And now, let's get going with a new chapter of the Jimmy Neutron story! Let's see just how good Jimmy's skills will be, shall we? Anyway, enjoy!
On the field, King December's minions were still trudging around, a few of them carrying the coach he and his right hand alien were residing in. As they kept marching, two strange characters in cloaks and a robotic dog showed up as they stood to the side of the road as one prophet was waving.
"Step right up and get your future told through the prophets!" Jimmy's voice called out through the blue cloak that hid his face in the shadows.
"Er... yeah! Want to know your fate? Palms need reading? Lumps on head need counting? Come to us, the Prophecy Duo!" April's voice called out from the purple cloak next to her.
As they parade began to pass by, King December peeked out in curiosity as he noticed the robotic dog next to the two opening up a compartment and pointing an arrow straight at them as it said 'Free fortune telling! Get it while it's hot!'.
"F-ree?" King December's eyes lit up in curiosity as he gave a grin. "Well, well, well, now I'm curious. Stop the coach!"
The disguised duo watched as the King walked out of the carriage once it stopped, with his right hand man, Yorick, walking right behind them. "Pardon me, but I'm the King of the Gorlockians, and I would like my free fortune."
Jimmy looked over to April as he gave a wink, then turned towards King December as he kneeled down towards the king. "Oh, your majesty, what an honor it is to meet your fair face in person."
"Oh, stop, you're making me blush." King December giggled as Yorick looked over the two, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.
"I don't know, sir. They're probably buttering you up. I think they're trying to scam you out of your money!" Yorick frowned.
The king just turned to Yorick with a frown. "A scam? Surely, you jest, Yorick! How can something that is free be a scam? No, dear Yorick, only scammers that want money scam. People who give stuff for free bears gifts!"
The right hand man just rolled his eyes in annoyance as the king held out his hands. "If one of you would be so kind as to give me my free fortune."
"Well, my dear king, to do that, would require me to enter inside your lovely coach. Shall I?" Jimmy said with a small smile.
"Of course, of course." December said as he motioned for the 'fortune teller' to come inside. "Right this way, please."
Jimmy smirked as he gave a wink towards the alien girl he liked. April gave a nod as she waited as she watched Jimmy and Goddard enter inside with the king.
Inside the coach, as the three people settled in, Yorick looked rather annoyed as he was sitting in the middle between the suspicious fortune teller and his most loyal majesty. King December looked eager as he took his crown off and put it aside as Jimmy decided to play along with what he had seen fortune tellers do when he saw one in town. After all, he never believed in fortune tellers, but he always had an interest in the supernatural and the science behind the tricks.
"Now, just sit back and relax." Jimmy said as he spoke in a very soothing voice, with December giving a very mellow smile as he took some deep breaths. "Let your inner child speak to you. Take a deep breath and let it out your zorp."
"Yes, ye- my what?" King December asked, looking very confused.
"Let me examine the bumps on your head." Jimmy said as he motioned for King December to come over.
"But I don't have bumps on my head." King December said, looking rather confused.
From above the tent, April had peeked down and gave a small smirk as she raised her stick and whacked King December on the head three times. Yorick looked up and noticed the girl zipping out as his eyes widened. "Hey! Your majesty, did you just see-"
But King December was too dazed from his lumps that he leaned his head dazed towards the boy disguised as a fortune teller as Jimmy noted, "You do now. Now, shall we look to the stars?"
"The stars? But we're inside." King December said as he recovered, looking rather confused.
April, hearing her cue, peeked into the tent and whacked King December on the head with her staff. Yorick looked up again, only to see the figure zip out of view. "Sire, you had to have just seen!"
The Gorlockian tyrant, however, was too dazed as he was watching the stars circling around his head. "Look, stars! Ready when you are, Raoul."
Jimmy could only hide a small smirk as he crossed his legs. "Hmmm... it seems that the stars have aligned with you..."
The tyrannical king recovered as he gave a small grin as Yorick looked up towards the flap in suspicion. He kept a close eye towards it as he squinted. All of a sudden, a can of red paint was seen from above as Yorick gasped. "SIRE!"
The king, annoyed with the right hand alien, grabbed the man by the neck and stuffed him into a closet, locking him up. "Excuse me, I'm in the middle of the fortune! If you want to talk to me, wait until I'm done!"
"But sire!" Yorick protested, but the king had already walked back to his seat with a smirk as Goddard gave a bark. Jimmy turned towards his robotic creature and gave a toothy grin before looking towards the king as he went back to his seat. "I'm sorry for the rude interruptions..."
"That is quite all right, young one." Jimmy said as he spoke in a trance-like voice. "Now, let me read your palm..."
