After some time chapter 6 is finally up guys. Enjoy.
"First thing you guys need to know is that I'm not like you at all" Jason started "I'm not human".
"What do you mean?" Aelita asked him " You look like human, you speak like human and you have emotions like humans. You proved that you have empathy for others multiple times. It doesn't make any sense".
"Ironic" he said and smiled at her "You should be the one to understand what I mean".
She was confused "I don't understand".
"I'm just computer program Aelita, nothing else" Jason finally said.
Others were stunned by that.
"But how is that possible?" Jeremy asked.
"I will explain" Jason said and started telling his story.
"Franz Hopper was the one that created me when he created this super computer. He did that for the good reason. To destroy Carthage. But to him I wasn't just program, simple AI. He created some programs that contained some kind of descriptions about human emotions that should help with understanding same ones and added them inside my code. In other words he hoped that he will be able to make me human. That was a part of his research that he never talked about and the one none of you know about. Am I right?".
Others nodded.
"But nothing went as planned. There was some kind of glitch that went unnoticed by Franz. I noticed it but still wasn't able to warn Franz about it. And when I got a chance it was to late. Man in black came after them".
"Wait a second" Ulrich stopped him "What kind of glitch?".
Jason sighted "It's not the right time to tell the whole story, but let's just say it was XANA himself".
"But we though that XANA was created by Franz in this supercomputer" Yumi said "And now you tell us he was some kind of glitch that entered it".
"When was XANA created?" Aelita asked.
Before Jason could answer Odd did it first "Long time ago. During creation of Carthage".
Everyone looked at blonde boy with his head in Aelita's lap.
"He told you about that didn't he?" Jason asked him.
"Yeah, but I didn't understand it until now" Odd answered "It was XANA all along".
"Who told him what?" Ulrich asked confused.
"It doesn't matter right now good buddy" Odd told him and proceeded to get up.
"Odd you should rest" Aelita tried to stop him but he was already on his feet "You are exhausted".
"I'm fine, don't worry about it" he reassured her "Alright Jas, keep going".
Jason nodded "Franz spent most of his time working at this supercomputer in order to finally escape from man in black, but one day they found him and that's when his time loop began. His intention was to make me stronger so we can finally stop them but all of that energy went to XANA. He somehow managed to cut me off, take over Lyoko and trapped me inside the limbo. I watched when Franz brought Aelita to Lyoko and went towards sector five to see me. But of course instead of me he found XANA and got trapped as well. And all I could do was watch without being able to do anything. And than supercomputer got shut down. After that there is nothing. Until you turned it back on".
"How did you get out of that limbo?" Jeremy asked him.
"Thanks to you. When you destroyed that first Replica huge amount of energy went through Digital sea and I used that energy to break free from his claws. I got out of the scanner some time latter".
"That's impossible" Jeremy said "We would know about it if you did that".
Warriors looked at Jason thinking that he lied but what Aelita said made their doubts go away.
"But we did noticed it Jeremy" she said "We just thought that it was some kind of glitch and that we shouldn't worry about that".
Jeremy was thinking about that and he realized that it was true "That was you?".
Jason nodded.
"I immediately went looking after man in black and during that search I accidentally bumped in one of their groups that went to hunt Odd's family. You know the rest of the story".
"So you were there entire time and none of us knew about you?" Yumi asked.
"Don't worry about it. XANA did great job trying to burry me deep inside the limbo to never come back. But not good enough".
Than he sighted "That's my story. I don't know if it was enough to make you to trust me but it's the truth".
"We need to think about that" Ulrich said.
Other nodded sadly.
"Okay than" Jason said "But if you need my help here you can count on me".
He started walking towards the elevator and nobody stopped him.
After Jason left others exchanged tired looks.
"I don't know what to say" Yumi told them.
"Me neither" Ulrich added.
"How about we talk about that tomorrow" Jeremy suggested "We are exhausted".
"Good idea" Odd agreed "I could really use some rest".
"We all could" Aelita joined.
They exited the factory and went back towards the school.
Some time later they were finally there.
They followed Jeremy towards his room and before he entered he said goodnight to them and closed the door.
Next ones were Yumi and Ulrich. They arrived to their room and opened the door.
"Try not to go to wild again okay?" Aelita warned them jokingly.
Odd chuckled at her comment.
Yumi blushed a little "We aren't discussing this again Aelita".
Aelita raised her hands in defeat "Sure, whatever you say Yumi".
"Ugh, you are so- Ugh" Yumi said and slammed the door shut.
Odd looked at her innocently "That was, well, unusual".
"Don't worry, we do this all the time" Aelita reassured him as they walked towards her room.
As they walked around the corner someone ran past them ramming Odd in his side.
"Sorry" girl voice said as she kept running.
Odd turned around to see who it is. It was Sissy.
"Did Sissy just said 'Sorry'?" Odd asked her confused.
"Oh I forgot that we never told you about that".
"About what? Sissy becoming nice for once?".
Aelita nodded.
"Wow, I have been gone for to long" Odd said and chuckled.
