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This chapter was written by me. It was edited by AeroJester203.
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Ultimatum
Inside the factory
POV Lila's
Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, Aelita, and I all look at Jeremy's latest creation, an EMP bomb. He exits the elevator before us, to stand by it.
"So, you're saying this thing can destroy someone who is under Xana's control?" Yumi asks.
Jeremy lifts his finger, "It isn't a thing; it's an EMP bomb. It makes an electromagnetic explosion that affects anything electronic. Because the pixelated body of someone that's under Xana control is held together by a force field, well-"
Holding his hand up, Odd says, "Uh, Jeremy, we've got a class in twenty minutes. Can you give us the cliff notes version?"
"Bomb explodes. The guy under Xana's control eliminated," my father simplifies in a deadpan tone.
"Great," Aelita smiles.
"Right, except for one little thing…" Jeremy trails off, rubbing his hand on the back of his head.
I raise an eyebrow,
"What's that?"
"I haven't come up with a mini version yet," he answers. I look at the version he has on the ground now. It is somewhat big and clunky.
Later
Outside the cafeteria
Aelita, Jeremy and I are sitting on the steps of the cafeteria with Ulrich standing nearby as well. My father is on his laptop, likely working on something since he's never idle for long. Getting a nagging feeling of trouble from my instincts, I look to see Sissi and her two cronies walking to us. They reach us, and Sissi puts her foot on the step.
"Huh, what a surprise. What do you know, Yumi isn't here with you," Sissi notices while pretending to look around with the extra height. Taking her foot off the step, she puts her hand on her head in mock realization, "Oh, that's right! I just saw her with William; how stupid of me."
"You got that right," Ulrich snaps back.
Sissi smirks at him before she leaves with Herb and Nicholas following.
"Why is it that you feel like being nasty?" Jeremy asks. I hear his laptop running the super scan.
Ulrich crosses his arms, "Maybe because being with someone nasty rubs off on you."
Jeremy's laptop goes off, confirming the tower, "Xana's activated a tower. Too bad for our music class; let's get to the factory."
We get ready to move to the manhole, Jeremy putting his laptop away.
"Where do you think you kids are going? That's the way to your classroom!" Jim exclaims as he walks towards us and points to the building. Looking next to him, I see Mr. Delmas nearby as well.
"Great. Now, what do we do?" I ask.
Ulrich sighs, "I guess we go to our class."
In music class
I'm bored out of my mind as our teacher continues playing the flute in a demonstration.
It's not that I don't like music or anything… but it's boring. I mean we had that one band way back when… but we had to stop it because of Xana. Didn't have the time, I think.
Looking at my classmates, I can tell from their expressions that they find music class boring too. The door suddenly swings open forcefully, Nicholas entering the room and interrupting our teacher who stops playing the flute.
He calls out, "Delmas just kidnapped Ishiyama and Della Robbia!"
"Xana…" Jeremy mutters.
I curse under my breath, "Great, we could have already been on Lyoko if it weren't for Jim."
The two of us look at each other and nod in agreement to get to the factory ASAP.
"What kind of nonsense is this?" our teacher asks.
"But it's true, sir," Nicholas protests. "He even beat up William Dunbar."
Some of my classmates gasp in shock. Our teacher starts walking out, but looks back at the class, "Don't you move, I'll be right back."
He closes the door, and everyone starts talking amongst themselves. Turning to my friends, I see that Aelita looks concerned and Ulrich is on his cell phone.
"Yumi isn't answering," Ulrich says. "And Odd isn't either."
Jeremy's phone starts ringing, and he looks at the screen.
"A message from Xana," he says. Clicking on it, Jeremy starts reading it aloud, "Aelita and Lila at two o'clock in the Ice Sector to give themselves up to the Scyphozoa. If not… then Odd and Yumi will be liquidated." All of us gasp.
Xana… I swear if you hurt them, you'll regret it one day, I internally vow.
Getting up from his seat Ulrich says, "We don't have any time to lose! Let's go!"
"Okay," Jeremy agrees as he's about to sit up, but then the classroom's door opens. Our teacher enters the room.
