"How's it going in there guys? Are you doing okay?"
"If you say so, Einstein,"
Odd jumped away from a Tarantula and landed on top of a large boulder, he shot one of his laser arrows and caught the Xanafied creature in its eye of Xana. It devirtualized with a screech, its data falling lazily onto the sleek, slippery ground of the Ice Sector. The boy jumped down from the boulder and wiped the virtual sweat off his forehead. "Whew, that was a close one," Yumi and Aelita ran over to him, looking rather exhausted.
"You say that about everything Xana throws at you," The raven-haired girl mumbled, chest heaving heavily as she tried to breathe regularly again after the close encounter with the Krab she had just been battling with seconds ago. Odd glared at her and stuck out his tongue. She rolled her eyes. "Real mature," Aelita looked between the two and giggled at their staring contest before turning her words to the sky.
"Anyway, now that we don't have to worry about being blasted to pieces by monsters," She giggled at her own joke, "Any news on how Ulrich's doing back there, Jeremie?" At the sound of the young brunette's name, Yumi's eyes brightened and she turned her attention to the young pinkette standing to her left, completely forgetting about Odd and their would-be staring contest. The purple-clad boy glared at her backside and stuck out his tongue before he walked over and stood on the other side of Aelita.
"Yes, I just checked the security cameras and he's doing pretty good," The genius paused for a second. "But there seems to be a bit of a problem,"
"What kind of problem?" Yumi asked cautiously, arms crossed tightly over her chest. She always become tense and worried in a situation involving Ulrich, especially when it had something to do with Xana back on Earth.
"Do you want the good news or the bad news first?" The three teens' eyes widened in worry.
"Um… bad news first," said Odd.
"Alright, well you all know that Xana materialized a Krab and Creeper on Earth to try and destroy the school, right?" They all nodded so Jeremie continued. "Well, Ulrich was able to destroy the Krab and was about to take out the Creeper but before he could, two more Krabs virtualized above him and surrounded him,"
"Okay… and that's bad… how?" asked Odd. Jeremie went silent for several minutes before he answered, and when he did, his voice sounded somewhat pained and weak.
"It seems that one of the new Krabs that appeared was able to charge and knock over Ulrich, pinning him to the ground. The Creeper and other Krab rushed over and fired their lasers, catching him in the shoulder and stomach,"
"What?!" cried the digital teens.
"Is he dead?" Yumi asked shakily.
"No, he's still alive but bleeding really badly," replied Jeremie. The three teens' eyes widened but they stayed silent, digesting all the new information that their friend had just explained to them.
"So then… what's the good news?" Aelita finally asked, glancing towards Odd and Yumi, who both looked like they were on the verge of crying.
"Ulrich was able to escape from the Krabs' grasp and was able to loose it in the thickness of the forest surrounding the school. He's on his way now but I don't know how close he is. Xana just chose this moment to cut off all the feed from my security cameras," Odd looked up from where he had been staring at the ground.
"Well that's good," He looked over at the girls. "Right?" They nodded as Jeremie spoke again.
"Don't worry guys, Ulrich's a fighter and warrior remember? If anyone can pull through this, it's him,"
"He's right," agreed Yumi. "A shot to the shoulder and stomach won't stop Ulrich no matter what,"
"Right," said Odd. "Not even a hit to the head by a Xanafied bulldozer could stop him," He glanced at the girls with a smile.
"Right! If a hit to the head by a bulldozer or a hit from a materialized Krab can't put Ulrich down, then nothing will," said Aelita.
"Glad to see you're all feeling better," said Jeremie. "Now get to the tower before Xana sends more company," The three teens all nodded and took off in the direction of the tower.
Translations from German to English:
Gott - God
