HAPPY NEW YEARS! To celebrate, I'm uploading 2 chapters at once! I'll probably update really often for a while, with a small slow spot after chapter 6 since I haven't even typed the rest of the chapters yet. I finally have a general plotline laid out for this story, so there shouldn't be any really long waits.
Anyway, I got another 7 reviews, and I decided to give previews with a minimum of 5, so look for that at the end of the next chapter.
Disclaimer: Okay, once again, I do not own Code Lyoko, and unless a miracle happens, I never will.
Claimer: I own Kirsten and all of the children of the gang. There, that's much easier than saying all of their names…
Now, on to the story. This chapter's pretty much just a filler, with a couple interesting bits in it.
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Chapter 3 – Always Have A Backup
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Over the rest of the summer, the adults spent a lot of time together, catching up and reminiscing about old times. They talked about many Lyoko battles. Odd reminded them that if it weren't for Kirsten, he'd be dead.
Their children overheard some of their conversations. They would hear things like "There were three crabs, so I triplicated and supersprinted towards them. I jumped up and bam! All three were gone." All three of them would remember the story that they liked so much (Eric and Amy eventually told their friends that their mom wrote it), and wonder why they acted as if they had actually been there.
Needless to say, the children often asked their parents what they were talking about. Their parents would never be able to respond, so they just trailed off. Once, they got an unusually clear answer from Odd, who was getting annoyed by their questioning.
"Fine! I'll tell you! It was a game that we played as kids. We made up costumes and superpowers, and created our own little world to play in. We had so many fun times back then."
The six kids became best friends, and were inseparable, despite their differences. Living next door to each other, they spent all of their free time together. They explored the forest that surrounded their house, and had a lot of fun.
Then their first year at Kadic Academy started. When they found out that they would be going to the same school, they were ecstatic.
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"So Rena, make sure you don't get into any trouble. Oh, and sometimes you're allowed to go off campus after school is over, but don't go explore anywhere that looks unsafe, such as construction sites and abandoned buildings."
Rena sighed. She always got the same sort of speech whenever she left home. It was identical, word-for-word. She had memorized it by now.
Ulrich smiled as he turned to his son. "That goes for you too, John. Now, both of you get into the car."
The kids ran out the door, and Yumi was about to follow them when Ulrich grabbed her arm and pulled her into a kiss.
It was just a short kiss, but it lasted forever. Yumi eventually pulled away. "Hold that thought. We need to go now."
"Right." Both of them got into the car and drove off.
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They arrived at the school and saw the others waiting in a short line in front of the Principal's office. They joined in. Aelita and Kirsten were talking.
"Hey Kirsten, remember when you first came to Kadic? It was great having you as a roommate."
"Yeah, and there was an attack and you guys went back in time."
The kids looked at each other for a moment, and shrugged. An attack? Going back in time? This was more stuff that was mentioned in the story that Kirsten had written. Why did they talk about it all the time?
"Yes. Then Cat-boy here came up to you and showed you around."
Cat-boy? All of the kids were now thoroughly confused. Their parents had random nonsense nicknames for each other, which once again reminded them of that story that they all loved.
"He knew my name before I met him, and my love for him began that day. Of course, I didn't know if he would love me back…"
Odd just smiled. "I did!"
Jeremie butted in. "Come on guys, we're next."
All six of the adults walked into the office, followed by their children.
Yumi stopped and stared. The principal was…
"William?" The man looked up in shock. "Yumi?"
She smiled. "Hey! How are you doing? I haven't seen you since I graduated from Kadic!"
"Well, I found somebody else that I was crazy about––"
"Hello dear!"
Now Ulrich was the one who was surprised. Someone he knew had just walked in.
"Sissi?" She turned. "Oh! Ulrich! It's Elizabeth now. I haven't seen you in years! How are you doing?" She saw his confused expression and laughed. "Oh, don't worry, I eventually moved on after you and Yumi started dating. And then I became great friends with William…and then more than friends."
