Authors note
I have been advised that I need to do a copyright thing or whatever it's called, so the Code Lyoko franchise belongs to Moonscoop, whilst my changes including most of my original characters situations and chapters are my property, so those I have rights too, the exceptions of the original characters are because they are based of people I know with their permission so I'm not up the creek on this one.
Jeremie layed awake staring at the ceiling, he then rolled onto his side, he looked at Dallas who slept above his covers, he then looked at the computer screen, the background that Aelita usually appeared in front of dominated the screen, which was in turn lighting up the room, Jeremie turned and sat at the centre of his bed, he then grabbed his glasses and rolled out of bed before walking across the room, he then sat down at his computer chair, he pressed enter on his keyboard and then the screen changed and began loading a new program
"hey Aelita are you connected" said Jeremie as the screen loaded then Aelita appeared to pass through the background "hello Jeremie did you have a good day" she asked, Jeremie placed his head in his hands "nothing special" he said, despite those dismal words Aelita remained interested "what classes do you have tomorrow morning" she asked, Jeremie remained with his head in his hands "first we've got physics then chemistry with Hertz, then a math exam with Mrs Meyer" said Jeremie, he was rather happy at the later of the two "what do you do during an exam" asked Aelita, Jeremie was of course happy to answer "you have to show what you know in writing" he said, "Ulrich, Odd turn those lights out now" shouted Jim from down the hall "not really were not like you, your memory and ours aren't the same, because yours is… infinite, our brains have a limited memory capacity, we can't store as much data as you can, compared to you Aelita our hard disk comes up rather short" explained Jeremie, "oh I get it" replied Aelita, Jeremie the turned in his chair as soon as he heard Jim knock on the door "are you sleeping yet" yelled Jim, "I'm goanna be in trouble if I stay connected, sorry Aelita gotta go, I don't wanna take the chance of introducing you to Jim, or Dallas putting a bolt through my shin, I'll connect with you noon tomorrow universal time" said Jeremie, as he turned off his computer and removing his earpiece before returning to his bed, being all to careful not to awaken Dallas.
Night turned to day, as the numerous day students flooded in through the numerous entrances to the school, all of them full of energy to take on the day ahead of them, but this never seemed to last beyond the first lesson, in their first lesson of the day Dallas, Odd, Jeremie and Ulrich sat in their regular seats of Hertz's class, Jeremie was focused on the class, Ulrich looked out the window, Odd drew a picture of Kiwi and Dallas was writing in his book, the lesson seemed to drag on and on and on
"does it ever feel as if we learn the same shit everyday" said Dallas to Jeremie causing him to shake his head, many of the other students in the class felt that way, Sissi was staring at Ulrich, whilst Nicholas and Herb looked at the teacher and stared at Sissi respectively, whilst Adam sat back in his chair sleeping, many other people in the class where following his example, those who had managed to fall asleep where awoken by either the people sitting near them or by the loud tapping of Hertz foot, they were scared as she gave them a stern look, she then pointed at the board doing the 'I know you don't know, but let's embarrass you about it' routine, the ones who hadn't fallen asleep rolled their eyes and but their heads in their hands, the rest of the lesson seemed to drag on and on, until finally the bell rang, the students grabbed their bags except Dallas who grabbed his crossbow and slung it over his right shoulder holding the sling with that hand.
Half way through the maths test, the students wished they had gotten some sleep as they were now bored to death, Jeremie sat at the front of the classroom which was one of the few that was housed underneath the dorm rooms, Jeremie was sitting next to Odd at the table next to the windows, whilst Dallas sat next to Ulrich on the next table, the main reason Odd was next to Jeremie was because Odd needed help and Jeremie was his best source, the room was silent as everyone concentrated on their work
"is there something wrong Jeremie, a problem" asked Mrs Meyer as she noticed Jeremie was sitting back in his chair not writing, this broke the silence, everyone looked up to look at Jeremie "no, no I've finished mam" said Jeremie, everyone started mumbling further breaking the silence, Mrs Meyer picked up Jeremie's test "hmm, why yes you have very good job, it's excellent work too" said Mrs Meyer looking at Jeremie, Herb who noticed this started to get jealous and he quickly started writing, but all he succeeded in was breaking his pencil, Mrs Meyer stepped forward and turned around "all right the rest of you keep working" she said clapping getting everyone's attention "her birthday is today" said Jeremie rather loudly, Nicholas and Herb looked at him distracted by what he meant, Mrs Meyer turned around "you may go Jeremie" she said, Jeremie then realised he had said that out loud, Odd turned to look at him and said "thanks a million you could have at least stayed and given me a hand", Jeremie stood up and said quietly "Aelita, I forgot that we met her exactly one year ago today", then he started walking out of the class room, Odd leaned towards Ulrich and Dallas "hey it's Aelita's birthday today" he whispered "yeah I forgot all about it" replied Ulrich, Dallas smiled and shook his head, before placing his hand on his chest "one year, damn" he said, as Jeremie opened and closed the door leaving the class room, Sissi turned and looked at Ulrich "what's going on" she asked, "mind your own business" replied Ulrich, Dallas chuckled as Sissi's face frowned, apart from being Aelita's first birthday, Dallas looked at his chest, it was also one year since the accident, that took away one of two things that everyone shared in their life, but it was behind him now.
