Chapter 7: Aelita
Detroid: Now then… we're doing a double update for Code: Heart so get ready!
sakuraphoenix: Otherwise, we might surprise you with this *jumps into your arms as a Zorua my adorable Raichu*
Detroid: *blushes as I caught you* Let's get onto the disclaimer
DIsclaimer: We do not own Code Lyoko. Only our OC. We also do not own Peter. He belongs to Lyokowarrior1994. Taios doesn't belong to us either. He belongs to our good friend infinitestories. Also, we do not own Kayori. She belongs to Decode9. Dante from the previous two chapters belongs to RoninS636. Finally, we do not own Sia and Rina. They belong to D.J Scales.
Detroid: This will start in Aelita's POV for flashbacks but Caleb's POV for the present
sakuraphoenix: So… enjoy!
Detroid: What my girlfriend said!
*Flashback*
My brother and I were running through the sewers with our father to who knows where. Eventually, we ended up in an old factory.
"But where are we?" My brother and I asked.
"In my laboratory." Our father said before the elevator opened and we saw four people inside it.
"Dad? Who are they?" My brother asked while pointing to the four people.
"Those are my friends, Kenneth and Hope, and their children, Natalie and Taios." Our father explained to us.
"Hi ya's. I'm Taios." Taios said.
"Hmhmhmhm. He sure is full of joy." said Hope.
"Franz, is everything ready?" Kenneth asked our father
"I assume so." Our father then said
"Alright. I'll stay here to help send you to Lyoko. Natalie, stay with Franz, Aelita, and Caleb, okay?" Kenneth asked his daughter.
"Yes daddy." Natalie told him.
"Where are we going?" My brother and I asked our father.
"To a world where you and I will be safe, forever." Our father told us as he held our hands.
In the scanner room...
"See you in a minute kids." Our father said.
"Alright daddy." I said.
"Okay daddy." My brother said.
The doors then closed and some kind of bright light filled my vision. When it was over, I landed on my feet and caught my brother before he could fall.
"Daddy? Daddy where are you?" My brother and I asked while looking around.
Before our father could answer, we saw Natalie, Taios, and his father in the air. My brother caught Natalie, whom now looked like she was my brother's age, and the same with Taios whom landed on his feet next to his father.
"You okay?" My brother asked Natalie.
"Yes. Thanks for catching me." Natalie said as I saw her face turning a little red.
"Anything for my father's friend's child." My brother said.
That got Natalie to turn even redder before her father showed up.
"Franz, we're all here. Where are you?" Natalie's father asked.
"Here I am." Our father said.
"Daddy!" My brother and I exclaimed in unison.
"I can't materialize myself into human form yet, as all six of you can. I still have more work to do on Lyoko. This world needs to develop more." Our father said.
We then saw some strange creatures approaching. They kinda looked like cockroaches.
"What's going on? What's happening?!" said Taios.
"You need to run, boy!" said Hope.
"Daddy, there are some strange looking creatures over there." My brother said.
"Run you two! Run!" Our father exclaimed.
"Daddy!" I exclaimed.
We all ran like crazy but before we could reach the tower, Natalie tripped and my brother kneeled down to give her a hand before he said:
"Need help?"
Natalie smiled and she was about to take his hand when some kind of jellyfish appeared and took her.
"Natalie!" my brother exclaimed.
*End Flashback*
"Aelita! Caleb!" Mr. Fumet exclaimed
"Huh?!" Aelita and I asked
"You know, young lady and young man, most of us go to sleep at night." Mr. Fumet said before most of the class started laughing, especially Sissi and her gang.
"We're sorry Mr. Fumet." Aelita and I said.
"Scandinavian mythology. A natural disaster brings about the end of the Norse Gods world, scorching the earth before a new peaceful world can rise from the ashes called Ragnarok." said Mr. Fumet.
"And roll!" Odd exclaimed before he started laughing.
"What was that?" Mr. Fumet asked.
"Ragnarok and roll? It was just a joke, sir." said Odd.
"Very funny Della Robbia, and now would you kindly leave this room?" asked Mr. Fumet.
"Uh, is that a joke?" asked Odd.
"No, it's an order." said Mr. Fumet.
"Oh." said Odd.
Once class was done, Aelita and I were sitting at the bench since we were thinking about what we were dreaming about.
"I guess as jokes go, it wasn't very funny." said Odd.
"So how was history class?" Yumi asked.
"Who cares? It's history now." said Ulrich.
"You were having the same dream, didn't you, sis?" I asked Aelita.
"Yeah, about, you know what." Aelita told me.
"Well, Miss Einstein and Mr. Jones, better get a good night's sleep. A super brain needs a little shut eye, and most of us as you know, go to sleep at night." Sissi said smugly.
"Well, you know what they say, when you have a social life and a good night's sleep, your grades are the first to suffer." My girlfriend and I said in unison.
"Huh?" asked Sissi.
