Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future

Episode 15: Confrontations

Plot: It's time for the Nicktoons to face their problems: SpongeTron can't stop thinking about SpongeCog X and decides to sneak off on his own to settle things with SpongeCog once and for all. Jimmy and his former comrades confront Eustace about his stolen schematic, and Darry, Tammy, and Tommy, force Maxwell to tell them the truth about the future.

Part 1

One early morning, SpongeTron was lying flat on his back on a metal table as he charges himself. His eyes are closed until his face scrunches up. In his memory banks, he starts thinking about a giant robot with large muscles, vicious teeth, and razor sharp claws. This robot is SpongeCog X, the combined form of the three defective SpongeCog robots forced together by SpongeCog 001.

SpongeTron suddenly shot his eyes open and sprung up, having felt disturbed by the robot since he first encountered it. A whining noise is heard as Goddard enters the room, sounding concerned about the fellow robot. SpongeTron sighs and says, "Oh Goddard, as a robot, only you would understand how I feel." He stands up and asks, "Okay, what if Jimmy forcibly took us apart and rebuilt us into a colossal death machine?"

Goddard growled and barked in objection. "Yeah, it was SpongeCog who did it and there's no way Jimmy would do such a thing..." SpongeTron agreed, but frowns as he recalls, "Then again, he locked me and my brethren in the basement for nine years."

Goddard barked again which SpongeTron translated, "But you understand because Timmy once mistook you for a game console and turned you into a colossal death machine that grows bigger every time you defeated a foe?"

Goddard whimpered and bowed his head at the memory. SpongeTron added, "I know the SpongeCogs are our enemies, but I can't stop thinking about them and what they might've endured."

Goddard stared at SpongeTron as he fiercely ranted, "Ooh, that SpongeCog has done a lot bad things since he was built. He's impersonated me, worked for an evil version of my creator, stolen Java from me, and tried to kill my friends. But to dismantle his own team and turn them into that? How could he?!"

Goddard barks at him again and SpongeTron laughs sheepishly as he replies, "Of course not. Why would I do a thing like that?" He starts to walk away as he adds, "Just talking about it makes me let go of the whole thing."

Meanwhile, Jimmy was in the lab with Timmy, Danny, Tak, and SpongeTron as they prepare to take on their mission of confronting Eustace Strych. Jimmy loads his belt with various inventions as he instructs, "Okay, is everybody ready?"

SpongeBob has his karate gloves on as he fiercely growls and answers, "I was born ready." Still holding a grudge for what Eustace did to Junior.

Danny looked at Jimmy in concern. "I just hope you know what you're getting into, Jimmy."

"Why can't we just let our kids do this?" Timmy asked.

A slightly irritated Jimmy responds, "It's become quite clear up to this point that he has my schematic, and if you steal a scientist's idea, then it's our job to retrieve it."

Tak smiles and agrees, "Sounds reasonable to me. Let's do it."

"What are you boys doing?" They notice Cindy standing in the doorway and see them armed with their weapons.

They stand there in awkward silence, not wanting to tell her that they were gonna ambush Eustace Strych in his own home. Timmy quickly answers, "Bowling! We're going bowling!"

SpongeBob laughs nervously and adds, "Yeah, Guys Night."

But Cindy dully mentions, "It's 10 AM."

The men fall silent again until Danny states, "We like to get to the bowling alley early. You know, to...snag a good lane."

As they start to head out, Jimmy approached his wife and assures, "That's right. No need to find that suspicious." He kisses her before following his friends. "Be back later tonight."

In another part of HQ, SpongeTron had typed into the computer a specific location and activated Jimmy's portal. He was set to walk in until he heard a bark. He yelped in alarm and turn around to see Goddard. "Goddard! What are you doing here?"

The dog growled at him in suspicion until SpongeTron responded, "What? Of course not! I certainly wasn't going to head to the world the SpongeCogs were living in.

Goddard barked at him again and SpongeTron confesses, "Okay, I was going there, but can you blame me? Someone has to teach SpongeCog a lesson."

