Well, that's it. Really. I'm done. But there was in fact one more little tiny scene that I wrote, so I guess you can read that…
And in the Kadic infirmary, Kloe sat in the cheap folding chair next to the bed in which William rested, looking worn but very much alive. "Some completely fabricated story about the electricity going out, like you said. With the satellite down for repairs, Jeremie couldn't get the news, so he panicked. Come on, I did pretty good for someone they don't trust in the first place."
"You did good," William agreed, eyes closed. He reached out with one hand to take hers, and rubbed his head with the other. "But it's not over."
End Season 2a
I thought it was kind of cruel to include that scene, since it's really a lead-in to Season 3a, which I haven't written and have no intention of writing. But I did have some ideas about it, so heck, I'm just going to outline them quickly here.
Kloe and William fascinate me at the moment, because I had no intentions whatsoever of them getting together when I started writing this. It just went and happened entirely of its own accord. So I'd probably mess around with that for a bit, because it's a weird relationship. Kloe still likes Jeremie on some level, but she knows he'll never like her back, so she's trying to distract herself by flirting outrageously with William. William thinks Kloe can be useful, so he reciprocates, but he doesn't like her by any means. After all, he's a computer program. Sort of.
Actually, William's identity may come into question again. Code Earth only worked on Aelita because she was once human (at least in my version of the Lyokoverse). So somewhere along the line someone who looked like William must have stumbled into the computer, and XANA got hold of him. I thought he might have been someone working for the Carthage Project.
Which brings us to Aelita's visions in the air vents, which is also a bit of a Season 3a lead in I probably should have cut out. It doesn't really affect the episode too much. Anyway, the Carthage Project would probably be the main enemies in the next season (until Kloe and William get the supercomputer rebooted, anyway, and maybe afterwards). They were the people pursuing Aelita and Franz in the tunnels… they were the reason he built Lyoko and XANA in the first place… and now they're back. Or would be. In Season 3a.
Hmm, what else. Odd and Sissi would be the most tempestuous relationship, since Sissi refuses to acknowledge she likes Odd – she continues to pretend this is all a finely crafted ploy to make Ulrich jealous. Odd sees no reason to stop trying to get other girls if Sissi won't even admit she likes him. For the most part, I imagine he fails, but it makes for much drama. Meanwhile, with Sissi a full-fledged member of the Lyoko team, Herve starts to play a bigger role. Nicolas probably should too, but I've never liked him much. I'm not sure why.
I have a rather nice scene in my head in which Kloe is sitting in the cafeteria after hours, drinking tea from a thermos, and Herve wanders in. She explains that while she's underage and can't actually go to a bar, this often makes a good substitute when one is stressed, confused, can't sleep, and feels the need to rant, as long as no names are mentioned and they forget it happened by morning. So he sits down and accepts a cup of tea. Soon he's going on about how it's just not fair to like someone who hardly even acknowledges your existence, let alone could ever return your feelings, and stop nodding Kloe you can't possibly understand…
But Kloe, of course, does understand.
Hm. Believe it or not, my original plan in Season 2a was for Kloe and Herve to get together. William messes everything up, doesn't he?
I think that's about it. Elyse and Officers Mason and Aubyn would probably put in cameos. Also, I promised my younger cousin I would virtualize Kiwi.
Taidine
PS – for my next project, I have either a Secrets of Droon fic or a Code Lyoko spinoff screenplay. Any opinions?