"Invisibility? Seriously?" Ulrich asked at the breakfast table the next morning.

Aelita was telling them everything that happened last night. She held a lot of respect for Eva's courage.

"That can certainly come in handy when William rears his ugly head," said Odd, taking a bite of sausage.

"I thought he was your friend," said Eva.

"He was. Is." Odd looked down at his plate.

"He is possessed by XANA, correct?" asked Eva. They nodded. "Then he is still one of you."

"One of us," corrected Jeremy. "You're a LYOKO warrior now, Eva."

"So what happened to you last night?" asked Eva.

"Jim had us locked in our rooms," said Ulrich. "We were trying to climb out the window, but that didn't work out so well."

"I almost fell," said Jeremy. "And I'm on the third floor."

Eva hummed and picked at her food.

"What's wrong?" asked Aelita.

"She's probably still trying to wrap her head around everything," said Odd.

"It's not that," said Eva. She sighed. "It's because I can't tell Kayla. She's already angry with me for keeping secrets from her."

"Is she some sort of control freak?" asked Ulrich.

Eva glared. "No," she said coldly. "She is not. I just keep things from people."

"Then you should have nothing to worry about," said Aelita.

Eva gave a nod. To change the subject, she asked, "What's the school's policy with medicine?"

"What kind of medicine?" asked Jeremy.

"Like an inhaler?" asked Ulrich. "You're not asthmatic, are you?"

"No," said Eva. "I mean aspirin and ibuprofen."

"You have to go to the nurse when you need them," said Ulrich. "If you get caught with them without parental consent, you face expulsion."

Eva frowned.

"Why?" asked Aelita.

"Just asking," said Eva.

"Hey, if you have that sort of thing, we won't rat on you," said Odd. "We have a secret that can get us all expelled."

"Other than LYOKO?" asked Eva.

"Yeah," said Odd. "Swing by after class and I'll show you."

Ulrich smiled. "You'll get to meet Kiwi."

"Who's Kiwi?" Eva asked.

"You'll see," said Ulrich.

During gym class, Eva ran beside Kayla. She wasn't in the mood for running extra laps on the track because she was so tired from last night. Kayla noticed that Eva hadn't slept.

"Not again," she groaned.

"Sorry, Kayla," said Eva.

"For once, girl!" hissed Kayla. "One night, that's all I'm asking. One night of sleep."

Eva looked away and sped up to keep the other students from listening. Kayla kept up with little difficulty.

"What about your secret project?" asked Kayla. "Has Mr. Delmas tried that number yet?"

"No," replied Eva. "Hopefully he won't at all. I have the post office box paid up for the next three months. I shouldn't need anything for at least a month."

"If you need anything," said Kayla.

"I am not involving you in this," hissed Eva.

"I know already," whispered Kayla. "I'm involved whether you like it or not, Eva. Just face it."

Eva sighed. "Any calls?"

"No," replied Kayla. "I don't expect any either. Our phone number changed when we moved. I still have my old mobile number, but they haven't called."

"I doubt that they will," said Eva.

"Do you need money?" asked Kayla.

"No, that's something I have plenty of," said Eva. "I'm stocked for now. I'm going to need medical supplies though."

"What for?" asked Kayla.

"It's just a precaution," said Eva.

"You better watch it, Eva," warned Kayla. "If they catch you fighting, you're in bigger trouble than ever."

"After what's happened to me in the past two years, it'll just be a bump," Eva assured her.

"A bump!" repeated Kayla. "Are you nuts?"

Eva glanced over at her.

Kayla sighed. "I should know better, shouldn't I? Fine. What do you need?"

"Aspirin, ibuprofen, gauze . . . "

"The basics," said Kayla. "I know. It's not the first time I stocked your first aid kit. Anything special?"

"No," answered Eva. "I have everything else."

They stopped running and got into squads for stretches. Kayla and Eva stood beside each other.