"I want everybody in their seats right now!" he orders.
"What's happening?" one of our classmates asks as the rest of our classmates continue to murmur.
Ulrich growls as he takes his seat, "How do people expect us to save the world if they don't leave us alone?"
"I don't know Ulrich… but we'll figure it out," I say. I can tell it must be killing him to have both his crush and friend in danger.
"I hope so," he sighs.
"And quiet down," Our music teacher adds, closing the door shut.
Afterwards
Jim is talking to a bunch of students outside by the arches with the police officers. Getting away from the group, we start tiptoeing under the arches so that way we can get to the factory.
"Right then, everybody hear? Classes are canceled for the day, so you can all go home," Jim says. As we continue to sneak away, I hear him add, "Sissi, William, the detective would like to ask you a few questions."
"Hey what about those guys?" Sissi demands. "You should question them too; they're always scheming with Odd and Yumi."
We start speed walking since we can tell she's talking about us.
"Stern, Belpois, Smith and Stones," Jim calls out. Looking at him, we stop.
Jeremy sighs, "Definitely not our day."
"I wouldn't be surprised if they knew something about what happened to my father," Sissi assumes.
To be fair, she's not wrong, but it couldn't come at a worse time, I think.
The detective starts making his way towards us, "Come on you four. Follow me."
"Ready?" Ulrich asks quietly.
I whisper back, "Whenever you are."
"Go!" Jeremy exclaims.
We take off and start running.
"Hey, come on, get back here!" Jim calls out.
Running from them, we jump off the steps and start making our way across the campus. Getting to a gate, we climb over it and run across the track field, trying to get to the shortcut by the gym. Hearing Jim, and probably a few policemen behind us, we continue crossing the field.
"Come back here!" Jim exclaims, his voice sounding closer. Jeremy and I are behind Aelita and Ulrich. We continue running, and Ulrich splits from us making his own way. Before I can look, three policemen grab me along with Jeremy and Aelita. Meanwhile, Jim tries to catch up to Ulrich.
"Let go of me right now!" I exclaim, trying to get myself free.
"I'll get him!" Jim exclaims, turning back to look at us as he runs. He crashes into a tree and the detective exasperatedly makes his way to find Ulrich.
I hope he gets away alright… I think.
Inside the secretary's office
Sissi, Aelita, Jeremy and I are waiting in the secretary's office while the police search Mr. Delmas's office. There's one policeman and policewoman guarding the exit.
"Thanks a lot, Sissi," Jeremy says in an irritated tone. "It just so happens we're the only one who can help your father."
"What do you mean?" Sissi asks.
"Your father is, um… pos-possessed," Aelita stammers.
"Oh yeah, right. Like in Hospital of Horrors?" Sissi asks sarcastically. "And he's been taken over by a demonic entity that will make him do unspeakable things, huh?"
"Basically, yeah," I reply.
She looks at me skeptically and I meet her gaze seriously to let her know I'm not joking. At length, Sissi asks, "So, what can you do to help my father then?"
"We need to leave here so we can bring Aelita to…" I look at her and she nods approvingly, "to this virtual world. The demonic entity is from there, and he uses these towers from that world to attack us in the real world. We can only get to the world via a supercomputer in an abandoned factory that's near the school. That's why we skip class often or miss it completely. We keep saving the world from Xana."
"Xana?" Sissi asks.
"It's like a virus," Jeremy explains. "Rather, we call Xana a he, but it's a virus that spreads itself from the virtual world and into our world. If we don't stop him, he'll continue to spread and spread."
"And how do you stop him?' Sissi asks.
Aelita joined the discussion, saying, "After I deactivate the tower on Lyoko, Jeremy or myself – depending on the circumstances – will launch a return to the past. It'll wipe out the memories of the day Xana launched his attack. We usually end up repeating the day."
"Huh," Sissi says, trying to process the information. She looks at me,
"What's your role in this?"
