Code Lyoko Chronicles

[Neon]

(Decided to transfer my story to here. Only each thing I post on here will be the part of a chapter not each being their own chapter.)

Chapter 1: A new Threat

Odd snored loudly. “Dang how does he not wake himself up snoring?” Ulrich said getting dressed. He tossed his shoe at Odd. It fell on his face. Odd bolted up and rubbed his head. “Oh thanks a lot man. I was having the best dream in the world.” Odd said yawning slightly. “Was it the one with you and Mrs. Hertz?” Ulrich asked. “Hey that only happened once! And I said the Best. Not the weirdest” Odd said annoyed.

Once they both got dressed they went to lunch. The others waited for them. ‘You guys sleep good?” Aelita asked. “Could of slept better if professor snore loudly could have been more quiet.” Ulrich said. Odd ignored him and went to get some food. “Are there any signs of William?” Yumi asked Jeremy. “Not yet.” He said “That business last night was way too close to comfort.” Aelita said. “Hey come on just not worry. I mean it’s us 5 against one him.” Yumi said. The group nodded.

Later that day they were visiting the factory. “This is strange.” Jeremy said. “Usually William would of attacked by now.” Odd laughed. “Maybe he is on vacation.” He said. “Well right now lets just keep a look out.” Jeremy said as they started leaving the factory and back to sleep. Jeremy slept with his laptop and Ulrich put ear plugs in his ear as Odds snore grew louder. Aelita and Yumi seemed to be the only ones sleeping normally.

----Meanwhile in the factory ---

The super computer started to glow blue. Codes and Numbers started appearing on the screen. A voice came on the computer. “Now processing request Mr. Hopper.” It spoke. Suddenly a black gas like substance phased through the ground and into the computer. “Warning, Procedure is affected Programming is being over written. Please Cancel. Please cancel.” The voice said again and again. as the numbers all began glowing red. “Starting Materialization, Programming has been changed as well as codes. Thank you for processing, Mr. Hopper” The voice said shutting off. Underneath the room the three scanners were leaking smoke out. And figures were walking out. Some big some small.

[Neon]

Part 1

Yumi wiped the sweat off her head. “Run faster Ishiyama!” Jim yelled.

Yumi had accidently slept in and got to Gym class late. So she had to run extra laps.

Ulrich watched her run from Mrs. Hertz class, something about seeing her made him feel happy. Odd poked him diverting his attention to him.

“Hey check her out.” Odd said looking at a girl standing in front of the class.

“Class this is our new Student. Her name is Christina Anderson.” Mrs. Hertz said. “She does look rather familiar” Mrs. Hertz said to her self quietly.

She sat down next to Aelita. “Hi, I’m Aelita its nice to meet you Christina.” She said nicely. Christina looked at her and simply nodded. She gave Aelita a weird look. Looking like she was studying her.

After class the group met outside on the bench. “How do you like the new girl odd?” Ulrich asked grinning. “Oh come, She was all over me” Odd said. “She wasn’t even looking at you” Jeremy said to him.

Aelita gave an uneasy look. “She kept on looking at me funny.” Aelita said. “Like I had something on my face.” Yumi walked up. “Did you?” Aelita shook her head. “Of course not I always wipe my face.” She said. “Then don’t worry about it.” Jeremy said. “She probably is not use to seeing pink hair.” Odd finished.

“Oh and I suppose shes use to seeing purple spots on hair?” Yumi said. “Well Yes and No.” Odd said shaking his head.

Later Yumi headed back to class. Since the William Clone was in the same class as her she had to make it seem less suspicious. Since the clone was nothing like the real William.

Soon Jeremy checked his laptop in art class. “There are still no activated Towers.” He said. “Seriously, What is Xana doing taking a break?” Odd said. “Maybe he is planning something” Aelita said. “Aelita May be right, Xana doesn’t normally rush things. He could be planning something.” Jeremy said.

“Ahem.” The teacher said annoyed. The group quickly looked at him. Acting as if they were paying attention

----Lyoko------

The Ice Sector seemed More dark than Usual. William Walked in front of a tower. He looked at it. He was soon followed by two cloaked figures.

“Shall we activate it to a level 2?” One said in a whispery voice.

“These children can’t be that bad are they?” The bulky looking one next to him grunted.

William looked back at him annoyed. He said in a warped voice. “Just activate it!” He said.

The two figures plus William held out there hands. The tower than began glowing a dark purple instead of red. The towers dark purple aura floated upward from the tower into the sky.

----Kadic----

Jeremy put his laptop away. There was no sign of beeping or any noise. “Well lets just use this time to our advantage.” Jeremy said.

[Neon]

Part 2

Very Dark clouds did begin to form in the sky. Ulrich looked up at them through the window in his class. Lightning and Thunder was heard everywhere.

Large drops of rain fell from the sky dripping off the window. “Mr. Stern, if you wish to actually pass my Exam you may want to pay attention instead of learning from the clouds”

The teacher said angrily. Some students in the class room couldn’t help but laugh at this. Ulrich looked back at the teacher with his bored look as usual.

After class he walked with odd. Aelita had gone the other direction holding her head. “Man the rains really coming down on us isn’t it?” Odd said noticing large puddles forming as they walked outside.

The wind itself felt it could knock somebody over. When they reached the other side and went inside they noticed Yumi and Jeremy talking.

“Hey guys” Ulrich said. “Have either of you seen Aelita?” Jeremy asked. “Sorry, Last I checked she was with you Einstein.” Odd said pulling out a wet candy bar.

Aelita was in the girl’s bathroom. She wasn’t feeling too well suddenly. She looked at her reflection in the mirror, her head pounding painfully. She put some water from the sink in her hands and wet her face. She suddenly heard something familiar.

Thump, Thump. It sounded close to a heart beat. She looked around. Thump, Thump. She held her head painfully. Thump, Thump. “What is that?” She said. She heard a voice behind her. “What’s wrong with you pink girl?” Sissy said walking past her and began brushing her hair.

Aelita stared at her. The heartbeats had gone away. “What are you looking at!?” Sissy yelled at her. “Oh, huh nothing Sissy” Aelita said leaving the bathroom.

She had to find the others, her head still pounding painfully. She suddenly heard the heart beats again. She looked at the ground. There was white circles appearing and disappearing one after the other making a path.

She looked shocked and looked ahead. The vanishing and appearing white circles lead down the hall. She followed them down the hall keeping an eye on each one.

She suddenly ran into something hard and fell back. Jim turned around noticing her. “Oh, Sorry Aelita” Jim said helping her back up. “It’s ok Jim.” She said still hearing the heart beats. “Jim, do you hear that?” She asked him. “Hear what?” Jim asked back. “Never mind” She said looking a little confused. She followed the vanishing and disappearing circles.

She looked up to see the group walking towards her. “Oh there you are Princess we were looking for you.” Odd said. “Are you ok Aelita you don’t look too good” Yumi said.

“Something really weird is happening” Aelita said looking at them with a serious look. “I keep on hearing sounds like a heartbeat or something. But nobody else can hear it” She said. Jeremy felt her head.

“My gosh, your burning hot, I think you should just lay down Aelita.” He said. “But Jeremy I am seeing things on the ground like circles that vanish and appear” She said.

Ulrich opened his mouth but was interrupted by a loud boom of thunder. Aelita held her head in pain, Hearing loud noises with a headache isn’t exactly good.

They looked outside seeing the large puddles of rain grow and grow. Jeremy checked his lap top. “Jeremy its just a storm. Its not like Xana makes things like this.” Ulrich said. “You can’t be too careful.” Jeremy said putting it back.

Aelita heard the heartbeats getting louder and louder. The appearing and disappearing circles on the ground were really distracting. Christina came and tapped Ulrich on the shoulder. “Hey can I talk to you?” She said. “Umm, ok?” Ulrich said as she pulled him away.

Odd looked at him leave then at Yumi. Yumi had a surprised look on her face. She noticed Odd looking at her and looked away. “You ok Yumi?” He asked.

“I’m fine Odd. I’ll be right back” She said walking in the direction Ulrich was pulled in. “Where is she going?” Aelita asked still holding her head tightly with her hand. “I think I have a guess.” Odd said looking. The three of them went ahead to the Wreck room.

Ulrich felt Christina pull him in a room and close the door. She looked at him funny. “You’re cute” She said. “I think I have to go” Ulrich said reaching out to the door knob but was pulled back.

“No don’t leave yet I have t- I mean I want to show you something” She said.

“Its ok” Ulrich said reaching to get out again. The minute he touched the door knob Christina grabbed his arm and pulled him towards her.

Both their lips met, Ulrich felt her kissing him. He tried to pull himself free but couldn’t. It felt as if the strength was being sucked away by him. She had gripped his arm tightly.

Suddenly the door opened, Yumi walked in and look at the both of them shocked. Christina let go of Ulrich making him fall back. “Gross! Why did you kiss me!” She said spitting on her floor. Yumi looked at Ulrich angrily. “Yumi, it’s not what you think! Sh-“

Ulrich was cut off as Yumi stormed out slamming the door behind her. Ulrich started at Christina, he had kissed before but that wasn’t normal. He still felt weak like his strength was gone.

She smirked at him and licked her lips. “Why did you do that?” Ulrich said pulling himself up. She grinned evilly and started walking towards him. Something was appearing on her head.

Jeremy looked out the window; He noticed the puddles covering up most of the ground. “That waters really rising.” He said. The thunder got louder as lightning was seen lighting up most of the sky. “That’s really weird. I thought today was supposed to be sunny” Odd said.

Yumi stormed past them with an angry expression. “Hey Yumi, did you find him?” Odd said. Yumi looked back at him with a hateful look as if she wanted to hit him.

“Umm, I’ll take that as a yes.” Odd said putting his hands up and backing up.

Don’t worry these will get longer. Right now I’m just warming up to bigger and better things.

[Neon]

Part 3

The rain continued to pour down as the thunder and lightning grew more violent. The power had gone out and the schools area had been flooded. The teachers would not let the students go outside.

“This can’t be a normal storm.” Jeremy said looking at his laptop.

“Well I admit it’s a rough one Einstein but we don’t know if it’s Xana. So can you stop looking in your laptop every ten seconds?” Odd said.

Yumi was sitting on Jeremy’s bed with Aelita. (Aelita, was still holding her head from the pain.) “I really think we should check Lyoko for a tower.” Jeremy said. Yumi looked at him confused. “What are you talking about? If Xana activated something we would have known by now.” Yumi said.

She still seemed to be upset about seeing Ulrich and Christina.

“And how would we even get to the factory. Outside is not exactly easy to walk around anymore.” Odd said.

“Don’t you guys get it? If this is a Xana attack then we are not exactly that safe to just be standing here. For all we know he could of possessed a teacher and used this flood to keep us inside to kill us.” Jeremy said. They looked at him.

“I guess it can’t hurt to try.” Aelita said pulling herself up from Jeremy’s bed.

They walked outside to the hall. Making sure Jim wasn’t around. They walked slowly in the dark hall. “Wait what about Ulrich?” Odd whispered to Yumi from behind as they walked. “It doesn’t matter.” She said angrily. “Quiet.” Jeremy said ahead. They quickly ran down the stairs and saw that the whole area was flooded and rising.

Meanwhile Ulrich backed up. He stared at Christina as she walked closer. The object on her head was becoming grey and forming into an object. “Ulrich you’re so cute. It’s a shame my master wants you dead.” She giggled.

Her clothes were becoming blackish with grey lines. The object on her head became a grey Xana symbol that pulsed.

Her clothes also had some spikes on them. It looked similiar to Williams Lyoko outfit only more greyish.

Ulrich ran for the door but screamed in pain as he was pinned to the ground by a sharp like brown tentacle going through his shoulder.

The blood was dripping down his side as he gripped the sharp tentacle trying to pull it out. Christina was holding her hand out at Ulrich. The tentacle had shot through her palm.

“It’s useless.” She laughed. “These Tentacles of mine suck life energy. Which I’m pretty sure you have.” She said giggling even more.

Ulrich knew she wasn’t lying. He could feel himself becoming more tired and tired. He wanted to just drift to sleep. He fought back knowing that she will kill him if he fell asleep or lost conchisness.

Aelita and the others thought of how to get outside.

“How are we supposed to get there?” Odd wined. “I’m not sure. Everywhere seems to be getting more and more flooded.” Jeremy said. “We have to hurry and get to the factory before its impossible to even walk.”Jeremy dialed Ulrichs number but didin't get a response. "Hmm Ulrichs not answering." He said.

“I’ll catch up with you guys. If Ulrich isn't answering i'll go make sure things are ok.” Odd said running back.

The three looked at each other and ran out the door. The water poured in making it hard for them to walk.

They forced themselves forward trying to get ahead. The water seemed to be getting deeper. “Keep going!” Jeremy said, as they tried not to wind whipping at their faces and rain soaking them.

Odd ran through the halls trying not to run into Jim on the way. He stopped as he heard Ulrich’s voice.

“You’re just another puppet possessed by Xana just like William!” Ulrich said still gripping the sharp tentacle.

“Not exactly, think of me as a human with a little upgraded nature.” She said looking down at him. The Tentacle was still sucking Ulrich’s life energy.

“You can’t possibly be a human.” Ulrich said looking at her getting more and more tired.

“Oh can’t I?” She grinned.

Suddenly she was knocked over as Odd came and punched her on the cheek. She fell over and hit the ground. The tentacle was taken out of Ulrich’s shoulder.

Odd quickly pulled Ulrich up and put his arm over his shoulder.

“Nice Odd…..Didn’t know you had it in you.” Ulrich said weakly.

“Heh, you’re kidding right?” He said. He helped Ulrich through the halls to the nurse’s office.

Meanwhile Yumi, Aelita, and Jeremy reached the factory. It was partly flooded and there bodies were soaked. They jumped down the chains but slipped since they were slippery. Yumi landed but Aelita and Jeremy did not. They picked themselves off there butts. Aelita rubbed her head. She was still hearing the loud heartbeats and the disappearing and reappearing circles on the focusing on the pain behind her.

“Jeremy, I think somethings wrong with me.” She said.

“Are you still seeing those things?” Jeremy asked.

Aelita nodded.

“Don’t worry, for now lets just focus on seeing if a tower is activated. That might be the reason for what you’re seeing.”

They ran to the elevator. The factory was partly flooded as well. “The elevator is not working.” Yumi said looking back at them. They climbed down the ladders trying there very best not to slip. Some water was pouring down it making it extremely hard not to slip. They reached the computer room. Aelita slipped but Jeremy caught her. She blushed at him then picked herself up.

The nurse was shocked seeing Ulrichs wound. “Oh my god! That looks painful!” She said taking Ulrich. “What in the world happened?” She asked. “I don’t know I found him like this.” Odd said lying alittle.

The nurse put Ulrich on the bed and first wiped the blood off. “I’ll be back.” Odd said running out the door.

He turned his head to See Christina walking towards him looking completely pissed. He closed the nurse’s door and looked at her. “So you’re supposed to be a human huh?” Odd said. “A better human then you’ll ever be.” She grinned as two tentacles shot from her shoulders. Odd ran back as the tentacles tried to wrap around him. She ran after him trying to get him caught. Odd tripped over some stairs, and fell to the bottom. Christina jumped in front of him when he hit the ground. “Call me Sapphire.” She giggled. The tentacles wrapped around odd holding him down to the ground. It began to suck his life energy. He struggled to get loose but couldn’t.

“Your going to die….right here…..right now” She laughed evilly.

Suddenly she heard a scream to her side. She looked and saw two little girls.

It was Milly and Tamiya.

Tamiya was holding her camera up and recording Sapphire. She grinned at them and started walking towards them. Forgetting about the tentacles on odd making them loose. Odd secretly pulled himself out of the tentacles without her knowing.

She walked closer to Tamiya and Milly. “What cute little girls.” She grinned. “Lets see what your lives taste like.” She laughed as two tentacles grew from her arms. Tamiya and Milly started running. Sapphire looked back at Odd to see him gone. She clenched her fists. “Three meals gone at the same time?” She walked to the wall and punched it with incredible strength. Making a large pit.

