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Chapter 2
XANA Strikes
Jeremie and Aelita entered the cafeteria finding Odd and Ulrich at the table, Odd of course stuffing his face with food as Ulrich wrote in his notebook.
" I see you two made it in time." Ulrich said looking up
" We had to get down here before they ran out of food." Aelita replied
Odd only flashed a look before turning his attention back to his mashed potatoes, the group laughed, but soon the whole cafeteria went quiet when a strange sound crossed their ears.
" What was that?" Aelita asked
" No idea, lets check it out." Ulrich replied
Odd dropped his fork following his friends out the door, Ulrich looked around intently, suddenly a bullet hit the ground in-front of Odd's feet.
" What's going on?" Odd asked
A strong male came out of the bushes a gun his his hands, the group backed up a few steps, Aelita could see the symbol in the gunman's eyes.
" Run!" Ulrich ordered
" To the factory!" Jeremie yelled
The teens took off the gunman behind them, Ulrich lead the way with Odd behind him, as Aelita ran slightly ahead of Jeremie. She knew that he could run faster, he was behind her to make sure that she would not get hurt.
The gunman fired two shots one bullet hit the ground just behind Ulrich's feet, the other found it's way into Jeremie's right leg, the teen grunted in pain. Aelita thought that he would fall or at least stop running, but the teen kept his place behind Aelita.
Once at the factory, Jeremie took his seat on the chair, Aelita couldn't help but notice the blood slowly making its way down Jeremie's leg.
" Are you okay?" Aelita asked
" I'm fine, now lets see what tower XANA used this time. There it is in the Forest." Jeremie replied
" Okay we'll get to the scanners." Ulrich stated
" And help will be right behind you." Jeremie said with a smile
" Yumi? I thought she was sick." Odd said scratching his head
" There's no time to argue, we have to deactivate the tower before someone gets killed." Aelita retorted
The three went back into the elevator not seeing Jeremie smile to himself, if only they knew what was about to come. Once the three were virtualized they could see the tower a good mile away and an army of monsters in-front of it.
" Wow, XANA's sent the welcoming committee for us." Ulrich stated
" That's not all he deactivated the vehicle program, you'll have to go on foot." Jeremie said
" Sure thing, no problem." Odd said
" Come on lets go." Ulrich ordered
The three took off running across the green landscape, Aelita could see that XANA sent out quite the army of monsters. She was quite worried considering he sent out Hornets, Tarantulas, and Krabes. Aelita could also see his new monsters too, she was getting really worried.
" Great, he sent out the Cobras, Jackals, and Wolverines." Odd said
Odd and Ulrich rushed forward attacking the army of monsters, but two Cobras managed to get by the two, their eyes on Aelita, the pink haired girl backed up as the Cobras closed in. The two ugly, overgrown snakes opened their mouth revealing long black fangs.
Aelita saw a rush of brown go by her like a gust of wind, she saw the Cobras fall to the ground and explode. She then saw four Krabes, five Hornets, and three Jackals explode, which caused dust to stir up.
When Aelita saw the dust clear she saw a young wolf-like teen with blond hair a blue T-shirt, black jeans standing before her, his arms covered in brown fur, his hands and feet were paws that held long, dangerous claws, and a bushy tail swishing slightly.
Aelita attacked a Krabe that attempted to attack her, she saw the wolf-like smile before taking to his fours attacking a pack of Jackals. She had never seen such a style of fighting before, she was mostly using his claws in defense rather than using the to them to shred his opponents.
Once the army of monsters was destroyed all four fighters were out of breath, Aelita saw the wolf-like teen leaning up against a tree. She noted that he was favoring his right leg which had blood running down the sides of it.
" Are you okay dude?" Odd asked
" I'm fine Odd." the teen replied
Odd shook his head slightly blinking a few times, Aelita took a few steps forward she saw the teen smile, she was quite shocked.
Flashback...
Aelita stood outside the tower, waiting for Jeremie to appear so he could send the file she found to his world and head back before XANA let loose an attack. She hoped that he didn't end up in the same situation he was in before, she didn't want to loose him.
Soon she saw a young wolf-like teen with blond hair wearing a blue T-shirt, black jeans standing before her, his arms covered in tanish-brown fur, his hands and feet were paws that held long, dangerous claws, and a bushy tail swishing back and forth slightly.
