Takes place during Season 4.
Alita's POV:
I think I lost him.
I ducked behind a tree, trying to catch my breath as quietly as I can, just in case that specter was still out there. I pulled out my cell phone to text Jeremy, telling him he'd have to take care of the tower remotely.
When the alert for the tower went off, I had hurried to the factory to find that a specter was destroying the scanners. The only thing to do was to give chase while Jeremy took care of things. We had developed a program to hack into XANA's towers months ago, but we didn't use it much. It was almost always faster for me to go to Lyoko myself than to hack in from the outside…
I was on my own out here.
Even though everybody had offered to stay with me, I had turned them all down. It was summer. They deserve to spend time with their families…
Bark on a nearby tree flew as a bolt of lightning struck. The specter had spotted me, so I took off running.
School had finished about a week ago, so I ran out of the forest onto the school grounds. I had to stall for time…
I ran into the dorm building, heading upstairs. I sprinted down the hallway, feeling a bolt of electricity hit my arm. I cried out, but didn't let it stop me. When I got to the other end, I ran back downstairs & burst out the door. A bolt of electricity hit me in the ankle, & I hit the ground hard. I turned, trying to kick him away, my leg passing right through him…but he had no trouble pulling me up by my collar.
I struggled to get free, even as he sent electricity throughout my body. Dimly, I thought somebody was yelling, but they sounded very far away…
Somebody must have been there, because he dropped me & ran off. For a while I couldn't move, I was just laying there breathing, trying to force myself to get up.
My eyes closed, & when I opened them again, the principal was kneeling next to me.
"Miss Stones! Can you hear me?" Mr. Delmas said. I must have blacked out for a second…
"Yes." I said, slowly sitting up. The specter was gone. Hopefully Jeremy took care of him.
"What happened?" Mr. Delmas demanded. "Who was that guy, & why are you still here? You were supposed to have left days ago!"
"...My plans changed, sir…& I've never seen him before now." I was still slightly out of breath. "I'm staying with Yumi's family."
"I see." he said. "That's strange, because I remember Mrs. Ishiyama speaking to me about having her children take their exams early since they were spending a month in Japan."
I had forgotten about that.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you stay here, not on your own. What if that man who attacked you comes back?"
"I'll be fine." I said, slowly getting to my feet. "I'll find somewhere to go…"
"No, I don't want you to be by yourself, you're only thirteen!" Mr. Delmas said. "I suppose if you have nowhere else to go, you'll have to spend the summer with me & my daughter. I'm sure Sissy would love to spend time with you."
Unable to sway his decision, I went to my room to get my stuff. My only hope was that they lived close enough that I'd still be able to go to Lyoko…
Little did I know that they were spending their summer outside of France…
Nothing like writing a summer fic as the weather gets colder, lol…Who knows? Maybe it'll keep me warm…
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