46Another day, another time for school.
'Wait, didn't I say that before?' I think for a second before eventually letting out a sigh as I walk through the halls of the academy. I have a moments break from my classes so I decide to simply walk around to clear my head. I keep my head pointed at the ground to avoid eye contact but really there aren't that many people walking around to pay attention to. The schools having a prom tonight so my best guess is everyone is probably getting their best clothes and makeup on for the event. I shake my head at the thought before I glance into a nearby window. I stop as I notice a couple girls inside but I soon recognize them.
Ah, Milly and Tamiya. Their nice enough people but still I don't really like to be near them when they are doing their little camera shots or interviews. Not really in the mood to be on tv or anything like that. It stems from the fact that the two of them are either 10 or 11 I believe and they are part of the schools resident reporters and news anchors for the schools Kadic News crew. As I said before, the school is supposed to be having a prom sometime tonight for everyone to attend and have fun.
Obviously, I'm not going to go so staying in my room is what I'm going to go do instead. It's not mandatory but advised to get people out in the open and mingle. 'Sounds like my parents.' Before I go though, I can't help but notice and watch as they engage with Sissy.
"Let's see whether she'll answer a few questions." Milly says to the camera that Tamiya is holding before looking back at the emerging soon to be crowned queen apparently. 'Perks to being the principals daughter.' My own thoughts aside, I listen. "Well Sissy, how about a few words for our TV audience before the big night." She requests of her but form the scowl I'm seeing, Sissy isn't in the mood.
"Sorry munchkins. I only talk to real pro reporters." She says while at the same time one of her cronies, don't know their names but the one in the green shirt an glasses grabs the camera and forces it down. "I have no time to waste on a couple of nerds." She finishes basically insulting them.
"But its for the school news program. What about freedom of the press-?"
"Oh Milly. Little dipsticks your age don't have any freedom, understand?" Sissy interrupts her, turning around after she walks away and stares right back at the reporter. "Anyway, who needs your dumb reporting? What do you know?" She just continues laying into her as the other two walk up. "Besides you got a problem. Don't forget you have to have a date and I don't know anyone who'd want to go with a twerp like you, even them." She refers to the two that always follow her around. "Ask them and they'd run like scared rabbits." I'm pretty sure the way she refers to the two of them kind of leads me to believe its something like an insult but they don't seem all that hurt, considering they wave their hands at Milly and go along with what Sissy is saying.
"Who needs them? There are lots of other boys." Milly herself isn't all that interested in them thankfully and retorts.
"Oh yeah?" Sissy basically toys with her. "What are you waiting for then. Try and find one, hahahaaaa." She laughs it off. My left hand tightens into a fist at how she's toying with her before she looks into the place where they're setting up for the Prom event. A quick glance into the place shows Milly keeping her eyes on a boy around my age holding a ladder.
"Uhhh, um, Ulrich, would uhh… would you be my date for tonight?"
"Oh god." I can't help but moan quietly and place my hand on my head. 'The poor girls even crying.' I shake my head before looking back at the conversation.
"Uhhh, I'm sorry Milly." He hesitantly and nervously replies as the girl that was on the ladder climbs down. "It wouldn't be a very good idea. I'm too old for you… and uhhh, you see I promised to go with Yumi." He finishes speaking and referring to the girl next to him.
"You see…"
'Forget this.' I don't even bother to hear what else Sissy has to say about the rejection because I know it's not going to be good or encouraging in the least. My thoughts prove true as before I pass a corner, the doors I was next to listening and watching through burst open with a crying Milly running off. I feel bad seeing her like that I want to go and comfort the embarrassed girl, 'but what can I do?' With a dejected sigh, I continue walking, feeling worse than I did before.
My next classes pass by me in a blur as I still feel bad about the whole affair. At this point I'm already used to how school is or I know the material so it's not like I'm worried about missing anything important. With classes done for the day for me, I head back to my room and finish up any homework I have before I forget. Pretty sure I won't since I'll be there for pretty much the rest of the day as it is. Not to mention since the prom is going to happen tonight, I shouldn't be expecting any interruptions or loud noises in the dorm halls since everyone will most likely be there.
