Real Code Lyoko Episode 148: You Are A Pirate

Author: James the Lesser/The Bunnyman

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own These Characters! Moonscoop Does!

A/N Ok, Real show ended at E95. But am I the only one to see the cliffhanger? Gah, how can they not have a S5? I figure hey, I see the cliffhanger ending, how can they not have it? Well, they might not so I will write it!

Aelita is staring at the screen of her lap top at the café. "William had a ship so Jeremie should also. But where does it dock at? That Super Computer would hold more importance too Xana." Her fingers fly over the key board as her latte gets cold. "Come on we must find it."

Odd is at work wiping down the equipment when Annette walks in. "Odd?" He turns and sees her.

"Hi Annette, what do you need?" Odd continues wiping the sweat off of a weight bench.

"There is a dinner thing my Papa was invited too. I'm going and I need a date." Odd shakes his head.

"I can't Annette. I've put you at risk enough as it is. If we're seen in public by the KGB it will only cause you more problems."

"Odd I'm not asking you I'm telling you. As your employer I am telling you to be my date."

"Annette how am I supposed too explain it too the others?"

"You mean Aelita?"

"Well, all of them but yes Aelita."

"I don't know." Annette crosses her arms. "You said it your self things won't work with her so why do you care?"

"Because she's my friend and I don't want to hurt her feelings. We have a major mess because of my stupidity and I can't mess it up any more then I already have." Annette laughs making Odd annoyed.

"It all falls on you huh? Are you really that big a deal Odd? For some one so svelte you sure have a big ego."

"Its not my ego it's what is going on. We have too many problems dealing with Xana," Odd stops. "With the KGB also that I can't be adding any more."

"What other problems are there?" Annette sits down on an exercise bike.

"You don't want too know. It's a long story." Odd turns and wipes the handles of an exercise machine off.

"I do and I don't care if it's a long story." Odd sighs.

"It starts with Yumi and Ulrich and then gets worse when William showed up at Kadic Academy and getting between those two. Now Ulrich and Yumi were kind of…" Odd tells the long story changing the details needed too keep Annette in the dark about Xana.

Ulrich is in his room alone. "One hundred eighty two, one hundred eighty three," He continues his sit ups.

William and Yumi are at a fast food restaurant. "My first pay check was small but more then enough for us." Yumi and William tap soft drinks.

"Too your first pay check." Yumi smiles at him. "Thanks for lunch William."

"No problem Yumi. It's nice not having too bother Odd for money." William takes a bite of his sandwich.

"Yeah. Not that we've been paying for some of our stuff." Yumi reaches down to her pocket where a pack of cigarettes were.

"I feel bad about that but they won't sell them to us some times."

"I know. We need to find a place that doesn't care so we don't have too risk stealing them." The two continue talking and celebrating William's first paycheck.

Odd is lying on the floor of the gym next too Annette. "And that's just the stuff I can tell you about." Odd looks over at Annette. "And hopefully you can see why I can't add even more stuff to that."

"What the frack is up with Yumi? She seriously has two guys who want her and she ignores both? She needs to tell one or the other to stop and look for some one else. And really I don't know why Aelita is so confused. That Jeremie guy sounds like he is totally devoted too her." Odd is confused.

"What was that word? Frack?"

"Yeah. My Papa won't let me say frick which is German for," Odd cuts her off.

"I know what that means."

"Well, he won't let me say it so I changed it too Frack."

"How do you spell it?"

"F-R-A-C-K." Odd scoffs at the spelling. "What?"

"Take the C out. It makes it cooler." Annette laughs.

"You're distracting me. But it won't work. Why is Aelita confused and what's up with Yumi?"

"I don't want too talk about either of those. Yumi is my friend and I'm to blame for Aelita being confused." Odd sits up. "I still have stuff to do. I'm a little behind now."

"I'll help you catch up." They get off the floor and get to work.

Aelita is at the café and leans back in her seat. "This will never work."

"What will never work?" Aelita turns and sees Mark.

"Stupid program I'm working on."

"For what company?" Mark sits down across from her.

"Uh, a new one called Lyoko. Trying to deal with uh, information transfers on the Internet. Trying to make them more secure." Aelita looks and sees Mark has two croissants on a plate. He picks one up and hands it too Aelita. "Thanks." Aelita takes a bite.

"You have to watch out for pirates. I knew a guy who was doing work and then his PC got hacked by pirates and the company lost like millions." Aelita has a spark of an idea.

