Dedication: To the readers of this fanfic who are just as confused as I am.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything Code Lyoko-ly. I do claim the rights to this plot and Xenon.
A/N: I know the last chapter was confusing and ended abruptly, and I'm sorry that happened. I was pressing for time and time travel is confusing and I didn't really explain everything. I sort of just implied that you would get what was happening. The first thing in this chapter is a summary that I wrote for the last chapter. The chapter will begin at the -()--()- so skip to there if you wish.
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What happened was Odd, Aelita, and Xenon came back from Lyoko after their meeting with Xana who still managed to give Xenon that virus which will make her spit up blood and cause blood to come out of her eyes. Xenon and Aelita went up a floor to look up anti-viruses on the supercomputer.
The pair of Odd, one from the future and one...um...not, tried to make some small talk. Odd asked the Odd from the future why he hasn't washed the blood from Xenon in his own time period. Odd responded with that it would be washing the last memory of the Xenon from the future.
Meanwhile, Xenon and Aelita are upstairs and Xenon is at the supercomputer looking through files that Jeremie had been working on for a few years for Aelita. Aelita says there's a possibility that there could be no such thing as a virus that Xana could implant them with so looking for an anti-virus would be a waste.
Xenon asks that Aelita knows that she didn't take her memories on purpose and only did it because her future self told her to do it. Aelita asks Xenon that if she did everything that her future self told her to do and it was what her future self did then wouldn't time just repeat itself?
Xenon realizes what Aelita means and they transfer her, Aelita, and both Odd's to sector seven. They go to the biggest tower there which is also where Aelita received some of the lost memories. Even though there's a chance they might be able to find an answer, Xenon knows that it's no use and there's no point in even trying.
As the enter the tower, Aelita freaks out and its because when she last came here to get the memories unknown voices spoke to her and she didn't have a clue what they meant or what they said. Xenon told her not to worry about it.
Xenon creates access to one of the screens often seen in the TV show when Aelita deactivates a tower. Xenon created many more. Xenon instructs both of the Odd's on how to use them while Aelita already starts searching for the file that could create an anti-virus.
They all search for a while using the screens. Xenon can't stand that she knows that they'll never find the file. She sets up for sector six to be used in the tower and then confesses to Aelita and the two Odd that they'll never find the find they're looking for. Xenon then abruptly runs out.
Aelita and the two Odd's run away her and both of Odd try to comfort her, but Xenon pulls away sharply revealing that the process of the virus already was getting to her and blood was coming out of her mouth and eyes.
Everyone is surprised by Xenon's actions and that the process is already happening. Xenon wipes her hands with the blood and then puts the blood on the palms of the Odd not from the future that used sector six to get into the current time period. Xenon's blood stains the palms of his hands.
Xenon then controls the wind of the sector to blow the Odd who she just stained the hands of and pushes him into the tower. She then activates the tower to use sector six to send the Odd into the tower into the passed. Xenon is weak from the virus and collapses.
Jeremie then comes to the supercomputer and of course he's not on time. Odd picks up Xenon and is going to be materialized to Earth along with Aelita.
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A question I got was well what happened to Odd that wasn't from the future when he went into the tower. To be fair, here's my response even though it's not really a spoiler:
Xenon sent the present Odd to the time, the exact time, that the future Odd came out of the scanner from sector six from the future. This completes the time circle.
Everything is the same as before. The present Odd was sent to the past through sector six. His hands are stained by Xenon's blood and that will be his last memory of the Xenon of his time period. Odd will wake Xenon in the middle of the night around two and time with repeat itself forever and ever in the same way.
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A/N This is the biggest author's note I've ever written and seen. Yeah, I just wanted everyone to be on the same page. So, on with the story:)
-()—()-
"Wait, so what exactly happened?" Yumi asked. She sat next to Ulrich by the supercomputer in the factory floor. Xenon, Aelita, Odd, and Jeremie were also present. Aelita sat in the supercomputer chair which was turned to face everyone else and Jeremie stood next to it. Xenon and Odd were also on the ground opposite of Yumi and Ulrich, but Xenon's head rested in Odd's lap and she was asleep. After Xenon had come out of the scanner, she was covered in blood which had, for the most part, come out of her mouth. Aelita took it upon herself to clean her sister even though Odd said he would do it. Not long after Aelita got Xenon cleaned up, the blood stopped coming and Xenon looked relatively normal except that she was asleep.
"Well, Xenon, I think, sent Odd back into the past using sector six." Odd explained for what had to be the billionth time.
"I still don't get it." Ulrich commented. "'Sent Odd?'"
