Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko or the song "What Goes Around, Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake. I do own Musa, Cascada, this story's plot, and any other characters.

Surprise, Surprise: What Goes Around Comes Back to Hit You in the Face

"This wasn't the time to do this," Anita stared coldly at Ozzy. The man looked impatiently away.

"It had to be done," he murmured softly. "She needs to focus if she wants to survive."

"No, it did not. Just because you're a bitter old man doesn't mean you have to make them that way too!" the woman said angrily from the passenger seat.

"I still love you," he whispered.

Anita looked at him harshly before her gaze softened. She rubbed her arms absentmindedly. "A younger me would instantly say that same thing back to you, but now…I don't know," she said getting out of the car and walking to the hotel's door.

Ozzy turned and looked out of his window, towards the woods, thinking. "Those simple words..." he muttered softly, "don't mean anything."

CODE TWILIGHT

Dream

A young girl laughed in delight as she played in the snow, her cheeks a rosy red. "Look at my giant snowball, Mommy!" she giggled before she continued to pat the large ball of snow in front of her.

"Stay near the house, darling," a woman called out while smiling softly at her daughter. She leaned further into the embrace of her husband.

"Well done, my angel," the man called out, enjoying the moment of peace, but it would soon be broken.

Howls filled the air.

The girl gasped, as she turned around to face a growling wolf. She whimpered in fear before she noticed that the wolf wasn't looking at her but at something behind her. She turned around to see two men in black suits staring intimidating at her.

"Lana!" the father cried at the wolf. "Get Aelita and the others and run!" The man was pulled apart from his wife by more men in black.

"Aelita!" the woman cried as she was dragged by the men.

The wolf tried to pull on the young girl's coat but released it when it realized it was surrounded. It growled defensively, ready to pounce.

"Mommy!" the girl cried out running towards the car where her mother was in.

"Aelita," her mother cried as the car pulled away. The girl fell to her knees as her mother was driven off. She began to cry, not noticing the wolf walking towards her with a slight limp.

"Rose and Leon are taking care of the others," the man sighed, the right sleeve of his jacket completely torn off and a blossoming bruise begin on his left cheek.

"They took mommy," the girl sniffed as tears began to fall.

A reassuring hand was placed on her shoulder. "We'll get her back," an almost toneless voice reassured. The young pink hair girl looked up, jade green eyes meeting blue-green ones. "I promise."

"What did they want?" the pink hair girl looked at her father.

"They're not getting it," the toneless voice said suddenly looking at Hopper with guarded eyes. "We'll find another way to get mother out of this but…they're not getting what I was put through pain and agony to have..."

CODE TWILIGHT

Aelita eyes adjusted to the dim light of her room. She looked at the digital clock on the stand next to her bed. 2: 30 a.m. It was still too early to get up but she couldn't go back to sleep.

"Was that dream…real?" she wondered. The events that happened didn't seem possibly or make much sense but…it seemed real enough. But if it was real, then the facts about Musa and Cascada that she had learned…were wrong. "They wouldn't lie to us, to me…would they?"

CODE TWILIGHT

The silence of the room was broken by incoherent grumbles and cries. Sitara was awakened from her sleep by these noises. She sat up in her bed and looked across the room where Musa was sleeping. The girl was moving around in her bed, looking troubled in her sleep.

"Odd," Musa murmured as a tear fell from her closed eye, leaving a wet trail down her cheek. A soft breeze had her turn towards the window to see that it was once again open after she and Musa had closed it. She walked over towards it, shivering as she closed the latch. When the mute turned around she saw that she wasn't the only one worried about Utada's trouble sleep.

Void sat on the edge of the wolf A.I.'s bed. Sitara watched in silence as he raised a hesitating hand towards the sleeping girl before placing it on her exposed hand. The girl settled down quickly after but she still wore a troubled expression. Void spent a few more minutes with his hand over Musa's with Sitara watching, gently stroking it, before getting up.

He walked towards Sitara who was still standing in front of the window. The mysterious A.I. stopped once he was a little past her. The windows flew open and the scarf she had left for him danced in the wind around his neck. She smiled softly at the sight. She didn't dare to turn around as she felt a light caress of fingers against her hand before it pulled away, much to her dissapointment.

"Take care of her for me," his breath hot against her chilled skin. She nodded and then the wind stopped its dance. She turned around to see nothing but the night sky and the empty grounds outside her window. She closed them once again and turned to see the once asleep girl was now awakened.

The mute waited for the girl to say something; to interrogate her about her stagnant relationship with Void. What she said surprised her.

"Sitara?" the girl called out softly, barely audible as she stared down at her hands. "Can you-?" Musa wasn't able to finish her question as a large lump formed in her throat, fresh tears falling. Deangelo didn't need to hear the rest of her friend's question. She already knew.

