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Episode 12: Swarming Attack

Xana spots a bee and watches it fly through the open window of the science building. It lands softly on a piece of equipment and Xana smirks. He immediately activates a tower, tapping deep into the Supercomputers processing power and takes control of the bee. Let's try this again. Xana says to himself. I'll make another army of animals. Let's see how long it takes Aelita to detect that I've activated a tower this time.

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"Mrs. Hertz caught us red handed, she made us give her our cell phones." A student says to his friend. "For some reason I feel like this sort of thing has happened before and I should have learned a lesson."

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""It's signed Yumi!" Ulrich says looking up from the letter. "I instantly believe this despite it not being in her handwriting, which I should know at this point!"

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"Um. Um… Are you alright?" Ulrich asks Yumi.

Her brow furrows in concern and she smiles. "Yeah of course I am!" she says brightly. "Why'd you ask?"

"Oh, just asking." Ulrich says awkwardly as Yumi walks to her next class.

Behind him Odd and Jeremie shake their heads in disappointment. "Why won't he just admit he likes her already?" Odd asks.

"I don't know." Jeremie says sadly. "Just imagine if they don't tell each other they like each other for two years. I mean imagine it, we've defeated Xana, brought Aelita back, included two new Lyoko Warriors and they still haven't told each other!"

"Yeah that would be really pathetic." Odd says. "I think at that point I'd just want to punch them both in their stupid faces."

"Either that or try and force Yumi together with someone else, so they can stop being so damn wishy-washy." Odd says.

"Well, it's a good thing that won't happen!" Jeremie says lightly. "I mean do you know how frustrating that would be to watch?"

Yes the Ulrich and Yumi love tension. Honestly it became so frustrating that I began to like William and Yumi more. Go on shoot me. If Ulrich gets together with her finally then I will accept it gladly. When William is introduced I will go more into detail about my thoughts.

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"Sandra?" Odd asks.

"No. No, they're much too young." Jeremie says. "But while we're talking about Sandra, how exactly did she manage to get three buns like that, into perfect circles I mean?"

"I don't know, Odd says. But let's keep looking around."

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"It's Jim. Emily is crazy about Jim!" Odd says frantically.

Yumi looks around. "You mean the forty something year old fat man who lives here with us?" she asks. "That's sad. Not to mention illegal if anything happens."

Jim comes right up behind her and Yumi turns around. Immediately flushing she stammers out an apology and Odd breaks out laughing. "I just started a rumor that could get our teacher fired!" he laughs gleefully.

"What a role model." Jeremie says sarcastically.

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"Emily's in love with Jim!" Yumi says happily. "So naturally, since I have this secret in my hands and all, the entire school is going to know about it by tonight, embarrassing Emily and making her hate all of us for years to come!"

"Isn't this whole story sort of mean spirited?" Ulrich asks nervously.

"Of course it is!" Odd says. "But since when did consequences ever stop us?"

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"Thanks for the information Ulrich I'll take care of it. Even though it's the woods and I really don't have time to kill every single bee that moves in the campus." Mr. Delmas says. "I'll get the gardener, to kill them for us."

A few moments later the gardener is heard screaming as he sprays the bees with poison. They seem completely unaffected and continue to fly after him, driving him to the ground with their stings. "That doesn't make any sense!" Jeremie says. "I mean, even if Xana is in control of the bees, they still have their original bodies, so they should be vulnerable to the poison!"

"Since when did anything in this school make sense Jeremie." Yumi says flatly. "I've just given up."

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"Oh it's nothing serious Ulrich just a scratch." Yumi says. Ulrich blushes deeply and his left eyebrow twitches violently. Yumi gives him a confused look. "Why are you twitching?" she asks.

"I'm not really sure." Ulrich says. "Hey do you know why this sort of thing always happens?"

"What sort of thing?' Yumi asks softly.

"Well, you and me being trapped somewhere together. It just seems to happen all the time."

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"One more bite and-" Jeremie trails off and Odd nods his head.

"Wait hold on." Odd says in confusion. "These are bees attacking, not rats. Bees don't bite, they sting."

