Welcome back. Hope you had fun during the holidays and enjoyed Valentine's day with that special someone. Season 3 will be a long season that I will try to post on regularly. I'll be adding to the cast and expanding the lore of this universe. Also note if it wasn't obvious before because of Timmy I am discontinuing my other fanfic, The Legion of Justice. I'm just not feeling it so those characters are migrating to this fanfic, but whether they'll be repressing their roles or I'll write up new ones for them is up in the air. So now that you're all informed let's begin.
Cyborg
5 Years Ago
Andrew Johnson Jr better known as A.J. was the third smartest person on the planet. Instead of using his vast intellect to get ahead in life A.J. has opted to live a normal life. His life would be changed forever the night his old friend Jimmy Neutron came to visit him.
A.J. was in his room playing video games when his mother knocked on his door. "A.J. honey. Are you decent?"
"Yeah Mom, come on in." A.J. said.
A.J.'s mother entered his room. "A friend of yours is at the front door."
"Who is it? Marcus? Travis?" A.J. asked.
"No, he said his name was Jimmy."
A.J. let out a sigh. "Please tell him to come up."
"Okay. Is everything okay?"
"Yeah." A.J. replied.
A minute later Jimmy entered A.J.'s room. "Hey A.J.'
"No." A.J. said immediately.
"But I haven't… "
"No!" A.J. said again.
"But you're not even…"
"No!" A.J. said again.
"Come on man. Just hear me out okay." Jimmy said.
"Fine." A.J. sighed, "What do you want?"
"I've recently been assigned by the army to build something very interesting." Jimmy explained.
"Isn't that information classified?" A.J. asked.
"Very." Jimmy smiled.
"What is it?" A.J. asked.
Jimmy pulled out his tablet and showed A.J. his project, "This is just a prototype but I need your help ironing out a few details."
"What is that?" A.J. asked.
"I call it the Neutron Chamber. And it will change the world. So are you interested?" Jimmy asked.
A.J. let out a little smile. "Maybe a little."
Present Day
Retroville
Ceasar Labs
It had been six months since The N-Men took down Savage and his empire and a lot had changed for the team. Jimmy was now working at Ceasar Labs.
Jimmy was hard at work creating a secret project for his company. "Hey Jimmy, how's your project going?" Jimmy's boss Sam Stein asked.
"I'm finished." Jimmy stated.
"Really?" Sam said in disbelief. "You started the project three days ago."
"I work fast." Jimmy joked.
"This is great!" Sam said excitedly.
"Thanks. Just doing what I can." Jimmy said.
"How soon can we show the investors?" Sam asked.
"Anytime you're ready." Jimmy said.
"You are a miracle worker Jimmy. In the few weeks you've been here you've basically restored Ceasar Lab's reputation and brought confidence back into the investors. I honestly lost hope after we lost the organ 3D printer and Dr Desmond but you've really done a great job."
"Dude if you don't stop I'll blush." Jimmy laughed.
"Well I'm going to El Costco Resturante Latino, to celebrate. You wanna come? I'm buying."
Jimmy smiled, "Sure…"
Hulk: Absolutely not!"
"You know, I think I'll just grab a hotdog from the cart outside." Jimmy said.
"You sure?" Sam asked.
Hulk: Yes you're sure!
"I'm sure." Jimmy
"Okay then." Sam said before walking out.
"So why couldn't I get an expensive free meal from my boss?" Jimmy asked.
Hulk: Mexican food gives you really bad gas.
"Really?" Jimmy asked.
Hulk: I share a body with you, trust me.
"Okay then." Jimmy replied.
Hulk: So when are we going to start punching stuff again? I'm bored.
"Don't worry. We have a job tonight. You can knock out as many goons as you want." Jimmy replied.
Hulk: Cool.
Retroville High
Cindy after everything that happened with her father gained an appreciation for hunting down the truth and started taking up journalism, even joining her school's paper.
Cindy had just finished writing an article for the paper and gave it to her editor Janice. "Janice, I'm done with my article, I'm heading out."
