This chapter was written by me and edited by AwesomeFanFictionAuthor.
This chapter begins in Lila's future, with her POV. It will switch between the present and the future, like in the last chapter.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Code Lyoko. ALL copy righting goes to MoonScoop. I ONLY own Lila. Mary is owned by AeroJester203.
Hope you enjoy the long-awaited update!
Xana's attacking with a Satellite!
In Lila's memory
We've been hiding out in our home ever since we went into the city. I haven't been outside for two years and I'm seventeen years old! Xana has been trying to find us and while I'm glad we still have a home, there are other things that I miss. Snow, rain, thunder storms. I can't even touch rain anymore. It's depressing. I miss the outside world so much. My father and I are surprised that his company buildings are still powered. I won't be surprised if they get destroyed in the future. Xana will probably discover us in time. I'm glad we have a clear view of the factory and that none of the buildings that were destroyed, have blocked our view. My father is grateful that he decided to take a house with a view, around the same area Aunt Yumi used to live in when she was a kid. She was always closer to the factory, but further from Kadic Academy. It's the same house we've always lived in... and Xana hasn't realized we've been living right under his nose. I can't help but wonder why Xana hasn't found us? I mean in hindsight, we should be easy to find. Maybe he's busy causing destruction in other parts of the world? Maybe he's just toying with us? I don't know… but one day I have a feeling he will find us, and I have a feeling that is just going to be the most heartbreaking day of my life, I think. Looking at my father, he types on the computer swiftly.
"Xana's going to attack the factory!" My father exclaims, slamming his fist, frustrated with the AI. Looking at him, I widen my eyes.
"But that means... no more connection to Lyoko! You won't be able to deactivate the towers remotely anymore!" I exclaim.
"I know... losing the factory means total victory for Xana. Lila, I still need six more years to complete the time machine. I have all the main components. We also have enough provisions, and with the library in our house we can keep ourselves pre – occupied. I may even teach you Latin," My father says, and turns his chair towards me.
"That would be nice… but then is this all we could do? I mean I get we can't go back into the city... not after Uncle Odd... well," Starting to sniffle, I hold back my tears. Getting out of his chair, he walks over to me then bends down. Taking my hands, he holds them.
"I know... I miss him too. Look, Xana's done this before. It used to be easy having Ulrich, Yumi, Odd, and your mother go to Lyoko to help her deactivate Xana's towers, when we were kids. As you know, I've created a program that has allowed me to deactivate towers from here… but Xana started becoming more aggressive with his attacks. He usually activates two towers a day now. I've barely managed to keep him under control," he explains.
"But, what about the resistance? Can't we find them and help fight Xana?" I ask.
"No, we can't... I can never bring you to the resistance," My father answers. He lets go of my hands.
"But why?" I ask, frowning. My father looks at me.
"I promised the leader of the resistance ages ago I would never involve you in this war. After all a promise is a promise," he says.
"A promise... is a promise," I nod, understanding him.
End of memory
In Mrs. Hertz's class
"Miss Smith, would you like to answer my question?" Mrs. Hertz asks me, and I wake up.
"I'm so sorry ma'am," I reply, sitting back up against my chair.
"I fell asleep."
"I can see that," Mrs. Hertz says and crosses her arms, disappointed. My classmates laugh, except for Ulrich, Odd, and Jeremy.
"Settle down! Lila, when you force two protons to clash with one another, what is that you achieve?" she asks me.
"Hmm... if these protons are of equal force, wouldn't they cancel each other out?" I ask. Mrs. Hertz nods.
"Yes, that's partially correct. If you had managed to stay awake and heard the full question, you would have the full answer. But nevertheless, well done Ms. Smith," Mrs. Hertz compliments.
My cell phone starts ringing, and one by one my classmate's cell phones starts ringing. Taking it out, I press the answer button and hold the phone close to my ears.
"Mom is that you?" I whisper… but I hear nothing but static.
I should probably refer Mary as "Mom" in public, otherwise, that would be suspicious. But if she's not answering… then what exactly is this? An attack maybe? I think. Looking at Odd and Ulrich they have also taken their cell phones out. Jeremy is the only person who hasn't taken his cell phone out. Herb might have a high IQ, but it surprises me that he's taken his cell phone out to talk during class. Nicholas is having the same problem too. Looking around the classroom, it appears everyone is having the same problems as the rest of us.
