The spiders from the Amazon lab crawl after Yumi, who's running down the hall as an alarm is going off. Ulrich and Amy run in front of her, sliding to the hall. They stop upon seeing the spiders.
"Uh oh..." Ulrich looks to his right. They suddenly get surrounded by spiders. "To think this was supposed to be a piece of cake!"
Several hours earlier...
"I'll say it once more, for those of you who were daydreaming," Jim announces to the class inside the gym. "One, run up. Two, jump onto the springboard. Three, push off the horse. Four, pike vault and 5, land feet together on the mat. You got that?"
"No, I didn't get it all, coach," Herb calls out, holding up a finger. "So would you mind giving us a demonstration, Jim?"
"What's the matter with you, Pichon? There's nothing to it. Only a half-wit couldn't manage it!" He faces the pommel horse, glancing to the class behind him. He clears his throat and runs up.
"One, two, three-" Odd counts, his eyes widening as Jim lets out a scream.
"Oh!"
"He got five without doing four!" Odd puts a hand over his mouth, the class laughing as Jim landed head-first.
"Pichon!" Jim says in annoyance at their laughing, "Funny, huh!" He turns around so that he's not getting blood rushing to his head. "Let's see what you can do." Herb reluctantly moves away from the students. "And don't forget those 5 golden rules!"
Herb starts running, but trips. He does land on the springboard, but goes flying onto the mat. The class laughs at him next as Jim looks over the boy.
"Ha ha! That horse oughta be in the rodeo!" Odd points at the boy.
"Smith! Front and center, it's your turn to fall flat on your face!"
"Oh great," She mutters to herself as she approaches. She almost never gets picked to demonstrate, but she knows that she hates it. Amy cracks her knuckles and sprints. She jumps onto the springboard, backflipping into the air. Her hands touch the pommel horse as she hears the class clapping. Then she backflips onto the mat, dusting herself off.
"See! You all could learn a lot from Smith! I could make a star out of her if I wanted to!"
"Mm," She grunts as she goes back to her spot.
"That's my girlfriend, everybody!" Odd wraps an arm around her. She gives him a slight look of annoyance that he's using this to brag.
"Della Robbia! Your turn to fall!"
Odd clears his throat. "Okay!" He runs forward and jumps, doing a flip. He lands on the pommel horse, impressing the class as he goes a split, bringing his legs together. Jim stares and then he lands safely, smirking.
"How was that? You're right, Jim, only a half-wit couldn't manage it!"
Jim growls lowly, narrowing his eyes.
"Come on! I don't believe it," Odd complains to the two after class is over. "I do a vault worthy of the Olympics and bam, 4 hours of detention! Is that the kind of payoff I deserve?"
"Well...yeah!" The two say in unison, confusing him.
"Huh?"
"Come on, Odd, the way you spoke to Jim was-"
"Was what?"
"Obnoxious?" Ulrich asks first.
"Pretentious? Do I need to go on?" Amy rolls her eyes.
"Pretentious?!" He stops them in their tracks. "No one's more humble than I am! Ames can tell you all about it!"
"Odd, I love you, but sometimes you can be a real jerk," Amy tells the boy, walking off with a slightly annoyed look on her face. "I gotta go feed Kiki. Meet you guys later."
"What's up with her?" Odd looks to Ulrich, jerking a thumb.
"Do you really not get it?" He deadpans at his friend.
"Who are you trying to kid?" Jeremy walks up to them. "Your middle name oughta be Braggart, Odd! I don't think Amy really likes it when you brag about your relationship."
"That's for sure, I can't remember even one day that you didn't sing your own praises! Or that you don't tell people you're dating the most popular girl in school," Aelita adds in, slightly smiling.
"Hey, that is so wrong on both accounts! And I can prove it to you too!"
"Okay, I'll bet you a week of desserts that you can't go 24 hours without bragging!" Ulrich suggests, looking over to Jeremy.
"And, he also has to find out more about Amy's life in New York," Jeremy pushes up his glasses. "Up until she moved here. Don't leave anything out."
"What makes you think she hasn't told me?" Odd raises a brow, startled that he assumed correctly that he doesn't know.
"Because she doesn't talk about it to anyone," Aelita smirks in amusement. "Not even me."
