Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko, Evanescence, or any of HoboLover's characters. I do own Musa, Cascada, this story's plot, and anything else that wasn't in the previously mentioned.
Getting Back in the Game
Terran Yuki walked the barren, silent, and unwelcoming halls of his home. Though the outside of the home and the living room were finely decorated it was only for show. Any other rooms only contained the essentials. As he made it to the room that was deemed his, he stepped in, his eyes sweeping the room instantly for anything out of the ordinary. Once the white hair boy had reckoned that everything was as it should be he quickly walked over to his bed, kneeling next to it. Moving the sheets aside, he ducked under the bed, moving away the carefully placed pile of clutter off to the side before lifting up a piece of the floor.
The space underneath contained a silver case. Gently lifting the case from the floor, Terran crawled back from underneath his bed, setting the case on it before walking back to the door and locking it with the expensive hi-tech lock he had designed himself.
Turning back to his bed, he opened the case revealing rows and rows of DVD's with dates on them. Picking the most recent one, he put it into the portable DVD player that was held inside the case.
"Let's see what things I've forgotten this time," he murmured to himself as he began to watch.
CODE TWILIGHT
22 Years Ago
You know you're not the only one
She stood silently letting her nurse dress her. The woman wore no expression on her face which was regulation. She raised her arm as the mandatory white dress was forced over her head. She turned her head to the side to see two mirror images of herself being dressed by two different women, respectively. They turned to face her, each baring their own bored but slightly apprehensive expressions as they were treated like porcelain dolls… or like bombs waiting to blow up.
When they all come crashing down- midflight
You know you're not the only one
They were taught math all the way up to advance calculus, reading including a series of foreign languages, and geography. Their days blurred together in an endless cycle. None of them could remember their lives outside of these walls or even if they had lives. All they knew were the white walls, the emotionless people that made up their prison, and each other.
They couldn't remember who they had been before and they didn't even know who they were now, but at least, what they did know was that they were human, though sometimes they may not have been treated like humans, they knew that they were. That was what they were holding onto. The last thing that they could hold onto here.
When they're so alone they find a back door out of life
You know you're not the only one
The three mirror images looked up simultaneously as the door to their white and dull "play room" was opened. A man with blonde turning gray hair and brown eyes wearing a white lab coat stepped into the room. "Children, please follow me," he said.
With one quick glance at each other, the three girls got up, walking towards the man while also grabbing each other's hands. Though the man, Professor Gershwin, found their constant need to be together strange, he merely put it off as an effect of the three not coming into any other contact with any emotional expressing person coupled with the fact that they were identical triplets.
The girls silently followed him, surrounded by guards as he led them down a hallway. All three girls found it strange that they were going in a totally different direction then where they usually went.
The group stopped in front of a large set of doors guarded by two guards. Just as they were about to step in the doors opened to reveal two scientist rolling out a cart covered on top with a tarp.
We're all grieving
One of the girls leaned forward slightly to see what they were wheeling out, curiosity getting the best of her.
Lost and bleeding
The girl gasped as a limp hand fell from beneath the coverage of the tarp but before she could see more she was pushed inside the doors by one of the guards. She had thought the hand, which obviously looked like it was that of a corpse, had been surprising, what she saw in the room was what nightmares were made of.
All our lives
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader
But all your lies
I'm not believing
Heaven shine a light down on me
The room was filled with large machines making horrendous sounds. Men and women in white lab coats filtered throughout the room either writing things down on clipboards or typing furiously at super complex looking computers. Rows of what appeared to be operating tables sat underneath a huge machine with spider like claws, each going down to one of the tables below and connecting to thin hanging metal like pieces.
So afraid to open your eyes- hypnotized
You know you're not the only one
"What is that thing?" the youngest of the triplets whispered pointing towards the menacing looking machine.
"I don't know," the middle sister said.
"Who are they?" the oldest asked. The other two looked to where she was looking at, surprised at what they saw.
Never understood this life
And you're right, I don't deserve
But you know I'm not the only one
Four children led by a glass wearing man entered the room. It was so strange seeing other children after such a long time of isolation from those of their age. It was something unexpected. How long had then been here, the triplets wondered.
We're all grieving
Lost and bleeding
One of the four children, a young girl with raven hair clung timidly behind the slightly taller frame of a dark hair boy with another blonde girl next to him. A red headed little boy followed wearily behind them.
