I am sooo sorry it took 5-6 months to update. So I've got school and about three other writing projects now, sue me. Some of you you might have noticed that I've changed my username, my new one is now queen123414. I also want to give a very big thank thank you to the very few people who have favourited, followed and left a review on my story. Anyway, on with the story!
On Lyoko in the Desert Sector, two humanoid wire frames appeared about 20 feet above the ground. They slowly began to gain colour, one dressed in pink with pink tinged skin and pointed elf ears and the other in purple with furry paw-like hands, a pair of cat ears poking out of his blonde hair and a long striped tail before falling to the ground. Odd stood up from his cat-like crouch, looking over his outfit before flipping his hands (ahem, paws) to and fro. He then felt a strange sensation on his lower back before realizing that it was his tail and putting his paw behind to let it rest in his open palm.
"Odd, are you getting used to being a cat again?" Aelita giggles on his right. She was also looking over herself, wearing the same outfit as last time like Odd.
"Yeah, it's not every day you get to be a half cat and half human hybrid." He lets go of his tail and turns to Aelita, "Did you materialize the Overboard?"
She shook her head, "No, sorry but we're gonna have to go on foot."
"That's alright. This will be our warm up." And with that, they run off to the tower.
"Hey, is that smoke?"
Yumi looked up from her work to find the rest of her class looking outside the window. Instead of the clear blue sky, there was a thick cloud of black smoke in its place.
"What is the meaning of this?" Their teacher Mr Eldridge demanded, standing up at his desk. But before anyone could answer, the classroom door swung open with a bang.
"Sir, quickly! There a fire! A voice shouted at the doorway. Almost instantly, everyone turned to face the visitor at the door.
"Ulrich?" Yumi murmured to herself as her teacher approached him.
"Young man, can please explain what's on earth is going on?" Mr Eldridge asked.
"I don't know how the fire started but it's surrounded the whole school!" Ulrich answered, causing the whole class to panic. Yumi could only grimace. So that's the XANA attack. I didn't think he would do something so drastic after a year of absolutely nothing.
"And how do you know this?" her teacher asked again.
"My friend and I were heading back to class when we saw it. We need help to stop the fire."
"Call 911!" Dean, one of the boys in Yumi's class called out.
"We tried but the power lines must've gotten destroyed!" Ulrich yelled back, which caused the class to start panicking again, except louder.
"Silence!" Mr Eldridge bellowed and the classroom went silent instantly. "Alright then," he says, trying to sound calm before turning to Ulrich. "Where is the fire?"
"It's surrounded the whole school," he answered, "My friend Jeremy's gone to the other classes for help but we'll need more people if we want to stop the fire."
Mr Eldridge nodded and turned to his class. "Max, William and Dean, would boys mind helping us?" The three boys nodded hesitantly but stood up and walked to the front of the class as their teacher continued, "Everyone else, stay inside and don't leave this room at all."
Yumi gritted her teeth. There was no way she was staying inside while her friends were out there, two of them about to go fight a fire and the other two in a virtual universe fighting robotic monsters to save everyone else. She was about to stand up to argue with her teacher when another voice stopped her.
"Ulrich!"
Everyone turned to the doorway where a boy just ran up to them, completely exhausted. He stank of smoke and his glasses sat on an angle on his nose.
"Jeremy!" both Ulrich and Yumi exclaimed. Yumi got up and ran to help her friend, putting her arm around his shoulder to support him, ignoring her teacher.
"Jeremy! Are you alright?" Ulrich asked worriedly, holding his friend up as well.
"I've been better," he muttered back, "But we've got a huge problem!" Both Ulrich and Yumi swallowed nervously.
"What is it?" Mr Eldridge asked.
"I don't know how or why, but the fire barrier around the school is moving inwards towards us!" Jeremy cried.
"WHAT?!" everyone in the room shouted. Instantly everyone began to panic again, the volume increasing very second.
