Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko, but it would be great if I did. :D I only own Xenon and the plot from this story. Also, I don't own the song, "Perfect Memory, which was used throughout this chapter. I did edit it and it's out of order...

Dedication: I'd like to dedicate this chapter to something random: the people who were part of Bad Luck (part of the anime/manga Gravitation though 2/3 of Nittle Grasper was there...) live at Anime Boston 2006. I watched the video once a few days ago and then I watched it again...and again...and—well you get the point. It was funny and I wish I was there. If you want to see it just private message me and I'll gladly send you the link. 'Yuki hunting!' Um...Don't ask XD...Also, don't ask how many times I've watched it because I lost count...

-()-

Aelita screamed as imaged raced through her mind. She didn't have any control at all of what was happening. The tubes kept coming at her smashing into her giving her more and more memories...

(Several Flashbacks)

"Xenon!" Aelita yelled as two mega tanks released their beams. Both Aelita and Xenon were working on deactivating a tower in the forest sector. Xenon left the hornets that she was attacking and flew, on her disc, toward Aelita. The mega tanks turned to face Xenon instead and released.

Remember how they always seemed to know?

Xenon sighed and rolled her eyes. She glanced at her fingernails in boredom when their lasers got within a foot of her she snapped and a purple tinted bubble appeared around her. The bubble prevented the lasers from hitting her. Xenon advanced and in both her hands appeared fireballs. Xenon threw them and the bubble made small holes so the fireballs could go through. The mega tanks exploded as the fireballs made contact. Xenon gave Aelita a smile before returning to the hornets which awaited her up in the trees. One of them shot her disc and Xenon fell to the ground. Grass stains covered Xenon's once white karate robe.

We had the forest in our eyes, but the earth was in our clothes. And they thought we'd fall...

Xenon flipped her self up and continued to attack them on foot.

Not at all.

-()-

"Tower deactivated." Aelita said. She exited the tower and saw Xenon right outside of it. They were in the Glacier sector. It was dark and bleak. Aelita and Xenon gave each other a hug.

So look back on the treasured days. We were young in a world that was so tired.

"I'm getting tired of deactivating towers." Aelita said. "We're been doing it for what five years already. Xana hasn't been terribly creative lately."

"If you were on Earth then it'd be a way different story." Xenon said. "I had to climb down the elevator shaft to get to the scanner after Xana blew up the elevator. The gash on my forehead is going to hurt when I get materialized." Xenon said, rubbing her forehead.

Though it's not we wanted before. Even the saints had to crawl from the floor.

Xenon snapped twice and her disc appeared. Xenon stood to one side and offered Aelita to take the other. Aelita got on and clung to Xenon as she wasn't used to gliding on a vehicle. Xenon moved it slowly to the top of the tower, got off, and sat on top of the tower.

But we climbed those towers and looked out upon our home.

"This place isn't half bad." Xenon commented. "I mean it better in a way than on Earth--"

"Not if you had to live here for many years." Aelita said coldly, looking around at the icy wasteland.

-()-

Xenon fell over the edge and toward the digital sea. Xenon lost all thoughts of doing something to prevent this. A pure note sounded from somewhere above her.

Summers when the money was gone you'd sing.

Xenon's back banged into a floating piece of desert ground. Xenon jolted back as she impacted. Xenon sighed in relief. She looked over the edge and saw the digital sea a mere ten feet away. Xenon smiled and she summoned her disc.

All you're little songs meant everything to me.

-()-

Xenon's image floated in Aelita's mind and she laid down in the tower. Aelita sighed and rolled over. It's not fair. Aelita thought. Xenon, both of them, are on Earth while I'm stuck in this virtual world. I know they could materialized me if they wanted...

But I'll remember you. And the things that we used to do. And the things that we used to say. I'll always remember you that way...

-()-

The white transport orb surrounded Xenon and Aelita at the edge of the Mountain sector. It took them to sector five. Xenon looked around waiting for the door to open. When it did, creepers and the scyphozoa spilled out. Aelita looked at Xenon to see what she would do. Xenon avoided Aelita's desperate gaze.

