Jimmy ran through the city, trying to avoid the people chasing him. A person dressed in a black suit and wearing sunglasses pulled out a pistol as Jimmy ran right at him. Without hesitating Jimmy dove headfirst onto the ground, sliding between the man's legs. As he slid under him Jimmy grabbed one of his legs and pulled him down. He picked himself up, grabbed the man's gun, and continued running.

As he rounded a street corner two similarly dressed men were in a window across the street. Jimmy saw them out of the corner of is eye. He dove ahead and rolled just as a bullet flew by where his head had been.

Jimmy reached into his pocket and pulled out the gun he had stolen just moments before. He saw Cindy across the street. She waved, oblivious to what was going on around her. Jimmy glanced from side to side, seeing a couple more men starting to run after him. God, she will NEVER forgive me for this. And neither will I.

As Jimmy crossed the street he jumped onto Cindy and knocked her to the ground. He pulled her up by her hair and put one arm around her neck, pulling her to his body. With his free hand he aimed the gun at her head. "Everybody freeze!" he yelled.

All of the men froze, but aimed their guns at Jimmy. He kept the serious look on his face and placed his gun closer to Cindy's head. "You'll always have another chance to catch me, but if I fire this gun she's gone for good," he yelled. Some citizens of Retroville had started coming onto the sidewalk, wondering what was going on.

"I swear to god I'll blow her freakin' brains out unless you drop your guns," Jimmy shouted. None of the men dropped their guns. Jimmy cocked his gun and tightened his grip on the trigger. Cindy stood there completely frozen, both by fear and the shock that she had been betrayed by Jimmy. "Drop them!"

The officers slowly put down their weapons and took a step back. "Good. Now, don't try anything stupid," Jimmy said while taking a quick glance behind him. "Stay there and I'll let the girl go in a minute." Jimmy started walking backwards to his house. He kept a close eye on the men watching him. One of them started to move forward, but Jimmy just gave him a glare and looked down at Cindy. The man moved back.

"Cindy, I know this looks weird, but I'm begging you. After all we've been through, you have to believe me. Just do as I say, I won't hurt you. Just come with me on the hover car and I'll explain. Please, trust me," Jimmy whispered as he approached his lab. Cindy just kept moving backward, still in a state of shock.

Jimmy stood still when he was near his hover car. He looked around to make sure he hadn't been followed. Jimmy threw Cindy to the ground and aimed his gun at her. "Just get in the hover car," Jimmy said with tears in his eyes. Cindy did as she was told. Jimmy thought he would die when he saw her face. It wasn't one of anger or fear, just blank. Like she didn't even know him. Jimmy got in the hover car and flew it away. When they were past the city limits he chucked the gun over the side. When he was done putting the hover car on auto-pilot he turned around and was about to talk to Cindy.

However, when he turned around all he saw was a fist flying at his face. Cindy leapt onto him and started beating him senseless. Jimmy didn't even try to block the blows, he knew that he deserved this. "You bastard! I thought you were my friend and you tried to kill me!" Cindy shrieked as he pulled him to his feet and gave him a roundhouse kick to the head.

After another five minutes of knocking him around she sat down, breathing heavily. She had a half a mind to throw him over the edge of his stupid hover car. Jimmy very slowly got to his feet and held up his hands.

"Please, you don't understand. I never would have hurt you," he said as he put a hand to his bleeding head. Cindy got up and was about to beat him up again when Jimmy backed up and resumed holding his hands up. "Please, you know that I would never hurt you. If you had fought me back there I would have let you go and allowed those guys to get me. I never would have shot you. Cindy," he said as he fell to his knees. "You know that I wouldn't have done all of that unless there was a very good reason. Please believe me. Please," he whimpered as his head fell down and he started to cry. "Please," he said again as he raised his head and looked her in the eyes.

Cindy stared at him, fire burning in her eyes. Her expression softened just a little when she got a good look at Jimmy. He was a mess, his eyes watering and his face bleeding pretty severely. He was shaking, both in fear and in pain. She thought back to all that they had been through together. They had saved each others' lives countless times. She supposed she should at least hear what Jimmy had to say.

She extended a hand. Jimmy gladly took it, and Cindy helped him up. She then quickly gave him another roundhouse kick to the head. She sighed. "Ok, I've got it out of my system. Now tell me what the hell is going on," she tiredly said while taking a seat.

Jimmy slowly got up and covered his head, scared of another attack. When he saw Cindy patiently sitting down, he sat back down in his pilot's chair. "Well, it all started a couple of days ago," Jimmy began.