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~ODROverdrive
Wow... It's been a while. Well, allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Pike Druid Aftershock. I am currently 18 years old, and I attend the Fusion Fall Academy. It has been six months since my draft. A lot has happened. Let's see, I have a beautiful girlfriend, who is having my twins, I have new friends, the Lyoko Warriors (They still refuse to tell me what Lyoko is). And I have a pet. Ulrich gave him to me. It's a Blok. I named him Brock. He doesn't eat, but then again, he's a robot...block...thing. Odd and the other Lyoko Warriors left, except for William, but he is leaving soon. He only stayed because he sustained injuries in battle. Yumi came back to take over for Buttercup, as she is on maternal leave. She was asked how she got pregnant. She came up with the lie to say Odd did it, which should work, at least until the baby comes out with all purple hair, but that's a story in itself. Ben Tennyson took Nigel's place as the Weapon's Training teacher, and our school won the Spawn Slaughter thanks to me. Today is my last day of the semester, then they allow us to leave for the weekend, to see family and friends. The first place I'm going is to Alysson's house. I don't know if she hates me because of what happened that day, but I think we should be okay... Well, like I said, I am Pike Aftershock, and this is part two of my story.
CHAPTER: Breaking Point
I woke up at six thirty Friday morning, as I do every school day. Buttercup was in her room. She started staying there more because her sister's started watching her, and making sure she was okay. I stay over there now, but I wake up at like 3 AM to come back to my room, so that way, when her sisters come in, there is no trace of me. Well, other than "Odd's" babies. I got up from bed, and looked around. I still haven't gotten used to this room... I don't think I ever will... And when I get back from break, I'll be in another room... In another place... Far away from Buttercup and the twins... But I wont think about that... I went to my closet, and turned to a little dresser to the side. I opened the middle drawer, then grabbed a pair of boxers and a t-shirt. Then I grabbed my rag, and towel off the rack opposite my dresser, then grabbed my show gel from a shelf up top. I could use a nice warm shower to clear my head...
It's been a half an hour. I'm sitting at the bottom of the showers, just letting the water run over my body. I wanted to get up, but I didn't have the power. I missed breakfast, and class starts in 10 minutes, but I don't think I can do it today. It's just too much... "Hey, you." I looked over, towards the voice. I saw a guy. Hey was about 5'11, so he was a little taller than me. He donned black hair. "You okay guy?" I wanted to lie, and say I was alright, but I don't think I could stomach it... "Yeah, I'll be fine..." He reached out his hand to help me up. I felt weak taking his help, but I don't think I could stand up on my own, at least not today... I looked at him. "Thank you for the help. I'm out of it today..." He smiled. "Don't worry about it. I always help friends in need." I held out my hand. "I'm Pike Aftershock... I don't think I've seen you around campus." He shook my hand. "I'm out with my friends here, whenever I get the chance to, but at other times, I try to stay stealthy. You never know when someone would want to attack you. We learned that when Fuse attacked us that fateful day... I'm Ares. Ares Neptunevenom." We walked out of the shower room AFTER I put on my underwear, and he walked me to the door of my dorm. We shook hands, and he walked off. I went back into my room, and put on my clothes. Maybe Yumi will understand if I'm late...
"Pike, you're late." Yumi said to me as I walked through the gym doors. I had a feeling she'd do that. "I'm sorry Yumi... I was having a rough time..." "Come to my office and talk about it... We have an odd number of students today, so you would've ended up sparring with me anyway. We went to Buttercup's old office, and on the table was just a laptop, a few manilla folders, a picture of her and Ulrich holding hands, and a name plate that said 'Ms. Yumi Ishiyama'. I was happy for her. "So, what's been bothering you, Pike." I looked down. "A lot... We change rosters on Monday and I'll be at Providence HQ, far away from Buttercup...and the twins..." She hugged me. "Don't worry about that. She's in more than capable hands. Her sisters are keeping eyes on her, and since I'm her roommate, I'll be able to keep a closer eye on her." I smiled a little. "Thank you Yumi." "You're welcome sweetie." She had the tendency to call me sweetie. I felt like her little brother. "I'm going to visit Alysson this weekend... I'll be with her tonight and tomorrow morning, then Odd is taking me to sight see in France, and he told me that he has something important to show me." "We all have something to show you... You're the only one here we can trust, and we need someone else at the academy who can be on call for us whenever Fuse might attack again..." Now I'm starting to worry about what they plan on showing me...
