Jonny 1989 thank you for your review and Yumiulrichlovers too. I don't think I gave her a public thanks for her review on the other chapters. I guess it was because she was besides me when she said she wanted to be my first reviewer.
Wrote this chapter thinking about how to put the part of the baby. I hope everyone is okay with the genere and the name. I will write the next chapter after I update on my other story. Anyway, a little of everything in this chapter. A little kiss and Odd's stomach. R&R.
Chapter 5: Quarter of Silver
Yumi's POV
We were all on the elevator. The mission was a success. Jeremy said that it would take time for the scann to detect anything. We were now going for something to eat. We have been saving money since long ago so right now we could go out and eat something. It was already past lunch time. The only one I know ate today something was William. He was bragging about how he takes care of Sissi so naturally.
We were on the front now. Leiah was lying down with her baby on hands. Her head was resting on Korran's chest. He had his back against the wall. I looked around for Yolanda but I didn't see her.
"Where is the nurse?" I asked Leiah.
She smiled at her child, "She said she could go get her car. She will let me stay on her house for a few nights. Korran can't go, though. She said that her husband may feel uncomfortable of having Korran there." She smiled, "Guess she thinks he will be intimidated by Korran's size."
"That's great," Aelita said. She looked at Korran, "Don't worry, I know Yolanda and she takes well care of her patients."
"She said she would bring the papers for our baby. I think he will be a legal human," Korran said.
"Well that will be a paper less I have to do," Jeremy said. "Come on Aelita, I need your help."
"There's a fast food near here, We'll just take the things to go and come back here, can you wait?" Odd asked them. They nodded. We started walking. William came with us. I doubt he wants to stay there with the aliens. He is still a little scared of being Xanafied again. Jeremy and Aelita went to the sewers. I believe they are going to make the papers.
The fast food restaurant wasn't that far. We got there and made a short line. Jeremy had given us his money and Aelita had too. I started calculating. William gave the most. You could say he was rich when he took out one of his twenty dollar bills and gave it to me. He had like six of those.
We bought a lot and took the seven bags. It would seem like an exageration but it wasn't so. This was just a little. We walked back to the factory. There was a car parked on front. Yolanda was inside when we got to the doors.
"So cute," she said. "Even if he has these claw like nails."
Korran smirked, "My curse."
"Don't say that," Yolanda said. "Its not a curse. Just a mutation, uh, evolution of your kind. Do not worry about that. If he uses gloves he won't be noticed."
"And he's going to use them always?" Korran asked looking down at his son. It was a baby boy.
"I got this for him," Yolanda said. She gave them a newly buyed baby pijama. It was blue.
Leiah smiled. "Oh, thank you."
"And this for you, Korran," she gave Korran a pair of black, leather gloves.
He smiled, "Thank you," he said and put on the gloves. They fit him just right.
"So, when will Leiah be at the academy?" Angelo asked.
"In a month, just to make sure she's alright. She's not from this planet so I do not know how it works for her for sure. So its better to give her some time," Yolanda replied.
"Uh, don't you think you should get new clothes?" Ulrich asked. "You can't go arroud with those clothes... Well, Hunter is fine except he has no shoes."
"That last attack of Lexia took us by surprise," Hunter said looking at his bare feet.
This was going to be hard. I looked down at Leiah, "You decided the name?" I asked her.
She smiled, "Xohan," she said. I nodded. I understood why she wanted that name for her child. It was because of their world and the ones they loved back there.
Aelita's POV
Jeremy was frantic on his room. He was typing on his computer fast. Running through the same papers he had filled up for me. This time there were different origins. After he finished he printed them out. The papers all looked like copies. She stood there and started entering on the system. Then after a few minutes when I was looking at the birth certificates he turned towards me.
"I just entered on the system and wrote your name on the Canada records. No traces left," he said. "I'm making sure what happended that other time won't happen again."
I smiled at him. "You do a lot," I said. I gave him a kiss on the cheek and watched as he blushed. He looked so cute when he did so. I giggled and walked out of the room. We had been here an hour and a half now.
Jeremy came out of his room. He seemed to be happy but at the same time in shock. Too much has happened today and we hadn't finished. Thank goodness we had the rest of the day free.
Odd's POV
Korran at his chese burger and half of his fries. He drank half of his soda and looked at what was left of his food. "I don't understand," he said. "I can't eat anymore."
"Means your full," Yumi said with a smile.
He smiled and said, "Well if this means I'm full I wouldn't mind feeling this way all the time. I think I won't eat anything until tomorrow at noon."
I stopped chewing and swallowed. "Tomorrow at noon? I eat all this and in three hours I will be barking for more."
"Because you have an endless stomach," Ulrich said. "So how many times a day you ate on your planet?"
Korran shrugged, "The normal. once a day," he said. "Leiah, had to get used to it when she came to live with me. I had to work out myself to be able to pay the extra food she ate. After all she was my responsability." Leiah had gone with Yolanda a few minutes ago. Korran had carried her until the car.
"That's not normal for us," William said. "We are constantly eating." I guess he was gaining trust on the new ones but you could still see that he was on guard.
Jeremy and Aelita came running. "We finished the papers. Now all we have to do is just make some calls from the super computer and we are all set. Since its only Angelo and Hunter for now then we will be fine. Then we are going to work with Leiah.
