Quick reminder: I don't own "Code: Lyoko," or anything directly involved
with the show, I'm just a teenager who liked it and would like to
contribute a fanfic. So sue me. Wait. No. Please don't. I have no money.
CHAPTER FOUR: THE MESSENGER
(Scene opens up in Jeremy/Odd/Ulrich's classroom.)
"So, can anyone tell me what Einstein's Theory of Relativity is?" Mrs. Hertz asked her students.
Jeremy raised his hand.
The teacher glanced around the rest of the classroom, waiting for any others.
"Anyone except Jeremy?"
Nothing stirred.
"Alright, Jeremy, you may tell us."
Jeremy took a breath.
"Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity stated the controversial possibility that time slows down with an object's acceleration. This was proven true when two high-speed jet planes, each holding two atomic clocks, were sent around the world in different directions. One went clockwise across the world, the other, counterclockwise. Atomic clocks are accurate to a 1,000,000th of a second, even more accurate than the sun or moon, so scientists were amazed to find that both clocks had different times. The counterclockwise jet bore atomic clocks with a slower time."
Mrs. Hertz was naturally amazed.
"...Bravo! Bravo, Jeremy!"
Jeremy turned around and smiled at Odd and Ulrich.
"Well, as painful as it can be, I feel safe going into Lyoko with someone like Jeremy guiding us, don't you agree Ulrich?" Odd asked his deskmate.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Ulrich grumbled.
The bell rang. Mrs. Hertz quickly reminded the students that they were being tested on their unit on The Study of Einstein the next day.
Yumi was sitting under a tree, curled up with a book, when the others approached.
"Hey, Yumi," Ulrich told her.
Yumi looked up at him and smiled.
Ulrich and Odd sat down on opposite sides of Yumi as she closed her book and stuffed it in her backpack.
"Any luck with the antivirus, Jeremy?" Yumi calmly asked him.
"I'm searching every moment I'm granted...I haven't found anything useful yet though," he answered.
"Don't look now, but here comes Sissy..." Odd alerted them.
The cunning girl walked over, her eyes as always locked on Ulrich.
"Ulrich, I'm having a birthday party at the pizza stop downtown in a few days, and I want you to come."
Ulrich lazily shifted his eyesight to her.
"Why should I? I mean, you didn't even ask..."
"Because...I just want you to. Plus, I don't beg like some mistreated puppy."
"How about...no." Ulrich retorted.
Sissy's depression was obvious on her face for a moment, but she quickly replaced it with a smug smirk.
"Fine. I don't need you."
"Could've fooled me..." Ulrich chuckled.
Sissy blushed.
"Hmph!"
She glared at him and walked off.
As she did, though, her face clouded in sadness.
"Won't even come to my birthday party..."
She stopped and hung her head. She didn't notice the rotting tree branch above her. The wind began to blow sharply, pushing one of the flexible branches against it. It began to crack, and the wood began to split...
Ulrich, feeling smug, had been watching her. He noticed the branches swaying around, dangerously smacking against the thick, dead branch... "Sissy! Watch out!" He cried as he leapt to his feet and raced towards her, surprising the others. He watched as the branch spilt in two and fell towards her. She cried out in horror as it fell two stories towards her... But Ulrich dove at her and knocked her out of harm's way. He too would have gotten out of the catastrophe unscathed, but the branch pinned his leg down and he hit the concrete hard.
"Oh no!" Yumi shouted. She and the others fled to the tree ad tried to lift the branch off of Ulrich. Jim, who was on supervisor duty, shooed them out the way. They dragged Ulrich out from under it instead. Ulrich winced in pain. He resisted sleep just long enough to search for Sissy in the crowd of faces, and spotted her two henchmen helping her up. Then, he let his eyes slowly close, and he fell into a deep sleep.
(The scene opens up in the infirmary. A crowd of faces is surrounding the comatose Ulrich. The faces include Jeremy, Yumi, Odd, Sissy, Sissy's father the Principal, the nurse, Jim, and the two school reporters.)