Odd, Ulrich, Jeremy, and I then look at one another. Mrs. Hertz taps her foot impatiently.
"Who's there? Is this some stupid prank?" Sissi asks.
"Sissi! As the principal's daughter you of all people should know the basic rules regarding cell phones in class!" Mrs. Hertz exclaims, walking up to her.
"No cell phones allowed during classes. They must be off before the beginning of class. Otherwise, they're subject to confiscation," Sissi recites.
"Exactly!" Mrs. Hertz exclaims and unfolds her hand to Sissi, expectantly.
"Aww…" we groan. Sissi places her phone in Mrs. Hertz's hand.
"Settle down! I want everyone's cell phones on my desk, the second class is over! You can leave them on my desk on the way out!" she exclaims.
Outside the classroom
The bells ring, signaling class is over. We unhappily relinquish our cell phones and place them, one by one, on her desk. Mrs. Hertz told Jeremy he could keep his because he did not use the phone during class. We start walking out of Mrs. Hertz's classroom.
"This will make Xana happy for sure," Odd says.
Exiting the doorway, we look to see Yumi is already waiting for us. She pants heavily, trying to catch her breath.
She must have run here from her classroom to meet us… did she experience the same problem too? I think.
Catching her breath, she says:
"Something strange happened this morning. Everyone's cell phones started ringing, and then-"
Odd interrupts her.
"Your teacher took them away right? Ours too," he says.
"A bit of a coincidence don't you think. All of those calls at the exact same time, and no one answering on the other end? I need to inform Aelita," Jeremy says.
He thinks this is Xana's doing too. Good then if we're both assuming it's Xana, it most likely is him… I think.
"I'll go with you," I offer.
"Okay, sure," Jeremy says, and we start walking to his room.
In Jeremy's room
I sit on Jeremy's bed, and Jeremy sits on his chair. He starts typing on his keyboard.
"Connecting..." the computer says.
"Aelita are you there? Can you hear me?" he asks. Getting up from the bed, I walk to right side of his chair.
"I'm here with Lila."
"Hi, you two," Aelita greets, her window opening.
"Have you seen anything strange occurring on Lyoko?" Jeremy asks.
"No, I haven't. Is there a reason to?" she replies.
"I'm not sure yet... I'll launch the scan to see if it finds anything," Jeremy says.
"I'll take a quick look around Lyoko, to see if I can locate any of Xana's pulsations," she says.
"Be safe Aelita," I say.
"I will. See you later you two," Aelita waves goodbye, and her window disappears. Jeremy starts running the scan. He is silent for a few moments.
He's so much like his future self. There would be days my father would act like I wasn't there. Those were the days I brushed up on my math skills to impress him, when he finally did decide to talk to me. I knew my father had a lot on his mind because of Xana… so he couldn't always make me his top priority. I knew how to take care of myself, I think.
"By the way, that was a good answer for Mrs. Hertz's question in class," he compliments as if he just remembered I existed.
"Thanks!" I exclaim happily.
In the cafeteria
"What did you say? You want to do what now?" I ask Odd.
"You can't take the cell phones back, that's called stealing! Don't you know that?" Yumi asks. Jeremy makes no comment, he's sitting with his face buried in his laptop, still running the scan.
"Not really. They belong to us in the first place, so it's technically not stealing," Odd defends. He takes his crescent and dunks it into something sweet he got with it. He wipes his mouth with a napkin.
"It's not like we have much of a choice," Ulrich says. "We need to stay in communication, right?"
We look over at Mr. Delmas, Mrs. Hertz, and Jim who are just sitting down for their lunch. They're thanking some guy who I guess is the chef. I've never seen him before.
"We should go now," Odd says.
"Right," Ulrich nods.
We look back to Mr. Delmas, Mrs. Hertz, and Jim who continue to eat.
Those are the main people who would be keeping an eye out on the phones. If we're going to steal them, now would be the time. Still, it's a risky move, I think.
Turning back to give Odd and Ulrich, the go ahead, I see that they're already gone.
"Boys are idiots, aren't they?" I ask Yumi.
"Yup, they are," Yumi sighs.
In Jeremy's room
After lunch, Jeremy, Yumi, and I decide to go back to his room and continue running the scan from there. Kiwi is in the room with us, resting on the bed.