Jeremy typed on the super computer. The computer room was a little wet from all the water above.

Aelita and Yumi went in the scanner room.

“Ok girls, I’m sending you to the mountain sector take a look around ok?” He said.

“Roger Jeremy.” Aelita said as they both got in the scanners.

“Scanner: Yumi, Scanner Aelita, Materialize Yumi, Materialize Aelita,Virtualization!” Jeremy said.

Aelita felt her body lift as she became light as a feather and traveled to Lyoko. They landed in the mountain sector. “There doesn’t look like any monsters are around.” Yumi said. Aelita held her head. She suddenly remembered in the past being able to here the towers activated. She looked and saw the white circles reappearing and disappearing. “Jeremy. A tower is activated.” She said. “What? How do you know?” Jeremy asked on the speaker.

“I can see the pulses from the tower with my own two eyes.” She said. She started running in the direction the circles were going. Followed by Yumi a little confused on what Aelita was talking about.

[Neon]

Part 4

Aelita continued following the white circles through the sector. “I can’t believe it. I thought I couldn’t hear pulsations anymore.” Aelita said to herself.

Yumis Over wing appeared in front of them. “The system is working a lot slower for some reason so you might want to hurry towards that tower.” Jeremy said through the speaker.

Yumi got on the over wing followed by Aelita grabbing her so she doesn’t fall off. “How do you know a tower is activated Aelita?” Yumi asked as they flew above the path.

“Remember when we first met and I was stuck in Lyoko?” She asked.

Yumi Nodded.

“I use to be able to see and hear the pulsations of the activated towers. And now it hasn’t been happening since today.” Aelita said.

“Do you know what’s causing it?” Yumi asked.

Aelita shook her head side ways. “It just barely started happening. I don’t think this is the attack if Xana is leading us to the tower.” Aelita said.

“Maybe he wants us to find it or something.” Yumi said.

“Look!” Aelita said surprised pointing forward when Yumi looked back at her to speak.

Ulrich was given a large bandage over his shoulder wound. He had to take off his shirt but got to keep his green jacket since it would be pretty cold.

Nurse Yolanda helped Ulrich through the dark hall to the upper floor. They walked through the door as they noticed that the entire school was on the upper floor a bit crowded with the teachers.

Ulrich noticed some had blankets and looking scared. “Did you find them yet Jim?” Principle Delmas asked Jim as he walked in.

“Yep, I found them alright. They were shaking under a desk in their dorm rooms.” Jim said. Behind him was both Milly and Tamiya shaking and looking petrified.

Tamiya held her camera in her hand tightly sort like a death grip.

Odd ran through the empty dark halls. The water outside was very deep and still rising from the endless rain from the sky.

He ran in a room with a ladder and started to climb it. Above it was like a trap door on the ceiling. He opened it and crawled through and quickly closed the door. Suddenly two sharp tentacles broke through it the minute it closed. Odd backed up as the tentacles retracted back down.

Odd began running and saw himself on the roof as he exited the room he got out of the trapdoor from.

The roof was very, very slippery from the rain not to mention Odd getting soaked.

Yumi and Aelita were staring at a tower that had a blackish aura around it. “Is…..Is that the activated Tower Jeremy?” Yumi asked.

“Can you give me a Visual Aelita?” Jeremy asked.

Aelita did so, causing a small screen to appear on the computer. Jeremy looked at the blackish Tower. “Well, no I mean its not flashing red or flashing anything. It just looks like a normal tower over here.” Jeremy said.

“Jeremy.” Aelita said. “We are going through.”

“What do you mean?” Yumi asked looking back at her.

“It’s a feeling. I just think we should go through and see what Sector it takes us in.” Aelita answered.

They shot at the tower on the over wing and phased through it. The tower seemed normal inside blue and flashing with numbers as always.

They went down past the platform into the stream. This made them feel so air less as if they weighed absolutely nothing.

They went upward and flew onto the other towers platform. But something was wrong. This tower was black instead of blue with red letters flashing inside.

Aelita and Yumi shot out of the tower into the sector. It was the Ice sector. But something was seriously wrong.

The sky had purple clouds everywhere. And loud thunder could be heard. Aelita felt something hit her head. It was wet. She wiped her head and looked at it. “Is it…Raining?” Aelita asked confused.

Yumi felt the drops of rain as well. It was Literally raining through out the ice sector.

“Jeremy something is very strange here.” Aelita said.

“I’ll say. The sector looks different.” Jeremy said. “I can literally see Lightning on the map.”

“We can see it too Jeremy.” Yumi said.

They sped forward hoping to find the activated tower.

Odds foot slipped as he tried to walk to the other side. He fell to his knees on the wet roof of Kadic.

Suddenly behind him a tentacle wrapped around his arm and pulled him back. Sapphire was walking towards him grinning with her evil smile. Her grey Xana symbol on her forehead pulsing.

“Come kiss me odd.” She giggled. “It will be your last you have in this life.”

Odd struggled to get loose. Since it was very wet and odd was soaked the tentacle couldn’t get a tight grasp.

It slipped off giving Odd the chance to get away. He ran then slipped again on the slippery roof. He was slipping off the slide to the edge. He let out a yell as he fell and quickly grabbed the edge.

This was difficult since the Edge was no more dryer then him.

“Principle, Delmas!” Tamiya yelled. “Yes, Yes what is it Mrs. Diop.” Princible Delmas said.

“You have to see this tape!” Milly said next as Tamiya pushed the camera into the principle.

“Enough, I have enough to worry about besides watching your videos.” The principle replied.

“But this one is different. You won’t believe your eyes!” Tamiya said.

“For the last time, I am not in the mood to watch another News video in this situation.” Principle Delmas said.

Ulrich used this distraction to try and sneak out. He walked through the door and closed only to bump into Jim as he turned around. “Where do you think your going Stern.” He said looking down at Ulrich.

“Oh, huh hey Jim, I was just going to go to the bathroom.” Ulrich said.

“Nice try Stern but you’ll have to hold it. Now march back in there.” Jim said pointing at the door behind Ulrich.

Ulrich quickly ran to the side passing Jim and running down the hall.

“Hey! Get back here!!” Jim yelled chasing after him.

“I have to find Odd and that creepy girl.” Ulrich said to himself running through the dark hall. He passed by a room with a ladder.

There were remains of the trap door from above on the ground broken.

He looked up recognizing where that trapdoor led to.

“The roof…” Ulrich gulped and began climbing. He got to the top and looked outside. He saw Odd hanging for dear life as Sapphire walked down towards him with perfect balance.

He hesitated and stepped on the roof. He got on his hands and knees and began crawling to them.

“Stern what in blazes do you think your doing!” Jim yelled behind him. “Get back here before I come after you!”

Ulrich ignored it and kept on crawling.

Odd couldn’t hold on any longer. He couldn’t even open his eyes without getting water in them.

“I gave you the chance to kiss me but you denied.” Sapphire giggled above him. She put her foot on Odds hand and began pushing down. Odd let out a yell of pain.

“Bye, Bye.” Sapphire said as she lifted her foot to kick Odd off. Suddenly a tile hit her back. She turned around seeing Ulrich shaking on his two legs holding another roof tile. She began walking up towards him.

Ulrich threw another one at her but she simply caught it and broke it with her hand.

“Odd hurry and get to the factory.” Ulrich said.

“How am I supposed to get there?” Odd whined still trying to pull himself up.

“Hope you’re a good swimmer.” Ulrich said.

Odd slipped and fell into the water below. It was freezing cold. He pulled himself to the surface and took a long breath. The water was quite deep.

He began swimming towards the factory. Pulling himself, past the current that was pushing him back.

It was quite hard since he never seemed to kick that good.

Aelita pointed ahead. “Yumi there it is.” She said. Ahead of them was a tower glowing with a purple aura that was raising in the sky.

“Be careful girls. Here comes William.” Jeremy said.

Sure enough ahead of them William was standing on a tall krab as it walked towards them. but something was different about it...

[Neon]

Part 5

Charging at Yumi and Aelita was William on top of a black Krabe giving off a blackish Aura.

This Krabe looked a lot more threatening. It looked rather taller and had spikes on each of its legs.

Williams hand surrounded with a black smoke as it formed as his sword.

“Get ready Aelita.” Yumi said. Aelita nodded as they got closer to the strange black Krabe and William.

“Okay now!” Yumi said as Aelita jumped off and put her hand over her star bracelet releasing her wings.

The large black Krabe shot a large looking laser at Yumi. She quickly dodged it by turning to the side. Suddenly the laser spun around and hit her from behind knocking her off her vehicle.

“Yumi” Jeremy said from the console. “That laser was like a heat seeker.”

“I think I figured that out Jeremy.” Yumi said pulling herself up.

William leapt off the Krabe at Yumi and slammed his large sword down.

Yumi back flipped out of the way leaving a large crack in the ground where William’s sword hit.

He pulled it out and ran at her swinging it at her side. She jumped over it and kicked William in the face. Then quickly jumped back

He regained his balance and held his sword to the side. He sliced the air in front of him sending a black wide blast at her. Yumi jumped straight in the air avoiding the wide blast from William’s sword.

Aelita continued flying towards the purple tower. The black Krabe was following behind her. It shot two lasers at her that she quickly dodged by spinning.

The lasers spun back around and headed for her. It was rather hard to fly with all this rain getting in her face.

She flew up dodging them again and again as they kept on coming back. She was hit on the wing and went crashing on the ground.

The large Krabe descended on her once she hit the ground.

She looked up as it readied another laser at her. She thrusted her hand forward still on the ground.

“Energy field!” She said as a purple orb shot out of her hand and hit the krab making it become purple.

It finally became its regular black color but looked as if it wasn’t hit at all.

The Krabe raised its large claw and pinned Aelita down. It seemed careful as if not trying to devirtualise her in the process.

Ulrich tripped backwards on the roof he was still shaking from the cold and the fear.

Sapphire walked above him and grinned down at him.

“Oh is little Ulrich afraid of heights? Or is he afraid of me?” She laughed

Tentacles would wrap around Ulrich to keep him down. She brought her fist up and punched Ulrich in the stomach.

The pressure was so much that pieces of the roof around them flew up.

Ulrich yelled in pain and agony as Sapphire brought her fist back up.

“Ok Ulrich I’ll offer you a way out.” She said. “Master Xana said I am aloud to spare you if you do me a small favor.”

Ulrich’s eyes were barely open. He was in so much pain from the wound on his shoulder and his now damaged stomach.

“What you ask?” She said for him. Sapphire held out her hand to him.

“If you come with me to join Xana and remain loyal to him then I promise you will live through this.”

The tentacle unwrapped around his wrist and Ulrich slowly began to raise his hand.

“Good choice.” Sapphire said.

He reached for her hand and slowly tapped it away.

Sapphire got an angry look on her face and brought both her fists up.

She slammed them down on Ulrich repeatedly. “Gahhh!” Ulrich yelled coughing up blood from the endless painful blows.

All this pressure was making him go deeper into the roof as well as the tiles and concrete fly up.

Odd continue struggling to make his way to the factory. The waters current and cold temperature had made it extremely tough. He finally made it to the front of the factory.

He grabbed one of the hanging ropes to keep himself from falling down to the small waterfall below.

He climbed despite how slippery it was hard not to slip.

He pulled himself to the top and sat. “Dang, I have to think of something and fast.” Odd said looking around. He looked at the flooded Elevator. “Well the elevators definitely out of the question.”

He saw a small opening. He dived down back into the cold water and swam through it. The water would increase speed as it went down the flooded short stairs.

Odd held his breath and swam under the water. “There has to be another way to the computer room without winding up in the sewers.” He thought to himself.

Jeremy stared at the screen horrified. “What the heck is going on?” he said as the screen would shake and get fuzzy as if losing connection. "Yumi, Aelita can you hear me?" He said but there was no response.

Yumi moved to the side of William’s sword and elbowed him in the chest. She jumped back and threw her fans at him. He held his sword up to protect him deflecting the fans away.

“Give it up its over!” He said in his warped Xana voice. “Give it a break William.” Yumi said throwing her fan purposely going past William and her other one right in front him. He knocked the fan away with his sword but was hit behind by the other fan.

Suddenly a cloaked figure morphed out of the ground beside William as William used his sword to lift him up.

The figured turned and looked at Yumi. His cloak was brown and looked rather small for the figure itself.

“So your one of the brats Xana wants dead.” He grunted.

Yumi stared at him confused. “Who are you?” She asked. “Shut up!” He yelled. William stood next to him keeping his eye on Yumi.

Suddenly the figure vanished and appeared behind Yumi. “You’re too slow.” He laughed and thrusted his hand through her stomach devirtualising her.

Yumi walked out of the scanner and held her stomach in pain. “Sorry Aelita.” She said still wincing in pain.

Aelita struggled to get up but was pinned tight. Suddenly the black krabe began to shrink into the black aura around it but the claw was still on top of Aelita.

The claw was then changing its form. It became a foot and a leg. The entire Krabes body was changed into a cloaked figure in black.

Aelita looked up at him. He took his foot off her and walked in front of her. “Aelita hopper.” He said in a whispery voice. “So nice to see you in person…”

Aelita looked up at him pulling herself on top of her knees.

“Who are you?” She asked feeling suddenly weak.

“Who I am is none of your concern. I want to ask you something. Why are you doing all this Aelita? Ever day you have to sit at the computer and worry about another attack from Xana. Well others are enjoying there life care free and living a normal life. What have they ever done for you?”

Aelita stared at him. “I…Help them for my father.” She answered.

“Your father? The one who took everything from you? Who took away your life only to test his foolish experiment called Lyoko? It’s his entire fault Aelita. He created Lyoko and Xana. The threat to man kind is what he caused.” The figure said in the whispery voice.

Aelita couldn’t think. What he was saying could have been true…was it true?

“What would your mother think?” He said in his whispery voice again.

Aelita looked shocked. “You have no right to talk about her!” She said angrily. “Energy field!” She yelled shooting a purple orb at his face. He simply turned his neck to the side dodging it.

“Tell me something else Aelita….” He said. “Do you think you’re a hero…? Saving the world every week or so? Heroes are not heroes unless recognized….other wise they wouldn’t be able to call themselves heroes. Are you a hero aelita?’

Aelita looked at him angrily. She felt an urge to kill him but couldn’t get up. All this rage was welling up inside of her.

“I suppose you’re also wondering about this rain.” He said holding up his hand to the drops of rain. Well it’s simple really.”

He pointed at the purple tower.

“That’s a tower that’s activated to a level two.”

“Level two?”

“Its different from the average red towers you see because….well to put it in shorter words. Whatever happens here happens on earth. It rains here. It rains on earth. But earth gets it ten times harder. It’s a great level to activate really. There is something else to it. But I think I’ll let you find out.” He said.

Odd continued swimming. His face was turning blue from the lack of air. He swam up full speed and finally got out of the water. He gasped for air. He saw a room ahead of him that wasn’t flooded. It was the computer room!

He pulled himself out and ran inside. “Odd?” Jeremy said surprised.

“What you aren’t happy to see me?” Odd said squeezing his hair getting the water out of it.

“Where’s Ulrich?”

“Oh, he is just holding off the new girl on the top of the school. Nothing big.”

Jeremy looked at him confused.

“Look it’s a long story how are the others?”

“They’ve been better. You might want to get in the scanner and help them out. Its not letting me virtualize you straight to them so you’ll have to use a way tower there.”

“No problem Einstein.” Odd said climbing down the ladder into the scanner room.

Ulrich spit out blood. He felt as if his rib was broken as well as some other bones.

Sapphire was breathing slowly. “You’re real stupid kid you know that?” She said. “I offer you a way out and you deny it.”

A sharp tentacle grew out of her back and rose over Ulrich. It shot down aiming for his chest.

[Neon]

part 6 (Final)

Odd reached the bottom of the ladder. He saw Yumi holding her stomach painfully.

“Einstein said you were still in Lyoko.” He said looking rather confused.

“I was, but I got turned into a human Shish kabob by-“

“Don’t worry I’ll deal with William now.” Odd interrupted stepping in the scanner.

“No, it wasn’t William it was some guy in like a cloak or something.” Yumi said sounding a little alarmed.

