Dedication: To my French teacher, Mademoiselle Gres. She has taught me to learn to like French. I only took French because Japanese was full (which isn't a good reason). She has been having a bad start to the year and a bad end of the year for 2006. On Christmas eve she had to have he apendix taken out and she was pregnate so her baby was at risk when she was medicated during surgery. After the surgery, the doctors said her baby was fine but then a week later she had a miscarrige. She was out for a week and a half after. I feel bad for her and she is the best French teacher in the world, in my opinion.
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko. I do own Xenon and this plot.
Warning: This is probably just for me, but after writing this chapter it freaked me out. This chapter and story is getting darker and darker. This chapter just blows me away.
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"Xenon. Xenon wake up please." A voice pleaded. Xenon felt her body being cradled by someone. She felt the warmth of the arms but her lower body was cold by the metal floor. "Xenon, please wake up."
"Wh—what ha-happen-pened?" Xenon said weakly. She cracked her eyes open and squinted against the blinding light above her.
"You're alright." Odd sighed in relief. Xenon's eyes adjusted and saw Odd's calmer but still worried face. "Wha-what did Xana do?" Odd asked hesitantly.
Xenon said nothing as she tried to remember what happened when she was in Xana's possession. "Nothing." Xenon whispered. She was tired and weak. What did Xana give me? What was the red liquid? Xenon asked herself.
"What do you mean nothing?" Odd asked raising his voice slightly. "He took you away, but before that he gave you a kiss. How could it be nothing? What's between you and Xana?"
"Odd, I can't explain right now--"
"I can see why Aelita is short tempered. Why do you always have to hide everything?"
"Odd!" Xenon moaned. "Look, Xana gave me something that made me weak. I...I don't feel too well." In response, her body convulsed and she vomited on the ground. Xenon groaned. "I hate vomiting." She quivered as she waited to see if she'd vomit anything else. She looked at the vomit and saw that no of the red stuff had come out. Dammit. Xenon thought. I need to get that stuff out of my system but Xana probably made sure that I won't be able to.
"You'll be alright. Just relax." Odd cooed.
"Odd..." Xenon whispered clutching the front of his purple shirt. "Xana...I...Xana's..." Xenon mumbled something inaudible. "Cun-cunning."
"What?"
"Xana's..." She took a deep breath trying to get the words she was looking for and to say them correctly. "Xana's boring sum soon." Xenon grew limp in Odd's arms.
"Xenon." Odd said giving her a little shake. What does she mean? Odd thought shaking her again. "Xenon! What do you mean? Xenon wake up." Odd shook her, which grew stronger in each shake. Boring? Cunning? Sum? What does Xenon mean? Xenon... "Xenon, god please, wake up. Dammit don't leave me." He felt like crying. What did Xana do? He resisted and shook Xenon in desperate hope that Xenon would wake up-- Xenon, please tell me everything. But Xenon didn't. Her body bended to Odd's shakes. Xenon don't lock me out. Odd gave up trying to shake her and patted the cheeks on her face trying to wake her up. Xenon, please. We can work this out whatever it is. Xenon-- Odd let go of his frequent touch. He sat there staring at Xenon's unconscious, expressionless face.
Odd bit his lip to stop the tears. Xenon's alright. She's just tired because of the trip and everything going on. She's normal. She'll be fine. She's normal. She's... On impulse, Odd took Xenon into his arms and did the fire man's lift to carry her. He walked to the elevator and walked in as the doors opened for him. He punched in the button in vigorously. He waited impatiently as the elevator took him to the floor of his destination.
The elevator opened to the heart of the supercomputer where all the files that made up of Lyoko were. He walked up to it and placed Xenon with her back against the golden and black machine. Odd pressed a button and a hidden cabinet opened to reveal a lever. I'm going to put an end to this shit. I'm tired of Xana fucking with us...with me. He placed his hand on it, debating one more time if he really wanted to. His sweating hand twitched on it.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Odd. Gosh, I knew blonds we're dumb, but you have to be the dumbest of the dumb though being American explains it." Odd froze as the voice reached his ears. He turned to see who was confronting him. A grinning man of what looked to be sixteen who looked at Odd with his all too evil blood red eyes. The black leather which covered his body perfectly and the messy red hair had a shine to it which Odd despised along with everything to do with Xana.
"Why shouldn't I?" Odd retaliated. Blood coursed through his body making his breath quicken. He wanted to kill Xana for putting stress on him, for ruining his youth, for hurting Xenon, for everything that went wrong in his life since he came to France.