I had class with Mr. Tennyson, and then, as usual, Ms. Utonium and Mr. Michaels. I ran back to my room and grabbed a book bag. I started to pack, and Buttercup came in. I looked back at her, and it looked like she had been crying... She ran to me and hugged me. "Baby, what's wrong...?" "Y...you're leaving... I don't know when I'll see you again, because when you get back, it's straight to Providence HQ..." She cried softly, and it was hard fighting the tears myself... "Babe, I'll see you before I go..." "But after that, you're gonna be there, all day everyday, till you graduate, and then you're going to get deployed..." I ran my fingers through her hair... "They're not going to immediately deploy me... They give you like a week..." "A week isn't enough... I can't lose the love of my life... The father of my children...like this... What if you die, Pike...?" I couldn't answer that... I mean, I don't know if I'll die or not... 40 students were killed before the classes were even switched... "I promise, that I will do my best to stay alive... for you and the twins..." She smiled. "You know... One is a boy, and the other is a girl... What are we going to name them...? I mean, I want your input before you leave..." I thought... "Anthea Aftershock and Jeremie Utonium..." She looked at me for a second. "Why those names?" "I sat with Aelita a lot, and she told me stories... Stories about her long lost mother Anthea... Or her dead boyfriend Jeremie, who saved her life multiple times... I thought it would be a kind gesture... Plus, I like the names anyway..." She smiled. "Okay, but why can't they both have your last name?" I countered with "Why can't the both have your last name." She laughed, and looked into my eyes with tears coming out of hers... "I love you Pike Aftershock..." "I love you too, Buttercup Utonium..." We kissed. "I think I should tell my sisters... About us...the truth..." I looked at her, and thought about it for a second. "I agree. It's for the best, but the question is when." She looked down, and it seemed as though she was thinking... "When you get back... Before you go to Providence..." I nodded, then I finished packing. She sat on my bed, and we talked, until I finished, then I called Brock. He came out of an electrical outlet outside of my room. I kissed Buttercup, then I walked to Brock. I sat upon him, and Buttercup came out and did the same. We road the Blok out of the dormitory. Students stared, but two were kind enough to hold open the double doors. That was nice of them.
Buttercup had left to go to her room as soon as we got outside. I hopped off of Brock, and he went inside my phone. It's odd that he can do that. He just turns into a strange black mist and goes into electric stuff. I think of it as cool. Well, I threw my bag over my shoulder, and waited for Dexter to walk up. He looked at me. "Hello Pike. Any place specific that you're going?" I gave him an address, and he put it into the Null Void projector. I was the first there, so I'm guessing that I get special treatment. I feel unique. He opened the portal, and I looked outside it, and I was staring at Alysson's front door... I hope it isn't awkward between us... Well, like Chris said... Full force... I slowly walked though the portal and it closed behind me. I hesitantly walk to the front door and I knocked slowly. The doorknob turned slowly, and the door opened. The face I saw was young, and innocent for an adolescent. That's how I knew it was Rebecca. She has those kind eyes, and those pinchable cheeks. "Pike!" She yelled, and she hugged me. "Hey little one, how have you been? Did you miss me?" "Duh!" She smiled and grabbed a lock of my hair, and started sucking her thumb. She had the tendency to do that. Everyone thought it was weird, but I found it down right adorable. She went inside, still holding my hair, giving me no choice, but to come in, so I followed behind her, She sat on the couch, and pulled me down with her. She laid her head on my shoulder, and kept sucking her thumb. Whenever I was around her, I was like a pillow, or a teddy bear. I looked at her. "Hey, where's Alysson?" She looked at me, and gave me a sad, worried look... "She's hanging out with one of her 'friends'..." I looked at her, and didn't kind of got what she meant, but didn't fully, so I let it go. I got up, and she looked up at me sadly. "Don't frown, little tike. I'm gonna find Alysson, and be right back." She looked down. "Be careful... You may not like what you find..." I nodded, and she looked back up at me angrily. "And stop calling me that, I'm 16!" I messed with her hair. "But you're 6 at heart." I laughed and left.
