One day, when Odd Squad agents Otis and Olympia got back from solving a case, an alarm sounded and the tube lobby flashed purple. O'Donnell, who was operating the tubes, knew what this meant. "The O Games are here!" she said. "The O Games?" asked Olympia. "What are the O Games?" "Every year, Odd Squad agents compete in a series of competitions," explained O'Donnell. "And the winner gets to be Ms. O for a day."


After the ringing of the bells, Ms. O made an announcement. "This year," she announced, "we will not have five contestants competing in the O Games. Instead, we will have 20!" "Why 20 instead of five?" asked Orchid. "Because, Orchid," Ms. O explained, "This year's O games are different. You see, there's this island where we store the odd things we can't fix. It's called Odd Island. I need an agent to be in charge of it." "So the winner doesn't get to be you for a day this year?" asked Octavia. "Actually, the winner does get to be me for a day," Ms. O explained. "Odd Island is an additional prize." Ms. O then walked over to a ball container. "Each ball has an agent's name written on it," she explained. "Now, since past agents are allowed to compete, Odd Todd may compete this year. But since he's a gardener now, I wouldn't worry." Ms. O picked a ball from the container and announced the name. "Agent 91, Agent Olympia!" "Yes! I get to compete in the O Games!" Olympia said excitedly. Ms. O announced another agent. "Agent 63, Agent Otis!" From there, the announcements of competing agents seemed to fly by.

"Agent 45, Agent Oona!"

"Agent 60, Dr. O!"

"Agent 52, Agent Oren!"

"Agent 34, Agent Olaf!"

"Wait a minute, isn't Olaf..." Otis began, but Oona interrupted. "Not anymore. Oscar zapped him with an un-werewolf-inator. But he still does the howling." Olaf howled to prove Oona's point. "Okay," said Otis. "Ms. O, you may continue." So Ms. O continued.

"Agent 71, Agent Octavia!"

"Agent 81, Agent Obfusco!"

"Agent 57, Agent Orchid!"

"Agent 83, my old partner, Agent O'Donahue!"

"Agent 48, Agent Ohlm!"

"Agent 61, Agent Oksana!"

"Another Agent 57, Agent Owen!"

"Aw, seriously?" said Owen. "Orchid and I have the same badge number?" "It's just a coincidence," Ms. O replied. "Anyway, moving on." She picked another agent.

"Agent 38, Agent Ocean!"

"The previous Agent 63, Agent Olive!"

"Wait, doesn't Olive run her own Squad now, along with Otto?" Olympia asked. "Yes, but before that, she worked here," Ms. O explained. "Because of that, she's still allowed to participate in the O Games." Ms. O then announced the next contestant.

"Agent 70, Agent Otto!"

"Wait a minute," said Oren. "Otto won last year's O Games. How can he compete again this year?" "With the extra prize of Odd Island, I decided to possibly let Otto compete again this year," Ms. O explained, picking another agent.

"Agent 56, Agent..."

Everyone waited for Ms. O to say the name of the agent she had just picked.

"OSCAR!"

"I had a feeling it would be him," said Agent Ori as Olive, Otto, and Oscar entered headquarters. Three spots were left. Ms. O picked another agent.

"Agent 78, Agent Onyx!"

"Agent 42, Agent Ori!"

There was one spot left. Ms. O picked the last agent to compete in the O Games.

"And Agent... 43."

Everyone gasped. "Agent 43?" said Otto. "But that's Todd!" Just then, a familiar villain entered the room. "It's Odd Todd now!" he said. "But I thought you were a gardener now!" Otis exclaimed. "Ever since I held that Toastinator," Odd Todd explained, "I had a desire to get back to causing oddness! So I'm gonna play in the O Games. And I'm gonna win. And when I become Ms. O for a day and win Odd Island, I'm going to release all the odd things on Odd Island and shut down Odd Squad. FOREVER!"

"Well, Odd Todd, this year, things are different," Ms. O explained. "The 20 of you will be split into teams, and after each challenge, a member of the losing team will be voted off by the readers. Personally, I hope they vote for you." "Well, I hope they don't!" Odd Todd replied. "Anyway," said Ms. O, "let this year's O Games begin!"


Ms. O pressed a button on her remote control, sending her and the 20 contestants to the Odd Squad pool. "What are we doing here?" asked Olive. "Right now, you're standing on top of a balance beam directly above the pool," Ms. O explained. "The last two contestants to stay on the balance beam get to be team captains." "But if we fall into the pool..." Otto began, but Oscar quickly got out a gadget and zapped the contestants with it. Once they were zapped, they were all wearing swimsuits. "That's right," said Oscar, "this gadget is the Swimsuit-inator." "Well, what are you waiting for?" asked Ms. O, who also got zapped with the Swimsuit-inator. "GO!"

"Let's form an alliance," Olive suggested to Otto, Olympia, and Otis. "That would do no harm," Otto replied. "What? An alliance?" said Onyx, who now had Ice Cubeitis. "I've got to join!" She raced toward the new alliance, accidentally knocking over Orchid, O'Donahue, and Octavia. "Hey guys, can I be part of your alliance?" she asked. "Why not?" asked Olive. "We can have an alliance of five!" Just then, Oona ran by, accidentally knocking over Otto and Olympia as she went. "Wow!" exclaimed Onyx. "She's such a fast runner!"

Odd Todd pushed Oksana, Oren, Olaf, and Ohlm off the balance beam. Then he threw a banana peel at Oscar, who was walking toward him. Oscar slipped on the banana peel and fell into the pool. It was now down to the final 10.

Owen picked up the banana peel. "Someone could slip on this," he said, and he tossed it behind him. Unfortunately, it landed on the balance beam, not in the pool! Ori slipped on it, falling off. Ocean fell off as well while he was trying to help Ori. The banana peel landed on the balance beam again, where Owen slipped on it! Now the banana peel was in the pool.

Oona threw ice cream from an Ice-Creaminator at Odd Todd, but she missed. "Maybe if I get closer, it'll work," she thought. So she got closer, but slipped on the partially-melted ice cream and fell into the pool. Obfusco came by and also slipped on the ice cream. "Like a rabbit lost at the beach," he said, "it looks like I'm out." It was down to the final 5: Olive, Otis, Onyx, Dr. O, and Odd Todd.

"You won't push Otis or I off, will you, Onyx?" asked Olive. "Uh, no?" replied Onyx. "She won't, BUT I WILL!" said Odd Todd, pushing off Olive and Otis. He tried to push Onyx off as well, but Onyx was one step ahead of him. She ducked, and Odd Todd ended up pushing Dr. O off the balance beam instead.

"So Onyx and Odd Todd are team captains!" Ms. O announced.


Remember Onyx from A Strange CondiSHAWN? In this chapter, she has Ice Cubeitis and only says recycled Ice Cube lines from Battle For Dream Island. Since she's a team captain, this won't help at all. But fortunately, she'll have a different odd disease in the next chapter.

In the next chapter, Onyx and Odd Todd will pick their teammates!