1 year, it had been a long year since October 9th 2014, many new things had happened but too the warriors it might as well had been 2 years, it was a year they wouldn't forgot, Jeremie's birthday had been a drag, until he finally decided to do something fun, Ulrich's birthday he spent alone, but unbeknownst to Jeremie, Odd and Dallas he spent it with Yumi in the park by the river, Yumi's was spent at her house with her family, and the others joined her, even when her parents went out they remained round, and Odd's birthday ended on a night they wish they could forget, Odd insisted that they have some alcohol, unfortunately Odd had consumed too much that night and ended up running up and down the hall naked with his hands covering his balls, until Dallas pulled him into his room, they learned something else that night, don't get Jeremie drunk.
After lesson Odd, Ulrich, Jeremie and Dallas where standing outside the vending machines, Ulrich and Odd had drinks whilst Jeremie stood against one of the vending machines, Dallas sat against the wall with his crossbow next to him
"wow it's already a year since we met Aelita" said Ulrich as he took a sip of his drink "yeah and I still haven't managed to materialize her" said Jeremie, the others looked at him "Yeah but we've managed to protect her from XANA" said Ulrich, then Odd raised his arm "what do you say we use are lunch hour to prepare a little surprise" he said, Jeremie's mood had risen he swung his arm in joy "yeah come on lets go to the factory" he said, but unbeknownst to them Sissi was listening in "you go ahead, I promised Yumi I'd stop by after class, we'll meet you their" said Ulrich, as he nodded to Jeremie and Odd who had already started walking away, Dallas then quickly jumped up off the floor, grabbing his cross bow and slinging it over his shoulders, when he felt his phone vibrate "I'll catch up" he said as he answer and walking in a different direction, Sissi then emerged "oh I thought they would never leave" said Sissi, Ulrich turned around to face her, he was non to happy to see her "your friends really stick to you like a glue" she said, "not half as much as you do Sissi" replied Ulrich before turning around again ready to walk away, Sissi knew Ulrich was doing something, and she wanted to make sure what Ulrich was doing was something with her "I would like to talk with you Ulrich, could we have lunch together just us two" she said, as she scratched the back of her head "sorry but Yumi's waiting for me" said Ulrich, he then turned around and started walking away "Yumi always Yumi, it's time he dumped her" thought Sissi, as she raised her fist in anger watching Ulrich walk away, meanwhile Dallas was on the phone with Shinoda
"yeah, but I'm no good until next break" said Dallas who was walking in circles scratching his neck "listen we need to get you a concert sorted I mean you got potential and we need to use it to the full" replied Shinoda, Dallas was annoyed one of the many reasons he wanted to stay small time was because he didn't need all the rushing around "fine do whatever" said Dallas, he then abruptly hung up, he looked at the time, before looking around and walking after Odd and Jeremie.
On Lyoko, numerous vibrations moved at a rapid pace towards a tower that's stood in the desert sector, inside said tower sat Aelita; she turned her head upon feeling the vibrations whilst at the factory, inside the abandoned control room, the numerous screens that once showed the power outage of the factory, illuminated and showed the unmistakeable logo that was XANA, the numerous machines that had laid dormant for many years, suddenly came to life, the mechanical arms that were used in construction started to change positions and the conveyer belt began moving.
At the school, Jeremie and Odd where in the boiler room, whilst Jeremie stood guard Odd opened the door that lead towards the sewers, the coast was clear so Odd started running down, followed by Jeremie who was managing to keep pace with the latter, they jumped over the pipe at the exit of the small tunnel, Odd grabbed his skateboard and Jeremie his scooter, Odd jumped onto his board, whilst Jeremie unfolded his scooter and put it on the ground, before setting off after Odd, again he was managing to keep pace even when they reached the factory, Odd climbed up first sliding the hatch across and emerging onto the factory bridge, Jeremie quickly clambered up, Dallas had failed to catch up to them, so they carried on without him quickly running across the bridge, Odd jumped at a rope first
"yeah" he said as he swung towards the ground, Jeremie grabbed his rope and slid down, Odd helped him off his knee as Jeremie landed "I'd like to find a nice present for Aelita" said Jeremie as they walked into the elevator "no problem why not program a nice digital birthday cake" said Odd, Jeremie pressed the button and then turned back to face him "very funny" he said, then he hit the button again, he heard the mechanism for when the button was pressed, he pressed it again, no effect, again he pressed it, still no effect "what's wrong Einstein" asked Odd, Jeremie pressed the button one last time, this time he held it, there was no effect "power cut I guess" he said then he and Odd stepped out of the elevator "come on we'll go and check the fuses in the control room" he said.
in the woods, Ulrich and Yumi were discussing what they were planning to do later for Aelita, little did they know they were being observed by Sissi
"what do you think" asked Ulrich, Yumi smiled and replied "it's a great idea", Sissi who was standing in the bushes didn't know what they were on about "I wonder what he sees in her" she said, "let's go" said Ulrich, then he and Yumi started walking out of Sissi view and towards the sewer hatch, Sissi then started to follow them keeping a head of them, until she stopped and stood behind a tree, she then watched as Ulrich stopped at the sewer entrance, "coast is clear" he said, then he knelt down and began to remove the hatch, Sissi then moved from behind the tree and watched as Yumi went down the ladder first, Ulrich then quickly looked around, before he was satisfied and started to climb down, grabbing the hatch sealing it behind him.
