Chapter Five: Log Book

Key:

Thoughts, mainly Odd's

Odd's Visions

Someone on the phone

Talk from Jeremie when he's using his headpiece to someone on Lyoko or in scanners

Talk from someone on Lyoko


AN: Hello everyone! Here is the newest chapter, a few things were changed because, honestly, i feel like Odd knows why to many weird things to just lie down and leave it. Also, QUESTION! Should I put William under XANA's control, or should Odd being a girl do something stupid, dangerous, reckless, or intelligent to keep that from happened. Yes or No?


Odd woke up that morning with the strangest feeling. Like something was wrong. But not XANA wrong...more like...Odd rolled onto her back with a groan. Ulrich, what the hell did you do? She thought grumpily. With a little bit of effort, Odd managed to pull herself from her bed to get ready for the day. She turned on her radio to her favorite station, which just happened to be playing "Carnival of rust" by Poets of the Fall, and let herself become immersed in the music. Having taken a shower the night before, Odd grabbed a pair of her purple pants and quickly slipped them on. She then put on her socks, a dark purple one and a baby blue one, then her yellow platforms. She looked around then frowned. Where on Earth is my pink tank top? Odd quickly looked into her closet.Nope. Dresser? Nope. Maybe her-"Ahha!" Odd cried out happily as she found her tank top. Now, where's my over shirt? After 20 minutes of searching for her over shirt, Odd gave it up as a lost cause. Laundry was just done, where did they go? Ah well. I'll just steal one of Emmanuel's jackets..or maybe Ulrich's… Odd thought absently as she grabbed her backpack and left her room. She made it to Ulrich's room easily enough and opened the door. Only to blink. Once, twice, three times then she rubbed her eyes but it was still there. "How did my over shirts get into your room?"

Ulrich looked up from his spot on the floor, looking through his drawers. "I think you left them in here when XANA attacked the other day."

Odd hummed as she slipped one of her over shirts on before looking to Ulrich who was still searching the drawers. "Ulrich? What are you looking for? I'm getting hungry. Let's go."

"Uh..you go have breakfast, there's something I have to find." Ulrich insisted.

Odd snorted,"Alright, what did you loose?"

Ulrich looked up at her,"Nothing."

Odd gave Ulrich a look. "Ulrich. I know you lost something. So what did you loose?"

Ulrich sighed,"It's not important. Really Odd."

Odd frowned before speaking,"Kay, also. It's cold out, I'm stealing your jacket." she claimed before yanking Ulrich's brown jacket(Honestly. He needs one in a different color) and rushing out of the room.

The one thing that made Odd frown however, was when she passed by a grinning Sissi who was hiding a little green book behind her back. Was that..? Nah. Odd shook her head. She was imagining things.

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"Ah, eight slices of toast and three bananas. Not bad huh? Hey, are you skipping gym class again?" Odd asked as she curled up in Ulrich's coat and looked to her fellow blond.

Jeremie looked up from his book and nodded with a smile,"Yup. It gives me time to work on Aelita's materialization."

Odd hummed as she leaned further back in her seat. "Hey Odd, Jeremie." a familiar voice spoke.

Odd let her head fall back and looked up at Emmanuel with a grin. "Hey Emmanuel."

Emmanuel gave her a quick kiss before pulling back and raising an eyebrow. "What's with the brown jacket?"

Odd shrugged,"I was cold this morning so I decided to steal Ulrich's jacket. Maybe I'll rip it and be able to buy him one with a nicer color. I mean honestly..brown..ugh."

"Speaking of Ulrich,"Jeremie put down his book,"where is he?"

Odd frowned. "Actually, I'm not sure. Last I saw he was tearing apart his room looking for something."

Odd thought back to that little book Sissi was carrying...It looked like..nah. I'm just imagining things. The bell chose to ring at that moment. "Hey Odd, mind if I walk with you guys?" Emmanuel asked.

Odd grinned. "I'd like that Emmanuel."