I rode through the city on Brock and everyone said "Hi." and "We missed you." It felt weird because half of those people I have never talked to. I guess people notice when people disappear. We were passing an abandoned bridge, and I looked over and saw something weird, so I motioned Brock to stop. Some girl was giving head under the bridge! The fuck?! Where's the common decency?! The respect for yourself, as well as others?! What if I wasn't the only one to pass by and notice that?! I motioned Brock to fire behind their feet, so they get startled, but it doesn't do any damage. He does, and the girl looks at me, and yells "What the he...?!" She stopped for some reason, and then she ran to me. She got closer and it...it was...ALYSSON! She started punching me in my chest and she yelled "You stupid, self centered bastard!" I started blocking, and then hoisted her up on my shoulder. "Let me go!" I made Brock make a U-Turn, and we went all the way back to her house.
"Have you lost your mind?! What the hell is wrong with you?!" I said, pacing in front of the couch, that Alysson as well as Rebecca were sitting. "I told you, you may not like what you find." Becca said, smartly. "WHY DO YOU CARE ANYWAY?! YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ME!" I looked at her, and glared. "YES I DO AND YOU KNOW THAT!"
"THEN WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME!"
"I HAD NO CHOICE! IT WAS THAT, OR RISK PUTTING MY FAMILY IN JAIL!"
"AND WHEN I TRIED TO STAY WITH YOU, YOU WOULDN'T LET ME!"
"IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS! AND YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE DEVASTATED!"
"I TOLD YOU I FUCKING LOVED YOU, AND YOUR ONLY RESPONSE WAS "Send her home Odd." WHAT THE FUCK?!" I looked down, and tears welled up in my eyes and I gritted my teeth... "...BECAUSE I FOUND SOMEONE, OKAY!?" She looked at me, and I thought I heard her heart shatter. She ran upstairs to her room crying... Rebecca looked to me, and then looked down... "She was crushed when she came home that day... She fell into a place of soul sucking depression... She even attempted suicide... After she fail, she was a different person... She hated the world. Looked to any guy she could get for attention...hoping one of them was as good as you... When they started leaving, her only resort was to fuck them... Not even that was enough. She became a straight up hoe... You need to go to her... At least talk to her..." I nodded and ran to her room...
I entered her room, and she was face into her pillow, and crying... "Alysson...? Can we please talk...?" "GET OUT!" She looked at me, teeth clenched, lip quivering, and tears gushing from her eye, rolling down her cheeks... I walked closer to her, and sat on the floor, back leaned against the side of her bed. I turned my head, and looked her in her eyes. She laughed a bit... "When I said get out, I meant leave... Not come closer..." We both weakly laughed together, and she laid on her back, horizontally across the bed, with her face next to mine. "So, you and this girl... Is it serious...?" I looked down. "Aly, she's pregnant... She's due in three months... She's having twins..." She turned her head, so I was looking at the back of her head... "Good for you both..." I started to tear up too, but I had to be strong for her... "Look at me Alysson..." She did as I told her, and I said "We have been best friends since potty training... I love and care about you, and I know any guy would be lucky to have you. You're perfect, and a princess. Don't settle for any less than you deserve." She put her left hand under my chin, gently gripped it and kissed me. I was in shock... She pulled away, and looked at me. "Well, I deserve you, and I wont settle for anyone else... I won't give up until I have you..." I panicked and ran out. As I got to the door, Becca stopped me. "Wait, Pike." I looked back at her. "There's something I've wanted to do for a while, and since you're leaving early, and I might NEVER see you again..." She walked up, grabbed my face and kissed me. "...Come home safe dude..." I ran out. This is some BULLSHIT! Why does everyone all of a sudden like me!?
I called Odd, and told him to come and get me early. I needed to clear my head, because me day is a little too crazy for my taste. While I waited, I went to go see my parents. I talked to them for a good 20 minutes, then I went outside and waited for Odd .Odd came through a portal, and he looked at me. "I was in the middle of spending time with my fiancee man!" "Odd, I called you a half an hour ago." It would have been appropriate to complain about that if you didn't still come this late." He looked at me in worry. "I had to call the others..." He opened the portal, and quickly pulled me in. I was in a strange room. It was a computer monitor type thing hanging from the ceiling, and a chair in front of it. There was a dome sitting next to it, and in front of it all, was William (still in a boot), Yumi, Aelita, and Ulrich. "What's going on guys?" Aelita looked at Yumi. "You remember what I told you to do, right?" "As long as you guide me through while you're inside, I'm good." They all looked at me, and Odd put his hand on my shoulder. "Pike Aftershock, you are a strong warrior... And with only Yumi there, we need someone who will be able to operate this thing, and keep it a secret..." I looked at him. "What is this thing?" Aelita grabbed me. "We'll explain on the way, let's go" I was confused...
