Chapter 5

Aelita and Jayden

Many Years Ago…

Jayden and Aelita were 7 at the time and walking through the woods.

They were exploring the area around their home.

"You still with me?"

Jayden asked looking behind him.

Aelita was holding Mister Puck and was right behind Jayden.

"Yeah, I'm still here."

Jayden smiled at her.

"Good, i'd hate to lose my favorite twin."

Aelita giggled a little.

"I'm your only twin."

"That means you win."

The both of them laughed.

Suddenly Jayden stopped walking causing Aelita to bump into him.

"Why'd you stop?"

Jayden started to back away.

Aelita looked ahead of Jayden and saw a raccoon going close to them.

"Aelita run."

Jayden said as the raccoon jumped at him.

It pushed him down a hill.

Jayden held the raccoon back with his arm.

The raccoon scratched at him, but he kept the raccoon away so it didn't actually wound him.

"G-get away!"

Jayden heard a thump and looked to see a tree branch near him.

"Use it!"

He heard Aelita shouts

Jayden quickly grabbed the branch and smacked the raccoon away.

The raccoon ran away and Jayden stood up and looked at Aelita.

"Thanks."

He smiled at her.

"No problem, i had to save my favorite twin."

This made him chuckle.

"Let's go home."

Jayden said, walking back to the path.

Aelita followed him.

'I promise to always protect you.'

He thought to himself.

We zoom in on Jayden's eyes as he closes them.

When he opened them they were in his corrupted state and he was in Lyoko.

'How long have i been thinking about that day?'

He thought to himself as Aelita walked inside the tower he was in.

"Any progress?"

Jayden asked

Aelita shook her head.

"Just the usual."

Jayden sighed.

"I appreciate the company but you should probably get out of here."

"Don't worry, I told Jeremie that I was working on a personal project. In a way im not lying."

She laughed a little.

"Still though it's not safe for you here."

"It would be safer if i told the others about you."

"Aelita you promised."

"I know, i just don't like keeping secrets."

Jayden looked down then placed his hand on Aelita's shoulder.

"Don't worry soon it will all be over."

He looked at his hand.

"Whether I disappear or return to earth either way it will be over."

"You won't disappear."

Jayden moved himself away from her.

"You should head back, don't want your friends to be suspicious."

He turns away from Aelita.

"I've been having dreams about that day."

"Huh?"

Jayden turned to Aelita.

"The day me and our father were virtualized. Jayden is he-"

"I'm not sure, after he used my virtual form to revive you I haven't heard or found any trace of him."

Aelita looked down.

"He's still in better shape than me though."

He chuckled a bit.

"Yeah I bet."

She smiles.

"Head back to Earth Aelita. I'll contact you if i find anything else."

Aelita nods.

A couple days later…

There was no progress on Code:ResurXtion and no information on Franz Hopper.

This mad Aelita restless and her dreams were not stopping.

Jayden still talked with her each night to try and calm her while they worked.

Still the lack of progress worried Aelita.

Jayden only had so much time left and she was determined to do everything in her power to keep her last known family member close to her.

Aelita was in the Cafeteria with Jeremie, Odd and Ulrich.

"Jeremie,is it possible to materialize someone who is incomplete?"

Jeremie looked a bit confused.

"What are you talking about?"

"Like you X you said he was corrupted is there a way we could materialize him to earth?"

Jeremie remained silent for a moment.

"Aelita X is an AI, a broken one at that. The only reason i was able to materialize you was because you were completely human and the only reason XANA was able to materialize monsters was because they were mechanical. There is no way to materialize a broken AI like him. And we have too much to worry about an AI."

'But he's not an AI.'

Aelita thought.

She then asked him about ways to materialize her father but it was shut down.

Jeremie says Franz sacrificed his life for Aelita and he was too busy trying to fight XANA to worry about Franz.

Aelita didn't take that very well and stormed off and went to the Hermitage.

She was crying in her and Jayden's old room.

"I'd knew i'd find you here."

Aelita looked up and saw Odd.

"You know our good buddy einstein may be a computer wiz but diplomatically he is a"

"A total lame-o."

"But he really likes you, you know that?"

"And i really like him to its just that i wish he would understand that"

She quickly silenced herself.

"Understand what?"

