Wow, I'm sorry for taking so long to update this. I have finals this week, so you're lucky to get anything at all! There's no action in this chapter, but there will be in the next one. Not only that, but there will be a huge change in the chapter, maybe two.
Anyway, I'd like to thank all of my reviewers for being there, especially those of you who have been reviewing from the start of this story. I'd like to give an even bigger thanks to Starfiregirl5671, who has been reading and reviewing since the first chapter of my first story, the prequel to this one.
So, this chapter is dedicated to Starfiregirl5671.
One last thing. Since I'm writing FANfiction, I obviously don't own Code Lyoko. I just own this story and my OCs: Kirsten, John, Rena, Eric, Amy, Dan, Nina, and Lisa.
Okay, here's chapter 11!
UPDATE: I decided tochange the lyrics of "A World Without Danger" from French to English. The words are different, because it isn't a straight translation. Note that some of the lyrics don't rhyme. It's supposed to be that way, for some reason.
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Chapter 11 – PRP
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"Attention students and teachers: pardon this interruption, but I have an important announcement to make."
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Eric and John looked at each other, confused. Mr. Dunbar continued. "The Pop-Rock Progressive, a group of five former students, will be giving a surprise performance tonight. They disbanded soon after forming, but have come back together just to perform for you. I'm sure that you know most, if not all, of them quite well. Thank you, that is all."
Mrs. Hertz sighed. "Before that little interruption, I asked Eric here, who seemed to find my lesson funny, how chloroplasts convert sunlight into energy."
"Uh…" He looked imploringly at John, who sighed and pulled out his science book. He read for a second while Eric stalled, then smiled and gestured to Eric's desk as the pencil moved again. Eric squinted at the new message, and smiled.
"Uh, they use special mini solar panels attached to tiny batteries in the roots…wait…"
That can't be right…damn it John!
As everybody began to laugh, he glared at John, who innocently shrugged. John jumped as his pencil began to move again.
YOU LIAR!
He just shrugged in a gesture that meant "oops!" Eric finally gave in and laughed too. The laughter didn't die down until the bell rang a minute later.
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"Hey! Guys! Over here!"
Everybody walked over to where Dan was standing and waving at them. He smiled at he held out his hand. In it were ten tiny clear spheres, five contact cases, and five almost-invisible band-aid-like things.
Eric raised an eyebrow. "Um…what are those? Were you rooting through the trash dumpster?"
Dan rolled his eyes. "No, they're something new my dad developed. The spheres are earpieces, and the contacts are miniature transparent nano-screens. The 'band-aid' goes on the bottom of your throat, for vocal commands. It's like a mini computer system, extremely useful. It can do anything! Just try it!"
Everybody recoiled slightly. They had all experimented with some of Mr. Belpois' "inventions" with mixed results. Just three days before school started, he had showed them a new supercomputer, which they now knew was based on the one in the factory. Eric started playing a game on it, and the thing overheated and started belching smoke everywhere. That wasn't even the worst of it! Five minutes later, it blew up in a giant orange fireball which damaged nothing except equipment. Jeremie had learned from his earlier mistakes and made his lab completely fireproof.
Eric shrugged. "It can't be worse than the supercomputer…" he said, echoing everybody's thoughts. He took two earpieces, a contact case, and a band-aid, and put them all in the proper spots.
He muttered quietly to himself, and jumped as a screen that only he could see appeared. He opened up an MP3 player and started one of the songs already on it. The music blasted his ears, and he muttered something else and his vision changed! It looked to him like he was actually at a concert! He muttered "stop," and the music ended. The menu disappeared, leaving his vision unclouded.
"So? How is it?"
"I…wow…"
Everybody put theirs in and experimented as well. In addition to playing music, you could browse the web and use it as a cell phone or instant messenger. John discovered another function later.
"Um…guys? It seems like it's got some sort of targeting system too! Every one of you has green brackets around them…"
Dan nodded. "Yes, green means friend, red means foe. It'll be useful during any attacks in the real world."