Yumi balled her spare hand into a fist very tightly. "Damn you XANA," she muttered angrily under her breath, "can't you just leave us alone?" She turned to her teacher, who was trying to calm down the rest of the class again.
"SILENCE!" he bellowed again and the classroom went silent again, save for the cackling flames and the other panicking students outside. "Can I have some more brave people to come forward and help us?"
Yumi put her hand up where she was standing as soon as her teacher had finished speaking. She looked around at her other classmates, some of them standing up nervously before glancing at Ulrich, who gave her a worried look. Mr Eldridge beckoned the students outside, reminding the remaining few to stay inside and close the windows before heading off. Yumi hung back to catch up with Jeremy and Ulrich, who were walking at a steadier pace.
"Hey," she murmured to her friends when she had caught up with them.
"Hey, you alright?" Ulrich murmured back. Yumi just nodded.
"Odd and Aelita are on Lyoko?" she asked.
Jeremy nodded. "Yeah, but worries me the most is that XANA managed to launch an attack on us even though we've turned the super computer off. And one that's on such a large scale."
"Yeah, how is that even possible? And why is the super computer back on in the first place?" Ulrich asks, frowning.
"I don't know, but let's not stick around to find out," Yumi said, coughing on the smoke, "The smoke's getting really unbearable, I feel like I can't breathe."
Her two friends nodded and ran to catch up with the others.
Back on Lyoko, things were going really well, no monsters have attacked Odd and Aelita yet. As the two Warriors were sprinting through the Desert Sector for the tower, Aelita noticed a tall column of white with a blood red aura surrounding the tip. There it is! She pointed the tower to the Odd and they ran for a nearby rock about 200m from the tower.
"Tower in sight," Odd murmured, peering around the tall rock face. Aelita peered around Odd and frowned. There was a squad of four Bloks and one lone Hornet, flying around them and making what sounded like buzzing noises.
"It looks like it's… giving orders to them," Aelita says, staring at them studiously.
"Is that normal?" Odd asked turning to her. She shook her head.
"No, I've never seen anything like it," she mused in response.
"Do you think that Hornet became XANA's right hand man or something?" Odd asks again, chuckling slightly while still eyeing the Hornet.
"I highly doubt it. A far as I know, XANA doesn't care about his monsters."
"That's true. He can make as many as he wants, which really sucks for us."
They continued to watch the monsters for the next couple minutes before the Bloks started to spread out and stood around the base of the towers, the Hornet flying around the tower above the Bloks, still giving 'orders'.
"Strange…" Aelita muttered to herself, "What are they up to?"
"Well let's not waste any more time trying to figure it out. There's a tower waiting for us to deactivate it," Odd says, holding his right arm out. He put his left paw above his right wrist and cocked his head slightly to the side, his right eye closed. He moved his armed around until he got his aim just right.
"I haven't done this for over a year and that came so naturally to me," Odd chuckled under his breath and fired. A small metallic arrow-shaped bullet shot out of his wrist and flew straight towards the Hornet, hitting right on target. The Bloks jumped at the sound of their 'commander' exploding and began to search for the culprit.
"Nice shot," Aelita said, holding her hand out for a fist bump.
"Why thank you, Princess," Odd smirked, returning it before turning to the Bloks, "Now for the Blok-heads." He turned to his pink haired friend. "Stay here until I tell you to come out, alright?"
"Odd." Said person turned to Aelita, who wore a worried expression on her face. "Please be careful out there, okay? I can't lose you all." He gave her a small smile, resting a paw on her shoulder.
"I will."
The two friends jumped when a laser had just soared pasted their heads and looked up to see one of the Bloks behind them, charging up another laser. Odd growled and fired a Laser Arrow at it.
"That's what you get for ruining the moment," Odd muttered as the monster exploded, his tail lashing angrily. He peered around the rock to see the other Bloks coming towards their hiding place.
