Math had gone by with nothing interesting except when the teacher told the class there was a test, when the bell rang Ulrich made his way to the cafeteria for lunch with Jason and his friends. But no sooner did they sit down Jeremy's laptop beeped, and where he opened it there was another email from Xana. . But before anyone could stop him he guzzled down his mountain dew,then he started clutching his head in pain.'Jason are you okay' asked Ulrich hoping he wasn't being poisoned.
'Yea just a headache' said Jason who was panting slightly from the experience.
'Maybe you should go to the nurse for aspirin' suggested Aelita who was concerned for his safety, 'alright' said Jason as he got up to leave. When he was gone the Lyoko gang got and started to head to factory, incase Jason was processed.
'Jeremy if Jason is under Xana's control and he realizes what Jason is capable of we'll have a huge problem on our hands' said Odd, while they where running in the sewers.'That's why we have to get to Lyoko before that happens' said Jeremy, as they climbed out of the manhole.
But when started towards the factory they saw that Jason was standing in front of it with Xana's eyes in his eyes, which meant Xana got to him. Ulrich,Odd and Yumi got into fighting stances but stopped when Jason spoke. .'
'What are talking about' said Ulrich clutching his fists in anger, but he got his answer when Jason reached down to his pants leg and pulled a knife from his ankle. And held it in his right hand poised above his left wrist.
'Do we have your word that if we meet you,Jason will live' asked Aelita in strong yet angry voice. and with that Jason dropped the knife and started grabbing his head screaming, 'Get out my head!'.
After a few minutes he let go of his head and collapsed on the ground,'Is he okay' asked Yumi while Jeremy checked Jason for injures. 'Yea he's okay Aelita take him back to the school while we meet Xana' said Jeremy, after he was done with his inspection.'
'But why' protested Aelita, 'Because if it is a trap we can't let him get you' said Ulrich.'Fine but let me know how it goes' said Aelita, as she carried Jason over her shoulder down the manhole.'Let's go' said Odd, who was thinking what Xana what to meet them about.
A few minutes later they climbed out of the taxi they got as Odd paid their driver,they got inside they immediately found who they were looking for. A man was wearing all black including a black hat with the Lyoko symbol on it in the food court.
When they sat at the chairs across from him an employee came and placed four hamburgers and fries in front of them.'I figured you were hungry since you missed lunch' said Xana with a smirk, which vanished when he saw they weren't eating. 'It's not poisoned' assured Xana then Odd hesitantly took a bite of a fry, and when nothing happened everyone started eating.
When they were done Xana cleared his throat to speak, 'Where's Aelita I thought she...' But his was interrupted by Jeremy, 'She's safe now what was it you wanted to talk about'
'Ah no beating around the bush fine but before I do I want to ask you something' said Xana, with a serious face. 'What' spat Ulrich angrily, 'Do you like fighting me or do you want your lives back to normal' asked Xana. 'No we don't like fighting you' said Yumi.
'Good then let's end it' said Xana with smirk, 'What do you mean 'end it' asked Jeremy. 'I want a body so I can be free, then you can have your freedom' said Xana. 'No way why should we do that' asked Ulrich, ' Because i have things you want. 1. the anti-virus for Aelita,2. I have William,and if I have a human body then you can get on with your lives, so fair trade' said Xana.
'But you already have a body' said Odd gesturing the man across from him,'I'm borrowing his image' said Xana who was annoyed.'how do we know you'll keep your end of the bargain' asked Yumi.
'First i'll return William to you as a sign of good faith and you'll get the cure for Aelita, after I'm sure you have the materialization program running' said Xana with a hint of finality.
'Do it now and you got a deal' said Jeremy and when he said that a boy with dark hair walked up to their table, and when they looked to see who it was they were shocked to see William standing there.'Here he is, his memories have been erased since I took him, you have until Halloween to be done.(
After that the rest of the day went by quickly after school Jeremy and Aelita locked themselves in Jeremy's room, to finish the program so they will be rid of Xana. William went home to his parents, and Ulrich and Odd went with Jason to the mall again where he purchased a hammock for some reason several boxes of mountain dew.
'Hey Jason why did you get a hammock when you got a bed right there' asked Odd, as the setting the boxes in his room which was right next to theirs.
'I just do' replied Jason, as they were about to leave Ulrich notice a big black book and when he opened he saw pictures of children with a date underneath. 'Hey who are these people' asked Ulrich, showing the book to Jason who said in a happy tone 'Those are people i knew who died'.
