At the Neutron house:
The parents argued among themselves in the Neutron living room.
"What are we going to do to find our babies?" Mrs. Wheezer asked in an alarmed voice.
"This is your entire fault Neutron!" Mr. Wheezer yelled as he jabbed his finger into Mr. Neutron's chest.
"Now wait a minute, Wheezer. This is not anyone's fault." Shouted back Mr. Neutron as he swiped Mr. Wheezer's hand to the side. " My son is missing just like the rest of the kids are!."
Mr. Estevez stepped between them forcibly pushing them apart and said, "Please gentlemen. This is not going to help us find our children. We need to focus and not quibble among ourselves. "
"Mr. Estevez is right. I know everyone is worried about our kids but I suppose no news is good news. If any of them were hurt I'm certain we would have been contacted by now. When is the last time anyone actually heard from any of the kids?" Mrs. Folfax asked.
"Cindy stopped home several hours ago. She ran in and out. I didn't have time to stop her but she was definitely in a rush. She grabbed some small box, and was back out the door. Judy, I'm sure your son must be ok. I'm sure you noticed how taken our kids are with each other. If Jimmy was injured I'm certain Cindy would have told us. The only explanation is that the kids are off doing something that they feel doesn't require our help." Mrs. Vortex said.
"But they're only children!" wailed Mrs. Wheezer.
"Children that have fought monsters, traveled to other dimensions and planets, and saved this town countless times." Mrs. Folfax added.
Mrs. Neutron led the parents into the kitchen where Goddard lay on the dining table. He was plugged into the wall and the battery readout read full. She turned to the group and said, "We found, Goddard, here on the table. We know at least one of the kids brought him in here and plugged him in. Goddard has a cybernetic memory. If we turn him back on we can play back the events that led up to his deactivation."
She unplugged the cord from the wall and flipped a small switch that was hidden under a metal panel on Goddard's side. The glass dome on Goddard's head flickered a few times as its cybernetic brain fired to life. He sat up and initiated his self repair procedures. His body became magnetized and forks, knives, and the toaster flew across the room into Goddard's open mouth. He swallowed accompanied by an exaggerated sound effect. The metal absorbed and the parents watched wide eyed as the damaged parts of the dog's body regenerated.
Goddard got to his feet with his tail wagging, and barked happily. He scanned the room and detected all the adults staring at him.
"Hello, Goddard. Can you play back everything that occurred from the point of the lab being destroyed and your deactivation?" Judy said.
Goddard nodded and barked once before flipping on his projector. The adults watched in horror as they watched the battle play out between Jimmy and the creature that resembled Betty Quinlan.
"Isn't that one of the kids that goes to Jimmy's school?" Judy asked.
"Not at less Jimmy's classmate can grow tentacles and change shapes, Sugar bonnet." Hugh replied.
When the video ended the room filled with silence for almost a full minute until Judy finally began to cry. "That horrible creature has my Jimmy." Judy wailed.
"That would explain why Cindy was in such a rush. She must know where Jimmy is being held and went after him." Hugh said while addressing Mrs. Vortex.
"Why wouldn't they ask for our help?" Mr. Vortex asked finally speaking up.
"Have the kids ever asked for our help on any of the troubles they've been trough in the last few years?" Mrs. Vortex relied.
"Well, no I suppose not honey." Mr. Vortex replied.
"Goddard, where is Jimmy being held and can you locate the children?" Mrs. Vortex asked.
Goddard barked once and the projector turned on again. This time it showed a map of the world and on it five green blips and one red blip. The blips were labeled and the image kept updating tracking the movement. The parents saw that 2 of the blips labeled Carl and Sheen were off in the mountains and had come to a stop. The other three labeled Cindy, Libby, and Eustace were heading toward the red blip on the map labeled Jimmy.
"Goddard can you link up to a satellite and get us a good look at the location Jimmy is at?" Judy asked.
The image changed revealing the layout of the island. The image zoomed in on the main pyramid and the surrounding perimeter. They could see a large army of armor wearing serpent men as they stood guard.
