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Ulrich kept his eyes on the surrounding area and hears something above him. He looks up and pulls his swords out of their sheaths. He looks around carefully and stops when he sees a figure being scanned into the virtual world. "Jeremy, do you know how to fly the Skid?" Ulrich asked his friend.
"No, I never learned how to do anything except program the stuff." Jeremy answered truthfully.
"Just great, this is what we needed right now." Ulrich muttered. The figure landed on the ground on his feet with a black robe landing around his feet, and Ulrich noticed the white hair making him gasp in surprise when he saw the figure's face. "No way…"
"Oh man, you guys never mentioned how weird being virtualized feels." Danny muttered as he stretched his limbs a bit. He looked at his hands and noticed the black and white fingerless gloves with a kiwi line going around as the outline of his hand. He looks down at his clothes and noticed his black jumpsuit having the kiwi D/P symbol in the middle of it. On the black jumpsuit were white stripes running down the sides with kiwi thin lines running on the outside of the white stripes. A green belt surrounded Danny's waste with the white D/P symbol on the buckle. The boots stayed their normal color white but got the black D/P symbol on the front tip of them.
"Now that's definitely someone you wouldn't expect to be here." Jeremy muttered in surprise.
"Why are you here Danny?" Ulrich asked.
Danny looked at Ulrich and said, "I'm here to help you guys, and I feel like something bad is going to happen to Aelita."
"Danny, I'm looking at your list of abilities, and I'm not seeing anything on the list." Tony told the teen.
"Probably because Danny doesn't know what they are yet." Jeremy said as he adjusted his glasses. "The chances for you to know, what his powers are, will matter if he discovers them."
"Well, I guess I'll find out what they are on my way to Aelita." Danny said jumping high into the air. Danny looked down and noticed he was floating in midair. "Huh, at least I can still fly." He turned his head towards Aelita's direction and flew off towards them.
"Well, at least he can fly." Jeremy said in surprise.
"I'm not surprised." Ulrich muttered with a sigh. 'At least it wasn't one of the adults that went through the scanner.'
Jeremy looked back at Ulrich and asked, "Do you think the others are going to be alright?"
"They'll be fine." Ulrich answered sternly. "I might not know Danny, but Aelita trusts him, and I trust her."
"Ulrich, are you worried about them too?" Jeremy asked cautiously.
"Of course I'm worried about them Jeremy. I want to be out there and help them Jeremy, but…"
"I screwed up." Jeremy said making Ulrich turn around in surprise. "I didn't want Tyron to steal my memory and to use it for evil purposes."
"You did what you thought was right…"
"And it still wasn't enough!" Jeremy yelled gripping his hair in frustration. "I can't do anything right when it comes to these kinds of things Ulrich! I nearly destroyed my mind, almost killed you guys, and only watched as you guys fought for your lives! I only sat behind a computer screen and did everything behind the scenes. True, my expertise was better there than they are here, yet it was my expertise that got us into this mess to begin with."
"Jeremy…"
Jeremy got out of the Skid and asked, "Ulrich, what can I do if I can never return to my body?"
"Oh no…"
Odd landed out on the path that led to the doors to the core and noticed William standing there with his sword over his shoulder and a Tarantula on its back legs with its front legs pointed at William. Odd fired a fire arrow and watched as it hit the tarantula right on the back. "Get back!" Odd yelled. The two jump back as the tarantula goes up in flames. They watched as the tarantula exploded into bits of data then looked at each other. "Like the new upgrade I got?" Odd asked as he walked towards William.
"It seems interesting, but does it seem a little overkill on a tarantula?" William asked raising an eyebrow.
Odd shrugged, "Eh, it took care of the job, but my new arrows might have some glitches to them." Odd stopped and turned around as the krabs came into view on the platforms not too far away. "Great, I was hoping we would have had some free time before they started showing up." Odd said sarcastically.
"We just have to delay them long enough for Aelita to make the connection to their supercomputer. Yumi needs it." William finished with a mutter which Odd still heard.
Odd glanced at William then back at the krabs. 'You and Ulrich really need to stop crushing on Yumi all the time.' Odd thought mentally sighing at the love triangle or whatever it was called. He tapped on the little button on the bottom of his wrist and looked through the types of laser arrows he had. "Ok, let's see…the electric arrows seem awesome to use, but Tony said my arrows might have problems with some of them." He muttered sadly. He moved down through the list of arrows he had and stopped on the ice arrows. "Tony, what are my ice arrows able to do?"
