Real Code Lyoko Episode 96: Finding Franz
Author: James the Lesser/The Bunnyman
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own These Characters! Moonscoop Does!
A/N Ok, Real show ended at E95. But am I the only one to see the cliffhanger? Gah, how can they not have a S5? I figure hey, I see the cliffhanger ending, how can they not have it? Well, they might not so I will write it!
Aelita tosses and turns in her bed. She keeps seeing the moment her father died play over and over again in her dreams. She tried to, wanted to save him. But Jeremie yelled at her to help him destroy Xana. She could have saved her father but didn't and felt horrible because of it. "Daddy!" She wakes up covered in sweat. She grabs Mister Puck and cuddles with him trying to forget the nightmares.
That morning after a shower Aelita sees Sissi. "Hi Sissi." Aelita waves and Sissi waves back.
"Another nightmare?"
"Um, yeah sorry for waking you up."
"What are they about? You seem to have them a lot." Sissi and Aelita walk together to the cafeteria.
"I don't want to talk about it." Aelita splits off from Sissi when she sees her friends.
"Hi Aelita." Jeremie pulls out the chair next to him. "I was wondering if after school we could go and see this new store." Jeremie shows Aelita an ad for a new computer store. "I've been looking for some upgrades. After being so used to the Super Computer it's hard to get used to something so slow." Jeremie laughs a little.
"Um, sure." Odd laughs.
"Einstein are you ever going to ask her out on a real date?" Jeremie and Aelita blush as Ulrich chokes a little on his eggs.
"That, doesn't have anything to do with anything." Jeremie gains his composure and continues eating breakfast.
After classes Aelita and Jeremie are going to the mall to check out the new store. "Jeremie before we um go anywhere." Aelita stops.
"What is it?"
"About the Super Computer."
"Yes?"
"What if we turned it back on?" Jeremie is taken aback by this.
"Why Aelita? We did it. We beat Xana we don't need to turn it back on ever again."
"But my dad he might still be alive! If we looked for him we might find him and be able to save him."
"He, I'm sorry Aelita but he died. We can't bring him back."
"You brought me back!"
"I had your hair and you weren't um, gone, like he is. Aelita I know you miss him but," Aelita cuts him off.
"I can't miss him because I never got to be with him!" Aelita storms off. Jeremie should follow her and try to make up but being as clueless as he was… He goes to the mall to look at the new computer store there.
Aelita is walking down the side walk before she even realizes she was on the river front. She walks by the river until she gets to the bridge. "I, if he won't help me I'll do it on my own." Aelita goes across the bridge and into the Factory. A trip she never thought she'd take again.
Jeremie leaves the mall with two bags of computer parts. "May not be as good as the Super Computer but it will do for now. I can't believe a quad core 4.5ghz proc was only 299.99." Jeremie gloats about his deals as he goes back to Kadic Academy.
Aelita is in the Super Computer Room with her hand on the power switch. "If, he's dead then I won't find him but at least I tried." She flips the switch and soon she hears the hum of the Super Computer. She feels a chill in the air but ignores it. She was going to at least try and find Franz Hopper.
Jeremie gets back to Kadic Academy and goes to Aelita's room after dropping the parts off. "Aelita?" He knocks on the door.
"She's not there." Jeremie turns and sees Emily.
"Oh have you seen her?"
"No and she's my partner on the science project. I don't have her number so can't call her."
"Oh um I'll call her." Jeremie gets his cell phone out and calls Aelita. "Hello? Where are you?"
"Leave me alone."
"Aelita, Emily wants to work on the science project."
"I'll be there in a few minutes." Aelita hangs up on Jeremie. "I'll find you daddy I'll try tomorrow." Aelita closes a screen and goes to the elevator taking it up to the Factory floor.
The next day Aelita still mad at Jeremie goes and sits down at the table Herve, Sissi, and Nicholas usually sit at. It was still a strange truce but since defeating Xana the two groups had gotten along.
"What did you do Einstein?" Odd looks over at Aelita sitting alone. When Sissi and the other two appear Odd looks back at Jeremie.
"I didn't do anything. Aelita wanted to," Jeremie gets real quiet. "Turn the Super Computer back on."
"What, why?" Ulrich pushes his tray away suddenly losing his appetite.
"She wants to look for Franz. I told her he's dead but she still wants to. I guess she'll be mad at me for awhile but we can't take the risk."
"What risk?" Odd leans back in his chair. "If the Princess wants to look for Franz what's the danger? We killed Xana he's gone."
"For now. The multi agent program worked as far as we know but the only Super Computer left is ours. Xana might be hiding after being hurt. If we turn the Super Computer on it might allow Xana a chance to escape."
"Well better safe then sorry." Ulrich leaves the table to look for Yumi.
