Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko, Nobody's Perfect by Hannah Montana, DDR, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Over The Hedge or Kung Fu Panda. I only own Lacey, Mr Etalong and the kids.
This is the chapter that has the solution of The Golden Key To Carthage. I know the private plane is SO unrealistic, but I wanted to make it unrealistic. Remember this is in the future. Enjoy!
Chapter 10
A New Country
The kids were on the bridge to the factory. It was five minutes to ten in the morning and Mark knew his dad would freak out if they were late. They entered the factory, got in the elevator and went down to the control room where the adults were waiting.
"There you are you're late!" Jeremie exclaimed.
"No dad, we're right on time, see." Mark took his dad's watch and held it out to him. It read exactly 10:00am.
"Oh, my bad," Jeremie chuckled. "Anyway, Xana has made another country. It's not a virtual country, it's a real one. Only people who know that Lyoko exists can go there. It's not far from here, since we're the only people in the world that know about Lyoko. We'll all have to go there together if we want to get the key.
"What about school?" Angel asked.
"If we're not back in a month, then it's too bad for them. This is more important than school. The fate of the world depends on us," Jeremie replied.
"When are we going?" Luke asked.
"Today hopefully," Aelita replied. "If that's ok with you."
"It's fine with us. Let the journey begin!" Chris exclaimed.
"Ok, get your stuff ready, we'll be ready in an hour. We'll tell Mr Etalong, then we'll pick you up and we'll head off," Jeremie instructed.
"How are we going to get there if other people can't see it?" Arielle asked.
"We are millionaires, we have private jets," Odd answered.
The kids went to get their stuff ready. They took one suitcase full of stuff each.
Girls Room
"Out of the country romance, how romantic," Angel commented, daydreaming. She got bonked on the head by Arielle a minute later.
"We do have a job to do you know," Arielle reminded her.
"Yeah, but Jeremie might have to find something and we can go and have free time," Angel pointed out.
"Yeah, well you two have fun with your "romances" but don't forget that some of us don't have boyfriends to that with," Tanya reminded them.
"There's always my cousin," Angel stated. Tanya just looked at her like she was crazy. "You know you like him."
"Well…" Tanya started. Arielle and Angel gasped. Angel went through a whole chant of "I told you so! I told you so!" before Tanya shushed her.
"I don't want anyone else to know," Tanya explained. Angel and Arielle rolled their eyes. When they had finished packing they headed towards the boys room.
Boys Room
"I wonder if we'll get any free time," Chris wondered.
"Why? So you can spend time with my sister?" Luke asked.
"Hey! She is my girlfriend," Chris argued.
"You have a point there," Luke sighed. He turned to Mark. "You're very quiet today. What's up?"
"You guys have girlfriends and I have nothing, zip, zero, naught," Mark explained.
"There's always my sister," Chris pointed out. "And I know that you like her."
"What if I did?" Mark asked.
"There wouldn't be anything against you," Chris told him. Mark was about to say something else when the door opened, revealing the girls with their stuff all ready.
"Man, you girls are quick for girls," Luke observed.
Angel smiled. "That's because we're Lyoko girls!" Everyone laughed. When the boys were ready, they met the adults outside the gates.
"Our plane is waiting for us at the airport," Yumi told them.
"Who's going to pilot it?" Arielle asked.
"I've had some pilot training, so I'm going to do it," Odd answered.
"Oh yeah, I remember that day," Luke told them.
"Let's go!" Odd exclaimed as he turned towards the limo. Everybody else just shook their heads and followed him.
There were five front seats, which the adults sat in and there were A LOT of backseats which the kids sat in. Angel and Luke sat on one lot of seats, Arielle and Chris sat on another and Tanya and Mark sat on the last lot. Angel was getting ready to sleep using Luke's lap as a pillow until they got to the airport. Arielle was doing the same thing, using Chris' shoulder as a pillow. Tanya was going to sleep on the plane. She and Mark chatted about random things on the way.
"We're here!" Odd's voice called twenty minutes later. Everyone got out of the car and walked to the plane. It was a shiny white plane, definitely first class. They all boarded the plane. It wasn't a normal plane with rows of seats. It had seats here and there and many rooms for video games, computers and just hanging out. The parents, minus Odd, went to the far back room, well away from the kids. Odd went up the front to pilot the plane while the kids went into the bedrooms. It would take one and a half days to get there, so they needed somewhere to sleep. They each had their own room. When they finished unpacking a bit of their stuff, they went to the games room.
"I bags the first go on the video games!" Arielle exclaimed.
"So do I!" Chris exclaimed. The two both ran over to the video games.
"Awwww, those two are so cute together," Angel giggled. Arielle and Chris blushed.
Mark spotted a DDR machine and asked, "Hey, does anyone wanna go on DDR with me?"
