Disclaimer: Code Lyoko is copyrighted by Moonscoop.
This chapter was written by me. It was edited by AwesomeFanFictionAuthor.
I only own Lila and Mia. Mary is owned by AeroJester203. Kayori is owned by decode9.
Author's Note: Hi everyone, a continuity error was made in Tamagotchi. Lila managed to get Sissi on her broomstick's saddle, however the original version of Straight to Heart did not have a description with the saddle. The saddle was meant to show up later in the series. For continuity purposes, I have now fixed the error and in Straight to Heart the description for Lila's broomstick is slightly different. This is what it is:
A broomstick braided from two long lengths of ornate black wood twisted together with silver decorations at the end, including a crown-like band near the tip of the handle. Two wire-like strings of silver extend from the underside to the base. A symbol of a key is emblazoned on the side and a mass of gears lay near the bundle of streamlined bronze bristles. It even includes a saddle now.
My apologies for the saddle suddenly popping up. That was not my intention. Anyways, enjoy the chapter!
Aelita
In History class
POV Lila's
I'm sitting next to Aelita in Mr. Fumet's history class. I'm taking notes while Mr. Fumet speaks, but I see Aelita's eyes are closed and she lets go of her pen.
"Aelita!" Mr. Fumet exclaims, causing Aelita to wake up.
"Huh?" she asks.
"You know, young lady, most of go us to sleep at night," Mr. Fumet says.
The class bursts into laughter with a few exceptions, including Kayori. She looks concerned.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Fumet," Aelita apologizes. Mia looks at Jeremy and Ulrich looks at Odd who looks at Sissi, who is also concerned.
Mr. Fumet gets up from his chair and pushes it back. He takes his glasses off to clean them with a handkerchief, and begins walking around the room.
"Scandinavian theology faces the end of the Norse gods world. Scorching the earth, before a new peaceful world can rise from the ashes, called Ragnarök," Mr. Fumet, explains. He finishes cleaning his glasses and puts them back on, then puts his handkerchief away.
"And roll?" Odd jokes, lifting his finger. He starts laughing.
"What was that?" Mr. Fumet asks, clearly annoyed.
"Ragnarök and roll? It was just a joke, sir," Odd defends, rubbing his shoulder.
"Very funny, Della Robbia. And now, would you kindly leave this room?" Mr. Fumet asks.
"Is that a joke?" Odd asks.
"No, it's an order," Mr. Fumet answers.
"Oh," Odd says.
Nice one Odd. That's not going to help you with Mr. Delmas, I think.
Afterwards
By the bench
Ulrich, Jeremy, myself, Mia, Odd, and Aelita are all sitting on the bench. Yumi takes a sip of her drink and Sissi looks at Odd, annoyed.
"I guess as jokes go, it wasn't very funny," Odd says.
"Yeah, no kidding. Now I have to get my father to fix this mess," Sissi chastises.
"Oh come on, Sissi, lighten up. It was just a joke," Ulrich defends.
"It might have been just a joke, Ulrich, but Odd and I made a deal with my father. If he keeps this up, not only will he make me break up with Odd, but he'll most certainly change Odd's schedule," Sissi retorts.
Yumi stops drinking her drink, I look at Aelita who isn't looking at us. She seems upset and tired.
"Other than that, how was history class?" Yumi asks.
"Who cares? It's history now," Ulrich jokes.
"Well, Ms. Einstein," Emily speaks up, catching our attention. Nicholas and Herb are with her.
"A super brain like yours needs a little shut eye. And most of us, as you know, go to sleep at night."
"Emily, can't you just leave us alone for once? Big deal, she fell asleep in class," I say.
"And besides, you don't have that problem Emily, because your brains are in your feet," Odd jokes.
"Isn't Odd a riot?" Emily asks Herb. She turns to me.
"Oh and by the way, Lila, my cousin says thanks for that Tamagotchi. I don't mind being nicer to you, but I mean, falling asleep in class really isn't such a good idea. Also, Odd," she replies, looking at him. "I wouldn't be the one talking. From what Heidi Klinger told me, and from what I remember when I dated you, about your feet, well, I definitely wouldn't be making jokes about bad feet."
Herb and Nicholas laugh before the three of them walk away. It's weird that she's gotten so… nasty with us. Herb and Nicholas must not be a good influence on her. And with us forcing Cameron out of the group and in return out of the school, that's probably why she hates us...
"You… you gave my Tamagotchi to her?!" Odd exclaims.
"Not her," I answer. "Her cousin," I explain.
"And… what's wrong with my feet, exactly?" Odd asks.
Ulrich snaps his fingers, "Well, uh, to put it tactfully, when you take your shoes off it's a little like uh-"
Jeremy lifts his finger,
"Like a pile of fresh manure we just can't seem to get away from."
"That's it!" Ulrich exclaims.
"In all honesty, Odd, it is a problem," Sissi says.
"But maybe because we're around you so much, we've built tolerance to it. I don't really notice it, then again, I've dealt with worse," Mia mentions.
