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The Night Beast pt.3
Ulrich
stood in shock, staring at the broken window in front of him.
He
was so shocked that he didn't even hear Yumi, Aelita and Jeremie
barge into the room.
"Ulrich?"
Yumi asked, putting a hand on his shoulder. "What happened?"
"Odd.
It's Odd" Ulrich said. "He's the beast"
"Odd?
But how?"
"It
must be his Lyoko form" Aelita said. "Something in its
programming must've gotten corrupted somehow, but even then it
shouldn't have reacted like this unless..."
"Unless
what?" Jeremie asked.
"Later.
Let's find him quickly before he can do any more damage" Aelita
said, looking at the window. "Or before he kills someone"
Rage
and anger coursed through it. It had been denied its meal too often,
and now, mad with hunger it desperately started searching for food.
But
where?
The
park had little sustenance, only mice, rats, rabbits.
The
large building behind it. No, too many enemies too disturb it.
Where?
Where? Where?
Confusion,
fear and hunger swept through its mind, only to be replaced by an
image, a small building, a small group inside.
Food.
Shelter. Perfect.
"Hey,
what's going on up here? Where do you think you're going?" Jim
asked as Yumi, Aelita, Jeremie and Ulrich ran past him.
"No
time to explain Jim!" Jeremie shouted as they ran down the
stairs.
"Hey,
get back here! Hey!" Jim shouts followed them as they ran out of
the school and into the schoolyard.
"Ok
Jeremie, where'd he go?" Aelita asked, scanning the wide open
space of the school. "Give me a sec... Got it!" Jeremie
said as he held up the now beeping sniffer device he had build.
"Looks
like he went off in that direction" he said, pointing to the
left.
They
ran down trail, following the machine's beeps until they came to one
of the walls surrounding the school.
"Jeremie,
I think you'd better stay here. If Odd does attack us we can at least
defend ourselves." Aelita said.
"Yeah,
I know" Jeremie said, dejection in his voice.
"Here"
he said, giving Aelita the sniffer. "You'd better hurry"
"Will
do" Aelita said. "Ready guys?" she said, holding up
her watch.
Yumi
nodded, Ulrich stayed silent, head down.
"Ulrich?"
Yumi asked, standing next to him.
"I
can't do Yumi. I can't fight my best friend"
Yumi
put a hand under his chin and lifted up his face, looking straight
into his tear filled eyes.
"Hey,
don't worry. We'll get him back, I promise"
"How
can you be sure?" Ulrich asked.
"Because
we're heroes. And because Odd has a friend like you.
Now,
are you coming, or what?"
Ulrich
smiled and held up his watch.
A
few blocks away, in the suburbia region, at the house with the post
box "Robbia", a large feline-like shape was slowly slinking
closer and closer.
Yes,
this is the place. Food. Shelter. And more.
It
was like this place was pulling him. Confused, it tried to figure out
this feeling.
Why
was it here? Food of course. Or was it?
Shaking
its head it regained its bearings. Yes, food. Food now, and nothing
more.
Side
by side, running as fast as their legs could move Yumi, Ulrich and
Aelita ran down the streets, tracking Odd's scent.
"How
far to go Aelita?" Ulrich asked.
"According
to the machine" Aelita puffed, "Just two more blocks"
"What!
Oh no..."
"What?"
Aelita asked, stopping.
Yumi
looked at Ulrich before turning to Aelita.
"Odd's
family lives in that direction"
"You
don't think he'd..." Aelita gasped, staring in horror at
Yumi.
"In
his state he might" Ulrich said, "Come on, we'd better get
there fast!"
"You
guys go, I'm going to try something else" Aelita said.
"You're
leaving us? Why?"
"You'll
see" Aelita said, already running off back down the street.
"Just
keep him busy for a while until you get my signal!"
"What
signal!" Ulrich shouted, but she was already gone.
Ulrich
sighed, turned to Yumi and said "Yumi, climb on my back and hold
on. We're going to have to move fast"
"Hey
Mom, I think there's something out there" Gina said, pointing
out of the kitchen window. Mrs Robbia walked up to her daughter and
glanced out into the backyard. "Where?"
"It
looked like a big cat, over by the bushes"
Squinting
her eyes Mrs Robbia said "Well, I don't see anyt-" just as
a large form blurred across the yard and jumped straight at the
window and its occupants.
