Code Lyoko: Revolutions and Evolutions

Chapter 5

Johnathan lay in the hospital bed; the pain was far more easy to bear now he was wrapped up. He had answered the doctor's question, and as his injuries were minor, he was released near the beginning of the afternoon. Sure the pain was bad, but John knew it was more than manageable. As he headed out of the hospital, Yolanda waited for him at the door along with Jim. Surprised at this, John decided to keep things as casual as he could.

"Hey, how's it going?" he asked with a smile.

"How's it going?" Yolanda asked, "You were in a car blast; how do you think it's going?" Ho

"Technically I wasn't at the epicenter which could have been a lot worse. I was blasted out of my chair and slammed into a car. it could be worse Is what I'm saying." John replied as he gently embraced Yolanda and shook Jim's hand.

"Hey, Jim. Good to see you. I'm surprised." John said.

"Hey, when I heard about it on the news and saw you on one of the cameras, I had to do something." He said, returning the smile, "We at Kadic look out for our own."

John nodded and then asked, "Where's Hennie?"

Jim replied, "Hennie? Oh, Ms. Schneider? She's still with Suzanne. Hertz. She asked me to come and check on you."

John nodded, "I understand. Hey, Jim, did you get everyone's orders for Chinese?"

"How can you think of eating at a time like this?" Yolanda asked.

"You know that whole getting blasted out of my chair by a car exploding thing? Yeah, I'm kinda' hungry." John replied with a grin.

"Unbelievable," Jim said, "You get blasted nearly, and you walk out of it completely fine."

"Eh, what's a broken rib and a bruised coccyx? So long as I can rest and heal up over summer, it'll be fine. Besides, being a lab assistant helps as it's hardly strenuous."

Jim shrugged, "Well, yeah. I see your point. Okay so off to eat. I got everyone's order. Do you want to phone ahead?"

"Nah, let's go and watch the meals be assembled. It'll whet my appetite, and besides, it's a very nice venue to sit down in. Have some strawberry-guava fruit-juice, and we'll all be happy."

Yolanda rolled her eyes, "Alright, come on. Let's go."

Yolanda opened the passenger door, and John got in as Jim got in back. Yolanda turned on her implant and John heard her voice in his head, "We have a new mission. Project Icarus. The target is one of the sheep; the picture is in the glove-compartment under the ibuprofen."

John opened the glove compartment and cracked open the bottle and took an ibuprofen and swallowed it as he took a long hard look at the picture.

"This guy? Seriously?" he thought.

Knocking twice on his armrest as Jim closed his door, Yolanda looked over at him, and his eyes darted at the picture. She nodded. He leaned his head back and gave a small sigh. John looked at Yolanda closing the glove compartment as if to ask, "Seriously?!" Yolanda looked back at him sternly and then she turned over the engine and pulled out of the parking space.

Back at Kadic, Ulrich and Odd with sitting with Jeremy at the table outside and they were watching him draw various blueprints and schematics for his robot for the contest against Herve. The process had begun since he had dressed from the shower and up until now, he had scrapped several excellent ideas.

"So, tell me, Einstein," Odd replied, "What's the design and function of this robot here?"

Jeremy seemed out of the realm of conversation as he focused on the range of the robot's extendable arm.