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Author's Note: First off, please let me apologize for my absence. Life got in the way, as things have been getting busy for everyone. I wanted to update this chapter a while back, so it's been on a hiatus longer than I wanted to. Like I said, life got busy.

Second: Happy Valentine's Day everyone! To my old readers and new, this is a special chapter just for you! (Rhyme intended, ha.) But in all seriousness, have a safe and enjoyable Valentine's day if you celebrate it.

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New Adventures: A Bad Turn

Inside Lila and Aelita's room

POV Lila's

Dear Diary, it's been a few weeks since Cameron left school. Our coffee date went just about as well as it could have. Given that I didn't actually have coffee, we merely talked while he sipped his own. Cameron did mention something though… He told me he's been having nightmares. Of killing future Aelita.

For some reason, he seems to be remembering what the chip made him do. I told him that they must have been just bad dreams and not to worry about them. Aelita is clearly alive, so he didn't kill anybody. He didn't seem so sure but decided it was best not to push for answers he didn't want to know.

After we said our goodbyes he promised to write to Jeremy, Emily, and I, as well as a few other of his peers once he got back to America. I'm glad he's okay, honestly.

Xana's chip really messed with him. The chips that affected Aelita and I were functionally different than Cameron's chip but looked identical. It was still scary to see him fight against Xana's will. And Cameron won, in a way. If he didn't relay to us what future Aelita said to him, we most likely would have never been able to save him. It's a good thing his chip effectively erased his memories.

I can't imagine the difficulty he must have had before his memories were erased. He must have had enough free will of his own to understand what he was doing, to try and fight Xana's will, but at the same time not enough to actually make THAT much of a difference. I feel terrible.

And… I feel terrible for Aelita. She's been having nightmares of her own. I try to calm her down, and I try to get her to tell me what kind of nightmares she's been having. It involves Cameron. That's all she'll say.

I can't help but wonder if she is experiencing her future self's death in her nightmares, because of what Cameron did. I mean… she experienced her own funeral. I can't imagine what she must be going through. I hope she'll get better soon. I'm concerned.

I should get going. Today, I found out there's going to be some sort of car driving exercise. I need to talk to Delmas about being excused from it. As essential as driving is for a young teen, I'm not sure that I'm ready for it. I have anxiety problems. And fainting problems. Now, those problems haven't happened in a while, but putting a girl like myself behind a wheel with those problems… is just asking for an accident to happen. Anyways I should get going.

Lila.

Afterwards

Inside Principal Delmas's office

Mr. Delmas offers me a chair as I sit in it. Thankfully I had put my headphones and music pod away in my backpack, before entering his office. I didn't want to seem rude or anything.

"Ms. Smith, my secretary Nicole, has told me you have some concerns regarding the driving exercise that is planned for today?" Mr. Delmas asks.

"I do sir. Given my medical history, I think it's best that I not attend the exercise today," I reply.

Mr. Delmas folds his hands,

"I see… I see. Well Ms. Smith, I'd be more than willing to let you sit out of today's exercise and study in the library. However, when you first arrived here your mother Mrs. Smith, did not give us your medical records. And, when Miss Stones arrived here, we did not receive the proper adoption papers between you and Miss Stones. Nor did we receive the Miss Stones' prior medical history."

"Ah… well, there's a perfectly good reason for that sir," I say.

"Yes, Ms. Smith?"

"You see sir…. Right after my mother adopted Aelita, she had to take off on another business trip. She works for this company, and she travels often on their behalf. I'm not entirely sure what she does exactly for them, but she didn't have the time to send those files," I lie.

I can't exactly tell him Mary is stuck inside the head of a giant virtual jellyfish, now can I? Hopefully, he'll buy this excuse, I think.

"I believe I can understand your mother's position. If I may ask, is there a way of contacting your father and have him send the details? If I'm not mistaken, your mother was divorced, was she not?" Mr. Delmas asks.

"She was," I nod. "But unfortunately my father and mother do not speak with each other unless it's about child support."

Mr. Delmas rubs his chin.

"I see…. I see. Well then, if you can get into contact with your mother and ask her to forward yours and Miss Stones information, before the end of the day, then I see no reason why I would deny your request."

