Adding a new character in this. NOTE: this SHALL NOT affect the whole story line, but add on to it….and you don't get to here much about him/her, but there's twist in the story….but nyway, read on.

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"Yumi," XANA said. "Come here for a moment."

"Yes?" Yumi asked, setting her sword down. She walked over to XANA and one of his servants, who were both leaning over the big computer.

"I need you to go down to the scanners for a moment," XANA said.

"Why?"

"I'll tell you later."

Yumi shrugged and walked over to the elevators.

In the scanner, Yumi felt some strong wind rush upon her. She glanced around, hearing muttering voices. An urge of panic washed over her and her head began to pound. A bright light flashed and air pushed her upward. And it didn't stop.

Finally, just moments later, the scanner door opened and Yumi flew out, slamming herself on the ground. The metal floor felt cool on her face.

A dark hooded figure jerked her up and lead her to the elevator.

One of the scanners, across from the one Yumi had been in, began to buzz.

"What—what is that?" Yumi asked.

Light peeked through the cracks in the scanner and it buzzed loudly. Then it opened, with a fresh batch of mist.

The elevator doors closed before Yumi could see what was inside.

Up in the main control room, XANA draped a blanket over Yumi's shoulders.

"I'm sorry, child," he said. "The process can be a bit—harsh."

Yumi shrugged and shivered. "What was the thing in the scanner?"

"Never mind. Now go to your room."

Yumi nodded.

In her room in one of the highest towers, she sat there. Her hand stroked her black cat, a gift from one of XANA's supporters.

The cat meowed and tried to squirm away.

A sudden surge of anger washed through Yumi, and she took the cat and stood up.

The cat bit her.

Yumi took the cat over to the open window. She then dangled the cat over the edge, laughing.

"Going to nip at me now!" she hissed.

She then let go with one hand, hanging the cat by it's tail. The cat meowed and tried desperately to get free.

Yumi laughed harder.

A sound made Yumi turn to see one of the maids in XANA's castle, an old woman. She was staring at Yumi, who was still dangling the cat.

Suddenly embarrassed, Yumi set the cat back onto the floor. Why did I do that? She wandered suddenly. She hadn't felt that angry, and yet she could have killed her cat.

"Stupid cat," she muttered.

"Ehem," the made said. Her face was pale with fear, but Yumi didn't understand why. After all, it wasn't like she dropped her cat.

"XANA would like to see you," the maid said.

Yumi nodded and made her way towards the door. But she stopped and turned herself to the mirror.

Her eyes were black.

"Huh?" she asked herself, and leaned closer. They were a dark black. Cold black.

"Maid, do my eyes look—"

But the maid was gone.

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Aelita sat on one of the cargo boxes full of ammunition, twirling her new scarlet hair. She stared up at the stars, her mind wandering off. She wandered of the future. The question that tugged at her mind for the last few days seemed to eat away at her.

Would Earth win this war? Would she see her friends?

She stared up at the stars once more. There were so many. Scientists had said that each one of them had many planets around them. It was as if they were worlds.

Did Lyoko have a star? It was, after all, a mistake. It shouldn't have been created.

But was there something more to it then just numbers? Was it more then a giant computer? Did it have a meaning—a purpose?

Aelita wasn't sure, but her hunger to go into Lyoko once more grew.

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"Sir," a scared servant with XANA said. XANA, who was sitting in the main control room sulking, looked up.

"This better be good, slave," he hissed.

"Then I better come back later," the servant said and began to make his way towards the elevator.

"Wait, what is it?" XANA asked. "Tell me."

"I'm not sure if I should, sir."

"I'm already in a bad mood. Might as well add onto it."

"Odd Della-Robbia is still…alive."

XANA banged his fist on the keyboard and stood up, sending the chair beneath him flying backwards.

"WHAT?" he shouted.

"The—the krab you sent to destroy him destroyed his—father," the servant stammered.

"How?"

"When—when you gave it Odd's DNA, you forgot it was in his fathers blood too. So he—he thought Odd's father was actually Odd."

