Code: Successors - Chapter 1
A/N: Hi to the few people who come across this while board one day. I'm writing this fanfiction to fulfill an idea I had one day. I usually don't follow through on these sorts of things and I've been trying to change that. I'll stop before I start telling you my life story. I hope you enjoy! But if you don't, please don't complain. I know I won't be able to take flames well. If you don't have anything nice to say, at least don't say it where I can hear you. I'll try to make each chapter in the 3rd person so it feels more like an actual episode. I know this chapter is AWEFUL, but it's the first chapter and I need to get things started. Also, the first chapter of my first fanfiction! It's supposed to be bad! The next chapter (should) be better. By the way if I make any spelling mistakes PLEASE tell me. I know what bad spelling/grammar can RUIN a story.
Disclaimer: If you HONESTLY think I own Code Lyoko, I suggest you run to the nearest hospital. If I owned it, there would be new episodes coming out today. I DON'T OWN CODE LYOKO. Although, I do own the storyline and the OCs I'll be introducing later.
Information you will need to know to understand things in the story: In certain parts of the story I will have paragraphs that say CTD, which stands for Character Description Time. This I when I'll describe what each character looks like if I haven't described it previously, or it's been shown on TV.
If you've read all of that above, you're fantastic. Give yourself a pat on the back. Let's get on with the story!
It's the end of summer break in France; the summer after the gang had finally defeated X.A.N.A. Aelita has been getting used to life on earth and (slowly) adjusting. Ulrich and Yumi have been in their awkward, ambiguous relationship, like always, but seemed closer anyway. Jeremy and Aelita were in their own awkward, ambiguous relationship. Samantha had broken up with Odd sometime during the year, claiming that he was too attached to his friends. But he had recovered and soon forgot all about her, returning on his quest for true love (or as everyone else saw it, a quest to date every girl in the school). Pretty much all had been normal for the ex-Lyoko warriors. Odd had invited them all to his grandmother's beach house for the summer and they all (after days of begging their parents) said yes. This gave Aelita an opportunity to experience her first plane ride. Jeremy nearly had a heart attack when Aelita showed the attendant her ticket; but relaxed when he moved on to Ulrich and Yumi, who were right behind them in line.
They had reached the beach house at night (during which Aelita had fallen asleep on Jeremy's shoulder, nearly giving him yet another heart attack.) At night it was hard to see the details of the house, but during the day, it seemed to be a magnificent palace. There were floral curtains in the place of most doorways, and the house gave the coziest and welcoming feeling. Gray-green and beige carpeting and the rich wooden furniture with intricate designs engraved into the legs and angles were all around the house. A beach was immediately outside the back door with water the richest color of turquoise you had ever seen. This beach house seemed to be a utopia.
Closer to the present, when the gang was packing up their things and about to travel back to Kadic to start another school semester. They were going to miss the beach house. It had been the place they spent one of their longest times without X.A.N.A. but all good things must come to an end.
On the plane, then back off, all welcomed at the airport by their families. All but Aelita (and Odd, whose family lived away from that certain area in France). Yumi's parents had dropped Aelita off at Kadic and had taken Yumi home. Her friends would be joining her the next day but that's not what upset her. She saw how happy her friends were when they returned to their families. It reminded her of her father. She squeezed Mr. Puck as she lay in her bed not crying, but trying to push her memories away. She opened her eyes and looked out the window. "He's gone for a good cause. X.A.N.A.'s gone, he did it for me. I just wish…" she spoke in a low voice from her sorrow. She sighed, flopping back down onto her bed. She fell asleep griping Mr. Puck in her left hand.
In the morning she had helped her friends unpack in their rooms and all was back to the way it should be.
~Present~
~Kadic Cafeteria, 7:47 A.M.~
"Hey guys." Yumi said as she sat down with her lunch at their usual table. "Kind of feels good to be back right?"
They all agreed in unison.
"Yeah right, I can believe you convinced me to keep Kiwi at my Parents'! I can already tell he misses me!" Odd exclaimed in dramatic agony. He dug into his food anyway seemingly forgetting about Kiwi before coming back up for air, sobbing.
"Oh relax Odd he's in a place where he has food, water and he can go out for a walk whenever he wants. Don't forget he doesn't have to avoid getting caught by Jim. Don't you want the best for him?" Jeremy inquired, already knowing the answer.