"Thank you Principal Delmas. If I might ask, could I be excused from certain gym activities too?" I ask.

"Such as?" Mr. Delmas asks.

"Well sir, I'm not very big on rock climbing. Should I get anxiety and fall because I'm overwhelmed with anxiety… it wouldn't be good. And, um more embarrassingly… I uh don't know how to swim," I admit.

Mr. Delmas nods.

"I see, I see. Ms. Smith if I might ask… did you receive a diagnosis from a doctor, concerning your anxiety and fainting spells that you have had in the past?"

"No, sir. The doctors weren't able to find anything," I reply.

"Right. Very well then Ms. Smith. I'll accept your request to be excused from certain gym activities that could be too stressful for you once you are able to contact your mother and have her send me the necessary documents. When you are ready, I'll have Jim escort you to the library," Mr. Delmas says.

"Thank you, sir. I just need to grab something from my room first."

"Very well then Ms. Smith," Mr. Delmas nods.

Afterwards

Inside Lila and Aelita's room

Opening the door, I close it behind me as I run over to my desk. Reaching it, I open the second drawer where both the copy of my father's laptop is and MB's laptop. Grabbing my father's laptop, I take it and close the drawer. Kneeling down, I unzip my backpack and place it in there. I zip up my backpack and shoulder it onto me. Adjusting the straps, I turn to the door and make my way to meet Jim in the courtyard.

In the courtyard

Reaching the courtyard, I see Jim. Acknowledging me, I walk over to him.

"Hey, Jim. Principal Delmas says you'll be escorting me to the library? Is now a good time?" I ask him. He nods.

"Sure thing Smith. Just be sure to not cause any ruckus while you're there," Jim replies.

"Of course sir. I won't," I say. Jim nods. He and I start making our way to the library.

Afterwards

Jim had left me to attend the driving lesson. There are a few other students in here, including Milly and Tamiya since they're a bit too young to drive. She seems to be reading a familiar book, one I haven't picked up in a while.

I type on the copy of my father's laptop and start creating my fake medical history.

The necessary documents are easily created within a half hour, and from there I start on the papers for Aelita and me.

Mine is easily created since Mary had hacked the government a while back when she created a false birthday and social security number. I simply enter the information I remember.

Aelita's birth certificate is a bit difficult to do since I have no idea what Aelita's birthday is.

I know at the very least, that Aelita is older than Jeremy by a few months. And, since his birthday is April 13th, 1994, that would mean I'd need to make Aelita's birthday a few months before Jeremy's.

Hmm… I wonder if I should make Aelita's birthday in January? But when… January 15th? Sounds like a good date. That should be good enough, I think.

I type at a steady pace, so I don't arouse suspicion and enter Aelita's fake birthday. January 15th, 1994. Since we're in 2007 now, this should add up correctly. I get to work on creating her false birthplace in Canada, and then her own social insurance number.

Once I get this information completed, I put all of this information on Aelita's fake adoption paper.

That should be good for now. Hopefully, Delmas won't backtrack this information, I think.

Later

I quickly create a fake email account for Mary and send the information to Mr. Delmas. I save my work and close the laptop.

"No way! I can't believe it, he's really-" Milly starts to say but is shushed by Tamiya.

"Milly! Shush! You're going to spoil it for others, and you'll get us into trouble with Jim if people complain. He might not be here right now, but someone will say something," Tamiya says.

I slip the copy of my father's laptop back into my backpack and zip it up, then walk over to Milly and Tamiya. There's an open seat next to them.

"Is this seat taken?" I ask. Milly and Tamiya look at me.

"No, go ahead," Milly replies. I sit down and place my backpack on the table. I look at the book Milly places on the table. Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire it reads.

"I haven't gotten to that book yet, you know. Last time I read the series, I was on book three," I mention.

"Oh, sorry! I'll try to be careful on spoilers then," Milly says.

"Thanks. I'm not too fond of spoilers," I say. My phone starts vibrating. Looking at the screen, I see that It's Jeremy. Of course, I answer.

"Lila, good, you've answered! Listen, Xana's launched an attack. We don't know what yet, but, Aelita, Odd, and I are on our way to the factory. Meet us there."

