Okaaaay folksss, still no word on that new laptop! I'm so happy for everyone who is starting to love this story just as much as me! I have to say, if you still haven't read What Have You Done, which this story is the sequel to, GO READ IT OR YOU'LL BE LIKE "WTF BRO, WHAT'S GOING ON!" and that's most definitely NOT a fun time. & this story is supposed to be a fun time: ) anywhoooo, enough of my rambling. Onto the important stuff!
All We Ever Wanted
Chapter 7: Deception
Mannie got out her scythe, which she hadn't used in forever, but of course she hadn't forgotten how to use it. Xavier got out a very long, thick sword, resembling the one Cloud uses from Final Fantasy VII. They got in defensive stances, turned their heads and nodded at each other, possibly having some sort of father-daughter telepathy. They fought together well, as if they had been fighting together for years. Mannie went after Mikaela and Xavier corned William.
"Don't do anything stupid Xavier, if you or your precious little princess kills either me or Mikaela, it's game over. Lyoko will shut down and you both will be stuck in here. I don't think you'd want that for her, now would you?" Xavier gave him some sort of STFU look, and looked back at Mannie.
"Mannie will do what's best for mankind and if it means locking herself in here, never to be able to get out, then so be it." Mannie looked back at her father and smiled.
"Gosh, what's going on up there Jeremy? What's going on with Mannie?" Not knowing if Mannie was dead or alive was killing him. What if it was a trick and XANA was holding her hostage? What if William was holding her hostage! God only knows what that kid would do with her. All these crazy thoughts and 'what ifs' ran through his scattered little mind.
"I don't know Odd! I can't get a hold of them, and that place is still unexplored, and I can't find any way to see or hear what's going on." Jeremy typed furiously feeling frustrated not knowing what to do. Aelita stepped forward.
"Let me try to go in. Maybe I can go into one of the towers and find my way there." She shrugged trying to help, as she always does.
"No Aelita, we can't risk it." Jeremy shook his head.
"You let Mannie risk it." Odd said quietly, but loud enough for Jeremy to hear him. Jeremy turned his head towards Odd acknowledging his remark.
"Aelita is different. She's the only one who can put in the code to deactivate the towers."
"Mannie is the only one who can completely shut Lyoko down." Yumi stated. They could all see Jeremy get tense.
"Okay, but I want someone in there with her, just in case she can get through."
"We'll all go with her. If there's any chance at protecting Aelita and Mannie, we all want to go." Avril smiled.
"Yeah, we're all a team and we're all friends. We all look out for each other…. You'd know what that's like if you could actually go into Lyoko." Ulrich stated blatantly as he climbed into the elevator to go to the Virtualization room. Jeremy shot him a dirty look, Ulrich knew that was a soft spot for him. They all got virtualized, Aelita, Ulrich, and Yumi, then Odd and Avril. They all ran to a deactivated tower and Aelita went in and floated up to start her search, while the others waited patiently outside.
"I really wish we could talk to Mannie…" Avril whispered.
Mannie ran at Mikaela and whipped her scythe around almost coming in close contact with the girls' face.
"Hey bitch, lay the fuck off!" Mikaela grabbed Mannie's chain of her scythe and pulled Mannie towards her. Mannie gasped and let go of her precious scythe.
"Don't even think about it." Mannie reached behind her, and appeared a bow and arrow that she pulled back and aimed, well with years of practice. "One shot and you're gone." Mikaela smirked.
"Don't be stupid. You heard what William said. If you kill me or him, you're stuck in here for good. We're both part of XANA, if one of us dies the whole system goes down."
"As if I'd believe your guys' bullshit." She pulled back the arrow, turned around, and shot a powerful blow.
Jeremy was tapping on his desk with impatience. He had absolutely no control over what was going on in Lyoko. It was all up to everyone else. For once, he felt useless. Usually he was the one in charge, with all the say so.
"Come onnnn! Aelita, have you figured out anything?" A video of Aelita in the tower popped up.
"Jeremy! I think I'm figuring this out! I've never seen this stuff before, look!" Aelita sent him the information she was seeing.
"Woah! Where'd all that come from?" Jeremy asked.
"I have no clue! Maybe it all showed up when Mannie and her dad found that new area!" Aelita finished typing and pressed "Enter." All sight of the tower disappeared and a big green field with flowers and a beautiful watery backround appeared. She saw Mannie, Xavier, Mikaela, and William. But Xavier was face down with an arrow in his back.
"Mannie! What's going on?" Aelita yelled out.
"Aelita! What are you doing here?" William smirked and ran at Aelita and Mannie pointed an arrow at him. "Don't think about it William." William stopped in his tracks and look at Mannie.
"You won't shoot me." He turned around and looked at her and smirked again.
"You're right." She ran forward, grabbed her fathers' sword and quickly, in the blink of an eye stabbed William through his stomach.
"Aelita tell Jeremy to devirtualize us NOW!" Mannie pushed the sword forward, grabbed Aelita and ran into the portal.
"No! William!" Mikaela ran over to William and pulled out the sword. Jeremy heard the request and devirtualized everyone. They all expected Xavier to show up, but he never did.
"Where's Uncle Xavier!" Yumi asked outloud.
"Yeah! I was looking forward to meeting your pops!" Odd said as he was squeezing Mannie half to death.
"That….wasn't my dad. He said something about me sacrificing myself…and I didn't think about it until now… my dad would never ask me to do such a thing. He would find some way to sacrifice himself before I would have to. That was a trick. He's still somewhere locked under XANA's control. XANA is a lot trickier than we thought…" Mannie frowned her heart breaking a little.
"Don't worry Mannie. We'll get your dad back, I promise. Even if it's the last thing I do!" Odd said smiling trying to cheer his friend up. Mannie looked up at him, smiled, and pulled him towards her into a very passionate, much needed and anticipated kiss.
Avril whipped out her phone, took a picture of the two, being careful to not get anything that would give away the factory, and uploaded the picture to Facebook. 'Kadic's Cutest Couple Has Returned' as the caption.
Mannie pulled away from the kissed, pulled him into a tight hug and said, "You know I love you, right?"
AAAALRIGHT! Yay! Another chapter this was short, I wanted to update. If you have any ideas or input I adore it! So feel free to R/R or PM me! It would be much appreciated! I hope y'all enjoyed the chapter! & don't forget! If you ever feel like you need some much needed Odd/Mannie fluffff, there's always What Have You Done:) R/R