For a second the raven hair girl's glance fell on the triplets a look of wonder and confusion entered her eyes before one of the guards that were escorting the four grabbed her, eliciting a scream of fear from the girl as she struggled in the man's grasps. The dark hair boy tried to fight against the girl's captor and he was actually doing a good job until one of the scientist snuck behind him, injecting a needle into the boy's neck that immediately made him collapse. The blonde screamed while the red haired boy watched, unmoving.
The triplets watched in fear and horror as all four were put onto the tables, strapped down with the metal pieces of the machines above attached to their heads.
All our lives
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader
But all your lies
I'm not believing
Heaven shine a light down on me
None of the three girls saw the guards sneaking up behind them until they were lifted up form the ground and carried off to the tables. They screamed, struggling, never been handled this way by the people of this facility. Within minutes, despite their struggling, they were strapped securely to the table. The metal pieces were attached to their heads just like the other children.
Don't look down
Don't look into the eyes of the world beneath you
The youngest triplet turned her head slightly to look at the other four children in the room. Their backs were arched as if trying to break free from their binds. Their faces held unimaginable pain, so much that they couldn't even cry out. Waves of visible electricity washed over them, each child's a different color.
"Are the AI's in their towers?" the voice of Mr. Gershwin asked.
"Yes, sir. They're under stasis," a nameless scientist said.
"Good, start the transfer of projects Earth, Flame, and Snow," Gershwin said.
The youngest triplet looked over towards her sisters, each bearing the same scared look as the other. Computer screens were sat next to each table and from her angle, the youngest could just see an image of a floating girl in a green outfit. She appeared to be asleep but the youngest knew that looks could be deceiving.
"Begin," Gershwin said just before the machine above began.
Don't look down
You'll fall down
You'll become their sacrifice
The three girls were soon in the same pained position as the other four children next to them. Searing heat ran through them and their minds felt as if being opened as something was forced inside of them.
"Let me in…let me take the pain away…" a voice seemed to say from within the youngest.
The floating girl on the screen eyes were now open, and though her body seemed to be getting transparent with every second she still stared at the girl screaming on the table, wondering how it felt when you were in pain but she knew that she would soon figure that out.
Right or wrong
Can't hold on to the fear that I'm lost without you
Two of the guards and one of the nurses that were present cringed at the sight before them. "How could children be treated like this?" they all thought. They washed as the scientist toyed around with their machines messing with the lives of innocent young souls. They all wanted to speak out but couldn't. That would ruin everything. Instead, they looked at the glasses wearing scientist that briefly looked back at them, nodding his head slightly before turning back towards the children.
Not now but later, they would help these children later.
If I can't feel, I'm not mine
I'm not real
Professor Gershwin watched as the process continued, scribbling down notes. "Is everything going as planned?" a voice asked behind him.
"Yes sir. The children's bodies seem more willing to adapt to the change they're being forced through then the older subjects. I suspect an eighty percent chance of survival, Professor McArnald," Gershwin replied.
"That's better than before," the man murmured. "If this batch does survive move them on to the next phase.
"Yes, sir," Gershwin said before McArnald left. "I'm really sorry kids," he thought with regret though his outward appearance showed any emotion at all.
"Professor Gershwin! Their heartbeats have stopped!" one of the scientist watching the monitors of the three girls said.
"No," Gershwin said as he stared at the glowing red, light blue, and pale green eyes that were staring back at him. "Their heartbeats have stopped showing because that machine is designed to detect human heart pulses," he said aloud before thinking to himself, "and they are no longer human…"
Present
All our lives
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader
But all your lies
I'm not believing
Heaven shine a light down on me
The music stopped and a tired but accomplished feeling Musa grinned. "That was great guys and that was only the second try!"
"Well when we're good, we're good," Odd said with a mischievous smirk causing everyone to roll their eyes.
The Lyoko gang was on top of a newly built platform set up in the hotel's ball room where the party for Lycoris Incorporated was going to be held. The band had been practicing none stopped since Chris, Ozzy, and Ken officially announced at the last minute that they were to play at the event only three days away. But according to the three men, the party itself had been announced last minute and if it wasn't for the fact that Lycoris Incorporated was a very well known and famous company the hotel probably wouldn't even have been hosting it. To make things slightly more hectic, the party was masked ball meaning that costumes were needed which the Lyoko gang were lacking.