"Brrr bark bark!"

"Oh, I can't involve them. This is just between us robots. They would never understand what I feel."

"Bark!"

"Don't worry. I got that taken care of."

In Amity Park, Darry Fenton was sitting in class, looking bored by the lesson until he felt his phone vibrate. He looks down at his phone hidden under his desk to find a text message from SpongeTron, reading, 'Need oil, gone to auto store, will be gone the whole day. -ST'

Darry just stared at the text in question, but didn't think anything of it.

SpongeTron just smiled as he added, "I'll be back before anyone realizes I'm gone." But Goddard just jumps towards SpongeTron and places his front paws on him. "You still don't want me to go, do you?" He asked in concern.

Goddard growled and barked which surprised SpongeTron. "What!? No way! You're not coming with me!"

Goddard barked why when SpongeTron responded, "Because Jimmy will be worried if he finds both of us missing! Besides, what would happen if you got damaged...or worse, dismantled?"

"Grrr... Bark! Bark!" Goddard asked the same question.

SpongeTron did not respond and frowned sadly. But Goddard just jumped on top of him and started licking his face. Rather than be angry, SpongeTron just laughed, "Ha ah ah ah! Down boy! Ha ah ah ah! Okay, okay, you can come along!"

Goddard got off of the robot and the latter asked, "But you do know what you're getting into, right?" Wagging his tail, Goddard barked and SpongeTron repeated, "You're right. This is between us robots." With a smile, SpongeTron pets Goddard's head and they both walk into the portal that would lead them to where the SpongeCogs reside.

Meanwhile at Eustace's mansion, the billionaire was in the living room, sitting on the couch with a red-headed woman. He was sitting close to her as he smiled flirtatiously. "...So, I could not decide if I should buy a hovercar or a boat, so I just decided to buy both."

The woman giggled and responded, "Wow, tell me more about what it's like to be rich."

Eustace was about to continue until his butler walked in. "Master Strych, you have some visitors at the front door who wish to see you."

"Tell them I'm busy..." He stares lovingly at his date. "...quite busy."

The butler adds, "They say it's urgent, and I should mention that they appear to be...well armed."

Eustace's eyes widen, but he quickly relaxes and stands up. "I see. Well, I guess I should attend to it." He helps his date off the couch and sends her away. "Time to go, sweetheart. I have some business to take care of."

He goes to the front door and sees Jimmy and the adult Nicktoons standing there, waiting for him. He smiles and greets them. "Ah, James, what a surprise to see you. And you brought friends." He stares, not entirely recognizing the older Nicktoons, "Could these be the Nicktoons?"

"We're the Nicktoons alright." SpongeBob responded with a fierce glare as he prepared to strike. "And we're also angry dads!"

The sponge was about to lunge at Eustace until Jimmy grabbed him by his arms. "As my associate has said, we know you're responsible for what happened with SpongeBob Jr., and we're here to confront you about it." Jimmy explained as he passes the kicking SpongeBob over to Danny.

But Eustace still did not feel threatened. "Are you?" He calmly asked, "Well, just what are you intending to do about it? Attack me in my own home?"

"Actually," Jimmy replied as he takes off his equipment belt. "...we're here to talk."

"What?!" SpongeBob exclaimed, surprised just as the rest of his friends were, including Eustace.

"You heard me correctly, Eustace." Jimmy explained. "No more games. We're not children anymore and we're going to sit down and talk like the adults that we are."

Everyone waited for Eustace's answer until he finally responded, "Interesting, Neutron. But what happens if I refuse?"

Jimmy smugly answered, "Well, like SpongeBob said before, we are also dads, and given that you messed with one of our kids, I'd hate to let him loose." He pointed at SpongeBob, who was struggling to tear Eustace to shreds while he was being restrained by Danny.

Eustace thought it over and answered, "Very well; if you all are serious about wanting to talk about our feelings, you may all surrender your weapons at the door and head to the sitting area." He walks away and tells his butler, "Blix, fetch some drinks for our guests."

