Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko. I do own Musa, Cascada, this story's plot, and anything else that wasn't in the show.

How do You see Yourself in 7 Years? - Part 3

Jeremy…was totally out of his element. He was used to tons of homework, complex math equations that were supposedly to advance for someone of his age, computers, and viruses that wanted to take over humanity. The occasional homicidal specter sprinkled into the mix now and then. He was used to be calling Four Eyes, Geek, Nerd, Einstein, Short Stuff, Shrimp, Stick in the mud, etc. (and that was only from Cascada). He was used to being ignored, letting others take the spotlight while he watched from the sides always working from behind the scenes. His work was always seen but he was not. He was used to this and rarely complained about it. So, you can only imagine how out of his environment he felt when several female club goers continuously tried to flirt with him. He was totally a fish out of water.

"So," one of the flirty female women who surrounded him purred. "Are you the head of some big company or something? You look like it."

"Yeah," another woman giggled. "I bet you're real smart."

"Uh, t-thank you," the boy stuttered, a blush creeping along his face. He had been trying to escape this crowd of women for a few minutes but they were like a pack of hungry wolves around a slab of meat. At the moment he was feeling very uncomfortable and was looking for some sort of an escape.

Suddenly, he felt the two women who had been mercilessly clinging to his sides be pushed away as a weight was placed his lap. The computer whiz blushed when he realized that it was a red headed woman, though he couldn't see her face. What was strange was that even though he was blushing he felt someone at ease with this woman's position in his lap.

"Honey," the red head sighed softly. "I've been looking everywhere for you," she said softly before turning so that her head was placed against his shoulder and he had a quick view of enticing emerald green eyes.

"Sorry, my love," Jeremy said smoothly, surprising even himself as he tucked a strand of the woman's wavy shoulder length hair behind her ear. "I was waiting for you and these nice ladies decided to give me company. Right?" he grinned handsomely at the women around here.

"Oh…yeah," they said, dishearten. They knew they were out of their league. The red headed woman was beautifully dressed in a rose colored cocktail dress that had light blue sequined beads along the hem, going higher to mid waist to form swirl like structures. The former intimidating women quickly excused themselves to hide their embarrassment.

The red headed woman laughed softly in his lap, sending slight shivers down his back as her breath tickled the skin of his neck. "I never knew you were such a heartbreaker, Jeremy."

"Well, I always knew you were a beauty, Aelita," he said taking her chin so they both gazed into each other eyes, light blushes on both of their faces. Suddenly, the two seem to remember what position they were in and Aelita immediately got off, blushing much harder then she was before.

"Oh, um…I'm sorry, Jeremy. I didn't mean-I thought it was best for this situation that I-"

"It's okay," the blonde blushed, "I mean, I understand…" he said before he continued to ramble. Aelita smiled amused as the boy blushed further realizing he was still rambling. When he stopped he tilted his head to the side confused as he stared at Aelita. "You're hair," he said running his hand through her red mane, realizing that it wasn't the same bubble gum pink it was originally.

"We had to change it," Aelita shrugged laying her head on his shoulder. "Cascada said that it would be too recognizable to Lucas."

"Lucas?" Jeremy asked confused. "Who's Lucas?"

"He's the son of one of my father's old colleagues. His father is dead but Musa and Cascada believe that Lucas has the items that we need since his father was a specialist in robotics and computer engineering."

"I doubt he'll just hand over the stuff for free. What do Musa and Cascada have in mind?" Jeremy asked frowning.

Aelita got up, pecking a quick kiss to his cheek before grinning down at him. "We're going to use his weakness against him," she said simply before walking into the thick of the crowd leaving a very confused and flustered Einstein behind.

Ulrich leaned against one of the walls of the club, trying desperately to keep out o view of what he called "the older Sissi" women. The brunette sighed. Was he destined to be followed by these types of women all through his life?

"Hiding from your fan girls?" a voice asked amused. He turned his head slightly to gaze upon a woman with ebony hair twisted into an intricate but casual bun at the nape of her neck, bangs hanging at the side of her face. She wore a black V-neck Asian shirt with a split on both sides at the bottom and a black above the knee skirt. Silver flowers danced around the hem of the shirt before going up and over her left shoulder and stopping, curling around a silver crescent moon. The brunette's brows slightly raised when he noticed the beginning of a tattoo on her left side where the split was but he decided to ask her about that later.

"You can say that," the boy sighed returning back to staring ahead of him at nothing in particular. The woman seemed to take this an invitation and leaned against the space of the wall next to him. Neither of the two talked though the woman seemed impatient.

"Are you going to say something?" she asked.

"Like what?"

"Like anything!"

"I don't feel like it," he smirked down at her as he placed his hands in his pockets.

