Dedication: I dedicate this chapter to...(thinks...and thinks...)...I dedicte this chapter to Tania Palumbo and Thomas Romain who created Code Lyoko! Thank you for making a great series and story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko. It is owned by the above people and probably others...I do own Xenon and this plot.
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Odd stared at the blood on his hands and stole a glance over at Xenon. At her blood-covered, red stained face. He didn't know what to do. Everything pointed at Odd for this. Blood on his hands, Xenon being how she is, and the door locked. Mr. Delmas stood over Odd as Odd kneeled. I need to make this right, and there's only one way. Odd stood.
"Mr. Della Robbia, sit down right now." Mr. Delmas commanded. He had his cellphone out and was dialing 911.
"No." Odd said flatly.
"Yes. You come from a well respected family but murder will not get you anywhere even if you do have the money to keep it quiet. You're going to go behind bars and will be trialled for this, I will make sure of it. I can't have a killer in my school--"
Odd jumped up and gripped Mr. Delmas throat. "I did not do this to her. I can make this right." Odd stood there choking Mr. Delmas, before letting go. Odd backed away, horrified that he'd even attempt to hurt another person who wasn't Xana or one of his monsters. What's going on with me? I am a murderer but I didn't kill Xenon. I killed that guy who almost raped her like a month ago. I need to make this right and for that I need to get to the supercomputer. Odd backed away till her was against Xenon's desk. He looked over at it while Delmas looked at Odd half worried what he was looking for, half angry at having a student in his school who committed murder. Odd looked around for anything, anything that could protect him from a jailed fate. Pens, pencils, Xenon's laptop, notebooks, a binder--- Xenon's laptop. Odd lunged for it, making paper fly, and writing utensils roll onto the ground.
"Put that down--" Mr. Delmas said with a slight fear in his voice with what Odd wanted with Xenon's laptop.
"No, I need it." Odd said. The door? Odd thought trying to figure a way out. No, too many people, I'll be stopped. The only other option is... Odd looked over at the dark window where not even the lights out on the campus were on. The window. Odd dragged his feet over to it. This will be one heck of a jump. I'm on the second floor...
"Stop right this minute!" Mr. Delmas commanded as Odd lifted his fist to break the window. Odd didn't listen and punched the window. The glass cracked and then fell threw to the outside where is plummeted two stories down with a klink! as it hit the ground. The glass scrapped Odd's hand causing it to bleed heavily. Some glass shards were stuck in his hand, and he quickly brushed them away, hissing in pain as they came out of his skin.
"Odd..." A voice said faintly. Odd looked around and saw that it was Xenon who spoke. Blood was still spilling out of her mouth. "Override to get inside is—is..." Xenon closed her eyes. Odd stared at Xenon as he waited. Mr. Delmas looked at the pair of them. Odd couldn't take his eyes off of Xenon. Nothing in the world made the slightest sound. Odd couldn't stand it just staring at Xenon who was suffering. Odd turned after as he heard distant sirens that got louder by the second. He faced the glassless window. A pair of arm wrapped themselves around Odd's neck.
"You're not leaving." Mr. Delmas hissed into Odd's ear. Odd made sure he had a firm grip on Xenon's laptop in his left hand then elbowed his captor in the stomach with his right. Odd ran forward to the window as the arms released him. He climbed onto the windowsill, glanced around Xenon's room once more, and then jumped.
Odd flailed his arms around as gravity pulled him down. Oh crap. Where am I suppose to land that's soft? Outside of Xenon's window was just cement, not even a small patch of grass. Odd flipped himself in the air to his back, holding the laptop in his chest with both arms around it, and waited for the hard, painful contact. Odd landed...on something soft and squishy. He turned to see what it was.
"Gosh, Odd why do I always run into you?" A familiar voice said. Odd got up and saw that it was a curled up ball of pink. Odd helped Aelita up with his free right hand.
"Aelita, I need to get to the factory quickly. Mr. Delmas already called the police. They're coming." Odd listened as the sirens were close.
"Mr. Della Robbia! The police will find you!" Mr. Delmas shouted into the dark out of Xenon's dorm window. .
"I know, Odd. Come on." Odd felt his free, bloody hand gripped by Aelita's soft, cold one. She didn't seem to mind as blood oozed out and soon covered her own. Aelita led Odd toward the park as they traveled across campus without catching any attention. They headed for the hermitage.
"Aelita?" Odd looked at the back of Aelita head which hadn't looked at him since he had lifted her off the ground.
"Yeah?" Aelita answered, not looking back at Odd.
"Do you...Do you remember being on Lyoko and Xenon giving herself to Xana in exchange that you would be free?" Odd hesitantly asked. Xenon said it didn't happen. Why am I bringing up? Don't I trust her? Aelita stopped in mid-step.