"Oh come on, you're nuts," Odd says.
"Well what do you know? There's Heidi. Now we'll find out," Odd gets off the bench and walks over to where Heidi is talking with a few friends.
"Hey Heidi, is it true that my feet smell a little?" he asks. Heidi backs up a bit.
"A little?" she asks. She pinches her nose. "Just make sure you and your feet don't come within fifty feet of me." She then takes off. I can't help but laugh a little, and it seems the others are laughing too, even Aelita.
Afterwards
"This is a disaster; I can't go around campus walking like a –" Odd starts to say, but Jeremy interrupts him.
"Like a walking pool of toxic waste?" Jeremy jokes. Ulrich laughs loudly.
"Some friend you are, Ulrich. You could have said something, you know, given me a little hint at least. You too, Sissi, I mean I'm supposed to be your boyfriend," Odd says. Sissi shrugs.
"I guess it just doesn't change my opinion of you," she says.
"And it's hard to talk when you're holding your nose, good buddy," Ulrich adds.
"I thought you were trying to be funny," Odd says. Yumi puts her hand on Odd's shoulder.
"Don't worry, Odd. Modern medicine must have found some kind of cure for it," Yumi says.
"Yeah, I mean, they've got to by now," I say, agreeing with her.
"Well, there's amputation, for example," Jeremy jokes and Ulrich laughs.
Yumi laughs a bit too, and I can't help but feel bad for Odd. Jeremy opens the door to the cafeteria.
"Start without me! Be right there!" Odd exclaims, running off before Ulrich, Yumi, Mia, and I enter the cafeteria.
Afterwards
Inside the cafeteria
We're all about done with our food and Odd still hasn't come back yet. Aelita seems to be deep in thought, but Jeremy puts his hand on her shoulder, snapping her out of it.
"Aelita, what's the matter?" he asks. He lets go of her shoulder. "Is something wrong?"
"No I – I was daydreaming again," Aelita replies. I look at her with concern.
Are her visions returning? I think.
Odd finally returns with a full tray of food, consisting of spaghetti, sauce, and meatballs.
"Hey guys, no more feet nightmare. Call me 'Odorless Odd," he says. He sits down with his tray.
"How'd you managed that?" Ulrich asks.
"Yeah, I'd like to know too," Sissi says.
"You'll find that out tomorrow and Ulrich will find out tonight. It's a surprise," Odd says. Yumi chuckles a little before taking her tray.
"Well, I'll let you kick your foot problem around a little. I've got a math test," she says.
"Good luck," Mia says.
"Thanks," Yumi smiles before leaving. Odd slides his tray of food over to Ulrich, switches spots, and starts to eat.
"Jeremy – do you – do you think my father is still alive?" Aelita asks suddenly. My eyes widen, surprised by her question.
"Huh?" Jeremy asks.
"My father, Franz Hopper," Aelita replies. "Do you think it's possible to rematerialize him?"
"No," Jeremy answers bluntly.
"What I mean is, there's no way to," he explains, correcting himself.
"But he managed to survive when Xana captured him the first time," Aelita says. "Why not a second time?" she asks.
"Your father managed to sacrifice himself for you Aelita. And he had to use whatever little strength he had left to bring you back to life," Jeremy explains.
"I know, but I thought there might be hope. That there might be a way," Aelita says. Jeremy puts down his food and looks Aelita directly in the eye.
"Impossible, I've checked every inch of Lyoko. I've searched for every sign of him," he mentions. Aelita and Jeremy stare at each other. Mia and I look at one another as well. We both very well know that Franz Hopper is alive, but eventually he'll…
"Aelita – I've been working really hard to find a way of getting into the world wide web so that we can fight Xana," Jeremy explains. He puts his hands on Aelita's hands, holding them. "And you should think the way I think. Think about the future," he adds. Aelita pulls away from him.
"And just forget about my past huh? You think it's easy? You didn't spend ten years of your life as some sort of computer software," Aelita says. She gets up and walks away from us, putting her hands in her pockets.
"I wish I never recovered my memory," she says as she leaves. I look down at the tray, and can't help but wonder what Future Aelita did before her sacrifice.
Did… did you recover your memory, mom? Or just a part of it? You must have at least defeated Xana if you were willing to sacrifice yourself… I think.
The boys look at one another, while Mia, Sissi, and I look at each other, concerned for Aelita.
Afterwards
At the Hermitage
POV Sissi's
Odd and I had decided to go and search for Aelita. Odd figured she'd be at the Hermitage and he was right. We can hear her crying as we enter her room.
"I knew we'd find you here," Odd says.
Aelita is surprised we're both here and she rubs her eyes.
"You know, Einstein may be a computer whiz but diplomatically he's a – a – how do I say this, Sissi?" he asks me, while we're walking into the room.
"Hmm he's probably a-" I start to say, but Aelita interrupts me.
"A total lameo," Aelita says.
"You know he really likes you though, right?" I ask Aelita.
