Wow, 2 reviews, I feel so loved...don't worry whoever is reading this. I'm not mad, just disapointed. It took me so long to write this story and now I feel as if everyone has abandoned me...but thank you Sempai-san for editing this for me.

Chapter 12: The future is bright

Location: In orbit above Labook

The royal escort floated silently above the fiery planet of Labook.

"This is where it all began… this is where we first met, remember?" David said as he looked on the volcano covered planet.

"How could I ever forget? That's where my life truly began… when I met you." David blushed, but he shrugged it off. David turned back to the pilot.

"Hey Prêtresse… thanks for doing this for us again." The pilot turned to look at them. She was a demon, but she was a peaceful one, playful as a kitten as some said. Her left eye was red, while her right was brown. She had dark purple hair, which was braided. Her black leather suit was made to protect her from the harshest conditions. Prêtresse was a good friend to David on the Universal connector. She was proud of her royal escort, she had every right to. Her planet, Mère, was destroyed by Sicron, and she joined the Dodrando army to help the resistance against him.

"Any time, but don't mind me here, this is your moment." She replied in her French accent. David nodded and looked out the window again.

"I don't have many places to take you, but I was hoping I could show you something on Second Earth, it's not much… but I do hope you like it." he said embarrassed. He spent all this time on the wedding, but now he had almost nothing planned for the honeymoon.

"That's okay; I'd love to see what you got for me anyway." Aileta said.

"Thanks, you really are a blessing in disguise… Prêtresse-"

"Way ahead of you!" She said, and she gunned the engine and flew toward Earth 2.

Location: Earth 2

The royal escort gently touched down. "Aileta… I want this to be a surprise so…here." Aileta didn't resist as David put a blindfold on here. "Okay, stick close to me; I'm not going to let you hit anything okay." Aileta giggled at David's almost childish behavior. Aileta walked blindly with David at hand. Not even she had any idea what David was planning, but David was always full of surprises.

FLASHBACK

She looked behind her to check for any floating jelly fish. She was relived when there weren't any. She looked back and jumped. A Metroid was there, watching her. Aileta was horrified, she was so close. The Metroid let out a shriek and advanced on her. She tried to yell for help, but she was too scared. Aileta couldn't run, her feet wouldn't move. She ducked down and closed her eyes. Her life flashed before her; the day she met Jeremy and the others, her first materialization,…the day she was taken, she was more scared now than that day. She could feel it closing in on her. She waited for the end, waited…but it didn't come. She couldn't hear it any more. Aileta opened her eyes, and there stood David, sword in hand. The large…disc-like mouth part was all that was left.

"I can't leave you alone for a second can I?" David remarked.


"So let me make it simple; change my body into something powerful enough to destroy even Electrifying. And if you don't, I'll make you wish you were never born…and you know I can keep that promise." Aileta couldn't believe she still could do that.

Suddenly an alert on Sahathroe's computer screen appeared. He dropped her and checked the monitor. He looked stunned as the screen told him…the scanner door closed, then opened again. David emerged with a pissed of look on his face.


Then the Metroid Prime brought its tentacles to the ground and a blue pool of fluid formed from them, along with 2 Metroids. Something struck David, he didn't like it, but he knew there was no other way.

"Ollrack, throw me your sword!" David yelled. Ollrack did so. David prepared for the unthinkable. With 2 swords in hand he quickly took out the Metroids, ran for the floating squid, and dove into the pool. Aileta, Ollrack, and Ollran stared in disbelief.

"No…no-one has ever survived a full dosage like that…" Ollran stuttered. Slowly, David emerged from the pool, mutated and radiating.


"You have to understand this…I only see one way out of this, and I would do anything to have a different choice, but I can't. Please…please forgive me. And trust me; what must be done is worlds better than you would have to go through if he had his way." He said, saying the word he as if it was poison as he looked at Sicron. It was all nonsense to Aileta, but she felt the sincerity in his voice and knew he only meant good.

"I forgive you…" She whispered. David nodded. David lifted his sword and thrust it right into Aileta's gut. Everyone in the room gasped, even Sicron dropped his crossed arms and looked in astonishment, and his Soakians backed away slightly in confusion.

"IT CAN'T BE…DAVID WOULDN'T DARE DO THAT, HOW CAN THIS BE!" Aileta's eye's widened as she looked down at the blade that pierced her. Blood gushed from the wound. She looked up at David, his head was dipped, eyes closed, trying to hold back the tears…David's first tears. David pulled his sword out of Aileta. Jeremy ran to her and caught her as she fell.

END FLASHBACK

Aileta shuddered at the last memory. David was unpredictable, but his actions always turned out for the best. After a long while of walking they stopped. Aileta heard lights flicker on, and a machine powering up. "Okay Aileta, you can look now." She pulled off the blindfold, and before her were 3 scanners. She gasped.

"David… this…what I think it is?"

"This is why is I didn't have much to show you for our honeymoon… I rebuilt LYOKO for you… do you like it?" Aileta threw her arms around him.

"Oh David its perfect! Thank you so much!" she said, nearly crying from happiness. "Can we go now? Is it ready?"

"Of course we can… Prêtresse… you ready up there?" Up in the control room, Prêtresse was making final preparations to the program.

"Ready when you are." She said over the intercom.

"Let's go..." David helped Aileta into one of the scanners, and then went to his own. The doors closed and the process began.

"Transfer David, transfer Aileta, scanner David, scanner Aileta, Virtualization! "

Location: LYOKO, ocean region

David and Aileta virtualized into the beach landscape. David was really working hard on this, now birds flew across the sky, creating noise… which until now was a foreign concept to the Virtual world. "It's beautiful David…" Aileta said.

"I'm glad you like it." David returned. Aileta walked over to him.

"Thank you so much David." She said leaning ever closer to him. David caught on quickly… and brought his hand to her cheek, and guided them into a kiss. Aileta suddenly pulled away. "How is this…I… I can feel you… I shouldn't be able to."

"You didn't think I'd re-create LYOKO without throwing in the sense of touch…did you?" David said.

"…..Kiss me again." And they did, one more powerful since their first kiss on the Juggernaught… one more powerful than any other they would ever have again… the future would shine brightly, on these 2 guardians.