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Author's Note: Hi everyone, a little note about the chapter Deja Vu. Originally in the episode Aelita woke up the whole dorm from her screaming. I had written this out because that scene was in fact an animation error. Every now and then I have seen animation errors for Code Lyoko. It's a bit of a head scratcher honestly.
When Aelita woke the whole dorm up, all of the students, including Jeremy, Odd, and Ulrich, (even Jim) appeared to be on the same floor. It was already established that the boy's dorm is upstairs and that the girl's dorm is downstairs in the show. I felt as far as continuity is concerned, that cutting that opening of the episode was best for the chapter. Lila rushing to Aelita's side as she usually does, has been better for Aelita because Lila can help calm her down quickly, without causing everyone to wake up.
As far as why Mister Puck wasn't by Aelita's side after she was told to rest in her room, I honestly didn't even realize Mister Puck was in the episode. On my part, that is my fault for forgetting, however Lila was able to comfort her after Aelita returned to their room. So while I forgot to include Mister Puck, it's not like Aelita doesn't care about him or anything. He's just put away in the one of her desk drawers, so that way if she needs him, he'll be close by. Eventually I'll bring this up in a near future chapter.
I still can't thank you all enough for reading this fanfiction. This chapter is a much shorter one, but I promise you the next three chapters will be much longer. So many surprises are coming your way!
Enjoy!
Tip-Top Shape
In the hallway
Outside the infirmary
POV Lila's
All of us are sitting in the hall by the Miss Yolanda's office, waiting to get our checkups. Some students are talking, while others are nervous. Herb and Milly are talking, and I catch Emily looking at me. She turns away, seeming almost annoyed by my presence. Shrugging, I open MB's laptop up since I have a wait ahead of me. Looking at the eight hyphens, I sigh internally.
I've gotten just about 100 combinations entered on this laptop… but there's still so many left, I think. What kind of person would make it an eight-digit coded laptop, and what would the code be?!
I thump the back of my head against the wall behind me, then rub it when the area starts throbbing.
"Ow… that was stupid," I say to myself.
Deciding to type on the keyboard, I take out my notepad of used combinations and key in the numbers before pressing enter. The laptop doesn't do anything yet again.
"I hate you," I grumble, closing the laptop in annoyance. I write down the latest sequence on my notebook before shutting it as well.
"Jeremy Belpois, Odd Della Robbia, and Julian Acel," Miss Yolanda calls out while opening her door.
"Go on, Rambo, blow them away!" Ulrich calls to Odd. Sissi laughs from her position next to him. I look at the three boys as they enter the nurse's office with Miss Yolanda then turn to Ulrich and Sissi.
"Who's Rambo?" I ask them, having never heard the name.
Ulrich blinks and starts saying, "He's this… uh, never mind."
Aelita sits down next to me and looks at me, "Any luck on the laptop?"
"No…" I reply.
"Mind if I try?"
Shrugging, I pass the laptop and notepad to her, "Be my guest."
She opens the laptop and starts typing on the keyboard. Once Aelita enters a combination, she waits for something to happen. Nothing does, so she writes down the number she came up with on my notebook. Looking around, I catch Emily staring at me again.
More annoyed than the first time I caught her looking at me, I get up with a sigh and walk over to her. Looking down at her still sitting, I ask, "Emily… did I do something to bother you?"
"What do you mean?" she asks nonchalantly.
"You keep staring at me, like my very presence bothers you," I reply shortly.
Emily fixes her glasses to the bridge of her nose, "So?"
I cross my arms, getting more annoyed, "So, it's annoying, and rude if I might add."
"Oh? I'm annoying, huh?" Emily retorts, glaring at me.
I feel a few of the students' eyes on me. Sighing, I go back to Aelita and sit down.
"You okay?" Aelita asks while writing down another number that didn't work.
"Not really. I just hate being stared at… I mean, this red dye doesn't help, and I miss my hair being long," I explain, looking at Sissi.
"I said I was sorry about that," she defends while looking away.
I shake my head, "I know, I know. I'm just not sure what Emily's problem is…"
The door opens, and Miss Yolanda lets Jeremy, Odd, and Julian out.
