Disclaimer: I do not own Jimmy Neutron or any related characters.
Jimmy was waiting outside later that day, leaning against the door to his clubhouse. He sighed and glanced down at his watch. He frowned. "God, it's already six o'clock. We don't have much time to prepare." He looked up and saw that the sun had almost set.
"Hey Neutron," Nick said while jogging over. About two dozen boys followed behind him.
"You're late," Jimmy angrily said while allowing the security system to scan his retina.
Nick followed Jimmy as they entered his clubhouse. "Dude, by like thirty seconds. Chill."
The floor beneath the boys instantly slid away. They began to slide down the winding tunnel. They landed on a pile of soft mattresses that Jimmy had recently placed there. "Come on," he said while ushering the boys further into the lab.
"You've got to hit A!" Carl shouted as Sheen struggled to activate his laser beam.
Sheen bit his lip while furiously pressing buttons on his X-box's controller. He stared up at the giant monitor that was Jimmy's main computer. "No you don't! The manual's wrong!"
"That's stupid!" Carl shouted while struggling to take the controller away from Sheen.
"You're stupid!" Sheen shot back while kicking Carl.
"Ah-hem," Jimmy coughed while coming to a stop behind the two boys.
Sheen and Carl turned around. "Oh, hi Jimmy," Sheen nervously said.
"What'cha doing?" Jimmy asked while looking at the screen.
Sheen glanced back at the screen, and then back at Jimmy. His face contorted into horror. "Oh my god! The Yolkians are back!" he screamed. He turned back around and finally activated the laser by hitting A. The enemy ship exploded.
Sheen turned back around to face Jimmy. "Oh my gosh, that was close. Thank goodness I installed this new, uh, remote controlled weapon slash video camera satellite on the moon while you were away."
Jimmy raised an eyebrow. "Then what's that?" he asked while pointing to the X-box."
Sheen thought for a moment. "Power box."
Nick tapped Jimmy's shoulder. "You leave these guys alone in your lab?"
Jimmy sadly shook his head. "Yeah, I never get why." He motioned for Sheen and Carl to follow him as he led the boys into another room.
"Gentlemen, thank you for meeting here once again. If you'll follow me over here, I have the blueprints for the Vortex house outlined on this table."
Jimmy walked over to a table with a white screen and pressed a button. An extensive layout of a house took up one-third of the screen. He pressed a few more buttons, and the layout of the yard appeared as well.
"There are twenty-three of you, plus Carl, Sheen, and myself," he said to himself while counting everyone. He pressed a few more buttons. On the side of the screen appeared twenty-six dots, each colored differently.
"We don't have a lot of time, so please listen carefully. I don't want to have to repeat this," Jimmy instructed. He picked what looked like a pen up from the table. "This is the Vortex house," he said while pointing to the blueprints.
"This, of course, is our main objective. There are three floors. A main floor, a second floor, and an attic," he continued, pointing to each floor. "The first floor is almost certainly where the sleepover will be held. There are far too many girls to fit in Cindy's room, so they must all be spending the night in the living room."
"Now, here is the plan. Nick will walk up to the front door and ring the bell." Jimmy put his pen on the dot that represented Nick. He dragged it to the Vortex's front door. "Hopefully Mrs. Vortex will answer. You'll quickly go inside for some reason. You'll have to make sure the girls are in the living room. You'll exit and report to me."
He looked up from the table and stared at everyone. "Everyone getting this so far?"
Nick nodded. "Just one question. Why do I have to be the one to go inside the house?"
Jimmy smiled. "Cindy adores you. If she answers the door, she'll certainly let you in. If I do it, she'll probably slam it shut in my face."
"Ok.Go on," Nick instructed.
"While he is doing this, twenty of you will be assembling yourself in the trees." He dragged twenty dots and placed them in trees. There were four kids in five trees around the house. "You will be the lookouts. You will be looking through the windows and relaying information to us at all times."
