A.N. Sorry about the long wait, but my computer has been messing me up recently. Anyway here is Chapter 18, enjoy!-badwolf1

Chapter 18- Eustace returns!

"But how? You're dead!" Exclaimed Libby staring at Eustace, who was hovering in the air, as if the billionaire was a ghost.

"Not entirely, I survived our last encounter; and now I have come for my final vengeance." Eustace floated downwards, and landed in front of the group. The General stood beside him, and knelt beside his master.

"How did you survive?" Cindy asked the billionaire.

"Did you really think that I, Eustace Strych, would kill himself before destroying Jimmy Neutron and his friends? If you believed that I was gone then you're a fool. You didn't think I was dead did you Jimmy?" Eustace remarked, finishing the speech with a sarcastic question aimed at Jimmy.

"I knew you were alive." Jimmy said slowly, and everybody turned to look at him.

"How did you know he was alive Jimmy?" Carl asked his best friend.

"I think that is what we all want to know." Eustace commented in an interested voice.

"When we raided Hunt's hotel we opened a safe, inside that safe there were two things: A key to the master lift, and a script of a conversation between Hunt and Eustace."

"Very clever." Eustace muttered, and he stared at Jimmy.

"Why did you jump off that cliff Eustace?" Libby asked him.

"I needed a new start, so I decided to escape from this world. I was faced with overwhelming odds, and made a decision. I faked my own death."

"But it didn't work." Carl said.

"What makes you say that?" Eustace inquired.

"From the look of your body it didn't work." Nick said, gazing at Eustace's body. He was, like The General, part machine part human.

"What happened to you Eustace?" Cindy asked him, and the billionaire began to tell the story of how he survived…

"I leapt down the cliff, and thought that I could hang on to one of the ledges. I misjudged the fall, and found there were no ledges on the cliff. I plummeted downwards, and eventually found a ledge. I grabbed on, and managed to pull myself up. I was cut deeply, and was bleeding badly. I knew that I was going to die, it was inevitable that the end was near. I welcomed death, and then at the last second, none other than Desmond Hunt saved me.

The Hunt family were rich, and were friends of my family for years. The head of the family Desmond's father, Alfred Hunt, had great respect for me and ordered Desmond to get my body. Desmond of course complied, he to respected me, and discovered me alive. I was quickly rescued, and was brought to the Hunt's mansion. Alfred took me in, and attempted to heal me. However my body was far beyond repair, I was doomed. Then Alfred used technology from the future to heal me, and I was astounded to find myself alive. My body was still battered; there was nothing we could do. Then began the rebuilding of my body, we salvaged our futuristic technology and made me as you see me now. Unfortunately, Alfred died shortly afterwards, but Desmond pledged his services to me. I began to plot once more my ultimate revenge, this time it had to be perfect. It was at that point I sent myself into the future, and discovered that your group was hugely successful. I was even more annoyed at this fact, and set about changing the future. I found the remains of Wayne Mace, and from my old Yolkian war machine blueprints, I created The General. I gathered an army of followers, made myself powerful in both the present and the future and waged war on humanity. I returned more powerful than ever."

Jimmy stared at Eustace, until Nick dared to break the silence.

"We'll still stop you." The General laughed; his first time in doing so since he had became a robot.

"You can not hope to stop the events we have began." The machine snarled, and Nick stepped forward.

"I can try." The hostility between the two grew, until Nick unleashed a blast with his generators. Then all hell broke loose!

The General began firing everywhere, and the group divided. Jimmy and Cindy took the left hand side, Nick and Libby on the right, and Carl in the centre. All five friends charged, and The General was out manoeuvred. The machine attempted to destroy the five children, but he could not hit them all at once. He suddenly swerved, and fired a direct shot at Carl. The poor teenager was flung up into the air, and Jimmy managed to catch him in a forcefield made by the generators. Cindy went around The General's back, and fired. The deadly robot screamed in pain, and turned to face the teenage girl. The General's eyes were full of fury, and he prepared to destroy Cindy. Jimmy got in the way, and faced the full brunt of the deadly power of the machine.

Eustace laughed! He was close to victory, but now he could unleash his true army.

"Nice try Jimmy, but it is time for you to die." Eustace clapped his hands, and machines began to pour in everywhere. The group were surrounded, there was no way out. They were doomed.

"I have returned for my vengeance Neutron, and now I shall have it!"

A.N. Well that's what we like! Next chapter will focus on Sheen, and the previously encountered Ed Mercy! By the way my new forum is open now, in which you can ask me questions about any piece of my work, future storylines etc.