"Did you forget I help Mrs. Hertz grade her tests sometimes? I just saw our Physics test from the other day, and I hate to say it Sissy, but a drawing of a girl in a couture gown does not equal 100 percent." I said.
Sissi then walked away angrily before I turned my head to Odd and said,
"Speaking of bad grades. I think your feet has one too many."
"What do you mean by that? What's wrong with my feet?" Odd asked
"You've gone noseblind to your athlete's foot, Odd." I heard my girlfriend say before she started spraying the air around her with some perfume.
"And ironically, your IQ sucks so much, that you make Darth Vader wanna cry." Taios said in an amused tone.
"Well... to put it tactfully. When you take your shoes off it's a little bit like, um…" Ulrich started to say as he was snapping his fingers.
"Like a pile of very fresh manure we just can't seem to get away from." Jeremy offered.
"That's it!" exclaimed Ulrich.
"Huh?!" Odd exclaimed in shock.
"Even Heidi agrees with us." I said.
"Or that time XANA launched an attack and made us swap bodies again. It took us hours to get the stink off to make your feet smell like Japanese Cherry Blossoms and roses." said Naomi.
"Which it was 8 hours in total to wash not only your feet but your socks and shoes as well." I added in.
"Well, what do you know, there's Heidi. Now we'll find out. Hey! Heidi! Is it true my feet smell a little?" Odd asked as he stood up which Heidi looked shocked.
"A little?! Just make sure you and your sneakers don't come within 50 feet of me." Heidi said before she walked away with her nose plugged.
"Told ya Odd." I said while we all laughed.
Dante's POV
"Yes?" I heard the principal, Jean-Pierre Delmas call out from his office.
"Um Mr. Delmas, I heard you were looking for a new English Literature teacher." I spoke coming into the room while adjusting my brainy specs.
"Uh, yes. But I only just put the ad out yesterday." Mr. Delmas replied in surprise.
"Well if you don't want to hear what I have to bring then I'll just…" I began.
"It's not that. Just surprised. I wasn't expecting to have a response so soon. Apparently, the original teacher came into a good sum of money and just left." Mr. Delmas responded.
"Ah. I see." I walked into the office and sat down on one of the chairs facing Delmas.
"Now, Mr. um…" Mr. Delmas asked in confusion.
"Lucas. James Lucas." I handed him my credentials, which thanks to the supercomputer, were forged easily.
"Right, now let's see here… recently graduated from one of the top universities… you've acquired a bachelor's degree of education… graduated at the age of 20, that's something you never hear of… my, I've never seen such an outstanding resume." Mr. Delmas said.
"Thank you." I said.
"Now, I don't usually offer this, but with your outstanding credentials, why don't you shadow some of the classes to get a feel of the school and the students? I'll let the teachers know about your arrival." Mr. Delmas informed.
"Excellent. I can't wait to start here." I said.
Caleb's POV
We were then walking to the cafeteria with Stinky Odd, groaning about his little foot problem.
"It's a disaster! My reputation as a super stud is at stake. No girl is gonna wanna go out with a… uh…" Odd trailed off as he was trying to think.
"A walking pool of toxic waste?" Jeremy asked before Ulrich started laughing.
"Some friend you are Ulrich. You could have said something you know. Given me a little hint at least." said Odd.
"It's hard to talk when you're holding your nose good buddy." Ulrich said.
"I agree." I said.
"I thought you were trying to be funny." Odd said while sulking even more
"Don't worry, Odd. Modern medicine must've found some kind of cure for it." Yumi said as her arm was around Odd's shoulder.
"Yeah, at least you can get better and stuff." said Taios.
"Well there's amputation for example." Jeremy and I said in unison.
That earned a good laugh with us, but not so much Odd.
"Start without me. Be right there!" exclaimed Odd.
*Flashback*
My brother and I were hiding inside the tower while Taios, his father, and Natalie's father were outside, trying to pry Natalie loose from that huge jellyfish.
"Sis… what do we do?" My brother asked me.
"They told us they'll try to save Natalie from… whatever that was." I told my brother.
"We can't sit here while Natalie is in trouble. I'm going to try to save her." My brother said.
My brother said as he left the tower, or at least tried to when our father said,
"Aelita. Caleb."
"Dad?" My brother asked.
"Aelita. Caleb. I have to make contact with XANA. Persuade him that we can live in peace with him." said Franz.
"Who's XANA?" My brother and I asked our father.
"A multi-agent computer program I created. It has achieved self-awareness and autonomy, and it's trying to eliminate us now." said Franz.
"But why Daddy? Daddy?" My brother and I asked our father.
"Whatever you do, don't leave this tower." said Franz.
"Daddy? Daddy? Daddy!" My brother and I exclaimed.
*End Flashback*
I was still looking at my lunch just thinking about my dream when I felt Naomi put her head on my shoulder.
