All right. Most of my chapters have been pretty short, since I posted them on Nick first. But I've combined two chapters here, so you guys'll get a little more this time. Hurray! Also, for anyone who cares, I've been working on a site: Which partly explains the reason I haven't updated in a little while. That, and school, work, and volleyball. Also, if you happen to be reading my other fic, "Someday", I'll try to get the next chap up soon.
One more thing...I really, truly don't own Jimmy Neutron. Whadda ya think I am, made of money?!
Chapter 10: Extreme Measures
As the lasers rained down around them and Cindy and Libby looked frantically for a way to save themselves, Sheen dropped to his knees and held up his action figure dramatically.
"Help us, Ultralord!" he cried.
Libby stared. "Uh, Sheen, I don't think he can do anythin'!"
From his chair in the cockpit of Beautiful Gorgeous's hovercraft, Jimmy anxiously watched the villainess and Jet Fusion fire at his friends. Suddenly, Beautiful Gorgeous faced the genius.
"You now, Jimmy," she said thoughtfully, "I'd like you to meet my other new accomplice." She turned and spoke to someone outside the cockpit. "Come on out!"
Immediately, a figure sprang into the cockpit. Jimmy stared!
"Where did you come from?!" he exclaimed.
"Bolbi hide," the figure answered in an all-too familiar accent. "Bolbi hide goood!" As usual, a rather disturbing smile only added to Bolbi's already crazy appearance, and his huge eyes went slightly crossed as he gazed back at Jimmy.
"Bolbi, what are you doing here?!" Jimmy demanded. Sure, Bolbi had popped up at random times in the past, but this was just ridiculous!
"Bolbi evil. Bolbi veeery evil!" Without another word, the foreign exchange student headed over to the controls to help Jet Fusion fire off lasers at some rocks and trees. Both seemed to have a lot of fun with their pointless occupation.
Jimmy just continued to stare. He knew Bolbi wasn't really a threat—except, perhaps, to his sanity.
"He's on my side now," Beautiful Gorgeous explained. "I recruited him when Jet Fusion joined me! Soon my numerous accomplices and I will be unstoppable!" She burst into another fit of maniacal laughter, guffawing and snorting in just about the most annoying way possible. This, of course, left the hovercraft pilot-less, and, needless to add, it began spinning out of control! It nose-dived for the ground and, in a matter of seconds, crashed in a flaming heap!
Covered in soot, Beautiful Gorgeous, Jet Fusion, Bolbi, and all of Beautiful Gorgeous's other evil accomplices scrambled out of the hovercraft, a little upset but unharmed. Trapped in his chair in the burning wreckage, Jimmy was left to his own resources! Hurriedly, he reached for a button on his watch and lasereds off the metal bands holding him down. Then he jumped from the chair and raced out of the craft right before it burst completely into flames!
Beautiful Gorgeous was too busy staring at the burning wreck and muttering to herself to notice. "That wasn't one of my most brilliant moments," she observed.
Immediately, Sheen pounced on the situation by making a comment that made no sense whatsoever. "Ha! Now you're our prisoners!" he cried victoriously at the villains.
Cindy and Libby glanced at one another as if to say, "Oh, great." Goddard kept low to the ground, growling, while Carl hid behind the girls.
"No!" Beautiful Gorgeous retorted, and spun to face her men. "Seize them all!" she commanded.
Before he could join his friends, Jet Fusion grabbed Jimmy. Bolbi and the other men headed toward the four kids at the edge of the ravine. As her minions drew near their targets, Beautiful Gorgeous yelled triumphantly at the kids. "You are all my prisoners!"
"Oh, yeah?!" Cindy shot back.
She slammed her fist into the nearest man; then jumpped between Beautiful Gorgeous's minions and the other three kids. With a series of kicks and punches, she knocked a few more over, but she didn't seem to be deterring them yet. Despite Cindy's best efforts, the villains continued to trap the kids in a narrow space at the edge of the ravine.
Sheen clutched at his Ultralord figure melodramatically while Carl cowered down once more and trembled. Libby seemed to be trying to think of a way to help her friend, but it looked hopeless. Growling and barking, Goddard leaped at one of the men and clamped his metal jaws down on his leg. Yelling, the man tried to shake the mechanical dog off, but Goddard kept a tight grip. All of a sudden, it looked as if Cindy and Goddard were turning the tables in their favor…but only for a while.
