~ I was going to post this a few days ago, but I got distracted.
~ This chapter is influenced by the season 1 episode 22 Routine. (:
~ Originally I wasn't going to have a chapter based from this episode, but I ended up choosing it as a chapter. Hopefully you like what I did to it (:
~ I'll be doing some season 1 events in random order until I get to the chapter when Aleita becomes a student. After that it will be random season 2 events that I will try to get in order. Then I'll be doing a similar thing with the events of seasons 3 and 4.
CodeLyokoFan98: In my original plans for this story I was actually thinking about a team-up between the two Lyoko teams, but it might not be for a little while. All I know is that it won't happen until Aleita becomes a student at Kadic. If the two Lyokos somehow combine, I think it might only be for a little bit because of what I want to do with the possible sequel. I think it would definitely be greatly influenced by XANA if it does happen.
~ There is a time jump from the last chapter to this one, but mainly to fit the lines in the episode. Hopefully not many people will mind.
~ Amanda has some normal time with a member of the Lyoko gang and also has some time in Lyoko (if it isn't obvious... lol). I do have some more normal time planned for her but I think one of the normal times she has will end up taking most of a chapter (with what I want to do).
ENJOY!
Amanda's POV
About two months have passed since I added fighting XANA back into my routine. I know I didn't want to fight him again after starting school at Kadic. It's like saying you're not going to eat pizza and someone puts pizza in front of you. It is hard to resist going to Lyoko because of all the times I've been in it so I decided to do it again. To me, Lyoko is like riding a bike. I didn't go to it for months but after I did, it's not like I never stopped. Although it did feel weird that I'm not fighting along side my other friends anymore.
I was standing behind a giant log next to Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd. Aleita was standing behind us just incase the monsters would attack. There was only four. One Megatank, a Krab and two Blocks.
"It's now or never." I said before activating my wings and flying towards the monsters. I went straight for the Blocks because I didn't mind fighting them. They were more of a challenge than the Krab, which I also liked fighting. That left the Megatank, which no one from my old group liked fighting. I went towards the ground, but didn't land as I got ready to shoot one of the Blocks. "I'm over here." I said, trying to catch it's attention. It sort of turned towards me and I shot it with a laser arrow before flying back up so it couldn't get me. The Block exploded, which meant one of them was left. I could tell that Yumi got the Krab and Odd got the Megatank, which left the one Block. The last block was guarding the tower, so I flew towards it because Aleita needed the path to be clear. I was going to shoot it like the last one, but it shot me and I landed on the ground. "I hate it when that happens." I mumbled before Odd shot the Block and it exploded in front of me. "Thanks." I said after I got up.
"Go on Aleita, go." Ulrich said before Aleita started to go towards the tower. "It's okay." I knew he was talking to Jeremy. "Aelita's in the tower."
"As usual guys, great job." Jeremy said.
"That's right." Odd said. "Another XANA attack chopped up, another tower gone."
"All in a days work." I said, which made Odd look at me. We both smiled before Jeremy talked again.
"Get ready for the return trip to the past." Jeremy said and I held back a sigh. The only thing I liked about returning to the past was being able to stop embarrassing moments and already knowing answers for class.
The morning went exactly the same as before the XANA attack, except I decided to wear a different outfit. I sat next to Jeremy instead of Ulrich in Physics, but other than that the day was pretty much the same. I walked out of class with Jeremy, Ulrich, and Odd towards Yumi. She was waiting for us while sitting on the back of a bench.
"Well, how was class with Mrs. Hertz?" She asked as we walked closer to her. "Was it fun? "
"Well, I actually paid attention this time." I said with a small smile.
"The exact same lesson as before the XANA attack so it was twice as boring." Ulrich said.
"Once, twice... it doesn't matter." Jeremy said as he sat on the bench next to Yumi. "You'll never be good at physics anyway." I held my hand to my mouth to hold back a laugh.
"Well, if it isn't Sissi." Odd said, which made me notice Sissi walking towards us. "'Hello Ulrich dear, can we talk for a minute?' " Odd tried to imitate Sissi, because he knew she was going to say that.
"Hello Ulrich dear, can we talk for a minute?" Sissi asked Ulrich as she stepped up to us. Odd laughed and I tried not to, but I couldn't help myself. Sissi looked at the two of us before looking back at Ulrich.
"First of all, I'm not your Ulrich dear." Ulrich said. "Second, I will not go to your room to explain exercise B page 52."
"But.. how did you know?" Sissi asked with surprise because she didn't know we were living the day for a second time. She looked at all of us before walking away with frustration.
