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Chapter 10: Courageous

Jeremy's P.O.V:

"Yumi? Yumi can you hear me? Are you there?" I ask, running another scan through Lyoko to see if I can find her. "Where are you?"

This really doesn't make sense. She is alive, but it's almost like she doesn't exist... Where could she be? And... Wherever she is, I need to find her... Before people start wondering why she isn't around.

I'm starting to wonder where Aelita has been gone for an hour and a half...

"Nothing found," the computer says, in its robotic voice.

Goodness! Where could Yumi be? I've scanned each individual sector and replika 19 times... Each! I've unbugged four old programs, and I've triple checked everything. And the super scan would tell me if there was something... You know... 'Gone' on Lyoko... What's going on?

I'm too worried about launching a new program... And Aelita's not back...

That's it... I'm going to Lyoko.

Ulrich's P.O.V:

"Odd, get away from him. He's working with them," Aelita says, as I notice she looks like she's been in a fight.

"What?" Odd and I ask at the same time, Odd probably not doubting a thing she has said.

"Ulrich beat me up, and his new 'pals' took me here. This whole thing is his doing. He's working with XANA. And XANA wants us to work with him too."

"But I didn't-" I start, before Aelita cuts me off.

"I just hope you're happy now... Because Yumi..." she trails off, looking sad.

"What?! What about Yumi?" I ask, letting every bit of worry show in my voice.

"Well... She..."

"Go on! What happened?" I push, starting to feel sick inside.

"She..." Aelita looks down, before closing her eyes. "She... Fell..."

I kick the wall. No. Not Yumi! Please, no! Anything but that!

I start to cry, but this time, I don't care. Take a picture and show the world. I don't care, because I am nothing without Yumi.

It should've been me! Or I should've at least been there! I could've saved her! This really is my fault!

I sink to my knees, in disbelief that my best friend is actually... Gone...

This can't be real! This-this can't be happening!

"We can't find her, and we don't know where she is... But we do know, she is alive..." Aelita says.

I jump to my feet, ignoring the pain in my ankle, as relief floods my heart.

Yumi's life isn't over, so mine isn't either.

"Yumi's alive!" I practically scream.

The worst of my fears are over. We will find her, I don't care what it takes. I won't ever lose her again.

I give Aelita a hug, just because I can't contain my joy,

I thought I had lost her... But... She's alive! I just hope she's okay...

"But we still can't trust you," Aelita says.

"I didn't do anything," I tell her, wondering why she would think it was me. "When did 'I' beat you up?"

"40 minutes ago."

"Well, I was here 40 minutes ago... You can ask Odd, I've been here for at least an hour," I state, hoping this will clear my name.

"He has..." Odd agrees.

"Then who was that? He looked just like you..."

"Maybe it was a polly-morphy...?" Odd guesses.

"A polymorphic clone? Could be... But why would XANA need one? Especially when the clone kidnapped me to take me here... And Ulrich was already here, so it really doesn't make sense..."

"I'm sure he had a reason... But how are we going to get out of here?" Odd asks, rubbing his eyes, just as I notice Aelita yawning.

We're all tired.

"We'll figure that out tomorrow... Let's just get some sleep," I say, lying down on the cold cement floor.

"Get up! For the seventh time, get up!"

I feel someone lightly kicking me in the ribs as I wake up.

"What?" I yawn, sitting up as I remember everything that happened yesterday.

"The Commander wants to speak to you... You might wanna hurry... He's grouchy..." the man says.

"Who's the Commander?" I ask, looking around the room to find that Aelita and Odd are gone. "And where are my friends?"

"They're with the Commander! And you would already know who he is, if you'd come when I called you the first time! I'm Jimmy, I work for the Commander... And if you don't hurry, I'll be in big trouble..."

Jimmy is a sort of tall, rather fat man, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He talks kinda country to be in France, probably because he looks to be American.

"Alright."

I get up and follow him out of the small room, before entering a much larger one.

"Ah... There you are..." some dude says, turning his chair around to face me.

We're in a big, run down room. The floors are cement, and the walls seem to be made of stone. There is a large desk in the center of the room, which is probably the Commander's. And under the Commander's fat butt, is a fat chair. It looks like the one at the factory, only this one is red, with a more... 'Normal' design to it.

There are no windows in this room either, but there are a lot of doorways.

And at the back wall, facing the front of the desk, there are poles that run from the ceiling to the floor. There are about 8 or 9 of them. Aelita and Odd are handcuffed to a couple of them, their wrists awkwardly twisted behind them.

"Now, I am going to talk, and you all are going to listen," the Commander says, as Jimmy handcuffs me to one of the poles. "There are many tasks that I have in store for you. You can't trust anything I do for or to you! It could be trapped or poisoned, or it could be totally safe, but you don't know which it is. Some things are not a trick, so play your cards right. I need you guys strong... And I'll find out who is strong... And worth keeping."

Elizabeth's P.O.V:

We stand there, speachless, as guns are being pointed at us.

"Alright... I'm coming with you," Odd says, before the strange man directs him away from us, followed by the people holding guns to us.

My heart drops as he takes one last look at us, fear in his eyes.

"Stay here and stay together," Mom says, going after them.

"Where do you think you're going?"

A tall lady steps in front of mom.

She has short black hair and hazel eyes.

Wearing the darkest red lipstick with all black clothes, it's obvious she has no sense in style. She also has a French accent, that sounds pure evil.

Oh look... A name tag... It reads:

C.C Staff Member: Chrissi. I.D Number 37335.

