Chapter 19
Rise of the Titans
The gym was hot and stagnant. There was no air circulating in the room, making it a literal sweat shop. The students in the class were already panting from the heat. There were however two large industrial fans on the floor pointed towards the middle of the room. They felt good up close. At the other end of the room, they were barely noticeable.
Odd was sweating so hard that he could barely see anything. He stood next to Ulrich who wasn't letting the heat get to him. He was hot, yeah, but he knew that he would sweat more if he thought about it. Mind over matter.
Jeremy was literally about to keel over. He was wearing his usual gray sweat shirt and pants. He constantly removed his eyeglasses in order to wipe the sweat off them. He glanced over at Aelita and was instantly shocked.
She wasn't sweating at all. She didn't even look hot. She stood there looking around the room waiting for Jim to show up and start their class. She glanced at the other students who were either sitting on the ground or were standing. None of them were allowed to touch the fan due to the cost of running them was so high; they had been set to low. Odd was seriously tempted to turn them on high real quick and just collapse in front of it.
"Are you feeling alright Jeremy?" Aelita asked as she caught a glance at him. "Your face is literally beat red."
"No I'm good. What about you?" Jeremy said as he wiped the sweat from his brow.
"I'm used to this kinda weather. I jog every night before lights out so this doesn't really affect me," she replied.
"You asked Sissi to hang out with you guys last night?" Ulrich asked in disbelief.
"Even I'm a little shocked about what I did. But it was hot and she was by herself. It felt wrong to just leave her there," Odd said as he sat down on the ground.
Ulrich looked at Odd for a few minutes. It was so out of character for Odd to even be nice to Sissi. Usually he would tease her almost every chance he had. But for Odd to actually be nice to Sissi... it was almost as rare as a solar eclipse.
"Let me get this straight. You--Odd Della Robbia--were actually nice to Elisabeth Delmas. The self proclaimed Diva of the School. Who the rest of us don't mind, but you refused to even be nice to after we made her our friend. You… were actually nice to her?" Ulrich asked in disbelief.
Odd nodded slowly as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Ok. Who are you and what have you done with Odd?" Ulrich asked.
"Give Odd a break Ulrich, it's not like they made out anything," Jeremy insisted.
"ME KISS SISSI?!" Odd asked out loud, "BLECCCH!!!"
Ulrich laughed a little as he looked towards the now giggling Jeremy and Aelita.
"So any word on Lyoko?" Ulrich asked, trying to keep his voice down so that no one but the four of them could hear.
"Well I got William's vehicle all set, and I think I wanna add some minor upgrades to you guys' equipment, seeing as how Xervix is a lot more powerful than Xana was. But I found something on those new sectors," Jeremy said as he removed his eyeglasses and wiped them off. "I found a type of Pyramid in each sector. They must have appeared when the other sectors where created. What's in them I can't tell. Which is why we need to lead an investigation into one of these sectors as soon as possible. I still haven't found out anything on the stuff we got off the computer that he downloaded. But until then we should tread lightly. I still haven't been able to fix the RTTP program."
"So if Xervix launches an attack, we can't go back in time?" Odd asked.
"Yeah. So until then, we have to be careful that nothing happens," Jeremy said.
Ulrich and Odd looked towards each other with a sign of grief. "Why can't these things ever go easy???" Odd whined as he lay on his back. "First the heat. Then Aelita's dream. Then some weird virus shows up and wants to kill us. Now we can't go back in time to stop anything that might happen. What's next?" Odd asked.
"Speaking of which, what about your dreams Aelita? Are you still having them?" Ulrich asked.
"Yes... to an extent. I have a dream now where Jeremy and I are on a bridge. And Xervix is coming for me. He doesn't kill Jeremy. Instead the bridge collapses and he falls into the water. But I also noticed that I'm holding something." Aelita said.
Ulrich and Odd looked towards her as Jeremy put his hand on her shoulder. Jeremy reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. He opened it so that Odd and Ulrich could see. The paper showed a strange looking crystal ball. It was perfectly round and had several shimmers in it. There was also a list of colors the crystal glowed.
Odd and Ulrich looked at it as they slowly looked up toward Aelita.