'Well, almost everyone.' I look down sadly at the thought of a crying Milly. She didn't deserve to be bullied like that, not at all and of course its because Sissy is the principal's daughter that no one can prove or do anything about it. It makes me angry about the idea but I just resign myself to feeling down. It's not like I can do anything about it. I just keep quiet and slowly walk as I make my way back to my room with barely any noise by me.
Just as I am about to pass the double doors leading to a building, they suddenly burst open with a still crying Milly running, holding a brown teddy bear in her arms as she runs off. I stand there slightly stunned at the sudden noise before calming down and looking at the running girl.
"Milly!" Tamiya comes out after her but as soon as she passes through the doors, she stops and sadly sighs as she stares at her friend run off. I'm hoping she doesn't notice me standing to the side but eventually she does and stares right at me. We stand there staring at each other for a tense and awkward few seconds until she answers. "I'm sorry about my friend. She's not it a good mood right now." She answers shortly, hoping the vague explanation is enough.
'That's putting it mildly.' I can't help but think as I nod my head to her. "No, its okay. I… heard about what happened… with Sissy." I nervously say. I don't know if it's a personal matter for them but I mostly said it so she knows I understand what happened.
"Oh, yeah… Sissy." She hisses the name and looks away from me in slight anger. Obviously, she being the friend of the person who was hurt, she won't have nice things to say about the sassy witch. As she looks back at me though, her look turns to curiosity as she stares at me. "I haven't seen you around school. Are you new here? I'm Tamiya." She asks and gives me her name. I uncomfortably rub the back of my neck at the insinuation, which I'm not really surprised she thinks that.
"No. No I'm not new. I just… prefer to keep under the radar, you know? Don't like drawing attention to myself. That's probably why you haven't seen me or taken notice of me." I quietly explain.
"Oh, I'm sorry." She apologizes but I wave her down.
"It's fine. I kind of prefer it like that to be honest. I'm Alex." I reply, looking elsewhere that's not her but quickly giving my name. I'm still pretty bad with people. As I look around, I notice Milly's distant form head towards the tools shed. "It looks like she went to the shed. Better go get her before Jim catches her there. I don't think being heartbroken is an excuse to hang around a place we're not allowed to will fly with him." I quickly direct her attention elsewhere. I'm still not good talking with others so I go ahead and try to focus her elsewhere. She quickly looks to where her friend went and nods back to me.
"Oh crud. I better go help her then. Thank you!" She calls out to me, waving back at me as she runs off after her friend.
I offer a small wave back but nothing else as I watch her run after her friend. Once she's out of my sight, I resume my walk back to my room, slightly better at giving the warning but still down.
The rest of the day passes by in a blur until its night. As usual, I stay in my room and just spend the rest of my time lazing about. I knocked out my homework in no time flat before resorting to just playing some games on the computer.
Well, in actuality the computer is just the screen while my console is the one playing the game. The school doesn't exactly allow full on game consoles, as well as other types of items, although I think handhelds are okay but I can't be too sure, to not be allowed on school grounds so when I originally came here, I wasn't told about the fact.
So it took some doing, a little tinkering, a bit of coding and I was able to jury rig something to get me to play my xbox console on the computer since a TV was out of the question. Now to keep my occupied and have some fun at times, playing video games is what I use to pass the time and just have fun. I also have it setup under my bed with the wires leading up to it so if I had company, at worst Jim, come by, or an inspection, it would be a simple matter of unplugging the cords, stuffing them under and pushing stuff in the way under it would be a temporary solution for the full-on inspections and room decorum they sometimes do. I'd have to get creative but I'd manage. It's a simple matter of using headphones so no one can hear me playing but I'd have to keep one of my ears open and the volume somewhat low so I can hear if people are knocking.
Of course, now's not the time that I'm playing as I had my fill already. For now, I'm simply surfing the web for anything that may catch my interest. Mostly videos but eh, whatever.
