I've been trying to keep it as authentic as possibly, but as of now everyone is pretty much OOC. It just gives me more creative freedom, ya know?

A pair of large, light brown eyes opened slowly, fluttering and squinting in the bright light. Small hands spread out onto the scanner's floor. Uncurling from the limp ball she was in, Mina lifted her head and weakly pushed against the floor, rising. Gasps from above her caused her to slam herself against the back of the scanner, whimpering. Thin arms reached in after her, coaxing her into them. Odd gently pulled the frightened girl out, holding on to her tightly.

Doe eyes, darted around the room, she was stunned. She knew it was them, she was just in complete and utter shock. Taking a few deep breaths, she closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them, everything was clear to her. Ulrich, Yumi, and Aelita stared at her, concerned. Odd was behind her, keeping his arms around her for support.

"Mina," Yumi said, extending an arm out to touch her shoulder, "it's us, you know us."

"Yes, I do." A smile crept across her face and she almost lept from Odd's grasp to wrap her arms around the three friends in front of her. "You are all here! In person!" Her face lit up as she grinned, feeling the warmth of the people who set her free.

The elevator doors slid open and Jeremie briskly walked into the room, standing next to Odd.

"Hello, Mina."

"Jeremie? Oh Jeremie!" Spinning around to race the pair of blondes, she fell into them, giggling quietly. "You are not what I pictured." As she stood back to look at everyone, her smile never faltered.

"Now just stay still, Mina." Aelita said happily, "let us get a look at you."

Mina stood in the center of the group and they all scanned their eyes down her young form. She was dressed in dark gray jeans, much like Yumi's. She wore a large, cream colored sweater, and dark gray moccasins with teal seams. Mina was the exact height as Aelita, and their hair styles were similar, except she had small bangs, the color was also darker than on Lyoko.

Odd immediately turned away, blushing, and Jeremie felt his cheeks start to burn too. The youngest male failed to inform the group about his time spent with Mina. After her memories and emotions were programmed, she spent all her time thanking and appreciating Jeremie. Pretty much stroking his ego. She had listened to him after a rough day, he listened to her about progress on Lyoko. Even though he didn't know about her actually being Lyoko, he learned a lot from her. She had tried to go to Sector Five to try to find any scraps of Franz's genetic coding, but was unsuccessful. Mina spent her days just wandering around Lyoko. She had a strange power programmed into her, since she destroyed viruses, she could simply focus on the monsters, and they would just disappear into a flurry of pixels. She had energy fields, much like Aelita's, except hers were advanced, and she was able to mold the raw energy. That's also how she creates her method of transportation, a moldable slab of pure energy, compacted into a thin solid.

Yumi quickly interrupted Jeremie's guilty thoughts.

"Mina, we have so many questions for you. How old are you? Are you supposed to be related to Aelita? Do you consider Franz your father? On Lyoko, I saw the monsters just disappear, was that you? How are you-" Ulrich grasped her arm, immediately silencing her.

"Oh my. Well, I was designed as a 15 year old companion for Aelita, we're not sisters. Franz is not my father, just a creator. Jeremie, you didn't tell them about my abilities?" She looked confused, so did the others as they turned towards him.

"You've been talking to her? Why didn't you tell us?" Aelita questioned, slightly irritated.

"I uh, well, I was going to wait for her to tell you all this herself."

"Jeremie, you never said that... Is something going on?" Mina looked between the kids, as they glared at Jeremie.

"Mina..." Odd lightly took the small girl's arm, "Let's go wait outside, Ulrich and I will show you what you've been missing!" He and Ulrich grinned and pulled Mina into the elevator.

"Wait up, I'm coming too." Yumi ran through the already closing doors. Once inside, they all looked at each other, confused, but relieved to be out of there.

"I don't understand, did I do something wrong?" Mina asked, unsure of how to react. Odd put a reassuring arm around her shoulders and shook his head with a smile.

"Aelita and Jeremie just need to discuss some... things." the young brunette looked at him, content with his answer and completely ignorant to what was actually going on.

Aelita was furious, Jeremie would only hide this if he was guilty of something, right? Her cheeks were tinted pink with anger. Staring into his averted gaze, she didn't know where to start. How dare he keep this from her, from the rest of the group.

"Jeremie Belbois," she began, "you've got a lot of explaining to do."

Meanwhile, the four friends were outside the factory, hanging out on the large bridge. Odd was leaning against the guard rail, while Mina quickly pranced around, exploring her new surroundings. Ulrich and Yumi watched the new member of their new group, laughing as she jumped back in fear when she saw a bird.