We stare at Jeremy's computer screen, waiting for the scan to finish. I hear the door opening.
"Tada!" Odd exclaims. Kiwi growls as Odd drops the phones onto the bed. "It was easy, nothing to it." Kiwi smells Odd's phone and starts barking, as if he can detect there is something wrong with it.
"You better hope no one finds out about this," Yumi warns him.
"I'm hoping that this has nothing to do with Xana," Odd says. Ulrich walks into the room and takes his phone from the bed. Jeremy pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, fixing them.
"The scan is still running, and so far, it hasn't picked up any activated towers," Jeremy informs us, not even looking away from the screen.
"There's been no signs here on Lyoko, either," Aelita informs and her window pops up. "It could have just been a false alarm.'
"Hmm..." Jeremy trails off, looking down at his phone. Suddenly, he gasps, dropping his phone to his lap.
"It's Xana!" Grabbing the phone, he shows the phone with the eye of Xana on it. Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd check their phones. Going to Jeremy's bed, I grab my phone quickly and check it. We all show them to Jeremy and they're the same. They have the eye of Xana on them.
Even though this phone is my father's phone, it runs on the networks of this timeline... so it makes sense that it's affected. Thankfully, Mary is away today... otherwise should would be trapped in there. Or worse… I think.
Outside
Walking in the courtyard, we start making our way to the campus buildings.
"How come Xana would take an interest in cell phones? It doesn't make sense," Ulrich says.
"No, it doesn't. That's why I'm going to go and look at the school's antenna, see if there's anything I can rustle up. You guys wanna come with?" Jeremy asks.
"There's a meeting I've got to go to. I made a promise to Sissi," Yumi says, and runs in the opposite direction.
School antenna building
Reaching the rooftop of the building, we look to see Jim doing something to the antenna.
Why is he messing with the school's antenna? I think curiously.
"Why are you four up here? How did you get up here anyways?" Jim asks.
"Um..." I trail off. "You left the door unlocked." I lie.
"I did? Well that doesn't matter now I guess. Besides, there's no way all four of you are going to trick me into not disconnecting this antenna," he says.
Oh, that's what he's doing here. Maybe he caught on that the phones were stolen back, so he was making them unusable? Or maybe he was always going to do this. Either way, if he disconnects that antenna we're in big trouble! I think.
"See the thing is-" Ulrich starts, but he's cut off by the sound of Jim getting electrocuted. Jeremy outstretches his arms in a protective gesture. If we touch it, we get electrocuted too. All we can do is watch until the discharge seems to explode in Jim's face, knocking him off the roof.
Thinking fast, Ulrich runs to Jim and catches him by his feet. Jeremy, Odd, and I, following his lead, grab at Ulrich's waist and Jim's arms so they don't both go tumbling down. We thankfully manage to pull them back up. Ulrich and Odd support Jim by the shoulders.
"We're going to take him, to the infirmary," Ulrich says.
"Right, good luck," I say.
"We'll stay here to find out what's going on with the antenna," Jeremy says.
Ulrich and Odd soon leave. I help Jeremy connect his device to the antenna. We sit on the ledge and watch the device home in on the antenna's frequencies. It starts to tune into something, and he looks towards the city. I follow his line of vision and notice another antenna on a city building.
"What is that?" I ask.
"It's the antenna for the main television network," Jeremy answers. He seems lost in thought for a moment, then abruptly gets up. "Let's go," Jeremy says and takes the plug out of his device.
"Where to?" I ask.
"We're going to get Yumi," he answers.
Outside the auditorium
Looking outside through a window, we manage to find Yumi. She is with Sissi inside the auditorium. They appear to be signing a petition in protest of the cell phones being confiscated. Mr. Delmas and Mrs. Hertz arrive on the scene. It doesn't look like they're happy.
I start waving to Yumi, from outside the window. Jeremy does this too, until she finally notices us. She slips from the protest and makes her way to us.
In Jeremy's room
We're all standing behind Jeremy who is sitting on his chair and typing away at his keyboard. Bringing up a window on his monitor, it shows the antenna and something else.
Are those waves? I can't really decipher it… I think.
"These waves indicate that Xana is using the school's antenna to hack into the main television dish," Jeremy explains.
So… they are waves, that makes sense, I think.