"What's wrong with him?" The Principal asked. "We don't know...all of his vital signs are present, and miraculously he didn't even break anything, it's just a few scratches and a bump on his head...I and any other doctor would simply tell you that he's just asleep, but he is showing unusual brain activity." "Unusual brain activity? Like what?" Jeremy asked solemnly. "Well, that's just it. The machines here can't tell. It's out of our hands."
"Why can't you send him to the city hospital?" Yumi threw out.
"The wouldn't take him. Technically, there's nothing physically wrong with him."
(Scene opens up in a dark, shadowy place. Ulrich is lying face-down on a glowing marble floor.)
A soft wind blew over Ulrich. His eyes clenched, and then opened. He slowly rose to his feet shakily as he noticed someone standing with his back to him.
Ulrich glared at the figure. Whoever this was, he'd better have answers.
"Who are you, and where am I? How did I get here? Why am I here?" he shouted out at him.
The figure turned around. He was wearing a black cloak over black clothing. It was hard to tell he was there, because he almost camouflaged into his surroundings.
"Ulrich." At the sound of the voice, Ulrich realized that he was speaking to a girl. A girl his age. The voice was familiar, but he couldn't place it...
"How do you know my name...?"
Her face was hidden in shadow, but Ulrich heard her chuckle.
"I know a lot about you. About Jeremy. About Odd. About Yumi..."
His face softened in curiosity.
"...About Aelita, Lyoko...I know about XANA."
"What...?" Ulrich started.
"You are lying in a coma in a hospital bed at your school. Your friends are worried. But your mind is here with me."
"What do you want with me?"
"Heh heh...so many questions...it's very unlike you, you were always the quiet one. I'd expect one of the others to be this inquisitive, but you've surprised me."
"You haven't answered any of my questions."
"Quite true. Very well then..."
Ulrich smirked.
"Who am I? My name is Serena. Where are you? You are in your own mind, where I have chosen to contact you. How did you get here, and why are you here? I pulled you here when you suffered from a quick act of heroism..."
Ulrich's memory of the tree branch falling towards Sissy returned.
"...And I brought you here because I have chosen you out of your group to deliver a message from me to your friends."
The hair on the back of his neck bristled.
"What kind of message?" he asked in his sarcastic tone.
The figure stepped towards him. He stepped backwards.
"Do not worry, I'm not here to hurt you..."
She made her way closer to him, until she was five feet away. She removed her hood and shook her hair.
"What in the—"Ulrich started.
The girl looked just like Aelita. EXACTLY like her. The only difference was that her hair and the marks under her eyes were bright green instead of light red/pink.
She stepped closer and whispered in his ear.
"The end is near..."
She stepped away and began to walk away.
"Hey! HEY! Where are you going!?" Ulrich shouted at her.
"Me? I'm going back home. Lyoko is waiting for me. Plus, I have to pass the same message to your friend XANA..."
"But what about—wait a minute! XANA!? What are you—!?"
Serena thrust her palm towards him, and the air began to swirl in it. An incredible gust lifted him backwards and off of his feet. A hole was ripped in the air behind him, and he was sucked into it. He shouted in surprise as he was pulled back out of his mind, the hole sealing itself behind him.
Serena watched him fly backwards into the large inter-dimensional portal. She clasped the palms of her hands together, as if praying, then lowered her head and shut her eyes. She whispered in an arcane dialect and a red ring appeared around her. The ground inside the ring changed to the same shade of red, and she began to sink into it. A white column of light shot straight upwards from the ring into the black sky, and she was lifted several yards up into the air. She vanished in the column. The light disappeared, leaving no trace of her existence.
(So, what do you think? Sorry that this one took so long, I had computer problems...but I'm back now at least. Ulrich has been chosen by a strange girl that remarkably resembles his friend Aelita, and she claims to know all about his friends and their adventures. But, what is she after? And how will her presence fit into the future? And what does she mean, 'the end is near'? Don't expect the answers to make themselves clear quickly, but you can expect Ulrich to be back in action in Chapter Five.)
(Author's Note: The original title for this one was supposed to be 'A Moment's Peace', but I decided to attack Ulrich with a dead tree instead.)