"Pirates sure have gotten lazy. A couple hundred years ago they had to take a ship in battle. Then they would board it…" Aelita closes the lap top. "Um, thank you Mark for the croissant and the idea." Aelita leaves the café and hurries back to the building.

Odd leaves the gym wiping his cheek. "She can't do that." He looks in to a window at his reflection. "Ok I got the lipstick off." Odd sighs. "What the, well, frak am I going to do?" He looks in to the reflection. "I guess you won't answer." Odd starts walking down the sidewalk.

The next couple of days Aelita is working hard on her new idea. Only taking short breaks for sleep and other necessities Aelita finishes her new program. "We can't test it we just have too try it." She leans back in the computer chair. "But I need a shower and some sleep." Aelita closes her eyes. "Or sleep and then a shower." It isn't long before she does fall asleep.

Odd is in his room arguing with himself. "If you do this it will end it for good. But it needs to be ended. You'll hurt her feelings and yours. She's every thing you want, she's every thing you need. She's every thing inside of her that you wish you could be. She says all the right things at exactly the right time but," Odd growls at himself. "Her heart belongs with Jeremie. You know that you were in each other's heads. She misses him so much." Odd continues arguing with himself.

Jeremie watches Aelita. He tries to see what the program was but she had it locked down. "This could be bad." Jeremie debates whether too attack or not.

Odd goes in to the control room and sees Aelita sleeping. "I have to do this. You can't keep doing this to her, Annette, and yourself." Odd laughs a little. "Stupid upgrades. Why did they have to do this too me? Good job Franz." Odd walks over to Aelita and shakes her shoulder.

"Huh?" Aelita's eyes snap open. "Is Xana attacking!?"

"No Aelita, calm down." Odd spins the computer chair so Aelita faces him. "I want to talk, ok?"

"Ok, sure. Where have you been the past couple of days? I haven't seen you." Aelita smiles at him.

"Well, I've been trying to figure some thing out. I hate what I'm going to do but I know it's the right thing." Aelita tells he was lying.

"No you don't. You're about to hurt me aren't you?"

"I don't want to and I know in the end you will be better off. Aelita I know when we save Jeremie you'll go back too him. I don't want to make you choose or feel bad about going one way or another."

"You wanted too date me. You said you liked me, a lot. I hurt Jeremie because of you. And now you say you don't want to deal with me any more?" Odd shakes his head.

"No! I still want to be friends but I don't want you too feel bad about going back to Jeremie when we save him. He loves you Aelita. I think I do, I know I really like you, but he loves you."

"You know the future? You think I'll just run back to him? What if we don't save him? What if we do and I just want to be friends? What if I do like you more then him?" Tears start to form in Aelita's eyes.

"Aelita don't say that. This is hard enough to do as it is. I don't want to." Odd feels tears start in his eyes. "But we were in each other's heads remember? I know how you feel about him still. You miss him and love him. What he did was stupid but he did it for Ulrich and the rest of us. Right now you're stressed out from all of this," Odd motions to the Super Computer. "And fighting him but you know we'll save him and you will always love him. He sacrificed himself for Ulrich and too show to you he was more then just, just," Odd struggles to keep talking. "More then just a brain. He didn't fight, he didn't go to Lyoko. He thought that made him less a warrior. But he did more work then all of us. He was more of a warrior then I was."

"Odd I know what he did. I was there more then any one else. I remember him sitting up late at night talking to me. I know he loved me then but after I turned the Super Computer back on he hated me. He ignored me, you didn't."

"I wasn't dealing with it like he was. He wanted to spend time with you. He wanted to go out and have fun. Instead he was stuck back at the Factory, again. But he did it right? He didn't ignore you. He didn't turn his back on you."

"He said he wished he never found the Super Computer." Odd pauses before saying some thing he didn't want to but knew he had too.

"I've felt that way before. After all those years of near death experiences? How could any one not feel like that some times?" Odd leans forward and puts his hands on Aelita's shoulders. "There were a couple times I wanted too strangle Jeremie for dragging me in to this fight. There were times I wished we never found you. But guess what? Ulrich, Yumi, and William have felt that way. And you know what? I bet you've wished we hadn't found you either. Before we did what did you deal with?" Aelita doesn't answer. "Nothing. Now? You're stuck in a building fighting the guy you love while trying not to be killed. And on top of that I messed a lot of stuff up."

"Odd if you think talking like this will make me feel better you're wrong."

"You will, eventually. Once Jeremie's back you won't care what I said today. You'll be too happy to care."

