Code Lyoko: Revolutions and Evolutions

Chapter 90

AN: I thank the Lord for this chapter and I hope you all enjoy it. I likely won't be posting next week due to a need to finish up a project. So, I hope you enjoy this until then.

Pagliacci-11.

Nicolette and Yolanda stood in front of the Ministry's grand carved doors, the great fortress of law, the hall of procedure dictated the comings and goings of the people great and small. Yolanda was amazed to be in the presence of the Ministry once more. For years when she was a child, she remembered the glittering brass and copper inlay roof. It shined elegantly, and it could be seen for miles in on all directions at high-noon.

Nicolette sighed, with the report in her hands, and she looked at Yolanda, "You ready, Heidi? We go before the General, the true commander. Are you ready?"

Yolanda nodded, "I understand."

"That's not what I asked you. Are you ready?"

Yolanda nodded, "Alright, let's go."

The two headed through the great doors into the splendor of the main hall. Heroes and heroines lined the hall in statues, figurines, and busts. The sculptures were given for the contributions of heroes and heroines in commemoration of their efforts. As they passed through the hall of the heroes, Nicolette was reminded of just how hard this would be. She knew the general they would be standing before would be Cecil Gregson, Sylvia's genuine second father figure who had raised her in military doctrines and understandings. Nicolette was fearful as she approached the engraved mahogany door, and she knocked four times. The doors opened, and Gregson sat at his table, and he looked seeing the two women before him in the doorway.

He motioned to approach, and he said, "Overseer, how fairs the field?"

Nicolette exhaled; being in the great General's presence was not to be taken lightly as he held the power of life and death over every soldier in the Ministry. She placed her report in his hands and stepped back. He opened the file, read the first few pages, and looked at her, back at the report, and back at her again.

Gregson closed the file, and he said, "What are the charges for the request of dismissal?"

Nicolette replied, "Your daughter has violated the first core foundations of North-Gate when engaging the host populace, General. I regretfully must bring this to your attention."

Gregson looked at the report, and, putting on his glasses, he read further. He then looked at Nicolette, "Nicole, I spent twenty years studying handwriting all for our involvement with our neighbors. You say you do this with regret, but this report is written with a cool and purposeful hand." He continued to read, "The bodily acquisition of three vessels—you said you had terminated two of them, one of them being her main body due to the original host energy rejection, correct? The other for the stability of resources to be sure of your energy infrastructure."

Gregson got up and, heading over to a white file cabinet he took out a telltale maroon folder of the office of the High-Command, and he handed it to Nicolette, "Page 42, read it."

Nicolette opened to the page and she read.

"From the desk of High-Commander Penrose 12:00 Zulu.

Our endeavors to circumvent the Hawthorne Effect have proven successful. It is with this result I submit an ability to proceed to observe the renegade assets through the guise of friendship. The asset will be named Jacqueline Gray/Grey; the second asset will be that of the mother who houses Jacqueline (Pending energy sustainability and concentration). The third asset will follow as needed."