Yo guys, I know, I'm late with this chapter, but two today, promise. Anyway, I'd like to take this opportunity to commend Mara S (ivory23 on Nick), Ally, gummiworld (On nick) and Cami on their brand new website, idreamofjimmy Alright, it's a totally awesome site, great music videos, AND almost all of the episodes, even ones that haven't aired here in America, I FINALLY GOT TO SEE KING OF MARS! They're not done doing some portions, but they've got some cool pics in the character profiles. Anyway, check it out, first link if you search idreamofjimmy just like that on Google. Check it out. Anyway, onward!

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Flying to the Moon and Back

That's why she strays from human affection

But somewhere in a private place

She packs her bags for outer space

Now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come

And she'll say to him

Now we're flying to the moon and back if you'll be

If you'll you be my baby

Ten days later, Jimmy, dressed in a new tuxedo put a comforting arm around his girlfriend, who had on a black mourning dress.

"It'll be okay, I'll always be here for you." He whispered in her ear, her parents had just been buried.

She flashed him a sad smile and walked up to the graves, covered with fresh earth and looked down, her eyes and cheeks bore the signs of someone who had been crying, but only over her mother. She walked up to her mother's grave and gently laid some flowers down in front of the headstone.

"I love you mom, and you've had revenge, I got him. I miss you do badly, but I know that you would want me to move on, like you always said, a Vortex doesn't dwell on anything. I will miss you though, and I love you, forever…" She said, her voice wavering and cracking, she straightened up and turned to her father's grave, her voice now cold, and hard.

"Rot in hell you damn bastard." She said, she looked over at Jimmy who was holding his gash wound gingerly, who smiled encouragingly.

She blinked her eyes to hold back tears and walked slowly toward him, away from the graves, when she reached him, she threw herself on him and held him in a soft, passionate kiss that he gladly returned.

Tears were streaming down her face now as he led her away.

"Alright guys, you all know that the cruise leaves tomorrow a 2:00 right?" Jimmy asked when they reached the lab, where the others had joined them.

"It's gonna be AWESOME! AND it's a murder mystery cruise!" Sheen cheered, pumping his fists in the air. (Mine isn't, but I thought this was a good idea)

"Yeah." Jimmy said softly, he was still thinking of the funeral, something was nagging at him, somewhere in the back of his mind, something wasn't right…

Cindy looked at him and their eyes met, he stared into the emerald pools that were her eyes and realized she was thinking the same thing, something was definitely wrong.

"So Jimmy, how big exactly is this place were staying on the boat?" Libby asked, you could hear the excitement in her voice, Jimmy thought, and so he decided to explain, once again!

"It's the presidential suite." Jimmy said, calling up a hologram on a holo-pedestal in the middle of the lab, it looked like a black pillar, hologram technology was something Jimmy had been working feverishly, and the image projected transformed the room into a completely realistic version of the suite they would be staying in, the furniture was solid too, and didn't fiz and turn into scrambled code when touched.

"Sweet!" Libby cried, running around frantically, Jimmy rolled his eyes and Sheen shot him a reproachful look.

"Cool Jim, but I gotta be home, and Good Llama's Gone Bad is on in ten minutes, and I gotta pack, so I'll see you guys tomorrow morning." Carl told them, checking his watch.

"See ya." Jimmy called after him. Sheen shrugged.

"OH MAN! Ultralord is on! IN THREE MINUTES!" Sheen yelled, remembering what time it was and sprinting to the exit, only to miss and slam into the wall. Libby sighed and followed him out, leaving Jimmy and Cindy alone.

Jimmy walked over to the holo-pedestal and pressed a few inconspicuous buttons that matched the onyx pedestal, instantly the room changed back to its normal appearance.

"Let's get something to eat." Jimmy suggested. But Cindy shook her head.

"Can we just…stay here, I d-don't want to b-be alone…what am I going to do?" She asked, she looks miserable… Jimmy thought, the sight broke his heart as she put her head in her hands and sat down against the wall.

"It's okay, you can stay with me, I've got an extra bedroom, and I don't mind…" Jimmy said consolingly, he wrapped his arm around her and helped her up. "I'm not going anywhere, you'll be fine, I won't let anything happen to you." He said fiercely, and he meant it, he would give his life for her in a spilt second, no question. He would do anything for her. He had to protect her, little did he know that was going to prove much harder than he had expected in the days to come…

Over the years, Jimmy and Cindy had expanded the lab, it was now mammoth. Originally there had only been the main lab area and the large room where all of the inventions were stored, that room still existed, only it had been so large, that Jimmy and Cindy had cut it's height in half and used the top half to build bedrooms, a living room and an entertainment center. They had also expanded deeper underground and in every direction. Now the complex was like a large home, in addition to the lab part, which consisted of a series of large experimentation chambers, and anti-gravity tank, a wind tunnel, and a garage for all of the rockets and other vehicles they had built, Jimmy often slept in one of the bedrooms and was now working on a new addition, one which was secret to everyone except Cindy. He was building a series of tunnels that went all under Retroville.

Jimmy led her through a doorway and into the sizeable kitchen. "What do you want to eat?" He asked, he had a food synthesizer that looked like an oven and a large stock of drinks and snacks.