"Okay, I will, see you soon," I say, and hang up. I look at Milly and Tamiya.

"Listen, um, you two better stay here if anything weird starts happening outside, okay?" I ask, warning them.

"Um… alright but why?" Milly asks.

"Just… trust me," I reply.

Milly and Tamiya look at each other confused.

"And if you can, do you mind watching my backpack for me please?" I ask. They nod. I take my backpack off and put it on the chair. I then make my way out of the library.

On the bridge

Running on the bridge, I see Jeremy, Aelita, and Odd already just inside the Factory. They're… looking down at something? Odd turns to Jeremy, saying… something. I'm not really quite sure what. He then gets up, starts backing up, and shouts, loud enough for me to hear:

"BONZAI! He runs off the upper level and jumps below. Apparently Odd ran fast enough to create a breeze, because Jeremy's hair is a mess, and his glasses are crooked.

Inside the factory

I run over to Jeremy and Aelita. Now I can see what they were looking at. It looks like one of them drew some circles and letters and lines in the dirt? They seem relieved to hear me, and just as I'm about to say something, a laser pops out of nowhere.

"Hey, over here! Come on! What are you waiting for? An invitation?" Odd taunts. I look down into the actual Factory for the first time. There's… are two Krabs down there. Two real, live Krabs…

"Get into the elevator, I'm coming!" Odd starts running the opposite direction, as he lures the Krabs away from the freight elevator.

Jeremy, Aelita, and I nod at each other. We back up and make a run for it as we swing down and land on the floor of the factory. The Krabs continues pursuing Odd. At the last minute, Odd turns on a dime and starts running for the elevator.

Jeremy, Aelita, and I run into the freight elevator. I press the red button, and the freight elevator's hanger door starts closing.

"Come on Odd, hurry up!" I exclaim. It continues to close as I hear a laser being fired off, and just as it's more than halfway closed, Odd rolls under the freight elevator door. The hanger door closes, and the freight elevator brings us down.

"Nice timing," I compliment as I offer my hand and help him up.

"Thanks. Xana's really got it in for us this time," Odd says.

"That's for sure. The sooner we deactivate the tower, the better," Jeremy says.

"I'm just glad you got here in time, Lila," Aelita says, smiling slightly.

"Thanks, Aelita," I say. She looks concerned about something. Whether it's the nightmares or the Krabs or something else entirely, I'm not really sure.

Inside the lab

The freight elevator's doors open, and Jeremy walks out into the lab. Putting his hand in his pocket, he looks at us.

"Get to the scanner room, I'll start the virtualization process."

"Right," I nod. I press the red button and the freight elevator's doors close. The freight elevator brings us down to the scanner room.

Inside the scanner room

The freight elevator's doors open. Aelita, Odd, and I are shocked by what we see. One of the scanners, the middle one, looks like it exploded. The wires are all over the place. Is this what happens when a scanner tries to materialize something bigger than itself?

"Are the three of you there? Is everything okay? Odd? Lila?" Jeremy asks.

"Um yeah but we've got a little problem," Odd answers, as the three of us start walking carefully over the cables.

"Our friends Mr. Krab has busted one of the scanners. Two of the scanners look like they're okay. I guess both of the Krabs materialized inside the middle scanner, one after the other, which explains the mess…" Odd trails off.

"It looks fishy Jeremy. Xana could have easily sent the second Krab into a different scanner, I'm not sure why he didn't just do that…" I trail off.

Aelita stops walking to one of the functioning scanners and looks at me.

"Maybe it's a trap. How do we know which one to use?" Aelita asks.

"I have no idea. If it's a trap – and this is Xana we're talking about so most likely it is, one of you will need to go inside the scanner at the same time as the other. I have a feeling if I let the three of you take turns, we may not get this chance again to virtualize Lila and Odd."

"Right okay…. So how do we choose?" Odd asks.

"Aelita needs to deactivate the tower, and with my ice powers, I can freeze any monsters for either 30 seconds, or 40 if there's a tarantula. And if we run into the Scyphozoa, it would be 40 seconds I can use to try and free Mary. That is if I see the Scyphozoa I mean. So I think I should be the one to go," I reply.