"Well, when you gotta go, you gotta go." He jumped up onto the rock and began to climb up to the top. Once he had reached the top, he let out a shrill whistle, causing the Bloks to jump and the sound. He fired three Laser arrows, all of them missing. Oh fudge it. And with that, he leapt off the rock, now above the Bloks.
"Laser arrow!"
The sky was now covered with smoke as the fire border raged on around the school. Someone outside the border had noticed the fired and thankfully called the fire department. Unfortunately it seemed that the fire department can't put the flames out.
"Sir, we can't put the fire out!" one fire fighter reported to his superior.
"Have you tried everything?" his leader asked worriedly.
"Yes, everything!"
The leader cursed under his breath and sighed. He then turned to the other firefighters who were trying to put it out.
"I want everyone the use full force on the fire now!" he roared over the cackling flames. The firefighters looked at him and nodded and left to follow his orders.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the border, all classes have abandoned their work and are now trying to find safety. Their principal, Jean Pierre Delmas was now directing all the students to the upper levels of the science building.
"Come on this way!" Ulrich shouted over the panicked chatter, herding the next class inside. He coughed on the smoke briefly before helping the next class. Once that class was in the building, he ran outside the students and teachers who were trying to help put out the fire on their end. Each person was armed with a fire extinguisher from the classrooms and was spraying the white foam onto the fire.
"Jim! How's it going?" he called to his teacher.
"Not good Stern," Jim answered, wiping his brow, "The fire doesn't seem to react to water or the fire extinguishers and it's getting closer. Do you think we should all retreat now?"
When Ulrich nodded and Jim then gathered the other students and teachers, they all began to head to the science building. Some would occasionally stop to pour water on the fire in hopes of putting out a small flame but to no avail.
Ulrich looked around at the damage caused by the fire. The cafeteria was long gone and part of the dorms and a few classrooms had caught fire as well. I don't understand. How can XANA cause so much damage with the super computer off? Did he manage to turn it back on somehow?
The science building was getter closer now and everyone in the group broke into a sprint because it wasn't far now and the smoke and heat had become really unbearable. Ulrich noticed Yumi standing at the door, beckoning and shouting for them to come inside. She watched them fly in through the doorway and collapsed on the cool floor as she slammed the door shut.
"Are guys all alright?" Yumi asked worriedly, glancing at them with the same expression. She only mumbled and rushed answers and a lot of heaving breathing before she continued. "Come on, let's go upstairs, there should be enough water for all of you. There was a murmur of agreement and everyone headed for the stair case, same for two of them. "As soon as get water and everyone is safe, Jeremy's got news for us," Yumi murmured to Ulrich. The latter only nodded in response before the two sped up to catch up with the others.
Lasers were flying everywhere, trying to hit the speedy purple target who has several acrobatic tricks up his sleeve to avoid them. Aelita watched nervously as she watched her friend dodge the lasers that came dangerously too close to him. He had managed to defeat the last few Bloks with little difficulty a few minutes ago but before he could call Aelita out, a Megatank, two Kankrelats and a Tarantula appeared and began firing at him. The angel had tried to come out and help him fight but Odd had quickly pushed her back behind the rock and then performed several backflips to avoid the lasers.
"Laser arrow!" Odd cried, landing on both feet and firing two laser arrows, hitting both Kankrelats. He made a fist in victory but quickly gasped when he saw the Megatank opening its round shell, revealing the disgusting pink veins and the Eye of XANA inside. The Eye was charging up a laser wall and it fired, expanding outwards. Odd's eyes widened and threw himself to the side, landing in a cat-like crouch and turned his head to glare at the Megatank. He then noticed lasers firing behind him in his peripheral vision and did a cartwheel to avoid them. Damn it, I completely forgot about that Tarantula.
A smirk appeared on his face as an idea began to form in his mind, his tail twitching excitedly. It's risky but it's the best I've got. He checked that the Tarantula was still behind him before turning to the Megatank with a smirk on his face.