"Meanwhile, the remaining six of us will circle to the back of the house. That will be me, Bolbi, Carl, Sheen, Ike, and you, Nick. We'll scale the wall and climb up to the roof. We'll slip inside, and the rest I'll explain there."
The guys stared at Jimmy as he flipped a switch underneath the table. The screen shut off. Jimmy smiled and looked at his army. "So, everybody got it?"
Everyone began speaking at once. Jimmy couldn't tell if they were confused or not. Nick stuck two fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly. "Everybody shut up for a second!" The roar immediately died down. "Jimmy, this makes sense, but there's one problem. We're going to need a lot of high-tech stuff. Where are we going to..." his voice trailed off as he realized who he was talking to.
Jimmy just smiled and walked up to the door to another room. Everyone followed him. He took out a security card and swiped it through the slot. He opened the door and flipped a light switch as everyone crowded around him.
"Dude, there's nothing here," Butch said.
Jimmy hit a button below the light switch. Thirty chrome trays immediately slid out from the wall. Each tray contained various devices. The guys noticed that a glass cube was surrounding six of the trays. "What's that about?" Sheen asked while pointing to the cube.
Ignoring Sheen, Jimmy led the group inside the large room. "Now, I didn't know exactly how many kids there would be to help me, so I prepared supplies for thirty. Everyone except Sheen, Carl, Nick, Bolbi, and Ike, go get your supplies. There is a walkie-talkie, a camouflaged outfit, black paint to camouflage your faces, flashlights, and high-powered binoculars."
Jimmy pointed to the glass cube. "Those are the special supplies for us six that are going inside the house. Everyone else, please gather your stuff and leave the room. Find someplace private and change into your camouflage." He watched as the guys left the room.
Jimmy then turned back around and faced the five other guys in the room. "Let's get our stuff." He walked over and grabbed a small hammer that was hanging from the wall. He smashed the glass. "I feel the glass cube added dramatic affect," he explained.
Everybody grabbed their tray and examined what was on it. Jimmy pointed to each item and explained what they were. "I made sure that I used every ounce of my knowledge to equip us with the best stuff possible. First off, we have the walkie-talkies. We also have the binoculars. Nick, you'll notice that I have included several miniature video cameras on my tray. When we get inside, I'll put them in strategic places. But not the bathroom."
Nick smiled. "Hey, I'm not a pervert, Jimmy. I just want to hear them talk."
Jimmy nodded. "But here is the difference from the other guys' supplies." He pulled out a gun with a what appeared to be a sharp harpoon on the end. "This is a grappling gun. We're going to need this bad boy to get up to the roof. What you have to do is aim it and pull the trigger. The sharp end should lodge itself in a wall or something. Press the trigger again and the rope will pull you up. Just hold on to the gun and hang on. The rope can carry up to four hundred pounds, so there's no way that it will break."
Once thatexplanation was done, hestrapped the grappling gun to his leg with some ropethat was on his tray. The other guys did the same. Jimmy thenpicked up what looked like a laser gun. "I call this the sleeper rifle. I only have six, that's why six of us are going inside. When a person is hit by this, they will be incapacitated for thirty minutes. They will be completely paralyzed and asleep."
Jimmy held up a tube of bright green liquid. "Now, I didn't have much time to make these. I've had a lot to do since yesterday. This is the extra ammo pack. They have two shots. Your gun has one shot inside it. So, you have three shots in total. Use them wisely."
Everyone picked up their guns and extra ammo. They studied them carefully. "Now, if you want to place the extra ammo pack inside, you pull back this slide. The empty vial will eject itself. Place your replacement vial inside the chamber. Push the slide back in. Then you're good to go," Jimmy explained while demonstrating. Once he was done, he placed the half-full vial back in place. He put the spare vial that conained two shots in his pocket.
Jimmy sighed and looked up at the clock. It was about seven o'clock. He didn't know how long Cindy would wait to read the journal. It was better to be safe than sorry. "Nick, assemble your men. Get them together and tell them what they need to hear. We're shipping out in five minutes."