The boys were now standing in the Turner's driveway shooting the breeze. Unknown to them, there was a maelstrom of female rage not one block away from them. Timmy and Jimmy had no idea at what was about to hit them.
The conversation had turned to which pop star was hot, which one creeped them out, and which one was one arrest away from rehab. They stood with Timmy and Jimmy having their backs towards Tootie's house and the rest of the guys with perfect views of what could and would hit the two.
The girls were on their way out of the McDonald household. Tootie and Cindy had grabbed only one weapon each, knowing they weren't going to beat the boys that bad, just enough to put fear into their hearts about talking about them.
The boys had crossed the one line that they should never had: gossiping about their girlfriends. While Trixie, Veronica and Libby felt that Cindy and Tootie were being a tad hypocritical about this, they agreed that Timmy and Jimmy deserved to pay for going as far as they did. They left the house, and made their way down the street to the Turner residence.
The boys were in the middle of a scintillating discussion of Britney Britney's latest stunt, when out of the corner of their eyes, Chester and Sheen saw it. They saw Tootie and Cindy marching up the sidewalk towards them. They tried hard to suppress their grins as they nudged A.J. and Carl respectively. A.J. and Carl took one look, and had a hard time suppressing their own grins.
They knew that Timmy and Jimmy were in for a world of hurt if and when Tootie and Cindy got their hands on them. To no one's surprise, Timmy and Jimmy were oblivious to the ever growing smirks on their best friends' faces.
Timmy was running his hand through his hair, and Jimmy was stroking his chin when they heard two shrill screams coming from about half a block away:
"JAMES ISSAC NEUTRON!"
"TIMOTHY THOMAS TURNER!"
The two went wide eyed, and started to sweat. They got looks of pure shock and fear on their faces. They knew they were in trouble when all three full names were used.
Damn Mom for teaching her my full name! Timmy thought as he could almost hear the pounding of Tootie's size seven sneakers on the pavement.
Oh shit! I'm in it deep this time! Jimmy thought bitterly. Like Timmy, he could almost hear Cindy's shoes on the pavement, each step signifying his impending and imminent doom.
The other boys were laughing like hyenas now, mostly because of the looks on their friend's faces. They had warned them so many times not to talk about their girls like that, and this time there was nothing they could or would do to help them. They were content to let Timmy and Jimmy suffer, because the others were not in trouble and had been smart about keeping their mouths shut.
Timmy and Jimmy didn't say anything, they even refused to turn around. They were afraid that once they turned around, they would meet two fists right between their eyes. The laughing of their friends told them just how close the two girls were to where they were standing.
As it grew in intensity, so did that sinking feeling in their guts. The guys were rolling on the ground and holding their aching stomachs at this point, meaning that either the girls were right behind them, or close enough.
The boys looked at each other, closed their eyes and turned around very slowly. When they had turned 180 degrees, they opened their eyes and came face to face with their highly agitated girlfriends. They snapped back around to face their friends, then turned to each other.
"Hey Neutron, I'm thinking of something…it's two words and consists of seven letters." Timmy said calmly. Jimmy thought this over then it hit him.
"Oh you must mean the phrase "Run Away" right?" Timmy slowly nodded his head.
"RUN AWAY!" they both screamed, then took off in opposite directions.
This shocked and confused the girls for about thirty seconds before they took off after the boys, Cindy after Jimmy and Tootie after Timmy.
"Get back here and take your punishment like a man Spew-tron!" Cindy yelled, hot on Jimmy's heels.
"Your only making me madder Timothy!" Tootie screeched, two yards behind a sprinting Timmy. The boys, being of the stubborn sort, didn't listen. They had seen the "toys" the girls had in their hands, and valued their lives more then anything on this planet.
Jimmy and Timmy had made their way to the back yard, and upon seeing each other, decided to try and trick the girls. They ran right at each other, hoping that by crossing their paths, the other girl would chase the other guy. It didn't work, but it lent Timmy enough time to scramble up the old plank ladder to his tree house.
This gave him precious time to game plan a little. As soon as Tootie came upon the tree house, Timmy stuck his head out the window.
"I'm sorry Toot! I really am! Please don't hurt me!" he yelled down. This was met with a tree limb flying up and smacking him in the side of the head.
Well that didn't work! he thought as he rubbed the sore spot right below his temple.
"How did you guys find out about what we said?" Timmy asked quickly.
"Goddard took clips of what you said and showed them to us!" Tootie yelled back.
That mechanical mutt is going down! Timmy screamed in his mind.
Jimmy had run around to the front yard, and dove behind Carl for protection. Cindy took one look at their friend and narrowed her eyes into little slits.
"Move!" she growled, and Carl obediently side stepped, leaving Jimmy defenseless in the process.
"Um, Cindy I'm…I'm sorry, I meant nothing by it! Uh…is that Chip Skylark?" he said pointing behind her. Cindy turned around to see, giving Jimmy enough time to escape. She growled, took a swing with the flail, and resumed the chase, yelling at him to stop being a coward and take his "medicine" like a good genius.
Timmy was mulling over his options, when he saw that Tootie was nowhere to be found on the ground. He breathed a sigh of relief, then gasped in horror when he realized that she was climbing the ladder!