Eric grinned. "This is awesome! How'd your dad make these?"
"I don't know. I think he got some of the technology from the supercomputer. I have a couple other toys to show you guys later."
John turned around to see Lisa walking up towards him, and noticed with a little amusement that the targeting system marked her as an enemy with red brackets appearing around her. He chucked as she approached. These things were perfect!
"What's so funny, huh?" She walked up and looked dreamily at John. Eric glanced at his sister to see her clenching her fists. He laughed and looked at John, muttering "Better get rid of her before Amy explodes."
John heard him and smiled again. He looked at Amy and his heart fluttered. He felt his cheeks warm and looked down until the blush went away. He looked back up at Lisa and frowned."
"So? What's so funny?"
Eric tried to think of a witty comeback, but Nina beat him to it. She stepped up and smiled. "Well, a girl escaped from the psychiatric hospital today. They said that she is extremely retarded and may attack random people. I think they mentioned her name…it was…oh yeah! Some girl called Lisa Dunbar. Wait…that's you! Um…uh…" She forced herself to stop smiling and look scared as she backed away. She had trouble keeping herself from bursting out laughing at Lisa's expression.
If looks could kill, Nina's body would have been reduced to ash in an instant. Lisa stuck her nose up in the air and walked away as they all finally let out their laughter.
Eric gave her a high-five. "Awesome! That was better than anything I would have come up with!"
She smiled and blushed as she noticed that their hands were still touching. They both quickly pulled away. John smiled and sent a knowing glance in his sister's direction. She looked back and whispered quietly.
"Well, those two are definitely in love…"
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"Come on Kirsten! We need you! Nicholas is gone, Jeremie is doing something else, and Aelita has no idea how to play them! Everybody else already has something to do! Even if you do, we still have to make do without the trombone support from Jim! Please?"
"Somebody in your band played trombone? Wait, Jim played trombone?"
"Uh…yeah…we didn't have much of a choice, really."
"Anyway, are you absolutely sure about this?"
Odd smiled, looking at his wife. "Of course! Show us what you've got!"
She looked out at Ulrich, Yumi, Jeremie, and Aelita, who were all gathered around the drumset in Odd's house. She picked up the drumsticks and started to play.
She took their breath away. They stared at her, mouths wide open, as she kept playing. With a final fading drumroll she ended and put the sticks down. She looked up at the others standing around her.
"…so…did I do well?" The only reply she received was stunned silence.
Misinterpreting the silence, her head drooped. "Oh…that bad?"
Odd slowly shook his head, eyes and mouth wide open, then slapped himself in the face to break the paralysis. Kirsten burst out laughing. He shrugged. "Sorry. I had to break the spell. How are you this good? Have you ever played drums before?"
"Yeah, back when I was eleven. I didn't like it and I stopped, but I guess I could get to like them…"
"Okay, because you are WAY too good to just stop. I mean, that was awesome!" He stopped as he looked at Aelita. "Aelita, since we already know you have a great voice from Lyoko, why don't you sing along with Yumi?"
She nodded, and they began to practice.
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"Thank you for coming tonight. For those of you who still don't know who I am, I'm your principal, Mr. Dunbar. Now, I'd like to welcome…the Pop-Rock Progressive!"
A spotlight trained on the stage and someone ran into it, grinning like a madman. Someone with…
…blond and purple hair?
"Dad?" Eric whispered.
Mr. Dunbar cleared his throat, then spoke again. "Odd Della Robbia! He's the guitarist, and is now a famous movie director!" The rest of them ran out onstage as he named them off. "Kirsten Della Robbia! She's the drummer, and is now an actress! Ulrich Stern!" A loud cheer cut him off. "He's on the keyboard, and is now one of the Lyokophiles! Yumi Stern!" There was another loud cheer. "She's a singer, and is the other Lyokophile! Aelita Belpois! She's the other singer, and is now a model and co-owner of SCIPIO Games! Jeremie Belpois, the other co-owner of SCIPIO Games, is doing the lights."
