In the Gym locker rooms, Odd was putting on his shoes, but no socks were on his feet.
"Were doing track today, and youre going commando?" Hope asked.
"Not my fault. I can't find my socks. And FYI, commando is only when you go without underwear." Odd said.
"Heh. Its funny because he gave it a new meaning for you, Odd." Ulrich said.
Just then, Kiwi came in with a pair of socks in his mouth.
"Oh, he's good." Hope said. "Odd, how good do you train that dog?"
"I don't train him. He trains himself." Odd said. "Besides, I'd never do stuff like that with my little diggidy dog."
"Odd doesnt let Kiwi on the ship, does he?" Hope whispered to the group.
"No. After the events that transpired the first time, Kiwi was sent to live with Odd's sisters." Twilight said.
Outside on the track, Yumi was up for running, but so was the William clone, and he barely moved a muscle.
"Willam, uh… youre supposed to run, move already!" Rainbow said. "You're really lost."
"I'm not lost. We're at the track, aren't we?" William asked.
"Ugh!" Rainbow said as the others approached. "Cant you do something about his stupidity? Sissis getting suspicious."
"I told you, his stupidity was something unexpected. I can't do anything about it without taking apart everything." Jeremie said.
"No worries, I got this." Hope said.
"I swear, you really need to go see the nurse…" Sissi said.
"Oh, hes fine. Hes just has it made." hope said dragging Yumi over to willam. "He was too focused on Yumi running."
"Uh...yeah." Yumi said. "Because we….recently started dating and they do say that love is like being drunk."
"You see? Its nothing to worry about. Just a minor dating problem and…" Hope said as the others were running and a smaller dino saur with a blue cranium and black skin dashed for them. "...oh my god a Rampardos is charging!" he said fastly.
"A what?" Sissi said before seeing Rampardos charging at full speed, head lowers. "Aaaaah!" she screamed as she ran and hid behind a building. "What the heck is that thing?"
"A Rampardos. But they're suppose to be extinct." Rotom said.
"It likes to charge. Is its skull thick?" Sissi said.
"Well it isnt called The Headbutt Pokemon for no reason." R-dex said floating beside them. "The result of repeated headbutts is a skull grown thick and hard. However, its brain has shrunk in size compared with Cranidos's."
"Who the heck is this?" Sissi said.
"The Rotom Pokedex. The Rotomdex!" Rdex said.
"A fellow rotom?" Rotom said coming out.
"Well I'll be. Another of my kind!" Rdex said.
"Whoa. Looking cool, guy. A nice smooth frame and a compact body." Rotom said.
"Oh stop." Rdex said.
"Can you just transform me already?" Sissi said.
"Huh? OH, Motor time, gotcha!" Rotom said as it went into Sissi making the armor appeared.
"Motor is on the scene!" Sissi said.
"Whoa! You are so cool. I never knew we could do that much!" Rdex said.
Motor appeared on the scene.
"Never fear, the hero of paris is…. OOOF!" Motor said cut off by a Zen Headbut from Rampardos square in the chest armor smashing into a wall.
"Ow...even with the armor, that hurt!" Sissi said inside.
"Zen Headbutt is a psychic type move that packs a punch and can sometimes make the target flinch." Rotom said.
Twilight and indigo skidded infront of Motor's place in the wall.
"With all due respect moter… we got this." Indigo said.
"Rampardos is Rock type. I can handle it with my friend! Go, Pyukumuku!" Twilight shouted as a small black creature with pink spines came out.
"I cant even prononce that. Wait a second, inst that the cool thing that can bulge its guts out?" Indigo said.
"Eeeew!" Motor said.
Pyukumuku looked at them before out came a gooey white hand making a peace sign to them.
"What the heck is that thing?" Yumi said.
"Allow me to explain. Pyukumuku, the Sea Cucumber Pokemon. It lives in shallow seas, such as areas near a beach. It can eject its internal organs, which it uses to engulf its prey or battle enemies." Rdex said.
"So it uses its guts to attack? That's gross and Awerosme at the same time!" Indigo said.
Rampardos then charged at Pyukumuku.
