Jeremie's POV
Jeremie sighed as he sat back in the chair XANA left for him. It was unnerving to watch the others load up on the bus and watched various traffic cameras as they traveled to the mall. Jeremie rubbed his eyes as they all headed inside. Ulrich and Odd headed towards a sport store and the girls headed towards an outlet store.
There has to be a way out of here. He can't keep me here forever! Jeremie thought as he watched Aelita and Yumi look over at dresses. Aelita was chatting nonchalant with Yumi over who had the cuter butt. Apparently Aelita was blushing at saying Jeremie did. For reasons beyond him, he was glad that you could not blush on Lyoko. Aelita held the pink dress in her hand as she headed to the dressing room.
Thankfully, there was only a camera at ankle height in the hallway between rooms. Jeremie watched Aelita enter a room, but something on her leg grabbed his attention.
'Hey Aelita? Since when did you have that little crescent scar on the back of your right knee?' Jeremie asked her. He could feel her nervous energy radiate over to him.
'Oh! Ummmm…. I got it the day after we found my father's diary.´ Aelita told him. Jeremie did not need to recall that day as her mind send him the memory.
Aelita felt her in someone's arms as she opened her eyes. She looked up at the blank face of her best friend. She could see him carrying her to the factory. 'Jeremie!' She cried out to him. The blonde stopped and looked her way. The eye of XANA clearly in his eyes. Aelita hated to see him like this. It was her biggest fear since finding out XANA could possess people. At yet, here he stood with XANA filled eyes, taking her away to her doom. 'Jeremie, NO! Listen to me please!' She cried out to him. The blonde stared down without any expression. Aelita could not help but wonder in that second if this would be the last she would ever see of him. A soft tickle on her knees and neck soon erupted into pure points of pain as electricity flowed into her. Aelita tried to not pass out, but he was too strong. 'Damn you XANA…Damn you for hurting him like this… Jeremie…please don't cry over me when you're set free…' Aelita thought as she went limp in his arms.
'Aelita…I-I never knew…I'm sorry.' Jeremie thought back to her as he tried to keep his own memory away from her…but it played out anyways.
Jeremie struggled against the invisible ropes that bound him tightly in the chair he sat in. His eyes were forced open to a screen of what was happening all around him. A man in black stood next to the chair. 'It seems I am reaching my goal soon of having that girl alone on Lyoko.' the man said in a dark sounding tone. Jeremie wanted to look away…he wanted to stop himself from hurting Aelita… but the ropes just kept getting tighter and tighter… but XANA had other plans. He forced Jeremie to see the shock and pain in her eyes at seeing the possessed boy. 'Aelita….' Jeremie softly said as he could feel a tear try to break free of his eye. Jeremie wanted to tell her how sorry he was to put her through this…to tell her how much he hated to hurt her like this. To tell her how much his was hurting him as well. But instead, he had to listen to the plea from her… how desperate her voice was to break into his mind. Jeremie could feel how much power XANA had forced through his hands to get her to fall asleep once more. Her cry of pain cut him deeper than anything he had ever heard before. Jeremie cursed at XANA in his mind as his eyes began to cry over her pain…cry over the dark laugh that escaped XANA's mouth at him for causing them both this terrible pain.
'Oh Jeremie…' Aelita thought back to him. He could feel her sympathy rush over him as he did the same to her for scaring her like that.
'Oh what a dark and twisted web that darn AI has thrown us into. We should of told each other about what happen… Can you ever forgive me for being too weak to overcome his darkness that day?' Jeremie asked her, feeling sadder than ever before.
'So long as you don't make a big deal over this scar. It was XANA who gave it to me, not you.' Aelita told him gently.
Jeremie chuckled a bit at her. 'Oh how broken we all have become since XANA entered our lives… but at least we will always have each other.'
Jeremie relaxed and looked over at the boys in the store. Odd and Ulrich where looking around at a new skateboard in awe. Jeremie could not help but chuckle at how silly they were to think they could afford a new board. Jeremie glanced around and spotted something by the alarm system. Jeremie gasped a bit as black cloud erupted out from an outlet. Jeremie was about to tell the others when XANA's ghost entered the alarm system.
'AELITA! GET OUT OF THE STORE RIGHT NOW! XANA IS TAKING OVER THE ALARM SYSTEMS!' Jeremie yelled out to her. Aelita gasped and ran out of the dressing room, throwing on her shoes as she ran out. She yelled towards Yumi as they bolted towards the door. Jeremie watched at the security gates came down and locked away Odd and Ulrich. The boys ran over to it and began to bang against it. A mini bolt of electricity traveled down the gate and attacked the boys. They were thrown back and crashed into a display for baseballs.
Aelita and Yumi reached the gates and managed to get out just as they were coming down. Jeremie was about to sigh in relief, but the shadows around them began to shift. Jeremie was about to tell Aelita to watch out, but she had already knew… an army of spectres stood around her and Yumi.
Jeremie felt the need to help them…. The numbers were clearly not in their favor as they were hopelessly outnumbered. His hands moved around the camera controls that were at his disposal. He brushed against something that was tingling. He looked down at some broken wires he must of broken free before when he slammed his fists into the controls. He reached over to them and began to play around with them.
'Aelita! You girls need to buy some time…. I just may have an idea…' Jeremie told her as he kept working on them.
Oh what can the two girls do to buy Jeremie the time he needs? What could be in the mind of everyon's favorite Einstein? Find out next time I update!