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This chapter was written by me. It was edited by AwesomeFanFictionAuthor.
The Key Part 2: Season 2 Finale
Lyoko's Ice Sector
POV Lila's
My vision returns, I spot Aelita and Yumi as I fall to the ground. When I get up, I see our vehicles materialize, and after just a few seconds, Sissi and the boys are virtualized. They land in a crouch position and see the vehicles too.
"There you go. The edge of the sector is north, northeast," Jeremy says.
"And look out for monsters!" Mia adds.
We all get onto our vehicles. Jeremy materialized my broomstick, I suppose it'll always be my vehicle. I kick it into the air and take off. Tilting my weight and tightening our formation, there are no monsters in sight.
"No monsters?" Jeremy asks.
"Nope!" Odd exclaims, driving in closer to us.
"It's strange, isn't it?" Sissi asks.
"I was thinking the same," Yumi replies, nodding.
"Don't worry. Xana wasn't expecting us," Jeremy replies.
"That's true, he wasn't," I nod. We reach the edge of the sector without incident, and dismount.
"Enter the code," Aelita says.
"Okay. All aboard for Sector Five!" Jeremy exclaims. The Transport Orb floats down and opens. It scoops us up and takes us to Sector Five.
Sector Five
Arena room
The Transport Orb arrives at Sector Five and opens, dropping us off in the spinning arena room.
"Oh," Odd says. We look at him.
"What's wrong, Odd?" I ask him.
"Do you feel like throwing up, as usual?" Ulrich asks. Odd looks at us.
"No, I don't. That's what I don't understand," Odd shrugs.
"Stranger things have happened," I say, and he nods in agreement. The room slows down and the walls start aligning.
"You guys ready? As you probably know by now – when the countdown starts, you'll need to trip the key mechanism to stop it. Be on alert for creepers," Mia says.
"Creepers? What are those?" Sissi asks.
"Huh? You know, the monsters in Sector Five? Do you guys not deal with them?" Mia asks.
"No, they don't, Mia. They deal with these weird flying Bots that shoot powerful lasers. Their lasers deal about 40 life points of damage," Jeremy explains.
"Oh? Well... be careful all the same," Mia says.
"Anyways, I'm going to enter the coordinates of the room where Aelita's fragment is," Jeremy says.
"Get ready, the wall is about to open," Aelita says. The wall opens, and the doorway aligns itself.
We run through the doorway and down to the second set of walls. We reach the second set of walls, they open one by one.
"You have three minutes to find the key and stop the countdown. Lila, it should be easy to find the key mechanism with your visions," Jeremy says.
We start running.
"Well about that Jeremy… I'm not sure if I'm ever going to have another vision again," I say.
"But why?" Aelita asks, glancing in my direction.
"It's a long story… maybe I'll tell you guys after our mission," I say.
"Okay…?" Jeremy replies. He lets it go for now and we reach the new room.
"I see it!" Yumi exclaims, pointing to the key mechanism high up on a far away wall. There are some ledges on the wall, so we can climb up. I run for the wall. Suddenly, six Xana Bots fly into the room.
"Lady Luck!" Sissi exclaims, activating her slots. The slots in her bracer start spinning and soon come to a halt. She looks at her bracer and mumbles:
"Stupid joker symbol. Of all times," she then sighs.
We all draw our weapons, except for Yumi. Yumi decides to take a running start, and cartwheels over the ridges toward the key mechanism. The rest of us start running at the Xana Bots, letting Aelita take cover behind us.
The Xana Bots charge their lasers and fire. I dodge the laser, Ulrich blocks the lasers with his katana, and Sissi rolls to the side. Odd jumps over a laser and fires off a Laser Arrow at one of the Xana Bots in the air. The Laser Arrow connects, and the Xana Bot explodes. This causes the five remaining Xana Bots to zoom off into a new offensive position.
Odd lands on the floor and Sissi takes out her baton. She presses the button on it and it extends. She swings it at two of the Xana Bots. A gust of wind flows through the air and hits two Xana Bots. This causes the Xana Bots to knock into each other, but they don't explode.
