The Seventh Lyoko Warrior

Part IX: Time Loop: Part III

Yumi woke back up in Sector 5, completely confused. She was hoping to see Michael around, but he was nowhere in sight. Thinking that she didn't get him here in time, she felt so bad.

"What happened?" Yumi asked herself. She looked at Aelita and saw Ulrich and Odd come in.

"What happened is you made Michael knock me out," said Jeremy. "I told you that we can't have another warrior in the group, it's too risky." He started to type on the keyboard.

Their vehicles appeared and they made their way to the Ice Sector. Knowing that she'd get a lecture from Jeremy, she felt even more depressed. She was hoping that Michael was alright, she didn't even know is she transferred him in time. The Return to the Past kicked in before she could know for sure. Hoping that he'd actually remember what happened.

They made their way into the Ice Sector as they could see the two Megatanks come into view. Before they could be spotted, they hid behind a few pillars and tried to figure out a way to beat them all. They would look at the tower from time to time and see William looking around for Aelita.

"This is gonna be tricky," said Ulrich. "He pulled his sabers out and looked back. "I'll take a Megatank and William." He looked at Odd. "You take out the Tarantulas." He looked back at Yumi and scoffed. He looked at Aelita instead. "Can you take out the other Megatank?"

"I think so," said Aelita. She summoned her wings and flew out.

Ulrich charged and was immediately greeted by lasers. Odd climbed up the icy mountain and looked at the Tarantulas. He shot a few laser arrows and destroyed one of the Tarantulas. But a Megatank quickly spotted him and shot a wave. Odd dodged and started shooting at the Megatank.

Ulrich charged at one of the Megatanks as it started to charge up. He thrusted one of his sabers into it but was completely surprised that it was already charged. It quickly shot out a wave and knocked Ulrich away. He devirtualized as the Megatank exploded.

Yumi charged towards one of the Tarantulas. But she met the back end of Williams sword. It hit her so hard in the gut that it sent her flying. She looked at him smiling with that evil look in his eyes. She thought that was gonna devirtualized her, but he walked away. Yumi was confused on what was happening.

Odd got to the ground and ran towards one of the Tarantulas. He started shooting off arrows like crazy, hoping to get closer to Yumi. He hit one of the Tarantulas in the head but didn't realize that he was in the path of another Tarantulas laser. The Tarantula exploded and Odd hit the ground. But he didn't devirtualized.

"ODD!" Jeremy shouted. "You just lost twenty life points."

"You okay Odd?" Yumi asked. Getting up and running over to him.

"I'm fine," said Odd. She grabbed his shoulders and he smiled. But his face quickly turned to shock. "LOOK OUT!"

Yumi looked and saw a Megatank charging right at them. She pulled him up but they didn't have time to get outta the way. The Megatank was about to squish them. They closed their eyes, knowing they'll feel this when they get back.

"ODD, YUMI!" a mysterious voice shouted. They quickly opened their eyes and saw a strange figure jumped in front of them.

The figure threw his fist towards the Megatank as it made contact with it. The digital air was filled with a loud impact sound as the Megatank was sent flying. Odd and Yumi stared in amazement as the Megatank literally flew off the edge of the platform on the other side. A huge pillar of light erupted from the digital sea.

Odd and Yumi looked at the man and saw his suit. He was wearing a full body black suit with white knee pads and white elbow pads. He had white boots on and even a white belt on. On his chest was a strange big white v-like symbol on his chest. The edges were rounded and completed with white shoulder pads with huge black dots on them. His hands were black but white half white fingers. His right hand was even complete with a strange mechanical armband. (Like the one from Max Steel)

"Michael?" Odd asked. Michael smiled.

"Wow," said Yumi. "What happened?"

"Well," said Michael. "I remember you rushing me to Lyoko when this white ball appeared. When I came to, I was here on Lyoko. I heard the sound of someone fighting so I rushed over as fast as I could."

"Cool," said Odd. "Welcome to our group."

"Thanks," said Michael, looking at William.

"Energy Field!" shouted Aelita. A pink energy ball fell for the sky and hit the Tarantula. It exploded, leaving only William left.

"Go on Aelita," said Yumi. Aelita nodded and flew off towards the tower.

William came rushing towards Yumi, swinging his mighty sword over his head to devirtualized her. But Michael grabbed the handle of the sword and bashed him in the face with his elbow. Michael followed up by thrusting the end of the handle into William's gut. William let go the sword as Michael pulled it over his head. He swung it down on William and watched him turned into black and red smoke. The sword turned into black and red smoke and disappeared.

Yumi and Odd looked at Michael in complete shock. They've never seen someone take down William like that, and that quickly either. They were completely speechless as Michael felt really awkward about doing that.

"How did you do that?" Yumi asked. Michael looked at the tower.

"My grandpa was a military man," said Michael. "He taught me a thing or two about defending myself."

They looked at the tower and watched the red aura turn blue. Aelita rushed out of the tower and greeted them. Completely surprised by the fact that Michael as there, she gladly smiled.

(One the Bridge) The warriors were walking towards the academy with Michael following beside them. Jeremy and Ulrich didn't say anything to him, but Aelita, Yumi and Odd were walking beside him. Laughing and joking around with Michael. Being a part of the group made things better.

They were in front of the academy when Ulrich and Jeremy just left without saying anything. Even though Odd wanted to stop them, Michael persuaded him not too. But Odd still left to go to bed. Aelita followed right behind him, leaving Yumi and Michael alone.

They walked toward Yumi's house and waited in front of it. But she stopped and looked at Michael. He threw his jacket around her shoulders and the sat down on the sidewalk. Michael gave her some water and smiled as she took a sip. She set the bottle down and looked at him smiling.

"I was scared that something happened to you," said Yumi.

"To tell you the truth, I was too," said Michael, taking a sip of water. "I was scared that I'd never see anyone ever again. When I woke up in Lyoko, I knew you were there." She looked at him and noticed how confused her looked.

"You still wanna know the truth?" Yumi asked. Michael nodded his head. "You've been to the factory before, but we had to erase your memory. Those people that you told me about, the ones that were unconscious. They were possessed by Xana, but Aelita deactivated the towers to help them." Michael looked out towards the city. Piecing things together, it made more sense to him.

"So this Xana thing," said Michael. "What exactly is he?"

Yumi told him the entire story of them finding and bringing Aelita into the real world. Only to discover that she's actually human and how turning off the supercomputer won't kill Xana anymore because he stole the Key's to Lyoko from her memory. She even told him about William, which is why Ulrich and Jeremy don't trust him.

Even after hearing all this, Michael didn't even feel scared.

"I tried to tell you," said Yumi. "But…" Michael pulled her into his arms and hugged her.

"It's okay," said Michael, letting her go. "It was just the circumstance of things, no big deal." Yumi looked at him like he was nuts. Completely weirded out that he hasn't mentioned anything about calling the police.

"How are you okay with that?" Yumi asked.

"To tell you the truth," said Michael. "I'd actually be glad to help out. If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know."

They stood up and Yumi handed him back his jacket. She took another sip of his water and gave it back.

"Thank you for understanding," said Yumi. Michael smiled.

"No problem," said Michael. "It'd be nice to help out."

They said their goodnight as Yumi rushed inside her house. Happy to know that she could trust him, he walked off with a smile on his face. Now that's he's a Lyoko Warrior, he's got a lot more on his plate. But first things first, he needs to get Ulrich and Jeremy to trust him. Which won't be easy.

The End

Find out what happens next in Part X: The Rift.