Chapter Five: Fair is Fair

Everyone files into class after the bell rings. Jimmy completely forgot about pranks in his mind, because in replace of them was Thia.

Right when he was about to sit down, Cindy quickly demands, "Don't sit down!" He stops right before he reaches his chair and stands up. He now remembered the pranks and Cindy. He replies harshly, "What's wrong? Is everything not in place, Boretex?" Cindy flashes a dirty look at Jimmy, she wasn't used to being called names very often. But, she rapidly pushes the anger aside and lightly kicks his chair. All four legs collapse and the seat falls down, then, under his desk, a spring was loaded with a pie. The instant the chair fell the pie went flying to the back of the his chair.

The whole class stared in awe, most were disappointed that the morning amusement was cut short. Jimmy looked surprised and somewhat thankful, but resentfulness did not hesitate to parade through his veins. He looked at Cindy with an annoyed look to find her surprised herself.

"That was a good guess," Cindy said partially to herself.

"Guess? You put it there. Of course you knew where it was!" Jimmy retorted.

"I'm sorry you feel that way," Cindy replied a little discouraged. Cindy picked up his chair and fastened the legs on. She then went out of the classroom and came back with paper towels to clean up the pie. When she was done, she added, "You may take a seat." Jimmy examined and analyzed his seat and desk. He also looked up to see that the ceiling tile was tightly fastened with no hinges. So he sat down in comfort and security.

After Cindy cleaned up the mess, Jimmy gave her less savage looks, but they were still upset looks. 'Cindy has been taking things way too calmly...she barely even flinched when I called her Boretex. Very strange. What has she been doing this past month?' Jimmy thought, but then, for some reason, Thia flooded his mind. He couldn't wait until school ended so he could IM her.

After school, he (you guessed it) ran to his lab to email Thia. To his surprise, she was already there waiting for him.

'Thia: Hello? Anyone home?'

'Jay: Yea. Sorry if I made you wait.'

'Thia: It's cool, I JUST got on. Oh, sorry I had to leave so quickly yesterday. You were just about to explain one of your most successful inventions, right?'

'Jay: Yea, it was my robot dog. I don't know what I'd do without him.'

'Thia: Awesome! I wish I could meet him...and you of course. Any non-living inventions?'

'Jay: You bet. I have a hover car and a rocket and a machine that can look into the future.'

'Thia: You remind me of somebody, but, I highly doubt it's him. I think. Well, killer! The future, huh? What's in your future?'

'Jay: Nobel prize winner.'

'Thia: Why am I not surprised?'

'Jay: Enough about me, yesterday you said something about you having your own inventions. Could I hear some?'

'Thia: Sure. But, I don't have a lab like you, so they're terrible! Anyway, I have this gadget that scans a person and it has stored on there clothes designs and you can choose what you want to wear. Then you hold it facing towards you and you push the big yellow button and after a few seconds you're actually wearing that outfit. It also does hair and makeup. But, it's kinda hard to explain. Chick helped me.'

'Jay: Who's Chick?'

'Thia: So sorry! She's a computer I installed in my house. She has the mind of a brilliant teenage girl. She'll tell us suggestions on clothing, hair, plus makeup. AND she also helps me with my gadgets. I'd have to say she's my most fave invention. I wanted to wait about telling you about her. She's also a charmer, so I try to keep boys out. They'd be heartbroken since she's just a computer. I want to make this hologram so she can somewhat walk around the house and be more alive than she is, but, I can't do that. I don't know how. I think I'm gonna ask someone about that.'

They kept typing to each other for hours. Each making the other laugh and be surprised. When Carl said that Thia was smart, Jimmy didn't know he meant this smart. Sure, she wasn't as intelligent as Jimmy. But, she was pretty smart.

Over at Cindy's the phone rings, again. She walks over questionably. It can't be Libby, she's at that fair with Sheen, surprisingly. "Hello?" She answers.

A raspy yet familiar voice replies, "Hey Cindy, it's Nick."

"Nick? Uh, hi. What can I do for you?"

"I just wanted to let you know that I TOTALLY believe that you didn't set those pranks on Neutron."

"Really?"

"Yea, you're too nice to be doing that. Besides, you have better things to do. So, what're doing?"

"Just typing. You?"

"Watching television. Well, see ya tomorrow."

"Okay, bye."

Cindy was still quite confused. Why'd Nick call her? ' That was THE weirdest conversation I've had with anyone in my life!' Cindy thinks to herself. She didn't think about it for very long, because she went back to typing.

At the UltraLord fair, Sheen doesn't quite know where to start. Actually, he does. He grabs Libby's forearm and meanders his way through the very small crowd. Sheen puts on the breaks from his bolt when he reaches the line for an UltraLord roller coaster.

"This roller coaster FIVE CORKSCREWS, TEN LOOPS, and... SIXTEEN DROPS!" Sheen exclaims hyperactively. Libby didn't have a chance to object, because before she knew it, she was strapped into the feet dangling roller coaster.

Right when Libby was about to talk, their "car" boosted at fifteen miles an hour up a steep slope. "Sheen! I have a...bad feeling...about this!" Libby shouted to Sheen in between breaths and gulps. She wasn't too keen on this. Sheen didn't reply though. He seemed to be in THE ZONE. When they reached the top, it seemed to slow down and stop.

"HEY! What's the big idEEEAAA!" Sheen began but it darted down the even steeper drop and down into a loop. Libby, at first scared, was now enjoying the wind whipping through her hair and the speed and the rush. Her eyes grew as big as an asteroid as they took the corkscrews, loops and drops, she would put her hands up as the went down each drop. Sheen on the other hand, screamed, "WOO-HOO!" through the whole thing.

When it ended, they headed over to the arcade area, not wanting to go on any more actual rides, because that one already pushed Libby's stomach a little far, but not overboard. Sheen would have gone on more rides, but he didn't want to abandon her. He won her a few UltraLord things. Like and UltraLady costume, the doll...sorry, the action figure, and a mask. He made her put hers on top of her head, while he wore his UltraLord mask over his face.

When they were finished, they head home. Libby was really surprised that she had a good time.

"If there is another UltraLord fair in town, could you come with me?" Sheen asks as they reached Libby's door.

"Of course, why wouldn't I?" Libby answered.

"COOL! Then we can wear our costumes and we'll be the ball of the bell! Bye!" Sheen walks home before Libby can say no to the costumes. But, she just laughed. She agreed to this when she let Sheen take her to the fair. Libby whispered to herself before going in, "It's bell of the ball."

Here's how the next day in Retroville played out. Jimmy's a little late for class, so in the meantime, Cindy inspects everything. She couldn't seem to find anything, so she sat back down. While Ms. Fowl was preparing everything, Libby went on and on about how the fair went. She kept talking as if there was no punctuation to her sentences. Cindy had a hard time keeping up, but she managed.

". . .and this roller coaster was so big and long and so much fun and there was this arcade place and Sheen won me a lot of stuff and then he bough me some food and it was the best fair food I've had in my life and then. . ." Libby kept going.

Me: Sorry peoples, but, I'm going to refrain from updating until I get ten reviews. Please don't hate me. I do accept flames,and please no cussing in reviews or any indication of cussing, please and thank you. RR