"That's why all the phones rang simultaneously?" Yumi asks.
"Exactly. It was a test. If Xana gains control of the television's network dish, he can use it to gain access to the satellites that are currently in space and orbiting the earth," Jeremy replies.
"What happens then?" I ask.
"Then, he'll be able to use the satellites including a military satellite," Jeremy replies.
All of us continue looking at the computer.
"Why would Xana do this?" Yumi asks.
"I have no idea. Normally, the only thing these satellites are good for are spying. Should Xana manage to gain access to one of these, who knows? He can reprogram them for anything," Jeremy says.
"Anything's possible, it sounds like. This is serious," Ulrich says.
"That's for sure Ulrich," Jeremy agrees, and he starts typing. The scanning on the program beeps, and locks onto a tower.
"The scan's located a tower," he says.
Aelita's window pops up, she looks concerned.
"Jeremy! I found pulsations that lead to an activated tower in the polar region. Xana's launched an attack!"
My father always told me how he and mom's timing on locating towers, were always spot on. He found that weird and I do too, I think.
"We'll be right there," Jeremy says.
"Better make it fast," Aelita tells us.
"We'll use the tunnel entrance near the school," Jeremy says and getting up from his chair, Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi start walking out of his room. Jeremy follows after them, and I walk out the door. Closing the door, we leave Kiwi in the room. He starts barking.
Under the arches
Getting outside we see Sissi and her protest. More and more students have gathered. I can even see Tamiya and Milly, who are of course taking down notes, and recording it for the Kadic News.
"I'm going to stay here, just in case Xana attacks the school," Yumi decides.
"Yumi, are you joining us or what?" Sissi asks, finally noticing her. Yumi laughs nervously. Leaving her, we start running to the woods.
In the woods
Making it to the woods, we soon reach the manhole entrance. Odd pulls the cover from the manhole. Ulrich and I go down first. Climbing down the ladder, Ulrich then lands on the ground. He moves to the side and I land. Looking up, Jeremy starts climbing down and Odd finally follows him down.
"Incredible, your dog is as stubborn as a mule," Jeremy says, making his way down.
"What do you mean?" I ask looking up.
"Kiwi followed Odd here," Jeremy replies. Reaching the ground, we land and look up to see Odd climbing down. Looking at Odd, Kiwi show's his face and I realize I must have forgotten to lock the door. Odd gets to the bottom of the ladder and hops down. Running to our riding equipment, we grab them.
Afterwards
We make our way through the sewers, across the bridge, and to the lab.
Inside the lab
Jeremy goes to his chair, and Odd releases Kiwi. Kiwi runs to Jeremy who then sits on his chair. Kiwi makes himself comfortable and lays down on the floor. Typing on his keyboard, the holomap opens and the monitor' screens light up.
"I'll prepare the transfer; get ready," Jeremy says.
"Right," I nod.
In the scanner room
Reaching the scanner room, the three of us each take a scanner. I take the middle scanner, Odd takes the left scanner and Ulrich takes the right scanner.
"Aelita's making her way to the polar region. You can meet her there," Jeremy informs. "Are you three ready? I'm starting the procedure now."
"Yes, go ahead," I say.
We step inside the scanners.
"Transfer: Ulrich, Transfer: Odd, Transfer: Lila." The scanners close. Closing my eyes, the scanner starts to spin. It then starts to hum.
"Scanner: Odd, Scanner: Ulrich, Scanner: Lila,"
The scanner continues spinning, and I wait for the gush of wind and bright light.
"Virtualization!"
The gush of wind and bright light engulfs me. I'm virtualized to Lyoko.
Lyoko's Ice Sector
My vision returns, and we land safely in the ice sector. Searching for Aelita, we spot her. She waves her hand.
"Ulrich, Odd, Lila!" Aelita calls out.
"There she is!" Ulrich exclaims. We start running over to her. She meets us half-way and together we start running in the direction of the pulsations.
"I've got some good news. Xana, hasn't taken control of the TV dish yet. We've still got some time. I'm going to try to find out which dish Xana is trying to take control of. It won't be easy, that's for sure," he says.
Feeling the vibrations beneath my feet, I can feel them getting heavier and heavier.
If I'm right I think we're getting closer to the tower… I think.
Turning into a path, we start running on it.
"Where is that tower?" Odd asks.