"Hey guys can i ask you a question" asked Jason as the were about to leave,"what" asked Ulrich." why is it i remember having a head ache at lunch yet i woke up on a bridge and you were there?" asked Jason confuses,"What do you mean a bridge" asked Odd as he Ulrich were on guard.
"Well I was on a bridge on you guys were looking at me angrily and I could feel my self talk but it hasn't me and then I blacked out again and found myself in the infirmary". "probably a bad dream" said Ulrich as he and Odd left quickly.
When Ulrich went to bed later that night he found himself in the middle of what looked like a research center where scientists would store data. Hearing a noise he turned around and saw Jason and two people he didn't recognise placed an object, that Ulrich noticed looked a lot like the bomb Fang almost used.'How long will this take Lucifer' asked Jason to the black-haired teen named Lucifer.
'Five minutes lets go' and with that they ran out of the building and then the surroundings changed to that of a hill which overlooked what looked like a military base as Jason and his friends watched, then one of the building exploded.
When that happened They took out cans of pop and toasted each other saying 'Eight years of torture gone' when their toast was done they ran off into the forest behind Ulrich as he watched helpless,but than a hand landed on his shoulder and when he turned he saw his friends watching him.
Ulrich was surprised to find his friends standing there in front of him."What are you guys doing here" questioned Ulrich as his friends exchanged a look between them before Jeremy spoke up "We don't know we just fell asleep I think and then we found ourselves,and that's how we found you".
"So you guys saw what happened too huh?" asked Ulrich even though he knew the answer,they had all said yes. Not long after that they heard a commotion coming from a little ways down the hill they stood,when they arrived at the source they were shocked to find the two people who helped Jason in the bombing lying on the grass watching the people of the 'base' running around putting out the fire.
"hey Zeru" asked the black-haired teen they now knew as Lucifer turning to his companion,Zeru who had light blonde hair and emerald eyes,where as Lucifer had blue eyes and black hair."What" asked Zeru in a bored tone,"Do you think Jason will show?" asked Lucifer as he propped on an elbow to look at him more comfortable.
"No you know he never shows up on these nights" replied Zeru as Ulrich's group got close enough to hear the last statement, Both boys suddenly shot up from their positions and turned around to face them."Who the hell are you" demanded Zeru.
"We are just some students from Kadic who..." started Ulrich but was cut off, "did you say Kadic?" asked Lucifer his eyes narrowing slightly."Yea why?" asked Yumi,"Do any of you a boy named Jason,silver hair/red eyes?" asked Zeru.
"Of course we know him we have some classes with him" replied Jeremy as Lucifer and Zeru shared a look between them, "do you want to do it or should I" asked Lucifer turning to Zeru much to the Lyoko gang's confusion. Zeru just shrugged and sat back down on the grass, "You can I don't feel like it"
"What are you guys talking about" demanded Odd, but without warning Lucifer suddenly appeared in front of him and cocked his arm back thrust it forward as a stream of fire shot from his knuckles and engulfed Odd. Who started as screaming as his body was being burned,as soon as it started it was over and Odd was quiet.
Immediately after Odd was killed both Yumi and Ulrich charged Lucifer enraged their friend's death and they each launched a punch at Lucifer's face,but were caught by his open hands."Pathetic" sighed Lucifer as he closed his hands over in an iron grip that brought them to their knees.
No matter how hard they struggled they couldn't free Ulrich and Yumi ,Jeremy and Aelita watched their friends suffer. They both decided to attack Lucifer whose back was to them,but before they took more than a few steps they were stopped by an invisible wall."Where do you your going" asked Zeru who approached them and stood between them and Lucifer.
"Why are you doing this" as Yumi as she manged to break free from Lucifer's grip, "because you don't belong here" replied Lucifer as she started to shiver as an unexpected cold settled on her. And it wasn't long before Ulrich began to feel cold it was like they were standing in the middle of a blizzard naked, then taking advantage of their delay Lucifer calmly strolled up to them and promptly burned Yumi where she stood.
As this was happening both Aelita and Jeremy found it had become hard to breath, as Zeru started sucking the air out of their lungs effectively suffocating them and a few moments later they too died due to lack of oxygen. Lucifer approached Ulrich who only managed to raise his head to look Lucifer in the eye before fire was the last thing he saw.
Somewhere in France 5 kids woke up covered in sweat.