Ulrich sat down in front of the keyboard as Odd picked up his guitar. Kirsten sat at the drums and Aelita and Yumi stepped up to the microphones. Yumi took a deep breath.
"How are you all tonight!" There was a deafening cheer. "Awesome! Anyway, we're going to start with our first-ever song, Mystery Girl!"
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Countless songs later, Aelita stepped up to the microphone. "Okay! We have just one song left! It's a song that has a special meaning to us, so we saved it for last. Odd here wrote it several months ago."
"And this song is dedicated to the Princess of Lyoko, and the downfall of XANA!" Aelita smiled slightly and blushed at the mention of her nickname.
There were many raised eyebrows and several people in the crowd said things like "huh?" and "what?" The new warriors of Lyoko just looked at each other, grinning.
"This song is called…A World Without Danger!"
There is a world
That is virtual and different
It can be so cold
Makes us stand up for what's right
Our hope through our life
If you reset it to the start
Here we are, going far
To save all that we love
If we give all we've got
We will make it though
Here we are, like a star
Shining bright on your world
Today
Make evil go away
Code Lyoko, We'll reset it all
Code Lyoko, Be there when you call
Code Lyoko, We will stand real tall
Code Lyoko, Stronger after all
A world of machines
It can shadow human nature
And all that we need
Is the way to find the answer
And one thing is sure
You can count on us for good
Here we are, going far
To save all that we love
If we give all we've got
We will make it though
Here we are, like a star
Shining bright on your world
Today
Make evil go away
Code Lyoko, We'll reset it all
Code Lyoko, Be there when you call
Code Lyoko, We will stand real tall
Code Lyoko, Stronger after all
We'll do our best
To never let you down
We're up to the test
To turn this world around
Here we are, going far
To save all that we love
If we give all we've got
We will make it though
Here we are, like a star
Shining bright on your world
Today
Make evil go away
Here we are, going far
To save all that we love
If we give all we've got
We will make it though
Here we are, like a star
Shining bright on your world
Today
Make evil go away
As everybody began to clap, the only six people in the audience who understood the significance of the song glanced at each other smiling. It was the perfect song for their adventures in Lyoko.
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Odd grinned as he packed up his guitar. "Kirsten, you were awesome!"
She just smiled back at him. Everybody finished packing their equipment and walked out to the parking lot. They stuffed their gear in the back of Odd's gigantic pickup that could fit all six of them AND their gear. He started to drive away. The kids had followed them and started to wave goodbye. Suddenly, Dan stiffened and stared at the car.
The others looked at him strangely, but he answered the unasked question.
"Guys, the brackets around the car are red…"
Everybody gasped. They all whispered commands and watched the car. Everybody saw red brackets around it, and every other car nearby. A small symbol appeared in their vision whenever they looked straight at a car.
It was XANA's symbol.
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As Odd drove, he checked his speedometer and noticed something strange…
The needle was jittering all around, and little sparks of electricity were coming from it. He gasped.
For a moment, the XANA symbol was visible on the windshield, then the car careened out of control.
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Okay, that's it for this chapter. Yes, I know it was a cliffie. And about the cool contact-things that Dan gave them: I realized that since it is the future and all, they should have at least some futuristic technology. Don't worry, it most likely won't just be a random filler bit. It should have some significance by the end of this story or its sequel, which I'm planning right now.
Anyway, keep reviewing! And I should have uploaded this yesterday, but my internet was down. Some stupid guy was working on the cable line somewhere on another street nearby, and my internet was down for hours. Stupid Comcast cable modem. Yeah, it's freakin Comcastic. Idiots…
Oh, I don't own Comcast, because if I did, my internet connection would be working more often!
Anyway, enough ranting about my stupid trivial problems. REVIEW and you'll get a cookie!
Oh, here's a funny quote:
"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada." –Britney Spears. Wow…just wow…