Author's Note: I made a few small changes to the beginning of chapter 14. You might want to go back and check out the first few paragraphs.
Disclaimer: I do not own Jimmy Neutron or any related characters.
As Cindy ran to the front door Jimmy took out his cell phone and checked if he could send out the signal. "Damn it!" he shouted as he slammed the phone shut and put it back in his pocket.
Cindy came running back to him. "It's locked. And you can't knock it down," she told him while she rubbed her shoulder.
Alright. Warn the others. They don't know yet. Jimmy turned around to see that Billy and Tim were gone. He and his friends ran over to Sarah and Dave. "Where are Billy and Tim?" Jimmy asked.
Sarah put down her soda and looked at Jimmy. "Billy went to the bathroom, and Tim, hmm. I don't know where Tim went," she said as she smiled at Eric. She looked down at her vibrating cell phone. "Hang on a sec." After she answered it she handed the phone to Jimmy. "Uh, it's for you."
"Alright, what is it? I know who you are!" Jimmy angrily shouted into the phone.
"Stay and die or run and have a chance to live," the distorted voice said. Suddenly the power was cut.
"Run!" Jimmy shouted as he grabbed Cindy's hand and ran straight ahead. He could barely see anything. He felt around the walls and went down a hallway. Sarah and Eric ended up heading into the kitchen. Eustace and Dave went down another hallway.
Jimmy slowly made his way down the hallway, squeezing Cindy's hand every so often. Light. There's got to be some flashlights or something. Jimmy felt a doorknob and pulled on the door. "It's locked," he whispered to Cindy.
"Noooo," she sarcastically said. She pushed him aside and kicked down the door.
"Uh, thanks," Jimmy told her as he fished around the closet. He grabbed two flashlights and handed one to Cindy. "Let's keep moving."
"Jimmy, why is he doing this? Killing you, me, everyone else, it would definitely shut down the movie," she whispered.
Jimmy kept walking in silence, trying to think of the logic behind this. He nodded his head when he thought of the answer. "Of course. Sure, killing us would shut down the movie. He might even kill his cast. But it would respark the media's attention. And he would still have the rights to my story. And several years from now, he could start the movie all over again. And the murders in his mansion would make an even better than his Calamitous idea."
Billy walked out of the bathroom when the lights were suddenly cut. "Uh, guys?" he nervously shouted. Suddenly his cell phone started to ring. He answered it. "Hello, Billy here."
"Hey Billy. You like scary movies?" the distorted voice asked.
"Who is this? Jeff? I'm not in the mood right now," he nervously said.
"You've read the script, kid. You know who this is. Now answer the question."
"Uh, yeah," Billy nervously whispered. This can't be happening.
"You know what you are, Billy? You're fodder. You're the nameless blonde bimbo who gets killed first. Jimmy's the star. You don't even know him. You're a simple kid with one line who gets killed in the first act."Bobby quickly glanced behind him. "What do you want?"
The voice laughed. "I'm offering you a chance. A chance to move up the character ladder. Maybe live to see act two. I got a question for you, Billy. Answer right, you live. Answer wrong, you die. Ready?'
Billy was sweating profusely. God, how did Jimmy deal with this twice? "Yeah."
"Where is Jimmy Neutron hiding?"
Billy gulped. "I don't know." He frowned as the phone clicked off.
"You lose," the killer said. Billy spun around just in time to see a knife going through his forehead.