"Thank you," Angelo said politely. Okay, this guy seems like Aelita when we discovered Lyoko. So polite and looking through the words as he spoke like a robot.
"You will maybe take classes with Yumi, maybe with William, either way it's okay," Jeremy said. "You two, as I said, will pass as my cousins. I'll go make the calls." Jeremy jumped and took hold of a rope and slided down. Hunter and Angelo decided to follow him.
We finished eating and put the garbage on the bags. Ulrich walked out to throw it at the nearest trash can. We waited.
"Korran, Jeremy made papers for you too," Aelita said. "You are from England, that's a country that speaks English. We sorted out that if you don't have the accent you say that you lived in New York for three years and then Spain and then you came here about two years ago. That way you could get a work somewhere. What is your grade of education?"
Korra closed his eyes and leaned back against the way. "I never went to school. Only second and first class have those privileges. My mom did teach me how to read and write in our language but I just used the reading to get arround. Reading contracts and all those things. The best deal I got was to work for a quarter an hour. For me that was average. My goal was to have a work that would pay me two quarters. Actually it was a quarter of silver. That was cheap. A quarter of gold, for me, would be like you finding a hundred dollar bill," he explained.
"Wow, that's cheap. But here a quarters are made of metal, not silver," I said.
He opened his eyes and looked at me. "Here, the government has given the quarter a monetary value, not on Xohan. The quarter of gold was like the size of a penny, square and thin like a quarter. I recieved ten of those every day, sometimes twelve. For us a quarter of gold is ten quarters of silver. Make your count. Second class recieve four quarters of silver per hour. They completed the quarter of gold in two hours and a half. In change I had to be all day working. It was the only thing unfair of the government ruling Xohan. It was all a system of governments. Leiah was daughter of our King. I was the one who provocated the disgrace in their family. When Leiah came to live with me things got worse. People wanted to help but they were afraid that the King would do something to them for helping us. The King had condemned us. The jobs I had from then on were worse. One quarter of silver per hour but the jobs were harder.
Always in construction. Second class got to be tending stores and those things of comertials. The first class got to rule over everyone and sit on offices for all day long doing barely anything. Teachers were second class as well. The first class, though, had first class teachers. You know," Korran sighed. "I can tell you all the flaws of the govenment of Xohan and we would never finish. I once thought that maybe if I brought my family to Eonor and stayed there for ever we could be happy. Without ever getting hungry on the virtual world or anything. Living there, despite Lexia's precense I think we would live okay there. I wish I had gone on with that idea. Maybe I still had my younger brothers and my mother still around. Maybe they would have been help on something. Maybe not, but it would be good to have them around now." Korran looked up at the ceiling. "At least I still have Leiah and my child, Xohan," he smiled at the name. "I don't want the same to happen here. That's the reason I'm here. I will help you all fight, against Lexia, against Xana. Xana, is he male?"
"We guess," Ulrich said.
Korran frowned, deep in thought. "Something wrong?" I asked him.
"Lexia is female, is it possible for they to produce a child?" he asked.
Aelita shook her head. "To produce a child you would need sexual organs. Programs do not have those unless they are installed. And if Xana or Lexia wanted a child they would have already made a clone if them, like the cells when they devide," she explained. "If they find a way then they should have met. I do not think they have."
Korran nodded. "I was just curious," he stood up.
"Did you learn to count?" Yumi asked him.
He smiled. "Leiah, showed me how to when we were stuck in Xohan. The only one at home that knew how to count was mom. She was the only one who went to buy food," he explained. "Uh, I'm going down. Its about time I go back to Lyoko. I will be on a tower if someone needs me." He jumped off the edge, he didn't even take hold of a rope. He just jumped... and landed on his feet without a problem. He kept walking to the elevator.
Jeremy's POV
I sighed when I finished the call. Right now I was ready to go. I was tired. Angelo and Hunter would spend two nights here in the factory before they could go to school. We had to buy them clothes too. Apropiate ones. I had about fifteen dollars on savings. We needed more. I hope the others have savings. We will have to donate to the cause.
We were about to go up when the elevator opened and Korran stood there. "I think I should be heading towards Lyoko to stay for the night," he said.
I nodded. "Hunter and Angelo will keep you company for a few nights," I replied. "Um, go to the scanners. I will start the virtualization as soon as you get there." They nodded and got to the elevator with Korran. The system said the elevator had gotten to the lower level. I sighed and started the virtualization process. "Scanner, Angelo. Scanner, Hunter. Scanner, Korran. Transfer, Angelo. Transfer, Hunter. Transfer, Korran. Virtualization." The screen read them on Lyoko the next few seconds.
"We are okay," Angelo said. "There are lots of rocks around."
"That's the mountain sector," I replied. "There is a tower soulth. You should see it from where you are. Go to it."
"Thanks but I need to run a check on Xohan to see if this Xana has found it or not. Korran, go to the tower. Hunter, stay with Korran," Angelo ordered.
"Are you sure?" Hunter asked.
"I am," Angelo said. "Jeremy, thanks. I'll be gone for an hour or so. It's fast when you go on a transporter through the net. I will be back in an hour. Thank you for what you are doing for us."
I nodded. "You're welcome. I'll be going now." I took the earphone off and sighed. I took a last look at the super computer and walked towards the elevator to wait for it to come. Wonder what will happen now. He says Xana still isn't eliminated. I don't know what to think about this so I just think of one thing. How to explain the principal about my new cousins.
