Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko or any of the original characters.
Authors Note1: This story was written before the second season and is based entirely off the first season.
Authors Note2: This story takes place about three months after 'Additions'.
Key: Time change
Lyoko
Earth
Code Lyoko: Temporal Displacement
By. Tate Icasa
Ulrich, Odd, and Sissi stood back to back in the forest region. Five Hornets flew around them.
"On my signal. . ." Ulrich warned. One of the Hornets fired. "NOW!"
Odd leapt through the ari, shooting an arrow as he rolled above the Hornet. As he landed another Hornet hit him from behind. He jumped, aiming for it. From behind, he heard a laser shoot, and the one in front of him shot as well. Uh-oh. He thought. Then he felt something wrap around his ankle and he fell onto the ground. He looked up to see Sissi twirling her whip.
"Thanks." He got up and dusted off his shoulder. Then he saw Ulrich devirtualize. "I'll take that one." he said, pointing, and began climbing up a tree to get above it. He landed on its back. "Yahoooooooooooooo!"
"Odd, stop fooling around!" Jeremie chided.
"Ok, Ok." Odd said. He looked down and shot the Hornets eye. It flickered out of existence.
He looked down, and realized that he was over the Void.
He felt Sissi's whip wrap around his wrist, but then his vision became tinged. He vaguely heard the fact that Aelita was in the tower, until the vision had ended.
"Jeremie! Wait! There's something wrong with the" he was cut off as the time bubble engulfed them.
He sat up and gingerly touched his head. Ow, must have been one heck of a return trip. He looked around. Sissi and Aelita lay on the ground. Together, the three of them formed a triangle. He got up and moved slowly.
He gently shook Aelita. "Hey. Hey, wake up Princess." he said quietly. She made a small noise and opened her eyes. "Hey, are you ok?"
"I'm fine." she said, smiling. "Where are we?" She looked around. "I'm human?"
"Looks that way." Odd said. "Why don't you look around, while I wake her?" he suggested, motioning to Sissi.
She nodded, and he helped her up.
"Sissi? Hey, Sissi?" he said, shaking her gently. "Come on, get up won't you?"
She moaned softly.
"W-what happened?" She sat up.
"I don't know, exactly. Something happened to the RTM right after Aelita entered the code."
"To the what?"
"The RTM. The Return Trip Mechanism." he glaced around. "I wonder where we are. Or when, for that matter."
"I think, I think we're in the factory." Aelita said, joining them.
"What? Aelita, that's impossible! Where are the Scanners? Or the Super-calculator?"
"Maybe we're back before Lyoko was connected to your world."
"But then, that means," Sissi began, "We have no way of getting back."
"What? Where are they?" Jeremie asked, more to himself than to Ulrich.
"Huh?"
"Odd, Sissi, and Aelita. I can't find them anywhere!"
Ulrich peered over his shoulder. "Jeremie, what was that Odd was saying just before the return trip?"
"I don't know. Something's wrong with the. . .something, why?"
"Could he have know something you don't? Had a psychic vision or something?"
"I guess it's possible, but. . ." he stopped, scanning a piece of information on his screen. "That can't
be. . ." he moaned softly, and rested his head in his hands.
"What? What is it, Jeremie?"
"Something, I don't know what. . . interfered with the RTM the exact second Aelita deactivated the tower, causing a momentary negation of my coordinates. . ."
"In english, that means what?"
"It means. . .it means the super-calculator could have sent them back to any time in history. And I have no idea how to get them back."
"So, it's just a factory?" Sissi asked.
"Yeah, I guess." odd said.
"Not precisely," said a mean's voice from behind. They turned to see a tall man with curly black hair looking down at them. "I'm Steve." he said, and motioned behind him to a group of people. "And that's my team."
"Nice to meet you Steve. I'm Odd. That's Sissi and Aelita. Um, we're not from around here."
Steve beamed. "We know. From what we can judge, you're from at least five years in the future, right?"
"2005." Odd said cautiously. "How do you know that?"
"We're going to build a computer to interface with a paralell universe." Steve said. "As soon as we've got it running we're going to program a special recall to send us people from time when it's running to us now."
