Another Day in the Life of Geniuses

                                    

                                          
Another Day in the Life of Geniuses
                          
Sitting on a black school bench on the sparsely populated dirt grounds, Sissi dragged her hands down her face and tried clawing her stress out. Beside her sat Yumi cooly reading her textbook with a gentle smile. That smile irked the Mechanist. She sighed and dropped her head in her hands. "How the heck do you not do it?" Sissi asked Yumi.
                          
"Not do what?"
                          
"Go berserk with these guys?"
                          
"Why should I?"
                          
"Yumi, over the past two weeks, we narrowly escaped a bromance break-up with the two blondes over Aelita's Valentine's gift that happened to be a mind-control device from XANA; we nearly got killed by the hands of Jim, JIM for gosh sakes!" Yumi laughed. "And it didn't help that Jeremie and Aelita were arguing over her being the DJ at the party. Then we had to find your DNA code to get you back, and I had to dress up like you."
                          
"Thanks again for that."
                          
"No prob. And then to top it off, Ulrich gets the bright idea of trying to use the Back in Time to get your dad a job. You guys got upset at him and then kicked him off, only to put him back on because Jordan was possessed by XANA. How are you guys friends again?!"
                          
"By the grace of-"
                          
RRRIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGG!
                          
Sissi rose up from the bench and sighed, "Well, I have to get going. Mrs. Hertz's class awaits. I hope XANA takes a break today. I still haven't made a new cane."
                          
"What did you say when your dad asked about your cane?"
                          
"Simple. I accidentally walked on it," Sissi winked. Yumi smiled as the Dragon Queen ran to class. "See ya."
                          
After class, Sissi ate with the rest of the Lyoko Warriors. Well, she WAS eating at one point, but now she was growling at a small piece of paper scribbled with X's and scratchings. Her hand flew across the page as Yumi rose an eyebrow, sipping her juice box. "Sissi, if you keep writing like that you're gonna get a cramp in your hand."
                          
"Thanks, mom," Sissi muttered. Yumi rolled her eyes. Finally, Sissi grabbed the paper and threw it at the garbage can. "Raahh, I can't figure it out!"
                          
"What's wrong?"
                          
"I'm trying to make a new invention, but it's not working. I can't get the circuitry to work."
                          
"Well, if you need a break, I thought of a new program that could replicate the mannerisms of an ant colony," Jeremie said.
                          
"Oh no," Odd said, "Mrs. Hertz already bored us with that stuff. Don't you go starting that again."
                          
Jeremie rolled his eyes as they laughed. "Come on, guys. I'm serious. I may have found a way to weaken XANA, and I was thinking of trying it out later this afternoon."
                          
Aelita stood up with her tray. "Well, normally I would love to help, but I have Italian class. See ya."
                          
"I have a date with my skateboard at 2, so count me out," Odd stood up.
                          
"And I have to go to the swimming pool this afternoon," Yumi brightly smiled, "Bu-bye." She walked over to the exit where a certain black-haired troublemaker stood.
                          
"Ulrich, do you have something to do too?" The genius blonde asked.
                          
"Yeah, I have to go somewhere," He grumbled, glaring at Yumi and William.
                          
"Where?" Jeremie asked.
                          
"The swimming pool." Ulrich got up and headed out with a steely scowl on his face. Jeremie sagged his shoulders, but then his vision shook as Sissi nudged him in the arm.