Chapter 10

"Quinn? Quinn? Are you okay Quinn?" Odd said supporting my neck and head.

"I had another crazy vision about XANA. I know why he wants this necklace." I said still kind of woozy.

"Well, why does he want it?" Jeremy asked curiously.

"He can't control me, like he controls William. And my father helped invent XANA. In the vision, you all were possessed by XANA. William was there also. This necklace contains all of the super computer's memory. It also contains secrets, secrets that XANA himself doesn't know about my father and Franz Hopper. This necklace will help us to defeat XANA sooner than we expected. I also learned from that vision, that I can deactivate towers. I'm not sure how to, but I can." I answered him.

"Great! Quinn will you give me your necklace so I can check it out?" Jeremy asked.

"Not to be mean or anything, but did you hear what I just said? I'm sorry but with all of the information on this necklace, I don't think I can trust anyone. I'm sorry."

"Quinn, I need that necklace –"

"NO! I am NOT giving you this necklace. For all I know my father stored himself on this necklace, just like Aelita's father on Lyoko. I cannot trust anyone."

After I said that I stormed out of the factory. As I start to head to Kadic, I stop, fall to the ground, and just sat there and cried. My whole life has been lies. My father might be alive, my mother lied to me about my father's job, and I can't even trust my own friends. XANA knows all of my secrets. Tomorrow the whole school will know what school I went to. The guy I like won't show his true feelings for me.

"Quinn! Quinn! Where are you Quinn?" Odd called.

I ran into the forest hiding from Odd. I knew he would find me eventually, because I was crying loud enough for people in London to hear. He finally found me.

"Quinn! There you are! Why did you run out of the factory like that?" he said lifting my chin up to make me look at him.

I didn't say anything; I just fell into his arms. I needed a hug, a hug that only a true friend can give you.

"It's okay Quinn. I am here. It's okay." He said trying to comfort me.

"I-I-I'm sorry that I w-w-was a total j-j-jerk before, Odd." I said stuttering from my crying.

"Quinn, I told you, it's okay. I forgive you. We forgive you."

"I doubt that. I bet Jeremy hates me for how I reacted."

"No he doesn't."

He grabbed me around the waist and I laid my head on his chest. I heard his heart beating.

"Quinn, I probably would have reacted the same way if that happened to me."

"No you wouldn't have. Your to nice. You would have trusted Jeremy. But I'm just too stupid to realize who my true friends are."

"You are not stupid; you are smart, beautiful, talented, and funny. And don't let anyone tell you different."

"Thanks Odd."

Just after I said that I leaned in. Odd leaned in too. A few seconds later, our lips met. It wasn't one of those icky, tongue kisses; it was one of those sweet kisses that only someone who cares about you can give you. After the kiss I gave Odd a hug. We walk back to the factory together, holding hands. Once we got to the factory, we decided not to anyone about what happened in the forest. Before we entered, I kissed him on the cheek. He blushed.

"We aren't telling anyone about- RACHEL MARIE SAUER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" I screamed when we entered the factory to see Ulrich and Rachel, kissing.

"Nothing," she said sarcastically.

"It doesn't look like nothing," I said laughing.

"Well, it's not bad, I mean me and Ulrich are going out now, so ya."

I looked at Odd. He was patting Ulrich on the back, like he was congratulating him on kissing Rachel. I was happy for Rachel; it just kind of caught me off guard. I gave her a hug to congratulate her and Ulrich.

"So are you guys going to Kadic's prom together?" Odd asked.

"What there is a prom?! Oh my gosh! Ulrich that would be so much fun!" she said running over to Ulrich to hug him.

"Okay," he replied smiling.

"You and Odd should go together too, Quinn!" she said.

I look at him again.

"Uh, I don't know, I mean, I don't know if I even want to go…" I said.

"Oh, too bad, we could have gone in a group together, Ulrich and me, Aelita and Jeremy, and you and Odd."

All of us go into the elevator. I was still crying a little because of how I reacted. Then the elevator just stopped. No one was near the emergency exit button.

"Uh, what just happened?" I asked afraid.

"The elevator just stopped." Odd answered.

"That is what I didn't want to hear." I said running to Odd so he could hold me, "I have to sit down, another vision is coming."