"On Lyoko, yesterday?"
"So, it did happen?"
"Yeah." Aelita said. Odd froze and he deflated inside.
"She...She lied to me." Odd whispered. "Why?"
"Are you alright?" Aelita asked. Odd didn't look up. "OK, that was a stupid question. But--"
"You know I didn't do it right? You know I didn't hurt her." Odd interrupted suddenly. "You that don't you?" Aelita turned and looked at Odd. She searched his eyes and he looked at her with hope.
"Yes. We need to get to the factory." She continued walking with Odd behind her till they got to the hermitage. Beside the door that led down to the sewers, stood Jeremie and Ulrich. No one said anything as Jeremie pulled open the door and they ran down the steps into the sewer and got on their skateboards or scooters. They reached the stairs that led them upward to the bridge. They got up to the bridge and saw a patiently waiting Yumi standing there.
"Why? Why are you all here?" Odd asked. Surely they don't think I did hurt Xenon? Odd thought as he avoided their glances and looked at his hands. The blood had dried on the palms of his hands and the back of one of his hands blood dripped onto the floor. He was defiantly red-handed when it came to this even though it wasn't true.
"Odd, we know you're innocent, but how to clear this up will take more heads than just yours." Ulrich said. Odd nodded in agreement and looked at Ulrich.
"Hey!" Odd said as he realized what Ulrich said.
"Well,it's true. What's your plan?" Ulrich asked.
Odd thought for a moment. "To do a return to the past--"
"Except that wouldn't work if she already died before we could activate one." Aelita cut in. "Odd, if we're going to do this right we have to thing outside the box." Silence followed. Aelita stared intently on Odd, waiting for a answer; when she didn't get one she started to walk into the factory while the others followed her. They took the elevator down and got out on the floor with the supercomputer. Aelita walked out before anyone else and sat in the chair. She immediately began typing. A frown grew deeper and deeper the longer she typed. "Dammit." She muttered.
"What?" Jeremie said looking over her shoulder.
"I was trying to look to see how to do a return to the past but only have one of us go." Aelita explained. "But there's no records of one ever happening or even how to do one. I know it's possible; Xenon's talked about it before." She stared at the screen as she waited for a file to pop up and give her the answers she was looking for. None came and Aelita banged on the keyboard in frustration. Yumi, Ulrich, and Jeremie were surprised by this reaction while Odd stared off into space, thinking on what could be done.
"Calm down, princess." Odd said, coming out of his trance.
"Odd, how can I be calm for all I know Xenon could have died already. She—she's---" Aelita hiccuped hysterically.
"Princess, calm down." Odd repeated. "Clearly you didn't notice what I took from Xenon's room." Yumi, Ulrich, Jeremie, and Aelita stared at Odd as he held up Xenon's metallic laptop. Aelita's eyes went wide as she registered this fact, then she grabbed the laptop from Odd and placed it on her lap. She lifted the screen up, turned on the computer, and waited as the computer did its fast five second start up. The computer asked for a password. Aelita typed in what the computer wanted and hit enter. The screen transferred to its desktop and Aelita clicked on an invisible folder which, too, asked for a password.
"Crap." Aelita said, realizing a flaw.
"What?" Jeremie asked as Aelita started to type at lightning fast speed on the supercomputer's keyboard.
"I—I...I think I know how to get in." Aelita said concentrating on the screen. She searched through files and files and even more files. She knew she could have done a quick search, but this way popped into her mind first. She clicked on a file and searched though a list of names. She found what she was looking for: "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." Aelita pressed the call button as she put on the headset. She typed in furiously to turn it on speaker.
"Hello?" A tired voice echoed on the metal walls that surrounded Yumi, Ulrich, Jeremie, Odd, and Aelita.
"Hello. This is Aelita and everyone else is here." Aelita said. Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, and Jeremie let out a 'hello' or 'hi.'
"So, what can I do for you?" Mrs. Smith's voice asked.
"I need another password. Xenon's..Xenon's--" Aelita croaked.
"Xenon's in danger of dying." Odd cut in. His heart ached as he said this fact. Aelita looked up at Odd and so did everyone else as they waited for Odd to explain what happened as he was at the scene.
"Well, what happened was--" Odd started.
"Who is it honey?" A distant voice said.
"Aelita and everyone else. Shh!" Mrs. Smith explained to her husband.
"Well, I woke up next to Xenon who was jerking around--" Odd continued
"YOU WHAT?" A voice from the speakers of the supercomputer yelled. Everyone cringed as the voice vibrated in their skulls. Mr. Smith's outburst left everyone in stunned silence. "You...woke...up...next...to...my...daughter?"
