"Hey Ulrich. Guess what-"
Ulrich interrupted him absentmindedly. "Jeremy-"
"Wait a sec, in my room-"
"Seen anything weird up there?"
"But… like what," Jeremy asked inquisitively.
Ulrich looked around.
"I've been hearing things. Jim said he saw Naomi walking through the halls-"
"Isn't she bedridden?"
"Yes. And when Jim went to the Infirmary to report about Naomi, he saw her in her bed still unconscious."
Jeremy almost laughed. "Ghost stories?"
Ulrich seemed the same. "I know! Pretty crazy, but there's more, lots more! There are strange things happening in this school!"
Jeremy told Ulrich about the tower, but kept the part about the door a secret.
"I'm going to the factory." Jeremy added, and got up.
"I'll go with you." Ulrich got up as well.
"Okay then, come on!"
Odd was sitting in his room. He was reading his comic, when suddenly he heard someone knocking on his door.
He didn't even look up. "Yes?"
A long pause with no answer. He looked up at the door.
"Yes?"
Still no answer.
He turned back to his comic.
Another few knocks. Now he was annoyed.
"Who is it?"
He turned to the door for a couple seconds, and kept reading.
Knock, Knock!
Odd got up from his comics and walked towards the door.
Knock, Knock!
"Yes!"
He opened the door to see an empty hallway.
"Sissy's work no doubt," He thought. "Doesn't she have anything better to do?"
He closed it and walked to his bed again to read.
Knock, Knock!
He ignored it.
Knock, Knock!
Ignoring.
Knock, Knock!
"Who in Superman's name is it?"
Jeremy opened the door and walked in.
"Superman's name? No matter, do you have a moment?"
Odd threw his comic away.
"Sure."
"I think we've got a problem."
Odd looked at him. "Yeah? Wadaya mean?
Jeremy sat on the bed.
"Well, Jim and the Principal have been getting unusual reports. People behaving strangely, others hearing sounds that aren't there…"
Odd squinted as Ulrich came in (Not because of Ulrich, but because of the things Jeremy were saying.) "Are you talking about hallucinations?"
Jeremy greeted Ulrich-"Hey Ulrich."-and continued.
"In some cases, in others just erratic behavior."
Ulrich obviously had been listening, for he asked Jeremy, "Can you track down some element that might be responsible?"
"No, but everything started when XANA activated the tower."