Chapter 48: Cold War
Hey everyone! It's me, sakuraphoenix, and I'm back with a new chapter! Okay, I know it's been a while, so you're thinking 'what's the excuse this time?' Well, I was busy with the usual stuff for a college senior. Anywho, disclaimer time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko. I also do not own Sia or Rina. They belong to D.J. Scales.
Enjoy!
I was woken up by the sound of my computer. Groggily, I got out of bed to see what was going on. The Super Scan was active. This isn't good.
"Alright, tell me where you're hiding your little tower XANA." I said
I looked, and there was nothing.
"Something isn't right here." I said
I rebooted the scan, and still nothing!
"What'd ya mean 'it's a quack'?" I asked
Seeing that this was getting nowhere, I decided to go back to sleep.
The next morning…
'Dear Diary
Something's fishy around these here parts, and it starts with XANA. Now that he has whatever he wanted from me, we're screwed tenfold. Maybe Jeremy knows what's going on.
Write more soon!
~Naomi'
I hid my diary and walked over to Jeremy's room. I knocked on the door before Ulrich opened the door, and saw that Matt and McKenna beat me here. That's a first, and what in the world is Odd looking for?
"And you're sure about the alarm last night?" asked Aelita
"Not 100 percent. I was pretty groggy. Odd, could you make a little less noise?" asked Jeremy
"Wow, and to think I was about to say the same thing." I said
"About the noise?" asked Jeremy
"About the alarm." I answered
"And to answer your question Einstein, no! If I don't find the DVD of my short film in the next three seconds, I'll turn into a pumpkin." Said Odd
"Which short film? Nature Grandeur 2 or I Guess Our Guest is a Ghost?" asked Ulrich
"I Guess Our Guest is a Ghost. If you want me to become rich and famous, I absolutely have to give it to T.V.!" exclaimed Odd
"T.V.? Who's T.V.?" asked Aelita
"His real name is Thomas Vincent, but everybody calls him T.V., because he's the famous news reporter on TV. TV, get it?" asked Odd
Yumi, Sia, and Rina then burst through the door.
"T.V.'s gonna be here in five minutes." Said Yumi
"My career is snipped in the back!" Odd exclaimed before he pretended to cry
I guess he noticed his short film right in front of him, because he then stopped
"Hey, yes! Fame, fortune, and glory are mine." Said Odd
"Well, your fame, fortune, and glory may have to take a detour towards something called class." I said
"Hey, that reminds me, Mrs. Hertz asked us to help her out in her presentation since Rina and I did a science fair project last year that relates to the topic she's teaching in class today." Said Sia
"Well, I guess we'll see each other in class." I said
In Mrs. Hertz's class…
"Now, let's continue with our study of plant life. After our field trip last week, I asked you to calculate the yield of the field of corn that we visited. Now, before I allow our guest speakers to speak today, who can give me the answer? Poliakoff?" asked Mrs. Hertz
"What? Uh, 1,527 tons." Said Nicholas
"Really Nicholas? Well done, you've solved the problem of world hunger." Joked Mrs. Hertz
Everyone in the room, minus Nicholas of course, laughed at that one.
"Quiet down." Said Mrs. Hertz
The door opened to reveal a man, really old, like my grandfather old, and a middle-aged woman with a camera.
"Yes?" asked Mrs. Hertz
"Give me panoramic shots of the kids." Said the man who walked in
"Uh, can I help you?" asked Mrs. Hertz
"Yes, get out of the shot." Said the man
More like a grumpy old man with an ego problem.
"Do our schools still provide a future for our youth? Faced with the teachers lax attitudes, we have reason to doubt to see how bad it's become, all you need to do is pick out a student at random, and ask him his grade point average. You for instance." The man said while pointing his mic at Jeremy
"99.87 out of 100." Said Jeremy
"Huh?" wondered the man
Ha! That'll teach him
"Cut, that's too high. Who here has a below 60 average?" asked the man
Odd raised his hand. Although it is true, I know his true reason. He just wants to give that short film to the guy, whom I finally figured out is T.V., AKA Thomas Vincent. Man, he's a jerk. Even my dad's grumpy attitude can't compare to this guy.
"Okay son, so you're flunking out of school, right?" asked T.V.
"Me? Not exactly. On the other hand, I have this great DVD to show you." Said Odd
"This cannot be happening. What's with this batch of…" started T.V.
Saved by the bell, but I really wanted to hear Sia and Rina speak today.
"I'm so disgusted. T.V. didn't even want to see my masterpiece." Said Odd
"Is that what it means to be a starving artist?" asked Aelita
"Oh no!" exclaimed Jeremy
"What?" asked Sia
"The same reason my watch is going off. XANA's launched an attack." I said
"I'll warn Yumi." Said Ulrich
"Well, I sure hope this goes quickly because I don't wanna miss today's meatballs and gravy! We haven't had that for ages." Said Odd
One virtualization process later, we're on the mountains in Lyoko. I quickly changed to my Sage gem transformation, and tried the green gem for fun. I noticed that my cape now had a green tint, and I also had a small bag filled with seeds. We quickly ran for the tower.