"Jeremy's right Odd, and now I don't have to put up with Kiwi leaving a surprise on my bed each night when we got back to our room." Ulrich added with a touch of sarcasm. The group laughed while Odd sulked.
Their laughter stopped when they heard a familiar beeping alarm noise coming from Jeremy's backpack. They all looked over to the bag, their faces filled with clear worry. Nobody moved, everyone just staring at the pack. Nobody said a word. Slow as a snail Jeremy brought his hand into the bag and pulled out his laptop. He faced away from the screen as he opened it up. One eye open he looked over at the computer; drops of sweat falling down his face. He stared at the screen and his expression of worry changed to one of hopelessness. He showed the screen to his friends. They all gasped when they saw the sign for an activated tower.
Tears started pouring down Aelita's cheeks. She ran out of the lunchroom ran around to the dorm room building. The screen showed that the tower had been deactivated. "A hello from… X.A.N.A. I guess." Odd points out, still in despair. "And to think I had just gotten over Lyoko." He added.
The gang ran to Aelita's room. She was sitting crouched on her bed crying her eyes out. For a minute, no one said anything. They just sat with Aelita helping her get it all out. Yumi sat next to her rubbing her back every few seconds. Jeremy sat on the other side of Aelita and Ulrich sat in front of her with Odd. Jeremy got up to bring Aelita a box of tissues. She just continued to cry.
"Thank you so much for being here for me." Aelita said after a few minutes, wiping away tears from her face. Her eyes were as pink as her hair. "It's just, my father took his own life making sure X.A.N.A. was gone for good, but now it's like it was all for nothing." She said in anger. She blew her nose with the tissues Jeremy had brought over. "Is this even possible? You searched all over the network and you said that there was no trace of him. And even if he had managed to stay alive, how could he turn on the supercomputer?"
"I don't know..." Jeremy said blankly. "But I swear to you Aelita; that I will not let your father have died in vain." Jeremy said, standing up. Aelita looked up at him.
"As do I." said Yumi, also standing up.
"And I." said Ulrich rising as well.
"Me too princess!" Odd almost yelled, jumping up from his seat.
Aelita looked up at all her friends and a giant grin spread across her face. "Thank you guys so much! I couldn't ask for better friends!" she exclaimed, pulling them all into a giant group hug.
"I hate to be a downer, but I see one little issue." Ulrich said plainly. The group pulled out of the hug a bit to all look at Ulrich in question. "This is Yumi's last year at Kadic, and it took us about a year and a half, to two years to defeat X.A.N.A. the first time after which it looks like he came back, so how are we, with two years left, only one for Yumi left at Kadic, going to get X.A.N.A. a second time, but for good?"
There was a short silence. "Wow." Jeremy finally said. "I hadn't thought of that… oh wow, it's time for class!" the bell rang the moment he said it.
"Aww! I missed breakfast!" Odd complained.
"Oh no, what will you do?" Ulrich asked sarcastically. "I saw you finish more than half your tray Odd, I'm sure you'll survive." Odd continued to complain to himself.
~The Factory, 7:36 P.M.~
Jeremy was sitting at the supercomputer typing away in the chair that was still just a bit too big for him. The gang came down from the elevator and walked over to the chair. As usual it seemed like the screen had 8 windows open at the same time.
"Hey Einstein, what you working on?" Odd asked Jeremy.
"Well, since Ulrich brought up the subject, it got me wondering. We're not going to be at Kadic forever, so I was thinking…" he said still typing. "we need people to take our place when we leave Kadic. But as you know, some people can't keep secrets and one would need to be able to deactivate towers, and one would have to be able to work the supercomputer. I have to find ways to tell all of these factors without going to every student younger than us at Kadic and giving them a questioner, so this might take a day or two."
"Sounds great Jeremy, let me know if you need any help." offered Aelita. She then yawned. "I'm going to go to sleep. See ya guys!" She said, heading for the elevator.
"Yeah we'd better head back too. Goodnight Jeremy." said Yumi, stepping back from the chair.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow." Jeremy replied.
The rest of the Lyoko Warriors got inside the elevator as Yumi pushed the button for them to go up. The doors closed in front of them and Jeremy continued to work.
A/N: I would like to thank you for reading my first chapter, although awful, I would say a solid beginning. If you have any questions or concerns I'd be more than happy to oblige. Again, this is my first fanfiction and, by definition, imperfect. Next chapter it gets more interesting (and longer). I hope you have a great life between now and however long it takes me to post the next chapter!
PEACE!