"Xenon?" Aelita asked when Xenon didn't do anything not even start to attack them. Xenon shook her head.

"I'm sorry, Aelita." Xenon whispered. Aelita's grew big as the small black ball of gas appeared in Xenon's left hand. Aelita saw one look at that and ran from Xenon, her sister. The creepers got behind her the shot the ground in front of Aelita's attempted escape path. Aelita turned to her sister, scared. Xenon raised her hand and threw the little black ball. Aelita dived out of the way and it missed. Xenon took a deep breath. The scyphozoa was getting impatient and floated to Aelita. It grabbed her with its tentacles.

Remember how they tried to hold you down?

Xenon advanced to her sister and made another black ball appear. She gripped Aelita's mouth firmly and pinched her cheeks with her right hand making Aelita pucker her mouth opened. Xenon roughly forced the ball into Aelita's mouth and the ball itself forced its way down Aelita's throat. Aelita choked for air as her whole body went ridged and numb.

"She's paralyzed." Xenon told the scyphozoa, looking at the floor to avoid looking at her frighten sister. "I did want you asked. Just get on with it!" Xenon yelled. She turned her back on Aelita and walked away. She ambled through the crowd of creepers. She glanced at one and kicked it so hard that it hit a wall thirty feet away before it exploded.

"A little angry sis?" A voice taunted. Xenon turned her face slightly to look and saw a black shadow.

"Just do it." Xenon said flatly.

"I want my body first as part of our deal." Xana stated business-like. "Besides you don't want her to remember do you?" Xenon hands shook and then she opened her mouth and Xana entered it. Xenon collapsed and looked very much dead on the dull blue floor. Xenon jerked up and opened her eyes that gleamed with Xana's symbol. She ran toward Aelita as the scyphozoa dropped her to the ground. True as Xenon had said, Aelita was paralyzed. Aelita tried to wriggle, run, anything to just move. Xenon stood in front of Aelita. Aelita's heart fluttered as that of a rabbit's while being chased by a fox.

"Don't worry. It won't hurt much." Xana said in his voice instead of Xenon's. A ball of a brown took form in Xenon's hand and threw it at Aelita. As it made contact, Aelita pasted out. Black surrounded her. Then a blinking image of Xenon standing above her looking hatefully down at her and then pure darkness.

But then this world slipped through my fingers and even the sun seemed tired...

A vigorous shake woke Aelita. Aelita opened her eyes and stared into the purple ones of Xenon's. Aelita flinched and scooted away for Xenon with what little strength she had.

"It's alright." Xenon said.

"No, it's not!" Aelita shouted. "You betrayed me. You hurt me, you gave me to Xana, you--"

"I'll explain it later. It will make sense. But listen to me." Xenon said softly. "You have to let Xana take your memory."

"Hell no!" Aelita yelled. That response made Xenon look at her sister in surprise. Aelita had been to mature and good natured. "Why are you doing this?!"

"Because in two days, a boy named Jeremie Belpois. Remember how my older self always talks about him, Odd Della Robbia, Yumi Ishiyama, and Ulrich Stern? You'll meet him. He will come to the factory looking for spare parts, but instead he finds you. He'll figure out the supercomputer and basically you'll be deactivating towers just like with me except that they'll be new people and more people on missions. Anyway, it's what has to happen. You can't remember me, Franz Hopper, or anything."

"Do you say this or your older self?" Aelita asked glumly.

"My older self." Xenon replied with a sigh. "She says it's what happened in past time folds and it's happening again." Xenon looked at Aelita. "I'm really sorry."

I still care...

The scyphozoa took Aelita in its tentacles and started to suck away all, every last bit of it, of Aelita's memory. Xenon bowed her head in shame. Aelita's eyes were wide open at her memories started to fade away. Aelita blinked and cried inside.

But as I gave you to him, my heart just jaded.

-()-

Aelita fell to the ground in exhaustion from all the tubes breaking on her body and mental exhaustion from receiving all the memories she has long forgotten. Her breath was ragged.

"Aelita?" Xenon's voice echoed over head. "Are you alright?"