"I don't think I can feel my fingers anymore," Ulrich groaned tiredly as he continued tried to flex his fingers.
"We weren't playing for that long," Musa sighed shaking her head.
"Define long," Yumi muttered slumping down into a sitting position on the stage. Clapping was heard and the Lyoko gang turned their heads towards the hall's entrance to see Sitara with her three friends, Cassie, Brooke, and Zoey.
"Bravo!" Zoey cried, probably clapping the most enthusiastically.
"See!" Musa said pointing to the other group. "Don't reactions like that make the pain seem worth it?"
"You had to pick the music obsessed to be your girlfriend, didn't you?" Ulrich murmured to Odd.
"I heard that, Ulrich," the wolf A.I. said sticking out her tongue at the brunette before turning back to the mute and her friends. "So did you guys really like it?"
"Yeah, it was great," Cassie complimented.
"Wasn't bad," Brooke shrugged. Sitara nodded, agreeing.
"Thanks," Musa said happily.
"Are you guys going to be at the party?" Cascada asked.
"Sadly, even though we work our asses off for this hotel, we weren't able to get any tickets for the party," Brooke said. "They're too expensive."
"Well," the plant A.I. said casually, "we managed to get Sitara in and we're worried that she might be bored all by herself since we'll be on stage for half of the night, so…"
"So what?" Zoey asked not grasping what the girl was implying.
"So they have extra tickets to give to us!" Brooke said rolling her eyes at her friend.
"Hai," Musa nodded. "They were kind of peace offerings from Emeric McArnald since he hired us last minute."
Cascada, the most observant in the group, noticed the three hotel staffs slightly tense at the mention of the CEO.
"That is so kind of you," Cassie said.
William shrugged, looking utterly exhausted. "It was either you three or Sissi and her idiots."
"Is she the brat that had been messing with Tara?" Brooke asked cracking her knuckles.
"Yeah, but strangely she hasn't been a problem," Aelita said. "She's almost been…nice."
"I say Cascada put something in Sissi's breakfast yesterday," Odd whispered to Ulrich.
"Nope, sorry," the plant A.I. said butting the boys' heads together.
"Hey," Zoey said raising her hand.
"We're not in school anymore, dummy. Stop raising your hand," Brooke growled.
Fortunately, the rose hair girl was used to her friend's slightly harsh words and ignored her. "Wasn't there another guy with you? You know, short, blonde, nerd with the potential to be a total hottie if he got some decent contacts and clothes." Everyone stared at the girl as if she had grown another head.
"Uh…if you're talking about Jeremy," Yumi said.
"Who's not a 'hottie', he's glued to his computer as usual," Cascada informed before turning to Aelita. "Hey, isn't it your duty as his girlfriend to pry him away from that thing. Even Musa and I don't spend that much time on the computer."
"Jeremy is working on…the project. He wants to make it perfect for us," the pink hair girl said softly. "He doesn't want to let us down. He doesn't want to be useless to us."
Sitara, Cassie, Brooke, and Zoey looked confused. They felt like they weren't clued in about something.
"Idiot," Hikaru sighed taking a seat in one of the chairs that had been set up around the room for the party. "He should know by now that that's impossible. Take note because I probably won't say this again but Four Eyes has smarts that old men have to work most of their lifetime to achieve. Even if Musa and I didn't arrive when we did, I'm sure that you all would have made it here on your own without us because of that nerd. So don't give me any crap that he said he wasn't good enough because he is and…it's and honor knowing him," she said softly hiding her eyes behind her bangs.
"Was that a compliment?" Musa asked shocked.
"It wasn't a compliment," the plant A.I. said quickly, "merely the truth. Anyone wants to try proving the contrary?" she asked coolly.
"Stop getting so offensive, onee-chan," Musa said casually waving off her sister before turning to her pink hair sister. "Next time Jeremy has any doubts about his position in the group just call us. We'll prove that he's an invaluable part of the group." The rest of the Lyoko group nodded, agreeing.
"Uh, I hate to ruin this heartfelt moment," Brooke said, "but it's dinner time."
"WHAT!" Odd said in shock as he looked at the clock hanging on the wall. "I can't believe we spent the whole day practicing! And without lunch! How did I not notice?" he cried holding his stomach.
