Disclaimer: I do not own Jimmy Neutron. That would be called slavery, which is against the law.

Sheen woke up a few minutes later to his four friends staring at him. "What happened?" he mumbled.

"You won the book," Jimmy stated.

"I did?" Sheen jumped to his feet.

"Yes, and I won the..." Carl's voice trailed off when Sheen ran up to the podium onstage.

"I would like to thank the academy, and..." Sheen noticed there was no one in the audience. "Wow, just how long was I out for?"

"About ten minutes," replied Cindy. "Everyone else got tired of waiting and went home."

"Now that that's over with," replied the announcer, just appearing from behind the curtains, "feel free to explore." The man, Sheen could see from close up, was not normal adult height, being only about six inches taller than himself.

"Who are you?" asked Sheen.

"Who? Me? Why I am Dan Kee, the creator of UltraLord!"

"Hmm. I recognize the face, but you are shorter than I expected."

Kee looked nervous for a moment, but he quickly replaced that expression with a one of bravado. "Everyone says that. Anyways, it is now 7:15, and I am scheduled to give you the book at 7:30, so this is your chance for a backstage pass. Feel free to explore the building."

"So where's our backstage pass?" Jimmy requested.

"There is none. I just like using that figure of speech," replied Dan.

"Interesting," said Libby, showing unnatural interest. "Nice one, ol' stretch."

Kee once again showed slight fear, but quickly recovered. "Well, we all have our little expressions. Anyways, go on backstage."

Everyone split up. The moment Jimmy saw backstage, he was in instant awe. The hall was twice as large as the stage, and extremely well furnished. The walls were painted gold, which actually had a metallic luster. Neatly arranged across the walls were an arrangement of many valuable trinquets. Even Sheen was in awe. He was gazing at an Oscar award for Jeffery Garcia in the movie "Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius". Dan Kee must be a billionaire! Jimmy thought.

A few minutes later everyone gathered at a table that had been set onstage. After three whole minutes, Dan Kee came onstage sulking, putting a gleaming gold and silver cellphone back in a black fine leather breifcase. "I have bad news guys. The book has been misplaced."

Sheen fainted once again, Jimmy let out a "What in the name of Albert Einstein?", Cindy and Libby gasped, and Carl spit out some gummy bears onto Kee's forehead. Sheen, only a few seconds later, woke up, and shouted "How could this happen!", apparently remenbering everything.

"Well my associates apparently misread their orders. Worse yet, they split the book into twenty-four pieces, placed them in twenty-four cites around the world, and they are going to dispose of them in eight days. I'm sorry Shine."

"It's Sheen."

"Oh, sorry about that also."

"Mister Kee," Sheen asked, "what if we went around the world and collected the pieces before the eight days end?"

"That's a great idea, though I'm surprised you wanted to," Kee said, not seeming very surprised at all. "Although if you do go, we request that you four go along also, for safety reasons."

"WHAT?" Libby squealed.

"No way!" yelled Cindy. "I had a heck of a time just persuading myself to come here! What makes you think I'd want to take a world tour just for Sheen's ultimate obsession?"

"And I have work to be done in the lab," added Jimmy, "and I have to watch Goddard."

"And don't forget about our parents!" Carl completed.

"Your parents are being phoned about this as we speak," Kee replied, "and I can watch your dog for you, Jimmy."

"One more thing, Mr. Kee," Jimmy questioned. "This plan calls for us to travel to twenty-four locations in eight days. That is essentially three locations per day. Only my rocket can reach that speed, and it only holds two kids and a dog. What do you suggest transportation-wise?"

Dan rose over the table and glared at Jimmy. "As I'm sure you noticed backstage, I am a BILLIONAIRE!" Kee shouted. Once more, Kee was temporarily stricken with fear and shock at himself releasing this information so quickly. Just as Jimmy was starting to question him, he put back on his fearless glance. "Anyways, I will provide the adequate transpotation for you."

Jimmy sighed. "Well, I guess I will go with Sheen."

"And I have no life," Carl admitted, "So I'll come too!"

"Well, I guess I'd hate to miss another adventure, I guess I'll tag along," Cindy joined the three boys. Now the only person left was Libby, who looked like she was doubting herself.

"Are you going to come, Libby?" Sheen asked.

"Well, I don't know..." Libby said. Sheen once again gave her that pleading look. "Well, Ok."

"Huzzah!" Sheen cried.

"Huzzah to you, too, my friend," Kee interrupted the celebration. "Now, who is responsible enough to hold the map?"

"I'll look after the map, sir," Cindy volunteered. "When do we start?"

"Tomorrow, promptly at seven AM," Dan stated. "See you folks tomorrow."

"See ya, old stretch," Cindy said, causing Kee to scare himself once more.

As they left the arena, Jimmy stated his one and only doubt. "You know, if Kee didn't know we would be going, how come our parents were already being phoned? Hmm. Probably just billionaire talk," Jimmy decided.

Back on stage, Dan Kee took a sigh of relief. "Whew," he told himself. "I thought they had dicovered me a couple times!"

I hope this chapter gave you a few hints about "Dan Kee". Thanks for reading!