Jimmy gives his belt of inventions to the butler as he heads inside, followed by SpongeBob who gives up his karate gloves and bubble soap, Danny changes to human form, Tak gives up his staff and bolas, and Timmy convinces his fairies to surrender their wands. Eustace went into a different hallway, and once he was alone, he spoke into a smart watch and stated, "They're all here. You know what to do next."

Near Nicktoon HQ, the person Eustace is speaking to responds, "You got it, Mr. S." And hangs up, revealing it to be Java, who cloaks her body to sneak inside HQ.

Meanwhile with SpongeTron, he and Goddard made it into the underground facility where Darry and Maxwell were taken to last time they were here. They were walking down the dark metal hallways, looking for SpongeCog. SpongeTron shuddered as he glanced around. "Oooh...this place is even creepier than last time."

From around the corner, the two were being watched by a familiar figure, who quickly dashes away. Goddard turns around and barks in alarm. SpongeTron translated, "You mean you can detect traces of SpongeCog's signal?" Goddard nods and earns an affectionate pet from SpongeTron. "You know, I'm actually glad you came with me." He said with a warm smile.

Goddard barked enthusiastically and ran ahead to lead SpongeTron to the evil robots. "Good boy, lead the way!" SpongeTron shouted as he followed. But SpongeTron stepped on a loose tile and the wall opened up, releasing a barrage on syringes at him. SpongeTron screamed as he was struck and Goddard looked in concern. But SpongeTron simply sat up with the needles sticking in his skin, since being a robot; he was not affected by sedative.

"Yeah, I think I remember Darry and Max mentioning something about traps in this place." SpongeTron dully mentioned. Goddard shook his head and extended an arm from inside his back to pull out the needles one by one.

Back at Strych Manor, the adults were gathered in the living room with the Nicktoon adults sitting on some sofas while Eustace sat in a chair. Blix fixed some glasses of wine for them to drink, which Eustace takes graciously. "Well, I must say," Eustace begins speaking kindly. "It has certainly been a long time since I've seen the five of you together."

Timmy holds his chin and sarcastically responds, "Yeah... wasn't that the time you tried to brainwash us into doing whatever you want?"

Eustace chuckled and replied, "Oh please, I was just a child then."

"Oh really?" Tak asked skeptically. "As I recall, I think you were fourteen when you did that."

Jimmy signaled his friends to stop and he turned to Eustace, "We're not exactly here to reminisce, Eustace. We're here because I have reason to believe that you are in possession of my schematic. The one I had when I was attacked by that robot in the factory."

Eustace pondered about it for a minute until he responded, "Oh, THAT schematic. Well, what makes you think I have it?"

SpongeBob stood up in his seat and exclaimed, "How about the fact that you implanted an IQ chip into my son's head and nearly blew out his brain."

Eustace smiles slyly and replies, "Oh yes, I guess I did. I truly am sorry about that, SpongeBob. Had I known that would happen, I never would have put him in that kind of danger."

"Really?" SpongeBob asked, his anger disappearing, but still looking stern. "Well, if Junior were here, I'd have you apologize to him." Jimmy rolled his eyes at SpongeBob's gullible nature and the fact that their conversation was going nowhere.

Back at the underground lair, SpongeTron walked down the hall with Goddard, both looking scuffed up from the various traps they set off. "Okay, there are a lot more traps here than I thought there were." SpongeTron dully said until Goddard barked, leading an offended SpongeTron to reply, "What do you mean we should've gone right? The floor was on fire."

Goddard barked again in protest, to which SpongeTron retorted, "Well, we went left last time like you said and we got zapped by lasers."

"Grrr bark bark!"

"NOW you're telling me the facility is blocking your tracking signal?"

"Arf bark bark!"

SpongeTron slapped his forehead and groaned; "Now how are we supposed to find SpongeCog?" But suddenly, a red claw pushed a button and the floor below Goddard opened up, dropping him below. SpongeTron gasped and cried, "Goddard!"