Janice read Cindy's article and began to laugh. "What's so funny?" Cindy asked.
"Vortex, I like your gumption, your grit, your…"
"Your point being." Cindy interrupted her.
"You're a good journalist; You check the facts, you always deliver your assignments on time, you're neutral basically everything any aspiring reporter should strive to be. it's just that your stories are so boring. Spice them up a bit, that's what brings in readers."
"Okay, I'll try." Cindy replied.
"Great, your next story should be more exciting." Janice said enthusiastically.
Libby's Garage
Libby and Carl had started a band with Libby's other friends; George and Michelle. Carl is the lead singer, George plays lead guitar, Michelle plays the base and Libby plays on the drums. The group had become quite popular and had even started going out on gigs gaining a little fan base.
Carl and Libby's band Super Stars were in the middle of practice. "Okay guys let's get started!" Carl shouted.
George, Michelle and Libby began to play a melody.
"Rock and roll is running through my veins (hey, hey)
Electric soul like wires to my brain (hey, hey)
I can't be wrong, don't need direction
I can find my way
Play it loud! Play it loud!
I got no time for turning it down
Play it loud! Play it proud!
I live it, I breathe it
Don't tell me I don't need it now
Play it loud!
Sorry I'm not sorry for being proud
Play it loud!"
As the band was playing a small crowd gathered around them. "Turn it up until your speakers blow out
First things first, I ain't no second place
Rules are meant for bending till they break
Right or wrong with no exceptions
Rocking out my way
Play it loud! Play it loud!
I got no time for turning it down
Play it loud! Play it proud!
I live it, I breathe it
Don't tell me I don't need it now
Play it loud!
Sorry I'm not sorry for being proud
Play it loud!
Turn it up until your speakers blow out
Until your speakers blow out
Until your speakers blow out
Until your speakers blow out"
The moment the band stopped the crowd began to applaud them, "Thank you, thank you." George said, "If you wanna see more of that, be sure to check us out at the Candy Bar this Saturday!"
The crowd cheered before quickly diapering.
"That set was awesome!" Michelle cheered, "Carl, your singing is unreal. It's like you can control sound."
"Thanks." Carl replied blushing.
"Libby! Where were you hiding this guy!" George yelled wrapping his arm around Carl, "I love him, but not in a gay way. Not that there's anything wrong with with being gay. What I'm trying to say is…"
"We get it George." Libby said annoyed.
"So do you guys want to do another song?" Carl asked.
"Sure." George said.
"Great." Michelle said.
"Carl we can't. We have that other thing." Libby said.
"Oh yeah right." Carl said remembering.
"What other thing?" Michelle asked.
"We have a science club." Libby replied.
"You're in the science club?" George said in disbelief.
"Hey, I'm smart." Libby retorted.
"Yeah right." Michelle laughed.
Retroville Community Center
Football Pitch
Sheen was preparing for his senior year and was a little unsure what to do with himself. He had decided to spend time with his other friends Carlos, Markus and Tim.
The group of teens had just finished playing a game of Football(Soccer) with his friends.
"Now that was a great game." Markus said while gulping his water down.
"Sheen decimated us." Tim said.
"Hey I was there too." Carlos complained.
"Standing around while Sheen did the real work." Markus joked.
Carlos sprayed Markus in the face with his water. "Oh so it's gonna be like that!" Markus laughed.
The two friends began to playfully fight. Sheen, who was so lost in thought, barely noticed his friends.
"Hey Sheen, what's up?" Tim asked.
"It's nothing man." Sheen replied.
Carlos and Markus stopped their fight when they noticed Sheen was upset. "Hey man, you know you can tell us. We're your boys." Markus stated.
"It's just, it's senior year and I don't know what I want to do with my life." Sheen admitted.
"Is that it. Sheen, you're still a young man. Just focus on getting into Ret-U(Retroville University) right now. Take it one step at a time and you'll eventually find what you're looking for." Carlos explained.
"Thanks man, I needed that." Sheen fist bumped him.
"No problem." Carlos replied.
"So how about another game?" Tim asked.
