Chapter 2.
Cindy arrived home from her karate class where she earned her third-degree black belt in a competition. She needed the distraction from Jimmy she was still angry with what she had seen in the lab. She was stressed out and her mother wasn't helping.
Cindy frowned, She looked across the street wondering what Jimmy was doing. She wondered if she overreacted telling him to drop dead and not letting him explain. Of course, she was too stubborn to. She changed out of her karate Gi and put on a crop top and Skirt. She pulled out her phone from her bag and turned it on.
Her phone vibrated fiercely. She looked to see six missed calls and five text messages telling her to call. "What's got into Libby, Maybe Sheen did something."
Cindy speed dialed Libby "Hey Lib's what's up?"
"What's up?, WHAT'S UP?, Girl I have been trying to get a hold of you for like ten minutes just trying to reach you!"
Cindy's eyes grew wide Libby was incredibly angry. "Why what's going on Sheen cheat on you or something?"
"Girl don't even joke about that, Jimmy's ...Jimmy's in the hospital Cindy and it's bad really bad."
"What? Did Nerdtron hurt his Franken brain while working on one of his inventions?"
Libby didn't find Cindy's joke funny upset with him or not Libby knew Cindy still had feeling's for Jimmy despite their fight. "No, Cindy he was shot with a gun a real gun. Sheen's with him right now and Sheen's freaking out."
Cindy threw her hand to her mouth her eyes filling with tears, she felt as if someone had gripped her heart. Remembering herself telling the teen genius to drop dead, she feared it may have happened."No...no...NOOOO!"
Libby could hear Cindy's voice cracking and she could hear Cindy's sobbing "Girl where are you right now?" Cindy fell to her knees "I am at home." Libby could feel tears in her eyes "Cindy do you want me to come get you I am heading to the hospital now."
She heard more sobs and finally, Cindy let out "Can you please ...please come get me."
"Yeah Girl, ill be at your driveway in five." Libby hung up and quickly made her way to Cindy's house. Cindy raced out of her room and ran down the stairs only to be stopped by her mother "Cynthia Aurora Vortex, you know the rules no running in the house, now what's going on?"
"Cynthia, what's wrong?" Sasha said concerned she looked into her daughter seeing the tears falling from her eyes. Cindy grabbed her mother and hugged, Sasha was shocked her daughter didn't act like this since her rescue from the Yolkians. Sasha spoke in a much softer tone "Cynthia hush calm down and tell me what's wrong."
"Someone shot him, mom, I told him to drop dead and someone shot him and he's in the hospital and-and-"
"Cynthia hush, tell me who's in the hospital?"
"Jimmy, mom someone shot Jimmy and now he's in the hospital." Cindy began to cry harder than before. Sasha hugged her daughter "The boy across the street?"
Cindy nodded "Libby's on the way to come get me were going to the hospital."
Sasha hugged Cindy "He must be really special to you Cynthia. For this kind of reaction now I don't approve of you telling him to drop dead but don't think this was your fault you didn't pull the trigger. Now the only thing I can tell you is to be there for him."
"But I thought you didn't like Jimmy, mom."
"He may cause trouble from time to time but he makes you happy."
Cindy heard the door bell ring and Sasha grabbed Cindy's Jacket on the hook and passed it to her. Cindy thanked her mother and opened the door and Cindy ran outside. Cindy and Libby ran to the car Cindy looked over to the Neutrons house not seeing their car.
"Does Jimmy's parents know?"
"Sheen texted me, They're already there and Carl is on his way, come on we gotta go." They jumped into her car they raced to the hospital.
Cindy and Libby finally arrived at the hospital as quick as they could. They stopped at the receptionist. "Excuse me we're looking for James Issac Neutron." The receptionist typed into her computer "James Issac Neutron, I am sorry but he's in the E.R."
Cindy looked to the Receptionist trying to keep her composure "On what floor?"
"Libby!" Libby turned to see Sheen and saw his forehead wrapped in bandages. "Sheen!" Libby raced towards her boyfriend "Oh babe are you alright?"
"Yeah I'm fine heads pounding but I'll be fine come on were waiting with Jimmy's parents." Cindy looked to Sheen "Sheen, um I dang it." Sheen shocked Cindy never used his first name he could see she was upset over Jimmy. He placed a hand on her shoulder "Come on." Cindy nodded and they followed Jimmy to the waiting room.
Cindy saw Jimmy's mother crying and his father trying to comfort her. "Mrs. Neutron." Judy looked up to see Cindy. Who was now just as upset she hugged the girl. Cindy looked to Judy "Has there been any word?" Cindy asked trembling slightly. Judy shook her head.
Hugh looked to his wife "I am going to ask the doctor." Judy nodded once Hugh went behind the door suddenly a loud bang was heard making everyone jump. Everyone turned to see Sheen's fist was touching the wall. "It's not fair Jimmy's in there because he pushed me out of the way and took the bullet."
Libby grabbed Sheen's fist placed her hand over it "Don't blame yourself Sheen no one would have expected to be robbed."
Sheen looked to Libby "But Libby if he hadn't pushed me." Sheen began to tremble and Libby hugged him "Then it would be you in there so knock off the crazy." Sheen hugged Libby and she could feel him trembling "Sheen." Libby rubbed his back in hopes to calm him down.
"Yeah Sheen you can't blame yourself for what happened to Jim. The police will figure it out."
Hugh walked out with the doctor looking relieved and the doctor looked to the group "We were able to extract the bullet, it didn't anything vital he will need to stay for awhile to recover and with a little rehab he should make a full recovery and be able to walk out in a couple weeks."
Everyone was excited to hear this especially Cindy and Judy. Sheen let out a sigh of relief. The doctor smiled "We have him in a room would you all like to see him."