Chapter 9

"What do you mean?" Odd asked with wide eyes.

"Like I told you." said Jeremie. "XANA is inside of Angela."

"But how?" asked Odd. Jeremie and Aelita glanced at each other. "Well when XANA first sent the scyphozoa after Angela, he implanted a ghost inside of her." said Jeremie.

"And somehow the ghost got mixed in with her blood." said Aelita(Soul Eater all over again except Code Lyoko style). "But she can't get possessed by XANA." said Odd. "Those of us who go to Lyoko don't get XANAfied."

"That's the weird part." said Jeremie. "We don't know how XANA-"

"Uh Jeremie." said Aelita. "He left already." Jeremie looked and saw the elevator door close. "Oh well." He turned back to the computer. "Back to work."

Odd just got out of the elevator and ran back to the academy, not daring to take the sewers. He was out of breath when he reached her dorm. He kicked the door open to see her curled up in a ball on her bed. "Hey." he said.

"Go away." said Angela turning away from the door.

"Why would I do that?" he asked while closing the door.

"Odd I'm serious." said Angela.

"So am I." said Odd. "I heard what happened."

"Yea." said Angela. "I don't know how actually."

"How what?" asked Odd.

"How my blood turned black." said Angela.

"Jeremie told me." said Odd. "He said the ghost got mixed in with your blood." Angela's eyes widened. "It what!?" she exclaimed.

"Shocker to me as well." said Odd. "But I don't blame you for it."

"But Odd you don't get it." said Angela. "Sooner or later, I'll be XANAfied and try to attack you or everyone else."

"That won't happen." said Odd. "Because he never controlled us."

"How?" asked Angela.

"Because we go to Lyoko." said Odd. "That keeps us safe from being XANAfied and it'll keep you safe too."

"I hope so." said Angela. Odd stretched his hand towards her. "Come on." he said. "Let's go." Angela smiled and nodded as she took his hand and left the dorm. They met up with the others at the courtyard. "We heard." said Ulrich. Angela looked at the ground as she was depressed again. "Ulrich." said Yumi.

"I should have stayed quiet shouldn't I?" asked Ulrich. Everyone nodded. "Sorry Angela." said Yumi.

"It's ok." said Angela. "But it doesn't make sense."

"None of it makes sense." said Jeremie. "XANA really messed with us this time."

"So what might happen?" asked Ulrich. "Because XANA mixed himself with her blood." Everyone stared at him. "Ulrich you dumbass." said Yumi.

"What?" asked Ulrich.

"And here I thought I was dumb." said Odd.

"So what would happen?" asked Ulrich.

"I might get XANAfied and try to kill you." said Angela.

"Ok that's bad." said Ulrich.

"But what does XANA want with Angela?" asked Yumi.

"Well beside him wanting the origins of Lyoko." said Aelita. "He might want to take control of her."

"Not gonna happen." said Odd. Angela wimpered and went closer to him.

"Whatever happens." said Jeremie. "We need to keep our guard up." Everyone nodded and Jeremie's laptop beeped. "Great." said Ulrich as they went to the manhole. "Hey where's Angela?" asked Yumi. Everyone turned to see Angela unconsious. "What the hell?" asked Ulrich.

"Probably XANA's doing." said Jeremie.

"Hey Angela wake up." said Odd as he slightly shook her, but she didn't move. "Is she dead?" asked Aelita.

"Maybe XANA's trying to take over." said Yumi.

"Let's go." said Jeremie as they went down the manhole while carrying Angela. "Angela stays at the factory while you guys go to Lyoko." said Jeremie. Everyone nodded as they made their way to the scanner room. "Virtualization." said Jeremie as they landed in the forest sector. "Which way?" asked Ulrich.

"64 degrees south." said Jeremie. "Here are your vehicles."

"Let's go." said Odd as he jumped on his Overboard and flew off. "Odd wait up!" yelled Yumi as they chased him.

"What for?" asked Odd.

"We know you care about Angela." said Ulrich.

"But we can't go rushing into things without a plan." said Aelita.

"Here's a plan." said Odd. "Kick XANA's ass."

"There he goes again." said Yumi. "Acting without thinking."

"Let's stop him before he gets himself killed." said Ulrich as he went after Odd, who flew off already. They were closing in on the tower until Yumi stopped. "Hold on." she said.

"It's probably a trap." said Ulrich.

"So what who cares let's go." said Odd as he sped up. "Odd look out!" yelled Aelita. Odd turned and saw something knock him off of his board. "Hey!" he yelled. "Who is the asshole that-" he stopped when he saw who knocked him off. She had blonde hair and blue eyes with black ears and tail. She wore the same outfit William has except with the addition of a skirt. "Angela?" he asked.

"Hey Jeremie." said Ulrich. "Is Angela still in the lab?"

"Yea." said Jeremie. "She's also on Lyoko but I didn't virtualize her."

"Then who is that?" asked Yumi.

"Probably a clone of Angela." said Aelita. The clone grabbed Odd by his collar and threw him into a tree. "What the-" he said. "Yep that's a clone." said Ulrich.

"She probably has the same powers as William." said Yumi.

"What do we do?" asked Aelita.

"Get to the tower." said Jeremie. "We don't have time for this." Aelita nodded as she ran inside of the tower. "Tower deactivated." she said. The clone disappeared and everyone was brought back to Earth. "How is she?" asked Odd.

"Still unconsious." said Ulrich. Angela coughed up blood and looked up. "What happened?" she asked.

"XANA was trying to take over your mind." said Jeremie.

"And you weren't kidding when you said black blood." said Ulrich pointing to a small puddle of black liquid.

"Let's go." said Jeremie. Everyone nodded as Odd put Angela on his back and they walked out.

Me: Whoa what a chapter. Stay tuned for what happens next.