“Some guy in a cloak? I didn’t know William made a new friend.” Odd said grinning as the scanners closed.

Thunder still roared above the school as rain drops pelted the ones below. Ulrich was finding it hard to think from the extreme pain he was in.

The long sharp tentacle shooting down at him seemed as if it was moving in slow motion slicing through raindrops that would drop on his face.

Was this the end…..Was everything he has worked for till now about to be all for nothing? He closed his eyes ready for the impact soon to be through his heart.

Suddenly Ulrich felt something course through his body. He didin't relise what happened till he was standing up feeling as if all the pain from his body had been sucked away. The tentacle was stabbed in the ground infront of him where he was once laying.

His cell phone then started ringing. "Jeremy?" He said holding it up to his ear.

"Lucky for you I was able to activate a tower. Problem is the connection isn't great so it took awhile to affect you." Jeremy said.

"Thanks Jeremy. You really saved my life."

"Its no problem. Odd told me you were fighting the new kid on the roof so I figured you could use some help."

Ulrich thanked Jeremy again and hung up putting his cell phone in his pocket. His body was glowing and his wounds appeared to be healing.

"How dare you activate one of master Xanas towers!!!" Sapphire screamed. She shot hundreds of Tentacles at Ulrich from her entire body.

Ulrich formed a yellow orb in his hand and shot it at the tentacles tearing through them causing Sapphire to scream in pain. He ran at her and attempted to punch her but was forcefully pushed back by a large brown tentacle that came from Sapphires stomach.

The ice sector seemed to be getting darker and darker each minute. Aelita saw that another hooded figure and William had joined them.

“What took you so long?” The one in front of Aelita said in a whispery voice.

“We just had to get rid of the other brat. All is clear now.” The large one grunted.

William looked down and grinned at Aelita.

“William, fight it! You don’t have to Obey Xana we are your friends not him!”

“Yes William, there your friends help them.” The whispery one said pointing at Aelita. Obviously mocking Aelita's begging.

“Oh give it a rest will you Xem!” The large one said angrily. "Lets just hurry up and get it over with before Xana gets pissed."

William seemed to be ignoring their presence. He brought his hand forward and prepared to shoot a blast of smoke at Aelita.

“Finally I got it.” Jeremy said relieved as the fizzy screen would stop and become more clear.

Suddenly William was hit by something small that knocked him back. The two cloaked figures looked at the new guest.

Odd was flying towards them on his purple board shooting endless laser arrows at them.

The large bulky figure slammed his fists on the ground and began pulling upward. The ground cracked as he forced a large boulder out of the ground and threw it at Odd.

“Wow I didn’t know Lyoko had a work out room.” Odd said quickly dodging it.

William ran next to the bulky figure. It grabbed Williams hand and started spinning him faster and faster in place.

He let go sending William flying towards Odd blocking his laser arrows by holding his sword in front of him. He slashed down just as he got close enough and sliced the end of Odds board off.

The one called Xem looked to see Aelita was no longer on the ground but running towards the tower.

“I thought she would do it sooner…but oh well.” He said vanishing in a blackish aura.

The blackish Aura swirled in front Aelita forming as something big and wide. Aelita was now looking at a large black mega tank with a red xana symbol in the middle. She ran the opposite way but was not fast enough. The black mega tank closed around her forming as a large ball.

“Odd!” Jeremy yelled in the mic. “Their getting away with Aelita stop them!”

“Easier said then done Einstein.” Odd said struggling to keep balance on his now half board.

He saw the Black Mega Tank now rolling towards the edge of the sector leaving behind some traces of black aura.

Quickly flying forward he dove down attempting to somehow stop the large ball holding his friend captive.

William’s sword vanished in his black smoke as he grinned. “Super Smoke!” He said vanishing into the black smoke and traveling on the ground towards Odd. The large bulky figure snapped his hand. He morphed into the ground and vanished from site.

Jeremy watched the screen trying to find a program that would work. His fingers were getting rather sore from doing this.

Odd continued his pursuit following fast behind the Large Mega Tank. The black smoke followed under him. Williams sword shot up from it and stabbed Odds board devirtualising it and knocking Odd off.

He hit the ground with a thud and quickly pulled himself up desperate to stop the tank from rolling into the digital sea. The bulky cloaked figure phased out of the ground in front of him and jumped upwards he slammed downward. There was a loud crash. Odd was lifted off his feet and skidded on the ground. He looked up to see a large pit where he once stood.

The figures fist was in the very middle of it looking deep inside the ground. He pulled it out and looked at Odd. “You shouldn’t have moved.” He laughed evily. From behind a sword slashed down towards Odd.

He rolled out of the way to see Williams sword stab the earth where he was sitting. He quickly tripped William with his tale and ran forward on all fours shooting more arrows only to run out of ammo in the end.

The Mega Tank rolled off the edge of the sector and crashed down onto the virtual sea releasing the stream of light to shoot up.

“Aelita!” Odd yelled looking from the edge down to the wide digital sea below.

William and the figure looked at each other. They walked the opposite way and both jumped off the edge falling into the sea. There mission accomplished.

Ulrich ran straight at Sapphire dodging all sharp tentacles trying to stab him by rolling and flipping out of the way. He punched her hard in the gutt causing her to fly back and hit the wet ground. Ulrich could feel the Vertigo not affecting him much anymore.

Sapphire pulled herself up and held out her hand at him. Ulrich was shocked by a silver lightning and fell back squirming as the electricity traveled through him. Sapphire was seriously going to kill him at this rate.

“I can’t believe it…..” Jeremy said. Yumi climbed up the ladder from the scanner room into the computer lab. “Jeremy are you okay?” She asked.

“Aelita is…..gone.” Was all Jeremy could get out. A tear streamed down his cheek.

The shocked Yumi walked to him and looked at the screen.

Odd shook his head. “It’s my fault, my entire fault. I should have kept an eye on her.” He said miserably.

“Are you done crying?” A familiar voice said from behind him. He turned to see Aelita with her hand on her hip looking at him.

“Aelita!” Odd said happily.

Jeremy and Yumi both heard Aelitas voice and sprang for joy.

“Aelita your okay!” Jeremy said. “But what about the mega tank”

“Don’t tell me you already forgot I can make clones of myself like I use to.” Aelita said.

“Anyway well you were chasing after the clone I was deactivating the tower.”

Odd had not noticed but the rain had stopped and the tower had gone back to normal.

“I think its time for a return to the past Jeremy.”

“Yes alright.” Jeremy said quickly wiping his tears and pressing the certain key on the keyboard.

“Return to the past now!”

A white light surrounded the factory and began spreading through the city.

Ulrich coudn't take anymore. Smoke was rising from his body as the painful electricity traveled through it. The white light surrounded them both.

Ulrich felt the pain of the electrocution suddenly vanish as if it never happened which is somewhat true now.

Soon after the RTTP the group found themselves in the factory.

“That tower gave us some pretty nifty Info. Aelita.” Jeremy said.

“Thanks Jeremy.”

“So what did you find out?” Ulrich asked.

“Well according to this we found out that the tower that Xana activated was literally using Earth as a power source.”

“You mean Like a battery?” Yumi asked.

“Exactly, it somehow connects itself with earth and links with its surroundings. The rain that was in Lyoko was coming from earth. But not as bad.”

Aelita had already known this so wasn’t paying much attention. Her mind was set on why she was able to see and hear the pulses on earth and why they didn’t know the tower was activated before getting to the factory.

“So anyway maybe we can find out more when another on- “But what about those two guys with William?” She blurted out interrupting Jeremy in mid sentence.

“Oh….Well for the time being we need to focus on the task at hand.” Jeremy said.

“When we get William back we will focus on them and the Replikas Aelita.”

Aelita looked at him wanting to tell him what that figure called Xem said to her about her father. But she wanted to do it private perhaps later.

“But what we need to figure out is more about this tower. I mean it didn’t show up on the auto scan which makes it much more dangerous. Maybe I can try and program a better auto scan to get those different activated towers.”

“Maybe you can ask Xana. See what he has.” Odd laughed.

“This is no time for jokes Odd.” Jeremy said.

The group left the factory afterwords. For the time being they were safe but tomorrow they couldn’t say the same….

[Neon]

Chapter 2: Deception

There was a large room….It was the computer lab. The super computer was glowing with blue numbers. “Processing request now Mr. Hopper.” A woman’s voice on the computer said. A shadow stream of smoke like substance went into the super computer. “Procedure Affected. Program being overwritten, Please cancel, Please cancel.” The woman’s voice said again. The numbers on the computer would glow red. “Starting Materialization Program, thank you for processing Mr. Hopper".

Jeremy couldn’t help but notice Aelita struggling in her sleep. She had fallen asleep as we stayed in the factory working on the program for the others.

He walked and softly tried to wake her up. “Hey…Aelita it’s only a dream. Wake up.”

Aelita woke up and almost screamed as she grabbed jeremy’s shoulder. “Jeremy please check the cameras!” She begged. “Check what was accorded the night before yesterday!”

“Okay, okay calm down please.” Jeremy said as he went back to the computer and started typing. A small screen would appear on the computer. “What the? I don’t remember downloading any program that night. Did you?” He asked Aelita. Aelita shook her head.

They went into the scanner room and saw as they began opening. Three figures walked out. One was large and looked bulky. Aelita recognized him as one of the figures they had fought yesterday. The one across from him looked like The new student from Kadic, with her long hair and her clothes. But she did not recognize the one coming out of the third scanner. Her skin looked very pale and it seemed she had blue hair as well. What she was wearing looked very light blue.

They all looked at the camera and raised their hands. The screen went black making everything they had seen disappear.

“What in the world?” Jeremy said astonished.

“It makes no sense.” He continued. “How could Xana materialize people? And better yet how did you know?

“It was in a dream I had...Well he was able to materialize monsters wasn’t he?” Aelita said trying to change the dream subject.

“Yes but monsters aren’t exactly the same as people now are they?” Jeremy said annoyed.

“But they are Materialized the same way. And he materialized William when he tricked us into thinking he wasn’t possessed.” Aelita said.

“Well William was already virtualized and had a code for Xana to infect!” Jeremy said starting to get angry.

“Jeremy calm down.” Aelita said.

“Calm down? How can I calm down when I’m the only one actually trying to figure this out?!”

“What makes you think I’m not?!” Aelita said angrily back at him.

“Well your just standing there making up reasons why he was able to do it!”

“Making up?! Jeremy you were there when he materialized William back to earth and when he materialized monsters as well!”

They had never fought this way before. It was as if they were looking at each other for the first time.

“Jeremy…Maybe you should get some sleep.” Aelita said calming down herself and trying to get him to. “It’s getting really late.”

“I can’t believe you can asleep after seeing that Aelita! He can Kill us in our sleep without the others knowing what happened now!”

“Jeremy…” Aelita said softly. “I don’t want you doing this to yourself. I care for you a lot."

“Sometimes I wonder whether you do..” Jeremy said. He had accidentally let it slip out without thinking.

Aelitas eyes filled with tears at Jeremy’s distrust statement. She ran in the elevator and closed it shut. She could hear Jeremy’s yells. “Aelita I’m sorry- I didn’t mean- Please listen to me!”

Leaving the factory she walked home back and sneaked into her dorm room wiping the tears out of her eyes.

“I thought he trusted me.” Aelita kept on telling herself as she forced herself to fall asleep.

The next morning the group met for some breakfast in the cafeteria. Ulrich had his arm on his chair with a half empty tray In front of him. Odd was swallowing more than chewing his food. Cleaning his tray from all the food that was once on it.

“You know Odd you wouldn’t make a bad washing machine.” Ulrich said to him.

“You think? I wonder if their hiring.” Odd said jokingly.

Yumi had her head inbetween her folded arms on the table looking very tired.

“Are you alright Yumi?” Aelita asked rubbing her own eyes a bit.

“I didn’t get much sleep last night.” Yumi yawned. “And I have a test in math today so I’m not very peachy.”

She lifted her head so that only her eyes are showing and looked at Ulrich. Ulrich looked back at her only to have her look away.

“Yumi, I am telling you. What happened yesterday was Xana.” Ulrich pleaded.

“Save it Ulrich. If you like her a lot then that’s your business.”

“But I don’t like her.”

“The least you can do is come up with a better lie.”

“I’m not lying, Yum-”

Then they all heard a familiar voice. “Oh, Ulrich my love!” Sissy called out to them across from their table.

Herb and Nicholas followed behind her. Next to Sissy was none other than Christina. Or should they say Sapphire?

“What do you want Sissy?” Ulrich asked sounding annoyed.

“I was wondering if you were doing anything after school.” Sissy asked in her high voice.

“Sorry but I already have plans.”

“Fine what about tomorrow?”

“Let me think…..Nah”

Sissy looked at him angrily. “I will get you to like me Ulrich. Even if it means eliminating the competition" she said looking at Yumi with fierce eyes.

Sissy, Herb, and Nicholas began walking away.

“Hold on a second Sissy.” Christina said. “I didn’t get a chance to ask.”

“He already said he is busy so there’s no point.” Sissy said looking back at her.

“Not Ulrich. That one.” Christina said pointing at the confused Odd.

She grabbed Odds wrist and pulled him up. Ulrich and Yumi got up holding up there fists ready to fight. They regretted doing this since now half the students in the cafeteria were staring at them.

“Its…It’s huh fine guys.” Odd said as Christina pulled him outside the cafeteria.

Jeremy came to the table with his tray full of fresh food. "Hey guys. Slide over and leave me some room please." He said trying to sit next to Aelita.

"Heres some room." Aelita said as she stood up and left the cafeteria. Jeremy watched her leave dumbstricken.

When they both stepped outside alone Christina turned to face Odd letting go of his wrist.

“Okay what is this all about? To get me alone so you can kill me for Xana?” Odd said keeping a defensive stance.

“Not exactly…” Christina said.

“Kidnap me so you can have Aelita for ransom?” Odd said not changing his stance.

“Wrong again.”

“Then what do you want.”

“I want…..you…..to be my boyfriend.” She said.

Odd hesitated for a moment staring at her blankly. “Is this a joke?”

“No…I’m serious.” She said.

“Let me think….nope.” Odd said walking back in the cafeteria. He was grabbed by his shoulder from behind.

“That wasn’t a question. It was an order.” Christina said looking at him with wide evil eyes.

Odd looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

“If you don’t become my boyfriend….I will kill all of the students here one by one. Then focus on your family members until you have no one but me left.” Christina said staring at him with crazy wide eyes. “And not only that. I may let a thing or two slip about Lyoko to a certain federal authority.” She grinned evilly looking very creepy up close.

[Neon]

Part 2

As Jeremy sat down where Aelita had been sitting Ulrich looked at him.

“What did you do?” Ulrich asked.

“Nothing, me and Aelita just got in a fight is all. She’ll get over it eventually. Anyway, I have been setting the program up to send you guys into the real world with your lyoko powers to destroy Xana’s other super computers.” Jeremy said picking a banana up from his tray.

“Are you serious? That’s awesome Jeremy. Soon Xana will have nothing protecting him from my sword.” Ulrich said happily.

“But there are risks.” Jeremy said. “Its not like you can be virtualized on earth and act as if its Lyoko. I mean I need to find out if your life points are the same or what happens if you are devirtualized. And it’s not like Xana is just going to let us walk in and destroy them one by one.”

“You mean we could be….killed?” Yumi said quietly sticking her head a little from her arms.

“Exactly, Yumi.” Jeremy said.

“But…I still want to know who those cloaked guys were with William.” She said putting her head back down.

“Well….last night before Aelita and I got in a fight. We saw on the camera Xana Materializing people. And I had to find out if they did anything to the super computer.”

“And?” Ulrich asked.

“They took all the Info we used to have on Franz Hopper.” Jeremy said.

“Huh? What would they do with Franz Hoppers info?”

“Well, they could just be trying to shake our trail on finding where he is. Or they just needed it for something.” Jeremy said adjusting his glasses.

Jeremy picked his tray up and stood up. “Hey, I’m going to go find Aelita. She may be trying to find me to Apologize right now.” Jeremy said walking off.