(More reviews mean more chapters! Keep R&R'ing!)
CHAPTER FOUR: THE MESSENGER
(Scene opens up in Jeremy/Odd/Ulrich's classroom.)
"So, can anyone tell me what Einstein's Theory of Relativity is?" Mrs. Hertz asked her students.
Jeremy raised his hand.
The teacher glanced around the rest of the classroom, waiting for any others.
"Anyone except Jeremy?"
Nothing stirred.
"Alright, Jeremy, you may tell us."
Jeremy took a breath.
"Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity stated the controversial possibility that time slows down with an object's acceleration. This was proven true when two high-speed jet planes, each holding two atomic clocks, were sent around the world in different directions. One went clockwise across the world, the other, counterclockwise. Atomic clocks are accurate to a 1,000,000th of a second, even more accurate than the sun or moon, so scientists were amazed to find that both clocks had different times. The counterclockwise jet bore atomic clocks with a slower time."
Mrs. Hertz was naturally amazed.
"...Bravo! Bravo, Jeremy!"
Jeremy turned around and smiled at Odd and Ulrich.
"Well, as painful as it can be, I feel safe going into Lyoko with someone like Jeremy guiding us, don't you agree Ulrich?" Odd asked his deskmate.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Ulrich grumbled.
The bell rang. Mrs. Hertz quickly reminded the students that they were being tested on their unit on The Study of Einstein the next day.
Yumi was sitting under a tree, curled up with a book, when the others approached.
"Hey, Yumi," Ulrich told her.
Yumi looked up at him and smiled.
Ulrich and Odd sat down on opposite sides of Yumi as she closed her book and stuffed it in her backpack.
"Any luck with the antivirus, Jeremy?" Yumi calmly asked him.
"I'm searching every moment I'm granted...I haven't found anything useful yet though," he answered.
"Don't look now, but here comes Sissy..." Odd alerted them.
The cunning girl walked over, her eyes as always locked on Ulrich.
"Ulrich, I'm having a birthday party at the pizza stop downtown in a few days, and I want you to come."
Ulrich lazily shifted his eyesight to her.
"Why should I? I mean, you didn't even ask..."
"Because...I just want you to. Plus, I don't beg like some mistreated puppy."
"How about...no." Ulrich retorted.
Sissy's depression was obvious on her face for a moment, but she quickly replaced it with a smug smirk.
"Fine. I don't need you."
"Could've fooled me..." Ulrich chuckled.
Sissy blushed.
"Hmph!"
She glared at him and walked off.
As she did, though, her face clouded in sadness.
"Won't even come to my birthday party..."
She stopped and hung her head. She didn't notice the rotting tree branch above her. The wind began to blow sharply, pushing one of the flexible branches against it. It began to crack, and the wood began to split...
Ulrich, feeling smug, had been watching her. He noticed the branches swaying around, dangerously smacking against the thick, dead branch... "Sissy! Watch out!" He cried as he leapt to his feet and raced towards her, surprising the others. He watched as the branch spilt in two and fell towards her. She cried out in horror as it fell two stories towards her... But Ulrich dove at her and knocked her out of harm's way. He too would have gotten out of the catastrophe unscathed, but the branch pinned his leg down and he hit the concrete hard.
"Oh no!" Yumi shouted. She and the others fled to the tree ad tried to lift the branch off of Ulrich. Jim, who was on supervisor duty, shooed them out the way. They dragged Ulrich out from under it instead. Ulrich winced in pain. He resisted sleep just long enough to search for Sissy in the crowd of faces, and spotted her two henchmen helping her up. Then, he let his eyes slowly close, and he fell into a deep sleep.
(The scene opens up in the infirmary. A crowd of faces is surrounding the comatose Ulrich. The faces include Jeremy, Yumi, Odd, Sissy, Sissy's father the Principal, the nurse, Jim, and the two school reporters.)