"Well… like Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi, I help Aelita and protect her to get to the tower safely so that she can deactivate the tower. She's the only one of us who can't devirtualize normally, and if we lose her on Lyoko, she, well… Um…" I rub my neck nervously.
"I die," Aelita finishes. "But that's the risk I'm willing to take for people like your father who suffer from Xana's influence."
"You're willing to risk yourself for my father?" Sissi asks. "After all the times I was mean to you?"
"It doesn't matter if you were mean to me, Sissi. I care about everyone in my life. I have a duty to protect my friends, my classmates and anyone else Xana may try to harm. Will you help us?" Aelita asks.
Sissi thinks it over, "Well… it sounds completely bananas… But I think I can help." Straightening up and composing herself, she calls, "Officers?"
"Yes, Miss Delmas?' The policewoman asks.
"I have some information regarding my father I believe may help you," Sissi says. "May I tell the detective inside?"
"Of course, ma'am. Follow me," the policewoman replies. Sissi gets up and the policewoman brings her to Delmas's office. The officer knocks on the door before opening it.
"Detective, Miss Delmas has information regarding her father," she tells the detective. He stops searching Delmas's office and looks at Sissi.
"Very well," he nods. "Please come in, what do you have?"
Sissi goes in, and the policewoman closes the door.
Afterwards
Looking at the door, Jeremy, Aelita, and I are all nervous since Sissi has been chatting with the detective for a few minutes.
The door suddenly bursts open, the detective shouting, "Evacuate the school!"
He runs out the door and goes to his other officers.
"Huh?!" the three of us exclaim as we're left behind.
Sissi stands in the doorway to her father's office and smiles mischievously.
Sissi… what on Earth did you tell him? I think.
Outside
Aelita, Sissi, Jeremy and I start running away from Kadic Academy. Getting to the park, we take a collective breather.
Jeremy turns around and nods, "Thanks for trusting us Sissi."
"Don't mention it. But if your story about a virtual world turns out to be phony – you're going to regret it," she warns.
Jeremy's phone starts ringing and he picks it up, putting the phone against his ear.
"Ulrich, where are you?" Jeremy asks. There's a pause as he listens, and he looks at his watch. "Xana's Ultimatum expires in fifteen minutes."
He hangs up the call, and the three of us start running to the woods.
In the woods
Looking behind me, Jeremy and I see Sissi is still behind us.
"Sissi what are you doing?" Jeremy asks.
"I'm coming with you," Sissi replies, catching up to us. "Remember, my father is involved in this. And I want to check out this virtual world you've been blabbing about."
"Well, Jeremy… Maybe we should…" I trail off in suggestion, not meeting his eyes.
"Are you serious?!" Jeremy exclaims, looking at me once he catches on.
Aelita takes my idea in a calmer fashion, asking, "Are you sure that's a good idea, Lila? Especially after Cameron?"
"Sissi is someone we can trust," I reply. "She has good in her."
"What are you talking about?" Sissi asks.
Jeremy stares at me for a moment before letting a breath out of his nose and saying, "Sissi… If you want to see this virtual world, why don't you just join Aelita and Lila on it, after Xana's ultimatum expires? Ulrich is on his way to use the EMP bomb I invented, that will help un-possess your father."
"A bomb?" Sissi asks fearfully. "Will it kill him?"
"No. At worst it'll render him unconscious for a little while, but he'll be okay," Jeremy explains, trying to reassure her as we get closer to the manhole.
"Um… alright," she agrees with a slight shrug. "I'll see this virtual world of yours in person I guess."
While we climb down, I think, I know this didn't happen in the original timeline, but honestly… the Miss Delmas I knew wanted to change herself to become better. Maybe if our Sissi now becomes a Lyoko Warrior, she can do it for herself and help others instead of bullying them. I just hope we don't regret this, I think.
Inside the lab
Getting to the lab, Jeremy starts typing on the keyboard. Aelita and I watch him as Sissi walks around the room, fascinated at its high-tech appearance. The three of us look at the monitors, the main one showing the Scyphozoa already waiting on Lyoko.
"Wow," Sissi marvels behind us. "I feel like I'm in a James Bond movie."
