Chapter 7: Welcome one and all
Location: Temple of the Soul Guardians
It was four days after David and Aileta made up. That night they all gathered around the table in the conference room.
"Okay, in just two day's we'll hold the ceremony." Ollrack started.
"Now some things have come up with a few of the guests about the procedure.
Now, the soul guardians are of Electrifying heritage. So it is customary for us to follow normal Electrifying wedding procedures. However, we also have humans being weddings, so we also need to follow those customs as well. We can do this, but the main concern is the wedding "curse" that you can't see your husband/wife on the day of the wedding. The thing is, in
Electrifying customs, it is the day before. So what we have to do is during the welcoming party tomorrow, David and Aileta will take turns seeing the guests. It's a six hour meeting so we'll alternate you in three shifts. First David, then Aileta, then David again and so on in that fashion." They all nodded.
"Good, now let's get some rest." They all stood and retired to their rooms.
That night, the Dodrando army received an order to send out and escort a list of creatures in the most dignified way. They sent out royal escorts, the most luxurious ships that flew among the stars. They were long and slender. The vessels were originally intended for the highest command fighters but were eventually altered into transports. They were the only ships in the Void allowed to wear a full orange paint job, as a sign of its class. They were dispatched all over the Void to seek out the honored guests the soul guardians requested.
Location: Spirit World, heaven beach 743, reserved for LYOKO warriors
A royal escort flew in from above. It slowly touched down on the sand and opened its side hatch, while blowing sand in all directions.
The captain stepped from the ship. His uniform was nearly covered with medals and patches, signifying his place to pilot the ship. He stepped up to the door and knocked three times. A few moments passed until a boy with yellow spiked hair with a purple splotch answered. Odd seemed a bit intimidated but kept his cool at the soldier. The officer smiled. "Your transport is waiting," he said. Odd looked to the side of him and saw the elegant craft. Odd looked himself over.
"Uh, we're not dressed properly." Odd said guiltily.
"No matter, proper dress is not mandatory." Odd smiled.
"Hey guys come on! Our rides here!" He yelled into the tropical designed house, "Oh, and don't worry, we can wear whatever."
A minute later the rest of the gang showed up at the door. The officer led them to his ship, and ushered them inside. The entire ship was filled and nearly all the seats were filled.
"Let me guess, were not your first stop." Yumi said sarcastically to the officer. He chuckled.
"Let's just say that the next stop is the temple of soul guardians." The officer sat down in his chair and turned on his radio link.
"This is royal escort 7, all spiritual passengers present and accounted for. Proceeding to the rendezvous point." Jeremy and the others began looking for seats. Several of the passengers greeted them with total pleasure.
"Guess we're a little more famous than we thought, huh?"
Ulrich whispered to Yumi. Eventually they were in the back of the transport. The bench was empty save for a man who seemed to be doing inventory on the multiple gadgets and weapons that covered him. "Um…do you mind?" Ulrich asked. The man looked up.
"Sure go ahead." He said. They sat down, but eyed the mans' numerous weapons warily.
"So why in the world would Aileta invite someone like you…who are you?" Jeremy asked eyeing him. He was the only one in the group even remotely dressed properly.
"Technically it was David who invited me, but anyway when you were called to be brought back to life a few years ago, David had just finished killing a bounty hunter that was working for Sicron. Well that's me. I'm John Scout." John announced. The four stared at him wide-eyed.
"Don't worry; David had a bit of sympathy for me just before he pulled the trigger. So a while back we hooked up and as it turns out I'm not that bad of a guy." John said with a smile. The four seemed to calm down a little.
For the remainder of the trip, John Scout became good friends with the LYOKO warriors. In fact they enjoyed talking with him so much, that they almost complained when they finally arrived at the decorated temple. As they unloaded from the vessel, they noticed other transports landing and dropping off passengers. Some were human; others Soakian, some Electrifying, many different species had turned out for the event. Every person and creature gathered around the massive oak doors. They waited anxiously for something to happen. A black Electrifying in matching, armor literally "melted" out of the shadows.
"Greetings everyone. I am Master Erick, Soul Guardian of Darkness. I hope you all will enjoy the ceremony which will take place tomorrow. For today, we shall have a little 'get together' in a few minutes; we shall allow all of you into our sacred temple. Every hour, we shall exchange David and Aileta for you to meet and spend time with them.
When today is done you shall retire to the surrounding buildings for rest. So please just wait a few moments while we make our final preparations." He said. Erick quickly disappeared into the nearest shadow again. He walked out of a shadow inside the temple. "Please don't make me talk in public again." He groaned rubbing his face. Ollrack and Tiffany shook their heads at him.
Aileta, one hour till it's your turn. David…you ready?"
Ollrack telepathically announced to him.
Ready when you are. David called from his room.
"Well let's not keep them waiting." Ollrack said. He walked over to the doors and threw them open.
