I'll give you a little heads up, the last bit of this chapter might get a little creepy. But don't let that stop you from enjoying the rest of the story...sometimes creepy is good.

Enjoy...

Chapter 9: Science and Magic Combine

"Danny?"

The darkness began to fade away as brightness appeared and a distorted vision of three figures appeared; one of which continued asking in a voice of panic, "Danny! Come back to us!"

The vision soon became focused and it showed a red-headed SpongeBob looking worried with Alternate Sandy and Alternate Patrick standing next to him, staring at him also.

"Look, he's waking up." Alternate Patrick said with a smile.

Danny groaned with his eyes half-open. He was lying on the ground upside-down against a tree outside, now in his human form with twigs and leaves around him from the tree he fell out of last night.

"Danny!" Wanda shouted with a smile. "Thank goodness you're alright."

He fell forward on his front and turned around as he held his aching head. "SpongeBob?" he asked in a low voice. "What happened?"

"Don't know," Alternate SpongeBob answered. "We found you outside, sleeping with a large bump on your noggin. But camping out here at night is a very reckless thing to do with you-know-who wandering around for you."

At this name, Danny's eyes widen in realization. "What's wrong, partner?" Alternate Sandy asked, noticing his expression.

"Where's Timmy?" Danny asked in panic as he stood up.

"We don't know." Cosmo answered.

"We haven't seen him since last night when he went out looking for you." Wanda finished.

"Oh no," Danny gasped with a horrified look. "He's got him. Neutron…He's got Timmy."

The group's eyes widen in shock as Poof's eyes water and his lip quivers as if he's about to cry.

Danny continued explaining sadly, "We were attacked by a giant robot dog. I knew it had to have the same owner as the one in my universe."

Alternate SpongeBob then narrowed his eyes as he frowned. "He sicked his mutt on them. He has Timmy in his clutches now."

"We have to save him." Danny urged Alternate SpongeBob. "We have to go to Jimmy's lab and get him back."

"But it's dangerous there." Alternate Sandy warned. "If y'all go, ya might not make it back."

"No," Alternate SpongeBob said with his hand in front of her. "Timmy's our comrade. As a hero, I must save my comrades and friends."

"But how are we gonna get in Jimmy's lab." Wanda asked. "We were barely able to make it out alive last time."

"And with all our limbs and no infusions or radioactivity." Cosmo added.

"SpongeBob," Danny said turning to the sponge. "You said you went in there dozens of times and escaped. You must know the place like the back of your hand."

Alternate SpongeBob nodded. "That's right. I have gone in there and I know the place well. But I've only managed to save one from that place." Then he suddenly narrowed his eyes darkly and put on his aviator helmet, lowering his goggles. "…and I think that one person is the only one who can help us find our way in there."

Meanwhile, inside a dark room, Timmy was beginning to open his eyes after falling unconscious upon being captured.

Once he was awake, he looked around. "Am I alive? Wait…I'm not digested by stomach acid." Then he smiled. "I'm not dog food after all! But wait!" his smile suddenly dropped again. "I was eaten by the Alternate Goddard…how did I get out?"

As he tried not to think about it too hard, he suddenly realized he was unable to move his arms or his entire body.

Before he could figure out why, a bright light suddenly shone in the distance, nearly blinding him.

"You'll find that escape is impossible." A young sophisticated voice said. "I have taken precaution to ensure you can't get away this time."

When Timmy's eyes adjusted to the light, he looked down to notice he was strapped to a metal table with his arms restrained to his sides by a strap across his body as were his legs being held together.

Timmy tried hard to break out of it, but like the voice had said, escape was impossible. "Man, this is just like that scary movie 'The Psychos'." Then he momentarily stopped struggling and his eyes widen. "Oh no…what if I get impaled with pitchforks?"

"What an interesting idea," the voice said again. "But I'm afraid I'll have to decline that offer."

"Who are you?" he yelled out to the voice.

"I think you already know." The voice answered as he came into view. "After all, we've met…in your universe and mine."

Timmy gasped to see it was the Alternate Jimmy Neutron. "You!" he shouted.

"Correct, Timmy." Alternate Jimmy said in a calm tone with a smile. "Never thought you would see me again, did you? I would of course like to apologize for my actions upon our first meeting. If I had known it was you, I would never have assaulted you with my technology."

"So you sent a giant robot dog to eat me and upchuck me here in your clutches?" Timmy responded with a glare.