"Xana doesn't waste time. Your friend, the Scyphozoa is already waiting," Jeremy says and continues typing.
Aelita frowns, "How much time before the Ultimatum is up?"
"Two more minutes," he answers, a digital timer coming up to keep track.
Ulrich's number pops up on of the screen, and Jeremy presses a few keys to answers it as the timer continues counting down.
"Ulrich, there's one minute and thirty seconds to go!"
"There's a dozen rooms here," Ulrich replies worriedly. "I'm not sure if I'll find them in time!"
Aelita lowers her head upset, "I should have handed myself over to the Scyphozoa."
"No, we can't think like that Aelita. I believe in Ulrich; he'll find them in time," I say, trying to reassure her.
She looks at me, "How can you be so sure?"
"There's always hope," I reply.
Looking at the timer, it's gone down to three seconds. Sissi joins us by the screens and the countdown blinks red.
"The Ultimatum is up!" Jeremy exclaims.
"Jeremy, I found them!" Ulrich reports. "That EMP bomb you built won't blow the principal up, will it?"
"Theoretically speaking, no, it shouldn't," my father replies.
Sissi whips her head to him, "But you said–"
I put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, "Relax, Sissi. Jeremy's a genius at this stuff; it won't harm him."
"Okay…" Sissi trails off.
Looking back at the screen, we hear Ulrich say, "Watch out!"
The image of his phone number abruptly disappears, letting us know that the signal cut off.
"Ulrich!" Jeremy calls through his headset. "Ulrich, can you hear me?"
"You said that bomb fries anything electronic," Aelita speculates. "So that would mean cell phones, too right?"
Jeremy palms his forehead in frustration, "Oh, I'm such a dork! I didn't think of that!"
"Can we find out if it worked?" Sissi asks, holding a hand to her face in concern. "My father might be dead by now."
"Or in great shape, giving Odd, Yumi and Ulrich a piece of his mind," Jeremy replies, getting up from his chair to pace about the room. Aelita goes over to Sissi and whispers something in the ear, my father too anxious to notice.
I raise my eyebrow at the move but keep quiet. Sissi nods to Aelita before turning to Jeremy.
"Oh, what rotten luck!" he grumbles, still pacing around.
"Oh, Jeremy?" Sissi asks.
Jeremy looks at her, and she suddenly gets into a fighting stance. Sissi kicks Jeremy's leg, causing him to go down, and then gives him a punch in the stomach knocking him into his chair and rendering him unconscious.
"What did you do that for?!" I exclaim.
"I told her to, Lila," Aelita explains. "Jeremy would never let us go to Lyoko by ourselves." She looks to Sissi, "And nice job. Where did you learn to punch like that?"
"I took Pencak Silat classes to impress Ulrich, but it didn't work," she replies. "What now?"
"Now, I'm going to launch a self-virtualization for the three of us," Aelita answers. "I'm the only one who can deactivate the tower, and the sooner we get to Lyoko, the sooner your father will return to normal."
"Okay… I'm glad I took those lessons. It'll be nice to put them to the test," Sissi says.
Nodding, Aelita goes over to the keyboard and starts typing.
I shake my head, "The others are going to be in for a heck of a surprise after this return trip."
"Yeah, they will be. Sissi, we're trusting you," Aelita says, and continues to type.
"I know. I won't let you down," Sissi smiles. "If this helps my father get back to normal, then that's all that matters."
"Okay. I've set it! Let's use the ladder chute," Aelita says, pointing to the hatch near the wall.
Sissi nods, and we start running to it.
Inside the scanner room
Sissi takes the left-hand scanner, I take the middle, and Aelita takes the right.
"Once you're in the cabin, remain calm and close your eyes," I tell Sissi.
"You'll be there in less than a minute."
"Okay…" she replies nervously. Stepping into the scanners, they close automatically once the pre-set virtualization process starts.
As I close my eyes, the scanner starts spinning. It continues to power up and starts humming. I'm virtualized to Lyoko in its usual rush of wind and flash of light.
