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In Darkest Night 2: Premonitions

Chapter 1

Times, it seemed, couldn't have been tougher for the Lyoko gang. Every time, right when another breakthrough was within their sights, X.A.N.A. was always there at the turn, waiting to throw a wrench in the works once again. Just weeks ago, the foursome had narrowly avoided the deletion of the entirety of Lyoko, but at the cost of letting their friend William fall into X.A.N.A.'s clutches. It was a good thing they still had their friend Jeremy to rely on- it was Jeremy, after all, who reprogrammed Lyoko with the help of Aelita and her father, Franz Hopper. But apart from him, with the threat of X.A.N.A. looming larger than ever, it was becoming harder and harder for the group to know who could be trusted- especially for Odd Della Robbia.

Lyoko had taken its toll on Odd- whereas before he had been accustomed to living life in the fast lane, tuning out its hardships, his time on Lyoko had shifted his priorities. As a result, outside of Lyoko he was acutely aware of any potential threat or trace of X.A.N.A., but though he knew of the danger it posed, he simultaneously cherished it- because that meant a one-way ticket to Lyoko, and a chance to use up the energy that his new schedule had forced him to conserve.

And so, as the blond jokester sat down to his lunch and pretended to listen to Jeremy yammer on about upgrades this and supercomputer that, every so often he would glance around the cafeteria, keeping an eye out for specters, or any other sign of X.A.N.A. He knew it would was a pretty pointless gesture- their last X.A.N.A. attack had been only a day ago, so it wasn't likely that the virus would come back for another round so soon. The only specter that caught his eye was William- or, at least, the fake William Jeremy had created to stave off suspicion about the original's disappearance.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Odd gulped down another mouthful of mashed potato before glancing around the room again. Then his eyes landed on the fake William, and froze in horror. Another student had just sat down in front of William, and appeared to be talking to him. This was not good- the gang knew Jeremy had done his best to generate a believable specter with the technology he had. And though the fake William certainly looked convincing enough, his behavioral AI was too buggy to be believable. Every time someone tried to have a conversation with William, one of the Lyoko warriors had to intervene to keep him from exposing himself.

"Psst. Jeremy," Odd whispered, nudging Jeremy with his elbow.

"Odd, I'm trying to explain the upgrades I made to your Lyoko equipment! Weren't you even listening?" asked Jeremy, annoyed.

"Jeremy! William alert!" hissed Odd, pointing to the table where William and the other student were sitting.

"Oh no, another one," groaned Jeremy. "Yumi, Odd, can you guys take care of this one?"

Yumi let out an exasperated sigh. More often than not, she was the one that ended up preventing a William incident. All the time she had spent trying to fake a convincing relationship with a polymorphic specter had made her a target of Sissi and her cohorts. At least this time she had Odd with her to ward off a potential Sissi encounter.

"We got it, Einstein!" said Odd, as he took off across the cafeteria, dragging Yumi behind him.

At the far end of the cafeteria, a younger student was attempting to talk to pseudo-William.

"So I was wondering… I mean, I know you're a member of the academy's Business Club, and I heard that members all get cool membership cards," he was saying. "Can I, maybe, see your card?"

"I don't think you can see it from where you're sitting," the fake William replied in an emotionless voice.

"William!" Yumi called out, as she and Odd ran up to him. "I've been looking all over for you. Delmas wants to see you, it's urgent."

"Oh really? Thanks Yumi, you're the best," William said flatly.

Yumi and Odd watched as William stood up from the table and headed out of the cafeteria. "That was a close one," Odd whispered.

"Hey, Odd! How's it going?"

Odd turned to find the student who had been talking to William looking right at him- and instantly he recognized him. It was Mike Schmidt, the American transfer student at Kadic who had taken Odd's place as the night guard at the local Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Of course, that all happened after a X.A.N.A. attack turned the normally cheery pizzeria into a haven for killer, X.A.N.A.-fied animatronic robots.

Come to think of it, Odd thought, Didn't they completely remodel that place the other month? I wonder what it must be like to work there now, at the new and improved Freddy's…

"Oh hey, Mike!" said Odd. "Try not to get William worked up, he's been kind of a space case since he and Yumi broke up, y'know?"

"Odd!" grumbled Yumi, giving him a blow to the shoulder.

"Ow! Hey, take it easy," Odd moaned, rubbing his arm. "Hey Mike, what's the new Freddy's like?"

"Oh, it's fantastic," said Mike. "Modern décor, Lots of arcade games, state-of-the-art animatronics… Well, most of the time."

Odd raised an eyebrow. "Um… Most of the time?" he asked.

Mike shrugged. "Yeah, overall the new facial recognition features are pretty great. Heck, if the animatronics weren't constantly trying to get into my office in the middle of the night, they'd be perfect!"

Odd froze, remembering how the animatronics from the old location had attempted to kill him…

"They've been trying to get into your office?!" he and Yumi exclaimed at the same time.

"Yeah. It's the weirdest thing," said Mike. "It doesn't happen a lot, but every so often they come wandering by the office, and sometimes they'll stick their head inside. It's like they're trying to say hi or something. I've talked to the management about it a few times. The first time, they just laughed and told me that was impossible, but after the next two or three times, it finally occurred to them that something might be up. They've switched me over to day shift for now, just to be on the safe side."

Odd and Yumi exchanged looks. These strange occurrences at the new Freddy's had X.A.N.A.-attack written all over them.

"Haven't they done anything to try and fix the robots?" asked Yumi in disbelief.

"Not much. The management seems pretty hesitant to admit that their new animatronics aren't working," Mike explained. "Frankly, after all that happened at the old Freddy's, I can't say I blame them."

"Hmmm… Hey, I know!" yelled Odd. "I bet Jeremy could fix those robots up! You know Einstein, he's a total science whiz."

"Odd, don't you think Jeremy's busy enough with… um, you-know-what?" Yumi snapped. "He's not gonna want to take time off to clean up a bunch of animal robots!"

"What about me?" Jeremy's voice came from behind Yumi.

Yumi and Odd turned to see Jeremy, along with Ulrich and Aelita, as the three sat down at Mike's table.

"Oh hey, Jeremy," said Mike. "I was just wondering… I mean, Odd said you know a lot about robotics…"

"Yep, sure do," Jeremy replied.

"Oh, good! So, would you mind, maybe, taking a look at these new animatronics over at Freddy's?"

Jeremy's eyes widened. "Freddy's?" he exclaimed. Collecting himself, he shot a glance at Odd, as if to ask him the question that was on his mind. Odd silently nodded back.

Jeremy gulped. "Uh, yeah, sure Mike, I'd love to…"

"Awesome! Thanks, man!" said Mike. "Tell you what- since you're helping me out, I'll give all you guys a tour of the place, and show off all the cool new stuff we've got there now. It'll be great!"

Odd, Jeremy and the rest of the gang could only smile and nod, knowing that another long night at Freddy's lay ahead of them…