Chapter 49: Déjà vu
Hey everyone! It's me, sakuraphoenix, and I'm back with a new chapter! I know that it's been a while, but hey, I'm back now! Anyway, disclaimer time!
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko. I also do not own Sia or Rina. They belong to D.J. Scales. I also do not own the OC appearing in this chapter. He belongs to Detroid434.
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I was walking around in some kind of military base, but this place looks abandoned, like no one's been here for years. I was about to look for more when I saw the feds right in front of me! I immediately began running away from them, but I was ambushed, safe for another hallway. As I began running, I hid myself in some kind of lab, and then…
"AH!" I heard someone scream
Well, that was one way to wake up from a nightmare. I walked into the bathroom to wash my face when I saw Aelita.
"Had a bad dream?" I asked
"Yeah." Said Aelita
Then Sissy burst in. Sheesh, bad timing Delmas.
"Was that you screaming, huh?!" exclaimed Sissy
"It's uh…" started Aelita
She suddenly burst into tears.
"Aelita. Hey, it's okay. Calm down." I said
"Sissy! What's all this about?" asked Jim
"It's Aelita Stones, Jim. She isn't feeling well." Said Sissy
"And what are you doing up Naomi?" asked Jim
"I heard her scream, so I came to see what's wrong." I said
"And what about you Sissy? You're not sleeping." Said Jim
"Me? Uh, well, she uh… uh, woke me up." Said Sissy
"I'll take her back to her room. Try to get some sleep Naomi." Said Jim
"Okay." I said
The next morning…
"It was daytime, there were these men in black coming after me. It was horrible." Said Aelita
"Wow, suddenly we're having similar dreams. Last night, I had a nightmare that I was being chased around an abandoned military base by the feds." I said
"You two shouldn't get worked up. It happens to everyone." Said Yumi
"Yeah, that's right. Happens to me all the time. One night, I dreamt I was on a date with Sissy. Can you think of a worse dream?" asked Odd
"Speaking of which, how's your internet dating going Odd?" asked Yumi
"Great. There's this fantastic girl that I've really flipped over too, and I just found out that she's a student right here at Kadic Academy. It's totally crazy. I see her every day and I have no idea who she is." Said Odd
"And what's worse, he stayed up all night exchanging chat messages with her. I didn't sleep at all thanks to him." Said Ulrich
"She sends me these messages that are so romantic. I mean, like poems. Listen to this: Love is not looking at one another." Said Odd
"It's looking together in the same direction, huh?" asked Sia
"Hey! How do you know that?" asked Odd
"It's a poem by the guy who wrote The Little Prince. She may be romantic, but she's not very original." Said Rina
"Okay, it's time to get wet. You gonna cut swimming again Einstein?" asked Ulrich
"No, I can't. Jim has already warned me. 'No more dumb excuses, you hear'?!" Jeremy said while doing an impression of Jim
"Great. We'll finally get to see that buff athletic body of yours. I can't wait!" exclaimed Odd
"You may be surprised." Said Jeremy
Somehow, I highly doubt it. Now that we're at the pool, clad in swimwear, we get to hear another boring lecture by G.I. Jim.
"The human body is made of 90 percent water, and that is why it floats, because contrary to what you might think, water floats. Don't forget Archimedes principal, anybody plunged into a liquid and um… is, uh…" wondered Jim
"Comes out wet?" asked Odd
"Uh, yeah right. No! That's not it!" exclaimed Jim
"Archimedes came up with his principal when he was trying to determine if the king's crown was made out of real gold, or fake gold. He got the idea while he was in the public bathes. He submerged the crown in the water, and the displacement was too much if it was an actual gold crown, so he ran through the streets naked shouting 'Eureka', or, in English 'I did it' after his discovery. His principal states that a mass placed in liquid displaces liquid equal to its mass." I said
"That's it! Thank you Naomi. No one has to be scared of the water, unless of course you're off at sea somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean. In that case, you would certainly have the right to say 'wow, that's a lot of water', which reminds me of when I was a salvage diver." Said Jim
"You used to be a salvage diver Jim?" asked Nicholas
"I'd rather not talk about it." Said Jim
Oh boy, looks like Odd and Ulrich are about to get caught talking.
