Chapter 5: Story of the past.
A/N: I'm SO sorry that I haven't updated in SO long. I just wasn't able to get on the computer lately. So to make it up to you, I decided to update this story, since I kept you waiting with this story longer than the other one. Oh by the way, I'm working a new story. I'll update it as soon as I finish the others. I'm not telling you what it's about or the title, it's a surprise. Anyway let's start the chapter now. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko.
Odd, Rose, and the gang made it Rose's house with no trouble.
"So tell me again why are we stopping at your house again?" Ulrich said putting his stuff down.
"Because we need to rest up a bit, it's like 2:00 in the morning," Rose said.
"She's right, we need to sleep." Jeremy said.
"Anywhere we can sleep?" Yumi asked.
"There's the guest room, my room, my parents' room and the couch. My parents' room is off limits, though," Rose said.
"I'll take the guest room," Ulrich said.
"Same here," Yumi said.
"I'll take your room." Jeremy said.
"Me too," Aelita said.
"Can I take the couch?" Odd asked.
"You can sleep in my parents' room with me if you want," Rose offered.
"Wait, I thought you said your parents' room was off limits." Ulrich said
"It is," Rose smirked, "Off limits to anyone except me and Odd." Everyone groaned except Odd and Rose, who snickered.
Meanwhile Odd and Rose are getting ready for bed. Odd was in the room changing and Rose was in the bathroom. Once Odd had been changed into his pajamas, Rose came out wearing a green tank top and black and green sweat pants. They both hopped into bed and turn the lights off.
"Good night," Odd said.
"Good night," Rose said sadly.
"What's wrong, Rose?" Odd asked.
"It's just that I miss my parents so much," Rose said, "I hope they'll be okay."
"It's all right," Odd said, hugging Rose, "We'll get them back, I promise."
"Don't make promises you can't keep, Odd," Rose said, smiling.
"I wouldn't make them if I couldn't keep it," Odd said, smiling as well.
Rose snuggled into his chest and fell asleep. Odd stayed up and looked at the ceiling, "I promise I'll get them back, Rose. And put an end to the Black Talons once and for all." He then fell to sleep.
Meanwhile it was morning, and the gang was already up, making breakfast.
"Good thing we know how to cook, huh?" Yumi said.
"Correction, you know how to cook," Aelita smiled.
"No I don't," Yumi said, "I'm just making a breakfast sandwich. It's no big deal, honest."
"Whatever you say, Yumi," Jeremy said.
"Where's Odd and Rose?" Ulrich asked.
"Maybe they're still asleep," Aelita said, "Let's wake them up."
"Good idea," Jeremy said. With that, they moved on to Rose's parents' room. When they arrived, they opened the door and found Odd and Rose snuggling together.
"Aw, isn't that cute?" Aelita asked the others who nodded.
"How should we wake them up?" Yumi asked.
"I got an idea," Ulrich said. He walked up to Odd and Rose and yelled, "Odd wake up, you're missing all the food."
"What? Where?" Odd mumbled as he opened his eyes.
"Nowhere," Ulrich grinned.
"You're funny, not," Odd said, going back to sleep.
"Fine, you can go back to sleep if you don't want any breakfast sandwiches," Yumi smirked.
Odd's eyes shot open, "Breakfast sandwiches?" he asked.
"Yep," Ulrich said, "If you want any, you better get up."
"Alright, alright, I'll get up," Odd said, then he woke up Rose, "Come on, Rose, you're going to miss the breakfast sandwiches."
"Breakfast sandwiches?" Rose shot up out of bed.
"Yep," Aelita said, "You want some?"
"You bet!" Rose got out of bed, grabbed some clothes and ran to the bathroom to get dressed.
"Is she always like that?" Ulrich asked.
"Only when you mention breakfast sandwiches," Odd said, "It's one of her many favorite foods."
"Great, you have someone else to share your love of food," Aelita smiled.
"Not funny," Odd grumbled, "Now get out of here, I have to change."
"Whatever, Odd," Yumi said as she and the others walked out.
