Heh, bet that was a bit of shock
And now for the second half of Part 1, with some answers, and more questions...
An Unexpected
Development
Part 1: Surprise (cont.)
"Me?"
Aelita said in shock and surprise as everyone stared at her.
For
the next few minutes the only sound in the room was the soft beeping
of the computer with it's screen still showing Yumi and Aelita's DNA
dancing side by side.
Finally, Odd broke the silence by asking
what everyone was thinking:
"Um, so... anyone going to
explain how this is possible?"
As one they all turned to
Jeremie.
"Uh, well, I've got an idea of what might have
caused it" Jeremie said.
"Just give me a sec" he
said and turned back to the screen, scanning through the information
for the proof he needed to confirm his suspicion.
"Ah ha!
Just as I thought"
"Well?" Yumi asked, "Are
you going to tell us or what?"
"Oh, sure, yeah. Well,
remember a while ago Xana stole your DNA sequence, right?"
"It's not something I think I'll ever forget"
"Right,
and do you remember how Aelita tried to save you?"
"Yeah,
but what's that got to do with- Oh..." Yumi gasped as she
realized where Jeremie was going with this. Behind her Ulrich and
Aelita's eyes went wide as they too realised what Jeremie meant.
"Uhm, would you mind explaining it to me Jeremie, cause I've
got no idea what you're going on about" Odd said, grinning a bit
sheepishly as Jeremie sighed.
"Aelita tried to save Yumi by
transferring her DNA into Yumi's. And she almost managed to upload
all of it before you guys stopped her. In fact, up to 70 of her DNA
was inside of Yumi at the time we managed to get her original
sequence back. I don't know how, but somehow the two must've mixed,
and then-"
"And then instant pregnant" Yumi muttered softly
as she held a hand to her stomach.
"But, shouldn't my DNA have
been deleted or replaced when Yumi's was restored?" Aelita asked.
"Yes, but you guys were on Lyoko, and that might have been a
factor. Her virtual body might've just stored your DNA along with
hers, and then Yumi's real body's genetics might have activated it. I
just don't have enough information"
"Do you- do you at least
know if it's human, and not one of those- monsters of Xana?" Yumi
asked.
"I'm sorry Yumi, but I just don't - "
"You just
don't know, yeah, I get it" Yumi growled.
"Well is there
anything you do know? Anything useful? Anything that might help me,
or tell me that this- this thing is just a bad dream?!" she shouted
as she grabbed Jeremie by the shirt and shook him.
"Woah, Yumi,
Yumi calm down!" Ulrich shouted as he grabbed her by the arms and
pulled her off of Jeremie.
"Don't tell me to calm down!" Yumi
growled angrily as she struggled and broke free from Ulrich's arms.
"You're not the one whose carrying some kind of freak, whose
father is ashamed of you, whose got to carry it and possible die from
it!" she shouted as she paced away from them, a tear running down
her cheek, leaned against the wall of the room and started to cry.
The others stood in awkward silence as Yumi wept and wept in fear
and frustration.
"Yumi, I'm sorry" Aelita said softly as she
walked up to her friend.
"I, I didn't know this was going to
happen. But I promise you we'll find an answer-"
"Don't touch
me!" Yumi snapped and pulled away as Aelita placed her hand on her
shoulder to comfort her.
"Don't you think you've done enough
already? Just leave me alone, OK?"
"Yumi, I-"
"Look,
just- I just need to be alone right now. I'm going home" Yumi said
as she pushed away from the wall and walked towards the elevator,
wiping away a few last tears as she climbed in and headed back up
while the gang watched and worried about their friend's wellbeing.
"Poor Yumi, do you think one of us should go with her?"
Aelita asked.
"No, she needs time on her own. Better just leave
her for now" Jeremie said as he turned back to his computer and
started working on the data.
"I'm not so sure about that Jer"
Odd said.
Later that night, after Jeremie had left, in the
dark room of the computer room, the screens lit up by themselves and
started opening up all recent files that had been in use for the day,
the information flashing by as something read and examined every last
bit of data.
And then when the computer showed the file with Yumi
and Aelita's DNA mixed, the eye of X.A.N.A. appeared on the screen
and let off an electronic roar of anger.
And across town, at
the hospital, a man in a dark suit was busy rifling through the files
and blood samples of the Hematology department until he found the
name he was looking for:
Ishiyama, Yumi
A smile flitted
across his face as he grabbed the file and one of her blood samples
out of the storage freezer and then left, closing the door quietly
behind him before he made his way to the exit as softly and silently
as possible. Once outside he headed towards a black car waiting by
the sidewalk, climbed in and said:
"I've got it. Let's go"
The driver, an almost clone version of the first guy nodded and
started up the engine before driving off into the night.
Continues soon in Part 2: Decisions