Back in the Dream-
Lucifer squatted over the burnt remains of Odd, poking it with a stick."Do you think we went too far,Zeru" asked Lucifer turning to his companion."Maybe" was the response from Zeru as turned and started to walk away before he vanished from thin air.
"Hm wonder if Jason will get pissed when he learns we 'killed' his classmates" muttered Lucifer to nobody, before he stood and vanished in the same way as Zeru.
-Kadic-
After having woken from their joint nightmare,everybody met in Jeremy's room(minus Yumi who couldn't leave her house) to discuss what had transired."I just want to ask one thing," demanded Odd as soon as everyone was seated.
"That's a good question,that was too real to be a dream" said Jeremy,"This is just another question to the already long list of questions surrounding Jason" said Aelita as she pondered this new development.
"Well i say we go to his room and demand he answer our questions" suggested Ulrich with a hint of steel in his voice. "Well lets vote,all those in favor of asking Jason for answers,raise your hands".Four hands rose in the air,with that settled they all stood up and made their way to Jason's door.
As Aelita raised her hand to knock they heard Jason's voice from behind them,"what are guys doing here".Turning around they saw Jason wearing nothing but pajama bottoms,"We were looking for you,where were you?" asked Aelita with a small blush on her cheeks from seeing his bare chest.
"Bathroom" said Jason as he lead them in his room,once they were all seated comfatably in various places in his room,Jason asked them, why they were looking for him.
"There are some questions,we would like answered about you" stated Jeremy diplomatically as he adjusted his glasses."Like What?" asked Jason with a hint of amusement,"Well,like how did you get your powers" asked Odd almost immediately as he was excited to learn if he got them, like in his comics.
"Born with them" said Jason as anger practically poured from each confused the Lyoko gang for a moment,"why are you guys so curious about me, suddenly" asked Jason his anger gone as quickly as it came.
"w..w..we were just a little intrigued by what we saw" Aelita said just raised an eyebrow in amusement at her statement.
"Well then if that's all,please leave" asked Jason as they got up and shuffled out the door since Ulrich was the last out the door he turned around to grab the handle and as he did,He noticed Jason's back was turned and there were tattoos on his shoulders.
On his left shoulder was the number 100 and on his right was what apeared to be a Crescent shaped moon,that was colored Crimson
The strange thing about the moon tattoo was that it was glowing,Ulrich closed the door and went back to Jeremy's when he got there Jeremy was waiting for him to show up before he made a annoucment."I did a little digging about Jason and I was shocked at what I found" said Jeremy
"What did you find,Jeremy?" asked Aelita,"he has no records,besides his entrance exam grade that he took, and..." he trailed off softly."What!, else did you find Jeremy" demanded Ulrich.
"He's a Murderer" said Jeremy as he held up the book Ulrich and Odd saw he showed it to them,they were stunned at the was filled with pictures of boys and girls with dates underneath, and the method of death.
There were 5 pictures on each page and it continued for 20 pages."Hey, I just noticed something odd about the people he killed" said Ulrich once he took a long look at the first pictures.
"What's up,dude" asked Odd as he and the others lean slightly to see what he saw,"The dates of each death are each exactly one month apart and it started 8 yrs ago and according to the dates,he stopped 2 months ago" explained Ulrich.
'What could this mean,' pondered Jeremy silently but before he could answer his thoughts he was interrupted from his thinking by a voice.
"It means i stopped killing people 2 moths ago." said Jason as he casually leaned on the door frame,starling everyone since they didn't notice his presence until he spoke,but the one was more spook than the others.
Jeremy eye's had widened when Jason spoke ,'it was like he read my mind'."What are you doing here Jason" asked Aelita as Odd and Ulrich tried to hide the book.
"You stole my book and i want it back!" demanded Jason as he strolled into the room,took the book from behind Odd and Ulrich and then turned to leave,but before he left he was halted by a question from Jeremy.
"did you really kill those people,and if so Why?" asked Jeremy to the silver-haired boy who didn't even turn as he spoke "Yes I did kill them, as to why...I had to" was all he said before he was out the door and gone from sight.
Jeremy turned to check the time on his clock,It read 5:54 am before he could tell the rest of his friends the time Sissy came barging in."Guys, you got to come quick there's a fight in the hallway" as all she said before they all dashed into the hallway to a crowd of kids blocking their they manged to push their way through the crowd,they noticed Jason and an older boy standing a few feet apart.