"What's wrong with him?" The Principal asked. "We don't know...all of his vital signs are present, and miraculously he didn't even break anything, it's just a few scratches and a bump on his head...I and any other doctor would simply tell you that he's just asleep, but he is showing unusual brain activity." "Unusual brain activity? Like what?" Jeremy asked solemnly. "Well, that's just it. The machines here can't tell. It's out of our hands."
"Why can't you send him to the city hospital?" Yumi threw out.
"The wouldn't take him. Technically, there's nothing physically wrong with him."
(Scene opens up in a dark, shadowy place. Ulrich is lying face-down on a glowing marble floor.)
A soft wind blew over Ulrich. His eyes clenched, and then opened. He slowly rose to his feet shakily as he noticed someone standing with his back to him.
Ulrich glared at the figure. Whoever this was, he'd better have answers.
"Who are you, and where am I? How did I get here? Why am I here?" he shouted out at him.
The figure turned around. He was wearing a black cloak over black clothing. It was hard to tell he was there, because he almost camouflaged into his surroundings.
"Ulrich." At the sound of the voice, Ulrich realized that he was speaking to a girl. A girl his age. The voice was familiar, but he couldn't place it...
"How do you know my name...?"
Her face was hidden in shadow, but Ulrich heard her chuckle.
"I know a lot about you. About Jeremy. About Odd. About Yumi..."
His face softened in curiosity.
"...About Aelita, Lyoko...I know about XANA."
"What...?" Ulrich started.
"You are lying in a coma in a hospital bed at your school. Your friends are worried. But your mind is here with me."
"What do you want with me?"
"Heh heh...so many questions...it's very unlike you, you were always the quiet one. I'd expect one of the others to be this inquisitive, but you've surprised me."
"You haven't answered any of my questions."
"Quite true. Very well then..."
Ulrich smirked.
"Who am I? My name is Serena. Where are you? You are in your own mind, where I have chosen to contact you. How did you get here, and why are you here? I pulled you here when you suffered from a quick act of heroism..."
Ulrich's memory of the tree branch falling towards Sissy returned.
"...And I brought you here because I have chosen you out of your group to deliver a message from me to your friends."
The hair on the back of his neck bristled.
"What kind of message?" he asked in his sarcastic tone.
The figure stepped towards him. He stepped backwards.
"Do not worry, I'm not here to hurt you..."
She made her way closer to him, until she was five feet away. She removed her hood and shook her hair.
"What in the—"Ulrich started.
The girl looked just like Aelita. EXACTLY like her. The only difference was that her hair and the marks under her eyes were bright green instead of light red/pink.
She stepped closer and whispered in his ear.
"The end is near..."
She stepped away and began to walk away.
"Hey! HEY! Where are you going!?" Ulrich shouted at her.
"Me? I'm going back home. Lyoko is waiting for me. Plus, I have to pass the same message to your friend XANA..."
"But what about—wait a minute! XANA!? What are you—!?"
Serena thrust her palm towards him, and the air began to swirl in it. An incredible gust lifted him backwards and off of his feet. A hole was ripped in the air behind him, and he was sucked into it. He shouted in surprise as he was pulled back out of his mind, the hole sealing itself behind him.
Serena watched him fly backwards into the large inter-dimensional portal. She clasped the palms of her hands together, as if praying, then lowered her head and shut her eyes. She whispered in an arcane dialect and a red ring appeared around her. The ground inside the ring changed to the same shade of red, and she began to sink into it. A white column of light shot straight upwards from the ring into the black sky, and she was lifted several yards up into the air. She vanished in the column. The light disappeared, leaving no trace of her existence.
(So, what do you think? Sorry that this one took so long, I had computer problems...but I'm back now at least. Ulrich has been chosen by a strange girl that remarkably resembles his friend Aelita, and she claims to know all about his friends and their adventures. But, what is she after? And how will her presence fit into the future? And what does she mean, 'the end is near'? Don't expect the answers to make themselves clear quickly, but you can expect Ulrich to be back in action in Chapter Five.)
(Author's Note: The original title for this one was supposed to be 'A Moment's Peace', but I decided to attack Ulrich with a dead tree instead.)
(More reviews mean more chapters! Keep R&R'ing!)