"I know that. And I really like him too, but I wish he would understand that my father is all that I have left from my past life," Aelita replies, putting her hand on her chin, pondering about something. She then looks at us.
"Odd, Sissi. I have to go to Lyoko."
"Huh?" Odd asks.
"But why?" I ask.
"To – to Sector Five. I want to try and find some trace to my father," Aelita explains.
"Well, that may not be too easy. You heard what Jeremy said, he's not very anxious to help," Odd says.
"Neither are Lila and Mia. I'm surprised they're not with us…. But, to be honest, they are from the future. Maybe they already know something we don't," I surmise.
"Maybe… but we don't really need Jeremy or Lila or Mia for right now, right?" Aelita asks.
"Um, we?" Odd asks, pointing to himself, me, and then Aelita.
"Yeah, just the three of us," Aelita replies.
"Uh…" Odd trails off, looking at me. I shrug.
"It's not a horrible idea," I say.
"Thanks, let's go then," Aelita smiles.
Inside the library
POV Lila's
Mia and I are in the library. I'm reading the fourth book of Harry Potter and I'm almost a quarter of the way through it. Jeremy flips through a book and stops reading. I see Albert Einstein is on the back of it.
"Do you three think I was too hard on Aelita?" Jeremy asks. I stop reading and put the book down.
"Well, Jeremy, in all honesty… no, I don't think so at all," I reply. Ulrich and Jeremy are a bit surprised by this but not Mia.
"It wasn't easier for Aelita to learn that she was human. Better talk to her," Ulrich says, to Jeremy. He puts his hand on Jeremy's back, but Jim stops him from doing so, causing Jeremy to yelp and the other kids start shushing.
"No, he shouldn't talk to anybody!" Jim exclaims. We all look at him.
"There's no talking permitted in the library! Anybody I find talking from now on is going to have a conversation with me. And if you haven't had enough after our little chat, you can just take a walk with me to the principal's office!" he says, before walking away from us. "No talking!"
"This is awful," Jeremy says. "Aelita must really hate me, huh?"
"No she doesn't," I reply.
"Yeah, I bet she's running around looking for you to make up right now," Ulrich says.
POV Sissi's
Inside the lab
Aelita is typing up a pre-set virtualization, as she sits in Jeremy's chair.
"Okay, I'll launch the procedure which will automatically virtualize us in the desert sector. As soon as we materialize, we'll have one minute to get in sync with the transporter," she explains, a window with a timer of 1:13.00 pops up.
"Wow, you know how to do all of that?" Odd asks. She presses the enter button and then looks at us.
"Sure, piece of cake," she says. She gets up from her chair and puts her hands in her pockets cooly. Odd looks at me, and I shrug again.
"Let's go," I say. We start walking to Aelita to catch up with her.
POV Lila's
Having picked up my Harry Potter book, I resumed reading. Three of us hear a beeping noise coming from Jeremy's laptop. He closes his book. Taking it out slightly from his messenger bag, he opens it. It's not fully opened, but we hear a blinking noise.
"Oh no, an activated tower in the mountain sector. Okay, we're out of here. We can beat Xana if we act fast," Jeremy says. He closes it, then slides it back in the messenger bag with ease and zips it up.
"Talk plan?" Ulrich asks. All three of us nod.
"I'm telling you the recipe calls for Eggs! Vinegar! Whipped cream, wheat germ and peanuts!" Ulrich exclaims, getting out of his chair.
"And I say you've got to use hazelnuts!" Jeremy exclaims.
"You're both wrong!" I exclaim, slamming my hands on the table. A lot of our classmates start whispering, telling us to be quiet.
"They're not nuts at all; the recipe calls for raisins!" I exclaim.
Mia gets up from her chair as well.
"Raisins? Are you kidding me? Not raisins, and definitely not nuts! M and m's, duh!" Mia exclaims. Ulrich signals for us to stop, as Jim is now behind Jeremy.
"Oh, we're not by any chance speaking too loudly? Are we Jim?" Ulrich asks.
"I want the four of you out of here immediately! Now go on!" Jim exclaims, pointing over to the door. "Out of my sight, you hear?"
"That was easy," Ulrich says, exiting with us.
"Mh–hmm," Jeremy agrees.
Outside
We run down the steps of the administration building where not only the principal's office is, but also the library. We start running to the manhole entrance.
"Hey Ulrich, what was that recipe for anyways? It sounded kind of gross," Jeremy comments.
"It's one of Odd's concoctions," Ulrich explains.
"Well, It sounded a bit like ice cream. That's why I had to add in m and m's. I got a sweet tooth," Mia says.
"Yeah, it was, but none that I would like to try," Ulrich says.
"Makes sense," I say, as we're running. "Are we calling Yumi?"
"Yeah, I'll do it," Ulrich replies.
Afterwards
In the woods
Reaching the manhole entrance, Ulrich closes his cell phone. He puts it back in his pocket.
Ulrich pulls the grate off.
"Yumi is on her way," he informs. Jeremy hangs up on his call, it seems the other's didn't answer him.
