Disclaimer: Lyoko Code own not do I! But I do own Cali! Hoorah!
Here's the second chappy peeps!
I know the welding thing in this is probably not correct, but bare with me, here!
For a moment or two, I stood there, completely frozen. I mean, what would you do? My mind kept on replaying an image of the boy in front of me, only smaller.
.:FLASHBACK:.
"Cali! They found someone foe us! Cwome on! Let's gwo!"
"Okay, Remie!" And then the two parents came, and the woman picked up Remie. I smiled up at them, ready for them to pick me up. They smiled, but walked away. "Remie!" I kept on calling. It was no use, he was gone.
.:END FLASHBACK:.
I had always thought he was a dream, someone I had made up. But here he was, standing right in front of me. Remie. The closest I'll ever get to my mother. And even before Mz. Hertz could seat me, I took the seat next to him.
"Who are you?" I asked, even though I already knew who he was.
"All right, you can sit there," said Mz. Hertz and began a long lecture about gravity. But no one was paying attention to her. They were paying attention to us.
The boy looked at me. "I'm Jeremie Belpois."
I looked down. We couldn't be related. We had different last names. "Oh."
"You have my mother's last name," he said. His eyes, same as mine, were gentle and warm.
"I could say the same thing." I said softly. It was almost too much to handle.
He looked back at his laptop. We didn't say anything for a few moments.
"When's your birthday?" he asked suddenly.
"June 9," (A/N: that's me and me twinnie's b-day!) I said.
"No way," he said. Then looked back at me. "That's my birthday," he said quietly, as though he was figuring something out, calculating his answer in his head.
"REMIE!" I practically screamed. I threw my arms around him and pulled him into a tight hug. "I- I always thought it was just a dream. That I was alone in the world," I said as tears began falling down my face.
Mz. Hertz turned around. "No Personal Displays of Affection in class," then turned back.
I pulled away from Jeremie, and noticed that he was crying. "Well, you're not alone anymore," he said, ruffling up my hair. I responded by punching his forearm. He laughed.
"These are my friends," he said turning to look behind him. "That's Odd, the one in the purple."
"Hey," he said.
"And that's Ulrich."
"Hi," he said. He looked at me, and then Jeremie. "Who are you, exactly?"
I smiled, looking at Jeremie, to Odd, then Ulrich. "I'm Cali, Remie's twin sister."
"Whoa! Einstein and his double!" said Odd, laughing.
I began laughing with him. Mz. Hertz turned around. "Mr. Belpois! Oops, I mean, Miss Hester. Please pay attention."
I laughed again. This would be fun. I knew right away that I was gonna fit in here.
We all walked off to lunch, Jeremie and I talking about what we had been doing for the past few years. Odd seemed especially interested about the family who was running from the cops. There, at a table, was a girl older than us, clothed in black from head to toe, was writing something down.
"Hey guys!" she noticed me, then looked at Jeremie. Better get used to this. "Who are you?
"I'm Cali, Remie's twin sister. And you are...?"
"Yumi." she looked at Jeremie. "You and Remie-"
"Are twins." Jeremie finished.
"Okay. This is weird, but okay," said Yumi, and we all sat down.
I was talking to them all about the family who used socks to furnish their home. "So the beds were incredibly smelly," I said.
"I heard Jeremie had a twin, but I didn't believe them. What are we going to do with two Jeremie's on the loose?" said an annoying voice. I looked up to see a prep dressed kn pink.
"Sissi, leave us alone!" said Ulrich.
"Why Ulrich, dear? I know you want me."
He groaned.
"I dunno, two Jeremie's might be good for this school. But with two Sissi's running around, I think half the school would commit suicide," I said.
"Uh, we'll just see about that!" said Sissi, turning up her nose and walking away.
Jeremie patted me on the back. "Good one Cali."
"Doesn't take a genius to figure out who the enemies are," I said. I got up to put my tray in the trash.
Jeremie looked at the group. "I think we should tell her," he said.
"What? You've known her for an hour and you're giving her the biggest secret in the world?
"She's my twin! I trust her with my life!" said Jeremie.
I returned. "Hey, Remie, glad you trust me with your life!" I began ruffling up his hair.
"Get off!" he said, pushing me off.
"Those two act like they've known each other their entire lives!" said Odd, joining me in giving Jeremie a noogie.
"I sat back down. I don't like that Sissi girl." I said simply.
"You and me both," said Yumi. "She thinks she's some kind of Princess because her father was the principal of the school."
"And you'd think Principal Delmas couldn't have such a selfish daughter," said Ulrich. "She's in love with me, and that's why she won't leave us alone."
"Say, have you been in contact with Jeremie before? Like ESP or something?" asked Yumi.
"Nope. That kind of thing is a lie. Only people desperate for publicity say stuff like that," I said.
"Aww, too bad, Cali," said Odd. "It woulda been fun to know what Einstein's thinking."
"Hey Cali, I wanna take you somewhere. There's someone I want you to meet," said Jeremie. "Follow us."
"Who? Your girlfriend?" I asked.
"Are you sure you don't have ESP?" asked Yumi behind a snickering Odd and Ulrich.
"Aelita and I are just friends," said Jeremie, blushing.