"I have seen that in my dreams for the past month, and every time I see this thing here. First I saw it in a dream with my mother. Now it's changed to this. Every dream I have involves Jeremy and this thing here." Aelita said.
Odd finally decided to break the silence with a usual joke of his. "Why is it girls must dream of jewelry?" Odd joked.
"You gotta admit. It's weird looking. So when do we go to Lyoko?" Ulrich asked.
"I talked to William and Yumi already. We go tonight. We're gonna check the cave sector first. It's the sector under the Forest region." Jeremy said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"So we get to play cave men huh?" Odd asked.
"The way you smell, you already are one." Ulrich joked.
"Oh like you have room to talk. Mister germophobic," Odd snickered. "Whenever you forget to shower one night, you freak out," Odd fired back.
"Well what would you expect? Any longer in the presence of your odor and I would probably come down with Oddatosis," Ulrich joked as Aelita and Jeremy laughed.
"Side effects of Oddatosis include natural attraction of all ladies and great hair style," Odd said as he touched his hair.
"Well Ulrich sure has the ladies part down," Aelita joked.
As the four laughed, Jim finally made his way into the gym. He was a big guy who was wearing a red jump suit and blue nylon pants. He also wore a sweat band. He was technically a gym teacher, but he was also a campus advisor and stayed on the floor with the boys dorms. He kept an eye on the students and was usually the first one to speak up when it looked as though trouble was brewing. Some of the students liked him, while others tended to make fun of him behind his back. The biggest issue with Jim Morales was that his past was an enigma. He would ramble on and on about some random topic. And when someone finally asked him something else about it, he would reply in the usual "I'd rather not talk about it" manner.
"Uh oh. Here comes Big Chin Jim," Odd said as the gym class lined up against the wall. The entire class got in alphabetical order as Jim began to take role call. Jeremy stood next to Odd since there was no one whose last name began with C. Odd glanced down towards the front of the line to see Tanell standing there. She wasn't even dressed in her gym clothes. She was sitting over in the corner, texting on her phone. "Why isn't she dressed? Little Miss Broad Teeth can't do anything?" Odd asked as Jeremy snickered.
"Odd. Can I ask you a question?" Jeremy asked as Odd looked to him.
"You want to ask me for an answer to a question?" Odd asked with a puzzled look on his face. "Who are you and what have you done with Jeremy Belpois?" Odd asked.
Jeremy gave Odd a sarcastic look until Odd finally asked what his question was. "Well how do you usually ask a girl out?" Jeremy asked.
"Well usually what I do is I get to know the girl, and if she seems interested or seems nice enough, then I move in for the kill," Odd said as he shook his fist.
Jeremy looked towards the end of the line where Aelita and Ulrich were standing in line and talking. "What are some signs that someone's interested in you?" Jeremy asked.
"Well. If they talk to you a lot. If you're all that is on their mind and if you guys share a lot of interests then that usually means they're interested," Odd said as he leaned back against the wall.
"Pretty much Aelita does all that," Odd said.
"How did you know I was asking about Aelita?" Jeremy asked.
"Because you just told me silly," Odd said with a smile. "Wait. Are you wanting to ask Aelita out?" Odd asked.
"Well ever since her dad died, I felt like I had to do something you know. I mean aside from convincing my parents to let her live with us." Jeremy said as he looked down the line to see Ulrich and Aelita laughing at something.
"Not to mention them paying for her way of living and such, it must be nice to have rich parents." Odd added.
"They did that themselves when I told them she was a orphan. The point is, I just think, Aelita and I have a lot in common and…." Jeremy started to explain as his face turned even redder from the heat.
Odd nuged Jeremy a little bit as he smiled. "Jeremy my friend….just ask her, besides you shouldn't talk to me for advice, I get shot down a lot anyways." Odd said as Jeremy smiled.
Suddenly there was a loud bellow in front of Odd. He turned fast to see Jim standing there with his hands folded.
"Is there something you want to add Della Robbia?" Jim asked.
"Yeah Jim, it's too hot for anything. Can't we just take it easy for once?" Odd asked with a pleading look on his face.
"Aww you bunch of wimps. This weather is nothing compared to when I was a jungle guide in Africa . I led tourists up and down the savanna, at temperatures way higher than this."