Duo arrived at Aelita's room.
Odd waited for her to unlock the door and followed her inside.
Once they were inside Odd heard familiar bark that he missed so much.
"Kiwi!" he cried and kneeled down to hug his dog "My little diggity-dog!".
Kiwi licked his face in joy. He was happy to see his owner.
Aelita could feel her heart melt when she saw two friends together.
"Wow Kiwi, you have gotten heavy" Odd said as he lifted Kiwi in the air "I see Aelita fed you well".
Kiwi barked.
"That's right my little dog, that's right".
Odd lowered him down and Kiwi barked again.
"He is hungry" Aelita said and walked towards her table and pulled Kiwi's food out "Come here boy".
Kiwi ran towards his bowl and started eating his food while waving his tail.
Odd looked at Aelita and smiled "Thank you Princess".
She returned the smile "For what?".
"For taking care of him while I was gone. I know I asked you to do so and you didn't need to do it but you still did. I appreciate that. I really do".
"I know how much you love him Odd, I couldn't do that to you".
They were standing in silence for some time.
Odd awkwardly cleared his throat "Anyways, I think we should rest for tonight".
Aelita nodded also awkwardly "Yeah, right".
Aelita walked to the closet and got her pajamas out. She lowered her hands so she could pull her shirt up but suddenly realized that Odd was still there and blushed.
"Um Odd, could you please-".
Odd chuckled "Don't worry I'm out. And also I need to go and take the shower myself".
He closed the door and walked towards the showers room.
In the hallway he ran into Sissy once more. Two of them made eye contact and she smiled at him kindly. To his surprise Odd returned the smile and kept walking. When he turned around he saw Sissy standing there looking at him. Once she realized that Odd saw her Sissy turned around and ran to her room.
"That was so strange" Odd though to himself.
He entered the showers room, closed the door and went towards the one of the showers and turned it on.
After he was done Odd walked towards the mirror and looked at himself. Running fingers over his scars Odd thought about everything that Jason went through.
"Franz?"
There was no answer.
"Franz? You still here?" Odd called for him again.
This time Franz answered back.
"I'm here Odd. Still thinking about what to do aren't you?".
Odd nodded "I know that he deserves to be in our group but I'm not sure if others are having the same vibe about him".
"I can tell you that he was telling the truth about his origins. I did indeed created him but I never had idea that it was the same thing from Carthage that took over his place"
"Why didn't you tell anyone about that?".
"I didn't want for Aelita to think that I don't love her as much as I did before. Every kid thinks like that when they are about to get a sibling".
"She would never think about you like that".
"I know, but then I wasn't so sure".
Odd was quiet for few moments.
"You shouldn't worry about it that much son. You will make it work"
"Thank you Franz. For support"
"Always" with that Franz went quiet again.
Odd walked back to his room wearing his casual pajamas while drying his hair with a towel.
Once he was inside the room he saw that Aelita was already inside of her bed.
"Done already?" she asked him "For me it takes nearly twenty minutes with shower".
"And another half an hour for you to get in there because of Sissy" Odd said and laughed "'Beautiful flower like me needs a lot of watering'".
Aelita joined him and laughed.
"What did you say after that Princess? I can't remember".
"Maybe your brain will grow up someday" she added and laughed.
"Th-That-That was g- good one" Odd said as he tried to control his laugh wiping his tears away.
Both of them took deep breath but were still giggling.
"Okay okay, enough" Odd said as he tried to calm down the situation.
"Right" she nodded and smiled.
They were sitting in silence for some time before Odd decided to break it.
"Anyways. Why did Sissy become nice all of a sudden? I mean first time tonight she apologized when she bumped into us and now when I was going towards the showers she even smiled at me. In normal situation she would ignore me or call me Oddball. What happened?".
Aelita looked away and sighted "Her mother's death did that".
Odd looked at her with his mouth opened "W- What?".
"It happened last year" Aelita kept going "It was hard time for both Delmas and Sissy. She needed all of the support she could get but none of the students were eager to do that because of everything she did before. She finally realized that how she acted before the tragedy is the reason why everyone hated her and that it's time for her to change. So she came to us looking for that. I know it might sound strange but we were more than willing to help her. From that moment she became better than she was before. She started helping others all the way she could in order to redeem herself for her mistakes from the past. She is unofficial member of our group now".
Odd was silent for some time "I didn't know. Poor Sissy".
Aelita looked at him sadly and nodded.
Odd lay down and turned towards her. She was looking at he ceiling.
"What are you thinking about Princess?".
"About what Jason said" Aelita said "If my father really created him and he is telling the truth that means that he is like brother to me. Not biological one but still".
"I understand Princess" Odd reassured her.
Aelita turned her back towards him "I'm so tired. We will continue this conversation tomorrow with others".
Odd didn't respond and soon she fell asleep.
He on the other hand looked at the ceiling for few more minutes thinking about days that were in front of them. He was soon asleep as well.
This is it for this chapter guys. I really like what I'm doing with this story, and I hope you do as well. Until the next time, peace out.