The woman took out a black and silver Japanese fan, opening it and closing it, bored. "You're no fun Ulrich," she pouted.

"Then go find, Odd then, Musa," the boy informed her with a smirk. The wolf A.I.'s bottom lip quivered.

"Oh no," Stern thought with dread.

"Do you not like me Ulrich? I thought we were friends."

"I do like and you are my friend," he said. "I was just hoping…" he said before he trailed off, a slight blush on his cheeks.

"You were hoping to find Yumi," the girl grinned knowingly.

"Do you know where she is?" he asked a little too quickly.

"Maybe…"

"Musa."

"Fine, fine, fine," the girl sighed, closing up her fan and using it to point somewhere to their right. "She's over there getting William. We're about to begin the plan."

"To get the parts?"

"Hai," Musa nodded before nodding her head off towards a red hair man. He was surrounded in a throng of beautiful women, smirking smugly as he flirted with all of them without any shame. "That's Lucas. He has what we need."

"And let me guess," Ulrich said stopping her. "Making us older has something to do with him."

"Of course," Utada grinned before frowning, "Though when you think of it, we only needed to make Cascada, Yumi, Aelita, and I older. What we're going to do, if it goes right, doesn't really require you guys."

"I think I have an idea of where this is going," Ulrich frowned. "I don't like it."

"Well you'll have to get over it," a green hair woman said walking towards them. He could only guess that it was Cascada by the way she held herself, wearing a mask of indifference and boredom. It always sort of weirded him out how impossible it was to tell what she was thinking. "This is the only time when he's fully exposed and when we can get him by himself."

"Fine," Ulrich sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Just know that I won't stop Odd, William and Jeremy if the guy tries something."

"Your concern is sweet, but he would be taken care of before you four could even take a step," Cascada said with a chilling smile. Ulrich could have sworn that the temperature dropped inside the club by several degrees. "Come on, Musa," she said turning on her heels and walking away.

"Hey!" Musa called after her. "Wait! I can't walk in these heels! Cas!" she complained as she wobbly followed her sister.

"I've befriended a group of mentals. Great," Ulrich thought sarcastically before returning to his place against the wall.

The frown on William's lips etched deeper as he looked at the long black hair woman before him. She wore a black dress with a fiery red dragon design wrapping around her waist and onto her shoulder. If he was still infatuated with her he would be drooling at the sight. But that wasn't him anymore. Sometimes it felt like that William was a whole different person.

"Tell me you're kidding, Yumi," the shaggy hair male said in disbelief to the Japanese woman.

"Wish I were," she sighed. "I definitely don't want to be around a guy like Lucas. He's a total womanizer, even more so than what Odd ever was."

"That makes me feel better," William said sarcastically.

"Which one are you worrying about?" Yumi asked.

"What do you mean," the shaggy hair male asked.

"Are you more worried for Cascada? Or for Musa?"

"Cascada can take care of herself. Musa on the other hand is sometimes so naive."

"Tell me about it," Yumi thought to herself as she remembered the night they had spent in Ulrich and Odd's room together. "You know," she said, "Just because one seems stronger then the other doesn't mean it's true. It may just be a front. You really need to pay more attention."

"What are you talking about?" William asked confused. Before she could answer, her cell phone rang. It was Cascada.

"Can't explain right now. Have to get to work, but think about it, okay?" she smiled softly before walking away.

William watched the geisha warrior weave her way over towards the couch where on Lucas McArnald sat surrounded by several ladies. Two women, who he instantly knew where Musa and Cascada, were already there complimenting and flirting with the man as he soaked it all in with a cocky grin.

The woman at his right was soon replaced by Musa while Cascada took a position on his left. Yumi and Aelita took spots behind him, draping there arms over his shoulders. The women who were previously sitting with Lucas began to dwindle away when they realized they were no longer receiving any attention from the man.

William wanted nothing more than to punch the guy out when he ran a finger up and down Musa's arm, whispering something that caused the wolf A.I. to blush before she forced it down. He wondered how Odd was taking this. Speaking of the blonde…

"William!" a slurred voice called out. The sword wielding warrior turned to see Odd swaying as he walked over towards him, a glass of what he quickly guessed was a martini in his hand.

"Like he wasn't a hand full before," William thought frowning as the blonde finally stopped in front of him. He was surprised when the younger male wrapped his arms around him and pecked him on both cheeks before stepping back with a drunken grin on his face.

"William! È bello vederti! Good to see you!" Della Robbia said slinging an arm around Dunbar's shoulder, his alcohol smelling breath feeling the male's senses.

"Odd! What the heck? Why are you drunk? And how many have you had?" William demanded.

"Oh! I like them when they're demanding," Odd purred.

