Chapter 30: The End
Well ladies and gentlemen, this is it. The very last chapter to Lyoko Revolution. *sniffs and uses hankee* this ending was two years in the making, and I have to say I think I did a pretty decent job on the first fanfic I have ever done. I have gotten better over the years making this fanfic and I hope that you've enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Good news, the first chapter of 2.0 has been complete and is currently being reviewed by my new beta and Code: OVERLOAD will be ready next weekend. Please enjoy the last chapter of Lyoko Revolution.
The return to the past had transported the whole gang to the day before Valentine's Day, but no one really paid any attention to it. The whole Lyoko gang were in mourning of their lost friends over at the vending machine. Hey still couldn't swallow what had happened the other night.
"So, this is it then? No more virtual people, no more real world danger, and no more…" said Aelita.
"Yeah, and no more Mason or Apollo," clenched Ulrich nearly breaking his foam hot chocolate cup.
The others looked away with sadness in their eyes. Then, they saw Sissi walk up to them, and they were not in the mood to deal with her right now.
"Ulrich dear I was wondering if you could possibly…" said Sissi.
"No , I won't "possibly" do anything right now Sissi. I'm in a bad mood, so why can't you just leave me alone!" asked Ulrich.
"But I-," said Sissi.
"Yeah, Sissi, why don't you just leave us alone right now, we're busy with other things," said Odd looking away with his arms folded.
Sissi's eye widened, she realized that if Odd wasn't making a joke, or insulting her, there must be a serious reason.
"Oh, well…I'll just have to ask you later Ulrich, " replied Sissi walking away.
Ulrich gave a sigh, and looked away. He threw away his cup of hot chocolate, and walked off. Ulrich went into the boy's dormitory, and walked up the stairs. He came in front of Mason's room and opened the door. Everything that belonged to Mason had been packaged away in boxes that were stacked in the corner room. Ulrich then saw Jim walking through the hallway.
"Hey um, Jim, what happened to all of Mason's stuff?" asked Ulrich.
"Oh, um Mason's stuff, well sadly I'll have to go move it to another room," replied Jim rubbing his back.
"Oh, thanks Jim, just wondering," said Ulrich tapping his foot against the floor.
Ulrich gave a sigh, and then walked away from Mason's room. Ulrich climbed down the stairs, and then entered into the courtyard. Ulrich then looked around, and then he saw Emily.
"Hi Ulrich," said Emily waving.
Ulrich looked around for a way to get out of there, so he wouldn't have to break the news to Emily saying that her friend was dead. Ulrich saw a way and ran in the opposite direction of Emily.
"Wait, I have something important to ask you!" said Emily trying to get Ulrich's attention.
It was too late though, Ulrich was already clear out of sight. Ulrich headed back over to where everyone was, but only Yumi was now there.
"So what about Mason's stuff?" asked Yumi.
"The school had all of Mason's things packed up and ready to be sent back," sighed Ulrich rubbing his hair.
"Ulrich, I could never imagine how you feel right now, but if you want to talk about it," said Yumi holding his hand.
"No thank you Yumi, but I'll be fine," said Ulrich sliding from Yumi's hand. "I just need a little walk to clear my head," sighed Ulrich walking away.
Yumi gave a sigh, and decided to walk back over to her house to tell Hiroki the bad news. Hiroki always had looked upon Mason as a role model, her dad and Ulrich were also, but Mason was like Hiroki's big brother. Yumi remembered how Mason would pay Hiroki five bucks for him to do something for him, or how Mason once took Hiroki on his field trip when his parents got sick. Also when Mason had shown Hiroki how to beat a level in one of his video games. She just didn't know how to tell Hiroki the bad news, but she would have to lie of course. Yumi opened the front door to her house to see Hiroki waiting for her.
"Hey Yumi, have you heard the news?" asked Hiroki.
"What news?" asked Yumi putting her backpack on the floor.
Meanwhile Odd was walking down the streets in town looking for something to take his mind off of Mason, and then he saw an old lady holding a cat. The old lady was petting her cat and looking at some jewelry on sale in the shop window.
"Hey lady, what's with your cat?" asked Odd.
"Oh this is my little kitty cat, a boy found him one day and returned him home to me, and he didn't want anything in return, well accept for a Band-Aid or two," replied the old lady with a small smile.
"Oh I see," said Odd walking past the old lady.
He knew that the old lady was talking about Mason. Odd remembered when Mason had helped Odd conceal Kiwi when Jim came in for room inspection, and the time when Mason helped out Odd when Heidi found out Odd was two timing her.
"I'm going to miss that kid," huffed Odd walking past the television store.
