CODE LYOKO
Odd Meets His Match
CHAPTER TEN
Eve Lends A Hand
"She's driving me crazy!" Yumi complained. "I can't stand her!"
She was talking about Sissy, who was hogging the music room to practice with her band, and not letting Yumi and her friends rehearse.
Odd arrived just then. "Hi everyone." He noticed. "Oh…umm…hi, Eve…"
Eve turned to him with calm green eyes, and even smiled at him a little bit. "Hi Odd! You're just in time to see Yumi storm the classroom!"
The others quickly filled Odd in on what was happening.
"Damn her!" He cursed.
"Oh no…" Eve suddenly said. "They're doing Enter Sandman, by Metallica. That song takes five minutes!"
"Oh…" Everybody else groaned, as Sissy smirked at them from behind the glass window.
"This is one of the only chances we'll have to use this room before the dance." Aelita complained. "And Sissy won't give us a fair chance to even get in there!"
Eve hated seeing Aelita so unhappy, because she knew how Aelita felt to make a good impression on a new school.
Odd watched as Eve looked across the wall. There, on the other side of the door, was fuse box, which connected the main power to the music room.
If I cut off the power source, Sissy's band won't be able to use their guitars and microphones!
Eve! I'm very impressed! You're starting to sound just like me!
Hey, she deleted my songs and called me names. Call it 'Loser's Revenge'…
Eve stood up, and strode over to the fuse box.
She put a hand on it, which was very dangerous in itself!
"Eve! What are you doing?" Yumi cried.
"Ssh!" Eve smiled, and then concentrated. "I have to do this right so that I don't blow up the whole school's power source!" Static electricity crackled around her fingertips.
It travelled up the mainframe of electric power-source, and buzzed and crackled until Sissy let out an outraged yell.
Eve's hand dropped to her side, just as Sissy and her band stormed out of the music room.
"Okay! What did you losers do?" Sissy cried.
"We didn't do anything." Yumi replied, truthfully.
"IT WAS YOU THEN!" Sissy screamed at Eve. "YOU DID THIS!"
That was when they noticed her hair, standing on end.
Oops…
"I'M GOING TO GET YOUR BAND DISBANDED!" Sissy shouted.
Eve looked upset, and would've bolted again, if Odd hadn't come up to stand beside her.
"Sissy, you're delusional." Odd said calmly. "Eve's not some kind of a virtual electricity monster, now is she?"
Sissy was seeing red. "What are you, her bodyguard or something? Or maybe you're her boyfriend? Are you two going to the dance with each other?"
"Yes." Odd replied, firmly. "Yes we are. And no, in answer to your question, I'm neither one of those things. I'm her best friend."
Eve's hand was behind her back, and so only Odd saw when she snapped her fingers, causing a buzz of blue electricity to crackle from her hand and frizz up Sissy's hair even more!
Aelita and Yumi started to laugh, and Ulrich and Jeremy joined in. Odd felt exceptionally proud of his new best friend. Eve just looked confident again!
Sissy stamped her foot, sniffed, and stomped away in a huff, followed by her glowering and leering band-mates, who all sported similar hairstyles.
"Whew, was she ever pissed off." Ulrich said, standing up. "But, at least we can practice now." He added, as he, Yumi, Jeremy and Aelita went into the classroom.
"Why won't this microphone work?" They heard Jeremy ask.
Odd stared at Eve.
"What?" she asked him, feeling slightly uncomfortable.
"The power." He replied. "Are you gonna put it back on for us or what?" And then, remembering his manners, he added: "Please?" This was not going to be easy. Was he just scared of losing all of his friends, or did he really want to make amends with Eve?
Eve smiled. "Sure thing." She put her hand on the switch-box, and the electricity in the room crackled back on.
"AAUURRGGHH!!" Jeremy and Ulrich screamed, as the left-on microphone whined loudly at them.
Eve and Odd laughed.
"You know," Eve said, smiling radiantly at Odd for the first time in…well…ever! "I've never had a friend before – or a best friend who wasn't me."
"You ain't never had a friend like me." Odd assured her, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"No…" Eve mused. "And…I don't think I'll ever have another one like you…thanks for inviting me to the dance…and for sticking up for me with Sissy."
"No problem." Odd replied, with a broad grin. "Thanks for getting rid of Sissy!"
They both laughed again.
Inside the classroom, Jeremy, Aelita, Ulrich and Yumi exchanged a round of high-fives and low-fives!