Chapter One:The Arrival

My POV

It had been seven years since I had suspectedly fallen into the sea. I was standing alone on a bridge which hung dangerously above said sea. Seeing as it was made of stone, there was no protective edge, so I stood staring into the never ending abyss.

I felt a sharp pain in my lower spine.

"Shit!" I cried, wondering who my attacker was. I turned around to see three of XANA's thugs had jumped me. I was in for it now.

Aelita's POV

"Hey Jeremy!" I shouted, giving him a hug.

"Hello, Aelita." he responded, turning back to his computer.

"So who am I going in with this time?" I asked, anqcious to return to the place I had once called home.

"Me, and we've got Yumi for back-up" murmured Ulrich, barely even turning his head. I could understand why he didn't want to go in. He had been feeling horrible recently, and no one could figure out why.

"Alright, let's get in there then!" I cried out excitedly, and with that we went to Lyoko.

My POV

I whirled around fast enough to see a fist come flying straight at my face. I twisted around just fast enough to avoid, but received a swift kick to the knee, making me collapse to the ground. One of my attackers tried to jump on me, but I rolled out of the way and hopped up.

"Its on now, you sorry motherfuckers!" I ran as fast as I could and grabbed one by the arm, twirling him around into his friend. The other ran at me and drawed two daggers, throwing one at me. I jumped out of the way, but he managed to get a decent slice with the other blade. It bit right into my stomach. I cried out in pain but luckily didn't fall. It wasn't over yet. I yelled and dove for the one nearest me and easily landed on top of him. I could feel him beating me but the adrenaline made it impossible to hurt me. He turned so he was on top, but I easily flipped him off of me and he fell into the sea. The one with the dagger tried to jump on me as well, but I hastily got up and grabbed one of his arms and his head over my shoulder

*crack*

And just like that another one was down as I kicked him over into the sea as well.

"Two down, one to go" The final one of my attackers picked up the dagger I had dodged earlier and ran at me top speed.

Aelita's POV

"Alright, Ulrich let's get going."

We may have a problem

"What's the problem, Jeremy?"

I'm detecting another source of energy much like our own, yet much more...powerful

A bright column of light flared up and dug a hole in the sky.

"What the hell was that?" I asked, a little on edge

"I don't know," said Ulrich, trying to calm me down, "it looked like something just got tossed into the sea..."

"We should go check it out!" I said, pondering on the possibilities of what caused the light.

My POV

"Bring it, you ugly bastard!" I snarled at my last attacker as he hurled himself towards me. He knocked me down and went for a direct stab to the heart, which I caught mid way down and reached forward to headbutt him. He fell away from me and dropped the dagger. I instinctively reached and grabbed it. He lunged to land on top of me again. I knew what to do. I held the dagger straight up off of my stomach and looked away. I heard a snarl, felt a warm splash of liquid on my face and then weight that only a dead body could bring. I eagerly tossed the corpse off of me. I began to walk away, but then heard sounds of talking. I ignored it until a familiar voice pierced my ears. I heard that voice many times in my dreams.

"Aelita" I whispered to myself. I turned around to see her and another person. She looked at me with eyes that were filled with disbelief and agony and...love.

"Lee?" she cried, just barely audible

"Yes, Aelita, it's me" I said and walked over to her and did the thing I had thought of doing for seven long years now...I held her in my arms

End Chapter 1