I take advantage of this and grab two arrows out of my quiver. Putting my arrows on my bow, I pull the drawstring back. The four other Xana Bots notice this, and start charging their lasers, aiming at me.
"Super Sprint!" Ulrich exclaims. Using his super sprint, Ulrich runs over to me and blocks the incoming lasers with his katana blade. I smile and release my arrows. The arrows fly off and hit the Xana Bots that are still trying to get upright, causing two explosions simultaneously. The three remaining Xana Bots fly off in another direction. They seem to be heading towards Yumi.
Odd starts running on both paws and legs, then yells and jumps into the air.
Focusing, he cocks his paw and fires off three Laser Arrows at the Xana Bots flying towards him. The Laser Arrows reach their mark, causing three small explosions. Odd lands back on the floor. Sissi, Ulrich, and I put our weapons back in their respective places. We check on Yumi as she's pressing the mechanism. The eye of Xana lights up and sinks into the wall. She looks over to us and smiles.
"Nice job Yumi. 15 seconds to spare," Jeremy informs. The floor itself shifts beneath us, causing us to yelp in surprise.
"Woah…" Ulrich trails off, as the center of the floor sinks, revealing a huge hole in the floor with a staircase leading down into the depths. Yumi joins us, and we can't do much except stare for a moment. Eventually, though, Odd breaks the silence.
"Want to see how low you can go? Huh, guys?" Odd asks, gesturing for us to go first.
"I thought you were going to lead the way, Odd?" Jeremy asks.
"Yeah Odd. What happened to that? Feeling nervous already?" Mia asks.
"What? No way! Okay then, follow my lead!" Odd exclaims. All of us look at him and smile. Odd jumps down, onto the first steps, and we follow him down.
I just hope this is going to turn out okay. Mary, where are you when we need you the most? Why did you choose today of all days to look for houses? I think, as the rest of us follow Odd down the stairs.
Afterwards
After a bit of running down this huge staircase, we come to a hallway in a big open room. There's something weird at the other end of it, but I can't quite make it out.
"Jeremy, Mia, there's something shiny over there," he points over to whatever that thing is.
"That's it! That's Aelita's missing fragment!" Jeremy exclaims.
Upon hearing this, Aelita breaks into a sprint. We follow her, panting heavily from the running we've been doing. We hear more whirring coming our way.
"Not again!" I exclaim, and I take my bow out as quickly as I can. Yumi, Ulrich, Sissi, Odd, and I all surround Aelita, covering her.
"These guys are persistent," Sissi says. Yumi takes out her Tessen Fans, Ulrich takes out his katana blade, and Odd cocks his paw. Sissi takes out her baton, she presses the button to extend it twice its size and readies it like a baseball bat.
The five Xana Bots start charging their lasers, and release them. Odd fires off several Laser Arrows and the Xana Bots fly around in different parts of the room.
Odd glares at them, annoyed by their speed. Grabbing three arrows, I put them on the bow and channel electricity into them. My amulet glows and the three arrows are engulfed in yellow electricity. I pull the drawstring and release the electrified arrows. The arrows fly faster than normal since they've been given some extra juice.
The arrows hit their mark, electrifying the three Xana Bots, causing them to explode. The remaining three Xana Bots start flying around the room some more. Sissi wings her baton, a gust of wind is released, causing the Xana Bots to stop flying suddenly.
"Go, we'll cover you!" Yumi exclaims. She throws one of her Tessen fans at the Xana Bot. The Xana Bot fires a laser at the incoming fan. The laser hits the fan, and the fan falls to the floor. I look to Aelita, who nods, and she starts running.
"Laser Arrow!" Odd calls out, and fires off a Laser Arrow at one of the Xana Bots, but it dodges it rather easily.
I put my bow back on its hook, and I start running with Aelita. Aelita and I continue running down the bridge, and we hear lasers being fired off, and the others fighting. Getting closer to the end of the bridge, we see a wide-open space between Aelita and the place where the fragment is being kept.
Hearing some whirring coming behind us, I look back to see the others running to us on the bridge. There are two remaining Xana Bots, from the ones we were fighting from earlier. Two more Xana Bots zoom into the room. They charge their lasers and fire them at Odd and Sissi, who yelp and fly back, crashing onto the floor, they devirtualize instantly, into a cloud of pixels.