"Pyukumuku, Counter!" Twilight said as Rampardos his but it attack power was reflected back at it, causing massive damage.
"Whoa. Strong for a little guy." Odd said.
Pyukumuku then showed a v sign meaning victory.
"Sorry. My little friends got the habit of showing hand signs for its emotions." Twilight said.
Indigo used a ball to catch it. By that time, Motor disappeared.
At Lunch…
"Really? You want to try and Virtualize Kiwi?" Hope asked.
"Think about it. He could sniff out monsters and maybe even William. He'll be a super star on Lyoko." Odd said.
"Yeah, but hes also cowardly. Even a Kankerlat could give him a fright." Jeremie said.
"Oh, like you would know since that time you went to lyoko?" Odd said.
"Igor and Margaret got me into the Velvet Room first!" Jeremie said.
"Anyway… Its a good idea to upgrade the tower of William's copy with Aeilta. Odds going. And dont try anything sneaky like Bringing Kiwi in. I know youre gonna do it, I can hear you." Damien said.
"Curse you and that inheritance of super hearing!" Odd said.
"Wow. That hearings really improved." Hope said.
"Thank big bro. If he hadn't told me about Cobra's hearing back then, I wouldn't be alive right now." Damien said. "Speaking of, you should really stop stealing cookies off Titanica's tray."
'What?" Titanica said looking at Hope.
"Curse you Amadeus flux…" Hope said.
He was punched out the window and into a tree. "Oh god, my back!"
"Serves you right, cookie thief!" Titanica said.
"Its just some cookies, you didnt have to go full power." Maka said.
"I love sweets. That's all I have to say." Titanica said.
"I stand corrected." Jeremie said.
Later….
Hope was hearing a lot of roumors around teh school concerning odd. For one, he sniffed and dug up Jims lost watch. Then he heard a scream.
He ran to Jeremies dorm and saw some of the girls cover their eyes.
"What the hell?" Hope said.
"Odd's flashing us!" Rarity said.
"Actually, I think I might be growing a tail." Odd said.
"Oh no…" Hope said. "You did it any way even though Damien ratted you out?"
"I couldn't help it. I thought it might be fun." Odd said.
"Well, now thanks to the scanner, Odd and Kiwi fused. His human self is still dominant right now…" Jeremie said looking at Odd on all fours. "But the dog side is quickly taking over."
"Is there a way we can fix Odd and separate him from Kiwi? We can't leave him like this." Weiss said.
"Yes. Get him back to the scanners." Jeremie said.
As they ran to the factory, they soon saw a biker gang sitting comfy in front of it.
"Who are those guys?" Applejack asked.
"I forgot the factory gets used as a motorcycle track sometimes." Soul said.
"You wanna handle this, brainiac?" Ulrich asked.
"Scuse me." a voice said as walking past them was Zexi who approached the bikers.
"What do you want?" the leader asked.
"Nothin. Just came to say that your bikes suck and you guys are nothin but losers who failed school and only get a thrill from picking on the little guy." Zexi said nonchalantly.
The bikers looked shocked and angry by what he just said.
"That kid is dead meat." Fuyuhiko said.
"Uh… kid? You might wanna…" Hope said.
"Hope the Victor right? Leader of the Hope Squadron and number 2 to Jexi?" Zexi asked.
"How did you…?" Hope said.
"Lets just say ive got a bit of a gift from your buddy and from you. But mainly…" Zexi said as his fist glowed as he uppercutted the leader sending him into the ocean. "Im the guy who's gonna surpass both of you."
"Wow." Hope said. "I can see someone actually Got Jexis power. Explains your name. But..youre arent gonna fight us one day, right?"
"Maybe. Future is a mysterious thing. But got one thing wrong. I didn't get his power, I inherited it." Zexi said. "Now, do you…"
THe bikers were already gone.
"Man. This was my only free time. Ah well." Zexi said lying down on the ground as he fell right asleep.
"And, see ya." Hope said.
Odd was sent to the Mountain Sector as Jeremie worked on separation, but then a Tower activated. With Yumi dealing with Sissi and Rotom tailing her and william, Ulrich, Aelita and Applejack were busy going to deactivate a tower.