"I don't know it might be fun to go back to Lyoko. I loved going there." Odd laughs as he thinks about times on Lyoko.
"No it wouldn't be."
"Just because you looked ridiculous doesn't mean we all did." Odd laughs as Jeremie makes a face.
"Who was it who wanted a redo after landing on Lyoko as a giant purple cat?" Odd stops laughing.
"It gave me my moves."
"Sure it did." They finish breakfast and go to class.
After class Aelita wants to go to the Factory but Emily finds her first. "Aelita we need to work on the project."
"We have two weeks I'm busy with something else." Aelita turns and walks away.
"But, she, wonder what's wrong with her." Emily goes to her room to work alone. "And I thought this was going to be easy. She's a genius."
Yumi, Ulrich, and William are hanging out when they see Aelita. "Hey Aelita want to go to the skate park with us?"
"No." Aelita walks by them.
"I guess she's still mad at Jeremie." William watches Aelita walk away. He had vague memories of what he did when possessed by Xana and feels bad for what he did still. The others all said they forgave him but he still felt bad.
"But why is she mad at us?" Yumi turns to Ulrich. "Did you say something to her?"
"No. I'd say we should follow her but without Xana it's safe for her to go for a walk alone."
"It's amazing how things have changed isn't it Ulrich?" Ulrich turns around and looks at Yumi.
"Some things have changed." Others haven't. "Well my skateboard is in my room."
"Mine's still at my house. It's weird not having it in the sewers." Yumi and the other two get their things before going to the skate park.
Aelita is in the Control Room searching through Sector 5 for any sign of her father when a cryptic message appears. "Aelita dear."
"Daddy!" Aelita puts a hand on the screen. "Daddy where are you? Tell me I'll help you!"
"Aelita dear save me."
"I will please tell me where you are!"
"I need you to give me power. I'm so weak now."
"How do I do that? And where are you?"
"It doesn't matter where I am. I need power. Launch a return Aelita dear."
"But then the others will know I turned the Super Computer back on. If they find out they'll be mad at me."
"Then find another way."
"I, I can try and move some of the power used to run other useless programs. We don't need a Super Scan or the vehicle program since we don't need to deactivate Towers or get to them." Aelita turns a few other programs off and moves the power to the Super Computer. "Is that enough Daddy?"
"No. Keep working Aelita dear I'm sure you'll find a way."
"I will Daddy." Aelita keeps working.
As the days go by Jeremie and the others are getting worried. Aelita was withdrawn from everyone. She didn't talk with them and Emily was getting mad that she was stuck doing all the work. "Einstein you have to talk to her." Odd is doing his homework and mostly copying off of Jeremie.
"And tell her what? She's mad I won't turn the Super Computer back on to look for Franz."
"Not Franz, her father." Yumi is on Jeremie's bed looking over her homework. "She loves her father and wants to save him."
"He's dead she can't save him." Jeremie takes his glasses off and rubs his temples trying to fight back the headache.
"As much as I don't like my father I can understand loving someone enough to do anything for them." Ulrich looks over at Yumi but she doesn't notice. "Maybe you could turn it on for a couple days and look. Have us there to be ready to go to Lyoko if anything happens."
"And end up fighting Xana all over again?"
"Couldn't you just run the program again?" Jeremie shakes his head. "Why not Einstein?"
"Franz is what made it work. Without his help we don't have a way to run it again. If Xana came back we would be in so much trouble." Odd frowns.
"I don't want to hear about Xana ever again. Just talk to her ok? I'll talk to her after you do and hope she understands." Jeremie sighs.
"I'll talk to her." Jeremie leaves his room and gets his cell phone out. He calls Aelita but she doesn't answer. "I wonder where she is. I'll have to wait for her to come back before curfew." Jeremie goes back into his room with the others.
Aelita is in the Control Room trying to find ways to give the Super Computer more power. "If I activate a Tower then transfer the power to the Super Computer it might work. But I don't know if I can do that. Daddy?" A screen appears and a message forms.
"Yes Aelita dear?"
"Can I activate a Tower and transfer the power from it to the Super Computer? And if I can how?"
"Activate it Aelita dear and I'll see what I can do from here."
"Ok Daddy." Aelita brings up the program and activates a Tower. "Ok Daddy please do what you can." Aelita starts to get excited. Maybe she had already found a way to bring her father back and it only took a week! The others would never know she turned it on and couldn't be mad at her if she told them what she had done. "Daddy can you do it?"
"Yes Aelita dear." The screen goes blank.
"Come on Daddy." Aelita crosses her fingers and hopes soon her father would be back on Lyoko.
The activated Tower changes from green to red.