"That place is a fortress. Even if we could make it to that location, how could we get in passed the guards?" Mr. Estevez asked.
"Well I have my private pilot's license. We could charter a plane and I could fly us out to the island easy enough." Mr. Vortex said.
"That takes care of getting to the island but what help could we be once we reach there?" Mr. Estevez asked.
"Well do you guys remember a few months ago when Jimmy gave my family super powers?" Mr. Wheezer asked.
"Yeah, you guys climbed Mt. Unstable and got stuck at the top when they wore off." Hugh said.
"Well I actually still have a bottle of the pills Jimmy had made. If we wait until we get near the island and take the pills we should be able to use the resulting super powers to get in there and help our babies out." Mr. Wheezer said.
"I'm in." Mr. Estevez said.
"I'm in as well. Mr. Neutron said as well, followed by the rest of the parents.
"You can count us in too." Zix said as he entered the room followed by Tee and Travoltron. "Sorry We're late."
"Wow I wasn't expecting you guys to show up. Judy said she called everyone, but I didn't think she meant everyone." Hugh said.
"Jimmy saved our bacon when we were like in the prehistoric age. We have to help him." Travoltron said.
"Yeah fool! We can't stand around while our little buddy Jimmy is in trouble! That wouldn't be right!" Tee added.
"Tee and Travoltron are right. Jimmy is our friend and if he is in trouble than we're in this for the long haul. You can skip out on renting a plane. Our space shift can hold you all. Grab some of those miracle pills and any other weapons you might have and let's get going." Zix said.
It took about a half an hour to round up the necessary supplies, but the group was finally airborne and headed off in the direction of the island. Goddard sat in the copilot seat and barked happily as he watched the view as the ship flew over Retroville.
Jet Fusion:
Jet kept his eyes on the lead raptor as it began climbing the tree toward him. He was still dangling from the zip-line at the moment. "I have to get out of here." He whispered to himself. The raptor was drooling in anticipation as it came closer. Jet aimed his weapon at its head and the raptor stopped climbing. It stared at the mp5k and growled in frustration. "My god, you recognize this as a weapon, don't you?"
The tree shook once and the raptor's eyes turned to face the surrounding jungle. The tree shook again. The raptors began to make barking like sounds back and forth as they looked around as if they were alarmed by something. The tree shook again. The raptor descended to the ground rapidly and rejoined the rest of its herd as they seemed to communicate back and forth. That was when Jet noticed the ripples in the pool of water at the base of the tree that formed every time the tree shook.
"Seismic vibrations, I'm fairly alarmed." He said remembering the Jeff Goldblum line from Jurassic Park the movie. The hairs stood on the back of his neck as the raptors dashed off into the jungle out of sight.
"I feel like a worm on a hook. I'm probably at a good biting height at the moment." Jet lowered himself back to the ground before disengaging his connection to the zip-line. He could see the trees shake in the distance and hear the cries of the birds as they took off into the air. Whatever was coming was getting close.
He ducked low and made his way into the tree line keeping an eye out for other possible dangers. He felt pretty confident that the Raptors had fled to a distant part of the jungle, but that didn't mean they wouldn't return. He continued on until something made him stop in his tracks. The wind had changed directions and with it came the smell of death. He couldn't believe how close he got to the dead animal before smelling it, but he was clearly standing in front of a dead Edmontosaurus. It was easy to identify because of its duck like bill. Jet knew that it had lived during the Cretaceous Period based on fossils that had been found dating back 77.3 million years ago. The going theory was that they were most likely fed on by T-rexes.
"Terrific, this thing will attract every scavenger in the area. " Jet said to himself.
The trees echoed with a trumpeting roar. His blood ran cold from hearing the all too familiar sound. It was identical to the sound in the movie. It was unmistakably the roar of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"It must have caught the scent of the prey. I better put some distance between the corpse and myself" he said.
He decided it was in his best interest if he wasn't here when it arrived. He checked his bearings and got a tight grip on his weapon and continued on his course, which was thankfully in a different direction of the Rex.
To be continued…..