"I can't seem to reach Aelita," Jeremy informs. He puts his cell phone back into his pocket, and Ulrich starts climbing down. I climb down next, followed by Mia. Jeremy climbs down last and pulls the grate back.
"Do you think she's still mad at me?" Jeremy asks.
"I'm sure she isn't," I reply. "And any luck with Sissi and Odd, Mia?"
"None, they didn't answer," Mia says.
Lyoko's Desert Sector
POV Sissi's
The three of us continue running to the edge of the desert sector. I haven't activated my lady luck ability yet. We soon reach the edge of the sector. The Transporter Orb hasn't arrived yet.
"I hope we didn't miss our bus," Odd jokes.
"I'm sure we had time," I say, confident in Aelita's skills.
"There!" Aelita exclaims, pointing to the Transporter Orb. It floats down to us, coming from out of nowhere as it usually does.
"Nice work," I compliment.
"Thanks," Aelita smiles. The Transporter Orb opens and scoops us up. It brings us to Sector Five.
Inside the lab
POV Lila's
The freight elevator's doors open. Ulrich, Mia, Jeremy, and I walk in. Jeremy walks over to the computer, and I put my beige backpack against the wall.
"Hey, do you smell that?" he asks, reaching his chair. "It smells as if Odd has been here," he mentions, sniffing the air.
"That would be impossible, Jeremy," I say.
"Yeah, his feet smell but not twenty hours later," Ulrich says. We start walking over to Jeremy, and he sits down in his chair. He puts his headset earpiece in his ear, adjusting it.
"Still, it's bizarre," Jeremy says.
"Well, what else could it be? Like Ulrich and Lila said, it's pretty much impossible," Mia says.
Sector Five
Arena Room
POV Sissi's
The Transporter Orb opens, dropping us off in the arena room. It leaves. The walls and floor start aligning themselves. Everything aligns and the doorway opens.
"Let's go," Aelita says.
"Right," I nod then the three of us start running to the doorway. We continue running until we reach the second set of walls. Reaching them, they open side by side. We resume running.
POV Lila's
Jeremy tries calling Aelita with the supercomputer, but she doesn't pick up. Mia tries calling Sissi and Odd, but they don't answer, either.
"Still nothing from Aelita," Jeremy says, tapping his leg nervously.
"Or Odd and Sissi," I say, concerned.
"Forget it, it looks like Odd is mad as well," Ulrich sighs, holding his phone in his hand.
"Because of his smelly feet? Odd is losing his sense of humor," Jeremy complains.
"And why wouldn't Sissi answer? I mean she would, right? She wasn't mad at anybody?" Mia asks.
"No, but she is supportive of Odd," I reply.
"True," Mia says. The freight elevator's doors open, with Yumi in it.
"I hope this isn't a false alarm, I raced through my exam," Yumi says.
"It's real alright," Jeremy confirms.
"I'm sending you, Ulrich then Mia and Lila. I'll send in the others just as soon as I can get a hold of them."
Mia, Ulrich, and I walk into the freight elevator. Yumi presses the red button and the freight elevator's doors close. It goes down.
Inside the scanner room
The freight elevator's doors open. Ulrich takes the middle, Yumi takes the right, and Mia takes the left.
"Sorry, Lila, looks like you'll have to go last," Jeremy says.
"No worries," I say. The scanner's doors close.
Afterwards
Lyoko's Mountain Sector
I'm virtualized onto Lyoko, and I open my eyes. I'm falling, and as I'm falling, I see several Hornets fire at the others. One of them hits Yumi's shoulder causing it to spark, and another Hornet hits Mia's arm, which also sparks. I land in a crouch position and get right back up.
Yumi takes her Tessen Fans out and opens them, she reflects an incoming laser. Mia takes a kunai out from her pouch, and uses it to block two lasers, reflecting each laser against the kunai.
Taking my hunter's knife out of its sleeve, one Hornet fires at me and I quickly dodge it. The four of us group up, and Ulrich unsheathes his Katana.
"Nice one, Jeremy, you've materialized us in the middle of an air show," Ulrich says.
"Sorry you guys – but more surprises are on the way. Xana's called up his heavy artillery. I'll materialize your vehicles."
Ulrich and I fight off against several lasers, reflecting each one with our weapons.
"Better hurry!" I exclaim.
The Hornets fly over us, we look to where they're heading.
"Not good!" Mia exclaims.
"Look, the Tarantulas!" Yumi exclaims. We see the Tarantulas heading for us. Yumi readies her Tessen Fans again, and I grip my hunter's knife.
"Super Sprint!" Ulrich exclaims. Using his super sprint, he leaves a yellow trail behind, blocking several lasers from a Hornet that has returned. Mia takes another kunai out of her pouch, and grips both of them in her hands. We run over to Ulrich, and the four of us start using our weapons to block each laser from the three other Hornets that have joined the first Hornet.