"Well, the ice arrows are trap arrows that allow you to either capture your enemy in a block of ice or to make them have a hard time to cross it like normal ice, but since most of your arrows are still need work, the ice arrows might work differently right now as well." Tony answered honestly.
"I'm keeping that in mind." Odd admitted. He fired an ice arrow at the end of the bridge and watched as the area became covered in ice with some of it spiking up. "Is it supposed to be flat or have spikes?"
"It's supposed to be flat."
"Huh, I like the spikes being a part of it." William said looking at the ice with a smile. "It'll add more damage to the monsters if they trip and fall over it."
"You got a point there."
"What do you think Danny?" Odd asked curiously.
"I think you getting the upgrade is still a bad idea." Danny said as he made himself known to everyone in the virtual world.
"Danny, what are you doing here?" Aelita asked as she walked into the room where the supercomputer's mainframe was.
"No time to explain guys, you got those krabs surrounding Odd and William in every direction." Tony said putting their focus back on the task at hand. "I give you guys twenty seconds before they are on you guys in every direction."
Odd looked up and fired two ice arrows from each wrist. He and William watched as it became covered in ice with ice spikes coming down from the spot. "Hm, why did you cover the top with ice?" William asked curiously.
"I don't want any surprises coming in while we're unprepared." Odd answered before firing two ice arrows at each side. "There, now let's see if they can get to us through that ice."
"Do you have any arrows that could defend us from laser fire?" William asked as the krabs were getting closer to them.
"Uh…" Odd brought hiss ammunition list up and looked through it. "Foam, fire, ice, electric, explosive, E.M.P…" William raised an eyebrow at that name. "…Sonic boom, and the rest of my unnamed arrows, but I am not seeing anything that could help defend us."
"Do you seriously have an E.M.P.?"
"Yep, I especially asked for that one." Odd admitted with a sheepish grin. "The only downside is that I have no idea if it is fully operational."
"The E.M.P. is still under heavy maintenance right now. It is definitely going to have some serious drawbacks if you used it." Tony told the teen.
"Good call." William muttered as a laser flies by his head. He turns his head to avoid another laser flying at him. "Wish I had a range attack for this."
"You just make sure none of the krabs get through. I'll stay back here to hold down the fort." Odd told the older teen.
"Sounds like a plan." William ran forward then turned into his smoke form moving straight ahead right towards the krabs closest they could see.
Aelita looked around the center room and stopped when her eyes from the mainframe inside the supercomputer. "Found you." She flew straight down towards the mainframe of the supercomputer and pulled the disc out of the digital space into her hand. She inserted the disc into the mainframe and smiled as it got the supercomputer connected to their supercomputer. "Now we're connected." She tapped on the screen and started to look through the information.
William sliced one of the krabs in half then felt a laser hit his arm. William turned into his smoke form just in time to avoid the lasers fired at him. He moved straight towards the closest krab. "I just realized how much this could help you guys with your reaction time." Tony said as William jumped over the krab, solidified back to his human form, and sliced a krab straight down the eye.
William removed his sword and jumped back as the krab blew up into data. "Why are you bringing that up now?" He asked as lasers flew by him and hit the wall behind him.
"I'm just speaking my thoughts." Tony answered as he made plans on his computer.
William ducked behind a platform as the lasers flew over him. "Keep in mind that we're fighting for our lives in this world Tony. I just wish we weren't outnumbered." He finished with a mutter.
Odd ducked in his defensive area muttering, "I am starting to dislike this spot even more." He teleported out of the pathway to the door and appeared on top of the dome. He noticed the area in front of him was clear then turned around to find the krabs behind him. "Well, this is bad." He teleported out of the area and found himself outside the krab perimeter. "Uh, my teleportation might need some work." He looked around and groaned, "Is it possible for me to get my Overboard back yet?"
"Let's see if I can get that for you." Tony said as he started typing the codes in. "One Overboard coming up."
Odd turned his head to the noise of the Overboard being virtualized and smiled, "Yes." He jumped on the Overboard and flew straight towards the army of krabs surrounding William.
"Just my luck." William muttered in distaste. "My super smoke is low on energy, and I have no idea where Odd is."