"I'm going to save my baby boy!" Mom says, bravely stepping forward and looking up at 'Chrissi,' even though she has a good 9 inches on her. "And you're getting out of my way!"

Mom simply walks around her.

"I don't think that's a good idea," a guy says from behind me, loud enough to get Mom's attention.

I look behind me just in time for the dude to grab my arm, getting a good grip on it, before holding his gun to my head.

"We aren't going to kill your son, but we're watching you. If you tell anyone about this, we'll kill your daughters... Not just these two, but all four! Then your husband, then your son, then his dog named Kiwi, then you. Then, your mom, sister, brother, and your sister's husband." He pauses, smirking. "Yes, we know all about you. And we know where you live, where you go, and when you go there. This stays quiet. This is no threat, but a promise."

With that, he leaves, and I notice that all the shoppers have been gone since the first time they pulled their guns out.

I notice something else too... They were wearing gloves and had card board on the bottom of their shoes... It get it... They were never here... No finger prints, no shoe prints. They didn't want people knowing they came... They knew this was going to happen... They knew we were here.

Too bad this is a family-run store... They don't have security cameras... Gosh, they really thought this through.

"Mom... What are we going to do?" I ask, shakily.

"I don't know..." she mumbles, fighting back tears.

Half an hour later, we're home.

I go to my room and take a seat on my bed, replaying the events of today in my mind.

No one has said a word since we were at the store... I think we all have the same question... Why?

Why would they kidnap Odd? I mean, they didn't even ask for ransom... But it's obvious they have a reason.

What could it be?

And... This was planned... They've been watching us... They still are...

The worst part is, there's nothing we can do about it. We may never see him again... And we can't change that.

You can't tell anyone this, but I actually love my brother... Even though I don't act like it, I still care about him...

Believe it or not... Well, this is kinda crazy... But I actually... I actually cried when he went off to boarding school... But you can't tell anyone! You would completely and totally destroy my rep!

I lay on my bed and think of all the fun times we've had together when we were younger.

Spray painting Dad's car, dropping water balloons on Pauline, ultimate pranking, that time we started a 'band,' the time we made an obstacle course with Mom's good china, that time we thought we we're spies and got arrested at the Ready Mart, going to our first concert, playing mao, fighting with each other, arguing, and all of the other amazing memories...

I smile for a moment, only to be sad again.

I miss him...

Why did all of this happen? My grandmother always says, "Everything happens for a reason," but this doesn't make sense. Things like this aren't supposed to happen!

Now it's 9:15 P.M... And my mind is still going crazy. I keep thinking about the bad guy's threats... There's got to be a way around them!

I just haven't- ... Wait! When we played spy, we had little 'suspects' that we followed around the store... One of them was a tall lady with blonde hair. We saw this video game on sale, and got sidetracked... When we turned around, she was gone.

We really wanted to find her, so, we looked for clues... And found them! It took a little while, but we finally found her! It was an adventure, and everything worked out... Until we got arrested trying to find the 'magic sword' in her purse... But Odd was only 6 and I was only 9, so our mom didn't have to pay anything for bail.

The point is, if little kids can track down people, teenagers can too... So, we can find the kidnappers...

We just need a plan.

I get up and go to Pauline's room, hoping that together we'll be able to think of a master plan.

"Hey," I say, coming into her room, breaking the silence that has filled our house since we've been home. "Weird day, huh?"

"Not weird... Strange..." she replies, almost in a daze, as I sit on her bed.

"I think we can get Odd back and kick some kidnapper butt!"

"What?" she asks, as I realize that what I said kinda came out of no where.

"We can get a plan, track down the kidnappers, and get Odd back! We already have a lead! The C.C and Chrissi! Our first clue!"

"Maybe you need to rest, I think you're a little too worked up."

"Me? Mom's in there, hugging his skateboard. We can find him... We have to. Plus, who else is gonna go look for him? No one knows where he is. Who else is as brave as we are? No one is. Who else-"

"Alright, I'm in... But where should we start?" Pauline asks.

"Well, you can google 'The C.C' and see what we find."

"Okay."

"While you do that, I'm going to think of a plan," I say.

15 minutes later it all comes to me... And 15 minutes after that, I have a perfectly organized plan...

And this plan is golden.

Hang on little bro... I'm comin'.

Yumi's P.O.V:

"Uh... Jeremy, there's a hornet getting ready to shoot!" I exclaim, just before it does, hitting my hands.

I start falling, losing altitude quickly.

"Oh no! Yumi!" Jeremy yells, his voice fading as I fall farther and farther.

I can't believe it's over! There's no way out this time...

I close my eyes, just as I'm about to plunge into the digital sea.

Suddenly, a great force pulls me to the right and upward.

I look down and see a Mega Tank, as it falls, making a splash in the sea.

Before I know it, I'm lying on... Sand?

What's going on?

"Jeremy! I'm okay! But... How? And where am I?" I call out.

This isn't a normal sector... It's... Tropical...

Jeremy doesn't answer back, so I wait... For ten minutes... Nothing.

What happened? Where am I? This is weird...

"Jeremy! Can you hear me?"

What am I going to do?

A/N: I have a new character coming soon (As far as I know) Anyone wanna be it? You don't know what the personality is going to be (Cause I dont know completely yet) so don't take it personal if its nothing like you.

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Dont be sad if you dont get picked, and please dont get mad either, it's completely random. :O) So, if you wanna be in the story (The character will most likely be nothing like you) you can try :) And the character wont be in until late later chapters :) So I wish yall the best :)