Chapter 8: Satellite
Key: Thoughts
Odd's Visions
Someone on the Phone
Jeremie on headpiece to Lyoko or scanner room
Someone on Lyoko
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AN: Hi people! Hope you're all doing well, I got sick..but I made sure to finish this chapter. I made it so Odd's mom was in the military. People always think Odd's dad was in the military, so I thought "Why not Odd's mom?" and the result is Military Mom.
Next Update: 17 March
Odd was bored. Ulrich could tell. A bored Odd, was never a good Odd. Ulrich slowly shifted away from his female friend. Odd was looking out the windows as Mrs. Hertz spoke. As soon a Odd looked to her paper, Ulrich was doomed.
Odd was bored. She tried to pay attention, she really did. But why should she care about neutrons? Not like imma be a scientist or anything. Odd thought with a huff. As Herve raised his hand, Odd startled when the phones suddenly went off. Odd frowned as she watched Ulrich answer his phone, her's was turned off in her bag. "Hello?" Ulrich frowned.
He pulled the phone away and looked at her with a frown,"No answer?" she asked softly.
Ulrich shook his head. "Sissi! You the principal's daughter should know the rule dealing with cell phones. Now why don't you remind us what that rule is?" Mrs. Hertz asked as she walked up to Sissi.
As though reading from a book, Sissi recited the rule,"All mobile phones have got to be turned off before entering the classroom under penalty of having them confiscated."
"Hand it over!" Mrs. Hertz insisted as she held out her hand to Sissi,"And that goes for everyone!"
Jeremie glanced back at the Ulrich and Odd. This wasn't good. As the students complained, Mrs. Hertz stomped her foot,"Quiet down, put all your cell phones on my desk right now."
Odd grabbed her bag and followed Ulrich,"After you put your phone down, wait up for a second. I'm gonna see if I can keep my phone since it's been off. At least Yumi and I'll have phones." Odd said softly.
Ulrich nodded and put down his phone next the Jeremie's then stopped as Odd spoke to Mrs. Hertz. "Um, Mrs. Hertz?"
"What is it Odd?" Mrs. Hertz asked as she turned to her student.
"I've had my phone off and in my bag all period. I got into an argument with my sister and wanted time to cool down before I had to deal with her. Do I still have to give up my phone?"
Mrs. Hertz frowned and held out her hand,"Let me see it just to make sure."
Odd placed her bag on the desk she was near and pulled out a few books before pulling her cell phone out from the bottom and handing it to Mrs. Hertz. After a few moments Mrs. Hertz nodded and handed it back,"Thank you Odd for following school rules."
Odd nodded and the group of three left the room quickly. "At least Yumi and I have phones." Odd said just as Yumi ran up.
"We had this weird problem this morning, like, everyone's cell phones started ringing and-" Yumi was interrupted as Odd spoke.
"The teacher confiscated them. Us too, I'm apparently the only one left with a phone because I got into a fight with my sister." Odd said frowning.
"Crazy huh, all those calls and no one at the other end. I think I'll contact Aelita. This could be XANA's doing." with that, Jeremie rushed off.
"We've gotta do something. If Jeremie's right and we can't stay in contact, we're in a real jam." Ulrich said with a frown.
"Hey you three."
Odd, Yumi and Ulrich looked over to see Sissi walking up to them. "I'm organizing a meeting," she explained,"they've got to give us our mobile's back. Well are you with us?"
Just as Odd was about to blurt out "Hell no!", Yumi spoke up. "You bet we are."
Sissi looked just as shocked as Odd felt and Ulrich looked. "No kidding, well if you really mean it, we'll see you in the auditorium right after lunch." Sissi said before she turned and walked away.
Ulrich looked up to Yumi,"You were right. We gotta see what's up."
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"You're gonna take back the cell phones? That's called stealing you know that?" Yumi objected.
"No it's not. Taking back what belongs to you in the first place is not what I would call stealing." Odd objected.
"We have no choice Yumi." Ulrich agreed with Odd.