Tilting her head, Mina looked over at Ulrich.

"These creatures are so strange, and they're everywhere?"

"Yeah, there are all different kinds, too."

"Hm. Curious."

When she seemed to be satisfied with her exploration, she stood next to Odd, sliding a hand up his thin arm, and squeezing lightly. He gave her a strange look and laughed slightly, unsure of how to react.

"Mina, what are you doing?" Odd pulled his arm away, just to have it be grabbed again by the young girl.

"Everything is just so different... Are you sure I'll adapt comfortably?"

"Yeah, Aelita did."

"Odd, Aelita actually lived on Earth, Mina's not even really human."

"Shut up, Ulrich, Mina's human now, and that's all that matters." Protectively grasping her hand, Odd gave it a comforting squeeze and smiled at her. Mina smiled back, ignoring the growing lump in her throat.

"Where uh, is she going to live?" Ulrich asked, embarrassed. "Did Jeremie figure any of this out? Since they've been talking-"

A loud "Hmph!" Was heard and the four teens stood completely still as a furious Aelita stormed out of the factory, halfway across the bridge, and disappeared into the sewer. Looking at each other, the snickered to themselves, but went silent as Jeremie slumped out.

"Hey Einstein, what was that about?" Ulrich and Odd made their way over to the distraught blonde while Yumi hung back with Mina. Grabbing Yumi's hand, Mina pulled the older girl with her to the sewer, where she gracefully jumped down and landed on her feet, perfectly balanced. She took off running towards the retreating pinkette.

"Mina, wait!" With a loud sigh, Yumi chased after Mina and Aelita, leaving the three puzzled boys.

"Aelita!" Mina called as she finally caught up to her friend. She grasped her tiny hand in her own and roughly pulled her back into her own small frame. Sinking down to the dirty sewer floor, Mina held Aelita as she cried and yelled at her and curled up tighter into a small heap of sadness.

Yumi ran up to the distraught Mina and upset Aelita and kneeled down next to both of them, placing a hand on Mina's shoulder and Aelita's soft, pink hair. She pet Aelita's head and gave Mina a confused look. She just shrugged.

"Mina?" They all turned to see Odd running towards them. He stopped when he saw poor Aelita and tears running down her soft cheeks. "Oh Aelita..." She stood up and wiped her face. Mina, standing protectively next to her, looked at Odd with sad eyes. The young, confused boy joined his friends as they made their way back to Kadic.

After they three put their friend in her room, they slowly walked through the halls of the school, hoping to stop at Odd's room so he could feed Kiwi. The small dog immediately started to bark at the friends when they entered the room, causing Mina to hide behind Odd.

"You fight monsters every day on Lyoko and you're afraid of my sweet diggity dog?" Odd asked Mina while giving Kiwi his food.

"Eh.. What is a Diggity Dog?" Yumi's face turned red and she burst out laughing at Mina's question. Odd joined her causing Mina to blush feverishly.

Odd stifled his laughter and held Mina's hand leading her over and letting her sit on Ulrich's bed next to him. Yumi gave him a look and raised one eyebrow. Just as she was about to interrupt the awkward moment, her phone buzzed, a text from Ulrich.

"I uh, gotta go." She quickly walked out of the room, down the hall, and ran back towards to factory to meet Ulrich.

"Sorry this is what you have to deal with your first day here."

"It's about me, isn't it? That's why Aelita was saying it was my fault..."

"No, Mina, Einstein's just-"

"Einstein? Who is-"

"Jeremie, Jeremie is really smart, but when it comes to girls, he's really dumb. Do you understand?"

"I think so."

"Good. Did Jeremie tell you where you were going to stay while you were visiting?" His voice softly asked her. When she shook her head, he frowned. "I'm sure Yumi's parents will let you stay with them."

"Odd, you're paying so much more attention to me than the others. Is there a reason?"

"Uh, um. What are you talking about?" His cheeks grew red and he cleared his throat nervously. Odd dropped Mina's hand onto her lap and shook his head clear.

"Well you keep holding my hand, and being very close to me, like," Mina moved until she was inches away from him. "About this close. Why? Do all people do this to knew friends? The others didn't. I just don't understand."

"Um, well uh, I just."

"Odd! Where have you been! You said you were going to meet me in the gym so we could talk!"

Odd and Mina turned around to the open door. Odd's jaw dropped in disbelief.

"Sam?"

Oooh didn't see that coming did you? I'm gonna let you guys know that I'll be skipping about two months of time soon. Just so the story can near it's finish. Maybe some of my lovely viewers can reivew? :)