Takes place between the end of Season 4 & the start of Evolution.
Od's POV:
"Uh oh, looks like Delmas forgot to pay the electric bill!" I said loudly when the power went out during lunch.
"At lest we know for a fact that this is just a regular power outage." Yumi pointed out. She was right. It was just a few months ago that we destroyed XANA & shut down Lyoko.
"Yeh, now we just need to figure out how to spend our free time." Ulrick said. "No power means no class, right?"
"I hope so." I said. "We deserve a break. We have way too much home work as it is." A thought hit me as I took a bite of my food. "Did we have anything due in the next class?"
"Just the current events assignment."
I shrugged. "Oh well, I'll do it later. After all, we can't do anything without power." I must have jinxed it, because the power flickered back on as soon as I said that.
"Rats!" I said. "There goes my afternoon..."
"There go your grades, you mean..." Jeremy said, making the others laugh. At least, until his lap top started beeping...
"What's wrong?" Alita asked, quietly. She looked spooked.
"Nothing." Jeremy said when he opened his lap top. "It's just the news monitoring program. I kept a separate copy on my lap top, independent of the super computer. Nothing to worry about, since we know XANA is gone." He was about to close his lap top when I stopped him.
"Wait! I can use that for my current events assignment!" I pulled out my note book to scribble down a summary as Jeremy spun his lap top around for me to see.
Holly Day Robbed During Massive Black Out!
A huge black out occurred this afternoon that created an opportunity for petty crime, despite the fact that the power failure only lasted a brief moment. Among those affected is local entertainment sensation Holly Day, whose silver necklace was stolen from around her neck. According to Miss Day, during the few minutes without power, the thief came from behind & ripped the necklace from her neck. She was left unharmed, & the thief has yet to be captured.
Though most of the power has been restored, the blackout was very spread out, affecting Paris & most of the surrounding towns. It appears that the local power plant experienced a power surge, & workers were unable to stop it. Some people have reported a black smoke coming out of their fuse boxes, but officials have said that this is nothing to be concerned about. They hope to have power restored by the end of the day.
"Guys! You have to see this!" I said.
"Od, I told you, it's nothing." Jeremy said. "It probably only popped up because of the reference to black smoke."
"Yeh, Od, please don't turn this into one of your wild theories…" Ulrick said. "They just end up getting us in detention…"
"My theories aren't wild! What about the janitor, huh? I was right about that."
"For the last time Od, the janitor is not a werewolf!" Ulrick said.
"Then why are his arms so hairy?"
"Lots of old men have hairy arms." Yumi said.
"But he wasn't here during the last full moon."
"Jim said that he had a family emergency." Ulrick said as the bell rang. "Remember? He mentioned it during our detention last week for breaking into the janitor's office?" We all gathered up our trash to throw away as we headed off to our next class. "Just forget about it, will you?"
"Fine, whatever." I said…but something still felt off. I knew one thing for sure.
I had to find out whether or not XANA was behind this.
What do you guys think? Is Od onto something? Or is he completely crazy?
Maybe both?
Please review!