"That's a stupid question." Aelita said angry. "Just materialize me or will you just leave me here on Lyoko for a couple years while you enjoy life outside a computer?!" Xenon cried and put her hands on her face. Odd rubbed her back.

"Type in yamu. I don't want...I'm...I'll just be over here." Xenon got up, forgetting about her laptop which Odd caught before it hit the ground. Xenon walked to a corner, sat down, and wrapped her arms around her legs. She placed her face into her knees and silently cried. Odd was troubled by this. What memory or memories did Xenon not want Aelita to see? Odd thought. He tore his eyes away from Xenon, typed in yamu, and walked to the elevator. Odd heard the clang of the scanner opening a floor down. A minute passed before Odd heard the elevator going up. Odd pressed the button so that the elevator would stop at this floor.

The elevator opened to reveal a disheveled Aelita. Her hair was a mess and her makeup was smeared by her tears. She looked miserable like Xenon, but she was angry miserable not sad miserable.

"Getting in?" Aelita asked flatly. Aelita didn't wait for an answer and press a button for the doors to close.

"Aelita, wait." Odd said, putting his arm between the doors so the elevator wouldn't close.

"Not going to call me princess anymore? Or did Xenon take that?"

"Just calm down and talk things out." Odd suggested. He didn't want Aelita to be angry nor Xenon sad.

"Xenon didn't want to talk things out for how many months has she been here...six months? Why would she start explaining now?" Aelita asked coldly and stared at Xenon's quivering back. "Odd, let me go."

"Aelita, I really think that--"

"I don't care what you think!" Aelita yelled. "Just let me go." She said a little more softly but not much. Odd stared at Aelita. I should be comforting, Xenon. Odd thought. I can deal with Aelita later. Odd drew back his arm and the elevator closed. Odd shook his head and went to Xenon's side. He wrapped his arm around her.

"I meant to tell her about the past, but whenever I got around to tell her she would reacted the same. I hurt her, gave her over to Xana, and had him take every single one of her memories. It's just—I--I wanted---"

"It's alright." Odd whispered in her ear. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. "Let's get out of here and go back to school." Xenon nodded. Odd helped her up, got her laptop, and led her back to school. Xenon's hand's shook as she tried to put in her key in the lock on her door. Odd steady her hand, clicked the key in, and opened the door.

Xenon immediately fell to her bed and buried her face into her pillow. Odd closed the door behind him and sat next to Xenon's head. Odd rubbed the top of her head and back.

"It'll be alright eventually."

"But eventually isn't soon enough." Xenon muffled voice said.

"It'll be alright." Odd repeated. They sat there in quiet for a while. Xenon thought over the memory that hurt Aelita the most.

(Flashback)

The scyphozoa dropped Aelita to the ground of sector five. Xenon blinked back tears that she knew wouldn't come out in the virtual world.

"Her memory is gone." Xana voice said from behind Xenon. Xenon jumped swirled around to look at Xana. Xana smiled evilly and advanced on Xenon. He wrapped his arms around Xenon waist and press his black clothed body against her white one. "We're a perfect match. We contradict each other. Black. White."

"I'm not your sex toy--" Xana slapped the side of her face.

"A twelve year old shouldn't talk like that. At least, not yet. I'll wait a few years and I'll get back to you." Xana winked. Xenon struggled to get out of his hold.

"How about not?!" Xenon yelled in his face. "Let me go. I have things to do."

"Not going to let me see how real this body is that you supplied to me?" Xana said in disappointment.

"Find someone else--"

"Like Aelita?" Xana suggested. Xenon glared at him.

"I have things to do." Xenon repeated.

"Go ahead. Better put Aelita in a tower and leave or else we'll have to repeat this. You don't want her to remember anything about you. Though I don't understand why. Your a cute little toy." He leaned in to kiss her and succeeded. Xenon turned her head in disgust, breaking the kiss. He stole my first kiss... Xenon thought. "Maybe that's why your older self doesn't come to Lyoko any more." Xana pondered aloud, still holding Xenon close. "Doesn't want to meet me." Xana sighed. "Better get going." He released his hold and Xenon staggered backward. Xenon turned and Xana patted her butt. Xenon looked back angrily; Xana had turned his head and whistled. Xenon headed for Aelita.

