Writer's Cut-Relativity Related?- Part One
This chapter didn't make the cut because the story needed to flow with fewer filters. However, it is an excellent time to share. It takes place during William's reign as XANA's slave.
Steve Jackel sits on the bench as he looks at his science test. "78 percent. Not bad. At least I did better than Ulrich Stern." Steve looks up and overhears the group chatting. "82 percent? Nice job," Yumi said. "Thanks. I worked hard on this exam," Ulrich said. Jeremy chuckles. "I thought it was challenging," he said. "Mr. 98 percent! Hush!" Dawn said. The group laughs. Steve rolls his eyes and sees Jackie Fenton. "Hey, Jackie," Steve said. "Hey, how was the test?" "Look at it." Jackie reads it. "I see. You can't beat yourself up. I mean, Nicholas got a 71 percent." "Yeah, but I could have done better." Jackie overhears the group. "They are loud," she comments. "Yeah," Steve said. Jackie listens in on the conversation. "All I know is Love Is Blind has contestants that have a few red flags," Brock said. "A few? Try many," Allison said. "However, the couple I was rooting for is still together." "Why do you watch the junk?" Ulrich asks. "Sometimes pointing out people's flaws, in reality, is a good thing." "As long as nobody spoils House of Dragon, I do not care," Ash said. "I almost finished the latest episode," Dawn said. "What happened?" "I did!" Allison said. "She was up all night. I saw it already, but at 1:30 in the morning, s girl needs to sleep!" "At least I was considerate, unlike Odd." "Hey," Odd said. Jackie sighs and sits next to Steve. Moments later, Frankie Sloan arrives. "What's up?" "Test scores," Jackie said. "You should have studied. I got a 95 percent!" "Almost as good as Jeremy's," Steve said. "Fuck him," Frankie said. He sits on the top of the bench and checks his phone. "I have film club today. It is my turn to showcase a film soon. "What are you going to do?" Steve asks. "I don't know. Odd is the star, and I want to show him up." Franki looks over and hears Odd bragging about his film. "I'm telling you. Despite my parents being here, my film was a success," Odd said. "Odd, your parents were great. They worship the ground you walk on," Yumi said. "I wish I could have that," Aelita said. "Well, Jeremy does," Odd teases. Jeremy blushes. "Not the same." "I know. Aelita, my folks, is sweet, but they need to tone it down." "I am glad that nobody asks questions," Aelita said. "About you?" Ash asks. "Yeah. Mr. Delmas could have asked odd's parents about me. Then what?" "I see. But they didn't, which is good." "I agree, Ash. Everyone believes that Aelita is Odd's cousin, and we don't need anyone snooping," Ulrich said. "Look, I'm hungry," Yumi said. "Right. I don't want to hear about dragons or exams until I have my taco," Jeremy said. "You one to Odd's six," Allison teases. "No. Odd's eight," Brock chimes in. "Ha! Rose gave me a four-taco limit," Odd said. "Awe. What a shame for your six stomachs," Ulrich said. The group laughs and walks away. "Odd and Aelita are not cousins?" Frankie asks. "Whoa, that would be a film to make," Jackie said. "Yeah. My dad is in the military. I have connections to a DNA test,' Steve said. "Great. I have a project; Operation: Whose, cousin are you anyway?" Frankie said with glee.