"Did you see all of this in a future flash?" Odd shakes his head.

"I just know. Your father did some thing to me. Maybe he knew how I felt about you and made it so unless it would be best for you I would stop doing, this."

"You really think my father would do that?" Odd shrugs his shoulders.

"Do you? He made it so you could tell if some one is lying. Some one like me? Or Jeremie? So you would know what was really going on with him."

"I'm still not sure. The corruption he has is different then when Ulrich and William were possessed. But it has to be tied to Xana and that means it's tied to a Super Computer. I have an idea on how to figure out which one."

"Really? How?" Aelita wipes the tears from her eyes and tells Odd about her new program.

An hour later they call the others to the control room and explain the plan. "Does it work? This sound really dangerous." Ulrich looks at the monitor. "Who are you using to test this?" Odd raises his hand.

"I volunteered."

"Maybe you shouldn't. If we lose you we lose our main source of money." William raises his hand.

"Um, I got a job. I don't make any where near as much as Odd does but its some thing."

"And heck if it goes wrong you can take over for me Ulrich." Odd smiles at him goofily. "It's not that hard a job."

"So, what do we do?" Yumi looks at the monitor nervously.

"William helms the controls while we go out on the high sea." Odd poses. "Yar har de da li de, if you love too sail the sea you are a pirate." Every one rolls their eyes. "Hey I thought it was funny." Odd walks over to the Scanner and gets in.

After being sent to Lyoko the Warriors are sent to the Skidbladnir and leave the Replica. "This is the boring part." Odd looks around. "We just have to hope he wants too play."

"He will, I hope." Aelita drives slowly through the Internet.

After almost an hour the area turns red. "Ok he's sending monsters." Aelita releases the Nav Skids.

"Two Kongers and a Shark on our left." Yumi turns towards the monsters.

"And another two Kongers too the right." Odd turns towards the other monsters.

"Odd, Yumi, which one wants help?" Ulrich looks back and forth at the two groups of monsters. "Yumi?"

"I don't need your help. Why do you think I do?"

"I didn't say you did I just, never mind." Ulrich turns and follows after Odd.

Yumi dodges two torpedoes and fires one back. She misses the Kongers but hits the Shark destroying it. "I don't need his help." She dodges another torpedo and fires again.

Ulrich and Odd dive towards the monsters. "I got the ugly one."

"Which one is the ugly one?" Ulrich dodges a laser from the Shark.

"This one!" Odd nearly slams in to a Konger before turning and firing a torpedo. At the close range it can't dodge and is destroyed.

Aelita watches out for Jeremie. "Come on, please attack." Aelita flies the Skidbladnir around looking for him.

Yumi flies over a wire and a torpedo slams in to it. "That was close." She turns sharply and sees the Shark. She chases after it aiming. "I got this." She fires and hits the Shark destroying it. "Now I just," A torpedo flies just in front of the cockpit. Another centimeter closer and it would have hit.

Ulrich fires a torpedo and misses. The Konger goes behind a cable and Ulrich chases after it. But on the other side… "Whoa!" A ship slams in to the Nav Skid sending Ulrich flying in to a pillar and bouncing off.

"That was fun." Jeremie's ship has a large claw extending from the bottom. He reaches out for the Nav Skid when Odd sees him.

"Aelita he's over here!" Odd fires a torpedo at Jeremie.

"Too slow Odd!" Jeremie dodges the torpedo and fires three in quick succession at Odd. "I want you instead." Jeremie chases after Odd.

"You want me? Jeremie I think you're a little confused." Odd dodges torpedoes.

"Xana wants Ulrich back but I'm driving so I choose who we take!" Jeremie lunges with the claw and almost grabs Odd's Nav Skid.

"Why are you yelling? Aren't you worried about a sore throat?" Odd dodges the claw again.

"Odd be careful!" Ulrich dodges a torpedo from a Konger.

"Why?" Odd turns sharply around a cable and comes back out underneath Jeremie and fires a torpedo hitting his ship. "I can handle him." Odd dodges the claw again.

"Odd," Aelita pushes a button on the control panel of the Skidbladnir. "Can any one hear me?"

"I can Princess." Odd dives around a cable avoiding Jeremie's grasp.

"Any one else?" No one else responds. "Ok, Odd let him grab you."

"Are you sure? If this doesn't work I might end up being like Ulrich and William. Or even worse I might be like Jeremie."

"I'm sure Odd, do it."

