burgessa - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!
kasi karra - hey I left everyone alive . . . kind of 'runs and hides under the table'
linkmasta - I like it
burgessa 'glares at linkmasta' you what?
sombersongwolf - any ways you guys know the disclaimer
goth-odd - and we hope you enjoy it
kasi karra - HELP ME!! 'runs away closely followed by Burgessa. (Burgessa has an enormous flame thrower)'
"What do we do?" Odd asked in a panic as he raised his shield and fended off Aelita's first attack.
"I don't know," Xana said typing away on the keyboard at an impossible speed. "just don't devirtualize her."
"So we just have to defend until we can figure something out?" Charlotte asked, summoning her frozen shards.
"Yes, something just isn't right. It's almost like that is her body, but it isn't her."
"I don't know how much longer I can do this!" Odd exclaimed narrowly avoiding another of Aelita's slashes. Aelita crouched down and pounced on Odd again. This time he was able to block with his shield and send Aelita flying a few feet, but not before he got a blast of energy from a stray energy field in his back.
Odd's focus shattered and so did his shield. Aelita smiled as her energy fields flew forward. "No!" Charlotte exclaimed jumping in front of Odd summoning more frozen shards. An explosion of data occurred as the ice shards and energy fields flew into each other. The three of them were thrown back and blinded by the light.
Everything was quiet . . . Far off in the distance Odd caught the sound of Aelita's heart rending cry. "Jeremy . . . "
-in the factory-
"So can any one explain anything?" Odd asked.
Xana and Charlotte smiled. "We can explain a lot of stuff such as gravity and the laws of thermodynamics, but that not what you want is it?" Xana asked with a grin.
Charlotte laughed. "We don't know yet why Aelita is acting the way she is, but we have a few hypothesis."
"Hypotawhatas," Odd asked.
"Hypothesis. Educated guesses," Ulrich explained rolling his eyes.
"Oh I knew that," Odd said.
"Sure you did," William replied turning his attention back to the girls.
"I'm going to need more data from the fight. I'll need you to collect data from these 4 towers," Xana said creating a map and highlight a few random towers.
Odd and Charolette nodded. "I'll go with William," Charlotte volunteered remembering that Ulrich and Odd would probably be a better match up then Odd and William.
Odd nodded. "Let's go!" he said running to the elevator.
"Wait a second," Charlotte said. She ran over to Xana and whispered something in her ear. Xana looked a little fearful, but the reassurance in Charlotte's eyes clamed her a little. Xana nodded.
-downstairs-
"You're off to the wind sector," Xana said as all three doors opened.
Ulrich looked around in a little confusion. "Uh Xana?" Ulrich asked.
"Sorry I accidentally activated all three scanners. Don't worry the last one will just virtualize nothing. Don't worry about it."
Ulrich shrugged and the others nodded. Odd and Ulrich stepped into the scanners.
"Transfer Odd," Xana said as the doors closed. "Transfer Ulrich." The doors closed on Ulrich shocked face as he saw Charlotte.
Charlotte kicked William in the back with such force that he was thrown into the final scanner. "Transfer William," Xana said as the doors closed on William before he had a chance to recover.
"Trust me guys. I know what I'm doing," Charlotte whispered as Xana continued the virtualization process.
"Virtualization," Xana said hitting enter. Some light spilled out form under and between the scanner doors. "I hope you know what you are doing," Xana said worried as the first scanner opened again.
"So do I Xana," she said taking a deep breath before entering the scanner.
"Transfer Charlotte . . . Scanner Charlotte . . . Virtualization . . ."
-in the wind sector-
Odd, Ulrich and William dropped down their wings holding them aloft.
"Now let's get to the William!?" Odd exclaimed noticing William for the first time.
"Your daughter sure packs a lot of power into that kick," William said rubbing the small of his back as he remembered the pain.
"Oh well," Odd said with a shrug. "Xana send Charlotte here," he called to the "sky."
"Too late," Xana said.
"too what?!" Odd asked.
"She could be any where," Ulrich said sailing off. "Come on Odd," he called over his shoulder as he came to a stop. "The faster we get these files the faster we can find Charolette."
"Why do we need to find her?" William asked. Odd shot him an evil glare. William didn't seem to notice. "We could just ask Xana"
"And I promised I wouldn't tell," Xana interupted.
"Then what do we do?" Odd asked.
"Get the rest of the files," Xana said as if it was obvious.