The older boy whose name was Frank, was sporting several bruises,while Jason was relatively unharmed."What are they fight about?" asked Ulrich to the nearest kid who turned out to be Sissy,"I think it was when Jason bumped into and frank and kept walking and Frank got mad when Jason didn't say sorry next think I know they wer..."Sissy was interrupted when Jason spoke "Well Frank i think its time i ended this fight the only way I know how".
"Let me guess,you're giving up you chicken"taunted Frank but stopped when he noticed a sinister smile on Jason as he shook his head."No i'm ending it by killing you" said Jason as the surrounding students gasped at the killing intent that was rolling off him in waves.
Frank took a step back "y..yo..yu would'n" he stutter as Jason advanced slowly when he was close enough he leaned over to whisper in frank's "I would and do you want to know how" asked Jason in a very calm tone as Frank shook his head violently.
Jason stepped back as he held out his left arm in front of him,"Do you see this arm,well i am going to shove it from knuckle to elbow through your stomach and out your back" he said as Frank back up a few more steps."Jason,that's not possible is it" asked Frank his only response as Jason appearing close enough behind him so that his head was leaning over Frank's up his courage he looked down and was stunned at the sight.
It was Jason's left arm sticking out his chest." it is possible" was the last thing he heard before the darkness took over.
The crowd that was watching the fight were shocked when they saw Jason's arm come out of Frank's chest and what really had them confused was how Jason manged to get behind the older boy to do this.
Jason yanked his arm out of Frank as his body collapsed to the looked disgusted at the sight of blood on his arm,"Great now I have to wash the blood off" said Jason as he turned to walk away,but a loud voice stopped him in his tracks.
"What is going on here and why are you out of bed so early" asked Jim as he came on to the he got to Frank's body he turned to the gathered kids "who did this" he demanded and almost immediately everyone pointed to Jason who was caught 'red'(literally) handed.
"He killed him" said some random student as murmurs of agreement were just glared at them and continued walking away,when he stopped and said over his shoulder "He's not dead,just unconscious" and then left before anyone could protest.
"How did he 'kill' him" asked Jim as he check Frank's body for injurys."He punched a hole in his stomach" said Jeremy,but Jim just gave him a confused look "there is no hole or injury on Frank" said Jim as Frank began to stir.
"what happened,am i dead" said Frank confused as he took in the faces on the people surrounding him."No your not dead,what happened to you" asked Jim as he helped him frantic Frank looked at his chest expecting to find bandages or a hole,but there was nothing except his shirt which was intact.
"Jason,h..he-punched his hand through my back and out my stomach" said Frank angrily as he turned to Jim."He will be punished for this right?" asked Frank,but Jim just shook his head."Since there is no sign of an injury then there is no reason for him to be punished.
After hearing that Frank just stalked off angrily muttering about silver-haired Frank left the crowd left to get ready for the day,Odd and Ulrich and Jeremy went to their rooms and got their toiletries and went to take a shower.
When they arrived at the bathroom they found Jason standing at the sinks grimacing in pain at his reflection as he clutched his right shoulder with his left hand as he muttered to himself "stupid shoulder".
As if he noticed them standing at there,he whirled around to face them in sunprise."How long have been standing there" asked Jason,"a few seconds,you okay" asked Jeremy while Odd and Ulrich headed for the showers.
"Yea,i um just wasn't paying attention when i came in and banged my shoulder on the door" said Jason as he too went to the showers when he turned to go to the showers,Jeremy took a good look at his was a crescent moon on his shoulder and it glowed brightly every few seconds and he noticed that when it did Jason would grimace in pain.
After they had finished their showers and got dressed,Jeremy and Odd and Ulrich headed down to the cafeteria with Jason trailing behind the way there they passed by a boy with brown hair walking the opposite direction with his head down."Who was that" asked Jason curiously.
"That was Henry Steigler,he transferred here a few months ago" explained Ulrich as they got in line for breakfast,when they all had their trays they sat down at a table and a few minutes later were joined by Yumi and they were done with breakfast they went outside to relax since it was a Saturday.
While sitting under a tree Yumi happened to look up at the sky to see there was a person standing at the edge."Guys look" said Yumi as she pointed up at the figure that turned out to be Henry,"what the hell he is doing"asked Jason almost to himself."I think he is going to jump" said Aelita as she ran off to find a teacher.
