Well, here's yet another fanfic! Yay! It's been hinted in a previous story – you know the one where Jeremie gets possessed by XANA? (No promises he'll throw anybody into the digital sea, though)
Disclaimer: The words 'Code Lyoko' and 'own' are not used in the same sentence as my name. Unless the sentence is negative.
The Lyoko Warriors, minus Yumi, were sitting around their usual breakfast table, when Jeremie cleared his throat, indicating he would like to talk.
'Odd? You know how before, you were complaining about not having a superpower on Lyoko?' Jeremie asked as they ate.
Odd stopped eating to listen. Aelita giggled. Odd looked just like Kiwi when a dog treat was brought into view.
'Well, I designed a power and-'
'What? You mean I get a power? Yes! Tell me what it is, please!' Odd cut in. Ulrich sighed, and went back to his food. It was no use telling Odd to be quiet.
Jeremie frowned. 'I was getting to-'
Again Jeremie was rudely interrupted. 'Oh, maybe I have super strength? You know, like Superman?' Odd made a show of flexing his biceps, now out of his chair with excitement. Thankfully, the rest of the student body was used to Odd's strange behaviour, and didn't pay too much attention.
'No-'
'Well, super speed then? Oh yeah, Ulrich has speed…' Odd's face fell momentarily, but brightened up almost immediately. 'Ooh! Can I have energy balls like Aelita?'
'You-'
'Or force fields?'
'Let me-'
'Maybe I can go invisible!' Odd's eyes widened at the possibility. 'Tell me I can go invisible!'
'Will you be quiet?' bellowed Jeremie. Everyone in the cafeteria looked around. Ulrich snorted into his scrambled eggs. Odd was instantly cowed into silence, and gave the watching students a cheery smile.
'Ugh! Don't tell me you still play superpower games!' Sissi's malicious voice broke the sudden silence. Odd and Jeremie flushed as everybody laughed and gradually went back to their business.
Jeremie took several deep breaths. 'Odd, you almost don't deserve a power after that,' he muttered under his breath, in case Sissi was still listening. Odd didn't respond, and gave Jeremie a pleading look.
Aelita punched Jeremie lightly on the arm. 'Come on, we all want to know as much as he does,' she said.
'Well, I developed the ability of extra-sensory perception, or ESP, for Odd on Lyoko. He can now recognise the signature of XANA's monsters, and his senses have been supernaturally altered, and are now beyond the ability of a normal human.' Jeremie looked around, beaming, at the blank looks on everyone but Aelita's faces.
Jeremie sighed. 'In other words, Odd can sense when XANA's monsters are close, and he has supersonic sight, hearing, smell and tracking ability. He can tell where towers are, and he can see through XANA's illusions.'
Odd's face split into a grin. 'Awesome!'
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'So, Odd, let's see these powers you've been rattling on about all day,' drawled Yumi, arms akimbo as they stood on the ice sector. Odd stuck his tongue out at her.
'You wait!'
'OK, Odd, tell me where the nearest tower is,' Jeremie said from nowhere.
'7 degrees north-north-west of our position,' Odd said automatically. Then he looked shocked at what he said. 'Wh-what? I didn't know that… what?'
Jeremie sounded amused as he asked his next question. 'Correct. Any monsters coming?'
Odd frowned. 'Yeah… I can hear them… sounds like two Krabes and a Tarantula… they'll be here in about ten minutes,' He swivelled his head around. 'I can see them too… look!' he pointed into the distance.
Ulrich, Yumi and Aelita stared. They could see absolutely nothing.
'Interesting,' Jeremie murmured. 'I can't see any monsters on the computer…'
Sure enough, the aforesaid monster trio arrived at the appointed time. The Lyoko Warriors had already stationed themselves at strategic points, and the monsters were finished off fairly quickly.
'So, what do you think?' Odd grinned at his friends.
'Great!' Aelita said.
'Yeah,' Ulrich nodded.
'It'll be a great help when Jeremie's not at the supercomputer,' Yumi added.
Odd basked in their praise, but suddenly cocked his head. 'Jeremie, there's an activated tower, the one closest to us.'
'Really? I- oh, the superscan just picked it up. Wow… your power's better than I thought,' Jeremie murmured.
'Vehicles coming up… now!' Right on cue, their vehicles materialised. Yumi, Ulrich and Odd hopped on, while Aelita took to the air with her wings.
Together, they zoomed off to the tower.
When they arrived at the tower, they had a welcoming view of three Bloks and a Megatank. Odd zoomed off to lead off the Megatank, leaving a Blok apiece for Ulrich, Yumi and Aelita. They nodded, and then flew off.
'XANAfied person-' Jeremie's urgent voice was abruptly cut off. They could hear a faint sizzling.
'Jeremie? Jeremie?' Aelita's panicked voice rang out.
'Careful!' Yumi shouted, flicking a fan over to deflect a laser that would have knocked Aelita out of the air. Aelita barely noticed. The fan zoomed back around to Yumi, slicing through a Blok en route.
Unfortunately, this gave another Blok ample time to freeze her. Yumi's legs were trapped as she struggled for release.
'Need help?' an all-too-familiar voice rang out behind her, sounding somewhat sinister.
Yumi whirled around… well, at least she tried to. Aelita, having destroyed a Blok with her energy fields, stopped in the air, wings beating steadily. She too, was staring in wonder at the figure that had just materialised.
Nearby, Ulrich managed to shove the remaining Blok over the edge, and let his swords clatter to the ground as he caught sight of the newcomer.
Next, Odd came back, spluttering. 'Is that – is that really-'
Meanwhile, the newcomer crossed his arms over his chest. 'Don't you recognise a friend?' he asked, a mirthless grin splitting his face.
All of them whispered simultaneously, 'Jeremie.'
I'm sorry Jeremie fans, my stories either don't feature Jeremie much at all or put him in horrible situations. Apologies again.
Sorry this story isn't too good… I kind of rushed it… but review anyway! .
Until next chapter, then…