"Hiya!" Yumi exclaims, and throws one of her Tessen Fans. The Tessen Fan flies at one Hornet, then the second, as well as the third and fourth. The Hornets explode and the Tessen Fan returns to her. Suddenly we're bombarded with a volley wave of lasers, distracted by the short victory of defeating the Hornets. Thankfully, with our weapons, we're able to reflect the lasers. Yumi jumps backwards out of the way.
Ulrich, Mia, and I continue blocking the lasers. Our vehicles finally materialize, just a few feet ahead from us.
"Oh, it's about time!" Ulrich exclaims, sheathing his Katana blade. I put my hunter's knife in its sleeve. All of us run over to our vehicles. I get onto my broomstick's saddle, the others get onto their vehicles. I kick my broomstick into the air, and we take off. We fly high into the air, and the Tarantula's lasers are out of range. Mia opens her pouch and puts her kunai back in it quickly. She closes it and tilts her Overboard to go faster.
POV Sissi's
Reaching the room, we soon spot the key high up on a wall.
"Look, the key! It's up there," Aelita points.
"Well I'll see if I can get it – Lady Luck!" I exclaim. The slots start rotating in my bracer, and they lock in. The first two have no symbols on it, meaning my spades and club dance ability are out. The third slot has a symbol. I've never really used this symbol before because in all honesty I haven't a clue what it could be. It's just wavy lines. The fourth slot is empty as usual. Odd notices my confused look.
"What's wrong Sissi?" Odd asks.
"Well… I never really used the third slot on my bracer before because… I don't know what it is," I reply, embarrassed. Odd walks over to me and I show him the symbol on my bracer.
"Hmmm… it kind of looks like wind," he comments.
"Wind? I wonder if-" I start to say but the Xana Bots arrive, giving us some room but surrounding us. Aelita summons her energy field in one hand.
She fires off her energy field at a Xana Bot behind her, that is across the room blocking an exit. The energy field flies at the Xana Bot and hits it, shocking it before it explodes. Getting an idea, I grab my baton out of the holder, then press its button, extending it twice its size.
"Wind!" I exclaim. The palms of my hands start gathering up wind. Not sure if I have a time limit, I pour the wind energy into my baton. I swing the baton in a vertical position, then a horizontal position, launching them at two Xana Bots that are across from Odd and I. The two slices of wind fly fast at one of the Xana Bots, but the other Xana Bot escapes the vicinity of my attacks. The first Xana Bot has no choice but to be hit by my wind slices, and they slice through the Xana Bot, hitting its target eye with ease. The Xana Bot explodes.
Cocking his paw, Odd shouts:
"Laser Arrows!" he fires off two Laser Arrows at the Xana Bot that escaped. The Laser Arrows fly at the Xana Bot, not giving it room to escape and hitting it in its target eye. They explode, and my ability vanishes.
This causes some of the Xana Bots to start flying around the room, almost as if they're grouping up with one another. For whatever reason, they don't fire at us.
"Bizarre," Aelita comments.
"Yeah, why aren't they attacking?" I ask, gripping onto my baton and still hoping I have another wind slice to use. Hearing two more Xana Bots zooming around, we turn to see they've fixed a position high up.
"You'd think they were surprised to see us," Aelita says.
"Sorry, we're not disturbing you, are we?" Odd asks. He fires a Laser Arrow at one Xana Bot that is high up, and then another that is on the ground. The Xana Bots explode. He then resumes firing his Laser Arrows at one Xana Bot that is still high up. However, instead of attacking us, that Xana Bot and a few of the remaining ones retreat. Out of nowhere lasers hit us, causing our bodies to shock. I drop my baton and I feel my wind power fading. We look to our right to see more Xana Bots have entered the room.
POV Lila's
We've been flying along a winding path for a while now, we pass a mountain and continue down another winding path. All of us can now see the activated tower.
"I see the tower!" Ulrich informs.
"So do I, but I also see a welcoming committee," Yumi says as several Bloks come from behind the activated tower.
"We haven't seen these guys in a while," I say, taking my hunter's knife out of its sleeve.
"Tell us you got in touch with one of the others. Or at least Aelita," Mia says, opening her pouch and taking out two shuriken.
"Not a word. I'll try again. Stay in position for now, and try not to get devirtualized," Jeremy says.
"We'll try," Ulrich says.
POV Sissi's
"You've got this, right?" I ask Odd, since I can't activate my lady luck power without losing 30 more life points.
"Yeah," Odd replies. He starts running on his paws and feet. He begins climbing high up, using his claws to get to the key. Several Xana Bots fly over to us, and begin charging their lasers. Gripping my baton, I swing it in a horizontal position, unleashing a gust of wind. Not as big as my wind slice, but the gust of wind flies at two of the four Xana Bots. The third and fourth Xana Bot escapes. The gush of wind hits two of the Xana Bots, causing them to roughly hit one another against their target eyes. They explode. The third one that escaped flies to a new position. The fourth one is next to it, almost as if it were guarding. It charges its laser. Before I can warn him, the Xana Bot shoots Odd in the back, causing his body to spark and nearly fall down. To my relief, he catches himself with his other paw.