"Uh-huh, Remie. You and this Aelita have something special. I can tell by that blush in your cheeks," I said. Jeremie just turned away and lead us out of the cafeteria, into some woods, and to a sewer hole.
We climbed down into that, I spotted three skateboards and a scooter. "You didn't even put out a skateboard for me?" I said.
"You can use mine until we get you one," said Odd. He threw it over to me.
"Thanks," I said as I hopped onto the board. "Let's see if you can keep up with me."
"Oh, you're on!" I went as fast as I could, doing a few complicated tricks on the way. Hey, Odd was cute, I wanted to impress him. I figured we were going to some secret place Jeremie and his friends had found, and some kid from another school would be there, so I didn't ask any questions.
We reached the ladder, and Odd put his hands on his knees, panting. "You gave me quite a work-out," he said.
"Glad I could help!"
"This way!" said Jeremie as we climbed up the ladder and into the factory, where we swung on the ropes and landed in front of the freight elevator. I noticed a pile of metal laying around some other pieces of equipment. I noticed the metal immediately. We were in an abandoned car factory.
"Awesome hang-out," I said inside the elevator. Yumi, Odd, Ulrich, and Jeremie looked at each other, and smiled.
The door opened, revealing a large dome-shaped room covered in a greenish glow. In the center, a chair that connected to a large computer with three panels that circled around a large globe-like map with four regions. My mouth dropped open. This place was truly amazing.
"What have you gotten yourself into, Remie?" I asked.
He laughed. "Just a habit of saving the world." He sat on the chair, and it swivelled around the globe and came to rest at the large computer, there he put on a headset. "Aelita, can you hear me?"
There, in a little pop-up window, stood an elfin girl with bright pink hair and clad in pink and yellow. "Yes, Jeremie. Why are you here? XANA's been quiet and I don't feel any pulsations. Not that I don't want you here." Jeremie blushed.
"There's someone I want you to meet," said Jeremie, beckoning me closer.
Aelita looked at Jeremie, then to me, and back again. "You both have the same face," she said.
"Yes, Aelita. That's because she and are twins," said Jeremie.
"I always thought twins were two boys or two girls," said Aelita.
"That's usually what happens, but sometimes the outcome is a boy and a girl," said Jeremie.
"Oh. But, you never told me you had a twin, Jeremie," said Aelita.
"I didn't know until today. Aelita, this is Cali," said Jeremie.
"Hello, I'm Aelita."
"Cali," I said. "So what is this place, Remie?" I asked.
"It's the headquarters to virtual world called Lyoko. An evil computer program named XANA, one of Lyoko's inhabitants, has been trying to take over the world for quite some time," explained Jeremie.
"With no luck," added a proud Odd.
"Whenever XANA attacks, I send Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi to Lyoko. They have powers and weapons there along with only 100 life points. They have to protect Aelita from the monsters that XANA employs to take down Aelita. Aelita then enters the activated tower, and deactivates it, thus saving the world," said Jeremie.
"And what do you do, bro?"
"I oversee all the controls. I send the others into Lyoko, and tell them if a monster's on the way."
"Can I go there? Lyoko, I mean?" I asked.
"Uh, sure. I just need to make a Lyoko card for you. Guys, toke Cali down to the scanner room," said Jeremie.
Cali followed the others back into the freight elevator, down another floor, and into a room with three tall and thin cylindrical tubes connected by thick clumps of cables.
"I have to scan in the others first, so you'll have to wait-"
"No I won't," I said. I remembered the metal we had passed by and realized it was the same metal that the scanners were made of. Remembering the time I stayed with a professional welder, I took in the shape of the scanners. Then pulling out a notepad from my backpack, I began sketching out the shape of the scanners, recording it's measurements and labeling each part before jeremie even spoke again.
"What do you mean?" asked Jeremie.
"I can make one. I saw the same material these scanners are made of on the way to the elevator. I just need a welding machine and a place to work," I said, closing up my notepad.
"Well, there's a room with a welding machine in it on the ground floor-"
"Great, I said, take me to it," I said to Jeremie. Then I looked at the others. "Help me get that metal into the room."
And I set to work. It took me around three hours to make, it was a fairly simple job. Then we all loaded it into the freight elevator, and into the room, where we set it upright, and I began study the cables around the scanners. I began pulling some up.
"Be careful," said Jeremie from the intercom.
"I know what I'm doing, Remie."
"I know, but-"
"Yeah, yeah. If I do the wiring wrong, no one can go to Lyoko and you'll have to shut off Lyoko, killing Aelita cuz no one can go into Lyoko and XANA will be able to take over the world."
"I know, but it's-"
"More to you, Remie, then all of us. Mainly because of your precious Aelita," I said as I put the wires into the scanner I made.
"She's not-" I knew he was blushing.
"Done!" I said, backing up and wiping my hands on my skirt.
"Already?"
"Yes, Remie, you're not the only genius in the group now."
Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi laughed behind me.
"I'm done with your Lyoko card, Cali. We can go to... Ahhh!" Jeremie screamed.
Odd, Ulrich, Yumi and I looked at each other. "REMIE!" I screamed, climbing into the freight elevator, the others close behind.
Mwahahaha! I left you on another cliffy! Review so I can go on with the story. And for everyone who read this and is a twin, mention that in your review, too. I like twins, mainly cuz I am one my self. Well, till next chapter!
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