"Aelita? Hey, what's the matter? Is anything wrong?" Jeremy asked her
"Caleb?" I heard my girlfriend ask me.
"Huh? No. I-I was daydreaming I guess." Aelita and I said in unison.
We soon saw Odd walking up to us and said,
"Hey guys! No more feet nightmare. Call me Odorless Odd."
"How'd you manage that?" Ulrich asked Odd.
"You'll find that out tonight. It's a surprise." said Odd.
"As if anything surprises me anymore." said Taios.
"Well, I'll let you kick your foot problem around a little. I've got a math test." Yumi said as she took her tray away.
"Jeremy… Do you think our father is still alive? Mine and Aelita's father, Franz Hopper. Do you think it's possible to rematerialize him?" I asked Jeremy.
"No, uh, what I mean is, well… there's no way to." said Jeremy.
"Well, he survived when XANA captured him the first time, why not a second time?" Aelita and I asked in unison.
"Your father sacrificed himself for you, Aelita, and he had to have used whatever little strength he had left in him to bring you back to life." said Jeremy.
"I know but… but I thought there might be hope, that maybe you could find a way." Aelita and I said to Jeremy in unison.
"Impossible. I checked every inch of Lyoko and there isn't the slightest sign of him. Aelita, Caleb, I've been really working hard in a way of getting into the World Wide Web, so that we can fight XANA, and you two should think the way Naomi and I think, I mean, think about the future." Jeremy said while holding Aelita's hands.
"And just forget our past, huh?! You think it's easy?! You didn't spend 10 years of your life as some kind of computer software!" Aelita and I exclaimed angrily as we both left as Aelita said,
"I wish I never recovered my memory."
"Aelita, you do realize that I was trapped as well as Caleb, remember?" said Taios.
It was too late for talk as Aelita and I ran out after her and I left the cafeteria.
*Flashback*
"Daddy? Daddy? We're coming daddy!" My brother and I exclaimed as we both left the tower.
*End Flashback*
Aelita and I were running while having these memories still, like they were still haunting us. We soon ran to the Hermitage.
*Flashback*
"Daddy!" My brother and I exclaimed as we saw our father getting hurt.
"No you two, get back to safety! In the tower!" exclaimed our father.
*End Flashback*
Aelita soon opened the gate to the Hermitage as her and I ran to get inside, wanting to be alone.
Dante's POV
I started putting together what I could to make the beacon for the TARDIS. So far, everything was here. Even the banana. I just had to make sure the peel didn't get into the machinery. Typing in certain commands from an old Commodore 64 that the guys found at a flea market, I thought how weird it was that I was in the exact kind of situation the Doctor was in. I was about to get the last component, with depended completely on me not screwing up the circuitry… when I was startled by a door slamming! Good thing I didn't touch the actual circuits… yet.
"Y'know, there's this thing called knocking. Its what people do in order to show their presence before entering a room." I said sarcastically.
Caleb's POV
*Flashback*
"You two possess the Keys to Lyoko. XANA must never get his hands on them. Do you understand? It's over Aelita, Caleb. XANA is too powerful. He's become a threat to all mankind. I got to shut down the supercomputer." Our father told us.
"What about your friends? What about Natalie and Taios?" I asked our father.
"Yeah! We can't leave them to XANA's clutches!" My brother exclaimed.
"It's too late. Hope… is gone. XANA killed him, and Natalie's lost her memories. Kenneth promised me he'll shut down the computer and Taios is hiding somewhere, I don't know where." Our father then explained.
I saw my brother running away from the monsters. I tried to go after him, but I had to run inside of the tower.
"But does that mean we'll die?" I asked my father
"No but you must not forget me, ever. Never forget, Aelita." my father said to me.
*End Flashback*
I was sadly sitting next to my sister while wrapping an arm around her shoulder as she cried.
"Aelita… there is something you must know… It's about why I ran off when our father asked us to stay in the tower…" I said.
"Why did you run off?" Aelita asked me in a soft tone.
"It's because I went to find Kenneth… Naomi's father…" I said.
"What happened? Did you find him? And… you know…" Aelita said while trailing off.
"Yes and No. Yes, I did find him but Naomi was well, out cold." I said.
"I see. I'm sorry, about, you know…" Aelita said while trailing off.
"Listen, before Kenneth went to shut down the supercomputer… he had me promise something to him, something I failed when XANA tricked you and her to going to sector five and finding false codes containing your past." I said.
"It's not your fault, Caleb." Aelita told me.
"You don't understand. The promise I made to her father was to make sure XANA never got his hands on the dimensional key from her memories and the other was to make sure her and Naxita never merge…. I… I failed the first promise I made to her father…" I said before crying about it.
"Hey, you brought Naomi back to life when daddy couldn't. You brought back my best friend, and your future girlfriend. So, stop beating yourself up about it." Aelita told me.
"True but still…. it took two things just to bring her back to life…. " I trailed off sadly.