" Jeremie." Aelita gasped
" Hey there Princess, I thought I'd be able to find you here." Jeremie said
Aelita was quite shocked to see that Jeremie didn't have his glasses, she had to admit he should have been on Lyoko a long time ago.
" Lets get that file sent, we don't want XANA to attack while you're here." Aelita stated
End Flashback...
" Jeremie, you came?" Aelita asked surprised
" No way, Jeremie." Ulrich said
The teen nodded as he sat down, Odd noted that his sight must have improved so much thanks to his Lyoko side he didn't need his glasses as long as he was there.
" Get to the tower Princess, I'll be fine." Jeremie said
" Keep a good eye on him, I'll be back." Aelita said
Ulrich and Odd nodded, Jeremie smiled as he watched Aelita run to the tower, but it turned when he saw Ulrich and Odd smirk.
" You should really say somethin' to her." Odd stated
Jeremie blushed at Odd's statement, before he could say anything Aelita came back and Jeremie saw that the color surrounding the tower was now white.
" Now to take care of that leg of yours." Aelita stated
Aelita put a hand on Jeremie's leg, she closed her eyes as her hand began to glow, Jeremie winced a few times before a single bullet ended up on Aelita's palm.
The pink haired girl then ripped off a piece of her outfit and wrapped around the wound, she smiled when she saw Jeremie relax.
" Better?" she asked
" Much better thanks." Jeremie replied
Odd and Ulrich smirked when Aelita put a hand to Jeremie's cheek causing him to blush, though they had suppress their laughter.
" What about returning to the past?" Odd asked
Jeremie smiled as he stood up helping Aelita to her feet, the blond closed his eyes for a moment, his tail going off to the side, when he opened them they glowed a gold color.
With a flash they found themselves back in the cafeteria, Odd was stuffing his face once again.
" Here we go." Ulrich said
" Hey, running from a madman and fighting ugly monsters works up an appetite." Odd retorted
" I bet." Aelita remarked
" You know Odd he has a hollow leg." Ulrich stated
The next day...
" Are you kidding me?" Yumi asked as she talked to Ulrich and Odd
Yumi sat with Ulrich and Odd at the usual table in the cafeteria for breakfast, the two had to tell her what happened in her absence.
" As much I love to kid around, we're being serious." Odd replied
" That must be hard." Sissi commented as she stopped at the table
" This is none of your business Sissi, plus your hourly torment is over." Ulrich said
" What torment?" Sissi asked
Ulrich smirked as he grabbed Yumi's hand which caused Yumi to blush. Sissi raised an eyebrow.
" Yumi and I agreed to start a relationship." Ulrich said
Sissi's eyes went wide, she then stepped back, her hands turned to fists as she walked off in a huff.
" I love tormenting Sissi, makes any breakfast that much better." Odd stated
Soon Jeremie and Aelita sat down next to Ulrich and Yumi, Aelita looked over to Yumi who was still blushing.
" Did we miss something?" Aelita asked
" Just us tormenting Sissi." Odd replied
" I think we missed more than that." Jeremie said
Yumi looked away for a moment, regaining herself, she then turned her attention to her friends.
" So I heard what happened." Yumi stated
" We had to tell her, I mean you looked so cool Einstein." Odd said
Jeremie only smiled as he opened his laptop and started typing, he was almost done with the program.
" I have to say you're pulling out all kinds of surprises." Yumi said
Jeremie's smile widened as he continued typing, he pressed the Enter key, his determined eyes kept to the screen as he watched it closely.
" Just a bit more and I think I've got it." Jeremie stated
Aelita was so glad, she would be free from XANA soon, she could hardly believe it.
" You've been working hard Jeremie take a break." Aelita said
" I'm so close I can't take a break now." Jeremie replied
Aelita got up from her chair and put a hand on Jeremie's shoulder, the blond tried not to blush. Jeremie could feel his heart jump when he felt Aelita's hand run across the back of his neck.
" Are you doing that so I will listen?" Jeremie asked
Aelita lowered her head so that her mouth was only inches from his ear.
" No, I doing it because I need to tell you something." Aelita whispered
Jeremie nodded, he never argued for long when it came to Aelita, he saved his progress, picked up his laptop and followed Aelita outside.