For, right then, Beautiful Gorgeous assumed a fighting position and released a high-pitched battle cry! She leapt toward the kids and aimed a flying kick at Cindy, who flipped back in the air to avoid it and countered with a kick of her own that sent the villain to the earth. But Beautiful Gorgeous was on her feet immediately, jumping at Cindy and throwing a series of punches and kicks at her. They both seemed to move effortlessly, and so quickly that it was hard to see their movements.
With Beautiful Gorgeous fighting as well, her men gained new confidence and charge again toward the remaining kids. Sheen and Libby found themselves staring at the scene unfolding before them. Beautiful Gorgeous's men were surrounding them, and there seemed to be nothing to stop them! Libby stepped forward desperately, hoping to find a way to fend the villains off, but Sheen's voice stopped her.
"This is amazing!" he cried. "It's like episode 203 when Ultralady fights the maniacally evil villainess Robofiend-ette with her awesome Kung Fu powers! And Cindy reminds me of Robofiend-ette!"
"Sheen, stop watchin' and start helpin'!" Libby ordered.
"If you say so, my dearest Libby!" he proclaimed dramatically, and stepped toward Beautiful Gorgeous's minions. "Villains, tremble with fear, for Ultra Sheen is here!"
Libby leaned her head in her hand. "Oh, boy."
One of the villains pounced toward Sheen, who ducked his punch.
"Ha! Is that your best shot?! You'll never hit me punching that slowly!" Sheen boasted. "I have super quick ultra-reflex—"
The man punched him right in the face and Sheen fell back, dazed.
Flat on his back, Sheen stared at the sky. "Whoa…that was fast."
Still in Jet Fusion's grips, Jimmy watched his friends' plight worriedly. "No, guys!" he called to them. "Run!"
"But we can't just leave you!" Libby protested.
"Yes, you can! Run!"
Cindy and Beautiful Gorgeous were still fighting fiercely and neither one seemed to be winning. With a slightly insane expression, Beautiful Gorgeous punched, kicked, and flipped around wildly; but Cindy moved just as fast. Still, Beautiful Gorgeous's accomplices have surrounded Sheen, Carl, and Libby, and Libby could see there was no way they could fight all of the villains. There didn't seem to be any way to escape anymore, either. They were trapped on the edge of a gaping hole in the earth!
"Cin, we gotta get outta here!" Libby cried to her friend.
At that moment, Beautiful Gorgeous knocked Cindy back and laughed evilly. "I love the thrill of being evil!" She laughed and snorted some more.
Standing at Libby's side once more, Sheen watched Beautiful in amazement. "Man, is this lady wacky!"
"That sounds really interesting comin' outta your mouth, Sheen," Libby commented dryly, then turned back to Cindy. "Cindy, let's get outta here!"
"Now you really are all my prisoners!" Beautiful Gorgeous laughed.
Getting to her feet, Cindy glanced around to get an idea of her situation. Then, backing up toward her friends, she addressed Beautiful:
"That's just what you think!"
Beautiful Gorgeous continued to laugh. Bolbi was grinning from ear to ear while staring at the kids with his crazy eyes. Satisfied with their success, the rest of the minions stand back contentedly, still forming an impenetrable ring around the gang. Jimmy watched with despair: trapped in Jet's iron clutches, he couldn't help his friends this time, and there seemed no way for them to escape!
Despite the hopeless situation, Sheen agreed loudly with Cindy. "Yeah, we'll never be your prisoners! As Ultralord said in episode 198: 'You can never stop my ultra-for—'"
But Sheen never finished his sentence. For, at that moment, Cindy knocked him and Carl toward the ravine! Screaming, the boys toppled over the edge and plummeted toward the ground far below!
"Quick!" Cindy exclaimed.
She grabbed Libby's hand and jumped over after Sheen and Carl! Below the girls, Carl screamed his head off while Sheen flailed his arms wildly. The kids' hair and clothes whipped around in the wind as they plunged down at a sickening rate!
Libby turned toward her friend and screamed as they fell. "Are you outta your mind?!"
A/N: Yay! A cliffie! Respond and tell me what you think, and that just might help me get the next chapter up sooner. Although...no promises. I do have a life outside of writing fanfiction, believe it or not.