Hey guys, thanks for the comments so far! Here's the last part of Frontier, and I'll put the next story up later today (hopefully). Till then, enjoy!

Frontier pt.2

"I've killed her, I've killed her, I've killed her!" Aelita sobbed over and over, tears raining down from her eyes.
Jeremie reached out and hugged her to him.
"Aelita, calm down! It wasn't your fault"
"Yes it was!" she cried, crying into Jeremie's chest. "I never should've let her talk me into doing it. Now she's gone and-"
"Aelita, she's not dead"
"What?" Aelita and Jeremy went, staring at the screen.
"She's not dead" Ulrich repeated. "I don't know how to explain this, but I can hear her in my head. It's like we're connected somehow."
In a vast white void Yumi drifted. She looked like she was asleep, floating softly.
Tell Aelita not too worry she thought.
"She doesn't know where she is, but she says not too worry. She's ok"
"Oh thank goodness" Aelita smiled in relief.
"But if she's not here" Jeremie said, "And she's not in Lyoko, then that means she's trapped between the two."
"So how are we going to get her out?" Odd asked.
"It's going to be tricky, but I think if we connect four towers in different regions together we might be able to get her. And then there's also her file that has to reset" Jeremie said, typing up a screen with a bar.
"When it's blue all the way we can get her back"
"How long is this going to take?" Aelita asked.
Jeremie did a few quick calculations in his head. "Probably all afternoon"
"But we've got to get back to school!"
"I know. We'll have to take turns coming here and back, otherwise someone might get suspicious"
"I'll take the first turn" Aelita said.
"Are you sure?" Jeremie asked, looking at her with concern.
"Yes. I messed but before, and now I'll make up for it"
"I'll start heading out to the towers" Ulrich said, closing his window.

In the tower Ulrich walked to the edge of the platform and jumped down.
Plunging into the digital stream below he flew along before heading up and landing on another platform. He walked out of the tower and into the Forest Region.
"Hang on Yumi" he thought, and made his way towards the first tower.

"Ulrich, it's Aelita. How're you doing?"
"Good so far. I'm about to reach the second tower now"
"Just be careful. There's some monsters around there"
"Don't worry, I see them" Ulrich replied, pulling out his sword.
He hid behind the ice wall in the Arctic Region as the Blok came closer and closer.
Just as the Blok was about to turn the corner he jumped out and stabbed it right in one of it's eyes. With a bang it blew bits as Ulrich rushed past it and cut the second in half before throwing his sword into the last.
He ran towards the tower, picking up his sword en route.
Inside he floated up to the top, accessed the tower program core and keyed in a few commands.
On Aelita's screen the download bar filled up another quarter with blue.
"Two down, two to go. Don't worry Yumi, we're coming for you" Aelita said.
Suddenly a warning red ! appeared on screen.
Aelita read the report, gasped and grabbed for her mobile.

Jeremie was busy with a Math problem when he felt his cell vibrating in his pocket.
He pulled it out slowly, made sure the teacher couldn't see him, and answered it.
"Oh Jeremie! Jeremie please! You've got to get over here now!" Aelita's anxious voice came through.
"Aelita calm down. What's wrong?"
"It's Yumi. According to Ulrich she's very frightened. She keeps saying she feels more and more drained. And the computer says it's deleting her. It thinks it's a old program. Please, get over here!"
"I'm on my way, just don't do anything till I get there" Jeremie said. He put his phone back in his pocket, raised his hand and asked: "Sir, can I please be excused?"

"Oh Jeremie! Thank God you're here!" Aelita cried, hugging him fiercely.
Jeremie felt his face go red. "Uh, Ok, let's see what's going on" Jeremie said, walking towards the computer with Aelita still holding tightly unto his arm.
Jeremie read through the report and called up some screens. He scanned through it all quickly and said: "This is going to be trouble. Unless we can add some memory to her file, she'll be deleted before we can get all the memory."
Ulrich's window popped up on the screen.
"Good news. I've just secured the third tower. I'm already on my way to the last one. Yumi's still scared, but she's calmed down a bit."
"Good. Keep heading to the tower, and I'll fix the file"
"How?" Aelita asked.
"You'll have to go back and get my laptop. I'll connected it to the computer and add it's memory. But you've got to hurry."
"On it" Aelita said, running towards the elevator.
She sped down the sewer lines, ran up to the dorms and rushed into Jeremie's room. Grabbing his laptop she rushed back out, ran down the stairs and right into Jim. "And just what are you doing?" Jim growled, grabbing her arm.
"You know entry into the dorms during class is forbidden. Come on, it's off to the principal for you" Jim said, walking towards the office with Aelita in tow.

Odd was sleeping in class when he suddenly jumped up and grabbed his leg.
"Odd, is something wrong?" Miss Hertz asked.
"Uh, Yeah, I really need to go" Odd said, grimacing and crossing his legs.
"Oh right, but just get back quickly" Miss Hertz said, pulling open the door.
Odd mumbled a thank you as he run out and down the hall to the boys toilets.
Once inside he pulled out his phone, answered and put it to his ear.
"Hey Jeremie, what's up? Is it my turn yet?"
"No. We've got a problem. Yumi's being deleted and Aelita went to get my laptop when she got caught by Jim. She's stuck in the principal's office. You've got to get her out."
"Leave it to me. I'll get her out" Odd said.
He put his phone back in the pocket and wondered just how he was suppose to do it. Suddenly an idea came to him. He grinned and walked out of the toilets, well pleased with himself. "Oh, this is going to be fun!"