"That what he was thinking" said Jason quietly but Ulrich managed to hear him,"What are you talking about"he asked Jason."When we passed Henry,i read his mind and he was thinking about jumping from the roof" said Jason,before Yumi slapped him "Why didn't you say this before" she everyone else present asked the same thing "you can read minds"
"I thought he was thinking of skydiving or something" Jason defended himself as Henry jumped from the roof to screams of panic from the crowd that had gathered."he's going to die" yelled Sissy in Jason began running towards the side of the building "Like hell he is" he exclaimed as he literally ran up the he reached the right height he pushed off with his legs and caught Henry as he was falling .
However despite catching him both Jason and Henry crashed in the ground due to Henry's momentum with Jason holding Henry to his chest to shield him from the damage of the fall.
Minutes later paramedics arrived on the scene and immediately converged on Jason and Henry,both who were unconscious from the fall."Are they going to be okay" asked as the paramedics finished with the first aid.
The chief medic answered "Well has the least injures with,a skull fracture from where they collided and a couple broken bones,but nothing serious"
The Medic frowned as he explained Jason injures,"'Mr Takamari's are the more serious,both his legs are broken and we are pretty sure he has a concussion,as well as several broken bones" explained the Medic as he and the rest of the medics finished stabilizing Jason and Henry to put on gurrnys.
Later after everyone had dispersed after the medics had left Lyoko gang once again met in Jeremy's room,their mood was somber since Henry's failed suicide.
The silence was broken by Jeremy "Well guys i may have found something about Jason".All those present turned to him,"But,I thought you said there was no information on Jason" said Ulrich.
"I did,but i found something interesting" Jeremy said, "Remember when Fang's goons called Jason,'Lord,Jason'?" they nodded."Well i found out that there was someone called Lord Jason back in the late 13th century,apparently he was a mass murder and led a rebellion on Religion"
"But what does that have to do with our Jason" asked of answering Jeremy started shuffling papers on his desk until he found what he was looking for,he held the paper up to show them and they gasped when they saw it.
It was a picture of a man wearing combat boots from that era,a brown tunic with a silver cape flowing behind him and had a sword in his hand,the most suprising features was his short silver hair and red eyes,It was the spitting image of Jason.
"Do you think maybe,they got this 'Lord Jason' confused with our Jason" asked Odd,Jeremy nodded "it is possible" he said,"what if it is the same Jason and he is immortal "exclaimed what they saw of Jason's abilities nobody could denied the possibility.
"I just wish there was more info on him" said Jeremy before a bright light enveloped warning they found themselves floating above what appeared to be 13th century European village.
The Lyoko found themselves back in Jeremy's room."did we all see that" questioned Jeremy who like everyone else was confused at what had of agreement were heard,then a loud beeping noise was heard.
They followed the sound and it led them to Jason's they entered,the beeping was much was Jason's 'phone' on his Ulrich walked over and answered the 'phone'.
"Jason, is that you" came the voice over the receiver.
"Jason isn't here right now,who is this" asked Ulrich
"It's Zeru,who is this"countered Zeru
"I'm Ulrich,and Jason is in the hospital" said Ulrich stunned to hear the voice of the man whose friend 'killed' them was silence at the other end and Ulrich wondered if Zeru hung up.
"What hospital" asked Zeru his voice full of concern."Paris General in ..." said Ulrich but he was cut off when Zeru hung up."Who was it" asked Yumi."nobody important" was his reply
Before anything else could say anything,Jeremy's Laptop started to he opened it,there was a message from Xana.
Meanwhile at Paris General.
Doctors had just finished working on a young boy,and had left his room to let him all the doctors and nurses were the boy opened an eye.
He looked at his surroundings before he reached into his bedside table with difficulty since one of his arms was in sling and the other was bandaged heavily.
Succeeding at his task he pulled out what appeared to be,a scouter(like the kind the saiyans used on DBZ) which he put on his right ear,as soon as it was secure it vanished from sight.
He then pressed his right bandaged hand to his right ear and spoke "Zeru,i need your help with something" he said and no sooner did he say that a strange anomaly happened
A rift appeared in the air in front of the boys of the rift stepped a boy with light blond hair,once he was out of it ,the rift closed leaving no trace behind."Wow that must have hurt" chuckled Zeru as he took a look at all the bandages and the two leg casts.
"Well,let get you fixed up,Jason" said Zeru before a bright was seen from the room's window.