Lyoko's Ice Sector
Opening my eyes, I see Sissi, Aelita, and I forming in the air before dropping to the ice. Sissi screams as she falls to the ground hard while Aelita and I land safely.
Looking at Sissi, her outfit consists of a white leotard-like outfit with a black skirt, white knee socks and black toe shoes. The top is sleeveless, but she has a white glove that goes up to the bicep on her left arm with a black palm and back of the hand, the fingers and arm portion being white. She has another glove of similar design, but only going to her wrist. On her right forearm is a bracer with three slot reels behind glass circles on the top, a fourth one appearing empty. On her waist is a belt to hold a short baton, which makes sense since it looks like she's a cheerleader.
Sissi looks at her bracer closely once she gets up, "Lady Luck? What does that mean?"
Suddenly, the reels in her bracer start spinning and three symbols appear in three slots, leaving the fourth one empty. I can't see what she got from here, though.
"Wow… this is so cool!" Sissi exclaims and she notices her hair is also tied up into a ponytail, presumably to keep it from flying in her face.
She looks at Aelita and me before beaming happily, "I love both of your outfits!"
"Thanks, Sissi. But this isn't the time for fashion talk, let's get going," Aelita says.
"Okay!" Sissi exclaims. Taking her baton off its holder, she notices a button on it and presses it. The baton extends twice its size, and she grips it in her hand.
We start running along the icy bridge. The three of us continue for a while when a laser comes from behind. I hear clicking behind us.
"What was that?!" Sissi exclaims, holding her baton to defend herself.
Glancing over my shoulder, I look to see three Kankrelats chasing after us.
"Kankrelats," I curse while taking my bow and nocking an arrow before turning to Aelita. "What should we do?"
"Ignore them, we need to get to the tower!" Aelita urges.
I put my bow back on its hook and place the arrow back in my quiver.
Dodging the lasers, the three of us make it to a clearing surrounded by ice. We get to the edge of it, and there's an ice slide to go down. Aelita and Sissi seem frightened by the height.
I reach out to them, "Grab my hands, come on!"
Sissi presses the button on her baton, and it shrinks back into its compact size. She puts the baton onto her belt's holder and takes my hand while Aelita takes my other one. The three of us run to the slide. Despite our intention to stay together, we lose our grip rather quickly and start screaming as we slide down. We get to an ice cave and Lyoko's scenery disappears from us temporarily.
Sissi seems to regret her decision to come with us as she shouts, "I kind of wish I had stayed back on Earth!"
"You get used to it!" I call back as we continue sliding down the icy slide.
The Kankrelats' lasers start bouncing off the walls. Bending my head back, I quickly miss the ricocheting laser by a few inches. Hearing their half-metallic bodies scraping down the ice in a more sporadic slide following us, we start to see the regular ice floor coming back into our view.
"There!" I exclaim.
Sliding out of the cave, we drop off a cliff and yell on our way down. Our bodies flip in the air from the extra push we received, and coming into a view, we see pointed ice rocks.
"Pull your body downwards!" I direct.
Sissi and Aelita follow my instructions, and we drop down. We hit the ice hard, as our bodies smack flat against the side of the ice, but better that than headfirst or being impaled on the points. One of the Kankrelats crashes into the ice, bounces off, then explodes.
Looking at the cave, another Kankrelat flies out and lands on its robotic legs. It slides on the ground while leaving scratches in the digital ice, trying to stop itself from crashing like its friend did. It comes to a stop and starts moving towards us.
Taking out her baton, Sissi presses the button on it and it extends. Gripping it, she twirls it around a bit and aims it vertically at the Kankrelat. She swings her baton at the monster, unleashing a gust of wind at it. The wind hits the Kankrelat quickly, throwing it against the ice.
Taking my bow off its hook, I put an arrow on it. I draw it back as the Kankrelat skids across the ice trying to regain its footing. I release the arrow to pierce the eye of Xana on its upper body, destroying it.
Hearing the Scyphozoa's droning, Aelita and I look at the giant jellyfish. We back away from it and I drop my bow from fright.
