Non-stop ideas from people and of my own creation are jumbled up in my head. This chapter was relieving because I can now focus on some more ideas! It's a good thing this chapter just flowed from brain to keyboard to computer to here easily. NO WRITERS BLOCK! YET!! GIVE IT TIME!! Just a note I spell Jeremie's name two different ways, just so you know
The quick sprint through the forest before dusk went undisturbed… well… almost.
The group was so deep in thought as they ran on that they almost ran into a glowing Xana eye. There were two growing orbs under it.
"Tarantula." Aelita mumbled. Odd shot a burray of arrows at it. They ran past it, covering their head as they heard the explosion.
Other than that there were no intrusions. The group arrived at the school and found their ogre looking Gym teacher, Jim.
"Jim, we need everyone in for an important meeting," Jeremy said a little out of breath.
"Also, we need you to start spreading the news that it is not good to be out after dark. When everyone is in, lock the doors." Jeremie continued urgently. He really needed to get this information out to their fellow schoolmates.
"Why?" Jim asked.
"I'll explain later," Jeremy yelled as he rushed into the gym with Aelita. The rest of the gang stopped and looked around trying to figure out what to do.
Jim shrugged his shoulder. "Alright, everyone in the building, now!" Jim yelled. A few kids, plus the group, started rushed inside, a little worried that Jim's temper might boil over. "If you are not in this building in the next minute, you will be locked out!" Jim roared.
Jim's last remark scared kids so bad that they started pouring into the gym. Apparently they didn't want to be left alone out here.
It felt like forever. Making sure everyone was in the building took much longer than a minute. During that time, Jeremie set up for his de-briefing. The group that went through the fight, then took their place behind him on the stage. Emily and Odd were making sure they were no where near each other.
Eventually everyone was settled and ready for what was to come. Jim, after taking attendance, sat in front of the door. Only the force of five Megatanks could break through now.
"If everyone is ready, I will start. Now pay attention," Jeremy said, sounding like a candidate running for president. He gazed around with what was supposed to be an inviting gaze, but instead it was a rational and nervous stare. Without thinking, Jeremie reached up to push up his glasses, but stopped realizing that they are not on his face. "This information is vital to our survival." Jeremie said. "There is good news and bad news hidden in our recently recovered towers' data."
"Hey, Einstein."
"What do you want Odd?"
"Can you skip to the bad news? No technical mumbo jumbo. Just the facts." Odd asked with a straight forward tone.
"Sure, and why don't we just go out into the dark Loeh night and get ambushed and probably killed." Jeremie said sarcastically. "Also, Odd, the facts are the technicalities. I will tell you the bad news though, Odd," he said loudly turning back to the crowd. "The bad news is that unlike Lyoko, time is an element here."
"What?" Odd said, obviously confused.
"It means we have days and nights, hours, weeks, months, and years. All of the measures of the dimension of time apply here. Only what is bad is that there is not a lot of water, and the existing water is already being controlled by a digital program. So there is no need for a moon, and that means no light in the Loeh night. One confusing thing that keeps popping up is that now time has been getting stable, the Loeh darkness is starting to form a pattern. Every 8 hours of the light, there is 4 hours of dark. We will be getting 24 hours of light at a time and 12 hours of darkness at a time. Bottom line: if we would have stayed out there then we would have been ambushed." Jeremie finally finished.
"I should've asked for the good news." Odd mumbled. He thought no one heard him, but he was wrong.
"You didn't have to ask. I was going to start with the bad news anyway." Jeremie muttered as he brought up the computer.
Odd mouthed 'darn it' and then decided to not speak until spoken to.
"Now is the long awaited good news. Some of the information stored in the tower had the correct data output to make the super scan more accurate. Instead of pinpointing the activated tower within a 100 mile radius it would pinpoint a tower within a 10 mile radius."
It seemed that everything, and everyone, started getting tense. Students were leaning forward in their seats. Jim started to snore, but Nicolas elbowed him with an evil smile. Jim bolted up and threatened Nicolas about detention. Only Nicolas had already dashed off to his seat by then. He then remembered… no detention. In fact, their version of detention is sitting and monitoring the front of the woods for monsters and potential threats.
Odd was the only one that did not know what the good news meant. He just stood there with a blank face; afraid that if he asked he would be scolded. Sometimes it does you good to pay attention in Math class for once, wait, make that every class that he sleeps through.
"There is more." Jeremie finally added, letting the previous information sink in. "The tower also had a program in it that Xana used so his monsters could freely travel in the night. If you give me the night, I could modify the data output so the program works on us. Only, we will have to watch our backs. The program could A: scare Xana's monsters away, or B: attract more monsters to you. You can see Xana's monsters when they are charging their laser, so watch the glowing orbs. Remember, Kankerlots and Hornets will only have one glowing orb. You can also see their sign when they charge."
"Is that all Jeremie?" Aelita said. She came out of the confused gaze faster than everyone else because she actually understood it.
"Yes. That is all of the valuable information that I have gotten out of the tower."
Everyone started to break out of the 'confused' spell of that recently digested data. To them the danger didn't seem close or deadly, so they all just continued doing their own business.
Jim checked the door again to make sure it was properly locked before turning around and issuing orders for sleeping arrangements.
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