"But that makes no sense!" Sissi protested.
"It's a paradox." Aelita said. She looked up at Steve. "You want us to help you build the super-calculator and interface it with Lyoko?"
"If that's what you want to call it."
"So, um, Steve, what year is it?" Sissi asked.
Steve smiled. "Why, it's 1994, of course."
"They're where?" Yumi asked.
"When, actually." Jeremie corrected. "And I don't know. I don't even know what happened. Not yet." he thumped his head on the desk. "Usually, Aelita gets me information from the interface that solves the problem. . .but now we can't access the interface." He looked up at the program, but was too tired to make sense of it. "If Sissi had joined us today. . ." he murmured.
"What?"
"If Sissi had joined us today, I could have programed her to be able to use the interface. But now there's no one to program it for."
"Well, there is one way. . ." Yumi began.
"What are you talking about?"
"I could send you, Jeremie. I know you hate the scanners, but if it's the only way. . ."
"I. . ." he stopped and thought about it. "Alright, Yumi, I'll set it up for you."
"So," Steve asked. "What's 'Lyoko' like?"
Aelita drew a diagram on the table. "There are for regions." She pointed them out. "Forest, Desert Glacial, and Mountain. There are Towers scattered through them. Some allow travel within the regions or to other regions, some work as interfaces, some. . .allows Xana to act in the real world."
"Who?" Asked a red-haired womean Steve introduced as Karen.
"Xana." Odd said. "The demonic super-virus that runs Lyoko. He's always trying to take over the world."
"So, where do we start?" Steve asked.
"The super-calculator." Aelita said instantly. "It moniters Lyoko and all the other components." She sketched it out. "It's about so tall, so wide, and hands down from the ceiling." She headed towards the elevator. "Come on, I'll show you."
"Hey, Steve, you don't happen to have anyting to eat, do you?" Odd asked.
The girls giggled.
Jeremie appeared in Lyoko and landed on his face. He looked around. "Hey, Yumi, how is it?"
"Uh, you're clear. No monsters."
Jeremie looked down at himself. Blue clothes. He nodded. He was carrying a strange black and silver staff. He had a silver sash that could hold the staff behind his back.
"Ok, turn to your right a little bit, and keep going until you find the vines, then follow them"
As he turned to obey, she exclaimed. "Hey! No fair!"
"What?" He asked.
"Put your hands on your sides and pull."
"Why? What'll that do?"
"Just do it. Ok?" she said.
He sighed, but did as she said. "What the?" The cloth he was holding could have worked as wings. From the back it was dark blue, from the front light. "Wow."
"Yeah." She said, the jealousy in her voice apparent. A pause, then, "Jeremie, you've got Monsters approaching. Three crabs."
"Yumi, I can't fight monster and use the interface. And if I get devirtualized I can't come back."
"Ok, I'll phone Ulrich, he's probably dying to get back here."
"For the last time, Ulrich, are you sure you don't know where your friends are?" Mr. Delmas asked insistantly.
"Sir, I. . ." His mobile began to ring.
"Ulrich! You know that all mobiles are to be off during. . ."
Ulrich looked at it. "It's Yumi." He said pointedly.
Mr. Delmas nodded reluctantly.
"Hey, Yumi. . .you what!. . .He's were!. . .Yeah, ok. . .bye." he looked up at the principal. "I gotta go. I'll bring them back, I promise!" he called the last over his shoulder as the door closed behind him.
Mr. Delmas half stood, scratched his head, and sat back down.
Ulrich dropped to the ground behind Jeremie.
"Sweet get up." he said.
Jeremie turned. "Thanks, Ulrich."
The three crabs had them surrounded.
"So, Jeremie, hows that staff thing of yours supposed to work, anyway?"
"Uh. . ." he twisted the staff and it split into two smaller pieces. One black, and one silver. He held one in each hand. "Let's find out, huh?"
Ulrich nodded. "Your move, Jeremie."
Aelita nodded at the plans. It had been almost a week since they had arrived in the past. The plans for the super-calculator were finally finished. She yawned.
"Next, the Holo-Map. Tomorrow." She yawned. "Tomorrow." She lay her head on the table and within seconds was snoring lightly.
