Chapter 2: Revelations

"It's been three weeks, how long does it take for a bunch of professionals to look for one girl," Said Jeremy.

Jeremy, Odd, and Ulrich were in Jeremy's room at Kadic. They were trying to bring comfort to Jeremy after Aelita was kidnapped by Sissi.

Odd said, "Well let's see, they're either being lazy, being stupid, being high on life, or they don't think finding a kid is important as arresting a major criminal."

Ulrich replied, "Odd, have you ever thought of buying a joke book for your birthday?"

"Why buy a joke book when I have a brain as a joke book," Said Odd.

Jeremy said, "Are you talking about that little tiny peanut that you use to fail every quiz?"

Odd said, "Speaking of brains, how's yours after taking that fall?"

Jeremy replied, "Its fine, hurts every now and then, but I'll get over it."

Ulrich said, "I can't believe Sissi managed to kidnap Aelita."

Jeremy said, "I can't believe the cops are this stupid."

Odd said, "I can't believe it's lunch time and we're not in the cafeteria, let's go."

Odd and Ulrich were leaving, but before Ulrich was out the door, he asked, "You coming Einstein?"

Jeremy replied, "I think I might go for a walk."

Jeremy got up to walk out of the room and then left the school. He walked in the forest confused. He had is backpack over his shoulder and wouldn't stop to check on anything. He went over to the Hermitage because that was the only place that reminded him of Aelita. He went into the house and started wandering around because of his hope of finding Aelita. He searched high and low, but couldn't find her. He went over to the piano and played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Meanwhile upstairs, Aelita, who was sleeping in her old bed in her old room, woke up from her sleep to hear the music playing downstairs. She got out of her bed and went downstairs to see where the music was coming from. She found Jeremy playing the piano.

After he was done playing, Aelita said, "That was amazing."

Jeremy turned around to see that Aelita was standing in front of him.

Jeremy shouted, "AELITA!"

He got away from the piano and ran over to Aelita to give her a hug. Aelita however stood there in confusion.

He backed away and said, "Aelita, what's wrong?"

Aelita said, "Who are you talking about, who's Aelita?"

Jeremy said, "What are you talking about, your Aelita."

Aelita replied, "Oh, then who are you?"

Jeremy said, "You don't remember me?"

Aelita said, "Of all honesty, I don't remember anything until yesterday when I woke up in the middle of the forest."

As Jeremy was about to say something, he looked at Aelita's arm and saw a line running across it. He took her arm, rolled up her sleeve and saw a series of cuts on it.

Jeremy said, "What did Sissi do to you?"

Aelita was walking down the stairs of the Eifel Tower trying to get away from Sissi. She tripped on her shoelace and fell on the stairs. She was lying on the ground wondering what had just happened. She heard footsteps walking towards her and saw that it was Sissi. They both looked at Aelita's phone and heard Jeremy shouting for Aelita. Before she could get to her phone, Aelita received a kick to the ribs courtesy of Sissi's foot.

She picked up the phone and said, "Two down, three to go," dropped the phone on the ground and stomped on it with her foot. She then took her attention back to Aelita.

She went back towards her and said, "Well Aelita, looks like you and I are gonna have lots of fun."

Before Aelita could say anything, she got kicked in the face by Sissi knocking her out.

Aelita woke up later with a headache and a bump on her head. She tried to sit up, but couldn't. She looked over her shoulder and saw that her wrist was tied to a dentist chair. She looked around her and saw that there were all sorts of junk everywhere. She looked at the ceiling and saw a single light bulb was on and saw the top to a sewer on top of the roof. Aelita thought that she was in a sewer. She sat back down and tried to gather her thoughts. She looked over her right shoulder and saw a dead woman with blood running down her forehead.

Aelita sat up and shouted, "!"

She looked to her left and saw Sissi talking to the wall.

Aelita said, "Sissi, if you plan to kill someone don't leave them lying around."

Sissi turned around to look at Aelita and looked back at the wall and said, "Leave me alone."

Sissi went towards the dead body and moved it over to the side. She started walking over to the one part of the room and grabbed a bag and went over to Aelita.

Aelita asked, "Are we in a sewer?"

Sissi said, "Don't worry about where we are, just worry about your friend Jeremy."

Aelita said, "What did you do to Jeremy?"

She sat her bag on the ground and said, "Oh, I didn't do anything to him, apparently sometime after I kidnapped you, he suffered a little head injury."

"Sissi, if you did anything to Jeremy, I swear to God I'm going to hurt you," Said Aelita.

Sissi pulled a very sharp knife out of her bag and said, "Do you really want to make threats right now?"

Aelita said, "If you think killing me is going to get to Ulrich, you're so wrong."

Sissi replied, "Is that what you think, well I might have to explain things to you. This has nothing to do with getting Ulrich to fall in love with me. I realized that the day you and Ulrich left me in jail the day you came to visit. When I was in jail, I started to plan on how I can tear you all limb from limb, piece by painful piece. First, I killed Yumi so that's one down. Now, I'm going to start with you."