Walking over towards the other girl's bed she pulled back the covers before slipping in. She pulled Musa down so she was lying next to her before covering them both with the sheets. Musa sniffed, looking for comfort once again as she took Sitara's hand. The caramel eye girl gently stroke her friend's hair just like Brooke, Cassie, and Zoey had done many times with her till they both drifted off to sleep.

CODE TWILIGHT

Cascada's P.O.V.

Well, now I know where Odd gets his insane energy from. Maria was working like a mad woman running across her hotel room that she had some how transformed into a design room. You would say that I was unfortunate to be forced to work with this woman while she was on her tenth cup of coffee but actually, I really liked it.

Visuals have always been my specialty, as I told her before, so I was eager to help her design the clothes for the party tonight. Emma and Sissi had offered to help us, more like beg on Sissi's part, but…they just got in the way. It's really freaky how well Maria understands me and I mean that both fashion wise and personality wise.

I was comfortable around her and found myself telling her things that I wouldn't even tell Mrs. Dunbar whom I also feel close to. I've told her a lot about my life, excluding parts about Lyoko and me being a artificial intelligence of course, but everything else, like my seemingly fractious relationship with William, my ever burdening duty of being a good, selfless, older sister for not only Aelita and Musa but for most of the group, and the strange dream I had when I was possessed.

It really spooked me out. It seemed so real, but how could it be? The only time I've ever been to earth before my encounter with the others was when Hopper and mother were testing the scanners. So how could the dream possibly be real? How could I have possibly killed an innocent child so easily?

"Dreams are strange things," Maria murmured while using a sewing machine to intricately stitch the hem of one of the dresses. "They tell us things that we may not even remember; people that we've met and lost or hidden ambitions. It's up to the dreamer to try to make sense of what they're dreaming lest they wanted to be haunted by uncertainties and fear."

I nodded. I guess that made sense. A comfortable silence swept over us.

"Hey, bella?" Maria called out.

"Yes?" I asked looking up from my own stitching. Maria had stopped and was staring at one of the finished dresses. It was an off the shoulder dress with separated flowing sleeves. The bodice of the dress was a light blue till it reached the waist where a black ribbon was tied around it. The bottom of the dress, as it got longer, became darker till it reached the hem where it was a beautiful midnight blue color. This was Musa's dress.

"Tell me about your sister and my son's relationship," she said softly.

I shrugged. "I wouldn't say that opposites attract for their situation. They have quite a great deal in common that it's almost scary, but that doesn't mean they don't have their differences too. While Muse is more likely to hold a grudge and lose her temper, Odd is surprisingly different. Though it does seem that he's a jump in head first type of guy, there are occasions where he takes things slow to enjoy the moment and I've never seen him hold a grudge against someone. All in all, I guess they're the perfect fairy tale couple."

"Really?" Maria asked getting up and staring out the window. "Do you really believe in such things, Cascada?"

"I think that if a couple tried hard enough and tried to work for the benefit of each other, that anything is possible. Though the outcome may not end up in a romantic relationship, hopefully, the bonds they made along the way will still stand as a strong friendship," I answered.

"That's a nice little theory," Maria nodded before turning to me. "But how many couples do you know that are like that? That still want to be friends?"

"One," I said absolute.

"Well, consider you and the couple lucky to be able to testify for your theory. As for everyone else in the world, it's not so easy. But, let's keep an eye on Odd and Musa. Maybe they'll prove me wrong," Maria smiled.

"They will," I thought confidently. Oh how a fool I was…

CODE TWILIGHT

"JEREMY!"

The blonde looked up from his seat at the computer towards the pink hair girl of his dreams. She rushed over to him, taking in his disheveled clothes and hair and also the smell coming from him. Aelita had been looking everywhere for him and was surprised and angry to find that he was still in the lab.

"Oh!" she said covering her nose. "Have you left the lab in the last two days?"

"To go to the bathroom," the boy shrugged, about to turn around back to the computer when Aelita stopped him.

"No!" she said angrily. "You're going to get up, come back with me to the hotel eat, take a shower, and get ready for the party.

"But Aelita-"

The boy was cut off as the winged warrior's hand connected with the flesh of his cheek sending a resounding clap throughout the silent lab. He looked at the girl. Her head was down and she was shaking terribly.

"You can't keep doing this," she said softly. "We always joke about this but you're honestly going to kill yourself if you keep this up and I don't know- I don't know…" She trailed off as she threw herself at him, wrapping her arms around him. He sat there, not knowing what to do.

Was he being selfish? Were his own goals of succeeding hurting his princess? He sighed wrapping his arms around her. "That won't happen. I promise…"

CODE TWILIGHT

So why your love went away
I just can't seem to understand
Thought it was me and you babe
Me and you until the end
But I guess I was wrong

Music played lowly, the radio turned onto some American song. He wasn't paying attention to it too much, yet, it oddly fitted his mood. Odd stared unseeingly at his ceiling, the memory, like a wound, still bleeding fresh in his memory.

