Code Lyoko: Revolutions and Evolutions

Chapter 20

It was silent in the van progressing along the black asphalt road. Thank goodness traffic wasn't that bad tonight. Inside, Johnathan Barrow lay on a small stretcher while Yolanda was watching over him, keeping constant watch over his vitals. Maria was in front driving while Enrique was alongside her. The raid on the station was a whole lot more effective than John's preferred method. 

They were in and out in no time at all and without a single casualty or even shred of resistance. That was good. Now the only problem was that they would be looking for John now. It was okay as they were looking for him anyhow. All of them knew; however, the best thing to do would be to get John back to base and keep him there at least until things had died down sufficiently.

"How is he?" Maria asked.

"He's stabilizing," Yolanda replied. "The medicine he took before this all went down helped him to negate a lot of the effects. But his pulse is steady and normal. I just have to keep an eye on his blood-pressure until we get back to base."

"Man, that was some powerful shit we pumped into those fuckers, huh?" Enrique asked.

"Well, what can I say," Yolanda replied, "Amy doesn't play around, she never has. Maria, keep the van steady and smooth as possible need to inject Johnny with some of the serum."

"Got it," Maria replied.

After a moment, Yolanda replied, "Good, he's stable for now." She sat on the bench nearby, and she said, "Admittedly, that gas is a lot more preferable to an all-out slaughter."

"No shit," Maria replied. "John, while he's a great strategist, he doesn't always exactly consider the covert aspect of covert-operations."

"Has he ever thought before leaping?" Yolanda asked.

"Fair point."

"Ah, you ladies are too rough on old Johnny. He's done a heck of a lot to get what we need to be done. Of course, you have your place too, Londie, I don't disregard that."

"Thank you, Ricky." Yolanda replied, "Still, the issue remains if we went through with his method, this mission would be stopped long before it got to self-sustainment."

"What happened to those people who were interrogating him? The doctor and the pink-haired chick?" Enrique asked.

"Emilio is slated to take care of them," Maria replied. "We did this as a two-prong attack we get John, Emilio gets them with Vector Squadron."

"Ah, the Frankenbabies." Enrique said with a smile, "Decimating mankind since 1952."

The ladies laughed at this a bit, and soon, John began to stir. Yolanda knelt beside him and gently raised his head so he could drink from a canteen. He got a bit of water over him as he was recovering from all that had happened.

"It's alright; it's alright," Yolanda said softly.

"Oh, fuck." John said after a bit of a gasp, "What happened?"

"You mean you don't remember anything?" Yolanda replied.

"Parts of it. I remember leaving the school grounds, and after that, nothing. Oh, my head! My fucking head!"

"What's the matter, John?" Yolanda asked.

"I'm really thirsty." He replied.

Yolanda gave him the rest of the canteen, and John drank greedily, downing the cold water.

"So, she did a full command control, huh?" Enrique asked.

"Yep. I had that coffee this morning, and it a cappuccino on roids. Amy said it would negate a lot of the adverse effects such as numbness and lightheadedness. And after I left the Kadic grounds, it was weird. I blacked out but at the same time, was awake. Imagine hearing all around you and even listening to yourself speak but not in control of anything. It's like being in a black room but feeling the full effects of what I can only call bodily auto-pilot."