*…boom…*
"Hm?" I question as I feel something. A dull small rumbling that was quick but noticeable. Since I was sitting perfectly still, I was able to feel the odd occurrence. Of course it could also be a figment of my imagina—
*…Boom…*
"Okay, not my imagination." I relent to the mystery and get up to look out the window.
Before I can properly look though, several rapid knocks going on outside my room. They start off on the other dorms doors from what I can tell but soon they begin to get louder and closer. I watch as my door rumbles from the rapid knocks on it. "Hey! Is anyone in there?! You have to get out!" A female voice calls out.
"What?" I question to myself before I walk over to the door and proceed to open the door. Whoever it is seems to be really frantic in getting peoples attention if she was banging on everyone's doors. As soon as I open the door I'm met with a slightly out of breath Asian student, probably Japanese, wearing a black shirt and sleeves but looks relieved to see me.
"Oh good, listen, do you know if theirs anyone else left in the building?" She quickly asks me.
I look at her oddly for a few seconds before shaking my head slowly. "Not that I know. Pretty much everyone left for the dance. What's going on?" I quickly ask once I tell her. Apparently, my question catches her off guard as she freezes and her eyes widen.
"Oh! Uhh, uhh…"
*Boom*
This time, the rumbling gets louder and rougher as I can practically feel it through my entire body instead of just my feet. We both look around before she looks right at me. "Earthquake!" She loudly and quickly tells me. "Theirs supposed to an earthquake happening and we have to evacuate." She explains.
Somehow, I don't really buy it. The hesitation she exhibited earlier, along with the pause in the rumbling doesn't really fit with the idea of it being an earthquake.
*Boom!*
Okay that time I wobbled on my feet! I don't have time to dissect the situation or her hesitation. "Okay. Let's get out of here." As soon as I agree, she looks relieved and runs down the hall with me about to follow. I barely make it a few steps before I realize something. "Wait!" I quickly call out to her, making her slide to a stop and look back at me as I run up to her. "Milly and Tamiya! I'm pretty sure they weren't going to go to the dance. It may be a good idea to check out their room just in case." From the heartbreak and overall down feelings that Milly was hit with, its highly doubtful she'd go, not with Sissy there and Tamiya as a friend would stay to comfort her.
"Milly and… Mm, okay. Head outside. I'll go find them." She says to me before bursting through the doors and I follow. My social skills in being with other people may not be the best but I think I can suck it up in a crisis situation. She speeds ahead of me to get to the lower class dorm rooms while I trail behind a bit. No way am I running until I make sure the two are alright. By the time I make it to the entrance of the hallway, I see the girl knocking on the doors and calling out for them. The door opens up and she looks relieved a little.
"Did you find them?" I call out. My question is answered as I see Milly and Tamiya exit their room to look at me.
*CRASH*
A loud noise of tearing concreate and rubble can be heard just outside. We all jump in surprise from the noise and slight rumbling that follows. "C'mon! We have to get out of here!" I wave them to me so we can go. They don't argue or the two don't question it as they all run to me with the sounds outside still being there but slightly less noisy than before. I hold the door open for them before all four of us make our way outside. As soon as we burst outside, the scene before us is something I had never thought I'd ever see in my entire life.
For one thing, we come upon the gym that's holding the event where everyone is at, except now everyone is running out in a frantic mob, and there is a giant hole in the side of the building that for sure wasn't caused by any earthquake. "What the…?" I whisper in confusion on what's going on.
Suddenly, a low moan and more rumblings can be heard along with more voices followed by several windows suddenly breaking apart. "Ulrich!" The Japanese girl that got us suddenly says and runs off into the hole without another word. The girls and I stare at her in confusion as she runs off. The sounds inside continue to heard and don't sound pleasant.
I'm almost tempted to run away with everyone else. "You two get out of here. Get help." Almost. I quickly tell the girls before heading for the hole. If another student is brave enough to run in and help, the least I can do is find some way to help. 'This is stupid this is stupid this is stupid.' My concerns are still reserved for my action as I can't help but repeat in my head over and over again as I run TOWARD the danger instead of away from it. 'This is REALLY STUPID.' I add one last time before passing through the hole and find out what's causing the destruction.
