Code Lyoko: Revolutions and Evolutions

Chapter 27

AN: Hello, friends. This chapter came at a tough time for me this week for reasons that I will not go into here. Suffice to say, God had gotten me through this time, and he's helped me turn my pain into productivity. That said, I want to thank every single one of you who have read my work and continued to be fervent supports of my narrative. It is thanks to you that I still have the motivation to continue, and this work would not be possible without you. Thank you for your support and your feedback. As always, read, review, and enjoy. -Pagliacci-11

It was a fresh morning after the last night's rain. As the sun began to gently rise in the east, the fiery red rays began to piece through the upper portion of Jeremy's window. He lay with Aelita, his arms wrapped around her. Aelita had been right; a night of intense lovemaking had greatly helped to calm his mind. As Jeremy looked at the rays coming through his window, he gently breathed out. He realized at this point, Aelita was also right regarding their enemy. There was nothing to do at present except to wait and let the other shoe drop. However, as the case in history with the likes of Jeremy, he wouldn't just sit and do nothing. He refused to allow himself to stagnate. However, he wouldn't let this desire ruin the wonderful time he had with Aelita last night. The benefit indeed of most of the academy being emptied out was that surveillance was genuinely minimal. For it was, if anything, a comforting thing. A sanctuary of isolation that came once every summer.

Jeremy got up gently and quietly so as not to disturb Aelita. He got into his robe and taking his towel with him, headed to the showers. Turning on the hot water, he let the water pour over him. He was relieved as the powerful jets of the shower massaged his skin. Taking a lathered loofa, he began to scrub his body thoroughly. As the hot water coursed over him, he contemplated all that had happened and just how to proceed.

According to Anthea, the return to the past was being used as a primary anchor for North-Gate's main plan to give blunt force shock to the ecosystem. It wasn't like XANA, where he plunged the entire area into winter from hell. No, this was different—it was the element of raw fluctuation of temperatures that served as the hammer of design. But how on earth would she truly accomplish this? It wasn't possible, Jeremy thought to have the supercomputer to do all that heavy lifting. There had to be something else. Something else that was naturally helping this along.

However, Jeremy knew deep in his heart what the solution could be. He knew personally that he had to fight fire with fire. The supercomputer was the engine that was not running this operation, but it was allowing it access, strength, and to achieve the objective quicker. He knew that to counter the supercomputer, that another had to be built to the exact specifications. If not to counter and cancel, to at least somewhat undo what had already been achieved. Jeremy knew equally that it would be a very tall order, and it wouldn't be an order that would not go unnoticed. But what assured Jeremy at least in this regard, was that he knew instinctually from his own studies of government, that no individual facet of an overall body ever wants to admit that they shat the bed.

Jeremy turned off the shower and dried himself off before getting back into his robe. He gave a sigh as the idea germinated in his mind. He knew what he needed to ask. The question is, would the people who started this whole shitshow pay close enough attention when the solution was presented? This and more occupied Jeremy's mind as he returned to his room. He entered, and he saw that Aelita was gone, likely to clean up as well.

As Jeremy sat down on his bed, he collected himself. Odd and Ulrich had already left for summer. So, he couldn't ask them about the idea. But why was he rushing this? It was an idea that he knew was solid, but what was he rushing this? Was it because he was feverishly looking for nearly any solution? No, that wasn't it. It was because he knew that this had to be the answer. After all, it seemed the most obvious. What needed to be done was not at all going to be easy. But Jeremy knew that the only players with the resources to stop this monster were the ones who rationalized its birth in the first place.