"You're on!" Odd holds out his hands to Ulrich and Jeremy. "I know someone who just bought himself some yummy seconds."
They high-five him to seal the deal. "Yeah, me," Ulrich smirks at him.
"Uh-uh, me!"
"No, me!"
"Hey, are you guys all through?" Jeremy asks impatiently before they could escalate. "Maybe I oughta remind you that we're supposed to be blowing up XANA's supercomputer tonight after class!" After failing to do so last time, they would hopefully destroy it for good.
"In the jungle? You mean we're going back already?" Ulrich asks in surprise.
"That's right, and we don't think it'll be a problem. Odd and Amy knocked out the energy field protecting it last time," Aelita looks over to the boy.
"And once again, where mere mortals would have failed, Odd demonstrates his great...um...uh...modesty and humility," He says it in a way that's not bragging.
"So thanks to our non-bragging hero, it's gonna be a piece of cake," Jeremy states with a smile.
Odd watches Amy play with her dog, leaning against the door. She doesn't seem to be angry towards him, but he does have to apologize...
"Ames, I'm sorry for what happened during gym class," He closes his eyes.
"That's okay," She looks up at him. "I've been dealing with that part of your personality for as long as I've been here, but with Jim doing it too, I guess I just lost it."
He leans in and kisses her cheek, causing her to blush. "What was that for?"
"For being you," Odd winks at her. "Umm...so I've always wondered...why don't you talk about New York?"
"Oh, it's nothing interesting," She waves it off. "You already know I visited the Hermitage when I was little. There's really not much more to it than that."
"If it's nothing interesting, then why won't you talk about it?" He raises a brow and she grunts, glaring up at him.
"Because I just don't want to, okay?"
"But I really wanna know."
"I said no!" She looks away while continuing to pet her dog.
"...Please?"
"Odd, if it was really important, I would have told you," She sighs lightly. "Can we not have this conversation please?"
He sags his shoulders in defeat. No wonder why they added in this part of the bet, because it'll be next to impossible to get it out of her. What was it that's making her refuse so furiously?
Later on, Yumi moves away the manhole cover, climbing down the ladder first. Jeremy and Aelita follow after. She grabs a skateboard, Jeremy and Aelita grabbing their scooters. Together, they skate down the path, with Yumi taking the lead. Odd jumps and slides down the railing, Ulrich doing the same. They reach the ladder that leads to the bridge, climbing up to it. Jeremy runs first, the others following after. Jeremy and Odd jump down to the main floor first, Yumi and Ulrich going afterwards. He lands just as the two sisters arrive. Jeremy presses the button and they all go down to the lab.
A few minutes later, the elevator to the Skid arrives, the five stepping on. It takes them to their ship. They float above the water.
"I'm entering the coordinates of the replica."
The ship goes into the Digital Sea. "Holo web system connected. You should be able to see it now, I've got it on radar."
"Affirmative. Skid in position in front of the entrance. Digital key engaged." The key activates in front of the replica and Jeremy does the rest. The door slowly opens to allow the Skid inside. They end up inside the Forest replica and Aelita moves the ship to a tower. "Tower in sight, Jeremy. Docking." She mounts the ship to the tower.
"Gotcha. I'm activating the tower for us."
The tower's halo turns green a few seconds later. "Are you ready?"
"Ready," Yumi reports to him.
"Teleportation Ulrich. Teleportation Yumi. Teleportation Amy."
The three materialize inside the laboratory, landing safely on their feet. "You're the greatest, Jeremy, it worked!" Ulrich smiles a little.
"Your teleportation is pretty accurate. We're in the middle of the lab," Yumi smirks slightly.
"Cut the flattery, guys, before it goes to my head, like Odd!"
"I do not have a swelled head!" Odd protests at this. "That being said, considering my extraordinary exploits last time, I don't see why I wasn't teleported over!" But really, he just wants to see Amy again as a specter.
"Gotta give everyone a chance to have fun, Odd! I only sent Amy with them so she didn't have to hear you! And because she knows the way."
"And if the only dessert you wanna eat for a week is humble pie, just keep it up!" Aelita teases him. Odd looks away with a pout.