"Stern and Della Robbia! Uh, I'm sorry if I'm boring you. Right on deck! Let's see what you can do." Said Jim
Insert headache. What's going on here?
"You alright?" asked Matt
"Yeah, perfectly fine." I lied
It was now getting worse. Am I seeing my dreams as hallucinations? The next thing I knew, I found myself in the water, and I frantically swim to the surface. I then saw Jeremy dive in, but why? I got my answer when he came up with Aelita.
Later…
"This time it was much more detailed. There was still the men in black, but I was at the Hermitage." Said Aelita
"Same in my case, except I got a name for the military base. Fort Belvoir." I said
"Fort Belvoir? That place isn't abandoned. It's still an active military base." Said McKenna
"I know, but the area I was in definitely looked abandoned." I said
"And the doctor said you passed out from the cold." Said Rina
"That may be, but what about the visions? Where are they coming from Jeremy?" asked Aelita
"I haven't the slightest idea, although, I am sure that it's no big deal. The best thing is for you to get some rest now. We'll talk about it later." Said Jeremy
"And who knows, maybe your memories are coming back." Said McKenna
"Um, explain?" asked Sia
"Later." I said
"Right, I gotta go. I'm already late." Said Yumi
"Us too. Mrs. Hertz is gonna kill us." Said Jeremy
"Wait a minute. I'm just about to find out who she is." Said Odd
"Come on Odd, you can talk to your cyber girlfriend after class." Said Ulrich
"Take the computer with you." Said Jeremy
"Thanks." Said Odd
"See you in a bit Aelita. I'll come back again and check on you after science." Said Jeremy
"And I'll take the notes you need." I said
"Thanks Naomi." Said Aelita
"Now let's hurry before Mrs. Hertz blows a gasket." Said Matt
"Don't remind me twice." Said McKenna
"We'll stay here and keep an eye on her." Said Rina
"Thanks you two." I said
We made it to class on time, but Mrs. Hertz wasn't having any of it.
"Settle down and be quiet please! Open your books to page 99!" exclaimed Mrs. Hertz
My watch was beeping. Oh great, why now of all times?
"Ma'am, can I go to the bathroom?" asked Jeremy
"Uh, me too?" asked Ulrich
"Me too." Said Odd
"And me." I said while raising my hand
"Oh no you don't! It's always the same with you four! You should've gone before class! And put that computer away before I take it away!" exclaimed Mrs. Hertz
Great, and here comes another headache. What is it with these visions today?
"Mercury freezes at 38 degrees below zero Celsius. At room temperature, it is therefore in a liquid state. We use it in certain devices such as thermometers for instance, because it expands with heat." Said Mrs. Hertz
I checked my watch again, and there wasn't just one activated tower, there were two!
"It's also a very heavy metal, which means, what? Sissy?" asked Mrs. Hertz
"Uh, uh… it means… that a pound of metal weighs nearly uh… a ton?" asked Sissy
Nice one! That's incorrect! Nice try Sissy! That one earned a good laugh, and saved by the bell!
"Warn Yumi. I'll go get Aelita. We'll meet up at the factory." Said Jeremy
"And a warning in advance Jeremy, we got two towers to take care of." I said
"Oh no!" exclaimed Jeremy
"Don't worry; we'll head for the factory." I said
It wasn't helping that the headaches were getting worse in the woods. I then saw an image of my father burying something in the crossroads. I could worry about it later, now it's factory time, but when we got to the factory, just where was Aelita?