"You were a tour guy in Africa Jim?" One of the classmates, Theo asked.
Jim suddenly paused as he had a look of puzzlement on his face. "I'd rather not talk about it," to which the whole class laughed.
"All right, Principal Delmas has suggested that because of the heat, we take it easy today. So today we are just going to go outside and play some soccer," Jim said as he passed out some red and blue pennies. "Same teams as always. And since Miss Delmas and Miss Anders will be unable to attend today, we have even teams," Jim said with a smile as the class made their way out to the soccer field.
"I hadn't even noticed that Sissi wasn't here. I wonder where she is?" Aelita asked.
"I know. It was on this day years ago her mother died." Ulrich said.
"I had no idea her mother died. How did she die?" Odd asked.
"I think if I recall correctly, it was a car accident. It was when Sissi was five. And she missed school for like three days," Ulrich said as they made their way out to the soccer field.
"So Jeremy what position are you?" Aelita asked.
"The one position I hate the most. Goalie."
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In the volcano sector, Xervix viewed several holo screens. They were the designs of his new monster army to accompany his current monsters. Two Sentries stood at the opposite end of the room as the former clone of William and an unknown figure entered the room. Xervix noticed his two new monsters approaching. The figure wore a silver armor suit. On the sides of its arms and legs where what looked wing like fins on the sides of its elbows and knees. His hair was yellow, and he wore a helmet with a large curved blade on it. He also had a beak like structure around his mouth.
They both approached Xervix and kneeled.
"They will be coming tonight. They will learn of the map. When that happens, I will retrieve the map from the girl. You two will distract the others. We need the DNA scans from the other three to complete the other Titans. …Tartarus," Xervix growled as his eyes glowed red.
"Yes Master," the former William clone answered.
"Dispose of William. Then when the time comes, help Aether dispose of the other three. Leave Aelita to me." Xervix commanded.
"I will obey sir." Tartarus bowed as he got up.
"Aether," Xervix called the man in the Shinning white samurai like armor. "Make sure the Scyphozoa gets the DNA scans from the original three," Xervix said as he pointed.
"Yes boss. I live to serve you Lord Xervix," Aether proclaimed.
The two got up and walked out. Xervix had created Aether shortly after he created Tartarus. And there were still others in the works. They were individual A.I.s used from the copied code of Xervix and the remains of Xana's code that was stored in a few monsters.
Xervix knew that time was short. He knew that Mal-tech would soon discover their location. So he devised a plan to keep them off his tail. So far it had worked, but it wouldn't work for long.
Xervix watched as some of his new monsters materialized in various parts. He was setting up his pawns for their game. A game between him and the kids.
"And once more, we play our little game. A game of chess. Only unlike Xana, I won't go into checkmate."
William and Yumi sat in their fourth hour math class. They were in the middle of a math test on Advanced Algebra. They were half way through when they both got a text from Jeremy, saying that they should meet at the factory after class. Yumi glanced across the room to see if William got the message. He stared up and nodded his head in agreement. Yumi glanced at the clock on the wall. They would have to skip lunch, and it would be hard skipping classes again to fight Xervix. But they had no choice, if no one fought this new threat. What would happen to the world with a new monster on the loose?
William finished his test, but he had been thinking. Between getting the text message and the time he finished the test, he had been thinking of the new issue that had arrived. He was worried. Would he mess up again like last time? Or would he regain his honor that Xana took from him? More importantly, how would he handle being back on the team? Was he over Yumi? Or was she still on his mind? He didn't think so, but he would envy Ulrich every once in a while. But then again, he liked Ulrich and Yumi. He just didn't like Yumi in that way anymore. Or did he?
As the students left the classroom, Yumi caught up with William and started walking beside him.
"So how do you think you did on the test?" Yumi asked.
"Uh. Taking a note from Jim. I'd rather not talk about it." Will said as he hung his head in shame.
Yumi smiled a little as she put her hand on his shoulder. "Should have studied then. So did you get Jeremy's text message?" Yumi asked.
William shook his head. He moved to the left to avoid a student running down the hall at almost lighting speed. "Think he wants to explore those new sectors?" William asked.