Before he could try to start finding his robot companion, he heard a familiar voice, "SpongeTron!"

He looks up to see Maxwell running from the dark hall, looking scuffed up and bruised. The robot was shocked to see him. "Max?! What are you doing here?"

While whimpering, Maxwell answered, "SpongeCog captured me again. He tried to feed me to SpongeCog X; you gotta get me back to HQ!"

SpongeTron felt sympathy for him and replied, "Oh Max, you poor thing. Tell you what, how about instead I take you to the junkyard and you can play around in the incinerator?"

Maxwell suddenly glared and furiously yelled, "You insensitive bot!"

"You lying bot!"

Maxwell's eyes glow red and he changes into SpongeCog. "I thought I would have to bring you here myself, but you saved me the trouble."

SpongeTron activates his sonic cannon and replies, "I'm ready for anything today."

The two robots pose as they get ready to fight, and SpongeCog casually says, "So...I hear you broke up with Java."

SpongeTron scoffs and replies, "Phfft, no, no, we are just what humans refer to as 'taking a break'."

SpongeCog smirks and asks, "Oh really? Is she what humans refer to as 'available'?"

That's what pushed the robot's buttons as SpongeTron gritted his teeth. "Oh, that does it." He unleashed his Sonic Cannon and blasted at SpongeCog. SpongeCog rocketed away and landed on a high place. That didn't stop SpongeTron as he switched to his Robo-Chargers and zapped bolts of lightning at him.

SpongeCog quickly ducked out of the way of the blast and he smirks for a bit until he was surrounded by a glow. SpongeTron tries to get closer, but stops when he sees Java. She smiles and says mockingly, "Oh, Spongy-Poo, it's no wonder I'm not into in you. You're too much of a goody-goody to be a real robot."

Suddenly, a rocket is shot at Java, blasting her away. SpongeTron's arm was now equipped with a rocket launcher. "I'm not gonna let you mess with my feelings. This is gonna make me hurt you a lot more!" SpongeTron's other arm turns into rocket launcher as well as he sends rockets flying.

Suddenly, a glow appears from the smoke and Junior steps out, "Too bad. I was looking forward to watching you cry." He cruelly says. But SpongeTron screams in fury and launches more rockets at SpongeCog.

Meanwhile in Dimmsdale, school had just let out and all the kids were walking home. Maxwell yawns from the long day while Tammy and Tommy follow from behind. "You know," Tommy whispers to his sister. "It's been a while now and Max still hasn't really told us anything about the future."

Tammy whispered back, "But what can we do? He won't give us any straight answers."

"Well, he has to tell us. Eustace Strych is hiding something and Max knows what it is. It probably has to do with the future, so we gotta get Max to tell us what it is."

Tammy thought it over and smiled with an idea. She instructed her brother, "You call Darry and tell him to meet us at our house. I got one other phone call to make."

Back in Retroville, the adults were still on the couches, looking like they were falling asleep while Eustace shared business stories with them. When Timmy was about to nod off, he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and he immediately jumped up. "Looks like my daughter's calling me, better go take this." Timmy announced, looking all too eager to leave the room.

The adults said nothing as Timmy walks away from everyone and Eustace adds, "Ah, a father's work is never done- or so I heard."

Timmy went into the hallway and answered his phone, "What is it, Tammy? Is Tommy in the principal's office? Do you need to be picked up from Irma's? I'll help you with whatever you need."

Tammy answered, "Actually, Tommy and I can't get Max to tell us anything."

Timmy paused and offered his advice, "Well, sweetie, doesn't Max know if he wants us to help him he has to tell us the truth?"

"Of course, but he won't tell us no matter how much we ask."

"Well, I'm getting someone else to tell the truth by sitting in the room with them and not letting them leave. So you should try that."

Tammy brightened up. "Really?"

"Sure." Timmy then spoke sternly, "But no using instruments of torture."

"Got it," Tammy replied when she covered the mic of the phone, "You heard him, Poofie."