"Just thirty seconds more and you can head for the scanners." Said Jeremy
"What are Aelita, Sia, and Rina up to?" asked Ulrich
"They said they'd be right over. I should've gone to pick her up." Said Jeremy
"Look! There you are at last. Hey Cinderella, we said midnight on the docks." Said Odd
"Aelita, are you okay?" asked Jeremy
"I… I had some more visions. I saw a man, and it was…" started Aelita
"Who?" asked Jeremy
"Franz Hopper." Said Aelita
"Huh? Are you sure?" asked Yumi
"I know it sounds crazy, but I'm sure it was him." Said Aelita
"What if this is XANA's offensive?" asked Odd
"What?" asked Aelita
"I mean, these strange visions." Said Odd
"And I've been getting them too, and they seem to get stronger when I'm close to the Hermitage too." I said
"Exactly. XANA's perfectly capable of stimulating their cerebral cortex through the virus that links you two to him, and from that he can paradoxically stimulate in you an artificial sleep, and involuntary psychic activity that goes with it." Said Jeremy
"Oy, that's nuts." I said while slapping my forehead
"In short, you mean, XANA's showing you two free movies." Said Odd
"But why?" asked Ulrich
"Let's not hang around to find out." Said Matt
"Yeah, let's go to Lyoko and deactivate that tower." Said McKenna
We then took the elevator down to the scanner room.
"Ulrich, Odd, and Matt first. Transfer Odd. Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Matt. Scanner Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Matt. Virtualization! McKenna, Yumi, Rina, your turn. Transfer McKenna. Transfer Yumi. Transfer Rina. Scanner McKenna. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Rina. Virtualization! Last train for Lyoko now leaving." Said Jeremy
"That was as lame as one of Odd's jokes." I said
"I heard that! Transfer Aelita. Transfer Sia. Transfer Naomi. Scanner Aelita. Scanner Sia. Scanner Naomi. VIRTUALIZATION!" exclaimed Jeremy
Touchdown! We made it onto Lyoko.
"Okay, you're all there now. Don't waste any time." Said Jeremy
We jumped onto our vehicles, but the headaches were beginning to bother me. Good thing XANA isn't very smart. He doesn't know that my clairvoyance is helping me keep sane.
"XANA's monsters up ahead! See them?" asked Jeremy
"We'd have to be as near-sighted as you not to see them!" exclaimed Odd
Yeah, we got some Blok-heads and Spiders, also known as Bloks and Tarantulas.
"Odd, McKenna you handle the Bloks. Everyone else will handle the Tarantulas." Said Ulrich
"You got it!" exclaimed Odd
Aelita jumped off, but something seemed to bother her, since she was looking at the edge of the sector. She suddenly began walking towards the edge.
"Whoa! Aelita, what's wrong? Where are you going? The tower is that way." I said pointing to the tower
And here comes the transport!
"The transporter. But I didn't call it up." Said Jeremy
"Aelita, what in the name of sanity are you doing?" I asked
"Sorry, but I want some answers. I have to find out where these visions are coming from." Said Aelita
The transporter started up, and Aelita tried to knock me out. She didn't do that, but she succeeded in making me feel a lot of pain. I quickly switched to my Avatar transformation. I'm gonna need it if the annoying fish was here, and I was right, but this going to be one contest, not! Good thing this is an Avatar transformation. I can just airbend my way across. I jumped into the air, and used the air to thrust myself to the other side, and I began bloodbending the jellyfish. It screeched in pain as it dropped Aelita, and then I crushed my hand, which effectively got rid of it, and it dropped another transformation gem. I slid it in, hoping for something good, and I was in a Guardian outfit, like W.I.T.C.H. guardian. I wore a Chinese-styled top that revealed my shoulders and revealed my mid-drift. I also wore a mini-skirt, striped stockings, and boots that were past knee-length. I also had a bow in my hair, and my hair grew. I love the hair. Anyway, I used the wings and flew to deactivate the countdown.
"Now what do we do?" asked Aelita
I saw a boy with blue hair and green eyes over at one of the corridors. It seemed like he was leading us that way. He wore a blue headband on his forehead, a black and red jacket that reminded me of the Akatsuki group from Naruto, and dark orange shoes.
"This way." I said
I flew as Aelita began to follow me. We managed to make it to the Celestial Dome where the others met up with us.
"As soon as you get to the Celestial Dome, get out of Sector Five and head for the desert sector, fast, okay Aelita?" asked Jeremy
At least we had vehicles to work with. I stuck with the wings, but Aelita accessed the interface.
