It's an Odd World after all
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Ch. 3 Trip Blade
It had been a few weeks since Kia had first entered Lyoko. Since then, almost every night after school she and the others had entered Lyoko to train. Jeremie didn't mind, the more training she and the others did, the better off they'd be when Xana really attacked.
One Friday evening, however, she hadn't turned up at the factory to train, and the others were more than a little concerned.
Odd was last to arrive. "Have you seen Kia?" He asked as soon as he got there. They all shook their heads.
"I don't understand! We all meet here to train, she wouldn't just disappear." He looked around the room, as if expecting her to be hiding behind the wiring. "She always comes, always! She has a go at me if I'm late!"
"Calm down, Odd, she's probably just gone off for a bit. Got an ice-cream or something." Jeremie said.
"She wouldn't just go. Not without a word to me." Odd replied. "What if something happened? What if . . . if . . . Xana attacked her!" He yelled.
"Odd, Xana can't attack her directly." Yumi told him. "Besides, if anyone attacked her, I'd be more concerned about them!" She added with a laugh.
"I suppose. . ." Odd sighed. "You guys can train if you want. I'm going to look for her." He sighed, leaving the factory.
"Poor Odd." Jeremie laughed. "Can't keep track of his own girlfriend."
"Strange, though, isn't it?" Ulrich asked.
"She's fine, I'm sure." Jeremie said, reassuring them. "So, you guys wanna train?" He asked them.
"Sure, I'm game." Ulrich nodded, heading towards the scanners.
"Me too." Yumi followed him.
"And training session number 12 is about to get underway . . ." Jeremie laughed to himself.
Odd had searched high and low for any signs of Kia, before he finally spotted her coming onto the grounds, holding a small bag.
"Kia! There you are! Where've you been?" Odd ran up to the crimson-eyed girl.
"I'm sorry, Odd, I forgot to let you guys know." She apologized.
"Know what?"
"I had to get something." She nodded towards the bag.
"What's in there?"
"Some blades." She smiled. "Like in my Lyoko outfit, but more like . . . up-grades." She winked. "I'll show you, c'mon."
The two entered Kia's room, and she dumped the bag on the bed, spilling its contents. There were 5 'scythes' in all, each well over a metre long. They almost glowed bright silver.
"Where on earth did you get these?" Odd asked, as he stared at the deadly weapons.
"They . . . err . . . they were my . . . father's." She mumbled.
"Were?"
"He . . . he died before I was born . . ." Kia trailed off, leaving an awkward silence to descend upon the room. "I wanted to show them to Jeremie." She continued, after the brief pause. "To . . . see if there was anyway he could put these on my Lyoko battle-gear." Kia explained.
"Oh I see." Odd nodded. "Wanna get an hour or so training in?" He added, hoping to lighten her mood.
"I can't I've got masses of homework, I've fallen behind I've been training so much." She replied
"Alright then. I figured as much. I'll see to Kiwi, and then I'll give you a hand." He smiled, leaving the room.
"Okay." Kia nodded, unpacking several books and throwing them on her desk. "Right . . . algebra . . . ugh. I'd rather take on an army of Megatanks." She muttered, glancing one last time at her weapons before becoming absorbed in the evil that is math.
The gang, as usual, was hanging around outside, when the sickeningly sweet voice of Sissy reached their ears. "Uh-oh, trouble at twelve o'clock." Odd whispered. "Incoming."
Ulrich drew in a deep breath as his 'shadow' approached. "Ulrich, you haven't spoken to me all morning!" The 'pest' huffed, glancing at the group of kids. "Hmph. I can't believe you'd rather hang out with them than the prettiest girl in school." She flipped her hair, and twirled it with her finger in what she obviously thought of as a flirtatious manner. Ulrich simply clutched the bridge of his nose, trying not to rise to the bait. "Are you ignoring me, Ulrich?" Sissy leaned closer to his face, oblivious to the death-glares Yumi was throwing at her.
". . . Yeah." Ulrich replied bluntly, smirking when he saw her flinch with rage.
"Hmph. Fine." She stalked off.
"Well that was easier than it normally is." Jeremie smiled, watching her walk towards her 'cronies.'
"Maybe she's up to something." Odd smiled, almost willing her to fall over.
"She's not smart enough for that." Kia sighed.
Just as they were about to continue their conversation, Sissy tripped and fell.
"Did I do that?" Odd asked, jumping up, almost frightened.
"I doubt it, Odd." Jeremie sighed.
A group of kids had already gathered round Sissy, and were helping her back to her feet. A small graze could be seen on her arm, but other than that, she seemed fine. None the less, she was crying VERY loudly, trying to get as much attention as she could.
The CL gang simply looked on with varying degrees of boredom on their faces; Ulrich's looked more like nausea.
"Hang on a minute . . . what's that?" Odd asked, peering at the ground where Sissy fell. Something was glinting in the sunlight, half-buried in the ground. As Sissy was half-carried off to the infirmary, Odd raced up. "What the . . ." He muttered.
"What is it Odd?" Ulrich asked, running up beside him. He let out a low whistle. "Ooh, that's dangerous." He said, bending down to pick object up. It was one of Kia's scythes.
"Kia, this yours?" He asked.
Kia rushed forward and took it out of his hand. "What . . . is this . . . doing here?" She asked no-one in particular.
"Sissy tripped over that?" Ulrich asked. "So it was no accident."
"I didn't put it there if that's what you're gettin' at." Kia snapped at Ulrich, hurt that he had blamed her.
"I'm not blaming anyone." Ulrich muttered. "How did it get there? Bits of metal don't just sprout legs; walk into the middle of a school's grounds and trip people up."
"Well I don't know." Kia defended herself.
"Hey, guys, calm down." Odd walked between them, torn between defending his girlfriend and his best friend. "Yelling won't get anyone anywhere."
