On Purpose (Otis x Olympia)

Chapter 10: A Villain

"Ms. O," called Olympia, as her and Otis rushed into her office. 

"What are you two doing in here?! Has he decided not to stay a villain," demanded Ms. O, clearly upset. 

"No! I mean, yes, kind of... It's complicated," sighed Olympia, causing Ms. O's face to instantly soften. 

Her eyebrows were knit together in concern, as she also creased her forehead. 

"We just remembered everything," cut in Otis, causing Ms. O to jerk her head back as confusion replaced her expression. 

"What my partner is trying to say is...," began Olympia, but she didn't get to finish. 

"Partner," echoed Ms. O loudly and in shock.

"Yeah... You see, he's not really a villain. I mean, he's already an Odd Squad agent in another life...," Olympia attempted to explain. 

"What Olympia's trying to say is, is that in our world things our much different. Does our world work," he wondered quietly to Olympia. 

"Of course," she beamed, before they were speaking to Ms. O again. 

Ms. O sighed as what she had expected seemed to be the truth. 

"Ms. O, we would like to get back to that world we were in," Olympia shared. 

"Why not just start over in this world," Ms. O casually suggested. 

"No way. Everyone in your world sees me as a villain. It would be hard to gain their trust," Otis observed. 

"I'm sorry, but I can't help you," Ms. O sighed once again, as she threw away an empty juice box from her desk. 

"But Ms. O...," Olympia intervened. 

"I'd like to, really, but there's nothing I can do," Ms. O claimed. 

"How do you know," wondered Otis, his eyebrows scrunched together, and his arms resting behind his back. 

"You made a wish with the mer-king, right," double checked Ms. O. 

"Yeah...," Olympia reluctantly dragged out, after glancing over at Otis. 

Ms. O exhaled loudly as she said, "I made a wish with him once too." 

Olympia and Otis stared at her, as they felt speechless to that fact. 

"And no one can change your wish once you make it," Ms. O finally added. 

"But what about the mer-king," suggested Olympia hopefully. 

"Sorry, but he only makes wishes. He never takes them back. He believes everything happens for a reason, whether it's good... or bad," Ms. O told them sadly. 

"But we can't just start over in this world. We have a life in the other world," Olympia pressed. 

"How many times do I have to tell you?! I'm sorry! But I can't do anything about it! Now, are you going to join Odd Squad or not," she demanded loudly to Otis, hitting her fist on the desk in a mini-rage. 

Otis's eyes were widened, as his head was also tilted slightly back in surprise. 

"He'll be my partner, right," Olympia jumped in before Otis could answer. 

"No," stated Ms. O, even though it pained her. 

"No," repeated Olympia in a raised volume. 

"That's what I said, no. Look, it wouldn't be fair to Ori. He really cares about you Olympia, and you two have been working together for 2 years. If there's one thing that matters the most to me, it's loyalty," Ms. O spoke.