Chapter 11
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I woke up on the first real day of school. Odd and Ulrich arrived Friday and we didn't have class that day, then we didn't have classes for the weekend. Jeremie and I walked down to the cafeteria to meet the others. They sat, already eating their breakfast. Jeremie and I walked through the line and sat down with the others. I started eating.
"Ready for class?" Ulrich asked to no one directly. Everyone nodded.
"Today we have Science. What about you Yumi?" Crystal asked.
"French," Yumi answered.
"I, for one, still wish that we are on break," Odd said.
"I don't," Ulrich said. "Being away from Lyoko for so long was boring."
"I'm just glad we got so many things done in two weeks and didn't have to use a return to the past," Jeremie said.
"Could you imagine how weird it would be to wake up on the same day again without expecting a return to the past?" Odd asked.
"Yeah. I don't think my vacation was as fun as being here on Lyoko," Ulrich said. "I had to spend my vacation at my grandma Lucinda's house."
"My sisters locked me in the bathroom, again," Odd said, apparently engaging in his competitive nature.
"My grandma is a vegan. Could you imagine what we had to eat?" Ulrich said.
"My sisters took turns spitting in my food. They told me after the meal," Odd countered.
"I slept in the closet under the stairs."
"My sisters put a stink bomb in my pillow, so that when I laid down on it, it would make my room smell like Kiwi peed in every square foot of my room. Then when I tried to leave, they blocked the door with a chair."
"Okay," Ulrich gave up. "Your sisters are a lot worse than my grandma." Odd nodded. We finished our meal and went back to Jeremie and my room to wait for the time to go to class. Jeremie sat in his chair, Aelita sat in the floor next to him, Odd, Yumi, and Ulrich shared Jeremie's bed, and Crystal and I sat on my bed. Jeremie's computer started to beep.
"Really? We just sat down!" Odd said.
"We better go before something serious happens," Jeremie said. We stood and walked out the door and down the hall. When we reached the door, we looked outside. The sky was pitch black and it was flooding with rain. Thunder shook the building.
"We better take the boiler room access," I said. We ran for the boiler room. An alarm sounded. Students filled the halls, heading for the basement. We split off when the hoard of students passed the boiler room and headed down the stairs into the sewers. The water level was an inch above the walkway.
"We're going to need to walk. We can't ride through this," Jeremie said. We walked as fast as we could, taking a lot longer to get to the ladder than it would with our vehicles. Everyone climbed as fast as they could to avoid getting rained on. I teleported into the factory.
"Cheater," Odd said after sliding down his rope. We rode the elevator down. Jeremie got out in the control room, and we continued down to the scanner room.
"The tower is in the forest region," Jeremie said.
(Third person omniscient)
[Lyoko]
Alex, Aelita, and Crystal spawned above the others.
"The tower is on the platform directly east. Be careful. It looks pretty heavily guarded," Jeremie said. Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd walked to the next area ahead of the others, prepared to fight. The others waited for them to get a good lead then followed them. Ulrich led the group, deflecting shots from all types of monsters. Odd ran out on to the battle field and shot two hornets that were focusing on Ulrich. Yumi threw both of her fans at a Krab. The first fan cut the legs out from under it, and the second one went through the top of it.
"Triangulate!" Ulrich yelled running around a Blok. The Blok fired, knocking out one fake Ulrich. Another Ulrich ran up behind it and stabbed it through the eye. Aelita ran on to the battlefield, arm extended, aiming at a Tarantula. Alex teleported and hit a Kankrolot off the flat. Crystal charged a Tarantula. It put its arms up to aim. Crystal put her knives together and cut its leg off, then stabbed it through the head. Ulrich and his clone jumped into the air on to two side by side Krabs, stabbing them through the top of the head. Odd shot three Kankrolots. Aelita shot a Blok and a Hornet. A Kankrolot and a Krab aimed at Alex. Alex watched the Kankrolot charge. At the last moment, Alex leaned back dodging the shot, then he stabbed it, swirled his staff and put it at the bottom of the Krab and shot a laser through it.
[School]
The stairwell leading to the basement of the school was completely flooded. Water started to flow in under the crack in the door. Thunder could still be heard crashing outside.
"Why didn't we go upstairs?" Sissy asked Jim.
"If this breaks out in a tornado, it could take the building with it," Jim said, ignoring the know-it-all in her voice. Jim walked up the stairs and attempted to clog the door with his jacket.
[Lyoko]
Crystal was surrounded by Kankrolots. She threw a knife at one, devirtualizing it. She kicked another. Another one shot her arm. Alex teleported to her, hitting the ground to stun them, then they simply stabbed them. Ulrich, Odd, Aelita, and Yumi stood in a circle, Ulrich blocking shots from hitting Aelita. Aelita shot an energy field at a Tarantula. Odd shot at Hornets. Yumi threw one fan at a Krab. Crystal ran around stabbing several monsters. Alex teleported, shooting or stabbing monsters. More monsters poured in from the side paths. Alex, Ulrich, and Crystal took one path, Odd, Yumi, and Aelita took the other, each team taking out dozens of enemies. Ulrich jumped on to a Blok, stabbing it through the eye. As he stood perched, a Krab shot him in the back. Alex stood beside him, guarding him from incoming shots. a Kankrolot shot Alex in the shoulder, knocking him back. As he stood up, a Krabs shot him. He was devirtualized.
"Odd! Yumi! There are too many of them! We need to hurry up and get Aelita into that tower! There is no point in trying to clear this area anymore!" Alex yelled. Odd pushed Aelita behind him, Yumi ahead of him, guarding shots from the enemies. Yumi turned to run with Aelita, but was shot in the ankle. Yumi turned around to see the hoard of monsters. She stood, fans in hand, and blocked Aelita and Odd. Aelita ran towards the tower.
[School]
The pressure behind the door built up. It was starting to creek on its hinges, unable to move. Jim ran up the stairs, leaning against it to hold back the water. It wasn't enough. The hinges busted, sending the door flying. Water flooded the room. Everyone tried their hardest to float to the top. The water rushed in like a waterfall, crashing off of the stairs and the walls.
[Lyoko]
Aelita ran into the tower, walking into the center. She floated to the top. Outside, Yumi had just been devirtualized. Odd was being surrounded and was shot to devirtualization. Alex and Crystal stood back to back. Alex jabbed the ground with his staff, stunning the hoard. He grabbed her hand and ran under the forces of Krabs and over the lines of Kankrolots. They then fought them from the other side. Destroying several monsters before they ever became unstunned. Aelita reached the top. She walked to the panel and placed her had on it. Outside, Alex and Crystal had slaughtered the onslaught of enemies, only taking a couple of shots a piece.
[School]
The water level reached the ceiling. Everyone was now underwater. Some tried to swim up the stairs to get air, but the water pressure was pushing them back.
[Lyoko]
The console read 'CODE'. Aelita typed in 'LYOKO'. The boxes of binary code fell from inside the tower. Alex and Crystal sat on the edge of the flat, hand in hand, waiting to return to the past.
"Return to the past, now!" Jeremie yelled.
(Alex first person)
I was on my bed, still holding Crystal's hand, waiting for class.
"You were definitely right when you said 'more monsters'," Ulrich said.
"There had to be a hundred of them!" Odd shouted.
"And there will be more," I said. "XANA is not going to give up easily. He is going to protect the tower as best he can."
"We've got to go to class," Crystal said standing up. We each stood up and walked to class.