"Odd! Sissi!" Jeremy and Mia call out in concern. Looking at Aelita, I hold out my hand to her. She looks at me, a bit hesitant, but takes my hand. I back up with Aelita, and I charge the soles of my feet with electricity. My amulet glows, letting me know I'm ready. Aelita and I run together, and we jump off the edge of the bridge, the electricity giving us a boost in the air.
We start falling and let go of each other's hand, we barely manage to grab the edge of the platform. Pulling ourselves up, we get onto the floor of the platform. We look back at the others. Ulrich is blocking the incoming lasers from the Xana Bots, and Yumi is running to catch up to us. She reaches the edge of the bridge and jumps off. Aelita and I reach our hands out so she can at least grab one of them.
She manages to grab my hand, and I pull her up, but then a few lasers hit both Yumi and me, making us fall and devirtualize in a cloud of pixels.
Inside the scanner
The scanners' doors open, and I fall to the floor. I punch the floor, frustrated.
"Jeremy, you gotta send me back!" I cry out. I look over to Odd and Sissi, who run over to me. They help me up. I look to Yumi. One of the scanner's doors open and Ulrich is back. He looks at me too.
"You know I can't, and there's not enough time to send Mia- and oh no… the Scyphozoa!"
All of us look to each other in concern, I get out of my scanner. One by one, we head over to the ladder. I climb up first, the others following behind me.
Inside the lab
Reaching the floor of the lab, I run over to the computer's monitors and see that the Scyphozoa is indeed taking Aelita's memory.
"Aelita! Please, Jeremy, there's got to be something we can do!" I exclaim. Jeremy looks at me, heartbroken. He takes his glasses off, trying to wipe his tears. He puts them back on and pushes them to the bridge of his nose. Looking at the window on the computer, we see Aelita's memory dropping into the hundreds.
"There's nothing we can do now…" Jeremy trails off. I start tearing up, as her numbers fall lower and lower, eventually hitting zero. The window with Aelita's avatar starts glowing red, as it lets us know her memory has been taken and that…
"Aelita's dead!" Jeremy cries out, putting his hands on his head in dismay. Sissi covers her mouth in shock, as Odd tries to comfort her. I look at the blinking window, completely heartbroken.
I look at Mia, who for some reason doesn't seem too upset. She just looks at the computer's monitors, as if she's hoping for a miracle that won't come. From our screens, we can see something is wrong with Sector Five. It's dying, too.
The super scan starts going off. One by one it starts locating four towers on each of Lyoko's sectors, that have been activated.
"What – what's going on?" Yumi asks.
"Xa-Xana got what he wanted. He has the keys to Lyoko… he'll be able to get out of the supercomputer," Jeremy responds sadly. All of us look up to the ceiling, as we hear booming coming from outside. It sounds like thunder.
A window pops up, and begins beeping. All of us look at the screens, and Jeremy begins typing.
"What's going on Jeremy?" Ulrich asks.
"It's – It's Franz Hopper! He's bringing Lyoko back to life!" Jeremy replies. There's a bright white light coming from the screens. Once it dies down, we see one tower starting to deactivate and then another. Then the final two. The main screen showing Aelita's avatar glowing red is now back to green. Little images of heads are going back into Aelita's memory bank.
"Does this mean what I think it means? Is…. Is Aelita really coming back to life?" Sissi asks. Mia smiles in relief.
"Yes… it appears so, thank goodness," she replies.
The numbers keep going up, in the hundreds, until Aelita's memory is brought back completely.
Aelita's Lyoko avatar suddenly pops up, along with the devirtualization process window. She's devirtualizing!
"To the scanner room, quickly!" Jeremy exclaims. All of us nod. We head over to the ladder shoot and climb down the ladder, one by one.
Inside the scanner room
All of us watch the middle scanner's doors open, a single light in the darkness. Aelita collapses onto the floor, Jeremy and I run by her side. We bend down.
"Aelita?" Jeremy asks, taking her into his arms.
