((A/N – And so, more than a year after the creation of the first Ryka-Fic, comes to you a sequel. I can only hope it lives up to all the hype. Hope you guys like it, and I made a forum for chatting about this and Code Lyoko too. I like to talk too much.

Enjoy!
Kayleth

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko. I did create Ryka and the plot.))

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I take a deep breath and look ahead. The scanner just sits there, waiting. I am uncertain about this. If anything happens to me I think dad would lose it completely, I think, taking another deep breath. Nervous cannot come close to describing me now.

"Ryka, is something wrong?" I hear a voice from the ceiling. Jeremie.

"No. I'm fine," I call back, taking a tentative step into the scanner. The other foot quickly follows. I don't want to be smashed in the door. "Jeremie," I call.

"Huh, yes Ryka?" he replies.

"Just…make sure nothing happens, okay?" I tell him, swallowing hard. My heart is a stone in my chest, but it beats on.

Thump.

"Transfer, Ryka,"

Thump, thump.

"Scanner, Ryka,"

Time freezes. My heart stops.

"Virtualization!"

White light floods everything. There is infinite space, and no space, and I am being pulled like dust in a vacuum tube. I have no idea where I am going. What if something went wrong? What if I'm stuck here? What if-?

Something starts to come into view. All views, all around me. There is too much to take in. Too many signals! My eyes snap shut. I impact the ground seconds later. A groan of pain escapes me, but I dare not open my eyes again. Not yet…

"Ryka?" I hear someone call.

"Is she alright?" Another voice.

"Jeremie, what happened?" Concern.

I have to do something. I open my eyes again.

Immediately I wish I hadn't. There is a strange, new world all about me. I feel dizzy and disoriented. I try to look at just one thing. I can't. Everything around me is screaming to be noticed and seen. I close my eyes and think about sitting up. As I try to sit I notice something else very, very wrong. My right arm isn't responding. I can't feel it at all. I reach with my left to find it, only, I can't.

"What happened?" I choke, pulling my legs, both of them, thankfully, closer to me. I use my left arm to sit up. My eyes are still closed. This world is so wrong.

"Jeremie?" I hear the first voice again. I can now tell Aelita is speaking. "Wh-….Where's Ryka's right arm?"

"I think I'm going to be sick…" I hear someone else mutter.

"It just looks so…strange." Another alarmed voice.

"Wh…What's going on? What about my arm?" I ask, reaching with my left again. I still can't locate my right arm. It's as if…it's not there. Now I'm going to be sick…

"Bring her in! Something must have happened in the transfer!" Aelita calls.

"But nothing shows up on the screen. Everything should be fine. The card says all of her is there," I hear Jeremie protest.

"You can study the data-stuff later, just bring Ryka home, okay Einstein?" This time it's Odd.

I open my eyes again, hoping maybe I can figure out what's wrong. My head still hurts, but the overload of images is starting to feel more…normal? I try to look, and I see the worried faces of Aelita, Yumi, Ulrich and Odd, all standing about me in a circle.

The worst part is, I am only "looking" towards Aelita…but I see all of them.

A second later "Lyoko" is gone and I'm back to being dust inside of an angry vacuum. Except this time, the dust has a headache.

Great…