"More than likely. I'm sure he wants to stop Xervix quickly so that we don't have to worry about him this summer," Yumi said. "Speaking of which, You ready for drivers ed?" the young Asian asked.
"Kinda. My father let me back the car down the driveway a few times but I never really drove. What about you?" William asked.
"My mom let me drive a few times. But not too far. Mostly up and down the street."
William and Yumi walked outside. The weather was warm, a slight relief from the high scorching temperatures from an hour ago. The humidity wasn't as bad either. Yumi remembered when the temperature rose to 102 degrees Fahrenheit. She remembered when the group decided to go to the pool and try and cool off. She also remembered how the pool was packed with other students. They just sat over in the corner and talked. After a few hours they thought the temperature was cool enough to outside. Only to find the temperature had only dropped one degree. Odd was so tempted to go back to the pool and live there until the heat died down. But the heat wave has lasted five weeks. At least now it was getting a little cooler then previous weeks.
William followed Yumi over to the vending machines where Odd and Ulrich were already standing next to one. Usually when Yumi had William with her, it pissed him off. But ever since they started dating and William became friends with the group, it didn't bother him. Much.
"So how was the test?" Odd asked.
"Like I told Yumi, I'd rather not talk about it," William said.
"Ditto here. I'll settle for a C," Yumi said as she walked over and kissed Ulrich on the lips.
"Hey! Since when did you two get so close?" Odd asked, "I haven't seen you two this close since the pool incident."
"Dammit Odd. Don't bring that up!" Yumi and Ulrich barked at the same time. Odd hid behind William as Will looked a little puzzled about what they said.
"Pool incident? You mean when Jim gave you C.P.R.?" William asked.
"No not that. It was when Yumi..." Odd started before both Yumi and Ulrich shouted his name so loud that everyone around them heard them.
Tanell stared at Ulrich. How could the best thing since Leonardo Decaprio date someone who looked so trashy? He was so cute. So handsome. So thin and fit. And she was like some Goth looking Godzilla. Her hair was so short that it was trashy. And she always wore black. Why? Why did he love her? Tanell knew that she had to make him hers. By any means necessary.
"So where are Mr. and Miss Einstein at?" Yumi said as she dug around in her pocket to find some change for her a soda.
"Aelita had some weird experience in soccer. They're in the nurse's office," Odd said.
"What happened?"
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The soccer field was filled with six different games playing at the same time, side by side. Odd, Ulrich and Aelita were on the field with Jeremy as the goalie. They were playing against Victoria, Romian, and Paul, with Taelia as their goalie.
Taelia once almost accidentally destroyed the Lyoko team. Jeremy mistook her for Aelita, believing she had managed to escape the supercomputer. But as it turned out she hadn't. Taelia informed Principal Delmas of the supercomputer, but that was undone by a return trip to the past. She looked similar to Aelita. Only when the two finally met, they both didn't see the resemblance. Aelita noted that her ears were bigger than Taelia's. And Taelia said that her chin was bigger and her head smaller. She actually liked the crew. She once dated Odd for a record breaking five days. The longest time Odd ever had ever had a girl (unless he counted Samantha). Until she found out that Odd was also dating Kate. The result was perhaps the loudest slap any of them had ever heard. Odd's face was red for a record breaking ten days.
Romian kicked the ball down the field as Odd received it. He kicked it along and passed it to Ulrich. Ulrich caught the ball and ran with it. Aelita ran beside him as Paul caught up with them. Aelita tried to block him but he slipped by her and sidestepped Ulrich. He tripped and fell as Paul turned around and kicked the ball down the field to Victoria.
Victoria kicked the ball all the way to the goal where Jeremy stood. Jeremy had a tough look on his face. He wasn't going to let the ball past him. He squinted his eyes as Victoria kicked the ball to him. The ball hit him square in the gut as he flew backward and slammed into the ground. Sure Jeremy was tough. But he was light as a piece of paper. And his skin color matched to.
Ten minutes later, the score was nine to nine. The two groups were huddling together to plan for their hopeful victory. Jeremy's face was beet red from all the running and guarding. It was the most he had worked out since… since he could remember.
