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I woke up to find myself in Jeremy's arms and everyone on the dance floor was circling around me. My friends weren't anywhere to be found.

"What happened Rayne?" Jeremy asked worriedly.

"Jet... he's with...XANA." I panted. It was strange, I didn't know why that faint took so much energy out of me.

"Well, come on. Everyone is waiting for us outside. We need to get to the factory." Me and everyone else left the dance and headed over to the factory. Several times, I looked over at Odd, but he was always looking the other way. He seemed really hurt. When I got in the sewer, he didn't give me a lift like he always did, so I rode with Yumi on her skateboard. We finally arrived at the factory, and Jeremy left for the super computer. I tried to catch Odd's gaze, but when I did, I didn't like what happened. Sure, I managed to get him to look at me, but it was a look of hurt, anger, and pain. He gave me an icy glare that made me stop in my tracks. He turned to head into the scanner, but I had pulled him to face me.

"What?" he snapped. I was really surprised.

"Odd, are you okay? You seem really upset, and you keep on glaring at me." I said.

"Oh, rally? I hadn't noticed." he said icily. I was on the verge of tears, but I just wanted to know that everything was going to be okay.

"Odd, please..." I pleaded, but he cut me off.

"Please what? I saw you. I saw you kissing Jet. What was that about, huh? I thought that you liked me!" he half yelled. The tears were now flowing freely down my cheeks. There was a large not in my throat, and I couldn't seem to say anything. Instead, I pushed past him and went into the scanner. The tears weren't going to let up, and they were still coming even when I got on Lyoko. Everyone else was there, and they gave me worried and disappointed looks.

"I'm sorry." I mumbled. I could feel someone's hand on my shoulder.

"For what?" It was Yumi.

"You must hate me. Jet kissed me, and Odd saw it. Didn't he tell you?" I said. I started to quietly cry to myself again.

"Yeah, he did." Ulrich said. "Why did you do it? And what happened? How come you fainted?"

"I don't know." I said. "but I do know this... he's working with XANA." Everyone's face showed so many emotions at once: hurt, betrayal, anger, sadness, and a whole range of other emotions.

"Don't worry Rayne." came Jeremy's voice. "We'll stop him." With that, a new found confidence erupted in me. All I wanted to do was fight. Everyone took off (Odd had finally made it to Lyoko), and sure enough, there was an activated tower. Odd, Ulrich and Yumi were fighting a range of monsters while I stayed behind to help Aelita. Everything was going great, and me and Aelita were about to get to the tower. Unfortunately, it was all part of XANA's trap. Out of no where, a scyphazoa came and wrapped its tentacles around me, and I was thrown into the tower. Outside, a blue crab like monster was creating an icy wall to prevent anyone from entering.

I was inside the tower, a place that I had never been to on Lyoko. Everything was a digital electric blue. I could see the information and files zooming up and down along the walls around me. It really was a great site, but XANA had interrupted my last moment of peace. A sharp pain grew inside my head, and I felt like it was going to explode. A cold laugh filled my ears, and you no matter how hard I tried to scream, I just couldn't.

"Hahahahaha! Finally, my child, you have returned to me." came an unearthly voice. It was XANA. Even though it was the first time I had ever heard him, I knew it was him.

'What is he talking about?' I thought through the on going pain.

"Don't you know? I am your creator. I am the reason that you exist. You were created to destroy Earth. Unfortunately, during the transfer process, your memory was wiped blank." I didn't know what to say. Another surge of pain went through my head, and an image of Jet came to me. Things were getting clearer.

"That's why you created Jet! You made him to get to me!!" I managed to say. XANA's laughter filled my head again.

"Yes," he chuckled. "And now that I have you... I can complete the process in making you the ultimate weapon!" The pain in my head grew even more as I let out an earsplitting scream.

ODD'S POV

Me and your friends were trying desperately to break the ice wall that kept Rayne trapped in the tower, but nothing seemed to work. What would happen if I never saw her again? The last thing that happened between the two of us was that I was yelling at her, and she ran away crying. It really made me feel bad that the one person I really liked, probably hates me now. Suddenly I could hear Rayne's painful scream echo from the tower. As quickly as it came, it was gone, and we all found ourselves back in the scanner room in a heap on the floor. Rayne wasn't there. There was still one scanner with the doors still closed.

"Jeremy!" I yelled. "Jeremy! Rayne isn't here!" Jeremy was about to say something, but the doors suddenly glided open. Inside I saw Rayne's limp form, but she was completely different. Her once lavender hair was now jet black with only faint streaks of her original color, and she had XANA's symbol across her back. Her clothes were completely black too. She was wearing a gothic looking dress. She had a scared expression on her face too. I was about to go up to her and bring her into a big hug, but she backed away with a look of pure terror on her face.

"Rayne, it's okay. I'm not mad at you anymore." I said trying to calm her down, but she slowly shook her head from side to side. "Rayne... it's me, Odd. Don't you remember?" I asked, fearing her answer. Once again, she sadly shook her head from side to side. No.