"Well, genius." Xana started sarcastically. "There's no point to, because I'm out of the supercomputer right now. Flesh and blood." Xana flexed his muscles. "Though not with the help of Xenon. She's very useful."
"You aren't connected with the supercomputer?"
"Well, of course I am, dimwit. But if you were to turn off the supercomputer you would only kill Xenon and put stress of Aelita's heart which is weak enough already." Odd released his grip on the now warm piece of metal that turned Lyoko on and off. "I would survive for a few months without Xenon feeding me her power." Odd's eyes narrowed. "Though she didn't tell you anything about it did she?" Xana grinned evilly. Odd stood his ground, glaring at Xana. "She gives me part of her life just to get Aelita's worthless memory. Parts of her soul." The color in Odd's face drained out as he listened to Xana. "Makes you feel better knowing what she never wanted to tell you?
"Aelita is worthless just like Xenon but the only good thing was I got some of the keys to Lyoko, but then Xenon had the others. So that plan was a bust." Xana paused and studied Odd's reaction. "What don't have anything funny or clever to say? Not that you actually ever could."
Odd continued to glare at Xana. Anger built higher and higher inside of him. He resisted but couldn't for a another micro-second. He ran at Xana with his fist aimed at his face. Xana shook his head and when Odd got within three feet, and swung his arm in front of him releasing electric charge which made contact with Odd, hard. Xana flicked his wrist lightly and Odd flew at the metal wall with a mighty clang. Odd had the wind knocked out of him and as his back hit the wall Odd coughed up blood. Xana towered over Odd as blood trickled down his chin.
"I hope you remember this, Odd." Xana smiled before approaching Xenon as Odd's eyes faded to a close.
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"Dammit." Odd whispered. He looked groggily around. Everything swirled in his vision and was distorted. Am I drunk? Odd thought trying to gather his thoughts. His head still spun as he saw a face over him.
"Good late afternoon, Odd." Xenon said with a slight smile on her face. Odd could make out where the oval shape of her face was and her blond and purple hair.
"Late afternoon?" Odd groaned. "What happened?"
"You've been asleep all day. I tried waking you this morning but you weren't too eager." Xenon leaned in a gave him a quick kiss. Odd gave a faint smile as the world still swirled around him.
"Wait, what about the blood on my lips?" Odd sat up too quickly which caused him to get even more dizzy. He swayed for a second before he started to scrub around his mouth. He removed his hand and examined it. No trace of blood or caked-on-blood at all.
"Blood?" Xenon questioned. "What do you mean blood?"
"Well, you passed out and then I was going to turn off Lyoko, but Xana came and told me a lot of things liked how you gave him parts of your soul. Then, I tried to attack him, but he threw me at a wall and I threw up blood--"
"Odd, I think you just had a nightmare. That never happened." Xenon said slowly.
"Never...happened?" Odd repeated. "It must have. It felt so real."
"Odd, I'm tell you it didn't." Xenon said, putting the issue to rest. "Look you look like you need more rest. Just rest up, OK?"
"OK." Odd replied, sinking into his thoughts.
"I'll be back. I'm going to take a shower." Xenon said taking a bag with all her toiletries.
"OK." Odd rolled over to face the wall as Xenon left the room. "How could that not have happened. I felt it. It was real." Odd whispered. "Am I just going crazy? Earlier this month, that time difference, on Lyoko, between me and Xana that didn't affect Ulrich, Yumi, or Aelita. Now, Xana talking and attacking me again but it didn't happen?" His vision still shook till he closed his eyes and tried to relax.
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I can't believe I just told Odd a down to earth lie. Xenon thought, leaning against her dormitory room, 112. Her insides twisted up and ached horribly. I had to. Xenon told herself as she headed to the bathroom. Tonight, Xana will give me his warning for the time till my death. Odd will freak out if I tell him. I can't tell him.
'You're still in your old patterns.' A voice said in her head. Xenon past by Magali DeVasseur as she opened the bathroom door. I don't care. Odd can't know. If he knew that I have given a bit of my soul to Xana. He'll...He'll...
'He'll what? Just tell him. He'll understand.' The voice said. It was convincing. Xenon when into one of the private showers, got undressed, and turned on the warm water. No...He won't. He'll...This isn't normal to give away parts of my soul to a computer virus.
"I can't deal with that." Xenon whispered. She fell to her knees and the water hit her blond head. Her tears were impossible to pick out between the shower water that fell down her face too. She sat their and cried silently. She got up and tried to be normal as she heard the door open. There was silence as Xenon scrubbed herself with soap, then a flush and a squeak of the bathroom door opening again with the person's exit.