"Ok. Ulrich you go down the middle, Aelita you go right. And I'll go left with the ball and kick it to Ulrich. When you get close to the goal, pass it to Aelita. Then it's all up to you pinky," Odd joked as Jeremy coughed.
"Fine just keep that ball away from me," Jeremy said.
Odd kicked the ball down the field and the team played out as they had planned. Aelita was running fine until she suddenly felt something weird. Her head suddenly felt like there was a vice grip on it. Her body felt weak. Then suddenly it felt like something was pumping through her body. She felt herself getting a little lighter. She went from feeling tired and weak to the best she had ever felt. Then she noticed something. Everything seemed more… focused. She could see a couple flies flying in the air. The sweat on Jeremy's forehead. She could see Odd's hair sway as he ran, and the spit from Jim's whistle as he blew it. Then she saw something behind her. Victoria was running behind her. She was going to make a run towards Ulrich and intercept the ball. Aelita quickly leaped in front of her and ran up near Ulrich. Ulrich never even got a chance to see her when she practically stole the ball from him. Ulrich suddenly stopped dead when he realized what had just happened.
"Was that… Aelita?" he asked himself.
Aelita ran past Paul and kicked the ball into the goal. Taelia attempted to block it, but the ball swayed a little ways out of her reach and scored a goal. Aelita jumped in the air as she celebrated. She turned to see most of the kids on her side of the field shocked.
"Aelita…. How in the hell?" Odd said in with his mouth dangling.
Aelita played back what she had done. She realized exactly what she did and what had happened. She realized that she had never been that agile before.
"Uhhhh I don't know," Aelita sputtered, "I had no idea that…"
"What, that you're a Power Ranger?" Taelia said as she walked up to her.
The class went inside to the locker room to change and shower. Jeremy walked up next to her and looked at her. "Are you feeling ok?" Jeremy asked.
"I feel great. Better than I have for some time." Aelita said with a smile.
"Your not taking steroids, are you?" Jeremy joked as Aelita slugged his shoulder lightly.
Aelita stood in the shower as she let the water trickle down the drain. Her muscles were still tense and she still felt this… feeling. As she finished rising herself, she shut off the water and stepped out. As soon as she stepped out she started to feel a little tired. Her body was shaking. She felt light headed. Taelia walked out of the shower and noticed Aelita leaning in the door way of the shower stall. She didn't notice her shaking.
"I gotta admit Aelita. When I saw you move today, I was impressed. That jogging has worked out greatly for you." Taelia turned to see Aelita slowly making her way out of the stall. She was shivering and she looked pale.
"Are you ok?" Taelia said as she grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her. She grabbed another towel and wrapped it around Aelita.
The room started to spin as she felt weak. "Je… Je… Jeremy," Aelita whispered as she fell over. Taelia caught her before she hit the ground. Victoria walked in, attempting to get ready for her shower when she saw Aelita fall.
"Is she ok?" Victoria asked.
"Get Jim… get Yolanda. Hurry!!!!" Taelia said as she waved to Victoria. Victoria ran out into the hallway and got Jim's attention. Odd had stepped out of the locker room. Ulrich and Jeremy were still changing when they heard of what happened.
"Then they dressed her and brought in a stretcher. But ole Iron Man Jim lifted Aelita and made his way to the infirmary. Jeremy was right behind him," Odd said.
"Is she ok?" William asked.
"After she got to the infirmary she woke up. Yolanda said she might have suffered from a form of heat exhaustion. From all the running. And the shower cooled her down to the point where she suffered from a body shock." Ulrich said as he bought Yumi and himself a soda. "Jeremy was worried Xervix had finally launched an attack so he launched the super scan and nothing. I'm not sure he is gonna let her go to Lyoko tonight."
As William looked around, he finally spotted Jeremy and Aelita making their way to the group. Jeremy was walking behind Aelita who surprisingly, after her exhaustion ordeal, looked just fine. She was taking sips out of a bottle of water when she approached the group.
"Hey, look who's back from the dead," Odd joked as the rest of the group noticed the two computer geeks standing next to Odd. "How are you feeling Princess?"
"A lot better. I'm not sure what it was that hit me. The nurse said it was heat exhaustion, but I'm not sure," Aelita said as she threw her bottle of water away.