"Elizabeth Delmas, Aelita Stones, please," she requests. Closing the laptop, Aelita gives it to me and gets up along with Sissi. She walks over to Jeremy and winks at him for some reason as she and Sissi go to Miss Yolanda. They enter the office while Jeremy comes to sit with me.
"How was the check up?" I ask him.
He shrugs, "It was fine. Not for Julian, though. Seems he might need a pair of glasses."
"There's nothing wrong with glasses," I smile.
"Yeah. So, who are you supposed to do your check up with?"
"Emily…" I grumble.
Jeremy nods before he notices Aelita's handwriting on the notebook, "Still no luck with the laptop?"
"Nope."
"Can I try?" he asks.
"You're more than welcome to it," I reply, passing the items over.
Opening the laptop up, Jeremy takes the pen and starts typing a number.
Hopefully this checkup goes well… I think.
Hearing a faint beeping from his messenger bag, Jeremy closes the laptop and runs over to check his own. I put MB's laptop in my backpack and shoulder it.
Jeremy pulls his laptop out and opens it while Odd, Ulrich, and I go over to him.
"Activated tower," he says before closing the computer.
"In the middle of a medical checkup?" Ulrich asks. "Xana has no respect for anything."
Jeremy stored his laptop again and shouldered the bag, "Ulrich, stay here and wait for Aelita and Sissi. Once they're done with their medical exams, have them get to the factory. Odd, Lila, and I will head over there now."
"Okay," Ulrich nods.
In the woods
After running through the park, the three of us reach the woods where we meet up with Yumi. Odd slides the manhole grate aside and I start climbing down the ladder, Jeremy and Odd following while Yumi puts the grate back before coming along.
Afterwards
Inside the lab
Having put my backpack against the wall, I look at Jeremy. He starts typing on the keyboard, his headset already on. A ringing comes from the monitor with Ulrich's face on screen. Jeremy answers and asks, "Ulrich, what happened?"
"It's Yolanda, Xana possessed her and it looks like she took off with Aelita out the window," Ulrich tersely reports. "Sissi was knocked out for a bit, but we're both on our way after her."
He then hangs up, and Jeremy worriedly says, "Without Aelita, we can't deactivate the tower. And if Xana takes us out, then she'll be helpless on Lyoko with the Scyphozoa."
"How about we block the elevator?" Odd suggests. "That might buy us a little time."
"Okay." He starts typing and a window showing the elevator's design pops up. The elevator is blocked before it can even start going down. "But it's only going to give us five or six minutes; there are other ways here from the factory."
"What do you suggest?" Yumi asks.
Jeremy thinks for a moment and inspiration seems to strike, "Well, we could do battle with Yolanda on equal terms," Jeremy answers.
She blinks in surprise, "Wait, what?"
"I've been studying Xana's spectres for a while now; I think I could manage to pixelize you," Jeremy explains. "And for a longer period of time than last time."
Odd grins, "Cool! I can't wait to be Jeremified again."
"All the same Odd, this will be different than last time," I say. "You'll be fighting another possessed person."
"I know," he nods.
"But isn't this a bit… risky?" Yumi asks.
"I could say no, but I'd be lying," Jeremy answers with a shake of his head. "The last time around, Odd wasn't even possessed for a full minute. This time, if it's longer, I'm not sure what effects it'll have on your body."
I speak up, "Then I have a suggestion. Let me be Jeremified."
"What? I want to!" Odd complains.
I look at Odd, "Think about it Odd; I'm not human. Meaning my body and mind can handle being pixelized by Jeremy. I've already worked with Mary on Lyoko before. Her extra power never affected me, so it stands to reason Jeremy's spectre shouldn't affect me either."
"She's right, it shouldn't," Jeremy chimes in.
Sissi's picture and phone number pops up on the computer with a beeping sound. Jeremy presses the key to answer.
"Jeremy, Ulrich and I are in the factory, but Miss Yolanda is heading for the corridor," Sissi says. "What should we do?"
"You and Ulrich need to hold her off as long as you can," Jeremy answers. "Help's on the way."
There's a short silence, but then we hear Ulrich speak on Sissi's phone.
"How much time do you need?" he asks.