"Sorry bro. I've got another commitment." Sheen said before walking away.
"Where are you going?" Markus asked.
"Science Club." Sheen shouted, leaving his friends confused.
The Compound
Betty had decided to stick around in Retroville taking over Jimmy's previous mission control position now that he was going out onto the field as Hulk.
Betty was hard at work working on battle simulations for the N-Men. Jimmy walked into the lab.
"Hey B, what are you up to?" Jimmy asked.
"Just running a few battle sims for the team." Betty replied.
"Really?" Jimmy said surprised, "Let's check out what you came up with." he said taking the seat next to Betty.
Jimmy checked the monitor and saw Betty's simulations. "Whoa never thought of using Carl and Cindy like that. Wow Betty, you really did a great job." Jimmy commented.
"Thanks, just doing what I can for the team." Betty replied.
"You've really been a great help. How's our little project going?" Jimmy asked.
"The E-Matrix. Well I cataloged the team's DNA like you requested. The device you built seems to be stable the only problem seems to be the software." Betty explained.
"What do you mean?" Jimmy asked.
"The software patch you wrote isn't syncing." Betty answered.
"Aghh!" Jimmy groaned, "I've been trying to get that code to sync for months. What am I doing wrong!"
"Well you were always better with hardware than software." Betty stated. "Remember when you got A.J. too…"
"How about we don't talk about A.J." Jimmy sadly suggested.
Betty wanted to say something but decided to keep quiet. At that moment the team came in for training.
"Hey guys." Jimmy greeted them.
"Hey Jimmy!" Carl and Sheen greeted him.
"Hey." Libby greeted him.
"Let's get this over with Neutron. I've got better things to do." Cindy greeted him.
"You're as charming as ever Vortex. For today's training we're going to keep it simple. Instead of a training exercise you're all going to demonstrate your mastery over your powers." Jimmy explained.
The teens looked at each other and smiled, "Sure why not." Sheen said.
"Ladies first." Cindy said, speeding over to a Neutron Gravity Weight. "Betty crank it up to a thousand."
Betty did as Cindy asked and increased the weights to one thousand tons.
Cindy grabbed the weight and easily lifted it. "Impressed." she said to Jimmy smiling.
Hulk: Let's show her what real power looks like.
Jimmy smiled, "Sure." Jimmy removed his shirt and jeans revealing the tights he was wearing under them. Jimmy's skin turned orange, his hair became green as the teen boy changed into Hulk.
"You think a thousand tons is anything." Hulk yawned, "Betty multiplied the weights by ten."
Betty did as Hulk asked and added more weight to the weights, the increase in weight forced Cindy to hold the weight with both hands and barely struggled to keep the weight up.
"You looked like you were having trouble, let me help you with that." Hulk grabbed and easily lifted the weight and began to play with it, tossing it to his other hand.
"Show off." Cindy muttered.
"Now that you muscle heads are done comparing biceps, how about I show you some real mastery." Sheen spoke out.
Sheen began to vibrate his body, soon there were multiple Sheen's around the lab, "I call this my after image technique. I'm occupying multiple spaces at the same time."
"Impressive Sheen but nowhere near as impressive as this." Carl stated, stepping towards his friends, Carl coughed to clear his throat, "Look at me! I'm the Flash and I'm the fastest man alive!" Carl said in Sheen's voice.
"Whoa!" Sheen said, "You can copy my voice."
"I can." Carl said in Sheen's voice, "Copy any sound." he said in Libby's voice, "I've heard." he said in Cindy's voice.
"Okay Carl, that was cool and all but none of you have me beat." Libby stated.
Libby used her force field powers Libby created a force field construct that looked exactly like her, she then made the construct move around, running around, doing flips and tricks.
"Okay Libby's the winner." Sheen conceded.
"Definitely." Carl agreed.
"I guess." Cindy begrudgingly agreed.
"Hmmh." Hulk grunted.
At that moment an alarm sounded off, Betty ran to the computer, "There's been a robbery." she announced.
"Where?" Cindy asked.
"Ceasar Labs."