"Okay Amy, which way is it?" Ulrich asks the fairy.
"We go east, and go through a door, then we go straight and a little further on at the left, the door to the supercomputer should be there," She recites, Jeremy watching them move.
"She's right," He puts his hands behind his back.
"Got it, we're on it, guys," Ulrich states as they walk down the path. Amy is leading them down the hall as Ulrich peeks through a door. Amy flies above them and smiles. "Bingo."
"Oh no..." Amy murmurs as the shield has been brought back. "They put the shield back up! At least I know where to hit it."
"Great, all you gotta do now is open the door and trash the supercomputer. We told you this would be no problem."
"You done bragging? You sound like Odd," Amy rolls her eyes. Yumi walks up to the interface, tapping a few buttons, but it starts beeping.
"Jeremy, why can't I get the door open?" She wonders, glancing at the fairy.
"Oh right! Last time Aelita used her digital power to open it...hang on, I-I'll figure out something."
"Let me handle this," Ulrich smirks, reaching towards his swords.
"I wouldn't," Amy warns him, stepping forward. "Let me see if I can-"
"Ulrich, wait-!" He smashes the interface with his sword.
"Uh, too late."
"Great, now the panel's dead and the door is still locked!" Yumi frowns at him in disapproval.
"I was about to see if I could open the door like Aelita did!" Amy gestures to the destroyed interface, looking annoyed at Ulrich.
"What an idiot! I said to wait, Ulrich!" Jeremy frowns towards the screen.
"Well one of you should've said something sooner! What do we do now?"
Jeremy sighs at him. "Well, for one, you can keep your hands to yourself..."
"Hold on," He begins typing to find an alternate opening. "Ah! I've got an idea! You guys have to cut the power to the door's electromagnetic locking mechanism."
"You know where the generator is?" Ulrich questions expectantly.
"Yeah, I'll guide you there!"
"Amy and I will stay here. As soon as it opens, we'll go in to get rid of the supercomputer," Yumi tells him.
"Ulrich, turn around and go back to the first intersection. Then take the corridor on the right."
"I'm on my way, Einstein!" He starts running down the hall.
"Jeremy, can you hear us?" Aelita speaks up as the two are still in the Skid. "Everything okay?"
"Uh, just a little problem. No sweat! Everything's cool."
"Are you sure?" They'd be stupid not to notice the worry in Jeremy's voice. "Because I'd love to go and help Ulrich, Yumi, and my little Ames. Modestly, of course."
"Sorry Odd, but you've got your work cut out for you already. I just spotted an activated tower," Jeremy frowns deeply at the superscan.
"We're on it, Jeremy. Get ready to disembark, Odd. Disembark!" She taps a few buttons and they disappear from the Skid, teleporting in front of the way tower.
"Einstein, could you send us-" The Overboard materializes in front of him before he could even finish his sentence.
"What were you saying, Odd?"
"Uh, nothing, thanks..." He murmurs as Aelita looks to her right.
"Uh oh...it looks like we've got a little problem here too."
Jeremy types and hits a button to see what's going on. "I see William! And three Hornets."
William is running straight for the duo, the monsters flying over him. "Jeremy, should Odd stay here and fight them off while I deactivate the tower?" She asks curiously.
"No, the tower's too far away and Odd could never handle them alone."
"So then teleport Ames back maybe?" Odd suggests as he steps forward.
"I can't, Yumi and Ulrich need the extra help to destroy the supercomputer. She's already gotten them this far. And besides, I know what you're getting at, and it doesn't count if you ask about her past in Lyoko."
"Three Hornets and Sir William the Lowlife?" He shrugs lightly. "Four laser arrows and it's game over."
"Odd, don't forget your bet," Aelita places her hands on her hips.
"Ha ha. That isn't bragging, it's the simple truth~" He crosses his arms.
The Hornets start firing and Odd crosses his arms. "Shield! You see? Lucky for us, I was here."
Aelita silently rolls her eyes.
"Listen, it's easy. Just hold off William long enough for Ulrich to neutralize the generator. It'll only take a few minutes," Jeremy shrugs a little, though he's mostly hoping that it can be done this time. Last trip, William stopped everything and will try to do so again this time.