"There's something else," said Kayla. "Isn't there?"

Eva closed her eyes.

"What, Eva? You know you can tell me anything."

"I know," said Eva. She said nothing else.

Kayla knew that Eva would tell her when she was good and ready. They had been friends for almost two years now and Kayla was still learning about Eva. Kayla doubted that Eva was ever an open person. And if it hadn't been for spilt milk, they wouldn't have met at all.

Eva suddenly looked up. She scanned the area for any potential threat. Kayla knew what this meant. Eva had a pretty good intuition about danger.

The lights on the track began to turn on and off. The bulbs overloaded and shattered, raining glass down upon them all. Eva pushed Kayla to the ground and got over her. Eva then felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Come on," Ulrich said. "It's XANA."

Eva nodded. She turned back to Kayla. "First chance you get, go to my dorm. Wait there until I come get you."

"What's going on?" asked Kayla.

"Kayla, do as I say," commanded Eva.

Ulrich and Odd were standing close enough to hear.

"Sounds like Eva's the control freak," Odd said.

Eva approached them. "Let's go."

They ran to the manhole and climbed down. Aelita was already waiting for them.

"Is Yumi coming?" she asked.

"Yeah," said Ulrich.

"This could be difficult," said Jeremy. "There are only two scooters and three skateboards. There are six of us."

"I see your point," said Eva. "There is no time. I'll run along a side you guys."

"Can you keep up?" asked Jeremy.

"I'll try," said Eva.

"Ulrich, Aelita, and I will go on ahead," said Jeremy. "Odd, you stay with Eva. Yumi will come as soon as she can."

They started off down the sewer. Eva kept up with Odd, but the others steadily pulled away.

"You're fast," said Odd.

"Don't talk," panted Eva. "Just ride. Talk later."

Meanwhile, Yumi was stuck in her world history class. The lights had exploded and glass was everywhere. She already got the call that it was XANA, although no call was necessary.

Yumi crawled to the door, avoiding the attention of the teacher, who was in hysterics. She ran out of the building and straight into Kayla.

"Yumi!"

"Kayla!"

"What's going on?" Kayla asked. "Every light has gone out and Eva took off. I don't know where she went."

"Are you hurt?" asked Yumi.

"No." Kayla shook her head. "I'm all right. Where are the others?"

"Listen, you find a place to hide and stay there," said Yumi. "This will be over soon."

"Okay," said Kayla with a nod.

Kayla ran to the dorms. Yumi watched her go and ran for the manhole.

In the scanner room, Ulrich and Aelita prepared to be virtualized.

"You're heading for the mountain region," Jeremy said. "Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Aelita. Scanner. Virtualization."

Ulrich and Aelita appeared in the mountain sector.

"There!" Aelita pointed to the activated tower.

"And we've got company," said Ulrich, pulling a saber. There were three crabs guarding the tower. "Jeremy."

"Odd and Eva should be here soon," said Jeremy.

"That's not what I'm worried about," said Ulrich. "Any sign of William?"

"No," replied Jeremy. "Which is a little odd. I thought he would be there."

"It makes it easier for us," said Aelita.

"Okay, let's go," said Ulrich.

Odd and Eva ran into the factory and got on the elevator.

"So what did you think of LYOKO your first time?" asked Odd.

"I was too focused on Aelita to do any observing," said Eva.

"Really?" Odd asked. "You didn't even gawk?"

"For a moment when I saw Aelita on LYOKO for the first time," replied Eva. "Other than that, I was concerned about her safety."

They stopped at the supercomputer.

"You two get down there, quick," said Jeremy. "Ulrich's having a hard time."

Eva and Odd got into the scanners and were virtualized to LYOKO.

Ulrich was taking on three crabs at once. Aelita was hiding behind some rocks, waiting for a chance to get to the tower.

"Let's go!" Odd chirped, starting for the fight.

"Wait!" Eva grabbed his arm.