"Aelita, what did I tell you? We're not getting any data. You have to deactivate the tower!" exclaimed Jeremy
"Aelita!" exclaimed Ulrich
"This will only take a few seconds." Said Aelita
"It's one of XANA's traps Aelita! He created these visions to lure you onto Sector Five. Give me the controls! Did you hear me? Aelita!" exclaimed Jeremy
"Houston, we're going to have some monsters coming." I said
"Can you fight in that transformation?" asked Yumi
"I hope so. I hope it's something good." I said
"Yumi, Ulrich, Matt, McKenna, Sia, Rina, Naomi, drag Aelita out of there by force!" exclaimed Jeremy
"What do you want us to do? Knock her out?" asked Yumi
"It won't be necessary. I'm sure I'll find what I'm looking for." Said Aelita
Great, we have to deal with the flying stingrays.
"Aelita, even if you do find the origins of these visions, what's the point if XANA takes your memory away from you?" asked Jeremy
I extended my hand and a tornado of air shot out, hitting the manta, and making it so dizzy that it exploded after a few seconds. Cool! I'm a guardian of air! Unfortunately, one of the manta's shot my wing, which caused me to fall. Thankfully, Matt caught me.
"Thanks for the save." I said
"No prob." Said Matt
I switched to the sage gem and touched the topaz, and created steps made out of tangible light, and struck a manta with my rapier.
"Guys, we got trouble. The Scyphozoa has got Aelita!" exclaimed Jeremy
"Not for long." I said
I threw my rapier, surrounded by light, like a Frisbee, and sent the jellyfish on its way.
"You okay Aelita?" I asked
"It's time we deactivated that tower." Said Matt
"The tunnel's open!" exclaimed Jeremy
Thankfully, I was able to make wings for myself with this transformation, and we were off to the desert. Thankfully, the towers were close to each other, and on the bright side, I got two new gems in the armlet. We got back to the school, and made it in time for lunch
"Hi you two. Any more visions?" asked Yumi
"Gone." Said Aelita
"You see? It was just a trap made in XANA." Said Jeremy
"But I don't get how Naomi saw through it." Said Ulrich
"I'm clairvoyant in my dreams. My already-active psychic powers helped me this time. If XANA wants to attack my brain with visions, he's gotta try harder." I said
"But I'd still would really like to know where those memories came from." Said Aelita
"I think that XANA must've made the whole thing up." Said Ulrich
"And Fort Belvoir? He couldn't have done that." I said
"So maybe the memories came from someone else implanted into you by XANA in order to scare you." Said Yumi
"That could be it." Said Jeremy
"It's very strange though. I was really under the impression that I was reliving the events that I was seeing." Said Aelita
"That however can't be." Said Jeremy
"Yes, I know." Said Aelita
"So Odd, how's your cyber sweetheart?" asked Ulrich
"She is too cool! I've really got it bad this time guys. I'm gonna meet her." Said Odd
"When?" asked Yumi
"Now! At the vending machines. Later." Said Odd
"Yeah, anyways, I gotta get going." I said
"Why?" asked Jeremy
"I need to check something out." I said
I passed the vending machines on my way to the woods where I saw Sissy with a laptop! This is too hilarious! Odd's mystery girl is his nightmare! I borrowed a shovel and dug where I saw my dad, and I hit something. It looked like some kind of disk, and when I held it, a note popped out.
'Dear Natalie,
If you are reading this, then you are most certainly aware of the Dimensional Transporter. The object you are holding is not the real deal. It's a fake I created to lure XANA away from the real one. It's only good for one trip and will send two people who are not natives to this dimension back to where they belong. I know you will use it when the time is right.
Sincerely,
Kenneth Jones'
"Dad… you were worried that I would come back here one day, and I did. Thank you… for protecting me. But now it's my turn to protect you." I said
Done and done! Whew, this took me a while, but I finally finished! Please review, and until next time, I'm sakuraphoenix, saying I heart you, signing off for now. Happy New Year!