"I'm right here!" Odd yelled firing his laser arrows at the krabs surrounding William. William smirked and turned into his smoke form heading straight towards the closest krab. William solidified the top half of his body and stuck his sword right through the krab then turned it back to the smoke form before it could be hit by a laser.
"William, be careful. Your super smoke is extremely low on energy and has enough for you to stay in that form for twenty seconds right now." Tony told the teen.
William got behind a platform and solidified completely with a sigh. "Thanks for the warning, but is there a way for you to refill the energy or increase the reserves for me?" William asked keeping his eyes on the krabs firing at him.
"I'm afraid I'll have to do that while you are not in the virtual world kid. I can't access anything from your powers while you are inside."
"Ok, I'll keep that in mind."
"I can put some energy back into your super smoke, but it will take a few seconds, and you need to be completely empty."
"Great, just what I needed to know." William ran out of his hiding place and went straight towards the krabs firing at him. He kept his head down and kept his eyes on the three krabs in front of him. He threw his sword and hit the center of the eye of the center krab. 'I really hope this works.' He thought as he jumped onto the krab, grabbed his sword, and jumped back as the krab dissolved into data. He sliced the second krab's front right leg making it lose its balance and smirked as the krab's eye came into view. He stabbed the eye hard then jumped away to avoid the laser fired at him and the krab obliterating into data. "Yes." He felt something hit his back making him become devirtualized.
"William!" Odd yelled in frustration. "Aelita, the krabs are becoming too much for us right now. You need to get out of there!"
"I'm trying to find the program allowing us to get William and Yumi back." Aelita replied back as she went looking through the documents on the screen.
"Then hurry, I'm running out of time here." Odd fired an explosive arrow making the krabs in the shot blow up into data.
"Then it's good I came then." Danny said as he smashed a krab with his fist. Danny flew back next to Odd and asked, "Are you ready to destroy these things?"
"Just try to keep up." Odd joked before flying off towards the remaining krabs.
"I'll keep it in mind." Danny said as he grabbed a pair of white brass knuckles from his belt. Danny flew straight forward and smashed his fist into the eye symbol on one of the krabs and smirked as he turned intangible on instinct. He looked at his body then at the krabs firing lasers at him. "Huh, looks like I can still turn intangible." He muttered happily. "Sweet."
"Jeremy, you need to get a hold over yourself man." Ulrich said as he scanned the area around them. "Things will get better Belpois. You can trust me on that."
"But what if…"
"Jeremy! You need to grow up man. I know things look bad now, but Aelita will find a way to get you back to the real world." Ulrich said giving Jeremy a hard stare. "Once we get out of here she'll be working on bringing you back. You just have to believe her."
Jeremy looked down at the ground and balled his hands up. "Ulrich, thanks." Jeremy muttered.
"No problem Jeremy." Ulrich turned around to scan the area again unaware of Jeremy getting out of the Skid. "Everyone makes mistakes Jeremy. You should know that."
"You're right Ulrich, and I hope I'm making a good one right now."
Ulrich turned around quickly and gasped as he saw Jeremy standing on the edge of the platform next to the Skid. "Jeremy, what are you doing?"
"I'm doing something I know you guys won't agree with, but it needs to be done." Jeremy answered before stepping off the platform making him fall straight down towards the digital sea. "Goodbye everyone."
Odd's future vision flashed suddenly making him gasp in surprise. "Jeremy!" He yelled in fright. He shot off towards Jeremy using the super speed given to his Overboard leaving Danny alone with the krabs.
"Odd, what are you doing?" Danny asked as he smashed another krab's eye symbol with the brass knuckle on his left hand.
"Stopping someone from making a terrible mistake." Odd said as he flew past the Skid and down towards the digital sea. He picked up the speed and grabbed Jeremy's shirt right before Jeremy hit the digital sea. Odd flew back around and dropped Jeremy back onto the platform next to the Skid. "Are you out of your mind?!"
"Odd, I…"
"Shut it Jeremy. I'm not losing the one friend who introduced us to Aelita and Lyoko!" Odd said angrily. "What were you thinking?"
"I wanted to make sure Professor Tyron never gets the information."
"And killing yourself seemed such a great idea." Ulrich said narrowing his eyebrows at Jeremy. "The moment we find out you're not dead is when you decide it would be better if you died so no one can get the information from your brain."
