Chapter 2: Phase Two
Aelita's POV
I was all alone in the woods on Earth, looking for the one I love and the others, when I heard a rustling coming from behind me. I turned around and saw Christopher, Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi. I hugged Christopher but he didn't return the hug. I then let him go and saw that he and the others were dressed like on Lyoko.
Not just that, but they were covered in blood. I then looked behind them and saw Kadic Academy was in flames and littered with the corpses of students and staff.
"Baby, who did this?" I asked him, getting scared.
"We did." He replied.
"Impossible." I said.
"But it's true, Aelita." A voice said. I turned around and saw Jeremie.
"I don't believe you guys." I said, refusing to accept the fact that we were murderers.
"But it is true, Aelita. Look at yourself." Ulrich said. I then looked at myself when I shouldn't have. I was in my Lyoko form and was covered in blood just like the others, except Jeremie. I started hyperventilating and Christopher came over to calm me down.
"I'm sorry, baby. We had no choice." He said.
"NOOO!" I screamed then everything went black.
I woke up screaming in my room. I quickly looked at myself and realized it was just a nightmare when I didn't see any blood anywhere on my body. I then looked at my clock to see what time it was. It said 7:00 AM. I was so glad it was Sunday. I got what I needed to take a shower when I ran into Sissi.
"Was that you doing all of that screaming?!" She asked me, but I was not in the mood to deal with her.
"Sissi, I've had a rough night, okay? So do me and my friends a favor and go jump in a lake!" I retorted.
"How dare you?!" She asked.
"Was I talking to fast? I'm sorry. I'll go a little slower. Stay away from me and my friends!" I was really getting angry now. But I was relieved when she took off into her room, clearly scared of what I would do. The rest of the way, I hummed my favorite song by Ariana Grande: Problem.
Even though I didn't feel like it, I hummed it anyway. I decided while I was in the shower that I would only tell my boyfriend about my nightmare, because I wouldn't have the strength to tell the others, but I would tell him and the others how I scared the crap out of Sissi. After I was done in the shower, I went back to my room, saw and glared at Sissi, and she closed the door to her room quick. Once I was back in my room, I got dressed and went to the cafeteria.
When I arrived outside the lunch room, I saw Christopher was standing by himself so I pulled out my phone and texted him.
"Morning, baby." I sent him.
"Hey, beautiful." He replied, making me smile.
"I need to talk to about a dream I had last night. I'm over here by the arches." I sent and looked up to see him looking my way and he started walking toward me. He finally made it to me and we kissed until I broke it.
"So, what was this dream of yours, baby?" He asked me and I told him about it without leaving out a single detail.
"I then screamed and woke up." I finished, just before I started hyperventilating. He wrapped me in his arms and started to calm me down.
"Baby, that is never gonna happen. I promise." He said, making me feel much better.
"Promise me you won't say anything to the others. I barely had enough strength to tell you." I said to him, looking into his eyes. I could tell he saw the seriousness in my eyes.
"I promise, baby. It'll be our little secret." He replied. With that, I hummed the same song I hummed on my way to the shower.
We arrived in the cafeteria, holding hands, and I saw Sissi sitting in my seat. One look from me was all it took for her to realize she was at the wrong table. Ulrich and Christopher both gave me a look of confusion.
"I'll explain when we sit down." I told my boyfriend as I got my breakfast and sat where Sissi was sitting. Christopher sat next to me and shot me a look that told me he was waiting to hear the story.
"Come on, baby. Out with it." He said and I began explaining how I made Sissi scared of me, causing the others to laugh.
"Wow, Aelita. And here I thought you were a nice person." Odd said, making me look at my food while Christopher shot Odd a glare that told him he had crossed a line.
"What?" He asked. I looked at my boyfriend with pleading eyes.
"Baby, if I know, they need to know as well." He said, and I gave in.
"Know what?" Yumi asked.
"You tell them, baby." I said, earning a nod from him.
"Tell us what?" Ulrich asked.
"She had a nightmare last night." Christopher said, earning the attention of the others.
"What was it about?" Jeremie asked and Christopher told them everything I told him.
"Don't worry, Aelita. We aren't murderers." Yumi said.
"She's right. If anyone of us won't go down that path, it's me. I refuse to take another life." Christopher said, reminding me of that terrible night where he killed all of those people.