"Ideally, about a month," Jeremy replies. "But I'll see what I can do to speed things up."
After Ulrich and Sissi hang up, I ask, "You'll have to activate a tower first, right?"
"That's right," he confirms, and he begins typing on the keyboard.
Looking at Odd, he seems a bit upset.
"Trust me, it's for the best, Odd," I reassure.
He pouts, but nods, "Okay…"
Jeremy continues typing until Yumi speaks up.
"Look!" she exclaims.
Looking at the computer's monitors, we see a tower activate on Lyoko's Mountain Sector. The super scan picks up the tower's location, pinpointing it precisely.
"Yes! Another success! Now then, thanks to the activated tower, I'm going to send a digital impulse which will –" Jeremy starts to explain, but I interrupt him.
"Jeremy, I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but we are pressed for time, aren't we? And after all, I remember from last time how this works," I smile.
He looks at me and smiles slightly, "Okay, yeah, let me just do the thing." Jeremy starts typing, and we see Aelita's number with her Lyoko picture popping up on the screen.
"Jeremy?" she asks after he answers the call, sounding frightened.
Jeremy's brow furrows with worry, "Aelita, are you okay?"
"Yes, but I can't get through the corridor," Aelita explains. "Sissi and Ulrich are having a difficult time with Yolanda."
"We're coming," he reassures. Jeremy then stops typing and looks at me, "This is going to be big time. Are you ready Lila?"
"I'm ready," I nod.
"Okay… here we go!" he exclaims, pressing the enter button. As we look at the cables from the supercomputer, a mass of black fog emerges from them, signifying a spectre. It starts making its way to me and phases into my chest. My nerves seem to go numb on contact for a moment as my image seems to blur with a digital silhouette superimposed over my body from what little I can see. But the deadened feeling gives way to prickles of sensation before I feel supercharged with energy and a glow of yellow energy flows around me.
The blurring shadow disappears soon after, and I remain silent as I take in the feeling. It's like I could take on the world with the superhuman amount of pure power going through my nerves.
"Well… uh, how do you feel Lila?" Odd gingerly asks.
Taking a deep breath and letting it out as I turn to him with a grin, I answer with a reverberation in my voice,
"I'm all fired up now!"
Jeremy starts typing on the keyboard and looks at the freight elevator displayed on the monitor, "Unlocking the elevator… now!" Jeremy exclaims. He hits the enter key and then pushes his glasses up, "You're good to go Lila."
"Thanks," I say as the freight elevator arrives and the doors open up. I speed inside and press the red button to go up, the doors closing a moment later.
Afterwards
On the factory level
The freight elevator's hangar door opens. Spotting Ulrich and Sissi on the ground, I run over to them as fast as I can, leaving afterimages as I go. I stop for a moment, beginning to wake up, and I notice slight electrical burns on their bodies from Miss Yolanda's attack.
Eyes falling on Sissi for a moment longer, I think, You've come such a long way, Sissi. I'll make sure your pain isn't for nothing.
Judging that they'll be okay, I make my way to the access corridor as fast as I can.
I arrive, and Miss Yolanda is about to attack Aelita when she sees me. This causes her to turn me, the symbol of Xana pulsing in her eyes. Aelita sneaks away, and I rush at the possessed nurse, knocking Miss Yolanda to the ground with a well-placed shoulder barge.
I look to Aelita and she seems shocked, having stopped moving away from the fight.
"What did you…" she begins asking, appearing lost for words.
"It was Jeremy's idea," I answer. "Hurry on."
Aelita notices the way my voice sounds different, but nods and continues moving down the corridor.
Miss Yolanda gets up with a growl, drawing my attention back to her.
"Seems we keep meeting like this, Xana," I note in my distorted voice. "First Odd and Jim, then Jeremy, Aelita for a bit, then Cameron with his chip, and most recently, Emily, Herb and Nicholas. Unlike those other times, though, we'll be on even ground."
She growls at me and starts channeling yellow energy around her. It starts to form in her hand, and condenses into a sphere. Yolanda throws it, but I channel electricity from my left hand to slow and divert the sphere to the side where it hits the stone wall and fizzles out, leaving a crack.