Noticing the teachers distracted by the soup, Odd spoke softly,"Okay Ulrich, let's go." and the two rushed out.
They made it to the faculty building in no time at all. Ulrich nodded to Odd and took position by the main door while Odd slipping into the teachers faculty room. "The cost is clear." Ulrich assured.
"Here we go.." Odd muttered as she found Mrs. Hertz locker.
It was a bit harder than a normal lock, but after a small struggle Odd finally managed to open it. She quickly began sorting thru phones only to freeze at Ulrich's greeting. Odd quickly closed the locker and turned. She quickly curled under one of the tables and prayed that she wouldn't be found. Mr. Leburn entered the room and stood at the table right in front of Odd. Then he dropped his pencil. Shit! Odd cursed in her head as she closed her eyes and hoped he somehow wouldn't catch her. Odd waited a few seconds then opened her eyes when he shifted. After a few seconds, Mr. Leburn finally left and Odd rushed to grab the phones. She found Ulrich's, then Jeremie's. She locked Hertz's locker up, then looked quickly for the other locker belonging to Yumi's teacher. Finding it, she unlocked it and quickly found Yumi's phone. With a shrug, she grabbed Emmanuel's as well. She shoved the phones into her pockets and ran out,"Let's go." she called to Ulrich.
The two then rushed off to Jeremie's room.
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"Mission accomplished!" Odd said happily as she threw her friends phones on the bed.
"Let's hope that nobody finds out." Yumi commented, frowning at the smaller and younger girl.
"I'd rather hope they were worried over nothing." Odd insisted as she handed Yumi her phone and picked up Emmanuel's.
"For now, the scan hasn't found an activated tower." Jeremie commented.
"I haven't seen anything either. False alarm." Aelita agreed.
Suddenly Jeremie jumped out of his seat. "XANA!"
But Odd, Yumi, and Ulrich already knew. XANA's symbol was on Yumi's phone.
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"Why would XANA be interested in mobile phones, huh?" Ulrich asked as the group of four walked across the school yard.
"That's what I'm hoping to find out by checking the school's antenna." Jeremie replied.
"I'm off to the meeting, I promised Sissi." Yumi said suddenly as she ran off.
Odd gave a brief confused glance to Ulrich before turning back to look ahead. What's next, flying pigs? Odd thought absently. "Odd!"
Odd turned to see Emmanuel. "Hey! Where've you been?" Odd asked, smiling at her boyfriend.
"I woulod've called, but my phone went off in class and it was confiscated." Emmanuel said frowning.
"Oh!" Odd suddenly pulled out his phone,"Here you go!"
Emmanuel frowned, but took his phone. "How did you get it?"
Odd just shrugged. She then leaned up and gave Emmanuel a quick kiss. "I have to go now. Text me later!"
Odd then turned back to her friends and the three rushed up the stairs to the roof, only to freeze when they realized Jim was there. Jim turned to them,"Hey, who let you guys up here? Trying to stop me from disconnecting the antenna?"
Ulrich spoke first,"Us? No we were just passing by."
Before Jim could reply, his body began to seize as electricity surged thru him. "Careful!" Jeremie cried out.
Odd gasped as Jim began to fall. Her and Ulrich surged forward and just managed to grab him. With Jeremie's help, they managed to pull the teacher up. Supporting half of his weight, Odd walked along with Ulrich. "We'll take him to the infirmary."
"Okay," Jeremie replied to Ulrich,"I'll try to find out what XANA's done to the antenna."
Getting Jim to the infirmary was no easy task, neither was lying him down. "Hey Jim, can you hear me?" Ulrich asked as the two friends stood at the end of Jim's bed.
"Smells like roast chicken huh?" Odd couldn't help but give her two cents.
"Jim, hey Jim? Yohoo!"
"Odd, Ulrich, what are you doing in here? Jim!" Yolanda entered the room and gasped at the sight of Jim on the bed,"What happened to him?"