"I, myself, was sent from the future which was about this time into the past which was like yesterday like at two in the morning. I went through the day and only Xenon knew that there were two Odd's in the time period. The Odd that has never traveled through time besides returns to the past was sent back to two in the morning today." Odd explained.
"OK, I think I get it." Yumi said, with a tired sigh. "But it's still weird and I've felt like I've been out of the loop a little too long though I've had my own problems." Ulrich turned to Yumi and understood what she was talking about. "But I didn't know what the hell was going on."
"Me too." Ulrich agreed.
"I think we all felt that way." Aelita said. She glanced at her sister who was sleeping peacefully.
"I mean," Odd started and then paused for a second as he looked around at the currently innocent face surround by waves of blonde hair that contained streaks of light purple. "I don't even know what's going through her mind most of the time. What she's planning and what she hasn't told us about Lyoko and that kind of stuff." No one said anything after Odd spoke. They all privately agreed Odd was going to have difficulties with Xenon in their relationship if she didn't stop hiding stuff from everyone.
"Well, we should get back to school, it's past the school's curfew. We're all going to get detention if we don't get into our rooms before Jim finds out we're all missing." Jeremie said. They all nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, my parents are going to kill me when I get home." Yumi said as she took out her cellphone to look at the time. "Crap. Bye!" She got up off the steel flooring and went to the elevator; Ulrich followed her. The elevator door closed behind them.
"Aelita, do think it'll be alright to bring Xenon back to school?" Odd asked as he softly stroked Xenon face.
"I would hope so. I have confidence that Xenon won't chuck up anymore blood and she just needs more rest, but I don't think school would be the best place for her to go to." Aelita said. She got up out of the supercomputer chair.
"Well," Odd said, "Where should we go then?" Odd was brain dead; he just wanted some sleep and for Xenon to be alright.
"Well, there's always the hermitage." Aelita suggested as she shrugged. Aelita yawned which was infecting and caused Jeremie and Odd to yawn too.
"I-I'll find somewhere." Odd yawned.
"I'm going to school then. Goodnight Odd." Aelita said and took Jeremie's hand and pressed the button for the elevator, waited a moment, walked in when it opened for them, and then the elevator door closed behind them too. Odd sighed to himself and looked at Xenon again. She was still besides her lungs working away. There was no emotion on her face. Odd stroked her the side of her face and got nothing but a slight snoring as a reaction. Odd sighed again.
Where am I going to go? Odd thought. I half expected that there would be nothing because they would fix the time line. I just don't know what to do now, now that we're past it. Odd picked up Xenon and carried her on his back. Odd took the elevator up and exited the factory. He walked in around in what seemed to be a empty, quiet city.
Odd's stomach growled loudly in fierce disagreement as Odd past by places that he could have stopped to eat. Odd desperately wanted to fill his stomach but he couldn't with Xenon in the current condition that she was in. His feet dragged as he walked and walked and tiredness itched at his eyes. The yellow sneakered feet walked their own way and seemed to know where they were going even if Odd did not.
Odd soon found himself outside the bare, abandon house which was named the Hermitage. No lights were turned on and the hermitage looked like a haunted house. Odd ignored this and walked inside. Inside it was pitch dark black. Odd held Xenon with one arm while using his left to find the stairs. He climbed up them and entered the first bedroom he could find the door two. Odd was careful not to trip on anything on the floor, a dresser, or anything. He quickly found the bed and eased Xenon underneath the covers, then crawled in after her.
Odd could not remember if he was sleeping or not. Hunger kept him up as he hadn't eaten for many meals and he felt surely that he'd die soon. He hadn't stopped to get something to eat because he did not want to leave Xenon alone nor have anyone see her in the state the she was in. He wondered when Xenon would wake up and what would happen when she did. What would happen next in their lives? Where would life take them next?
-()-
Odd woke up with something pressing against his chest. He cracked his eyes open against the light that filtered through the window to see a figure half laying on him. He instantly recognized it was Xenon and sat up. Xenon's head slid down his flat stomach, which growled from lack of food, into Odd's lap.
"Finally awake?" A voice asked. It came from Xenon, but Odd couldn't see her face to know that she had spoken and didn't need to. Xenon sat up and Odd only got and glimpse of her face before Xenon suddenly gave Odd a tight hug. This took Odd by surprise and he hugged back.
"God, I love you Odd." Xenon said, nearly choking Odd in her death-grip-of-a-hug. Odd did the first thing that occurred to him which was smile. He placed a hand on the back of her blond head and pulled her closer.
