Well I do not own Danny Phantom, Code Lyoko, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, or X-men Evolution. This chapter is the next episode like it is in the story. Also as a side note there will be no Gwenpool like someone had suggested. We'll get Deadpool, but his appearance will be very minor compared to some Marvel characters. Gwenpool is too new and would be a bit much since Gwen is still in High School at this time anyway. The chance for it to happen is very slim.
Enough ranting, let's start the chapter.
In a lab somewhere on earth lights came on around a body that was in a liquid chamber. The guy opened his eyes and made claws come out of his hands. He ripped the glass apart and broke out of the containment unit. He destroyed some things and ran out of the lab. He kept on running down in the forest and stopped when he saw another man near him. He charged at the man and...
Wolverine woke up and found himself in midair. He fell on the ground and got up rubbing his head. "I have a bad feeling about this, and...nevermind it probably was just a nightmare. No need to get worked up over it."
The next day Kitty groaned in bed as her alarm clock went off. Kitty opened her eyes and made her hand go through her clock to turn it off. She got up from her bed and walked down the hallway into the bathroom. "Hey, do ya mind?" Rogue asked Kitty a little irritated. Kitty phased back out of the bathroom with Rogue opening the door a second later. "The sign says occupied." She pointed at the sign. "The door was locked." Rogue said getting in Kitty's face.
"Who can read at this hour?" Kitty said trying to lighten the mood. Rogue slammed the door on her. "Sor-ry!" Kitty walked away and went back to her room. She changed her clothes and got her laptop out. She turned it on and typed a message to her parents. Dear Mom and Dad, Today started out just like all the other school days, with everyone feeling a little...crowded-me included, especially with someone like Rogue... Though it's not real easy to get close to her or healthy either. I still wonder how Danny got her under his thumb. Kitty got up from her bed when she heard Rogue turned on her hair dryer across. Kitty walked through the door and saw Jean, Scott, Kurt, and Evan walking down the hall.
"I can't sleep with this noise going on..." Scott mumbled to himself.
"I need to shower!" Kurt yelled.
Jean accidentally ran into Kitty then said, "Make sure you put the cap on."
"I'm covered in fur what do you expect?" Kurt asked Jean as Rogue came out of the room and bumped Kitty while walking by.
Kitty growled and walked down to the kitchen. She sat down at the table and opened her laptop up. Finding a place to be alone around here is really a matter of timing. Sometimes you have to settle... Kitty looks up from her spot and looks at Logan who is reading the paper and drinking coffee. Like when Mr. Logan's around. But that's ok, because he doesn't want to talk to anybody. Kitty looks up from her laptop as Logan moved his eyes to her.
"What's the matter, half-pint? Am I reading too loudly for ya?" He asked her smiling.
Kitty put her hands up and said, "Uh...no just enjoying how quiet it is."
The door slam open having the other eight students at the institute enter the kitchen. The team started to get themselves breakfast. Kurt grabbed a plate and lifts the top off the platter covering the eggs while Evan poured himself some milk. Scott got himself a cup of coffee and turned the TV on while everyone else was getting their food and eating. Logan heard something on the TV that caught his attention and turned the volume up. "...In the Canadian Wilderness." It's like sometimes Mr. Logan can be incredibly rude, you know? "As a result, authorities have closed Mt. McKenna National Park until further notice."
"Mt. McKenna." Logan said then groaned.
He stomped out of the kitchen hearing Scott ask, "Hey, Logan, you ok?"
I mean, Professor Xavier is always saying that we're kind of like a family here, and we all have to get along. "Hey, Kurt, INCOMING!" Evan yelled and threw a donut at him. Kurt laughed and threw one back. Logan walked in his room groaning with a hand on his head. He's always going off, doing this lone wolf thing. I mean, it's not like his life is so much tougher than ours. Danny disagrees with me though since we don't know him at all. Wolverine starts growling and throws the chair at the wall making it bust into pieces. His claws came out of his hands, and he started to slash things apart. His claw went through the door while Kitty was walking by. Kitty was surprised when that happened. "Mr. Logan?" Wolverine opened the door making Kitty say, "Oh-hi. Sorry, I-Are...Are you ok?"
Wolverine growled and put a hand to his head. "Uh...eh...yeah, fine. Fine. Just..." He slammed the door to his room, "Redecorating that's all."
