Emerging Compassions
Chapter 10: Where He Really Is
(Carl's POV)
Once inside his lab, Jimmy immediately began typing furiously at his keyboard, obviously determined to solve this mystery about Jet Fusion's whereabouts.
While he was working, I looked around at my other companions. Sheen just seemed even more bored than he ever had been. He groaned and complained, "Ugh... I'm bored! Entertain me, Cindy."
"How about I instead send you flying to the dark side of the moon?" she threatened, her fist in his face.
"Okay, OKAY! Jeez, Cindy! You win!" Sheen gave in, backing away from her.
"Okay, you 2! I've heard QUITE enough outta y'all!" Libby demanded, separating Sheen and Cindy.
"Well, HE'S the one who was trying to make me entertain him!" Cindy snapped accusingly, pointing at Sheen.
"That's no excuse to threaten him, Cindy!" Libby told her firmly, "Ya already fight on a daily basis with Neutron, which gives me a MAJOR migrane, and I'm not about t' letcha start with Sheen! You just stay away from my Ultra-Hunk!"
I'm pretty sure she found that very amusing, because she immediately began giggling hysterically right after Libby said that. After it died down enough, she gasped, still laughing, "Libby, you could do SO much better than Ultra-Moron! Besides, the 2 of you aren't even really together!"
She put her arm around Sheen's shoulder and informed her, "Oh, yes, we are, Cin. That's all I have to say about it."
Right then, I didn't think I could keep my eyes open much longer. So I just laid down where I was and was soon fast asleep.
I wasn't sure how much later it was when I was awakened, but I woke up to Jimmy shaking my shoulder and saying, "Carl, wake up. I finally found out where Jet Fusion really is!"
"Okay," I agreed, rubbing my eyes, and followed him to where the rest of us were gathered in front of his big computer screen.
Jimmy sat back down again and announced, "I've tracked Jet's location to be deep within the forests of Indonesia."
Cindy piped up and asked, "Neutron, who was it that misled you to think he was on Mars?"
"I have a theory, but it's too soon to tell, but I have a hunch that this person is the only one who could've captured Jet," he informed her.
"Who is it, then, Neutron?" Libby wanted to know.
"I believe it's none other than Professor Calamitous," Jimmy told her. Then he added, getting out of his computer chair, "Let's set off for-"
Sheen jumped up and down while begging, "Can I say it, Jimmy? Huh? Huh? Can I? Can I? PLEASE?"
"Fine, go ahead, Sheen," he muttered.
"To the rocket!" Sheen proclaimed, pointing at the sky obscured by Jimmy's lab's ceiling.
We all boarded it, Jimmy started it up, and we were soon on our way to rescuing Jet Fusion!