Jimmy: Aww come on!
"Let's get there fast." Sheen said before he raced to the teleporter pad.
Ceasar Labs
Inside the building six large looking men wearing trench coats and fedoras had knocked out the guards and had been combing through the lab looking for something.
As they got to Jimmy's work space the thieves were blasted across the room by one of Carl's sonic blasts. The men got up and saw the N-Men standing behind in front of them.
Jimmy: Tell Carl to be a little easy with the sonic blasts, that's my station.
Hulk groaned, "Big Brain says to ease up with the sound powers."
"Sorry." Carl apologized.
Cindy levitated herself above the thieves, "Okay punks, you know who we are. You know what we can do. Why don't you make things a little easier on yourself and just give up so we can go home."
The thieves kept quiet. "What? Cat got your tong…" before Cindy could finish her sentence she was blasted into a wall by an energy beam.
The team looked surprised as they stared at one of the thieves whose hand had transformed into an arm cannon.
"Okay that's weird." Sheen commented.
The thieves removed their coats and revealed themselves to be androids.
"Robots!" Libby exclaimed.
"That's a new one." Carl commented.
Hulk looked at the androids and let out a large grin.
Jimmy: Why are you so happy?
"They're not people. Which means I don't have to hold back."
Jimmy: I don't think it means exactly that.
Hulk ignored Jimmy and tackled one of the androids through a wall, "Guess we follow the big guys lead." Sheen commented.
Carl and Libby nodded and went in to attack. Cindy got up and flew at the android that shot at her tackling it through the ceiling.
Hulk was outside the building, the android got up and transformed its left arm into a gatling gun and its right arm into an energy cannon. The android took aim at and fired a barrage of bullets at Hulk but they simply bounced off his skin.
"Ha, puny bullets." Hulk laughed.
The android changed its strategy using its arm cannon blasting Hulk in the face at point blank range.
"Is that all you got?" Hulk taunted, "Pity I was hoping this would be a little more fun for me."
Hulk lunged at the android and grabbed both of its arms, he pulled with the minimum amount of force to tear the android arms off from its body. Hulk then kicked the android into a car, he then lifted the car the android smashed into and began to repeatedly slam the car on top of it.
"That was easy." Hulk said as he wiped the dust off of his hands.
Jimmy: Overkill much.
"Hey, I'm only in control of the body when something important happens. Let me have my fun."
Cindy was flying the android she was facing very high into the air, the android tried to break out of the heroine's hold. When Cindy thought she was high enough she tossed the android further into the air she then repeatedly rammed the bot with her superspeed smashing it into pieces.
Back in the lab Libby, Carl and Sheen were facing their androids. Sheen decided to dismantle the machine using his intangibility to remove its parts.
The android Libby was facing was firing a barrage of bullets from it's gatling gun. Libby had used her force field power to trap the bot in a force field dome, she began to shrink the shield eventually crushing the android into a tiny ball.
The android that Carl was facing was firing at him while he was hiding behind a table. Carl quickly took aim at the android and shattered it into pieces with a single sound blast.
Cindy and Hulk re-entered the room. "So I guess that's that." Libby commented.
"Kind of underwhelming." Sheen commented.
"Wait, weren't there six of them?" Cindy asked.
The team began to look around, Sheen and Cindy then raced around the building using their super speed and eventually ended up back in the room.
"It's not here!" Cindy shouted.
"She's right I checked everywhere." Sheen agreed.
"Where did it go?" Libby questioned.
Just as Cindy was about to answer Carl silenced her, "Shush, I can hear it." Carl stated. Using his super hearing Carl accurately pinpointed the android. "It's still here, it's over there!" Carl said pointing to an empty space.
"It must be invisible." Cindy commented.
Carl fired a sound blast at the empty space blasting the android through a wall somehow the android managed to survive. The android placed a device it was holding on its chest, the android's machinery managed to sync with the device.
"Is it down?" Libby asked.
"What do you think these bots were here for anyway?" Cindy asked.
Jimmy: Hulk we should probably take the remains back to the lab.