Kitty walked into one of the relaxing rooms and saw Evan shook spikes at the ceiling. She looked up at the poster then asked, "Evan, what are you doing?"
He got up from lying down on the couch and said, "Didn't have space for this in my room." He shot two more spikes.
"We all share this area, you know. What if some of us don't like the Festering Boils?"
Evan leaned towards her on the couch and said, "You could um… deal with it." He shot a spike from his thumb then jumped over the couch. "See ya."
Kitty sat down on the couch and opened her laptop. Evan is the youngest, and he is so immature, you know? It's like he has no idea how his actions affect the rest of us. Kitty heard something falling and sighed when the poster fell on top of her. And then again, like maybe he does. Kitty gets up from her spot and walked outside. She climbed a tree and lied down on a tree branch. Some of the kids around here are pretty nice. Like Scott. Scott walked to his car and opened the hood and pulls out the oil stick to check the oil. Sometimes he tries to be so totally responsible for Professor Xavier and the other students. Then other times he acts just like a regular high school kid. Scott starts the car up surprising Kitty. She puts her hand on another tree branch to catch herself from falling. Today he's definitely a kid. She sees a butterfly pass by her making her turn her head to see Professor Xavier and Logan by themselves talking about something. Thank goodness for Professor Xavier. He keeps the lid on things around here. He's also helping Danny with his new power. I just found out Danny has weapon adaptability which allows him to wield any weapon without any problem. He's the most powerful student here. I watched him train with Aelita who's another student here, and I'm surprised with his powers.
"Hey Kitty, why are you in the tree?" Danny asked her making her gasp in surprise.
"Why do you care?" She asked getting out of the tree. "It's not like you have somewhere else to go."
"You know I check up on you guys to make sure everything is alright. Last time I checked up on Kurt was when he eating a pie and spit it all over me instead of Evan." Danny pulled a piece of pie from behind his ear. "Kurt has got to stop spitting his food when I catch him by surprise during his 'I'll get you back.'"
Kitty giggled, "I got to finish writing this letter to my parents. They want to know what's been going on recently, and I want to finish it before we go to school."
Danny did a small wave saying, "Then I'll leave you to it." He walked off leaving Kitty alone with a small smile on her face.
I can definitely say that Danny checks up on us from time to time to make sure we're not doing anything stupid. I look up to him even if he is hiding some secret from us with Aelita. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that we got another person here named Dawn. She's seems interesting, but it feels weird since she can read auras and talk to animals. I sometimes wonder how that girl was able to live out in the middle of the forest with her family.
"What are you writing about?" Dawn asked making Kitty yelp in surprise. She turned her head to find Dawn sitting on a branch on the opposite side of the tree.
"I'm sending a letter to my parents and telling them about my experience here." Kitty answered seeing no harm with it.
"If you're wondering how I survived in the forest, then I did it with the fruit and vegetables that are around my house." Dawn told her making Kitty chuckle nervously.
"Thanks for the tip." Kitty got out of the tree and walked into the Institute.
Dawn pulled an apple out and took a bite from it. 'She needs to understand.' Dawn thought turning her head to Logan walking away from Xavier. 'He's going through something bad.' She got out of the tree and went after Logan from a distance.
Kitty sat down in the Blackbird and muttered, "I hope no one comes in here so I could finish this letter." She opened her laptop and continued typing. Dawn is the only one of our age who doesn't train to defend herself. Professor Xavier said it has something to do with her mutant powers. I still don't know if he was telling the truth or not. Either way, she is easier to talk than the others are which is good, but we almost have nothing in common which stinks. She looked down at the clock and sighed, "Just my luck." Well, I guess I'd better sign off before Kurt pops in here and finds me. He's always doing that-totally creeps me! Besides, I'm about late for school.
Kurt teleported into the back of the Blackbird catching Kitty off guard. "Zere you are. Vy are you in here?" He asked walking up to her.
"Out of, like, necessity." She glared at him.
Kurt just shook off the glare and said, "Vhatever, come on. Danny's giving us a ride to school."
"All I wanted was just one minute alone in this whole stupid mansion." She closed her laptop in frustration..
"Ooh! Touchy!" Kurt said waving his fingers. "Sounds like someone's got an Astrophysics test today." Kitty got up and groaned then heard the Blackbird start up with them in it. The pair lose their balance and fall to the ground with Kitty accidentally dropping her laptop in the process. They got up and open the door to the flight deck to see Logan in his uniform in the pilot seat.