At that point, Jeremie and Yumi walked up. "What's wrong?" Yumi asked.
"It was one of Kia's blades that tripped Sissy up." Ulrich explained.
"Perhaps it cut her; one of us should go and see that she's alright." Yumi said. The group all looked expectantly at Ulrich.
"Hey! Don't put this on me!" Ulrich said, backing away. "It was Kia's blade, she should check."
"I'm going to put this back in my room." Kia said, heading for the main building.
"Yumi's right, Ulrich." Jeremie voiced. "You're the best bet to go check on Sissy."
"Alright, fine." Ulrich sighed, giving in. "But you owe me." He walked off.
"I think I'll go check on Aelita. See if anything's up." Jeremie said. "I'll see you two later."
In the infirmary, the nurse was gently removing Sissy's footwear. "That's a nasty cut, Sissy." She said. "I'll get that seen to."
Sissy gasped in pain, before craning her neck, to try and see the wound on the base of her foot. She soon realised it was futile, so she looked at the reflection in the mirror at the end of her bed. There was a large gash in her foot, where she had stepped straight on the side of the blade. The scythe was so sharp it had sliced easily through her shoe, and left a deep cut on the sole of her foot, causing it to bleed freely.
Sissy bit her lower lip and looked away, a strange stinging sensation running up her leg. Sissy tried to wiggle her toes, but it only caused more pain as the strange sensation began to run up her side and across her torso. When it reached her neck, she was scared. "Get it off! Get it off!" She screamed.
"Sissy, calm down, there's nothing on you." The nurse tried to calm her down.
"Get it off me! Get it away!" Sissy continued to yell, as the stinging went around her neck, and proceeded to 'climb' up her chin. "Nooo! Nooo!" Sissy pursed her lips, as you would do if you were going underwater, and it was 'caving in' all around.
When the stings reached her eyes, Sissy blacked out.
Ulrich entered the infirmary not long after, only to be greeted by a distraught nurse.
"What's wrong?" He asked. "Is Sissy alright?"
"Sissy? She has to be taken to hospital." The nurse said.
"Hospital?" Ulrich gasped.
"There was a wound on her foot. It's infected, though how it could have spread so fast is beyond me." The nurse explained.
"Will she be okay?" Ulrich asked, genuine concern in his voice. The nurse remained silent, she simply looked at Sissy, who was lying on the infirmary bed, shivering.
Ulrich left the infirmary, and dialled Jeremie's phone.
"Yeah, Ulrich, what is it?" Jeremie's voice answered.
"Have you checked on Aelita?"
"Yeah."
"Anything unusual?
"No . . . why?"
"No reason. Look, Sissy's being taken to Hospital. Something's wrong with her. I think its Kia's scythe. Double check on Aelita. I'll meet you by your room, and tell the others to meet us there too." Ulrich hung up.
"That was strange." Jeremie thought outloud. He returned to his room, and spoke to Aelita. "Me again." He greeted.
"Hello Jeremie. Who else would it be?" She laughed.
"Very funny." Jeremie sighed, as he gazed at her.
"Is something the matter Jeremie?" Aelita asked, snapping him out of his daydream.
"Huh? Oh, yeah . . ." Jeremie mentally slapped himself for being so tired.
"What's wrong?" Aelita asked again.
"Have there been any disturbances in Lyoko?" He asked.
" . . . no."
"Really? Nothing at all? Not even a faint trace?" Jeremie asked.
" . . . I feel pulsations all the time . . . because of Kia." She explained.
"Still?" Jeremie asked.
"Yes. Even when she is not in Lyoko. Now. I feel Xana now."
"Aelita . . ." Jeremie whispered. "Sissy's been taken to hospital. She's ill. She has an infection, but it came about too suddenly for it to be normal. Do you think Xana is behind it?" He asked.
"It's possible." She answered.
"I'll go to the factory. We can talk then." Jeremie said.
"Alright." Aelita nodded, before Jeremie got up.
When Jeremie exited his room, he almost walked straight into Kia. "Careful, braniac!" She joked.
"Oops, sorry Kia." Jeremie apologized. "Any info on your . . . blades?" He asked.
"Nope, that one was missing; I put it back . . . now it's not missing. I don't know how it got outside." She said. "Your guess is as good as mine." She shrugged. Jeremie rubbed his chin thoughtfully as his over-active mind went through all the possibilities of the mystery.
The arrival of Yumi, Odd and Ulrich broke him out of his thoughts. "Good, you're here." Jeremie smiled.
"What's going on?" Yumi asked.
"It's my fault." Ulrich whispered.
"What is?" Yumi asked.
"Sissy."
"Mmmm . . . what about her?" She yawned.
"She's been taken to hospital. She cut herself on the scythe, it's infected. She had to go." He said. "I'm worried. It's my fault."
"Why? What could you have done? It's her own fault she doesn't look where she's going." Odd shrugged. "Forget it."
Ulrich simply sighed in a defeated sort of way.
"This is a dreadful shame, of course, but want I want to know, is whether or not Xana is the cause." Yumi said, taking the lead. "Well, Jeremie?"
"Aelita doesn't know." Jeremie replied, adjusting his glasses. "Because of Kia."
"Me? What have I done?" Kia asked, shocked.
"I don't know. . ." Jeremie began. "Aelita . . . she feels pulsations from the activated tower when Xana attacks."
"Yeah, we know." Odd said. "What's it got to do with Kia?"
"Aelita feels the pulsations off Kia. She can't tell if Xana's attacking or not." Jeremie admitted.
" . . . Why?" Kia asked.
"I don't know, Kia." Jeremie sighed. "I . . . I just don't know. . ."
End of Chapter 3! Please keep reviewing, and I'll try updating a little sooner!
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