"Jeremy… Lila…" Aelita replies, looking at us. She groans in pain, and Jeremy brings her into a hug.
Afterwards
Inside Jeremy's room
I'm sitting next to Aelita, who is petting Kiwi. She has a blanket on her for comfort. Mia is sitting on the floor, as is Sissi. Yumi is sitting next to me and Aelita on the bed. Odd is slouching at the end of Jeremy's bed. Ulrich is leaning against Jeremy's desk. And Jeremy is also sitting on his chair.
"Right, would someone please say something funny before I have a heart attack?" Odd asks.
Aelita groans, still trying to cope with all of this.
"My father sacrificed himself for me, and we don't even know if he's still on Lyoko." Odd lays his head on the bed.
"Fine, excuse me while I have my heart attack."
"All of those memories of your life on Earth…. That was the fragment Xana took from you. To bind you to him. And Franz Hopper managed to give them back to you," Jeremy explains. Aelita nods, understanding him.
"Now you're free Aelita – but unfortunately, so is Xana," Ulrich says, speaking up.
"Shutting the supercomputer down is not going to kill Xana anymore," Yumi grimaces.
"Great… then what are we supposed to do?" Sissi asks. Jeremy looks at us.
"Same as always: we'll fight," he says. He gets up from his chair. "Xana may become more powerful," he starts walking over to Aelita and me.
"But I don't think he's invincible. If Xana attacks, we'll counterattack. We'll find a way to get rid of Xana for good," Jeremy says determinedly. Yumi looks over to Aelita.
"And we'll do everything we can to find your dad, Aelita," Yumi adds. Aelita gestures Kiwi to get off her and he does.
"You're right. The fight has to go on," Aelita says, looking down at herself. I nod and get up from the bed. Ulrich walks over to us too.
"After all, fighting Xana is my job," Aelita says.
Jeremy holds out his hands, Yumi smiles taking one of Jeremy's hands, Ulrich takes his hand, and Sissi takes Yumi's other hand. I take a hold of Ulrich's hand, and Mia takes a hold of my hand Odd takes Mia's hand, as he is the last one to offer his hand to Aelita, and we've sort of locked each other in a near circle.
"No Aelita, it's our job," Jeremy says, speaking up. Aelita looks up at us, surprised, she smiles. She takes Sissi's free hand, and Odd's free hand. We all smile at each other.
The Next Day
Under the arches
I'm waiting for Kayori under the arches. I had called Mary earlier letting her know everything that had happened. We talked about things and what went down. She told me she did buy a house and I told her I'd be happy to stay with her during vacation. Kayori runs up to me, she smiles.
"Sorry about that. Had to bring a few things to my parent's car. So, we're all set to walk over to the movie theater, if you want to," Kayori says.
"I'd like that," I smile. Kayori smiles too.
"Let's go then," she says. I nod.
Inside Sissi and Mia's room
POV Mia's
I look at Mary, who is in mine and Sissi's room. The roll out bed has already been placed on the right side of the wall. The bed has been made and thankfully the pillow Lila bought me seems pretty soft.
"So, you found a house after all?" I ask.
"I did. It's big enough for me, you, and Lila. But she wants to stay on campus next term, understandable. Would you mind staying for the night? It's been an eventful day from what Lila told me," Mary replies.
"Sure," I smile. "But I'll need to be back by tomorrow morning. After all, it'll be the first day of summer break and I'll have to be on time for my classes."
"Of course," Mary nods.
"Say um… can I ask you how you're related to Lila?"
Mary looks at me, a bit surprised but nods anyways.
"I was designed by her father. He made me her guardian.. I'm an artificial intelligence that can shape shift. I'm similar to Xana's spectres in some ways," she explains.
"I see… and did Jeremy make it? In the future, I mean?" I ask. Mary shakes her head.
"No he didn't," she replies.
"Sorry to hear that," I sigh. "Um, since I only need a change of clothes for the night, I'll pack light."
"Okay, we'll leave when you're ready," Mary says.
Later that night
POV Mia's
The house Mary bought is indeed big enough for four people. I'm staying in the guest room for tonight.