"Watch it. You got company." Said Jeremy
"Aelita, stay behind me." Said Yumi
We all prepared our weapons for the incoming swarm of hornets. Haven't seen these guys in a while.
"Everyone bring their insecticide?" asked Odd
While the hornets were chasing us, I decided to see what the seeds were for, so I threw them, and some of them got onto the hornets. This crazy idea of mine better work. I extended my hand, and a bunch of vines grew, even on the hornets! I can control plants with this one! How cool is that?! Just then, I saw Yumi make a jump ahead while getting rid of two hornets. Wow, that girl is a gymnast in Lyoko, I swear. Thankfully, with all eight of us working together, we got rid of the hornets, and made it to the tower.
"Thanks Yumi." Said Odd
Just as quickly as they came, they left. That's weird.
"Hey! Bunch of chickens!" exclaimed Odd
"Weird. I guess XANA is not up to snuff today." Said Yumi
"Well, weird or not, it's better for us because we have something waiting for us, meatballs and gravy!" exclaimed Odd
"So hurry up." Said Jeremy
We then made a break for the tower, and no more resistance.
"Well my lady, your tower is served." Said Odd
"Aelita, wait. Look, the tower is deactivating itself." Said Yumi
"Well, what do you know." Said Ulrich
"What does that mean Jeremy?" asked Aelita
"I wish I knew." Said Jeremy
After Jeremy rematerialized us, my watch began to beep again.
"Oh crap! Another one! In ice skating central!" I exclaimed
As soon as it started, it stopped.
"Huh? She me wen ti? (1)" I wondered
"What's going on?" asked Odd
"The tower just deactivated by itself. I don't get this at all." Jeremy and I said in unison
"Do you think it's a bug in the supercomputer?" asked Aelita
"Or a new plot by XANA." Said Odd
"Go to lunch, I'll stay here and try to work all this out. If anything happens, I'll give you a shout." Said Jeremy
"I'll stay with you. With the two of us, it'll go faster." Said Aelita
I followed Odd, Ulrich, Yumi, McKenna, and Matt to lunch, and just as Odd was about to get his serving, TV reporter with a big ego just cut the line. That was rude, even my mom has a better attitude than him.
"What's with these little mini-servings? Come on, cookie, don't be shy. Load up the meatballs." Said T.V.
It was obvious that Rosa was reluctant to do so, and put extra meatballs on T.V.'s tray. When he left, I noticed that Odd had fewer meatballs than usual.
"Wait, what? Where are all the meatballs?" asked Odd
"On T.V.'s tray." Said Rosa
We watched him eat, and then he spat out the meatballs.
"Oh, this is awful!" exclaimed T.V.
"And now you know why I hate men with big egos and apparently too flashy cars." I said
"What makes you say the car part?" asked Matt
"I saw Sissy going nuts over a sports car out front." I said
Although our lunches were small, at least they were enough. I then noticed that Ulrich was pointing outside.
"Look, it's snowing." Said Ulrich
The entire lunchroom cheered while I began to get a bad feeling.
"Calm down everyone. Stay in your seats." Said Jim
While everyone was outside performing a snowball fight, I got my jacket and some of my winter gear. I have to thank Matt for the ski goggles. When I got back out, I was hit in the face with a snowball! When I cleared the snow from my face, I saw that Odd was just laughing. That was until I threw one back into his face. Now we're even.
"That's enough now. Everyone inside." Said Jim
He got hit in the face with a snowball himself. That was hilarious. I saw Yumi and the others near the tree, when Yumi hung up her phone.
"XANA's attacking." Said Yumi
The wind then blew faster, like a blizzard!
"Inside, on the double!" exclaimed Jim
We all quickly ran in to avoid freezing to death. Yumi quickly called Jeremy to inform him about the attack.
"Jeremy, we're stuck at school because of the blizzard." Said Yumi
"A nightmare! XANA's back to his old self! Good thing Rina decided to stay behind. I wonder what Sia was doing." Said Jeremy
"Probably something along the lines of snowball plus Sissy." Said Odd
Jim began passing out coats, scarfs, and other winter gear to the others who didn't have them on.
"Here Mr. T.V. This'll keep your hair in place." Said Jim
I couldn't help but crack up! It was that hideous Christmas gift I lost on purpose! Mr. Delmas then decided to head us down to the boiler room, and we stuck together to figure out XANA's plan.
"Edna, stop wasting film. An unbelievable deep freeze is taking hold of the city, and what are you shooting? Six brats in a basement! It's not even PG-13! People expect spectacular TV from T.V., so let's get out of this rat hole, and go where the action is, the city!" exclaimed T.V.
"Not with me." Said Edna
"Oh yeah? Fine. You're fired!" exclaimed T.V.
Wow, he has really bad ego problems.
"Can't have cold feet on this job." Said T.V.
He took the camera and was about to walk out when Jim tried to stop him.
"You can't go outside, it's forty below out there." Said Jim
"My car keys." Said T.V.
Jim checked his pockets, and they weren't there.
"Um, I… I think I left them in the ignition." Said Jim
"Idiot!" exclaimed T.V.