"A Sissi attack is almost as bad as a XANA attack and ten times more boring." Yumi said and I nodded my head.
"That's true..." Ulrich said, clearly agreeing with Yumi. I honestly didn't think Sissi was that bad, but she could be sometimes.
After school, all of us walked Yumi to the gates. Since she was a day student, she was free to leave the school grounds without getting in trouble if it was after the school hours.
"So, anyone feel like sneaking out and going into town for a while?" Ulrich asked once we reached the gates.
"I'm in." I said, wanting some time that was different from the usual routine.
"Count me out." Odd said. "I have a heavy date with my pillow." I couldn't help but smile because Odd reminded me of Ryan.
"And I'm going to work on my program for materializing Aleita." Jeremy said. "One of these days I'm going to do it." I hoped Jeremy did materialize Aleita soon because then we could hang out as friends at school instead of just on Lyoko.
"What about you Yumi?" Ulrich asked Yumi. "Want to go into town for an ice cream?"
"No, not tonight." Yumi said. "I have to do some studying. I'm way behind thanks to all these XANA attacks. See you tomorrow." Yumi started to walk away from us.
"Bye Yumi, see you tomorrow." Jeremy said before he walked away with Odd.
"Hey Odd," I said to get his attention ", don't forget to give your pillow some roses for your date." I said with a smile, which made him smile a little before he walked away. "So, where to first?" I asked Ulrich since going into town was his idea.
"Have you tried the ice cream shop by the mall?" He asked and I shook my head. "Then we'll go there." I gave him a small smile before we snuck off the school grounds and he led the way to the mall.
Ulrich and I were sitting at a table outside the ice cream shop that was close to the mall. I was glad he led the way because I didn't really know where everything was. I had a cookies and cream ice cream cone while Ulrich had a chocolate one.
"You have a little..." I pointed to his top lip "... ice cream mustache." Ulrich took his napkin and wiped it away, while I held back a little laugh. I thought he looked funny with an ice cream mustache, but I knew I wouldn't want to wear one.
"How do you like Kadic so far?" Ulrich asked after he completely got the mustache away.
"It's fine so far." I said. "The first few weeks were refreshing because I didn't have to fight XANA, but now it feels like I'm back at my old school... but obviously with a different group of friends." I thought back to my friends and everything we did. "My old school was a little more fun, but I could just be saying that because on the weekends me and my friends would hang out in the old mansion where our supercomputer and scanners are."
"What did you guys do when you got fed up with the constant XANA attacks?"
"We would do something normal, like this." I looked around a little. "Or we would do something that we wouldn't normally do. It depended on the day. Although Dylan, the one that operated the Supercomputer the most, came up with this idea were we could do normal gym activities to help when we got to Lyoko. It was pretty fun, especially with all the bets we did." I couldn't help but smile at the memories. My cousin Kyle would always say whoever did the best at the 'training' would be the boss when XANA attacked after and the worst would stay back and use the Supercomputer, depending if they knew how to use it or not. We didn't always do it like that but it was always interesting to see who did the best at the 'training'. "Shouldn't we get back soon?" I asked. Ulrich nodded his head and I finished the rest of my ice cream cone before we headed back to the school.
When I woke up, I felt good. I didn't know why, but I didn't question it. I found myself humming when I took my shower, which I only did when I was in a really good mood. The time before class started seemed to go fast. Yumi wasn't at breakfast, but I didn't worry about her not showing up. I enjoyed myself as I ate with the guys. Odd did what he normally did and stuffed his mouth. It was times like that when I wouldn't think of XANA, which was nice considering how many times XANA attacked in the past week.
After breakfast, there was still time before class started. I stood near the vending machine with a hot chocolate in my hand before noticing Ulrich walking towards me.
"Hey." He said as he walked in front of me. "Thanks for hanging with me yesterday."
"No problem." I said with a small smile. "I needed some normal time to. All the attacks from XANA this week are making things boring."
"I know what you mean." Ulrich said. "No one else seems to get it."
"They probably just think if they have normal time, then XANA will attack and ruin it all. It makes sense seeing as he's done it to me before. I guess that's why we tried to relax after each fight because XANA doesn't usually attack within 12 hours of a return to the past."
"You think he'll attack again today?" I shrugged my shoulders.
"Maybe if his plan is to tire us out until we start making mistakes on Lyoko." I took a sip from the hot chocolate and noticed it didn't taste as good as I thought it would. "Or maybe he's just trying to ruin hot chocolate."
"He wouldn't have to do much here for that." Ulrich said because he must have agreed that the school's hot chocolate wasn't the best. I laughed and I noticed Ulrich joined in. We talked for a few minutes before going to class.