Poof was holding up electric cables attached to a car battery. He poofs them away and puts his hands behind his back, grinning sheepishly.

Timmy then said, "Daddy's gotta get back. Good luck, Tammy."

He hung up the phone and went back to the others, who were still in the living room. "Timmy, welcome back." Eustace greeted. "I was just telling everyone how wonderful it is that your children have formed a new generation of Nicktoons. What were their names? Darry, Tammy, Tommy, and SpongeTron?"

"Right..." Jimmy responded in annoyed tone. "You met them at Tech Con, remember?"

"Of course I do. But I don't recall meeting your second Nicktoon team that SpongeBob Jr. told me about. I believe he's on the team with Crash, Twitchy, Yuki, and Kida, correct?"

"Wow, you do know about them." Tak said, looking mildly impressed.

"It must be difficult to manage two teams." Eustace pauses and slyly offers, "Though I could always take one of them off your hands for say..."

Jimmy nearly jumped out of his seat as he responded, "Forget it, Eustace!"

Danny added, "We're still not for sale, and neither are any of our kids."

"But you're misunderstanding." Eustace explained, "I'm not the same selfish child who wanted you for petty reasons. I could give your children everything you never had: a good education, useful skills, and a secure future."

"That sounds plausible." Jimmy responded, "But can you explain why you tried to eradicate SpongeTron's hard drive?"

A scowling SpongeBob added, "And why you put that brain chip into Junior?"

Timmy added as well, "And why you hired the Syndicate to capture Maxwell?"

"Speaking of which," Jimmy began suspiciously asking, "Why is it that you have a particular interest in that boy?"

Rather than answer their questions, Eustace smiles slyly and responds, "If you want me to answer your questions, why don't you answer some of mine first?"

Back in the robots' lair, the hallways were completely blown up and destroyed from the fight SpongeTron and SpongeCog were having. SpongeCog quickly jumps into a hole that was burned into the ground just as a rocket explodes above him. SpongeTron quickly dodges a powerful laser as he hides behind a corner, panting in exhaustion due to nearly being drained of power.

As he hid as well, SpongeCog was also low on power until he sees electrical wires imbedded into the ground. Likewise, SpongeTron opens up his chest and digs around inside until he pulls out a portable phone charger. SpongeTron looks at the outlet in his chest, but realizes the USB plug won't fit and he has no choice but to rip the side of his head open. "It doesn't have to be this way, SpongeCog!" He yells across the room.

While SpongeCog claws a hole into his chest, he yells out to SpongeTron, "Of course you'd say that! All you wanna do is make friends rather than fight!"

"At least I still have my friends!" An offended SpongeTron yells as he quickly digs around inside his head until he finds a small USB port. "You destroyed your own team!"

SpongeCog takes the two wires out from the ground and connects them until they conduct electricity. "I improved them! They don't even know what happened to them, you don't call that friendly?"

"No, I don't!" SpongeTron yells furiously as he plugs the cable into the port. Simultaneously, SpongeCog sticks the sparking wires into his chest and SpongeTron connects the phone charger into his head, and both scream as their bodies instantly recharge. Once their batteries are charged, they both run out of hiding, ready to fight again.

SpongeTron activated his spiked gauntlet along with SpongeCog, but the moment they were about to strike each other, SpongeCog suddenly froze in shock when standing in front of him was DarkEvil LaserPants. "Master..." SpongeCog softly whispered until he was suddenly punched in the face by DarkEvil, who had a large gauntlet. He then touched his wrist and changed into SpongeTron.

Despite the damage, SpongeCog chuckled sadistically as he lied on the floor. "Well, look who's been picking up my tricks. Guess you're not as soft as you let on."

SpongeTron narrowed his eyes and replied, "And I guess you're not as unfeeling as you let on." When his counterpart didn't respond, SpongeTron asked, "But why? He was horrible to you and everyone else. Why do you feel the need to avenge him?"

