You Can't Die Twice
Chapter 1: A Brand New Order
Ulrich sat among the birds on the roof of Kadic. His thoughts still remain the same about the world. Why the X.A.N.A attacks? Why won't my grades improve? Does Yumi like me? Sometimes he thought that we was all alone in the world and hoped it will take him one day. He stood up and look to the horizon in a hope of making himself feel better, but at that same moment his live support walked in. 'Damn' he said to himself.
"Hiya Ulrich." She called quietly.
"Hey Yumi, What are you doing here?" Ulrich asked with head down trying to hide the blush. 'Really what are you doing here?' he asked in his head.
"I heard that you were lonely, so I came to see if your ok." She replied..
"I'm fine, just thinking." He told her. 'I'm thinking of you but you can't know that'
"What are you thinking about?" Yumi asked.
"Errrrr……." Ulrich stalled. 'You had to ask.'
"What is it?" She asked more softly than last time. She began to advance closer to him until she put her head above his shoulder.
"Well, its…….." Ulrich stalled again, slightly startled by her sudden closeness but the only thing that made it show was the redness in his cheek. 'I think I know where this is going. Come on Ulrich don't give in.'
"Its what?" Making her voice even softer. While saying this she leaned in even closer to his face. Two inches separated them before Ulrich began to talk.
"Yumi, but….." He was cut off by Yumi's facial expression. 'Oh no, I've stopped thinking. That's a bad sign.'
"Ulrich, just go with it. Close your eyes and relax, it will be over soon." She calmed. The were so close that there lips just came to contact when Yumi's phone rang.
"…….." Was Ulrich can muster as Yumi answered the phone. 'What just happened? Must make a mental note, don't tell Odd.'
"We need to go to the factory, there's trouble." Yumi's voice changed to a serious tone.
"Ok, lets get going." Ulrich told her. 'Something tells me this wont blow over anytime soon.'
"We'll finish our talk later." She finished with a smile.
"Okay." Ulrich answered. 'Bingo'
As the got to the factory Jeremy was at the point of pulling his hair out. He typed furiously in hope of finding what is wrong with the system.
"What's wrong Jeremy?" Ulrich asked him. 'I wonder Aelita told him she want to go out with someone else. That will be the day, heh. I'm funny.'
"X.A.N.A has evolved. Its incredible, I've never seen anything like it. Aelita has already been to Lyoko and back. It seems that we can't do anything about the towers until we figure the new bypassing code. It's frightening." Jeremy summarised.
"How about the monsters?" Odd asked.
"Well that's a new story all together. Well…….." Jeremy said while trailing off.
"What is it?" Yumi demanded.
"Well, they have become more powerful. In Aelita's report, the rocks that she hid behind were instantly vaporized. The have also taken new forms and have more life points. The have new attacks and the have something called Field Bonus." Jeremy was interrupted Ulrich.
"Let me guess, they get a software upgrade every time they get rid of one of us." Ulrich guessed. Odd began to laugh but Jeremy and Yumi didn't look to please. 'Damn'
"Field Bonus is when a monster gets an attack power bonus when in a certain region. It gets annoying when your calculating them." Jeremy finished.
"Has he activated any towers?" Ulrich asked while glancing at Yumi who gave him an evil smile, blushed then turned away. 'You feel the yearn for me now don't you Yumi.'
"No, but this is indeed means trouble. Be alert while out. I'm still unsure of this new X.A.N.A. capabilities. I'll update you if I find anything. Jeremy finished.