"Sissi, get away from it!" I exclaim.
Backing up, the three of us start running from the Scyphozoa while Sissi looks at her bracer. I hear her mutter, "Are these-"
Another Kankrelat appears in front of us, coming from behind an ice pillar. It charges its laser at Sissi.
"You look like a weapon!" she hurriedly says as the first circle flares with a blue light.
Sissi generates three blue projectiles shaped like the spade symbol from card games. She sends one of them flying at the Kankrelat before it releases the laser. The spade proves as sharp as its point appears, sinking into the Kankrelat and shorting out its attack before it explodes.
We turn around to see that the Scyphozoa has caught up, its tentacles already reaching for Aelita and me. Before they can touch one of us, though, Sissi sends the two remaining spades flying at the tentacles, cutting them off. The Scyphozoa screeches in pain as it retreats.
"Nice job Sissi!" I praise. "How did you do that?"
"I think these slots give me-" Sissi starts to say, but two lasers come out from nowhere and hit her, devirtualizing her instantly.
"Hey!" I exclaim, turning to see another Kankrelat. "Not cool!"
Taking my hunter's knife out of its sleeve, I growl, "You little pest! Aelita, stay right behind me."
I start charging at the Kankrelat as it readies its laser again, and I begin channeling my electricity into my hunter's knife. My lightning bolt glows, letting me know I'm charged up. The monster fires off its laser and I quickly put my hunter's knife in front of me, shielding Aelita and me.
The electrically charged hunter's knife reflects the Kankrelat's laser back at it, hitting it dead center and making it explode. Sheathing my knife again, Aelita and I run to where my bow is. Picking it up, I put it back on its hook, and we start running to the tower.
Afterwards
Getting near the tower, Aelita and I look around the ice and see another cave entrance above us.
"Now what?" I ask.
"Aelita, Lila! Why did Sissi knock me out?" Jeremy asks, apparently having woken up. "More importantly, why are you on Lyoko?"
"We're close to the tower Jeremy," Aelita replies. "I'm sorry; I had her knock you out because I needed her and Lila's help getting to the tower. Can you materialize the Overwing for us?"
"I will. I take it she's been scanned then?" Jeremy asks.
The Overwing is materialized next to us. We both hop on, me behind Aelita so she can steer while I run defense with my bow.
"Yes… She helped us a lot, Jeremy," Aelita says. "Where is she now?"
"She went to help Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi on the bridge after I woke up. Her father was momentarily rendered unconscious, but we need to deactivate the tower. You're near it; just keep flying where you're heading to, and you should see it."
"We're on it," I say.
Flying the Overwing up and into the enclosed the cave, we start flying deeper inside. Reaching the end of the ice cave, Aelita flies the Overwing out of the exit. She brings it to the ground, and we see the activated tower with no monsters in sight.
"I'm off. Jeremy don't forget Sissi will remember everything once you launch the return trip," Aelita reminds him, and hops off of the Overwing.
"I know, Aelita," Jeremy replies. "I just hope we can trust her."
She starts running to the tower and slowly phases into it.
"I have faith in her, Jeremy," I say. "Sure, she can be a pain sometimes, but I mean there have been times when she's shown she cares."
"I know."
Looking at the tower, the tower's aura turns from red to blue.
"Well… we'll see what happens. Return to the past, now!"
A big white bubble appears and engulfs everything, sending us back in time.
I just hope changing such a huge thing doesn't have any bad consequences later… I think.
Done!
Author's note: Yes, this chapter is mostly different from the episode. Why have I decided to make Sissi a Lyoko Warrior? There are a lot of times in the show when Sissi really wanted to help. Yes, she sold the Lyoko Warriors out the first time. BUT, Sissi has been absent a lot in this fanfiction whereas in the show you always see her. Putting Sissi in this fanfiction is going to help her become a better character. It's also going to help the plot of the story. The story is called "Changing Destiny: Lila's Journey." So, who's to say that Lila can't change Sissi's destiny for the better?
Sissi's outfit, powers, and weapon of choice were created by AeroJester203.
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