Disclaimer: I don't own Jimmy Neutron. This show went off the air almost 10 years ago. Don't break my heart again by reminding me. WAHHHH!

A/N Just having a little fun with the disclaimer. In all seriousness, as much as this is one of my favorite stories, I never thought I would update this again. It not that I didn't want to, its just I lost the inspiration. But, I somehow got it back. Don't expect frequent updates, since I'm still coming off a serious writers block, but please read and enjoy this fine installment. And if you wish, review. Cause reviews are awesome.

Chapter 5: Escape?

Running down the hall, the pirate attacker reaches the blue door. Hesitantly, the attacker opens the door. Jimmy, who is still trying to recover from his run in with Woody, looks towards the source of the noise. He is surprised to see a tall, blonde haired woman about 15 years of age, with piercing blue eyes, and a slim, athletic body, looking at him with a look of confusion and fury. Thinking that it could be another pirate, Jimmy tries to get into fight or flight position, only to realize that he is still in handcuffs and chains. Gulping, Jimmy prepares for the worst, but instead of being throttled, the boy genius hears the woman speak.

"Are you Jimmy Neutron?"

Jimmy is shocked to hear a voice that sounds exactly like Cindy's, only a little older. Looking confused, Jimmy looks at the young woman and says, "That depends. Are you friend or foe?"

The young woman rolls her eyes, and without saying a word, begins opening Jimmy's handcuffs with a key she stole from Woody. Once she is done, Jimmy, who was somewhat suspended in his restraints, lands on the ground with a soft oomph. Rubbing his hands, and shaking his arms to get some feeling back into them, Jimmy is about to speak, but the young woman puts her finger up to her lips and lightly shushes him. She then points to the door and does a 'follow me' motion. Jimmy nods his head. The unnamed woman quickly looks out the door. She see Woody and his crew still unconscious on the ground. Turning to the right, she heads down the hallway, Jimmy quickly following. After a minute, they see a ladder. The young woman points upwards. Jimmy, sensing that the woman wants him to climb up, looks at his arm and thinks.

It would be impossible to climb up that ladder with my arm in this splint. And if I remove it, I'd be exposed. I'm not even sure I can trust this woman. Still, climbing up to the top might be our only way out. And this woman did get me out of that cell, so maybe I can trust her. But, Woody's friend said that there was a fight at the top of the ship. And even if we do get past them and make it off the ship, I can't leave Cindy. Still, this might be our only chance to make it off of this ship.

Debating with himself for a few moment, Jimmy brings himself to make one of the toughest decisions of his life. He removes the splint that Cindy gave him, and after making sure that his arm was at least usable, Jimmy starts climbing up the ladder with a heavy heart.

I'm sorry Cindy. I'm way too injured to fight, even if I could find you. Besides, you are in somewhat better shape than I am. Once I'm healed, I'll come back for you. I promise.

Jimmy sighs.

If you're still alive that is.

Successfully making it up the ladder, Jimmy quickly hides behind some barrels. Jimmy looks around to see if the young woman is coming, but is startled to realize that she is gone. Jimmy hears some voices coming from the left side of the hallway he has entered into, and decides to make himself scarce by running down the right side of the hallway. Quickly growing fatigued, Jimmy decides to enter into a large green door. He hides behind some swords.

If only my body was stronger, I could grab one of these swords and fight back. Damn my short-sightedness. If I wasn't trying to impress Cindy with my vast knowledge, then I wouldn't have gotten into that argument, I could have fixed the hover car, and we could have avoided this mess.

Deciding that thinking these thoughts, and about Cindy, would be counterproductive, Jimmy quickly looks around for another route of escape. He sees a hatch at the top of the roof.

If only I had a ladder or a grappling hook, then I could reach that and escape.

Before he can continue, several pirates enter the room.

"Everyone, grab your swords. Captain has order all stowaways, besides Jimmy Neutron and his mate, dead."

Jimmy's eyes widen at the thought of his rescuer, and anyone else aboard this ship, dead. Worse, Jimmy realizes that he hid behind the swords, the very thing the pirates were getting!

