Warning: Rated 'M' for adult subject matter and adult language.
The main characters of this story are based on characters from the cartoon 'Code Lyoko.' I do not own, nor do I claim, any copyright to these characters.
Jude looked at the pink-haired woman frozen in front of him. He had been sent specifically to intercept her, to try and talk some sense into her. The path she was about to start down would not lead her to what she truly wanted. It was a hard Lesson, but she had to learn it.
While Jude regarded the woman in the nightclub, Judy regarded the man on the bridge at the factory. He had been frozen as he looked out on the water, contemplating his demise. Her mission was the same as her counterpart's, try and talk some sense into him. Death was not the answer to the equation he played out in his mind, and he had to see that. It was a hard Lesson, but he had to learn it.
The two Communicated with each other, two halves of the same perfect whole. It was time.
Jude sent a thought to Aelita, and she got out her cell phone and handed it to him. He took the phone and dialed a number.
"Jeremie," he said in Aelita's voice, "help me, I'm in trouble. I'm at..." Jude ended the call before completing the sentence.
As Jeremie looked out on the water, thinking about his end, his cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Jeremie, help me," came Aelita's voice, "I'm in trouble. I'm at..." Then the call stopped.
"Aelita? Aelita! AELITA!"
He dropped the rope, thought for a moment, then ran into the factory. He ran up the steps to the top floor, then towards one of the corner offices. As he approached, he heard the sounds of pleasure coming from inside. Without stopping, without thinking, Jeremie burst through the door of Odd Della Robbia's studio.
"Odd! Sissi! you've got to help me! Aelita's in trouble!" he hollered at the two, then froze, realizing what he had interrupted.
The room was lit by a camping lantern set on a half sized book case. Next to it, Odd and Sissi were both naked. Odd was standing holding her pinned against the wall as he thrust into her. Sissi had wrapped herself around him and was clinging for dear life, her fingernails dug into his back, writhing to match his strokes. She was, at least until Jeremie burst in, oblivious to everything except her lover's motions and the pleasure they brought.
When Jeremie burst in, she shrieked," Jeremie, what the Hell are you doing here!"
At that, Odd stopped and turned his head as far as he could towards Jeremie, his face flush with lust and effort. Everyone's face got red at the situation.
Jeremie quickly turned away from the couple. "God, I'm sorry, guys," he stammered, "I just got a call from Aelita. She's in trouble and needs help. I don't know where she is, and you were the only ones I could think of that would know."
Sissi looked at Jeremie for a moment, then at Odd, then back at Jeremie, and then at Odd again. She did something internally, and Odd suddenly groaned and spasmed. She rode the sensations for a moment, then gave him a last, long kiss and unwound herself from him.
"She told me she was going to a nightclub about an hour from here," Sissi said as she went over to her purse and got some wipes to clean herself up, her voice still husky and shaky from her passion, "but I know where it is. Jeremie, you owe me for this. You owe me big time."
"And you owe me double, idiot," added Odd.
The drive to the nightclub was agonizing for Jeremie. All the while, he wondered what was wrong with Aelita. Was she safe? Was she still there? Was the dream he had on the bridge coming true? He could only wait, and pray he was in time.
They finally arrived at the club and went in. Just as they got inside, Jeremie saw Aelita being led out of the club by a man, the man Jeremie saw in his dreams. She was unsteady on her feet, almost like she was asleep, or unconscious.
"Aelita! Over Here! Aelita!" Jeremie called out and ran over to her, Odd and Sissi close behind.
"What's your problem, bud? Can't you see my date and I are going home for the night?" the man said.
"I don't think so!" Jeremie replied hotly, "she called me to come get her!"
"She must have changed her mind in the meantime, sonny," the man sneered, "'cause she's with me, now." He tried to push past Jeremie.
Jeremie refused to be pushed. On top of that Odd stood directly behind Jeremie with a Don't Mess With Me look on his face. The man let go of Aelita and prepared to take a swing at Jeremie.
"What's going on here?" came a voice from the crowd. Another man appeared, and stepped up to the group.
"These assholes are trying to steal my date from me!" said the man, "and I bet you are too, you..." The man stopped when the stranger pulled out a badge of the Metropolitan Police Force.
"Inspector Michelette, Metropolitan Police," said the stranger, "tell me sir, who is this woman to you?"
The man replied, "she is my roommate. We've been together for years now. We went out tonight for a celebration, and she got ill. I was taking her home when these people accosted me."
"I see," Inspector Michelette said. He then turned to Jeremie, Odd and Sissi, "and who is this woman to you?"
"Sir," Jeremie replied, "she is my girlfriend, Aelita Hopper. We had a fight a month ago and we've been separated since then. I guess she came here tonight looking for some entertainment, I don't know for sure. An hour and a half ago, I got a call from her saying that she needed my help. I came as quickly as I could and found her with him."
"And you two," the Inspector asked to Odd and Sissi.
"She's my roommate at college," Sissi replied, "the three of us are her friends, sir. We attend the college over by Kadic Academy."
"Hmm," Michelette replied. He went over to Aelita, who had slumped to the floor when the man let go of her, and took her purse. He rummaged inside and found her driver's license and school identification card, showing that Sissi and Jeremie were correct.
"I think I see what's going on now," he said to the man, "you drugged this woman, hoping to take her home and rape her. Either you didn't know she had called for help, or you hoped you would be gone with her before her friends arrived. Using drugs to seduce women is a serious crime, my friend."
"No no no," the man said, "I swear! I just saw her at this table over here, nearly asleep! I just wanted to take her home and give her a place to sleep it off, you see?"
"Yes, I do, clearly," said Inspector Michelette, "I'm feeling very generous tonight, so I am going to make you an offer you can't refuse. Leave this club, now, and don't ever let me see your face here again. If I do, I will haul you in, and you will not enjoy the experience."
The man turned and ran like the Hounds Of Hell were after him.
The Inspector turned to Jeremie and his friends. "Take your friend home now, and take care of her. When she wakes up in the morning, tell her how close she came to being a statistic. Assholes with date rape drugs are no joke. Good Evening."
If Jeremie thought the drive to the club was bad, the drive back was worse. Odd had helped him get Aelita into his car. Sissi said she would drive Aelita's car back to the school. When they left, Jeremie told Odd to drive to his apartment.
The whole drive back, Aelita was unresponsive. Sometimes her eyes would open, but it was like she saw nothing, or saw something other than what was around her. Every now and then she would moan in despair.
Jeremie just held his love in his arms, crying softly and praying that he wasn't too late, that it was just a reaction to something she drank, that she would come out of it and be All Right.
They finally got to Jeremie's apartment, and Odd helped Jeremie get Aelita inside. Jeremie slipped off her shoes, laid her in his bed, then covered her up.
"Odd, thanks for helping her tonight," Jeremie told his friend, "and I'm really sorry about what happened earlier."
"It's alright about Aelita," Odd replied, "but you do owe me for the interruption." With that, Odd left.
From the trip to the club, through the confrontation with the man trying to pick up Aelita, through the drive home, and to Jeremie bringing Aelita into his apartment, Jude and Judy observed.
"What do you think?" Judy asked her partner.
"The immanent danger has past. We shall see what happens next."