"You'll have to do better than that," I taunt. "Up for a game of tag?"
Going into a run, I use the spectre inside me for a speed boost. Blurring once again to get back to the main entrance, I see Ulrich and Sissi are no longer there, which is a relief. They must be in the lab or on Lyoko by now.
Turning around, I see Miss Yolanda coming out, charging towards me at super speed.
Deciding to do the same, I run sideways to dodge the initial blitz and dash back to flank her. I jump in the air and attempt to kick her, but she grabs my leg while turning. I smirk and release another small burst of electricity at Miss Yolanda from my hand at point-blank range, causing her to release my leg.
I fall to the ground but immediately roll on my upper back in a spin and do a sweeping kick at Miss Yolanda's legs. Not reacting in time, she's knocked off her feet and falls while I use the momentum to swing my legs back and kip-up back to a standing position.
Running over to her fallen form, I pin her down. She struggles to get out of my grasp, so I send energy to my forehead, hoping it'll make a stronger impact, and I headbutt her, knocking her out.
I might not have the control to make those energy balls she's using, but powers make all the difference here, I muse gleefully, my head not even throbbing from the high-speed blow.
For some reason, her spectre isn't expelling from her, so I look around for something to tie her up with. Spotting a metal bar a distance away and guessing that I can bend it with my higher strength or mold it with concentrated electricity, I run over to grab it. But I hear another rush of high speed movement and whip around to see that Miss Yolanda is gone!
"Where'd you go?!" I demand, looking around. I make sure to check behind me, seeing as how Aelita was possessed a while back and she attacked from behind.
Who'd have thought XANA would play possum? I mentally grumble. If she's not here… then where-
"Oh no!" I realize, looking at the freight elevator and see that it's no longer there. If Xana is getting desperate, he might just try killing one of us! I think.
Running to the edge of the elevator shaft, I bend the metal bar along the way and jump off to hook it around the steel wire cable. I magnetize the metal to keep me steady as I slide down at a swift but controlled pace. Once I reach the roof of the freight elevator itself, I detach the bar before yanking open the emergency hatch on the roof and dropping down. The doors haven't closed yet, most likely Jeremy locked the freight elevator down here. Taking the opportunity, I run into the lab, and Miss Yolanda charging a more powerful energy ball at Jeremy as he's backed up against a wall on the other side of the holosphere.
Throwing the bar with precise aim, it passes through the projection and hits her in the upper arm. The ball fizzles out from the break in her concentration and she turns to me with a grunt while Jeremy edges away.
"Hey, Miss Yolanda!" I exclaim in rage, the distortion on my voice seeming to grow worse.
"Stay away from Jeremy!"
Growling, Miss Yolanda charges another ball and sends it at me. It disrupts the holosphere momentarily as it passes through, and I easily dodge it. Running over to the side, she continues to draw more energy into her hand.
"Jeremy! Aelita's just about to enter the tower!" Ulrich calls out from the supercomputer's speaker.
"Just hang on Jeremy!" Sissi exclaims.
I smirk, "Ha, looks like it's over for you this time, Xana."
Miss Yolanda stops drawing the energy. She looks at me and suddenly starts shaking violently, almost as if she's having a seizure. The spectre expels itself out of the nurse and heads towards me.
"Lila watch out!" Jeremy exclaims.
"Jeremy, she just made it inside!" Yumi informs.
I channel more electricity into my hand with a smile, "Relax, Jeremy! I'm fully charged, remember?"
I fire several bolts of electricity around the spectre, creating a field of sorts. Once it's set, the spectre is unable to phase out of it, trapped in a cage of electricity that I'm sustaining. Screeching in pain, the spectre begins to thrash in its bindings.
"Tower deactivated," we hear Aelita say.
The spectre soon disappears and I disperse my electricity.
Jeremy gets up and comes over, looking at Miss Yolanda's unconscious body, "So, what should we do about Miss Yolanda? We can always launch a return trip."
"I don't think that's necessary. I have an idea," I suggest. "I can bring her to the office, using the opened window she probably used to escape with Aelita. There are a few different entrances with that office, but this one will be the least suspicious one since I won't be spotted carrying her. After that, you can deactivate your tower for the spectre that's in me. Just give me a few minutes, and she'll be back there."
