Chapter 1
The kids had just made it to school after listening to Jeremy's lesson on the DMP Bomb, unknowingly walking into another of XANA's traps.
Sissy and her crew approaches Ulrich as he, Aelita and Jeremy sit outside, she couldn't wait to rub it in Ulrich's face that his precious Yumi was with William.
"Well what do you know, Yumi isn't here with you, and oh of course not I just saw her with William! How stupid of me" States the prissy blackhead as her hand raises to her forehead in pretend shock
Ulrich glares, he's never in the mood to deal with Sissy "You got that right."
Sissy lowers her hand and smiles before walking away, she'd said what she needed and soon Ulrich Dear would be all hers.
"Why is it whenever you see Sissy, you feel like being nasty?" Questions Jeremy
Ulrich turns his attention towards the blond "Maybe because being with someone nasty rubs off on ya, I'll be right back."
The brunette begins his walk to fetch Odd, if either of the boys were late for music class, its four hours of detention.
"Odd! Come on, we can't be late again!" yells Ulrich to his currently chatting roommate
Odd turns and smiles towards his friend before waving goodbye to Yumi and William "Gotta get to class now, bye!"
Yumi waves goodbye and heads into the chemistry building, while William watches Odd and Ulrich.
The two begin the walk to class as Principal Delmas appears, striding directly towards the pair.
"Uh oh" Declares Ulrich, his hands reach into his pant pockets nervously
"Relax Ulrich, I've got this!" speaks Odd as the boy smiles towards the principal "Good morning Sir, we were just heading to music class, no need to give us detention."
Ulrich's mouth drops open, was that really the best Odd could come up with? "What he means Sir is that-"
Ulrich is stopped mid-sentence as Mr. Delmas grabs hold of his right arm, pulling the boy away painfully
"Hey, ow! Sir, that hurts!" Cries Ulrich as he and now a struggling Odd are being dragged away from the academy, a lurking William following closely behind.
"Hey! We didn't do anything to deserve this!" Yells Odd as the blond with purple streaks wiggles his arms to get away
"Let us go!" Yells Ulrich as the group reaches a waiting black car out front, all doors wide open awaiting the two boys.
"Hey! What are you doing? You can't treat students that way Sir!" States William, who was alerted by the boy's screams that there was indeed danger, he'd watched and seen enough.
"What's the matter with you?" Williams hand moves to Delmas's shoulder, only to be flung away with a single penetrating look.
"William!" Yells Odd as the principle moves the boys into a new position, each held by their waists in different arms "Help!"
"Help! Let go of me!" States Ulrich as Delmas makes his way towards the car "I said, let go of me!" The brunette kicks the back of his shin with his foot, causing the possessed man to drop Odd
"Odd, run and get help fast!" Screams Ulrich before he's tossed inside the back seat, door closing before the boy has any chance of escaping.
Odd shakes his head; he couldn't just leave his best friend like this "Ulrich, I won't just leave you to be kidnapped!"
Delmas slides into the passenger's seat as XANA starts the car, he'd planned to kidnap two of the kids, but the one he had would have to be enough.
William limps towards the scene as the car peels away, Odd lay on the ground, his hand outstretched to his friend watching from the car's rear window as it speeds away.
"Ulrich, I'll save you buddy!" declares Odd, his friend getting farther and farther away with each passing second.
Ulrich forces a smile "I know you will, Odd!"
William helps Odd up from the ground "We've gotta get help."
"You go tell the students, I'll go alert the teachers!" Yells Odd as the purple shirted boy heads toward his music class, bursting through the doors
"You gotta help me! Mr. Delmas just kidnapped Ulrich and tried taking me!" The class gasps, had they just heard that right?
Jeremy's eyes widen "XANA!"
The teacher snorts "What kind of non-sense is this?" Really, these kids don't have to make up excuses to miss one class
Odd looks around frantically "I'm not lying! He grabbed us, but Ulrich helped me get away, we can't just leave him!"
The teacher looks at Odd's face, the boy was truly worried and scared "Don't you move; I'll be right back." With that the teacher exits the room
Odd runs to his friends "It was XANA! He kidnapped Ulrich." Aelita was on her cell phone attempting to reach Ulrich, but receives nothing but voice mail "Ulrich's not picking up."
Jeremy looks to his phone to see a new message "A message from XANA!" Quickly the text is opened and read aloud "Aelita at two a clock in the ice sector to give herself up to the Scithizoa. If not, Ulrich will be liquidated."
Odds and Aeita's eyes widen in shock before the blond declares "Well what are we waiting for? We haven't got any time to lose!"
Suddenly the teacher opens the door "I want everyone in their seats right now!" Odd slowly complies; all his thoughts are focused on his missing friend.