"Be careful guys, he is the large energy source" Jeremy said
"We'll try to be." William said before Xana turned around to face them
Everybody ducked behind a tree until a Manta flew by distracting Xana, before he noticed the Lyoko warriors escaping into Roman's hideout. The creatures seemed sad when they walked in most were in hiding as if something or someone scared the living daylights out of them. Everything was quiet until a scream of pain echoed thought out the cave.
"Calm down Aiden." Dr. Hopper said
"But it burns." Aiden complained
"I know but you don't want it to get infected." Dr. Hopper said rubbing alcohol on his skin.
"Fine." Aiden sighed
Dr. Hopper restarted putting alcohol on Aiden's skin, while Aiden gritted his teeth.
"HELLO?" William yelled leading the way
"They're here, you have to hide." Aiden said quickly getting up and putting on his shirt.
"But why? " Dr. Hopper asked while walking to another room
"Do you think Aelita knows that I saved you already, we're gonna surprise her." Aiden said happily
Dr. Hopper smiled shaking his head walking out with a few Rochesters behind him.
"Hold on!" Aiden replied carrying his armor in a backpack and making his way down
"I wonder what's taking him so long?" Odd asked sitting on a rock.
"It's probably the animals keeping him busy." Aelita said
"Hey guys, what's up?" Aiden asked in a twenty century ascent
"Roman?" Odd asked
Aiden smiled throwing the bag on the floor, all the remaining pieces of the armor fell out near their feet,"He's in there if you want him." He said
"A-Aiden? " Aelita asked walking up to him.
Aiden towered over Aelita standing at 6'5, his hair was so long that it stopped on his waistline, he was very strong and athletic,"Are you gonna give your big bro a hug or just stand there?" He asked with his arms open
Aelita smiled and hugged Aiden tightly as tears formed in her eyes.
Aiden wiped her eyes mumbling softly, "I missed you to, I gotta surprise for you..for everybody really. " He said breaking the hug
"What is it?" Aelita asked hopefully
"Everybody close your eyes, I'll be right back." Aiden said racing to the back
Everybody closed there eyes, Aelita had her fingers crossed hoping it'll be her dad, while Odd and William just went a long with it as Aiden led a blind folded Dr. Hopper into the room.
"Ok, when I take off the blind fold you have to keep quiet, alright? " Aiden whispered
Dr. Hopper nodded in agreement.
"You promise?" Aiden asked
Dr. Hopper held up his pinky, Aiden smiled and warped his pinky around Dr. Hopper's and had shaken on it before taking off the blind fold.
"Alright on the count of three I want everybody to open their eyes." Aiden said
"One."
"Two."
"THREE!" He said before move in between them
Everybody opened their eyes and stared at each speechless at the slight of Dr. Franz Hopper, standing there with tears forming in his eyes.
"Hello darling." He said with a slight waiver
Aelita wasted no words as she quickly ran into her father's arms. He keeled down and held Aelita close as possible picking her up off her feet. Odd and William walked over to Aiden, who was whipping his eyes.
"You did a good, Aiden. " William said patting him on the back
"Easy man I'm still recovering." Aiden replied gritting his teeth
"Recovering from what?" Odd asked
"Aiden fought off a wolf to save me." Dr. Hopper answered
"Another wolf?" Aelita thought out loud
"Yeah, but that's already taken care of we got bigger problems to worry about." Aiden said
"Like what?" Odd question
"Malcolm." Dr. Hopper answered
"Who is that?" William asked
"Xana." Aelita answered
"And my father." Aiden added
"Excuse me?" Aelita asked
"He set me up for this since the day I was born, he used me to get closer to you and your father. Your father had control over a program he needed to gain control over Lyoko, but since you guys entrusted the program to me he believes I'm just going to give it to him." Aiden said
"Well..are you going to give it to him?" Odd asked
Aiden glanced over at the armor on the floor and back over at them,"I...we talked about it and..." Aiden started
"If you give him that armor, what makes you so sure he'll be satisfied? " Aelita asked
"I'm here for two reasons only to save dad and protect you." Aiden said
"What about the creatures? " Aelita asked.
The creatures came out of hiding from the youngest to the oldest.
"That's ROMAN'S job, not mine." Aiden made perfectly clear.
The creatures sadly left one by one even the most loyal of creatures started leaving.
"Guys wait." Aiden said
A few Rochesters stopped and looked back slightly before leaving the cave, disappointed in their former leader. Aiden sighed sadly before turning around to everybody glancing down.
"Look Aiden, whether you like it or not Roman is apart of you so is the creatures if you are turning your back on them, you're turning your back on your family. " Dr. Hopper said
"But you guys are my family and you guys have no idea what that manic is capable of." Aiden said
"Actually we do." William said
"We found your journal Aiden. " Odd said
"We know everything.", Aelita said,"Why didn't you tell us he was abusing you?"
"I didn't know how to, I was still young and afraid I thought running away was gonna solve it but...clearly it didn't it instead it followed me here." Aiden said picking up the armor and shoving it in the bag
"So that's it you're giving up?" William asked
"I did what I was supposed to do, I reunited my family and by giving him the armor we can leave in peace." Aiden said throwing the pack over his back
"So, that's what he meant. He knew you'd be so afraid of him that you would willing give him the armor." said
"I'm not afraid of him." Aiden said
"Than face him obviously you're playing right into his hands by giving him the armor." Dr. Hopper said
"I'm not gonna face him alone." Aiden said
"You don't have to." William said
"Yeah, we got your back." Odd added
"We're here for you." Aelita said
Aiden nodded," Alright, here's what we're gonna do...
Meanwhile in reality...
Xana's ghostly figure slowly creepily made his way into the sewer line and crawled his way into five rats that were nibbling on whatever scrapes of food they could find. One by one until all five rats was soon under Xana's control crawling through the pipeline until they enter the factory. Three rats started nibbling on the power lines while the others started nibbling on the wires to the super computer.
"So, that's the plan Jeremy." William explained
"It's a very complex program, but it's worth a shot." Jeremy said quickly typing up a program
"Thanks Jeremy. " William said
"What's happening again?" Ulrich asked fanning flies from his face
"We're planning to take down Xana for good. " Jeremy answered
"That's great but how are you gonna do that when Xana is Aiden's dad?" Yumi asked
"Just wait and see." Jeremy answered
The rats nibbled on the power lines till they broke in half every light and camera in the factory instantly shut off.
"The cameras are offline and the lights are off on the top floor." Jeremy said
"I guess Xana is making his move." Ulrich said
"I guess it's time to make ours." Yumi said making her way out the control room
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