OH my gosh, y'all. I am SO sorry for the delay. I've been busy with school, family, enjoying my favorite autumn season, etc. But I'm back with an update, so I hope you're ready for it! Oh, and let me know what you think of Jamal, 'kay?
"Aliens from outer space are sleeping in my car."- Weird Al Yankovic, Midnight Star
Chapter 4: Let's Dance
BANG! Beautiful Gorgeous had shot the camera. She turned to Cindy.
"By the time your friends wake up," she said, squatting by her, "They'll have gotten my message." Cindy eyed her with the utmost contempt, as did she.
"Looks like you've got something you want to say to me," said BG, "Fine!" She tore the duct tape off Cindy's mouth.
"OUCH!" was the first thing she said, then "You'd better beLIEVE I've got something to say! First off, how did you find out about Jimmy and me?"
"How did I not?" the spy answered cynically, "Everyone in town knows about you two. It didn't take a brain-dead monkey to find out. You're preordained, for heaven's sake."
Cindy couldn't help but blush to think she and Jimmy were preordained. Then she went back to scowling.
"And another thing," she said, "Why are you doing this...again?" (Again meaning plotting against Jimmy.)
"After all the times that boy's defeated me," BG glared, "do you think I'll stand by and let him be happy?"
Cindy stared at her, searching her mind for what he could have done to her (recently) that was so...
'Hold on a second,' she thought.
That was when she remembered with a gleefully amused smile on her face.
'The League of Villains! Of coruse!'
"This is about you and the Junkman, isn't it?" she giggled. BG stood and turned away.
"I'D NEVER BEEN SO HUMILIATED IN ALL MY LIFE!" she ranted, "WHEN THAT (profanity deleted) LOVE POTION WORE OFF, MY FATHER TOLD ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED! OH, IT BURNS!" Then she shot the wall to scare Cindy out of her fit of laughter; it worked. The child shut her mouth abruptly.
"Then I figured," the woman continued, "since Jimmy ruined my wedding, (she knelt by her again) I'll make sure he never even has one."
"Your wedding wasn't even one," Cindy leveled with her, "It was a sham. You were never going to marry Jet. You just wanted to do him in, and Jimmy. You're nothing but a mud spot on marriage, BG. Why else would you be out to destroy mine before it's even started?"
"It's not you I'm after, child," BG said, "I don't care about you. All I know about you is you're the most important person to him, the one that completes him, his better half." (You know, this would sound much nicer if it wasn't her saying it.)
"So you're gonna break him in half, is that it?" Cindy jumped ahead of her thoughts, "You'll keep me alive just long enough to waste me in front of him?"
"Bad luck for you, little one," BG stood and pointed her gun at Cindy, "for falling in love with a genius."
O.O O.O O.O O.O O.O!
"Commander Baker," Jimmy said to the monitor, "this is Agent Neutron calling. Do you read, Commander?"
"Roger, Agent Neutron," Commander Baker appeared onscreen with a ninja sneaking up on him, "Excuse me–AIYA!" Battle-crying like Xena the Warrior Princess, he back-punched the ninja and drop-kicked another, falling off-screen. The kids (they're 18, but we'll call them kids anyway) winced as they heard punching, blows landing, bones cracking, and ninjas screaming. Libby covered Jamal's ears. Then Baker popped back up.
"Sorry about that," he casually said, "North Korean terrorists: You can't get rid of 'em! Now, then: You were saying?"
"Er," Jimmy said, "Right. Listen, Commander. We have a situation: Beautiful Gorgeous has kidnaped my fiancee, and we need"--
"Hold it," Baker held up his hand and kicked a ninja behind him in the groin without turning around, "You're engaged?"
"Yes?" Jimmy answered.
"Hey, everybody!" Baker called the other agents, "Agent Neutron's hopping on the Matrimony Pony!" In the blink of an eye, a small crowd of spies and agents were at the screen.
"Who's the lucky girl, Neutron?" asked one.
"She's not so lucky right now," he muttered to himself, then told him, "Cindy Vortex."
After a moment of stunned silence, there was an outburst of tears of joy, people hugging, and some on their knees, crying, "THANK YOU, HEAVEN!"
"COMMANDER!" Jimmy exploded, "WHAT PART OF 'KIDNAPED' DID NOT REGISTER TO YOUR CEREBRAL CORTEX?"
"Sorry, Neutron," Baker composed himself, "Anyway, all right. We're here to help. What do you need?"
"A chopper," Jimmy said, "And a fast one with a good pilot."
"I'll do better than that," Baker said, "You'll get our best on both parts. Is that it?"
"Yes, sir," Jimmy smiled, "because I've got my own little crew right here."
"Roger that, Neutron," Baker nodded, "We'll send the helicopter right over." And the transmission ended.
10 seconds later, (come on! They're top spies!)the helicopter landed in Jimmy's yard. Before they left the lab, Libby reminded her brother, "Now remember, Jamal, you are to stay here in the lab with Goddard. He's a smart dog; he'll take care of you. If you're thirsty, Jimmy has Purple Flurp in his fridge, and Goddard can help you with snacks, games, whatever. You're not to be more than 5 feet from him, you understand me?"
"Yes, Libby," he answered, crestfallen. He'd wanted to help, too. Libby lifted his chin and made him look at her.
"Promise?" she raised an eyebrow.
"Promise," he echoed, "But what if you get hurt?"
"I won't get hurt, bro!" Libby assured him, "I'll be fine!"
"Promise?" he held up his pinky finger.
"Pinky promise," she linked her pinky with his and kissed his head. She stood up.
"I'm ready, Jimmy," she said.
"Good," he said, "Let's go."
Jamal stood by Goddard as they trooped out. Alex was last, but Jamal called her.
"Doctor Alex?" he called her by her future profession. (I know she's young for it, but she is a genius.)
"What is it?" she asked sweetly. He ran to her, and she knelt by him.
"Will you pinky promise to watch out for Libby and fix her all better if she gets hurt?" he held his tiny finger up again.
"You bet," she smiled, hugged him, and ran out. Jamal and Goddard were alone in the lab. They looked at each other.
"So..." Jamal said, "You got Monopoly?"
"Bark! Bark!"
Author's Review:
Well...I liked it! I think Jamal's cute! Don't worry; they've got whatever non-lethal weapons Jimmy has lying around the lab. DON'T PANIC! Beautiful Gorgeous isn't done with Cindy quite yet. She's not gonna kill her, so calm down, all right? See you next chapter! REVIEW, I IMPLORE YOU!