Final chapter is here. Enjoy.
Soon after he returned to his bedroom Jeremy was getting ready to go to sleep but there was still something that kept him awake. That strange message he received that day. Message from the future.
"This doesn't make any sense" he said out loud "I know that our computer can return us to the past, but it does send us only few hours back. It can't do bigger time jumps or to communicate with super computer from different time". He got back up to his feet and started pacing around the room "Ugh! Think Jeremy, think!". He was trying to think of something but nothing came to mind. But when he was about to give up switch inside his brain flipped on "Unless-".
Jeremy walked to his table and turned his computer on. He accessed Hopper's journal and he started to connect the dots. It looked like their super computer could be upgraded with right equipment and software. Also it said that connection between super computer in different parts of time is possible but it was still slim chance in doing so.
"That's it" Jeremy realized "Someone contacted us from the future, but now we need to figure why they did it". But there is something else that was on his mind.
"What if somehow Odd ended up in this future? Maybe all of this was an accident? Or maybe not" he whispered quietly. Suddenly his computer started beeping and he looked at the alert. It seemed like something was getting sent to the super computer and it will be there shortly later.
"This can't be good, I need to warn the others" Jeremy said and ran outside his room to alert Ulrich and Yumi. When he rached their room he didn't even bother knocking and instead he barged inside "Ulrich, Yumi, we need to get to the factory right now".
He could hear Ulrich groaning "Ever heard of little thing called knocking Einstein".
Jeremy rolled his eyes "It's not the time for your sarcasm Ulrich. We need to go now".
"Can you at least tell us why?" Yumi asked him while rubbing her eyes "I hate doing something without knowing why".
"I can't tell you now" Jeremy told her and stood at the door of their room "I will tell you when we get there". He walked outside and before closing door he informed them "I will wait outside".
Few minutes later Yumi and Ulrich met him outside the dorms and together they ran to the forest. Once they were close to the secret passage Jeremy decided to call Aelita.
"Hey Jeremy, what's-" she was unable to finish her sentence before Jeremy cut her off.
"There is no time to talk Aelita" he told her while trying to catch his breath "Are you with Jason right now?".
She was confused "Yeah, why-".
"Good" Jeremy said quickly "Both of you get to the factory. Something is happening right now".
Once they were all at the factory they headed inside the lab. While approaching the computer chair they noticed that it was blinking.
"It looks like something is being sent to us" Jeremy said as he sat down. He looked at the screen and saw some icon that was showing some kind of transfer was in process. Something or someone is coming towards them.
"What is it Jeremy?" Yumi asked him confused "Is this XANA's doing?". At the mention of XANA's name warriors looked at Jeremy and waited for some answers. To their surprise Jeremy smiled and shook his head.
"No. I don't think it is" he told them calmly and turned his attention back towards the screen "This is something different. I guess it has to do with those people from the future". As soon as Jeremy said that Jason walked towards him and looked him directly in the eyes.
"What do you mean?" Jason asked "What people from the future?".
"You see" Jeremy began his explanation "While you were at Lyoko trying to save Odd some message with program inside it. That message came from the future. From the year 2055 to be precise".
Jason looked at him in a way that Jeremy couldn't understand. "Are you sure Jer?" he asked him "Some people from the future helping us? You know that it's almost impossible". He tried to keep his cool and was barely able to do so. It seems like they were in trouble.
"I'm not sure Jason" Jeremy told him honestly "Even Franz Hopper in his dairy said that time travel and communication with the future was possible even tho it had a slim chance to be successful attempt. But there is another thing that worries me". He was quiet for a moment before he spoke again "I think Odd somehow ended up in the future if that's the case".
If he knew what to look for Jeremy would notice how Jason got pale at that moment. 'This isn't good' Jason thought to himself 'Not good at all. I need to warn others'.
Aelita walked towards the screen and noticed that transfer was finished. "Jeremy, it's finished" she told him and pointed at the new mirror that appeared "We need to get to scanner room".
Jeremy looked at her and nodded "Come on than". They walked inside the elevator and went to the scanner room. Group went inside and stood in front of the closed scanner. Once it opened and smoke cleared out they saw Odd sitting inside rubbing his head in discomfort.
He looked up and noticed others standing above him "Oh, hey guys. Um, what happened?". Others exchanged looks and than looked back at him and smiled. Aelita walked towards him and offered him her hand to help him get up.
"We need to stop welcoming you like this" she told him with a smile "I think it's a third time already".
Odd looked at her and nodded with a smile "You are right princess, it's really getting old". He looked around the room and noticed worried looks on his friend's faces "Uh, did I miss anything?".
Jason stepped forward "Do you remember anything Odd? Anything at all?".