"Right… well, you go then. Oh, and Princess, good luck," Odd smiles. Aelita looks at Odd.

"Thanks, Odd. You haven't called me that in a while," she mentions.

"I know, but I mean it. Good luck, and you too Lila," Odd says.

"Thanks!" I exclaim.

Aelita and I look at each other and nod. I take the one on the right, and Aelita takes the one in the middle.

"I'll start the transfers," Jeremy informs. Odd steps over some of the cables as he looks at me and waves goodbye, just as the scanner doors close.

I close my eyes.

"Transfer: Lila, Transfer: Aelita." The scanner starts to spin.

"Scanner: Lila, Scanner: Aelita," The scanner continues to spin and starts humming.

"Virtualization!"

A bright light and wind engulfs the scanner, and I'm virtualized to Lyoko.

Lyoko's Mountain Sector

Opening my eyes, I see Aelita and I are falling. We soon safely land down on the ground in a crouch position. Aelita looks at me and I look at myself to see that my time machine necklace has changed from a teardrop amulet with a blue gem inside of it, and is now a yellow lightning bolt for some reason.

My outfit is now a magenta dress that reaches down to my knees and hangs loosely over my hips and upper legs with a metal breastplate over the bodice. On the sides of the skirt are linked metal plates of armor curving around my outer thighs while leaving the front and back as fabric. Metallic boots cover my feet up to my shins with maroon leggings visible over my exposed knees beneath my dress. The shoulders of my outfit are puffed up slightly and extend down my arms in sleeves that disappear into metal gauntlets covering my forearms up to the elbow.

Using my hand, I grab my bow which is still attached to a hook, and the quiver is still attached to me like how it was with my other outfit. As I get a feel of the bow, I can tell that something is different about it. Using both of my hands, I then check my hair. My hair is now just as long as it is in the real world, minus the split ends on both sides of the hair.

"It's weird that your outfit changes a lot," Aelita comments.

I nod.

"I know. I look like some sort of maiden knight."

"I'm materializing the Overboard and broomstick for the both of you. Aelita you'll need to get to the activated tower fast and Lila will need to be able to protect you in case of any monsters. Odd I'm going to transfer you-" Jeremy starts to say as the Overboard is materialized and a weird feedback interrupts him.

Aelita and I look up at the sky.

"Jeremy?" we ask. For some reason, Jeremy doesn't answer, and I look to Aelita.

"Let's get going. You take the ground and I'll take the air."

"Okay, but how do you plan to cover me? You'll need time to shoot arrows," Aelita comments.

"You're right, hmm…" I trail off. Looking for any other weapon, I feel something popping out from my back. Turning to it, it's a hilt of what looks like a sword that was in a hidden sleeve in the quiver. Grabbing it, I see that it's actually a short hunter's knife.

"Will this do?" I ask.

"Yes, let's get going," Aelita replies. Aelita runs to the overboard and steps on it. I run to my broomstick and get on it. Aelita takes off and I kick my broomstick into the air. Guiding it into the air, I urge it to fly faster higher while maintaining a closed position to Aelita as she rides the Overboard. We pass the mountainous path we're on, and make a turn when:

"Sorry about that you two. The tower is fifty degrees more to the west."

Making that turn, the two of us start driving along a windy path.

"Got it, but what happened to Odd Jeremy?" Aelita asks.

"Xana materialized a third Krab which then destroyed the remaining scanners. Odd escaped into the freight elevator and is now on his way up to create a distraction with the third Krab and the two that are still in the factory. It seems Xana got what he wanted… to trap you on Lyoko with Lila. All scanners are offline so Aelita, Lila, please be careful."

"We will," I say.

Not seeing any monsters ahead, Aelita starts singing and using her creativity, she creates curved walls on the side of the path.

She uses the Overboard and skates up to onto the wall. I decide to play along and drive my broomstick faster, making it almost a little race out of it. Aelita smiles at me and she lets go of the Overboard much to my surprise, letting it fly under her.

I'm about to go and save her when she quickly catches it, flips it around, and lands on top of the wall.