"You forgot Aelita has the same information inside of her brain as well Jeremy." Odd pointed out crossing his arms.
Jeremy sighed, "Yeah, but she can protect herself. I'm just a guy behind the computer." He lowered his head in defeat.
Odd turned his head to Ulrich and asked, "Uh, how much of his mind came here?"
"Why are you asking me that?" Ulrich asked back raising in eyebrow.
"I'm just curious."
"I hate being the bearer of bad news, but you guys got krabs coming your way." Tony said interrupting the argument.
"How many are we looking at here?" Ulrich asked as he pulled his two katanas out.
"I'm seeing five krabs coming towards you guys."
Odd and Ulrich turned their backs to Jeremy and got in battle stances. "Jeremy, you get back into the Skid and stay there." Ulrich said glancing at Jeremy with a hard stare.
"I get it." Jeremy muttered before running into the Skid.
Odd sighed, "I know Jeremy is feeling guilty, but this type of attitude doesn't seem like Jeremy at all."
"I know what you mean. He's more depressed than he's ever been."
"Do you think it might have something to do when he transferred his mind here?" Odd asked his roommate.
"It might, but we won't know for sure until Aelita does some tests." Ulrich and Odd turn their heads towards the noise they started to hear and saw the five krabs coming their way. "We got company."
Odd jumped back onto his Overboard and said, "Let's do this."
Aelita went through the data and stopped when she found what she was searching for. "I found it and sent to you Tony. Get our friends back before something even worse happens to us."
"I'm on it." Tony said.
Tony cracked his knuckles and typed away on the keyboard with a smirk. "Now, let's just make some adjustments here and here, and they should be coming back now." He said as he pressed the 'enter' key. He watched as the scanner went bright then dimmed as Yumi and William stumbled out of it gasping for air.
"We're back." William muttered happy to be back in the living.
"I'm glad." Yumi said as she stood straight up as the her energy came back. "I don't know how much longer we could have been there."
"You two can worry about that later. Odd and Ulrich are being attack at the Skid, and Danny is keeping those krabs away from the door to stop Aelita from escaping." Tony told them.
The two teens ran to the supercomputer and watch as the versus symbol came up with Odd and Ulrich going against five krabs. "It seems you guys got a challenge." Yumi said not knowing the guys didn't hear her.
"The original communication isn't as open as you remember it." Tony told her while grabbing his glass of water. "I probably should have left that alone, but it was necessary,"
"Let's just hope those guys can get Jeremy out of there." William muttered having Tony and Yumi nod in agreement.
Danny smashed his fist into another krab then jumped back avoiding the lasers that were fired at him. He slid behind a wall and muttered, "Thanks for the help Odd." He heard the lasers being fired at him and narrowed his eyebrows. "Aelita, are you almost out?"
Aelita flew out of the room and gasped when she saw multiple krabs firing at Danny. "Danny, we're leaving!" She yelled flying over the krabs catching their attention.
"Works for me." Danny flew up after her and left the krabs behind them.
Odd fired a fire arrow at a krab then an ice arrow at another krab both hitting the eyes on the krabs. Odd swerved out of the way of laser fire from the other three krabs then got hit on his chest. Odd flew back off his Overboard and slid back a bit on the ground. "Oh man, I'm going to regret that one." He muttered rubbing his head. He looked up to see a krab looking down at him about to fire a laser. "Oh no."
Ulrich deflected the laser then asked, "You okay?"
"As okay I will ever be." Odd answered as he got up on his feet.
"Aelita and Danny are coming your way." Yumi said as she took over the main work on the supercomputer.
"What happened to Tony?" Odd asked as the guys ran in different directions.
"He has a meeting to attend to that he thought he cancelled." William answered as he sat down behind Tony's desk.
"It's good to hear that you guys are alive." Ulrich said activating his super sprint to avoid the two krabs firing lasers at him.
"Good to be back." Yumi said. "Anyway, you guys only need to take them out before more krabs show up."
"We're on it." Odd said climbing up the wall a bit avoiding the laser being fired at him. He jumped off the wall and flipped over the krab firing an ice arrow. He landed behind the krab and heard explode into data making him smirk. "I'm loving my new arrows."
