Code Lyoko: Revolutions and Evolutions

Chapter 81

his chapter came after a prayer and seeing what came of it, I'm more than pleased, and I thank God for the result. I hope you all are safe and warm as I know it's mainly cold the northern hemisphere over. I hope you're all warm and I'll see you next chapter. Read, Review and Enjoy.

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It was early morning, as Ulrich faded from sleep into the waking world, hearing a knock at his door. He got up, and he answered and saw Jeremy, Aelita, and to his surprise, Odd standing before him in the hallway of his mother's house.

Aelita said, "Are you alright? We're going to test our theory this morning. Are you ready?"

Ulrich groaned, "It's so early. Alright, give me a sec to get dressed."

He disappeared behind the door, and Odd leaned against the hallway wall, "I hope we can make the most of this. I only have today off for in-service."

Aelita nodded, "The good news is we have a lot of this down so we can make the most of our time away. We've clocked Jim and even calculated Alfonse's bits of suspicion, so we should be good."

Odd grunted in affirmation, for it was admittedly still early, and to get a ride from where he was at Aulamerta was already challenging, "Question though. How do you know our clones won't be the same as our near disaster with Dopplehander?"

Jeremy looked at him, "I've learned to calibrate a few elements of our specters once we got a good look at the code. It will work, and it can work well, but the drawback is it's a short window. We'd have to be done with our mission as a general thing within half an hour from the second we fire our clones up. The trade-off is, we can have it longer, but we'd be risking them becoming really dumb."

"Ah, so optimum efficiency short as hell window. Gotcha. Is there a way we can have it closer to the ideal?"

"Well, until we genuinely take time with the clones proper and test them, we only know of how long they'll be around. Optimum condition it will be half an hour; however, with rain, we can boost that, but we'd be standing out in the rain, or one of us would be. So, we can have a truly stellar clone; unfortunately, it requires one of us to be off mission detail."

Odd groaned, "Can't win for losing, I guess."

Soon Ulrich came out, fully dressed, and he said, "Alright, let's go."

The group headed out the front door after bidding good day to Ulrich's mother. Once outside, they headed towards the Hermitage.

"So, what's going on then? How's this gonna' work?" Ulrich asked.

Jeremy smiled, "I think it best if we just show you."

They headed along to the Hermitage, but Ulrich and Odd saw from a distance that the Hermitage's roof was a great deal still in working order, but it seemed more challenging, more robust. They headed inside, and where the living room had been in disarray, it was now straightened. Additionally, what looked like photo booths were set up, two on either side of the room.

Odd was surprised, "So, your version of a scanner is a photo booth?"

"Kinda. See, the photo booth and the scanners were very much in the same way in terms of function." Jeremy explained, "The only real issue was getting the key component data for the actual scanning element, which thanks to a bit more digging we were able to complete."

Ulrich nodded, "Wow, you guys did your homework on this one, huh?"

"It wasn't easy, not by a long-shot." Aelita replied, "Sylvia overhauled a lot of the old access points. We were lucky to get what we have here. The thing is, these scanners work. They aren't the prettiest, but they work. I've gone through my own test run.