"Right… and you're really feeling okay Lila?" he asks, unsurely.
"Never better Jeremy. Never better," I smile.
Nodding, Jeremy moves out of the way and back to his chair. Sitting on it, he takes his headset then puts it on and adjusts the mic.
"Odd, I'm rematerializing you first okay? Sissi do you mind taking Aelita to the nearby way tower?" Jeremy asks.
"Roger that Einstein," Odd says.
"And sure thing,"Using the energy, I heft Miss Yolanda up and drape her over my shoulders in a fireman's carry.
Shortly after
Inside the infirmary
Placing Miss Yolanda in her chair, I sit on the bed. Looking at the window, I smile, happy that it's closed now. Taking out my cell phone, I call Jeremy. The phone rings once, and he answers.
"She's back in the office, Jeremy; you can un-Jeremify me now," I inform.
"Okay. Doing it… now!" he signals.
My image distorts again, and the spectre expels itself out of me. The numbing sensation happens again during the process, but feeling returns more sedately. Honestly, I think it's like coming down from a sugar rush, not that I've ever had one before.
The spectre begins to rise into the air and then disappears entirely. Miss Yolanda groans a bit, and looks at me as she wakes up. She rubs her head, specifically, where I'd headbutted her.
"Lila… Smith?" the nurse asks before beginning to shake her head and then thinking better of it since she has a headache. "What are you doing in here? Where are Aelita Stones and Elizabeth Delmas?"
"Um… They left, don't you remember? After they did, you tripped and fell to the floor. You landed on your arm and hit your head, passing out. I didn't really… know what to do, so I moved you to your chair. There's a lot of us students waiting outside for you, to finish the checkups, ma'am. Are you feeling up to it?"
She squints her eyes in attempted concentration while rubbing the arm where I'd hit her with the bar, "Of course… I don't remember that at all, though. Very well, let's get on with it, then."
Getting up from the chair, she goes over to the door and opens it, "Emily LeDuc?" she calls out.
"Finally, we've been waiting for ages! Stones and Sissi really took their time!" Emily grumbles, coming into the nurse's office. Miss Yolanda closes the door, ignoring her comment.
When she sees me, her eyes narrow as she sets her bag down, "Oh, but you just had to be the first one to sneak their way in and get a checkup after them, huh?"
"What is your problem with me?" I ask, crossing my arms.
"Who says I have a problem?" Emily retorts, not answering my question.
Yolanda holds up a hand while nursing her head with the other, "Girls, please… I have a rather strange headache from the fall, and I'd rather you both fight outside, if you must. But for now, it's time for your checkups."
"Fine…" Emily mutters, crossing her arms.
Later
Just before dinner
Thankfully, Yumi brought my backpack back from the lab before she had to go home. Miss Yolanda didn't attack MB's laptop, so either Xana doesn't know about it or he doesn't think it's as important as Grandpa Schaeffer's diaries. Ulrich and Sissi will be okay, their burns weren't too severe, nothing a little time won't heal. Typing on it now, I look at another number I've just entered. Nothing happens.
Sighing, I write down the number on my notebook of numbers and close the laptop.
I'm just glad none of the security measures have kicked in yet, I muse. There must be a max number, though… I just hope soon one of us can crack it.
There's a knock at the door. Looking at it, I open my drawer and put MB's laptop in there with the copy of my father's laptop. Closing the drawer, I go to the door and open it up. It's Emily… and she appears to be holding a letter.
"Emily, what do you want?" I ask crossing my arms.
She frowns, but averts her gaze, "Look, I'm sorry how I acted today…" Appearing to grow more nervous, she looks down the hall before asking,
"Can we…. talk about Cameron?"
My eyes widen in surprise.
TO BE CONTINUED
In:
Is Anybody Out There?
Author's Note: Sorry about the cliffhanger! Also I wanted to apologize for the maintenance on Changing Destiny: Lila's Journey recently. I ended up deleting some chapters thinking I was in doc manager. I had to replace all of the chapters because they were in the wrong order and re-upload 3 previous chapters. Sorry if you received a lot of alerts over the weekend.
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