Uh, hi . I'm MangaLover245. This is my first story so please go easy on me.

The Forgotten

"Odd, watch it! You're down to 10 life points!" Jeremy warned the blonde feline warrior as he tried to recover from the laser blast.

"No kidding…" He groaned as he got back to his feet. Placing one hand on his wrist, he aimed at the nearest monster. "Laser arrow!" He shouted as he let one of the projectiles fly. He watched with satisfaction as the arrow hit the bullseye of the monster, causing it to burst apart. "Yeah! One down, Jeremy!" He fist-pumped the air.

"Don't get too excited Odd. Ulrich and Yumi still need your help. They're farther down the path, can you get to them?" As Jeremy was finishing his sentence, Odd took off at a dash to find his friends. It didn't take him long to find the samurai and fan-wielding girl surrounded by several Krabs. With a smirk, the purple cat boy vaulted himself above one of the Krabs, imbedded a laser arrow into its Eye of Xana, and landed beside his two friends.

"Hey, guys. Didja miss me?" He asked happily. Yumi, the fan-wielding japanese girl with black hair, smiled as she threw one of her fans at the Krab. The fan imbedded itself into the Krab's head, obliterating it.

"Nice timing, Odd." His roommate, Ulrich Stern, commented as he jumped into the air and sliced the Krab in half. "We were starting to wonder where you were."

"Sorry, stuff got in the way." He smirked. "Is Aelita in the tower?"

"Yeah, we just have to wait." Yumi assured him. Odd took a seat on the sandy ground.

"Phew! At least the Return to the Past will kick in soon." Suddenly, their rest was interrupted by the arrival of several different monsters. "Hey, what gives?" Odd cried as he jumped up and got into a fighting stance.

"I don't understand it either!" Jeremy's voice echoed in their ears. "Aelita's in the tower; they shouldn't be coming after you guys anymore!" Regardless of that fact, the monsters advanced towards the three. Odd took several steps back; as the one with the lowest health, he would certainly be a target.

"Odd, take cover. Yumi and I'll handle this." Taking his best friend's word for it, Odd ran away from the battle, only intending to take shelter a little ways away. He didn't make it very far before some Wasps chased after him. "Look out! Wasps!" Odd tried to run from them, but the flying beasts didn't stop.

"Whoah!" The boy skidded to a halt as he came to the ridge. He turned around. "Just my luck: Xana's bugs on one side, instant deletion on the other." He aimed and shot several laser arrows, but the bugs just avoided them. Soon enough, Odd found himself out of arrows. He looked to his friends, but found them equally busy with Bloks and two really angry-looking Megatanks. "Jeremy, what's taking Aelita!?" He freaked.

"I don't know! She's having trouble shutting down the tower! And I'm having trouble running the devirtualization program on you all!" Jeremy sounded nervous. That wasn't good.

"Well, hurry up, Einstein! I'm not in the best position here!" Odd squeaked as he tried to run forward, away from the ridge, but was stopped as the Wasps shot at him. He had no choice but to remain at the ridge. Suddenly, the Wasps peeled off, leaving Odd alone at the ridge. He cautiously stepped forward, confused as to why the monsters were leaving him alone all of a sudden. Suddenly, he got the feeling that he wasn't alone. Taking a second to look over at Odd, Yumi gasped.

"Odd, behind you!" Ulrich also turned and gasped. Odd didn't have time to listen to Yumi as blue tentacles wrapped around him and drew him backwards. He struggled against them, but to no avail as he was brought face to face with the Scyphozoa.

"Jeremy, the Scyphozoa's got Odd!" Ulrich cried out as both he and Yumi rushed forward to try to help their friend. However, the Krabs, using their legs, pinned both Lyoko Warriors to the ground. They watched as their friend struggled against the tentacles as two positioned themselves on either side of his head. Odd stared blankly ahead, his mouth slightly agape, as the two tentacles began to glow red. "What's it doing to him?!" Ulrich cried as he continued to struggle against the Krab's legs.

"It's…" Jeremy stared at the screen. "It's draining his memories!" He began typing furiously, trying to combat Xana's latest attack. Suddenly, the screen was covered in red exclamation marks and a bright red word popped up on screen. "XANA's locked me out of the system! I can't do anything!"

Unable to do anything, Ulrich and Yumi could only watch as their friend fell victim to the evil virus. Before long, the tentacles returned to their normal color and drew away from Odd's head. The blonde Lyoko warrior hung limply in its grip, his eyes still wide open. The Krabs finally let Yumi and Ulrich up. The two shot to their feet and began to run towards the Scyphozoa. The jellyfish-like monster floated backwards, taking Odd with him. The two warriors stopped as they realized that their friend was being suspended over the Digital Sea.

Neither the monster nor the humans moved in the next few seconds. Without warning, a Wasp shot at the warriors. Subconsciously, they dodged the laser blast. As the Wasp shot past them, Ulrich realized the sickening truth: they weren't the Wasp's target. Ulrich watched in horror as the lasers hit the Scyphozoa. The creature shrieked in pain, its tentacles quickly unwrapping themselves from Odd. Without anything to hold him up, Odd began to fall.

"ODD, NO!" Ulrich scrambled to his feet and ran to the ridge, reaching out to his friend. In his mind, he knew there was nothing he could do. He and Yumi watched in horror as Odd closed his eyes and sank into the Digital Sea. "NOOOO!"

Ulrich felt as if his heart had just been ripped out. Odd, his best friend, his roommate… He couldn't just be gone. This had to be some kind of a sick joke. "ODD!" Despite himself being the "strong one" of the group, he couldn't stop himself from crying. Yumi, who was also crying, pulled Ulrich into a tight hug. "He can't be gone… he can't be… he can't be…"

Back in the real world, Jeremy could only look at the screen, dumbfounded by the recent events. A single red sentence was printed across the screen. Aelita interrupted his mourning.

"Jeremy, I've done it. The tower's been deactivated." She was greeted by silence. "Jeremy?"

"It's too late… It's too late, Aelita…" He sobbed, burying his face in his hands. "It's too late…" He looked back up at the blinking sentence on screen, not believing what he had just witnessed.

ODD DELLA ROBBIA HAS BEEN DELETED.

To Be Continued...

Well, this is only the first chapter. Please take some time to review this. I spent a lot of time on it and I want to see how everyone liked it. Thank you in advance.

This is MangaLover245 signing off! Chao!