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Episode 9: Satellite
"Yes Herb?" Mrs. Hertz says expectantly. Suddenly everyone's cell phone begins to ring and everyone answers at the same time. "Oh come now children!" Mrs. Hertz yells. "All of you have your phones on ring and not on silent? Not even on vibrate? You are in class people!"
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"Yes Herb?" Mrs. Hertz says expectantly. Suddenly everyone's cell phone begins to ring and everyone answers at the same time. "Really kids!" Mrs. Hertz says angrily. "Is everyone freaking stupid in this class? I mean yes, your phones are ringing but that doesn't mean you answer them right now! I mean, Herb you are right in front of me! You were about to answer a question! I mean really!" she says looking over all the students. "Do none of you understand the concept of consequences? How about this" she says at their blank expressions. "Next time something like this happens you wait until I'm not looking before you answer your phone, even though I will still catch you having an entirely different conversation then what I'm teaching."
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"Now hand it over!" Mrs. Hertz says angrily. "And that goes for everyone!"
Jeremie looks back at his friends in horror. "Now what the hell did we expect to happen after that display of brilliance?" he asks Odd and Ulrich.
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"I'm organizing a meeting!" Sissi says. "They've got to give us our mobiles back!"
"Actually they don't." Yumi says. At Sissi's glare she shrugs. "Hey I may be unhappy with it, but let's face it, we're all a bunch of dumbasses for pulling out our cell phones in the middle of class in the first place. We sort of deserve whatever we get."
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"I'm organizing a meeting!" Sissi says. "They've got to give us our mobiles back!"
"Actually they don't." Yumi says. "Yes, students have rights, but since this is a boarding school, it is technically a private school and therefore can create its own rules. Now even if the cell phone policy wasn't already in public schools, which it is, by sending us here instead of a public school we enter into a sort of contract. This forces us to obey all the rules set by the school regardless of what they are, unless they are directly harming us, like a rule about allowing sodomy or something." Yumi says. "So legally you don't have a leg to stand on with this protest."
Sissi stares at Yumi for a moment. "Don't be such a loser Yumi!" she says simply.
Sorry about that one. I know it isn't very funny but it needed to be said. Sissi really can't do anything. Of course, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong!
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"Have you noticed anything strange on Lyoko?" Jeremie asks.
"No should I have?" Aelita says worriedly.
"No, I guess not. Jeremie says.
Above them Xana smirks. I am so glad that girl is absolute crap at detecting when I'm attacking. He says happily. I mean, she is supposed to be so connected to Lyoko and yet she never can tell if I'm attacking until Jeremie does, rendering her useless!
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"I'm not going to return them so quickly!" Mr. Delmas says firmly.
"Question!" Mrs. Hertz says. "Where exactly are you keeping hundreds of phones anyways? And for that matter, why are we, faculty of the school, eating in the cafeteria with all the students?"
"Shut up Suzanne." Jim says through his food.
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"The only thing to do is remove the schools antenna, that way even with new phones, they wouldn't be able to use them." Mr. Delmas says.
"Question!" Mrs. Hertz says. "Why would we remove our antenna exactly? Isn't that a little extreme a punishment? I mean that would make it so us teachers couldn't call as well, and what if a student's family member gets sick. How would it look if they couldn't get a hold of the student and they didn't find out their grandparent died or something?"
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"Eh! Eeeh! Aroo!" Odd grunts as he picks the lock. "Wow," he says. "I didn't know picking locks was such hard work!"
"It's not," Ulrich says. "You're just acting like a spazz."
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"Eh! Eeeh! Aroo!" Odd grunts as he picks the lock, a bead of sweat rolling down his face. "Wow, I am really out of shape if this wears me out!" he says sadly.
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"Eh! Eeeh! Aroo!" Odd grunts as he picks the lock. "Wow," he says happily as the door swings open. "I'm so glad that the first cabinet I tried just happened to have all of the cell phones in it. I mean there must be at least twenty cabinets but I just happened to pick the right one first try!"
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"Ah!" Odd whispers as his teacher drops a pen. It rolls underneath the table where Odd is hiding and Odd makes more noises. When the teacher finally leaves Odd sighs heavily. "I sure am lucky," he says, going over to the locker and picking out his friend's cell phones. "With all the noise I was making it's a wonder he didn't hear me, I was pretty dang loud and all!"