She rolled up Aelita's sleeve and started to cut Aelita's arm with a knife. Aelita started to wince in pain.

"Then I'm gonna go for that stupid joke telling, pointy headed Odd."

She started to make another cut in Aelita's arm.

"And even though he has a head injury, I'm gonna go to that annoying braniac Jeremy."

She started another cut in Aelita's arm.

"And it will end with Ulrich, the one who's putting you through all this pain right now."

She started another cut in Aelita's arm. She let out a shriek in horror as Sissi started cutting her open.

Sissi said, "Scream all you want, no one can hear you."

She started to cut her arm again. Aelita started to cry as blood started pouring from her arm, onto the chair, and onto the floor.

Sissi put her knife away and gave Aelita a cloth.

Sissi said, "I'm just gonna let you know that, eventually I will let you go, when your blood, is all…over…my…body."

A few weeks later, Sissi still had Aelita taken hostage. Aelita still had cuts on her arm. While Sissi was gone, Aelita was trying to escape from her chair. She managed to get herself free, but her arm was still hurting. Aelita went over to the ladder and started to climb up the ladder towards the entrance of the sewer. As she was about to leave, she heard Sissi walking towards the sewer. Realizing that Sissi was coming towards her, she got back down on the ground, found a wrench, and was prepared to do anything it takes to leave. Aelita saw rays of sunlight hit her chair, knowing that Sissi had opened the door. She climbed down the sewer, and went towards the chair where Aelita was once sitting.

Sissi said, "Aelita, come out, come out wherever you are."

Aelita started moving slowly towards Sissi's back.

Sissi said, "Awww, come on Aelita, you wouldn't want Jeremy to end up Yumi would you."

Aelita let out a scream as she started running towards Sissi with a wrench. Sissi turned around and saw that Aelita had a wrench and that it was about inches away from leaving its mark on her face. She quickly moved out of the way and went over towards a fire extinguisher; she took the extinguisher and sprayed it in Aelita's face. Aelita dropped the wrench and rubbed her eyes so she could fight back. Sissi, still having the fire extinguisher in hand, swung it at the back of Aelita's head. Aelita was on the ground, unconscious, and was helpless at the hand of Sissi.

Sissi took the wrench that originally belonged to Aelita and said, "You think you can just walk away all fine and dandy, well you're sadly mistaken."

With the wrench in hand, Sissi started hitting Aelita in the back with it. Aelita however did not scream, because she was out cold from the fire extinguisher making contact with her head. Sissi then turned Aelita over on her back and saw that she was out like a light. She took the arm that had the cuts on it, started to squeeze it until blood started oozing out of it. She rubbed her hands on the blood and started rubbing it all over her body. She took some of the blood that was still on her hand and put it on her tongue.

"I told you, I was going to let you when your blood is all over my body," Said Sissi.

"So, you woke up in the middle of the forest, you don't remember anything, and you don't remember me," Asked Jeremy.

Aelita said, "No, so would you mind helping me remember a few things?"

Jeremy said, "Sure, ask away?"

Aelita asked, "What's my name?"

Jeremy replied, "Your name is Aelita."

Aelita asked, "Ok, what's your name?"

"My name is Jeremy," Said Jeremy.

Aelita replied, "Ok Jeremy, why is there a house called the Hermitage in the middle of the forest?"

Jeremy said, "You use to live here when you were a little girl with your father."

Aelita said, "Ok, where's my father now?"

Jeremy said, "He's um, away on business."

Aelita said, "Oh, what kind of business?"

Jeremy said, "He is a… computer technician."

Aelita asked, "Ok, so what about my mother?"

Jeremy said, "I'm not really sure about your mother, she disappeared a long time ago when you were a baby."

Aelita said, "Oh, can you excuse me for one second," Aelita went over into a corner and started to cry.

Jeremy went over to her and asked, "Are you ok Aelita?"

Aelita said, "My life's a complete blank, how would you feel if you were in my shoes?"

Jeremy put his hand on her shoulder and said, "What if I told you I knew a way to get your memory back."

Aelita turned around and said, "What?"

Jeremy said, "I know a way to get your memory back, but all you have to do is trust me," and he held out his hand.

Aelita stared at his hand for a few seconds and the grabbed his hand.

Jeremy said, "Thank you."

They both started to leave the hermitage and opened a door that led to the sewers.

Aelita said, "Where are we going?"

Jeremy got his scooter and a scooter for Aelita and said, "Were going to a place called Lyoko."

Aelita said, "Ok, so what are we doing in a sewer?"

Jeremy said, "It's a short cut to Lyoko," He handed one of the scooters to Aelita.

Aelita took one of the scooters and said, "Do you know how to get there."