"Got it." Hulk said as he walked towards the android.
At that moment an energy wave hit the N-Men, Hulk instantly changed back into Jimmy and Cindy, who was levitating in the air, fell to the ground.
"What just happened?" Libby asked.
Realizing what happened Jimmy turned around, "Guys we have to run now!"
Before the team could question him, the android got up. Its guns had become damaged from Carl's attack and had decided to reconfigure its guns back into hands. The android charged for the teens. Cindy ran straight for him but the teen girl was swatted away hitting a wall.
"I think I broke a rib." Cindy groaned.
Carl tried to blast the bot with his powers but nothing happened, "What's going on?" Carl shouted.
"I'll explain later." Jimmy shouted as he picked up Cindy.
The android began to charge in the teens but because of its damages it couldn't move as quickly as it could before.
The teens made it out of the building and the android was close behind following them. The teens eventually made it to a phone booth. Carl was the first to get in, he pushed a button and a scanner popped up and promptly scanned Carl.
"Recognized, Carl 0-4." the computer said before firing a beam at Carl that teleported him away.
"Get in quickly!" Jimmy ordered.
Libby was next, "Recognized, Libby-03." the computer said before teleporting her away.
Jimmy looked on at the distance as the android drew closer to them. "Recognized, Cindy-02. Recognized, Sheen-05." he heard, as his friends teleport away.
The android eventually reached the teen, it grabbed the booth and began to crush it. Jimmy quickly pushed the button and was teleported away as the android completely destroyed the booth. The android then received a call from whoever made it to receive repairs so it flew off.
The Compound
As Jimmy teleported into the lab he saw his friends panting on the ground exhausted.
"What the hell just happened!?" Sheen shouted.
"That android stole my latest invention. It's a long range power dampener." Jimmy explained.
"Long range power dampener?" Libby questioned.
"The prison was having trouble keeping the collars charged and they couldn't legally inoculate the prisoners so I devised a way to take collars out of the equation entirely. My long range dampener sends out an energy wave that disables mutant powers." Jimmy explained. "We should have our powers back now. You there partner?" he asked Hulk.
Hulk: Yeah I'm here.
Cindy checked her rib and realized she was healed, she then levitated into the air. Sheen vibrated his hand, Libby turned her hand invisible, and Carl let out a little sound blast from his fingers.
"We may have our powers back but that doesn't mean we can take on robot man." Sheen said.
"Can't you magic up some kind of technology to counter the dampener?" Cindy asked.
"Unfortunately not. I just don't have the resources here." Jimmy replied. "Carl, can you get in contact with Jasmine? We could really use Timmy right now."
"Sorry Jimmy. Jasmine and Timmy are on a meditation training exercise. No contact with the outside world for a week." Carl explained.
"Then we are in a bind. We might have to call the army in." Jimmy groaned.
"Maybe we don't need to call the big guns in so fast." Betty chimed in.
"What do you mean?" Cindy asked.
"Jimmy, I know you won't like it but maybe we could call A.J." Betty suggested.
"I don't think that's a great idea." Jimmy replied.
"Who's A.J.?" Cindy asked.
Jimmy sighed, "He was an old colleague of mine. When Savage first contacted me to build the Neutron Chamber I needed a little help. So I called the one guy smarter than me A.J."
"Did you say, smarter than you?" Cindy questioned.
"You see, A.J.'s the third smartest person on the planet, Jimmy's the fifth." Betty explained.
"So who are one, two and four?" Sheen asked.
"I'll tell you about them later." Jimmy replied. "You see, two years before the original chamber was built, A.J. and I successfully built a prototype. When we started testing it, something went wrong. There was an accident and A.J. didn't come out of it unscathed."
"How bad are we talking?" Libby asked.
"His chest cavity was blown out, along with his arms and legs, and a section of his face." Jimmy explained.
The team looked at Jimmy with shocked expressions, "I guess I need to be the one to ask this. How is A.J. well, still alive?" Sheen asked.
