Chapter 1 What I've Done…and Need to Do
A.N. – Okay, this fan submission #8 and this one will cover the whole show, but from different perspectives rather then the third person perspective for the whole group. This story will also center around Aelita. Also, I don't think this will be 96 chapters. If something seems short, I may add an episode on top. Let's begin!
Short Summary – Aelita is still haunted by what happened to her in the past. She attempts to prevent it by destroying Xana earlier after finding a way to enter the past. Upon returning, she finds the future in ruins. She now knows that if the future is to remain peaceful, all of it must happen as it did before.
Disclaimer – I do not own Code Lyoko or the story idea. I am just a fan of the show, and the idea was submitted by James Marshall.
Aelita was standing at the interface in Sector 5 as her father was being attacked by mantas. "Daddy, no! Energy field!" Aelita says as she misses. The mantas continue to attack and destroy him. "No!"
Aelita sits up, panting heavily. She is now 34 years old and much taller than she was back then. She doesn't know why she keeps having this reoccurring nightmare. Back then, her nightmares told the future, and they were painfully accurate. But after they defeated Xana, she thought these bad memories would fade away. Since she was fully awake, she decided to get dresses and ready for the day. She went downstairs to find Jeremy.
"Oh hi, Aelita. Did you sleep well this time?" Jeremy asks her.
"No, same nightmare. I wish I knew what it meant. And it's always the same" Aelita says with her eyes closed and holding her head.
"The same thing happened at Kadic. You kept on having nightmares about the wolves of your past."
"Yeah, but those went away. Now it's my father. That traumatic event happened over 20 years ago and I'm reliving it every night."
"There was nothing you could've done to help him Aelita. He knew what he was doing at that time. Whether or not you helped him, he would have died."
"I know. He gave us his last strength to help us take down Xana."
"Franz knew what Xana could and would've become. He died knowing Xana was coming with him."
"After we shut down the supercomputer, I thought all these bad memories would cease to exist."
Jeremy could say nothing at this moment. He would say soon, but Aelita has not made any progress in getting sleep. She always has this nightmare and at random times throughout the night.
"Well, I gotta go to work. If you can, take a nap. See if you can get some good sleep."
"I'll see. Goodbye."
Jeremy got a job at a tech firm in programming sector. After they graduated and after saving for a few years, Jeremy and Aelita were able to buy Aelita's old childhood home the Hermitage. The money they had left over from the sale they used to fix up the interior and exterior. Over the years, the money they spent was used to restore it to its former glory. After 5 years, the house deed was theirs and the house was perfect.
After Jeremy left Aelita went back upstairs and pulled out a chest she had hiding in her old room. She pulled out research notes and her old laptop. Saved on it was a program she was working on when Jeremy was not there. She didn't need him knowing what she was planning.
"I'll save you Daddy. I won't suffer and neither will you" Aelita said as she worked.
After about three more weeks, Aelita had a successful program to use. She then planned a way to save her father. She grabbed a Lyoko band, a Lyoko door and a copy of the multi-agent program used to defeat Xana. She then wrote a note to Jeremy to tell him what she was going to do.
'Dear Jeremy, I have to save my father. The nightmares have plagued me long enough as I cannot live with them anymore. The more I suffer, the more I want to die so these can end. I constructed a program that can allow me to travel to a specific point in time. I grabbed a Lyoko band, a Lyoko door and a copy of the multi-agent program. I gonna stop Xana from getting the keys to Lyoko and save my father from his grasp. Don't try to stop me and don't come looking for me. This is for me, and I know that would not approve. Love now and forever, Aelita.'
Aelita then left for the factory. Once she was there, she descended to the supercalculator room. Since Xana was dead, there was no risk in restarting it. (Evolution never happened.) She pulled the lever and Lyoko reactivated. She then went to implement her new program into the supercomputer. She then set the date for her arrival. She then ran a self-delayed virtualization, but instead using her program. She wasn't going to be virtualized, she was going to propelled back in time. The scanner activated and Aelita was thrust into the past.
Aelita arrived exactly 13 hours before the gang learned the truth about Aelita and what Xana wants from her. Aelita knew that she could do a lot if she worked fast. The primary goal was defeating Xana. She went straight to the factory. She also had a copy of her time traveling program so she could return when the time came. She went to the computer and inserted her copy of the multi-agent program.