"Oh you know how Jim is, he's a regular live wire so-oh I mean.." Odd then began to explain,"We were passing by the stairs to the roof when we heard a yell. So we rushed up stairs in time to see Jim electrocuted. Then he almost fell off the roof! But Ulrich and I managed to catch him."
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Odd frowned. "You see these waves? XANA's using the school antenna unit to try to plug into the main television dish."
"That's why all the phones rang?"
"Right. It jams the frequencies. If XANA manages to take control of the dish, he'll have direct access to the satellites that are now orbiting the Earth." Jeremie explained.
"And?" Yumi questioned, just as confused as the others.
"And he'll be able to guide a military satellite."
Odd paled. XANA couldn't be...could he? "...what reason?" Yumi asked, snapping Odd back into the conversation.
"I wish I knew." Jeremie commented.
Odd then chose to interrupt. "The military satellite's are mainly used for spying during peacetime. But they have other programs in them that can be manipulated into doing horrible things, especially with XANA amplifying it." at her friends bewildered looks, Odd snorted,"Don't look so shocked. My mom's in the military, remember?"
Ulrich recovered quickly(Honestly Ulrich, I remember telling you this!) and spoke,"Jeremie and Odd are right, this is serious. Anything could happen."
"You better believe it Ulrich, the scan has detected a tower!"
Just as Jeremie finished speaking, Aelita appeared,"Jeremie! XANA has activated a tower on the polar region!"
"We're on our way." Jeremie assured.
"Better hurry."
Jeremie turned to the other's,"Let's go thru the tunnel in the park."
As they left, Kiwi barked so Odd turned to him,"Kiwi. You stay here."
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Odd felt kind of bad for leaving Yumi with Sissi. But she quickly shook that thought away as Ulrich opened up the sewer. First Ulrich and Jeremie went down, then Odd sat on the edge, ready to climb down and close the lid, only to hear panting from behind her. She turned and was slightly surprised to see Kiwi sitting behind her. "Kiwi? What are you doing here?"
"Incredible," Jeremie spoke from below her on the ladder,"for a dog, he's stubborn as a mule."
Odd sighed. "Well know that you're here. C'mon." Odd held open her arms and cradled Kiwi to her chest when he jumped.
She put Kiwi down and jumped onto her board. They made it to the factory quickly and off to the scanners they went. "Aelita's on her way to the polar region." Jeremie told the two.
Odd stepped into the scanner and turned. "Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Odd. Scanner Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Virtualization."
Landing had always been easy on Lyoko. So the first thing the Ulrich and Odd did after landing was look for the pink haired computer program. "Odd! Ulrich!"
Ulrich and Odd looked to the side to see Aelita. "There she is!" Ulrich commented.
"Good news! XANA's still not in control of the TV dish. That gives us a little more time. I'll try to find out which satellite XANA might wanna get his hands on, but it won't be easy."
"Try satellite's that are armed with lasers. My mom told me once that those are the ones most likely to reach the Earth. She said the other's were weak in comparison." Odd suggested, trying to remember more of what her mom told her.
"Odd, should your mom be telling you all that?" Ulrich asked, glancing at her in curiosity as they ran.
Odd shrugged. "Probably not."
After a while more of running Odd asked,"Where could that tower be?"
"One thing at a time Odd. First of all, you were right Odd. XANA may be trying to take control of a satellite with a highly accurate and destructive laser beam. If he does, he can destroy whatever he wants."
"The factory's safe, XANA wouldn't fire at himself." Odd commented.
"Right. That'll give us time to take care of things on Lyoko."
"Sounds good,"Ulrich said and Odd sensed a "but","but if XANA decides to destroy the school…."
"Remember, Yumi's there so that's for sure what he's going to do. We have to warn her, but without a mobile…" Jeremie suddenly trailed off.
Odd frowned,"Einstein?" she called.
"Odd, I'm borrowing your dog."
Odd only glanced to Ulrich in confusion. "Umm...o..k?"
