Chapter 2: A Very Odd Creature
He tried VERY hard not to growl or bite at a lot of people: Ulrich, Sissi, his teachers, his test(which isn't really a person but you get my gist), but he practically lost it when Jeremy came in to make his day worse.
As if it wasn't bad enough that he had to wear a flea collar around his wrist, what Jeremy told him was absolutely infuriating.
"I won't let you go onto Lyoko," he said stiffly.
"WHAT?!"
"It's too risky."
"I don't understand."
"See, there is a slight chance that when you enter Lyoko it will speeed up the transformation process. That would give me less time to work out a solution to our dilemma."
"But you said it was a slight chance!"
"It's still a chance."
"Can I at least be back-up?"
Jeremy looked to the others, hoping anyone could support him and help him out. Everyone else was dead-quiet. He sighed. "Oh, alright Odd. Just let's not hope anything goes wrong."
Odd accidentally barked. But it was a joyful bark, an optimistic yipping if you will. That tail he had begun to grow over the past few days was wagging, although nobody could notice. "Thank you."
The rest of the group went to the scanner room. "Transfer Aelita. Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Yumi. Scanner Aelita. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Yumi. Virtualization!"
"So where's the activated tower," asked Ulrich once he had come together in the virtual reality.
"Oh, not far east of you. I'm sending you the coordinates."
Odd sat on the ground in an animal-like position. "So...what do I do while I wait?"
Jeremy shrugged. "Dunno, go chase something or play with a chewy toy or whatever."
"Haha very funny," Odd said dryly. He was not amused. It actually made him slightly more depressed.
After a long period of time with nothing to do but whimper and walk around aimlessly, he couldn't take it anymore. He was about to ask Jeremy to let him into Lyoko, when Jeremy started shouting frantically into the communication piece. "Ulrich! Get out of there, you won't…"
Odd could hear noises downstairs. Assuming Ulrich was de-virtualized, he jumped at the opportunity. "Can I go now?"
Jeremy held up his hand. "Hold on Odd. There's still Yumi and…"
Through the ear-piece, Aelita spoke to him. "Actually I think Yumi and I could use a bit of help here."
Odd rushed onto his feet but instantly lost balance and fell onto all fours like an animal. "I'm up for it," he said happily, making another happy yip.
Jeremy sighed. "Alright just stop yipping in my ear!"
As Odd enthusiastically headed down into the scanner room, Jeremy began to wonder why people like dogs so much.
"Transfer Odd. Scanner Odd. Virtualization."
A blonde, purple cat-human appeared in the ice sector. Not far in front of him was a way-tower glowing red and a pink-haired girl and a Japanese girl fighting a boy dressed in black with a symbol on his forehead. The eye of Lyoko.
With his hands on his hips, he smiled and said, "Ah, did'ja miss me?"
Neither of them paid him any attention.
On all fours, he started running, and then pounced on the boy called William. Between snarls, growls, and silent whimpers, he shouted out to Aelita, "GO! I'll hold him off!"
Yumi fought the two Krabs guarding the tower, allowing the pink-haired girl to become absorbed by way-tower.
William pushed him off and then stabbed him with his sword. Not long after, Yumi also fell to the same fate. Luckily, Aelita had deactivated the tower just in time.
Everything was alright.
"Come ON Jeremy," Aelita insisted. "You saw how Odd helped out. Nothing happened."
"He's useful," Yumi added honestly, saying nothing more.
Ulrich couldn't help but laugh. "Odd? Useful? Have I walked into another universe?!"
Odd glared at him, growling.
As they left the factory, they all noticed Odd scratching furiously.
"What's wrong?"
"Do you have your flea collar?"
Odd didn't respond, changing the subject.
"ODD! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WEAR THE FLEA COLLAR!"