Vision number three happened in the real world. It was happening right now. XANA was in the computer room with Jeremy and Aelita. XANA looked like, like, my father. He was holding Aelita and Jeremy up. It looked like he was about to choke them. He kept on repeating, "Where is Quinn?" Jeremy would say he doesn't know, but he didn't believe him. And that is when the vision ended.

When I came back, I said, "I need to get down to the computer room, Jeremy and Aelita are in trouble."

"I can't let you go by yourself, Quinn. XANA will to everything in his power to get you to give him your necklace. I am going with you." Odd said holding me back.

"No, he said that he only wants me. If any of you go he will kill us all. Good-bye. I will miss you all."

"What do you mean? You're not leaving. Are you?" Odd said.

"XANA want me. He wants to keep me as his prisoner. I am the only person that knows how to use this necklace. Once you figure out how to defeat XANA then I might come back, but with the information on this necklace, XANA can take over the world. I would much rather risk my own life than the lives of five other people. I can't to it. It was nice to meet you all. This has been the greatest few weeks of my life." I said crying, "good-bye."

I gave Rachel a hug good-bye first. Then I gave Ulrich a hug. "Keep her safe," I told him.

"I will," he responded.

Last came Odd. He was crying, just looking at him made me cry even more. I looked down, he grabbed my hands.

"Odd, I want you to have this," I said while taking off my good luck bracelet, "to remember me."

"No, I can't take this. It's yours." He said

"And now it's yours." I said putting it on his wrist.

He put his head by my ear to tell me something. He said, "Quinn, I will never forget you, or what happened in the forest earlier."

"Make that two of us," I replied back, "good-bye I will miss you all."

Giving them all one last hug, I head out of the elevator. I climb down to the computer room. I enter the computer room. I see my father holing up Jeremy and Aelita by their shirts.

"Put them down!" I screamed at him.

"Ah, miss Saint James, so nice of you to join us." He replied very calm.

"Put them down I said!"

"Fine, your wish, princess."

"Excuse me?"

"Your father is alive, if you come with me, I will show him to you. I will also make you the princess of Lyoko, once I take it over."

"I do not wish to be princess of Lyoko, that seems really stupid."

"Yes. Of course."

Jeremy was terrified. I looked at him and Aelita. Aelita was unconscious.

"Let Jeremy and Aelita go and I will come with you, as long as you do not hurt any of my friends anymore."

As XANA let's Jeremy and Aelita down I say, "Before I come with you, may I say good-bye to my friends who are stuck in the elevator please."

"Fine, I shall bring the elevator down."

XANA shoots the electric beams at the elevator, and it starts. When it finally stopped, Odd comes running out.

"Quinn! How are you still alive?!" he screamed once he saw me.

"Odd shush! I have a plan, just follow it and I won't have to go away. On my mark, I will start up the process, Odd and I will go into the scanner and deactivate the tower, Rachel and Ulrich, help Jeremy and Aelita distract XANA. I will deactivate the tower ASAP. Ready, set, GO!"

XANA was after me and my necklace. Odd and I run to the scanner room. Just as we stepped into the scanner, it closes to transfer us into Lyoko. I could hear Ulrich, Rachel, and Jeremy fighting XANA. Odd and I were almost at the tower. It was all fine and dandy until hornets decided to join our party.

"I'll take care of the hornets, you take care of the tower," Odd said while I was running to the tower.

"Odd, be careful you can't get deactivated. I cannot handle this on my own." I replied to him.

"I will try."

I ran to the tower. I entered it just like Aelita usually does. When I looked inside it, it was dark. There were tons of pixels around the walls. I walk to the center. On the floor there was a XANA symbol on the floor. I walk to the center circle of the XANA symbol. I just stand there. Then I started floating, I did a little summer-salt in the air. Then I landed on a platform. As I walked forward, a little screen popped up. I walked forward. I set my hand on it. The screen said:

QUINN

A few seconds later something else popped up.

CODE: LYOKO

Just after, all of the pixels surrounding the walls fell, like they had all some how died. I thought I had just deactivated the tower, but I wasn't sure. A few seconds later I was in the scanner and back in the real world.