Applejack landed on Lyoko which a loud thud, dressed in a tron like suit with her colors and mark.
Aelita and Ulrich were shocked by the tremor.
"Heh, sorry. This whole thing must've beefed up m' super strength! I feel pretty powerful and pumped!" Applejack said.
"Better get ready, here comes double trouble." Ulrich said.
Freezeman and William were at the tower, William riding a tarantula.
"Freeze." Freezeman said as the ice quickly traveled across the floor, freezing the Overbike solid.
"Cold as ever." Ulrich said. "Lacy told us if we touch him, were subjected to a deep freeze."
"I have an idea to hit him without hitting him, so to speak. Step back." Applejack said leaping into the air. "Super Stomp!"
SHe slammed her foot into the ice hard, so hard that it cracked and knocked Freezeman nowhere as he stood still.
"Earthquakes are futile due to my internal gyroscope." Freezeman said.
"Well, I'm outta ideas." Applejack said.
"I'll try to hit him with a long ranged attack." Aelita said. "Energy Feild!"
She launched her energy attack at Freezeman, only for an ice wall to block it.
"Look. We can't waste time fightin him. Its clear its his home turf. So I'll try and buy ya time Aelita." Applejack said as Aelita and Ulrich ran.
"Sacrificing for associates. Does not make sense." Freezeman said.
"You sir, really need to get some more dopamine in yer brain." Applejack said. She hooked Freezeman across the chest, hitting him, but also freezing her arm.
"Inadequate…" Freezeman started.
"Doesnt matter!" Applejack said gripping her frozen arm and pulled a lariat on Freezeman, him not moving as all as her arm froze.
"Why do you keep trying? You must know already that if you continue, the ice will freeze your entire body." Freezeman said.
"You may not think i have a chance, but with my Element, I can say theres always a possibility for help and a chance to turn it around. Like Shadow Man did when he was fightin Black Star, from what I heard." Applejack said.
"Who is...Shadow Man?" Freezeman asked.
"Uh, your comrade? Your friend? Former member of Gospel?" Applejack said.
"What is...Gospel?" Freezeman asked.
Hope was listening from outside. "Its like he….oh my god. Applejack, get away from him right now!" Hope shouted.
"Huh? What are you-" Applejack said before Freezeman pierced her with an icicle.
"The words you spoke do not hold any meaning to existing memory. I am Freezeman. I am alone and am always alone. I only need to serve Lord XANA." Freezeman said.
Applejack sputtered as she was devirtualized.
"Hes…. totally empty. Nothings left of any sort of connection to Gospel or its members." Maka said.
"Of course. XANA, the bastard. He erased Freezeman's memory of his friends and memories connected to them." Hope said.
"That does make a lot of sense. But, can he even be saved now?" Twilight asked.
"I don't know. I really don't know." Hope said sadly.
"If its all the same to you… next time we see him, Lacy's got this." Soul said.
Ulrich was also devirtualized, but Odd came to the rescue of Aelita and got her to the tower in time with him being devirtualized but being separated from Kiwi.
The next morning, with Hope and Lacy…
"So, thats it. His memories are gone, and hes like an emotionless stone golem." Hope said. "Everyone, Including myself, think you can still do it though."
"I don't care how lost he is. Perk yourself up and keep on trying to make them smile until you kick it. That's what the ringmaster always told me. I'm gonna meet him and make him smile." Lacy said.
"That's the spirit." Hope said.
"Besides, if he is lost that far, then he needs a good friend to bring him back out of it!" Lacy said. 'And I'm gonna be that friend."
"I love your spirit." Hope said. "And you know what? I think you may just be able to snap be back to making things up with Mary and Ricardo."
"You mean your friends from Metal Town?" Lacy asked.
"Mary's wheelchair bound, but she doesnt hate me. I'll visit her one day and make up. But Ricardo… *sigh*. He hates me and blames me for what happened, which I guess he has the right to." Hope said.
"That wasn't your fault. There was no way your could have known that gang war was gonna break out." Lacy said.
"Yeah. But I make things bad for them. But, I'll make things better for them...someday." Hope said.