"Did you hear that? Forty below, and there's no reason for XANA to stop there." Said Ulrich
"The only solution is to deactivate the tower on Lyoko. But if we go out, we'll end up as ice sculptures." Said Odd
"We have to try. We'll sneak out of here and search the rooms for warmer gear, and then we'll head for the factory." Said Yumi
"Okay." Said Odd
"I have some stuff back in my room. It's not much, but if we layer our clothing, we can conserve our body heat." I said
"Good thinking." Said Matt
We managed to head up into our rooms and find warmer gear, but before we could get to the factory, we saw T.V. crash his car.
"Did you see that?" asked Ulrich
"We gotta go help them." Said Yumi
We slid down the snow, and saw that Sia, Sissy, Herb, and obviously T.V. were inside the car.
"It wasn't my fault. I-I-It was the power steering. I…" started T.V.
"Yeah, right. Why don't you make yourself useful in the meantime? Get Sissy and Herb into the boiler room, fast!" exclaimed Yumi
"I had a feeling we'd find you with Sissy Sia. We brought these." I said as I held a jacket, scarf, hat, and gloves
"Where did you get the hat, scarf, and gloves?" asked Sia
"They're… mine. I have a lot of spares." I said
I then heard the tree next to the car begin to fall
"Ulrich, look out!" exclaimed Yumi
Thankfully, Ulrich, Odd, Matt, McKenna, Sia, and I were okay.
"That was close." Said Odd
"Yumi!" exclaimed Ulrich
"This is why… I like bonsai's better." Said Yumi
"We'll get you out of there. One, two, three!" exclaimed Ulrich
We pushed with all of our might, but the tree wouldn't budge.
"Forget it. It's much too heavy. Go to the factory. That's more important." Said Yumi
"We can't just leave her here. She won't last long in this cold." Said Odd
"Okay, you, Naomi, Matt, McKenna, and Sia get to Lyoko. I'll stay here with her." Said Ulrich
"Good luck." Said Odd
"We may need these. I screwed off the wheels of a few skateboards I found. We can use them as snowboards." I said
"But you have bad balance." Said Matt
"I'd rather have bad balance in this weather than have bad balance in the summer." I said
"Good point, this way, we'll get to the factory faster." Said Odd
We all then snowboarded down to the factory, and we couldn't have gotten there sooner! Aelita and Rina needed our help, and Odd plus Sia collapsed onto the ground.
"Odd!" exclaimed Jeremy
"Guess they can't stand the cold like we can." Said Matt
"We never dealt with weather from Alaska." I said
Jeremy placed Odd and Sia into the Scanner while I prepared myself.
"Transfer Odd, Transfer Sia, Transfer Naomi! Scanner Odd, Scanner Sia, Scanner Naomi! VIRTUALIZATION!" exclaimed Jeremy
We landed on top of our vehicles.
"Oh no, more ice." Said Odd
"Quit complaining." I said
We got there just in time. I opened my fans, and threw them at the jellyfish! Odd then managed to catch her.
"Can I drop you off at the next activated tower perhaps?" asked Odd
"I wouldn't say no." said Aelita
"Look out behind you!" exclaimed Jeremy
They were flying mantas! I quickly switched to my Star Sapphire gem just as they managed to devirtualize my vehicle. At least I can fly in this form. Unfortunately, they were dropping more mines for us to run into.
"Another field of flying mines!" exclaimed Jeremy
"Hang on." Said Odd
It was hard for me to maneuver in this mine field, and the mantas didn't make it easier.
"Guys, the flying mantas are behind us!" exclaimed Aelita
We ducked below the field, and one of them slid on the ice, and bit the dust. Soon, I saw Odd's plan form in mind.
"Ah-ha, right where I want them." Said Odd
He readied his arrows while I formed a purple bow and arrow construct. I loaded the arrow, and closed one eye.
"Here we go." Said Odd
He fired his arrows as I fired mine, and we did it!
"Yes! There's an open passage!" exclaimed Jeremy
"Hurry, we'll cover you!" exclaimed Odd
Matt and I guarded the entrance while everyone else went into battle mode. Odd, Sia, and McKenna got devirtualized just as the tower was deactivated. While that happened, I got a new transformation gem in my necklace. Say hello to the Dark Magician Girl.
"Return to the Past, Now!" exclaimed Jeremy
We were back at lunch when T.V. cut in line. He's still a jerk in my book.
"What's with these little mini-servings? Come on cookie, don't be shy. Load up the meatballs." Said T.V.
Odd winked to Rosa.
"Do you really want it?" asked Rosa
"Oh yeah. What are you? Deaf too?" asked T.V.
She dumped two spoonfuls of meatballs onto his hair! That earned a laugh!
"And if you're still hungry, there's seconds." Said Odd
Everyone in the cafeteria laughed at that one, but I have a feeling XANA's not done with us yet.
Done and done! Whew, this one really took a while, but I'm finally done! Please review, and until next time, I'm sakuraphoenix, saying I heart you, signing off for now. Kan dao ni!
(1) Means 'what's the problem' in Chinese