My eyes widen in surprise as she uses a technique called grinding.

"Odd would be proud!" I exclaim, trying to catch up with her on my broomstick.

"I know! I'm a fast learner!" Aelita exclaims back. She runs out of the wall and jumps back onto the path. I catch up with her as I fly down next to her.

"Aelita! Lila! Behind you! A squadron of four Hornets!"

"Take cover, I'll handle this," I say. Aelita nods and flies the Overboard directly ahead. She sings again and I turn my broomstick to the four Hornets.

Taking my hunter's knife from its sleeve, the four Hornets start charging their lasers.

Gripping my hunter's knife, I think:

Okay… I've got a lightning bolt, which means theoretically I should have electricity powers. So… how do I activate them? Let's see, if I can focus my electricity powers to the gauntlets then I'll be able to send it out to the hunter's knife. Yeah, that should work! I think.

Focusing my powers, I try my very best to let them flow through me. My lightning bolt starts glowing and a surge of yellow electricity engulfs my gauntlets. I then concentrate my yellow electricity to the hunter's knife itself, and the hunter's knife is engulfed with yellow electricity.

The Hornets fire off their lasers just as my hunter's knife is ready. I quickly reflect the lasers back in their directions. Thanks to the added boost from my electricity powers, the lasers move in a fast pace which doesn't give the Hornets enough time to react. Their own lasers destroy them one by one.

Smiling I disperse the yellow electricity by losing my focus, and I put my hunter's knife back in its sleeve. Looking to see where Aelita went to, I see she had created a small rock like structure to hide under.

"Aelita, they're taken care of!" I call out. Aelita dematerializes her creation and looks to me.

"Nicely done! Let's get going!" Aelita exclaims.

I nod. Aelita gets back on the Overboard and I urge my broomstick to catch up with her.

Afterwards

Aelita and I stop our vehicles at a cliff just outside the tower. There's a big open area by the tower, a cave to the side and no monsters in sight.

"Sheesh, could Xana be a bit more obvious?" I ask Aelita.

She nods.

"I know right? We need to cause a distraction because I have a funny feeling that the Scyphozoa is waiting for one of us in that cave." Looking at the cave again, we peek at it and see that there is the Scyphozoa is there, along with a Tarantula.

I turn to Aelita and ask:

"Well… what if I'm the distraction?" Aelita looks at me, eyes widen.

"What? You'll let the Scyphozoa capture you? But I can simply create a clone."

I nod.

"I know you can, but I need to see if I can try and defeat it with these new powers. At the very least, I'll end up talking to Mary and besides I do have a few questions to ask her."

"No way, it's too risky! I'm creating the clone," Aelita decides. Aelita sings softly, creating a clone of herself. She sends it to the into the cave. The Scyphozoa has taken the bait.

"Aelita!" From our side, we're able to see the Scyphozoa take hold of the other Aelita. Its tentacles lifter clone Aelita into the air. Since it's only an image, the clone falls through the Scyphozoa's grasp.

Aelita smiles and goes over to the Scyphozoa and the Tarantula that are protecting the clone.

I watch Aelita make the clone disappear. She winks at the Scyphozoa and Tarantula and makes a run for the tower. Sighing in relief, I turn to let the cliff cover me fully.

"Aelita, Lila, never do that again!" Jeremy exclaims.

"Sorry, Jeremy. But Aelita and I had to make it believable right?" I ask him.

"I suppose…" Jeremy grumbles. Looking to my right, I see that the tower's aura turns from red to blue.

"Return to the past now!" Jeremy exclaims.

Hopefully, the Krabs didn't cause too much damage on Earth. I hope everyone's okay… I think.

Afterwards

Back inside the library

I realize I'm back inside the library, and I'm about to take a seat next to Milly and Tamiya.

Thank goodness… I don't have to create all of that information again, I think.

Walking to the empty seat, I ask:

"Is this seat taken?" Milly and Tamiya look at me.

"No, go ahead," Milly replies. I sit down and look at Milly.

"I haven't gotten to that book, yet you know. Last time I read the series, I was on book three," I mention.

"Oh sorry! I'll try to be careful on spoilers then," Milly says.

