"That was no good people. She took you all out in an instant. You need to improve you fighting if you are to win her," Jeremie said. "What went wrong?" he asked.
"That's pretty harsh man! She was totally unfair!" Odd tried to defend himself.
"I have to agree with Odd on that," Yumi said. "I went to talk to her and she struck me with no warning at all," she continued. Around her Odd, Aelita and Ulrich all nodded.
"Well the good thing was that Aelita and Ulrich were able to trick her so Aelita could get to the tower," Jeremie said trying to make up for his somewhat angry tone a while ago.
Should I tell them? Of course I should, Ulrich thought. "Actually, she was aware that Aelita was going for the tower and I'm sure that she could've stopped her," he spoke out.
"What do you mean?" Yumi asked.
"While we were fighting and Aelita got to the tower I pointed out that they had already lost. She explained to me that it wasn't a real attack but practice for her," Ulrich explained getting the others quite confused.
"Practice? If this was mere practicing I don't even want to imagine the next attack," Aelita said.
"But wait, did she show any signs of being possessed by X.A.N.A.? Did you see the mark anywhere?" Jeremie asked. The others thought for a while.
"I saw none but I honestly didn't have any time to look at her eyes," Yumi said.
"Yeah, same with me," Odd said.
"I didn't even get so close to her," Aelita told. "What about you Ulrich? You fought after all," she asked.
"I did see her eyes. They were the same blue as her hair and no mark in there," Ulrich explained.
"So could it really be that she's obeying X.A.N.A. out of her free will?" Yumi asked.
"I doubt it. Why would anyone answer to someone who's trying to take over the world?" Aelita pointed out.
"That's a good point," Jeremie said. "Next time you see her try to find out it."
"But how? We were taken out by her before we could say anything," Odd tried to make a point.
"Speak for yourself Odd, Ulrich actually spoke with her," Jeremie countered Odd's point. "Judging by what he told us, she'll answer your questions if you get an opportunity to ask them."
"Shouldn't we get back to school and leave this for later? We already missed one class," Aelita reminded.
"Oh that's right. I think Jim wouldn't be that glad if we were late", Odd said.
"You go. I'm gonna stay here. What was the name of the girl again?" Jeremie asked.
"Olivie", Ulrich answered, after all he was the only one who heard the name on Lyoko.
"What do you have in mind Jeremie?" asked Yumi.
"I'm going to do a little research," he responded.
"How are you gonna do that?" Odd asked curiously.
"If she is or was a real human on Earth I should be able to find something. And at least she's easy to recognize with the long blue hair," Jeremie explained.
"Ok Jeremie. Just don't overwork yourself with this," Aelita said kind of worried.
"What do we tell Jim?" Ulrich asked.
"Say that I have a headache or something," Jeremie answered and turned to the super computer and started the search.
On the way back the other had a little talk on what actually happened and what they thought about the mysterious Olivie.
"I don't like her. She was completely emotionless and unfair. None the less, she's apparently a really tough opponent. We'll have lodes of problems with her," Yumi told her opinion. But the only one who seemed to agree even a little was Odd.
"I know right! Next time I'll be ready and laser arrows will fly," Odd said. Yumi nodded slightly while Ulrich and Aelita turned their heads a little down.
"What's the problem with you guys? Do you think she's nice then?" Odd asked.
"I don't know..." Aelita started. "I guess I feel a resemblance. At first I was trapped in Lyoko and didn't know who I was. Maybe she really is possessed by X.A.N.A. and can't help it," she continued and caused a silence in the others.
"What about you Ulrich? What do you think about her?" Yumi asked.
Ulrich sighed deeply. "First, I don't think she's possessed. She said that X.A.N.A. wanted her to practice. And I think that he wouldn't talk in third person and refer to himself as a girl," Ulrich explained.
"What if X.A.N.A.'s just trying to trick us doing like that? It's not impossible right?" Odd wondered.
"That might be possible..." Aelita mumbled.
"You're still thinking about something. What is it?" Yumi asked Ulrich.
"There was just something that makes me feel like she's not completely bad, and I still think she's not possessed in any way. She was too... honest, maybe," he answered. "But I can't explain it properly." He left the others completely wordless.
"Well I guess you know what you're saying since you were the one talking to her and all," Yumi said breaking the silence.
They reached the gym class just in time. Meanwhile at the factory...
"Nothing, completely nothing..." Jeremie mumbled to himself. "There's absolutely no information about her on the net or anywhere else. Did X.A.N.A. create her or something? But she would probably have the mark in that case."
He thought about countless theories on who Olivie was and where did she come but nothing seemed to fit. He was slowly getting desperate. But the others can gather some info when they see her again and that'll help a lot, he thought and left the factory still thinking hard about this mystery they had in hand.
"So did you find anything?" Aelita asked Jeremie during lunch after gym class. "Nothing. There was no info about anyone named Olivie who has blue hair," Jeremie said sighing.
Yumi remembered their conversation while walking from the factory to the school and decided to ask him too. "What do you think about her. We have quite different opinions," she asked.
Jeremie thought for a while. "Well I didn't see her nor do I know anything about her besides the small facts you told me before. One thing is for sure, X.A.N.A. has a strong weapon against us now," he answered. The others nodded in agreement.
