This Chapter Took VERY long to write and I'm VERY Sorry about it! Thanks for the reviews and I hope I get more from this chapter. Chapter 5 is already stated but I think I might change it to Chapter 6 and write a whole different Chapter 5. Oh And:
Verzicht: Ich besitze nicht jugendlich Titans.
"Where am I?" Kate panted, staring wildly at the three that surrounded her. Yumi looked to the others and they shook their heads, "Um..." she said, trying to buy herself a little time, "Who are you?" Kate questioned again, "How did I get here? What Happened to me?" questions poured out of her. Aelita now stepped forward and began to talk, " Calm down, there is much time for explanations." Yumi nodded. Kate calmed herself and all was silent, for she was examining each of them, starting with Yumi, rather judging them by their outsides. 'Samurai! Weird outfit' her eyes moved over to Aelita, 'Pink hair? Ok...not even going to ask.' Next the boys, her eyes widened, 'At least they look nice,' a smile played across her face. "Uh..." she stared at Ulrich, making him uncomfortable.
"Maybe you should answer a few of our questions first." Jeremie suggested, and Kate jumped. "It's a looonnnnggg story," exaggerated Odd. Kate rolled her eyes, mimicking Odd's tone of voice, "Surreee." Yumi sighed and began, this was going to be a long night, looks like her algebra homework would have to wait.
"How did you get here?!" Ulrich now joined in, they were questioning her as if she were the suspect of a murder. "I... don't... know!" she exclaimed finally after minutes of them repeating the question over and over. They didn't what she was saying, but what would she have to do to get it though their heads? She didn't know who, what when, where or how she got here. Each time she had given them a truthful answer, except once where she became agitated and thought it was a good idea to say that she was an Alien from the planet Ion in the Extramin Solar System. The one called "Odd" had almost believed that one.
"I think she's telling the truth guys," Jeremie spoke into his headset, "Ya THINK?!" Kate growled wildly. "Kate," Yumi started, they had at least gotten her name out of her, "Do you remember what you were doing before you got here?" Kate blushed, would she have to tell them about the...the kiss? She sighed, " Let's start from the beginning..." Odd of COURSE had to crack a joke at this, "That's a very good place to start," giving her an attitude much like her own he smirked. She glared. "Sheesh cant you take a joke?" He said knowing her reply. "No."
With a great sigh she began, still wondering how she was going to tell them everything and nothing at the same time. "Well it all started when my Mom wanted to ship me off to boarding school..." Sentence by Sentence she went though the stories, following her heart on what to tell and what should be sacred to her mind only. The kiss, the loss, the insanity. These things were her memories, a story she would one day tell to him and only him.
"We were in the middle of a...erm...epic scene when all of a sudden I black out, if you could even call it that. The last thing I remember before I was zapped here was seeing fog. Lots of fog." she took in a deep breath, as if she had just ran a mile and needed to catch it, "I awoke finding myself on the ground here, when my eyes finally grew adjusted to the new scenery I found that there was this...thing. It sort of glowed and zapped me and... You guessed it, I blacked out again," she sighed. Her story sounded very unconvincing, and weird to even her." I awoke to you guys hovering over me, that it, at least all that I can't remember." she finished, looking at them waiting for them to speak. "What do you think?"
The foursome stared at Kate. They had never heard such a tale, not even Odd's were as far-fetched as this one. "You don't believe me." Kate said blandly, looking rather crestfallen at the thought. 'They're right though. How could anyone believe my story? Heck, I don't even believe it!'
Jeremie sat, pondering a specific detail about Kate's story. The wristband. From how she described it this device could virtualize and materialize you on command, something Jeremie still pondered about.
"This machine, is it genuinely a virtualization and materialization program all in one?" she looked up and nodded, it was talking about her wristband, "So that means that this is your precise form, not a virtualized brain equivalent?" The others watched silently, "What you see is what you get." she smarted while Odd cut in, "Wait, how can she get into Lyoko without a scanner?" Dumbstruck, even Kate stared this time. You could almost hear Jeremie banging his head against the computer screen. "Odd, haven't you been paying attention at all?" Ulrich questioned with a strained face. "Maybe..." Odd said. In truth he had been fiddling with his tail though most of Jeremie's speech. "Sure odd," Jeremie said with a chuckle. "Watch it, Einstein," Odd growled, not have as much fun being laughed at.
