Full summary: Something's going on with Yumi; at random she would attack her friends, without being able to control Lyoko Warriors have only one lead pointing to Xana, and that's a scanner that he had been messing with. As Yumi's attacks become stronger and longer, will her friends and herself be able to survive?
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, the makers of Code Lyoko own it all. :D
Just so you know, I'll be switching the POV from Yumi to Ulrich, though there's NO ROMANCE BETWEEN THE TWO in this story.
"Yumi, get to the factory as fast as you can. Xana's activated a tower." Ulrich's voice informed from my cell phone.
"Okay." I replied. "I'll be there soon." I hung up the phone and slipped it into my pocket.
"Who was that?" Sissi questioned, staring at me. We had been talking when Ulrich had called.
"No-one you need to know about." I retorted at her accusing tone. "Besides, why would you care?"
"Just curious."
"Anyway, I've got to go. See you later." I turned away from her and walked around the school. As soon as I was out of her sight I started running into the forest, darting around trees and bushes along the way. It didn't take me long to reach the hole that led to the factory bridge. I sped through the sewers on my skateboard and arrived at the bridge in no time. Sliding down the rope to the floor, I let go and pushed the elevator button, sending it into action. Soon it appeared and I stepped into it, the garage-like door shutting behind me.
"What's up, Jeremy?" I asked as the door slid upward. I joined Odd, Aelita, Ulrich, and Jeremy at the Supercomputer.
"An activated tower in the Mountain Region. You guys ready?"
Four 'yeses' answered, and me, Ulrich, Odd, and Aelita left to the scanner room. Ulrich, Aelita and I went into Lyoko first, with Odd following close behind.
"The tower is in front of you. You should be able to see it in a minute." Jeremy advised, and we ran in the direction he pointed us in.
"Watch out; Xana should be sending you a welcoming committee any second now." Jeremy reminded us.
Right on queue, two krabs virtualized directly in front of us, causing us to stop.
"Odd and I will take care of them. Ulrich, head to the tower with Aelita." I suggested. They nodded, and me and Odd distracted the krabs so that Ulrich and Aelita could run through. Odd bolted through the legs of a krab, pausing to shoot the bottom of it. Odd sprinted back through its legs before it exploded. I jumped off of a nearby rock and landed on the top of the last krab, slicing my metal fans through the Xana symbol and jumping off. It exploded a second later.
"Nice job." Jeremy complimented as we ran after Ulrich and Aelita. We caught up to them easily.
"Uh oh. There's a big swarm of hornets coming your way." Jeremy warned.
"They really like us, don't they?" Odd commented sarcastically.
"More like dislike."
"How about our vehicles?" Ulrich said.
"Coming right up."
Our vehicles appeared within seconds. I jumped onto the Overwing, gesturing at Aelita to hop on. She complied, and we sped off toward the activated tower. The hornets started firing at us, but we were able to evaded their attacks, defeating a few of them in the process.
"There's the tower!" Aelita announced, pointing ahead.
The tower had red smoke-ish stuff rolling down the sides, simmering around the top. Two tarantulas guarded it. I slipped my fans out of the holder around my waist.
"Your turn to drive, Aelita." I told her, stepping around her as she gripped the handlebars. "Remember to head to the tower."
"Right." Aelita nodded. I prepared to jump. The tarantulas began shooting at us. I heard Ulrich cry out in pain, causing me to glance over at him.
"Ulrich, you have twenty life points left. Be careful!" Jeremy warned.
I hopped off of the Overwing. I threw my fans in mid-air, successfully hitting my target. The tarantula exploded as I landed, and I grabbed my fans from the air. The last tarantula was targeting Ulrich. I charged at it, aiming my fans. The tarantula turned on me, barely missing. I jumped above it, flinging my fans at the Xana symbol. It moved at the last second and swung its leg in an arch as it turned to where I was landing, hitting me.
"Yumi, you only have ten life points left. Watch out behind you!"
I got up and bolted forward, the tarantula's leg missing my foot by inches.