He had only one course of action: jump. So he did, he dove out the window and hit the ground running as best he could. Tootie let loose a frustrated growl, aimed and fired the flamethrower, barely missing her beloved, and then took off after him. The leap had given Timmy enough of a gap to make it into his house and lock the back door.
Jimmy ran like a crazed monkey around the house, smacking into Tootie in the process. He shrieked, and took off towards the house. Finding the back door locked, he swore and took off for the front. He was able to get into the garage and into the house that way. He locked the door two seconds before both Tootie and Cindy slammed headlong into it.
He began to walk towards the stairs and ran into Timmy. They yelled, then noticed it was each other.
"Oh, it's just you!" they said in stereo. They slumped onto the couch after Timmy locked the front door.
"This is insane! Where did they get those weapons?" Jimmy asked.
"The only place I can think of is Vicky's old room, but I was under the impression she took everything when she moved out!" Timmy replied.
They sat there catching their breaths as the girls stalked the perimeter of the home.
"They're not going to give up until we pay the price!" Timmy said in a defeated tone. Jimmy solemnly nodded his head, trying to figure out a way out, but none was coming. The boys were defeated, and the only thing left to do was surrender and throw themselves on the mercy of two pissed off females outside.
Outside, Cindy and Tootie had made their way to the backyard, and after finding the backdoor locked, they burst out laughing.
"That was great! Did you see the looks on their faces?!" Tootie exclaimed. Cindy couldn't respond, she was laughing too hard, all she could do was nod her head as she clutched at her side.
They had gotten their revenge, and now it was all a matter of toying with the two hapless boys. "Let's make 'em sweat a little, show them just who is in charge here." Cindy said finally. Tootie nodded her head, and began to rap on the patio door.
"Oh Timmy! Come out and play!" she said in a sing-song voice.
"Come on out Jimmy, we're not mad anymore! We promise!" Cindy yelled in a sugary sweet voice.
Inside, the boys were not buying a word of it. "Uh-uh, I'm not going out there! Cindy might actually try and rip off my manhood!" Jimmy said, shaking his head.
"Forget it! You can't fool us!" Timmy yelled towards the back of the house. Both sat there, trying to figure out how to get out of this.
"Remember Timmy, your parents are going to be home soon, and that means they are gonna unlock the doors!" Tootie yelled. Timmy grimaced for a moment, then brightened.
"My parents will be home soon, as will Cosmo and Wanda!" He said quietly.
"Where are they? We could definitely use them right now!" Jimmy said.
"I uh, let them power down…to recharge!" Timmy said quickly, remembering that Jimmy thought that they were computer programs.
That brought about a fit of brilliance from the pink hat loving young man. "Wait a minute, they must of used a Porta-portal, since you would've gotten a reading on your wristband saying that the wormhole generator had been used right?" he asked.
Jimmy shook his head, wondering where Timmy was going. "I've got an idea, and I hope it works!" he said. He leaned over and began to whisper into Jimmy's ear. Once he finished, Jimmy looked at him in shock.
"That was brilliant Turner! Why didn't I think of that?"
Timmy shrugged, then said: "By the way, that sack of nuts and bolts you call a dog is the person who told on us!" Timmy said.
"I'll deal with him when I get back to Retroville." Jimmy replied curtly.
Jimmy walked over to the back door, and beckoned the girls to follow him. They followed him all the way to the front bay window. Jimmy took another Porta-portal out of his pocket and set it. As Cindy and Tootie looked on in stunned silence, Jimmy stepped through the portal and right out of their grasp. They gaped as Timmy then walked calmly up the stairs to his bedroom.
"What just happened?" Tootie asked dumbfounded.
"As much as it kills me to say it: The boys just outsmarted us Tiffany." Cindy replied.
Once back in Retroville, Jimmy erased the video files from Goddard's hard drive, then set to work on what Timmy had suggested. It would take precious time to make the necessary adjustments, but it should work.
Wow, Turner really did get smarter since the last time I saw him. I just hope he's right about this. he thought. He looked at the clock and began to work faster.
Come on boy genius! Turner's parents will be back in twenty minutes! he mentally screamed at himself. He continued to labor furiously in the lab on the device that will hopefully spell redemption for him.
In his room, Timmy was nervous. I wish Cosmo and Wanda would beat Mom and Dad home! I only have one shot at this, come on guys get here soon! he thought. He had remembered an old wish he had made right before Crocker took over the world with the "Fairy-versary" muffin.
It was the one thing that he could think of that could save him now. He knew that Cindy and Tootie were pacing like hungry lionesses outside his front door, and if Cosmo and Wanda didn't get there soon, they would make him their dinner since Neutron went back to his lab in Retroville.
Time was of the essence, and it was running out on them. All Jimmy Neutron and Timmy Turner could do now was pray that they got out of this in one piece. Meanwhile, their girlfriends were pacing outside the Turner residence in anticipation. If they couldn't get to both of them, then one out of two wasn't bad in their minds.
A/N: Read and Review please. Time is running out on our boys, will their plan work, or will it crumble in on them like a house of cards? Read on to find out!