“Anyway, Yumi I’m trying to say I’m sorr- Wait!”

Ulrich said running after Yumi after seeing her leave her chair silently and walk towards the cafeterias exit.

Odd backed up from Christina only to bump into a tree from behind.

“Be my boyfriend. Stay with me forever. Or else I’ll become Sapphire and kill everyone you know.” Christina said coming closer and closer.

“Wait, Become Sapphire?”

“Yes, she hates you a lot and wants to kill you. But I love you and won’t let her if you love me!”

“I appreciate that but can we just be friends?” Odd said. Those words on becoming Sapphire made him really think. But he figured that asking questions on that right now wouldn’t be safe.

“No!!!” Christina said. “I want to be more than friends! I want you to love me again Ricky!”

“Ricky?” Odd said confused.

But instead of getting an answer Christina hugged him tight. “I love you Ricky….I always will.” She said dreamily.

Odd struggled to get out of the hug. “Look your cute and all but I don’t like you that way.”

“That’s such a funny joke. You are so funny!” Christina said.

Odd managed to escape from the hug

“Okay, Okay if you promise to not hurt anyone I will be your boyfriend.” Odd said regaining his breath. The hug had blown the air out of him.

“Hooray!! I will go tell Sissy!” Christina said skipping away. She looked like a 2 year old who had just gotten her first piece of candy.

“My gosh, and I thought Sissy was unbearable. And who is Ricky?” Odd said to himself.

Jeremy had finally caught up with the pink haired girl. “Hey Aelita.” Jeremy said putting a hand on her shoulder.

“What? Jeremy what do you want?” Taelia said turning around annoyed. She was wearing a purple skirt with a pink top. She had long pink sleeves as well. Jeremy had mistaken her purple hair for Aelitas pink hair for a minute.

“Oh, Sorry Taelia I thought you were Aelita.” Jeremy said with a small piece of sweat coming down the side of his head.

“Why does everyone mistake me for her? It’s not like everything about us is the same.” Taelia said annoyed. She walked passed Jeremy not even looking at him.

“Hold on a second Taelia.” Jeremy said. “Have you seen Aelita near here?”

“Yeah, she came walking by here heading towards the Gym. I said hello to her only to have her ignore me. I swear we are definitely nothing alike.” Taelia said even more furious.

“Okay thanks. Sorry for the mix up.” Jeremy said running towards the Gym.

“I wonder what he wanted with Aelita.” Taelia said as she quietly followed Jeremy. She had been known for finding out about other peoples business around Kadic.

Ulrich looked around the school grounds for Yumi. He had lost site of her when they left the cafeteria.

He saw Odd looking miserable slumped against a tree. “Hey Odd, did you see Yumi around here?” Ulrich asked.

“Oh, umm yeah she went with William in the forest.” Odd said pointing behind him.

“I don’t know what he sees in that clone. I mean I don’t know which one I hate more. The real Xanified one or the fake stupid one.” Ulrich said tightening his fists.

Odd seemed to be ignoring him.

“Its bad enough Sissy made a new friend but why did it have to be a crazy one who likes me.” He sighed.

“Wait. You mean Christina?” Ulrich said hearing him.

“Yeah..Appearantly she is threatening to kill everyone I know if I don’t see to her every need. And right now her need is being in a relationship.”

“Well, there’s more than one way to have a girlfriend I guess.”

“Ha, ha very funny Ulrich.” Odd said. “But seriously what do I do!”

“Well just be her boyfriend until we think of something I guess.”

“You make it sound like it’s not that bad of a thing.” Odd said sounding aggrieved.

Before Odd knew it Ulrich had walked to where Yumi and William went.

As he passed through the bushes silently he could hear voices. They sounded like Yumi’s. He ducked in the bush staying as quiet as possible trying to listen to what she was saying.

“…don’t know, it’s like he is playing with how I feel about him.” Yumi said.

“I don’t think Ulrich would be able to play with your feelings. I mean they aren’t toys.” Williams clone said dumbly.

“Right now, you seem to be the closest to William I have to talk to.” Yumi sighed.

“You know Yumi, Ulrich is a great guy and I don’t think he would do that.”

“I just don’t know if that’s true or not..” Yumi said.

She sounded as if she was holding back tears.

William put his hand on her shoulder.

“Hey, don’t have water come out of your eyes. That’s not very good.” William said. It wasn’t much of a caring statement but close enough.

“Thanks William. I just wish we could get the real you back.” Yumi said.

Suddenly she wrapped her arms around the clone and hugged him.

“I just want the real one.” She said. “I’m tired of fighting him again and again.”

“I don’t remember fighting you.” The clone said sounding confused.

“Ugh. Just never mind.” Yumi said.

Ulrich felt the urge to make his presence known but wanted to see what they were going to do.

Suddenly his heart missed a beat as he saw Yumis lips meet Williams. The clones eyes widened at first but closed as he put his arms around Yumi as well.

He wanted to scream but couldn’t manage it. He slowly crawled out of the bush and ran back to Kadic. He felt as if his heart itself was freezing over and cracking in two. Could this be what Yumi felt like?

From behind Yumi watched Ulrich run. A small grin passing her lips.

[Neon]

Part 3

Deep in the Desert Sector a familiar red glow was starting to appear on a tower. 4 figures stood in front of the tower. “I wish we didn’t have to waste the last level 2 tower.” Wined a small one dressed in a glittery blue robe.

“Stop complaining already.” William said to her turning around. “This Plan has to work.”

“Yes…this plan has to work. That’s what you said about the last plan…and the last plan…and the last plan.” Xem said in his whispery like voice.

“Oh, shut it Xem!” The bulky one yelled. “Last time you told the girl too much!”

“Stop talking.” William said raising his warped voice. “Get to your positions and wait until they come. That’s an order.”

“Oh, William you’re so cute when you give orders.” The small blue one said dreamily.

Each of them broke off in separate directions. Waiting for their pray to come..

Ulrich caught his breath against the school wall. He wasn’t sure why he was acting like this. I mean him and Yumi were just good friends…weren’t they?

He put his hands in his pockets and began walking forward trying to think about something else. As he turned the corner he saw Christina and Sissy talking to each other. “..Anyway, he is my boyfriend now!” Christina said excited.

“Odd? Who would want a dork like that for a boyfriend.” Sissy said disgusted.

“He is not a dork! He is a beautiful purple gentlemen.” Christina said dreamily.

“Your talking about Odd?” Ulrich interrupted them.

“Yeah, what’s it to you.” Christina said looking away.

“Err…nothing.” Ulrich said. Remembering yesterdays attack Christina did not seem safe to be around. As he began walking away he felt a hand grab tight onto his shoulder.

“Wait a second.” Christina said. She leaned forward and whispered in his ear. “Once my master gives me the order…I will kill you.” She giggled.

“Yeah, fat chance. When that time comes I will definately beat you.” Ulrich said softly and continued walking.

Aelita sat inside of the gym and buried her face in her hands. Jeremy came and sat next to her. “Aelita…” He said softly. “Look. I didn’t mean what I said last night. I was just under a lot of stress.”

“You’re always under stress. You over work yourself until it’s like you don’t even know me anymore.” Aelita said crying a little.

“I’m sorry okay? But I’m working hard to end Xana so we can live normal lives.” Jeremy said putting his arm around her.

“Thats the problem Jeremy. You are acting like all of this is up to you. Like you can handle all of this yourself. I just want you to be yourself and work hard with us.”

“I can be. I will be better I promise Aelita.”

“Do you mean it..” Aelita said looking at him.

“Yes I mean it more than anything Aelita. I swear!”

“Okay..I believe you Jeremy.” Aelita said taking a deep breath and calming herself down.

Jeremy moved in closer. Aelita faced him. There lips were inches away from each other when suddenly an obnoxious beeping came from Jeremy’s backpack..

“Looks like an activated tower.” Jeremy whispered.

“Yeah, your right” Aelita said back softly.

“An activated what??” Tealia said popping her head up from below.

“Oh…err hey Tealia.” Jeremy said standing up with Aelita.

“We would love to stay and talk but. We have a huge test to study for.” Aelita said as she grabbed Jeremy’s hand and pulled him to the side.

Taelia quickly ran in front of them blocking the way.

“You’re not going anywhere until you tell me what’s really going on.” She said with gritted teeth. "You said something about a Xana and a activated tower. I heard it!"

“Theirs no point in telling you since you wont’ believe us anyway.” Jeremy said.

“Just try me. I hear a lot of things from a lot of people!”

“Fine, we have to get to the factory and virtualize ourselves before an evil computer virus from the net destroys all of mankind.” Jeremy said in one breath.

There was a short moment of pause.

“Are you crazy?” Taelia said. “Look, I don’t know what you and your girlfriend are trying to pull. But I’m not leaving you alone until I find out what you’re talking about.”

Meanwhile Odd sneaks his way through the girl’s dorms room. “I have to find out more about her…Every girl has a diary of some sort here.” Odd said quietly to himself.

He reached Christina’s door and silently opened it. Her room seemed a lot more different from before.

There were posters on the walls of the sub digitals band.

Odd looked quickly looked around for any sort of diary. This was difficult since the room seemed already trashed. “If I were a girl where would I put a diary.” Odd thought to himself.

He snapped his finger and checked her dresser. He opened the first drawer only to see it filled with clothes. He opened the second and quickly shut it. His face turning red from accidently opening her underwear drawer. The third drawer was completely empty. Nothing there but some old peice of notebook paper Odd had no care for. He reached the last drawer and saw some books. He pushed some out of the way.

“Here it is.” He said as he saw a black small notebook with red letters. “My Diary” As he picked it up the doorknob began turning. He quickly dove under her bed.

He heard the door open and a set of feet walk in front of the bed. He recognized them to be Christina’s feet. Right now Chrstina finding Odd with her Diary was definately not an option..

“Geese, you really have to hire a pick up crew to do a number on your room.” Sissy said.

“Sissy, why did you come in my room and look through my drawers?” She asked.

“What are you talking about? I’ve never come in here before now.” Sissy said. She must have been near the door.

“Hmmm, just forget it.” Christina said. “Darn, I can’t find my brush anywhere! I think I left it under the bed.”

Odd missed a beat as he saw Christina beginning to kneel down towards him. He saw a pink Brush a few feet from his hand. Christina wasn’t knelt down all the way but feeling around with her hand. Odd slowly moved the brush under her hand.

She gripped it and stood back up. “Found it!” She giggled.

“You’re still using that after it’s been under your bed?!” Sissy said disgusted.

“What else would I use?”

“Ugh, just come to my room. You can use one of my brushes.” Sissy said sounding annoyed and grabbed Christina’s wrist dragging her out of the room and closing the door.

Once Odd was in the clear he pulled himself from out under the bed. He turned the Dairy around and was shocked to see small Xana symbols on each 4 corners of the book.

He quietly opened the door and snuck back through the halls down to the boy’ dorm.

“Yes, Odd the magnificent once again triumphs!” Odd said shut his door and suddenly tripped flat on his face. Kiwi barked and grabbed the diary in his jaws.

“Hey! Give it back Kiwi!” He said chasing the little dog across the room.

Yumi had her backpack over her shoulder and was walking to the bench to study. Ulrich was leaning on a nearby wall and saw her. “So, Williams a good kisser huh?” He said not looking at her. His hands were in his pockets.

“What are you talking about Ulrich?”

“Don’t play dumb. I saw you kissing with that clone.”

“Ulrich I have no idea what you’re talking about. I wouldn’t kiss William clone or not!” Yumi said angry of being accused.

“Look, I know what I saw. If you’d rather lie and deny it then fine.”

“If this is some joke of yours Ulrich it’s not funny.” Yumi said raising an eyebrow.

Tealia still stood in front of Jeremy and Aelita crossing her arms. “Well?”

“Fine, you can come. But promise not to tell anyone”

“You Wish!” Tealia said grinning at him.

Jeremy and Aelita walked past her. Aelita whispered to Jeremy.

“Jeremy, are you sure this is safe?”

“Just follow my lead.” Jeremy winked at her. They began walking through the forest.

Jeremy whispered to Aelita. “Walk a little faster..” He said softly. Aelita did as she was told.

Taelia had not noticed since she was busy looking at the trees and bushes. Probably looking to see if anything may jump out at her..

Suddenly with a gentle shove Jeremy pushed Aelita forward with him and started running.

“HEY!” Tealia yelled running after them.

Jeremy and Aelita both ran separate directions. Taelia looked around and angrily chased after Jeremy.

Aelita suddenly bumped into something hard and fell back as she ran through a large was standing infront of her. Both of her eyes were glowing with Xana symbols.

“Xana!” Aelita gasped pulling her self up and backing away. Yumi grinned and grabbed Aelitas wrist with a tight grip sending a painful serge of electricity through her body.

Aelita screamed in pain and soon fainted. Yumi’s image suddenly morphed into a black substance then took form looking like Jeremy. Jeremy continued running with Taelia hot on his tail. He came to a stop as he saw an unconscious Aelita over another Jeremy’s shoulder. “Aelita!” Jeremy yelled.

The Polymorph looked at Jeremy with angry Xana eyes and quickly dashed towards the sewer entrance. Taelia had finally caught up to catch her breath. “Finally…caught…you.” She breathed. She looked up only to see Jeremy sprinting again following the Polymorph. He pulled out his cell phone and quickly began dialing.

“Hello?” Ulrich said picking up his phone.

“Ulrich, Xana made another Polymorph and kidnapped Aelita. Get Yumi and Odd and meet me at the factory. And be quick about it.”

“Okay Jeremy.” Ulrich said hanging up. He looked at Yumi. “Okay so you didn’t go out in the forest and kiss the clone?”

“For the last time no. I don’t like William like that Ulrich.” Yumi said narrowing her eyes.

"Jeremy said a polymorph attacked Aelita and is taking her to the factory. You find Odd and I will go back Jeremy up. Okay?”

“Okay, I will go find Odd.” Yumi said. Ulrich nodded and began running. “Wait, Ulrich.” Yumi added as Ulrich came to a stop. “I..Forgive you about before.” She said a little blushing.

“Thanks, I believe you about the kissing thing.” Ulrich said. He gave a little wave and continued onward towards the factory.

[Neon]

Part 4

The polymorph holding tight onto Aelita ran through the factory entrance and hopped down to the elevator. He pressed the button waiting for the elevator to come up.

Jeremy reached the entrance and looked down towards the captured aelita. Trying to figure out a plan…

“Got, you!” Taelia said grabbing jeremy’s shoulder. The words echoed around the factory giving Jeremy away.

The Polymorph looked up at Jeremy and Taelia and gritted its teeth. Once the elevator opened he tosses Aelita inside. He held up his hand at Jeremy and held his index finger up. Indicating the one minute sign.

“What?” Jeremy said looking at him.

The polymorph walked inside as the doors closed. Jeremy grabbed the rope and slid down to the bottom.

“Where do you think your going?” Taelia said dangling on one of the ropes. “A little help please!”

“Sorry but when the days over you wont’ remember any of this so stay there for now.” Jeremy said trying to bring the elevator back up by pressing the button. But with no success…

Ulrich was running across the bridge to the factory. He saw Taelia slipping off the rope.

“Jeremy you jerk help me down!” She screamed. Her eyes widened as her hands slipped and she fell. But felt her self grabbed before falling to the ground. Ulrich was holding tight to her wrist.

She grabbed back onto the rope not looking down and slowly began climbing down. Ulrich climbed down the other one.

He ran over to Jeremy.

“Any luck?”

“I think it’s finally coming back up.” He said. Sure enough the elevator doors opened. They quickly got inside and pressed the large button to get it to go down. Taelia quickly got inside as well made sure not to be left behind.

When they reached the computer lab Jeremy quickly hopped in his chair and checked lyoko. “Okay I see a trace of her in the desert sector.” Jeremy said.

Ulrich nodded and got back in the elevator to be sent to lyoko. As he reached the scanner room he ran into one of the scanners.

“Scanner: Ulrich, materialize: Ulrich. Virtualization!”

Taelia stared at Jeremy blankly not sure what in the world was happening.

Ulrich felt himself lifted off his feet and become weightless flying through space itself to reach lyoko.

