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[Beks]

Hey, it's me! And for anyone who has read my first fanfic, UltraMom, and gave me such great reviews, this one's for you! It's called Temper Tantrum, and it is way longer. I haven't even finished it yet. But I will string it out so I can finish it before I run out of stuff to post, I promise! So, here it is, Temper Tantrum...




Chapter 1: Boredom is Bliss

It was a warm, beautiful summer day in Retroville. The sun was shining brightly upon the hazy little town. Birds chirped in the trees, and blooms of every color peeked from every corner. The air was humid, but a cool breeze sometimes teased by. It was a perfect day to be outside. And almost everyone was, from Mrs. Neutron, who was busy gardening in the front yard, to Capn' Betty, who was humming a sailing tune while sitting on a bench in the park. But there was one boy genius still inside.

Jimmy Neutron was lying on his bed, staring up at the blank white ceiling. His expression portrayed only one emotion: complete and utter boredom. His sapphire eyes were glazed over with dullness, and his limbs hung useless by his side. Goddard, his faithful robotic dog, was laid out on the bed beside him, dozing. The air was stiffling and stale even with the window wide open in the hopes of a tiny breeze. Jimmy sighed, breaking the long heavy silence smothering the room.

"Aw, Goddard, I don't know what to do. Carl is giving his mom a deep soothing sponge bath, and Sheen won't be back until tomorrow from his family reunion in New Mexico. We have to find something to do," he said with a sigh. He lifted himself off the bed and started pacing the floor. "Come on, think, there has to be someone to hang out with, just for the afternoon," he said. He stopped pacing and looked out the window. Bolbi was on the sidewalk across the street, trying to balance a shish kabob on his nose. "At the last resort, I'll have to hang with Bolbi," Jimmy said. He shuddered, thinking of the possibility. Looking away from the window, he thought for a moment, putting his hand on his chin. Goddard stretched and stood up on the bed. "I know!" Jimmy said at last. "I'll go to the Candy Bar. There has to be someone there to hang out with." He started for the door, but suddenly, a deep hole appeared in the floor in front of him, and caught unaware, he fell through. Then as Goddard tried to jump in after him, it quickly vanished, snuffing out Jimmy's desperate screams.

[Ang]

Oh wow! AWESOME!!!!! I can't wait for this one! YAY! :dance:

[Hugh]

That was a very interesting start! I can't wait for more! :D

[Beks]

Here's Chapter 2!!!



Chapter 2: Midsummer's Vision

Meanwhile, at the Candy Bar, Cindy and Brittney were sitting in a booth, talking. The juke box pumped out cool music, and the air smelled of suger and chocolate. As Cindy licked the delicious pecan ripple ice-cream cone she had in her suger-coated hand, Libby ran up to them, holding a piece of paper in her hand.

"Like, what's up with you?" Brittney asked, looking up from her vanilla shake.

"Hurry...go find dates," Libby said, out of breath.

"Dates? For what?" Cindy said.

"For this!" Libby said, slamming the piece of paper on the table in front of them. It was a flyer ripped from a bulletin. It was decorated to look like a starry night, with a full moon hung beautifully in a dark sky. "I found it stapled to a pole outside. Check it out!" Libby said. Cindy and Brittney looked back down at the flyer. It read in big fancy letters at the top: Midsummer's Ball, formal dance.

"Ooh, a midsummer's ball. That sounds romantic." Cindy said, eyes lighting up.

"Yeah, but I bet it's, like, only for the adults." Brittney said.

"Actually, it says that all ages are invited. So anyone who can 'shake their thang' can go," Libby said sassily. "I'm gona to get my funk on! In a formal, mature way, of course."

"Well, in that case," Cindy said. "count us in. Now, what about dates? Who are you gona go with Libs, although I think I know already." She shot Libby a look, arching her eyebrows.

"Yeah, I'm goin' with Sheen, you can count on it. When he finds out about this dance, he's gona ask me to go with him faster than you can say 'sugar rush'. He's so predictable, but cute, in a weird kinda way." Libby said, looking up thoughtfully. "Who are you asking, Brittney?"
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"Duh, Nick. We've been dating for, like, three weeks now."