Meanwhile, Odd and Rose walked down the stairs to found their friends eating their breakfast sandwiches while there are two that remain untouched.
"What took you so long?" Yumi asked.
"We had to get dressed," Rose said.
"We know that, but it shouldn't have taken you that long," Jeremy said.
"She had to comb her hair," Odd said, pointing at Rose.
"Hey, you didn't have to wait for me!" Rose said.
"Well, I didn't know it would take you that long!" Odd shouted.
The gang laughed at their playful argument, "Anyway, let's go get our sandwiches!" Rose shouted, running to get her plate.
Odd sighed, "You and your sandwiches,"
"Hey, don't deny that you like them!" Rose said.
"I like them, I just don't get excited when someone mentions them," Odd grinned.
"Are you making fun of me boy?" Rose asked in a playful, threatening tone.
"If I was, I would be imitating you getting all excited about breakfast sandwiches," Odd grinned wickedly.
"You wouldn't," Rose said
But Odd would and he did, "Look at me, I'm running around like a maniac, trying to get my breakfast sandwich," Odd said, running around the kitchen table. That did it. Rose tackled Odd to the floor and wrestled while laughing. Few minutes later Odd pinned Rose to the ground, "You lose," Odd grinned.
"No fair!" Rose pouted.
"You two done yet?" Ulrich asked.
"Yep," Odd said, getting off of Rose.
"Let's eat," Rose grinned.
"They act so much alike, no wonder they're best friends," Jeremy whispered. The others nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile, Odd, Rose, and the others were sitting in the living room, "Okay we need to ask you two a few questions," Jeremy said.
"Shoot," Rose said.
"How did you and Odd meet?" Jeremy asked.
"We already answered that," Odd said.
"We need to know more, though," Aelita said.
"Okay, we'll tell, but listen well because we're not repeating anything," Rose said as the others nodded, "Okay it started while we were only eight. Mom and dad brought home a boy that was homeless."
"That boy was me," Odd said.
"What do you mean 'homeless'?" Jeremy said, "Doesn't Odd have any parents?"
"He did, but," Rose trailed off.
"They died," Odd said sadly. (A/N: I know Odd's parents didn't die on the show, so this is a little AU.)
"Sorry," Jeremy said.
"It's okay," Odd said.
"Do you mind telling us how they died?" Ulrich said.
"They got murdered," Odd said.
"Dennis," Odd said.
"Dennis?" Yumi asked.
"A leader of an organization called the Black Talons. Their goal is to create the perfect assassin by mixing animal DNA into human DNA, and sell to the highest bidder in the world." Rose explained.
"The perfect assassin?" Jeremy asked, "Not possible,"
"It is," Odd said, "Imagine someone with animal features and the ability to kill any way possible. Slowly and painfully, fast and easy, torturous and painful, anything."
"Not to mention that it enhances the person strength and mind, making them strong and smart. Too bad they'll be under Dennis's control," Rose said.
"Too bad for him, Dennis couldn't control me, so I manage to escape," Odd said.
"What do you mean by that?" Aelita asked.
"Odd is…"Rose paused.
"One of the people that he experimented on," Odd finished. The gang's eyes went wide.
"They've experimented on you?" Jeremy asked.
Odd nodded, "And I wasn't the only one. Before me, the Black Talons experimented on other people, and they didn't survive," The gang gasped in horror.
"What do you mean they didn't survive?" Ulrich asked.
"The experiment was too much for them. Their bodies and minds couldn't take it. Some of them managed to last for a few minutes before they had a meltdown." Rose said. The gang gasped in even more horror.
"That's not the scary part," Odd said, "Some who managed to withstand the experiment, have lost their humanity."
"What does that mean?" Yumi asked.
"It means their minds have become completely animalistic. Their human mind and conscious have completely left them," Rose said.
"So it made them go on a rampage, out of control. And once the Black Talons realized that they can't control them, they kill them on the spot." The gang gasped in pure horror.
"How horrible," Aelita said.
"Those innocent people. How could they?" Yumi said.