"It took a lot of work. I along with Betty and some of our other colleagues managed to save A.J. giving him the most advanced cybernetics in the world. Needless to say when we finally finished with A.J.'s adjustments he promptly told me to leave and never see him again."
"It's been four years Jimmy. I'm sure A.J. 's calmed down by now." Betty stated.
"Well it's worth a try. The three of you should go home and keep a low profile." Jimmy said.
"What why!?" Cindy objected.
"There's nothing any of you can do right now. As long as that android has my dampener you're powerless." Jimmy stated.
"Okay Jimmy we understand." Sheen said.
"Call us if anything happens." Libby said as she, Carl, Sheen and Cindy walked out of the lab. Cindy looked back dismissively at Jimmy's decision.
"Let's get packing. Dimmsdale's quite far from here." Jimmy said to Betty.
Unknown Location
The android landed on a beach where it was greeted by a mysterious man. The man took the android into a building. He removed the power dampener and attached it to a computer, after sometime the man stopped what he was doing and called someone.
A board of shadowy figures answered the call. "What do you have to report?"
"I have acquired the device but I cannot replicate it." the man replied.
"Why?"
"Neutron was very cautious when he built the device. Any effort to tamper with it will result in an immediate termination of all functions. So reverse engineering does not seem like a viable option." the man explained.
"Savage really did make the boy paranoid."
"So what do you propose?"
"As much as I would've liked to avoid it, I think it would be prudent if we captured Neutron and forced him to create more of his dampeners." the man suggested.
"And how would you have him cooperate?"
"I have my methods. Do you approve?" the man asked.
"Do what you need to do. But if Neutron escapes it's imperative no connection between you and us exists. It would destabilize the fragile peace we have with the N-Men and we are not ready to face them yet."
"Understood." the man said as the call ended.
The man removed the dampener from his computer and placed it in a more advanced android fitted with more weapons and stronger armor. The man used the tablet he was holding to give the android its mission to retrieve Jimmy Neutron.
Dimmsdale
A.J.'s House
Jimmy and Betty had made their way to A.J.'s house, they knocked on the door and his mother Rebecca answered the door. At first she didn't recognize the duo but after squinting her eyes she recognized them.
"Jimmy, Betty!? Is that you?" she asked, surprised by their sudden appearance, "You're all grown up."
"Thanks." Jimmy said.
"Is A.J. here?" Betty asked.
"I'm sorry but he's not here." Rebecca replied.
"Where is he?" Jimmy asked.
"Same place he always is."
Dimmsdale High
A.J. was wearing a full tracksuit hiding his appearance walking through the halls of the school, he found himself looking at a trophy case and just stared at it.
"You really miss him don't you." A.J. heard.
A.J. transformed his arm into a cannon and aimed it at Jimmy and Betty who were standing behind him.
"The arm cannon's new." Jimmy commented.
"I've had time to make some upgrades. What are you doing here?" A.J. asked.
"I need your help." Jimmy replied.
"The last time I agreed to help you, this happened to me!" A.J. shouted revealing the cybernetics on his face.
"A device I created was stolen and the person behind it could do serious damage with it." Jimmy explained.
"You mean your power dampener and how it could threaten your precious N-Men. " A.J. stated.
Jimmy and Betty gave A.J. a surprised look. "How did you know?" Jimmy asked.
"You're not the only one who's developed advanced technology, Neutron. I wanted to see the world again with my own eyes but I couldn't go out. So I created Grid. It's a program that can hack any system on the planet, even yours Jimmy." A.J. explained.
"That's a powerful piece of tech." Jimmy stated.
"I know. And before either of you say anything I know what it could possibly be used for but all I use it for is to just seeing the world with my own eyes."
"Will you help us?" Jimmy asked.
"No." A.J. bluntly stated.
"Jimmy, why don't you wait outside. While I talk to A.J." Betty suggested.
Jimmy agreed and left the building. "Okay, A.J. I know you. You might have been pissed after the accident but you're smart enough to understand that it wasn't Jimmy's fault. Or yours. What's the real problem."
