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Ulrich and Yumi had taken their seats in the theater and talked while they waited for the movie to begin.
"Umm, where do you want to eat after the movie?"
"We can eat at my house. I asked my mom to make some Japanese food." Here, Ulrich looked surprised and Yumi hastily added, "that is, if you want to."
"Sure, I'd love to! I just don't want your parents to bother themselves too much. It is really nice of them to let me stay at your house."
"Oh, my parents don't mind. They're eager to meet you and I'm sure they'll like you. They just smile and act as if we're, umm, getting married or something." Yumi turned her face to the screen glad that the movie had begun and tried to hide her burning cheeks.
Ulrich, his cheeks also red, did the same and they concentrated hard on the movie trying to forget the remark Yumi just made. But soon, the picture began to turn fuzzy and finally died down. People all across the theater started whispering, puzzled as to why the movie stopped.
Suddenly, the whispering hushed as a symbol like an eye appeared on the screen. Now, people talked louder even more puzzled by the eye.
Yumi gasped softly next to Ulrich. They both exchanged glances and Ulrich took out his cell phone.
"Jeremy, we have a problem!"
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Back at Cadic (Kadic?) Jr. high, Jeremy was working on his computer as usual. Except for the sad smile on his face, one would say all was well with him. His thoughts drifted off to Aelita and his smile dropped a bit. Shaking off his thoughts, he returned to his work.
Meanwhile, the rest of Cadic Jr. high was empty with the exception of a few kids, including Herb and Nicholas. Right at that moment, they were trying to calm down a very mad and dressed up Sissy. Her fists were balled up and she stamped her high-heeled foot in anger. "Where is Ulrich?!"
She marched off towards Ulrich and Odd's room with Herb and Nicholas right behind her. "Ulrich, Ulrich dear, it's time for our date," She called into the empty room. "Where is he? He promised to be here at one and it's already one-thirty."
"Uh, Sissy, I saw him leave with that girl this morning. They got permission from your dad to go out and—ahhh!" Herb broke off screaming as Sissy jerked his hand and led him away from Ulrich and Odd's room.
"Why didn't you say so earlier? I'll make sure Ulrich regrets this!" -1-
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His computer just wouldn't work and he tried over and over to fix it. Finally, Jeremy gave up and decided to use the super computer instead, so headed for the factory. As he was leaving, he saw the symbol of an eye on his computer and he stared wide-eyed. "No! Not now!"
Jeremy grabbed his cell phone and ran straight to the factory. In the scanner room, he stopped short as he heard two voices, one of which he recognized.
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Anyone who happened to be in the park that day, would have noticed a figure that slipped out of the school grounds and headed into the shadows. It walked briskly and headed to the middle of the park, among the trees. Then, they would have noticed that it disappeared. But on a closer look, you would see that it merely entered a well-hidden trap door in the ground.
After a few minutes, it appeared on the other side of a bridge and went into an abandoned factory. Once it was in the factory, the figure seemed to know it's way around and headed directly to a room with a huge computer.
It sat down and began typing some words until the symbol of an eye appeared on the screen then turned into the image of a boy in his late teens. This teenager looked like no ordinary teenager with his long, dark pink hair that reached his shoulders, pointy elf-like ears with two hoops in one ear, bright green sharp eyes and markings like triangles under each eye.
"It's about time," he said with a smirk on his face, which was a bit covered by stray strands of hair.
"Yes, it is," replied the figure. "And we've waited for too long. Let's get started! What's your plan?"
"The plan is this: we start with Lyoko and move out. This should be too easy since I've trapped that fool and her boyfriend in Lyoko." The two shared a hearty laugh like old friends laughing over a joke.
"So what have you been doing with your life all these years?" the figure asked the boy.
"After the war, I wandered around a bit and decided to continue my plan. Since then I've been doing the usual." Here, they both laughed again and the boy asked "What about you?"
"Just about the same thing as you. I also wandered and tried to continue the plan but I couldn't, so I went back to wandering deep in Lyoko."
"It's a surpise we didn't run into each other. Not such a small world after all, huh?"
"I guess not. Where are did the others go?"
"You mean the others in our group? I think they got destroyed or banished. Not one of them is alive."
Both were quite for a few seconds thinking about their lost friends. The teenage boy hardened his expression and said in a low voice,
"But we'll get revenge for them! We won't let their deaths go unlamented."
They continued talking and catching up on old times when they stopped and heard the ringing of a cell phone. The figure got out of the chair and headed towards the door very silently. -2-
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"It shouldn't be long till we get out of here," Aelita commented after they talked with Jeremy.
"I just hope Xana doesn't decide to attack now. Einstein already has his hands full without worrying about Xana attacks." Odd and Aelita were both quiet for a moment thinking about their friends back in the real world.
"Ever since we met you, Jeremy has been working his butt of, to get you out of here. I never really understood why he cared so much but I think I do now." Aelita turned to face Odd with a surprised yet embarrassed look on her face.
"I didn't want to be a burden to Jeremy but he offered to help and I couldn't refuse. I can understand if you don't like me and—"
"No, that's not it. I do like you a lot. I mean uh like a friend but I just never really knew how much you went through." Odd blushed at his mistake and went on, "It must be really lonely staying here by yourself. I remember how happy you were when you came to the real world."
"It was just what I've always wished for. Whenever I feel alone, I remember all the wonderful things I did on earth like eating, sleeping, and breathing." Odd laughed at her comment.
"If you think those things were wonderful, you'll love many more things in our world. When you come there, remind me to show you what real fun is. I'll take you to the park, and then we can see a movie, and..."
Odd went on listing all the things they would do together while Aelita smiled at him and asked questions like "what is a movie" and "how many kinds of food are there."
Their happy chatter was cut off when they heard a big explosion somewhere around them.
Authors Notes: There are probably some confusing things in this chapter if there's something you don't understand, just let me know and I'll clear it up for you.
-1- This whole Sissy scene might seem useless (and it is sort of) but if you look hard enough you may actually get some clues about some characters in this chapter.
-2- This is another scene that is full of clues and it has a bit of a spoiler too. But you've probably already figured out who the pink haired dude is.
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