The Future No One Expected
"Only five miles left."
Jeremie moaned as he sat down on the curb. Snow began to fall and a light dusting surrounded him. the temperature had dropped, causing him to pull his jacket tighter. He was still in Paris, but was getting closer to Lyons. He needed to change before he went to the concert. He checked his watch and saw it was now 7pm. He only had two hours till the concert. He looked in the direction of the concert where he could see spot lights already in the darkening sky. He looked towards home and saw only street lights. He looked down at his outfit and sighed. he would never make it, and if he went straight to the concert, he looked like a mess from his fit he took out only an hour ago down a side alley. He looked across the street at a bus shelter and went into it. He sat down on the bench and pulled out his laptop. He logged on and put his headset on too.
"Aelita?"
He waited. Nothing came on. He called for her again. but still nothing. He got concerned.
"Aelita!"
He called into the headset, his eyes frantically searching the screen. AS couple walked by holding hands and looked at Jeremie strangely. He smiled at them and then back to the computer. Finally, Aelita appeared.
"Jeremie... It's Xana... he's back!"
Aelita explained as she checked over her shoulder.
"He has activated another tower."
Jeremie send out a computer Lyoko scan and soon found the tower. It was in the snow region.
"What can I do? The school is closed down for the holiday. The factory is only accessible through the school grounds... and I can't do this alone."
Jeremie sounded frantic.
"What about the others?"
"Ulrich is a jerk and wants nothing to do with us. I have no clue where Odd is and Yumi is busy tonight."
Aelita looked concerned. Without the help of the others, Lyoko was doomed and her digital life was in danger. Jeremie noticed the concerned look on her face and smiled.
"I can try to contact them. I'll get back to you as soon as I can get into the factory."
Jeremie logged off Lyoko and pulled up his phone system. He speed dialed Yumi, Odd and Ulrich. They rang and rang. Ulrich's went to voice mail. He left a frantic message.
"Ulrich. You may have your issues about the past... but Lyoko needs you. this is no joke, and this is not your stupid video game."
He hung up and waited for Yumi and Odd. Odd answered his.
"Hello? Who is this?"
"Odd! It's Jeremie..."
"Hey, long time to hear..."
"Listen, there is a Xana emergency. Can you come. Aelita needs help."
There was a long pause.
"I think so. I just landed in London for a show tomorrow. I might be able to make it. Same place as always?"
"You know it."
Jeremie hung up and smiled. At least Odd was still the same as ever. He waited for Yumi. Finally, she answered, or her assistant answered.
"This is Yumi's phone. May I ask who is calling?"
"Um... yes... I need to speak with Yumi. This is her friend Jeremie."
"Jeremie? I don't know of any Jeremie, hold please."
Jeremie waited and waited. Soon, the assistant came back on.
"Sorry, Yumi doesn't know any Jeremie..."
"This is important! Yumi! I know your there! It's Jeremie! Think Lyoko Yumi! Lyoko!..."
Before he could continue yelling, the conversation was cut off. He stared at the computer as the last image of Yumi's phone disappeared. He quickly shut down his computer and put everything away. He began running back to Lyons. He managed to find a few short cuts as he dashed from Paris to Lyons. Once in Lyons, he made his way to the Kadic Academy. He looked through the iron gate and saw the yard was empty.
He pushed his bag gently through the bars and then began to climb. Gym was never his good subject. Once at the top, he jumped down and rolled along the grass. He grabbed his bag and made a dash across the lawn. He slowed down when he reached the forest where the well was. He searched the ground until he found the silver manhole cover. He pushed it aside and climbed down. Just as he was about to close the cover his hand was grabbed.
He froze. Was he caught? Who would find him now and here? What would they do to him... and what if they found the factory? He closed his eyes and prepared himself for the worse when he heard...
"Hey buddy... long time no 'see'."
Jeremie looked up and saw Odd smiling. The same blond/purple hair and large smile that he always had. On his body was skateboarding gear and in his hand was a skate board. Jeremie smiled as Odd released his hand. They, together climbed down the ladder and into the well. Odd used his skate board and Jeremie used the old scooter. Two skate boards rested against the wall; Yumi's and Ulrich's.
They reached the other end and climbed again, entering the factory. They dashed through the factory and made their way down to the main room. Jeremie dusted off the computer controls as Odd headed down to the scanner room. Finally, Jeremie had the old computer up and running.
"Aelita?"
He had the head set on and then set the scan up. Downstairs, Odd entered the scanner room, only to find Ulrich waiting.
"Ulrich? Jeremie told me you wanted nothing to do with us."
Ulrich blushed and looked down.
"Jeremie also reminded me of something."
Ulrich removed his suit jacket and tossed it on the floor in the corner with Odd's stuff. He reached down his shirt and pulled up a charm. Two silver letters, 'C' and 'L' were connected in at an angle. Odd reached down his shirt and pulled up an identical necklace. The two boys smiled as they entered the chambers to be virtualized.
"Hey Jeremie! Virtualize Ulrich, don't ask questions, just do it."
Odd laughed out. Jeremie smiled and began to type quickly.
"Virtualize!"