"Hey you! Yeah you, the giant bowling ball!" The Megatank promptly turned to Odd, who was waving his paw-like arms above him, trying to get its attention. Even the Tarantula had stopped firing behind him.
"That was absolutely pathetic! Is that the best you've got?" Odd sneered at the Megatank, his paws now on his waist. The Megatank let out a high pitched buzz, obviously angry at Odd for the taunt. It gave the feline hybrid satisfaction of witnessing one of XANA's monsters having what looked like a hissy fit, his amber eyes gleaming mischievously. Meanwhile, Aelita watched the scene from her hiding spot, feeling really confused.
"What is he up to?" Aelita muttered to herself. She gasped when the Megatank released the laser wall, speeding straight for Odd. "Odd! Get out of there!" she cried out.
Odd watched the laser wall speeding towards him. He waited until the last moment to jump to the side, allowing the laser wall to hit the Tarantula behind him instead and exploding on impact.
"Yes!" he quietly cheered to himself and stood up. He turned his attention back to the Megatank.
"Your turn," he muttered, taking aim at the target that was still open. So many things happened in the next ten seconds.
"Laser-!"
"Energy Field!"
"Wait what?!"
A small pink orb came flying into view and hit the Megatank on the metal shell. Cackling pink electricity covered the Megatank of every inch of its body before it exploded.
"Hey! Why'd you do that for?" Odd whined, turning to Aelita, who was walking out from the hiding the rock with a pout on his face.
Aelita just shrugged. "Sorry, but you took too long. Plus, you got the other monsters." He friend thought about it for a moment before sighing because he realised she was right and slumped in false defeat.
"Okay, you've got a point. Now, go and deactivate the tower quickly. The attack on Earth would've started by now."
His pink-haired friend nodded reluctantly and began to run towards the tower. She stopped in front of it, hesitating slightly. She turned back to Odd, who gave her thumbs up with both paws and one of his signature Cheshire cat smiles. Aelita gave him a weak smile in return before stepping into the tower.
Aelita walked through the wall and was met with the familiar blue walls. She walked to the centre of the platform, the rings lighting up one by one. She stopped in the centre and attempted to calm herself before allowing the tower to lift her up. A feint white outline appeared around her as Aelita began to float upwards. As she floated to the top, random scenes from her nightmares began to play in her head, repeating over and over like a broken record.
She managed to push those thoughts out as she looked up the approaching platform. Aelita prepared herself to land but just as she passed the platform the saw a figure hunched over the interface. Alarm bells began to ring in her head as she landed, taking a cautious step closer.
"Wh-who are you?" Aelita shed in a trembling voice, raising her arm just in case she need to fire an energy field. The figure spun around and the only thing Aelita managed to process was the bright blue eyes in the dim light the tower provided.
"You know perfectly well who I am XANA!" the figure spat back in a feminine voice. Aelita flinched and took a step back.
"N-no I'm not," she stammered, her voice shaking and the panic inside her rising.
"Do you think I'm stupid?!" the girl screamed and opened her clenched fist, her fingertips resembling claws. Aelita's eye's widened as a blue orb began to form in her palm, cackling with electricity. It looked like her energy fields but a different colour and bigger and deadlier.
The orb was thrown at Aelita, causing her shriek and jump to the side. Her right foot missed the platform and she flailed her arms before she managed to find her footing. She was too late as another orb was thrown at her, hitting her in the stomach and causing her to fall off the platform.
"Odd! Help!" she managed to gasp out while screaming as she plummeted.
I left you on a clifthanger. So sorry. 3048 words. Not bad. A few things, I don't know the emergency number in France, I only know the Australian and American numbers so I went with the American version. I hope you liked the fighting scenes, it was a lot harder to write than I first through it was. Do what you need to do, favourite, follow and leave a review and pray that the next update comes soon (it will, be patient). Feedback would be well appreciated as well. Byeee!
-queen123414