"No problem!" Odd hops onto his vehicle, flying straight towards them. Aelita stands guard near the tower while Jeremy gets into contact with Ulrich again.
"Ulrich, do you read me? Where are you?"
"In front of the generator," He reports to Jeremy's relief.
"That's great. Tell me how it looks."
"Well..." Ulrich stares at it. "It's this huge machine with a bunch of flashing thingamajigs all over it."
"Okay," Jeremy chuckles a little. "Now just neutralize the commutator that powers the lab doors."
"The commu-what?"
"The button!" He almost forgot that Ulrich doesn't speak his language. "Do you see the little red button?"
"There's not just one, there are millions of them! This thing's lit up like a pinball machine!"
"Just proceed by elimination," Jeremy suggests, as he doesn't want the supercomputer to be functioning or for his friends to be left with William for long.
"No, I'm gonna do this my way."
"Your way, huh, Ulrich? Like smashing up the generator with your saber and short-circuiting the supercomputer?"
"You guessed it!"
"Uhh, give me a minute to think it over," Jeremy rubs his chin. Odd is flying straight towards the monsters, taking a deep breath. William continues running as Odd flies into the air.
"This way, kitties~!" He flies in the other direction, only the Hornets following him.
The girls lean against the door, Yumi opening up her fan. "Odd asked you about your past before you moved here? Why?"
"I have no clue," She shakes her head. "There's really not much to tell. It's not like I'm hiding anything major."
"So then why won't you tell him just the basics?"
Amy sighs a bit, looking away. "My parents were always unhappy after I was born—which I'm chalking it up to me not really being his daughter and him pushing me to inherit the family business. I stayed at my neighbor's apartment all the time, I got Kiki when I was about 10, and a few years later, here I am in France for my dad's job. All I was ever surrounded by was their arguing, and Odd knows what it's like for me to have to stomach it. I just...wanna protect him from that this time, you know? Like the opposite of how I wasn't helped...and it's kind of embarrassing to have to explain to his face why I can't tell him."
"I get it, Amy, but this is Odd we're talking about. He'll understand," She places a hand on the girl's shoulder.
"Well, maybe if he wasn't trying to get it out of me earlier, I could've told him!" The fairy crosses her arms.
Suddenly they hear a noise and Yumi closes her fan. "You hear that?"
"Yeah...I heard it," Amy narrows her eyes suspiciously. Yumi raises a brow as she steps into the middle of the hall. Amy joins her side as they prepare their weapons. The two girls step forward carefully, wondering what awaits them.
Odd gets the Hornets far away from the tower, looking over his shoulder. He suddenly comes to a stop, the Hornets flying past him.
"Laser Arrow!" He fires twice and only manages to destroy one of them. The two Hornets turn around and fly straight towards him. He avoids the lasers and jumps into the air, backflipping. "Laser Arrow!" From behind, he destroys the second Hornet. He lands on his Overboard.
"If I tell them, they'll still say I'm bragging again!" He pouts a bit, flying away.
The girls look around the corner, stepping into the hall. Then they hear the noise again, Yumi pressing her ear to the door.
"Yumi, wait, that room has-"
The door opens and Yumi steps inside slowly. "Jeremy, remind me of what there is in the vivarium?"
"Cybernetic spiders," He states, Yumi giving Amy a look.
"What? I did try to warn you! But they must've broken through the cage; that means they're out!"
She hums a bit as a spider is right over their heads. It falls behind them and they gasp sharply, backing away. A spider crawls up to them from behind.
"You guys are ugly!" Yumi yelps as a spider jumps towards them. Amy holds up her hands, creating a vine shield to protect them. "Thanks, Amy."
The spiders start to slice through the vines and they look up in shock. Once they have enough space, Yumi kicks a spider away from them. She backflips onto her feet, throwing her fan. The spider dodges it and she catches her weapon. Amy tries the same with her spear, but earns the same result.
"I've had enough of your cyber spiderweb!"
They run out of the room. "Jeremy, those cyber spiders are being controlled by XANA, and they're just behind us!"
"Not for long, the supercomputer should be offline in just a couple of seconds. Ulrich, your idea isn't big on finesse, but it should work. Do it."