Dallas started to walk towards the woods, he was ready to take the sewer entrance, then he stopped when he overhead Nicholas, Herb and Adam talking
"have you seen Sissi" asked Herb, looking back and forth at his friend's "I think she followed Ulrich into the woods" said Nicholas, before scratching his head, "why the fuck would she do that" asked Adam, Herb raised his finger "because she…" started Herb, but he was hit over the head by Adam "I know why dumbass" he said, Dallas looked at them and knew Sissi might find the factory, "fuck" he said under his breath, he thought for a moment, going in the tunnel he might run into Sissi and then he would have to explain what they were doing in the tunnel, and besides she would have a head start, he then clicked his fingers, then he started walking towards the garage, he quickly opened up the door, he stepped towards his bike, he took off his sling and placed into the hold, before stepping onto the bike, he quickly reached into his trouser pocket and grabbing his key, quickly turning it the engine roared to life, before he started to drive out of the garage, and he quickly exited the campus, luckily no teacher had seen him start and leave, he then turned and started to make his way towards the factory "Only hope I make it in time" he said to himself.
"wow I forgot what this place looked like" said Odd, as he and Jeremie observed some of the old machinery, they started walking towards some the control room "wow that looks cool" said Odd, observing one of the pieces of machinery, "you're kidding a hunk of junk if you ask me" said Jeremie as he looked at the machine, then as they started walking towards the stairs, the machine suddenly turned before moving towards them.
Outside the factory, Ulrich slid open the hatch and climbed out onto the bridge, he then knelt down and helped Yumi up before she started running away
"race ya" she said, then Ulrich looked at her whilst she ran away, he shook his head "I'm goanna beat you to the elevator" she said, then she felt herself stop moving then she noticed she was in Ulrich's arms "We'll see" he said smiling, then whilst still using supersprint Ulrich managed to run down a girder to the factory floor, they both smiled, Ulrich put Yumi onto the ground, she smiled and gave him a small kiss on the cheek, they then walked into the elevator "that's nice they sent it back up" said Ulrich as he went to press the button "Odd must be in the scanner already" said Yumi as Ulrich pressed the button, the door then began to lower "well, well nice little hiding place" said Sissi as she quickly moved underneath the door before it closed "what are you doing here" said Ulrich pointing at Sissi who quickly stood up placing her hands on her sides "I should ask you that, I wanna know are Jeremie and Odd waiting for you or is this your own private love nest" said Sissi, Yumi had already had enough of Sissi annoying her and her boyfriend "Sissi, that is none of your business" said Yumi, then she grabbed Ulrich's hand to annoy Sissi, who clearly noticed this, Ulrich looked at Yumi, he then turned his head back towards Sissi, "Yumi's…" he started, his voice slightly squeaky, he swallowed then started again "Yumi's right, so why don't you just leave" he said, as he pressed the button there was no effect, Ulrich looked around "what's going on, something's wrong it doesn't want to open" he said, then the elevator slowly began to descend, but despite this the metal crate was shaking, Ulrich, Yumi and Sissi held onto the sides, then it sped up going faster than the cables could handle, sparks flew from the sides of the elevator, then it suddenly grinded to a halt, Sissi in the confusion had grabbed hold of Ulrich, Yumi then placed her hand on her forehead and Sissi suddenly felt her fingers and her arms move against her will as she let go of Ulrich, they looked around as Ulrich pressed the button, "the elevator won't start" he said, they looked up "what's the matter" asked Yumi "I dunno it's blocked" replied Ulrich, "Dallas will have to look at the cables and the fuse box" he added, then the lights began to flicker, and suddenly the elevator began to violently shake, when suddenly the cables snapped, Sissi screamed as the elevator began to descend slowly into the shaft, it didn't stay slow for long, as it soon began to pick up speed.
On the other side of the factory, Jeremie and Odd where climbing a set of stairs, when one of the mechanical arms moved, Jeremie heard and because of his Lyoko power felt it, he turned around, satisfied he turned back, then suddenly there was a loud bang
"what was that" asked Jeremie, Odd looked around "better check it out" he replied, then they quickly started to run in the direction of the noise, they entered another area of the factory, they stopped when the machinery sprang to life "Einstein you're not doing that are you" asked Odd gulping mid-sentence "nope" replied Jeremie, then Jeremie felt more of the mechanical arms move, XANA had given up secrecy, Odd looked up and shouted "it's a trap".
Dallas sat on his bike in traffic, his left foot resting firmly on the ground and his right on his bike, what was causing the problem was a small car problem, Dallas tapped his foot on the ground
"should have taken the Tunnel" he said, then he looked at the sidewalk, he smiled and nodded, before turning the key on his bike, he placed his foot on the bike, and started moving forward, onto the sidewalk, people stood aside as he moved slowly between them "afternoon" he said continuously, then he noticed the car that was causing all the trouble, he grabbed a spanner from within one of the bike saddles, he slowly rode towards the car in question, the driver of the car stood up looking down on the engine, unbeknownst that Dallas was coming, he scratched the back of his head, when suddenly he saw Dallas knock the engine with the spanner, "hey what do you think…" the man started to shout as Dallas sped off, then he noticed that the engine was now working.
