This chapter was written by me and edited by AwesomeFanfictionAuthor.
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The Trap
In Lila's room
POV Lila's
Dear Diary,
Three months have passed since I saw a girl who looked like Aelita. Her name was Taelia. Unfortunately, she didn't feel like she belonged at the school, and decided to leave. Might be for the best considering I did punch Taelia, when she made fun of Aelita. Since then, we've been battling Xana one attack after the other. The attacks consisted of rats that Xana possessed, and trust me that wasn't fun at all. The next one after that he used hornets. Sheesh, what's up with Xana possessing animals? I mean, rats are gross but hornets can actually kill a person you know! And, poor Kiwi got stung! Thankfully, with a return to the past, everything was set back to normal. Jeremy tried a new approach to materializing Aelita. He almost lost her again... and she sacrificed herself to deactivate the tower. But thankfully, with a strand of her hair Jeremy materialized to Earth, he was able to fully restore Aelita. I was crying like a baby though when we thought we had lost her for good. She's such a special person and saved our school during that attack, when the building was beginning to crumble. Odd and I had to help Milly and Tamiya, who didn't even hear the announcement that the school was being evacuated. But, with the return trip and that lucky strand of hair, everything turned out okay.
That's what I've been doing these past few months... and to top it off, this week makes a year since Jeremy turned the supercomputer on. It also means...I've been stranded in this timeline for almost a full year. I'm technically 24 years old. But because of my age decreasing with time traveling… I should be 14 any day now. It's a shame I don't know when my own birthday is. My dad and I only celebrated it when we could, and it was a different month whenever we would celebrate. Some years we couldn't really because of Xana. Mary and I have gotten much closer too. She and I fight well on Lyoko as a team. Her attacks are great for whenever we're dealing with groups of monsters on Lyoko. We still have quite a bit of money left from the lotto she won way back when. She told me that today she'd be away, as she needed to buy something. I have no idea what though. Anyways, I probably should get going to physics class. Write more soon!
Lila.
In Mrs. Hertz's class
Sitting in class next to Jeremy, I take notes on Mrs. Hertz's lecture. Mrs. Hertz's turns to us, and asking a question Jeremy ponders on the question Mrs. Hertz just asked. I raise my hand enthusiastically, and Mrs. Hertz's nods. Answering the question, I answer it right. Ulrich and Odd seem surprised, as usual. Jeremy can't help but smile. We continue taking notes, while Odd doodles. Mrs. Hertz's demands the doodle be confiscated, and is clearly tired of Odd's antics. Herb laughs at this. Despite Herb's laughter, Odd can't help but smile at his own artistic prowess. Mrs. Hertz angrily taps her foot to get Odd's attention. She calls on him to solve an equation, knowing he isn't paying attention. Once again, Herb starts laughing. Odd blows a raspberry at Herb, and Mrs. Hertz scolds Odd again, then goes over to turn the projector screen on. She brings up a few equations using the projector screen, and I start writing down notes again.
In Mrs. Meyer's class
When the bell rings we go right from Mrs. Hertz's class to Mrs. Meyer's. There's a test today, seems Odd forgot. I look at everyone who's still writing down answers for their exams. Mrs. Meyer walks to the front of the row where Ulrich is sitting by himself. Odd and Jeremy are sitting together, and I'm sitting behind them.
"Is something the matter you two?" Mrs. Meyer asks, looking at Jeremy and me.
She must have noticed we hadn't written anything down in a while. Then again, Jeremy and I have both been doing well in this class, I think.
"No ma'am. I've completed the exam," I reply.
"So, have I," Jeremy says.
Some of our classmate's gasp, murmuring among themselves. Mrs. Meyer takes Jeremy's exam, and looks over it.
Why are they still surprised we finish tests early? It's been a year, I think.
"You've done an excellent job," Mrs. Meyer compliments. Then she picks up my test and scans it over, noticing a few obvious wrong answers I purposely wrote in.