"Okay," Ulrich raises his swords into the air and stabs where he needs to. He backs up a little as electricity sparks, and then the supercomputer completely shuts down.
The girls are now cornered by the spiders. "Hey, Jeremy, whatever you want for that short circuit?" Yumi pulls out her fans.
"Right now."
The spiders shut down, and the two sigh in relief. "You know, until today, I didn't really mind spiders," Amy places her hands on her hips, smiling.
"You still got a job to do, missy," Yumi replies to her and she sighs slowly.
"Okay...you're right. I should tell Odd."
Odd is still being chased by the Hornet, which suddenly disappears. "Huh? Where'd it go? Wow, even my looks blow them away! Jeremy, what's happening?"
"We did it!"
"Already?" He asks in surprise, but William is still on the replica, approaching Aelita.
"Energy field!" Of course, he deflects it back, but it doesn't stop her one bit. She fires again and he slices it into pieces. Aelita steps back as she fires again.
"Aelita, the replica is disappearing! Better get airborne!"
She swipes her bracelet and takes flight. The land underneath William disappears, causing him to fall. Odd joins her side.
"That was what you call a real swan song dive!"
"I told you this would be a piece of cake!" Jeremy smiles proudly. "You can head for the Skid now, your mission's over, guys! Are you ready, Ulrich? I'm teleporting you back."
However, lights start blinking. "Hold on, I think something's up."
"What?"
"The power's back on."
The halls are given light, and with that, so is the supercomputer...
The disappearing on the replica is reversed as the two land on their feet. "Uh, Jeremy, is the replica supposed to be regenerating?"
"No, it's not supposed to," Jeremy explains, narrowing his eyes as he tries to figure out what's going on. "Ulrich, there's gotta be a backup generator somewhere."
"No kidding! Even I could've figured that out!" Ulrich replies sarcastically. "Only where is it?"
"How do I know?" Jeremy retorts back. "I'm looking for it!"
"Better hurry up! I'm going back to Yumi and Amy," Ulrich reports to him while running down the hall.
"Jeremy, how come you haven't teleported us back yet?" Yumi asks while walking. Amy is flying above her. "And what's that alarm?"
"Oh, someone'll hang up, nothing important!"
"...There's a back-up generator, isn't there?" Amy closes her eyes at the dodging answer.
"...Yeah."
"I should've known," She pinches her nose. "I'm not dumb. That's a security alarm. You really thought you could get that excuse past me?"
"I see!" Yumi says nervously, the cyber spider attacking them.
"Not so fast!" Ulrich stabs the spider with his sword. "Come on!"
The three take off away from the spiders. "Amy, don't you know where the back-up generator is?"
"No! We didn't think there would be one to find!" She exclaims from up front.
"Well Jeremy, where is this back-up generator?" Ulrich decides to ask.
"I still can't find it!" Jeremy states while searching the blueprints.
"Better take care of these spiders before they take care of us!"
"Aelita, you have to deactivate the tower. Odd, you stay and protect the Skid," He tells the two, who were waiting for instructions.
"Oh no, why do I have to stay while everyone else is having fun?" Odd complains at this.
"Odd?" Aelita asks him.
"What? I wasn't bragging," He defends himself. What they forgot about was since the replica isn't destroyed, William wasn't defeated...
He materializes right in front of them. "Great! Somebody just showed up and he wants to play with me! I'd prefer it to be Ames, but oh well! Go on, Aelita."
She rolls her eyes and jumps onto his Overboard, taking off. He prepares his arrow as William runs straight for him.
"Feel like playing tag?" Odd waves him forward. William strikes the ground with his sword, Odd jumping backwards. He backflips away from William. It's his first time facing the possessed boy, but he couldn't let him do any nasty tricks should he get devirtualized.
The three turn the corner, Yumi looking over her shoulder. The cybernetic spiders are still on their trail. Amy turns another corner and abruptly comes to a stop.
"Whoa! Oh no..." They look to their right and get surrounded. "To think this was supposed to be a piece of cake!"
"Aelita, better hurry. Ulrich, Amy, and Yumi are in a huge jam!"
Aelita flies down a path. "I'm doing what I can! I still got a ways to go!" She looks up ahead to a way tower.
The trio stand defensively in front of the approaching spiders.