The first half of the day was pretty normal. It felt like a normal school day, despite knowing that XANA could attack at almost minute. I still felt good, even with all the homework that the teachers assigned. I stepped out of the lunch room and took a deep breath, taking in the fresh air.
"Hey Amanda." I turned my head to see Ulrich walking towards me.
"Hey." I said before he stepped up towards me.
"Do you want to go for a walk?" He asked.
"As long as we get back before classes start again." I said with a small smile, glad I was getting along with him. Ulrich was a good friend and reminded me of my cousin Kyle, who fought XANA along with me, Chloe, Ryan, and Dylan.
I started to walk towards the woods with Ulrich before I heard footsteps behind us.
"Ulrich, Amanda." We both turned to see Yumi walking towards us. "Come here for a second."
"Hey Yumi." I said with a small smile, even though she didn't look too happy.
"I hate to disturb you Romeo and Juliet, but Jeremy has been trying to reach you." Yumi said, which made me surprised because I haven't felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. "XANA's just woken up."
"XANA again?" Ulrich asked with annoyance. "Go on, we'll be right there."
"What do you mean go on?" Yumi asked. 'What's up with her?' I asked myself as Ulrich spoke.
"Cool it, will you Yumi?" Ulrich said.
"Yeah, I'll cool it. First tell me what's going on with you and Amanda." 'Is she jealous?' I couldn't help but asked myself.
"Nothing's going on." Ulrich and I said at the same time.
"I like her, we get along really well and she's part of the team." He said by himself. "I don't understand the problem. Unless that bothers you."
"Bother's me? No, it's just that... that you could have told me about it like a buddy." 'It obviously does bother her.' I thought. 'Ulrich and I are just friends.'
"Oh, I get it... you think of us as buddies." Ulrich said to Yumi and I started to feel like a third wheel. "I wondered what you thought of us and now I know."
"That's right a couple of pals and nothing more and besides, that's the way you want it not like you and Amanda." I rolled my eyes because there was nothing going on between me and Ulrich besides friendship.
"Okay, what do I really mean to you?" Ulrich asked. "And be honest."
"Me, be honest? You and Amanda have been together for two months without a word and you tell me to be honest?"
"Where did you get that idea?" I asked, surprised that she would be thinking that.
"Amanda and I are not... oh forget it." Ulrich said and clearly started to give up explaining us hanging out to Yumi. "I'm not going to defend myself to you."
"Let's just stop this and get to the factory..." I looked between Ulrich and Yumi "... okay?" I asked and without an answer, I started towards the passage that was in the woods.
I got to the factory with Yumi and Ulrich following me. It was quiet getting to the factory, if you didn't count the sound of the wheels in the sewer. The ride in the elevator was also quiet because Ulrich and Yumi obviously refused to talk to each other. When we got to the Supercomputer room, we saw at Jeremy and Odd were already there. I gave Odd a small smile, which he returned before Aleita started talking with Jeremy.
"No, everything's quiet here." Jeremy said after Aleita asked if we had noticed anything. "No short circuits, no giant bug invasion, no earthquakes. How about you?"
"Well, I'm almost at the activated tower, but XANA's monsters haven't appeared yet." She said as I stepped up next to Jeremy. "If not for the pulsations, there's no other signs that XANA's woken up."
"I wonder if this isn't a new tactic of his." Jeremy said as I started to think of the things that XANA had done to me and my friends before.
"What if the attack is aimed as us directly?" I looked towards Odd, wondering what he was thinking. "For example this argument between Yumi and Ulrich. Suppose XANA is just using Amanda to mess with our heads." I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
"Thanks..." I said with heavy sarcasm... which changed Odd's expression.
"I have a better idea, he's using your ridiculous theories to distract us." Ulrich said and I knew he was only upset with Yumi.
"What's the matter with you?" Odd asked with disbelief. "I was just trying to help."
"Give us a break Odd, will you? Stay out of this." Yumi said.
"Shut up." I said at Yumi because of how she said it to Odd.
"Hey, stay calm." Jeremy said and I took a deep breath because a fight between us would just end up helping XANA. "I think one or two of you should do a little reconnaissance on Lyoko. Well, who wants to go first."
"I'll go." I said before looking at Jeremy.
"Send Ulrich," Yumi said and I wondered if she heard me or just decided to ignore me "...he just loves to be entertained. He'd love to go to Lyoko." I rolled my eyes. They were getting their personal lives mixed up with their Lyoko lives... which I managed to learn how not to do. 'Even though I still did once and awhile' I thought before Ulrich started to speak.