"Thanks. I'm not too fond of spoilers," I say. Milly, Tamiya, and I start talking about the previous three books of Harry Potter.

Later at night

Inside Lila and Aelita's room

I'm writing down another entry in my diary since today was rather relaxing with classes being canceled because of that driving test.

Dear Diary,

Everything turned out okay in the end. There's something I didn't mention to you in my first entry. Can you keep a secret? I mean well, of course, you can but… *sigh* I um… failed to mention the first time that at the end of mine and Cameron's date, well… I sort of gave him the time machine necklace future Aelita had.

Now I know what you must be thinking. But hear me out okay? Cameron has no recollection, besides the nightmares, of what he did. And he only believes those are nightmares. I'm sure for both Cameron and Aelita, they will pass.

The fact that his memories reverted back to just before I told him my necklace is a time machine is... a miracle.

But I gave him the time machine necklace because I told him my family heirloom is too important to have on campus.

It seems that he bought the family heirloom lie again–and I did tell him to never sell it and to keep it somewhere he knows he'll find if I ever ask for it back one day. He was happy to help either way and promised me he will keep my family heirloom safe until the day I ask for it back.

Apart from that, I'm just glad everything worked out. Odd kept the three Krabs in the factory busy, letting them chase him. On Ulrich's side, he had told me he and William got detention for having a fight.

It was apparently over Yumi, and Jim brought them to a classroom, so he didn't disturb me, or the others that were in the library at the time.

When the Krabs started attacking, Ulrich mentioned that William helped him with a diversion to get one of the Krabs into the woods! He still can't believe William helped him. He told me that since we're repeating the day for a second time, he's gotten along with William much better now and he was invited to hang out with William somewhere.

Yumi told me that a Krab was at her house… if it weren't for Ulrich getting to her on time, well… I'm not sure what would have happened.

So it seemed Xana had already sent four Krabs to Earth by the time Jeremy, Aelita, and Odd had arrived at the factory. That's why the scanner looked so damage... but I still can't help but wonder why Xana simply didn't just use all the scanners. He must have really needed to get some sort of information from me through the Scyphozoa. I guess it's a good thing I listened to Aelita.

Well, that's about it diary. I hope you can understand that the spare time machine necklace is safer in Cameron's hands. It's best that me, or the others, aren't aware of where it is exactly, so Xana can't get to it.

Oh and I have to say while my new outfit and powers might be a tad weird, I think they will come in handy in the near future. I feel that the arrows have a different material them, but sadly I didn't get to try them out.

Why on earth I'm sort of maiden knight? I have no idea. The only thing I protect is my time machine… and Aelita. Maybe I'm their protector, I guess? I'll never anything happen to them, or the rest of my friends. So I suppose a maiden knight does make sense.

I hope I get to free Mary soon. She's the only one I failed to protect… but with my new powers, I'll do my best to get her free sooner rather than later. I should get going to bed, it's getting late.

I just hope Aelita's nightmares of her future self's death will fade away. She and Cameron both deserve some peace.

Lila.

Closing my diary, I lock it with my key and put it, along with the key, back in the drawer. Aelita opens the door, coming back from her shower. She's holding her clothes and the towel in her arms.

She's now in her pink pajamas with the t-shirt that has the letter A on it. Going to our shared opened closet, she puts her clothes back into the closet as well as the towel.

Turning to her, I ask:

"So Aelita…. Are you going to be okay tonight?"

"I will be. I think… I think the nightmares are finally going to be over," Aelita replies.

I nod.

"Good… I'm glad," I say and give her a smile. She smiles back at me too.

I hope you can sleep peacefully tonight Aelita. You deserve it, I think.

Author's note:

This chapter has been great as I really do enjoy writing in Lila's POV. The nightmares appear to be finally over, both for Cameron and Aelita, and now they can move on from the trauma of the dark saga. Cameron may return, which is another reason why I let him have the future time machine necklace. Hope you all enjoyed it! The second half of season 2 of Lila's Journey is now underway!

Side Note: Lila's new look is based on Saber from the Fate/Stay Night series. Lila's new appearance was reimagined by AeroJester203.

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