"Ok, what about you, Cin? You could ask Jimmy. It would be a perfect way to see him in his suit again." Libby said playfully. Suddenly a dreamy look came on Cindy's face. With her emerald eyes twinkling, she envisioned Jimmy standing handsomely in front of the church at Jet Fusion's wedding.

"What a hunk muffin," she murmured. Then she realized what she was doing and snapped out of the daydream. "I mean...what an idea! Me and Nerdtron! Ha! I'd rather go with Butch,: she said, looking disgusted, her eyes no longer shining.

"Come on girl, we all know you and Jimmy like each other. Why can't you both accept that and move on?" Libby said, folding her arms.

"Oh, that's obvious. It's because...um...because..." Cindy said, blushing at Libby's look.

"See, you can't even tell me why you guys keep fighting," Libby said. "Come on girl, give it a shot."

"Oh, ok. I'll ask him, but don't expect me to hold his hand or anything. I'm just doing this because it's a couples only dance," Cindy said.

"Mm-hmm..." Libby said, giving Brittney a knowing look.

[Ang]

COOL! Love it soo far! YAYAYAYAYAYA!

[cynthia_aurora24]

eee! I sense J/C!
this makes me happy! HAPPY!!! :kawaii:

**pause** :blink:

ahem. uh- carry on, dear, it sounds lovely. ^_^

**glances around nervously** :unsure:

[Beks]

I would love to post the next chapter, but unfornetly, I'm on the computer that doesn't have in on desktop, and it doesn't have a floppy disk slot! And I'm going to Myrtle Beach in a few days, so I would be near a computer from next Suday to Tuesday or Wensday. But here's something for your trouble: the title of chapter 3 is....The Classified Chapter....no really it's called the Classified Chapter.


So... any preditions so far?

[Beks]

Hey guys, I just edited the already posted chapters, to make them even better! Check it out!

Does anyone have any preditions about what happens?

What do you think will happen to Jimmy?
What is Cindy wearing to the ball?
When will Carl and Sheen come in?

Why am I asking you all these questions!

[Beks]

Ok, Chapter 3!!!


Chapter 3: The Classified Chapter


Jimmy landed in a tall, cushioned chair at the head of a long table. There were mysterious, half-hidden people sitting at the table, almost invisible in the dark room. They were whispering suspiciously, although he couldn't make out any words. The air smelled stale, like a classroom. The buzzing and humming of computers could be heard in the gloom. Suddenly, a familiar figure approached from the side.

"Agent Neutron, welcome back to BTSO headquarters," it said, holding out a hand.

"Commander Baker, nice to see you." Jimmy said, shaking his hand. "But maybe you should warn me next time you do that."

"Too risky. Besides, wheres the fun in that? That's the only entertainment we get around here," Commander Baker said, gesturing towards the whispering figures.

"Ok, so what do you need? Do you want me to go on another mission? I promise to keep Carl's singing to a minimum this time," Jimmy said.

"Actually, we need your scientific help," Commander Baker said. A viewing screen slid down from the ceiling in front of Jimmy. Commander Baker pressed a button on a remote in his hand and an image of a floating band of blue-white energy appeared on the screen. We have been studying you and your friends' encounter with the effects of the Vatpaten Radiation Belt. You and your friends developed super powers, based on what you were doing when they hit. Long story short, your friends destroyed half of your town from ignorance, and you destroyed the other half with your power for obvious reasons." A picture of Jimmy, transformed by his N Men power, holding a hot dog stand above his head, showed on the screen. Jimmy sank lower in his chair and smiled sheepishly. "But, eventually, you managed to cure yourselves before the powers drained all your friends' life forces by using items at hand. Later, you developed power packets that enable you to have those powers back for a limited time, without any negative effects." Commander Baker paused, obviously for dramatic effect. "That being said, I have an assignment for you. We at BTSO want a way for our agents, you included, to have access to these powers while on dangerous missions. We need you to find a way to transfer those powers into specially designed suits that will make it possible to have all those powers at their disposal."

"Don't you guys have scientists that could do this?" Jimmy said. "It seems kinda dangerous to be messing with that much radiation at one time."