…
A giant teddy bear was the furthest thing I would have ever thought that would be the cause of the destruction. Actually, it wasn't even a thought. It was a possibility that I would never have thought of at any point my life. I stand there stunned and so does the girl as we watch the bear stand over a boy. I don't know who but I can guess it's the Ulrich she mentioned earlier. He's frozen as the bear gets ready to crush him with its giant paw. A normal sized teddy bear would be no problem but the damage to the building and the giant footsteps outside speak differently about its strength and how much danger my fellow student is in. 'Oh no.' I mentally think and quickly look for something that I can use. Soon my eyes land on a lone piece of slightly bent rebar that was taken out of the wall from this things attack.
My body has mind of its own apparently because I scoop up the metal piece and run straight for the back of the monster before I come to a decision. I hear the girl call out to me but my mind remains focused on my apparent target as I slide over a table.
Rebar in hand, head right behind the bear as it gets ready to crush the kid. "Hrahh!" I yell and with as much force as I can, I stab the bear right in the heel, or whatever area it is for the bears flat foot but it works as the stuffing gives way to the metal pole. The monster falls to the ground on his paws and knees, barely missing the boy as its giant paw crashes right next to him. He quickly gets up and runs over to the side as the bear is momentarily stunned. I hear it give off a low growl in anger and tries to get up. "Uh oh." I mutter and quickly begin to back away. I'm not fast enough though as it quickly turns around and stares right at me. Its red eyes staring right into- "Aaahhh!" I yell in pain as another headache tears itself through my mind. 'What?! Why?! Why now?!' I can barely even make those coherent thoughts as it just gets a million times worse, my head throbbing like crazy as I close my eyes and just about collapse onto my knees. "Not… now…" I groan as I press my fingers harder into my head in a futile attempt to relieve the pain. Whether it works or not I don't know but the headache is gone just as quick as it happened, allowing me to open my eyes and let out a series of ragged breathing.
"Watch out!" Someone yells out. Quickly taking the advice, my eyes up and I watch as the bear is now ontop of me with its arm pulled back and ready to strike. "Move it!"
I take the advice of the students life I saved earlier and immediately jump to my feet before running back as fast as I can. I don't go far as I roll over a table but just as I am about to land my feet back down onto the ground, the table completely shatters into a million pieces and I am launched. "Arhhhh!" I shout as I am momentarily lifted into the air and come down hard onto the smooth but hard gym floor. I roll a few times before I slam into the retracted bleachers. I grunt as my back hits them but as I try to get up, loud thunderous footsteps make themselves known and fear starts to grip me. It doesn't take much to find out it's the bear walking up to me. I freeze as I see it walking up to me, ready to attack me and end me.
"Hey!" Before it can however, the thing stand for a microphone comes sailing from the side and stabs right into the side of the bears head. It lets out a groan as it almost collapses from the stab but immediately turns in the direction it came from, as do I. "Over here you overstuffed toy!" The boy I saved earlier stands on the stage, waving his arms to get its attention. The monster takes the challenge and begins to make its way over to him.
"Here. Let me help." Suddenly, the girl comes up to me from behind and helps me to my feet.
"Mm, thanks." I grunt as she pulls me to my feet. I'm not seriously injured or anything, just some bruises and soreness so I stand on my own well enough once she helps me to my feet. We look and watch as the bear stands right in front of the stage and stares menacingly at Ulrich. He too stands there waiting for the monster to make its first move. The giant enemy does as it reels its right arm back and gets ready to strike while Ulrich bends his legs, ready to move.
"Ulrich!" The girl yells in fear of him getting hurt. I hold my breath as I wait for the thing to attack and possibly run to get away from it. I wait.
And wait… and wait.