"Fuck." Odd whispered. A father figure for Xenon naturally would comment, well be outraged, when they found out that a guy was sleeping with their daughter especially their only daughter or the good daughter. Even if they weren't guilty of doing anything.
"What was that?" Mr. Smith asked. Ulrich failed to keep a smile wiped off his face. He had gone through this with Yumi's father though he actually had something to be guilty of, Odd didn't.
"Nothing." Odd replied quickly. "Look, Xenon--Xenon was covered in—in blood." Odd said slowly. "She was bleeding out of her mouth and even her eyes. I'm no doctor, but I know this isn't normal for regular people. I think it had something to do with her being alone with Xana for a while earlier in the day." Odd paused in his explanation, thinking if he wanted to say that Xenon had lied to him and said it never took place. "I need to go into the past to stop this from happening and to do that we need to the password to get into Xenon's folders and look for the file and then send--" Odd thought for a second. Surely they could send anyone, but he hoped that he could be the one to go. "--Someone to stop this from happening. I need to stop this from happening since they think I—I did this to her." Odd whispered. Silence followed this. An uncomfortable silence. Nothing was heard not even an intake of a breath. The gang shifted uncomfortably in the dead quiet silence.
"So, you need the password to get into sector six to save Xenon from a supposed death?" Mrs. Smith asked.
"Yes." Odd answered. A shocking sound responded Odd's answer, a chuckle. A rather loud chuckle. Everyone stared at the computer, wondering why in the world it made that sound.
"OK, I'll tell you it. It would be wise to send only one person. The password to open that folder is--" Mrs. Smith listed a few dozen letters. Aelita typed it in to the password bar that the computer asked for. Aelita hit enter as Mrs. Smith finished. The screen then reverted to a screen full of folder which were label various things. "Now, to connect to sector six you need to click on the folder labeled, 'Past.'" Aelita clicked on the corresponding folder and, surprisingly, it didn't ask for a password. It automatically opened and a video popped up.
"If you're watching this." Xenon's face on the laptop screen said with a black darkness behind her, "Then something happened. Hopefully, I didn't die." Xenon chuckled. "But if I did," She said, becoming grim. "well you'll want to save me, hopefully." Xenon bit her lip in nervousness. "I can even say it to a camera and you might never see this video." Xenon let out a dry laugh. "I'm sorry for everything I did to you Aelita. I never meant to do those things. I was just doing what my older self told me to do. And Odd...I'm sorry for lying to you all these times. Well, anyways," Xenon said while drying her now wet eyes. "To start up sector six and send someone. You have to connect my laptop to the supercomputer. After that initiate the program which will show up after this video. It'll be pretty much self-explanatory. Well, bye." Xenon waved and her face disappeared, leaving just a black screen. No one said anything.
"Well, I leave you kids do what you have to do. Bye." Mrs. Smith said. The call screen on the supercomputer turned off.
"So..." Yumi said.
"Well, might as well get down to it." Aelita said. She drew out the cord out of the side of Xenon's laptop and connected it into a small hole by the supercomputer screen. The laptop replied instantly. The screen turned white showing a small version of the holo-map of Lyoko and was labeled, 'Activate.' Aelita clicked on it. A new screen came up.
"Sector six now activated, please do not send anyone to Lyoko when sector six is active. It's is extremely dangerous and even deadly. Thanks you for your cooperation." A animated voice said.
"So, as you heard, don't send anyone to Lyoko. Only have someone get in a scanner if they are going into the past." Xenon's voice explained. Odd looked at everyone else, before putting his eyes back on the screen of the laptop. "Only send one to the past if your going to. It can be potentially dangerous to send more than one person into the past for several months, weeks, years, or even days or hours. To send someone into the past, put them in a scanner first." Aelita looked up.
"So--" Aelita started.
"I'll go." Odd interrupted. Everyone looked at Odd, confused. "What? Look, I need to clear my name and make sure this doesn't happen. I don't want to go to prison for a crime I didn't commit."
"Yeah, I can understand that Odd." Ulrich said. "But I don't like the idea of just one person going into the past."
"I agree." Jeremie said. "Odd, what if you were to die?"
"Don't think about what will happen or what I will do in the past. Think about the problem at hand. Police are looking for me right now for Xenon's death or near death. Mr. Delmas expelled me from Kadic. If I get caught and I don't fix this. I'll be trialled and be found guilty. I'll be on death row and die in a few years. My life is screwed up pretty much right now. I need to make it right. I'll take the responsibility. It's my problem. I need to make it right." Odd repeated for like the fifteenth time that night.
"Go." Aelita said.
"Go?" Odd repeated in a confused manner.
