What you should know before you read:The story takes place in an AU where William was never possessed and knows nothing about Lyoko. Everything up until Season4 has happened and it is assumed the team defeated XANA the same way that happened in the original TV series. The super computer has been shut off and the gang has been XANA free for almost a month now. One more important note: In this AU the Lyoko Warriors are older. Jeremie, Ulrich, and Odd are 17 while Yumi and William are 18. (Notice how I mentioned William. Although he was never possessed, he is going to have a HUGE role inthe story line). This story is ratedT because there will be gore, romantic happenings, cursing, and anything else I decide to add. If the story gets out of hand, it might later be changed to M.

Authors Note: My writing style is different because I like getting to the point rather than adding fillers and fluff. If you don't like this, then don't read. If you notice grammar, spellings, or any other mistakes, please don't comment just to complain about it. That is rude.

Outside Note: This is my first Code Lyoko fan fiction in years. I am now 21 and have decided to begin writing fanfictions again. I hope to rewrite/finish most of my unfinished works from my early teen years as soon as possible.

****If you don't like what is happening with this story, then do not read! Please don't post comments going wtf etc etc.*****

Chapter 2

A Lover's Nightmare

"Jeremy!" Ulrich hollered as he pounded his fist on his bedroom door. "Open this Fucking door!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.

Odd then appeared behind Ulrich trying to catch his breath. "What the hell is going on, Ulrich?!" He said panting.

Jeremy opened his bedroom door with Aelita standing behind him. "Can someone explain to me what is going on?" Aelita demanded as she sat back down on the bed next to her math book and other homework related items.

Ulrich pushed past Jeremy with Odd holding his hand on his shoulder trying to calm him. "I thought you said XANA was gone, Jeremy!" Ulrich said angered, waving his arms.

"Did something happen?!" Jeremy said, feeling his face grow hot due to confusion. He turned and looked at Odd and awaited a reply.

"Don't look at me! I heard screams coming from my room, and I assumed it was him and Yumi fooling around, but when I opened the door Ulrich was collapsed on the floor.

Ulrich caught his breath and took a deep breath. "Yumi and I were… well that isn't important. Next thing I know she was screaming and some dark shadow engulfed her, and she vanished…" Ulrich fell silent as look at his friends.

"We destroyed him." Aelita said as she walked over to Jeremy's computer. She typed some commands in and spun the chair around to face the others. "Are you sure this happened, Ulrich? There are no traces of any activated towers…. Because we, ya know, shut down the super computer."

"Are you questioning what I just saw happen?!" Ulrich shouted He didn't mean to get this angry, but he had no patience. "We have to help her." Ulrich protested. "XANA somehow survived, we have to find a way to save her, and fight!"

Jeremy took a deep breath and grabbed his shoes. "I need to go to the factory. I need to run some tests."

"And how long do you think that will take?" Odd questioned

"At this point, I have no idea, Odd." Jeremy replied. "A day, a week, who knows? Think about what is being asked of me, right now. I need to somehow come up with a way to find an enemy that we destroyed. If by, for some chance, this is XANA's doing… I also need to find a new way for us to fight him."

"A week?!" Ulrich shouted at his friend, again. Yumi doesn't have a week. For all we know she could be dead!"

"Is everything alright?" A familiar voice asked from the hallway.

The group looked up suddenly at the black haired rebel who stood in the doorway.

"You forgot to shut the door, and since my room is across the hall, all I can hear is Ulrich screaming and shouting." William added.

Ulrich balled his fist and began to march over to William, but was stopped when Odd held him back.

"Just…. Parent trouble with Ulrich and his father." Aelita lied. "Come on, Jeremy, let's go…. Try to find your wallet…. Perhaps you dropped it by the benches outside earlier today?" Aelita said as she grabbed Jeremy's hand and lead the blonde haired boy out of the room.

"Look, William." Odd chirped in once his two friends left. "It's nothing, really."

The two boys went back to their room once William finally left. Ulrich lay on his bed staring at the ceiling while Odd sat on the floor, petting Kiwi.

"I couldn't protect her." Ulrich mumbled to himself as he sat up punching his pillow.

"It isn't your fault." Odd said, trying to calm Ulrich down.

"But why her!?" Ulrich replied, raising his voice. "Why not me or you? If anyone, you think he would target Aelita?"

"I don't know." Odd answered "But for now, all we can do is wait until Aelita and Jeremy figure out what is going on."

Ulrich sighed and kicked off his shoes and pulled a blanket over him. He felt tears forming in his eyes, and he did not want Odd to see him cry. About an hour went by, and Ulrich dozed off to sleep due to being mentally exhausted by the day's events. Ulrich began to dream, and it was not pleasant.

"Let me go!" Yumi cried as she laid naked on a dark sphere. Her arms and legs were chained down, she was helpless. She had wires hooked up to various parts of her body and a blindfold covering her eyes.

"Shut up!" a voice replied from the shadows. "You may not know it, but that telekinetic power of yours isn't just an ability available to you on Lyoko."

"What do you mean?" Yumi demanded, choking back tears.

"When you were young, before your brother was born, your parents had you committed to a clinic because you were special. You were a very special child growing up, too bad nothing ever came of it. You had special counseling which erased your mind of those memories….you could have been something wonderful"

"Liar!" Yumi screamed.

Just then a loud buzzing sound could be heard and Yumi began screaming. Electricity buzzed through the wires, zapping Yumi. A dark shadow walked over to her once the buzzing stopped and took her blindfold off along with the wires attached to her body.

"Your name is Yumi. You now serve XANA." Said the shadowed man.

Ulrich shot straight up covered in a cold sweat. "YUMI!" he screamed.

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