"You did well too Lila," Mrs. Meyer nods.
"Thank you," I say, and she goes to stack the exams on her desk.
"Everyone please continue working," Mrs. Meyer requests.
"I forgot today's her birthday," Jeremy says under his breath.
"Jeremy, you can leave if you wish. You too Lila," Mrs. Meyer says.
"You don't have to go, you can help me out you know," Odd jokes in a hushed whisper.
Jeremy gets up. I get up as well.
"I forgot, today makes exactly a year since we've met Aelita," he says and starts walking away. I walk with him.
"It's Aelita birthday today… did you remember?" Odd asks, whispering to Ulrich.
"No. That's right it is. I completely forgot," Ulrich replies.
"Who are you talking about?" Sissi asks.
"None of your business. Stay out of it," Ulrich replies and we leave the classroom.
After class
By the vending machine area
Jeremy and I wait by the vending machines for the rest of the gang to get out of class. Finally, the bell rings, and the rest of them join us, excluding Yumi. Ulrich puts a coin into a slot to make a selection, he scans his finger over the drink options.
"I can't believe it's been a whole year," Ulrich says and picks a number. His drink dispenses into the cup and Ulrich takes it.
"It's been a whole year and I still haven't even managed to materialize her," Jeremy says sadly.
"True, but look at the bright side: we've protected her from Xana. It's only a matter of time," Ulrich tries to reassure Jeremy, then takes a sip of his drink.
"How about this? Instead of going to lunch, let's use the lunch hour and throw her a surprise party. I'm sure she'd like it," Odd offers.
"Great idea!" Jeremy exclaims. "Let's go to the factory!"
"Okay!" I exclaim happily.
"I'll catch up with you guys soon. I made a promise to Yumi that I'd see her after class," Ulrich says.
"Okay! Meet with us when you can," I smile. Ulrich nods, and we start making our way to the factory.
In the tunnel
I'm glad we decided to walk to the factory… it's kind of nice when we're not in a rush, I think.
"Speaking of birthdays, tell us Lila, when's yours?" Odd asks.
"Tomorrow actually," I reply.
"Huh, it is?" Jeremy asks.
"Your birthday is the day after we formed the group? How cool is that!" Odd exclaims.
"It is, yeah," I reply.
It's been a whole year since I joined the team… a year I've been in the past. I'm not sure when my actual birthday is, but October 11th is a better date than nothing, I think.
Inside the factory
We make a run for the factory, hoping nobody sees us. Using the momentum from our run, we grab onto the hanging ropes and swing down. Once we hit the ground, we make our way to the freight elevator.
"I wonder what kind of present I should get for Aelita?" Jeremy asks. "Lila, since your birthday is tomorrow, is there anything you want?"
"No! Of course not, I'm not into presents. Thank you though," I reply.
"I have an idea for Aelita's gift. You can program her a digital cake, that would be neat, huh?" Odd asks.
"Hysterical Odd," Jeremy replies sarcastically. Jeremy presses the red button, but the freight elevator doesn't start. He presses it again, still nothing. He button smashes it a bit, but still, nothing. He sighs and gives up.
"Einstein, what's the matter?" Odd asks.
"Please tell me the freight elevator isn't broken," I reply.
"Might not be broken. Perhaps a power cut of some type. There's a couple of fuse boxes in the control room we can check out," Jeremy says.
"Okay, let's go," Odd says.
Main control room
Looking around in the main control room, I can tell this place hasn't been touched in a long time. There's a lot of dusty machinery in here. I notice the main feature of this room, an old conveyor belt.
I guess this place use to be some sort of old assembly line? Weird, I think.
"It's been ages since we've been here. I'd nearly forgotten what this place looked like. It's neat, isn't it?" Odd asks.
"A hunk of junk more like it," Jeremy replies, walking to the stairs.