Downstairs in the living room, there's a table for eating with a large fireplace where a TV would usually go. There are two sofas in the living room. We have a basement with one bathroom and upstairs where my room is, there's also a bathroom.
Our kitchen is well equipped, but hasn't been fully stocked yet. Dinner should be ready soon.
From the living room, there's a door that goes to the porch out back. We even have a nice gated yard. It'll help if Odd ever wants to bring Kiwi to the house.
I hope Mary doesn't mind me eating the food. I can't help but wonder if she can actually eat, though? I think.
Inside Mary's study
POV Mary's
I'm in my study reading a book. I put the book down on the table.
"Do you think it was okay we didn't tell Mia the truth about what I am?" I ask.
Yes, Future Xana replies. It seems my evil half caused her and her father, to have difficult lives. Made William paranoid… If she knew the truth, she would hate you and Lila.
"I'm inclined to agree," I say. "At least we can start off on the right foot with Mia. Perhaps in time, we'll be able to tell her the truth."
Yes, perhaps… Future Xana trails off.
"Is something wrong?" I ask.
Lila will no longer have her visions. I allowed her access to my old memories of where I knew the key mechanism would be. At least, when it was necessary. I am concerned that she and the Lyoko Warriors will take a longer time in finding the key mechanism, Future Xana replies.
"I see, well there's no way of knowing. Your current self could try something different in the battles to come. For now, we can only hope Mia will be a good addition to the team," I say.
Yes, you are correct. You should head to the kitchen to check on that meal of yours, it might be ready, Future Xana informs.
"Right," I say. Getting up, I walk to the door and open it, then close the door behind me.
Later
Inside Lila and Aelita's room
POV Lila's
That was a nice date. The movie ran a little later than expected but it was good and then we had dinner at a diner near here. Thankfully I had found my wallet in mine and Aelita's shared closet yesterday. Still had money in it since I rarely used it. I brought the debit card with me but there wasn't a need for that. It was a great surprise to learn that Kayori would be living on campus next term. I hope Emily will treat Kayori okay as her new roommate, I think entering mine and Aelita's room. I close the door, and I hear Aelita making a noise. I look to her and she starts waking up.
"Lila?" she asks, rubbing her eyes. Going to her bed, I reach it and say:
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Aelita sits up and she pats the bed, gesturing me to sit with her. And so I do.
"That's okay," she says. "Um, I wanted to ask you about your visions, but I didn't get the chance to. Why do you think your visions are gone?"
"Well… I haven't had any since we freed Mary. Since then, they've just been sort of… gone."
"That's too bad," Aelita sighs. "I was hoping they could help us in the near future."
"Me too," I nod. "Look, it's late and we have to get you ready to leave for Yumi's house tomorrow. I'm staying with Mary for the summer break. I'll head to bed; I don't mind not sleeping in pajamas."
"Okay, if you're sure," Aelita says. I take my father's jacket off, my wallet is in one of the pockets, and place it on my chair. Taking my shoes off, I place those on the chair too and push the chair. Going to the ladder, I climb up to my bed.
I'm sorry Aelita. But some secrets need to be buried. I'm not sure if Mary or myself can ever tell the truth to you and the others about just how bad my life really was in my future world. I guess that's the burden of being a time traveler. I can never be 100% honest with the people I care about… and that includes Mary, too. I can never tell her what really happened while she was trapped inside the Scyphozoa's mind. It would break her heart, I think.
I get into my bed and lay down. Putting my head on my pillow, I pull my covers on me and try to get a good night's sleep. Today has certainly been an eventful day, and I'm sure there's more to come.
Changing Destiny: Lila's Journey!
Will Return:
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Season 3: Straight to Heart
Author's Note: We are finally done with season 2! It was a much larger season because of the dark saga. I can't wait to show all of you what I have planned for season 3! Changing Destiny: Lila's Journey! will be on another short hiatus. We will return August 15th.
Fun fact: The house Mary bought in this chapter is mostly the same one from the dark saga.
Easter Egg from the show: Mia brings up "Creepers," the original monsters of Sector Five. Remember, a while back the current timeline Xana found out about the Xana Bots through Mary's memories. Xana told Lila they were much more efficient than the Creepers.
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