"Poor kid." Steve said to Odd and Sissi. "She's all but worked herself to death." he pulled a blanket over her shoulders.
"She'll be ok." Odd said. "She just needs time to adjust to haveing to rest."
"What?" Steve asked.
"Oh, yeah, she's not used to sleeping, is she?" Sissi asked.
"Nah. Meditation, probably, sleeping, no." He grinned. "Oops, sorry Steve. Guess we forgot to tell you. Aelita here is the first and only native Lyokan. Other than Xana, of course."
Aelita woke up to realize that the plans were no longer in front of her. "I. . .I must have dozed off. . ."
"Yeah, Princess, for two and a half days even. Hope you feel better, cuz Steve's stuck on your plans."
"Two and a half days!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, we were starting to worry about you."
"I guess someone should go tell Steve you're up, huh?" Sissi suggested.
"You go." Odd said.
"No, you go."
"No, you."
"No,"
"I'll tell him myself." Aelita said. "If you two are going to squabble like children."
Odd and Sissi looked at the ground guiltily.
"I'll go."Odd said.
"No, I will."
"No, I'll go."
Aelita sighed and walked out the door.
Jeremie leapt into the ari and threw his black staff. It cut straight through the Crab's eye and out the other side, ling on the ground. Jeremie picked it up.
"Nice shot." Ulrich said. "Go on, get the the tower, I can handle these two." he urged.
Jeremie looked at him. "Are you sure?"
"Just go!" he leapt, "Triplicate!" As he landed, he looked over at Jeremie. "What are you waiting for, go!"
Jeremie nodded and run toward the tower.
"Uhh, Yumi?" Jeremie said. He looked at the tower. It stood almone on an outcropping of rocks ten feet across the void. "How do I get to the tower?"
"Try flying." Yumi said.
Jeremie shrugged. He reconnected and stowed his staff and spread his wings. He glided over. "You know, that was kind of fun."
"I'll bet. Can we get to work now?"
"Impact!" As the last crab disappeared, he looked at his remaining duplicate. "Any others, Yumi?"
"None. I'm bringing you back now." She put her finger above the button.
"No, wait." Ulrich said quickly, peering into the distance.
"What? I've got nothing on my screen."
"Well it's there."
"Jeremie, Ulrich's seeing a Monster that doesn't show up on my screen."
"That's impossible." Jeremie said. "Let me see if I can figure it out."
He rearranged some screens. "Restricted? What do you mean restricted?"
"Can you hack it?"
"I can try." He began. "Ok, you should be able to see it now." He paused. "That's strange."
"What is it?"
"Probably nothing good. Why don't you come to Lyoko?"
"Um, Ok, if you say so."
The Monster looked like a cross between a plant with legs and an octopus. It was black and shadowy, and Ulrich couldn't see the eye. It was moving toward him quickly.
He slashed at one of the tentacle like apendages. Instead of breaking, it wrapped around his saber and threw it into the Void.
"Uh. . ."
"Need a hand?"
"Yumi! What are you going here!"
"Saving your life, obviously."
Just then, the time bubbled engulfed them all.
Jeremie opened his eyes after what seemed like forever. He sat up and looked around. Ulrich, Yumi, and himself appeared to be sitting in half-finished scanners.
The elevator opened, and a group of people stepped out. Among them were Odd, Sissi, and Aelita.
"Jeremie!" Aelita excaimed, rushing over to help him up. "I missed you so much!" She hugged him.
"Aw, look at the two lovebirds, reunited at last." Odd joked. "Ow! Hey, what was that for?" He complained, as an elbow connected with his ribs.
Sissi smiled sweetly.
"Hey!" Ulrich said. "Someone wanna explain all this to us?"
Jeremie and Aelita broke aparts so fas that everyone began to laugh.
"Uh, Ok, Kids, why don't you explain to your friends, while I go check on Kelli. She's alone with The Machine."
"Ok." Aelita said. "But Steve?"
"Yeah, Kid?"
"Don't turn him on until. . ."
". . .One of us has made sure there's nothing wrong with it." the three finished together.
"Huh?"
"Oh, sorry. You don't live three months with someone without learning to second guess them."