In the fallen elevator that now rested at the bottom of the shaft, Ulrich, Yumi and Sissi layed unconscious, Ulrich was lying on his side is left arm backwards, Yumi and Sissi were lying on their fronts, Yumi was the first to come around
"Ulrich" she said as she noticed her boyfriend, she crawled over to him "Ulrich are you okay answer me" she said, she tapped his right shoulder, he awoke suddenly in some severe pain, "I can't seem to move my arm" he said, grabbing his left arm "and you" he said, as he turned his head from his arm to Yumi "I was lucky I'm okay" she replied then they both looked at Sissi "but not her, she's out cold" added Yumi, she then pulled out her phone "I better call Jeremie" she said, as she quickly dialled his number, Jeremie and Odd however where in a state of trouble themselves, they were cornered by one of the machines, Jeremie herd his phone ring, without moving his eyes of the machines he reached into his trouser pocket and answered his phone
"Yumi are you alright" Asked Jeremie, Odd turned to look at him "In the elevator, so that was the noise we heard" said Jeremie, unbeknownst to them, another of the machines moved towards them this one was 3 drills and a screwdriver for its tool, the machine it's self was mounted on the ceiling it then dived towards Jeremie and Odd "we're stuck in the machine room" said Jeremie, then Odd pushed him out of the way yelling "careful", the machine just missed them the blunt instruments at the end sparked as they struck the floor, whilst in the elevator Yumi hung up before looking at Ulrich
"looks as if Jeremie and Odd can't help us" she said, Ulrich looked down and thought for a brief moment "what about Dallas is he with them" he asked, then it hit her "no" she said, before dialling Dallas's number, "come on, come on" she said, meanwhile Dallas was moving closer and closer towards the factory, he then felt his phone ring, he then took his right hand off the handle, he dug his hand into his pocket and grabbed his phone, "Yep" he said, as he swerved avoiding a car "Dallas, it's XANA, we're stuck in the elevator shaft" said Yumi, as she stood up inside the fallen crate "I'm on my way" said Dallas, he quickly hung up, he then switched a gear, and the bike started to accelerate, then Dallas caused the bike to do a wheelie, the vehicle then shot forward, Yumi placed her phone in her pocket "for the moment we're on our own Ulrich" she said Ulrich looked at her, he sighed and looked at her "you gotta get back up, you have to get to the lab" he said, Yumi was scared "what about you" she asked, as she stood up "with just one arm near impossible" he replied as he grabbed hold of it, he then turned and looked at Sissi "besides, we can't leave Sissi all alone" he said.
Back in the machinery room, Jeremie had been knocked over and one of the pieces of machinery that resembled a two fingered claw went to attack him, but it changed its target as Odd ran towards the machine holding a steel pipe, Odd managed to land a few hits striking the machine, it stopped and for a moment it had backed off, Odd turned and noticed Jeremie had his hand raised as if he was blocking the machine, Odd then realised Jeremie was in fact stopping the machine, then the two of them noticed some of the machine break off from their assault on them and leave the room, this left both of them confused, whilst On Lyoko Aelita stood in the desert region, it was baron and empty, none of XANA's monsters were in sight, she stood perched atop a small cliff
"Jeremie, Jeremie please answer me, where are you" she asked, trying to establish a link with Jeremie, she waited a moment there was no reply, she then stood forward, and prepared to jump off the small cliff, she closed her eyes and her arms spread back, before she dived off the cliff, in mid-air she changed position allowing herself to land on her feet, immediately she started running in the direction of the activated tower.
At the bottom of the elevator shaft, Yumi opened the hatch from atop of the downed elevator, she then levitated herself onto the roof of the elevator, she then knelt down and looked back into the hatch
"how deep is the elevator shaft" she asked, Ulrich looked at her "I don't know, why" said Ulrich, Yumi didn't answer but she knew if she tried levitating she would only get halfway before becoming exhausted and falling to her death, she then looked up again, she panicked slightly "what's the problem" asked Ulrich, "I just remembered I have a slight fear of heights" said Yumi, Ulrich shook his head, he knew what she was going through "just hang on tight and don't look down you can do it Yumi" said Ulrich, Sissi then began to awaken, "what happened, I can't remember" she said faintly, Ulrich looked over to her "the elevator broke down, we're stuck in the shaft" replied Ulrich, then Sissi started to shiver "I'm so cold" she said, Ulrich didn't pay any attention to her, he still hadn't forgiven her for her black mail attempt even if Sissi didn't know about it anymore, he still knew that it could happen again "we'll be outta here soon" he said, before feeling his arm sting, he kept his face straight the best he could, Yumi closed the hatch to the elevator, before grabbing the steel pipes that formed the ladder in the elevator shaft, pipe by pipe she began to ascend the shaft, she slipped quickly grabbing one of the pipes stopping her fall, she looked down at the elevator, her eye sight began to blur, she looked back up, before she carried on climbing, unbeknownst to her the crash had cracked wall and was now letting in water from the river.