"Huh?" Ulrich mutters confused as we just watch the thing stand there, frozen. It makes no move whatsoever as it just stands there staring where it was aiming. Ulrich slowly moves forward, careful to keep on guard incase it does attack but it's just standing there. 'What happened to it?' I question in my own head as Ulrich moves closer to the bear, now more relaxed as he walks right up to it but there's no reaction from the monster. He even kicks it a couple times but there's no response whatsoever. "Huh, guess they deactivated the tower." He mutters outloud.
"Tower?" I question confused on what a tower has to do with this thing suddenly stopping.
"Ulrich!" The girl next to me suddenly runs up to him, worried and freely able to move now that the monster is done fighting us. "Are you okay?" She asks. He looked a little tossed around earlier but nothing bad, like me.
"Yeah sure." He alleviates her concerns and she hugs him, making a noticeable blush appear on his face. While the moment is nice and all, and I can't help but focus on the giant bear that was the cause of all this destruction. They smile at each other but look uncertain as I walk up to them, staring at the frozen bear.
"While the dangers passed, you two think you can enlighten me about this thing?" I ask them because I have the distinct feeling they know more about this.
They both look at each other and smile before turning to me. "Don't worry about it." The girl says to me.
"Wha-?" I begin to say confused but suddenly a large bright light begins to head towards us.
"Thanks for your help back there." Ulrich says to me before turning to the girl. "Ready for a trip into the past, Yumi?" I can't even utter a sound before the large bright white light engulfs us all.
"Uhhh, um, Ulrich, would uhh… would you be my date?"
Milly asks Ulrich in an almost heartbreaking tone. "Be glad to Milly." He actually agrees, much to Sissy's groups surprise and Milly's elation as he crouches to her level. "I'll see you here at 8:00." He says to her.
"Really?" She asks in disbelief but secretly she seems to be happy.
"Why sure." He stands back to his fully height and looks at Yumi. "You're not too mad at me, are you Yumi?" He asks her.
"Not at all." She's happy about it actually. "Anyway, my secret admirer will take me tonight. Right Odd?" She asks the last guy with the blond hair with the purple highlight in the middle and purple clothing.
"Whaaaaat?!" Sissy loudly shouts in confusion and a bit of anger mixed in. "But… Ulrich! Your gonna… go with tha-… that silly baby?!" she asks in complete disbelief.
"That's right I sure am." He smugly tells her straight up. "But don't worry, when your brain gets another neuron or two, maybe I'll go out with you too."
"GRrrrrr!" Sissy lets out a high pitched growl at the insult as everyone laughs, including myself as well but softer.
"You are recording Tamiya I hope." Milly asks her friend with the camera.
"You bet I am. This is a scoop."
"A super scoop." Milly adds as well and everyone is just happy that the tables have kind of turned on Sissy.
I smile at the development but I linger a little too long as I see the camera change direction and look at me. "Ge!" I grunt and quickly make myself scarce. Ducking under the window so I'm not seen I quickly make my way forward until I pass a corner and am out of possible eye shot. I can't help but let out a breath of air as I move away from being seen and get ready for my next class. Glad to see Ulrich and Yumi are alright and everything is o—
I freeze almost mid-step, a confused thought entering my mind as I realize something.
'Wait, that's their names… but… how did I know?' I never met them before, or noticed them, and yet… I know… how?
My thoughts lead back to yesterday, I think.
That… that was a dream… right?
And so, Alex has had his first taste of an attack by XANA… or he did. He's going to have to be careful as things may pick up when more and more XANA attacks will take place, and his headaches and mysterious visions begins to take a toll on his mind. Gonna be tough for him to recall all these changing days.
No biggie, right?
Serius: I'm glad you liked it. This show has been in my head for awhile and felt its about time this story was to be seen by all. Hopefully my story gets you into watching the whole show.
Which reminds me, everyone of you who hasn't watched the show itself, I highly recommend it. It's an old show so the nostalgia is just teeming off it as I remember all the moments and adventures the Lyoko warriors went so if you all want to see the progress and action that these kids have gone through and have a better idea of what the events are going to be like, all the episodes are one YouTube.
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