Jeremy said, "Yeah, just follow me."

Jeremy led the way to the factory with Aelita not very far behind him. Jeremy was hoping that what he was about to accomplish would work. When he reached the end of the sewer, he climbed the ladder, opened the sewer top, and looked over to see the factory. He helped Aelita up and she saw the factory.

Aelita said, "This is Lyoko."

Jeremy replied, "Sort of."

They walked over towards the factory, swung on the ropes, and landed at an elevator. Jeremy pushed a button, the doors opened, and he and Aelita got in. The elevator stopped and the doors opened to reveal a computer. Jeremy got out of the elevator and went over to the computer.

Jeremy said, "Ok, now I need you to go downstairs and go into one of the three pods."

Aelita pressed the button and went downstairs. When the doors opened, she stepped out to see three scanners. She went into one of them and then the doors closed.

Meanwhile, Jeremy was on the computer setting up the process for Aelita to go to Lyoko.

"Transfer Aelita"

"Scanner Aelita"

"Virtualization"

Within seconds, Aelita was on Lyoko. She looked around and saw that there were trees all over the place. She looked at her outfit and she thought that she looked like a cartoon.

Aelita asked, "Jeremy was I always this obsessed with the color pink."

Jeremy said, "You always thought pink was an amazing color."

Aelita said, "Ok, so what do I do now?"

Jeremy said, "Do you see a white tower in front of you?"

Aelita started looking around for a tower and saw that there was a tower directly in front of her with a white glow around it.

"I see it," Said Aelita.

Jeremy replied, "Ok, I need you to run to the tower and go inside it."

Aelita ran towards the tower and went inside it. She looked all over and saw that she was on a platform. She looked down and saw nothing but empty space.

Aelita said, "Ok, I'm on some kind of platform."

Jeremy said, "I know, now, I need you to walk to the center of the platform."

Aelita started walking towards the center. When she walked, an outer part of the platform started to glow. With every step she would take, more of the platform continued to glow. When she reached the center, she started floating to another platform, except it was much smaller than the last one. She saw a scanner that was in the center. She went to the center but wasn't sure what to do.

Aelita asked, "What now?"

Jeremy said, "You have to put your hand on the scanner."

Aelita put her hand in the center, it showed the name Aelita, the word was gone and then the words Code Lyoko. Then the scanner disappeared and a flash of light started coming from the bottom of the tower. The entire tower was engulfed in a bright light and the light escaped the tower and covered all of the forest. Jeremy shouted for Aelita to make sure she was ok, but there was no answer.

Odd and Ulrich were on their way back to their room after a long tiring day.

Ulrich received a phone call, answered it and said, "Hello."

A voice replied, "We need to talk, get rid of your friend or else Aelita is gonna get it."

Ulrich, knowing well enough who was talking to him, said to Odd, "Hey, I gotta take this call, meet me back in the room."

Odd said, "Sure, on your way up would you mind getting a pizza?"

Ulrich replied, "Odd, you just had pizza a couple minutes ago."

"Well, what do you expect, pizza is awesome," Said Odd as he was walking away.

Ulrich said, "Listen Sissi, if you did anything to Aelita, you're really gonna get it."

Sissi said, "Well, if you want Aelita so bad, then why don't you go get her. She's in the forest waiting to be found," and then hung up.

After hearing those words, Ulrich put his phone away and started running in the forest to find Aelita. He would wander the forest high and low, he shouted Aelita's name as high as his voice could go. After a long while, he received another call from Sissi.

He answered it and in an angry voice said, "Hello."

Sissi said, "How's the Aelita hunt going?"

Ulrich said, "Where's Aelita?"

Sissi said, "Either her body melted away after what I did to her or she managed to get up and walk away."

Ulrich said, "So what's your plan this time Sissi, kill every girl in my life. Why don't you just kill my Mom next?"

Sissi said, "Whoa Ulrich, you are so stupid you make cocaine look smart."

Ulrich said, "I always sort of thought that about you Sissi."

Sissi replied, "Anyways, this has nothing to do with getting back at you. I simply just want to make your guy's life miserable as it can get."

Ulrich said, "Why are you doing this, what do you want?"

Sissi said, "All of your blood, all over my body. Now, Odd's blood is going to be all over my body," And hung up the phone."

After hearing those words, Ulrich started running back to the school to make sure Odd was ok. Ulrich had lots of terrible thoughts running through his head. He thought of what had happened to Aelita and if she had joined Yumi. She thought of what she had in store for Odd. After a long ways of running, Ulrich managed to get back to the school and ran directly to his room. When he got there, he saw that the door was open and that their room was a mess. The window was broken, Kiwi, Odd's dog, was lying on Ulrich's bed on his back, blankets were on the ground and the closet had fallen over on the ground. He noticed that on top of the closet was a rock with a note attached to it. He took the rock, opened the note and it said, "I'm coming for you last."