"I will!" Tanya replied. They both ran to the DDR machine. When they turned around, they saw the others staring at them.
"What?" They asked in unison. The others just smirked and turned back to what they were doing. Tanya turned to Mark.
"What song are we going to dance to?" she asked.
"Hmmm, let me see… Nobody's perfect?" Mark asked.
"Sounds good," Tanya replied. Before they started, Mark started singing.
"Nobody's perfect! I gotta work it! Again and again-
"CUZ!" Angel shouted across the room. "You are SO not perfect at singing! It's hurting my ears!"
"It's worse than Luke's snoring!" Arielle added. Luke scowled at her.
"I DO NOT SNORE!" Luke shouted.
"Yeah, and you also think you're not scrawny," Chris stated.
"I AM NOT SCRAWNY! I AM SVELT!" Luke yelled. Everyone laughed as Luke crossed his arms.
One and a half days later
"Are we there yet?" Arielle asked her dad for the twentieth time that hour.
"Yes!" Odd called out the answer she had been hoping he would say for ages.
The plane landed and they all got out. Jeremie had located a cabin that they could stay in. The runway for the plane to land on was right next to the cabin, so it didn't take long to get there. When everyone was unpacked, they all gathered in the very large living room.
"I need to find something with my locater so you can just have free time until bed. We don't need dinner, we already had a lot of stuff on the plane," Jeremie told them.
All the adults, minus Jeremie, stayed in the living room to watch a movie. Angel and Luke went upstairs, where the other TV set was and watched a movie up there. Arielle and Chris went on the swing in the backyard and looked at the stars. Tanya went looking around the property for any good training grounds. Mark went to the river that was separated from the cabin by trees to throw stones in the river.
Should I ask her? No, it was her personal thought. Then again, it did involve me… But it might ruin our friendship… But she can't be mad at me for being curious…
"I thought you'd be here," a voice said. Mark turned around and saw Tanya's smiling face.
"You looked kind of out of it at the house, I was just wondering what was wrong," Tanya explained as she threw a rock in the river also.
"Uh… you know how the Scyphozoa went through your mind?" Mark asked.
"Yeah," Tanya replied.
"Well… my dad put in a meter. It was the personal thoughts and memories you have. The more recent the meter got, the less time we had to save you." Mark stopped and waited for Tanya's reaction. Her eyes widened as Mark kept speaking.
"I was the person that had to watch the meter, which meant hearing your thoughts and seeing your memories. There was one particular memory and personal thought that… was confusing. It was when I walked in on you singing and you were thinking about why you shared that stuff with me. You thought that it was just chance, but before that you started thinking it was because you…"
Tanya sighed. They were now sitting down on the grass side by side. The water was now sparkling in the moonlight more than before. Tanya felt Mark's hand on her own.
"You can tell me," he told her. She sighed again.
"No I can't…" Tanya trailed off.
"Yes you can. If it's anything bad we'll get through it" he reassured her.
"Well, it's because… I… like you," Tanya told him.
Mark's eyes widened in surprise. Tanya saw this and, embarrassed, stood up to leave. But she felt an arm pull her back down. Their hands touched and they scooted closer to each other until their lips met. When they broke apart, they heard a click and saw a flash.
"Bulls eye!" Arielle giggled. She ran off with Chris at her heels. Mark and Tanya chased after them until they saw them disappear into the house.
"Oh no, they're going to show it to our parents," Tanya groaned. She started running towards the house but Mark pulled her back.
"Does this mean we're boyfriend and girlfriend now?" he asked.
"I think we can arrange that, or our parents will," Tanya replied. They both ran towards the house. The first room they went into was the kitchen; the next room was the living room. They heard laughing and giggling coming from the living room. They both poked their heads into the room.
"We can see you, you know," Yumi told them. They both came sheepishly into the room.
"When were you planning on telling us this?" Aelita asked grinning.
"It only happened like, ten seconds ago!" Mark exclaimed.
"Ok, ok, now go, shoo, scat!" Lacey exclaimed. The kids all went upstairs to see Luke on the couch with Angel in his arms.
"Awwww." Luke and Angel looked up to see the others smiling at them.
"Where have you guys been?" Angel asked.
"Well…" Mark started.
"Tanya and Mark are Boyfriend and girlfriend!" Arielle finished.
"High five cuz!" Angel cave Mark a high five.
"It looks like your movie is over," Chris told them.
"We have way more where that came from!" Luke exclaimed. "What do you want? How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Over the Hedge, Kung Fu Panda-
"Kung Fu Panda!" the others exclaimed in unison. They all laughed, sat down and watched the movie for the rest of the night.
I know, Tanya and Mark are FINALLY together! I couldn't wait for this chapter! I'll update ASAP! Bye!
