Like A Boy
A Code Lyoko fic by Madame Halie
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko.
Chapter 11: Shock: PartI
Emily walked towards the dorms. School was over and she wanted to get ready for her date with Odd later. Plus she also planned to check her roommate's computer to see what the news of a plane crash was about.
She froze upon seeing a crowd outside the female dorm section. There was a lot of chatter and Emily wasn't sure what was going on.
"Excuse me?" Emily asked, "but what's happening?"
A girl turned to her. Suddenly the girl started laughing. Soon a flyer was pushed into her hands.
The flyer showed her and Odd kissing and under it in bold glittering letters was BEAUTY AND THE BALDIE.
Emily's eyes grew to the size of saucers. Soon her hands were shaking.
"What's going on?" a voice asked.
Emily looked to see Aelita.
I bet she did this! Emily thought.
"You Bitch!" Emily screamed and charged at her.
She was pushed back by William.
"You crazy skank!" William snapped, "what's the matter with you?" he demanded.
A sobbing Emily pointed at Aelita.
"She put up these flyers of me!" Emily shrieked, "I know she did it!"
"What flyer?" William demanded as a terrified Aelita looked completely confused.
Emily shoved it in his face.
William frowned then slowly looked at it. His face blanched. He couldn't imagine Aelita doing something like this. But whoever did it obviously lacked a conscience.
"Here Aelita," William said giving it to her, "be warned, it's awful."
Aelita took the flyer with quivering hands. She shrieked when she saw the words.
"I'd never do this!" Aelita shouted, "plus I dumped Odd," she pointed, "what grudge would I still be holding?"
"Maybe you changed your mind," Emily threw at her.
"Watch it," William warned.
"It was me."
The three turned to see a very timid Melissa. The wayward Christian wrung her hands and kept looking around as if she expected some invisible specter to attack her.
"What?" Emily asked.
""Why?" Aelita asked, "oh no, to get back at Odd?"
"I only did it on my computer," Melissa insisted, "someone must've printed it out," she said, "but my laptop's password protected."
"So some genius printed these?" Emily snapped angrily.
"I'm so sorry Emily," Melissa said, "I was angry when I took the picture," she admitted, "but I eventually realized it would be horrible to make a poster," she said.
"A po… you were going to make a poster?" Emily asked in disbelief.
"But I changed my mind," Melissa told her.
"Whoopee," Aelita said sarcastically, "I'd expect this from Christophe," she stated, "but he doesn't bother those who don't bother him."
"Actually, I showed him the picture," Melissa confessed.
There was a dead silence. A light breeze blew by unheeded for nearly a minute.
"You showed Christophe?" William asked.
A teary eyed Melissa nodded.
"Do you have any idea what you've done?" Emily asked, "I want to die now, I thought my life was over when I went bald."
"I'm so sorry," Melissa said, "I'm so sorry."
"Where is she!" Odd shouted, "I spoke to Yumi, she said Christophe told her the one who took the picture was you Melissa!" he raged, "when I catch you, you'll wish you kept it as a poster!"
Melissa shrieked and fled into the dorm.
A red faced Odd soon became visible. Most of the students who saw him stepped back fearfully. He looked ready to kill.
"She is gone inside the dormitory Odd," Emily said deadpan.
"Emily?" Odd asked, "oh no, I hoped to deal with this before you found out."
"So it's already beyond the dorms?" Emily realized.
"Odd wait, you can't kill her!" Ulrich shouted rushing to catch him up.
"She escaped Ulrich," Odd stated as Ulrich appeared panting, "her cowardly legs saved me from prison life," he added hatefully.
"Good," Ulrich said, "no matter what, she's not worth getting into trouble."
"She or me?" Emily asked darkly.
"Hey I'm on your side," Ulrich said offended.
Emily still looked skeptical.
"He's here for you Emily," Odd said, "Christophe's the guy you should be angry with."
"Melissa said she didn't do the flyers," Aelita spoke up, "she claimes that she just showed Christophe the picture and only kept the poster she did of it on her computer."