Yumi smiled. "Well, I'm happy for you! I always thought you two would suit each other!"
Then William and Sissi noticed the other adults and the kids. Sissi smiled, then frowned. "Oh, hey guys! Listen, I never got the chance to say this before we left Kadic, but I'm really sorry for all the trouble I caused you. I was…I was really mean, and I'm sorry."
The others grinned. Odd spoke up first. "I accept your apology, and I'm sorry we made fun of you all the time." He looked around at the others and sighed. "
All of the adults laughed while all the kids rolled their eyes. They were sick of waiting. William saw them and smiled. "Okay, here are your dorm assignments. Have a nice day!"
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Their parents had specifically requested that they got to room together since they were so inseparable. Since there were three girls and three boys, they were put in two 3-person dorms.
John, Eric, and Dan each claimed a bed, and Dan began unpacking his computer and setting it up. John and Eric decided not to touch it. It was a very complicated setup, and they didn't want to screw it up. They were sitting on John's bed and talking.
"So, Eric, isn't it great that all three of us are in the same room?"
"Yeah, and to think that a few months ago we didn't even know each other! Now look! We're the best of friends!"
"You know what else is cool? All of our parents are rich and famous!"
Eric raised an eyebrow. "Really? I know my parents are, and yours are the Lyokophiles. What about Dan?"
Dan turned around. "My parents co-founded SCIPIO Games, and my mom is a model."
John nodded. "My mom is too. But she doesn't do it much any more. They're singers now."
Eric leaned forward. "So your parents really are the Lyokophiles?"
"Yeah. Your dad is really the owner of CARTHAGE Productions?"
"Uh-huh."
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Meanwhile, in an area of downtown London, a Cray supercomputer turned on. The operating system logo appeared for a moment. It was quickly replaced by a symbol that only six people in the world could recognize.
The computer connected to every open node on the internet to gain power, then forced a connection to a small automated elevator control system in an abandoned factory in France.
A black smoke came out of the buttons of the elevator and slowly floated out through the floor into the shaft, then through a wall. It reached a huge room. It dove down through a closed panel in the floor and reached a huge cylinder.
The smoke flipped a switch on the side of the machine, and the computer system began to glow a familiar golden color. The smoke dissolved and disappeared.
A screen on another level flashed, then displayed a series of messages:
RE-INITIALIZING LYOKO SYSTEM…FAILED
INITIALIZATION FAILED, DATA MISSING
RESTORING SYSTEM FROM MOST RECENT BACKUP…COMPLETE
RESTORATION SUCCESSFUL, INITIALIZING LYOKO SYSTEM…COMPLETE
LOADING SYSTEM RESOURCES…
SCANNERS…ONLINE
INTERFACE…ONLINE
WORLD…ONLINE
INITIALIZATION COMPLETE
The circular machine near the screen began to hum, and a hologram appeared above it. It looked like a map of a place with four regions coming out of a central sphere. Several windows appeared on the screen, some filling with code, others with images, one of them had an image of the holomap.
A presence reappeared in the computer system. It was an older version, but the computer in London began to transfer information to it, updating its memory so it knew about all of the events that had taken place after the backup. It sorted the memory and examined the data starting from the time the girl had joined its 5 enemies, making them a group of 6. Six faces appeared in its memory and were catalogued.
If a face for this presence had existed, it would have been smiling sinisterly. The six people who had halted its plan would be killed, and then the plan could proceed. The world would be ripped into pieces.
And from those pieces, a new world would be born.
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MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And the action begins!
WHEEEEEEEE! SUGAR IS AWESOME!
My super-sugar-high is crashing, so I'll have to finish fast before my sanity finds me again and reclaims my mind, returning me to boring mediocrity. Don't worry, I was only high on sugar for this little author's note, not for the story itself.
Oh, and I think that this will be the end of the coincidences for a while.
Anyway, no preview because chapter 4 is already up by the time you read this, so go read that and look for the preview of chapter 5!