"Three months? You've got to be kidding!" Ulrich excaimed.
"Yeah, Aelita, it's only been a couple of days since you disappeared.
"We've been here for three months." Odd said. "Really!"
"But. . .then. . .why didn't you just use the RTM to come back?"
"Take a look around you Jeremie." Odd said sarcastically.
"Oh."
"Come on." Aelita said excitedly, pulling Jeremie behind her. "We can catch up in the dining room."
"Pass." Sissi said. "I'm going to go check on Kelli and Steve."
"Yeah." Odd said. "There's not enough fire extinguishers left to avert disaster this time."
"Hey, Odd, you mind explaining that comment?" Ulrich asked.
"Yeah, actually, I do mind, ok?" Odd said, sounding strangely defensive.
"What's your problem?"
"It was about a month ago." Aelita said softly. "Kelli had a part of the super-calculator hookedup and Odd let her turn it on without checking her wiring.
"We had to rebuild the entire mainframe." he sighed.
"Hey." Sissi said encouragingly. "We got through it."
"Yeah, I guess." Odd said. He stepped out of the elevator. "Hey, everybody!" he called. The people in the room looked up. "These are our frineds Jeremie, Ulrich, and Yumi."
Sissi nodded. "Ok, you already met Steve." Steve nodded. "The red head is Karen. Kelli is the brunette by the mainframe, and her twin brother Bennie is over there." She pointed and Bennie waved.
"We're heading to the dining room." Aelita said. "You want to come?"
"Nah."
"I think I'll stay up here too." Odd said.
As they filed into the elevator, Ulrich asked, "What's with them?"
"Oh, couldn't you tell?" Aelita said. "They're together."
"What!" The three said together.
"Odd and Sissi? I don't believe it." Ulrich said.
"Yes, it's true. They've been together for almost two months now." The elevator stopped.
"What on earth? Isn't this the room Xana's Mainframe is in?" Jeremie asked.
For an instant, the tables and food flickered.
"Don't mess with it!" Aelita shrieked. Then calmer. "Sorry. We're operating on very risky principles."
"Such as?"
"Such as Theoretical Temporal Bonding and Theoretical Temporal Paradox. . ."
"TTB and TTP? You can operate them?"
"Well of course. You're here, aren't you?" She paused. "It's because Lyoko isn't connected yet. The laws of time and space are looser here."
"Uh. . ." Ulrich said. "What?"
But Jeremie and Aelita were engaged in a long string of technobabble.
"Hey, guys?" Yumi interrupted.
They turned.
"No one but Jeremie understand you, Aelita." Ulrich pointed out.
"Oh, sorry." She led them to a table. "All we've got is fruit. We don't get out much, you see. What we're going here is top secret, and quite probably illegal."
"Fruits fine." Yumi said.
"So, uh, where are we anyway?"
"Not where. When." Jeremie corrected.
"Fine. When are we?"
"1994." Aelita looked around. She hit a button on the table. "He, Bennie, can you seend Odd and Sissi down here?"
"Sure 'leeta. Uh, you want I should send the plan too?"
"Yes, Bennie. And I told you to stop dropping the 'Ae' from my name."
A year later. . .
The six sat around the table.
"I think we're finally done." Aelita said.
"So lets go turn him on." Odd said, then paused. "I never thought I'd say that."
Steve looked at the six.
"When we pull that lever," he said, pointing, "You'll go back to the time they," he looks at Jeremie, Yumi, and Ulrich, "Came from. If you need to, feel free to use the RTM to get out of trouble. We'll miss you."
"Wait." Yumi said. "We're a year older than we were then."
"No, listen." Jeremie said. "If we appear on Lyoko, we can be materialzed the way we would have if we'd never left. Our cards weren't modified by our departure."
"Goodbye, kids."
"Bye, Steve."
They closed their eyes.
When they opened them again they were on Lyoko.
"I'd forgoten what it was like to be virtualized." Aelita said.
They spent some time wandering around the desert.
"And to think," Odd said. "We helped connect this place to Earth."
The ground began to shiver.
"What the. . .?"
"Those aren't pulsations!"
"What's going on!"
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