He landed inside the desert Sector. “Okay, where to Jeremy?” Ulrich asked.

“Aelita is a bit north of your position. She isn’t that far.”

“I wonder whatever happened to that polymorph..”

“Don’t worry, I’ll keep my eyes open. Now hurry to Aelita!”

Ulrich ran to the north in search of his pink haired friend.

Odd opened the Diary to a random page and began reading:

Deary Diary,

Mom and Dad are fighting again like last night. I don’t even know why they bother talking to each other anymore. I mean I can’t even believe anything they tell me anymore. Mom says someones bad who Dad says is good. I wish they would just get along and agree on “something”.

Odd turned more pages. Skipping things like dreams and day dreaming about boys. Other than the Xana symbols on the back it looked like a normal Diary. Suddenly he stopped and turned back a page.

Dear Diary,

My dad has been working so hard lately with some old guy named “France hopper.” He has had no time for me at all! It’s driving me insane seeing him work nights and nights without sleeping because he is grumpy throughout the rest of the day. He doesn’t even call me Princess anymore. I miss my old dad that actually paid attention to me. And don’t even get me started on my mother. She went on some vacation for a week now. I feel so alone in this house…I can’t wait to move out and marry someone.

Odd couldn’t’ help but feel a little sympathy for her. Having no parents to talk to or say that they love her. He turned a few more pages.

Dear Diary,

I’m starting to get a little scared. My dad went to work and never came back. Its been 4 days and yet I haven’t even heard anything from him. Dang, someone’s at the door!

The page ended. It was pretty short

Odd passed the next page since he wasn’t that interested in hearing her talk about her new perfume. He read the page after.

Dear Diary,

Last night was insane for me. First my dad’s friend invites me to go see him at the factory and right when I get there I black out because of something. When I woke up I felt so sick I just wanted to die! He told me my dad was too busy and that I should go back home. The nerve of that guy! Invites me to finally see my father and then tell me hese busy! What kind of father is too busy for their child? It makes me so mad I just want to kill someone!

Odd turned to the next page as he began to notice the change in her writing..

Dear Diary,

I’m starting to literally hear voices in my head. Nobody will believe me when I tell them! I don’t even believe myself! Everytime I fall asleep I see this image in my head. There was a badly drawn Xana symbol next to that. The words continued below.

I am starting to get scared and have no idea what I’m doing. There have been so many murders lately and I am scared to be next! I wish I had someone to talk to…I really need a friend. Wait…you know what. There seemed to be erased words next that were written over.

I don’t need friends! I have my new friend that I can’t see. But she can see me. She is telling me to join X-A-N-A. I don’t know who he is but he sounds like a pretty nice guy from her. I really could use a friend…so tomorrow I’m going to go with him.

The Diary ended. The rest of the pages had been ripped out. Odd put the Diary down and sighed. Kiwi started barking but he paid it no mind.

“Think your funny don’t you?” He heard Christina’s voice . He looked up shocked to see Christina standing at his door. Red faced and looked anything but happy or sad.

Yumi ran through the halls looking anywhere for Odd. She stopped in her tracks as she saw Odd crash through the door and hit the wall. A tentacle wrapped around his stomach and pulled him back in.

“Odd!” She ran in. Christina was in her Xana outfit like last time. She turned her head and grinned at Yumi. Christina was no longer in control….this was purely Sapphire.

“I don’t care if she does love you!” She yelled. “I am going to kill you!” Odd was thrown through the window breaking the glass. This ripped some of his clothes and gave him some cuts.

He fell towards the ground yelling for his life. This fall…would definitely hurt.

“Odd!!” She screamed running past Sapphire and looking out the broken window.

Odd suddenly felt a strange serge through his body. He saw a dark essence moving around him and slowing him down. He landed on his feet safely on the ground. The strange black gas substance morphed in the ground leaving him.

“umm…..okay?” Odd said looking around checking himself. “Did…a ghost just help me?”

Yumi was happy to see he was okay. But the happiness didn’t stay long as a tentacle wrapped around Yumis neck and held her up. Squeezing the breath out of her and the life.

Her vision was starting to go blank…She grasped the tentacle trying to get it off of her but her strength was being drained.

“Prepare…to die Yumi Ishiyama!” Sapphire yelled. Odd came running back through the door and grabbed the Diary. He tried to hit Sapphire with it but had it grabbed. She looked back at him and grinned. “I don’t care if she loves you…I’m going to kill you.”

Yumi used this chance and kicked her straight in the face. She let go and screamed in pain grasping her face.

Odd grabbed yumis hand and forced her with him out the door into the hall. Running towards the exit.

[Neon]

Part 5

(Keep in mind this is when I wanted to try a new way of writing. If you would rather I go back to what I used before or keep this one please fill free to tell me so I can consider that in future chapters.)

Aelita's P.O.V.

I woke up in a dark cold place, my eyes still had not adjusted so I could not see that well.

I saw a distinct figure bending down next to me.

“Jeremy.” I said hoping that it was him.

“No..” A warped voice said back to me.

“Then…who…who are you?” I said a little scared being in this dark place with someone I don’t even know.

“I’m the Polymorph. My name is Damien.” It said.

“Damien? But…if you’re a polymorph then you’re a minion of Xanas. I didn’t know they had names.”

“Of course we have names…were not very different from you humans…” ‘Damien’ said to me.

“What do you want from me?”

“I don’t want anything Aelita. But…they are planning to finally trap you in lyoko.”

“It hasn’t worked before. What will make it work now?”

“Xana has more then one person to do his plans now…” Damien said staring down at her.

My eyes were starting to get use to the dark. I could see a face above me with two wide Xana symbols staring down at me.

“Where are we?”

“Were in a room under the elevator…Franz Hopper used it incase something went wrong with the elevator.” He said.

“You mean my father?”

“Yes, your father. I am keeping you here so that you don’t go up there and get yourself killed.”

I stood up; the room was rather small even for me. There were rusted pipes and cob webs all over the walls.

“But why are you doing this? I mean, helping me?”

“To be honest I don’t even know…I guess I just don’t like what Xanas doing that’s all.”

“But you’re a ghost of Xana. Aren’t you supposed to do his bidding?”

“There are some ghosts that choose to do his bidding…I’m not exactly one of them. Anyway just be happy your friends are making it look like you’re on Lyoko.”

“But they don’t know I’m down here. I have to go help my friends!”

“Why bother…Friends come and go. Wouldn’t you rather be safe down here?”

I threw him a disgusted look. “No! Knowing my friends are in danger will never keep me from helping them!”

Ulrich’s P.O.V.

As I ran through the seemingly empty desert I saw a tower up ahead. But still there was no sign of Aelita.

“Jeremy, are you sure she’s here?” I asked Jeremy. But there was no response

“Jeremy?” I called again but still all I heard was my self moving.

I then began to notice that everything was getting darker. I looked down and saw that my shadow seemed to be expanding. Or…being engulfed by something else?

There was a huge crash as I narrowly avoided a huge boulder by inches. The force knocked me off my feet and made me skid on the hard ground.

On top of the boulder, a figure in a brown cloak sat. He chuckled as he turned his head and looked at me. My heart was pounding in my chest. Was this the strength this strange being possessed? Or was there more to it then that?

I saw as the figure hopped off the large boulder and landed on the ground as if he weighed nothing.

“You must be another one of those brats eh?” He grunted.

“And you must be another one of those charming Xana puppets.” I said staring at him.

“The Name is Xaldin. But…that won’t matter to you after today. After all, you’re soon to be dead like every last one of your species!”

I ran at the bulky figure and swung my sword up attempting to slash him. There was a sudden stop that hurt my arm. I saw that he had grabbed the sharp part of my sword like it was nothing. I quickly slashed by second sword to his side only to have the same stop.

His large muscled hands were holding onto my swords tightly. It was as if his arms were made of a hard metal.

I brought my leg up and pushed off his chest freeing me and my weapons from his tight grip.

As I landed I felt a sudden strong force hit me in the chest. I flew back and hit slid on the ground.

I rolled out of the way as he attempted to stamp on me. I felt a sharp pain in my side as he kicked me and sent me flying more.

Jeremy’s P.O.V.

I scratched my head. “Strange…I could have sworn I saw Aelitas trace where you are now. Did you check inside the tower? Hello? Ulrich are you there?”

I gave a deep sigh and attempted to adjust the Microphone.

Suddenly I lost all visual on lyoko as the screen was starting to get Fizzy.

“No, no, no!” I yelled trying not to smash the keyboard out of frustration.

I luckily calmed myself down and attempted to work around the problem.

“If I just reverse the fragment right there from over there…yeah…maybe…”

Odd’s P.O.V

I ran with Yumi, she was pulling my hand with her tight grip slowly fading as she bent down to rest.

“Yumi.” I said. “You don’t have that much strength left. Here I’ll help.” I said putting Yumi’s arm over my shoulder to support her.

As we reached the factory I helped her onto the rope so that she can softly slide down.

When she reached the bottom she limped over to the elevator. I quickly joined her after sliding down. My hands hurting a little from rope burn.

We walked inside the elevator to go reach Jeremy and the others.

“Do you think its those guys from before..” Yumi asked Odd.

“It probably is. Williams getting more and more popular lately isn’t he?” Odd grinned.

The doors opened and Jeremy turned to see us. “Oh good you’re here” He said. “Hurry up to the desert sector. Aelita and Ulrich need your help!”

We nodded as the elevators closed again sending us to the scanner room. I couldn’t help but feel a little unsure about this. A weird feeling in the pit of my stomach, that I know wasn’t from breakfast.

I heard Yumi’s scanner close then my own.

“Scanner Odd, Scanner Yumi.” Jeremy said preparing for the lyoko transfer.

“Materialize Yumi, Materialize Odd. Virtualisation!”

My hair blew back as my vision was incased with White. My body became weightless as it felt as if I was flying upwards.

I landed in the ice Sector confused on why I was not seeing desert. “Umm…Jeremy you did say the Desert sector right?” I asked. “Wait…Where’s Yumi?”

Yumi seemed to of not virtualized yet.

Something suddenly whistled past my ear. I turned my head to see a long needle sticking into the ground. It looked like it was purely made of ice.

I heard chuckling behind me and turned around quickly. Standing on top of a near tower, was a girl that was bending her knee up and down as if listening to music.

Unlike the ones yesterday she wasn’t wearing a cloak, but a tight looking Xana outfit with blue lines and some small spikes of ice sticking out of it. Her Xana symbol was blue and glowing, on her head was blue lines going down both her cheeks, her eyes were covered by blue goggles that looked a lot like ice. She grinned down at Odd forming another needle in her hand.

Yumi’s P.O.V.

After being Virtualised I landed in the Mountain Sector. “Jeremy? Hello?” I said looking around.

There was luckily no sign of monsters…yet.

I guess I spoke too soon since I saw two mega tanks rolling there way towards me with a familiar Smokey substance behind them.

“William.” I said pulling out both my fans.

As one of them opened to launch the laser I flipped out of the way and through my fan.

It spun dangerously close to their symbol only to be deflected by William’s sword once he reformed.

As the second one opened and launched the laser I avoided by inches quickly flipping out of the way.

As the first one opened up again for a second attack I took the chance and through the fan directly at the symbol, hitting its middle and destroying it.

As the second one opened for attack William put his hand up calling it off. The

Mega tank closed and resumed its circle position.

Smoke formed in Williams hand as he hit the ground. The smoke substance would vanish from his hand and sink into the ground. I looked at him confused and quickly readied my fan.

I suddenly felt something cold wrap around my leg. The smoke substance that morphed in the ground was wrapped around both my legs.

“I don’t have to move to beat you William!” I said throwing my fan at him.

He simply raised his sword and deflected it safely away. I looked down in shock to see the smoke beginning to climb up my body.

The fan fell to the ground harmlessly, as William kicked it over the edge into the digital sea below.

He walked towards me with his evil smile. The white Xana symbol on his head was pulsating.

Williams P.O.V.

Slowly I walked towards the defenseless’ Yumi plotting on what to do with her.

I ran my finger across her angry face.

“You still have a chance Yumi. Join Xana, and I will let you live.” I said to her.

“Give it up William. I’ll never join Xana no matter what, because unlike you I stick to my oaths!”

Those last words seemed strange to me. I laughed in triumph at her.

“You’re foolish Yumi Ishiyama. I could have spared you but it’s too late.”

I laughed kicking her hard in the stomach knocking her over the edge and watching as she vanishes in the mist below.

“Aelita….She is not on lyoko…must find her…must find…” Xanas voice called through my head.

I put my sword over my shoulder and walked towards the nearest tower.

[Neon]

Part 6

Odd’s P.O.V.

“I’m guessing your friends with William.” I said looking up at the girl.

She giggled and threw the needle straight at me. One simple side step and the needle passed me and pinned in the ground.

I saw her leap from the tower and land on the ground light as a feather.

“Master Xana doesn’t’ want you interfering. I’m glad that you’re the one that ended up here, Makes it a lot easier!”

I gritted my teeth at this. Surely she couldn’t be talking about me. I am the great Odd the magnificent!

"My name is Xaren; Xana's great Chill." She said grinning at him insanely.

“Laser Arrow!” I shouted shooting two of them straight at her. She waved her hand and suddenly became surrounded by a strong layer of ice.

“Is that all you can do? Shoot small toothpicks at people?” She said insultingly.

She put her hand on the wall of ice. Cracks would begin appearing all around it spreading.

“Ice arrows!” She said as millions of small arrowheads would of shot from the ice towards me.

“Shield!” I said putting both my hands up and making the purple bubble like shield.

The pressure from the seemingly endless arrows bouncing off of the shield was great.

My feet were slowly skidding back. Keeping the shield up was also not easy since I couldn’t move my hands from across each other.

“Come on…End all ready!” I shouted having no room to move. as the arrows bounced off pushing me back slowly more and more. The shield definitely wasn’t going to last much longer.

I heard something hardening behind me like freezing water. I could only move my head a little but I was able to see a large bulk of ice with a large spike sticking out in front of it.

The Arrows were pushing me towards the spike! At this rate I’ll either be killed by my front or back.

“Crap!” I said as I got ever closer to the long spike waiting to stab through my back.

I closed my eyes trying to figure out what to do. Suddenly a feeling like a serge coursed through my body.

I felt power rushing to my left hand. A red laser arrow shot from it obviously going to the side since it was crossed.

It changed direction like a heat seeker and shot towards the girl in her Ice defense from the side.

As it hit a large explosion erupted around her. The ice arrows stopped and I slumped to the ground a few inches away from the spike to my back.

I heard something skidding coming closer. As I looked up the girl was skating around me. She looked untouched from the sudden explosion.

I got up and shot a laser arrow only to have her knock it away with part of the ice on her arm.

“It’s useless I am a living shield!” She laughed as she threw another Ice needle towards me that stabbed into my side.

“Ouch!” I said grabbing my side in pain. That must have lost a great deal of life points.

I tried to get that serge of energy again. Maybe it was what I ate today? Could food be what affects people in Lyoko? I sure hope so!

Ulrichs P.O.V.

“Super Sprint!” I yelled jumping up and slashing at Xaldin’s chest. As he caught it I spun around and slashed his side.

“Lucky shot brat.” He growled punching me in the stomach. I fell to my knees from the pain.

“Face it kid.” He said bending down to me. “When it comes to strength, I have you beat. I have everyone beat. For I am Xaldin; Xana's Strength!” Xaldin yelled.

“You wish” I said slashing upwards at him. He dodged the blades tip by inches.

“You want a test of my strength huh?” Xaldin said making a fist. A red like glow surrounded it as he had lifted up over his head.

“EAT THIS!” He shouted as he slammed his fist on the ground, causing cracks to spread all around him.

I waited for a couple seconds when I felt something underneath me suddenly launch me in the air. I landed and saw apart of the ground I was standing on standing up like a wall.

“I can manipulate earth with these arms kid!” Xaldin said as I noticed his hand was spreading a red aura around the ground he was on.

“Super Sprint!” I yelled running with great speed towards him. I would quickly dash to the side as apart of the earth would rise to stop me. More and more when suddenly as I took another step it felt like mud, as both of my feet got stuck in this strange muck.

