A/N: Ha, I actually take a prod at my plots here XD Well, enjoy! Review if you like!
Hinata ran up behind the krab and jumped on top of it. It tried to shake her off, but she held tight. Holding her hand up to the Eye of X.A.N.A., she said, "Gentle Fist!" A bright blue burst exploded the monster.
"And it looks like that William guy showed up at the tower, too, with a couple of tarantulas." The group ran on to the tower. Sure enough, William was there.
"Ugh!" Ulrich slammed against the wall of his dorm. He looked up, wincing a bit, to see a red-headed woman whom he did not recognize. "X.A.N.A.!"
"Aelita! Hurry up and get to the tower!"
"Right!" Aelita started running towards the tower. William darted to the side to catch her. He held up his wrist as smoke lifted Aelita up into the air.
"Aah!" Aelita squirmed around, trying to break free. William brought her to him. "And one more thing," he said. He held his other arm up, and his gigantic sword appeared.
"Back off!" Odd got on all fours and rushed toward William. A tarantula fired a laser at him from the side. He yelled as his virtual form unraveled. Odd leaned on the side of the scanner before riding the elevator up to the control room.
"Back off!" Ulrich rushed towards the possessed person. He aimed a kick at her, but she flickered, and Ulrich passed right through. "Oof!"
"Aah!" William sliced Aelita's bracelet off.
"Oh, no!" The smoke-surrounded Aelita floated toward the edge of the mountain sector. "Noo!" she yelled as the fog vanished, sending her free-falling to the digital sea.
"Aelita!" Odd yelled, watching from behind Shikamaru.
"Ugh." Ulrich got back up, the possessed person staring him down. Her hand swept toward him, and he dodged. Ulrich rushed at her, but she grabbed his wrist and twisted it, throwing him back against the door.
"But if we devirtualize her, we can't deactivate the tower!"
"Hold on, let me try something." Shikamaru leaned forward, typing, and a window popped up. He pressed enter, and a download bar filled before the window closed.
"Huh? What'd you do?"
"Aaah!" Aelita had almost reached the digital sea. She squeezed her eyes shut. William smirked. A bright light appeared, and William yelled, "Victory!"
"No! Aelita!" Yumi peered over the edge.
Shikamaru leaned back and smiled. "Relax, guys, she's all right."
"Huh? But I just saw that light coming from the digital sea!"
"But here's the thing: You know how the sectors are arranged? All in a circle, kind of?"
"Well, yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?"
"The sectors would be connected, but the digital sea separates them. So if I just opened up the digital sea, Aelita would fall through to the next sector!"
"Huh? So you mean-"
"Yup. Aelita's in the forest sector right now. All she has to do is take a tower back here."
"Good job, Shikamaru, I made it. Can you guide me to the nearest tower?"
"Yeah, let me check. As for you guys, just hold off William until Aelita gets there. 'Kay?"
"Will do."
"And it looks like the closest tower is west of you."
"Got it."
"Ugh!" Ulrich winced and grasped his wrist. "Ugh, come on, guys, deactivate the tower already!"
"All right, found it," Aelita said, stepping into the tower. "Whoa!" She jumped down into what almost appeared to be oblivion. She soon landed on another plane. Aelita poked her head out of the tower. "Nope, this is the arctic sector. Let's try again." She made three more jumps before she finally came into the mountain sector.
"The tower we're looking for is south of you."
"Got it." Aelita ran to her right.
The redhead shot forward and grabbed Ulrich by his collar.
"Take this!" Yumi shot both of her fans at William. "Aagh!" He fell on the ground. Yumi stood over him and put her foot on his chest. "Oh, good, you're here, Aelita. I've got William. Hinata already took care of the tarantula." Aelita slowed her pace a bit as she entered the tower.
"Aaagh!" Ulrich yelled as bits of electricity emnated from the girl's hand onto his body.
Aelita ascended to the next level, slowly flipping as she rose. Her foot made contact with the top floor.
Ulrich shut his eyes as he continued yelling, the miniature lightning bolts surging all over him.
Aelita placed her hand on the oh-so-familiar interface. Her name appeared.
Ulrich turned limp in the girl's hands. The possessed person threw him against the wall.
Aelita entered "Lyoko" onto the interface. "Tower deactivated."
"Return to the past, now!" Shikamaru pressed enter.
"So, it looks like you're okay after all, Einstein."
"Yeah, that was a pretty smart attack, being so inconspicuous."
"Yeah, that's not like him at all. He usually just goes all out trying to kill us."
"Yup. Hopefully he won't get any new ideas like this."
"Let's hope so."