Odd remembered what Connor told him. Telling others about the future could cause unfixable damage. He needed to do this alone. "Uh, I don't think so" he told them reassuringly "Last thing I remember is leaving my room and going to the shower. After that everything is empty. Until now".
He noticed Jason sighing and wondered why was he relieved. "Okay than Odd" Jason told him and turned around towards the elevator "Let's get back to the lab. I believe that Jeremy has something to tell you". He got inside the elevator and leaned against the wall waiting for others .
Yumi and Ulrich walked behind Odd and wrapped their hands around his shoulder. "You really had us worried again good buddy" Ulrich told him and chuckled "Do us a favor and try to avoid it happening again. Okay?".
"He is right Odd" Yumi added and smiled "We nearly lost you to many times to allow it to happen again. Be more careful next time".
"I will try guys" Odd told them with a chuckle "I promise". They walked towards the elevator and Aelita was right behind them. Once they were inside they turned around and saw Jeremy standing in the same place like he was thinking about something.
"Hey Einstein!" Ulrich called out for him "You are not planning to stay there entire night are you?". Those words seemed to snap Jeremy back to the reality.
"Uh, no. Of course not" he responded and walked towards them "Coming".
Once inside the lab Jeremy began his explanation about all these strange events from last twenty four hours. Beginning with Odd's possession, to strange cataclysm like events, to mysterious message from the future and finally to his strange disappearance. Odd listen carefully, he heard every detail, even the smallest one. He knew all of this of course, but he couldn't show it. He needed to go with a stream. When Jeremy finished with telling the story Odd leaned back and sighted "Wow, a lot happed while I was out. I'm sorry if I could provide you bigger help in understanding this ".
"You have no reason to be sorry Odd" Jeremy reassured him "Maybe I got the wrong idea. I'm not sure anymore". Jeremy lowered his head in his palms and rubbed it. "I guess we should simply forget all of this and call it a day".
Others were surprised by this. "Uh Jeremy" Yumi began "Weren't you just telling us about trying to understand this thing".
Jeremy shook his head and looked at the ground "Nah, I don't think I will. Maybe some other time after we defeat XANA. I-". He wanted to say something more but some growl came from Aelita. Others looked at her and saw her blushing fiercely.
"Sorry" she said while looking at the ground "I guess I'm really hungry".
"Have you eaten anything Lita?" Yumi asked her.
Aelita blushed even more "Uh, no. I was to worried to eat".
When Odd heard that he immediately jumped to his feet and walked towards her and grabbed her arm. "Well princess" he said with a smile and started dragging her towards the elevator "I'm really sorry because I had you worried. Let me repay you by buying you something to eat".
She nervously chuckled "That won't be needed Odd, I'm not that hungy". But her pleads were unheard.
"I insist" Odd told her jokingly "I had you worried, you didn't eat anything whole day and now you expect me to just let it be. Not a chance princess. We are getting some food into you".
While two of them were stumbling towards the elevator other were simply smiling at them. "You didn't ask us if we wanted to eat something" Ulrich shouted after them and laughed. Noticing how Odd turned around and was about to say something Ulrich laughed again "Just kidding good buddy! Just go!". Elevator door closed and two of them were gone.
Ulrich sighted and smiled "Well, this went better than I expected it to honestly".
Yumi walked next to him and nodded "You are right Ul". She yawned and closed her eyes "I'm so tired. Can we go Jeremy?".
Jeremy nodded "Yeah, sure. Go on. I don't want you to collapse because I didn't allow you to get your sleep. I will see you tomorrow than". They started to walk towards the elevator door before Jeremy stopped them "Oh, and Jason? I need your help here. Can you stay here some more?".
Jason was confused but nodded "Sure thing. If there is anything I can do to help you with defeating XANA". Than he turned towards Yumi and Ulrich "You two should go. We got this". Two of them nodded and soon they were gone.
Now that they were all alone Jeremy walked towards Jason angrily. "What's that thing you needed my help with?" Jason asked him with a smile while turning around. He turned around just as Jeremy grabbed him by the shirt and pinned him to the wall. "Jeremy what are you-".
"What game are you playing, hm?" Jeremy growled at him and looked him directly in the eyes "Tricking Odd to come alone to Lyoko so you could trap him. That's really low Jason. He trusted you, we trusted you. And you broke our trust".
"I don't know what are you talking about" Jason answered back and smiled "I'm on your side and nothing will change that. Why would you say something like that?".
"Being shocked when I revealed this message from the future, than being relived when Odd said he doesn't remember anything. What secrets are you hiding Jason? Huh? Answer me!" Jeremy screamed at him and pressed him harder against the wall. To his surprise Jason simply shook his head and sighted.
"You don't get it Jeremy. You don't get it at all" he whispered quietly "I can't tell you anything".
"Why can't you huh? Being afraid that your schemes would come to surface?" Jeremy growled again "If you are really on our side than tell me. Help me understand".
