Code Lyoko: Revolutions and Evolutions

Chapter 82

AN: This chapter came after a good bit of hard work and a prayer or two. I'm more than pleased with the results, and I hope you all enjoy the chapter.

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It had been a very eventful weekend for Ulrich. His mother's fashion work had gained traction among the lower-level fashionistas and sponsors of Marseilles. Suffice to say, Ulrich's mom was more than content as the last few months had been a lot of work for her concerning work, and as they came through the doors of her new home from the trip, both gladly prepared for bed.

Ulrich sighed as he lay down on his bed, "Tomorrow, I have the meeting with Sylvia and her group. I already know what to expect to a point. But I won't know until I enter the place." He groaned, "She's overhauled the monsters; that's a bad enough sign, but I noticed there were particular elements she changed. She went from machines to biological and vice-versa. Sylva's even made hybrid models, but—" Ulrich massaged his temples; the very premise was giving a headache. "Forget it, tomorrow I'll see what to expect."

Meanwhile, Odd was in his room, and he was slowly growing hopeful for the discussion tomorrow. He entered the shower at Aulamerta's main dorm, and as he cleaned off, he contemplated what he had seen in Lyoko just two days ago. Herve, the reworked monsters, all of it. Odd very well knew what had happened to Herve. As he'd tried to explain to the group, such a drastic change had to have been a want by Herve himself. This was evidence by how far Sylvia went with his transformation.

Odd remembered several of the more passive implementations and augmentations to others of North-Gate's team. They were by no means on the surface, but Sylvia had indeed bolstered them. Either by boosting their I.Q. and making some of them genuinely scholastic exemplary soldiers or by enhancing their endurance and physical pain thresholds, Sylvia didn't operate outside the realms of ethics in so far as that was concerned. From what he'd been privileged to see of North-Gate, everything from its soldiers to its weaponry and tools to advance its cause were both simple but effectively streamlined for maximum efficiency.

Odd hoped that Ulrich would be more than understanding with what was transpiring and that despite what he and Aelita had seen in Lyoko, Ulrich would at least give Sylvia the benefit of the doubt and see where she was coming from. As Odd saw it, Sylvia was far from the monster many believed her to be and was doing her best with what she was presented in the situation and trying to work with it.

Odd finished his shower, and as he headed back to his dorm, he felt a bit more at ease than he'd been earlier in the morning. He'd worn his head sore as he racked his brain, considering the outcomes of what the conversation was going to be like when finally, he decided that what would be would be, and he wouldn't wear the rest of his brains on it out about it.

Odd turned and entered his dorm room. Turning on his radio, he plugged in his headphone, and he listened to the lyrics of the song on the station,

Jocko said no, when I came back last time

It's looking like I lost a friend

No use callin' 'cause the sky is fallin'

And I'm getting pretty near the end

A smoke-filled room in a corner basement

The situation must be right

A bag of goodies and a bottle of wine

We're gonna get it on right tonight

Odd changed the station, and he found something more his speed, Techno. However, he knew it was that time of day where the station was toning down before ramping up again for the evening. Right now, the music was far more of a lounge feel or a new-age business setting as Odd liked to think of the workplace of the future as being.