"Hey you overgrown spider!" Odd yelled, coming up behind the tarantula. "Take this!"
Odd's laser-arrow penetrated the symbol on the monster's head as it tried to confront him. It exploded just as Odd landed near it, sending him tumbling.
"Oof! Well, that went good, don't you think?" Odd commented as he rolled to a stop, standing.
"Sure." I replied.
"The tower's deactivated. I'll bring you guys back to Earth, okay?" Jeremy said.
"Okey-dokey." Odd answered.
Soon enough we were all standing in the scanners in the scanner room. We were startled to find Jim in the room, laying unconscious on the floor.
"Uh, Jeremy? You'd better get down here." Ulrich said, a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Jeremy's voice responded, sounding confused.
"Just get down here. There's something you need to see."
"Okay. I'll be there in a moment."
Soon the door to the elevator opened, and Jeremy walked into the room, stopping in his tracks when he saw Jim.
"What happened?" He said with disbelief.
"We would like to know that ourselves." Ulrich replied.
"Do you think it was Xana?" Aelita suggested.
"Hmm. It could have been, but what did he want?" Jeremy asked himself. "Let's go to the Supercomputer and see what we can find."
Once there Jeremy scanned the scanners on the Supercomputer.
"Uh oh."
"What is it?"
"It looks like Jim... Er, Xana did something to one of the scanners. Though I'm not sure what."
"Why only one?"
"Aelita interrupted him when she deactivated the tower."
"Well, the scanners didn't feel any different when we came out of them. Whatever he did, it must not have worked."
"Hmm. Don't bet on it. I'll do more research on it and see what I can find."
"Okay."
After leaving the factory we all went back to the school. On the way in I could see Sissi waving at me. I rolled my eyes and continued inside.
We were walking down the hall to our dorm rooms when Yumi screamed.
"Yumi!" We yelled as she collapsed to the floor, appearing to be unconscious. Aelita shook Yumi's shoulders.
"Wake up, Yumi! Wake up!"
Yumi suddenly kicked my stomach. I cried out in pain as I hit the wall and fell to the ground. I looked up to watch Yumi kick Odd and Aelita off of her.
"What's with you Yumi?" I asked, almost shouting. She turned angrily towards me. Nothing looked abnormal. The one thing out of place was the fury in her eyes, almost like a fire.
"Uh, Yumi?"
She walked over to me and tried to punch me. I ducked just in time. Her fist created a dent in the wall. I tackled her to the carpeted floor, pinning her down.
"Get off me!" She shrieked furiously, punching my chest. I fell off of her as Odd and Aelita pinned Yumi down, keeping her from throwing any more punches or kicks.
Suddenly she went limp. Odd and Aelita moved away from her.
"Uh, what just happened?" Odd voiced my thoughts. "Yumi?"
Her eyes opened. "Wha...?" She sat up, looking at us. "What happened?"
"Um... Do you remember anything?" I asked her cautiously, making sure to stay a safe distance from her, even though the fury that was in her eyes was gone.
"All I remember is a ton of pain..."
"You attacked us, Yumi." My caution was replaced by concern as she stood, leaning against the wall.
"What?" She exclaimed, eyes wide.
"You fell on the ground, and when we tried to help you, you attacked us."
"Why on Earth would I attack you?" Yumi questioned.
"I don't know, but we'd better call Jeremy."
Jeremy answered on the second ring.
"Hello?"
"You remember how you said Xana messed with one of the scanners?" I asked.
"Of course." He answered.
"Did Yumi come out of that scanner?"
"Uh... yeah." Jeremy sounded uneasy. "Why? Is something wrong?"
"Yes. Yumi said that she felt a lot of pain and then she feinted. But when we tried to help her she attacked us. She says that she can't remember attacking us though. Do you know what's up?"
Jeremy stayed silent for a moment. "Get Yumi to the lab. I want to do a scan on her and see if I can find out what's wrong."
"Okay. Be there in a minute." I hung up and put the phone back into my pocket.