"Why do I feel like I shouldn't have told you what I did right before there was a new dangerous program to test out?" Odd slows down the Nav Skid and Jeremie grabs him with the claw.

"Now William!" Aelita crosses her fingers.

"What is this?" Jeremie leans forward as he brings the Nav Skid closer. "It's empty? Where did he go?"

"Empty?" Aelita looks around. "No, it didn't work, every one get back here we have to get back!"

"Ha! You failed Aelita. With out me you have no chance!" Jeremie crushes the Nav Skid with the claw. "Run back and wait for me to strike!" Jeremie laughs maniacally as Aelita starts too flee.

"What about Odd?" Ulrich flies next to the Skidbladnir.

"He's gone, it didn't work! Get back with the Skid so we can get out of here." Ulrich and Yumi do and Aelita drives back to the Raplica.

After Aelita docks the Skidbladnir William brings them back to Earth. "Aelita, what did you do?" Aelita ignores Ulrich's question and goes to the control panel.

"Aelita how could you? We need Odd."

"Excuse me William." Aelita leans over and types on the key board. She grabs the headset and puts it on. "Odd are you there?"

"I hear you loud and clear Princess."

"Are you at the Replica?" Aelita bites her lower lip in anticipation.

"He docked and left. It's a volcano Replica but I don't know where we are."

"Wait one second and we'll know." Aelita's fingers fly over the key board and soon a map appears on the screen. "You're some where in America. I think they're the Rocky Mountains."

"Cool. Now what?"

"I'm getting the location entered in the Skidbladnir. We'll be there soon." Aelita takes the headset off and sees the looks on the faces of the others. "What? Did you really think I would have run away?"

"You lied to us."

"No I tricked Jeremie. The program worked like a charm and now we know where Jeremie is stationed. If we destroy this Replica I'm sure we'll be that much closer to freeing him." Aelita walks over to the Scanner.

"But you didn't tell us. I thought he was dead!" Ulrich loses his temper. "Why didn't you tell us? Don't you trust us?"

"Of course I do Ulrich. If I didn't we wouldn't be here. But I needed your reaction to be real so Jeremie would be tricked." Aelita steps in to the Scanner. "Now we need to get Odd, and maybe Jeremie, back." William sends her to Lyoko.

The Warriors are back in the Skidbladnir on the Internet. "If he attacks again ignore it. We have to get to the Replica." Aelita drives the Skidbladnir following the coordinates.

As they get close Aelita gets more confident. "He probably wasn't expecting us to attack so soon after losing Odd." Aelita hovers in front of the opening to the Replica. "William are you ready?"

"I already put in the code. It should be opening soon." Aelita sees the opening change.

"Ok, once we're there you'll send Yumi and I to the Super Computer. Ulrich, you and Odd need to guard the Skid." Aelita drives through the opening.

The Skidbladnir skims over the surface of the Volcano Replica. "There it is." Aelita sees Jeremie's ship and Odd standing next to it. She flies towards the nearest Tower and docks.

"Ok let's see if I do this right." William enters the translation program. He sees Aelita's and Yumi's profiles flash. "Are you there?"

"Yeah we're in the mountains." Aelita looks around and sees two large metal doors built in to the side of the mountain. "What do you think Yumi?"

"We don't have an invitation but I don't see why we can't go in." Aelita and Yumi walk over to the large metal doors.

"Energy Field!" Aelita uses an energy orb to break the doors open and the two go inside.

On the Replica Ulrich and Odd argue. "Why couldn't you tell us? We thought you were gone."

"Aelita said not to tell you guys. And we weren't sure it would work so if it didn't…" Odd laughs nervously.

"Do you really think Aelita would risk you? I'm surprised she didn't have William do it."

"Well actually I'm glad she didn't make a mistake on purpose right now." Ulrich has a confused look on his face. "Um, it's a long story."

"What have I been missing?"

"Cooping your self up in your room all day keeps you out of the loop Ulrich." Ulrich glares.

"I tried to talk too you, Yumi, any one and I'm ignored. You're all too busy doing some thing else so what else do I have? I don't have a job, or what ever William has that makes Yumi chase after," Odd does a motion under his neck then points up reminding Ulrich that William could hear him.

Aelita and Yumi walk through a dimly lit hallway. "So far so good." Aelita uses an energy orb for extra lighting. "Jeremie might not expect us so if we hurry we'll be able to get the information and get out."

"I hope so." Yumi has her fans out and is nervous as they continue.

Odd and Ulrich walk over to Jeremie's ship. "I wonder what would happen if we stole this?" Odd knocks on the side of it.