"Sometimes…sometimes love is more nourishing than food. At times your emotional fullness is enough to overpower your physical fatigue," Zoey said, a distant look in her eyes. Everyone looked at the girl, contemplating her words.
"Dummy," Brooke said crashing her fist down on top of the head. "When the hell did you start spurting philosophical crap?"
"Ow!" Zoey pouted. "That hurt, Brooke!"
"You're too soft headed," Brooke sighed.
"No I'm not! You are!"
"Do you even know what 'soft headed' means?"
"Ugh…"
"Figures."
Musa watched the scene before her with amused shocked. She could tell that Brooke and Cassie were just friendly bantering, something she too did with the others of the Lyoko group, especially her sister. It showed how close knit they were. Utada looked at Cassie who was watching her friends with eyes filled with fondness. "They must be really close," she thought. Something caught her eye with the three though. This time, it wasn't the apparent love that they had for each other it was something that could be physically observed if you were paying attention. Brooke and Zoey, despite their energetic bantering were leaning against the wall for support. Cassie was also leaning some of her weight onto a slightly worried Sitara. All three girls looked tired though they hid it well. Utada thought this was strangely but merely struggled it off as an effect of working at an expensive hotel where some of the guest may not be so pleasant to deal with.
"Hey," Brooke said suddenly ending her bantering with Zoey. "Since it's almost dinner time do you want to eat with us? There's a small restaurant nearby that serves great food and we get discounts their since we work for the hotel. We'll pay for you guys."
"Free food? Awesome!" Odd cheered pumping his fist happily in the air.
"You're going to regret treating us to dinner," Ulrich sighed. "Odd has a bottomless stomach that can only be rivaled by Musa but at least she can control herself."
"Hey!" Odd said. "I can control myself!"
"You call eating ten servings of food control?" Yumi laughed along with a giggling Aelita.
The cat warrior pouted, crossing his arms like a child and turning away. "Don't be like that," he heard Musa say as she took his hand, entangling her fingers with his. He looked up to see her smiling at him. "They were only joking."
"Yeah but why am I always the butt of you guys' jokes?"
"To show that we care," Musa replied simply.
CODE TWILIGHT
"And…done!"
Within the hidden lab of the decrepit cabin, Jeremy placed the final piece into the last device. He grinned proudly at his work despite the bags that began to form under his eyes. He yawned, taking of his glasses and laying his arm over his eyes.
"I can't believe it," he sighed. "I did it…all by…myself," he yawned before falling into a well deserved sleep. He was so deep in sleep that he didn't hear the wind chime like sounds as glittering scale like objects floated into the room, coming together to form a figure dressed in a white hooded cloak that hid everything but his eyes.
The figure silently walked towards where the boy was working, spotting the devices that he had created. "Impressive," the man murmured to himself. "He worked with much effort on these."
"They are quit impressive," a woman's voice said from behind him, "but wouldn't it have taken less work and time for him to just copy the bracelet that they found? A simple scanning should have told him any defects the device might posses."
"Sometimes…it's better for one to take the hard road to gain what they want to have and feel accomplished than taking the easy road and feeling unneeded."
"I see. Is this all we came here for?" the woman asked
"One moment," the hooded man said as he typed a few codes into the computer that was connected to the devices before taking a step back. "Okay."
"What did you do?"
"Just a few…modifications," the man said disappearing in a whirlwind of glittering scales with his companion just as the door to the lab hissed open.
"Jeremy!" The boy startled awake as he heard his name being called and he swiveled around in his chair to see Aelita standing on top of the steps with Cascada.
"Aelita. Cascada. Why are you two here?" the boy said sleepily.
"Even the big guy up there took a day off, Four Eyes," Cascada said hands on her hips.
"Brooke, Cassie, and Zoey invited us all out for dinner," Aelita informed.
"Sitara's friends?" Jeremy questioned.
"Yeah, so get your bum into gear before Odd and or Musa eats all the food," Cascada said,
"Right," the blonde male nodded getting up and walking towards the stairs before he remembered something. He scooped the stuff he had been working on into his hands.
"Are those…" Aelita gasped as the boy presented her a necklace with a pink gem hanging from its silver chain. He gave Cascada a gold bracelet with a green gem in the middle.
"Yep," the boy said proudly.
"Well, the design isn't horrible," Cascada said putting the bracelet on. "Good job, Jeremy."
The boy smiled at the older girl. "Thanks."