"That's why we need someone with more experience dealing with Vatpaten radiation, such as you. You are our best scientist for this assignment." Commander Baker said, soaking his words in over-dramatic praise. A look of confidence spread across Jimmy's face, and his eyes shone bravely.

"Commander Baker, I accept! I'll have those suits ready in no time!" Jimmy said, shaking his hand once more.

"Excellent! Oh, one more thing. We only want the powers for Special Girl, The Invisible Sister, and Vibrating Lad. You and your friend Carl's powers are too unpredictable, especially yours." Commander Baker said, pointing with the remote in his hand at the viewing screen, which still had the picture of mutated Jimmy on it. Jimmy looked into his own transformed eyes and shuddered, thinking of what could have happened if Cindy hadn't somehow changed him back on that fateful day in the desert.

[Ang]

COOL! KEEP ON WRITING BEKBOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[Beks]

Well...If you insist! ^_^


Chapter 4: And So the Dating Game Begins


The next day, Cindy and Libby were walking down the street in their neighborhood. It was an equally beautiful day, but Cindy didn't notice the fragrant blooms tickling her nose, or the birds chirping happily in the trees above her.

"What if he says no, Libby? It's too embarrassing!" she said, with her arms folded protectively.

"What if he says yes, huh? Come on, think. You're asking him to the ball in a private conversation. Remember last Valentine's Day when he confessed on bended knee like that in front of everyone?" This is way less embarrassing." Libby said.

"I guess you're right. But I'm still nervous." Cindy said, looking down at the sidewalk. As they were passing Sheen's house, he walked out the door, striding very 'manly', swinging his arms.

"Hey Libby!" he said, waving at her.

"Hey Sheen." Libby said, stopping on the sidewalk with Cindy. "How was your family reunion?"

"Eh, it was ok. My aunt was trying to teach me Spanish again, but the only thing I know is 'stinky pelican'." Sheen said, walking up in front of them.

"Stinky pelican?" Libby said with a disgusted look on her face.

"Ahuh." Sheen said. "But while I was there, my dad told me to call him 'papi' for some reason and he kept talking in Spanish super fast. He told me he didn't want to make his family think that he had abandoned his heritage, whatever that means. Anyway, hey Libby, I heard there's gona be some kind of dance this weekend at the Candy Bar. You, me, shaking our tail feathers, wanna?"

"What I tell you." Libby whispered to Cindy. "Sure, Sheen. I'll go with you." she said to him.

"Yes!" Sheen said, punching a fist in the air. "I was going to take Ultralady, but then I thought of you, and decided to ask you instead."

"Aw, that's so adorable!" Libby said, pinching Sheen's cheek. He smiled sweetly, and stared dreamily into Libby's licorice black eyes. Just then, Carl came running up to them.

"Guys, guys, guess what? Elkie is coming to Retroville to visit her cousin for two weeks! I'm going to ask her to that dance!" he said, jumping up and down with excitement.

"Cool, Carl. That means everyone we know has a date except Cindy and Jimmy." Libby said, throwing Cindy a look of 'innocent' persuasion. Everyone else stopped what they were doing and stared at her.

"Ok, ok. I'll ask him already. Sheesh." Cindy said, cringing from the mass staring.

"I don't know if you can talk to him right now." Carl said. "I was looking for him this morning and he was in his lab. He said he was working on something really top secret and that he couldn't tell anyone what it was."

"Well he'll come out if we're all there." Libby said. "Come on, guys." They all walked around Jimmy's house and stood outside the clubhouse. "Hey Jimmy, come out! Sheens back and we want to talk to you!" Libby yelled at the clubhouse. A minute later Jimmy came out of the door, wearing his lab coat. Cindy suddenly remembered why they had come. She started breathing heavily and stared at the ground nervously.

"Hey Sheen, how was the reunion?" Jimmy said.

"Eh, it was ok." Sheen said. "My aunt was..." Libby quickly covered his mouth.

"Anyway…Jimmy, Cindy has something to ask you. Privately." she added, giving Carl and Sheen a hard look. "Come on guys; let's go ask Mrs. Neutron if she wants help in the yard." She and Carl walked away, Libby dragging Sheen by the shirt.

"Aw, but I want to see the action!" Sheen said.