"Okay you asshole. Time for you to meet your end" Aelita said as she hit enter and saw as Xana started to die slowly. Eventually, Xana's presence faded from Lyoko. Xana was defeated and a blimp showed up on sector 5. Aelita knew who this person was. She then ran the rematerialization program. She then descended to the scanner room to see if it was who she thought. The scanner opened and her father was standing there. "Daddy?"
"Aelita?" Franz asked.
She ran up to him. "I finally saved you!"
"Saved me? From what?"
"Let's just say I know that in another future, life isn't good for you."
"And Xana?"
"He's gone too. Listen, I'd love to catch up and all but I think we can do that later and I mean way later."
"One more quick question, how long was I trapped? You're a full-grown woman."
"About that. Listen the current Aelita and her friends are going to be here soon. Can you do me a favor and explain everything to them. Just don't tell them about me."
"Where are you going to go?"
"Back home."
Aelita had a smile on her face as she inserted another copy of her time-traveling program. She had both of the programs that she used to be deleted after she left so there was no evidence to her being there. She stepped into the scanner and was thrust into a future she would not expect.
Aelita reappeared in the scanner she disappeared in, but when she steps out, she smells like something burning. She attempts to use the elevator, but it seems unoperational. She then opens the hatch to the elevator and climbs up the shaft. As she gets closer to the surface, the smell intensifies. When she reached the top, nothing inside the factory seemed to be damaged. She then climbed to the factory entrance. When she steeped outside, she saw the whole city in ruins.
"What happened here?" Aelita asks, but no one responds. She had no idea what could have caused all of this. She headed back inside the factory as it seemed like the only place that was safe. She then used the shaft to descend to the laboratory. She entered the code and saw the laboratory the same as she left it. She heard someone working on the computer. She used her Lyoko band to transform into her angel avatar to defeat the intruder, if it was one. "Stop! Stand up and show who you are."
An elderly man stood up and it slightly resembled her father. "Aelita?" The elderly man. "I must be dreaming! My daughter's dead!"
"Well, I'm not. But where is everyone else?"
"Who?"
"The others! Jeremy, Yumi, Odd, Ulrich!"
"Dead or barely living…and it's all my fault."
"What did you do to them?"
"Nothing personally. It's what my creation did. After the failure with Xana, I tried to create another AI, but this time with me in full control. It was all going well until one day a mysterious virus infected the supercomputer and interfered with my creation. It corrupted all the files I used to control, and it quickly evolved into another Xana. Only problem with this one, was that it was not contained within the supercomputer. Once it found it's way into the World Wide Web, it caused mass chaos and panic around the world. Used Earth's machines against its creators. The armies tried to do what they could but to no anvil. I hid here due to survivors, if there is any, thinking I'm a monster."
"Is it all because of me? Because I saved you from Xana's wrath?!"
"I tried to do good, twice, but I failed in all accounts."
"But you did good. You helped us defeat Xana originally."
"Then what happened to me in that time."
"You died but gave us what we needed to save the world."
"Aelita, you should have never messed with the past. I know you must be struggling with my death, but you must make sure I DON'T survive."
Aelita was in complete shock by her father's words. "Are you insane?! I risked my marriage to save you and now you're telling me to go back and have you perish?!"
"If that's what it takes to prevent all of this, then so be it. Like you said I did good, and I want to do good, so make sure I do good by ensuring that I help in the eradication of Xana."
"I'll do it, even though I don't want too."
"We both do, but in the seriousness of this, we have no choice." Aelita walked up to the interface and inserted a CD. She recorded her virtual avatar, with a few changes made to it. She ejected the CD. "What's that for?'
"If I am to ensure that everything happens as it did before, I gonna need this. Just know, that I will be playing both sides."
"Be careful. I tried to get Xana to leave us in peace, but you know how that turned out. I have no doubt that if Xana sniffs you out, he will have you hurt and possibly killed."
"Luckily for me, he doesn't know what's about to come. I do." Aelita then started a self-delayed virtualization back to the time where it all began. She stepped into the scanner. "You know when I leave, I'll never see you again."
"You'll always have the memories of me and that is enough. Just fix this mess."
"I will."
The timer expired and Aelita was teleported back to the time after all her friends became warriors after Xana's first attack. She needed to succeed, but in order to do that, she would have to gain the trust of her friends and Xana.
A.N. – And this ends the first chapter of this new story. The next ones may be longer, in wait time, as I am going to try to incorporate the original show into this. I don't know how this will turn out, just know this will be a longer story. PM me with story ideas if you have any! Don't forget to review with questions or comments! I will respond! Stay safe and healthy out there! As always, till next time! See ya! -lyokowarrior97
