Hey guys, how was Halloween? Me? Highly uneventful...O well. Here's the next chapter though, hope you guys enjoy! Oh, and remember to review or pm me with new ideas you might have!
Chapter 12 All Souls Day
There were Tarantulas guarding the entrance to the factory; and they were miserable. They hated the rain, but they hated their job more. Why couldn't they be destroying the town with everyone else? As they saw a small figure approaching the bridge, they raised their guns with resigned boredom.
Aelita looked up at them, eyes tear streaked, and charged. The monsters were so surprised at this that they didn't even have time to prepare before they were destroyed.
Soon, Aelita was inside the factory, and looking down upon an army of Crabs. She scowled for a minute before jumping upon the first and killing it with her diamond-edged chainsaw and moving onto another. Once again, Ulrich reflected, she looked like an angel sent straight from Hell. She acted that she had been sent to eat the monsters 'souls' and drag them down to Hell.
And she was hungry for revenge.
"Hey," Ulrich said, turning to Yumi, "Remind me never to get on Aelita's bad side ever again, ok?"
Soon, all of the monsters in the entrance were destroyed, and the four friends moved down to the Scanner Room, where the last remaining monsters and William remained. Aelita got stuck in the fighting as soon as the doors opened, and had destroyed all of the monsters except for William.
Then she destroyed him too.
And got in the scanner…
Checked her nails and hair…
Waved…
And was soon doing the exact same thing on Lyoko.
Ulrich rolled his eyes. "After all of this, she still forgot what we came here for, right?"
Jeremy shook his head and called down the ladder to Ulrich, "No. Aelita's correct. Before we can even attempt to save Odd, we need to deactivate the last of Xana's towers."
Ulrich stepped into his scanner, shaking his head, "You know, Einstein…One day we're all going to sit down and explain everything that's been going on. I can't keep up with all of this drama!"
"Me neither…" Yumi said, holding her head as she too stepped into a scanner.
Later, after they had deactivated the last tower and Jeremy had launched a return to the past, returning them to that morning, Aelita was running down the hallway to Odd's room.
She burst in through the door, startling Ulrich, who leapt for his pants.
"HEY!" he yelled in indignation.
"Shut up. We're all men here."
"NO WE'RE NOT! IN FACT, I'M THE ONLY MAN HERE!"
"Quit your whining, Ulrich, we'll be out of here in a second," Yumi said, who had just showed up.
"Fine. Hurry up and search for Odd then."
"Where is he?" Aelita said, looking around the empty room.
"Right now? Well, he was going to the showers yesterday, um, today. And no, you're not going in there; I'll go look for him," Ulrich said, awkwardly holding his loose pants up and heading towards the door.
Aelita and Yumi waited awkwardly in Ulrich's room for a couple minutes before he came back, shaking his head. "He's not there."
"Let's go ask Jeremy what happened then," Yumi said, heading towards the door.
Jeremy jumped as the others walked in. "Um, hey guys…Wh-What's going on?"
Aelita put her hands on her hips. "What happened, 'Einstein'? You said, he would come back!"
"But I did come back."
"Odd?"
"Um, kind of."
"Jeremy, what's going on…?" Yumi said, looking at the transparent form that had appeared in front of her.
"Before you all freak out, let me explain. Yes, this is indeed Odd, but he is trapped in this ghostly form; for now at least. The problem is, we don't know how he got there or how to get him out," Jeremy said, pushing his glasses up his nose.
"We need to do something though!" Aelita said, freaking out.
"Maybe Franz Hopper can help…" Ulrich said edgily, looking at Jeremy.
"If we could only find him…" Yumi said dejectedly.
"…Or contact him…" Jeremy said thoughtfully.
"Um…There's something I forgot to tell you guys…" Odd said, seeming to blush even whiter in his translucent figure.
"Yes Odd?" Jeremy said, leaning in.
"Well, after, you know, after I died, well, I was floating around in the Digital Sea. I could feel my pixels disintegrating, and there was nothing I could do. Well, then I seemed to be pulled inside this giant…bubble, and I found myself in a log cabin, surrounded by snow. A man was sitting in one of the chairs, and he beckoned me over," Odd begun awkwardly.
