Odd Squad AU

Odd Squad AU

I totally forgot about this till today,but I just remembered this Odd Squad AU I came up with in 2023.

Spoilers below!

Y'all know how Otis ended up living with the ducks right? It got me thinking, who are his biological parents? We've seen Ohlm's parents, so we know some agents have parents. We know Ms. O is pretty old despite being a kid, so we also know that some agents either don't have parents or have outlived them.

Somehow that also led me to think about what exactly constitutes as a villan in the OS universe. Like, do criminals exist in that universe? (People who commit crimes that aren't "odd") And if they do, what separates a villan from a criminal? Is there police in the OS universe?

ok now actual AU time (not fully complete as I'm still trying to tie everything together) (Also I know Otis was given his name by Ms. O, but I'm going to call him Otis for now)

In my OS AU, Otis's bio dad (OC) was a businessman who was the leader of an underground crime ring, his mother (OC) was a stay-at-home wife who wrote in her spare time, and he had a younger sister (my OC who this AU is mostly gonna be about)

One day, a gang who thought they had been wronged by Otis's dad broke into their family home when his dad was on a business trip (this happened when Otis was like 3). Otis's mother managed to send his younger sister (who was 1 at the time) off to hide with the nanny (rich people), but ended up being shot (and died) while trying to protect Otis. The gang decided to not only steal some valuables, but to kidnap Otis as well. However, they forgot to leave a ransom note.

After they went back to their hideout, they realized they forgot to leave a note, but couldn't risk going back. They didn't want to return the kid though because that would also mean going back. So, they decided to drive to Canada (Odd Squad seasons 1&2 take place there, don't they?) and leave Otis alone in a park. This is where the ducks find him and decide to adopt him.

The nanny manages to contact Otis's dad, who flies home as soon as he can. He is devastated upon finding out that his wife is dead and that one of his children are missing. He feels so guilty because he wasn't there for his wife nor for his son. However, he vows to try and be there as much as he can for his daughter. He files a missing person's report for Otis and hopes for the best. After this, he starts becoming more of a shady business man until he eventually works in the crime ring full time.

Otis's little sister grows up and even though her dad tried to be there for her, he was too caught up in his own grief and work. So, when she is about 7 years old, she decides to join Odd Squad. Part of the reason for this is because she genuinely likes math, the other part of it is that she hopes her long-lost big brother somehow ended up working at Odd Squad since the organization is huge. (Also because she got tired of her dad leaving her with a nanny instead of spending time with her) (She graduates from the academy at 8)

Her name was Jade, but she got her name legally changed to Oppositional when she joined the squad (she had heard about what happened with Todd and didn't want to remind others of him)

She works at Ms. O's old rivals precinct, so Otto and Olive are currently her Mr. and Ms. O.

When the old Mr. O was in charge, he decided to send the agents that had partners on more missions/cases than the ones who didn't. She was one of the agents without a partner, so while she solved a few cases, the agents with partners solved more. (For the sake of the AU, this is how at is at all precincts)

However, when Otto and Olive became the heads of the precinct she worked at, Olive realized that Oppositional was one of the best agents the squad had. So she decided to try and find Oppositional a partner.

Oppositional had grown used to working on her own, and had trust issues due to what had happened to her brother. So she didn't want a partner at first.

Olive (who was good at reading between the lines, and was reminded of herself after what had happened with Todd), decided to ask Oppositional to help pick out a partner for herself.

They eventually decided on Optimism, he had just graduated from the academy and was the same age as Oppositional.

Oppositional and Optimism's story would take place during OS season 2, but she would discover that Otis is her brother around the same time OSMU was formed during season 3.

That's basically what I have in the AU so far, but I plan on making it more concrete later.