"I should point out that my Mecha-Goddard has a detachable chest, allowing me to release my 'guests' from their captor."

"Whatever!" Timmy shouted as he struggled to get free. "Let me out of here!"

"I'm afraid I have to decline your request, Timmy." Alternate Jimmy replied, not losing his calm tone. "After all, you still have what we need."

"'We'?" Timmy questioned.

"Should we tell him our plan?" another voice asked from somewhere in the darkness. Timmy seemed to recognize it.

"Oh, I suppose you're right." Alternate Jimmy replied. "I mean how else are we gonna convince him?"

"Wha…what's going on?" Timmy asked in a scared voice. "Who else is there?"

"I know in your universe you were the only one who possessed magical abilities with assistance." Alternate Jimmy explained to Timmy. "But, I know that there is in fact someone else on your team with this ability, but had it congenitally."

Timmy's eyes widen as the second voice steps into the light. It was a fourteen-year-old with dark skin, messy brown hair, pale-green eyes, purple face paint, wearing a furry blue hat with small horns, a beige shawl with red trimming, a purple loin cloth, and a strap across his waist.

"Tak?" Timmy asked, recognizing the figure as his shaman friend.

"You may recognize him as your ally, Timmy." Alternate Jimmy explained. "But here, he is quite the opposite."

"Thanks for the introduction, Neutron." Alternate Tak said to the genius with a smirk. "But why don't we get this party started."

"No!" Timmy shouted in shock. "You're evil too?"

"'Evil' is such a strong word, Timmy." Alternate Jimmy said with a sly smile and shrug. "The correct term would be 'iniquity malevolent'."

"Yawn," Alternate Tak said with an annoyed look. "Are we gonna do this or not?"

"Do what?" Timmy asked with a nervous look.

"It's simple really," Alternate Jimmy began explaining. "We have a desire to travel to other universes; to see what's out there and what may inhabit that world."

"Liar!" Timmy suddenly yelled. "There's no way that's the truth!"

"Oh really?" Alternate Jimmy asked with a smirk. "Wouldn't that also be the case with the reason you're present here?"

"Uhhh…" Timmy stuttered until he felt someone place a hand on his shoulder.

He looked up to see Alternate Tak touching his left shoulder with his eyes closed as if he were in thought. "It's true." He said, still in thought. "You're there, Neutron, and they're both standing in front of that machine."

Alternate Jimmy smiled and crossed his arms. "Just as I suspected."

"What was that all about?" Timmy asked after Alternate Tak removed his hand.

"Why, that's a shaman ability that Tak can perform." Alternate Jimmy proudly explained. "He can see into people's thoughts and memories through physical contact."

"What?" Timmy asked in shock and anger. "Tak can't do that!"

"Maybe in your universe he can't, but the Tak in mine is far more superior."

Just then, Alternate Tak once again touched Timmy's shoulders and performed this ability. "Eww, you're right."

But Timmy pulled himself away as far as the binds would let him and he yelled, "Alright, you've shown me all the great things you can do better than anyone in my universe, now let me go!"

"But that's not why we brought you here, Timmy." Alternate Jimmy explained. "You see, as I said before, we desire to travel to your universe."

"Well, you can forget it!" Timmy shouted in response. "I'll never bring you to my universe! Even if I would, I don't know how!"

"That's where you're wrong, Timmy." Alternate Jimmy continued. "As I am a genius, I can create a way for my portal machine to take us to far away universes. But in order to do that, I need data from a specific world that I wish to go to. When I discovered your universe I was far intrigued by it that I set my sights on destination for there. I was able to collect a small amount of data from that universe that would open the portal for a few seconds, allowing me to obtain someone that could give me far more data than I'll ever need."

As he listened, Timmy soon came to a realization, "It was you. You brought Danny and me here."

"Of course he did." Alternate Tak said in a cold tone. "How else would we get what we needed?"

But Alternate Jimmy held up his hand to stop him as he continued, "Although, it wasn't what I intended. I was first interested in bringing my other self here, so I first sent a droid to fetch him. However, it was a failure since it was destroyed by you and the others. So I reopened the portal which would give me enough time to pull him in myself. But thanks to your meddling, I ended up with you and Danny."

"Well, I'm obviously not Neutron." Timmy pointed out, glaring angrily. "So you might as well just let me go and send us back."

"Just one moment." Alternate Jimmy interrupted yet again. "I'm not finished yet. Since you two are here, you obviously have all the data I need to make the portal activate. You may not be a genius like me, but from all your travels and experiences, you have just what I need."