Jimmy looked up to see April removing the red paint can from the area as the Gorlockian king handed the 'fortune teller' his hand. Jimmy paused as he examined each inch of his hand, giving a nod. "Hm mm, hm mmm... my, my... just as I expected..."
"W-what is it?" The king asked in concern.
"It says here that you have a long lifeline." Jimmy said.
"You don't say?" The king said in mild interest as Jimmy was humming and moaning, with Goddard using some speakers to settle down the eerie mood.
All the while, April, still in disguise as the other fortune teller, was carefully crawling around the coach, feeling relieved that the right hand man had temporarily been indisposed. If she could get some hints about what had happened to her parents and get some weaknesses for the king, it could be one step closer to freedom.
She was definitely thankful for Jimmy for showing up when he did. Of course, she was rather curious about why his plan wasn't more scientifical in nature, but she went along with it. After all, he seemed to be distracting the king quite nicely. She peeked from a window as she spotted some papers laying neatly on the desk. Giving a smirk, she reached her hand and pilfered the documents from the hands as she looked them over, reading the top of the documents.
"Secret Plans and Hidden Locations Throughout the Castle." April said as she gave a smirk. "So, a few secrets that even I don't know, hm? December, you have met your match..."
She carefully pocketed the documents on her hip side as she looked around casually, trying to act a little normal as she carefully gave the slip, looking around... right at that moment, she spotted a large treasure chest held by some minions. Giving a smirk, she carefully hid in the shadows as she crawled over to the chest. Getting right under it, she leaned towards the chest and softly knocked on it. Curiously, she pulled out her spear and carefully carved a small hole into it as she peeked inside. Her eyes lit up as she noted something inside. Carefully, but slowly, she put the spear in to create a larger hole.
All the while, using his brains and smart thinking to smooth talk the smiling king, Jimmy was continuing on his ramble, "And I see... I see a future where you will go down in history... your name will be spoken everywhere you go... crowds will surround you."
"Will they love me?" December asked.
Jimmy hesitated for a moment before giving a grin. "Of course! I can see it."
"Ha ha! I knew it!" December laughed. "December, the name that will rule not only the world of Gorlock, but also the entire galaxy!"
As the alien king gave a laugh, when his head was turned, Jimmy could only shake his head as he stared at Goddard in bemusement and did the little 'cuckoo' motion with his hand as Goddard nodded in agreement. Then, Jimmy motioned for Goddard to give him another invention. Getting the message, his loyal robot dog pulled out a ray gun with a swirly circle attached from his opened backside as he gave it to Jimmy. The boy smiled as he said, "Okay, your majesty, if you'll look this way, please. I have another prophecy."
"Oh really? What's-" The unaware king asked, but got met with a blast of hypno-rays as Jimmy gave a grin.
"Okay, so where are you keeping April's parents? You know, the real king and queen of this land?" Jimmy asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm keeping them in my dungeons. Trapped like a bunch of rats." The hypnotized king said.
Jimmy gave a small nod as he turned to Goddard. "Thanks for the tip. Come on, Goddard, let's go meet up with April!"
"Wait a minute, what did I hear that fortune teller say?" The trapped Yorick said from inside the cabinet as Jimmy and Goddard jumped out of the coach. "Sir! SIRRRRRR!"
Some banging was heard from the cabinet as it started shaking, until eventually, the lock from the cabinet broke and Yorick popped out, covered in boxers. Taking the unmentionables off his head, he ran over to the king, who had just gotten out of his hypnosis. "Sire, sire, wake up! You've been tricked by some fortune tellers! They said they know where the princess is!"
"WHAT?!" King December said, his eyes widened in shock.
"I tried to tell you there was something suspicious, but no, you wouldn't listen to me! I swear, it feels like I was the only competen-" Yorick began to rant, only to be pushed aside as the king got up from his chair and angrily marched outside as he looked around... only to see three figures vanish into the forest nearby. His eyes glared as he pointed towards the forest.
"Don't just stand there you fools! Chase after those strange fortune tellers! They have the princess!" The king ordered.
Immediately, the subjects sprang into action as they started to charge into the forest... only for the thick trees to block each path they were in as all of the subjects fell, getting entangled in some vines... along with the coach as both Yorick and King December fell from the carriage and landed in some sticky vines.
"UGH!" The king groaned as he narrowed his eyes in frustration. "I will get you for this, Princess! You just watch!"
As the king and his subjects were desperately trying to get out of their sticky situation, the Gorlock princess, the visitor from Earth and his robotic dog had already escaped with some new knowledge. All in all, not a bad day for Jimmy Neutron...
And with that, this chapter is done! How did you guys like it? Next time, we'll be sticking with April and Jimmy as they... hang out some more, a little more romance on the way! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!