"First thing's first Odd. I found out what Xana is going to do. His plan is to gain access to a satellite with a highly accurate and very powerful laser. When he does, he can use it to destroy anything that he wants," Jeremy explains.
"The factory should be safe. It doesn't make sense for Xana to attack himself," Odd surmises.
"That's right. This gives us time to deal with things on Lyoko."
"Sound good! But if Xana decides to target the school…" Ulrich trails off.
"Remember, Yumi's there. He'll definitely target the school. We need to warn her somehow. Without our cell phones-" Jeremy stops mid-sentence. "I think I have an idea. Odd I'm going to borrow Kiwi. He'll be our messenger."
"Sounds good Einstein! Make sure my little diggity dog gets a treat afterwards!" Odd exclaims.
Continuing to run along the path, I slip deep into thought.
I think… I've experienced this before… somewhere… could it have been from what I'm starting to remember? I think.
In Lila's memory
"A promise is a promise..." I trail off.
My father's computer alerts him and he rushes to sit down in his chair. Running to him, I go over to his side and look at the screens. They're blaring, and he starts typing frantically.
"I count... one tower activated in the mountain sector. No wait, there's another one in the desert. Okay, I can deal with two – oh god. A third one in the ice sector! No four! The new forest sector I created has an activated tower?!" My father exclaims, he then gasps.
"Impossible... now there's six towers activated! One in sector five, and one in cortex!" He stops typing for a second, as a realization washes over him.
"He's really going to destroy the factory."
The alarms on my father's computer continue to blare. He gets out of the chair and grabs my hand. He and I run up the stairs. We run to our balcony and fling the door open just in time to see a red laser firing right at the factory.
"No!" he exclaims, but he's too late. The factory falls with a deafening crash. A few moments later, we feel start to feel the ground shaking beneath us.
It's an earthquake! I think.
"Get inside!" My father exclaims. Taking my hand, we run inside and crawl under a large round table. My father holds me close to him, as debris starts falling onto the table.
I finally got to be outside after two years… only to see more destruction… I think.
End of Lila's memory
I snap back into reality, wanting to groan and restrain myself. The path we had taken, leads to the top of an ice pillar.
"According to the holomap, the tower should be across the bridge. But be careful. They're probably guarded by the –" Jeremy starts explaining. Looking to bridge across from here, we see four hornets hovering above the ice.
"The waspters. Thanks, we see them," Ulrich says.
Making our way to the bridge, we reach the front of it where the Hornets are.
Ulrich readies his katana and unsheathes it. Odd cocks his paw, reading his laser arrows, and I take my staff out.
"Don't forget, the wasp's poison will drain your life points drastically. Be careful," Jeremy reminds us.
The Hornets continue hovering above the ice.
This is…strange, I think curiously.
"They're not attacking, how come?" Odd asks.
"They're most likely stalling for time. If they stall long enough, it'll give Xana the chance to gain control of the Satellite. Try to get past them," Jeremy answers.
"Laser Arrow!" Odd exclaims and fires off a laser arrow, breaking the awkward standoff.
"Exardesco! Exardesco!" I exclaim. My amulet starts glowing and then stops. Swinging the staff, I launch two fire bolts at the Hornets. The Fire bolts miss. Odd's laser arrow misses his hornet.
Looking to our right, Ulrich and I look at Aelita who is trying to sneak to the front of the bridge. The Hornets spot her.
"Aelita don't!" I exclaim.
"It's not safe!" Ulrich exclaims.
The Hornet fires its acid. The putrid bubbles pop from it, and Aelita is forced to get up from the ground. She starts running back to us.
"Aelita, you can't take any risks with these wasps. Odd, Ulrich, and Lila will handle them."
Reaching us she pants heavily.
"I'm sorry – I thought I could try and get through while they were distracted," she explains.
I look at her.
"Don't worry us like that. We'll take care of them, like Jeremy said," I say.
"Right," Aelita nods.
"It looks like there's not much of a choice. One of you are going to have to make a sacrifice."
I start to pull my sword out and Odd puts his hand in front of me, stopping me.
"I'll take care of it. Lila, I know you have that fire wave spell of yours and can take care of all of them in one fell swoop. You should use it for emergencies only," Odd says.
"Are you sure Odd?" I ask.
