Disclaimer: Don't own.
A/N: Sorry for the wait. -sighs-
Chapter 13: Wake Up
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Kiwi tilted his head, ears flicking back against his head as he gazed upon the motionless figure in front of him. A rather flowery scent assaulting his snout, humans might of described the recognition (Kiwi was experiencing), as viewing a unique color.
Of course he recognized it. It was the female that bickered in a painful volume and made his ears ache. That was constantly… insulting? Kiwi and his owner.
She wasn't moving.
Kiwi padded past though, sniffing at the base of a second scanner. It may have muffled the vividly familiar smell but his owner was in there. He released a sharp bark in recognition.
It might be considered a question: what do I do about the girl?
But Kiwi got no reply.
Allowing the scent of the female to engulf him as he edged closer to her motionless form, he slopped his slimy tongue across her face.
No… response?
With a yelp, Kiwi scampered off.
No monsters.
Odd drew a small circle in the virtual dirt with his claws. He really wanted out of Lyoko right now and so found himself shifting with unease. He fiddled with his tail then stood, pacing in a small circle much like the one he doodled in the ground.
He didn't know what to do with himself.
Was Sissi alright?
Why wasn't Xana attacking?
Could he have avoided this if he just listened to his friends?
A soft patter of noise and he looked up.
It was only a small monster, one with a few legs and one laser. Curling his paw into a fist Odd pointed it idly at the creature. It wasn't making a move so he made one, releasing an arrow in its direction.
Huh?
He missed?
But he was so certain. He released two more arrows, clear in the monster's direction. Then he had to doubt if his weapon was even doing its job. He turned his paw up towards himself staring at it dubiously.
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A spark of red light had him shooting at the creature once more which in turn had no effect on it. Forcing Odd to bounce back on the balls of his feet to avoid the laser strike, which struck the ground a mere foot away.
He shot at it again, taking a few hesitant steps backwards.
One more shot from the monster and his heel meant nothing but air, his toes following suit.
With a gasp Odd threw his paws blindly out before him.
Stupid…
So, stupid.
Ulrich had been sleeping quite pleasantly, till something warm and sticky stroked across his palm.
Yes, that had Ulrich Stern up rather quickly. Back stiff, till his eyes started to narrow in realization, adjusting to the inky dark of his shared dorm room.
Though he could not hear the 'annoyance' he could see Kiwi's muzzle opening and closing and shushed him, wondering why Odd wasn't doing anything about his noisy dog.
Removing his ear plugs, Ulrich shuffled to his feet. "Odd.." He groaned in annoyance, nearly tripping over the still barking mutt. "Odd… your dog…"
He reached out to his roommate's bed and pulled back the covers.
"Odd-" If ever was a time to hit himself in the face with his own palm, it was now. However, Ulrich had more sense then that, staring at the lump of Odd's clothes, nestled in the boy's place.
"Damnit Odd…" He moaned to himself, turning around and reaching for his cell phone. As Kiwi began to growl, pulling at his pant leg. "Quit it…" He barked at the dumb mutt and dialed a number.
Jeremie didn't get much sleep, very often, and it didn't seem he would be getting anymore then usual tonight.
In fact… he had just pushed back from his computer and laid in his bed a mere hour previous and now he was forced to awaken to obnoxious ring tone (that Odd had put on his cell).
He fumbled to find the mobile, buried in his blankets. Then scrambled for his glasses in the darkness. "Hello…?" He muttered with a heavy tongue, rubbing his eyes with his free hand.
"Ulrich?…" Jeremie slid his glasses into place, listening to the boy on the other line. "Is that Kiwi?"
He rose to his feet, hearing a hasty explanation and nearly tripped to the floor, with his ankles tangled in his sheets. This couldn't be good, if Odd was doing something he didn't want them to know about…
after what he had been talking about earlier today too.
"Don't bother waking Yumi or Aelita… we can handle this." Shoving his feet into his shoes and tucking his laptop under his arm, Jeremie exited his room.
Odd released a breath that he wasn't even aware he was holding.
His grip tightened around the solid bit of land that was keeping him from plummeting into the digital void. Even if he was dangling from the edge, he had confidence in his claws. As long as he didn't relax those muscles in his fingers he would not fall.
Ha. That was a helpful thought.
Had to be hopeful that he wouldn't get a cramp though.
He looked up, tired of staring at his own feet. And low and behold, the ugly little roach stared back. "Shoo." He blew up at it, with all intention to swat at it, if it wouldn't mean falling.
And what did the smug little monster do? Charge up its laser of course.
Odd stuck out his tongue out at it, as long as he didn't automatically let go the moment he got shot, it might just be his ticket out of Lyoko.
It shot him too…
And he didn't feel a thing.
"You missed?" He muttered in disbelief then smirked. "You're losing your touch Xana."
He swung his feet up onto the platform and to his surprise, tumbled straight through the monster. Weird, huh?
It was no real surprise when they found themselves in the factory.
Ulrich releasing a faint curse and rammed his fist against the elevator's button as Kiwi ran tight circles around his heels. "Shut up." The dog didn't listen but instead kept barking.
Ulrich rubbed his fingers to the brim of his nose, muttering, "this better be good."
He didn't know what he was expecting but an unconscious Sissi was not it.
He was not the least bit happy when he saw the only occupied scanner open up and his roommate fall out of it with what sounded like a gasp of surprise. "I can… let me explain…" The purple boy was already attempting to defend himself before he even saw the damage.
Ulrich just shook his head though, not saying a word. He knew that to Odd, that was the worse punishment a person could get. He deserved as much though and Ulrich made this clear by ignoring his friend and crouching by Sissi's side.
Odd rose back to his feet, Ulrich could hear his footsteps approaching as he turned Sissi over onto her back. She looked 'okay' enough, everything seemed to be in order that is. Taking hold of her shoulders, he shook her.
She made no gesture, no sound. That couldn't be good.
Before Ulrich could even consider saying anything to Odd though, Jeremie entered.
He said nothing to Odd either.
In turn Odd choose to keep quiet for once, seriously regretting his choices but at the time, it had seemed… like a good idea.
"I don't think she going to wake."
That… wasn't good.