"Odd, something is going on with your new arrows." Yumi said making the teen confused.
"What do you mean Yumi?"
"It seems one of those glitches that tony was talking about was using your new types of arrows too much."
"What are you getting at?"
"Your new arrows will have even worse effects than they did when you first started using them."
Odd frowned at the explanation. "Wow, I guess the arrows were never ready for me then." He muttered sadly. He shrugged off the bad news and said, "Eh, I'll just have to stick with my normal laser arrows for now." He switched the setting back to his laser arrows and ran on all four limbs towards the krabs attacking Ulrich.
Ulrich ran around the two krabs then muttered, "Triangulate." He surrounded one of the krabs with his triangulate and kept his running up while the krabs became confused with the action. "Now Odd!" Ulrich yelled jumping up and stabbing the eye with his katana.
"Coming right up!" Odd yelled firing a laser arrow. The arrow hit the other krab making it explode into bits of data alongside the other krab. "Yes."
"You guys got more krabs coming your way." William said more red dots started to come up near them.
"We can't keep this up. Aelita, how far away are you and Danny?" Ulrich asked as he and Odd raised their weapons keeping their guard up.
"We're almost at the Skid, and we see where the krabs are spawning." Aelita answered as they flew over the spot where the krabs were being spawned.
"We're running out of time." Odd said back as he and Ulrich walked back to the Skid keeping their guard up.
"No, we got plenty of time." Aelita said confusing everyone. "Yumi, activate 'Return to the Past.'"
Yumi typed in the command and said, "Return to the past now." A big white wave flies over everyone confusing some people unaware that they won't remember anything of what just happened.
Danny and the other Lyoko Warriors find themselves back in the cemetery with Aelita back in front of the grave. "Please tell me you were able to get Jeremy on Lyoko." Odd said as the group stares at her.
Aelita turned around and gazed at them with a sad smile. "He's in one of the towers, but I discovered that the Jeremy we saw in the virtual world was only his negative emotions." She told them making them gasp in surprise.
"Aelita, why did you activate 'Return to the Past'?" William asked curiously.
Aelita sighed, "He knew we were coming and wanted to defeat us leaving behind Jeremy's mind and the Skid. While I was looking for the information to get Yumi and William back, I was able to transfer the part of Jeremy's mind into the tower the moment 'Return to the Past' became activated."
"Your mutant powers are starting to confuse me." William admitted with a sigh.
"I know my powers are confusing to you guys, and while we could have escaped the 'Cortex,' our d.n.a. would have been scanned and kept inside their supercomputer." Aelita told them making them widen their eyes in surprise. "Yeah, I found out a lot from Tyron's supercomputer, and we're going to find the rest of Jeremy's mind and free it from Tyron."
"We'll be here to help anyway we can Aelita." Ulrich assured her. "We'll find the rest of Jeremy's mind and stop Tyron and his group from destroying the world and from taking your father's research."
"Thanks you guys." The five Lyoko Warriors group hug while Danny turns his attention to a certain tree.
Danny turned his attention back to the five Lyoko Warriors with a smile. "Well, I don't know about you guys, but I think we better find a place to go hang out." He said.
"After what just happened I'm going to have a look around the city." Odd said crossing his arms.
"I'm with Odd on this one." Ulrich spoke up with Yumi and William nodding in agreement. "We never got to view the city. Plus, now that we know Jeremy is still alive somewhere, we can start searching and figure out where the rest of his mind is being held."
Aelita nodded, "Yep, and we don't have to worry too much now since I counterattacked the attack from getting our d.n.a." She and Danny glance at each other from the corner of their eyes and nod before looking back at the team. "I'm certain Kurt and Dawn would love to show you around, wouldn't they?" She asked loud enough for the two to hear her.
Kurt jumped out of the tree in his disguise and smiled sheepishly while getting up. "Heh, how's it going?" He asked lamely.
Dawn landed on the ground next to Kurt and said, "Sorry for spying on you guys, but there were something about his aura that disturbed me, and I needed to find out what it was."
The four Lyoko Warriors looked at the moon child confusingly as Aelita said, "Don't worry too much about it Dawn. Your mutant power makes you do stupid things at times."
"Like turning da television off ven someone else was watching somezing." Kurt said raising an eyebrow at the pink haired teen.
"Maybe…" Aelita trailed off putting her hands behind her back in embarrassment.