"Like you could pilot it. I bet Xana made it so Jeremie can control it with his mind." Ulrich leaps on top and looks in through the window. "Actually I see controls. Maybe we could steal this."

"If any thing we'd make Jeremie and Xana mad." Odd leaps on and looks through the window. "How do we open this up?" Odd pries at the ship.

Aelita and Yumi find the Super Computer. "Ok Um, William you can hear me right?"

"Yes Aelita."

"Ok I'll start sending the information now." Aelita's fingers fly over the keys starting the file transfer. "Are you getting it?"

"Yes. It's a lot of files. It might take a long time."

"We should have it. As long as no one would do any thing that would alert Jeremie and Xana."

Odd and Ulrich use his swords to pry the ships cockpit open. "Let's see if I can't fly this thing." Odd climbs in and sees the controls. "Just like the Nav Skid." Odd grabs a controller and a torpedo fires. "Ok not exactly like the Nav Skid." Odd grabs another controller and the ship lifts from the dock.

"Whoa!" Ulrich leaps off of the ship. "Odd be careful!"

"I can handle this girl." Odd pushes a button and the cockpit closes. "I'll just follow you guys back in this." Odd grabs another controller and the arm moves. "It's like a giant claw game." Odd reaches in to a red lava pool then pulls back out. The claw glows bright red. "That is cool."

"Uh oh," The ground pulses under Ulrich's feet. "I think they know we're here now." Ulrich looks at the pulsations and sees which direction they are coming from. "Get out of there Odd we need to deactivate the Tower."

"Why get out? We could clear the way with this." Odd flies the ship around Ulrich. "Lead the way."

"Fine, Super Sprint!" Ulrich takes off and Odd follows behind him.

Aelita sees a blip on the screen. "William did you hit a button?"

"No, why?"

"I just saw some thing on the screen. There it is again." Aelita looks closer at the screen.

"I just got a weird blip on the screen. I don't know what it is Aelita." A red exclamation point comes up. "Uh Aelita there's an error."

"It's Jeremie he knows we're here cut the connection!" Aelita slams the control panel with her fist. "I'll stop the transfer but you have to cut the connection!" Aelita works on the key board but the file transfer doesn't slow down.

"What is he doing?"

"He's trying to flood the Super Computer and make it crash! If he does we won't have a way back to Earth!"

"Oh man uh, cut the connection, how!?"

"The cables from the Super Computer to the Scanner, disconnect those now before Jeremie crashes the whole system!" Aelita slams her fist on the control panel again. "I can't stop it from here."

On the Replica Ulrich and Odd see the activated Tower and its guards. "Two Volkanoids?" Ulrich slows down. "This could be trouble."

"Why?" Odd flies over him. "Eat torpedo!" He fires several torpedoes at a Volkanoid. The torpedoes slam in to the chest of the Volkanoid knocking it backwards. "I guess it has a big stomach." Odd fires more damaging the Volkanoid more but is unable too destroy it.

William pulls the cables from the Scanner then goes back to the control panel and puts the headset on. "Aelita did it stop?"

"Yes. I'll cancel the transfer and you can reconnect the cables."

"And who said I'll let you do that?" Aelita freezes as Jeremie's voice sends chills through her body.

"I'll make sure she does!" Yumi throws her fans at Jeremie. He sparks with energy and knocks them down. "Hai!" Yumi leaps and kicks him in the chest knocking him backwards.

"Just need a few more minutes." Aelita tries to ignore the fight.

On the Replica Odd circles the Volkanoids firing dozens of torpedoes at them. The Volkanoids are injured but not destroyed.

Ulrich hides behind a rock and watches the Volkanoids. Odd was leading them away from the activated Tower. "Come on just a few more meters." Ulrich crouches ready to make a run for it.

William waits for Aelita's command to reconnect the cables. "Come on Aelita hurry." He starts to sweat with worry.

Yumi dodges a fireball thrown from Jeremie and creates another fan. "Hai!" She slashes Jeremie across the face with it. "Back off Jeremie you can't win!" She slashes at him again but misses.

"I can win and will! With two Volkanoid's protecting the activated Tower they will stand no chance of getting through!" Jeremie sparks with energy. "All I have to do is huff, and puff, and blow you away." Jeremie takes a deep breath then breathes out hard sending a jet of flame at Yumi. She does a back flip and gets away briefly.