CODE TWILIGHT
"That was delicious!" Odd exclaimed patting his full stomach as he, the rest of the Lyoko gang, Sitara, Cassie, Brooke and Zoey walked down the streetlight lit sidewalks back to the hotel.
"Glad someone's full," Brooke sighed. "My wallet on the other hand is empty," she said holding the black leather wallet upside down and shaking it to prove her point.
"Well they did warn us," Cassie chuckled.
Brooke groaned. "I just thought they were being sarcastic when they said he was a bottomless pit."
"So did you guys like the food?" Zoey asked skipping backwards.
"Hai," Musa nodded. "Arigatou!"
"Yeah, thanks," Odd grinned.
"No prob," Cassie smiled. "Any friend of Tara is a friend of ours."
"I wonder how William is doing," Ulrich said offhandedly.
"Yeah," he said he wasn't hungry so he didn't come," Yumi said.
"He's fine," Cascada said turning her face away. "He has to be…"
CODE TWILIGHT
"Distancing yourself from the others will do you no good."
"Who asked you?" The shaggy hair teen leaned against the railing of his room's balcony. A soft breeze rustled his hair as he stared at nothing in particular.
"You did."
The boy looked down at the cup of water he was holding to see the image of smoke and stealth A.I., Leon.
"I don't think so," the boy replied a deep frown etched on his face.
"Ah, but you did," Leon said. "Your subconscious anyway."
"Stay out of my head! Gah! I'm going crazy."
The image of Leon sighed. "I thought you understood by now but I guess I have to repeat myself. I can't stay out of your head because I am you and right now you're listening to the last remaining computer byte that's left of me. That's the same thing that makes you my clone."
"You're supposed to be dead."
"And technically I am. This is just basically a recording of what I used to be implanted in your head to help you adjust better to situations the way I would."
"If that's true then why just now? Why not before when I first arrived on Earth?" William asked as he tipped the water over the side of the balcony before walking back into his room.
"Because," Leon's image said as it appeared in the mirror as the boy walked by it, "This little mental mechanism was designed to set off for when I was destroyed on Lyoko. When you arrived on Earth I was still being controlled by that virus, Xana, so therefore I was still alive. This didn't set off until the day that Lana and Rose, I mean, Musa and Cascada were able to destroy Xana. But even with the virus gone, it took a while for this process to start because I had originally planned for you to still be on Lyoko where you could have been powered by a tower."
"I don't need a tower."
"Well you need something, kid, or else you'll get to the point where you take in too much energy for you to control and then it'll be lights out for both us."
"Maybe that wouldn't be so bad," William murmured.
"What the-! Are you suicidal! Why the-"
"William?" a knock on the door was heard before it opened to reveal Cascada. She stepped into the room, her eyes trained on William for anything out of the usual.
"Haven't you heard of knocking?" the boy asked, meaning to be teasing but it sounded like he was angry. Whether the plant A.I. noticed or not she didn't show it.
"I did knock," she said calmly. "You didn't answer. I was worried."
"You were…worried?" the boy said softly.
The strawberry blonde pulled a plastic bag from behind her back, outstretching her arm out to him. "This is for you. It's food from the restaurant. I hope you like it."
"I already ate," Dunbar said quickly.
"Don't lie to me," Hikaru said in a chilling tone that made the boy freeze for a minute. She took a deep breath, softening her frustrated expression before continuing. "Look, just eat the food. Please. For me?" she asked, forest green eyes staring into dark ones.
"Okay," William nodded taking the food and sitting on his bed. Cascada walked over towards the bed, sitting quietly next to him. He opened the take out box to find onion rings and fries with a can a coke, his favorite. "Thank you," he said taking a bite of the food.
"I had to keep it away from Odd. I told him it was cow's brain," she said chuckling lightly as she stared at her hands in her lap. "I think that may have been the first time Odd Della Robbia has ever run away from food." She turned to William, hoping to at least see a small smirk on his face. There was none. "Jeremy told me to give you this," she said taking out a black leather bracelet with a red stone in the middle.
"Is that the virtualization device?" William asked taking it.
"Yeah," the plant A.I. said taking his left arm and tying the bracelet around it. "We're supposed to be testing them tomorrow. That is," she said looking up at him, "if you're up to it."
"I'll be fine."