"Daddy did you do it?" Aelita's reply is Xana's Symbol flashing across the monitor! "No, that's not right." A black mist appears and attacks Aelita. "Aaaa!" Aelita falls to the floor and struggles to breathe. The black mist pulls away from Aelita and disappears to find someone or something it could posses.
Jeremie goes up to Aelita's room and sits down outside of the door. "She can't stay away forever. Curfew will come and then I'll talk to her." Jeremie checks his watch and waits.
Herve and Nicholas are on the river fishing. "I got another one!" Nicholas pulls a trout off his line and throws it back. They couldn't keep the fish but could enjoy catching and releasing them. The black mist comes out and sees the two. It flies down and attacks Nicholas.
"What's wrong with you? If that's your victory dance then you need lessons more then I do." Nicholas stops shaking and stares at Herve. "What's wrong? Something on my face?" Nicholas punches Herve then throws him into the river. "Hey what the heck was that for!" As Herve struggles to climb out the possessed Nicholas runs into the Factory.
Aelita is setting up the auto transfer when she hears the elevator running. "It can't be them Jeremie wouldn't have the Super Scan running to know there was an activated Tower." Aelita enters the last code and runs for the ladder as the elevator doors open and Nicholas steps off.
"Hello Aelita. Thank you for giving me enough power to come back! You even activated the Tower for me!" Nicholas laughs evilly before lunging at Aelita. Aelita slides down the ladder jumping off at the Scanner Room. She hurts her ankle but is able to make it to the middle Scanner in time to be transferred to Lyoko.
"I forgot to send any vehicles." She moves her left hand over her right wrist and her wings appear. She takes off into the air and follows the pulsations through the Ice Sector.
Nicholas turns into a black mist and leaves the Control Room. Dumping Nicholas near the river the black mist goes back to the Factory and enters the Super Computer. Nicholas wakes up having no idea what had happened just as Herve pulls himself up to the top soaking wet.
Aelita flies over some ice when she sees the activated Tower and the two Mega Tanks guarding it. "The Kolossus can't be used any more because we destroyed the other Super Computers. This should be a lot easier." Aelita dodges a Mega Tank blast and flies for the activated Tower.
Jeremie calls Aelita's phone again but gets no answer. "It's getting close to curfew. If Jim sees me sitting outside her door he'll wonder where she is and she might get in trouble." Giving up for tonight Jeremie goes back to his room.
"Aaaa!" Aelita's wing is clipped by a Mega Tank blast and she crashes down into the Sector. She scrambles to get up and just barely dodges another Mega Tank blast. She rolls to her right to dodge another one then goes into a dead sprint for the activated Tower. Both Mega Tanks open and charge blasts.
Herve and Nicholas are fighting with each other near the river. "You pushed me in you idiot!"
"I did not! I don't know what happened!" Nicholas pushes Herve to the ground then pins him.
"Stop right there you two!" They turn and look to see an adult coming towards them. "I don't know what you're fighting about but it won't be done out here! Get home both of you!" Herve and Nicholas break apart and walk away.
"Aaaa!" Aelita is sure she is hit. She closes her eyes and expects to open them on Earth but when she does she is in the Tower. The Mega Tank blasts had hit the Tower and not her. "I got lucky." She goes to the middle of the platform and floats up to the second one. She places her palm on the control panel and soon the screens fall around her. "Tower deactivated." Sanne sends herself back to Earth.
A little shaken Aelita returns to Kadic Academy. "It's a nightmare it has to be a nightmare. Xana can't be back he's dead Jeremie killed him." She shakes her head trying to knock the horrible images playing in her head. She was so sure she would rescue her father after not saving him and now… "It has to be a nightmare. I'll wake up and it will be a new day." She goes to her room.
Herve and Nicholas are caught by Jim who wonders what they're doing out so late and why Herve was soaked to the bone. "We went fishing by the river Jim and I accidentally fell in."
"Fishing? I remember a time I was on an Alaskan Fishing Boat. We would hall in Salmon by the tons. Why I remember," Nicholas interrupts Jim.
"We are already late for curfew we should be going to our rooms."
"Yes well I'll have plenty of time to tell you about the time I fell overboard in freezing water tomorrow during detention." Jim escorts them to their rooms then goes to the teacher's dorm.
Aelita changes for bed and curls up in bed with Mister Puck. "I'll wake up and it will be a new day. This didn't happen it was just a nightmare." She falls asleep hoping for the best.
A/N Why did I write this? Because I caved in and watched the final episodes of Code Lyoko! Still pissed my idea for Degameath wasn't as original as I thought but my monster was different and stuff. And of course my whole story in CX is different thank you very much. Anyways, the ending bugged me. I mean how could Aelita NOT go looking for Franz? Of course in my story she finds Xana who pretends to be Franz to get the power to return! What will he do now? And will Aelita tell the others or keep it to herself? Will she be able to? Read to find out!