-()-

"Did you put her in a tower in the forest sector?" The older Xenon asked. Both Xenon's were by in front of the supercomputer's power supply and the main files of Lyoko which were gold.

"Yeah." Xenon said softly.

"Care to do the honors?" The older Xenon asked her younger self. The handle to turn of Lyoko was in front of then. Xenon looked at herself.

"Fuck no!"

"Don't talk like that." Her older self scolded.

"Didn't you respond the same way?"

"Well, maybe--"

"Then it fits." Xenon explained to her older self. "You do it. You turn off the supercomputer. I can't believe that I—we--did this to Aelita."

"It alright. It's happened before. It'll happen again." Xenon's older self said and she pulled the handle down. Xenon left out a gasp as the usual buzzing of the supercomputer on vanished suddenly. It was so quiet that Xenon could hear her own heart pounding and was sure her older self could too.

In that moment, the earth made no sound, but you were there.

"When will Jeremie be here for Aelita?" Xenon asked her older self.

"Two days." Xenon looked at her younger self. "We have to pack and make it look deserted. Then I'll take you back mom and dad's."

"The Smiths'?" Xenon questioned.

"Yes. Just think of the good times you had with her. It's only four years till you'll be back here. Enjoy it away from this hell." The older Xenon said bitterly.

All those times you helped life my pain into the air, but now you're gone. But I'll remember you and the things the we use to do, and the things that we used to say.

The older Xenon went in the elevator. Xenon stared at a pale speck of gold and touched it with one finger.

I'll miss you. Everything that we'd have to last just becomes our past which hurts.

Xenon stared at the gold speck and a tear fell slowly, ever so slowly, down her face.

God, I'll miss you.

(End Flash back)

Xenon lifted her head and look intently on Odd. "What?" Odd asked tilting his head to the side. Xenon press her lips onto his. Odd was stunned by this act. Xenon's kiss was full of passion that Odd thought she had lost for him. Odd only thought about it for a second before he placed his hand on the back of Xenon's head deepening the kiss. Xenon pulled back for a breath of air and she let out a sigh of pleasure. She leaned in for another kiss and Odd welcomed it.

Xenon's hands rubbed up and down Odd's chest while Odd's hands roamed her own body. Xenon's hand went farther and farther down till it reached his yellow belt. She unbuckled it and placed her hands on the zipper of his pants. Odd pulled away.

"Xenon, don't." Odd said, suddenly being serious.

"Don't what?" Xenon asked innocently.

"Don't use sex as a distraction."

"What? Odd, I'm not!" Xenon laughed loudly. "I'm doing it because I love you." Xenon leaned close to Odd for another kiss. Odd grabbed her shoulders and held her firmly away.

"Yes, you are." Odd contradicted her. "You're not thinking clearly because of what happened. You need to rest."

"Are you saying you don't love me?"

"No, I knew I liked you when I first saw you in Mrs. Hertz class at the beginning of the year."

"Are you saying you don't want it?" Xenon questioned.

"No," Odd said with a smile. Odd massaged his temples. "I'd like it very much but--"

"Then what's the problem?!" Xenon cried hysterically and then pouted like a little child.

"This." Odd pointed at her face. "You aren't thinking clearly. You need rest. When we do it, I want both of us thinking of love and not something else." Odd said.

"I suppose you're right." Xenon conceded with a sigh. She laid down .

Odd planted a kiss of Xenon forehead. "I love you very much."

"I love you too." Xenon whispered as she immediately fell off to sleep.

-()-

A/R (Author's ramblings): Well, I changed it from A/N because I'm feeling this isn't really a note. So, now it's ramblings.

This chapter was easy to write as I did it in about a day. As for the song, Perfect Memory, I've actually been planning to use it in this particular chapter since October 8th, 2006. That's when I bookmarked the page which was 87 days ago...

I'll try to get chapter, what chapter is this, 20 soon. Wow, I'm going to be on 20. It seems just like yesterday I was like on chapter five. I probably won't pop out chapter 20 tomorrow but I'll try for under a week, but no promises. As always, REVIEW!