Hunk of junk or not, this place still gives me the creeps, I think, shivering internally.
Hearing a faint sound close by, Jeremy seems to hear it too. Reaching the stairs, we start walking up them. Suddenly, we hear a loud bang from somewhere within the factory.
"What could that have been?" Jeremy asks.
"Let's go find out," Odd replies. Going back down the stairs we see the conveyor belt moving.
"What in the world?" I ask.
"IT'S A TRAP!" Odd exclaims. Several pieces of machinery start moving menacingly in our direction. Odd and I get into a fighting stance. Jeremy's phone starts ringing, and he answers it.
"Yumi, is everything okay?" Jeremy asks. There's a short pause. "In the elevator? That's the loud crash we heard. We're trapped in the machine r-"
Odd and I cut Jeremy off, pushing him to the side to protect him from the machines coming at his head. Jeremy falls to the ground. The machinery whirls around and tries to hit us, but we duck. Odd grabs a pole from the ground. He starts screaming and runs to the mechanical arm, swinging the pole at it. He fights off the mechanical arm and suddenly, the machines stop.
Now's my chance, I think. The machines start up again. I grab a pole from the same place Odd did and come at the machines, swinging. Two different mechanical arms start whirring and try to attack Jeremy then me. Jeremy continues to duck under the mechanical arms. I swiftly dodge the attacks and strike the arm twice.
Odd fights off against his mechanical arm, hitting it with his pole. However, the mechanical arms use their hands to grab mine and Odd's poles. They bend the poles at a 90-degree angle and toss them aside. I look at Odd and see the color drain from his face.
Oh man… I groan internally.
"We should leave now," Jeremy says.
"Really, genius?" Odd asks. One of the mechanical arms grabs Jeremy, who starts screaming. Grabbing him by the scruff of the neck, they fling him onto the moving conveyor belt.
"Jeremy!" Odd and I exclaim in unison.
Two of the machines whir, grabbing Odd and I.
"Put me down!" I exclaim, flailing my arms, trying to break from its hold.
"What she said!" Odd exclaims.
The machines drop us on the assembly line, and we start crawling over to Jeremy. Just as we reach him, the mechanical arms swing at him, and he gives a yelp. He manages to duck under it.
One of the mechanical arm's hand starts to drag itself across the assembly line.
This is just crazy! I think.
Jeremy yelps again and the line brings us closer to the end, where the scrap metal gets crushed. I gulp.
"Let's go, there's a way up there!" Odd exclaims, pointing to a ledge nearby. Odd jumps to the ledge and I jump on the other side of it. Jeremy jumps onto it, and we swing back down to the ground.
"This way!" Jeremy exclaims. We run down the stairs, and, once we're out of danger, we take a breather.
"If this were Lyoko, it'd be much easier," Odd says while panting.
"Aelita's most likely in danger. She's going to need yours and Lila's help," Jeremy says.
"How can we get to the lab?" I ask.
"We'll use the boiler room access," Jeremy replies.
Odd takes out his phone out and punches in a number.
"Yumi? How is everything?" he asks, there's a short pause.
"Jeremy, Lila, and I are heading to the lab now. Good luck," He replies, hanging up.
Boiler room
"Xana really has it out for us this time," Jeremy says.
"Yumi said she'd meet us in the lab. She's using the shaft access," Odd informs. I hear creaking from the boiler, and steam is spurting out.
The boiler usually doesn't make that sounds… I think, a bit concerned.
"What's going on?" Jeremy asks.
"Something doesn't feel right..." I trail off.
"Are you guys ready for a hundred-yard dash?" Odd asks.
"I'd prefer math over gym," Jeremy replies.
"Me too," I nod.
"You two won't be needing math here. On your marks..." Odd trails off.
"Go!" he exclaims. He starts running.
Wait, what happened to get set? I think.