Suddenly the TVs flashed a news report about a boy in the emergency room, and it immediately caught Odd's attention. Meanwhile Jeremy and Aelita were going to Mr. Delmas' office. They would have to create a pretty large lie in order to convince their principal that Mason had gone overseas on short notice. It'd be hard to since they would have to confront the good memories like when Aelita needed help. Jeremy and Aelita opened the door, then entered the room, and then sat down in the two chairs that were provided.
"Hello Mr. Belpois, hello Miss Stones, I have called you here concerning your friend Mason Laird," said Mr. Delmas.
"Yes sir, we already know about Mason, and we are sorry to say that Mason has been exchange-," said Jeremy.
"What on earth are you talking about Belpois? I've called you here to tell you what has happened concerning your friend," explained Delmas.
Delmas began to tell Jeremy and Aelita the news concerning their friend, and their face lit up quickly. Meanwhile, Ulrich had begun to walk around the campus again, and then he suddenly remembered the good times he had with Mason. Ulrich then remembered when he first got to soccer camp, and how he and Mason first hit it off. He remembered how Mason was basically the first friend he ever had. He remembered how strong-willed Mason was, but most importantly, Ulrich remembered how Mason had sacrificed himself in order to help save the world from another XANA attack. Ulrich then saw Emily, and tried to make another run for it, but by the time he had an escape route planned, Emily was already by him.
"Hey um Emily, there's something I need to tell you," said Ulrich.
"Yeah, and I have to ask you something about Mason as well," said Emily.
"Oh, um, well, about Mason…I'm afraid that Mason isn't around anymore," sighed Ulrich talking to Emily.
"What are you talking about?" asked Emily raising an eyebrow.
"Well, due to circumstances, Mason isn't with us anymore," sighed Ulrich, "I know it's a lot to take in, but-,"
"No Ulrich, seriously, what are you talking about? Mason- oh! You haven't heard yet have you?" said Emily giving a smirk.
"Heard about what?" asked Ulrich.
"Mason is in the hospital right now, Mason was found in his dorm room with internal bleeding, so they sent him to the E.R.," said Emily.
"So, Mason is… alive?" asked Ulrich getting a grin on his face.
"Yeah, of course, he wouldn't be dead for some crazy reason would he?" asked Emily smiling.
"Yeah, uh, never mind. Please tell me though, what hospital is he at?" asked Ulrich beginning to get excited.
"The memorial hospital in town," smiled Emily walking away.
Ulrich became so excited, that when he tried to take his phone out, he nearly dropped it. He quickly started to dial,, but then his phone began to ring. It was from Yumi, and Ulrich quickly answered it.
"ULRICH HAVE YOU HEARD!?" asked Yumi in an excited tone.
"YEAH I HAVE CALL THE OTHERS!" smiled Ulrich hanging up.
Yumi and Ulrich quickly called everyone else, and they knew as well. The warriors then ran to the vending machine to meet up.
"Guys! This is great! Mason is still alive!" smiled Jeremy.
"Yeah, we should all go hurry and visit him in the hospital," replied Yumi with Hiroki.
"Should we get him something though?" asked Aelita.
"Yeah sure, LETS GO!" said Ulrich pushing everyone towards the front gates.
Everyone then headed to the florist, and bought Mason a big bunch of flowers, and then they ran towards the hospital. They ran through the automatic doors, and ran up to the receptionist at the hospital.
"Hello, how may I help you kids today?" smiled the receptionist.
"Yeah we're here to see our friend Mason…..Mason Laird!" said Odd.
"Okay let me see what room he's in…room #7….be wary though, he just had an operation done so he might be asleep or drowsy," said the receptionist giving all the kids visitor stickers.
The Lyoko warriors all put their stickers on and walked down the hallway, and came up to room 7. They opened the door to see Mason attached to several tubes, and fully awake.
"MASON!" they all said in excitement.
"Hey you guys," smiled Mason.
"How are you feeling?" asked Ulrich.
"I'm fine but it still hurts where they cut me open," said Mason.
"Whoa they cut you open!? Where!?" asked Hiroki.
"Ugh, Hiroki! Don't ask stupid questions like that!" scorned Yumi.
Mason rolled up his hospital shirt to reveal the large cut through his chest.
"Whoa, that's so cool!" said Hiroki.
"Why did they cut you open?" asked Aelita.
"They found me a new pair of lungs, since my old ones were so damaged, they had to put the new ones in if I had any chance of living," replied Mason.
"Give us a little demonstration Mason," smirked Ulrich relieved to know that his friend was alive.
Mason sucked in as much air as he possibly could. Then he exhaled the air, and repeated this two more times.
"Never been able to breathe like this for a long time," smirked Mason.
"We brought you some flowers Mason," smiled Aelita placing the bouquet on the table.
"For little old me? You shouldn't have!" replied Mason giving a smile.
