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"JIMMY! HELP!" someone shouted outside of Jimmy Neutron's locked bedroom door.

Jimmy rolled out of his bed and crashed onto the floor, woken by the pleading screams. "What?" he groggily asked while walking over to his door and unlocking it.

As soon as Jimmy turned the doorknob Cindy came running into his room. "Cindy?" he asked in surprise. He looked back out the door to see Cindy's mom running up the stairs from the living room. "Mrs. Vortex?" he said, even more confused.

"Jimmy, close the damn door!" Cindy shouted while looking around the room and grabbing a lamp. She held it high above her head, prepared to slam it down lest her mother enter.

Jimmy looked at Cindy like she was insane, but closed the door and locked it. He leaned against it and shook his head in an attempt to wake himself up. "What are you doing here? It's midnight," he asked her, still-half asleep.

Suddenly a knife pierced through the wooden door, mere centimeters from Jimmy's head. That woke him up. He jumped away from the door and landed on his bed. He glared at Cindy. "You and your mom have a fight?"

Cindy nodded. "Just get us out of here!"

Jimmy ran to the corner of his room and flipped Goddard on. "Fly cycle mode!" he commanded. He grabbed a hold of his dog's leg, as did Cindy, as it flew out his window and down towards the ground.

Jimmy quickly pulled a hair out of his head and held it up to the DNA scanner. Cindy tapped her foot on the ground. "Can you move it!"

"I'm doing it as fast as I can!" Jimmy shouted back. He shoved the door open and ushered Cindy inside.

Jimmy slammed the door shut behind them and ran further into the lab. He walked to his main computer and turned on the surveillance system. He breathed a sigh of relief as he saw that Mrs. Vortex was still in his house.

He spun his chair around and stared at Cindy. "Mind telling me what is going on?"

Cindy was pacing around and rubbing her head, trying to keep it together in front of Jimmy. "Short version? Well, mom and dad getting divorced. I chose to live with dad. Mom kind of," Cindy extended her pinky and thumb and tipped it over her head. "Mom goes insane, attacks dad, I run, she follows me, and now we're in your lab."

"Why the heck did you run into my house?" Jimmy shouted.

Cindy appeared hurt for a second, but quickly scowled at Jimmy. "Pardon me for not thinking clearly at the time! Now just get us the heck out of here!"

Jimmy shook his head. "We're safe in here. We'll just call the cops and they'll arrest her. We'll wait in here until they arrive."

Cindy clenched her teeth and glanced behind her. "The cops won't help!"

Jimmy sighed. "Why do people always say that? Of course they help! That's their job!"

Cindy clenched her fist and bit her lip. "Jimmy, do you trust me?" she seriously asked. Jimmy didn't say anything. "Do you trust me!"

Jimmy thought another second. "Yeah, I do."

"Then believe me when I tell you that we have got to get out of here."

Jimmy stared at Cindy.

"Now!" she screamed.