Odd then grabbed her bag and gathered her trash before walking alongside Emmanuel and Jeremie. Disposing of her trash she held hands with Emmanuel as the three walked out of the cafeteria. But still, Odd had that bad feeling that just would not go away. She tried her hardest to ignore it. But somehow, that felt worse. Seeing Yumi, Odd stopped and waved,"Hi Yumi!"

Yumi looked over at Odd, Jeremie, and Emmanuel then grinned,"Hello."

Yumi suddenly looked shocked,"Hey look over there it's Ulrich."

Suddenly Odd's bad feeling multiplied as she looked around the tree they were by. And her jaw dropped. "But what's he doing with Sissi?" Odd commented, the bad feeling was getting worse.

"Hey Ulrich!" Odd called out waving to him.

Ulrich looked up at them, surprise on his face. Then Sissi leaned in a said something to him. He seemed shocked. Odd frowned,"Something's gonna happen.."she muttered quietly to herself.

Ulrich said something to Sissi, who sat next to him and replied. Then Ulrich seemed to lose his fight before Sissi(the fucking banshee) took his hand and pulled at him. What shocked the group the most however, was that Ulrich went along. "Did Ulrich just…?" Emmanuel couldn't even believe it.

Odd bit her lip. So this was the bad feeling…

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In class Odd looked up from her paper to where Sissi was sitting with Ulrich. Sissi was looking at Ulrich with complete adoration while Ulrich kept his head bowed. It was his defeated pose. No fight left in his body. Odd hated that pose. Still looking at her best friend, Odd spoke softly to Jeremie,"Hey what's going on with them? I'm seeing things. Ulrich and Sissi? That's weird." Jeremie frowned while Odd continued,"On the brighter side, check out how jealous Herve is."

Odd had an amused smile on her face as her history teacher called out,"Odd? Are you listening to me Odd?" Odd at least looked slightly ashamed.

After the bell rang Odd and Jeremie were out of class in a moment. They waited by the door, Jeremie on the left to talk to Ulrich and Odd on the right to drag Sissi away, until Ulrich and Sissi came out(Ugh) arm in arm. Odd then grabbed Sissi's free arm,"We have some important things to talk about Sissi. C'mon, hurry up." Odd then pulled Sissi along, ignoring her protests.

Odd pulled her to the side, only catching a glimpse of Jeremie and Ulrich talking before she turned to Sissi with narrowed eyes. "What did you do?" she asked.

Sissi huffed and crossed her arms,"I don't know what you're talking about."

Odd couldn't hold back the snort,"I'm his best friend Sissi. I know everything about him. His hopes, his dreams, his crushes. And you're not one of them. What did you do?"

Sissi scoffed,"Yeah right, I bet I know more about him then you."

Odd raised an eyebrow,"What's his favorite color then?"

Sissi again scoffed,"Green of course isn't it obvious."

This time, Odd laughed,"Nope. His favorite color is dark blue because it reminds him of the night sky he use to see when his grandfather would take him camping. Just because he wears that color doesn't mean it's his favorite. It'd be like someone saying my favorite color is purple just because I wear it all the time."

Sissi looked bewildered and, in her vast intelligence, focused on one thing,"You're favorite color isn't purple?"

Odd looked at Sissi with a raised brow,"No, it's golden orange. And that's really what you're focused on?"

Siss growled and stomped her foot, suddenly remembering what they were suppose to be talking about,"Ulrich just finally realised what a great girlfriend I am."

And before Sissi could turn to see Jeremie talking to Ulrich, Odd grabbed her arm. "Sissi. If I find out you did something to Ulrich. I swear you will regret it. I'll make sure of it!"

Sissi glared at her,"Are you threatening me?"

"Nope," Odd said calmly stepping back and letting go of Sissi's arm,"I'm making a promise that if you did anything, your father will find out every dirty underhanded trick you've ever done. And I know plenty of them." Odd suddenly smirked,"Including the nose job. Didn't you have one?"

"The answer is NO! For the last time I did NOT have a nose job! So stop asking huh?!" Sissi yelled at Odd.

"Cut it out Odd! Leave her alone, will ya?" Ulrich called out.