Steve, Jackie, and Frankie get to work. Frankie is in the same film club as Odd and notices that Odd left a cup of water on the table. "So, we have to set up for Frankie's film in two days," Odd said. "Yes," Frankie said. Frankie grabs the cup and spills it on Mr. Chardin's notes. "Incroyable," Mr. Chardiin shouts. "Sorry, sir," Frankie said. "It is laminated," Odd said as he took his cup and recycled it. Frankie growls. Frankie leaves the club, and Odd follows him. "Hey, what is with the attitude?" "Not everyone can be a film protégé," Franks snarks. "Hey, you have talent too. However, the topics are the concern," Odd said. "Well, my topic is going to be an eye-opener!" Frankie leaves as Odd thinks about it. "Why was he going after my cup?" Frankie meets up with Jackie. "Nothing," he explains. "No need to worry; Aelita will support Allison and Dawn at cheerleading practice. We can snoop in the locker room," Jackie said. "Good." On the soccer field, Jeremy updates the group on their recent progress. "With the last two replika destroyed. we are one step closer to defeating XANA," Jeremy said. "Good. I don't want all my headwork gone to waste," Odd said as he kissed his muscles. "Excuse me. I saved your ass in the castle lab," Ash said. "It was only when I cleared the way you could get to the supercomputer." "Well, staying afloat was the tricky part." "While you two deal with that, how about the amazing team of Allison and Ulrich, who manage to destroy the supercomputer on a submarine," Yumi said. "Stop. We didn't do much," Allison said. "All we did was cause a little leak so the whole thing wouldn't sink," Ulrich said. "I think that is talent," Brock said. "Excuse me!" Sissi shouts from a megaphone. "Since you losers want to watch, sit on the bleachers!" "The captain has spoken," Dawn said. "Let's go," Aelita said. As the group watches the practice, Brock notices Jackie and Frankie sneaking into the girls' locker room. "Yumi, do you see that?" "Yeah. Odd told me that Frankie was cold to him today. We should go see," Yumi said. The two sneak off to the locker room. Jackie tries to find Aelita's locker. "This one smells like her perfume," Frankie said. Jackie picks the lock. "Open!" Jackie is about to open the locker when she hears, "I'll be back. I need my water bottle." "Shit, Yumi!" Jackie said as Frankie hid. "In the shower," he said. Yumi looks around and notices that Aelita's locker is open and closes it. She grabs her water bottle and leaves. "They left," Yumi said. "However, they were snooping around Aelita's locker." "How can you be sure?" Brock asks. "Aelita closed it, and then it was open." "It was empty, right? So, they wouldn't have found anything." Yumi nods, and the two head back to the bleacher. Brock arrives back and notices Ash in a trance. "You used to make fun of me for the look. "I don't have the look," Ash said while blushing. "It is hot to see Allison take on a leadership role." "I see. Also, Allison's cheerleading outfit is not arousing to you. " I am not answering your questions. Where do you go?" Ash turns it back. "Yumi and I will tell you later." Later that night, the group talks about the plan to explore the dark end of Sector Five in Jeremy's room. Steve sneaks into Aelita's room and gets hair from her brush. Next, he enters Odd and Ulrich's room. "Odd's feet! He needs to see a specialist,' Steve said. He notices that Kiwi has pink paint on his fur. "I hope it comes off." Steve gets hair from Odd's brush and drops Aelita's hair. He picks it up and leaves as Ulrich and Odd enter their room. "What a day! Why would Jackie and Frankie snoop around Aelita's gym locker?" Odd asks. "I don't know. Are they in a poly relationship with Steve?" Ulrich asks. "Yeah. However, I think Jackie could do better than Frankie and Steve." "True." Ulrich notices that Kiwi is pink. "Why is Kiwi pink?" "He rolled onto my paint set. I will wash him while everyone is at breakfast," Odd said. He sweeps up some fur and hair off the floor. Meanwhile, Steve places the hairs in two different bags. "We will have proof of the so call cousins in two days," Steve said.