Quickly grabbing a sword and trying to hold it stable enough to attack with, Jimmy uses the element of surprise and charges the pirates. The pirates look at Jimmy stunned. Jimmy manages to slash one of the pirates in the chest before the other pirates could react. Unfortunately, the pirates outnumber Jimmy 10 to 1. Add to that Jimmy's injuries and thus exhaustion, and Jimmy is quickly overtaken.

"I don't know how you got out of your cell, but you're going back in there."

Before the pirates can take Jimmy back to his prison cell, several voices are heard screaming like a banshee. The door burst open and several teenage boys, and one teenage girl emerge into the room. All the teens are holding swords. The teens and the pirates stare down for about five seconds before they start attacking each other. The pirates manage to get in several nasty looking cuts onto the teens arms, one non-fatal cut to the abdomen, and one semi-deep cut to the chest of the teenage girl. However, the teens, being smarter and more nimble than the pirates, manage to cut down all the pirates in less than ten minutes. Jimmy feels light headed from the smell of all the blood, and has to hold down his stomach contents from the sights that he is witnessing. One teen walks towards Jimmy, his sword sheathed but within arm's length, while the rest of the teens attend to their injuries, especially the young woman's injury. The teen approaching Jimmy gives Jimmy a once over, then reaches into his pocket.

"You're Jimmy Neutron, boy genies right?"

Jimmy nods his head, confused about what is happening.

"Good, I'm glad you're safe. You are top priority after all. You do look like you're in need of one of these though."

The teen hands Jimmy a blue pill. Jimmy takes the pill from the teen and examines it.

"That pill contains microscopic nanobots. It is designed to help turbocharge the body's healing receptors. It's almost like your super healing pills. This pill is designed a little bit differently however. The nanobots are design to recognize and respond to the will of the person. If the person needs the healing consistently, then it will stay in the system. If not, then it is expelled like any other waste in your body."

Jimmy takes a moment to think,

Who are these guys? The cut down the pirates like they were nothing. They know about my inventions, and even came up with an improvement for one of mine. They did save me, but did they do it for me? Or did they do it for them? Are these the stowaways that the pirates were fighting? If they are, then what is there endgame? What are they after? Are these guys my friend or my enemy? And do they know that other person who saved me earlier? Did she send them? I have too many questions that need answers, but I'm still in danger, and I might not want to stop and ask them. Still, I might be in danger with these guys too. I wish Cindy was here. This is more her expertise than mine.

Deciding that he at least needs some answers, Jimmy asks, "Who are you guys? How do you know about my inventions? Do you know that other blonde haired teen? And most importantly, why are the pirates after you?"

The teen that is now near Jimmy sighs and says, "We are not stowaways as you might have heard. We are actually prisoners that have been kidnapped by Blackbeard and his crew. We were trying to escape when we heard word about you. You work is famous around these parts, that's how we knew about your inventions. You are way too important to the world to be held prisoner or even killed, so we decided to come rescue you before we escaped. It's a miracle we found you when we did."

Stopping to catch his breath, the teen looks down before doing a double take on what Jimmy just asked.

"Wait a minute, did you ask about a blonde-haired teen? Was this teen by any chance an athletic looking girl about 15 years old?"

Jimmy nods his head, looking confused over the look and tone of worry that entered into the face and voice of the teen. The teen stands there looking at Jimmy in worried shock for a half-a-minute before responding.

"You don't know how lucky you are to be alive right now."

Jimmy looks at the teen, now with a look of shock upon his face. The teen continues.

"That teenage woman is no ordinary woman. She is probably the most deadly person on earth. Rumor has it that she has been fighting these pirates by herself for years. Her skills and abilities are said to be the greatest fighting attributes that humans can ever achieve. Due to the lethal combination of her skills and intelligence, she has a reputation for being unkillable. I've never heard of her taking any prisoners, much less helping someone. I would not trust her if I was you."

Jimmy thinks for a moment, then deciding that he has no choice but to trust these teens for now, takes and swallows the pill that they gave him. Instantaneously, his body starts shaking, and he slowly falls to the ground. The last thing he sees before passing out is the teen smiling.