Odd blinked and stepped back as Ulrich walked up to them and put his arm around Sissi's waist. Only Odd noticed the slight twitch of his index finger, a sure sign he was upset. Ulrich then led Sissi away. When Sissi looked back triumphantly, Odd couldn't help but call out,"I'll drop off your jacket later Ulrich!"

At Sissi's shocked look, Odd grinned, then turned grabbed Jeremie and ran off. Once they turned a corner Odd turned to Jeremie,"What did Ulrich tell you?"

Jeremie placed his hand on Odd's shoulder in comfort,"It's nothing, I'll explain."

Even as Jeremie explained, Odd couldn't help the depressed feelings she was getting. Ulrich was her best friend and, blackmailed or not, it hurt to have him ignoring her. Even though the people around the school, teachers and students alike, saw her as a happy go lucky, friendly person who probably had a million friends before transferring, they were all wrong. Most of her life was spent in her sister's shadows. The teachers all expected Odd to be like her sisters, the students wanted to be her friend to get to her her sisters. Some students were only her friends because their older siblings were friends with one of her sisters. She had never had a best friend before. At least, not until Ulrich. Odd nodded to Jeremie and they split ways, Jeremie to find Yumi, and Odd to the bus. Great, more time near the banshee.. Odd thought bitterly as she walked up to the bus where Jim stood.

"Take a look Odd, not bad huh? This bus is the latest in modern technology. It's electricity driven so it's not polluting, but powerful too." Jim told her as she walked up.

"Electric and powerful too huh? I'll bet you this crate goes about as fast as a snail." Odd commented as she climbed into the bus.

Odd gave a smile and a wave to the bus driver before continuing down the walkway. She found a seat quickly enough and curled up in the corner. Then she frowned when she saw Sissi. Sissi was followed by Ulrich shortly after. Odd's frown deepend. Something is wrong. Ulrich sat across from her seat and quickly leaned over. Odd leaned forward and Ulrich whispered to her,"Keep any eye out. The bus driver seems nervous and I'm sure I saw electricity coming off the steering wheel."

Odd nodded and sat back with a frown. This day hates Ulrich.

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After waiting a while for Jim to stop checking up on them, Odd called Jeremie. "Odd, what's up?"

"Einstein, problem."

"Huh?"

"Something strange is going on Jeremie."

"Something strange?"

"Yeah, on the bus."

"What bus?"

"The one for gym class? It's electric."

As Odd spoke to Jeremie, she heard Sissi speak,"Isn't this nice and cozy."

"Oh, that bus."

"We're zipping along at two miles an hour."Odd told Jeremie with a frown.

"Okay, I'll launch a scan on Lyoko. I'll call you if I find something."

"Okay, gotcha." Odd agreed then hung up.

She leaned back further in her seat and gave Ulrich a sympathetic smile. Other than Sissi talking to Ulrich, everything was pretty tame. "Hey, what if I ask my father if we could go to a movie tonight. That'd be cool huh?" Sissi asked turning to Ulrich

"Huh." was Ulrich reply.

""Huh"? I'm being nice to you right now but if you keep ignoring me it just might not last, you hear! A little friendly advice, pay attention to me or the whole school's gonna read your diary."

"Okay okay. You don't have to threaten me. I know exactly what I'm risking." Ulrich replied. Like Odd's friendship..

"Oh ya, you really think so Ulrich." Sissi's rant was cut off as her phone rang. "Hello." she asked,"Oh Yumi. What do you want?"

Odd watched silently as Ulrich looked to Sissi in shock and as several emotions passed over Sissi's face. "Okay, okay, what do you want?" Sissi asked turning from them.

Odd smirked. Yumi. "Okay, okay. If you go into the girls bathroom it's in the third stall on the top of the water tank, ya got that?" Sissi growled only to suddenly look worried,"Wait! What about my diary!?"

But Yumi had hung up. Ulrich grinned as he leaned back and spoke,"Thanks a lot Yumi. There you see. It's good to have real friends, isn't it?"

Odd sat up,"Care to have a better seat?" she asked patting the empty seat beside her.