"You still brought her back, Caleb, and that's what's important." Aelita told me
"True but still… if I can't keep a promise to her father then what good am I as her boyfriend." I said.
"Oi, what's eating you two?" Dante inquired.
"Why don't you ask Jeremy?" Aelita asked in a snappy tone.
"Hey, hey, don't bite my head off. I was just wondering what's got you two so down. Wait, let me guess: relationship trouble?" Dante asked.
"Something like that." I admitted.
"Well, tell me your tale of woe." Dante said as he sat down near the two of us.
"I tried asking Jeremy if there was a chance if our father was still alive, somewhere in the network, but… but he shot us down." Aelita said as she clenched her hands in an effort to try and hold back her tears.
"Well there's two sides to this. Firstly, it would be reckless and dangerous to go in. Secondly, if it was me in your shoes I'd jump at the chance to find them." Dante said.
"We knew we find you here." Another voice rang out.
"You said it Odd." We heard Naomi say.
Aelita and I just turned away from Naomi and Odd just to try to hide the tears we both had.
"Ah, good to see you two. I was just about to give these two an answer to their problem." Dante said before he turned to me and Aelita and said,
"Go for it. But do it with the people you trust the most and who'd go to hell and back with you."
"Thanks Dante." Aelita said
"You're welcome." Dante said before he left the room.
"You know, our good buddy Einstein may be a computer wiz, but diplomatically, he's… he's, uh…um…" Odd said while trying to think.
"A total lameo." Aelita and I said.
"I was going to say totally insensitive to other's feelings, but that works too." Naomi said.
"But he really likes you. You know that, right?" Odd asked.
"And I really like him too, but I wish he would understand that our father is all that we have left in our past life." Aelita then explained as Odd sat down on Aelita's bed with Naomi sitting down next to me.
"Odd, Naomi. Aelita and I need to go to Lyoko, to... to Sector 5. We want to try to find some trace of our father." I said to Naomi and Odd.
"Well, that may not be too easy. You heard what Jeremy said, he's not very anxious to help." said Odd.
"True, unless he didn't know." My girlfriend said with a mischievous look on her face.
"So, we don't need Jeremy, do we?" I said to Odd with Aelita giving him the begging puppy dog eyes.
"Um, we?" Odd asked in confusion and shock.
"Just you, Aelita and I." I said before I said to Naomi,
"If it's alright with you?"
"Why can't I go?" Naomi asked me with her puppy dog eyes.
"Because we don't want the others to know what Aelita, Odd and I are up to plus besides, knowing Jeremy, he'll ask where Aelita and I are at." I said.
"*sigh* Fine, I'll cover for all three of you, on one condition." Naomi told me.
Before she knew it, I kissed her on the lips before holding two Subdigitals concert tickets in my hand before saying,
"If it's about a date then I have that already planned out."
"You know, I think you're starting to read my mind." Naomi told me.
"You're my girlfriend. I can't know what you're going to say sometimes?" I asked her.
"You can." Naomi said while smiling.
I then kissed her back on the lips.
"Don't worry, Jeremy should have study hall right now, so he's not going to notice you guys unless XANA pulls something." Naomi told us.
"Odd, Aelita. Meet me at the factory. I have something here to give Naomi." I said to Odd and Aelita.
"Okay. We'll meet you there." Aelita told me before she and Odd left the Hermitage to the factory.
I soon went into my old bedroom and opened a compartment which then I pulled out a big box.
"Okay, it's nowhere near Christmas or my birthday, so what's the occasion?" Naomi asked me.
"What's today?" I asked her.
"Um… *facepalm* the anniversary of when we started dating four months ago." Naomi told me.
"Yeah and so… here you go." I said as I gave her the big box.
"Thanks. I'll cover for you in case Jim is looking for you, and Aelita, and Odd." Naomi told me.
"Okay but just open it first since I know you're going to like what's inside." I said.
Naomi then opened the package, and she looked shocked when she saw this pink dress I knew she really wanted.
"How did you know?" She asked me.
"I saw you looking at that dress when we went to the mall together and knew you wanted it." I said.
"You didn't have to." Naomi said.
"But I wanted to, for my girlfriend after all." I said as I kissed Naomi on the lips.
I saw Naomi was blushing before she kissed me back on the lips.
"I should get going." I said while blushing.
"Yeah me too. I just remembered I'm on lunch duty today." Naomi said while groaning.
"If you're like that then maybe I should give Yumi and Ulrich the Subdigitals tickets." I said.
"It's not that. It's for Dante." Naomi told me while giving me the look.
"I can't joke?" I asked her.
"You can." Naomi said while smiling.
"See you later tonight for our date." I said as I went through the passageway from the Hermitage into the sewers.
