Imprisoned II: Sacrifice
Chapter 8
Back at school, Ulrich, Odd and Aelita had all gathered in Jeremie's room. "We've gotta figure out a reason for William's absence. We don't want Mr. Delmas or Jim to find out about the Factory."
Odd had an idea. "I know! Why don't I just prepare a false letter from his parents saying that they are pulling him out of school because they are moving or something?"
"Good idea Odd," said Ulrich, "but, how are you gonna manage that?"
"The letter part is easy. For the second part, I'll need Jeremie's help."
"What do you mean Odd?" asked Jeremie.
"Remember how you made that program to distort your voice over the phone?"
"I think I know what you're planning."
Odd smiled and explained his idea. "First, I'll slip the letter into Mr. Delmas' office. Jeremie, you'll have to skip class in the morning and get to the factory. The letter will have the number for the computer at the factory. When Mr. Delmas calls, you'll use the voice distorter to trick him and make him believe that they are already on their way to another city. That way we won't have to worry about any of that paperwork stuff. It's foolproof!"
"Odd," said Aelita, "what if Mr. Delmas demands that William's parents come home and complete the paperwork?"
"Easy," said Jeremie. "I'll just have him mail the forms to a bogus address. The forms will eventually get returned to him, which should buy us some time."
Ulrich chimed in. "You're sure that will work, Odd? What about William's parents?"
"Oh, you're right," said Odd with a worried look on his face. "Well, he does board here at the school, so we should be okay, at least for a little while."
"What will we do after 'a little while' is over?" asked Ulrich.
"We'll think of something," said Jeremie, yawning. "Right now, we all need to get some sleep."
The Scipizoa stuck its tentacles trough the invisible box as if it wasn't there and roughly grabbed William by the waist and pulled him up and out of the box. William felt strange, and he was materialized out of Lyoko and back into the scanner room! But then, a specter followed him out of the scanner and it quickly possessed him. William, now controlled by XANA, entered back into a scanner and was virtualized back into Lyoko.
The next morning, Odd slipped the letter into the Principal's office while Jeremie headed for the Factory. While Jeremie was preparing for Mr. Delmas' call, he decided to make a scan of Lyoko. That's weird, he thought. There is a large concentration of monsters in the Desert region. It looks to be in about the same place that we were in yesterday. I'd better take a closer look. Just then Mr. Delma's called. Jeremie quickly switched the distorter to a random male adult's voice before answering and the call went off without a hitch. Mr. Delmas didn't bother with the required paperwork, since this had all happened to suddenly anyway. After Mr. Delmas hung up, Jeremie went took another look at the same area of the Desert region. There wasn't anything there now. Weird, I could have sworn I just saw a lot of monsters there before Mr. Delmas called. Oh, well, looks like there is nothing to worry about. I'd better head back to school. Just then, Jeremie heard a crash. What was that? It sounded like that came from the scanner room! Jeremie rushed to the elevator and pressed the down button. When the elevator door reached the bottom and the door opened, Jeremie's jaw dropped. He was in shock at what was laid before his eyes.