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Odd wanted to bang her head in. Damn wasps.. She thought with a huff. Couldn't XANA give us a break once in awhile? Odd expertly ignored the comment about the wasps poison. She knew all about these things. Jeremie, Ulrich, and Yumi may think she never paid attention to anything but art and music, but she did pay attention to some things. She knew how to use a computer just as well as Jeremie due to her interest in graphic design and video games. Along with that she kept very, very, detailed reports on each of XANA's monsters and each of her friends. Her mom always told her "Better to understand the enemy, than underestimate the danger." And Odd would live by that saying for the rest of her life. So she got into ready position, aiming at the nearest wasp. After a few moments of silence, Odd spoke. "What are they waiting for?"
"They must just wanna hold you there until XANA's able to control the satellite. You've gotta get pass them."
That was all Odd needed, because she then called out,"Lazer arrow!"
Unfortunately the wasp doged. After Aelita was nearly poisoned, Odd already knew what they had to do. "One of us is going to have to be a sacrifice, am I right Einstein?" Odd asked, her mind whirring with the different tactics she could use.
"Afraid so Odd."
Odd sighed, then spoke,"Listen, I'll attract their attention so you guys can get thru. Here I go." Odd then rushed off, ignoring Ulrich's call for her.
"Take that!" She called as she shot at the wasps.
Ulrich had better get Aelita to the fucking tower or XANA's gonna be the least of his worries. Odd thought. "Take that! Ow!" she cried out as she hopped on one leg while still trying to run.
"Odd, between the poison and the arrows you've already lost 70 life points."
"You said no choice! There you horrible beast!" she yelled out, shooting down a wasp.
Then she cried out as she was hit twice and slid near the edge. "You've only got 20 life points left Odd, I'm sorry."
Odd ignored him as she got up. But she knew one thing, XANA had the satellites. So she ran again. As she ran, she got hit once again by the wasp. Turning, Odd took aim. "You only have 10 life points left."
When Odd missed, she bowed her head,"Ulrich, it's game over for me."
Odd was then divirtualized. Stumbling out of the scanner, Odd rushed to the elevator. She stumbled in and pressed the button. For a moment she leaned against the wall and caught her breath. As soon as the doors opened, Jeremie spoke,"Yumi's in danger. The laser's aimed right at her!"
"Which laser is it?" Odd asked.
"U466."
"Shit! My mom told me that one is the first one that became operational! It's the most accurate one they have!" Odd pushed the button, hard.
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Making it to the school in so little time was no easy task. Odd was pretty sure only Ulrich could run as fast as she had on a daily basis. "Yumi!" Odd called, seeing her friend by the gates,"To the factory! Hurry! It's you the satellites after!"
Ignoring Mr. Delmas confused look, Odd ran to meet with Yumi and picked up Kiwi, holding him close as they ran. And even though they were running, Odd had a bad feeling. When the area seemed to grow brighter, Odd knew. XANA had fired the laser. "Yumi! Jump!" Odd yelled as she jumped to one side.
Only seconds later, a crater was where they stood. "C'mon,"Odd said taking Yumi's hand once they met up again,"the factory is the only safe place."
Odd and Yumi ran as fast as they could go, another explosion shook the ground right behind them. Hiding by some trees, Odd spoke,"To the boiler room, ready?"
"It's now or never, let's go!" was Yumi's reply.
The two girls took off, heading to the boiler room. Until Yumi split off and ran the other way. Odd stopped in horror and screamed out,"YUMI!" and when Yumi tripped, Odd reached out even if it would do no good and screamed out again,"NOOO!"
Then, the laser stopped.
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Odd pressed the paper and tape gently onto the glass door. The other door opened and Sissi stepped out,"Invitations to a party?" she asked.
"Uh, not really." Odd said with a shrug before she rushed to the others.
When Sissi finished reading and called them teachers pets, Odd could only grin. "I'd like to see someone try to confiscate my mobile." Sissi said walking away, Herve following her like a lost puppy.
Odd gave an evil grin. Sissi is sooo getting a call in class today.