Naomi's POV
I managed to sneak back into my room to hide the package Caleb gave me, usually away from Sissy this time, and tried to sneak into the library so I wouldn't be counted as skipping, which thankfully, I heard Jim yelling from behind the door
"No, you shouldn't talk to anybody. There is no talking permitted in a library. Anybody I find talking from now on is going to have a little conversation with me. And if you haven't had enough, after our little chat, you can just walk down the hall and have a talk with the principal. No talking!" Jim told everyone.
"There goes lunch duty for me." I said to myself.
"This is awful. Aelita and Caleb must really hate me, huh?" Jeremy asked Ulrich.
"I can't say for Caleb, but Aelita doesn't hate you." I whispered to Jeremy as I sat down next to Taios.
"Naomi's right. Aelita is probably walking around right now looking for you to make up right now." Ulrich said.
Oh, how off could you two get?
Caleb's POV
Aelita, Odd and I just dropped to the floor of the factory and went to the elevator to go up to the computer lab. I was setting up the auto-virtualization process plus the transporter into Sector 5 at the same time, which Odd saw like it was Japanese to him.
"Okay, I'll launch the auto-virtualization procedure which will automatically virtualize us in the Desert Sector. As soon as we materialize, we only one minute to get in sync with the transporter." I said while doing both the auto-virtualization and the transporter at the same time.
"Wow. You know how to do all that?" asked Odd.
"Sure. Piece of cake." I said as we went down to the scanner room.
We then entered the scanners as the countdown had hit zero, and were on our way to Lyoko.
Naomi's POV
My watch and Jeremy's laptop were going off like crazy! Oh man, XANA why now of all times? When Caleb, Aelita, and Odd are on Lyoko? This is bad. We need them to deactivate the tower, and they're gonna be AWOL!
"Oh no, an activated tower, in the Mountain Sector. Okay, we're out of here. We can beat XANA if we act fast." Jeremy said.
"Talk plan?" asked Ulrich.
"Mm-hmm." said Jeremy.
"Time for a little culinary disagreement." I said.
"I'm telling ya, the recipe calls for eggs, vinegar, whipped cream, a little wheat germ, and peanuts!" exclaimed Ulrich.
"I say you have to use hazelnut!" exclaimed Taios.
"And I say the recipe calls for cranberry!" Jeremy exclaimed.
"And I say you three are crazy! It's eggs, whipped cream, flour, a little salt, sugar, and strawberries!" I exclaimed.
"Is not!" exclaimed the boys.
"Is so! I have it in my bag if you boys want to keep being idiots!" I exclaimed.
I would've said more, but here's G.I. Jim.
"Oh, we're not by any chance speaking too loud, are we, Jim?" asked Ulrich.
"I want you four out of here, intermediately! Now go on, out of my sight, you hear." Jim said to us.
"That was easy." Ulrich said.
All I did was nod before we started running to the factory.
"Hey Naomi, what was that recipe for anyway? It sounded totally gross." Jeremy said to me.
"It was for a strawberry shortcake." I said while glaring at Jeremy before saying to Ulrich,
"What about yours? That was really gross."
"It's one of Odd's concoctions." said Ulrich.
Dante's POV
After the kids had left, I looked over the beacon. Let's see… primary electricity, running smoothly. Secondary backup source in case I short circuited this house, check. Just one thing I need to get this baby to work. The key.
"Right." I hooked the key into a cross section of circuitry
Just as I set the key in I typed in the code I needed to find that bloody TARDIS. Wherever and whenever it is. I was getting readings of an energy fluctuation, but not from the beacon. After adjusting the wire, I put in some command codes. Just as I was about to hit the enter key, I saw some kind of black ghost dive into the beacon! Oh, for the love of...What is that symbo-oh...find me in the alps. And just when I thought it couldn't get worse, not only was the beacon actually working, but it was trying to electrocute me at the same time! What now? Could this day get any worse?!
Naomi's POV
We arrived in the park while Ulrich just got done texting Yumi about XANA as he said,
"Yumi's on her way."
"I can't seem to reach Aelita. Can you reach Caleb?" Jeremy asked me.
"I'm hitting his voicemail." I said before I put my phone on speaker as his voicemail said,
"Hello? Hello? Hello? Gotcha. If you wanna try and reach me, leave a message, if not, have a trouble-free day. Goodbye."
"Where did he get that from?" Ulrich asked me.
"Me, and I got that from the Hardy Boys. Joe has something similar to that as his voicemail. I know because Frank fell for it." I said.
"Do you think she's still mad at me?" Jeremy asked as he closed the sewer hatch.
Caleb's POV
We just got to the end of the Desert Sector but Odd was getting impatient about the Transporter not showing up which I was about to punch Odd before he said,
"I hope we didn't miss our bus."
"There." Aelita and I said as we pointed to the transporter.
Naomi's POV
We just got up to the computer lab where it smelled like Odd's feet odor again.
"Hey. Do you smell that? It's weird. It smells as if Odd has been here." Jeremy said.
"Forget it Jeremy. Odd hasn't been here since yesterday. His feet smell but not twenty-four hours later." Ulrich and Taios said in unison.