Odd backs up from William, who rushes forward. "For XANA!" He slams the ground, sending a powerful boom. Odd looks at his legs and crawls underneath them.
"For me! Gotcha!" He punches William onto the ground. "Stings, doesn't it?"
"Super smoke!" William turns into smoke.
"Laser arrow!" Odd misses, since he can't hurt smoke, and ducks when William swings behind him. He jumps a few feet back, continuing to duck and jump. He gasps as his opponent runs up towards him and knocks him off the platform. William smirks, thinking he's gone when Odd whistles. This gets his attention as he looks over the edge to see Odd hanging on. "Laser arrow!"
This time, he devirtualizes William, a smile on his face. "Odd, did you just blow William away by yourself?" Jeremy asks in surprise as he watches William's icon disappear from the screen.
"Yep!"
"No boasting?" He needs to be sure that this is the real Odd he's talking to.
"What do you think I am, a braggart?"
"Hm," Jeremy raises a brow, deciding to turn his attention to the lab. "Amy, Yumi, and Ulrich! I just located the auxiliary generator!"
The three have defeated a few spiders, but they're still facing a few. "It's about time," Amy mutters under her breath.
"Thanks, but it's a little too late!"
A spider leaps towards them, and they all scream. "Yumi! Ulrich! Amy!" Jeremy shouts in a panic.
"Jeremy, you there?" Odd calls out as he's gotten back on the ground. "What happened to the two lovebirds and my little Ames?"
Yumi and Ulrich are inside the Skid, but Amy is not. "Hmm, interesting. I get it, they knock each other out! Well Jeremy, we kind of blew our mission, didn't we?"
"Not at all, I found the auxiliary generator, but the problem is that Amy doesn't have the time to take it out. According to my screens, she's still in the lab in trouble!"
"I don't want to say pretentious, but there's me!" Odd offers to go.
"Okay, get back into the Skid. I'll teleport you," Jeremy reports while typing.
"Roger! But once I succeed, don't say I did it just to show off!"
Odd gets back into the ship. "I'm ready to go, Jeremy."
"I read you. Teleportation Odd." He taps enter and Odd disappears from his Skid.
He lands in the hallway, standing up. "What now? Where's Ames?"
"Get her first, get out of the lab, and watch out for the spiders!"
"I can't see any hairy legs yet!" Odd states as Jeremy brings up Amy's location.
"Well I can, Odd. You should find her if you go right and then straight down." He groans to himself as he sees two monsters approaching the Skid. Even when William's devirtualized, XANA doesn't give up...
The Tarantulas arrive at the tower and Skid, standing up to fire.
"Ulrich, Yumi, you gotta get up and fast too. If the Skid goes, so do you. Get up!" Jeremy urges them. The two monsters start firing towards the ship's shields. Yumi and Ulrich are still unconscious, however...they relentlessly continue.
Amy is holding up shields to block the spiders, her spear on the ground away from her. The spiders fire right at her and she gasps sharply at the laser approaching her face. She's suddenly pushed out of the way and the laser hits the ceiling. It ricochets around until it hits one of the spiders, defeating it.
"Laser arrow!" Odd destroys the last two, looking towards his girlfriend right in front of him. "Ames? Are you okay?"
"Mm..." She looks to be fine, but a bit weak from the power she's used up defending herself. Odd narrows his eyes in determination as he picks her up in his arms. He grabs her spear from the ground and runs out of there.
"Jeremy, we're out of the lab. Which way now?"
"Go left. You should run right into the auxiliary generator."
Odd looks to his girlfriend as her eyes are closed, coming to a stop and pressing his back against the wall. "Uh oh. That generator's a really popular spot, isn't it?"
"Why?"
"Because it looks like there's a full house," He looks around the corner to see a bunch of spiders guarding it. Odd turns around and gently places Amy down on the grass. "Ames, wake up." He shakes her gently, and she slowly opens her eyes.
"Odd...?"
"Phew," He sighs in relief, wiping off his forehead. "Are you feeling up for a little...bug-stomping?"
She smirks in amusement for an answer.
Aelita finally reaches the tower. "Aelita, you have to deactivate that tower right away!"