That night no Lyoko warrior seemed to sleep well. They all had so much on their minds. Odd still saw her as a foe and was thinking about how to beat her next time. But he was starting to think about what Aelita and Ulrich said earlier. Are you with X.A.N.A. or do you even know? was Odd's last thought before falling asleep.
Jeremie did a quick search considering Olivie another time before going to bed. He was thinking about X.A.N.A.'s possible planning with her. He thought about everything that came in mind but again no theory seemed to be the right one. Who are you? was the last thing he had in mind before sleep.
Yumi couldn't make her mind. She was thinking about Olivie being good or bad. She was bad since she hit her coldly without warning. But considering what Ulrich said about Olivie being honest and all, she was good. Are you truly our enemy? Yumi thought before starting dreaming.
Aelita's thoughts that night were filled with sympathy. She thought about Olivie maybe not knowing who she is or what she's doing. Maybe she didn't know that X.A.N.A. was the bad guy in this story. Could it be that you need our help with understanding? She asked in her mind right before sleep came to her.
Ulrich was thinking the most about if Olivie was acting of her own will or did X.A.N.A. possess her somehow. They saw no mark and she seemed too true to act by someone's orders. But if she's not under X.A.N.A.'s control why was she fighting them. He wanted to know the reason since this made no sense to him at all. What is the reason you're fighting against us? he thought before sleep slowly came to him too.
"I couldn't sleep at all last night. And you?" Odd said yawning loudly. Ulrich too seemed to be quite tired. "No, I barely got any sleep," he answered. "Were you thinking about Olivie too?" he asked a short time after. Odd nodded a yes.
They headed for Jeremie's room a while after. It was Sunday so there was no school today.
"Hey Einstein, you there?" Odd asked and knocked on Jeremie's door.
"Yeah, come in," came the answer and behind the door they found Jeremie on his computer.
Ulrich saw the word he had written in the internet search: 'Olivie.' "So you're still searching for something about her?" he asked even though he knew the answer.
"I just had to check one more time. She kept me awake almost the whole night," Jeremie said.
"You too?" said Odd. "Me and Ulrich couldn't sleep either," he continued.
Jeremie nodded. "And I'm guessing Aelita and Yumi are no different," he said.
After Jeremie gave up on finding something they continued on to Aelita's room. She was still fast asleep but woke up after the others knocked on the door a while. "What is it?" she asked rubbing her eyes out of tiredness. "Olivie?" Jeremie asked with one word and Aelita nodded.
They continued on for breakfast. There Jeremie got an idea he wanted to test. "Now that the super computer recognizes Olivie I could try searching there. Maybe I'll find out where she is hiding in there," he explained.
"That could work," Ulrich said.
"It's at least worth a try," said Odd.
"I'll come with you to the factory," Aelita said and smiled a bit.
Odd and Ulrich both went elsewhere while Aelita and Jeremie walked to the factory. "Do you think we'll find something?" Aelita asked him.
"I don't know, we might. But I guess we'll just have to see," he answered.
Jeremie started the search. He searched from each Sector. Ice: nothing. Desert: nothing. Forest: nothing. Mountain: nothing. He actually saved Sector 5 last since he thought he would find something there. It was something but not anything he had expected.
"There's something wrong here," Jeremie said with an extremely worried tone of voice. "It doesn't let me investigate Sector 5. In fact, it won't let me even see what's happening there," he continued.
"We have only been there three times. Maybe it has something to do with that?" Aelita suggested.
"No. This is something different. I should be able to at least see it," Jeremie said. "Someone's either sent some kind of a virus or accessed the computer. I'm checking the cameras just in case." What they then saw got them both wordless. "We have to call the others."
"So what's all the fuzz about?" Odd was the first to ask. Yumi and Ulrich looked quite curious too.
"Come and see for yourself," Jeremie said pointing at the computer screen. They were at least as surprised as Aelita and Jeremie were.
"But... But that's impossible!" Yumi shouted.
"What is going on in here?" Odd asked. Ulrich just stared at the screen wordless. There on the screen, recorded on camera, was Olivie doing something on the computer. She actually seemed quite skilled with it.
"Do you understand what this means?" Jeremie asked. "Olivie is either a real human or X.A.N.A. found a way to materialize her to the real world," he answered his own question.
"I think she's a real human. But how did she end up on Lyoko?" Ulrich said finally being able to say something.
"I have no answer for that, only some very unlikely guesses. But I'm not so sure about she being a human. Remember that Aelita was at first created on Lyoko and there's nothing inhuman about her," Jeremie pointed out. The others turned their heads down. What Jeremie said made actual sense to them.
"What do we do now?" Yumi asked. "I'll try to fix the problem considering Sector 5 and I guess we'll just wait until the next attack to find out more about Olivie," Jeremie answered.
"It seems really off to me that we're actually waiting for a X.A.N.A. attack," Odd said and he wasn't the only one.
Meanwhile on Lyoko the blue-haired girl was walking around Sector 5.
What did you like of Earth? the voice whispered in Olivie's mind. "I liked it a lot. I hope to go there again soon," she answered. And what about the super computer? the voice asked. "It was quite impressive and fun to use. Do you think they'll be able to uninstall the virus I put there?" she asked. In time, yes. But I have enough time, the voice answered. "You have enough time for what?" Olivie asked. You will go to Earth again soon but this time you'll stay there for a while.
Thank you for reading and I hope you like'd it! Thank you also for the great feedback for the first chapter and please give some for this one too. Until the next chapter! :)