Alternate Tak seemed rather bored from his explanation, but was stirred when Timmy yelled, "You can forget it, Alternate Nerdtron! I'll never talk! You're not getting any data from me!"

"Wrong again, Timmy." Alternate Jimmy said turning to a tray with various instruments on it. "I don't need to torture you until you concede to get any information I desire. That's why I have Tak here, to assist me in what I plan to do."

Alternate Tak placed his palm on Timmy's head as the boy tried to pull away as he yelled, "Don't touch me!"

"His tiny brain has everything we need." Alternate Tak announced. "Now it's up to you to broadcast it."

"Broadcast?" Timmy peeped with widened eyes until he spotted Alternate Jimmy holding a scalpel.

"Well, I do need that data out of your mind somehow, Timmy." Alternate Jimmy said with a cunning smile. "By combining my scientific abilities and Tak's shaman abilities, I can tap into your brain and project everything Tak would be able to see so that I may witness it as well."

Timmy glanced at the other sharp implements that lay on the tray and he gulped in horror. "How are you gonna do that?" He asked in a small voice that was barely audible.

"Oh, you know," Alternate Tak said, coolly leaning on the table as he ran his finger across Timmy's forehead. "…just slice across here…" then he poked the side of his head, "…and a drill right here."

At this, Timmy screamed in horror as he tried even harder to break out of his binds. Alternate Jimmy didn't seem fazed by this at all and he just chuckled, "Just as repartee as ever, aren't you, Tak?"

"Yeah, yeah, let's just get this over with!" Alternate Tak shouted over Timmy's screams.

"It is hard to concentrate with all this noise." Alternate Jimmy simply said, not even looking bothered. "I believe you forgot something."

While, Timmy continued screaming for his life, Alternate Tak reached behind his loincloth and pulled out a small pouch. He reached inside and pulled out something hidden in his fist, which he then opened over Timmy, letting a strange dust fall over him.

"You're gonna take a nice long nap, and when you wake up, it'll all be over." Alternate Tak said with a cold smirk. "That is…IF you wake up."

Timmy then stopped screaming and struggling and lied still. But then he shouted, "Your plans still won't work! If I can't stop you, Danny will!"

"Danny?" Alternate Jimmy scoffed in amusement. "Ha! It wouldn't matter anyway, I know all of his abilities- and not just from observing him in your universe. It makes sense you would depend on him so much. It makes sense why you would depend on any of your comrades to stop me if you can't. You're completely useless."

"What…" Timmy asked as his eyelids started to drop. "What are you talking about?"

"When you think about it, you're inferior compared to the rest of your team members," Alternate Jimmy coolly explained as he fiddled with a machine next to the table. "I mean, I have my intelligence, Danny has his paranormal abilities, SpongeBob is a sea sponge with the abilities to match, and what are you? You have magical abilities in contrast to Tak, but they only come from your three allies when they are present. Well, where are they now, Timmy? Their absence is the precise reason you're in this situation.

"Why are you even in that team anyway? You obviously can't contribute anything. The only reason you're there is for the thrill of adventure."

Timmy's eyelids drop lower as he struggled to hold them open as he listened to Alternate Jimmy's verbal taunt. "You're…you're wrong."

"Am I?" Alternate Jimmy asked with a smirk as he turned around, holding a pair of electrical implements. "If I knew my other self, he feels exact same way about you. He hopes you were strong enough to be put on offensive tactics where Danny and Tak usually go, but he knows you would just get hurt and in the way. The only reason he hasn't expelled you from the team yet is he's afraid of hurting your feelings being best friends and all."

Timmy's eyes looked just about ready to close, but he was far too drowsy to show what kind of emotional impact this taunt was having on him.

"Though, I must admit, I do pity him. Having someone low-rate to my team would be an inconvenience for everyone. It would be better if he used his gifted genius to assist you, but knowing how he is…that will most likely never happen. He truly has no idea what he's capable of from helping you. After all…" he broke into a cruel smile, "I've managed to do astounding things to you here."

Timmy's droopy eyes widened a bit, but Alternate Tak just stood over him and said, "Why don't you mull over all the blabber during your next two seconds of consciousness."

"No…" Timmy tried to shout, but his eyes closed and he drifted off into deep sleep. "It's not true! It's all not true…it's not…"

"True?" Alternate Jimmy finished as he approached Timmy with the device. "Yes, it is."

Mental torture, my favorite kind of torture out there. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and stay tuned for the next one.