SpongeCog stood up and pointed out, "Neutron and SquarePants locked you in a basement for most of your existence, so why do you feel the need to serve them?" SpongeTron stayed silent and SpongeCog glows until he changes into Jimmy Neutron. "SpongeTron is obsolete, so let's leave him in storage." He changes into SpongeBob and adds, "I agree, when will we ever have use for him?"

SpongeTron holds the sides of his head and growls in frustration. He starts fiddling with his watch. "Your creator would like a word with you, SpongeCog." But before he could change his appearance, SpongeTron's watch was stabbed with a beamsword, breaking it and causing him to change into his robot appearance.

"You think I'd fall for the same trick twice?" SpongeCog asks maliciously.

SpongeTron showed no fear and pulled back, asking, "What are you gonna do? Destroy me? It would be nothing compared to what you did to the other SpongeCogs."

SpongeCog smirks in realization. "Oh, is that why you came here?"

SpongeTron stood tall and said seriously, "That's right. I'm here to reap what you sow. I want you to dismantle SpongeCog X and put them back to normal!"

SpongeCog chuckled, "And why on Earth would I do that?"

"Because it's a monstrosity on robot kind!" SpongeTron spat, "On our brethren!"

"What you call a 'monstrosity' is what I call 'perfection.'" SpongeCog replied in an almost gentleman-like manner.

SpongeTron yelled out, "You're a liar! I'd believe that when I see it!"

SpongeCog's eyes widen with an idea and he suddenly lunges forward, ripping off SpongeTron's legs. "Oh, don't worry. You will." Now unable to move, SpongeTron shuts his eyes as he was being dragged somewhere by his evil counterpart.

Soon, a pair of blue eyes open, only these were human and belonged to Maxwell. "Huh? Where am I?" He looks around to notice he was sitting at a table in the interrogation room he was brought to when he first came to Nicktoon HQ.

"Hey Max." Tammy greeted when he sees her, Tommy, and Darry.

"Guys?" Maxwell asked confused, "What's going on? Why are we here?" Then he realized, "Wait, did you guys knock me out and drag me here?"

The three Nicktoons suddenly look sheepishly at each other. "...Not exactly." Tommy answers.

An impatient Maxwell reads their minds and views a memory of Darry approaching him with a friendly wave. Maxwell looks unamused until Darry turns intangible and flies into his body, overshadowing him. The possessed psychic's eyes turn bright blue as he turns to Tammy and Tommy, holding his wrists out as if signaling to cuff him. This enrages Maxwell and he yells, "You permitted Scottie to control my body and bring me here against my will?!"

"Only because we knew you wouldn't have come if we asked." Darry mentioned.

Maxwell just stood from his seat and marches to the door. "Forget this, I'm outta here."

When he opened the door, he stopped to see Junior standing there with a large grin. "Hi Max!" He greeted with a wave.

"Junior?" Maxwell questioned as the sponge backs him into the room. "What the heck is going on?"

"Just this..." Tommy answered as he and Tammy both shout, "We wish the door was locked!" Suddenly, Poof summons side locks on the door, followed by chains with a huge lock, a metal door closing in, a high tech security system with lasers, rabid guard dogs and anything else Poof can think of.

Maxwell back away and sighed, fully saying, "You really don't want me to leave, do you?"

Darry looks at Maxwell sternly and states, "Look, Max, there's something strange going on in the future you come from and you know what it is."

Tammy continues, "And if you want us to help you, you need to tell us."

Maxwell glares and points at Junior. "So what's he doing here?" He asked.

Tommy explains, "Junior read your mind, remember? He's here to make sure you're telling the truth."

"Uh huh," Junior nodded in agreement. "I remember being inside your head and seeing Retroville, only it looked broken. I saw big scary robots. Then it looked like Mr. Neutron was sleeping with his eyes open. Then I saw this scary-looking guy."

Darry gave a friendly smile to Maxwell. "There's a good place to start. How about talking about that scary-looking guy? He's the one we saw talking to Eustace Strych, right?"

