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Chapter 7

Xana's Little Chat

I hated waking up. It was like your body turning back on after you shut down for eight hours. I never got the point of sleep or the feeling of being tired. Personally, it was just an unneeded feeling that got in the way of being able to do things 24/7. But, whatever.

"Yumi…Aelita?" I mumbled and blinked my eyes open.

"We're here," a voice answered. It took me a second but I finally recognized it to be Yumi.

"Us too," Odd added, "The whole gang is here."

I placed my hand on my forehead. It was sweaty and burning, but my body felt cold, "What happened?"

"You threw up and passed out. This is your third little 'attack' this week. But the nurse swears you're fine. I don't know what…" Jeremie began but trailed off as his computer started making beeping sounds. He gasped, "It's Xana!"

"What is?" Ulrich asked.

"Everything!" Jeremie screamed.

I sat up and looked at the computer screen. Right there, in the middle of whatever Jeremie had been working on, Xana wrote a personal message across the screen.

Still alive, Raya? The computer typed Your pathetic body hasn't broken down yet?

"What does he want?" I mumbled, holding my head up with my hand.

I would have thought my virus would have broken you down by now.

"What virus?" Ulrich echoed, "Jeremie, try typing back. See if you can communicate through the computer."

Jeremie's hands flew across the keyboard.

Don't you remember, Raya? Xana answered, The virus you noticed before any of your friends. The one where you saved Aelita.

"That shouldn't have affected me," I shook my head, "I typed in a code. I overrode the virus you put on the tower…" Jeremie typed my response.

You claim to know so much, but still know so little, He taunted.

"Then enlighten me," I snapped, but it was hard to scream at a computer when you were weak as it was.

Xana answered, Too bad you didn't know that the code you typed into my system only cured one person from the virus. Aelita is fine. But you, on the other hand, are falling apart. This virus has caused you to bleed in Lyoko, have attacks outside of the system, and pass out. The only place you can be now without getting sick, is Lyoko. But, now, that is a place where you can get killed. Good luck staying alive, my dear.

Jeremie typed something, but there was no response. He kept pounding keys, but nothing brought Xana's communication back.

"Is Raya… going to… die?" Aelita asked slowly.

"No," Odd answered firmly, "We won't let Xana take us down like this."

I couldn't stop my heart from skipping a beat when Odd didn't even hesitate. He wanted me around. Score.

"Odd is right," Yumi added, "He can't take her like this."

"We won't let him," Ulrich added.

"Thanks guys," I croaked.

"You're our friend. We don't give up that easily," Ulrich assured and gave me a smile.

"Yeah, cause we've almost died lots of times," Odd smirked, "So, you'll be fine. We always make it out of near-death experiences."

"I'm not sure if that's really helping Odd," Yumi elbowed him, "Because this isn't like any of our other near death experiences."

"…You don't think we can do it?" I asked Yumi after a pause.

"It's not that I don't think we can do it, I just don't think it's going to be as easy as we all think it will be," she admitted.

"As long as we're all still together and still fighting I believe we can handle anything Xana throws at us," Aelita added.

"And as long as we have our Lyoko expert here," I said smiling at Jeremie, "We can always know what's going on in Lyoko."

Jeremie blushed, "I wouldn't call myself an expert…"

I just smiled, "I'm really glad I have friends like you," I admitted.

"We'll always be right here," Yumi smiled wide.

"Even if I blow chunks all over you next time I get sick?" I smirked.

Yumi laughed, "We'll be there."

"With trash bags," Odd added.

I laughed, "Thanks, Odd."


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