Odd gets close to a Volkanoid and fires as many torpedoes as possible. The Volkanoid roars and swings at Odd clipping the ship. "Ok that's a little too close." Odd backs away and fires a few more torpedoes.

Ulrich sees his chance. "Super Sprint!" Ulrich rushes out from behind the rock for the activated Tower. One Volkanoid sees him and starts to go back but Odd fires several torpedoes at its legs crippling it. Ulrich runs inside of the activated Tower.

Aelita presses a key and the screen flashes. "Ok William reconnect the cables the connection here is cut."

"I see." Jeremie forms a fire ball in his hands. It grows and grows filling almost the entire room. "Burn!" The fire ball explodes destroying Aelita and Yumi.

Ulrich presses his hand against the control panel and soon the screens fall around him. "Ok um, I guess we just have to wait for Aelita and Yumi."

"They were sent back by Jeremie. They're waiting for you in the Skid." William looks at the screen. "Um, hurry back there's a lot of information here." William leans back and waits for the others too make it back.

Aelita wakes up and sees Jeremie's ship floating in front of the Skidbladnir. "Aaaa!" She grabs the controls and starts to undock from the Tower.

"Wait Aelita, it's me!" Odd moves the claw so it waves at her. "I stole his ship. Can I keep it?"

"I, when did you do this? How? Weren't there two Volkanoids?"

"Yeah and I shot them up. It was pretty easy for Ulrich after I distracted them with this." Odd flies a little closer to Aelita. "So, are we taking this back with us?"

"Well um, I don't see why not. It will be a big help for us." Aelita flies over to the edge of the Sector and dives in to the Digital Sea. Odd follows after her in the other ship.

After coming back Odd waits for every one else to leave so he could talk to Aelita. "Princess, Aelita, I'm still sorry about what I said but I know it's the right thing to do."

"You think so." Aelita turns her back on him and leaves the control room with out another word.

"Wow she's really mad at me. Not that she doesn't have a reason too be." Odd with nothing to do goes too his room to think about what he had done and argue with himself over if it was the right thing to do.

Aelita needing a break from Odd, the Super Computer, that part of her life goes to the café and sees Mark sitting at a table. With out asking she sits down across from him. "Hi Mark." He looks up from his palm pilot.

"Oh hey Aelita how are you? I haven't seen you for a couple of days."

"I've been busy with the new program."

"Oh, did it work?" Aelita nods. "Great! Want to celebrate?"

"I don't know. It worked but I'm not in a celebratory mood." Aelita sighs. "What are you doing here? You're almost always here now that I think about it." Mark smiles and laughs a little.

"It's my favorite place but I have been spending more time here than usual. I think it might have to do with a certain woman I know."

"Oh, who?" A second later Aelita's mind makes the connection. "Oh, me." She blushes a little.

"Who else? And speaking of that woman I was wondering if you might like to go out some time."

"Wait, like a date?" He nods. "Don't you know how old…" Aelita stops as again her brain makes a connection. Mark didn't know her personal life. He didn't know her mind and body had been matured by her father. But even then with out the years spent on Lyoko she would be in her twenties.

"How old you are? You can't be much older then I am. Twenty three, maybe twenty four. You're not too old for a twenty one year old." Aelita laughs nervously. Mark was right she should be about that old, older than he. "So?"

"Well um, maybe. No, not a date but maybe we could talk some where else that wasn't uh, here." A part of Aelita seems to emerge from a part of her brain that had been locked away before. A part that made her wonder about what she would have done if it wasn't for Xana. She would have aged normally and never met Jeremie, or Odd. She would have gone to college, met some one, matured normally. Mark had no idea about her past or present. He didn't have to know about them. "Like uh a different café?"

"How about a nice restaurant tonight? I could pick you up if you don't mind riding on the back of a moped."

"Um, we should meet here. I don't want my roommates too see you."

"Ok, sure. So, tonight? Say some time around eight?"

"Um, ok, sure. Um, I have to go and get ready."

"It's only three o'clock."

"I know but um, you know." Aelita stands up as her mind races. She had no idea what she was doing and wasn't all that sure she should be doing it. But that part in her mind making her wonder about what her life should be like was growing and taking control.

A/N Uh oh… Is Odd right? Did Franz know about the relationship confusion and make it so Aelita, and Odd, would not move forward unless it was the best for Aelita? And now that a part of Aelita has opened up, a part wondering what her life should be like, what will happen? Being hurt by Odd, losing Jeremie to Xana, and now a new beau! And again, is it Franz's work? Mwahaha! What will happen next read to find out!