At Frankie's film, some of the students arrive to see it. Odd invites Ash, Allison, and Aelita to see the film. "What is the film about?" Ash asks. "I don't know. He said that it was an eye-opening," Odd said. Frankie walks in with sunglasses, a beret, and a scarf. "Make way! I will expose it all!" Odd rolls his eyes. Frankie walks over to Aelita. "I see your cousin invited you." "Yeah. He did," Aelita said. "Good. I want to see that look on both of your faces," Frankie said as he walked away. "What the fuck?" Allison walks over to see her cousin. "What is Frankie's deal?" Allison asks. "The deal is that Frankie's film will be the talk of the school," Jackie said. "He made it seem personal," Aelita said. "Watch and see," Jackie said. Allison shakes her head, "Why do I feel this is all one big joke on Odd." "What do you mean?" Aelita asks. "Frankie and his crew have an unruly surprise for Odd." As the film starts, Frankie talks about Pokemon from the same family. "Like the monkey Pokemon, the feline Pokemon, and the canine Pokemon." Frank shows the audience different Pokemon that have similar animal counterparts. Odd was working that camera and fell asleep, and his hair blocked a small portion of the screen. "Wake up, fucker!" Steve shouts. Mr. Chardin stands up. "Steve, how dare you! Detention!" "Well, I am only talking to Odd because he needs to hear the truth about his cousin!" "What are you talking about?" Odd asks as he stirs awake. "Let me show you." Steve walks down the aisle with a paper, with Jackie and Frankie following him. "Let me tell you something," Steve starts. "Steve, Frankie is showing us a film, and you are making about yourself," Aelita said. "Please, I think you need to hear this as well." "I think we should leave," Ash said. "Stay. I think all of you know what Steve is talking about," Jackie said. "That he has issues. We knew that!" Odd said. "No. It is about-" before Steve can answer, Allison, speaks up. "Does it have to do with why you and Frankie were snooping around Aelita's gym locker?" "Frankie was in the girls' locker room?" Jim asks. "Look, I have the reason here," Steve said. "That is creepy!" Aelita said. "We had a reason." "That you and your friends suck!" "We're not his friends," Frankie said. "Polyamory, right? Anyway. You also were rude to my friend, Odd." A verbal fight occurs. "Students, calm down," Mr. Chardin said. "Listen. I think this whole thing is over," Aelita said. "You're deflecting because you don't want anyone to know," Steve said as he held the DNA paper. "What? That you are a piece of shit," Aelita said. "No. That you're a bitch!" The room grows quiet. "Excuse me, motherfucker!" Aelita shouts. Steve looks at the paper. "You're a bitch! What!" Aelita is going to attack Steve, but Allison drags her away. "Steve, how dare you? How could you do this to my cousin? My flesh and blood." Odd asks as he and Ash leave. Jim grabs Steve, Jackie, and Frankie by their shirts as Mr. Delmas grabs Jackie. "How much trouble are we?" Jackie asks. "Don't make any plans for a while," Mr. Delmas sternly said.
In the courtyard, Jeremy talks to Yumi, Ulrich, and Dawn. "The area around this replika is unstable." "What do you mean?" Dawn asks. "I mean that the currents in the digital sea wouldn't interfere with the Skid's sonar." "So when will be the earliest we can go?" Yumi asks. "In two days," Jeremy said. "I wonder how did Frankie's film go?" Ulrich ask. "Don't ask Ash," Brock said. "Ash told you too?" Dawn asks. "What?" Jeremy asks. "I don't know, but Ash was fuming when he returned to the room. I left him there to cool off." Moments later, the rest of the group arrives. "Does anyone want to talk about Frankie's film?" Yumi asks. "Yeah. Jeremy, you made the right call not to come," Allison said. "Why?" Ulrich asks. "You would have knocked Steve out when he called your girlfriend a bitch." "What!" Jeremy growls. "Yeah. Steve yelled at Odd during the film. I was trying to get some answers, and out of nowhere, he called me a bitch and kept on saying that," Aelita said. "Excuse me. What do you do?" Dawn asks. "Allison pulled her away. it was for the best since Mr. Delmas was handing out detentions," Odd said. "That was rude. First, his little pets snoop around Aelita's locker, then he calls her that," Yumi scoffs in disgust. Nearby, Jackie holds her head. "What the fuck? Four hours of detention plus lunch trash duty." "Forget that! Steve, what happened?" Frankie asks. "I don't know why Aelita and Odd's DNAs are dogs," Steve said. "Wait, Odd was giving his stupid dog a shower this morning," Frankie said. "The dog? Right, the dog had pink paint. Shit. I must have gotten Kiwi's fucking fur from the doggy brush, and I dropped Aelita's hair. Shit!" "Wait. I have another idea," Jackie said. The boys were curious. At lunch, the group talks about the film. "The film would have been great, but somehow, it was all about Odd, and then Steve ruined it," Ash said. "Look. Steve, Jackie, and Frankie are assholes," Ulrich said. "That is why they only date each other." "Hey, when we first came to the school, the rumor was that all of you were in a poly relationship," Dawn said. "What! No. We are boned with our desire to-hey!" Jeremy shouts as Steve picks up the dirty plates." "Sorry," Steve said. Allison thinks back to the paper that steve was holding and his words. "You don't want anyone to know. Know