"Almost there! Just a few seconds more!" However, she takes that back, because she has a few Hornets on her tail. "Oh no!" She dodges the lasers, but one of them hits the Overboard, knocking her onto the ground. She looks up at the monsters over her head...and then they devirtualize her.
"Odd, Amy!"
"I don't believe it. Let me guess, we're on our own from now on, right?" He guesses knowingly.
"Sorry about that. Better make it fast too, or else we can say goodbye to the Skid, Ulrich, and Yumi for good!"
"You have to swear to us no more bad news, then," Amy frowns, hands on her hips. "What's next?"
The Skid's shields can't last much longer as the monsters are still hitting the ship.
"Okay, guys. Now or never. Amy has to deactivate that stupid tower!"
Odd prepares his arm, running out of hiding. "Geronimo!" He runs towards the spiders, Amy flying towards them. "Laser Arrow!"
Amy raises her hands, vines grabbing a spider and squeezing it to destroy it. Odd runs against the wall and jumps, flipping and firing at a spider.
"Wow...!" Amy stares at him, impressed. He lands in front of the spider, leaning in close.
"Hi there!" He then fires in close range, landing on his feet. "Jeremy, I need ammunition!" Odd looks at his arm.
"Hang on a second. I'm reloading you now...Okay, you're all set."
Odd smirks, pumping his arm. He runs past all the spiders, jumping on one's head and flipping. He lands on another and then jumps again. "Laser arrow!" He lands in front of the defeated spider, just like he did in gym glass. "Yes!"
Amy turns around as she hears a spider jumping towards Odd. She spins around and kicks it into the wall.
"How's that for a pike vault?"
"Odd...you've got just one shot, so take good aim," Jeremy tells him as the two arrive at the generator.
"One shot is all I need..." He fires and hits the generator. It explodes, knocking them backwards. "Can't say I didn't aim well."
"Are you okay?" Amy examines him.
"Ah, it's just a scratch," He looks at himself. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" She giggles, hugging him in triumph. "We did it, Odd!"
He hugs her back with a relieved smile on his face.
The power turns off and the supercomputer is finally destroyed. "De-teleportation Odd. De-teleportation Amy."
They teleport back to the Skid, where Odd is in the pilot's seat and Amy is in his Skid. "Hey, nice place you got here, Aelita," He looks around as he's never piloted the ship.
Ulrich finally wakes up. "What-What's going on?"
"Nothing, things are cool," Odd shakes his head.
"Well, not right now, anyway," Amy looks outside to the Tarantulas.
"Go back to sleep."
The supercomputer is shut down. "You can come back, guys. It's over," Jeremy smiles as the replica disappears, and this time, for good.
"We're off!" Odd moves the ship away from the tower, flying towards the sky. Amy watches as all the land is erased, and then the Skid exits into the network. The large orb lights up before exploding into little pieces.
Jeremy places the microphone onto the keyboard, sighing in relief. "You were right, you know. You couldn't have asked for an easier mission."
Night turns into day as Ulrich hears the news in the morning. "He took out both William and the supercomputer on his own? That's crazy!" He exclaims to Jeremy in the boys' bathroom.
"What's crazier is that he hasn't bragged about it even once!"
"That's weird," Ulrich comments at this.
"Who knows? Maybe he's changed."
"You mean he's suddenly become humble?" Ulrich asks as the blond grabs a towel to wipe off his face.
"Miracles happen. He might have become a sensible, responsible kid!"
"Yeehaw!" Odd slides into the room. "40 point one seconds flat! You are now looking at the new record holder for the fastest shower! How cool is that? Give me an O! Give me a D! Give me another D! Who's the man of the century? It's Odd! And you're handsome too! I love it when you break records like that!"
"Odd," Ulrich starts off.
"Yeah, right. No problem, you can have my desserts!" Odd flexes his muscles.
"Hm. And you don't even care?"
"I guess I've gotta face facts. Yes I'm a braggart, and I love it that way! Svelte, but muscular, don't you think?" He asks them and they give a deadpan look.
Yeah, he'll never become humble.
"Did you at least get Amy to tell you about New York?"
"Oh, about her staying at her neighbor's place? Absolutely! But I can understand why she didn't tell me. Ah, she's great…" Odd sighs in bliss.