I start running and soon catch up with Odd. Jeremy falls behind, and for a moment becomes enveloped in thick smoke. He quickly sprints past the smoke and catches up with us.
The boiler's noises are getting worse. That thing is gonna blow! I think
"We're not going to get out of here in time!" I exclaim.
"Hit the deck!" Odd yells and we make a last-ditch effort. The boiler explodes, the room to start shaking, and the smoke envelops us.
In the lab
We can't see, the smoke is too thick, but we hold on to each other and move forward.
"Lila, Odd, Jeremy! Are you guys there?!" Yumi calls out. We follow Yumi's voice to the lab, where the air is clear. When we get there, we're able to let go of each other.
"You're all here! I was so worried!" Yumi exclaims and runs over to us. She gives Jeremy a hug.
"The boiler room just couldn't handle us," Odd jokes. Sitting down on his chair, Jeremy takes his headset and puts it on. He starts typing on the keyboard.
I'm just glad we made it out in time… I think.
Taking out her phone, Yumi dials a number. The factory continues to shake from the aftermath of the explosion. I walk over to Jeremy's side and see that he's started a scan.
"I've started the program to search for the exact location of the tower," Jeremy informs.
"Right," I nod.
"Aelita, are you there? Can you hear me?" Jeremy asks.
"Oh... I see. Is Sissi doing okay?" Yumi asks, still talking on the phone. "Try to hold out if you can, we're going to Lyoko," she says. She hangs up.
"The water is rising in the elevator. Ulrich has a broken arm and he can't swim," Yumi informs.
"I can't get through to Aelita," Jeremy says.
A window on the holosphere pops up and blinks.
"I've confirmed the tower's location. All I have to do now-" Jeremy starts and Aelita's window pops up.
"Jeremy!" she exclaims in relief.
"Aelita, thank goodness. How is everything?" Jeremy asks.
"I've been trying to get in touch with you for ages," Aelita answers.
"We had a bit of a problem... Xana managed to trap us in the factory. Ulrich's in trouble. Yumi, Odd, and Lila are on their way to Lyoko. We need to move, and fast," Jeremy explains.
"Right. We're on our way," I say. Climbing down to the scanner room, Yumi takes the right scanner, I take the middle scanner, and Odd takes the left scanner.
"Yumi, Odd, Lila. Everything is ready. The tower is in the desert."
We step into the scanners.
"Transfer: Yumi, Transfer: Odd, Transfer: Lila."
The scanners doors close.
"-Hang on Ulrich, I need to continue the procedure," Jeremy says, it sounds like Ulrich called. Closing my eyes, the scanner starts to spin.
"Scanner: Yumi, Scanner: Odd, Scanner: Lila."
The scanner continues to spin and begins humming.
"Virtualization!"
The gush of wind and bright light envelopes me. I'm virtualized to Lyoko.
Lyoko's Desert Sector
My vision returns as we land in the desert sector, in front of the tower. Three Krabs are guarding it, and they spot us. They start to charge their lasers. Yumi takes out her fan and I take out my sword. The Krabs fire their lasers. Unsheathing my sword, I take it out and block one of the lasers. Yumi uses her fan to block another.
Odd dodges the third laser and Yumi throws her fan. The fan flies to one of the Krabs, but the Krab fires a laser at it, and the fan falls to the ground. Yumi brings it back with telepathy.
"Aelita, it's time for you to do your thing. Odd, Yumi, I'm going to need a distraction," I say to Aelita who is hiding behind a slanted rock.
"What are you going to do?" Yumi asks.
"It'll probably drain all of my life points, since I never used a fully charged superwave before... but that should give Aelita the chance to get to the tower," I answer.
"Okay, on the count of three. One, two, go!" Odd exclaims and jumps in the air. He fires off several laser arrows, getting the Krabs' attention.
"Ignesco, Ignesco, Ignesco," I chant. The flames in my sword start to flicker.