Ulrich grinned and changed seat. Odd looked to Sissi with an evil grin. "You better hope you find Yumi before I get a hold of your diary. I do have a promise to keep after all." Odd then leaned back and put her legs onto Ulrich's lap.

Ulrich raised an eyebrow, but allowed hit. Herve then moved to sit next to Sissi and odd tuned them out. Choosing instead to talk to Ulrich. "I felt so bad for you." she said. 'I missed you.'

Ulrich nodded,"I bet everyone did." 'I'm sorry.'

Odd shrugged,"Yumi sure was angry." 'It's fine' "I know I was." 'Don't leave me again.'

"Hopefuly it never happens again." 'Never.'

The two relaxed for a while, Odd ready to sleep when a sudden exclamation from the buss driver had Ulrich leaning into the aisle to look to the front of the bus and Odd sat up straight, moving her legs from Ulrich's lap. And suddenly the bus started to go way faster then Odd thought possible. She gave a small yelp as the speed pushed them back into their seats. Giving a nod to Ulrich, the two got out of their seats and started to walk towards the front,"Hey! Get back to your seats! You're not allowed to get up!" Jim called after them.

Ulrich and Odd ignored him and made it to the head of the bus where electricity was dancing on the wheel. "What's going on with this bus?" Ulrich asked the driver.

"Gosh kid, I wish I knew." The driver replied leaning away from the electrified steering wheel,"All I know is it's out of control."

"Hey it seemed to be working okay before you re-charged the batteries, right?" Ulrich asked.

"Ya, everything was just fine. But now I can't-" he cut off as the electricity started to lash out.

Ulrich pulled out his phone. While Ulrich called Jeremie. Odd took off Ulrich's jacket, gave him an apologetic look, and thru the jacket over the steering wheel. While it wouldn't do much, it would keep the bus driver from being electrocuted. Odd then got onto the ground and looked quickly at the wires. She located the ones that looked like they would connect the battery to the rest of the bus and nodded. She jumped up, gave a nod to Ulrich, and walked to her bag. It may not do much if XANA was controlling the bus, but it would slow it done, if only for a moment. She opened her backpack and pulled out the small kit her cousin Vinny gave her before he was carted off to prison. She sat quietly with it in her lap as Ulrich sat next to her. "We're in for a rough ride." he commented.

Odd frowned,"Sorry about the jacket."

Ulrich shrugged,"Need a new one anyway."

"Aelita's gonna need a hand on Lyoko, we gotta go." Odd commented.

"Then you go. I'll stay here."

Odd nodded. Why are all my friends this selfless? "Here. Put on the gloves, use the medium scissors, and cut the thick yellow wires and the two thin red wires. Only if necessary. I don't know if it'll work, but it may give you guys a chance if things get bad. The green thick wire next to the grey thin wire is for the door. And only as a last resort, if it's life or death, cut the thick blue wire."

Ulrich nodded as he took the kit. "Vinny?" he asked.

Odd gave a grin,"Every Italian family needs a troublesome cousin Vinny." she joked.

Odd took a deep breath then stood. She walked silently as Jim and the bus driver fought to get the steering under control. She opened the doors and took another deep breath. Standing at the door, she heard Jim give out surprised sounds. Then, she jumped. It felt for a moment, like she was flying. Then, using tactics her father taught her. She landed in a horrible roll on the sidewalk. She slowly got up then looked behind her to where the bus was disappearing. Dear Lord, how she hoped Ulrich didn't have to cut the blue wire.

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Ulrich sat in stony silence as the driver tried to open the door. Looks like I have to cut the wires. Ulrich opened the small kit and wasn't surprised to find two pairs of gloves. The smaller ones were definitely Odd's and would not fit his. The second pair would though. He slipped on the gloves and grabbed the medium pair of scissors. Then he walked up to the front and knelt down, ignoring Jim's confused look. Thick yellow, two thin reds. Green thick next to thin grey for door. Thick blue in life or death. Finding the yellow thick wire, Ulrich reached over and snipped it. He then quickly located the two thin red wires and snipped those. The bus began to slow down and Ulrich leant back with a sigh. "Ulrich, how did you-agh!" Jim couldn't finish asking, the bus started up again.