"Are you okay?!" I shout, concerned.
"I'm fine!" Odd shouts back, gripping his loose paw, his claws digging into the wall.
Aelita summons two energy fields and launches them at the two remaining Xana Bots. The energy fields hit two of the Xana Bots, shocking them. The Xana Bots explode, and the third Xana Bot changes its position by zooming around the room. Aelita spots yet another Xana Bot that's entered the other side of the room. She summons her energy field and launches it. The energy field flies at the Xana Bot, it's shocked and then explodes.
"Aelita, Sissi!" Odd exclaims. We turn to him, to see he has reached the top of the ascended floor.
"Go!" he exclaims. I press the button on my baton, and it returns to its compact size. I put it in my holder. He jumps off it and, holding out his hand, he presses the key and it forms into the eye of Xana. A door opens and Odd starts running to us.
Afterwards
At the elevator
Reaching the elevator spot, Odd, Aelita and I suddenly hear Jeremy's voice.
"Odd, Sissi, Aelita. I know you're there."
Looking at Aelita, she seems a bit mad and makes a fist.
"For your information, while you're out there having a ball Xana happens to be attacking. Ulrich, Yumi, Mia, and Lila are already on the spot," Jeremy informs.
"What now, Aelita?" Odd asks. Aelita closes her eyes, disappointed.
"Whatever you want to do… we'll agree to it," I say, determined to help her finish this to the end. Aelita opens her eyes.
"I appreciate that, Sissi… let's just go," Aelita says. Hearing the elevator arriving, the three of us jump down and land on it. It begins to bring us to the entrance of the dome.
"As soon as you get to the dome, I'll program two vehicles and then I'll open a tunnel. The activated tower is in the mountain sector. Now get going," Jeremy orders.
Reaching the entrance of the celestial dome, the elevator fixes itself to the floor. The door opens.
Celestial Dome
On the bridge
We start running onto the bridge. Odd's Overboard and my Overbike have already been materialized. Odd gets onto his Overboard, and I get onto my Overbike. Aelita gets on with me, she holds my waist and I rev up my Overbike. We take off. As we're passing the dome, we see it opening and closing with Mantas guarding it.
"Look, you two!" Aelita exclaims, pointing at them.
"They're not attacking, it must be a game," Odd jokes.
"Jeremy, we've just spotted some Mantas at the south pole of the dome. They seem to be guarding the entrance," Aelita informs.
"Now that is not a good sign. Hold on, I'll check it out," Jeremy says. There's a short pause, then he says:
"Uh oh. Looks like you were right. Xana's attacking the core of Lyoko. The tower in the mountain sector was just a diversion!"
"Okay we're on it!" Odd exclaims, tilting his weight and making his Overboard go faster.
I fly with him as we make our way to the dome.
POV Lila's
A Blok spins it's head and starts charging its ice laser. I charge electricity in my hand, and gather it up as the Blok charges its laser. Yumi spins, dodging the Blok that's firing rings at her. She takes her fans out, and my lightning bolt amulet glows, letting me know I'm charged up. I fire an electricity blast at one of the Bloks before it can release its. The Blok is hit by my electricity blast and explodes. Yumi's blok starts spinning again and shoots rapid lasers at her. Thankfully she uses one Tessen fan to shield her.
Ulrich and Mia are about to use their weapons, but two of the others Bloks fire a charged laser at them. One laser knocks Ulrich's Katana out of his hand, and the other laser knocks Mia's whip out of her hand. The Katana flies back and lands away from Ulrich, sticking itself into the ground. Mia's whip lands flatly next to Ulrich's Katana. Opening her pouch, Mia tries to get a weapon out from it.
Yumi throws one Tessen fan at a Blok and the Tessen Fan slashes through, causing the Blok to explode. Mia takes out a shuriken and hurls it at one of the two remaining Bloks. The shuriken flies at the Blok and hits it in the target eye of Xana, then explodes.
Taking my hunter's knife out of its sleeve again, I focus my powers. The last Blok turns on me and starts firing its regular laser. My lightning bolt amulet glows and my electricity is engulfed around the hunter's knife. I chuck my hunter's knife at the Blok, and with the electricity giving it a boost, it flies to the eye of Xana, and hits it dead on. The Blok is shocked and explodes, and my electricity disperses, the hunter's knife falls to the ground.
Hearing the sound of an attack, one more Blok appears and starts firing rings at Ulrich and Mia who are dodging them. I can't get a clear shot with my bow and arrow if I wanted to, so Yumi takes the initiative and holds her hand out. Around her body a pink and white aura glows, and she uses her Telekinesis on Ulrich's Katana. She lifts it into the air, getting it out of the ground and Ulrich's uses his super sprint to jump up.
Grabbing his Katana in midair, Ulrich uses his super sprint to fly down fast and lands on top of the Blok's head.
"Impact!" he exclaims, and then plunges his Katana into the eye of Xana.
