Aiden opened his eyes in a haze,"Wh-where am I?" He asked rubbing the cold snow under his fingertips and looking around sitting up to see two kids playing in the snow
"Miss me miss me now you gotta..." A little girl started before a snowball hit her face
A little boy on the opposite side of a snowman was dying from laughter as the little girl wiped her face
"I'm gonna get you, bro!" She yelled
"You gotta catch me first." He replied running away
The little girl chased her brother around the house, after a few laps around the house the little boy stood on the side while his sister continued circling around.
"Where did he go?' She thought out loud looking around
"Right Here!" He yelled tackling her into the snow rolling down a hill giggling
"Aiden! Aelita! Don't go to far." Dr. Hopper said standing on the porch sipping hot chocolate
Aiden popped his head out of the snow,"Don't worry dad we won't." He replied with a smile
Aelita grabbed her snow shed and started climbing up a hill. Aiden followed behind with his snowboard and stood behind Aelita pushing her down the hill before going down himself. The two stayed out for hours laughing and playing the winter wonderland, until the sun set they laid in the snow starring the clear skies and feeling the cool cold clamming breeze on their skin.
"Dinner time!" Dr. Hopper yelled
Aiden quickly had waken up from his daydream,"LET'S EAT!" He happily yelled grabbing his snowboard and making his way up the hill
Aelita giggled while getting up, looking around for her shed when she saw it near some bushes. Aiden stopped halfway up the hill to wait on her, when he saw something moving in bushes,"Yo Lil sis be careful." He said slowly walking back
Aelita stopped only a few steps away from her shed when a low growl grew louder. Aiden quickly ran down the hill as the wolf walked out the bushes staring at Aelita, who stood there frozen in fear.
"Aelita Run!" Aiden yelled running towards her
Aelita stared into the wolf's golden brown eyes locked in a trance as the wolf leaned down getting ready to pounce on her, as soon as it jumped Aiden tackled it in midair and struggled to keep it pined to the ground,"AELITA!" He yelled snapping Aelita out of her trance.
Aelita stared at Aiden while he held down the wolf,"Go get dad NOW!" He yelled as the wolf started to escape his grip
Aelita nodded and quickly made her way up the hill, just before the wolf slid from under Aiden and started following her. Aiden quickly grabbed a few rocks and started throwing at the wolf hoping to get its attention, until one hit it directly on the head.
"I'm over here you over grown fur ball!" Aiden yelled before running to the woods
The wolf growled angrily glancing up at the hill, before following Aiden into the woods the wolf's familiar territory. Aiden raced through out of the woods grabbing small rocks and a broken tree branch on the way, trying to cover his tracks so he wouldn't be easily discovered. Meanwhile it didn't take the wolf long before picking up on Aiden's trail, after the foot prints to a clear field just outside the city. The wolf scanned the area for foot prints but they were hidden under a fresh layer of snow, it started sniffing the air for his scent but the cool breeze would blow it away, so the wolf went on basic instinct slowly stalking the area. Aiden sharpened one end of the stick, before running around throwing rocks at the wolf from every angle. The wolf howled with frustration before randomly choosing a route back to Dr. Hopper's house unaware that Aiden was right behind it.
"DADDY!" Aelita called out finally making her way up the hill
"Aelita...Where's Aiden? What happened? " Dr. Hopper asked making his way down the stairs
"Sheld down hill and..and..and big no no no Huge brown wolf came out and Aiden..." Aelita started
"Is he alright? " Dr. Hopper interrupted
"He saved me." Aelita said glancing up in her father's eyes
Dr. Hopper had taken Aelita inside and locked up before heading into the woods to look for Aide while the wolf found a new target. After a few hours, the sun finally had set gray clouds filled the skies as a storm slowly began to fall.
"Aiden!..Aiden!..AIDEN!" Dr. Hopper yelled though the thick breeze
The wolf stalked Dr. Hopper until ran up and bit his leg. Dr. Hopper clasped while screaming trying to kick and beat the overgrown dog off him. The wolf refused to let go of its prey for a second time, until Aiden came and bit the wolf's ear, making it release Franz's leg before winning. Aiden pulled out a rock with a sharp end and starting stabbing the wolf endlessly. Dr. Hopper ran over and stopped Aiden from going further damage to the already dead wolf. Aiden eventually dropped the blood covered rock realizing what he had done, he leaned into Dr. Hopper's arms with tears slowly forming in his eyes.
"Why I don't remember any of this?" Aiden questioned as the memory faded black
"Because you suppressed it deep within your subconscious...just like how you did me." Roman answered
"Why are you showing me this?" Aiden asked looking at the split image of himself
"You are so much stronger than you think. What surprised me is when you blocked out stabbing the wolf, you were thinking about someone else, were you?" Roman asked
Aiden glanced down,"I don't know what you're talking about." He nervously said
"You can't lie to me, I've been attached to your DNA for so long you might as well called me an alternate version of yourself ." Roman said
"So... you know the truth I thinking about my dad, but what does that have to do with this?" Aiden questioned
"Everything, it was clear that you were strong enough to protect your family than what's stopping you now?" Roman asked
"Nothing." Aiden answered
"You don't need me to fight for you. Now, I need for you to man up, stop acting like a sacred little boy, and kick Malcolm's ass. Remind him that he came here for a reason." Roman said
Aiden nodded in agreement,"But first, how do I get out of here?" He questioned
Roman rubbed his hands together and grinned,"This is gonna hurt." He mumbled low enough for Aiden to hear
"What is?" He asked before getting punched back to digital reality
"Damn it Roman always being an ass." He thought to himself opening his eyes and moving the rag off his face
"Aiden!" Aelita yelled being dragged to Malcolm's Manta
Aiden hopped up on his feet,"HEY REMEMBER WHY YOU'RE HERE!" He yelled getting Malcolm's attention making him stop
"You want the armor right?", He asked taking it off piece by piece, "How about a trade?"
Malcolm smiled evilly,"You'd trade come complete control for her?" He asked
"I learned that unlike you I don't need fear or control to dictate someone's life." Aiden said
"Aiden don't do it!" Aelita yelled struggling to escape
"It's alright, I know what I'm doing trust me." Aiden said with a light smile
Aelita stopped and nodded trying to understand.
"Fine" Malcolm said after thinking it over for a moment or two.
Aiden carried all the armor in his hands while Malcolm pushed Aelita towards the unarmed Aiden.
"My sister first." Aiden said
Malcolm growled and let go of Aelita. Aelita raced into Aiden's arms and held on to him.
"I love you." He mumbled quietly in her ear before stabbing her with the spiked brass knuckles devirtualizing her back into reality
"Give me the armor NOW!" Malcolm yelled
"Go get it motherfucker." He said throwing the armor into the digital sea
Malcolm instantly followed up behind it while Aiden ran back to the forest sector to deactivate the tower.
"Dad start-up the deletion program!" Aiden yelled
"The deletion program will destroy Lyoko and everyone in it when you deactivate the tower."Dr. Hopper reminded
"Yeah, I know" Aiden said entering his hideout