Ulrich then tried the thick green wire, but the door would not open. Then the only thing Ulrich could think, was Shit.

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Odd leaned forward, hands on her knees as the doors to the elevator opened. She then stood straight and walked up to the scanner. "Odd, hurry up to the scanner." Jeremie told her.

She looked at the scanner with a silent look she stepped in and turned around to face the now closing doors. "Transfer Odd. Scanner. Virtualization."

Odd shut her eyes as the wind grew strong. Once it disappeared she opened them and dropped down to Lyoko. She looked around,"Aelita! Hey Aelita! Aelita!"

"Welcome to our world!" Odd turned to see Aelita waving at her."Hey Odd! Odd!"

Odd's eyes widened when she saw the ground beginning to split. She then ran to Aelita and caught her arm just in time. Aelita landed on top of her and Odd looked up,"Okay. Let's go to work Aelita."

Aelita smiled,"Thank you Odd."

The two stood and rushed to the tower. "Careful! There's a ridge!" Jeremie warned.

The two stopped at the edge just in time. Turning, Odd frowned. She was just barely able to make out the shape of a Megatank. "Huh? I have an idea." Odd said, her mind forming plans as she held up her arm, ready to fire,"Follow me."

Taking Aelita's hand, Odd quickly led her toward the Megatank, then took a sharp turn. As they ran, Megatank on their heels, Odd waited for the perfect moment. "Odd! You're out of your mind!" Aleita suddenly called.

Then, Odd reached over and, using both hands, grabbed Aelita and swung her to the other side before jumping herself. It felt like she was flying again. This time, the feeling was gone much faster than before and she landed on the other side, sliding a bit, while the Megatank fell. The sandstorm almost instantly cleared up as the light of the Megatank exploding shone. "Hurry up now Aelita!" Jeremie called as Aelita ran to the tower.

Odd watched her back and stayed silent. She hoped Ulrich didn't have to cut the blue wire.

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As Ulrich pulled Jim back up, he suddenly remembered. Blue in life or death emergency. Ulrich pulled out the wire cutters. He rushed to the front of the bus. Kneeling down, Ulrich quickly found the thick blue wire. He placed the cutters around it ready to cut. He had no idea what it would do. But he may have no choice. Ulrich looked behind him. It was obvious everyone was scared. Some students were even crying. He turned back to the wire. "We're gonna crash!" Sissi called.

Just as Ulrich was about to cut, the bus slowed to a stop. Ulrich fell back in relief. As the light washed over them, the only thing Ulrich could think, was Thank every god out there for the return to the past.

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Odd leant against the door as she heard Ulrich walk up to Sissi. "Sissi, were you waiting for me?" he asked.

Sissi looked up with a smile. "Looking for something?" he asked.

Sissi looked down to his arms and stood, looking shocked,"Uhh...n-no. I was just passing by so," Sissi took another look at Ulrich before running of.

Odd stepped away from the door snickering as Ulrich walked in and held up his diary. "Yes!" she cheered jumping up as Jeremie softly clapped.

Ulrich grinned at her. A sudden thought came to Odd's mind and she looked to him. "Ulrich,"she said walking towards the door,"I'm gonna go burn your jacket. Later!" she called as she grabbed Ulrich's jacket

Ulrich groaned before asking,"Hey Odd. What would the blue wire have done?"

Odd shrugged as she opened the door,"Just blow up the engine."

"ODD!"


Current Voting Results:

A) Ulrich/Yumi & Jeremie/Aelita & William/Odd - 2

B) Ulrich/Yumi & Jeremie/Aelita & Emmanuel/Odd & William/Odd's Sister - 1

C) William/Yumi & Jeremie/Aelita & Ulrich/Odd - 9

D) Ulrich/Yumi & Jeremie/Aelita & OC/Odd & William/OC - 0

E) Ulrich/Yumi & Jeremie/Aelita & Other/Odd & William/Other - 0