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Author's Note: I'm so sorry I haven't updated in awhile; I'm trying out for the J.V. tennis team for my school tomorrow (August 1,) and I've been practicing as much as I can. Everyone please pray for me that I make it cuz I'm really nervous. Anyway, enjoy chapter 11!

On The Verge Of Letting Go

Chapter 11: To Only See You Again

Sam looked at where her boyfriend had just been laying, seeing only dirt instead. She stared for another minute then remembered what he had told her; she had to take cover until someone could help her!

She looked around, and not seeing any monsters, ran behind a nearby boulder. Once she knew she was fully covered, she began to catch her breath.

"Where are you Odd?" she asked herself, staring at her feet. She hugged her knees to her chest and rested her chin on her arms, making sure to listen for any monsters that might sneak up on her.

So was this how it always worked in Lyoko? She had heard the voice of Jeremie earlier, so how come Odd hadn't talked to her like Jeremie? What would happen if she lost all her life points?

Sam sighed but immediately got quiet when she heard the footsteps of a monster coming from the other side of the rock. She held her breath so the monster wouldn't hear her breathing…

It got closer and closer, but then stopped when it was right beside the boulder. Sam could see it, but the monster couldn't see her. It was a mega tank.

It got closer again, this time right next to Sam. She held her breath, trying not to scream. It looked right over at her and opened itself up…

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Odd looked around the world again: this was just like limbo! (A/N: not the game, you know when you're trapped between life and death). He held his breath and let it all out to calm himself.

He hadn't a clue what was going on. How come the scanners didn't work? It was just too weird. He wanted to be with Sam again. He had to sit down…

Odd sat down; well he tried but as soon as his rear was the only thing holding him up, he began to fall.

He fell for probably ten minutes, finally stopping. Everything above him and to the sides of him was still white and lifeless, but he looked below him.

It was like he was sitting on glass or a window. He was on his hands and knees. Below him it showed Lyoko, and he found Sam. Wait-was that a mega tank coming right towards her?

Odd screamed for Sam to move, but she was frozen in fear, and no voice left him. He couldn't speak! The mega tank was trying to get closer, soon so close that Sam could've reached out and touched it.

That gave her an idea, and she slowly reached for the sheath holding her dagger, then swiftly brought it out and right into the Xana symbol. The monster blew up.

He was relieved: he didn't want anything to happen to Sam, though she'd probably be here with him. The only two people who could fight were the very sick Ulrich and pregnant Yumi.

He continued to watch Sam slyly move to a new hiding spot, but suddenly the ground in Lyoko started to change. Cracks were appearing everywhere, little hills of stone were being pushed up from the earth, and the ground was becoming uneven.

Little did they know that the same thing was about to happen on Earth!

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Ulrich walked down the halls, hunched against the walls for support. He couldn't see out of his peripheral vision, for surrounded his sight was nothing but blackness, which was slowly encroaching on his sight.

What he could see out of was fuzzy and hard to make out. It was only in the center of his sight was it clear, and that little area was nothing more than the circle on a contact case. (A/N: sorry if ya'll don't know what size that is, I was just looking at my contact case now so…lol).

"Yumi…I'm scared Yumi…" he muttered. He had never told Yumi he was scared before, but now he was scared- deathly scared.

He could hardly see: what if Yumi had to go to Lyoko to help fight because he couldn't see and she or the children got hurt? And what if everything turned out alright, but Ulrich could never see Yumi again, and his children, he'd never know what they looked like.

By some miracle he made it outside, and slowly yet, started going towards the factory. (A/N: he has the way to the factory memorized, so he doesn't really have to see everything to know where to go, as long as he knows where he is.)

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Yumi was looking at Aelita, but her head jerked as soon as Jeremie said that. "What!" she exclaimed. She couldn't lose Aelita…she couldn't…

She saw another tear fall down Jeremie's cheek, hanging on his chin for a moment, before meeting the damp earth. He sighed and stared at his feet. "Yumi…Xana's taken refuge inside Aelita. That means he's no longer a super computer, he's a teenage girl."

(A/N: Funny thought huh?)

Yumi gasped, so Xana was inside of Aelita's body? "Wait a minute Jeremie, wouldn't that mean that Aelita would be inside the super computer?"

Jeremie thought about this for only a second then nodded. "Yes Yumi, that's right."

"THINK ABOUT IT EINSTIEN!" Yumi almost yelled, well she did yell, just not very loud for fear of attracting Aelita/Xana's attention. Jeremie thought for another second then looked back at Yumi.

"You're right! But you didn't have to yell," he said happily, a huge smile on his face.

They took on last look at their friend, before Jeremie started planning on how to destroy her.

There was no way to get Xana out of Aelita's body…they were going to have to destroy the Lyoko princess.

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Ulrich took another uncertain step, before he felt a jolt and fell onto his butt. The earth was starting to change! Mountains were appearing where it had once been flat, and it seemed there to be a giant earthquake going on at the same time.

He got up and tried to look at what had happened. He could see most of the damage, though none in great detail. He took a step forward but his foot ended up going right into one of the giant cracks.

He was falling…faster…faster…He was falling down the hole, and farther away from Yumi and the factory.

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Yes I know I'm evil cause of cliffies. I'm sorry this chapter was shorter than the others, but I started it last night (July 31) and finished it today, 8-1. I would've made it longer, and stuff, probably kept going instead of ending it there, but I have to get ready for the tryouts. I'm so scared. Please pray for me that I don't screw up! Thank you and review, and if you do both I'll post the next chapter VERY quickly!

Fox Kitsune