"I'm sure. And... now!" Odd exclaims and he starts running at the Hornets. Cocking one of his paws, he starts firing his laser arrows.
"Odd!" Ulrich exclaims.
"Come on, we have to go now!" I exclaim. Looking back at Odd, who is dodging the acid, Ulrich nods. We start running along the bridge.
"Uh guys bad news. Xana's just gained control of the satellite!" Jeremy exclaims.
No way... I think and continue running. I frown.
I can't help but wonder why Xana is going to use the satellite. Is he really going to use it to destroy the school? Or use it for something else? I think, concerned.
"Lila are you okay?" Ulrich asks, noticing the look on my face.
"Yeah... just a bit worried," I reply, faking a smile.
"It looks like our assumption was right," Jeremy says, "The school is going to be targeted by the satellite."
Reaching the end of the bridge, it leads us to the top of an ice glacier.
The tower should be here… but it's not? Could Jeremy have gotten it wrong? I think.
"Shouldn't the tower be here? This doesn't make sense," Ulrich says, confused. Looking back at the beginning of the bridge, we can see Odd is still being chased by hornets. The Hornets fire off regular red lasers, the lasers hit him, and he tumbles forward on the ice. His body sparks. Watching him, he cocks his paw.
"Odd, you're down to just ten life points."
Odd fires off two laser arrows. He misses all three. Odd bows his head in defeat. The Hornets seem to suddenly lose interest in him and then turn their attention to us.
"The tower is nearby, it has to be. The holomap is never wrong. The tower must be there." Jeremy mumbles, frustrated.
Ulrich takes out his katana, and I take my staff out. The Hornets begin firing at us and Ulrich blocks Aelita with his katana blade. I use the sword-like end of my staff to block the lasers with Ulrich. He blocks another laser. Aelita starts running, to find the tower that is supposed to be here.
"Triplicate!" Ulrich exclaims and makes two copies of himself. Using their super sprint, they run around the hornets forming a triangle. One of the Hornets goes off to search for Aelita.
"No, you don't!" I exclaim. "Exardesco!"
My amulet starts glowing and swinging my staff, I launch my Fire Bolt at the hornet. The Fire Bolt makes an impact, destroying the hornet.
"Go and find Aelita. Make sure she's safe!" Ulrich exclaims. "I'll handle them!"
"Right!" I exclaim. Running in the direction Aelita had ran, I look down and spot her pacing around. She looks confused. I jump down from the ice glacier and land safely.
"Lila this is crazy, but the pulsations lead here. I still can't find the tower and Odd was just devirtualized! We're running out of time!" Aelita exclaims.
"I know we are but think: the tower is definitely here. If we remain calm we should be able to find it and –" I start to explain, but then we see one of Ulrich's clones from the top of the glacier being wiped out. The three remaining hornets fire their regular lasers at Ulrich, who is unable to block all three of them at once. He yelps and falls down, hitting the ice hard and blacking out.
"Ulrich! Aelita, I'll take care of them! The tower is here somewhere, you'll find it. I'm sure," I say. Aelita nods and goes off to start searching for the tower again.
I start running over to Ulrich's unconscious body. Reaching him, I then take my saber out. The Hornets start charging their lasers at me.
"Ignesco!" I exclaim. My sword slowly ignites with flames, it then fully engulfs it. Swinging my sword, I unleash my fire wave at Hornetsnets. The Hornets fire off their lasers, the wave manages to evaporate two of the lasers. The third hornet had shot a type of laser that somehow can withstand the heat of my flames. The flames make an impact with all three hornets, but I'm hit from the laser that passed through. It knocks me out.
In Lila's memory
Our home stops shaking. My father and I crawl out from under of the table. Running down the stairs, we run down to check on the lab.
...
Reaching the lab, he looks at the damage that was done. Going to his computer, he checks the monitor. I walk over to him and looking at it, there's nothing there but white static.
Turning to my father, he then clenches his hand in defeat.
"I can't believe Xana really did it..." he trails off. Holding his hand, he starts crying.
"Now – now there's nothing I can do to stop the destruction that's coming! Things are going to get worse for the rest of humanity." Looking at him, he takes his glasses off. Drying his eyes with his arm, he then takes his glasses and puts them back on. He pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, fixing them.
"Things... things can get worse?" I ask.
He nods.