In the machine room, Jeremie was now standing, and Odd was still fighting the machines with the metal pole, he wacked one of the claws, the machine then grabbed the pole, it then twisted it out of proportion, Odd looked at the pole, his faced now showed fear
"oh shit" he said, Jeremie then turned his head and looked at him "we gotta get outta here" said Jeremie, Odd looked at him "no kidding genius" shouted Odd, then the multi tooled machine arm, swung at Jeremie lifting him off the ground, "Jeremie" screamed Odd as thrown onto one of the conveyer belts, Odd watched in fear, suddenly he was grabbed at the right shoulder by the claw machine, it lifted him several feat in the air "let me go" he yelled then the machine did just that dropping him onto the conveyer belt, all of the machines then regrouped and began to attack Odd and Jeremie, Odd quickly managed to dodge the machines, then the multi tool machine descended onto the conveyer belt, "up here hurry" said Odd, then with only a few seconds before hitting the machine he then managed to give Jeremie a boost up onto a small platform, he then jumped onto the claw machine before jumping up and joining Jeremie on small ledge "we're outta reach of those machines" said Odd, then they felt the platform wobble "but the platforms not" said Jeremie, then the machines knocked the support and the platform collapsed, Jeremie and Odd landed to the side of the conveyer belt "follow me" said Jeremie as he and Odd ran through into a section of the factory that the machines couldn't reach them "too bad this isn't Lyoko at least I have weapons their" said Odd, Jeremie was panting, his eyes moved to Odd "Aelita's also in danger and she's going to need your help" said Jeremie, Odd grabbed his sides "how are we goanna reach the lab" he asked wiping the sweet from his forehead "Via the boiler room" replied Jeremie.
In the elevator shaft Yumi was still climbing her grip was close to giving way, but she remained persistent , when she stopped as she felt her phone ring, she pulled it out of her pocket
"hello Odd where are you, are you alright" she asked, as she wrapped her arm around one of the pipes "heading for the lab, and how are you doing" replied Odd, "let's say I'm coping" said Yumi, then she hung up and began climbing again, then he phone rang again she answered it, "yes" she said, she wasn't overly happy with the call "Yumi I'm nearly at the factory" said Dallas, Yumi smiled and replied "okay hurry up, Ulrich and Sissi are trapped", Dallas rolled his eyes, he then hung up and turned his bike onto the bridge, the small vehicle was still moving quickly, Dallas started to slow down and as he approached the entrance, three machines emerged, Dallas turned the bike causing it to skid in an attempt to avoid the machines, Dallas was nearly clear, but one of the machines clipped the back wheel, the bike flipped over the arm of the machine, throwing the bike into the air, Dallas was thrown from the bike in mid-air, he landed on the ground skidding across before hitting the girder that stood left of the elevator, his back snapped upon impact with it, his body was nearly bent around the girder "fuck" he said, his face was winced in pain, he opened his eyes, and noticed his bike was caught in the wiring above the elevator shaft, "oh shit" he said, as he noticed the wiring was starting to lose strain, he then moved from the girder his back in severe pain, he placed his hands around his mouth and shouted down the shaft "YUMI WATCH OUT", the cables started to snap, Dallas quickly stood up grabbing his broken spine, the cables then snapped, and the bike fell, Dallas saw that it was going to hit Yumi, Dallas quickly dived down the shaft, he narrowed himself, he began to gain speed, before pressing down on the bike, Yumi looked up at the falling vehicle she closed her eyes in terror, but the bike narrowly missed her, Dallas had just managed to push the bike, he looked up he had prevailed, then suddenly there was an almighty crash, the bike had hit the elevator, and a small explosion erupted, Dallas was thrown forward, whilst inside the elevator Ulrich and Sissi were thrown around, Ulrich knocked his left arm onto the wall, he then landed on it when he hit the floor, whilst Sissi was rendered unconscious again, Ulrich grabbed his arm, the sheer pain alone could have killed him, let alone the heat from the burning wreckage of the bike, Ulrich looked up grabbing the button box he managed to hoist himself onto his feet
"what the fuck was that" he asked to himself, he jumped up pressing his hand onto the roof of the elevator, he quickly withdrew his hand upon burning it, luckily the hatch was sealed, Ulrich knew that this meant whatever was burning up couldn't get in the elevator.
Back on Lyoko Aelita was running through the sector, the vibrations where getting stronger, so she knew she was getting closer, she stopped running as she entered a small corridor of rock that rested either side of her, she looked around before looking forward again, then suddenly a Krab emerged behind her, noticing it had suddenly gotten darker Aelita looked down and then behind her to see the monster, the creature charged a shot, Aelita started running away, the Krab fired at her she narrowly dodged the shot, the creature began pursuit of her, whilst in the factory, Dallas awoke his spine was killing him, his foot was caught in one of the pipes
"ah… fuck" he said, again his natural accent was audible, he moved his arm around and felt the area where his spine was hurting, he pressed down, before pulling up his shirt, jacket and wings, his skin felt harder than usual, "metal" he said, he was ready to remove the piece from his back to allow the spine to heal, he then went to grab the piece, nothing, he felt again, nothing, he then pressed down on his back, he felt the hard section "oh shit" he said, the skin had healed over the jagged metal, and now it was lodged in his spine, Dallas threw his head back in pain, he jammed his left blade clean into his back, he tore open the skin, he grabbed the metal and pulled it out, his spin severed, he screamed as he felt the tiny bit of his spin that held the now two pieces together snapped, he then felt his skin heal over it, he looked down at the blaze that was atop of the elevator, then he noticed that it began to die down "that's not right" he said to himself, he knew he had a lot of petrol in the tank, not all of it had been used in the explosion, he leant forward applying pressure to the spine, he then grabbed his boot and started to loosen it from the ladder.
