"Are they gonna be alright? " Aelita asked looking at Jeremy and William
"They're gonna be fine after some rest." Dr. Hopper answered
"I'm gonna go check on everybody else." Aelita said walking to the elevator
"Be safe, princess." Dr. Hopper said as the elevator door closed,"I love you." He quietly said as the elevator started to move
"Dad, what's Malcolm's current location? " Aiden asked
Dr. Hopper moved away from Jeremy and William and pushed a few keys unaware that one of the wires was still broken. A ghostly ghoulish figure appeared in the room sneaking up behind Dr. Hopper.
"Hurry Aiden you have to get to that tower before he does." Dr. said
"I'm on it, dad." Aiden said before the screen slightly glitched
"Be careful Aiden he is..." Dr. Hopper started before the screen glitched black with Xana's symbol forming
"RIGHT HERE!" Malcolm yelled before punching Dr. Hopper and pulling him out the chair
Dr. Hopper stumbled trying to gain his balance and pushing Malcolm off him. Malcolm grabbed Dr. Hopper's arm trying to twisted behind his back and held a dragger against his throat. Dr. Hopper gulped and stopped struggling to keep the little space between his throat and the sharp blade.
"Malcolm let me go." Dr. Hopper said
"Only if you tell Aiden to stop fighting." Malcolm said
"Why should I? Do you not think he is weak like how you've been telling him his whole life or are you afraid of him and how strong he is without you?" Dr. Hopper questioned
Malcolm kept the knife close to Dr. Hopper's throat ,"I refuse to lose control again."
"You lost control when you lost him." Dr. Hopper said
Malcolm glanced down and shut his eyes tightly before opening them a second later, while the elevator came back down. Malcolm held Dr. Hopper while backimg up into the corner beside the elevator. When Aelita stepped out of the elevator the room was quiet with only the sound of William and Jeremy resting
"Daddy where are you?" Aelita asked
Malcolm pushed Dr. Hopper out of the corner,"Try anything and I'll kill him." He said
Aelita turned around to see Malcolm's solar red blood shot eyes staring back at her while his body lightly glitching.
"Tell Aiden to surrender now or "daddy" here dies." Malcolm said gently placing the dragger closer to his throat
Aelita slowly went over to the super computer's chair and sat down, the glitching screen fixed as soon as she sat down. Dr. Hopper struggled to escape while Aelita placed the microphone in her ear.
"Don't do it." Dr. Hopper said
"Aiden?" She yelled
"Aelita!" He replied a moment later
"Stop fighting or he is gonna kill dad!" She yelled
Aiden stood there frozen in shock at the thought of Malcolm keeping his family hostage. His hands trembled as he slowly closing them into fist.
"RIGHT ON TIME!" Malcolm happily yelled snapping Aiden back to Lyoko
Aiden stared at him with nothing but pure hatred in his eyes. Malcolm clapped his hands and laughing evilly,"Nice work clone! " He yelled
The clone smiled hearing his Creator's approval still keeping a tight grip on Dr. Hopper, who kept struggling to escape.
"Now call off your army." Malcolm commanded
"You're a goddamn coward." Aiden said
"CALL THEM OFF!" Malcolm demanded
Aiden hit his shield in Morose Code and all the creatures started firing at one another, expected a possessed Tarantula that shot down a Manta near the Kolossus.
"Drop your weapons." Malcolm commanded
Aiden relentlessly dropped his sword and shield inbetween the two. Malcolm couldn't help but smile watching the weapons fall near his feet, before kicking them into the digital sea,"Take off the helmet." He said
Aiden's hands trembled as he slowly taken the helmet off and gently placing it on the grass before dropping to his knees, placing his hands together, and leaning his head over his fingertips as if he was praying.
"Aiden? Are you alright?" Aelita asked
The a light blue spark flew from the wire and a light blue cloud of smoke slowly form beside the broken wire. The smoke had outlined a figure crouched down on one knee and bare knuckles before standing on it's feet. When the smoke finally cleared Aiden appeared,"Let...him...go." He demaned walking up the clone
"Aiden." Aelita quietly mumbled to herself
"Aelita get out of here." Aiden said staring directly at the clone, "NOW!" He yelled
Aelita quickly got out the chair and crawled into hiding a spot near Jeremy and William.
"Take one more step and I'll..." Malcolm started
"I dare you. Honestly, I fucking dare you to cut a single hair off his neck and just see what happens." Aiden interrupted.
The clone quietly gulped and tried to stop his lightly trembling hand,"Stay back!" He said
Aiden stop two feet away from Malcolm and Dr. Hopper,"You can mess with the creatures you can mess with me but when you mess with my family. The only people who have ever loved me, the only ones who protected me and had taken care of me. You just crossed the damn line." Aiden said
"But I gave you life, you're the spitting imagine of me...You are MY son." Malcolm said
"Your "son" died when he was nine years old, and if you hurt my father...I swear not only on my life every single creature in Lyoko, and my mother's gave I swear to God. I. Will. Kill. You not only here..." Aiden's clone started
"But here to." Aiden finished in Lyoko opening his eyes staring at Malcolm,"Now, I'm only gonna say this once so listen up you sorry excuse for a human being." Both Aidens said simultaneously
"Let...My...Family...Go." They said at the exact same moment
The Malcolm clone trembled and glitched uncontrollably staring at Aiden awaiting his oders,"Master?" He asked
"Do it." Malcolm said
Before the clone could even think straight, Aiden's clone threw a dragger directly in his forehead before devirtualing back into Aiden's body in Lyoko. Dr. Hopper stood frozen in shock as he caught his breath realizing what just happened, he leaned against the wall and slowly slid to the floor to glance up at the devirtualing dragger disappear from his sight.
"Daddy!" Aelita yelled racing into his arms
"Shh shh shh, I'm alright I'm ok everything is gonna be alright. " Dr. Hopper said trying to keep Aelita calm glancing over at the super computer's screen