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"I haven't seen anything either." Aelita says.
"Oh!" Jeremie says looking down at his phone. The eye of Xana is clearly lit up on the screen. He whirls on Aelita. "Ha!" he shouts triumphantly. "On a scale of one to ten, how useless does this make you?"
"I'd say at least an eleven!" Ulrich says.
"Shut up! You're all jerks!" Aelita says, immediately shutting all communications.
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A machine in Jeremie's lap measures something beeping loudly. "This is a very expensive looking machine," Jeremie says. "And it is specifically designed for this purpose, so why exactly I own one is beyond me."
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"We all signed a petition, so you have to give us our phones back!" Sissi says angrily.
Her father sighs and puts his hand on his head. "Sissi, there's like four signatures on there. Why do I have to listen to that?"
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"Xana has activated a tower!" Jeremie says. "Even though I just said that Xana is attacking and described his attack at length, I still feel it is important to point that out!"
Aelita pops up on the scene. "Xana has just activated a tower in the polar region!" she cries worriedly.
"Wow. Thanks for that Aelita." Jeremie says. "You are slower than the scan! So why do we even need you?"
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"No more phones no more school. Perfect." Sissi says to herself staring off vaguely into the distance.
Herb looks around in confusion. "How did we all get organized so quickly?" he asks. "I mean people already have signs and everything! It can't have been more than a few minutes since we were in the gym!"
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"No more phone no more school!" Yumi cries. "How I know the chant you just made up seconds ago while I was busy with another conversation is meaningless!"
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"We have to warn her!" Jeremie says. "But without a mobile…" he trails off sadly.
"What are you talking about Einstein?" Odd asks. "Don't you remember how I stole all of our phones back earlier?
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"This poison is really effective at blocking our path!" Odd says.
"I'm sure we'll see it again." Ulrich says. "I'm sure it won't be like the rapid fire lasers the Hornets showed a few attacks ago. Those were hard to avoid!"
"And then they were never seen again." Odd says sadly. "It's a shame too."
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"You've only got 20 life pints left Odd!" Jeremie says.
"Wait how?" Odd says. "I'm sure I only had 30 a second ago and I just got hit twice. So I really suck and the lasers only take out 5 life points per hit. So that means…" Odd does a few calculations in his head. "I got hit about 14 times from start to finish and Ulrich and Aelita are only a few seconds away." He shakes his head in disappointment. "Just how slow are these guys?"
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"You have no right!" Sissi screams.
Behind her Yumi bites her lip torn between her desire to leave and her natural logical side. Eventually her logical side takes over and she sighs. Above her Xana stops his attack for a moment to listen in. "Look, I know this isn't really a good time Sissi." She begins. "But he has every right to keep us here. In case you've forgotten this is a school. And as he is the principal of this private school he has every right to keep his students in school. I mean this is taking place during school hours right? And we are all middle schoolers right? So how can we possibly say that we have the right to do anything against our principal?"
"Not the time Yumi!" Sissi yells. "And to think I was starting to like you!"
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"Aren't you being a little dramatic here?" Sissi asks.
"Right-" Yumi scoffs. "This coming form the girl who freaks out about everything and yells at everyone for the smallest infractions. The one who started this entire strike. Who are you to talk?"
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"Ahhh!" Aelita scream as she jumps down a ledge. She comes to a complete stop by some water and smiles. "I know there were monsters chasing me a second ago and my friend is being shot at by a satellite, but this looks like a nice place to rest."
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"It's now or never let's go!" Yumi says starting forwards. As Odd runs out from their cover she stops. "I think I'm going to wait a few seconds before going even though the satellite now has a perfect opportunity to hit a standing target."
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Yumi relaxes as the laser stops right in front of her. "I'm so happy to be alive right now," she says.
I'm not even going to question how the laser stopped after it had already been fired. I'm not sure how I know this but the laser wasn't being given power continuously, after it fired it was rather like a bullet, as in if the weapon that fired it was destroyed the ammo would keep going. After all a bullet doesn't stop when the gun is destroyed so by all rights the laser should have kept going, and I should be dead now."
When you look as the laser is being fired from space, it is not a continuous laser but one short pulse. This pulse is no longer connected to the laser itself and would have continued to move even after Xana was removed from the weapon itself.