Code Lyoko: Created In Their Image
By. Tate Icasa
Chapter Three
My Rebirth
"Do you suppose she'll be. . ."
"Calm down, Jeremie. She won't try to kill anyone. You were the one who reprogrammed her, remember?"
I open my eyes.
"What happened?" I ask.
One of the humans, a blond haired boy, smiles. "Are you alright?" He asks.
My memory comes back to me, and I blink.
"Did I try to. . .?" I trail off, surprised. "I apologize. Was something wrong with my morality subroutine?"
The girl I now recognize as Yumi nods.
"Jeremie and I think you entire Emotional Program was corrupted."
I consider for a moment. "Yes, that sounds plausible." I say finally, "And what of my. . .Pet?" Ick. That thing.
"It disappeared." Ulrich says.
I take that in, then purse my lips. He won't trust so easily again, and perhaps it is for the best.
I look around at them. Pick Odd out.
"Did you ever trust me?"
"No." He says quietly.
"Good." I nod.
He looks startled.
"I will speak with you later." I turn. "There is something I have to finish first." I step into the scanner, and put my hands on the sides. The door closes and the machine whirls, and a second later it opens.
Or I perceive it was a second.
The children have gone to their school. As they should have. I walk around the building. The empty building, and then I sleep.
When I wake up, I'm no longer alone.
"Have a nice nap, princess?"
I laugh at the familiar nickname.
"I did, Programmers Kin. So, when does the sacrifice occur?"
"It doesn't."
I tip my head. "Why not?"
"You're free now, Aelita. That was the whole point."
"The point was. . .I was created to stop the human race from killing itself."
"No." He shakes his head. "The point was to create new life in our image. That was why you were created. Humankind wanted to play god."
"But then. . .what of the sacrifices?"
"My grandmother said there were. . .mistakes." He looks chagrined. (sp?)
"Then what am I to do now?"
He shrugs. "You live."
"And that's all?"
"Well, no, but it's a start."
"And where I to go?"
"Back to school. You still have a lot to learn about being human."
"I'll stay here tonight. Goodnight, Odd."
"Goodnight.
He does not realize what I've done, or that instead of goodnight, he should say goodbye.
"Oh, and Odd?"
He pauses in the doorway.
"I am incapable of loving a human, but if I could, it wouldn't have been Jeremie."
He steps into the elevator.