Kurt started to walk up to him but was stopped when Kitty said, "I wouldn't. He's been acting, like, mega weird all morning."
They watched him mess with a couple controls. Kurt looked at her and said, "Aw, don't be so dramatic."
Kurt stopped when he felt another hand fall on his arm. He turned to look at the person and widened his eyes when he saw Dawn. "His aura is unsafe for any of us to be near him right now." Dawn told him making Kurt widen his eyes.
"How did you even get in here without being detected?" Kitty asked Dawn quietly.
"We'll worry about that later." Dawn pushed the two back in the passenger area and closed the door behind them leaving her alone with Logan.
"Dawn!" Kitty yelled knowing something bad was going to happen to the girl.
"Relax." Kurt told Kitty making the girl give him a raised eyebrow.
"Dawn is on the other side of the door where Logan is going out of control right now, and you're telling me to relax!" Kitty almost exclaimed.
"I get, but you need to trust her on this. Dawn wouldn't do anything reckless unless she knows what she's doing." Kurt back at the door nervously.
"I hope you're right." Kitty muttered looking back at the door as well.
Dawn stood there in front of the door as she studied Wolverine's aura. 'His aura is out of control making it not safe for anyone to be near him, and it's getting worse.' She gazed over the aura and stopped when she saw a certain spot coated a bit darker than the rest of the aura. She went back into her hiding spot hoping the other two do not do anything stupid.
Danny walked out his last class with a relieved smile. 'School is finally over for the year.' He thought with an exciting smile. He walked down the halls and stopped when he saw Scott and Jean talking with each other. He went another direction leaving the two alone to their private talk. He turned the corner just in time to catch Evan close his locker. "Hey Evan, you excited that school's over?"
"You know it." Evan answered tossing his skateboard on the ground. "I can't wait for our trip down to the beach next week." He strapped his helmet on and put his foot on his board. "It's going to be tight!" He kicked one end of the board making the other end come up to him. He grabbed the end and high-fived Danny.
"You got that right." Danny replied back happily. "Next week is just going to the gang, and no one will stop us from having our beach fun." He stopped and blinked a couple times. "I just said that out loud, didn't I?"
Evan groaned, "Oh man, now something's going to happen to ruin the moment."
Danny waved it off. "Relax, I'm certain we can get through it and still have that beach party to ourselves." He looked around carefully and muttered, "I just hope it doesn't become too serious."
"Well, look who it is Fred. It's the loser porcupine and his ghostly friend." Pietro joked as he and Fred came up to them.
"What do you want Pietro?" Evan asked not liking being bothered by the Brotherhood members.
"I heard Mystique was really upset with the whole meeting with Kurt a few days ago, and I noticed blue boy wasn't in school today as well." Pietro pointed out making Danny and Evan glance at each other in surprise. "He didn't happen to tell you guys anything Mystique told him, did he?"
"If he did, we wouldn't tell you anything." Danny replied turning his back on the pair.
"What he said." Evan said before walking after Danny.
"Do we go after them?" Fred asked looking at the pair leaving.
Pietro put his hand up. "We'll leave them alone. It seems blue boy didn't tell them anything. This makes things easier to tell the head boss." He turned around and walked away with Fred following after. "The only thing that worries me is how much Mystique told the blue boy."
"Maybe Toad knows something they talked about?" Fred asked making stop and look at Fred with a smirk.
"Now why didn't we think of that earlier?" Pietro asked as Fred smirked back. "You go find Avalanche while I go collect Toad. We have some things that need to be revealed."
Kitty phased out of the plane and landed on her feet looking around the area closely. She walked up in front of the plane and muttered, "Why would Mr. Logan come all the way out here?"
Kurt teleported right next to Kitty with Dawn standing right next to him holding his arm with both of her hands. "Zis is da place huh?" Kurt asked curiously.
Dawn released Kurt's arm and looked around the area. "This is the place." Dawn muttered looking around carefully. "I see Logan's aura, but he's not alone."
"You mean to tell me that Logan's walking into a trap?!" Kitty exclaimed in surprise. "We have to stop him!" She looked at Kurt. "Were you able to contact the Institute?"
Kurt shook his head. "No, there's interference making us unable to contact them."