"Franz Hopper," Ulrich said under his breath.
"Yes," Odd said, nodding to Ulrich. "Well, we had a talk, and he asked me about our life, and if Aelita was safe. I said 'yes' and he seemed to approve. He then asked me some other things, and he nodded to each of my answers. I felt like I was in the presence of a god, you know?"
"No," Jeremy said, "Please explain."
"Maybe sometime later," Odd said uncomfortably. "Anyway, he gave me a choice; I could either stay there with him or be safe for the rest of my life, or he could put me back on Lyoko, where I could be with my friends. I chose the second. This didn't seem to surprise him, and he actually gave me a smile, the first I've seen from him. And then I was on Lyoko, watching you guys fighting without me. And you know the rest."
Silence reigned for a couple minutes before Aelita spoke.
"I believe him."
"Really, Aelita? This seems a little far-fetched, even for Odd," Jeremy said, looking at her skeptically.
"I'm positive."
"Fine. Now Odd…How does this all tie into us getting you back?"
"Well, I can tell you where to find Franz Hopper for one thing."
"You're lying," Jeremy said, crossing his arms.
"No, I'm serious! Look, I'll even give you guys the coordinates…29 30' N 54 25' E; you'll find Franz Hopper there!" Odd said, struggling to prove his sincerity.
"Well, I guess it's off to the scanners then," Ulrich said, getting up.
"Who said we were going through with this?" Jeremy said in reply sitting down and crossing his arms.
"We all know how to work the Supercomputer, thanks to you," Yumi said, "So it would be pointless to refuse anyway.
Jeremy sighed. "Well, I guess we're all going on a joyride to Odd's imaginary world in the Digital Sea."
"Let's."
"Ok guys, according to Odd here, you've just got 200 meters to go, closing fast. See anything?" Jeremy's voice boomed out inside their headsets.
"No."
"No."
"…No," Aelita said reluctantly, not believing that Odd could be lying.
"Wait a second…Odd says to fire off two flare rounds, straight ahead…At 520' range.
"On, it," Ulrich said, detaching from the Skid. "Firing on your mark, Aelita."
"…Mark!" Aelita exclaimed, as Ulrich launched his two flare tornadoes.
They trio waited I anxious silence for a couple of seconds, watching the flares until they seemed to disappear behind a curtain, still glowing though.
"Did you get that, Jeremy!"
"Yes, our friend Odd must have been telling the truth. Ok, head for that opening. An no, Odd, I highly doubt that ghosts can eat…No I will not take Kiwi out for a walk…And I will not tell Ulrich to hurry up and ask Yumi out; although he really should…"
Aelita giggled, looking through her cameras at the blushing pair. "You left your headset on, Jeremy."
"I know. Odd wouldn't let me. You guys have no idea how creepy it is to put your hand through a ghost's it feels like death itself," Jeremy shuddered. "And shut up Odd! You ignorant bastard! Do you have no idea what they're doing out there, trying to get you back, for God's sake! Nonononono, don't hug me…Odd, stay away…I'm sorry I cussed at you…please…? No, stay away…Aaarggghhhh!"
"I think someone just got hugged by a ghost," laughed Ulrich.
"It's not funny, Ulrich," Jeremy said, sliding back into his seat.
"Entering sphere…" Aelita said, interrupting the boys. "Well, if it is a dome. Whatever."
"Um, does anyone else hear someone talking? Any what's happening to the Skid?" Yumi said, looking around her in alarm.
The Skid disappeared beneath their eyes, to be replaced by a white light. 'Did I die?' wondered Aelita.
'No, little one, but let me address your friends first.'
"Welcome, brave heroes. Please, take a seat; I'm sorry it's a bit messy, Odd didn't warn me that you were coming. Where is that boy, anyway?"
So, how was it? Tried to tie it in to Halloween, ghosts and all-fun. In the middle of Algebra right now actually :D. Our teacher has no idea...lol. (insert huge smiley face here)
This chapter is dedicated to ODST Spirit of Fire...Who should really hurry up and publish his first chapter, it's good :D.
Song of the day! Anthem of the angels, short, but good! ^_^