"And I thought I've seen worse (Xana) this takes the cake," Ulrich asked.
"If I may ask, Odd, how did you survive all of that?" Jeremy said.
"It was strange," Odd said, "When they experimented on me, my mind was completely gone, but somehow my conscious completely remained. It was screaming at me to get the hell out of there, and so I went off and destroyed anything and killed anyone that got in my way, and escaped. Once I did, I used up all my energy, thanks to my rampage, and passed out near an alley."
"At the time, my Mom and Dad found him and brought him here, where we helped him get his human mind back." Rose said.
"Why did the Black Talons kidnapped your Mom and Dad, anyway?" Jeremy said.
"Because they were once part of the organization," Rose said, "Once they found out once they were doing, they quitted."
"They knew I've been experimented on and figured that the Black Talons would come after me so they took me in." Odd said.
"We had travel all over the world for three years to make sure the Black Talons doesn't find us. When Odd and I were eleven and we moved to France, Mom and Dad had to send him to Kadic Academy so they make sure the Black Talons don't get him when they found us, while Mom and Dad home-schooled me." Rose said. (A/N: Again, AU.)
"Oh so that's why they kidnapped your parents. They know you're linked to Odd so they figured they can use you to get to him." Jeremy concluded.
"Bastards." Odd muttered.
"So what does your cat form look like?" Ulrich said.
"I'll show you," Odd glows purple as he transforms into his cat form. (A/N: If you want to know what he looks like, look on the third chapter. He looks just like that, except older.)
"Wow," Yumi said.
"Odd can't talk in this form but he can communicate with you somehow," Rose said as Odd turns back to normal.
"Amazing," Jeremy said.
"So what are we going to do?" Yumi asked.
"Huh?" Ulrich asked.
"How are we going to rescue her parents?" Yumi asked, "We can't just leave them to the Black Talons' hands."
"She's right. We need to find a way to rescue them." Jeremy said.
"What can we do, Einstein," Ulrich asked. "We don't know where they are. And even if we do find them, how are we going to rescue them we got no weapons."
"Actually," Rose said, getting everyone's attention, "We do have weapons."
Rose opens her parent's closet and found stun guns, concussion grenades, and suits, "My parents kept them just in case the Black Talons finds us."
"Cool," Ulrich said in awe.
"But where do we find them?" Aelita asked.
"I know where," Odd said, "It's in America."
"How do you know that?" Jeremy asked.
"Thanks the experiment, I'm good at remembering things," Odd sighed, "I guess that's a good thing in getting turned into a freak."
"You're not a freak, Odd." Yumi said, "You're our friend. And nothing will change that."
"Thanks guys." Odd said.
"Okay, better relax while you can," Rose grinned, "Because tomorrow you start training,"
"WHAT?" Everyone except Odd yelled.
"What? You thought me and Odd would do this without any training? You guys need to do some training before we go to the Black Talons' base."
"How are we going to train?" Ulrich asked.
"They got some training equipment in the basement," Odd said making everyone look at him, "What? How do you think me and Rose trained."
"That settles it. We start training tomorrow. So get some relaxation time. You'll need it." Rose said as the others nodded. Unknown to them, someone was watching them.
"Ah, so she came back with my project after all, and they brought friends. Good. More candidates for my experiment." Dennis said. Before he left, he put a video camera to watch their every move.
"You won't get away with this, Dennis," Tommy said from his prison cell.
"Oh but I will. And thanks to lovely daughter I have my project back, along with a few others," Dennis grinned maliciously.
'Oh Rose, please be okay,' Marie thought worriedly.
A/N: Oh wow this chapter is long! This is the longest chapter I ever wrote, EVER! Okay before I go, I decided to be merciful and at least give you the title of the new story I'm working on, but that's it! I'm not gonna update it until I finish my other stories or unless I get a review asking me to start updating it. It's called "An Odd Darkness" and I bet you figure out what's it about by using the title. And if I decide to be merciful again, I might give you a preview of it on the end of the next chapter. IF I decide to be merciful. Okay I'm outta here. Review!