Aelita
ran down another street, stopping to check her watch's readings
before turning left and continuening on until she'd reached one of
the large mobile phone signal poles of the city. She stood before it,
placed her hands together and started to sing. In front of her the
air started rippling, blurring before pixelating.
She
flung her hands open, splitting the air and forming a portal to
Lyoko, a tower's base right in front of her.
"Daniella,
take Gina and Tommy and run!" Mr Robbia shouted, swinging a golf
club in front of him. Growling the black beast slowly moved closer,
keep outside of the man's swings. "What about you?" Mrs
Robbia shouted, holding her two children close to her. "Forget
about me, just GO!" he roared, lunging forward and taking a huge
overhead swing at the monster's head.
Only
it was the beast's bulk that hit him, smashing hard in the chest
before flinging him back to smack against the wall. "Daddy,
no!" Gina cried as the beast lunged forward, claws outstretched
for the kill.
"Odd,
No!" Ulrich tackled his monstrous friend in mid-air away from
the fallen father. Together they landed in a heap in the living room,
Ulrich jumping away before a slash from Odd nearly decapitating him.
Behind
him he could hear Yumi helping the Robbia's to escape.
"Look
Odd, don't do this. Fight it" he said, staring deep into the
large yellow eyes of his bestial pal. "I know you're in there.
Come on, fight it!"
With
a roar the beast jumped, snapping its fangs together on Ulrich's
body.
Or
would have had Ulrich not jumped out of the way.
"Sorry
Odd, but you've left me no choice" he said, pulling his sword,
sheath and all from his belt. "I won't kill you, but I will stop
you" he said, going into a warrior stance. Tail flicking
wickedly the beast regarded him before jumping back and jumping unto
the wall and hanging there, using it's claws to dig in deep, before
climbing like a spider up to the roof and lunging down at Ulrich.
It
happened so fast that Ulrich barely had time to swing up, smacking it
right on the nose, the wood hitting it with a hard crack!.
Yelping
the beast dashed to side, up to the wall and crawled around a corner.
Ulrich
ran to catch him before he escaped only to get hit by the cunning
beast, hiding away behind the edge to jump out and tackle.
Grunting,
Ulrich struggled to keep its spittle-coated fangs away from his face.
Suddenly
with a whack! an invisible force threw it off Ulrich and back to
the living room. "You Ok?" Yumi asked, standing in the
doorway.
"Yeah.
Thanks"
"Anytime"
Yumi smiled at him.
Ulrich
felt himself blush, but quickly got back up and opened his scanner
watch.
"Minarrette
activate!" he said. The minarrette glowed, enveloped him in
green energy before splitting up into four exact copies who ran
forward and tackled the monster, pinning him to the ground, holding
him tight as he roared and twisted.
"That
should him" Ulrich said, just as a row of bony spikes erupted
from Odd's legs and shoulders and impaling copies, destroying them in
a heartbeat.
Standing
up, looking stronger and deadlier then ever it slowly walked towards
them, the growl in its throat building up with each step.
Ulrich
and Yumi prepared themselves for the fight of their lives.
Suddenly
the Beast stopped, its eyes glazed. It shuddered before dropping to
the floor, shivering. Ulrich and Yumi watched in amazement as the
claws, fangs, spikes and fur slowly disappeared, the bones reducing
and reshaping before finally leaving Odd on the floor, back to
normal.
"Hey
guys!" Aelita's voice suddenly came in over their mikes. "Get
ready!"
"For
what?" Ulrich asked, just as the white wall of return time
caught him and Yumi and flung them back to the past.
"Ta-da!"
Aelita said, pulling out the minarette from Odd's scanner.
"Right
under our noses, and we didn't have a clue"
"So
I had this all the time?" Odd asked, holding the small tube like
object in his hand. "Yep" Aelita nodded. "I never did
check my brothers other watches for minarettes since he kept most of
them in Lyoko and only had the most important ones in his. I think
the activation of the watch must've started it up, slowly building up
until it had the power to activate fully. And with Odd being like a
cat it was more easier for it to influence him"
"Beast
program huh? Cool!" Odd grinned, placing the power object back
in its holding place. "At least that explains the weird dreams
I've been having"
"Odd,
you always have bad dreams" Ulrich said.
"How
would you know, Mr Earplugs?"
"Finally
caught on huh?"
"Oh,
that does it!" Odd shouted, grabbing a pillow.
The End
Next Up: Yumi's Bad Day(s)
