Ch.8: Dancing With Disaster

Leaving Ulrich and Jeremie alone for a bit Odd approached the door to Sissi's room. Smiling, Odd kicked the door in, waking up Sissi from her beauty sleep. Siss glanced around frantically, then her eyes landed on Odd. His dark appearence frightened her, still smiling Odd stepped closer.

"Come on Sissi" said Odd in a dark tone "I got a date to keep,"

"Odd?" Sissi stammered "is that you?"

"The one and only" said Odd " it's time to dance,"

"But the dance isn't until tomorrow,"

This time Odd grabbed Sissi, pulling her closer than he or she would have ever dared. Sissi could now see Odd's gleaming yellow eyes in the darkness, and despite how frightening Odd's appearence looked she didn't struggle.

Odd wasn't expecting this kind of reaction from her. She was acting so calm, and he had expected her to scream in terror or something, but no sign of fear was on her face. Odd's hold on Sissi relaxed and he pulled her even closer.

Sissi got the message of what Odd wanted her to do and she did. Thier lips puckered and they kissed, they tightened thier hold on the other. Odd's tail even aided his arms at holding Sissi closer.

For a mere flash of a moment Odd's eyes changed back to their orginal brownish color, but they quickly changed back to piecring yellow, and he broke Sissi from their embrace running out before she could react.

Sissi laughed as Odd ran off and for just a second you could swear that the color of her eyes changed.


Finally arriving at the factory, Jeremie began working feverorisly on his computer trying to find out about the oject Ulrich found in Kiwi's mouth. Despite the dog slobber, the ball actaully proved to be something of use.

"Check this out" said Jeremie " these are the designs for Xana's black lasers, if I could somehow reverse the affect we may be able to get the old Odd back,"

"What about Yumi?" Ulrich said sounding hopeful.

Jeremie shook his head and responded "Even if I did lauch a return to the past you know Yumi would still be dead. And we can't deactivate any towers because Aletia is...,"

Jeremie couldn't bring himself to say it, but Ulrich got the message. He and Jeremie had both lost someone they would do anything for, that they would protect with thier lives. Aletia had held the keys to Lyoko, and when Xana was sucessful at stealing them, Aletia was no longer needed. So in result Aletia had died and was lost to Jeremie forever, just as Yumi was lost to Ulrich for enternity.

The darkness of this world reminded Ulrich about Edgar Allan Poe's poem: The Raven. It was the poem about a man shivering in the shadow of death for his lost Lenore, Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."

This is exactly what this had become, and thier only hope right now was to turn Odd back to good and stop Xana once and for all.


Odd looked at the gloomy old factory, the thunder clouds only intensified the gloom. Odd slowly walked up and just as the darkness was iluminated by a lightning bolt Odd had said "This ends now,"