Jeremie, followed by Odd entered the boiler room unlike most areas of the factory; this one had managed to maintain itself over the years and looked only recently abandoned, the giant pipe section that was the boiler was steaming, Jeremie was shocked
"look at the boiler" he said nudging Odd, the latter then looked at the boiler "XANA's really after us this time" he added, Odd and Jeremie could feel the steam around them, sweat marks visible on their clothes "Yumi's on her way to the lab, she's climbing up the shaft" said Odd, Jeremie wiped the sweat of his brow "and Dallas" he asked, Odd shrugged his shoulders, then suddenly one of the pipes blew, steam erupted shrouding the way "ready for a hundred yard dash" asked Odd, Jeremie turned and looked at him "I'm better in math than gym" he replied, Odd raised his arms the sweat in his armpit was starting to irritate him "math won't help you this time" said Odd, Jeremie wasn't happy about this, but he got ready to run, "go" shouted Odd then the two of them started running through the room, they jumped over every pipe and Odd slid under one whilst Jeremie stopped and crawled underneath it, suddenly another pipe blew, this one shook the factory to the core, Yumi felt it as she stood at the lab door, Dallas who had his hand on his foot trying to wedge it out, was knocked backwards forcing him to let go
"that doesn't sound good" he said, meanwhile Yumi moved onto the small ledge in front of the door, she tried pulling it open, but she was unable to do so, she then placed her hand to her head, suddenly the door began to open itself, the mechanism on the other side began to spark and turn opening the door.
Back in the elevator, Ulrich looked around Sissi was still unconscious and the heat was unbearable, he needed to remove one of his shirts, he started to, but then the extreme pain kicked in
"ahh" he screamed quietly, he then remembered something "thank you Dallas" he said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his hidden blade, he then, looked at it "why did you have to make a left hand one" he said, then he thought for a moment, "oh yeah" he said, then he grabbed it with his left hand, being careful not to move his left arm, he then held it as he slipped his right arm underneath the straps, "yes" he said, as he managed to get it on without causing too much pain, then he extended the blade, he cut around his other arm so he was able to slip it off easily without having to move his arm, then he removed the other piece of his shirt, he looked up as he felt a bit of water touch his nose, he then looked down to see that the floor was now cover with water "no" he said, then he remembered, he quickly pulled out his phone and dialled a number "Dallas, goanna need your help" he said, Dallas however was in no help, he tilted his head and looked at his foot as his hand held his phone to his ear "yeah I'll be there as soon as I can" said Dallas, Ulrich started to slowly walk back and forth, "why" he asked, as the water level slowly began to rise "my foot is caught in the ladder" said Dallas, Ulrich stopped pacing "what" he asked, to make sure he heard Dallas correctly "My foot is caught in the ladder" he repeated, Ulrich wasn't sure if he should laugh or not "okay, hurry up me and Sissi are trapped" he replied, then he hung up, Dallas looked at his foot, he couldn't get his foot out of the boot, because that wasn't the problem, it was his foot itself, that was the problem, he looked at it, before leaning forward "should have been a fuckin acrobat" he said, then he grabbed his foot he tried pulling it from the pipe, no avail, he then breathed in, and grabbed hold of his foot, and then with one sharp hand movement and one loud scream, Dallas had dislocated his foot, and now he was falling down the shaft, until he struck the elevator, Ulrich looked up as he heard the thud, Dallas had landed on his front, he raised his head "ahh… fuck" he said, he was fighting death and that hurt, he looked down, he was laying on both the burnt out remains of his bike and some rubble, he rolled onto his front many pieces of metal were in his chest, he looked down at his foot before looking at the bike, he noticed what had extinguished the flame from earlier, the water that was pouring out of the river and into the shaft, but it was running down the wall, he looked at the rubble, he grabbed it and started to move it then he noticed that not only was it pinned down by the bike, but there was a bigger problem "Ulrich" he shouted, Ulrich looked up, this shouting and the water pouring in had awoken Sissi "Yeah" replied Ulrich, as Sissi looked at Ulrich her vision blurry "I can't move the rubble without it bringing down the wall, the best I can do is buy some time, by covering the gaps" said Dallas, as he looked around the water was slowing down but it was still coming out in large quantities, he rubbed the back of his head, before quickly moving the large pieces of rubble covering the gaps, whilst inside the elevator, the water that was dripping down had almost stopped "hold on" said Dallas, it was to himself as he staggered up the ladder.