Going over to my hunter's knife, I pick it up and put in its sleeve. I hear the Blok explode, and Mia runs over to pick her whip up and put it back on her holder. Ulrich jumps off the Blok and it explodes.
"You're Telekinesis thing is really cool," Ulrich compliments Yumi.
"Ulrich, Yumi, Mia, Lila. Listen up," Jeremy orders. We look up.
"Odd, Sissi, and Aelita are in Sector Five. You've got to get over there. They need some help."
"What? But why would they be there?" I ask.
"I'll tell you all about it later. But for now, get going."
Jeremy materializes our vehicles and we get on them. Kicking my broomstick into the air, we take off and make our way to the edge of the sector.
We fly a bit higher, and Yumi flies next to Mia and Ulrich.
"Xana really outsmarted us, while he kept us busy in the mountain sector, he was free to attack the core of Lyoko," Yumi says.
"Yeah, but he didn't count three scanner stowaways already being in Sector Five," Jeremy says. "Fortunately," he adds.
"So, you're not mad at them then?" Ulrich asks.
"Not a chance. In fact, as soon as they get here, they're each going to get a big kiss," Jeremy replies.
I can't help but smile at that. It's a bit hard to imagine, but he's obviously joking.
Seeing the trail that leads to the edge of the sector, we fly down.
"Are you at the extreme edge of the sector?"
"We're here, Jeremy," I inform as we land on the edge. I get off the broomstick's saddle, and the others hop off our vehicles.
"Okay. Then I'll enter the code: Scipio."
POV Sissi's
As we're discussing how to get into the dome, Odd his hit in his tail. It sparks with electricity.
"These guys are tough to get a handle on," Odd comments.
"You know, you might try throwing one of your shoes at them," Aelita jokes.
"Yeah, they might be a powerful attack," I jest.
"Very funny, you two!" Odd exclaims. Summoning her energy field, Aelita launches it at a Manta. The energy field hits the Manta and shocks it, the Manta explodes.
"I can do better than that! Laser Arrow!" Odd exclaims and fires his Laser Arrow at a Manta that was behind the first Manta. We didn't see the Manta charging its laser, but it fires a laser off at Odd and he's pushed off his Overboard and begins devirtualizing.
"Odd!" Aelita and I exclaim. He vanishes in a cloud of pixels, and I look to the Manta that attacked my boyfriend.
"You're going to regret that!" I exclaim. Revving up my Overbike, I take off with Aelita who holds onto me. She lets one hand out, summoning her energy field, and as I get closer to the Manta that attacked Odd, Aelita fires at the Manta. The energy field hits the Manta, shocking it and then explodes.
Sector Five
Arena Room
POV Lila's
The Transporter Orb opens, dropping us off. The room and walls start spinning.
"Hurry up. Aelita and Sissi are going to need help," Jeremy informs.
The arena room and walls start slowing down. Everything aligns itself, and the doorway opens. We start running to the doorway.
POV Sissi's
I fly the Overbike up and into the dome,
"And the first shield layer of the core of Lyoko has just given away," Jeremy informs.
Parking my Overbike, Aelita hops off it first. I get off and together we look up. We see three Mantas and Xana Bots in sight, firing at the Sphere.
"Aelita, Sissi, where are you two?"
"In trouble," Aelita replies.
"I'd better activate this, quickly! Lady Luck!" I shout. My bracer's slots start rotating and lock in. The symbol on the first slot is the spade symbol, but next to it is the joker symbol.
"Jeremy! Please tell me that-" I start to say but Jeremy interrupts me.
"You can only summon two spades this time Sissi! And your club dance ability is cancelled out!"
Ugh, I think. Taking my baton off its holder, I press the button and it extends twice its size. Aelita and I start leaping up the steps. We continue leaping up the steps and get high enough to see the monsters more clearly.
Aelita holds out her hand, and shouts:
"Energy field!"
The energy field flies to the Xana Bot that's about to fire at the Sphere again. The energy field shocks the Xana Bot, and it then explodes. Hearing two Mantas screeching, we start leaping up the steps higher. Two of the Mantas fire off their lasers at the same time, and gripping my baton I swing it horizontally. This causes a huge gust of wind to fly at the lasers, redirecting them back at the Mantas. They fly down quickly in order to dodge their own attacks.
"Hang on, you two. Lila, Mia, Ulrich and Yumi are on their way," Jeremy informs.
The Xana Bots continue firing at the Sphere, so Aelita and I continue leaping up the steps. We get high enough to see the Sphere up closer, and the two Mantas from below start firing their lasers at us. Aelita forms two of her energy shields in each hand, as the Mantas fly over us. When the Mantas fly back down, firing their lasers at us, she's able to shield us with the energy shields that are connected to each other.
Looking down, we see that the others have finally arrived.
POV Lila's
Having finally arrived, the Mantas lasers try to hit us as we leap up one step at a time. With no time to focus my powers, we simply keep on leaping onto the steps. Yumi stops and takes out her Tessen Fans. She opens them and Mia opens her pouch, taking out two shurikens. They use their weapons to block the attacks.
