A/N: Sorry it took so long, I was really excited about updating, but I had an amazingly fun weekend!
So here is your chapter :O) Thanks for those kind reviews! If only you knew the joy I feel in my heart when I read such amazing things being said about my story! You guys rock! ^_^ This chapter is a good enough size, I hope! I try to make my readers happy! I know that it's kinda hard to get the main idea of the story, but if you read between the lines... XANA is kinda taking over the world... Piece by piece...
Sometimes I feel mean for putting the characters through all of this...
Hope you guys like this chapter! Tell me what you think ;) :)
Chapter 7. Oh Gosh
Yumi's P.O.V:
Relief and fear wash over me as I stand in the door way.
I stare in front of me... Nothing.
There are many signs of struggle, but no people, and... No blood.
No one was shot in here, unless it could be cleaned up in 6 seconds...
There are bullet holes in the wall, near the beds, but like I said... There is no way possible that someone was shot in here... This makes no sense.
Oh look! An open window!
I look down in time to see a lot of kids with Jim. I see Jeremy and Aelita, as well as the rest of the 8th grade class... Except Odd and Ulrich.
I turn around. What could've happened?!
Knock!
"Mmm mm mmm mm!"
Knock!
I walk over to the closet.
"Mmm mm mmmm!"
Knock, knock, knock!
I twist the knob. Locked... From the inside.
"Unlock it from your side," I say to whoever is in there.
After a short pause, they say, "Mm m mmmmm m mmmmm! Mmm!"
"Okay, stay back," I reply.
Knowing this could be a trap, I back up and run forward, using my martial arts skills to break the door open.
Ulrich and Odd look up at me. Ulrich with a big open cut under his eye, and Odd with a black eye. Their mouths taped, feet tied, and hands bound behind their backs.
"Ouuuch!" Odd exclaims, once I rip the tape off of his mouth, before doing the same to Ulrich.
"What happened?" I ask, untying Ulrich's feet.
"I don't really know... Odd woke me up this morning, and we were tied up... And there were guns pointed at us... Odd had a good idea, but there were too many men in black. Next thing we know, we're tied up in the closet."
"Men in black?"
"Yeah... The last thing I remembered was one of the men in black saying, 'XANA always wins!' And we don't know where they went after that..." Odd says.
"What's going on?" Dorothy asks, walking into the room and shutting the door behind her.
"We were just talking about this new video game I got," Odd answers.
"Oh," Dorothy says. "Well what happened to your eye? And under his?"
Odd feels around his eye, just now noticing that something had happened to it.
"Well, I'd better go... I'll text you the walk through for the game," I say, winking at Ulrich and Odd.
"Alright," Odd replies, smiling. "Tell Jeremy about the game... He's been wanting something to play on his new 'super cool' computer."
And with that I leave, remembering that the men had said something about Aelita being at the factory... But I'm a little too ahead of the game to look for her down there.
Wait... There she is! Looking... Terrified...
Ulrich's P.O.V:
"But to answer my question... And what happened to your arm? It looks worse! And your ankle!"
"Well... I don't know how to say this... But... Glenda is... Well... Abusive," Odd says, pointing at the bullet holes in the wall. "And... She kinda got away..."
Dorothy's face instantly goes from confusion to shock.
"Oh my! I'm calling the police! Why didn't you tell me this sooner?"
"It's Jeremy," Odd whispers, after his phone starts beeping.
He picks it up, reading the text message. Suddenly, he looks sad and a little frustrated. "XANA attack... What are we going to do?"
"Is this the right room?" a man yells, from behind the door, before opening it.
He comes in. He is pretty tall, probably in his mid 30s, and he looks a lot like Odd in the face.
"Dad? Wha-" Odd starts, before his father interrupts him.
"What happened?" Mr. Della Robbia asks, rushing over to his son.
"Well... Actua-" Odd starts, before Mrs. Della Robbia interrupts him.
"Oh, my baby!" she exclaims, rushing over to him as well. "What happened?"
"A lot... It-" Odd starts, again, before Dorothy comes in, interrupting him just like everyone else.
"I described Glenda to the police! She's on the D.S.T's most wanted! And who are you?"
"We are Odd's parents! When did all of this happen? And how? And who is Glenda?" Odd's mother asks, frantically.
"Relax, everything is going to be fine. I don't-" Dorothy tries to say, before Mrs. Della Robbia cuts in.
"Don't tell me to relax! When I put my son in this school, that made the principal responsible for him! And now he's hurt!"
"Mom, I think you're overreacting. I'm fine."
"No you're not! Look at you! Covered in bruises and scratches! Just look at your arm and your eye! All of this happened at school!"
"Mrs. Della Robbia, the school is not responsible for however this happened, we didn't even know at first," Dorothy says.
"You failed to notice these injuries? Look at this other kid!" she says, pointing at me. "Two kids! Both looking like they've been through a boxing match!"
"Honey, you need to calm down," Mr. Della Robbia says.
"No! Look at our son! That's it! Odd sweetie, we're pulling you out of this school."
"Don't make any sudden decisions," Mr. Della Robbia responds.
"Yeah, it wasn't even the school's fault," Odd says, standing up to protest.
"Well, I was already thinking of pulling you out, even before this happened... They just finished building a new school closer to home anyway... All of this just finalized it... Pack up your stuff... We can leave tomorrow."
She can't be serious! I mean, I'm dreaming, right? Everything happens out of no where, and to make things worse, my best friend has to leave the school? This just isn't right...
"But that's so soon!" Odd complains. "This is my home, my friends are here, my life is here!"
"You will love your new school! You can't get hurt like this over there! I'm going to talk to the principal."
Mrs. Della Robbia then leaves the room, followed by Mr. Della Robbia.
"That was sudden..." Odd says, sitting back down. "What can we do?"
"There's nothing we can do... They're your parents, you have to listen to them." I sigh, just as Odd starts smiling that 'I know what I'm going to do' smile.
"You can try to convince them..." I say, getting no response from Odd.
"You are listening... Right? ... Right?"
"Oh what? Uh... Yeah, Ulrich... Sure... I've gotta go pack! Don't forget about what Jeremy texted about the game!"
He stands up, excitedly leaving the room.
"Dorothy, is someone calling you? It sounds like it's coming from out that window..."
She looks out, giving me only seconds to run - well, limp - quickly out of the room.
Yumi's P.O.V:
"Aelita! What's wrong?" I ask.
"The men in black are here! They have some hostages in the lunch room!"
"Don't worry, we-" my phone starts beeping. I pick it up, seeing it's a text from Jeremy. "Uh... Aelita... XANA just activated a tower..."
"Oh XANA..." Aelita says. "I love your timing... Let's go."
"What about the people in the lunch room? We can't just leave them. And remember, we can't return to the past..."
"XANA attack! We need to get to the factory," Ulrich says, coming up from behind me.
"We know, but the men in black never left school! They have hostages in the lunch room! We'll fight XANA and deactivate the tower, you need to defend the school. Where's Odd? He can help you," I say.
"It's actually a long, terrible story that I can't explain right now, but you're not going to Lyoko without me. Why don't you stay, and I'll get Aelita to the tower? Everything feels real, you could get hurt!"
"No. Ulrich, you're already hurt. I'll be fine," I say, not wanting to argue, but ready to if I need to.
"At least let me help. You could get hurt, too! I'll survive."
"Stop trying to be so tough!" I say, not meaning to sounds so harsh.
"Yumi, what I mean is... I'll survive... But I can't without you," Ulrich says, looking me in the eye, but pretty much taking hold of my heart.
Boom! Boom! A gun goes off, and we hear screams.