"Still, it's bizarre." Jeremy said.
"Wanna know what's not bizarre? Odd owing me a new bottle of Japanese Cherry Blossom perfume. Mine just ran out from trying to deodorize the lab." I said while looking at the empty perfume bottle.
"We're here Jeremy." two voices said as they emerged from the elevator.
We turned and saw Sia and Rina. Good because we need all the help we can get right now.
Caleb's POV
We soon arrived in Sector 5 core zone, waiting for it to stop spinning so we can move on.
"Get ready. The Corridor just opened." I said.
"Let's go." Aelita said as we went into the next room from the Corridor.
Naomi's POV
I was calling Caleb's cell, but only because I had to cover for him, Aelita, and Odd.
"Still nothing from Aelita or Caleb or Odd." Jeremy said.
"Forget it. It looks like Odd is mad as well." Ulrich said.
"'Cause of his smelly feet? That's dumb. Odd is losing his sense of humor." Jeremy and Taios said.
"But I don't get why Caleb would be mad." said Ulrich.
"Maybe because something a certain Einstein said." I said acting as if I was angry.
We saw the elevator opening, revealing Yumi
"I hope this isn't a false alarm. I raced through my exam." Yumi said.
"It's real alright. I'm sending you, Ulrich, Naomi, Sia, Rina and Taios in right now. The others will join you just as soon as I can get a hold of them." Jeremy said to Yumi.
We then got into the elevator and headed down into the scanner room.
"Transfer, Yumi. Transfer, Sia. Transfer, Rina. Scanner, Yumi. Scanner, Sia. Scanner, Rina. Virtualization. Alright, now for the rest of you. Transfer, Ulrich. Transfer, Taios. Transfer, Naomi. Scanner, Ulrich. Scanner, Taios. Scanner, Naomi. VIRTUALIZATION!" exclaimed Jeremy.
Once we landed, we were getting shot at by Hornets!
"Nice one Jeremy. You materialized us in a middle of an airshow." Ulrich said.
"Sorry you guys, but more surprises are on the way. XANA's has called up his heavy artillery. I'll materialize your vehicle's." said Jeremy.
"Better hurry!" Ulrich exclaimed as we were all deflecting the Hornet's attacks with our weapons.
"Look! Tarantulas!" exclaimed Yumi
"Well then, I guess it's time to get some shooting practice in." I said as I switched to my Fairy gem.
"Super Sprint!" Ulrich exclaimed, going up to one of the Tarantulas.
"Icicle Crash!" I exclaimed as I threw a bunch of icicles at the other Tarantula.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you wanna look at it, the Hornets got in the way. On the bright side, the other's vehicles were ready.
"About time!" exclaimed Ulrich.
"Let's get out of here!" I exclaimed.
"Come on Aelita. You've moped long enough, now pick up." Jeremy say.
Caleb's POV
We finally entered the next room and we're looking around for the key. Where is that bloody key to end the countdown? Captain Hook could've taken out Peter Pan within less than a minute in Once Upon a Time. I think. Not sure.
"Odd, Aelita. See the key?" I asked them.
"Yeah, I see it. It's up there." Aelita said while pointing at it.
"This is almost too easy." said Odd.
"I agree." I said.
And why did we have to go and jinx it? Here come the creepy crawlers.
"Energy field!" Aelita exclaimed as she took out one creeper that was behind us.
"Sis… Duel Field!" I exclaimed, hoping Aelita would know what I was meaning before she nodded her head.
"Laser Arrow!" Odd exclaimed as he shot a creeper but failed to get rid of it.
"Odd, leave these creepers to Aelita and I. Take care of the key!" I exclaimed.
Odd nodded, but Aelita and I noticed something a little off about the Creepers. For starters, why haven't they started shooting yet?
"Bizarre." said Aelita.
"Wouldn't they have started shooting at us by now?" I asked Aelita.
"Yeah. You'd think they were surprised to see us." said Aelita.
"Do you think XANA wanted us to come here?" I asked.
"Who knows." Aelita then said.
"Sorry, we're not disturbing you, are we?" Odd asked before shooting two Creepers with one Laser Arrow.
Oh, now you creeps decide to start shooting.
Naomi's POV
We were flying full speed towards the tower. Well, I was flying, the others were driving.
"I see the tower." said Ulrich.
"So do I, but I also see a welcoming committee." said Yumi.
"And why the Bloks?" I asked out loud.
"Did you get a hold of Odd, Aelita, or Caleb?" Sia asked Jeremy.
"Not a word. I'll try again. Stay in position for now, and don't get devirtualized." said Jeremy.
"We'll try." said Rina.
Caleb's POV
I was watching Odd just jumping up to the key so he can stop the countdown. Great…. This is bloody great. It makes me feel like I should be the one with Ice Powers instead of my girlfriend for Once Upon A Time. It's better than hanging around these creepers. At least Odd owed us for watching his back while the Creepers shot at us.