"My father is all I have left of my past life."

She lied but quickly thought of a plan.

"Odd, I need to go to Lyoko, to Sector 5, there's data I need and I want to find some trace of my father."

"That won't be too easy. You heard what Jeremie said, he's not very anxious to help."

"So we don't need Jeremie, do we?"

"Um we?"

"We as in us, I think X would help considering he's very willing to help me."

"Hmm you have a point."

Soon enough they went to the Factory and Aelita went to the computer lab.

"X can you hear me?"

Jayden was in a tower at the time but quickly put his disguise up.

"Yes, what is it?"

"Me and Odd are heading to Sector 5 to collect certain data can you assist us?"

Jayden remained silent.

"I will be at the edge of the Desert Sector."

The X symbol vanished off the screen.

Aelita began the procedure to virtualize her and Odd as well as put a countdown to get to the edge of the Sector.

Jayden was on his Overspeeder heading towards the edge when he felt pulsations.

"An activated tower? Seriously what is this timing?"

He thought for a moment but realized nothing was happening.

"Weird, maybe it's a fluke."

He stopped at the edge of the Sector and waited.

Jayden put his hood up when he saw Odd and Aelita.

"Well well well X, joining our secret mission isn't against your programing is it?"

Odd asked.

"My only program is to help Aelita."

He said while standing next to her.

"This is reckless."

He whispered to her.

"I know but we need the data and i need to know if Father is still alive."

Suddenly the transporter took them.

As they were doing this, Jeremie Yumi and Ulrich went to the Factory to deactivate the tower.

Jeremie virtualized Yumi and Ulrich to the Mountain Sector.

Odd Aelita and Jayden were in Sector 5 looking for the key to get to the next room.

The key was high up on a wall.

"Look the key it's up there"

Aelita pointed.

"This is almost too easy."

Odd pointed out.

"Don't jinx it."

Jayden said while summoning his scythe.

"Did-did you just make a joke?"

"I'm not programmed to joke."

Jayden kept his back towards Odd.

His disguise was starting to weaken.

'This isn't good.'

Suddenly Creepers began to surround them.

Jayden spun his scythe and threw it, destroying two Creepers then quickly threw his Second Scythe destroying another one.

Aelita shot her energy field at another one and Odd shot at another.

"Odd remember the Marabounta."

Aelita asked.

"Yeah why?"

She pointed at Jayden's scythe.

"Oh."

Jayden quickly summoned his scythe and Odd jumped on it.

"You know we should name this combo maybe something like-"

Jayden launched Odd towards the Key.

"That was kind of rude Jay."

"I had to have fun some way while I'm here."

Odd hit the Key and the room changed

"Those Creepers were acting strange though."

Aelita pointed out.

"Like they were surprised."

Jayden said as Odd jumped to them

"You know X you could be a bit more open to humor?"

Jayden walked towards the elevator.

Aelita and Odd followed them and that's when Jeremie found out where they were.

"Aelita Odd, even you X. What are you three doing?While you three are out having a ball a tower was activated."

Aelita made a fist in her hand and then looked at Jayden

"Lets go."

Jayden nods and the three of them jump on the elevator.

"As soon as you get to the dome i'll get a vehicle and open a tunnel. The activated tower is in the Mountain Sector."

Aelita looked at Jayden.

"I knew about the tower but there was no change to the real world."

"Why would XANA activate it?"

Odd jumped on his Overboard and Aelita stopped and looked at the Interface then at Jayden

"It will be o-"

Jayden quickly put his hand on his head.

"What's wrong?"

Aeltia asked while looking worried.

"T-the core is being attacked. The activated tower blocked my ability to tell what was happening here."

Jayden tapped his scythe on the ground and his Overspeeder appeared.

He jumped on it and Aelita jumped on his Vehicle.

The two vehicles went towards the entrance of the Core of Lyoko.

There were a couple Mantas blocking it but they were quickly destroyed by the group's long range attacks.

The three went to the room and jumped off their vehicles but before Odd could make it he was shot off his Overboard and devirtualized.

Jayden and Aelita looked at each other as Jayden took off his hood.

"Are you ready?"

Aelita asked.

Jayden held both scythes in his hands and handed one to Aelita.

"As ready as i'll ever be."

