Ok, now that you've met Morgan and seen her obstacles, it's time for her to get to work. Let the scheming begin! I don't own Code Lyoko, but I do own Morgan. If you want to use her I'm totally cool with it just please ask permission and please honor the character.
On with the story! I hope you enjoy!
I sat alone in the cafeteria, a large pile of food in front of me. Everyone avoided me. Maybe it was how I looked? Maybe it was the situation with Sissi? I did not know, exactly, and I did not care. I had to keep up the appearance of a student, not become friends with them. I also had earbuds in my ears, made of my own energy, of course. It was one of those human social conventions. Earbuds in meant 'leave me alone.' In this way, I could listen to the conversations of Kadic without being bothered.
Idle chatter...mindless gossip...nothing important or particularly interesting. My attention drifted to the Lyoko Warriors, who were all sitting at a table near me.
"Did you see that new girl in Physics? She's a little strange, don't you think?" Odd said.
So the Lyoko Warriors were talking about me as well. Hm...I needed them to talk about themselves. As I was listening to them, I had an epiphany. Befriend them.
Yes. This would work. This was an angle I had not considered before, but I could get more information out of them if I befriended them. Just how deep could my deception go? Well...I was about to find out. I got up and walked over to the Lyoko Warrior's table.
"Would any of you mind if I sit here?" I asked.
"Um...I don't know about-"
I went ahead and sat down.
"Come on, Jeremie, don't be rude. Anyone who can put Sissi in her place like that is welcome here," Odd said. Jeremie gave me a sidelong glance but then shrugged and went back to eating. He always had been the most paranoid of the group.
"My name is Aelita, and these are my friends, Jeremie, Ulrich, and Yumi," Aelita said, gesturing to each in turn.
"I am Morgan Xanthos. I'm a tenth grader and I'm new here."
"That's a lot of food you got there. You sure you're going to finish it all?" Odd asked, glancing at the pile of food in front of me.
"I swear you have such a one track mind, you're like some sort of food vacuum!" Ulrich interjected.
"What can I say? I'm a connoisseur."
"Connoisseur? More like a garbage disposal!" Jeremie chimed in, laughing while Odd pouted. I just stared at them. These were the mighty warriors that killed my father? These idiots? Seriously?
"We...aren't making you uncomfortable, are we?" Aelita asked.
"No, of course not." I lied through my teeth, taking a bite of the food in front of me. The inside of my mouth looked normal, and I made chewing motions and sounds, but as soon as I swallowed the food was suspended in the electrical smoke that made up the interior of my body. I sent electrical shocks through the food, converting what I could of the food into energy. The burnt remains assimilated with the smoke in my body. I could release some of the smoke into the air if I wanted to get rid of some of the material making up my body. I could release it in such a way that it was so dilute in the air that humans could not smell it. A creature with a better sense of smell, say, a dog, might have been able to smell it, though.
"So, Morgan. Where you from?" Yumi asked.
"Oregon, in the United States." She clarified, just in case they did not know their states very well.
"The States? You're pretty far from home, and your French is pretty good, too."
"Thank you. I learned French at a young age. I was recently orphaned, and before my father died, he set it up so that I could live here until some other family member claims me." After I said that, I realized that a normal person would not give up such information so easily, so I looked down at my food and took another bite.
"No parents...I see," Aelita mumbled. I looked up. Aelita had a sadness in her eyes. Right, Franz Hopper had died and taken my father with him. I could take some comfort in that. My biggest obstacle was already out of the way. Odd put a hand on Aelita's shoulder, and she exhaled. "Anyways...what do you like to do? What are your hobbies?"
Ah yes...hobbies, activities people did for fun in their spare time. Did I have any of those?
"Fighting, mixing music, programming, and watching TV." I listed. Jeremie looked at me funny. I realized I had just listed some of the main interests of the Lyoko warriors. Well, two of the four pertained to the mission, and the other two might have been fun if I wasn't busy. Maybe when I was done I would treat the post apocalyptic world to some music...
"Cool! Sounds like you can spar with Ulrich and Yumi, or join a robotics competition, or hang out in the Rec room. There's lots of ways for you to make friends here, Morgan. You'll see," Odd explained.
"That's right! There's an end of the year party, soon! Everyone liked the student DJs at last year's party, so we're doing it again. You should see if you can sign up," Aelita explained, wrapped some spaghetti around her fork and ate it. I dug away at the pile of food in front of me at a steady pace between conversation.
"Hey, can you guys scoot over?" I looked up, it was William. I stiffened for a fraction of a second, then scooted over.
"Of course," I said, and he sat.
"Oh, thanks. By the way, I'm William. I don't think I've met you before." Ow. That hurt.
"Morgan Xanthos. I am a new student."
"Seems kind of strange for someone to come in so late in the year."
"Special circumstances," I explained, but said no more about it.
I couldn't react to him. It would be so suspicious. He was so...human, now. It was disturbing. I would get him back, though. I would get everything back that I lost.
"So, Morgan, will you be joining us for dinner?" Ulrich asked. He seems to be purposefully ignoring William. They did have that feud. Was there still tensions with him in the group? Excellent.
"No. Unfortunately I have some plans."
I sat on the bed in my room, scratching Kanky's shell absentmindedly. It was dinner time. All the students and faculty were asleep. Kanky made some whirring noises and looked around. I could tell what they wanted.
"William is not here...I apologize. I have a plan. We will get him back. Do not worry." I smiled down at them. "It will all be ok."
I heard a knock at the door.
"Come in."
The door opened. I glanced at the young man in the doorway. He had red hair and was completely expressionless.
"I have done as you requested, Morgan," he said, his voice overlapping with that of the specter controlling him.
"Very good, set up the computer on the desk there. The wifi password is bobble penguin. Two words, in leet, the first letter of each ."
The young man pulled a sleek looking laptop out of his bag and placed it on the desk. He plugged it in, opened it up, and began downloading various programs I would need access to. Creating this specter had drained about 30% of my energy. I could take back some of the energy by absorbing the specter back into my body, but much of the energy would be lost.
"I am finished," he deadpanned.
"Go to the center of the nearest public park and report to me when you get there."
"Understood."
He stood up rather rigidly and left. I took his place in front of the computer and began writing a simple search program. This program would go out on the internet and search for any blocks of Xana's code. This way I could find out if he was...salvageable, or not. This laptop was serviceable. It was not nearly as good as the Supercomputer...not by a long shot. It was the same with this room. I could live here...but it was nothing like home.
A loud, piercing scream broke my concentration. I ripped my head around. What in the world was that.
Aelita. It was Aelita. I recognized the voice.
I stormed across the hall and threw open Aelita's door. I did not care what was bothering her, but the less attention to my dorm, the better.
"What was with that scream?! Some of us are trying to sleep!"
"Sorry...I had a nightmare."
Time elapsed since the end of ch 4- half a day
Time elapsed total- 2 days
The illustration of the first chapter is up! Look for the blog code revenge on tumblr and scroll down a little bit. It's there.
Also from here on out the point of view of this story is gonna hop around like a little bunny rabbit. I'll be sure to let you know in the intro who is talking.
Thank you for reading, and as always guys, have an awesome day~