Aelita took Pike and Odd into the elevator, and it closed. I looked at Ulrich and William. "I can't believe she wants me to virtualize them... Last time I did a virtualization, Jeremie ended up in virtual limbo..." Ulrich walked to me. "Hey..." He put his hands on my hips, and I felt at peace. "You'll do great." We heard Aelita from downstairs. "We're in the scanners!" I quickly ran to the interface, sat in Jeremie's chair, and put on Jeremie's headset. I followed the instructions that Aelita told me prior, as far as opening the program, and starting it up... "Okay... Scanner Aelita, Scanner Odd, Scanner Pike... Transfer Aelita, Transfer Pike... Virtualization..." I laid my head back on the chair, and prayed for the very best...
"We're in!" Aelita said, but I don't know who she was talking to. She wasn't looking at me or Odd... "Thank god! I was so worried..." a voice that sounded like Yumi's voiced out of nowhere. "What the hell?!" I looked at myself, and I was wearing all black, with blood red boots. I donned fingerless gloves. I think I'm dreaming... Aelita looked at me. "Sit, we need to talk..." I did as told, and she and Odd sat. I looked around and the walls were dome shaped, and a darkish blue. I looked down, and the symbol that was on Brock was on the floor, big and in white, on and all blue floor. "Pike, this is Lyoko... It's a virtual world holding a sociopathic computer virus known as Xana. Xana has agreed to help us with the war against Fuse, it we ever needed his monsters to help. That Blok that Ulrich gave you is one of those monsters..." Odd spoke. "We brought you here, because we know you're a good warrior, and that we can trust you not to betray us..." I nodded, and looked down. "I thank you both for this honor..." They stood, so I stood with them. Then they ran down a corridor, so I followed close behind.
Soon after, we were in an open corridor, with a touch interface at the end of it, and standing in front of it was a middle aged me. Aelita pointed to him. "That's Xana." She nudged me toward him, and I reluctantly walked to him... "Hello, new Lyoko Warrior. I am Xana, and I live here in this virtual world. It has come to my understanding that you are taking care of one of my many monsters." I nodded. "Thank you. And now down to business. They say that you're here to gain access to my monsters for your school, so that way, if Fuse attacks, catastrophe can be averted." I nodded one more. "Well, now that I know who you are, and what you look like, I know who to look out for." I nodded again, and I ran back to Aelita and Odd. That Xana guy creeped me out. Aelita shouted "Yumi, bring us in." The virtual world melted away, and them I was looking the inside of a metal tube filled with light... This is crazy...
I stayed with the warriors for the rest of the weekend. Odd took me sight seeing around Paris. It was so beautiful, and it made me forget about all of my worries, I appreciated the little things. It felt so good. Then I had to go home. Yumi and I were escorted there by Ulrich. Ulrich and Yumi kissed, and then he left the portal. I hugged Yumi. "Thank you... for everything." "You're welcome Pike." She went to the Staff quarters, and I went to my room. When I got to my room, I saw Nina waiting patiently for me. I looked at her. She never came to my room. We don't even hang out, besides at lunch. I walked up to her, and she looked at me. She smiled and she hugged me. "Hey Pike. I have got to tell you about my weekend."
Me and Nina sat on my bed laughing. "So you're brother really chased a squirrel till he caught it?" I asked her, still laughing. "Yeah. He chased the damn thing for like four hours, and when he finally caught it, he didn't even want it anymore. He let it go." We laughed, and we laughed. Then she looked at me, and she slowly got a serious look. "Pike, may I ask you for some advice?" I nodded. "There's this guy at the academy that I like. I've wanted to date him for quite some time, but I was never able to find out if her likes me. What do you think I should do?" I looked at her, as if I were giving Alysson advice, because I had answered almost the same question dozens of times. "Go with your impulses." She smiled. "I'm glad you said that." She quickly kissed me, and I froze. WHY?!