"Aelita! Caleb! Go!" Odd exclaimed before he pressed the key and stopped the countdown.
"Nice one Odd!" I exclaimed as we went to the next room.
Once we got to the elevator room, we heard Jeremy's voice as he said,
"Aelita, Caleb, Odd. I know you're there."
"Sis, what now?" I asked Aelita
"For your information, while you're out there having a ball, XANA happens to be attack. Ulrich, Yumi, Sia, Rina, Taios, and Naomi are already on the spot." said Jeremy.
"Why do you care about what we do Jeremy? You don't care about how Aelita and I felt when we brought up our father!" I exclaimed angrily and hurt at the same time.
"Let's just drop it for now, okay? Let's get going." Aelita said softly.
I soon growled without Jeremy knowing in a soft tone before the elevator showed up which we jumped on.
"As soon as you get to the dome, I'll program a vehicle and then I'll open a tunnel. The activated tower is in the Mountain Sector, okay? Now get going!" exclaimed Jeremy.
"No." I said in a hurt tone.
I saw my sister looking hurt as well before we exited the Celestial Dome. Odd and Aelita got onto his vehicle before I called for mine.
"Jeremy, how would you feel if you lost your father to XANA if you swapped places with Aelita and I?" I asked him, still in a hurt tone.
"I, uh, that is, uh…" Jeremy started to say.
"My point exactly. You would feel the same way we are." I said before my sister said,
"Look!"
I soon looked and saw three Manta's surrounding the Core of Lyoko. What could this mean?
"They're not attacking. There must be a game." said Odd.
"Jeremy, we spotted some Flying Manta's surrounding the south pole of the dome. They must be seem to be guarding the entrance." Aelita and I said in unison.
"Now that is not a good sign. Hold on, I'll check it out. Uh-oh. Looks like you were right. XANA's attacking the Core of Lyoko. The tower in the Mountain Sector was just a diversion." said Jeremy.
"Okay! We're on it!" Odd exclaimed.
Naomi's POV
Will these Bloks ever leave us alone for a change?! Seriously, I rather be poking my head into the TARDIS to check on Dante, if it were around that is. In all seriousness, one fan slicing, some icicle throwing, and a little telekinesis to help out Ulrich equals three Bloks destroyed.
"Your telekinesis thing is really cool." Ulrich said to Yumi.
"Ulrich, Yumi, Sia, Rina, Taios, Naomi. Change of plans. Listen up. Odd, Caleb and Aelita are in Sector 5. You gotta get over there. They need some help." Jeremy said to us.
"What? What's going on?" asked Ulrich
"Yeah, what happened to their original plan?" I asked myself before Yumi said,
"You knew they were on Lyoko?!"
"I was sworn to secrecy." I said.
"I'll tell you all about it later. But for now, get going!" exclaimed Jeremy.
Caleb's POV
Odd, this idea was as dumb as your smelly feet problem!
"Odd, better not get devirtualized or else…" I trailed off.
"Besides, it's suicide." said Aelita.
"That I can agree on with you sis." I said.
"You're kidding! This is a snap Caleb, Aelita." exclaimed Odd.
"Don't you go and be Einstein." I said to Odd.
Naomi's POV (A/N: All of this jumping is making me tired!)
Once I find that artificial intelligence, I'm gonna clobber him.
"XANA really outsmarted us. While he kept us busy in the Mountain Sector, he was free to attack the core of Lyoko." said Yumi.
"Yeah, but he didn't count on three scanner stowaways already being in Sector 5. Fortunately." said Jeremy.
"So, you're not mad at Aelita, Odd, and my boyfriend?" I asked.
"Not a chance. In fact, as soon as they get here, they're each gonna get a big kiss." Jeremy said sarcastically.
Caleb's POV
Odd just took out one of the three flying Manta's. Alright, time to fight fire with fire or in this case. Fight Flying Manta's with Flying Manta's. XANA's gonna hate me for this, especially now that I'm riding a Manta.
Naomi's POV
We finally made it to the edge of the sector! I just hope that's enough flying for me for today. My back's killing me!
"Are you at the extreme edge of the sector?" Jeremy asked us.
"Sir, yes sir." said Ulrich.
"Okay, then I'll enter the code, Scipio." said Jeremy.
Caleb's POV
We were fighting the mantas when I saw Odd's tail getting hit.
"These guys are tough nuts to get a handle on." said Odd.
"You know, maybe you should throw one of your shoes at them." Aelita and I said in unison as we both fired an energy field on one manta.
"Very funny. I can do better than that. Laser Arrow!" Odd said before he got hit from behind by a Manta.
"Odd!" Aelita and I exclaimed.
"Ah!" Odd screamed as he was devirtualized.
"Sis… want a ride on one of my manta's so you don't have to keep using Odd's Overboard?" I asked my sister.
