The Lions of Lyoko
I don't own Code Lyoko
In no connection with Code Lyoko: Evolution!
One year. It took all of one year for the group to start straying away from each other. It's sad really, to see all of them go. The Lyoko team. Who could forget their heroic courage, fighting, and bravery to stop the villainous XANA? Well, everyone could because of the 'return to the past' bit. But a whole year has past since the team's closed and shut down the supercomputer, and already they are starting to go their separate ways. Yumi and Aelita still hung out with each other, but not with the boys. Odd and Ulrich are stuck with each other. Jeremie is in his lonely sphere. When they shut down the computer, Yumi had promised that their friendship wouldn't shutdown. But as time passed, Jeremie realized that that wasn't true. So here they are Yumi and Aelita sitting at one table with other girls, Ulrich and Odd at another, and Jeremie at his lonely table. "Hey, Jeremie," William said. Jeremie looked up from his food.
"Oh, Hey, William," Jeremie sadly greeted. William had stayed with Jeremie through the gang's separation. William knew that he would be the most likely one to be singled out.
"So what's up?" Will asked.
"Nothing, as usual," Jeremie said sadly looking at Aelita's table. Will shook his head.
"You got to cheer up, man. So things change. It's not like it's the end of the world," Will replied.
"It use to be," Jeremie said remembering the old days. He looked back at Aelita, who was now looking at him. He turned his head back to his food still sad.
"Cheer up, Jeremie. Things will change," Will advised.
"I know," Jeremie answered knowingly. Will sat down and started eating his food when he happened to see Sissi. Now, Sissi had changed a great deal in the year. For one, she was quieter and much less bratty and snobby. In fact, most times people didn't even see her anymore. She would just stay in her room and do something that no one, except Will and a selected few, knew about. She still had her bright pink shirt and dark pink pants, but now she wore reading glasses. She wouldn't even come to lunch anymore. So it was a grand surprise for Will to see her there.
"Excuse me, Jeremie. I need to see something for a minute," Will said getting up. Jeremie sighed as he watched him go. Another friend gone.
"Go, talk to him," Yumi whispered to Aelita.
"Yumi, it's been a while since we last talked. Don't you think he'll think it's strange?" Aelita asked shyly.
"Come on, just do it. For me," Yumi said finally convincing Aelita.
"Hi Jeremie," Aelita said taking Jeremie by surprise. His head shot up.
"Oh, Hi Aelita," He said stuttering a little.
"Is someone sitting here?" she asked pointing to Will's seat. Jeremie looked back to Will who was still talking to Sissi.
"No, no, no one sitting there," Jeremie fibbed blushing. Aelita smiled as she took her seat. "So how have you've been?"
"Good," Aelita replied blushing a little, "Listen, Jeremie. I want to apologize for deserting you over the year. I just didn't realize how far we were detached from one another."
"It's alright," Jeremie said trying to make her feel better.
"No it's not," Aelita insisted, "You're the guy that found me in the supercomputer and the one who helped me figure out who I was." She put her hand on his. "Can we start over again?"
"Sure, I'm Jeremie," He said offering his hand. Aelita laughed.
"I'm Aelita," she replied. Yumi smiled as she watched from a far.
While this was taking place, Will was asking why Sissi was out of her room. "Everybody needs to get outside and see the light sometimes. Plus, I was hungry," she replied. She wasn't even eating. She had no plate on her tray. Will wasn't buying it.
"Okay, good joke. Now tell me the real reason why you're out here," Will said. Sissi sighed as she took off her glasses.
"The team. A whole year, just one year, and the team's split up. I guess their friendship is directly linked to the supercomputer," Sissi said putting her glasses up. Will rolled his eyes.
"You don't know that yet," he added.
"You don't know that now," she retorted.
"We just need to wait for things to turn out," Will said. Sissi stood up.
"And what if they don't?" she said walking out the lunch room with Will in tow.
"I wonder what's wrong?" Jeremie wondered following them and Aelita too. Yumi saw the commotion and snuck out with them. Ulrich saw Yumi getting up.
"Hey Odd, I got to go for a moment," Ulrich said starting to get up, but Odd stopped him.
"Oh no, I'm going with you. It gets boring without you around to torture," Odd smiled. Ulrich groaned.
"Just give it some time. You're worrying about little things," William said once Sissi and him were outside. Sissi nervously bit her finger as she paced around.
"That's not what's worrying me. I'm just worried that someone will discover the secret we have," Sissi whispered.
"Stop Worrying!" William shouted, "I've gone by the place day and night, every day. Nothing's there." He sighed to calm down. "Look, I'll go by the place again. Mean time, you get back on the project." Sissi nodded and ran off. The others started to come out of their hiding spots.
"What was all that about?" Jeremie asked.
"Yeah, you seemed like you two were talking like an old couple," Odd joked. Will groaned.
"Ulrich if you please," He asked. Then Ulrich slapped Odd in the back of the head. "Thank you."
"Don't mention it. Now do you want to tell us why she's so upset?" Ulrich asked.
"It's complicated. I was actually wondering if one of you guys could take a walk with me to the factory, for old time's sake." Will offered.
"Thanks but I have class this afternoon. Can't miss," Yumi replied.
"Jeremie and I have some catching up to do," Aelita said grabbing hold of Jeremie who was blushing.
"I'll go with Will. Just to make sure that XANA doesn't rise up and try to possess you again," Odd agreed. Will groaned.
"You coming, Ulrich?" Will asked.
"Yeah sure. Nothing to do anyways," He replied. Soon they were off to the factory. "So why WAS Sissi so upset?" Ulrich asked.
"Oh she's this way because of a project she's doing for someone. It's very important to her," William replied.
"Well, well, I can't believe that our little demon princess is worried about work," Odd said. William shook his head. Then he saw something.
"Wait! Someone's there," Will said starting to sneak. Odd and Ulrich followed suit. There they saw a woman run across the factory and into it.
"Maybe she's just looking for parts," Odd suggested as they followed her. When they got to the factory, they saw the woman go into the elevator.
"I thought Jeremie put a different code on that thing," William said.
"He did. So how did this woman figure out the code?" Ulrich asked. No one knew. They waited for the elevator to come back up. No one was in it. Then they quickly got in and went to the power core. The three found out that the power core was turned on. Out of the corner of his eye, William saw the woman climbing up the ladder to the computer.
"HEY!" he shouted running after her. They didn't know who this woman was. They couldn't even see her face; she was running so fast. When they got to the Holo-map of Lyoko, they found no sign of the woman. "She's gone. Who was she?"
"And how and why did she turn on the supercomputer?" Ulrich asked.
"We can figure out these questions later. Right now, I think it's a good time to shut back down the thing," William said. The others agreed, but then something popped up on the screen.
"Hey, where am I?" a voice asked. The three looked towards the screen to see a boy on it.
"What? Who are you? How did you get there?" William asked.
"I-I don't know. All I know is that I'm here in this strange place with all these numbers and stuff," the boy replied.
"Maybe it's a trap XANA left for us," Ulrich warned. Of course, Will knew who this was.
"Tell the others to get here as fast as they can," He said to Odd as he texted away on his phone. William rubbed his head. A whole new chapter in the mystery of Lyoko had just begun.
To be Continued
Hello, I'm kind of new to the Lyoko fanfic. So I present you my grand story. Hope you'll enjoy.