what?" "Penny, for your thought?" Yumi asks. "What?" "Are you okay?" "Yeah. I was wondering what was Steve's goal and what did have to do with the movie?" "We will never know." "I do. Frankie is a jealous slug, and he wants to make sure that I look like a fool," Odd said. Jackie walks over and tries to grab Aelita's drinking glass as they chat. "What are you doing? I am still it," Aelita said. "Well, I want to give you a new one," Jackie said. "Come back later. You are on trash duty, not a waiter." "Plus, your table service sucks," Dawn said. Jackie growls as Steve takes Aelita's glass and switches it with a new one. "One more," Steve whispers. Ash J looks up and notices that Steve placed Aelita's glass in a bag. "Wait, what is he doing?" "He has a DNA bag," Rocky said. "Wait, they were taunting Odd and Aelita," Moxie said. "Steve must know that Aelita is not-" Ash J shushes Rocky. "Don't say it. It explains that film screening thing. Kiwi had pink fur, and they must have gotten that instead," Ash J said. Jimmy and Marina come by. "You think Steve, Jackie, and Frankie are trying to expose Aelita's paternity," Jimmy said. "I do." "I have an idea," Jimmy said. A few minutes later, Frankie grabs Odd's glass, but he bumps into Marina. "Hey. What the fuck? There is sauce on my shirt." "Sorry!" Frankie said. Jimmy switches the glasses. Frankie places the glass in a bag. "Now, we have it." Jimmy sits back down as Marina takes off her shirt. "Thank goodness it is only a plain t-shirt." "Will it work?" Moxie asks. "It will. I made sure Odd's glass was switched," Jimmy said. "I hope so," Ash J said.
The group chats about a TV show in Odd and Ulrich's room. Wait, a TV show? "Look. I think true crime shows are great, but it is giving the criminal a platform," Yumi said. "I think it helps the audience understands the mind behind the crime and to look out for any signs," Jeremy said. "It is great to watch while you are writing a paper," Odd said. "Why?" Aelita asks. "Well, if your parents think you are a failure, remind yourself that you will never stoop to the level of those criminals." "Whatever," Ulrich said. Moments later, Allison, Ash, Brock, and Dawn arrive. "Where were you? I wanted to see if you saw The Galatic Clause," Odd said. "No. We lived through Team Galatic three times. We don't want to see that. However, we have bigger fish to fry," Ash said. "Why? Is this about Steve, Jackie, and Frankie," Jeremy said. "We think they are trying to mess with Odd and Aelita," Yumi said. Dawn closes the door. "The trio of disaster figure out that Odd and Aelita are not cousins," she said. "Are you sure? I mean, they can't prove it," Odd said. "Yeah. What can they do?" Aelita asks. "Are you guys sitting there and not worrying?" Brock asks. "No. I made sure it was all taken care of," Jeremy said. "And besides, Steve is grounded for insulting Aelita," Odd said. "What did you tell him?" Ash asks. "How could he insult my flesh and blood?" "You shouldn't have done that." "Why not? Odd had even said that the creative side ran in the family when Aelita was a DJ at one of the school dances," Ulrich said. "Hold on. Unless the trio of shitheads is trying a DNA test, we are not in danger," Jeremy said. "They are," Brock said. "What?!" Aelita exclaims. "That is why Steve called you a bitch. he must have gotten Kiwi's fur," Dawn said. "Did they try again? Wait, the glasses!" Yumi exclaims. "Yeah. They were trying again," Brock said. "How? Allison, you are quiet," Ulrich notes. "Jimmy switched the glasses to ensure the results match," Allison said. "Good. We are in the clear," Odd said. "No. We were just with him and my wombmate. My brother's glass was used, so it would come as maternal first cousins, which is too close to comfort. I told Jimmy that he should have used his glass so the results would be controllable" "I see. Well, they don't have to go deeper," Aelita asks. "Steve's dad is in the military. He will want to find it all," Ulrich said. "If the military is involved, we might need to worry," Dawn said. "Yep. That's when I worry the worry," Aelita said. Steve reads the results online. "First maternal cousins? Odd's mother has a sister with three girls older than Odd. He told me when he first came to school." "Then who did Aelita match with?" Frankie asks. "You know, she looks like Allison and Ash J," Jackie said. "She looks like Jimmy and his sister Johanne as well," Frankie said. "They were all huddling earlier. Maybe we are on the right track," Steve said. Moments later, XANA's ghost comes from the wall and zaps them. "Time to get the cousins!" XANA-Steve said. "Let's see if Aelita will turn herself in if her family is in danger," XANA-Jackie said. "If not, we can still make them suffer," XANA-Frankie said.
