Chapter 5 – The Gang Meets Aelita
It took a while, but school finally ended. The three boys walked out onto the school grounds and Yumi was already there waiting for them. "Alright then, let's go," said Yumi. They walked together on the street, just chatting. After walking about 12 blocks, they finally reached the river and saw the factory sitting in the middle of it.
"There it is," commented Jérémie.
"What did you take us the longest way possible?" Odd asked. "There has to be a shorter way to get to this factory, and I'd think you'd be the one to know it Einstein."
"Don't call me that," stated Jérémie. They crossed the bridge leading to the factory. Ulrich and Odd pushed open the doors to reveal a factory that has been abandoned for some time. "Let's get a good look around. I wanna see if there is anything worthwhile amongst all this junk," said Jérémie. The gang walked around on the first and what seemed the only floor of the factory except for a small balcony above where they entered.
"This is useless," said Odd. There's nothing here but a big bunch of junk.
"As much as I usually disagree with you Odd, I think I'll have to agree with you this time," said Jérémie.
"So much for this," Odd said as he stepped into an elevator shaft unknowingly. He leaned against the wall and accidentally hit a red button on the wall. Just as the doors started closing, Ulrich got into the way of them and was able to have the elevator reopen its doors before they locked Odd in. "Gee, thanks Ulrich," Odd said as he lost energy and sat on the elevator floor.
"I guess this place does have other floors," commentated Ulrich. The group got in the elevator and then pushed the red button Odd had accidentally hit before. When the elevator stopped, the door took longer to open, as if it had more protection than the door upstairs. As it opened, the gang gasped. This was exactly the type of thing Jérémie was looking for in the first place. There was a sphere of light in the middle of the room with the axes of the sphere seeming to glow brighter than the rest of it. Jérémie ran out to the single chair in the room. The chair moved when Jérémie sat on it, startling him for a second.
"Calm yourself Jérémie, it's not like anything is going anywhere. It's been here all this time so far," said Ulrich.
The chair stopped moving in front of a 5 panel computer screen. Just as Jérémie reached out to type something on the computer, a girl appeared on the middle screen. She yelled out to Jérémie, "Help me!!"