In a penthouse suite outside of Retroville Jimmy awakens to find he's sitting in a chair, unable to see due to a blindfold.

He tries to move his hands but he can't.

A voice rings out through the air.

" Hello Jimmy, nice to see you awake," Sterch says walking into view. " We want you to learn something."

" What can I learn from you!" Jimmy asks in disbelief. " You kidnap me and insult my friends and myself!"

" That I am the supreme authority figure!" Sterch yells.

Meanwhile in Retroville Cindy and the others walk to Jimmy's house.

Cindy and the others had seen a strange black vehicle drive out of the driveway after Jimmy, Kelly, and Nigel went in.

Cindy opens the door and it swings open with an eerie creak to reveal the empty house.

" Where could they've gone?" Samantha asks.

" I don't know, but I think we have a more important matter at hand." David says. " It looks like there's been a break in."

They all look down to multiple crisscrossing footprints.

" We have to tell Mr. and Mrs. Neutron." Cindy says.

Cindy takes out her cell phone and dials Mrs. Neutron's cell phone number.

At the restaurant Mrs. Neutron's cell phone rings. She answers it.

" Hello?" She asks.

" Mrs. Neutron," Cindy begins. " We think you guys should get over here."

" Why?" She asks.

" We think there's been a break in."

" We'll be right there."

She closes her phone.

" Hugh, we have to go." She says.

" But pie!" Hugh says gesturing to his slice of pie.

" Later." She says paying the bill.

They get out of the restaurant and go to the car.

Once they get back to the house they look around.

" Well nothing is missing." Mrs. Neutron says after they finished searching the house for about the umpteenth time.

" That's good but that still leaves one question unanswered," David says and everyone turns to look at him. " Where's Jimmy?"

Meanwhile at Sterch's penthouse suite he starts writing a ransom note.

" You'll never get away with this Sterch!" Jimmy yells.

" Quiet you!" One of Sterch's men says.

He punches him in the mouth.

Jimmy tastes blood in his mouth, he open his mouth and blood starts dribbling out.

Sterch pulls out his phone and punches in numbers.

At Jimmy's house the phone rings.

" I'll get it." Mr. Neutron says.

He picks it up.

" Hello Mr. Neutron" Sterch says. " I have your son and his friends, if you ever want to see them again then I'm demanding 500,00 dollars out of your own money in unmarked bills, the bills must be untraceable. And no police or else you'll be taking them home in matchboxes. If you ever want to see them again then bring the money to the Luxury Hotel outside of Retroville."

He hangs up.

Mr. Neutron hangs up.

" So who was it?" Mrs. Neutron asks.

" It was Sterch, he has Jimmy and the others." Mr. Neutron says.

" What!" Cindy says in disbelief.

" What does he want?" David asks.

" He wants 500,000 dollars from our own bank account in unmarked bills. He also says no police."

" But Hugh that's all our savings!"

" I know Judy, but it's worth it."

" I don't care what Sterch says," Mrs. Neutron says. " I'm calling the police."

She picks up the phone and dials 9-1-1.

" Hello police state your emergency." A lady says on the other end.

" Hello I'm calling because my son and his friends have been kidnapped."

" We'll send someone over right away." The lady says and hangs up.

She hangs up.

" They say they'll send someone over." She says to the eagerly watching crowd.

About half an hour later there's a knock on the door.

Mrs. Neutron opens it and sees a man in a trench coat, black shades, and an FBI badge.

" Mr. Jones!" She says.

" Yes," He says. " Jimmy, Kelly, and Nigel were kidnapped?"

" Yes that's true." Mr. Neutron says.

" And let me guess by Jonathan Sterch." He says.

" Yes." Mrs. Neutron says.

" So tell me his demands." Jones says.

" He's demanding 500,00 dollars in unmarked bills from our bank account, he also demands no police or else he threatens to hurt Jimmy and the others." Mr. Neutron says.

" Sterch has quite a record already." Jones says. " He was originally a prison warden but he was far too aggressive so he was sent to a mental hospital, but now we find out this that he was working the kids and planning on not releasing them. If he hurts Jimmy, Kelly, or Nigel he could be on his way to the gas chamber."

" So what do you suggest we do?" Cindy asks.

" I have a plan but it's risky." Jones says.

" Tell us." David says.

" Yeah the risk is worth it." Samantha says.

" Okay." Jones says. " Huddle up."

They all huddle in a circle and Jones starts whispering the plan.

Well I'll have to stop there. I'm going to camp and I have to get off now: I'll post the remainder of this chapter when I get back on the 30th of July. Check back then.