"I remember hearing Kitty scream in fright when the lights in her room went out one night." Dawn said making everyone turn towards Aelita.
"In my defense she sneaked into my room to copy my homework for a class we shared during school." Aelita countered.
"That would have worked, but school was over when that happened." Danny said with a sly smirk.
Aelita ran her hand through her hair and sighed, "Fine, Logan told me to find a way to make sure she was prepared for anything." The three raise their eyebrows at the statement making Aelita shrug. "It's true. Plus, my power was at the start of evolving at the time so…"
"It happened on accident." Danny finished with a sigh. "That makes sense." He put his hands in his pockets and asked, "Well, what do you want to do Aelita?"
"I need to get back to the Institute and examine the part of Jeremy's mind so we can be able to find the rest of it." Aelita answered truthfully.
Yumi nodded, "Okay, I guess we'll see you guys later then."
Danny and Aelita say their goodbyes to the Lyoko Warriors and leave the cemetery leaving Dawn and Kurt with Aelita's friends. The two got into Danny's truck and buckle up with Danny starting the vehicle right after. Danny pulls out of the parking lot and leaves the cemetery completely. As they travel down the street Danny asked, "Are you okay with this?"
"If you're talking about Jeremy's decision then no, but it did save him from completely dying which makes me happy." Aelita told him with a soft smile forming on her face. "I'm just glad there is something I can do to save him."
"If it were only easy then you guys could be reconnected completely." Danny remarked with a sigh. "We'll help you get through this Aelita. I can promise you that."
"Thanks Danny. I'm glad that you're my friend after the drama between us and Rogue." Aelita cringed a bit from the thought and sighed at the drama going on in their lives. "Sorry…"
"Don't start apologizing about something behind us Aelita." Danny interrupted before she could apologize to him. "Besides, everything is back to the way it was with you guys not including the part where she knows about Lyoko though."
"That's true." Aelita brought up the avatars up in front of her and smiled, "I do like the new powers you added to my arsenal though."
"Just don't overuse those new powers."
"I'll stick with my wings instead of the flight that you got, but the brass knuckles and intangibility are nice additions to the arsenal." Aelita admitted before closing the screen.
"We might not know what Tyron is planning, but we do know that this will not be easy." Danny glanced out the window to see an apartment complex then widened his eyes. "What do we tell Tony since he isn't scanned into the super computer?"
"We don't say anything to him." Aelita answered with a shrug. "He can get involved as much as he wants, but I would rather he does not get scanned so he can abuse the 'Return to the Past' program."
"Does he even know that it exists?"
"Nope, and we need to keep it that way."
Danny nodded, "Sounds fair."
Rogue turned the television off and sighed in boredom. She got up off the couch and walked her way to the kitchen to get a glass of water. She enters the kitchen to find Logan sitting on a chair reading the paper and drinking a cup of coffee. "Why are yah drinking a cup of coffee this late in the day?" Rogue asked raising an eyebrow.
"Because I feel like it, bub." Logan responded without looking up from the paper. "Why aren't you with your boyfriend? I thought you two were out in the city."
"We planned on it, but Aelita and her friends went to the cemetery to see her boyfriend's tombstone. Danny decided to take her there to meet up with her friends." Rogue answered as she opened the cupboard up and grabbed a glass. She closed the cupboard and sighed, "Ah hope something good happens for her soon though."
Logan put the paper down and sighed, "Right, you guys just made up only for her boyfriend to die a few hours later." He closed the paper and shook his head. "One bad thing after the next…" He mutters not planning on finishing the statement.
"Ah just hope it doesn't get any worse until we're older at least."
Logan nodded as Rogue filled her glass up with water from the fridge. "True, but at least she has her friends to help her." Logan got out of the chair and gulped down the rest of his coffee. He put the mug in the sink and walked off saying, "If Charles asks, tell him I'm in the Danger Room."
Rogue watches as Logan leaves the kitchen then takes a sip of her water. 'Ah wonder when Professor Xavier would come back with Jean and Kitty.' She thought.
"Hey Rogue, I thought you were with Danny." Scott said as he and his brother, Alex, walk into the kitchen.
"He took Aelita to the cemetery." Rogue told them.
"Oh…" Scott and Alex said together not knowing how to reply to it.