Yumi throws her fan into the air. The Krabs fire at the fan, knocking it out of the air. Yumi runs over, slides on the ground, and picks her fan up. The Krabs chase after the others, as my flames continue to grow.
"Ignesco, Ignesco, Ignesco," I continue to chant.
"Lila, that attack is drastically draining your life points!"
"I know, that's the point! If we're not fast enough, Ulrich and Sissi aren't going to make it!" I exclaim and continue to chant in Latin.
"Ignesco, Ignesco."
Odd and Yumi keep dodging the lasers from the Krabs, and I feel Aelita's eyes are on me. I ready my hands, and my sword's flames ignite and grow.
"You're already down to fifty life points!"
Ugh... this attack really should be used sparingly, I think. One of the Krabs notices me and starts charging its laser.
"Now Lila!" Aelita exclaims.
"IGNESCO!" I shout.
I swing my sword. Odd waves goodbye to the Krabs. He and Yumi run away from the incoming flames, getting out of range of the incoming attack. The flames completely engulfing the three Krabs.
Looking down at myself, I see my body devirtualizing.
"Aelita, quickly now's your-" I start to say. Aelita runs to the tower, and just as I devirtualize, I see her enter the "doorway."
In the scanner room
I'm back in the scanner, panting heavily. The scanner doors open, and I collapse to the floor.
Definitely... not using that attack for a while, I think.
Yumi and Odd's scanners open up. Odd gives me a thumbs up, and I smile.
A big white bubble appears, and it engulfs all of us sending us back in time.
Earlier that day
In Jeremy's room
Holding the surprise cake, we bought for Aelita. We hide it behind our backs and look at her on the computer screen. She seems confused.
"Get ready Aelita," Jeremy smiles.
"For what?" Aelita asks.
"You'll see," I smile.
Odd's idea was okay, but a real cake is better, I think.
"Can someone please tell me what's going on?"
"It's something from here," Odd says. We wait a moment for dramatic tension, then unveil the cake.
"Happy birthday Aelita!" we cheer. It's a coffee cake with whipped cream, strawberries, and one candle lit on top. We laugh.
"I don't understand," Aelita says, scratching her head.
"Today makes exactly a year since we met you and formed the group," Jeremy explains.
"Yup. You can let me have your slice," Odd jokes.
"He's got a one-track mind," Yumi says.
"Don't pay attention to him," Jeremy reassures.
"Four eyes, why don't you go and speak for yourself?" Odd asks.
"Can you guys chill out?" I ask.
"I guess... after all, it is your birthday tomorrow! You can get me an extra slice," Odd replies.
"Heh, we'll see," I say.
"It's your birthday tomorrow?" Yumi asks.
"Yup, sure is," I reply.
Ulrich seems relatively quiet, and I notice he's looking at the doorway. He stays like that for a moment, then turns back to us.
In Lila's room
Opening the door to my room, I close it quietly. Turning to the direction of my bed, I see Mary is holding a small cupcake on a plate with unlit candles on it. The candles read 14.
"You didn't have to..." I trail off.
"I did. I have one last surprise. I can hack into the French government and give you an official birth certificate. What date would you like?"
"October 11th, 1992 should be the date," smile.
"Tomorrow will be the 11th. Excellent choice. Then, I'll hack into to the French government tonight, so it'll be ready tomorrow," Mary nods,
"Happy 14th," she smiles.
"Thanks, Mary," I smile. "Thank you so much for everything." I blow the candles out and smile.
And done! We are in the home stretch everyone! Just two chapters left until we complete season 1! Next chapter is titled: "Welcome to Earth… Aelita," as it is my version of Code: Earth. The original Code Lyoko story was set between 2002-2005. This story purposely began in 2005. Tackling the timeline for this story was a bit difficult, so if the dates seem off from the show, don't worry about it. I just want everyone to enjoy this story because my version of "Code: Earth," will be worth the wait! There should be an update no later than June 2nd!
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