Together Yumi and Mia jump onto the Mantas. Ulrich and I continue leaping onto the steps to get to where Sissi and Aelita are. Yumi slices her Tessen Fans into the Manta. Mia does the same with her shuriken. Light shines from within both Mantas. They explode. and the two of them jump off in time, landing onto a step.
With the Mantas taken care of, I can now focus my powers to the soles of my feet. Ulrich super sprints his way up the steps, and my lightning bolt amulet glows. The soles of my feet are given extra juice, and I leap up the next steps. Not as fast as Ulrich, nowhere near it, but a bit faster than I was moving before.
Ulrich reaches one of the Xana Bots that's on one of the steps ahead. Unsheathing his Katana blade, he takes it and stabs the Xana Bot in its target eye before it gets a chance to fire at him. I'm a few steps just before him, and the Xana Bot explodes. Reaching Ulrich, I pass him and continue leaping onto the steps.
Getting my hunter's knife ready, I take it out of its sleeve and grip it in my hands. The Xana Bot turns on me, but I leap high into the air thanks to the extra boost and throw my hunter's knife at the Xana Bot before it gets a chance to fire a laser at me. The hunter's knife hits the Xana target eye, sinking through it, and the Xana Bot explodes. My hunter's knife drops onto the step, and, landing, I pick it up.
One of the Xana Bots tries to fire at Ulrich but the laser getting a bit close to him, he quickly uses his katana blade the to redirect it back to the Xana Bot. The laser flies back and hits the Xana Bot's Target eye and then explodes.
Another Manta appears and flies up to where Aelita and Sissi are. I don't have the speed to get to them, so Ulrich super sprints his way to them.
He takes his katana blade out quickly and is able to block the incoming lasers, shielding them both. Ulrich chucks his katana blade underneath the target eye of the Manta. Light shines from within the Manta and it explodes, his Katana blade falls down and completely out of reach.
I can't hear what they're saying, but one of the Xana Bots stops firing at the shield. It zooms over to them instead, and gets behind them. Putting my hunter's knife in its sheath, I take out my bow and an arrow.
"My saber! Sissi, hurry, your baton," Ulrich says just loud enough for all of us to hear.
Nocking the arrow, I hold it steady and then aim it at the Xana Bot. I pull the drawstring back and release the arrow. The arrow flies at the Xana Bot, and hits the Target eye just in time, as it began to charge its laser. The Xana Bot explodes. Aelita, Sissi and Ulrich cover themselves. They then look down at me and I smile.
"Nice one, everybody. Aelita, you know, you still have a tower to deactivate. But if you want to stop at a terminal first to collect some new data on Franz Hopper - I mean – if you want to," Jeremy stammers a bit.
Putting my bow back on its hook, Aelita puts her finger on her lip, thinking about it. She then looks up.
"Yeah, why not?" she asks.
Later at night
Inside Lila and Aelita's room
I'm in mine and Aelita's room, wearing my pajamas. I'm on the phone with her now, while Aelita and Jeremy are looking through the data they recovered in Sector Five. I'm talking to Mary on speaker.
"I'm afraid even if they do find signs of Franz Hopper being alive now, it'll unfortunately be…" Mary trails off, sighing.
"I know," I sigh. "And the data they're going to find… it's only going to make things worse for Aelita."
"I'm afraid there's nothing we can do for Franz Hopper. His fate is something we cannot change."
"I know," I sigh. "I wish there was a way."
"Even if there were… who knows what sort of ramifications there might be for messing with the timeline."
I sigh internally. She still doesn't know everything that happened with Aelita from the future, or why Cameron left the group. Only that he needed to return home. She doesn't know that this is a new timeline.
So I say:
"I know that. Believe me, I know that by now."
Author's Note: Hi everyone, I FINALLY revealed the third symbol of Sissi's bracer. Why did I take so long to do so? In all honesty... I forgot about it. Sorry. The fourth symbol will be revealed closer to the end of season 3. I feel bad for Sissi getting joker symbol... it seems to get in the way a lot. Even though third symbol is "wind," I would like to think of her slot as a wild card slot of sorts.
As far as posting chapters will go, I will try my best to keep our usual 1-2 weeks schedule. However, there are times where I may not be able to. Chapters may be pushed back to four weeks on certain occasions. That being said, I always appreciate all of you who are patient for the next update. I recently got a job, so while I am happy about it I'll have less time for pre writing. Never fear, I am not cancelling this fanfiction in anyway. Season 3 is all but edited and I have 13 chapters left to pre write in season 4. So I am close to finishing season 4 up. I can't exactly say my plans for after I write up the final episode... but I can say there will be no Code Lyoko Evolution. We have exactly eight chapters left of season 3. I will try to get Routine out by next week. If you haven't checked out The Adventures of Lila Belpois yet, (the season 1 filler saga) I urge you to do so if you've been curious as to what happened to Lila and Mary in the skipped episodes of season 1.
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