Chapter Three: The New Guy
It is the morning after Ulrich's date with Yumi and Jeremy is already working on the antivirus program.
"Come on." whispers Jeremy as the computer tests his new program
The computer beeps and shows that the calculations are incorrect and the program will not work.
"I don't believe this, I was sure that it would work this time. What did we do wrong?" yells Jeremy in frustration "Oh well I'll get something to eat and then get back to work."
As Jeremy walks down the stairs he wonders what went wrong this time. As far as he could tell every calculation was correct so he decided instead of starting over he would try to fix the current program. When he got to the cafeteria he noticed that Ulrich was in a good mood then he remembered that he went out with Yumi.
"Hey Ulrich how was your date with Yumi last night?" asks Jeremy with a laugh
"He won't talk about it." replies Odd
"It probably went badly." says Aelita as she walks up to the table
"I wonder why I need to when the whole school knows about it!" says Ulrich
"Hey is that my fault if you didn't want everyone to know then you should not have told me." replies Odd
Unfortunately Yumi gets to school late so she has no time to see if everyone knows about her date so she goes straight to class and sits down.
"Ok class, this is a new student his name is John and he has recently moved here from New York so make him feel at home." says the teacher "Why don't you find an open seat John."
"Ok, why not." replies John
John looks around and sees only one open seat, next to Yumi.
"Look who it is if you need help ask the teacher. I'm going to sleep." says John as he rests his head on the desk and goes to sleep
"Hmmm, just like Odd except not as funny." Yumi whispers to herself
"John! Since you are paying such good attention what is the answer to the problem on the board?" asks the teacher angrily
John picks his head up takes a look at the very long and complicated problem on the board and says: "24." Everyone looks at the board with open mouths and the teacher responds surprisingly: "He is right." Then everyone turns to him as he falls back to sleep. With that the teacher resumes the lesson with everyone more confused than before.
When class ends John is the first one packed up and out of the room.
"Where am I going again?" mutters John as he takes out his schedule
"All of us have a break now," says Yumi, "It must be hard to be new so I'll show you around."
"Thanks, I'd probably get lost without a guide." replies John
"By the way how did you figure out that problem so fast?" asks Yumi
"It is easy once you realize that any problem can be broken up and those parts can be broken down to the point where a preschooler can figure them out." replies John
"Oh now I feel stupid." replies Yumi
"Sorry I should have mentioned that it takes a few years to learn how to do it on paper let alone in your head." replies John
"That does not make me feel any better." replies Yumi
"Sorry." says John
Jeremy, Aelita, Ulrich and Odd are waiting for Yumi to get out of class because they are worried about the bird that attacked her and Ulrich during their date. This coincidentally is what everyone is talking about.
"Who is that with Yumi?" asks Ulrich as she walks over
"I heard that he is supposed to be a genius." replies Odd
"You can't always believe what you hear." replies Jeremy
"You're just jealous." says Ulrich
As Yumi and John walk over Yumi whispers to John: "Try and be nice."
"Always do." replies John with a smile
"Who is your new friend Yumi?" jokes Aelita
"This is John," replies Yumi, "Ulrich and I met him yesterday."
"Sorry 'bout yesterday." says John "I've just never been attacked by a bird before."
"Wait you were attacked too?" exclaims Jeremy
"Yea, right before these two." replies John as he motioned to Yumi and Ulrich
"That is strange. Why would XANA attack John? He just got here?" wonders Jeremy
"What did you say?" asks John
"Oh, nothing." replies Jeremy
Right before John could ask anymore questions the bell rang and Jim started to get on their cases about getting to class again.
"Ok see you guys later," says John, "Where is the gym?"
"In that building over there." replies Ulrich as he points to the gym
"Thank you." replies John as he takes off toward the gym
"Jeremy…" starts Aelita, but Jeremy cut her off and says: "I know. Why XANA would attack him as well unless he was a threat."
The infected bird went inside the factory and the purple fog came out of it, killing the bird, and infected the factory equipment as well as the super calculator controls.