"I'm 65% machine Betty. All I wanted was to live a normal life. Go to school, play football, maybe meet someone. Those dreams are dead now. And it's because Jimmy ruined my life. The accident may not have been his fault, but I'm in this situation because of him."
"Your right. Chaos seems to follow that guy everywhere he goes. I was living a peaceful life away from any science before he showed up at my doorstep and brought a whole bunch of chaos into my life. But at the same time, I'm glad he did. In the short time we've been reunited, I've seen some messed up shit; plant monsters, Immortal Cavemen, shadow organizations and the works. I quit being a scientist because in all honesty, I thought whatever my genius went into would only be used to help greedy money grubbing crooks get richer or be used as a weapon to hurt people. When Jimmy showed up I found a way to use my genius with no strings attached. I can help people without the bureaucracy of dealing with other people."
"Why are you telling me this?" A.J. asked.
"A.J. Jimmy didn't force you into helping him. You love science. You even gave yourself upgrades that you really didn't need. You may have thought you wanted a normal life, but in reality you are just as curious as the rest of us."
"What's your point Betty?" A.J. asked.
"I can see it in your eye. You want to help us, but you're letting the loss of a life you never really wanted corrupt what you really want." Betty explained.
A.J. thought about what Betty said and found some truth in it. "I don't know if I can help you guys Betty."
"A.J. don't waste the rest of your life hiding from the world and wondering what could've been. You're still alive, and it would be a waste to see you give up on yourself."
Before A.J. could answer that the duo heard a large explosion. Both ran out the building and saw Hulk combating a android wearing heavy looking armor flying in the air.
"Is that the Hulk!" A.J. said shocked, "What happened to Jimmy!?"
"Guess you don't know everything. That is Jimmy, sorta." Betty answered.
"Didn't see that coming." A.J. commented.
Hulk roared and threw two cars at the bot, the android dodged it. The android morphed its arm into a cannon and blasted Hulk back but the attack barely fazed the beast.
"Where did this thing come from!" Hulk shouted.
Jimmy: Don't know. We don't have time for this. Take this hunk of junk now!
"Got it!" Hulk agreed, leaping into the air.
Just before Hulk could connect with the android it activated the dampener transforming Hulk back into Jimmy.
"Uh, oh." Jimmy said as he fell back onto the ground. He android landed right in front of Jimmy, "I'm guessing whoever made those androids from before also made you."
The android lifted Jimmy up and began to fly off with him. "A.J. do something!" Betty pleaded.
A.J. glared at the android, he aimed his fist and it launched off of his arm like a rocket knocking into the android forcing the robot to release Jimmy. A.J.'s rocket arm then flew to Jimmy grabbing him and gently brought him to the ground releasing him and flying back to A.J. reattaching to him.
"Thanks." Jimmy said.
"No problem." A.J. replied.
The android quickly recovered and charged straight for the teens. "Leave this to me!." A.J. announced removing his tracksuit top.
A rocket pack formed on A.J.'s back and he flew straight at the android. The android threw a punch at A.J. he ducked to dodge it, the android then grabbed A.J.'s leg and threw him into a car, the android then formed its hands into energy cannons and fired on A.J.
When the dust cleared A.J. was revealed to have protected himself with an energy barrier. The androids shoulder opened up firing missiles at A.J., A.J leaped out of the way dodging the missiles. A.J. then morphed his hand into an energy cannon and fired at the android shooting it out of the air. The android got up and morphed its hands into saws and charged at A.J.
A.J. stood still. "What is he doing?" Jimmy questioned.
Just as the android reached A.J. it stopped and deactivated. Jimmy and Betty noticed this and ran to A.J. "What did you do?" Jimmy asked.
"While I was fighting that thing I used Grid to hack into it's systems and remotely shut it down." A.J. explained.
"I don't say this a lot but I'm impressed." Jimmy said.
The trio heard sirens drawing closer to them. "We better get out of here before the cops show up." Better suggested.
"Right." Jimmy agreed. Jimmy transformed into Hulk and grabbed the android.
"Good job kid." Hulk said to A.J.
"Thanks Jimmy." A.J. replied. Hulk growled at him.