"I know." Odd whispered in her ear. "I love you too." They didn't say anything else nor did anything else besides enjoy the close embrace. What cut through the silence was a growl from Odd's stomach. "I'm hungry." Odd moaned.
"Well, we'll have to fix that, eh?" Xenon said. "But first," Xenon said while she crawled into Odd's lap, "we--" Odd stopped her as he kissed her savagely. Xenon let Odd take control and she wrapped her arms around his neck. Odd used his hands not to explore her body but to pull Xenon further into his lap, if it was possible, and wrapped her legs around his waist. Xenon pulled away from him as he did this.
"What are you doing?" Xenon asked, breathlessly. Her eyes stared into Odd's blue ones. Odd stared back innocently.
"What?" Odd questioned with a smile on his face. Odd continued to stare at Xenon as he licked his lips. "I said I was hungry. You said you'd fix it right?" Odd lifted an eyebrow as Xenon turned beet red.
"Um...I meant..." Xenon flustered.
"I know what you meant." Odd said as he released his hold on her legs. He leaned forward to Xenon's opened mouth and when he was a few centimeters away from her lips he diverted down to Xenon unprotected neck. He kissed first before nipping it lightly. Odd earned a gasp from his taste of Xenon's sensitive neck. As Odd leaned forward again, Xenon jumped out and edged away from him.
"Um, Odd that is you right?" Xenon asked and Odd nodded. "Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yeah," Odd said placing a hand on his forehead. "It's just the hunger. It's making me act weird."
"Well, OK. Let's go get something to eat." Xenon said, and got closer to Odd. She gripped his hand in hers and they left the hermitage.
-()-
They didn't go to the school cafeteria to get something to eat. They had slept through first period and didn't think it wise to go to school. Xenon and Odd knew they would get in trouble for skipping classes for the day but didn't care much about it. Both were just glad that time travel was over with for right now and everything was the usual normal or at least as normal that it could get.
"So," Odd said, trying to make a conversation. They had been sitting in a cafe for ten minutes and had already ordered. Well, at least I know Xenon isn't ready yet. Odd thought as he replayed the events of what happened after they woke up.
"So what?" Xenon asked. She looked tired and happy at a chance of relaxation that they'd get and then the school would be mad when they did come back.
"Well, after what happened with all the time travel, I just don't know what to say." Odd stated in a whisper. "It just feels weird and I don't know what to do about it." Xenon didn't say anything and it was quiet. There was barely anyone in the cafe besides them and the people who worked there which was understandable since most people were at work or school. Their food quickly came and Odd's stomach growled triumphantly. Xenon and Odd started eating or rather Odd ate as quickly as he could and Xenon used her fork to poke at the food in front of her which was a quiche.
Odd finished in record breaking time and looked at Xenon. "What's the matter?" Odd asked.
"I...I was just thinking." Xenon said not looking at Odd. Odd didn't say anything. He didn't want to push Xenon, he never did, but he did want to know what was troubling her.
"About what?"
"I—I was thinking about a promise you made to me." Xenon said slowly. Odd put a confused look on his face; he honestly didn't remember any promise that he had to Xenon lately. Xenon looked up up at Odd and saw his face. "You don't remember?" Xenon asked, astonished.
"No!" Odd said quickly. "No, I didn't forget." Xenon stared at Odd and raised an eyebrow.
"It doesn't really affect me, but you should remember." Xenon said. She leaned back in her seat. When Odd didn't say anything, she continued, "You know your unborn child that Sissi is carrying."
"Oh." Odd said. He dropped his folk and looked down in shame.
"Odd," Xenon said and Odd looked up. "I didn't bring it up to bother you, but you really need to ask least talk to Sissi. I'll even go with you." Xenon offered. Odd stared into those oh-so-purple eyes.
"Xenon. I—I know you want to look out the best for me and a child that's half mine, but," Odd stopped, "But I can do it by myself." He got up, dug his hand into his pocket, took out twenty-five Euros which well covered the meal, got up, and headed for the door.
Xenon sat there stunned. What the hell is his problem? Xenon thought. She got up and ran out to catch up with him. Odd wasn't too far along the street outside of the cafe. Xenon ran up and caught his arm and pulled him to a stop.
"Odd, what's your problem?" Xenon asked, slightly angry. She didn't do anything, but remind him of the promise that he made to her and what he should be concerning himself with.
"Nothing." Odd said calmly. "Nothing at all." He continued walking with Xenon still clutching his arm, walking beside him.