"What?" Odd looked at Eva for the first time. "Whoa! Scary."

"I think we have a problem," said Eva.

"What's that?" asked Odd.

Three hornets came out of nowhere and began shooting at Eva and Odd. Eva blasted one out of the sky and Odd hit the second with a laser arrow.

"How did you know?" asked Odd. "Don't tell me you have my future sight."

"Future sight?" asked Eva.

"I used to get visions of what was about to happen," said Odd. "They stopped awhile ago."

"Don't worry," said Eva. "I can do that sort of thing back on Earth. It's not a LYOKO ability."

"Will you two stop chatting and help Ulrich?" snapped Jeremy. "He's only got twenty life points left."

Eva and Odd ran in to help. Odd started shooting his arrows and Eva knocked one crab off its feet with her power pulse. A crab exploded after Odd shot it in the head.

"You okay?" Eva called to Ulrich.

"I've been better," said Ulrich.

"Heads up!" cried Jeremy. "William's there!"

Eva turned around to see William stalking up to them with is giant sword resting on his shoulder. She tried to hit him with a power pulse, but William swung his blade and it bounced right off.

"I got William!" shouted Ulrich.

Ulrich dashed off to fight his former friend. Eva turned to see Odd get hit by the remaining hornet. She jumped into the air, intending to blast it out of the sky. Instead, the hornet flew straight at her. Knowing it was going to hit, Eva braced herself.

"What on Earth?" cried Odd.

"Jeremy, Eva disappeared!" Aelita reported. "The hornet struck her and . . . "

"No, she's still there," Jeremy said. "I have her on my screen, but the hornet is gone."

"Are you sure, Einstein?" Odd asked. "We don't see her and the hornet is still there."

The hornet buzzed and twisted in the air, completely out of control. It regained control and hovered for a moment, shaking its head.

"Guys, I'm not lying," said Jeremy.

"Neither are we," Odd shot back. "But something's going on."

The hornet began firing at the remaining two crabs.

"What's going on?" asked Odd.

Aelita looked at the mark on the hornet's head. Instead of the dark moss green color, it was navy blue.

"The hornet—it's Eva!" she said.

"What?" the boys asked.

"It's Eva! She's possessing the hornet!" Aelita cried.

One crab exploded and the hornet flashed. Eva fell to the ground, the hornet she had possessed exploding. While she was still in the air, Eva fired one last power pulse at the final crab.

"Gotcha!"she cried.

There was a stinging pain from her right shoulder to her left side.

"Oh, no! Eva!" Aelita cried as Eva was devirtualized.

The scanner doors opened and Jeremy heard a roar of pain. It was the only way he could describe Eva's yell.

Yumi got off the elevator in the scanner room. Eva was doubled over and making her way to the elevator.

"You okay?" asked Yumi.

"Yeah," rasped Eva. "Man, that hurt! You hurry, they need you."

Yumi got into the scanner and Eva went up to the supercomputer.

"Are you okay?" asked Jeremy.

"I'm fine," said Eva, standing up straight. "What hit me?"

"William," replied Jeremy.

Eva's mobile began to ring. "Yeah?"

"Eva, it's me. I don't know where you are, but I've been trying to call you and it kept going to voice mail."

"Whoa, Kayla! Slow down. Tell me what happened?"

"You told me to go to your room," said Kayla. "I'm there right now. Everything is going crazy. Every electronic device is going crazy!"

In the background, Eva could hear her radio playing loudly.

"Overload," muttered Eva.

"What?" asked Kayla.

"Kayla, unplug everything in my room," said Eva. "The desk lamp, the radio, everything that has to be plugged in."

"Okay," said Kayla.

"What's going on?" asked Jeremy.

"Is it possible for XANA to overload the power grid?" asked Eva.

"Yeah, he's done it before," said Jeremy.

"They got to deactivate that tower fast," said Eva.

"Eva?"