Xenon relaxed and stared at the tiles. She gazed at them without really seeing them. She stood like that for a long time. Xenon let out a long sigh. The feeling of nauseousness arose and Xenon covered her mouth. Her stomach went into quick spasms and her body jerked and slipped on the tiles landing hard on the ground. Xenon's face was a few inches from the ground as she spat the vile taste that suddenly filled up her mouth. Saliva combined with red pooled around the drain spinning in circles around it.
It's too soon. Stop! She begged herself. She stopped chucking up the red liquid. She shakily brought herself up standing using the tiled wall was support. She rinsed the red off her legs and face, then got dressed in clean clothes. She weakly walked, dragging her feet, as she went back to her room. She shut the door behind her and locked it as she came inside.
Odd was fast asleep again. He snored loudly and was curled up into a ball. Xenon smiled as she looked at him. Why did I lie again? Xenon asked herself. She put down her bag and looked at the clock. 6:12. I should wake Odd so he can get something to eat, but then again...he'd bring up what happened...I'm surprised he didn't complain about his hunger. He missed breakfast and lunch. I'll let him be. Xenon stretched and yawned. It was early but she as tired. She crawled into bed next to Odd. As if on cue, Odd rolled over and faced Xenon. She held her breath waiting for him to wake up. He didn't. Xenon studied his face for any expressions of what he was thinking or had been thinking. Xenon stared at him for several minutes which turned into minutes. Her eyes drooped. I hope it goes by fast. Was Xenon's last thought before she fell to sleep.
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Odd woke to the bed shaking. He looked over at Xenon and saw that her body jerking in spasms. He couldn't see because it was the middle of the night. He jumped up, ran to the light, and flicked on the switch. The light bathed the room in a warm yellow give light to the scene that stood in front of Odd was painfully as being shot in the stomach. The sight of Xenon horrified Odd and stunned him and froze him in his spot.
Xenon's mouth was filled with blood to her lips and each gasp she took blood spill over onto her face then to her pillow. Red tears fell from her eyes tracing every curve of her face. Even more blood gushed out of her nose in a vicious nosebleed. She moved as if something, like a demon, was inside of her and was trying everything in its power to break free.
"Xenon!" Odd yelled. Tears immediately fell from his eyes. He was unable to stop them. He took her face into his hands. Blood covered his hands instantly. Odd's insides churned as he looked at her face. Odd realized this was getting him nowhere to saving Xenon and searched his pockets for his cell phone. Not there.
"Dammit." Odd whispered. He was desperate. Xenon was choking up blood and blood was coming out of her eyes. "HELP!" Odd shouted. "HELP! SOMEBODY!" Odd yelled as loud as he could. He knew he would have woken everyone in the dormitory building if not the whole school. Odd did care if her woke up everyone in the country of France as long as Xenon got to a hospital and lived.
Voices surrounded the door. The handle shook as people tried to open the door. Students. Odd thought. He had no energy to unlock the door. He didn't want to leave Xenon's side.
"Get out of the way!" A man yelled. Obviously people hastened to obey and the man ran repeatedly into the door. The door groaned as it was thrown off its hinges. Jim stood in the doorway in black sweatpants and a white undershirt. The principal, Mr. Delmas, was right behind him with students from various grade looking over him including Jeremie, Aelita, and Ulrich. Everyone just looked inside with a stone silence. Everyone was transfixed by the scene. Aelita was horrified as she saw her sister there with blood surrounding her. She started to cry and Jeremie wrapped his arms around her to try to comfort her. Odd's hands were covered in Xenon's blood and his hands had slid from sides of her face to her neck.
"Jim, call an ambulance immediately." Mr. Delmas barked. "Then get the students back into their beds."
"Yes, sir!" Jim saluted. He reached into his pocket and didn't find his cellphone. He walked into the hallway and took a cellphone which was in the hands of Thomas Jolivet.
"Mr. Della Robbia." Mr. Delmas said monotonously. "You are here by expelled from Kadic and I will see to it your put behind bars for this." Odd panted and sank to his knees shaking. His hands slipped off Xenon's throat and rested on his face smearing blood, Xenon's blood, over his face.
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A/N I have no clue what's so ever to say, but OMFG! This took in the general turn that I wanted it too but rereading it makes me lose my breath and go oh my god. I know this sounds pathetic from the writer but yeah. I always classified this under general because I never could think of a category to put it in and didn't really know where I was going with it, but now I'm defiantly putting it under drama.
I posted this in less than a week. Yay! I'm still stunned by this chapter. So, yeah.
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