"How can you say that? Odd, you're not acting normal, what the hell is with you toda--"
"Just shut up!" Odd snapped. Xenon released her hold and was stunned by Odd's sudden outburst. Odd turned to face Xenon. Anger was on his face along with several emotions which could have been a multiple things. "I know about it. How could I forget? That night that I got drunk and knocked up Sissi. You don't think, I don't think about it everyday or nearly everyday. I wish it could just disappear, but it won't. You don't need to help me with it, I can take care of it myself. Alright?"
Xenon was in shock. Odd never talked like this or at least not to her. He always thought ahead to make sure he wouldn't make her angry or sad, but he didn't even make an attempt right now. Angry was displayed firmly on his face and Xenon could tell it wasn't going to go away quickly. Xenon felt sadness well up inside of her.
"OK." Xenon said in a small voice. Xenon and Odd didn't talk at all as they walked to school. It was lunch when they arrived back at Kadic. They blended in as they walk across the campus and headed for the dormitory. When Xenon got to her room she stopped to unlock her door, Odd didn't stop he continued to walk down the hallway and up the stairs toward her room. Xenon unlocked her dorm room, 112, and stepped in. It was clean and untouched. Xenon immediately shut the door behind her and flopped onto her bed.
What's bothering Odd? Xenon thought. I know he doesn't want to talk about it and I know he's probably sensitive on the subject, but I mean what's with him. Xenon sighed and then rolled over and her face faced the closet. She sighed again and then got up to put on a much need, fresh pair of clothes.
-()-
Odd unlocked his and Ulrich's dorm room. Kiwi looked up from his spot on Odd's bed. Kiwi stood up and then barked at Odd. Odd was disturbed by this and made sure there was food and water in the dished out of sight.
"What's the matter boy?" Odd said sitting on the bed next to his dog. Odd started to pet Kiwi and Kiwi relaxed. Why did I just go off on Xenon? Odd thought while absent-mindedly petted Kiwi. I shouldn't have done that. I should go apologize. Odd got up and put on fresh clothes. After re-gelling his hair to a point he glanced at his reflection, he heard a sharp tap on his door. He took a deep breath and put a stern look on his face as he anticipated the principal or Jim to be there. When he opened the door no one was there and he shut the door. Might as well go to my classess for the rest of the day. Odd thought.
Odd grabbed his backpack, gave Kiwi another pet, and then opened the door again. As he shut the door behind him and locked the door, he heard something go crickle! Odd looked down to see what he had stepped on. It was a white envelope. He picked it up and looked at the front. There wasn't an address or any writing at all. Odd ripped it open, then took the contents out and started to read. It said:
Odd, I know you're going to look for Sissi soon. I've saved you time. Here's the address:
The letter gave an address which was in Paris. The letter didn't have a signature. Odd's eyes narrowed as he finished the letter. Who gave this to me? Odd thought. There was the knock on the door but I didn't see anyone. They must have gave me this address. Odd sighed. Well, might as well go. No point in wasting my afternoon in school.
-()-
Odd walked into the city, got in a cab, gave the driver the address, and settled himself down for the drive to Paris. What am I going to say to Sissi? Odd thought as the taxi entered the highway which was for the most part empty. Just say, 'oh yeah just so you know the child inside of you is mine.' Or 'Oh on New Years Eve, we were both drunk and we did it." Ugh. I don't even know what I'll say to her.
All too soon the taxi stopped in front of a house in Paris. Odd paid the driver and then got out. The house in front of him was lower middle class style. The grass was mostly a light green but there was patches of yellow. The house itself was one story and was a bleak pale blue. Odd took a deep breath and started to walk up the walk. He walked mechanically up and was at the door before he knew it.
"Odd!" A voice called. Odd froze. Is that Sissi? Odd thought horrified. I'm not ready to talk to her yet. "Odd!" the voice yelled again. Odd heard the person behind him and turned. To his surprise, he saw Xenon running towards him.
"Xenon?" Odd said confused. Xenon ran up next to him before she stopped. "Why are you here?"
"To be with you in this moment whether you like it or not." Xenon said. "And besides, I gave you the address to here." Xenon said sticking out her tongue.
"What? How?" Odd asked.
"I'm a fairly good hacker." Xenon stated simply.
"I thought you said once you didn't know anything about computers." Odd said.
"I don't know anything about making computers." Xenon contradicted. "But I know how to get information I want from them. Now, ring the doorbell."
"Wha-what?" Odd stuttered. "Oh. Um...I think this is a bad idea." Xenon responded by poking him hard in the back. Odd leaped forward and shakily rang the doorbell.
"Coming!" A voice yelled. It was familiar. It was Sissi's.