"Action?" Jimmy said. "What's going on here? I have an important...project...to do, and I don't need to be interrupted." He looked at Cindy, whose heart was pounding in her chest like the bass at a GrayStar concert. She looked up at Jimmy’s eyes, and tried to imagine him back in his suit, but that only made her more nervous.

Summoning all her emotional strength, she said, "Um, did you hear about that Midsummer's Ball they're going to have at the Candy Bar?"

"Yeah, I heard about that. I think it sounds kinda dumb. Why do you ask?"

"Oh, well, I was going to ask you if you wanted to go with me, but if you think it's dumb then..." she said, crestfallen.

"Wait, you want to go with me?" Jimmy said. He eyes light up magically and Cindy's heart skipped a beat as he smiled.

"Well, yeah. But if you don't want to go, it's ok." she said, starting to turn away.

"Hold on." he said, holding out a hand to stop her. "When is it?"

"This weekend." Cindy said, her eyes twinkling with hope.

"If I work hard, I can have that...project...done by this weekend. I'd really like to go with you to the dance." he said. Cindy's heart skipped a beat again and she smiled dreamily.

"Great. I'll see you later then." she said, reluctantly turning away.

"Yeah, later." Jimmy said. He stared at Cindy as she walked away towards the street. "Ill start with your power first." he murmured as he walked back in the clubhouse.

[Ang]

SQUEEEE!!!!!!!!! *huggles Bekboo* YOUR JUST TOO AWESOME!

[ShadRose17]

J/C! YAY! WRITE MORE SOON PLEASE!

[Beks]

Aw..guys...you're making me blush! ^_^


And thanks for the hug!

[rumorgirl1983]

Aww. :) That's so cute. Nice job.

[Beks]

Ok, the next chapter is really long, so I split it up into three parts.


Chapter 5: The Explosion Heard Round the Neighborhood (part 1)


That night in his lab, Jimmy worked tirelessly through the long hours of the night, always thinking of the ball, and Cindy. Whenever he would start to slow down, his limbs heavy with fatigue, he thought of Cindy wearing the beautiful green sparkled dress his mom made him buy her for her birthday, and he would force himself to work even harder. But by 3 am, he was not thinking clearly enough. He worked on, like a zombie, determined to finish by the weekend, but finally conked out asleep on the table, knocking two beakers crashing to the floor. The blue and yellow liquids mixed into an ugly shade of green, and it bubbled and fizzed like it was on fire, running slowly downhill until it hit the oil on the ground dripping from the rocket. The bubbling increased, as the putrid green swirled into the dark inky blackness of the hot oil, and then...


I know, you're thinking: Heck no! She just gave me a cliff hanger!

Well, yeah I did! :P

[Ang]

NO!!!!!! NOT A CLIFFY! ITS BAD ENOUGH MARA GIVES EM' TO US WITH TOSOT!



But its good. :thumbsup:

[ShadRose17]

AH, NO FAIR!!! Ok Is fair, I guess, But PLEASE WRITE MORE SOON!

[Beks]

Ok, here's Chapter 5 part 2...



Chapter 5: The Explosion Heard Round the Neighborhood (part 2)


It wasn't a huge explosion. The house was still standing strong as ever, but the clubhouse, sadly, was not. The blast could be seen for half a mile, smoke rising into the clear summer sky.

Jimmy's parents ran to the window facing the backyard after they had been woken up from the thunderous explosion. Smoke engulfed the whole backyard, but they could faintly see the tangled ruins through the thick smoke.

"Oh my goodness, the clubhouse!" his mom said. "Quick, Hugh, go get Jimmy. He has some explaining to do."

"Okey dokey." his dad said, clearly unhindered by the explosion. He walked to Jimmy's door and peaked in. As he did, his head went through the hologram projector that showed the room as if Jimmy was in bed. "Oh, not again with the hologram." he said as he went back to his wife. "Jimbo has his hologramy thingy on again, and he's not in bed. He must be in his..." he said, slowly looking out the window at the clearing smoke.

"Jimmy!!" they both screamed.


Oh my gosh! Is Jimmy Ok? (that's probably what your thinking)

[ShadRose17]

Oh my gosh! Is Jimmy Ok? (that's probably what your thinking)

Yepper....