"Yes, go. Go down to the scanners. I'll send you." Aelita told him. Odd nodded and headed for the elevator. Ulrich followed him and the elevator doors shut behind them.
"Man, I hope you know what your doing, Odd." Ulrich said.
"I hope I do too." Silence fell upon them.
"So, think you can tell Yumi to keep her grades up which will not making her family worry?" Ulrich said with hopefully. Odd smiled and shook his head slightly. He knew Ulrich was eager for his sex life back.
"Sorry, I'm only going back two days at most." Odd smiled.
"That sucks." Ulrich said. Odd nodded and exited the elevator as the door opened. He walked to the open, awaiting scanner. Odd was three feet away when Ulrich said, "Try not to die, alright? Everyone will miss your-not-too-funny jokes."
"I'll try--"
"Odd..."
"I'll really try." Odd corrected. "If I don't I'll never get the option to screw over my father's computer company."
"Odd?" Aelita asked, her voice coming out of a speaker box.
"Yeah?" Odd responded.
"How far back should I send you?"
"Um..." Odd said while thinking. Well, a few hours—a while ago—Xenon—the incident happened. Hours before that Xenon was up, lied to me, and took a shower. Hours before that she come out of the scanner. A little before that she gave herself to Xana in exchange that Aelita go free. Xana didn't something to her in that time...but how long ago was that? "Uh...just send me back exactly a day." She'll and me—my past self?--will be asleep. So, I'll stop her from going with Xana.
"OK." Aelita said. "Odd step in the scanner." Odd did as asked.
"Hopefully this will work." Odd said turning back to face Ulrich.
"Yeah." Ulrich said. The scanner closed.
Inside it was dark, unlike when someone was sent to Lyoko. Complete and utter darkness went on for an eternity. There was nothing, not even a faint, far off pin point of light.
"What the hell?" Odd said, but nothing was heard. He couldn't see anything. Odd moved and tried to touch something in front of him. Nothing was there. He tried to touch his face and his hand made contact with nothing. Where's my body? "Fuck. Xenon where the heck am I?" Odd looked around for what seemed like hours. Only darkness lay before him. "Aren't I suppose to be in the past? Did Aelita mess something up and now I'll be stuck here?" Odd continued to stare at the darkness.
He felt the environment change with swoosh. As the darkness shifted something hit Odd hard on the head and he didn't know if he eyes were already closed or not but he fell unconscious.
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Xenon woke to her watch beeping. She groaned and rolled over. The beeping only grew louder the longer it was ignored. Xenon pulled her wrist to the front of her face. 2:12 AM. She dropped her arm and her watch kept beeping. She glared at it in the darkness. She thought about taking it off and throwing it out the window, but she didn't and looked at it again.
"What?" Xenon questioned the electronic device. Someone was just sent from Lyoko?
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His head pounded as he regained consciousness. Odd bit his lip and placed a hand on his aching head. What happened? Odd thought in between the pounds. I got sent to the past...but is this the past? Odd opened his eyes and looked around as if he was expecting a sign that said something like, 'Welcome to the past, Odd!' He didn't, he saw something even better. He saw an expressionless face surrounded by long, straight, blond hair and glittery purple eyes. The purple orbs lit up as they saw Odd's blue ones.
"Thank god, your alright, Xenon." Odd sighed in relief.
"Of course, I am." Xenon said. She eyed his red-stained hands. "What happened?"
"Well, you were spitting up blood--" Odd began.
"How far from the future are you from?" Xenon interrupted.
"A day." Odd answered.
"So, why did you come?"
"What do you mean?" Odd asked. I came here to save you from death and this is how you act? Odd thought. He was confused by Xenon's non-serious tone about the whole situation.
"My life wasn't in danger--"
"Yes, it was." Odd countered. "You were practically on your deathbed covered in blood--"
"Odd," Xenon interrupted. "Do you really think Xana would kill me?" Odd thought about that for a moment and then shook his head. "Right. He'll give me something that'll make me throw up blood and make it in such as that it looks like you killed me."
"How did you know I was blamed?" Odd asked. His head still beat painfully as his head rested in Xenon's lap. Xenon grabbed Odd's right wrist and flipped it over to show the blood stain.
"Lucky guess." She replied, letting go of Odd. "Anyways, Xana wouldn't kill me. When he pulled this, he just wanted to fuck our lives up. You know, freaking everyone out and getting you put in prison or on death row. He gets a high off of it." Odd groaned. "But I would like to prevent that from happening. Any ideas?" Xenon asked, running her fingers through Odd's hair.
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A/N: I don't know what to say. Not because I was shocked by this chapter, like I was last chapter, but I just have nothing to say but, REVIEW!
But sorry for all the weird things in this chapter and loose ends and just random stuff. I agree this isn't my best chapter...