"So what did it feel like?" Ulrich asked.
"At first I felt like everything was in perspective. Like I knew everything that was gonna happen and anything before it happened. And when I was in the shower, it felt like I was in a freezer or something."
"Well at least you're feeling better though. You scared me to death during all of that," Jeremy said as he pulled out his laptop.
"I'm sorry," Aelita said as she bowed her head. "It seems like this past week I have been useless. I've been sick or plagued with nightmares. I'm just worthless," Aelita said as she raised her head up.
Jeremy walked over and put his hand on her shoulder. "You're not as fragile as you think Aelita. There's been many times when you were strong and brave. You practically saved my life on more than one occasion. You've just been having a hard time is all. Everyone does. And it's not like this Xervix thing and these nightmares are your fault. We should have made sure Xana really was dead before we shut off the supercomputer."
Aelita looked at Jeremy for a minute and thought about what he said. It made her feel a little better. Enough for her to smile. "Thanks Jeremy"
"Ever notice how Jeremy is like Link from Legend of Zelda? And Aelita is Zelda?" Odd mentioned quietly to William, Yumi, and Ulrich.
"So what does that make you?" Yumi asked.
"Me? I'm Star Fox. Ace pilot and fighter. Ulrich can be Mario."
"Why the heck am I a plumber with a speech impediment?" Ulrich asked.
"It's either that or Donkey Kong," Odd joked, "Yumi is Samus and William is…."
Odd looked at William for a minute until he came up with his answer. Before Odd could give his answer William cut him off.
"If you say Kirby I'll knock your lights out," William said as he held up his fist.
"I was going to say Captain Falcon but hey. Kirby works," Odd joked.
"Come on Odd. Fox? You're more like Pikachu," Aelita joked as the whole group burst into laughter. Odd had a look of disbelief on his face. Aelita… burned him? ...Aelita Schaeffer?... He had trained her well.
"Ok so what's the deal with tonight?" Ulrich asked.
"In order for me to figure out what Xervix is, who made him, and what he wants, we need to go to Lyoko and check out these new sectors. First I figured we could check out the new Cave sector first. It is directly under the forest sector. And the rules we saw in Sector 5 would qualify here. We need to link it to the computer so if you guys are devirtualized, you come to the lab. If not, you guys will turn into stored data on the computer," Jeremy informed them.
"Is that what happened to us last time?" Yumi asked.
"Yes. The last time when you guys went to sector 5, once you were devirtualized you were stored as data in the memory section. The same thing happened to Aelita when we messed up her code and she erased herself. She was stored in the memory section. And the same for William when Xana controlled him."
"What about the time you went to the computer and disappeared?" Yumi asked
"Yeah I was in the memory section too. But in order to avoid that we need to upload our DNA code into the sub net hub," Jeremy said as he closed his laptop.
"We'll go tonight. After dinner. Meet at the factory."
"Good. It's lasagna tonight," William said as he picked up his bag.
"Yeah we need to get to class. Mr. McFadden is giving a demonstration on DNA today," Ulrich said as Odd and Jeremy followed him to the classroom.
"Aelita…wanna go hang out at my house for a minute?" Yumi asked. Aelita nodded and smiled as they turned to leave the campus.
"Ok guys," Jeremy said as he turned around and looked at William, Odd, and Ulrich. "Tonight I'm going to ask her."
"Ask who?" William asked.
"You're serious?!! You're gonna ask her out?" Odd asked with a smile on his face from ear to ear.
"She needs some good news. And I feel as though I'm ready," Jeremy said.
"All right! Einstein's growing up," Ulrich said as he walked over and patted him on the back.
"Ask who," William asked.
"Do you think she will say yes?" Jeremy asked with his hands in his pocket.
"Jeremy. You're in for a surprise," Odd said as he led Jeremy inside.
"Ask who?" William asked.
"Aelita. Jeremy is gonna ask Aelita out," Ulrich said.
William laughed a little to himself. "Half the school thinks they already are. The other half has a bet going as to who asks who out first," William said as he and Ulrich walked inside.