"Do you know when he'll be back?" Alex asked rubbing his neck nervously.
"Why do yah want to know?" Rogue asked raising an eyebrow before taking a drink of her water.
"Well, he did promise a Danger Room session with us to see how Alex and I can do against him." Scott told her then sighed in defeat. "Unfortunately, he said he would try to do it before my brother heads back home which happens to be in a couple days."
"Are yah seriously asking about a Danny for a session in the Danger Room while he is out with Aelita at the cemetery?" Rogue asked them making smile nervously. "Ah get that he promised yah, but Aelita's boyfriend…"
"I know Rogue. I was just hoping he would have been able to do it today." Scott put his hands in his pockets and shrugged, "Oh well, I guess we'll have to try again some other time."
Rogue watched the two leave the kitchen and sighed before taking another drink of her water. 'It feels like we rely on Danny a lot these days.' She thought while turning her head to the window. 'Ah wonder where Kurt and Dawn are. It's not like them to be gone so long together.'
In a café, Dawn watches the four friends and Kurt talk about the city and keeps looking back and forth between Ulrich and Yumi. 'Their auras are saying they like each other. I guess it would only be a matter of time until they get together.' She thought before taking a sip of her herbal tea. 'Hm, they seem to be a bit happier than they were at the cemetery earlier. What is really going on with this project Aelita is keeping from the rest of the team?'
"Yeah, her powers have majorly improved since you guys last saw her." Kurt finished explaining with a smile.
"That's really good to hear." Yumi said happy that Aelita was getting better.
"Well, I think we better get somewhere more private if we're going to talk about our special abilities." Dawn said making everyone turn towards her.
"Vat do you see?" Kurt asked quietly.
"There are some people keeping an eye and ear on us." Dawn answered quietly.
"How can you tell?" Odd asked curiously.
"I can read auras." Dawn told them. "The people work for S.H.I.E.L.D." Dawn explained taking a sip of her drink.
Everyone stares at her for a few seconds before Odd asked, "Where could we go anyway?"
'This is going to be a long day.' Dawn thought with a mental sigh.
Danny parked his truck into the garage and sighed as he turned the vehicle off. Aelita looked at Danny and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
"My friend Tucker called around this time before I went into the scanner." Danny answered with a sigh. "Last time I had an excuse to avoid them. I don't have that now."
"Why are you trying to avoid them?"
"I left without much of a goodbye. I feel guilty that I left them behind without an explanation." Danny sighed at the memory of him leaving his hometown. "I use to have a crush on my best friend at the time. She, my other best friend, and I have done so much together when we were younger. I do miss them, but the call was so sudden and unexpected."
"You just didn't know what to say." Aelita summarized with a sigh.
"That and my phone was being tracked down by them as well."
Aelita blinked a couple times in surprise. "Your phone can't be tracked down though. I made sure of it."
"It wouldn't stop them from finding me."
"They really care about you, and I can tell you care about them. It's just too bad they have to be left in the dark about us being mutants." Aelita muttered distastefully. "What time did he call?"
They look down at Danny's phone as it started to ring. Danny grabbed his phone and looked at I.D. He sighed when he saw 'Tucker' on the screen. "Right now." He pressed the answer button and said, "Hey Tuck, how's it going?"
"How's it going?! The first thing you say is 'how's it going?'!" Tucker yelled angrily.
Danny and Aelita wince at the yelling. "Well what did you want me to say? I'm sorry for leaving without saying anything, but I was scared at the time." Danny started to explain.
"You still could have told us what happened and let us help you man." Tucker said with a sigh. "Look man where are you right now? We'll get the Spector Speeder and fly it over to get you."
"Uh Tuck, I rather not having you guys search for me right now. I know you guys want to help, but there are some complications." Danny leaned back on the seat and sighed, "I told you guys in the letter that my parents rejected me, but the situation has gone far beyond what you guys can expect."
"We're your best friends. Do you know how long it took for me just to find your new number?" Tucker asked as Sam walked up behind Tucker.
"Listen Tuck, I know you and Sam are trying to do what is best for me, but I'm staying at an educational place now where I'm learning a lot. Trust me when I say this, but this place has quite a few beautiful women." Danny said pushing the conversation away from him.
"You seriously did not just say that." Aelita muttered with a ting of pink on her cheeks.