"So can you get me out of here or not?" she cut in, the demanding tone in her voice coming back, "Hey, what a second, no one said ANYTHING about getting you out of here." Ulrich, for some reason had a bad gut feeling about this girl, maybe it was because his gut was screaming 'X.A.N.A!' No one made a move to apologize for Ulrich's behavior, well, except Aelita, "Jeremie, I think we should-" "Not now Aelita." Jeremie sternly cut her off. "So that's how it is then? FINE! I can get out of here ALL BY MYSELF!"
Kate stomped away, thinking to herself, having a "moment", 'You shouldn't have stomped away like that.' 'What else could I have done? Sit there and be like, 'Ok you don't have to believe me, I can just frickin' sit and rot in this stupid desert!' Her anger was getting the better of her, not one of her favorite traits Quick to judge and quick to snap back. 'Calm down...' her inner voice told her, 'Maybe if you had been a little nicer...?' "But I was nice!" she yelled out loud but it wasn't like anyone could have heard her, 'Have you tried the wrist band?' 'Yeah, its totaled.' she sighed, 'Great I'm stuck in the desert as a fairy princess and now I'm going crazy and talking to myself.. how could this possibly get any worse?'
-Back With the Gang-
After a few minutes of sighing, Ulrich finally questioned, "What do we do now?" "We go home I guess." said Odd, "But how do we-?" "I'm not sure Ulrich, normally when we go back to the past, but If we do, we leave her here in Lyoko. Who knows what she might be doing? What if her story is true?" Yumi inquired.
"It's possible Yumi," Jeremie concluded. "Should we go find her?" "I think so Odd. I'll try to locate her on the map." Yumi and Odd nodded while Ulrich stood off to the side, his arms crossed shaking his head. " I don't know Jeremie, I don't think we should trust her. Vitalizing her could cause chaos!" he spat trying to make his point. " But couldn't she infect Lyoko if she was left here?" Odd question, scratching his head. " I say we take the chance." "Yumi's right guys. I've found Kate on the map, she's north a bit, I'll tell you when you're close."
After a few minutes of running, and a few minutes of Ulrich's grumbling they were there, not a foot away from her, standing there behind her . "Kate?" Yumi said gently, putting her hand on her shoulder, "What do you want now..." she turned and glared," We want to take you home." Jeremie spoke into his headset. "Really?" "Really." Odd replied.
"I've got it, Kate; turn on your wrist band. I'm going to localize it, hack into its programming, and get you back here." Jeremie said, typing rather fast on the Super Computer, sweat beads forming on his forehead. Odd and Ulrich watched from behind Jeremie while Yumi was still in Lyoko in case Jeremie was wrong, they had all laughed at this but they need to be cautious.
"Ready?" she asked them with a raised brow as the scanner began to open the fog cleared, but they needn't answer. "What the heck was that?" Kate grumbled, wobbling to her feet from her fetal position, rubbing her eyes. "It worked." Jeremie whispered as Kate's vision cleared and her eyes opened wide. "YOU DID IT!" she ran over and hugged him, knowing it was the bodiless voice for he had been the only one not in Lyoko and by his voice. Jeremie blushed a little and straightened his glasses. "So it did."
Everyone else was silent, except Kate and Jeremie who were still chattering on about how they were so amazed it worked.
The transformation from ' Lady Carlotta' as she had been in her "Virtual Role-play" to Kate Barron was incredible. Everything had changed but her face. Her hair, now instead of a rustic auburn was now a yellow color, like straw but only it was as fine as such. The coarse, curly mess was, although given life to its unnatural color by red highlights that were clearly unnatural. It's very bizarre to see someone change from a fairy lady of nobility to a young teen donning tight fitting, flared jeans.
"So where am I?" she asked, hands on her hips, a grin on her face. Her mood had dramatically improved since virtualized. "Welcome to Kadic." Yumi offered with a shrug. "Thanks," she paused for a moment, obvious the gears were turning in her head and the name had clicked. "Kadic... Kadic boarding school?" They nodded. "Freakeh." she muttered. "Wha?" Odd questioned, and she smirked, "Its a looonnnggg story."