End of memory
Waking up, my vision is returning slightly, and I can barely see that Aelita is trying to shake me awake. Grunting, I let her know that I'm awake and she stops shaking. My vision returns and I tell her:
"I took out those hornets… but one of their lasers got through to my attack somehow. It knocked me out."
"That's strange, it must have slipped through. I have some good news. I think – I think I found the tower!" Aelita exclaims happily.
"Go on then, we'll be okay," Ulrich says. Looking at him, I can tell that the fall he had from earlier took a lot out of him. He probably just woke up a few seconds before me.
Aelita starts running along a small path and passes through a waterfall. Looking at the waterfall, I can see a faint red light coming from.
"Oh of course! Nice job Aelita, now I get it," I smile.
"What?" Ulrich asks and then looks at where I'm looking. He smiles too.
"Makes sense now," he says.
Hearing Jeremy's voice, he says:
"Return to the past now!"
A big white bubble engulfs us and sends us back in time to the beginning of the day.
Earlier the same morning
POV Lila's
Waking up in my room, I look over to see Mary typing on the laptop again. She stops and makes the realization that we've used the return to the past program. She turns to me and smiles.
"How did things go while I was away?" Mary asks.
"Not so good... Xana attacked us with a Satellite," I reply.
"That's what that shaking was then. And the laser I saw hitting the grounds of your school. I was concerned... I'm just glad you're all okay..." Mary trails off. I look at her.
"Mary - do - do you recall when the factory was destroyed in the future?"
"Yes. I remember it from what your father told me."
"I remembered it myself... and I was seventeen at the time. These recent Xana attacks, the satellite and the ones with the creature Finson created, they've triggered some major memories."
"I'm sorry you've had to deal with this. Did you remember anything specific?"
"Well..." I put my finger up. "A lot honestly. The factory being destroyed like I mentioned, my father wanting to teach me Latin. Mourning future Odd. And my father made some strange promise to the leader of the resistance: to not keep me involved in the war."
Mary looks at me, "That's peculiar. Why would he do that? I've gone through my data banks before, and do not recall that conversation."
"How strange… and how was travelling?" I ask.
"Good, I gathered a lot of intel about the current state of the world. Something I wanted to experience myself."
"Good, I'm glad," I smile.
"When Xana attacks again, I hope you don't experience more memories. Reawakening forgotten memories through trauma is not healthy. Lila, I'm concerned," Mary says, frowning.
"I'm sure I'll be fine Mary. To be honest, they kind of concern me too," I say.
"We can only hope for the best then," Mary nods.
"Yeah," I nod.
Later
Outside the cafeteria
I meet up with the others. Odd, places a poster he made on the cafeteria's window. Looking at the poster, it shows an x over a cell phone. Next to the cell phone is a note, I smile at the handy work.
Sissi opens the door. Walking down the steps, she looks at the poster on the window.
"What's that? An invitation to a party?" she asks hopefully.
"Not exactly..." Odd trails off.
"Then what is it?" Sissi asks, she starts to read it. "All students, this is an official school policy reminder. All cell phones, and other electronic devices must be off before entering a classroom. Under penalty, of having them confiscated." She look at us, and we smile.
"Amazing! All of you are teacher's pets, humph!" she exclaims. "I'd like to see a teacher take my cell phone away, my father wouldn't let that happen!"
"She's hopeless," Ulrich says, and we start laughing.
I just hope the memories I experience won't bother me in the future. And I still can't believe that hornet's laser got through to my fire wave somehow. I'm sure it was just dumb luck, I think.
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P.S. I wanted for this to be a surprise but... we are just TWO chapters away from Code: Earth. Yes that's right, we have two MAJOR time skips happening. The first takes place after my version of "The girl of his dreams." I will skip to the episode: "The trap." The missing episodes in between the girl of his dreams and "The Trap," will be referenced by Lila in "The Trap,". After "The Trap," I will then be skipping ahead to Code: Earth because AeroJester203 and I have a lot plans for this story that needs to happen soon. If I wrote all of season 1 it would take forever. The missing chapters after "The Trap," will of course be referenced by Lila in Code: Earth. Big thanks again to AwesomeFanFictionAuthor who edited this chapter. Check out the stories on Awesome's profile, I highly recommend Code: Revenge. It's great! Until the next chapter, stay tuned!
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