"Ooh, now you caught my attention. Are there any type of ladies that would be interested in…?"
"Knock it off Tucker." Sam said taking the phone from Tucker. "Listen Danny, we need you here. I need you."
Danny sighed, "Sam, I'm sorry, but I can't come back." He exited his truck with Aelita exiting right behind him. "It's too complicated to explain, and I can't even talk about the situation."
"Danny, you are coming home." Sam said like it was the simplest thing to understand.
"No Sam, I'm not going back to Amity Park, and if I would tell you about situation you would still try to make me come back."
"You're a jerk!" Sam tossed the phone to Tucker and left the room angrily.
"Dude, what just happened?" Tucker asked cautiously.
"I think I just rejected Sam." Danny said trying to make sure of what just went on between them.
"Yeah, I'm probably going to avoid her for a few days until she calms down again." Tucker said more to himself than to Danny. "Anyway, what are the ladies around there like?"
"Not a single one of them is your type." Danny answered simply with a smirk.
"Dude! You can't do that to me man!"
"Trust me, it was worth it like old times, but on a serious note Tuck, whatever you do, please don't come looking for me. I'm not begging because I like it here which I do, but things are so far complicated you wouldn't understand most of it." Danny tried to explain.
Tucker looked at his p.d.a. and sighed, "Fine, but seriously, how am I unable to track your phone?"
"I met someone who is better with technology than you are, and she is an expert."
"I've been out-teched by a female!"
"Teched isn't a word Tuck." Danny said with a dull look in his eyes. "Look man, I got to see my girlfriend." 'I shouldn't have said that.'
"YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!"
"WHAT?!" Sam yelled from outside the building.
"Oh no, we're talking about this later Danny." Tucker hung the phone up and slid under the bed.
Danny removed the phone from his ear and said, "We're screwed."
"I even heard her yell that." Aelita said raising an eyebrow at him.
"Well, that's another conversation for later." Danny put his phone in his pocket and sighed, "I probably only made things worse by doing that."
"Well, we could go train in the Danger Room to get your mind off of it." Aelita suggested pointing at the door behind her.
"Pass, I promised to hang out with Rogue today, and I still owe her a date today."
Aelita nodded and turned around with a wave. "Then I'll just wish you guys luck on the date." She left the room with him following after her a few seconds later.
"Yah'll are back." Rogue said walking into the front lobby to find Danny coming from the garage with Aelita heading up the stairs.
Aelita turned around and said, "Hey Rogue, did anything happen while we were gone?"
"Well, Jean, Kitty, and the Professor left to recruit a new mutant signature, and…" Rogue stopped when the three heard jet engines. "They're already back."
"Sweet, let's go meet our new recruit." Danny said grabbing Rogue's hand. "See you there Aelita." He phased through the floor taking Rogue with him.
Aelita rolled her eyes and brought up Danny's avatar for Lyoko. She activated the intangibility and phased through the floor. She landed in the hanger with a thud making Rogue turn around with a raised eyebrow. "How did yah get here so quick?"
Aelita got up on her feet and said, "I not some new stuff in my equipment, and one of them is turning intangible." She wiped the dust off her behind and walked up next to Danny as the Blackbird landed.
"You are full of surprises Aelita."
"I like to keep people on their toes." Aelita said with a shrug.
"Here they come." Danny said as the hatch opened for the people to exit the Blackbird.
Charles came out of the jet first and smiled when he saw the three students waiting for them. "Ah, Daniel, Aelita, this is a pleasant surprise. I thought you two were in town." He said as he moved the wheel chair over to them.
"We just got back and heard the Blackbird." Danny explained. "Rogue started to explain that you guys went out to get a new recruit."
"Ah yes, they should be coming out now." Charles turned his wheelchair around and smiled as Jean, Kitty, and a blond haired girl came out of the Blackbird. "Rogue, Aelita, Danny, I would like you to meet Rachel McKenzie."
I am going to leave it up to you guys to find out which show Rachel comes from. I am leaving no hints on what her power is until the next chapter. Also, the next chapter will feel a bit like a filler, but you'll probably understand some things going on when I bring the next chapter up. The good news is that I already started to work on the next chapter and left some subtle hints for future chapters. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and it would be nice if I got some feedback on this chapter. Please let me know if something should be changed or not, and as always I hope you have a good day. R&R