Ulrich was in the Mountain Region, heading towards the last tower they needed.
He jumped down from a high ledge to a large boulder and down the the mountain path. He was running around a large mountain top when a sound made him stop and look around. A laser bolt aiming for him made him dodge to the left as the two Bloks came down towards him, climbing the peak like spiders.
"Sorry guys, but I just don't have the time" Ulrich said and ran, the Bloks in hot pursuit.

"Say that again" Sissi said. It was the second break and Odd had pulled her away from her gang and whispered something about a secret in her ear.
"If you help get Aelita out of your Dad's office, I'll let you in on our secret that you've wanted to know so much about"
"Promise?" Sissi asked, holding out her had.
"Promise" Odd said, grinning and shaking her hand.

"I just don't understand Aelita. I would've expected this behavior from your sister, but you..." Mr Delmas said, sitting behind his table.
"And not just her, sir. Look, Yumi Ishiyima and Jeremie Belpois are missing as well. They're suppose to have gone to the nurse, but she hasn't seen either of them." Jim said, holding out the infirmary register.
"And now this incident with the laptop from the boys dorms. Well, what do you have to say for yourself?" Delmas asked, staring over his glasses at Aelita.
"Well, I, uh, I-" Before Aelita could continue someone knocked on the door, and Sissi walked in. "Sissi, please wait outside till I'm finished here" Mr Delmas said.
"That's why I'm here Daddy. I'm the one Aelita was going to get the laptop for.
Jeremie said I could use it, but he was busy so I asked Aelita to go get it.
Sorry Daddy" She said, looking at him with wide innocent eyes.
"Hmm, well, in that case your free to go Aelita. Now back to class, and try to stay out of the dorms"
"Yes Daddy" Sissi said, putting her arm around the amazed Aelita's and pulling her out.
"You owe me" Sissi said as they walked outside and met up with Odd.

"It's about time" Jeremie said as he heard the elevator opening behind him.
"Oh wow!" He heard somebody gasp. He turned around and saw Sissi walking in, staring around in amazement. "Odd, what's she doing here?" He asked, taking the laptop from him.
"She helped me out, so I had to make it up to her somehow" Odd said.
"Whatever. Ulrich's got trouble, so we've got to send you guys in as soon as I've connected these two together" Jeremie said as he connected wires to plugs.
He booted up his laptop and did a quick scan on the supercomputer.
"Uh oh"
"What?" Odd asked.
"Uh, good news: we've got enough memory to help Yumi for a bit.
Bad news: we don't have enough available in either to send anyone in"
Odd thought for a bit, patting his pocket. "How much do you need?"
"Just a few bytes"
"Will this do?" Odd asked, bending down and offering Jeremie his Game Boy.

In Lyoko Ulrich was deflected shot after shot from the Bloks. He was so preoccupied he didn't notice the one disappearing over the edge. It crawled and climbed up behind Ulrich. The only warning Ulrich got was the whine just before the blast of ice hit him, freezing him solid.
He struggled hard, trying to break out. The Bloks started to come closer, charging up their lasers. "Sorry Yumi" he thought, waiting for the blasts.
"Laser Arrows!" Odd shouted, jumping up unto the one and then up into the air.
Back flipping in mid air he shot an arrow into the front Blok before landing and blasting the second to bits. He got up and stood in front of Ulrich's frozen form.
"Man, you're looking a little stiff" He said as Ulrich unfroze.
"Thanks Odd" Ulrich said, sheathing his sword.
"No problem. Now go play hero" Odd said, grinning.
Ulrich rolled his eyes and grinned, running towards the tower.
He walked in, flew up and uploaded the last memory needed.

In the strange white void Yumi floated. She heard someone call her name, opened her eyes and looked up. She saw a silhouette form, shaped like Ulrich.
"Yumi!" He called again, floating towards her.
"Ulrich!" she shouted back, her heart hammering in her chest.
They floated closer and closer to each other until they're fingers touched, and a brilliant white light spread out to envelope them both.

"We've got her. You can do it" Odd's voice came up from the scanner room.
"Do what?" Sissi asked.
"Oh, just this" Jeremie said, typing in the Return Trip program.

Yumi opened up her eyes and found herself lying in her bed. She glanced over at her clock. She saw it was still an hour before she had to get up.
A soft knock came to her door, followed by a head poking in.
"Yumi?" Aelita asked, her voice slightly worried.
"I'm here" Yumi said, smiling at her. She got up and walked to her sister, hugging her to her. "Thanks" she said, holding her sister's trembling shoulders tightly.
"I was so worried you were gone" Aelita cried.
"Ssh. I know" Yumi said, holding her sister to her for a while.
Aelita pulled away, rubbing her eyes. "I guess I'd better go get ready for school"
She gave Yumi one more hug before leaving.
Yumi walked back to her bed, pulled open her desk drawer and pulled out the palmtop. "Hey Yumi" Ulrich said, popping up on the screen.
"Hey yourself. You had quite an adventure trying to rescue me" she said.
"Uh, Ulrich" she started, blushing slightly, "When we were connected I kinda saw how you felt about me. Uh, you didn't happen to-"
"Find out how you felt about me? Yeah, I did" Ulrich said, blushing as well.
The awkward moment lasted a while before Yumi said: "So, uh, I've gotta get ready for school now. See you later?"
"See you later" Ulrich said.
"Love you" He added as the screen in front of him switched off.

End...

(next up: Guy from My Dreams)