"And you believe her?" Odd asked frankly.
"I believe Christophe's more involved in this than she is," Aelita stated.
"But she took the picture," Emily insisted.
"An EA could've taken that picture," Aelita said, "taking a picture isn't criminal," she pointed out, "though this should be," she added.
"So we should give Melissa a pass?" Emily snapped.
"Hey, you've been having an attitude problem towards Aelita from the moment you saw her," William spoke up, "I don't care what happened, cut it out."
Emily closed her mouth. But she gave Aelita a dirty look.
Ulrich scoffed and walked off.
"What…see?" Emily told Odd.
"All I see is a jerk," Aelita said, "see you later William, by Odd," she said pointedly and headed off for the dormitory.
"Bye," William said then gave Emily a condescending look, "you're just jealous of her," he said and left.
Emily soon started to cry. Odd hugged her and stroked Emily's new blonde wig. Someone had dumped glue on her brown one as a prank.
Yumi meanwhile sat in front of Headmaster Delmas squirming. She knew it had to be about the tape she gave him. If he was okay with just getting the photos back, she was in the clear. But if he decided to be stickler to the rules, she was dead.
"I'm going to pretend I never heard anything explicit on that tape Yumi," Headmaster Delmas said and pushed the tape recorder towards her, "I guess you were right about Christophe framing Ulrich," he continued, "but we need proof, admissible proof," he added.
Yumi nodded as she grabbed the tape recorder. No one would've convinced her she'd do something so dumb and desperate. She was glad that she found out when Christophe turned off his hidden cameras before she did it. If he'd released photos of her she'd kill him. But not before making him suffer.
"I'll do everything I can," Yumi declared.
"See that you do," Headmaster Delmas responded.
Yumi sighed. She knew he'd still be furious that she had planned to frame and backmail his daughter. It was bad enough that Ulrich got in trouble instead. Now Sissi could have her reputation ruined. And Yumi allowed herself to get mixed up in it by getting involved with Christophe.
Stupid doesn't start to describe that decision, Yumi thought.
"Oh, I received a call from… never mind," Headmaster Delmas started but stopped.
Yumi however noticed the worry on his face.
"What is it?" Yumi asked, "who called?"
"A teacher from Jeremie's school," Headmaster Delmas said sadly, "it seems some of the passengers in the plane crash today went to Einstein Academy," he revealed.
Yumi went pale.
"Was Jeremie on that flight?" Yumi squeaked.
"No, their flight was delayed," Headmaster Delmas explained, "a few students decided to board a different flight instead of waiting," they died in the crash."
Yumi breathed hard as she barely held back tears. She had met some of the EA students and they seemed really nice. It was awful to imagine any of them dying.
"The teacher said their youngest was amongst the dead," Headmaster Delmas added, "she had given me a welcome present, I wasn't even away from my school."
Yumi just hung her head. She'd seen the girl around campus and thought how smart she must be and how cute she looked.
"Can I tell my friends?" Yumi asked her voice cracking.
"It may be advised," Headmaster Delmas said, "but only a few, the names haven't been made public yet," he told her, "I don't want to get anyone in trouble."
Yumi nodded and hurried out.
(4pm at Kadic's Dormitory)
Ulrich sat in his dorm room crying. He had heard some kids from one of the foreign schools talking about the plane crash. Then they said a renown French reporter revealed breaking news which stated that EA students were among the dead. He heard nothing else as he ran to his dorm and locked the door just as he started to sob.
His cell rang but he flung it against the wall. He didn't want any stupid calls about stupid typical teen things. Jeremie had to be dead. Why else hadn't he already called any of his friends at Kadic? He couldn't even imagine what the Belpois were going through if he was like this.
"Ulich?" Odd asked knocking, "are you still mad at Emily?"
"Screw Emily! Jeremie's probably dead!" Ulrich screamed.
"What?" Odd asked but Ulrich broke down again.
Chapter Completed
Today is March 2, 2011. I plan to update at least twice this month. The chapters are already written. I just need to type them. Please read and review. Thank you for all your support.