“Game over.” Xaldin said. The earth all around me shot up blocking off all escape points. I yelled in pain as the earth covered me and crushed me. devirtualising me in the process.

I fell out of the scanner unable to move my body, only able to grit my teeth. “What was that guy…?”

Aelita’s P.O.V.

The polymorph named Damien opened a small trapdoor above him.

I was shocked to see that it was Jeremy but then remembered that it took his form earlier..

“Up here.” Damien said pulling himself up. As I followed him up and saw that we were in the scanner room. He turned and looked at me with narrowed eyes.

“The activated tower is in the forest Sector…Your virtualization code is messed up so your friend won’t be able to send you there. But I can try and hack into the scanner myself.”

Damien before my eyes melted down into a black gassy substance and phased through the scanner. A few seconds passed and it suddenly opened infront of me.

I stepped inside and heard it close behind me. Damien’s voice echoed around as my feet left the ground and the scanner became activated.

“I can’t promise a safe trip there…”

I gulped as I felt the weight all leaving my body as if being sucked out.

“Virtualization.” Damien’s bored voice said. I lifted up and materialized in the forest Sector. I looked around and heard pulsations a distance away. The activated tower must have been the tower near the edge. I waved my hand over my star bracelet and let the pink wings form behind me. I shot forward and flew gracefully through the trees.

Suddenly a red beam missed me by inches and sliced through a nearby tree.

I turned my head to see a group of hornets following close after me. One in the middle was black and giving off a familiar Blackish Aura.

It had two heads and two stingers. The two stingers both shot two small beams that met and shot a large one through the middle.

I zoomed down close to the ground and dodged the long laser once more.

“Energy Field!” I said facing backwards and shooting a large pink orb at the black hornet only to miss and hit a smaller green one.

As the long beam shot at me again I spun around but was hit in the back, shutting off the wings.

I hit the ground with a loud thud. The Hornets all circled me blocking all escape points.

The large black one changed into the dark aura and took shape into Xem in front of me.

“Funny how you always seem to be on the ground when I see you…” Xem whispered.

I pulled myself up and formed two energy fields in my hands.

“Trying to stop me for your master Xana huh?”

“Oh no…I’d rather stop you because I simply don’t like you.”

“Energy Field!” I said shooting the two orbs at him.

He was encased by a large metal ball that looked like the ones of a mega tank It deflected the energy fields and opened up disappearing behind him.

“Enough of this…your little game is coming to an end.” Xem said as the black aura covered both his arms. Making them longer and becoming silver.

I saw that his arms have been replaced by those of a tarantula.

“Come and I will escort you to the sea…” Xem said walking towards me.

There was no way I’m going to just let him take me without a fight.

“Energy Field!” I yelled again shooting another pink orb at him. He lifted up one of his arms as the orb was deflected away.

The hornets continued to circle me making sure I had no where to run.

“It’s sad really the situation that your in.” Xem said as he came closer. “Having to fight for a father that took your child hood away…And die again and again…that’s all it is with you isn’t it? Being killed in lyoko and brought back on earth. You don’t even know where Franz hopper or Lord Xana is… ”

“Quiet! You don’t know what you’re saying!” I yelled, as my anger was slowly rising.

“I don’t know what I’m saying huh…? Then tell me how a little girl like you ended up in a position like this…”

“Because, of Xana!”

“And who created Xana?”

“My…my father but still-“

“But, he did expect you to give up your childhood for his dream.” Xem said.

“Shut up!!!” I screamed holding my head. The anger had finally reached its surface. I wanted to kill him for saying such horrible things!

There was a strange sensation in my finger tips. It seemed to be spreading through my hand and up my arm. Suddenly a stream of pink electricity shot out of both my palms shooting all around me. I waved my arms around trying to stop this sudden flow going through my arms. The hornets were all flying around frantically as the electricity would hit their entire bodies destroying them. Endless electricity spreading all around me it was clearing the area of hornets. Xem was dodging as much as he can, some of the electricity missing him by inches. The electricity in both my hands came to an end as my arms felt heavier from exhaustion. I quickly touched my bracelet making my wings come out and flew towards the tower.

I heard the sound of Xem changing his form as he followed close behind me.
When I turned my head I saw a large Manata with spikes all over. Xem wasn’t going to let me go so easily.

Suddenly Xem stopped his pursuit. He turned around and flew down disappearing into the digital sea below.
I had no time to wonder why he was retreating. I quickly landed infront of the tower and onto the platform.

I put my hand on the data base and floated upwards towards the second platform.

“Tower Deactivated…” I said.
Suddenly everything seemed to glow purple.
“What?” I said looking around at the sudden change. There was a sudden voice echoing in the tower.

“Now you are mine…” It said in an inhuman voice.

My whole body seemed to shut down as it felt as if I was tied by an invisible rope.

The towers outer area began to fade away leaving me on a floating platform where the tower once was.

I looked down and saw William standing beneath me with his arms folded.

“Like I said before, your mine.” He laughed evilly.

Yumi’s P.O.V.

I fell through the mist more and more towards the digital sea below. The smoke like substance just blew away with the wind as I fell through the sky.

I put my fingertips on my head and quickly focused on stopping. The red glow surrounded my body as I safely stopped and began floating back up. I landed back on the mountain sector and looked around.

A familiar voice was heard above me.

“Yumi, hello, are you there?” Jeremy’s voice asked.

“Jeremy! Finally you answer. Where were you?”

“I was having some issues earlier. Anyway get a move on to the forest sector! Aelita is there alone”

“What about the others? Are they there too?”

“No, I’m trying to figure out where they are. It took me long enough to find you.” Jeremy sighed. “Anyway here’s your vehicle.” He said.
The over wing appeared in front of me. I jumped on and sped off morphing into a tower and traveling through its data base.

I flew out into the forest sector quickly looking for Aelita.

I turned and saw a floating platform with a figure on it.
“Aelita!” I said quickly making my way towards her. I saw William underneath her pulling out his long wide sword and pointing it at her.

He turned and looked at me. “Stop her!” he said loudly. A large laser flew past me as I saw a large black manta covered in spikes flying towards me…

Jeremy’s P.O.V.

“Come on….Odd, Ulrich where are you?” I said trying to fix the visual.

“What the heck is going on?” Taelia demanded grabbing my shoulder.

“Look, it’s a long story and by the end of the day you won’t even remember it anyway.” I said as Taelia backed up towards the elevator.

"I swear you guys are going to get thrown in prison for something like thi-"

I turned my head when I heard Taelia suddenly give a piercing scream.

Sapphire was holding her pinned against the wall with one hand. Despite her kicks and struggles she was not strong enough.

“It’s your choice now…” she said. “Who will die first….you or her?” She said glaring at me with piercing eyes. .

To be continued...

[Neon]

Part 7

Jeremey’s P.O.V.

I leapt out of my chair was sharp tentacles pierced through it seconds from hitting me.

I hit the cold ground and rolled around getting back to my feet.

Sapphire was still holding tight onto the struggling Taelia.

“It’s funny really. Whenever I feel like it I can just snap her neck like a stick.” Sapphire laughed tightening her grip.

“Leave her alone!” I yelled at her. “She has nothing to do with this! It’s me you have a grudge against.”

“What fun is that? I love innocent blood.” She said. Taelia was slowly closing her eyes. All of this loss of air couldn’t have been good.

“Sapphire…” A voice suddenly called out from behind me. I turned around and almost fell backwards seeing another me.

“You’re a clone?” I said getting in a defensive stance.

“Calm down…I’m on your side…” He said. “My names Damien…”

“how are you on My side? That makes no sense.” I said looking at him. Of course I would be skeptical. One of a million ghosts we’ve been fighting is offering his help.

“Just stay out of my way…” He said giving me a strong push out of the way.

“What are you doing?!” Sapphire said angrily at the polymorph.

“I’m doing what I believe…” He said staring back at her with emotionless Xana eyes.

“You fat traitor!” Sapphire said as she let go of Taelia who gasped for air as she hit the ground.

“I told Xana we didn’t need your kind for anything!” She yelled.

“That might be true…But I could care less…” Damien yawned.

Sapphires tentacles shot out of her palms and wrapped around Damien and lifted him off his feet pulling him towards he got close enough she brought back her fist and swung it forward into Damien’s face. He flew back and hit the wall with a loud CLANG.

Well Sapphire was distracted with him I quickly snuck by and grabbed Taelia. Her skin was pale and she was giving deep gasps of air.

“Calm down…you’ll be okay.” I said trying to comfort her from her sudden attack.

Ulrichs P.O.V.

I limped into the elevator and leaned down on the wall after pushing the button to the computer room. That guy was a lot stronger than he looked. And he had already looked strong enough. I could still feel the rocks covering my skin and breaking all my bones back on lyoko.

“I’ll beat him next time…” I told myself.

As the elevator door opens I saw Jeremy fly by and hit a wall. I limped inside and checked to see if he was okay.

“Jeremy?”

“Shut up…I’m not Jeremy…” Damien said.

“Then who or what are you? Like A polymorph?”

“Close enough…” Damien said pulling himself up.

Sapphire gritted her teeth seeing Both of us talking.

“It’s useless. You’re both going to die!” She said as small sharp tentacles grew from her finger tips.

She ran and slashed down at both of us. I quickly rolled out of the way and attempted to trip her.

She grabbed my leg and swung me upwards. I hit my head against Damien’s and fell back with him. This made a really sharp pain in my forehead.

“Idiot…” He said shoving me off of him and getting to his feet.

Damien shot purple electricity out of his hands at Sapphire. She countered by shooting her silver electricity that cancelled out his and began to shock him in place. He struggled to get out of the flow but looked as if he couldn’t make a move.

“I can’t let him die…” I said. “But he works for Xana and just might betray us later.”

I shook my head. A ghost or not I am not going to stand and let someone die in front of me.

I ran at Sapphire and tackled her to the floor using what strength I could muster.
“You little brat!” I heard her hiss at me as a tentacle wrapped around my waste and threw me upwards.

I smacked against the wall and fell to the floor. I struggled back to my feet with another dense pain in my shoulder now.

“Die!” She said aiming a punch at me. I dunked and swung my fist up under her chin.

She was hit and regained her balance, looking infuriated. I never liked hitting a girl but when that girl is shooting tentacles at you I don’t think you have much of a choice.

She forced her fist into my chest and swung me across the room hitting the ground on my aching shoulder. In my condition as it was moving was a task itself.

“Ahh!” I heard Jeremy yell as a tentacle was wrapping around him and pulling him away from Taelia. It forced him down on the ground as she grinned down upon him.

“This is the end nerd!” She said as a sharp tentacle shot up and aimed downward giving Jeremy no time to escape.

I closed my eyes trying to get back up and help but couldn’t find the strength.

Suddenly I heard Jeremy gasp and began muttering something. I opened my eyes and saw the other Jeremy bending down in front of the real one.

The tentacle had pierced through his back and was half way through his chest. Blood would have dropped then vanished.

“D-Damien what are you doing?” Jeremy said shocked as the blood dripped on him then would disappear as if it were never there.

“You really are clueless…” Damien said staring at him with his expressionless eyes. I could only imagine how that could feel. But how is he not showing any sign of pain? Can ghosts even feel pain or die?

Sapphire stared at Damien and then Jeremy.

“Fool.” I heard her say.

Damien fell to Jeremy’s side as his body would began phasing in and out then vanish completely. I stared for a second then finally blinked before my eyes stung. I had just watched a ghost sacrifice itself for Jeremy. But for what reason, I mean we have been fighting these things since day one. Sapphire walked towards the stunned Jeremy and picked him up by his neck.

“Like I said…this is the end nerd.” She grinned.

Odd’s P.O.V.

“Laser Arrow!” I said shooting more and more arrows from my wrist as she skated all around me as if she were in an ice skating rink.

“You really have a bad aim scrawny little kitty.” Xaren laughed.

“I’m not a scrawny kitty! I’m a svelte Kitty!” I said angrily at her. I kept on trying to get that energy back that had saved my life before.

Where did it come from anyway? And how did I bring it out before?

Xaren giggled and suddenly stopped. She looked at me and began to inhale making her chest expand.

“What the?” I said staring at her aiming the last few of my laser arrows towards her.

She exhaled as a stream of white mist shot out of her mouth covering the entire area as well as me blocking my field of vision.

Suddenly out of nowhere I was knocked off my feet as sharp pains drilled through my limbs and my chest.

The mist cleared a bit as I felt myself devirtualising from my feet. There were dozens of Ice needles sticking out of my body.
“Ugh…” Was all I could muster out as I fully devirtualised falling out of the scanner.

I expected the pain in my body to go away but I could still feel those needles drilling through my skin.

I couldn’t help but squirm on the ground a bit trying to get myself together.

Yumi’s P.O.V.

I swerved to the side avoiding the large red blast shot by Xem.
“Hyaa!” I said throwing a fan back only skidding across one of his black wings.

He shot another large red blast at me that hit the back of my overwing.

I held on as tight as I can but was flung off like a wrapper, I then came to a sudden halt and a sharp pain covered my back as I hit a tree.

“Yumi!!” I heard Aelita call to me as Xem dove down at me the black aura covering his features again.

The mantas wings were bending back around him as his body turned into a large metal ball.

“A mega tank?!” I said confused as the large ball was falling towards me. I shoved both my fingers on my forehead and began activating the telekinesis. The red glow covered my body as the large Megatank was about to crush me. It suddenly came to an abrupt halt as I felt a great strain cover my mind. It was as if my mind was being crushed.

“Gahh!” Was all I could say as my feet were skidding back and my back was starting to get pushed against the virtual tree.

The Megatank rolled floating in the air trying to smash down on me. I finally was able to regain my stance and give a little resistance to the force.

Suddenly a strange sound was heard from the Megatank as I looked up. It had opened revealing the red xana symbol inside it. It began to power up a blast.
With all this force it was hard for me to even move a finger!

“Goodbye little girl…” Xems voice echoed as the blast charged up and began to turn purple on the Xana symbol.

I struggled to move my feet forward against Xem as much as I possibly can.

There was a strange like whistle as the wide purple wave was shot down on me.

I forced my fingers off my forehead and leapt out of the way with what strength I had left.

There was a loud crash as my vision was covered in a flash. I turned my head to see the tree completely destroyed with nothing left.

Xem smashed on the ground where I was before and rolled up into a ball again turning my direction. I heard Aelita scream as William jumped towards her with something glowing threateningly on his sword.

“Just one shot.” I heard William yell as the flow of the black substance would start stopping on the sword leaving the rotating black orb.

I heard him start to laugh evily as he raised his sword above his head.

“Hyaah!” I said throwing both my fans at the mega tank and began to run towards Aelita and William.

Xem began to roll towards me at top speed with the long spikes sticking out of him.

When I got close enough I suddenly stopped and waited for Xem to get close enough to me. I knew from how fast he was going he was attempting to crush me.

I heard the noise he was making getting louder and louder until it was inches away from me.
I leapt up as high as I possibly can and jumped on the rolling mega tank avoiding as much of the spikes I can. Running on it like a treadmill faster towards Aelita and William. When it stopped I jumped forward towards them.

“This is the end!” William yelled swinging his sword down on the trapped Aelita. “No its not!” I yelled landing in front of Aelita.

Aelita’s P.O.V.

I struggled to free myself from this tight invisible grasp.

“Xana’s finally going to have a new guest.” William laughed as a black substance began to cover his sword starting from the hilt.
All of it would spread to the very tip of it and began to rotate around it creating a small sphere that would slowly be growing.

“This is the end!” William yelled jumping towards me and raising his large sword over his head.

“No its not!” I heard Yumi suddenly yell as she landed in front of me.

The sword pierced into her chest forcing the orb inside of her.

“Yumi!” I yelled. William had a surprised look on his face as well.

I could only watch as a red aura began to engulf Yumis body. I was thinking she herself had a surprised look since her back was to me. She began floating upward releasing her from Williams sword without the black orb on it. The red glow got brighter and brighter until it completely engulfed her vanishing with her.

“Yumi!!” I said struggling trying to gather the electricity that had saved me from all the hornets last time.

