Disclaimer: Don't own Code: lyoko or Tommy Oliver(he's a Power Ranger)

Time for Healing

Bianca growled and sat up, she wasn't going to go back to sleep, not after that nightmare. She booted up her laptop and began to work on her book report. She was half finished when a message popped up from Jeremy.

"What are you doing up?" He asked

"Can't sleep… you?"

"Same" he replied "you said you don't like your Lyoko outfit, how would you change it?"'

"Make it cover more skin… I feel like I'm in my underwear or something." Bianca had always been modest but she was more so after what she went through at the hands Geoffrey Dubois.

"That's an easy fix, do you at least like the color scheme?"

"Yeah, that's fine I'd like red but the pink works too."

"Okay, we can lengthen the top and skirt and do you want sleeves?"

Bianca thought about it then told him she didn't care about that so much as the rest of the outfit. She liked the pattern on Yumi's outfit but truthfully she wanted something unique. Jeremy told her that wouldn't be an issue he would come up with something nice for her.

~*~

Yumi woke about four am to the sound of keystrokes and realized Bianca was awake. She didn't understand what had her up.

"Sorry Yumi… I couldn't get back to sleep so I thought I'd work on my book report… then Jeremy messaged me about my Lyoko gear and we're working on the changes I requested." Bianca said sheepishly.

"Good you really hated your outfit… how is it going?"

"Great, I realize it was plain because he was in a rush but now we can make it fit my personality better."

"You need to sleep though… that's the problem… it's four in the morning… tell Jeremy I said 'go to bed'" she laughed. "You can finish that at a reasonable hour"

"Okay…" Bianca admitted sheepishly.

Yumi watched as Bianca ended her conversation and shut the computer down. She had made so much progress in the month since Geoffrey Dubois was arrested. His conviction was swift and the punishment was brutal but even then some thought it wasn't enough. The firestorm took weeks to die down and life to get back to normal. There was a underlying fear that the school wouldn't survive but it did just like Bianca did.

~*~

The next day the team gathered at the vending machines.

"Bianca did you want to meet me after class to finish up and you can see what I've got so far." Jeremy asked.

"Sure… I… no I can't it will have to be after therapy… I can't skip that unless there is a return to the past is involved." She said only half joking. They knew she had come a long way in the past month but she still had a long way to go.

"Okay let me know when you get finished and we can get that finished… it's looking good."

"Thanks"

They split up for the day's classes. Bianca reached Mrs. Hertz class room and noticed something strange. There was a new teacher sitting in the back of the class. Apparently he had requested to sit in to observe before his class became available later in the week. He wanted to see what he was getting himself into.

"Class we have a new elective in the science department and a new teacher. Let's welcome Dr. Oliver… he wanted to observe you all for a few days to get acclimated to the new school. He worked public schools in North America but because of his credentials we let him join us." She explained.

The students looked as a man in his early 30 's stood from his seat in the back of the classroom.

They welcomed him and class went as usual from there.

Tommy had been watching as the students filed in for class. These students were younger than those at his old school but they seemed as well behaved if not slightly better than some.

He noticed two girls that seemed particularly close he figured that they were roommates but he would ask Mrs. Hertz after class about them.

She approached him after to get his thoughts.

"I was wondering about those two Asian girls..."

" Bianca and Yumi... that is a story." She sighed "Yumi was a day student up until a few months ago when her family lost their home to a fire. Bianca is her roommate but her story is worse."

"I get the feeling I'm going to regret asking but how is hers worse?"

"Bianca is here on scholarship and six months ago she accidentally kicked a soccer ball into a science lab and one of our former math teachers convinced her that if it was learned she caused the damage she would lose the scholarship that was the only way she could attend school here." She paused "he used that as ammunition to blackmail her into allowing him to use her…"

Mrs. Hertz couldn't bring herself to say what was done but she didn't have to Tommy was perfectly capable of putting two and two together to come to the inevitable and horrifying conclusion she was leading to.

"Yumi convinced her to come clean to Mr. Delmas and he attempted to strangle her to death for it."

Tommy bit back a swear word it was over and nothing he did at that point would change anything.

~*~

After school Tommy was watching the students when he noticed a group of five kids by a tree. They seemed close knit and on too high alert to be average teenagers. He knew they weren't power rangers he was too in tune with the morphing grid for that to get past him but they weren't normal either. They were on watch for something but only God know what at that point.

He recognized Yumi but the other three weren't familiar to him though he figured he would get to know them in time.

Bianca joined them and they all left the courtyard for the privacy of the dorms only solidifying in his mind that there was something suspicious going on.

They passed him and he overheard something about a "Xana" and a "Lyoko" but he had no idea what or who they were.

~*~

Through the next few weeks he learned the others were named Ulrich, Odd, Jeremy and Aelita. As he watched them his suspicions only grew that something was amiss which only lead him to the logical conclusion that Jim was as clueless as he had appeared when he had met the man. He genuinely cared about the kids on campus but a lot seemed to get past him that shouldn't.

Ulrich groaned from his seat on the floor.

"Is it just me or does Dr. Oliver seem to suspect something?"

"I've noticed it too…" Jeremy sighed "… I don't think he knows anything yet but its something to keep an eye on he might be a problem. He's too alert... we need to be careful."

"Do you think he might make a good ally?" Bianca asked.

"Too risky until we know more about him." Jeremy countered "But you might have a good idea there… we'll keep an eye on him and see what comes of this."

The others agreed silently as Kiwi curled up in Bianca's lap.

"Anyway Xana has been unusually quiet lately." Jeremy said.

"Please don't say that" Yumi said "I don't have the time or energy to deal with him right now."

"None of us do." Ulrich sighed.

They all went to bed still unaware of just how much Dr. Oliver knew.

Tommy finished his grading for the day and sat back in his chair. He knew those six were involved something… something that made him think Power Rangers but they weren't rangers although they were dealing something just as dangerous as any ranger villain.

"What have they gotten themselves into?" he asked the air.

It was a cool Saturday afternoon and the group was trying their best to keep themselves entertained.

"I have a bad feeling about this place" Odd said in a sing song voice as they entered a hidden bunker long forgotten to exist on the grounds. It was spooky to say the least. The place was foreboding to say the least but they went in anyway.

As soon as Yumi cleared the threshold the door slammed shut and locked behind her blocking out Bianca and trapping them inside.

To Be Continued...