Jeremie spoke up as the two entered the room where the core was.

"Ulrich and Yumi are on their way but the first shield layer has broken."

There were multiple Mantas and Creepers firing.

Aelita shot an energy field up destroying one of the Creepers causing Two Mantas to fly towards her.

They shot at her but she blocked both hits with the scythe.

Jayden started to climb up the platforms to a nearby creeper who shot at him just as he jumped up to it.

He quickly deflected the shot back at it.

"Nice try."

He said as he continued climbing up the room.

Aelita followed Jayden up and both were near the top of the room.

They nod at each other as the Mantas flew near them.

Quickly the Mantas were cut in half as Jayden and Aelita swung their scythes simultaneously.

The twins quickly ran at the creepers, deflecting every shot.

Soon enough the twins were face to face with their last enemies.

They were on opposite sides of the room.

At the same time they both stabbed the creepers with the Scythe and threw them down to the bottom of the room.

Yumi and Ulrich saw the creepers fall then explode as they climbed up the room.

"Aelita is doing all this?"

Ulrich questioned.

"No, X is with her."

Yumi said while watching the two fight.

Jayden and Aelita looked at each other from across the room.

Both twins smiled at each other.

Suddenly something unexpected happened.

A Creeper and the Scyphozoa were right behind Aelita.

Jayden saw this and knew it would be too late if he warned Aelita.

So in an instant as he saw the Creeper charging a rapid laser attack he jumped towards Aelita and threw his scythe just as the creeper fired.

Jayden threw his scythe with a spin which first cut the Scyphozoa's tentacles off which then hit the creeper destroying it.

Aelita looked at the broken monsters then at Jayden.

He had jumped in front of the lasers and was hit by all six of them.

Jayden started to fall.

"No!"

Aelita shoted.

Ulrich and Yumi saw Jayden fall and crash in the center of the room

Jayden's body glitched.

Aelita ran and jumped down to Jayden and Ulrich and Yumi soon followed.

She looked at Jayden's body.

"Aelita we need to deactivate the tower."

Ulrich said.

"No."

Aelita said while putting her hand on Jayden's

"Ulrich is right Aelita."

Jeremie said.

"I'm not leaving him."

"Aelita, he's an AI we don't have time to help it."

"You don't understand Jeremie, we need to help him!"

Aelita was shaking in anger.

"No we dont."

"Yes we do!"

"Aelita you dont get it he's an AI."

"No he's not!"

Aelita stood up.

"He's not real, why don't you understand?"

"You don't understand!"

"Understand what?"

"HE'S MY BROTHER!"

This made everyone go silent.

"What?"

Jeremie asked.

"X is actually my twin brother Jayden."

Aelita said.

"Please help him."

Jeremie agreed for Aelita to go get some data and Ulrich and Yumi brought Jayden to a nearby tower.

After a bit of work Jayden was awake and still in one piece for now.

He looked at Aelita, Ulrich and Yumi.

"I guess i should explain."

A bit of time passed…

"So why didn't you tell us?"

Jeremie asked Aelita.

"I made a promise to him."

She looks at Jayden who was on the lab's computer screen.

"Im sorry Jayden."

Jayden sighed.

"If our positions were reversed i would have done the same."

Jeremie looked at Jayden.

"So all this time you've been helping us?"

"More Aelita, after the government took me I wasn't too willing to help anyone I couldn't trust."

He shook his head.

"I was wrong though, that's when I decided to help you all with the time I had left."

His body glitched a bit.

"How much time do you have left?"

Yumi asked.

"A couple weeks, I would've had more had I not taken that hit."

The group went silent.

"How can we help you?"

Ulrich asked

"Huh?"

Jayden was a little surprised.

"You've helped us battle XANA, you don't deserve this."

Yumi said.

"And besides if you disappear I'll have one less person to tell my jokes to."

Odd added

"So let's get to work."

Jeremie asked.

Aelita and Jayden looked at each other.

"We need to complete Code ResurXtion in order to combine me with my missing pieces and reboot my corrupted state."

Jayden made his files appear on Jeremie's computer.

AN:And that is the Mid-Season Finale of Code ResurXtion. I'm having a lot of fun writing this. I hope everyone has a Happy Holidays. And i will see you all next next time