"Damn! Why me?" William thought, creeped out, to himself as he pushed Odd to where Ulrich was with Jeremy. Hopefully the two could help him keep their drunken friend under control. Unfortunately, they had to pass by the couch where the girls were with Lucas just as Musa was flirting with the man.

One second, William had a firm grip on Odd and the next, the cat boy was pulling the surprised wolf A.I. to her feet, pressing her firmly against him while he stared angry, drunken daggers at Lucas.

"Odd!" Musa whispered shocked. "What are you doing? You're going to mess this-" she was silenced when his lips pressed sloppily but forcefully against her lips. She tasted alcohol on his tongue as he forcefully slipped his tongue between her unresponsive lips but Odd either didn't notice or he didn't care as he pressed her back against the wall. How they had gotten from the middle of the room to the wall was beyond Musa. She needed to do something. Odd wasn't in the right state of mind and he was starting to have wandering hands…

Utada thanked whatever supreme being there was when William and Ulrich came, separating the two. "Odd!" Ulrich said angrily at his friend's behavior but he wasn't able to say more since the blonde was already passed out in his arms.

"Baka," Musa sighed rubbing her temple. "Why was he so drunk? Did any of you see him drinking?" she asked.

"No," Jeremy said walking over to them. Musa sighed again before looking back at Lucas. Despite Odd's interruption, Cascada, Yumi, and Aelita still seem to be reeling him in. The plant A.I. whispered something into the red hair man's ear making a slow grin form on his face.

Musa looked to William. She wondered if he was as uncomfortable about Cascada doing this as Musa was as uncomfortable about her having to seduce the pervert. She was only 16! What the heck did she know? But when she turned to William a small part of her was disappointed when he seemed to be more worried about her then his own girlfriend. She quickly pushed that aside as Cascada and Lucas got up.

As the plant A.I. was led towards the back of the club where the entrance to the floor above was, she gave Musa a slight nod before she and Lucas walked pass the two guards. Aelita and Yumi got up from their spots and walked over towards the others.

"Is Odd okay?" Aelita asked worried for her "cousin".

"To put it simply," Jeremy said pushing his glasses back up his nose and crossing his arms over his chest, "Odd is as drunk as a skunk."

"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Yumi muttered shaking her head disapprovingly.

"Cas just gave the signal," Musa informed.

"What are we supposed to do now?" Ulrich asked.

"Can you and William carry Odd?" Musa asked. Both boys nodded. The wolf A.I. turned to the computer whiz. "Do you have your laptop?" she asked.

"Come on, Musa," Aelita frowned. She didn't like that the group constantly made fun of Jeremy's intrest in computers thought sometimes, she admitted, he did go overboard. "Jeremy doesn't bring that thing-" The temporarily red headed woman's words stopped in her mouth as Jeremy pulled his laptop out from under his jacket before handing it to Musa.

"How did he-" William began before Ulrich shook his head.

"Don't even try to figure it out," the brunette advised as he shifted to support Odd better on his shoulder. "When he dies he'll be buried with that."

Musa opened the laptop, instantly opening up a program. "What are you doing?" Jeremy asked. The girl didn't respond as she typed in one final code and pressed "Enter".

"Wait for it," she whispered looking up at the guards guarding the area where Cascada and Lucas had just went through. The two men stood oblivious as a coil of black smoke wrapped around their lower bodies and rising up before it was breathed in by the men. They twitched for a second as the smoke was totally absorbed before returning to their former intimidating positions. "We're in," Musa smiled handing the computer back to Jeremy before getting up and walking towards the guards. The others followed behind her and weren't too shocked when the body guards let them in without any hassle. "The tower should last for at least three hours before they're able to control their bodies again."

"What if someone tries to get in?" Aelita asked as they walked down an empty hall, the loud sounds of the rest of the club instantly muted.

"I doubt anyone would," Musa said simply before they arrived at a set of double doors. "Here we are," she said opening the door.

Oh the sight they saw...

Hi peoples! Okay so once again, for the people who got that little sneek peak a couple of chapters ago you kind of have an idea of what to expect in the beginning of the next chapter. This chapter was, in the words of one of my favorite Naruto characters Shikamaru, troublesome. I don't know why. All the chapters that come before chapters where something major happens always seem hard for me to write. Ugh...

Anyway, I think I'll soon be changing my name to EvanescentDream93. Just thought to tell you so you guys would be prepared. I'll probably do it within a week or two to give me enough time to tell all of my readers. Weird. I always change my name based on my most popular story. I got MistFairie93 from my Peter Pan story.

Um...oh! I updated MistFairie93's (soon to be EvanescentDream93's) Collection of Lyoko One Shots. I'm still working on emerald lady's story and then I just have to do chao m's. Sorry for taking a long time on it guys.

Um...nothing more to say so...PLEASE REVIEW!!