"What about your emergency phone Aelita gave you?" Kitty asked feeling a bit desperate.
Kurt rubbed the back of his head and pulled the phone out of his pocket. "I might have forgotten to ask Aelita how to charge it." He smiled nervously at Kitty who groaned.
"We'll be fine." Dawn said catching the two off guard.
"How are we going to be fine? Logan is out of control, and you just said that there are other people here." Kitty pointed out getting frustrated with the situation she got in. 'All I wanted was peace and quiet. Now I'm on a dangerous mission that could get me killed.'
Dawn just stood there and looked up as an eagle flew over them. "We have nature on our side." Dawn told them making the pair sigh in defeat.
"Your mutant powers cannot save you all the time." Kitty muttered rubbing her forehead in annoyance.
"You're right, but there are some animals here that can help." Dawn replied back as the eagle landed on her shoulder. She grabbed a can out of her pocket and opened it making Kitty and Kurt take a couple steps back.
"Is she feeding the eagle sardines?" Kitty asked Kurt quietly who could only nod. "Oh good, I was starting to think I was hallucinating."
The eagle finished eating the sardines given to it and flew off leaving the three behind. Dawn turned to her friends and asked, "Are you guys ready to find Logan?"
"I'd rather go home and not face whatever is going on around here." Kurt responded making Dawn sigh.
"It'll be better if we have Logan with us before something really bad happens to him." Kitty pointed out making Kurt sigh in agreement. "The only downside to this is that we don't know what we're facing."
"I guess zat means we'll find out really soon." Kurt said as the three walked towards Logan's location.
"I'm still not certain you should know about the project Rogue." Aelita said as they were walking down the parking lot to Danny's truck. "It's dangerous for anyone to know about it including me."
"All Ah'm saying is yah need to tell us before something bad happens to us because of this project." Rogue said trying to make her point.
Aelita sighed and shook her head. "I get that you're worried Rogue, but there's so much that I can tell that deals with the project that no one at the Institute can understand."
"What about Danny and Kurt? They know about the project, yet you're saying they do not know everything." Rogue reminded her.
"Danny knows what he wants to know. Kurt only knows what the project does and what it is for." Aelita countered making Rogue groan in frustration. "If you want to know what it's for, then I'm sorry Rogue, but the fewer who know the better."
"Does the Professor even know about the project?"
"He knows of its existence, but he does not know anything about it." Aelita walked around Danny's truck and opened the passenger door.
"Everyone's starting to worry about yah, Aelita." Rogue said making Aelita stop in her tracks. "We're wondering if it's even safe for you to go on missions."
Aelita glanced back at Rogue with a sigh. "The situation I'm in right now has gotten worse right before the moment I joined the Institute. Danny knows because he was the one who rescued me from being captured." She whispered loud enough for Rogue to hear.
Rogue's eyes widen in surprise. "Wha…how does…"
"Now, Jeremy has been taken hostage by a group of people, because of his involvement with the project." Aelita turned around giving Rogue a hard stare. "My friends in France were the only people who knew about Lyoko. Now Danny, Kurt, Tony Stark, Jan, and Jan's boyfriend also know and are willing to help me with this, and this all started because of my dad. Now he's gone into millions of pieces in the digital sea." She closed her eyes and turned her back on Rogue. "I appreciate your concern Rogue, but Lyoko needs to stay secretive for me to save my dad and Jeremy and to stop the people who are trying to steal what my dad created."
Rogue watched Aelita enter the truck and muttered, "Aelita…" Aelita sat down in the back pulling the seat back into position.
Danny and Evan walk up to the truck to see Rogue standing there looking at Aelita worryingly. "What's up with them, man?" Evan asked Danny quietly behind his hand.
Danny shrugged and muttered, "I have no clue."
Rogue looked at her boyfriend and shook her head before entering the truck. The guys look at each other and shrug before entering the truck with Evan getting in the back. Evan glanced at Aelita and noticed she was staring at a picture in her hands. She put the picture up to her chest and looked out the window. Evan opened his mouth when he heard, "Evan…" Evan looked at the front and saw Danny shake his head. Evan closed his mouth and nodded turning his head to look outside.
Dawn stopped in her step which made Kitty and Kurt stop in their tracks looking at her in surprise. "Stay on guard. Logan's aura has changed." Dawn told them making the pair glance at each other worryingly. "He's coming this way with someone, and I'm not comfortable with the aura."
