Sorry it was seven days instead of six. I actually planned to post the last chapter the Wednesday following when I did, but I got my days mixed up.

Japanese-Fanatic - Sorry to make you wait so long. Please don't eat my soul, or something like that.

anonomous - A very interesting question, and some research of my previous stories should uncover the truth.

katfish xX - Care to tell me why Yumi became a (sensored due to K rating) when going to Lyoko, if that's what a geisha is?

melcho - Well, here's a Ulrich/Yumi/William triangle plot for ya'.

WhisperingNights - In the words of Ulrich Stern, "X.A.N.A. has no respect for anything."

kite - Um, thanks, but leave that talk to Mario.

Ulrich's Hot Girlfriend - Your velcome. XD

IAmTheBoss - Perhaps Ulrich should stop looking down on Odd's jokes. Sadly, he doesn't.

Sangorulz - Why, thank you.

aelitafan13 - You are corect, sir/ma'am. Now, if you're reading this story or not, as well as "My Cousin, Ricky", I don't know.

But, for now, on with the story.

Nightmare on Kadic Street

Chapter 4: Monster Mash

A few minutes later, the three had gotten though the sewers and into the factory. As the elevator opened up at the lab, Jeremie stepped out on his stop and ordered the girls, "Get to the scanner room, and I'll start up the process."

As the girls entered the scanners one floor below, Jeremie fired up the program. "I'm sending you into the Forest Sector, a little south of the activated tower. Ready? Here we go."

The ladies took their positions in the scanners as the doors closed.

"Transfer: Yumi. Transfer: Aelita. Scanner: Yumi. Scanner: Aelita. Virtualization!"

Strangely enough, to us it seemed that Yumi and Aelita were wearing their normal attire as the final stage of the process blew up on them.


Landing in the large, digital woods, Yumi took a good look at herself and grinned, unable to help but call, "Gee, Einstein, are you sure you did the transfer correctly? We're still in our Halloween costumes!"

She heard Jeremie laugh. "Very funny, Yumi. Anyway, here's the Overwing." Yumi's silver hovercraft materialized before them as he said it. "OK, ladies. It's off to business."


As Ricky snuck around the gymnasium, he spotted a few more partygoers getting infected by Hiroki in the other side of the room. He was just about to settle down in a nice hiding spot, when suddenly...

"RAWR!" A crazy, rabid squirrel named Robert loomed up before him! But, just as he was about to take the poor, little boy down, a broom smacked him in the head.

"Get away from him, you creep!" cried Sissi. "Ricky, are you OK?"

As he caught his breath, he smiled and replied, "For now. Thanks, Lizzie."

The moment was broken, however, when an alien from a thrill movie popular around campus reared its ugly (and, I mean ugly) head. "This way!" Sissi grabbed the young boy's hand and guided him to temporary safety.


Meanwhile, Ulrich and Odd were setting up a barrier to protect uninfected students. This included Milly Solovieff and Tamiya Diop.

"Oh... what's going to happen?" whimpered Milly, who sat behind the barrier curled up.

The ever faithful Tamiya placed a hand on her friend's shoulder to calm her down. "Don't worry, Milly. Ulrich and Odd can handle anything that comes our way."

As the two fought back the infected students, Odd spotted Alexander Pepin dressed as... "Hey, look, Ulrich! Someone took up your idea on dressing as Dr. Shrank!"

Ulrich kicked Alex down before he could attack them with his evil human-animal transplants. "So I noticed."

What neither noticed was Hiroki sneak up behind Odd and take a big bite. He yelped, and the girls, having witnessed it, screamed.

"ODD!" cried Ulrich as he went to his friend.

He moaned as he rubbed his head. "U-Ulrich...? I feel kind of funny."

"Maybe," replied his friend as he carried him behind the barrier, "but the good news is, it seems you weren't infected. Maybe it's like Yumi said last week: we're used to fighting X.A.N.A. on Lyoko, so it gives us resistance to possession."

"Well, that's a relief," said Kitty Boy, wiping his brow. However, the flick of his wrist unexpectedly launched a projectile into the air. He looked at his glove in surprise. "Huh? My Lyoko outfit! It's real!"

"Hmm..." Ulrich looked over the barrier at the creature of the night that bit his friend. "I wonder if the same will happen to me..."


As the girls neared the activated tower, Yumi was still in a joking mood and told her friend in a spooky voice, "It's Halloween, Aelita. The forest will be filled with monsters."

She smiled and asked, "Are they ever not?"


Jeremie's chuckles were cut short when two red circles caught his attention. "Uh-oh. Speaking of monsters, girls, you're surrounded by two Blocks!"
Yumi spotted the Block ahead and opened her fan to block its laser strike. However, this gave the Block behind the element of surprise. Twisting its head to the desired face, it jettisoned a stream of ice, laminating the Overwing in it. Yumi and Aelita were forced to abandon ship as it crashed into a tree.

Yumi opened both her fans and prepared for battle, while Aelita took cover.


Sissi kept herself wrapped around Ricky in a protective manner. Hearing an almost inaudible whimper come from him, she shushed him, telling him, "We'll be fine."

"Think again."

The head of the little vampire poked his head into their hiding place. But, just as he was about to strike at his victims...

"LASER ARROW!" X.A.N.A. sensed a small projectile pierce Hiroki's shoulder, knocking him down, and Kitty Boy pounced on the scene.

"Guess who!" he teased, waving playfully.

"You!" snarled X.A.N.A. through the 9-year-old boy. "No matter... my army's growing by the minute, and they'll easily deal with you."

That's when a broom whacked him upside the head. "Get away from him, you monster!" cried Sissi.

Hiroki just knocked the broom away and grabbed hold of her arm. "You're wearing on my last nerve," remarked X.A.N.A. "However, you'll make a great addition to my army." However, when he reached down to bite, his fangs sank into someone else's arms.

Ulrich fell to his knees with a slight groan of pain. However, he had a smile on his face, as the event went exactly as planned. "You can't control me or Odd, even if your bite makes our costumes real," he said as he raised his head to look at the Xanafied Japanese boy. "The rules have changed a bit, X.A.N.A."

Just as he got up, a chuck swung in front of him. The dark ninja known as William stood waiting for a fight. With a bitter smile, the samurai got up and unsheathed his saber. "I'm definitely gonna enjoy this, William."

With samurai versus ninja, Kitty Boy faced off the prince of the night. That's when the crazy, rabid squirrel jumped him.


BOOM! One of the Blocks blew up as Yumi caught her fan. She turned around and blocked a few blasts from the second monster. The Block's head swerved on it's legs, and the eye facing Yumi began to glow orange. Knowing what was coming, Yumi jumped up as fire rings blew from the eye and somersaulted through them. The rings scorched the tree behind her.

Picking herself back up, Yumi pulled out her fan once again and--"HIYA!"--tossed it at the monster. But, a well-placed laser beam knocked it off course. Fortunately for the Lyoko warrior, some decent use of telekinesis sent the fan in the right direction, and the monster was sliced, diced, and blown to bits.

And so, the fight continues. Sorry it was a bit short, but I promise the next chapter will be longer. Did anyone else catch the inside joke toward the beginning? I'd appreciate my readers reviewing whether they did or not.