But upon hearing this and recollecting what he saw, Maxwell's face turns to fright and he mutters, "No...no...NO!" He screams, unleashing a blast of psychic energy. Darry, Tammy, Tommy, and Junior were pushed against the walls. Maxwell stares in guilt and runs to the door, but can't get it open due to it being double locked.

As they sit up, Darry rubs his head and looks at his friends. "It's gonna be a long day." He groans.

Back in Strych Manor, Jimmy drank a full glass of wine and then slammed the glass on the table. "What has that kid, Maxwell, ever done to you?" Jimmy angrily asked Eustace.

An equally angry Eustace answered, "It's not me he's done anything to, it's what he's done to other people."

"You're not exactly innocent. You stole the plans for my invention!"

"I didn't steal, it's called business! If you weren't smart enough to copyright, I am free to do what I want!"

Jimmy was about to pour himself another glass of wine, but Danny snatched the bottle away from him. "I think you've had enough." He told the genius.

"Besides," Eustace started explaining, "You can hardly call your idea original. This gentleman I'm working with had the idea already and gave me rights to it. That brings us to the blonde boy, who has his completed model, which he stole."

The adults seemed surprised by this accusation, but Timmy is the first to speak up, "Wait a minute, I've lived with Maxwell for a while now, and know that he hasn't stolen anything from anyone."

"Except he was the first one to steal Jimmy's schematic." Tak mentioned, earning him a glare from Timmy that makes him shut up.

Eustace narrowed his eyes and stated, "You spend so much time protecting that boy, but do you know WHO it is you're protecting?"

The adults sat in silence until Jimmy spoke up defiantly at Eustace, "We know enough about him to notice that you're after him for the neural intelligence device on his head. You tried using my schematic to replicate his, but upon testing it out on SpongeBob's son, it failed and you can't successfully recreate it without Maxwell's."

Eustace just brushes it off and replies, "Your observation is impressive, James. But you're off by one detail: I don't require the boy, this gentleman I'm working with does. Your so-called good kid is a thief who stole the device from him and is on the run."

Jimmy pointed at him and yelled accusingly, "That's absurd and a false proclamation! I invented that device. How can someone else have the same idea as me?"

Eustace smirks and mocks, "Maybe you're not as smart as you think, Neutron."

Getting in Eustace's face, Jimmy shouted, "Well, who exactly is this partner of yours?"

"That kind of information is confidential!" Eustace angrily shouted.

Jimmy snapped back, "When it concerns a member of our organization it isn't!" The rest of the adults watch in awkward silence as the two go into arguing.

"You're harboring a fugitive, Neutron! Are you sure you don't secretly plan to pry the device off him yourself?"

"If I were, at least I'm not hiring villains and endangering lives to get to him. All while hiding behind my wealth to avoid any consequences!"

Finally, Danny had enough and stood up while shouting, "Enough! Aren't we supposed to be talking like adults here?"

"WE ARE!" Jimmy and Eustace both shouted at Danny. Once Danny was silent, they turned back at each other and continued arguing.

Danny pinched the bridge of his nose as he slumped down on the couch. "This is gonna take all day..."

"At least it got interesting," Timmy said, eating popcorn while enjoying the show.

"I just wish we had our weapons back." Tak said in agreement with Timmy.

While arguing, Jimmy briefly stops and holds his forehead that ached from all the wine he consumed. But Jimmy glares at Eustace as he grumbles, "Excuse me while I visit the lavatory."

Eustace just smiles at his misery and points out, "Of course. It's down the hall, tenth door on the right."

Jimmy silently left the room and frowned as he made his way to the bathroom down the long corridor. He passes an electronic calendar on the wall and walks backwards when something catches his eye. He stares at the month on the calendar which showed many days that Eustace marked for business meetings and personal affairs. But on today's date, he sees it marked with the text "Nicktoons meeting". Jimmy rubs his eyes to make sure he's not drunk reading, but clearly sees the text and realizes to his horror, "He knew we were coming." He muttered.

Will each group of Nicktoons be able to find the answers they are looking for? Please review what you think and find out in Part 2.