"Zat's something to worry about." Kurt said.
Kitty waved it off. "Let's just find Logan and get back to the Institute." She said getting frustrated with their situation.
Dawn looked at Kitty with a raised eyebrow. "Didn't you hear what I just said about their aura?" She asked wondering why Kitty was pushing her warning away.
Kitty sighed, "Sorry if that came out wrong, but my mind is on finding Logan and leaving the mountains before we freeze to death." She shivered slightly rubbing her arms to keep herself warm.
Kurt turned his head and saw Logan walking into their line of sight. "Zere's Logan." Kurt said pointing at Logan making the two girls turn their heads to him.
Kitty smiled, "Finally, we can go…home." She frowned when Logan looked their way with a growl on his face. "Oh no, he's lost control again."
"Figuratively speaking, he has lost control." Dawn said as the three backed up a bit.
When a second figure came into view Kurt gasped in surprise. "Sabertooth! But Wolverine and Sabertooth are mortal enemies! Why would they be working together?"
"There's something inside Logan's brain controlling him." Dawn told them.
"What?!" Nightcrawler and Shadowcat yelled in surprise.
"How can we get something like that fixed to get Logan back to normal?" Kitty asked not knowing how to deal with this situation.
"I have a pretty good idea, but you're not going to like it." Dawn said making the two look at her in surprise.
Wolverine and Sabertooth walked down the mountain and stopped in front of Kitty and Kurt as they stared at the pair with determination in their eyes. "Well, it seems Wolverine had a couple stowaways on his flight here." Sabertooth said with an evil grin growing on his face. "This day seems to be getting better."
"Let Logan go you creep!" Kitty yelled angrily.
Wolverine growled and charged at Kitty. Kurt grabbed Kitty's arm and teleported them away to another spot. "Did you have to say zat?" Kurt asked narrowing his eyebrows at her.
Kitty smiled nervously, "I wanted to see if we could convince them to let him go."
"Zat was stupid on so many levels." Nightcrawler muttered. The pair turned around just in time for the mind controlled Wolverine and Sabertooth to land in front of them.
"This is going to be even more fun than I thought." Sabertooth said giving the pair an evil smirk.
"Those kids are becoming more of a pest than I thought." The doctor muttered distastefully. "Those teens will soon learn my science can overcome any animalistic nature."
"Are you sure about that?" Dawn asked as she walked into the room with an eagle on her shoulder.
"Well, this is a surprise." The doctor muttered turning his attention off the screens and onto Dawn. "How did you get past my security?"
"I have the animals to thank for it." Dawn answered as certain critters ran into the room unnoticed. "I'm also suggesting you turn off the chip you have in Wolverine's brain before you end up doing something you'll majorly regret." Dawn continued while tapping her chin.
"Like a girl, who knows nothing about science, can scare me." The doctor grabbed a remote off the counter and pointed it at Dawn only for it to be swiped out of his hand by the eagle.
The eagle dropped the remote into Dawn's hand and landed back on her shoulder. "I'll tell you again to stop everything before things get worse for you." Dawn said calmly as she put the remote in her pocket.
"You really think I'll surrender to some girl with an eagle. You must be out of your mind believing you could defeat me." He pressed a button to activate the defenses and smiled evilly. "Prepare to be destroyed by my security system." He kept his smile up for almost a minute when he realized that nothing was happening. He pressed the button again only to get the same response again.
"My animals took care of your special security system and probably more I don't even know about." Dawn answered the unasked question. "That probably means your little mind control on Logan ended as well."
The doctor panicked and grabbed the mic quickly only for it to rip out of the stand. "No, you fool; don't you see what you have done?" The doctor asked angrily.
"I freed an animal you tried to cage." Dawn replied back simply when she heard someone enter the room with a growl. "I think you can take the rest from here."
Wolverine stepped up in front of Dawn and made his claws come out. "You and the others should wait outside. I got a project to terminate for good." Wolverine told the blond hair girl who nodded and ran off with the small animals following her.
Aelita sat down on her bed and grabbed her laptop. She opened up the laptop and turned it on with a sigh. "What did you say to Rogue that made you upset?" Danny asked as he walked into the room closing the door behind him.