Aelita nodded as she jumped on.
Naomi's POV
Finally, we made it!
"Hurry up! Aelita and Caleb are all alone." Jeremy said.
Caleb's POV
We rode my manta into the core zone. Thankfully, we didn't have any tailgaters
Naomi's POV
"And the first shield layer of the core of Lyoko has just given way." said Jeremy
"Great, any other news you wanna share with us?" I asked him
Caleb's POV
Aelita and I saw three Manta's attacking the core of Lyoko but knowing XANA, where are the creepers?
"Aelita, Caleb. Where are you?" asked Jeremy.
"In trouble." Aelita and I said in unison, still looking at the three mantas.
We soon started heading upwards to stop XANA but I'm more worried about Aelita since she had only 20 life points left because what we did against the creepers before Jeremy showed up in the factory did 80 life points of damage to Aelita and me but it takes 48-62 hours to just recharge back up. We soon got to a platform where Aelita and I said in unison,
"Energy Field."
That was a bullseye since it hit a Creeper but not good since as we kept heading upwards, a manta was coming towards us! We created a small barrier of two Energy Fields to protect us from the Manta's attacks. Naomi…. I really need you right now. The Manta's soon headed back up to the core to continue attacking it.
"Hang on. Yumi, Ulrich and Naomi are on their way." Jeremy told us.
"Not to rush them but tell them to hurry their butts up!" I exclaimed.
We kept moving forward but I don't know how much more Aelita can take and I'm not only trying to protect myself but Aelita as well. The Manta's came back up and was trying to hit Aelita and me. We made another small barrier to protect ourselves from the manta's attack. I soon saw Yumi, Ulrich and Naomi coming up. Finally….
"Guys!" I exclaimed happily before I saw that the manta's were starting to attack them, until I saw them successfully destroying them before Ulrich protected me and my sister from a Creeper attack.
"Huh, did we miss much of the show?" Ulrich asked us.
"No, just the opening act." Aelita and I said before we heard a Creeper behind us.
Great…
"My saber." said Ulrich.
We then saw two icicles impale the Creeper before my girlfriend floated down next to me. Did I mention how cute she is now compared to her last Fairy outfit? My thoughts were cut off when I heard Jeremy breathing a sigh of relief. So much for him ruining the moment.
"Nice one everybody. Aelita, Caleb. You know you still do have a tower to deactivate but if you want to stop at a terminal first to collect some new data on Franz Hopper. I mean… If you want to…" Jeremy said nervously.
"Yeah, why not." Aelita and I said in unison.
Later that night, Naomi's POV
After the mission was done and over with, Caleb and I were at the Subdigitals concert, and I was in the new pink dress Caleb got for me.
"You look very cute in that dress I got for you." Caleb said.
"Thanks. You look cute yourself in that Subdigitals T-Shirt." I told my boyfriend.
"I even got one for you." Caleb said as he handed me one.
"Thanks. So, ready for that concert?" I asked him.
"Do you have to ask?" He asked me.
I smiled before we started cheering at the Subdigitals appeared on the stage.
"I love you." Caleb said.
"I love you too." I told my boyfriend.
"Forever and ever." Caleb said.
"Until the end of time." I said.
We were having so much fun at the concert that we were caught off guard when it started raining during the intermission. We ran for the factory, using our jackets as makeshift umbrellas while we waited for the rain to pass.
"Great… out of all the times… Why did it have to rain right now?" Caleb asked.
"Could be worse. We couldn't be snuggling with each other right now." I said as I curled up next to him.
"That's true…" Caleb trailed off while blushing before doing the same, causing me to blush.
Aelita's POV
"Any luck?" I asked Jeremy.
I watched in anticipation as Jeremy was decoding the data.
"No, nothing." said Jeremy.
I was about to leave when Jeremy suddenly said,
"Hold on a second, what's that?" asked Jeremy.
"What have you found?" I asked.
"A fragment of a DNA code sequence, that belongs to Franz Hopper. You were right Aelita!" exclaimed Jeremy
"My father… might still be alive somewhere on Lyoko!" I exclaimed
Caleb's POV
Naomi and I were still snuggling with each other when I heard my phone go off.
"Hello." I said as I put my phone on speaker.
"Caleb, it's me! You won't believe this!" exclaimed Aelita.
"Believe what?" I asked.
"In the data was collected from Sector Five, Jeremy found a fragment of a DNA code, belonging to our father! he could still be alive!" exclaimed Aelita.
"T-Th-That's great news!" I exclaimed in shock.
Detroid: Well, at least we know Franz is still alive but what about Kenneth and Hope?
sakuraphoenix: Well, that's for us to know, and for you guys to find out
Detroid: Yep! So, in any case, I'm Detroid…
sakuraphoenix: And I'm sakuraphoenix! Both of us saying we heart you, signing off.
Detroid: See ya!
sakuraphoenix: Bye!
