Thank you to CindyVortex9, Phantomhobbitses, ProminenceFlare, and pokey for your reviews! You'll see more soon enough! (wink!)

A special thank you to Sassy08 and ignite444:

ignite444: Holy crap! You reviewed me! That's so cool! I've read your review on for "My Big Fat Spy Wedding," and I'm also a member on the Jimmy Neutron forum site! (The one moderated by Brittany. I'm cartoonintellect18, in case you care.) You totally rock! I hope to get more reviews from you!

Sassy08: EEEEEE! You reviewed me, too! You're, like, my favorite JN writer! It's so cool to be reviewed by you! (You are doing SO GOOD on "Here's To Us!" Keep it up, yo!) I'll do my best to entertain you and everyone else! ;)

All right, everybody. This is the morning after Cindy's taken away, and what Jimmy and the others do about it (mostly Jimmy.). Everybody pat Libby on the back; she's an emotional train-wreck. (bowing to audience) Enjoy!

Chapter 2: The Scrunchie
"3, 2, 1," said Jimmy's alarm clock, "Lift off!" (Or is it blast off?)

"Abort mission," the boy genius said groggily, "Wake mode, Goddard...Goddard?"

His dog ran into the room, jumped on the bed, and barked urgently. Jimmy knew Goddard never woke up without him!

"What is it, boy?" he asked, touching him, "What's wrong?"

"I sense a disturbance in the Force," Goddard said with an Obi-Wan Kenobi audio clip. Whining, the dog then ran to the window and put his front paws on it, barking. Jimmy looked out to see cop cars at the Vortex's house!

"Huh!" he said, "What are the cops doing at Cindy's house? Come to think of it...(he peered into her yard)...What are my parents doing at Cindy's house?" He put on a shirt, said "Come on, Goddard!" and ran outside to find his compadres, Sheen and Carl standing in his yard, looking on. Sheen had his arm around Libby, who was in frightened tears and a bathrobe.

"Guys!" Jimmy ran up to them, "What's going on?"

"Jimmy!" Libby gasped, "Thank goodness you're here!" Jimmy was freaked out by her spooked expression. He did not have a good feeling. With the tone of voice that indicated foreboding and anticipation of the worst (but half-expected) Jimmy asked, "Libby...What happened?"

"CINDY DISAPPEARED LAST NIGHT!" Carl burst from tension with his arms flying in the air.

"WHAT?" Jimmy freaked, "Libby, how did this happen?"

"Hey!" Sheen held her back, "The lady's answered enough questions already!"

"Sheen, we don't have time for this!" Jimmy curled his fingers impatiently, "I need to know if she ran away, or if she was kidnapped!"

"She was kidnapped, I know it!" Libby cried, "She would've told me if she was running away! You've gotta find her, Jimmy!"

"Me?" This was unexpected!

"Duh!" she said, "You're the genius here! Plus, we all know what you think about her!" Sheen and Carl looked at her.

"We do?" Carl asked.

"Yes," Libby emphasized, "About how he feels about Cindy?"

"All right, all right!" Jimmy cut them off, then sighed, "I'm on the case. To the lab!"

"What are you gonna do, Jim?" Carl asked as they jogged to the backyard.

"I think I might have a way to locate Cindy," Jimmy answered, "I'll explain later."

In the lab, Jimmy ran to his keyboard and said, "Vox, activate locating device 458/C." A map of the U.S. appeared on the monitor, and a red dot beeped in the New England area.

"Lady and gentlemen," Jimmy announced, "I found Cindy."

"She's in New Jersey?" Carl said.

"Wow, Jimmy!" Sheen slapped him on the back, "That was quick! How'd you find her so fast?"

"Uh," Jimmy scratched his head sheepishly, "There's a location chip in her ponytail holder?"

Up until now, Libby had just been worried about Cindy. Then her eyes popped open.

"Wait a minute!" she turned to Jimmy, "A tracking device?" Jimmy chuckled nervously.

"You put a tracking device in her scrunchie?" she yelled in shock.

"It's not what you think it is!" Jimmy quickly said.

"Okay," Libby challenged, "What is it, then?" Jimmy was silent. For once, he had no answer.

"Uh..." he started to say.

"It's love!" Carl yelled happily, "You do love her! I knew it!"

"CARL!" Jimmy yelled.

"Jimbo?" Hugh called for his son on the screen, "Your friends' parents are here to take 'em home!" Jimmy sighed with relief. 'Saved by the dad,' he thought. Libby, Carl, and Sheen's parents herded them home out of the paranoia that their child could be kidnapped!

Jimmy stayed in the lab to try and more specifically pinpoint Cindy's location. It would take hours, so he had to be patient. For the first two hours, Jimmy paced around the lab while Goddard watched him, worried.

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Author's Review:
I don't really have that much to say about this chapter, but I kind of liked it. It shows how everyone's dealing with Cindy's disappearance. The reason Jimmy's parents were at her house was to offer Mrs. Vortex emotional support while she, like Libby, is an emotional train wreck.

I don't know why the tracking device didn't get her exact location; it's probably a plot hole, but it stays, because it'll work with the rest of the story. Besides, something seriously cool is going to happen so that Jimmy won't need the tracking device to find her, nor will he ever tell her that he put it in her scrunchie! Hee, hee! Review, please! Until next time!

Love,
-samuraistar