Jason finally snapped at him "You think this is easy?! But there is nothing I can tell you Jeremy! I just can't! You are my friends and hiding things from you is really hard but it needs to be done! And if you are still wondering if you can trust me the answer is yes. But there are many things you have no right to know".
"Why can't we know?" Jeremy asked him as he let go of his shirt.
"You simply can't. It's simple like that" Jason told him and looked at the ground "You need to trust me on this Jeremy".
Jeremy thought about what Jason said but still there was one question "What about that program you and Odd are working on? You can't tell us anything about that either?".
"I can only tell you it's materialization program" Jason simply answered.
"Materialization program?" Jeremy asked him confused "But for who? Franz Hopper?". Jason was quiet so Jeremy kept going "But how do you know how to make the right program? I mean we don't even know how where Franz is".
"Hopper is helping us" Jason answered and left Jeremy stunned.
"But how? How is it possible? How are you staying in contact with him? There is no way he-" Jeremy's words trailed off because he remembered something from few years ago. The same day Odd fell in the digital sea. When he scanned Odd he noticed something strange about him. Another DNA code inside of his own. But he decided to forget about it thinking it was some glitch. "Oh my god. He is inside of Odd's head isn't he?".
"You can't tell anyone Jeremy" Jason told him quickly "Especially not to Aelita".
It made perfect sense to him. It wasn't his job to do so. "I won't. It's not my thing to do". He looked at Jason again and felt like he could trust him. For now at least.
"Okay Jason" he told him "I belive you. For now".
When they arrived at the room Ulrich and Yumi layed down in their beds.
"Ugh, so tired" Yumi whispered and closed her eyes and than she heard Ulrich chuckle. She turned towards him and sighted "What is it Ul? I'm trying to sleep you know".
He looked at her and smiled "I'm just thinking about how it's good to see Odd's funny side again. Being serious doesn't suit him at all". Ulrich remembered all the times that side of Odd annoyed him but after years he missed it, not matter how weird it was.
"Yeah" Yumi agreed and smiled back "No matter how much he annoyed me to pieces, I really missed it". She closed her eyes again but some crazy idea came to her mind and she smiled again.
"What's so funny Yumes?" Ulrich asked her with a smile "Something came to your mind too?".
"What do you think about Odd and Aelita?" she asked.
Ulrich chuckled "Why do I think you don't mean about them as persons?". He though about it for a moment and sighted "I'm not sure to be honest. Even after he left Aelita hoped that he would come back. She never gave up on him. But still Jeremy has a thing for Aelita. But whatever happens I hope it will work out for them. All three of them. What about you Yumes?".
She though about it for a moment as well "I agree with you Ul. She makes both Jeremy and Odd happy, she brings out best of them. But whatever happens I hope it won't break their friendship to pieces".
They looked out of the window hoping that their friends would figure it out.
In the meantime Odd and Aelita walked away from the fast food place with their meal. They walked around a little before they approached the nearest bench and they set down.
Odd looked at his food hungrily "Well this smells really nice". He grinned and licked his lips "Come to daddy".
Aelita looked at him already biting on his food and chuckled. She kept looking at him while smiling. Odd lifted his head and noticed her looking at him. He turned around to see at what Aelita was looking but he didn't see anything or anyone. He turned back to her and figured out that she was looking at him. "Seeing anything you like princess?".
She realized that she was caught so she immediately looked at the ground and blushed "Sorry. I didn't mean to stare. It's just that, um, it's really nice to see this side of you again".
He returned the smile and nodded "You mean this goofy side of me? I didn't expect it to resurface again anytime soon either. I got so used to being serious that I almost forgot that this side existed".
"I couldn't get used to you being so serious. It's just, well, so unlike you" she said and sighted. She looked at the sky and smiled "I really missed it".
"I couldn't agree more princess" Odd told her and kept eating.
Aelita kept looking at the sky while thinking about him and ignoring her food. She wanted to tell him how much she loved that side of him, to say that's the side of him she fell in love with. 'Well that's the side of you I always loved' she thought to herself but suddenly she heard some choking sound coming from Odd's direction. He was coughing fiercely while punching his chest to make it easier. Once he swallowed his food that got stuck he looked at her strangely and than she realized what happened and blushed fiercely while covering her face with her hands. "Please don't tell me that I said it out loud". She felt Odd's hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry about it princess" he reassured her "You whispered something but I couldn't catch what was that about. It happens to me sometimes as well. There is nothing to be ashamed off". Of course that was a lie. He heard her perfectly clear but he still tried to pretend like he didn't hear anything and to his surprise it worked.
She smiled at him again "Okay Odd, thank you". They sat around for few moments before he noticed that her food was untouched.
"You didn't even touch your food princess. Is everything okay?" he asked her worried.