"I'm here, Kayla," she said.

"I can't turn the ceiling light off," Kayla said. "And it keeps getting brighter."

"Get in the closet!" Eva commanded. "That light's gonna blow!"

Eva heard a door slam and a moment later glass shattering.

"Thanks," whispered Kayla.

"You stay there and call if anything changes," said Eva. Eva hung up her mobile. "How are they doing?"

"Not so good," said Jeremy. "William's in the way. Aelita can't get to the tower."

"Any sign of the Scyphozoa?"

"None," replied Jeremy.

Eva looked up on the screen and saw Odd's icon disappear.

"There goes Odd," said Jeremy.

"What about Ulrich?" asked Eva.

"Hanging on, but barely," he replied. "Yumi's got half her life points yet."

"No good against William," said Eva. "I had all mine when I came back, right?"

"Yes," said Jeremy.

"Where's Aelita?"

"There." Jeremy pointed to a yellow triangle on the screen.

"Okay," said Eva. "Is there any way she can get across that gap?"

Jeremy looked where Eva was pointing. "Yes, she can fly. What are you planning?"

"May I?" Eva asked, pointing to the headset.

"Sure," said Jeremy, removing it.

"Hey, guys," said Eva.

"What's up, Eva?" asked Yumi.

"I have an idea," Eva said. "Aelita, fly across the gap to the tower."

"But William will see her," said Yumi. "If she falls into the digital sea, Franz Hopper will come to save her."

"That's where you come in," said Eva. "You need to draw William's attention away from the gap."

"How?" asked Ulrich.

"Make him mad," answered Eva.

"Hey, William!" shouted Yumi. William turned around to face her. "You hit like my little brother!"

William roared with anger and charged her.

"Okay, Aelita," said Eva. "He's distracted."

Aelita went for the tower. She entered and made her way to the top. The screen popped up once she reached the top level. Aelita placed her hand on it and entered the code.

"Tower deactivated," she said.

William turned and saw the tower turn white. He growled in anger and jumped into the digital sea.

Eva's mobile rang. "Yes, Kayla."

"It stopped," she said. "Everything stopped."

"I'll be there soon," said Eva.

Back at school, Eva and Kayla went to the infirmary.

"Excuse us," said Kayla to a blonde woman. "We're looking for Yolanda Perriden."

"That's me," said the woman. "Are you hurt?"

"No, that's the thing," said Eva. She looked around the infirmary at all the students with injuries. "We thought we could help."

"Both of us have plenty of practice with minor injuries," said Kayla.

"I can use all the help I can get," said Yolanda.

Eva and Kayla washed up and began removing shards of glass and bandaging cuts.

That evening the school was darker than usual. Almost every lightbulb in the school had shattered. The custodians, teachers, and students were busy sweeping up glass.

"Hey," Odd whispered to Eva. "You didn't get to meet Kiwi yet."

Eva walked down to Ulrich and Odd's room. She opened the door and was greeted by a little beige dog.

"This is Kiwi," said Odd, picking up the little dog.

"Cute," said Eva, patting Kiwi on the head.

"Don't tell anyone," said Ulrich. "Some know about him, but we're not supposed to have pets."

"As long as you don't tell about my medicine stash, I won't tell anyone about Kiwi," Eva said.

Eva lay in bed that night unable to sleep. From under her black top, she pulled out a pendent on a silver chain. The pendent was the size of a half dollar with a Moline cross with a dark red crystal in the center.

"No matter how far, no matter how wide,

"No matter where in space or where in time.

"Forever linked by blood, linked by memory,

"All we have to do is close our eyes and see

"The ones we love and the ones miss

"We transcend any distance.

"You are forever with me, and I with you,

"As close as a touch, as far away as the moon."

Eva tucked the pendent under her shirt again and rolled over. There were tears in her eyes as she fell asleep.

"I love you, Macaroon," Eva breathed.