Sorry this one took so long, my computer crashed with all the other chapters.
Misconnected
Chapter 4--Courage
Disclaimer: I do not in any way, shape, or form own Code:Lyoko or it's characters, they belong to it's makers: ANTEFILMS, France 3, and Canal J. But I do own the rights to this fanfiction.
WARNING: May contain Jeremy/Aelita, bits of Odd/Aelita (don't worry, all you Jeremy/Aelita fans, Jeremy wins), Herb/Sissi (on Herb's behalf), and Ulrich/Yumi (with Sissi scheming of coarse!)
A/n: No, I did NOT forget Aelita! This chapter is about her, and how this is effecting Lyoko. This chapter SHOULD add some suspense and a plot twist.
Ten minutes after their connection was cut, Aelita ran through Lyoko. Quickly ducking behind a tree in the forest region she watched the transfer tower. She knew the tower well, and had even been materialized through it once. But something seemed amiss, strange in away. It didn't have the eerie red glow that an activated tower had. Then it dawned on her, it didn't have a red glow, but it didn't have it's regular blue one either.
"The tower isn't working? But how can that be?" she wondered aloud. Then she gave a small gasp, "If the transfer tower isn't working, that means that Jeremy can't send anyone here. What if XANA activates a tower? And what if he attacks them directly again? Ulrich, Yumi and...Odd," she said with more of a choke in her voice with each word.
She looked around, there were two kankrelats, or roachters, guarding the tower. "XANA must know," she whispered softly to herself. She turned around and sat on the ground, her back against the tree. "Oh what has he planned this time?" she asked of no one. "He's blocked me from getting into the tower, and he's probably taken the advantage already to attack my friends. He knows that I'm the only one who can stop him, and that I need their help. So he closed them out. Oh what am I to do now?" she asked herself as she leaned her head back, looking up the giant trunk of the tree to the sky.
She knew what she had to do; she had to get into the tower. She knew what she had to do, but she didn't know how to do it. She knew she couldn't beat the kankrelats. She knew she couldn't get past them with out getting hit. Then it dawned on her, she did know how to get into the tower. She turned onto her knees, still looking up the great trunk. She slowly rose to her feet, not taking her eye off the branches of the tree. She followed the largest branch out, about three-fourths its length, where another branch from a separate tree crossed it. The trees were so close in the forest that their branches entwined. She could use this to her advantage.
She reached up to the lowest branch and put her right foot on the trunk. "Ok, Odd does this all the time, it's no big deal," she convinced herself, who was secretly afraid of falling. She shifted her weight onto her foot and pulled up with the arm on the branch and reached for another branch with her other arm. "Odd has claws though," she groaned as the weight of her body paid its toll on her arms. "Ok, Ulrich can do this, right? If he can do it, so can I," she said as she went higher up. "Oh, Ulrich would use his ketana to help him. Yumi, yeah, she could do this. No, she's much stronger. Ok, Jeremy, yes Jeremy. He could do this, he'd want me to do this." After arguing with herself so much she hadn't realized she made it up to the branch she needed.
She slowly inched her way across the branch, it was wide enough for her to walk across, but she was too afraid. Instead she slid her stomach against the branch, looking like a large inchworm. Soon she had made it through many trees and had to take the plunge. She looked at the kankrelats, only a few feet from where she would land. Taking a deep breath she jumped down and landed behind them. Her landing took them by surprise, letting her get into the tower before they fired.
Catching her breath, she took a short moment before she walked to the middle of the platform. Each ring lit up as she stepped on it, then she stood in the center, and floated gracefully up to the next level. She waved her hand in front of her face, opening a window. She spent about an hour navigating through files in the tower, all seeming a little dimmer than normal. At the end of her check on the files, she found that a small virus had affected 47 major files. She'd have to fix them all in order to get the transfer program up and running again.
"I'll have to work fast, and get in contact with Jeremy. They need to be warned; XANA may take this opportunity to wreak havoc on their world," she said to no one except herself. After thinking for a moment, she opened another window, and started typing.
"Dear Jeremy,
The transfer tower in the forest region has been infected with a virus. I'm working my hardest to fix it, but it may take some time. I can't directly contact you until it is repaired. Keep an eye out for XANA as you will not be able to be transferred until I am finished.
Love,
Aelita"
She sent the email, then blushed when she realized how she signed it.
Meanwhile....Back at school....
"Hey! Where is everyone?" Jim shouted from his spot on the small stage in the gym, trumpet in hand, "I thought we had practice today!
"Those kids must be up to something again. And I'm going to find out. It's got to have something to do with that strange girl they hang out with sometimes. They're probably in the woods where they always disappear!" he deducted as he set down his instrument and rushed out the door.
A/N: So? How was it? Yes, I know, boring right? Well I'm setting the stage here! Just wait until the Sissi scheming be-no, wait. I won't tell you that yet. Please review! PLEASE? All flames go to the "my house is too darn cold" foundation.