Disclaimer: I do not own Jimmy Neutron or any related characters.
Jimmy woke up the next morning and looked to his side. He saw Cindy lying right next to him. He smiled as he watched her beautiful eyes flutter open. "Morning," he whispered.
"What time is it?" she asked as she yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"Does that really matter here?" Jimmy asked as he stood up and started walking back to the main camp.
A few hours later everyone was busy working. Butch and Nick were gathering firewood. Libby, Sheen, and Carl had gone off to collect water. Cindy was working on the shelters. Everyone else was milling around, doing something else. Jimmy sat down on a log, a short distance away from the others. He was trying to fix the transceiver.
Nick and Butch came back from the jungle and threw several bundles of sticks on top of their pile. Nick looked over at Jimmy, who appeared to be just sitting on a log.
"Look at Neutron over there. He thinks that he can be our almighty leader, but he won't even do any work!" Nick angrily told Butch.
"Yeah, I hate that Neutron," Butch agreed as they went back into the jungle for more wood.
I think if I use these wires from the cell phone I found, Jimmy thought as he ripped some wires out of the crushed cell phone and put them in the transceiver. He put the cover back on it and flipped it over. He flipped the power switch and was ecstatic when he saw some numbers appear on the screen.
"Cindy! I fixed it!" he shouted as he ran towards her. She put down the sticks she was holding and glanced at the screen.
"Great! Now let's signal some help and get the hell out of here!"
Jimmy's smile faded a little. "It's not that simple."
"Of course it's not," Cindy sighed as she sat down on the sand. Jimmy took a seat next to her.
"You see this little bar here?" he asked as he pointed on the screen.
"Yeah, what does it mean?"
"That's the battery's power. It's very low. Even if I keep the transceiver's power off, it will die in less than thirty-six hours," he explained.
"So what are you waiting for? Send out the signal now," she told him.
"I can't. We're at sea level. We need to be at a high altitude for it to work the best that it can. Plus, sending out a message will take a lot of its power. If we send it out on the beach and someone doesn't pick it up, we're screwed."
Cindy lay back on the sand and groaned. She knew that this wasn't going to be easy. "So what are you suggesting?"
Jimmy stood up and offered her his hand. She grabbed it and he pulled her up. He spun her around and pointed at a huge hill in the middle of the island. It had to be at least five miles in and a mile high. "You up for a hike?" he asked.
"Let's tell the others," she dejectedly said.
Within five minutes the entire camp was gathered near the signal fire.
"So, what's up?" Betty asked.
Jimmy stared at her for a moment. Cindy elbowed him in the stomach. "God, alright. You don't have to get violent," he muttered. "Anyway, I've fixed the transceiver. Cindy and I are going to the top of that mountain," he paused and pointed at the hill in the middle of the jungle, "and send out a distress call. It will work best from a high altitude. We should be back by tomorrow night," he told them as he and Cindy started to walk into the jungle.
"Hang on!" Nick shouted. Cindy and Jimmy stopped and turned around. "Why do you get to play the hero and go? I'm stronger than you! I should be the one to go on the hike!"
"Look, I'm the only one who knows how to work the transceiver. Therefore, I'm going," Jimmy calmly told him.
"Why don't you trust anyone but yourself?" Nick angrily asked.
"I'm letting Cindy come, aren't I?" Jimmy shot back.
"Oh, so that's fair. You get to go on a romantic hike with your girlfriend while we all stay here and work our asses off!" Nick yelled.
"One, she is not my girl-," he paused and looked at an angry Cindy. "Sorry, just so used to denying it," he whispered to her.
"Anyway, a day-long trek that spans miles and includes scaling a mountain is not a romantic hike. And if you want to get rescued, you'll stop arguing and let us go now," Jimmy angrily told Nick.
"Give me the walkie-talkie, Neutron!" Nick shouted.
Jimmy stepped closer to Nick. "It's a transceiver!"
"Just shut up and give it to me!" Nick yelled.
"Make me!" Jimmy shot back.
"Fine!" Nick yelled as he punched Jimmy.
Everyone took a few steps back and watched as Jimmy and Nick continued fighting. They stepped a little closer to the signal fire. Nick punched Jimmy hard in the stomach. He fell to the ground and dropped the transceiver in the fire. He tried to grab it, but he only burnt his hand.
Nick acted shocked. "He dropped that thing in the fire!" Nick shouted to his classmates.
"What the hell are you talking about? You made me drop it!" Jimmy angrily shouted as he got to his feet.
"Did any of you see that? He tripped and dropped it!" Nick shouted, acting angry. "He just ruined our chances of being rescued!"
The crowd started to murmur among themselves.
"Why don't you get out of here and stop ruining our lives!" Nick shouted. His classmates began shouting at Jimmy.
"Fine!" Jimmy spat out as he picked up his backpack and began walking into the jungle. He turned around and saw Cindy standing with Nick. Figures. Nothing ever works out for me.