"Yeah, we saw your story on the news Mason, that's why we came," explained Hiroki.
"I see, well, I am feeling better now, but the doctors said it'll be a week until I can leave the hospital," explained Mason.
"Hiroki, I think you should be going to school now," said Yumi.
"Aw, do I have to Yumi?" asked Hiroki
"Yes Hiroki, you have to," said Yumi escorting her little brother outside the hospital, and then walking back in the hospital.
"So Mason, how come you didn't…..you know….?" asked Odd.
"What, die? I don't know, but I think I held on until the return to the past activated, and thus, I'm alive," said Mason.
"Also, how come the return to the past didn't take us back more, I mean that's when Max got involved with our group," questioned Jeremy.
"Probably because Max wasn't activated until today?" replied Aelita.
"I wonder if anyone will remember Max if we asked, or even Apollo," replied Yumi.
"Also, how come all your stuff was packed away?" asked Ulrich.
"I think I remember someone saying that I was moving to a new room, but like I said, I think," replied Mason.
"Oh well, we'll just have to find out as soon as we get back to school," said Jeremy.
"Okay, Mason, we're going to head back now. We'll check on you after school," said Ulrich as everyone left the small hospital room.
"Well, it looks like I'm all by myself now," huffed Mason.
"I wouldn't be too sure of that," said a voice.
"Who's there?" asked Mason.
The person who said that walked into the room ,and closed the door. It was Emily, and she had a large balloon that said "Get Better Soon".
"Oh Emily, hi." said Mason sitting up.
"Hey how are you feeling?" asked Emily.
"Better than I did this morning," replied Mason.
"I heard the others from walking out that you have a new pair of lungs," smiled Emily.
"Yeah, see," said Mason demonstrating the new lungs.
"I see, well that's good," smiled Emily.
Mason took the balloon and tied it around his wrist, and then gave a smile to Emily. Emily smiled back, and then turned around to leave the room.
"Oh by the way, I'm sorry if I can't spend Valentine's day at school. I know I asked you to the dance, but as you can see from my circumstance, I won't be able to go with you," apologized Mason.
"Oh, um it's okay," smiled Emily.
Mason then took out a piece of folded paper, and handed it to Emily.
"It's a poem, because a little bird told me you liked poems," replied Mason.
"Oh," blushed Emily, "Thank you Mason,"
"Okay now hurry off to class now," smiled Mason.
Emily nodded, and then she headed off to class. The gang came back after school to check in on Mason, and continued to do so for the whole week. A week soon flew by, and today was the day Mason could get out of the hospital. The Lyoko gang was waiting outside the Kadic from gates, waiting for Mason to come.
"Hey here he comes," said Aelita pointing at Mason.
Mason walked up to the gang, and stared at them.
"Hey," said Mason.
"How do you feel?" asked Yumi.
"Feel better than I ever did before," smiled Mason taking a very large breath of air.
"That's great, I guess now you can play soccer again," smirked Ulrich.
"Yeah, now I can beat you!" joked Mason causing the whole group to laugh.
"Yeah, we'll have to see!" chuckled Ulrich.
"By the way, what was up with all your things packed away?" asked Odd.
"Oh, um well, me and Jeremy are going to be roommates now," explained Mason.
"Yeah, two new students are moving in so they needed to move Mason, so I volunteered to let him live in my room," explained Jeremy.
"By the way Mason, we did a little bit of investigating, and no one knows who Apollo or Max is, so it seems that the return to the past erased all memories of the Virtuals," said Yumi.
"Well, one thing is for sure. I don't think any of us should ever forget the sacrifice of Apollo in order to save all of us, if Apollo didn't shut down Max, then I probably wouldn't be here," replied Mason.
"Well said," said everyone.
Suddenly, Jeremy's laptop went off. Jeremy picked up his laptop to see a notification that a tower had been activated in the desert sector.
"You ready guys?" smiled Jeremy closing the laptop.
"Ready as we'll ever be," smiled Odd giving a thumbs up.
"Mason? You want to sit this one out?" asked Ulrich.
"Pffftt no way! I want to go to Lyoko and kick some XANA butt, life is too boring!" smiled Mason throwing some air punches
"Okay then let's go!" said Odd starting to run off to the factory.
"Let's test out those new lungs Mason," smiled Aelita.
Mason gave a nod and began to run with the Lyoko warriors to the factory. Mason had been through a lot since he had come to Kadic, but in his mind it was worth it in the long run. That is because Mason now had something he hardly ever had before, and that was a group of lifelong friends to fight an evil virus named XANA. He would do it over and over again if he had to, and he had no regrets. He had something that not too many people had, which was the opportunity to be in a group as cool as the Lyoko Warriors, and that was cool in Mason's book.
-End-
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