"Ladies first. Get her out of our hair"
"Will you guys stop it?" I said to both Ulrich and Yumi because I wanted to focus on the possible XANA attack and I couldn't with them fighting. "We have a more important problem to deal with."
"Amanda's right." Jeremy said, which I was glad for. "Aleita needs us and that's what I call an emergency. Head for the scanners. All four of you are going." The four of us headed towards the elevator and I prepared myself for an awkward ride to the scanners. The way down was quiet and the only movement before the doors opened was me and Odd looking at each other. I knew his idea about me being used by XANA was just a theory and he probably knew it wasn't true. When the doors opened, Ulrich and Yumi were the first to walk out and towards the scanners. Odd and I followed.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors?" I asked because there was only three scanners which meant one of us would have to wait until someone was virtualized into Lyoko. Odd gave me a small smile before we did Rock, Paper, Scissors. "I win." I said with a small smile when I had paper and he had rock.
"Best two out of three?" He asked and I shook my head before heading in front of the empty scanner.
"I'm going to transfer you to the desert sector." Jeremy said before Ulrich, Yumi, and I stepped into our scanners.
I landed in the desert sector just seconds before Yumi and Ulrich. I noticed Aleita was in front of us and I gave her a small smile before Odd joined us.
"Hey Aleita... there was a bug at moment of transfer are they all..."
"Don't worry." Aleita said as I looked to make sure with my own eyes. "Everyone is accounted for. Safe and sound and ready to go."
"I don't know what it was. I'll scan the program, let's see what happened." I couldn't help but wonder what the bug was, but I didn't have to wonder for long because Jeremy spoke up. "Aleita, I think the supercalculateur has been infected with a virus. So that's XANA's attack." Jeremy said.
"But that's crazy. Why would XANA infect himself?" Odd asked and I began to think the same thing.
"Well, you never know what XANA's got in his head until it's done." Jeremy said and even though I didn't say anything, I agreed with him.
"Unless he's using it to modify a program he doesn't have access to, but which one?" Aleita thought towards Jeremy.
"I don't know, but it looks like he wants to change the rules on Lyoko."
"I have a bad feeling about this." I said, knowing that everyone could hear me.
"We've got to take a closer look into this." Jeremy said. "There has to be a deactivated tower not far from you."
"I'm off." Aleita said before the four of us started to follow her towards a deactivated tower.
The five of us got to the deactivated tower sooner than I thought. It was still silent, which was a little annoying, but it was better than the others bickering. Aleita walked up next to the tower and looked back at Ulrich and Yumi.
"I hope you two won't kill each other if I leave you alone." Aleita went into the tower and I knew we would have to wait until she came back out. I looked around and saw a rock with a dead looking tree sticking out of it. I flew to the top of the tree and sat before the others decided to sit of the rock.
We sat for a few minutes as Jeremy and Aleita tried to find out what XANA did. I was getting a little bored because of all the times I was in Lyoko, XANA would always attack. There was no attack, which actually made me hope he sent some monsters. I couldn't help but look ahead to see a Krankerlat start coming towards us.
"You go, you're the closest." Ulrich said to Odd, which made him stand up. Odd got ready to shoot, but I aimed and shot it without moving. He looked back at me and I just gave him a small smile. I saw another one start towards him, which made me aim towards it. Odd turned towards it just as it was getting ready to shoot him. I destroyed the second Krankerlat but only seconds after it shot Odd. It made him fly back a few feet. I flew down next to him as Yumi and Ulrich ran to his side.
"What's going on?" Ulrich asked as we all got to Odd's side.
"XANA's monsters can prove fatal for you." Jeremy said as Odd slowly stood up. "You can't be devitalized or you'll disappear forever. Oh, No Odd lost 50 life points already..."
"Calm down Jeremy. Odd's still here with us." I said as I looked at Odd.
"You don't understand, he just got hit by a laser, that means he's only got..." Jeremy started to say, but Ulrich interrupted him.
"Listen Jeremy...Aleita takes the same risks all the time." He said. "Nothing's changed for us."
"We have to be more careful, that's all." I said, interrupting Ulrich. I knew more than the others the risks that came with fighting XANA.
"One thing is sure, XANA's really trapped us." Yumi said, speaking for the first time since we got to Lyoko. "And we better not make mistakes this time." Out the corner of my eye, I noticed that Aleita started to come out of the tower.
"I've got to deactivate the tower fast before XANA has a chance to concentrate all of his strength on you." She said and I nodded my head to show that I agreed with her.