Aelita looked up at Danny then back down at her laptop. "She kept pestering me about the supercomputer and Lyoko, and I told her about the consequences of knowing what the project is." She set her laptop on her bed and pulled her legs up to her chest putting her arms around her legs. "I told her what happened to Jeremy." She whispered making Danny sigh.
Danny sat down next to her and put his arm over her shoulders. He pulled her towards his chest and listened as she started to sob. 'She's been holding it in.' He thought sadly. He brought her closer to his chest and whispered, "Just let it all out Aelita. You've been holding it in too long."
"The moment Odd and Ulrich mentioned something about Jeremy taking an offer to a school for geniuses, I knew something was up." She said quietly as the tears ran down her face onto Danny's shirt. "The last time he got the offer was when he decided to make sure to stay with me and virtualize me when I was stuck on Lyoko."
"What makes you believe he's captured though?" Danny asked her quietly.
"He never abandons his friends." She whispers glancing at the picture of the Lyoko team minus William on her night stand. She got up off his chest and wiped her eyes. "I miss all of them Danny, but I know that things can never be the same as before." She made one of the screens pop up and put the password into her laptop logging her into her account. "Things use to be simpler."
"I bet they were." Danny muttered looking out the window.
Aelita got off her bed with a smile. "I remember the first time Jeremy took me out to see the town when I was finally devirtualized from Lyoko. We had so much fun for our first time together." She leaned up against the wall next to the window looking at the water then at the trees.
"You told me about what happened with you and your father and how you got on Lyoko." Danny got off Aelita's bed and walked into the middle of the room. "Who are these people after your father's work?"
"They are the special elite scientist team in France. They wanted to create weapons that could do nuclear explosions or something like that. My dad never really explained what they were after." Aelita looked back at Danny and asked, "Danny, why did you agree to help me back when we barely knew each other?"
"It felt like the right thing to do." Danny answered immediately.
Aelita smiled slightly, "I could say the same with telling you about Lyoko."
Danny nodded, "Well, at least you're feeling a bit better…kind of."
Aelita walked up to Danny and hugged him tightly. "Is it wrong of me to admit I'm scared that something is happening to Jeremy?" She asked quietly.
"No, I think that it's completely normal." He replied back as Aelita put her head on his chest. "We'll find your boyfriend Aelita. I promise."
"Thank you Danny."
Odd Della Robbia entered into his room humming happily. He notices William and Ulrich waiting over by the computer in their room and waved, "Hey guys, I had a good time today."
"What, did you go on a date with one of the new girls in our class?" Ulrich asked jokingly.
"Nah, I went around town and visited a couple candy stores, and one of them happened to have my favorite candy in stock." Odd said tossing the bag onto his bed. His cheery mood became serious when he asked, "Ha Aelita called yet?"
"She just logged into the video phone site." Ulrich answered.
Odd walked up to them with his hands in the pockets of his jacket. "Then I just made it in time. Talk about luck."
"Are you sure its luck? I thought it had something to do with your laziness." William joked getting a chuckle out of Ulrich.
"He's only lazy when it comes to school, but you're right about this situation." Ulrich added making Odd cross his arms and huff in annoyance.
"You guys sure love to pick on someone who decided to buy his friends candy as well." Odd said giving the two a knowing smile. He pulled out two different types of candy from his pockets and tossed them the candy.
"Okay, you got a good reason, but it's not like you were going to be in trouble missing some of the meeting with Aelita." Ulrich said setting the candy down on the desk.
"Oh right, Jeremy mostly scolded you guys, huh?" William asked them.
"Nah, I would say it was more worrying about what could happen if we didn't get there in time." Odd answered with a shrug. "I still wonder how it would have been like if Jeremy actually went on Lyoko with us."
"He was terrible the first time he went, and he'll probably still be just as bad now as he was then." Ulrich pointed out.
Odd nodded, "True, but I can still wonder."
Ulrich pressed the call button on the screen and leaned back in his chair with his arms crossed. "One thing's for sure, we're going to find Jeremy and free him."
"I couldn't agree more." Jim said entering the room surprising the three boys.
"Hey Jim…"
"You don't need to explain Della Robbia. I heard everything." Jim closed the door behind him and leaned against the door. "Jeremy's being held somewhere against his will, huh?"
"It's complicated Jim." Ulrich said putting his head on his fist with his elbow on the desk.
"Then you better start explaining."