"We gotta get to the factory." I told Odd, Yumi and Aelita. "Jeremy is going to do a scan on Yumi to see if he can find out what Xana did."
"I wonder what his goal is this time." Aelita commented as we ran to the sewers.
"It doesn't look like anything's wrong." Jeremy said, staring at the scan's results.
"Then what's going on?" I asked him. "I would never attack you guys. It has to be Xana."
Suddenly the pain I had felt earlier came back, but this time it was worse. I screamed in pain as it overpowered me, and I felt rage fill me, blocking every other emotion.
"Yumi!"
"It's happening again!" Odd yelled, backing away from Yumi, who was now laying motionless on the ground.
"Should we tie her to something?" I suggested.
"What?" Jeremy exclaimed.
"She's going to attack us! We have to do something!"
Too late.
Yumi stood, her eyes dark. She was so mad she was actually shaking with rage.
"Run!" Jeremy yelled, turning toward the now opening elevator.
"Are you kidding? Yumi is like the fastest of all of us!" Odd complained, even though he ran into the elevator. I pushed Aelita out of the way of Yumi's foot, which had been aimed at her head.
"Go!" I yelled at Aelita. "I'll hold her off."
Aelita nodded, bolting into the elevator. I turned back to Yumi just in time to receive her kick to my stomach.
"Ow!" I shouted as I hit the wall.
"Hey Yumi! Snap out of it!" I yelled, trying desperately to evade Yumi's attacks. She growled in response.
I eventually threw in a few punches of my own, though she escaped all of them. I continued evading attacks, though not all of them, when Yumi, like before, suddenly fell to the floor.
Breathing heavily, I did a quick check on her pulse before calling Jeremy.
"Is everything okay Ulrich?"
"Yeah. You guys can come back now. Yumi's stopped attacking. She's unconscious. I don't know how long she'll be out though, because she was fighting a lot longer than last time. I don't think that it's a good sign. What if her attacks keep getting longer?"
"I don't know. We'll be back in a sec." Jeremy responded. I pocketed my phone and glanced at Yumi.
How long would this keep happening?
"Yumi, wake up already!" I heard Jeremy yell, startling me into consciousness. I sat up, panting. My friends were staring at me.
"It happened again, didn't it?" I asked them with a sigh.
"Yeah."
"Great." I said sarcastically. "Do you have any idea what's doing this yet?"
"No." Jeremy sighed, hanging his head. "There aren't any leads anywhere."
"What are we going to do?"
"In all honesty, I have no idea."
Jeremy appeared to be lost in thought for a minute. "Yumi, what exactly happens when you're having an anger attack?"
"I feel pain and intense fury. Then I just black out, and I can't remember anything when I wake up."
"That's all?"
"Yep."
"Wait a sec. You don't know what you're doing when you attack?"
"No. I can't control myself." I was starting to get really worried now. Was Jeremy onto something?
"There's no reason to believe that Xana isn't behind this. He has to be! There's no other explanation!"
"But how can we find it out for sure? There's no activated tower right now, right?"
"That's right. And that's also the reason why I'm so confused. I need to do more research."
"How about you do it tomorrow? It's really late, and we don't want Jim to find out that we're not there."
"But what if Xana attacks Yumi again?"
"It's up to you Jeremy. Besides, can't you do your research on your laptop?" Aelita asked.
"No. I need the Supercomputer to do it. My laptop isn't high tech enough. I wouldn't be able to do a deep enough search." Jeremy answered.
"Oh."
"I think that I'll get some sleep tonight. Yumi, if you have any more attacks then please call me."
"I will." I assured him. He gave me a small smile of encouragement before sliding off of the chair.
When we arrived at the school farewells were exchanged before going our separate ways. I felt uneasy as I walked home. It felt like I was constantly being watched for some reason. Glancing around me, I began jogging home instead of walking.
I reached my house without incident. I tip-toed around the house to my room, opening the door as quietly as I could.
Soon enough I fell asleep.
There's chapter one for you! PLEASE review and tell me how I can improve, whether it be a mistake or anything else! Thanks in advance to those who review. :D