Chapter 2
"Ahh!" Jeremy and Sissy screamed together as the cords were just inches away from reaching them. The cords were about to wrap around them both when the cords dropped all of a sudden. Sissy got up as Jeremy tore the cord around his ankle off.
Jeremy walked over to see why they had fallen. The cords were cut in half and the was a long piece of glass where they had been cut.
Jeremy looked around to see who had cut the cords, but no one was there. He looked over at Sissy who was still in shock from the cords attacking her.
"Are you all right?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah… why did they stop attacking all of a sudden?" Sissy asked.
"Somebody cut the cords, but I couldn't see who it was." Jeremy answered. Jim walked around the corner and saw the cords on the floor.
"What happened here?" Jim asked in a loud booming voice.
"I was walking down the hall when these cords came out of the computer lab and tried to attack me!" Sissy cried, "Then Jeremy came and tried to save me, but the cords tripped him, but someone came and saved us see there is the piece of glass they cut the cords with." She pointed to the piece of glass laying on the floor.
"You expect me to believe that story!" Jim shouted, "I heard that argument you had with your father!"
"This is probably just some act, so you can get your cell phone isn't it?"
"Jim, she isn't lying!" Jeremy said, "You have to believe us we could all be in danger!"
"She's probably paid you to play along" Jim said getting angrier every time they argued, "You could have pulled those cords out and cut them yourself!"
"Jim, we didn't do this intentionally!" Jeremy said his voice getting louder.
"You two are coming with me to the principal's office." Jim said grabbing both of their arms and walking them upstairs. When they reached the principal's office Jim told them to sit in the chairs outside the office. They sat down and Jim walked inside and they heard him talking to the principal. Jeremy's phone rang and he answered.
"Hello?" Jeremy said.
"Jeremy, it's Ulrich. I'm calling because we wanted to know if there was an activated tower, you never called us so we got worried." Ulrich said.
"No, my computer didn't find any, but I found Sissy being attacked by electrical cords outside the computer lab and I-
"Alright Jim, bring them in" Jeremy heard the principal say."
"Listen Ulrich, I have to go I'll call you in a little bit." Jeremy said quickly
"Jeremy, wai-"Ulrich began to say, but Jeremy hung up.
"Alright you two" Jim said, "Come in here." Jeremy and Sissy walked in and sat down. Jim walked out and shut the door behind him.
"Which of you would like to explain what happened?" Mr.Delmas asked.
"I will sir." Jeremy said sitting up in his chair.
"I was walking downstairs heading outside when I saw flashing blue lights coming from the direction of the computer room." Jeremy said pausing for a moment, "I walked over and saw cords coming out of the computer room and Sissy on the floor, I ran over and grabbed Sissy's hand and tried to escape but a cord tripped me and then.."
"Then the cords fell because someone had cut them with a piece of glass." Sissy finished for him.
"Did you see who cut the cords?" Mr.Delmas asked.
"No sir." Jeremy replied.
"Very well, I'll have to give you both detention." Mr.Delmas said.
"What! Daddy, don't you believe us?" Sissy exclaimed.
"Sissy, I can't possibly believe you! Your story is so farfetched I'm surprised Jeremy would even go along with it!" Mr.Delmas said his voice growing louder.
"Sir, we are not lying!" Jeremy said his voice getting louder as well.
"You both have detention and that is final!" Mr.Delmas shouted, "You will have it in Mrs.Hertz's room this Saturday."
He sent them out of his office. Sissy and Jeremy walked downstairs together, just before they walked outside Sissy stopped Jeremy.
"I'm sorry you have detention because of me" Sissy said.
"It's not your fault that those cords attacked you." Jeremy said, "It's also not your fault you father didn't believe us."
"Well, thanks for saving me, Jeremy." Sissy said and walked outside. Jeremy stood there for several minutes and remembered he had to call Ulrich back. HEpicked up his phone and dialed Ulrich's number. It rang several times then Ulrich answered.
"Jeremy, why did you hang up earlier?" Ulrich asked immediately.
"Me and Sissy were in the principal's office." Jeremy answered.
"The principal's office? Why were you in there?" Ulrich asked.
"It doesn't matter now." Jeremy said, "Listen, I was walking downstairs earlier and I saw blue flashes coming from the computer lab."
"So, I went over there and I found cords attacking Sissy, I grabbed her hand and started to run away but one of the cords tripped me." Jeremy continued, "The cords were just about to attack us when they dropped. I looked to see who did it but no one was there."
"There was only a piece of glass where the cords had been cut." Jeremy said.
"That sounds a lot like xana, what did the can results say?" Ulrich asked.
"It didn't find any activated towers." Jeremy said. " I'll go back up to my room and run a scan again and ask Aelita if she has felt any pulsations"
"Alright call and let us know if you and Aelita find anything." Ulrich said then hung up. Jeremy walked upstairs to his room and sat down at the computer.
"Aelita, are you there?" Jeremy asked.
"Hello, Jeremy" Aelita answered back as she showed up on the computer screen.
"Did you find anything on Lyoko?" Jeremy asked as he started the scan again.
"No, did something happen?" Aelita asked noticing that his voice sounded a little
worried.
"Me and Sissy were attacked by electrical cords next to the computer lab." Jeremy explained, "I am running another scan just in case."
"Okay, Jeremy I'll have another look around too." Aelita said. The image of Aelita disappeared just as the scan finished. The scan showed no activated towers.
"This is strange, cords just don't get up and attack people." Jeremy muttered to himself looking over the scan results again. Deciding that he wasn't going to find an activated tower he decided to go back to the computer lab and look for clues showing who might have saved them. When he got to the computer lab he saw that the hallway that he and Sissy had been attacked in was blocked off. He saw that Jim had been cleaning up the cords because half of them were gone.
"He must have left to get more garbage bags." Jeremy thought noticing Jim wasn't around. Jeremy walked past the string that was keeping the hallway blocked off. He noticed the piece of glass was still laying there. Wondering why Jim didn't pick the glass up first, he walked over to have a look. HE picked it up and checked over it then put it down. He looked over and saw a piece of clothing stuck to one of the cords near the glass.
"Maybe this will help me find out who saved me and Sissy." Jeremy muttered. He took of the clothing carefully and stuck it in his pocket. The bell rang telling students afternoon classes were starting. Jeremy quickly went up to his room, put the piece of clothing in a plastic bag, set t next to the computer, and went to class.
When the afternoon classes were over Jeremy went back to his room. He picked up the piece of clothing and started to look at it. Trying to see if he knew anyone with the same clothing. after about a half an hour he finally gave up hope of recognizing the clothing. He turned around to talk to Aelita and then everything went black.