"I'll just summarize it up for him before Aelita calls us." Odd said putting his hands on his hips. "Franz Hopper created a virtual world and had people who he worked with who wanted to join in on the work, but some of those people had other plans for the virtual world."
"That is one weird way to start summarizing things up." William muttered.
Ulrich rubbed his eyes with his index finger and thumb and sighed, "You have no idea."
"Franz Hopper created Lyoko along with an Artificial Intelligence name Xana."
"Now that's the first time Odd said artificial intelligence together." Ulrich muttered raising an eyebrow.
"In the end he virtualized himself and Aelita on Lyoko and shut the computer off hoping no one will find it. Jeremy found it ten years later looking for some parts for his robots."
Jim rubbed his chin and asked, "How did you guys get involved in this?"
"We'll explain that later Jim." Ulrich said before Odd could explain anymore. "Right now Jeremy is either with those same people who worked with Franz Hopper or with those Hydra agents who attacked us."
Jim crossed his arms and nodded, "Ok, what's this meeting with Aelita going to be about then?"
"It's more of an update of everything going on with the recreation of Lyoko." Odd said as he sat down on his bed and pulled a candy bar out of the bag on his bed.
Jim gave Odd a stern look, who smiled sheepishly and put the candy bar back in the bag. "Did you go out and buy candy again Della Robbia?"
"Do I have to answer that question Jim?" Odd asked back trying to dodge the situation.
A beep went off making everyone turn their attention to the screen as Aelita's face popped up on the screen. "Hey guys, I know it's getting close to bed time, but I'll try to make this short." She told them.
"We're listening Aelita." Ulrich said.
"Yeah, I'm sure you have a lot to say." William added in.
Odd got up off his bed and waved, "How's it going Aelita? How have things been on your end?"
"Sorry Odd, but I'm going to have to skip the pleasantries today." Aelita replied back making Odd lean forward in disappointment. "Anyway, now that Lyoko is fully up and operational the scanners are already being built along with new portable type scanners for you guys to use."
"That means we can set up the scanners anywhere we want, right?" Odd asked curiously.
Aelita nodded, "That's correct, but once you scan into Lyoko the scanner cannot be moved until you are devirtualized."
"Well, we should have seen that coming." Ulrich commented as Odd shrugged.
"I've also been working on a side project, but I'll explain that side project to you guys later." Aelita made the Lyoko avatars appear on the screen and continued, "In the meantime, it seems the supercomputer was trying to alter our characters up while we were off the past couple months."
"What changes have been made?" William asked curiously.
"William's avatar is now paler than it used to be, and I think it might have something to do with your time when Xana had control of you, but I was able to keep your sword the way it used to before it changed as well."
"What about us Aelita? Are there any noticeable changes on our characters?" Odd asked feeling a bit excited.
"Well, Odd's cat ears are gone, and it seems your Foresight has returned."
"Wait, what do you mean by foresight?"
"You can see into the future again." Ulrich explained with a neutral expression.
Odd jumped into the air and cheered, "Oh right, I finally got my power back. Now I can finally be more useful than being bait!"
"It also decided to reprogram your teleportation back as well, and I tested it which means you are able to teleport as well."
"This day just keeps getting better!" Odd exclaimed happily.
"What about me Aelita?" Ulrich asked hoping Odd calms down soon so they will not get caught by someone.
"You have your costume redesigned like everyone else, and it seems your super sprint's speed has increased a bit as well. Your cloning has stayed the same, but it seems you got a new type of attack. The downside is that I don't know what it is."
Ulrich smirked, "A new attack? Now I'm interested in finding out what it is." He leaned back in his chair and glanced back at Jim who was being unusually quiet.
"I'm sure you'll figure it out." Aelita made the avatars disappear and asked, "Do you guys have any leads on where Jeremy could be?"
"We got nothing on our end." William said shaking his head with a frown of disappointment. "We are having a hard time getting any type of clues since the school is being more secure since Hydra attacked."
Aelita looked down and sighed worryingly. "I'm sure you guys are trying your best, but I have made a conclusion that the scanners will be done in the next two weeks along with my side project."
"Couldn't you even tell us what the side project is?" Odd asked curiously as he got closer to the screen.
"Sorry Odd, but I am leaving no surprises until we bring the scanners for you guys to use."