William looked at me angrily gritting his teeth and narrowing his eyes.
“That was meant for you!!” He yelled swinging his sword at me yet again.
The sudden hatred filled my mind again seeing my friend vanish before my eyes.

“Bring her back….Bring her back….Bring her back!” I yelled at William as my hands both filled with purple electricity and aimed for Williams chest.

With a direct hit William was sent flying over the sectors edge and into the digital Sea.

I saw Xem back into his original cloaked form walking down and jumping off as well disappearing into the sea.

My vision was suddenly obscured by a flash of white. I saw Sapphire holding Jeremy and getting ready to stick a spike straight through his chest.

I don’t know where this vision came from but right now I have to save Jeremy!

[Neon]

Part 8 (Final)

Jeremy’s P.O.V.

I gasped for breath trying to wiggle free of Sapphires grip. My vision was slowly starting to darken as she pulled me closer to her grinding her fingers in my neck.

“Master Xana will be so happy that you are out of the picture.” She laughed.

With a simple slash of the tentacles on her fingers I felt the sharp pain of my skin being pierced.

“Jeremy!!!” I heard Ulrich yell.

Her crushing fingers released my neck and let me drop to the ground, the horrible stinging sensation in my chest getting worse and worse.

My vision was starting to get blurry as the feeling in my body seemed to be slowly spreading across my body. I could feel droplets of blood dripping down my cheeks and falling to the cold floor.

I saw Sapphires feet walking towards me as a ringing went through my ears.

Stay alive…Stay alive…I heard a voice in my head as it continued. It isn’t time…

Suddenly something white appeared in the corner of my eye. It began to expand coming in full vision obscuring the blurry images I was looking at.

I could hear Sapphire yelling in anger, her voice slowly fading…The pain in my chest was slowly disappearing I felt warm sheets suddenly touch my back as my head rested on a soft pillow.

Aeliats P.O.V.

I was relieved to see Jeremy slowly waking up on his bed. Ulrich and Odd were on both sides of me watching carefully.

“What happened…Where am I?” Jeremy said rubbing his head.

“Don’t worry Jeremy. You’re in your room.” I said reassuringly.

“My Room, What happened?” Jeremy said alarmed.

“We don’t know. But somebody activated the RTTP before you…” I hesitated.

“Before I what?” He said staring at me.

“Look at your chest…” I said pointing slowly towards his chest.

He lifted up his shirt and let out a gasp as a red painful looking scar met his eyes.

“Before the RTTP was activated Sapphire got a…lucky shot on you.” Ulrich said narrowing his eyes.

“But who activated the RTTP?” Jeremy said quickly covering up the scar with his shirt.

“We have no idea Einstein.” Odd said messing up Jeremy's hair.

“That was me…” A bored voice said from Jeremy’s computer.

I recognized it to be Damien’s voice, he ghost who had saved me earlier.

We all walked to the computer screen to see a small program running. It was the type where when you type something it says it for you in the chosen voice preferably your own.

“But I thought you were dead.” Jeremy said in shock.
“Ghosts can’t die…they can be shut down for a minute or two…but not die. Why…do you want me to die after saving all of you?”

“Okay that’s enough of this.” Ulrich said stepping forward. “Listen up ghost.”

“It’s Damien…”
“Whatever!” Ulrich shouted at the computer. “I’m onto your little game. Trying to win our trust then when our backs are turned betray us.”

“Interesting…” Damien’s voice said. “You feel as though I am betraying you when I could have easily let that crazy girl kill your friend leaving you with no brains for the group besides Aelita that I could have left on Lyoko and shut off the scanners then devirtualised her.” The voice said in a long sentence.

“He does have a point Ulrich.” Jeremy said not looking at him.

“Oh come on. Odd do you really believe this ghost?”

“It’s Damien…” His voice said again.

“Huh…I don’t’ think I do.” Odd said. “Xanas ghost have tried to fry us, squish us, drown us, blow us up, dare I continue?” Odd said counting his fingers.

“Like I told Aelita before…Maybe some ghosts want to do those things…Maybe other ghosts are forced to do those things…In other words corrupted…”

“Wait what do you mean? What exactly are ghosts?” Jeremy said looking as if he were writing this all down in his mind.

“Ghosts…I don’t really know myself…We are simple followers of Xana that are promised things Xana obviously doesn’t have the power to do…”

“What does he promise you? Where do you come from? How were you made? What do you look like?” Jeremy asked again and again.

“I don’t want to answer any of those stupid questions…” Damien said with a rude tone.

“What about you?” I asked. “Are you…corrupted?”

“In a way I am…I have a strong urge to kill the purple one and the cocky one.” He said referring to Odd and Ulrich. Jeremy looked confused that he answered my question instead of any of his.

“Hey if you’re a ghost of Xana don’t you know about those friends of Williams? The big buff one with no brains and the other three. I mean is there more?” Odd said.

“No…there’s only 4 of them…5 if you count William. That’s even to your group if I’m right…5 on 5.” He said.

“That’s bad; we always had the advantage outnumbering William. Now what are we going to do?” I said.

“Wait a second. Where’s Yumi?” Jeremy said looking around.

“We don’t know. We checked her room and at lunch but she wasn’t there.” I said.

“Maybe she’s looking for you Ulrich.” Odd winked. “Before Sissy does that is.”

“You’re all wrong…” Damien said. “She isn’t even at school…better yet France.”

I could hear the others gasps’ more than my own. Ulrich would have stepped forward almost forcing his face into the screen.

“Where…is…She?!” He said shaking the computer a bit.

“Give me a day or so…I’ll find out or not...” He told us in a not so reassuring tone.

Everyone including me was frowning except for Jeremy who seemed excited.

“Do you guys realize what this means?” He said as we all exited his room.

“We have an annoying ghost who acts like he hates life when he isn’t alive?” Odd said.

“No Odd, we have a spy that can get Xana’s information and plans before it even happens. We will know where Yumi is and how to free William and how to get rid of the replicas!” Odd said looking like he wanted to jump up and down.

“He better find Yumi first.” Ulrich mumbled as he walked off.

I saw Odd run off after seeing a blonde pink skirted girl walk by.

“Why do we hang out with them?” I giggled.
“I’m starting to wonder myself.” Jeremy laughed.

Ulrichs P.O.V.

I gritted my teeth and walked towards the Gym. How could I be so stupid to let them have Yumi?

I should of beat that Xaldin guy and helped. Why couldn’t I beat him? Was I distracted or was it something else? Then the answer hit me.

“I’m too weak…” I said as I dressed in my gym clothes and prepared for my training.

I would visualize myself back at that fight and Xaldin jumping at me with his speed and strength.

I rolled out of the way and acted as if I tripped him and stabbed my sword through his heart.

It was annoying seeing some of the kids whisper looking at me as they left the gym.

“Your upsets about Yumi aren’t you?” I heard Odd say behind me. I turned around and saw that his cheek was red.

“Get rejected by a girl again?” I said.

“Yeah but that’s not the point!” Odd said rubbing his cheek.“You’re upset about Yumi I can tell. Every time you’re upset about her you come here and sweat your brains out. Or what’s left of it at least.” He grinned.

“What’s your point Odd?” I said looking away and kicking the air in front of me.

“My point is if you’re so upset why don’t you tell her you love her?” he said.

I heard him start to laugh as I lost my footing hearing that.

He walked up to me and held out his hand to me.

“If you won’t I will someday.” He said.

I grabbed his hand and pulled him down putting him in a head lock.

“Ouch! Okay I won’t, I won’t. Uncle, Uncle!” Odds voice echoed around the gym.

[Neon]

Chapter 3: Kidnapped!

Aelita’s P.O.V.

I saw myself in a large dark room with no doors or windows. It was cold and seemed so quiet other than my breathing.

“He is the reason of your suffering…” A voice said that echoed all around me.

“He is the one that created Xana…And gave your childhood away.”

I then recognized Xems voice and saw him walk through the darkness.

“Is any of this worth it…You die again and again in lyoko only to have to start over…you ruin other peoples lives with your secrets…You’re the weakest out of them all Aelita Hopper.” Xem said in his whispery voice.

“Shut up! I’m not weak I can protect my friends!”

“Like Yumi?” Xem said in a mocking tone.

“Just shut up! I hate you!!” I yelled filling with anger. I ran at him and tackled him to the floor with all my might. He was strangely lighter than I thought he’d be. I grabbed the top of his hood tightly and ripped it right off of him.

A sudden shock went through me as I quickly backed up. Staring back at me was Franz Hopper, my father looked as if his head was glued on Xem’s body.

I let out a piercing scream and suddenly awoke in my warm bed, the cold feeling vanishing away from my body. I looked around constantly, afraid to see the image in that dream again. I slowly calmed down and took my Mr. Puck doll hugging it tightly and trying to fall back asleep.

My worry for Yumi felt it was getting bigger and bigger the next morning. Jeremy was running the program to change his voice to Yumi’s fathers and calling the princible.

“Yes, Mr. Delmas, my daughter Yumi has been absent lately because she has a fever and is sick in bed.”

I heard the muffled sounds of Mr. Delmas’s voice on the other line.

“What does she have? She has the…chicken pox. Yes I know so they are very contagious. When she is all better I will have her straight back in class. Alright, okay thank you.” Jeremy said hanging up.

“That solves one problem but that doesn’t solve where Yumi is…Damien’s been gone for 3 days now and we haven’t heard anything from him.” I said sadly.

“It will be okay Aelita. Xana wouldn’t risk harming Yumi. He might want to use her as a trade to get to you.” Jeremy said putting his arm around me.

“Then what will we do?” I asked.

“We do what we always do. We beat Xana down.” Jeremy said winking.

I smiled and hugged him giving a light kiss on his cheek.

Odd’s P.O.V.

“Where is she?” I said annoyed walking through the school halls. I saw Christina with Sissy, herb, and Nicholas.

“Hey Christina, can I talk to you for a second…” I said trying to hide my anger.

“Oh sorry she doesn’t talk to nerds.” Sissy said. Herb laughed with a snort.

“No it’s okay Sissy I’ll catch up with you guys later.” She said waving at them.

I walked with her outside. I wanted to make sure a lot of people were around me so she wouldn’t try anything…yet. I also had to talk quieter to not make a scene.

“What is it?” She said looking at me.

“I want to know where Yumi is now!” I said angrily.

“Whatever do you mean?” Christina said making a puppy dog face.

“Don’t play dumb! You’ve been avoiding me till today because you know what I want to know.” I said.

“I don’t know where that mean girl Yumi is. But I’m sure she’s okay” Christina said happily.

“What are you talking about? If anything you tried to kill us last time!” I said glaring at her.

“Well sometimes Sapphire gets loose…You have no idea how hard it is to hold back.” She said clenching her fists.

“I don’t care how hard it is! I want to know where Yumi is and I know that you know that I know that you know that I want to know that you think I know where Yumi is!”

“And where’s that?” Christina said with a sudden change in tone.

“I don’t know.” I said shaking my head hearing her giggle.

“Oh face it Odd…” She said staring back at me. My eyes widened seeing her pupils changing shape into small Xana symbols.

“As far as I know she’s dead. You’d better be nicer or as far as I know you’re going to be too.” She said cracking her knuckles.

I narrowed my eyes at her as I noticed a lot of kids were staring.

“Oh Odd how come your so rude to me! Don’t you know how to treat a girl?” Christina cried suddenly for everyone to hear.

“What? I didn’t do anything!” I said backing up.

Christina only cried harder when she saw Jim walking bye.

“I can’t believe you are treating me this way! You’re so mean and insulting calling me those horrible things!”

“Quiet! Stop lieing!” I pleaded but it was too late. Jim had already grabbed my shoulder.

“So you like picking on girls now huh delarobia? Well you’ll have plenty of time picking on your shadow in detention!” Jim said starting to pull me away.

“But Jim I didn’t do anything! She lieing I swear!”

“Oh, that’s what you said when that girl reported you for sticking water balloons in my bed.”
I turned my head to see Christina giving a tiny wave and smiling evilly watching me be dragged away.

I am definitely thinking were not together anymore.

Ulrichs P.O.V.

I lay in bed with my phone laid next to my head. I could hear it ringing Yumi’s number again and again only to have no answer.

“Hey this is Yumi I’m not at the phone right now so leave a message.” I’d hear more and more.

It was like I was talking to her voice-box instead.

“We have to find her…” I kept on telling myself. “Xana wouldn’t kill her…If he knew what was good for him.”

I pulled myself up and stretched. I had to get Yumi back somehow. And I wasn’t sure what Jeremy was thinking trusting a ghost of Xana even if he did ‘act’ like he’s on our side.

I walked back to the gym to start my first period class. But I already knew it was going to seem a lot longer than it had to since Yumi was usually in the class with me…

When it was finally done I yawned and left the gym. I saw Odd walking towards me. Both his hands jammed in his pockets.

“Something wrong Odd?” I said grinning at him.

“Yeah, Christina or Sapphire or whatever the heck her name is just got me 4 hours of detention after school.” Odd complained.

I felt my phone start vibrating in my pocket and took it out. Jeremy was calling me.

“Yeah what is it Jeremy? Oh you’re almost done with the program? Okay we’ll be right there.”

I nodded to Odd and began walking with him back to Jeremy’s room.

Jeremy’s P.O.V.

I put down the phone and waited with Aelita and the others at my computer typing up the finishing codes to our earth virtualization.

“Do you think they are holding Yumi at the net?” Aelita asked me, her hand on my shoulder.

“I don’t think so. Xana would make it so we could just walk in and take her.” I said shaking my head.

The door opened as Ulrich and Odd came in

Suddenly a window popped up on the screen. I heard a familiar voice and almost yelled in joy.

“I found her…” Damien said. “But I have good news and bad news…”

“What’s the bad news?” Aelita asked.

“Yumi might actually be dead…” Damien said in a yawning voice.

My heart missed a beat as I let out a gasp of air. I looked at Aelita who was shaking as well.

Ulrich nearly pushed me off the chair as he ran forward. “She can’t be dead your lieing!”

“If I were lying I would have at least made it into a good lie…” Damien said.

“W…What’s the good news?” I said adjusting my glasses.

“Why should I tell you?” Damien said rudely.

I couldn’t help but feel annoyed by this since the least this ghost could do is humor me a bit.

Aelita sighed and continued the question. “What’s the good news?” She asked.

“Well…” Damien started. “I know an exact location where she is…She is in a factory deep in the forest…If I’m right it also holds the super computer that controls the forest Replika.”

“So we can use the new virtualization program to transfer you guys to earth; get Yumi, and destroy the super computer there killing two birds with one stone!” I said looking back at them.

“That’s great Jeremy!” Aelita said hugging me smiling.

“You mean were going to get Yumi back?” Ulrich said.

“Yeah we definitely are.” I said looking at him reassuringly.

“Oh one more thing…” Damien said as we all turned around back to my computer.

“I noticed some weird things at that factory…there were scientists and everything…They were working on something…like there very own scanner or something…”

And with that the program suddenly closed leaving the program I was finishing up before back on the screen.

“Let’s get started.” I said typing in the final codes…

[Neon]

Part 2

Ulrichs P.O.V.

I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket again.

“Oh hold on a second guy’s.” I told them stepping outside the room.

“Hello?” I asked in the phone.

“Ulrich Stern! Where’s my Yumi!?” Yumi’s father said angrily on the other line.

“It’s been days since I last saw her and last I saw her you were there!”

“Umm it’s all okay Mr. Ishiyama. Yumi…Had a lot of studying to do with Aelita so she spent the night at her dorm with permission from the principle.”

“Then why hasn’t she called to ask me then?! And why for 3 whole days?!”

“She tried but Aelita’s cell phone ran out of battery and they couldn’t find the charger. She left notes…err….somewhere try your kitchen or room or something Mr. Ishiyama.”

“Hmm…Very well but tell her she better be back home by tomorrow or I’ll come over there and drag her home then ground her until she finishes college!”

“Yes sir. I’ll make sure she goes home before tomorrow.” I assured him. And with that Yumi’s father slammed the phone down.

“We…have a problem.” I said walking back into the room.