*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*
"Guys, X.A.N.A.'s just launched an attack." Jeremie said.
"Well, good thing we don't have class today." Odd said. With that we all took off for the factory. We got to the secret passage and Christopher lifted the manhole and we all climbed down, with him coming down last, sealing the passage behind him. As soon as he came down the ladder, Ulrich tossed him his skateboard and he and I rode side by side as we always did. We came to the factory and ran to the ropes. Ulrich and Yumi were the last to join us.
"Okay guys. Ready for North Pole?" Jeremie joked, telling us we were going to the Ice Sector.
"Transfer Ulrich! Transfer Yumi! Transfer Odd!"
"Scanner Ulrich! Scanner Yumi! Scanner Odd!"
"Virtualization!"
"Transfer Aelita! Transfer Christopher!"
"Scanner Aelita! Scanner Christopher!"
"Virtualization!"
General POV
The two lovebirds joined the others in the Ice Sector, ready for action. Ulrich drew his sabers, Yumi drew her fans, Odd virtualized his laser arrow gloves, Christopher pulled his Gravity Hammer from his back and activated his Energy Sword, and Aelita charged two Energy Fields. All five fighters stood back to back, because they knew the monsters were waiting.
"What's waiting for us at the tower, Einstein?" Odd asked.
"An entire seafood platter. Five Krabs." Jeremie replied.
"Just five? Piece of cake." Christopher said. With that, they took off in the direction of the tower.
"Anyone bring some tartar sauce?" Aelita asked, surprising everyone, including her boyfriend, because she rarely would crack a joke.
"CHARGE!" Christopher shouted, leading the attack. He jumped onto one of the Krabs and prepared his sword.
"Impact!" He said as he jabbed his sword into the target on the monster. He jumped off of it just before it exploded. The others destroyed the other Krabs, but just before Aelita could enter the tower...
SCREECH
They all turned to see the Scyphozoa following Aelita.
"Aelita! Behind you!" Christopher shouted, but too late. The jellyfish grabbed her and began to take control of her.
"Thanks for warning us about the Scyphozoa, Jeremie!" Christopher shouted.
"What are you talking about? It isn't on the Holomap." Jeremie said.
"Well, we can assure you it is here." Ulrich said. The monster released its hold on the pink haired elf and Odd went to see if she was okay.
"Odd, stop!" Christopher shouted, but too late. X.A.N.A.-Aelita charged up an Energy Field and shot at Odd, instantly devirtualizing him. X.A.N.A.-Aelita then ran to the activated tower.
"Yumi, Use your telekinesis to block entrance to the tower." Christopher ordered, and the geisha obliged. She telekinetically threw an iceberg in front of the tower to block X.A.N.A.-Aelita's access to the tower.
"We're not gonna let you through, Aelita." Ulrich said as Hornets arrived.
"Yumi. You devirtualize Aelita. Ulrich and I will deal with X.A.N.A.'s airforce." Christopher said, earning nods from the samurai and the geisha. With that, X.A.N.A.-Aelita and Yumi began to fight while the samurai and arbiter dealt with the Hornets.
After a few minutes, the girls devirtualized each other and the Hornets were all destroyed. As soon as the girls were in the lab, the samurai and arbiter saw a strange sight.
"Jeremie, the tower just deactivated." Christopher said.
"Weird. You guys better come back." Jeremie said as the arbiter extended his Energy Dagger and the samurai raised one of his sabers to his friend's shoulder.
"On three. 1... 2... 3..." The arbiter said as he stabbed the samurai and the samurai slashed the arbiter and they both ended up back in the scanner room to find their girlfriends waiting for them.
"You okay, baby?" Christopher asked, earning a nod from Aelita.
"But why would X.A.N.A. want to gain data from an activated tower?" Yumi asked once the others were in the elevator with them.
"No idea, Yumi. But whatever he's planning is definitely bad." Aelita said.
"Let's just hope it doesn't involve your nightmare." Ulrich said as all of left the factory.
Meanwhile on Lyoko
X.A.N.A. didn't seem pleased.
"No matter. William, be prepared for Phase Three." He ordered.
"As you command." William replied.
That's chapter two. The next chapter gets a little dark. You'll find out after I get it posted. Also, I know I mentioned an Ariana Grande song. If anyone has a problem, then I apologize. Review and I'll post more chapters.