Betty leaped onto Hulk's back. "He's not Jimmy."
"What?" A.J. questioned.
"We'll explain later, let's go." Betty replied.
Hulk leaped off with A.J. following them.
A.J.'s House
The group eventually ended up back at A.J.'s house. "So you're telling me Jimmy's a mutant with multiple personality and his alter has its own powers."
"Basically." Jimmy answered.
"Well that's interesting. Makes you wonder what would happen if you had other personalities." A.J. said.
"Yeah." Jimmy agreed. "A.J. I want to thank you for helping me get my dampener back. I know you and I don't have the best history, I really appreciate you helping me when you didn't have to."
"You're my friend Jimmy, I know you would've done the same for me in a heartbeat. I also wanted to apologize for the things I said that day."
"You were going through a lot, I understand." Jimmy replied. "It's getting late, we should probably get going."
"It was great seeing you again A.J." Betty said as she hugged the cyborg.
"It was great seeing you again too." A.J. hugged her back.
"We'll be seeing you." Jimmy said as he and Betty walked their car.
A.J. thought for a second. "Wait!" Jimmy and Betty stopped. "I was thinking if you guys were okay with it… maybe I could…"
"You can join us A.J." Jimmy interrupted him.
A.J. looked at Jimmy surprised, "How did you know?"
"You were once my best friend A.J. I could see it in your eyes." Jimmy answered. "But I have to ask why?
"I need a fresh start. Maybe joining your merry band of mutants and doing some good might help. And maybe if people see me helping people, it would make them accept me a lot faster. What do you say?" A.J. asked.
"The more the merrier." Jimmy smiled.
"This team does have a habit of picking up strays." Betty commented.
The Compound
The next day the team met back at the compound.
"Why do you think Jimmy asked us to come here so early?" Carl asked.
"Maybe it has something to do with his missing dampener
"Hey Neutron. Did you find your old friend?" Cindy asked.
"Yeah, you could say that. Guys I want you all to meet Andrew Johnson Junior, but you can call him A.J." Jimmy said as A.J. revealed himself to the team.
"Hey man." Sheen said
"Hi." Carl said
"Nice to meet you." Libby said.
"Welcome." Cindy said.
"It's great to meet you all." A.J. introduced himself.
"A.J.'s joining our little team. With his skill set I guarantee he'll be a great addition." Jimmy said.
"If he's going to join our team he's going to need a codename. I was thinking, Cyborg." Sheen commented.
"I hate that name." A.J. stated.
"Then Cyborg it is." Jimmy agreed.
The team began to laugh until they heard a loud boom. A portal formed in the middle of the room and Timmy, who was holding a dragon's head and Jasmine stepped out of it.
Timmy threw the head on the ground, "You wouldn't believe the adventure we just had." he panted, Timmy instantly took notice of A.J. "Hey, who's the new guy?" leaving the team in shock.
Unknown Location
"It seems our plans to acquire Neutron's dampener were a failure. He'll probably take extra precautions with his technology so trying again would be pointless." the mysterious man stated.
"Understood."
"Is there any way Neutron could trace you with the android he acquired."
"No, we are still well hidden." the man replied.
"My question for you professor is how will you complete the mutant hunters without Neutron's technology?"
"I never needed his technology. I only did this because you were all so insistent. I don't like relying on the work of others to accomplish my goals. I have a far more effective method of developing the mutant hunters. I am the smartest person on the planet." the man ranted.
"We understand Professor Calamitous."
Well that's it. Be sure to leave a review if you liked this chapter.
Well we have Cyborg here. I know it seems like I rushed the resolution with Jimmy but that's not the Cyborg story I wanted to tell. The story I want to tell is more coming to terms with what happened to him.
Also this chapter is the start of a mini arc this season, called the Mutant Hunters. It's basically like the Sentinels from X-Men.
Until next time.
Next Episode: Magical Adventure
Synopsis: Timmy takes Jasmine to the Enchanted Forest to help her harness her magical power but the duo meet an unexpected individual from Timmy's past.