"Anything." She said miserably.

He turned to the synthesizer and set it to make a pizza. Turning to the refrigerator, he rummaged around and pulled out a six-pack of Purple Flurp, he set it down on the table and sat across from Cindy. She pulled a Flurp towards her, giving him a grateful look that made his heart turn over.

"I'd get you a Dom Perignon but I don't think it's proper." Jimmy said, sticking his nose in the air. She snorted and opened a purple flurp in his face, soda sprayed all over it.

"Hey!" He yelled diving over the table and grabbing at her. She dodged and teased him playfully, dashing past him around the table, to where the fridge was. He stood on the other side, facing her and contemplating his next move. He stood stock still, picking up a napkin from the table and wiping the flurp off of his face. She grinned playfully and opened the fridge, taking out a tall glass bottle of purple flurp (Like the bottles that Hugh and Eustace's father were drinking from in Billion Dollar Boy, they look like bottles of champagne)

She darted out from the other side of the table and started to run full tilt down the hallway, Jimmy charged after her.

He was gaining and she turned right, they were in the main bedroom and Cindy stopped, they both fell on the bed laughing and Cindy put the bottle on the bedside table.

He grinned at her and she returned it with a mischievous smile of her own.

"Door and lights." Jimmy said and they heard a cool feminine voice say, "Affirmative James."

"C'mon Vox, call me Jimmy." He said but the computer ignored him. The door locked and the lights dimmed, although not much. Cindy and Jimmy's clothes hit the floor softly and all was right in the world for that one glorious night…

BEEP BEEP BEEP

"…Nobel Prize…" Jimmy muttered, turning over and fumbling for the alarm clock, he finally found it and slammed down with his fist, breaking it.

"Damn…" He muttered groggily, sitting up in bed, the world swam before his eyes as he rubbed them to get rid of the sleep. He smiled as he remembered last night, and looked to his right to see Cindy, still asleep. He stood up and pulled on new boxers from the dresser, picking up his clothes and boxers from the floor and putting them in the cleaning box, which was a clear glass cube that washed, dried, pressed and folded clothes. He then neatly folded Cindy's clothes and undergarments and put them at the foot of her bed. He put on a white robe with his scarlet N atom logo embossed over the breast pocket and walked to the door.

Coming out of the shower, the air thick with steam from the boiling hot shower he had just endured, Jimmy felt much more awake and pulled on a pair of cargo shorts and a rather tight under-armor like shirt. He laced up his sneakers and started to pack for the cruise.

By the time Cindy was up and showered, he was packed and had synthesized pancakes for breakfast.

Cindy, in miniscule jean shorts and a tight shirt that made Jimmy gape as well as a pair of sunglasses she put on her head, walked into the kitchen and sniffed. She grabbed her plate full of pancakes, some syrup and started to eat voraciously.

When they were both done, she spoke. "Jimmy, last night was…amazing." She said breathlessly.

"Yeah, it was…don't forget to tell Libby that I wore protection!" He warned, Libby would slaughter him if she wasn't assured of this fact, and it was no use trying to lie, she would know what had happened.

"Uh huh." Cindy said, "I'd better pack."

After Cindy was packed and they had picked up the others in the new astro-car, Jimmy turned to the others.

"Guys, I just wanted to say that you're all great friends and I don't know what I'd do without you." Surprised by this sudden statement, the others nodded and Jimmy turned back around, pulling them in for a landing at the port, which was located in Florida, they had got there surprisingly fast, but it had a fast rocket engine.

Boarding took shorter than expected, and in no time, they were off to sea.

Jimmy and Cindy were in the hot-tub, Carl was, oddly enough, at the spa and Libby was watching Sheen try the rock-climbing wall.

"Come on Libby." He called down from his lofty perch.

"Oh all right." She gave in, strapping on a helmet, the instructor tightened her harness and she braced herself before mounting the steep wall.

Before they knew it that glorious first day was over, but the fun was just beginning, they changed into formal clothes and headed to the dining hall, where the murder-mystery part would start over a formal dinner.

Jimmy was looking dashing in Cindy's opinion in his tux and Cindy's new dress had blown Jimmy away. Libby too was looking stunning in her dress and Sheen and Carl had tuxedos on as well.

They found their table near the front of the dining hall, next to a porthole with a beautiful view overlooking the sparkling ocean, appearing magenta in the sunset.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a murder has been committed, the killer is one of you, it could be me, it could be anyone! The killer left only one clue, this note." The announcer said from a stage near the front, Jimmy and the others focused on him, Jimmy was determined to figure out who it was and take home the grand prize, it really could be anyone, a plant among the passengers…

"I…" The man started, but a waiter dressed in black dress pants and a white dinner jacket hurried onto the stage, they held a whispered conversation.

"Um, ladies and gentlemen, this is for real, what I'm about to tell you, I don't know how to say it, but it appears someone really has been killed, no it's not part of the show, someone here actually murdered Mr. Mark Richardson, he's dead, and someone here really is a killer…we…" He started, but just then there was a huge explosion and the ship rocked with the force of the blow, the last thing Jimmy saw was a table flying through the air, crashing towards him. Then everything went black…

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