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Jeremy was at the computer preparing things for the trip to Lyoko. Ulrich and Odd went with him after class. Aelita ate at Yumi's house and William needed to finish up some things before he could join the others.
Aelita and Yumi entered the lab and spotted the others…. But they weren't all they spotted.
"What the heck is all this?" Yumi asked pointing at some folding chairs, a cooler, the cot and a table. "Is someone moving in or something?" Yumi said. Aelita suddenly froze with a horrible thought. Had Jeremy finally lost it and was going to move into the lab?
"Well on the way over, Odd saw a yard sale and bought these. He bought the chairs and the blankets and pillow for the cot, and the cooler he forced me to fill with soda and water and drag over here. I almost threw my back out," Ulrich said as he tried to stretch his back.
Aelita breathed a sigh of relief from the news. "For a second I thought Jeremy was moving in," Aelita joked.
"Don't give him any ideas. All he is missing is a microwave and a bath tub," Odd said as he walked over to the table. "That's not all we bought either," Odd added as he held up a bag of golf clubs.
"Why on earth would you buy those?" Yumi asked. The bag was dirty and brown. It looked like it had been in someone's garage for years. The clubs themselves were old and rusted. They had a wooden head instead of a metal one. And the wood was a little worn too.
"To vent out some frustration. And who knows? Maybe one of us will end up being the next Andre Agassi," Odd said.
"Andre Agassi was tennis. This is golf," Ulrich said as he sat in one of the chairs. He brushed it off as well as he could but it was still a dirty little seat. "You should have just went to the store and bought all of this instead of a yard sale. This is just junk."
"Hey, it's not junk," Odd grunted back, "it was a bargain."
"What's with all the junk?" William asked as he entered the lab through the mechanical vault door. This caused everyone in the lab to burst into laughter.
"Ok. I'm almost ready. If you guys want to go down to the scanner room I'll virtualize you in the forest sector. And then transfer you down with the same sphere we use to get into sector 5," Jeremy said. "Remember. If you get devirtualized, you won't come back to earth until we install your DNA into the memory bank. So 'til then be careful," Jeremy said.
The five kids agreed as they made their way to the elevator. Jeremy walked over with them and pulled Aelita to the side. "When you get there, if there is any sign of you feeling ill, I'm pulling you back. Deal?"
"Deal," Aelita said as she went to the elevator and joined the others. As the elevator went down to the floor, Aelita turned to the others. "If I start to look ill, don't tell Jeremy. He will have enough problems with the mission to worry about me." The others agreed
The elevator door opened revealing the scanner room. Odd walked over to the left while Yumi and Aelita walked to the center scanner. The doors to the scanners slowly opened as Aelita and Odd stepped in theirs. Ulrich and William played Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who got the third. William won. William stepped inside the scanner as it closed on him.
"So. This is our next date? Going cave diving on Lyoko?" Yumi joked.
"Now you don't need to say I don't take you anywhere," he replied. The scanners opened as the two lovebirds stepped inside the booths. Yumi watched out the scanner as Ulrich winked at her. Next thing Yumi knew, her feet were off the ground and she felt the same familiar feeling she felt many times before.
Jeremy typed in several commands as the five warriors landed on Lyoko. He taped the headset microphone to see if it was working. "Ok guys, head to the end of the forest sector and I'll send the Transport Orb your way," Jeremy said as he typed in the code "SCIPIO." "I'll tell you what you need to look for when you get there."
Xervix sat on his chair in the tower of the volcano sector. He heard them. He heard the silent, digital beating of their young hearts. He opened his eyes and raised his head.
"They're back."
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Here it is CHapter 19before you read, i noticed a lot of people are adding songs to thier fanfics. like songs you should read either before or while you read it. this chapters song will be Paradise lot by symphony xFirst off Yes you read it right, Aelita lives with Jeremy and his parents. and il explain why and how in future , if your wondering what is happening to Aelita, you will have to wait and see. then thier is of course Taliea. she had to come in somewhere didnt she?Odds comments on the gang being Smash Bros i put in because i have had a super smash bros fix latley. And the next sector to visit is the cave sector. where Xervix has sent some...friends to wait for OR IL GRAB A SMASH BALL AND GO AWOL ON YOU!!!!!