"Really?" Cascada asked raising a brow skeptically. "Could have fooled me," she said getting up before she was stopped when a hand gripped tightly on her wrist. She was tugged back onto the bed, William pinning her down, the food forgotten on the floor.
"What do you know?" he growled. "What do you know about anything?"
"William…you're hurting me," the girl grunted and as if she had just splashed a bucket of ice cold water on him, William moved away, removing his slightly bruising grip on her. Cascada sat up, rubbing her sore wrist. Despite the situation she was just in she got up pointing to the bed. "Sleep. Now," she said with a tone and expression that left no room for arguments.
For once, deciding not to argue with her, the boy followed her directions. He got into bed, immediately, his body already beginning the process of slumber but before he completely succumb to his urge to sleep he scooted over towards the side of the bed. A second later Cascada was lying next to him.
"I need my Rose to sleep," he murmured sleepily in her ear. He heard a response, but not the one he wanted to hear.
"I'm sad to call you my clone for that corny line. That wasn't even corny, just sad," Leon murmured within the abyss of the sword wielding boy's mind.
"I'm not…your…clone…"
"You're really starting to sound like a broken record. You'll have to accept the fact soon but now, sleep. You're getting me a headache."
"The feeling…is…mutual…"
CODE TWILIGHT
"Here."
"Ulrich, can't I do this later?"
"If you don't do this now you'll keep putting this off till later." The geisha warrior sighed before flipping open her cell phone and pressing a number on her speed dial. She waited as the other line rang, Ulrich holding her other hand for reassurance, his brown leather and green stone braclet and her red leather and burgandy stone softly glowing in the dim light. After a few minutes she pulled the phone away from her ear and hung up.
"My mom is not answering," Yumi sighed, "and I don't know the number of where my dad is staying."
"Maybe later," Ulrich said.
"Maybe," the girl responded, not at all sounding hopeful.
"You need to talk with your mother, both your parents actually," the brunette said.
"Why don't you take your own advice?" Ishiyama murmured softly.
"What did you say?" Stern asked though he was sure he already knew what she said.
"Nothing," said Yumi. "It's late. I'm going to head back to my room," she said as Ulrich led her to the door of the boy's hotel suite. "Night," she said kissing his cheek.
"Night," the boy replied before closing the door. He leaned against it, taking his cell phone from his pocket. He went through the list of numbers before stopping at one. He stared at the phone in his hand, undecided before, in the end, he closed the phone, putting it back inside his pocket.
"Maybe later," he said.
CODE TWILIGHT
He didn't turn around when he heard the door to the room open as three pairs of feet walked in. "What did you find?"
A small stack of folders were tossed onto his desk. He turned around, not giving a glance towards his guest before leafing through the files. "The subjects of interest seem to have a tight knit bond, each pillar relying on the other. Where one is weak there are at least two others that can support it," one of his guest said.
"So you are saying you found no weak point?" he asked with an underlying tone of frustration in it.
"No, there are some actually. Each has their own that even the others are not aware of," a second responded.
"Though two seem like the best targets," said a third.
"Very good," their leader said sounding pleased before looking up at them. "Very good spy work but that's only to be expected from my three best stealth agents," he said looking at a photo that was taken of a blonde purple wearing boy eating three times his weight; a slightly indifferent brunette; a tired glasses wearing blonde; a smiling pink hair girl; a laughing Japanese girl; and two AI's enjoying the other's company. "Yes, very good in deed. You three will soon be able to repay your debt. But what will you do after you debt has been paid…Cassie, Brooke, Zoey?"
"You need not worry about that," Cassie said before walking out of the room, flanked by the other two. The man watched as they left before putting the folder down.
"What do you think?" he asked out loud.
"It's obvious they want to kill you," Esen said appearing in a flurry of paper.
"You act as if you don't want me dead either. Are you growing a heart, Esen, or is your acting just improving?"
"I hate you with every bone in my body!" the woman growled.
"Then why don't you attack me? Oh, that's right. You're here for him. Pity he'll never be able to return your feelings but here's the thing, can machines truly have emotions or are they just imitating what they were programmed to do?"
CODE TWILIGHT
…Floating…
…Surrounded...
…Trapped...
…Hopper…looking away…
…"Dad! Help me!" she tried to call out.
…Crimson red….
…The two guards….