The two men were virtualized in seconds and sent into the virtual world of Lyoko. They landed in the snow region and stood up. they looked at each other and at themselves.
"Not much has changed?"
"Nope, and this is bad?"
"Nope."
The men smiled and looked around. Odd was in his purple outfit with a picture of a dog on his chest. He had matching purple paws and a tail. Testing, he aimed at the sky and shot off an arrow. He smiled.
"Laser Arrow!"
Ulrich wore his brown samurai like outfit complete with head band. He pulled out his sword and struck a pose.
"We've still got it!"
The boys high five.
"Hey Jeremie, where is Aelita?"
"Behind you boys."
They turned around and saw a smiling Aelita. Since the computer accident years ago, Aelita was trapped in Lyoko forever. They had destroyed Xana, and in the process, Aelita got taken back into Lyoko. Strangely, during the night while she slept. The next day, they all found her trapped in Lyoko. But since Xana was supposedly killed, they had no fears or worries. They greeted each other and then took off towards the tower. Jeremie monitored the screen as the three ran through the snow. A buzzing interrupted him and he clicked a key. An image of a phone appeared, a picture of Yumi above it.
"Hello Yumi."
"Okay Jeremie. I thought this was all behind me, but when my equipment began attacking, I relized I was wrong."
"Where are you?"
"Currently? Escaping through the small bathroom window at the arena."
Jeremie laughed.
"I'm on my way."
Jeremie watched the phone disappeared and turned his attention back to Lyoko.
"Hey guys... help is on it's way in the form of a Dansel in distress.."
"Sissi, since when did she help?"
Odd laughed as he launched an arrow at an attacking crab, blowing it up.
"No Odd, Yumi."
"Good. We could use al the help we can get. Even if it was Sissi."
Ulrich jumped atop a crab and grabbed his sword in the back of it, causing it to blow. A few lasers were fired at them. They looked up and saw hornets.
"Ah... Jeremie, please tell me Yumi is there."
"Not yet, but she is coming."
Odd fired again at the hornets and crabs, missing this time. A hornet hit Odd and he flew backwards. One of the hornets headed towards Aelita. Ulrich blocked it's path and tossed his sword, taking down the hornet and then a crab.
"God I missed doing this."
They continued to fend off the attackers, each blowing up as they hit it. The attackers kept coming. Soon, a large silver ball appeared.
"Um, Jeremie..."
"I see it, and Odd, you only have ten life points left and three arrows. Ulrich, you have fifteen life points..."
"What about me?"
Jeremie turned around and saw Yumi smiling. Dressed for a concert, she waved at him.
"They need you."
"Don't they always?"
Jeremie smiled as Yumi took off downstairs.
"Virtualize!"
Yumi was virtualized, landing in Lyoko in an outfit much like her concert kimono. She whipped out her hand and a folding fan appeared. She whipped it at a grab and blew two up. Ulrich turned around and saw Yumi, her hair pulled up in a bun, her face painted up like a geisha.
"Good to see you guys again."
She smiled and ran over to them. The ball rolled around behind her and opened up.
"Look out!"
They all ducked behind a large snow formation, just barely missing the laser blast. Before long, the hornets and crabs were all destroyed. But now they had walking boxes and that damn silver ball. They attacked together the boxes, attempting to destroy the silver ball and boxes. Soon the boxes were gone and the only enemy remaining was the ball. Aelita was behind the snow when she spotted the tower.
"Guys, the tower."
"You go Aelita. We'll back you up."
With that, Aelita took of running to the tower. The other got in defense position.
"Man, Xana sure know how to throw a welcome back party."
"If this is his form of welcome, I'd hate to see what he does when he leave."
"He'll be the cause probably."
The ball rolled towards them and they backed up. Soon, they were pushed to the edge of a cliff. Yumi looked behind her and saw it was the void. If they fell, they would be lost forever.
"Guys..."
Yumi plead as they were backed even closer to the void.
"Um.,.. Jeremie, we're kind of stuck."
Ulrich proclaimed as his heel slipped off the cliff, he quickly regained his balance.
"I'm out of arrows."
Odd proclaimed with a shrug and a smile. The silver ball split open and Yumi tossed her fan. The fan hit the center and the ball blew up.
"Ahhh!"
The blast knocked Odd off this balance and he tumbled backwards.
"Odd!"
They shouted as Ulrich grabbed his hand and held on.
"Don't let go please."
Odd tried to laugh but couldn't. Yumi was about to help pull him up when she saw another ball.
"Guys, I think we're in trouble."
"Really now, what gave you that idea?"
"The other ball."
"What!"
Ulrich looked over his shoulder and sure enough there it was. Yumi looked around and saw Aelita enter the tower.
"Just hold on Odd. Aelita is there."
Yumi said as she tossed her fan at the ball. When her fan returned, the ball rolled closer. She tossed it again, hoping to have it open. Sure enough, as she tossed her fan again, the ball opened. But before she could get her fan back, the ball shot off a laser and destroyed the fan. The laser came closer and closer. They were tapped.
"Aelita, hurry!"
"Jeremie, I'm in the tower."
"Jeremie!"
The others screamed as the laser reached them. Inside the tower, Aelita activated the Code: Lyoko.
"Jeremie...!"
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