Warning: Rated for language, some violence and adult behavior.
The main characters of this story are based on characters from the cartoon 'Code Lyoko.' I do not own, nor do I claim, any copyright to these characters.
It was a good thing that the computer lab was three levels below the basement of the old factory, otherwise the whole world would have found out where the supercomputer was that day.
Teenagers screaming and shouting, hugging and kissing their companions regardless of gender, today was a day of celebration.
They won! They finally destroyed XANA!
Sitting at the console, watching the revelry, was Desmond Hopper, attorney at law. He looked at the others, Ulrich Stern, Yumi Ishiyama, Odd Della Robbia, Sissi Delmas, and his niece, Aelita Hopper, and enjoyed their happiness with them.
There was only one person missing. The person who made their victory possible.
"Aelita, where's Jeremie?" Desmond asked his niece.
The pink haired girl looked around for a moment, then replied, "I don't know. Maybe he's still in the scanner room. I'll go check."
She left the party and took the elevator down to the scanner room. When she opened the door, she looked quickly around, and finally saw him, sitting against the wall next to the doorway, slumped down with his head hanging down between his knees.
"Jeremie, what's wrong? It's over now, we won! You did it!" she said to her love.
"No, you're wrong," he softly replied, almost in tears, "it's only just begun."