Don't want to think about it
Don't want to talk about it
I'm just so sick about it
Can't believe it's ending this way

"I don't think this is working. I think...I think we should break up"

Just so confused about it
Feeling the blues about it
I just can't do without ya
Tell me is this fair?

"What went wrong?" he questioned softly. "What couldn't I give her?"

Is this the way it's really going down?
Is this how we say goodbye?

"Her smile….was it really a frown?"

Should've known better when you came around
That you were gonna make me cry

"Her laugh…was it really a sob?" he looked down at his faithful dog that he had had since he was younger. "What did I do wrong Kiwi?"

It's breaking my heart to watch you run around
'Cause I know that you're living a lie

"Or did she find someone else? Maybe a more serious guy?" An image of a certain blind boy and Musa flashed in his mind. "No!" he thought bolting up in his bed. "It can't be…" he whispered. "Can it? How long…?"

Now girl, I remember everything that you claimed
You said that you were moving on now
And maybe I should do the same
Funny thing about that is
I was ready to give you my name
Thought it was me and you, babe
And now, it's all just a shame
And I guess I was wrong

Before…

"Y-you can't be serious," Odd said reaching out to her but she took a step back, crossing her arms defensively over her chest as she looked anywhere but at him.

"I am," she said softly.

"What did I do?"

"Nothing!" she yelled tears falling out her eyes. "You did…nothing…I'm sorry, but…I just can't handle this," she said before running out of his room, figuratively throwing his heart that he had given her back in his face in a million pieces.

Don't want to think about it (no)
Don't want to talk about it
I'm just so sick about it
Can't believe it's ending this way
Just so confused about it
Feeling the blues about it (yeah)
I just can't do without ya
Tell me is this fair?

Now…

The cat warrior suddenly got up from his bed, startling Kiwi. He walked towards the door that entered the rest of the suite before exiting and heading to the elevators. He was heading towards the girls' suite.

You cheated girl
My heart bleeded girl
So it goes without saying that you left me feeling hurt
Just a classic case
A scenario
Tale as old as time

Sissi sighed. "Utada! Stop mopping around! Don't you have a party to get ready for?" she asked the raven hair girl on the couch. Musa had dyed her hair totally black earlier this morning and Sissi thought it was strange to see the girl without any wild hair color. For some reason, that alone depressed her along with the depressed vibe she was getting from the girl.

This wasn't really helping her already foul mood at all. She really wanted to go to the party but the tickets were expensive and unless you had connections you couldn't get in. She had hoped that being nicer to the gang they would maybe give her a ticket, but alas, it was all for naught.

The principal's daughter was pulled out of her thoughts as she heard a knocking on the door.

"I guess I'll get that," Sissi sighed again. She walked over towards the door and looked out the peep hole. "It's Odd," she said about to open the door.

"Wait!" Musa cried springy to her feet. "Tell him I'm not here!"

"What? Why?" Sissi asked confused.

"Please Sissi!" Musa beg. "I'll pay you back! I promise!"

"Fine," Sissi agreed though somewhat confused. Musa nodded before running to her room. Taking a deep breath, Delmas's daughter opened the door to the grinning jokester. "Musa's not here, Oddball," she greeted.

"Good," the boy's grin said growing bigger, "because I didn't want to talk to her," he said stepping in.

Musa held back a gasp as she listened through the door. What was Odd doing?

Girl you got what you deserved

"Want to go as my date to the party?" he asked extending out a ticket to a shocked Sissi.

And now you want somebody
To cure the lonely nights
You wish you had somebody
That could come and make it right

But girl I ain't somebody with a lot of sympathy
You'll see

Musa held a trembling hand over her mouth as silent tears fell. "Why am I crying? I brought this upon myself. This is how it was supposed to be…maybe…maybe someone else will be able to do what I couldn't…maybe someone will be able to see the true Egen," she thought. A trembling hand rose to her chest, her heart aching. "Maybe he'll find someone stronger than I am."

What goes around comes back around…

"Tonight shall be interesting. Don't you think so? Esen? Void?" their leader asked.

"Of course," Esen replied for both herself and her silent partner.

"Well then, let's get on with the show," the man chuckled.

Damn. If you guys didn't want to kill me before you must really want to now... Ugh...got of think of something so I wont be poked by sharp objects...uh... great, my brain just died on me. Guess I better start running.

The song I just added on a whim. It was really freaky actually. I had my I-pod on shuffle when I was writing this part and it magically landed on this song. No Lie! Anyway, this isn't all the lyrics. I took some liberties and just used the lyrics that kind of fit. The part that I used for Aelita's dream is based on the episode "Distant Memory". This is my take on it since some of the events of the last season of the show don't take place in the timeline of this story.

Um...since my life is at stake, nothing more to say so...PLEASE REVIEW! If you don't, I'll do the unthinkable...Odd and Sissi...KISSING! Mwahaaaa! I'm truely evil aren't I?