She finally looked at her food "Oh, right. My mind just went away. Maybe I'm not that hungry at all". To her surprise Odd grabbed food from her lap and grabbed the chicken wing, dipped it inside the sauce and then he brought it to her mouth.
"Alright princess, wide open" he told her with a smile. She looked at the wing than at Odd and blushed. She opened her mouth and he put the wing inside her mouth. "There you go". He waited for her to stop chewing and when she swallowed he picked another wing and repeated the process "Okay princess. Another one. Open wide". She smiled and obeyed. When she was finished Odd picked the third wing and before he could say anything he saw that her mouth were already open. He smiled to himself and fed her again. When they were done with the whole meal both of them laughed. "See princess? Not so bad" he teased her.
"You have something on your face" Aelita told him and rubbed the spot with her hand "It's just a ketchup". They were smiling at each other for some time. Aelita didn't even noticed that her hand was still on his cheek and when she did notice she pulled her hand back and apologized "Sorry".
Odd was looking at her with huge smile on his face enjoying this moment and he didn't want it to end. Ever.
' She died the same day we were born because some complications happened during the labor. She lost a lot of blood. It was nobody's fault' Odd suddenly remembered what Connor told him and he got really sad. Though of losing her was really painful. Really, really painful. 'Why her?' he wondered to himself while looking at the ground 'What did we do to deserve this? It's not fair, not at all'.
Aelita noticed sudden change and touched his shoulder. "Odd, are you okay?" she asked him worried "What's wrong?". She looked at his eyes and what she saw there made her heart hurt. It was a look of pure sadness. "Odd?".
He looked at her and sighted "Can I ask you something princess?". When she nodded as an answer he sighted again "Do you know what's my biggest fear?".
Now she was confused. Really confused. 'What could make Odd thinking about that' she thought to herself. "Failing to protect me?" she responded but suddenly corrected herself "I mean us".
He simply nodded. "Well kinda. That was the case before" he told her with a sigh "Until tonight". He looked at the ground again "I'm afraid of losing you princess. And I'm not sure if I could forgive myself if that happened because I couldn't protect you".
"Oh Odd" she answered in a sad voice. She leaned closer and hugged him "You aren't going to lose me, never. I'm not going anywhere, especially with you by my side. Remember what was our saying? Me and you against the world". She felt him relax a little and soon Odd returned the hug.
"Thank you princess. I really needed to hear that" he said with a sad smile. 'If she only knew' Odd though to himself and hugged her tighter.
Both of them were so focused on each other that neither of them noticed someone watching them.
Man was standing behind the tree and was watching them while smiling. They were really cute. He heard another pair of footsteps approaching him.
"You know it's not very nice to spy on people" man said as he stood next to his friend "It makes you seem like a creep".
"Very funny Jason" another man said and looked at him "Anyway, you said that you needed to see me right away. Why?". He looked back at Odd and Aelita and sighted.
"How long are you standing here Connor?" Jason asked him and looked at two of them as well "They are really cute, aren't they?".
Connor simply nodded "Ten minutes at least. And yeah, they really are". He was quiet for few seconds before he spoke again. "Dad was right, Estella really looks like her. I just wish she could be here. To see her mother". The fact that they never met their mother really hurted and know that he saw her in person made his heart hurt a lot.
"We have a problem here Connor" Jason's words snapped him back to reality "Jeremy knows I'm up to something. I'm sorry".
"What? How?" Connor asked him and clenched his fist "How could this happen".
"It was the message that you sent him" Jason explained "He figured out that communication with the future is possible and even bigger time travel was possible as well. He even confronted me about it. He demanded answers man".
"You didn't tell him anything did you?" Connor asked him and looked at his watch. Five more minutes.
"No. I didn't say anything" Jason reassured him and sighted "We are not in a major danger but we need to be careful".
"I know. And we will be more careful" Connor said in a serious voice but it softened "They need our help Jas".
"I know, and we will help them" Jason placed his hand on his friend's shoulder "As much as we can. But still we need to be careful not to blow our cover away".
Duo looked up and saw Odd and Aelita leaving that bench and walking towards the school. Jason glanced at Connor and asked "What were they talking about?".
"I couldn't come closer so I'm not really sure" Connor answered honestly "It looked like they had really good time. And even at one point dad was feeding her. That was really nice thing to see. Who could believe that he was such a gentleman. But it seems like at one point he got sad so she hugged him. I think he remembered what I told him about mom".
"Do you think he will succeed?" Jason finally asked him with a sigh.
"We need to have faith in him Jas" Connor answered and smiled "And we will make sure of it".
Well this is it for this chapter and story. I really hoped you enjoyed this story. To be honest I'm not sure when will next one come out. Probably next week or in two weeks. So until next time, peace out.