XANA screamed curse words. "ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS SCREWED UP?" he demanded.

"No, sir."

"As if Niome wasn't bad enough."

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A girl stood in one of the many hallways of XANA's castle, staring out of one of the many windows. Her big violet eyes watched as Yumi below her was training. She watched Yumi's body, tens and full of anger, charge at the wooden posts set up for her practice sessions.

The girl was wearing an all-black dress with black sandals. Her hair spilled into her face and past her shoulders. Her eyes looked down at the white tile floor. Words that her master had spoken to her earlier lingered in her mind.

"You are nothing. You mean nothing. I thought you where everything."

A tear slid down her face, yet then an idea dawned on her. He had told her something else.

"And she can't live without you."

The girl smiled and began to make her way down the hall. A plan was mad up in her head.

Her name was Niome.

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"Odd!" General Stalls shouted. He hopped over a pile of debri and shoved a gun in Odd's hands. The platoon was station in a town called Arwood, and was supposed to be defending it.

"Huh?" Odd asked as the General took his rifle. The gun he had given him was a sniper.

The General then handed Ulrich an M16 and took her rifle.

"Odd, get in the sniper tower. Ulrich, I want you up front."

"Shit," Odd said. "We're separated."

"No worries. I'll see you after we lose, OK?" Ulrich replied.

Odd smiled and punched his friend in the shoulder. But then he frowned. "What if we don't see each other?"

Ulrich scowled. "Don't even talk like that, Odd. Don't."

"Hate to rush you, but get moving!" the General shouted.

Odd held out his hand. "Good luck, Samaria."

Ulrich grabbed it. "Good luck, smart ass."

"Bet you I can kill more of those sorry ass monsters then you," Odd said.

"Your on."

Ulrich made his was to the front of the line of solders wile Odd climbed on top of the roof.

In the distance, he could see the moving monsters and almost make out the types. He could see a block here, krab there, and maybe even a tarantula.

Odd turned around and looked at the town. It was shattered, broken.

This was what his world was like now.

But it didn't matter. Nothing did but one thing: winning. If he could save this sorry town, he could maybe save the world.

Not him, but the army.

Odd turned back and aimed his gun at one of the monsters.

"Hold on now," General Stalls said. "Bazookas ready?"

"Yes sir!" the group replied.

"AK-47's?"

"Yes sir!"

"Grenades?"

"Yes sir!"

"Snipers?"

"Yes sir!" Odd and the few snipers with him shouted.

"Let's kick some metal butt," Odd muttered under his breath. He fallowed one krab with his scope, eyeing it.

"Snipers," General Stalls said. "FIRE!"

Odd fired at the krab, hitting it in XANA's symbol in the front. He re-loaded and fired again. And again. Each one hit the monster perfectly.

But the monsters broke through and entered the town.

"Bazookas!" the General shouted.

The bazookas fired.

"Grenades!"

Grenades were thrown.

"FIRE!"

Guns were shooting, Odd was shooting, explosions left and right. Screams of pain and groans of metal filled the air. Dust and sand covered the town, making it hard to see.

But Odd didn't stop firing.

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The carnage was heavy, and the platoon had lost thirty-two men. But they had won.

Ulrich smiled to himself as he stepped on one of the damaged robots and glanced around at his friends. Some had grabbed the head of a tarantula and began to play football with it. The older boys, however, were collecting the dead men and stitching them up in sacks.

"What are you doing to do with the bodies?" Ulrich asked, wandering over.

"Burry them," a boy replied.

"Leave them here?"

"Where else should we put them?" the boy hissed. "WE burned the last ones."

Ulrich nodded and backed away. He then took off, looking for Odd.

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Idk, I felt like updating. This chapter wasn't so good but u'll here about the new girl in the next chappy, so don't worry!

and i know some people wanted more war scenes, which im not the best at writing. so i gave it a shot

I want at least five more reviews so I can update. So If I were u, I would review ASAP so I can update soon!