In the dessert sector, there was a small location that Aelita referred to as the pit; it was a round area that was a few metres deep inside the pit were several stone pillars , many of these stone pillars had bridges that connected them at the top of them that connected one to the other, a few connected three of them together and one connected four of the pillars together, the pit was in a desolate area of the sector, somewhere Aelita would rarely venture, unfortunately she had to come to this area, as the Krab was pursing her towards it, she noticed this and decided to use it to her advantage, she jumped across a single pillar before landing on one that was connected to two other pillars, she ran across the bridge leading to the connecter pillar, before jumping onto another singular pillar, she quickly jumped across another few pillars, before stopping as she watched the Krab began to slowly cross the stone pillars in a very slow pursuit, one of its legs per pillar, the creature was unable to keep balance, Aelita then put her hands together before descending to her knees, then suddenly several of the pillars began to descend, including two of which were underneath the Krab, Aelita stood up and smiled, as the creature struggled to keep its balance
"bye" she said, as she started to run away from the pit, the monster that lost its balance and collapsed into the bottom of the pit.
In the computer room Yumi stood around the computer console with her phone to her ear
"Odd, Jeremie" she said, as the smoke from the boiler room seeped in "Odd, Jeremie, please answer" she yelled, then suddenly a voice called out "Yumi" it was Jeremie, Yumi looked up at the service hatch to see Odd and Jeremie with Dallas around their shoulders, he looked like he'd been electrocuted along with all his previous injury's, Yumi smiled then she noticed Dallas "what happened to him" she asked, Jeremie helped Odd put Dallas against the wall "I dunno, we found him up there, he was standing next to a blown fuse box" said Odd, Jeremie sat down in the chair, "he's not stupid enough to punch a fuse box" he said, Dallas shook his head, and then numerous burn marks quickly descended back onto his skin and returned to the colour of his skin, however he was still rabbling to the point he couldn't even remember his own name "Dallas… Ishiyama" he said in a blind stab in the dark "nope" said Yumi, as she slightly laughed "Dallas Stern?" he asked, they shook their heads, then Dallas slapped himself around the face, "oh I'm back" he said then he stood up, then he looked at his ankle, his foot was just about back in position, "you two okay though" asked Yumi, looking at Jeremie and Odd, "yeah I guess we pushed the boiler too hard, guess it just couldn't take it" said Odd.
Back in the elevator, the dripping water had sped up into a constant flow, just a little but enough to slowly flood the elevator
"I don't believe it this is useless" said Ulrich as he tried to jump up and cover the leaks, "this is impossible" he yelled, whilst back in the computer room Jeremie was typing
"here we go" said Jeremie as he hit enter "I've launched a scan to find the exact position of the activated tower" he said, as he began typing again "Aelita, Aelita, do you read me Aelita" said Jeremie, he got no reply "umm I understand Ulrich how's Sissi" said Yumi, as she held her phone to her ear "she's okay" said Ulrich, Yumi wasn't sure if she was relieved to hear that "hang on we're off to Lyoko" said Yumi, "Okay, good luck" said Ulrich as he and Yumi both hung up "the water levels rising and Ulrich can't swim with a broken arm" said Yumi, Jeremie looked at her, he now knew the sense of urgency "and I can't contact Aelita" said Jeremie, then a window opened on the screen "okay I've got the coordinates of the tower now I've gotta…" said Jeremie before Aelita's window suddenly opened with her exclaiming "Jeremie", "Aelita, how are you, are you okay" he asked, relived that she was okay, "Jeremie, I've been trying to contact you for such a long time" said Aelita, as she looked at the activated tower and it's guards "we had a problem XANA's set a trap for us in the factory, and the others are on their way to Lyoko we gotta hurry" said Jeremie who by the sounds of it couldn't stress it enough "I'm just in front of the tower" said Aelita, whilst in the elevator the water level was crotch height
"and to think I've dreamed of being alone with you for such a long time, but your with Yumi and we're goanna die" said Sissi as she shivered due to the cold water "Jeremie and the others are goanna call for help aren't they" asked Sissi, Ulrich just stood with his back to her, right now he didn't care what she thought, he was still mad at her, but he knew the other better hurry up "I guess you could call it that" said Ulrich "well they better hurry up" said Sissi.
