a moment to get a grip on herself. "Last year. You told me something about saving the future," she reminded him.
A nervous look spread across Jimmy's face. "Uh, yeah. That story? I was, you know, writing a book, and, uh," he started to tell her.
Cindy held up her hand. "I saw you in the bathroom. When you had one of those, what did you call them? Visions. I saw something materialize in your hand."
Jimmy stood still for a moment. "You were staring at me when I was in a stall in the boys' bathroom?" he asked, a little agitated.
"Does that really matter right now?" she exasperatedly yelled. "It all makes sense now. The locking yourself up in this lab and working out all the time. The feud between you and John. That book about psychic visions you were reading. Your fighting skills. It's true, isn't it? You have to save the future, don't you?" Cindy asked.
Jimmy stared at her for a moment. He slowly nodded his head. "Yeah, it's all true."
They stood there in silence for a moment. "I'm sorry that I didn't believe you before. I told you that you could trust me, and I thought you were lying," Cindy shamefully told him.
"Hey, I can't blame you. I wouldn't have believe me either if I were in your shoes," Jimmy said as he hugged her.
"Tell me it again. I want to know everything," Cindy told him.
Jimmy nodded his head as he took a seat and let out a deep sigh. "Well, it all started three years ago," he began. For the next hour Jimmy recounted the events of the past three years to her.
AS he finished his story he couldn't help but smile. Well, at least she believes me now. That's one problem solved.