…A baby's wails…
Musa eyes blinked open as she found herself not in a container in some sort of lab but in her hotel bed. She rolled over about to try to return to sleep when she bolted up in bed, one hand covered in blue electricity. Across from her was the same boy from before. He stood up from his place on Sitara's bed, his body tense before jumping out the window.
The wolf A.I. threw aside her sheets, running over towards the still sleeping girl's bed. Once she was sure that Sitara was okay she jumped out of her window like before, following the mysterious boy. "You won't get away this time. It's time to give this new toy a test drive," she thought to herself as her hand enclosed around a dark blue and silver stone hagning from chocker typed necklace. "Energize," she whispered to herself before a ring of blue light appeared around her mid section before separating and dividing into two; one going up and one going down.
Once the process was finished, Musa spared a glance down at herself. Instead of wearing the usual attire, she wore an electric blue kimono that stopped above her knees with black capris and ankle high boots with the necklace still hanging around her neck. "Hm, I like," she grinned, reaching into her back pocket and pulling out a black stick that grew into her staff. Tossing the staff up into the air, it came back down as her electric blue guitar. "He plays the flute. I wonder if he knows how to rock. Guitar Riff!"
CODE TWILIGHT
He really was an idiot. It was foolish to go back there when he knew that he had been compromised before but…he had to…
His frowned deepened as he dodged the passing trees. If his leader got word of this then he more than likely would be punished. Not doubt about it. His three little spies would see to that. There was really no one he could trust in the organization he was in.
"Then why am I even still there?" he wondered before images of a smiling face flashed into his mind. "That's right. I'm still there for her."
He was brought out of his thoughts as he heard a crackling sound. He barely had time to dodge as a sphere of electricity was thrown at him at him. He jumped into the safety of the trees above, trying to find the source of the attack.
His head snapped to the side as he heard another crackling sound, though this one sounded different. "I thought I would find him here," a voice murmured softly. He heard another crackling sound, this one sounding like the one he had heard before he was attacked. Turning his head towards the girl he realized that she hadn't heard it and jumped down from the tree knocking her aside as a sphere of electricity flew pass where she just was. Musa looked at the boy who had knocked her aside, saving her. "Why?" she asked confused.
"Don't ask questions," the boy said tonelessly. "We're still surrounded."
"Ten of them," Musa said after awhile. "Am I accurate to say that we're teaming up for this?"
"I could take all of them on my own but that would just be using energy for a pointless reason, so the only other reason is to work together," the boy said.
"You could have just said yes," Musa said. "Do you want the honors of going first?"
"Hm," the boy said flicking his wrist, making his flute appear in his hand. He raised it to his lips. "Sonic Wave," he murmured before blowing into it. Waves of sonic sound exploded from the fragile looking instrument, spreading outwards. The trees and over scenery around them was unaffected but ten figures dropped down from their hiding spaces in the trees.
"Specters," Musa murmured as she watched the pixel men in black get to their feet. She twirled her staff around herself before making a sweep motion in front of her. "Lunar Sweep!" A white beam of light appeared from above getting larger as it swept across the specters, destroying them. Musa leaned on her staff pouting. "That was anti-climatic," she sighed.
"We're not finished," the boy said.
"Good because that was too easy. Besides, it's been a while since I've done this and I got a new toy thanks to you. I want to see for myself just what I can do," the wolf A.I. smirked.
"You're having a lot of fun," the boy remarked.
"Where would we be if life was just serious?" the girl questioned before running towards one of newly arrived specters. "Bet I can get rid of more than you," she yelled over her shoulder. The boy smirked as he followed her lead.
Longest chapter! LOL! Just had to say that. Anyway, sorry it took so long to update. School and stuff, you know. Anyway, a lot of things have been revealed in this chapter and there was also a lot of foreshadowing. Um...yeah, so now you understand why Leon is back in the story but William's acting kind of weird. I wonder what that could be about...I actually know. I'm just not telling you. LOL!
Um...don't forget that I'll be changing my name soon to EvanescentDream93. I'll probably do it this weekend.
Mothers' day is coming up and I have still yet to get my mom a present, though in my defense she's been asking for some expensive stuff that I really don't have the money to get like a Blue Ray or Tivo. Yeah, I've been saving but not that much! What happened to the days where I could make her a crappy card and get away with it without being called a horrible child? I'm just kidding. I love my mom though I'll probably have to try the puppy look on my granddad to get some extra money.
Nothing more to say so...PLEASE REVIEW!