“Yumi’s dad is getting seriously suspicious of where she is and if she’s not back by tomorrow things will get really complicated.”

“Don’t worry Ulrich. By the time the sun rises we will have Yumi and just activate the RTTP.” Aelita said to me.

“Yeah I guess your right…” I said yawning. I had forgotten what little sleep I got since Yumi went missing.

“And what are we going to do if Christina attacks us early?” Odd said sounding a little annoyed.

“Well she wouldn’t’ have a reason for attacking if Xana already has the advantage with a hostage.” Jeremy said typing like a madman.

Suddenly Aelita fell on top of Jeremy’s bed with a light 'Thud'.

“Aelita!?” Jeremy said getting out of the chair and rushing to her side along with the me and the others.

Aelita’s P.O.V.

I felt as if I was falling through endless darkness. Something cold then went across my entire back.

I was on a silver table in a dark room with only one light above me obscuring my vision. I tried to lift my hand up only to feel it pinned to my side. Something was keeping me strapped to the cold table. My back felt bare but luckily I still had clothes on the front part of my body.

Suddenly a hand gripped my left arm tightly. A sudden stinging sensation covered my arm. I noticed he was injecting me with a needle filled with strange liquid. My vision would have begun getting blurry as I suddenly felt light headed.

“The subject has been injected with the Chemicals…” One said in a very blank voice.

“Good, good, now here body should be able to handle it…” Another one said.

They both sounded like they were on opposite sides of me.

I suddenly realized both of there eyes had large pulsating Xana symbols in them. I struggled with all my might only to find that my muscles were all twitching making it hard to move them how I wanted.

“Begin with the second sequence…” The one with the blank voice said again.

“Agreed…” The one next to it responded as they wrapped a blind fold tight over my eyes.

I let out a scream as I found myself back on Jeremy’s bed the others looking worried at me.

“Princess are you okay?” Odd said looking at me.

“Yeah…no…I mean…” I said confused and trying to figure out what had just happened.

“You just fell and passed out of nowhere.” Ulrich said standing behind Odd.

“I dreamed I was in some sort of laboratory and Xana possessed scientists were experimenting on me or something…I didn’t feel like myself.” I said rubbing my head.

“You’re overstressed. We all are right now until we get Yumi back.” Jeremy said putting his hand on my shoulder.

“No this wasn’t normal Jeremy, it felt so real like I was actually there. But I felt like…I wasn’t myself.”

“Well you never feel like yourself in a dream Aelita.” Jeremy said again.

“No I mean not Aelita…Somebody else completely different.” I said looking at him a little scared.

Jeremy’s P.O.V.

I was confused seeing Aelita like this. One second she was standing by my side then she fell flat on my bed.

I pulled her into a soft hug to calm her down.

“Hey Einstein what’s with your computer?” Odd said looking at it.

“What?” I said turning around to see another window popping up on it.
“Oh I got a new message. It’s from…hmm all it says is ‘unknown’” I said opening the new message. I began to read it aloud for everyone to hear.

Dear Lyoko Group,

Do you believe in ghosts?

It said in large red letters. We all gasped when we saw a small Xana symbol in the corner.

"Do we believe in ghosts?" Ulrich said looking at it. "What is that supposed to mean?"

Suddenly the screen was being covered with red coding blocking off my view from our program.

“Its Xana, he is trying to steal the virtualization code!” I said in alert.

“But how is he doing that without activating a tower?” Ulrich said shocked.

“Ulrich, Xana is evolving every time we use the RTTP I’m pretty sure hacking into a computer doesn’t need a tower.” I said to Ulrich in a serious tone.

“Then just shut it off!” Odd said walking up and pressing the off button to the computer.

He suddenly gave a painful look as purple electricity electrified his arm when he pressed it.

“Odd!” Aelita said as he fell on the ground.

“Its okay I’m fine. I just can’t feel my left arm.” Odd said holding it tightly.

“We need to shut down the schools power or Xana will get away with all of our programs!!” I yelled running for the door only to have it slam in my face.

I quickly caught myself before falling and attempted to grab the doorknob. My hand filled with pain as purple electricity traveled up my arm into my chest.

“Gah!” I said falling backwards. “Xana has us trapped…” I said pulling myself back on.

“There has to be something we can do!” Aelita said trying to figure out how to turn off the computer while Ulrich and Odd both attempted hitting the door open.

I put both hands on my head trying to figure out what we could do. Xana made it so we can’t escape or shut off the computer.

“We fell right into his trap without doing anything.” I said as my eyes widened.

“Jeremy!!” Aelita yelled again as the computer glowed brighter. As each of the programs were being transferred directly towards Xana.

All seemed lost until the computer screen suddenly darkened and the door was knocked open when Ulrich gave a final kick.

“What happened Einstein?” Odd said looking around.

“I don’t even know. I guess we got lucky this time.” I said scratching the side of my head.

Odd’s P.O.V.

I still could feel my heart beating violently as I slumped onto the ground.

“That was too close. Lets not open any more emails okay Einstein?” I laughed.
I suddenly heard my phone begin to ring in my pocket. I pulled it out.

“Hello?”

“You’re welcome…” Damien said on the other line. I quickly put it to speaker so everyone could hear.

“Why are you calling me? And welcome for what?”

“I shut off the power before Xana could completely take everything…But he was able to copy some parts of it…” Damien said.

“So it was you who shut it off?” Aelita said taking the phone.

“Yeah…All you had to was ask and I would have did it…what is with humans…”

“Oh well thank you very much Damien!” Aelita said happily in the phone.

Jeremy then took the phone as well.

“What do you mean he copied some?”

“I mean he was able to take the same data you already had on there…And who knows what he’ll do with it.” Damien said.

Ulrich yanked the phone out of Jeremy’s grasp and talked angrily in the phone.

“Yeah right, I bet it was just a power out and you’re just trying to take credit for it.”

“Hmm…remind me to just let Xana get what he wants next time…” Damien said to him.

“Just shut up! We could have done all this without your help!” Ulrich said angrily.

“Well it’s a good thing I’m not doing it for you…” Damien yawned.

“Can everyone stop playing hot potato with my phone!?” I said taking my phone.

“Look ghost…err…Daimyo or whatever. I don’t want to use up my minutes talking to a ghost from an evil virus.” I said in the nicest possible way I could.

The power soon came back on as the computer restarted itself.
Jeremy quickly sat in the chair and checked on the virtualization program he started earlier.

“Oh no!” He said looking as if he was about to rip the hair off of his head.

“Xana took half of the program with him!”

“So? Can’t you and Aelita just make up for what you lost.” I said staring at the two of them. The phone was still being held by my ear.

“Odd you have no idea how long it took me just to get the amount he took!” Jeremy yelled at me.

“How long will it take Einstein?” Ulrich said ignoring the yelling.

“I don’t even know. But I know for a fact I won’t be able to finish it by tomorrow…”

“But Yumi’s father is coming tomorrow to pick her up! If he comes and she isn’t here just imagine what he’ll do.” Ulrich said sounding alerted.

“It’s okay Ulrich. Jeremy and I will just try to cover as much ground tonight and see what we come up with by tomorrow.”

“I can give a suggestion…” Damien said on the phone. “I was originally a Polymorph so taking Yumi’s form shouldn’t be a problem…”

“Holy crap that just might work.” I said grinning.

“Just activate a tower…” Damien said. “Then I can substitute Yumi for the day…but only the day…I can’t stay in one form for 24 hours.”

“That could work. What do you think Jeremy?” Aelita said looking at him.

“I think that’s a great Idea. Come on lets head to the factory and start it as soon as possible.” Jeremy said.

To be continued…

[Neon]

Part 3

Williams P.O.V.

I walked down the dark passage. It was so quiet the only thing I could hear was the echo of each step I took. I could hear whispering voices inside of my head. What they were saying I couldn’t tell.

I looked around noticing figures in the dark bending down on the floor and bowing down to me.

Each of there Xana symbol eyes glowed in the dark. I didn’t care what any of them looked like. In the end all they were just ghosts with one purpose. Serve Xana or die.

“And just where are you going William..?” A voice giggled behind me.

I turned back to see Xaren grinning towards me.

“Master Xana has called to speak to me personally…” I said narrowing my eyes at her.

She walked over and leaned on my shoulder.
”That makes me jealous William.” She giggled. “Master Xana never wants to speak to me personally…but I’m sure you’d want to.”

“I don’t have time for that. Xana chose me as his closest servant so I have a lot more responsibilities then you.” I said stepping back to get her off my shoulder.

I turned around and continued towards my location. More and more I’d see figures in the dark stopping what they were doing and bending down on the ground bowing to me.

I stepped through a large door with a black Xana symbol on it.

The room I entered was rather large. Around the room were different computer screens like cameras watching each sector of lyoko focusing on all the towers.

In the middle was a large pedestal with a glowing black orb floating a few inches above it.

I bent down as the small black Xana symbols appeared all over it. Showing me that Xana was now awake.

“You called me master…?”

“William…” The morphed voice echoed. “The experiment on the girl is almost complete…also we now have the correct virtualization code to finish the experiment. But I am suspicious about one of our ghosts…”

“Which one master?” I said showing as much respect as I possibly could.

“Damien…I had gotten word from Sapphire he attempted to save one of the brats…but that is impossible since he is corrupted like the rest…”

“Yeah I made sure of that.” I said looking up at the glowing orb.

“And there is also the samurai Ulrich…I feel he holds a big threat in our plans…I want you to kill him first…”

“Yes master Xana.” I said. “Is that all you wished to speak to me about?”

“Yes…now go and prepare the ghost for the experiment…”

“Understood.” I said getting up and giving one last bow as I left the room and heard it seal shut behind me.

Jeremy’s P.O.V.

I jabbed my fingers on each of the keys the second we entered the computer lab.

“Okay lets hope this works. Cross your fingers guys.” I said looking back at them.

“I’m going to activate a tower and use the same virtualization code I used to get Aelita to earth. But this one will only be temporary.”

“Are you sure that’s safe Jeremy?” Aelita asked me. “How do we know Xana won’t just activate it the same time we activate and use it for his own.”

“He won’t…” Damiens voice said from the super computer. “If he thinks his own ghost is activating it then he won’t really see a need…”

“Good point.” I said as I typed in the final code to activate the tower.
”Okay…and…done!” I said seeing the digital tower on the screen glow green.

“Now to start up code: Earth. Lets just hope this works.”

On the screen a small digital figure of Yumi’s body would be placed in the digital tower and become filled with numbers. When it covered the entire yumi’s body it finished.

“Materialization.” I said pressing enter.

We took the elevator down to the scanner room and waited for the scanner to open.

Slowly it creaked open releasing some white smoke. When the smoke cleared Yumi was laying still on the bottom.

Her eyes slowly opened as she let out a groan.

“Is that you Damien..?” Aelita said approaching her.

The Yumi slowly pulled herself up. Xana eyes were pulsating in both eyes as she stared at the group.

We all stared nervously not knowing if she was going to attack or perhaps something went wrong with the code.

“Yeah its me…” Damien said in Yumi’s voice.

This Yumi didn’t look a lot like the one we knew. She had bad posture and narrowed eyes. She looked as if she was going to fall asleep standing up.

The Xana eyes in both her eyes gave me a bad feeling. I was so use to looking at those eyes and seeing nothing but hate. But all I saw was boredom in his.

“He doesn’t look like much of a Yumi.” Odd said looking at him. “Yumi looks a lot more dark.” He joked as Ulrich gave him a threatening look.

“Okay this is going to be good. Damien will stay behind while we go to Lyoko to save the real Yumi. There’s no doubt Xana will give us a hard time on the way.” I said looking at everyone.

It was nice seeing Yumi again even though it wasn’t really her. Me and Damien both walked in the elevator up to the computer lab.

“We just need you to go to the academy. If anyone asks where we are tell him or her principle Delmas. Needed us for something.”

“Whatever…” Damien said as he walked in the elevator with his hands in his pockets. It was funny. Even though it wasn’t really Yumi something about him reminded me of her.

I turned my head back at the screen. Starting to think what would happen if something bugged the system…I’d be risking everyone’s lives and possibly get them killed…

Aelita’s P.O.V.

I watched as Jeremy and Damien walked in the elevator leaving the others and me to get to lyoko.

We all stepped in a separate scanner and got ready to get virtualized. I felt my body begin to soar through the network straight into sector 5. When we were all fully virtualized we looked around.

“Hurry and head to the skid guys.” Jeremy said from the speakers.

We all ran to the elevator leading to our skid. I almost lost my footing from the sudden shock as the elevator sprang to life shooting upward.

I glanced at Ulrich who seemed to have a serious look on his face. Probably very worried about Yumi like the rest of us.

Odd was starting to look rather sick as the elevator shot up going faster and faster.

We all almost fell to the ground when the elevator came to a sudden halt when it reached the top.

I looked at the large skid ship in front of us. It had a sort of a mushroom shape for the top where I controlled the ships main sequences, with two large wings and a long wide on the bottom serving as a tale for the Skid covered by 5 Navskids for the others to ride and defend the ship in. Sadly we'd have to rely on juts two Navskids this time.

We each stepped on the teleportation Pad. It mainly was just circles with circles in them. I stood on the center while Ulrich and Odd took their places on the two circles in front of mine.

Within seconds each of us slowly materialized and ended up inside the large skid in front of us.

Odd’s P.O.V.

I never liked taking a ride on our skid. Something about it always made me Sea sick. I had to force myself not to eat every time we take a ride on it. We flew outside of the large giant dome known as Sector 5 and entered in the passage.

We ended up at the desert sector and floated down till we reached the top of the digital sea.

With a suddenly jolt the ship dropped vanishing in the virtual sea. I felt the skid shaking as it forced its way through to the network.

With a strong thrust and burst of light we all found ourselves in the digital sea. I wasn’t surprised to see it hasn’t changed one bit. The whole place was still glowing blue with endless data appearing and disappearing on the walls.

“Okay now we just need to head to the forest Replika rescue Yumi, and destroy their super computer.”

“Sounds like a cake walk.” I heard Ulrich say.

“Please…don’t say cake.” I pleaded back rubbing my stomach.

Jeremy’s voice then echoed all around us.

“Okay the Replika is located north of your position. And guys…be careful okay?”

Suddenly the familiar calm blue that surrounded us was replaced by a red more threatening glow.

“I think we have company.” Aelita said as the skids long silver line holding the smaller skids I was in began moving upward straightening making the Skid look more like a ship then a weird mushroom.

Ahead of us something large and pure black was flying our way.
”Guys…what’s that?” I said trying to get a clear view.

“William!” Aelita said. “Navskids away!” She said as Ulrich’s and my ship were both released off of the skid allowing us to fly solo.

The thing that Aelita warned us about looked exactly like an evil copy of the Skid. Only it looked bigger and a lot more threatening.

Ulrich’s P.O.V.

I gritted my teeth seeing William. He was at the top of there ship in the same kind of cockpit Aelita was in.

Suddenly the bottom of the ship seemed to be separating. They all broke off into chunks and began flying. The black outer shell seemed to be opening revealing enemy ships.

“Odd, watch it! There ships!” I said over to Odd as the 3 ships flew at us.

The ship in the middle was covered in a shiny blue layer. It had two rows of wings on both sides of it. The shape of the ship was thin making it seem faster than the others and more agile. Something already told me it belonged to Xaren.

following in the middle was a large and an oval shape. It had no wings and looked a lot like a giant black sea shell. Only this one had large barrel shaped cannons on top and below it.

I saw one following close behind Odd was completely black. It had a very long sharp tip in front of it that would easily slice through the skid if it got too close.

It had two long wings and looked more like me and Odd’s ships than the other two. It had a dark aura giving off it already revealing whose it was. “Xem…” I said pulling my control back as my ship shot towards his.

I shot two homing torpedo’s at his ship. Suddenly from the side they were engulfed by a large red ball that exploded. I saw the black ship with no wings zoomed infront of me. The top part of it opened revealing like a window.

Xaldin was managing the controls and grinning at me from inside the ship. An anger and hate filled me as I gritted my teeth at him.

“I won’t lose again…” I said shooting towards him at full speed ready to blow him to bits.