"Well, I guess we better be getting to bed before we start getting in trouble for staying up too late." Ulrich suggested as Jim exited the room without being noticed.
Jim walked down the halls and kept on going until he was at his room. He grabbed the doorknob and said, "You were right. They believe Jeremy was taken by someone who worked on Project Carthage with Waldo."
"Glad to hear it." Fury said appearing behind Jim. "What else do you know about the virtual world?"
"I don't know much yet. I caught them about to have a conversation with Aelita explaining their avatars and when the scanners would be complete." Jim answered turning around half to looking at Nick Fury. "Why do you want me to spy on the kids for Fury? They have the right to keep this a secret from us."
"I know, but this project was illegal when those scientists gathered together to create the project in the first place. Those kids are the only ones who can lead us to them." Fury answered closing his eye with an annoyed sigh. "Waldo Schaeffer sacrificed so much to stop the project from being completed, and all we know is that he's trapped inside the virtual world while his daughter was freed." He turned around looking down the hall at nothing in particular. "We're going to need to find out each of the scientists involved with this illegal act and interrogate them to see who was truly involved."
"How many have been found?" Jim asked feeling a bit curious.
"Two, but both of them have been killed."
"This is starting to worry me even more."
"You are not the only one Jim. Those kids are the only ones who can help us, and I'm already sending someone to make the sure Yumi Ishiyama is kept in the loop when her friends find a way to contact her." Fury looked back at Jim and asked, "Will you continue keeping an eye on them?"
"I'll do what I normally do, sir. Just don't expect an immediate response back when I get all the information about Lyoko."
"I'll be sure to read the report Jim." The two shake hands and leave the spot with Jim going into his room and Fury leaving the school grounds.
Logan woke up out of what he thought was a nightmare. "Relax, my friend." Charles said. "You're back at the institute." Logan sat down on the edge of the bed. "You're safe."
Logan sighed in a small relief. He exhales and asks, "What about the kids? Where are they?"
Charles nodded. "Both fine. Kitty's been in here every hour checking on you after the surgery. Dawn come in once a hour to make sure your aura hasn't changed again suddenly." Logan put a hand to his head. "We removed the chip. Is there pain?"
"Yeah, uh, but..." Logan got back into a lying down position on the medical bed. "Not from the wound. Someday, though, I'm gonna find out who done this to me. That's a promise."
"By the way, what did Dawn do that freed you from their control?" Charles asked curiously. "She decided not to say anything about it."
"Now that's odd, but I'm guessing it's to protect me." Logan answered shrugging slightly. "All I know is that she called her animal friends and made them short circuit the machine used to control me and the rest of the base apparently."
Charles nodded, "I figured as much, but I find it strange that she refused to talk about it."
"Whatever the reason is, we'll probably find out later." Logan closed his eyes and groaned, "Now, I just to need to get a bit more rest."
So, like I said this morning, it's just been another normal day here at the Xavier Institute. Funny, I've been complaining about not having enough time alone, right? But I think I'd, like, miss bumping into everyone. It's just part of the deal when you're part of a family. Kitty typed on her computer then sent it to her parents. She smiled slightly and closed her laptop.
Aelita looked out at the scenery from her window and felt Danny slip his arms around her waste in a calm hug. "Are you coming down to eat or stay here thinking about Jeremy some more?" He asked her quietly.
Aelita looked back a bit at Danny and muttered, "Could you stay here with me a bit longer?"
"I can manage that."
Rouge stood outside her and Aelita's room staring at the scene sadly. She closed the door as a tear escaped her left eye. "Ah really messed things up." She muttered wiping the tear off her face before walking off to grab something to eat.
Pietro closed his phone and muttered, "It's almost time for the games to begin."
Yeah, I skipped the conversation happening between the Brotherhood, but it was practically unimportant since it would have been short, and we should know what happens these next two episodes anyway. Either way no new characters until season one is over.
I will mention a few chapters after season one is complete; this story will split off to the next part of the whole story arc which will be under Code Lyoko and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Of course the moment that story actually starts will be when the avengers are actually start fighting together to form the team. Yeah, it will start focusing more on the Avengers than the X-men pushing them down a bit off the focus. Rogue and Kurt will probably make the most appearances out of all of them though.
I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, and I would appreciate the reviews to know if there is anything I would need to fix in this chapter. I am signing off saying, "Don't do something that you will regret later on. It is not worth it." R&R