"That's the safest solution. hurry but watch out for monsters." Jeremy said before the others started to run towards the activated tower. I activated my wings and started to follow them in the air.
I flew almost directly above the others as we flew towards the tower.
"Jeremy, how are you doing?" Aleita asked, but he didn't answer. "Jeremy?"
"If there was a problem on his end, he would have said something." I said to her as I looked down at her for a second. I was sort of glad that we were in the desert sector because other other sectors I could easily fly into something if I wasn't paying attention. Aleita must have heard what I said because she didn't say anything else until the tower came into our view.
"The tower, it's there." She pointed to the tower and they all hid behind a giant rock. I went lower so I was near them, but I didn't touch the ground because I wanted to stay in the air.
"It's all over. If we try to get through this, we're done for." Yumi said as we looked at the four monsters guarding the tower.
"You never know." I said because I was in some tougher situations.
"We just need to hold on until Aleita enters the code." Ulrich said, obviously adding to what I said.
"It's yoo-ooh it's us time." Odd said and for some reason it made me smile.
"Yumi and Amanda," I looked at Ulrich when he said my name "... you take the Krabs." I gave him a small nod. I was okay with fighting Krabs so I didn't have a problem. "Odd and I will take on the Megatanks." Odd and I started to go towards the monsters.
"Be careful Odd." I said as I looked down at him.
"I'm always careful." He said with a smile before we started towards the monsters.
I looked at the two Krabs, knowing that I could easily get both. I noticed one of the Krabs aim for me, which made me turn my attention to it. It shot, but I easily dodged it. The Krab got ready to shoot again, but I shot it with one of my laser arrows before it got a chance. Out the corner of my eye, I noticed that Odd destroyed one of the Megatanks. I started to fly towards him, only to get shot in the back from the other Krab. I fell to the ground and landed right in front of Odd.
"I didn't know you were falling for me." Odd said and I just rolled my eyes with a smile.
"You can blame the Krab." I said as I stood up and looked to see the Krab already destroyed. 'Probably by Ulrich' I thought before deciding to say something to Odd. "About Ulrich... he's not really my type." Odd looked at me. "He reminds me of my cousin." Odd opened his mouth to say something, but didn't because of the return to the past.
Ulrich and I stood by the vending machine like we did before the return to the past. We talked a little bit before noticing Sissy talking to Yumi. I nodded my head towards Yumi, silently telling Ulrich to go by her. He just gave me a small smile before he walked towards her. I didn't have hot chocolate this time so I just walked by Jeremy and Odd, who were standing near a tree.
"Hey." I said to them with a smile.
"Still glad you joined the team?" Odd asked and I knew he was talking about what happened before the return to the past.
"Yeah. What else would I do with my day?" I said before we walked towards Yumi and Ulrich, after Sissi had left them.
"Come on Ulrich, don't forget we have Mrs. Hertz's class to go to one more time." Jeremy said to him before Yumi started to go towards her class.
"Well, it wasn't all that boring on Lyoko was it Ulrich?" Odd asked and I thought I could see Ulrich blush. 'He's probably thinking of Yumi.'
"You're right Odd and I learned something to." Ulrich said as he watched Yumi walk away. "Something super important."
"Ulrich and Yumi sitting in a tree..." I began.
"K-I-S-S-I-N-G..." Odd started to continue with me before we were interrupted.
"Shut up." Ulrich said, which made me and Odd chuckle.
"We don't want to be late for class." Jeremy said before the four of us started to walk to class together.
~ I want to put in a few more season 1 episodes as chapters before I get to Aleita being a student. I'm thinking the episodes 'Ghost Channel', 'Amnesia', 'Laughing Fit', 'Image Problem', and maybe 'Killer Music' and 'Satellite'. I want to have Aleita as a student around chapter 10, which I might change the way she becomes a student compared to the show.
~ Whatever episode from the list above gets the most votes for in the reviews, I'll try my best to make it the next chapter. Then I'll try to go in the order from most voted for to least voted for... depending on what one of them I write out the dialogue/script for (I have two done but I have to write them while watching the episode so I get the words right.)
~ The next chapter will take a little longer to be posted, but I hope you will be able to wait for it (:
~ I'm going to update some of my other stories, they aren't about Code Lyoko, but I hope you still check them out (:
~ Since there could be a possible sequel that would be along the live-action events, I have thought of some things to make some drama in it, I think mainly in the second half of it. Hopefully this story does well enough with the reviews and I can write the sequel (:
~ I am also making outfits for Amanda. The links to them will be on my profile if you want to check them out.
R&R 'till the next update