"guys we're ready to go" said Jeremie, faintly Odd and Yumi could "we, we, we" Dallas was saying this as Jeremie wouldn't go to Lyoko "off to the dessert" added Jeremie then he began to type "starting the process now" he said as Dallas, Yumi and Odd stepped into their scanners, Jeremie then hit enter "Transfer Yumi, Transfer Odd, Transfer Dallas" he said as Yumi, Odd and Dallas felt the air rise below them "Scanner Yumi, Scanner Dallas, Scanner Odd" said Jeremie as their id cards began to turn gold and as they felt themselves began to spin and rise "virtualization" he said, then the blast of air came, sending them to Lyoko, their blue square outlines appeared before suddenly dropping to the ground, Dallas quickly noticed something "oh bollocks" then he jumped at his friends pushing them down, as two Krabs that where guarding the tower shot at them "damn it Jeremie" shouted Dallas as they quickly got up and ran into cover, Aelita was already behind it, this time there wasn't a chance for hellos Yumi quickly unsheathed her fans, whilst Odd raised his arms, Dallas quickly pulled his crossbow off his shoulder pulling back the string he placed a bolt into it, then he grabbed the trigger with his right hand, whilst grabbing his tomahawk with the other, "you missed" shouted Odd poking his head up from behind the rock, Dallas quickly grabbed his head and pushed him down again, "okay Aelita it's time you ready" said Yumi, Aelita nodded, "okay, me and Dallas will force our way through you two keep behind us we gotta make it to the tower" said Odd, Dallas nodded, then he and Odd emerged from behind the rock and started charging towards the Krabs, the creatures looked at each other before they started shooting at them, suddenly two more Krabs appeared, Odd raised his arm "take that" he said as he fired an arrow at the Krabs "40 life points in just two shots, Odd your losing life points much too quickly" said Jeremie, whilst Dallas quickly ran for one of the new comers and quickly used eagle sense to propel himself into the air, he threw his tomahawk at one of the Krabs, the bladed weapon struck the creature dead in the centre, Dallas landed grabbing his weapon, before pulling it out and jumping backwards as the creature exploded, "carful Odd" said Jeremie, Odd was still running at the centre Krab "don't worry I'll make it" he said, the Krab he was Charging at fired a barrage of shots at him, they all missed but came close striking the floor in front of him, each causing a small section of land to square outline before regaining their texture, they stopped moving dead in front of the Krabs, "watch out on your left" said Yumi as she blocked a shot from the left Krab with her fans "Laser arrow" said Odd as he fired a shot at the Krab, he struck it dead centre, the right Krab fired a shot striking Yumi in the left shoulder, she quickly dropped her weapons and fell to her knees "Yumi" said Dallas, as he quickly ran over to her, Odd was struck with another shot by a Krab "your point loss rate is too high Odd you hear" said Jeremie, Odd heard him, but was distracted as he watched Dallas help Yumi up, he was struck one final time, he flipped over onto his front, before his texture began to disappear, with one last ounce of strength he banged his fist on the ground, one of the Krabs moved forward, it charged a shot and fired striking Aelita, she screamed as she was propelled backwards "oh no Aelita" screamed Jeremie, Yumi stood up grabbing her weapons, she ran at the Krab in front of her, but it fired a shot, striking her she was knocked back, "Dallas 90, Aelita 80, Yumi… just 10, you gotta clear the passage" said Jeremie, Yumi quickly threw her fan at the right Krab, it struck destroying the creature but the left Krab fired at Yumi striking and DE virtualizing her "Yumi no" said Dallas as Yumi's texture disappeared "no" said Aelita, then she looked at the Krab as it moved towards her, it dug it's leg into the ground as if it was taunting Aelita, "not this time you mother fucker" shouted Dallas as he jumped up swinging his tomahawk into the Krab, the creature then moved around shooting blindly, Dallas had just blinded it "Aelita run" said Dallas, as Aelita then ran through the safest route, underneath the Krab, Dallas hacked the Krabs leg off, it topple over, before letting out a strange raw, Dallas then shot it with his tomahawk exclaiming "shut up" as Aelita passed through the tower wall "it's okay Ulrich, Aelita's in the tower" said Jeremie, as he phone Ulrich, unfortunately Ulrich answered before dropping his phone "Ulrich, Ulrich do you hear me" said Jeremie, whilst in the tower Aelita began to ascend upwards, whilst in the elevator Sissi and Ulrich were now underwater, Aelita landed on the top platform, she stepped towards the blue screen placing her hand on it the word AELITA typed in then the words CODE LYOKO, the water flow suddenly stopped, and the blue screens that surrounded the inside of the tower, descended into the black void then a white flash appeared, Jeremie then hit enter and said "return to the past now…".
around the same time that day, the group was in Jeremie's and Dallas's room, they were gathered around the computer Odd was on the left with Jeremie next to him in the centre was Dallas who was holding a blanket, on his right was Ulrich then Yumi
"okay now" said Yumi, Aelita was confused as she watched the friends "ready Aelita" said Jeremie, Aelita was more confused "what's going on I don't understand" she said, the group chuckled "it's something from our world" said Odd, outside in the hall way, Sissi, Adam, Nicholas and Herb where watching more confused than Aelita was "happy birthday Aelita" said the group unbeknownst to Sissi and her group behind them, they raised a cake with a single candle in it, Dallas dropped the blanket, Aelita smiled then said "I don't get it" Jeremie chuckled "we're celebrating because it's exactly one year ago, we met you" said Jeremie "oh I see am I supposed to do something" asked Aelita, "yeah save ya a piece of cake" said Odd as he starred at the cake, Ulrich noticed Sissi and the other looking in the room, then suddenly the door shut and Ulrich returned to his spot, wiping his hands, all Sissi group could now hear was some strange joking from the warriors including, four eyes, scrawny and yank, whilst in the hall way Herb laughed "what a bunch of looneys their celebrating their computers birthday" he said, Adam was the one who was laughing the most, "man and I thought just Marshal was crazy guess not" he said as he lit his cigar, back in the room Yumi was having a go at Odd "you eating all the cake stop" she exclaimed "I'm hungry" said Odd, "so is everybody else" replied Yumi "hand it over" said Ulrich, "Odd I'm not buying 3rd cake" shouted Dallas.
Authors note
Thanks for reading, sorry this one took so long, been really hit with depression again, really bad this time, but yeah hope you enjoyed it.