"You know what I meant Odd!" Jeremie yells.

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"Aelita!" Jeremie says slowly. "Do you read me?"

"Loud and clear," Aelita says appearing on the screen. "How are things in the real world?"

"We've got a problem." Jeremie says. "And we need you're help."

Aelita looks at him with confusion and disgust clear on her virtual face. "Are you trying to seduce me?!" she asks horrified.

"What?" Jeremie yells. "No! What gave you that idea!"

"Your voice." Aelita says. "It just sounded like it okay!"

"Get your mind out of the gutter!" Jeremie commands. Xana may be attacking!"

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"Aelita!" Jeremie says slowly. "Do you read me?"

"Loud and clear," Aelita says appearing on the screen. "How are things in the real world?"

"We've got a problem." Jeremie says. "And we need you're help. Xana may be attacking. Have you noticed anything?"

"No," Aelita says, shifting her eyes back and forth. "At least here in the desert everything is calm."

Jeremie frowns. "Yeah, I'm sending the others in."

"What? Why?" Aelita says. "Don't you trust me?" she asks clearly affronted.

"No!" Jeremie yells. "Why should I trust you? You suck ass at finding these attacks! Remember the gas? The rats? The teddy bear? All of those attacks you completely missed by like, twenty four hours! So get ready Aelita, I'm sending everyone to Lyoko now."

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"I have the same feelings for you." Ulrich mumbles shyly. "There I said it once, so if this was a trick by Sissi, I will never say those words again no matter how many years it takes and no matter how much we like each other."

"Sounds reasonable." Yumi says. "Especially since I have no feelings towards you at this point and didn't send you a letter."

Ulrich shifts nervously from foot to foot. "Well…" he mumbles. "Crap."

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"Oh no!" Odd says looking up at the beehive clinging to the sewer hole by the factory.

"Wait, this doesn't seem right." Jeremie says. "Bees can't make a complete hive this fast. It takes days, weeks even, but they made a complete network of hives in less than twelve hours! What, can Xana just break the laws of nature now?"

"Not the time Einstein!" Odd yells as he pulls Jeremie away from the swarming bees.

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"Yes I found the activated tower, which you all seem to have forgotten about as you seem to still be at school and not here on Lyoko." Aelita says angrily.

"Well the sewers are blocked by Xana." Jeremie explains.

"So?" Aelita says. "Are the streets blocked too? Can bees fly faster than sprinting humans now?"

"No…" Jeremie says.

"Then get over here now!" Aelita says forcefully.

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See another way to do that scene?

Yes I found the activated tower, but it's guarded, so I can't get through." Aelita says. "Not that I would have gone for it if it were unguarded of course." She says checking her fingernails. "I just don't see the point in trying."

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"You're thing stopped!" Ulrich says accusingly. "How come!"

Jeremie shrugs. "Battery is dead."

"Is this really the time to be stopping Ulrich?" Odd asks. "I mean, you know the bees are going to attack again now right?"

"I completely forgot actually." Ulrich says climbing up as fast as he can.

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Yumi presses the up button and the elevator starts to go down. "Why do I push the up button when I'm going down?" she asks the group.

"No one really knows." Jeremie says.

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Aelita looks back to see the Hornets speeding towards her. "This looks like a good place to stop." She says cheerfully. "After all running is just too hard."

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A single bee crawls through the open window of the cafeteria and Sissi face palms. "Did no one seriously think to close that!" she snaps. "Seriously people, it's not that complicated!" At her words the entire swarm begins to fly through the window.

"I hate all of you!" Sissi screams as she and the others are stung violently.

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"Yumi you've only got 20 life points left." Jeremie says sadly.

Yumi looks around in confusion. "What?" she asks. "I had 20 life points left before I got hit three more times? What the hell Jeremie!"

"I don't know what's going on!" Jeremie yells.

Yumi feels the need to rant at something build within her but she remembers that she had sworn that she was done with that. Just as she is about to begin Odd steps in. "Well I sure do Einstein!" he yells. "You just make life point values up as you go! There isn't a set value! And if there is, you don't know how to see it! I mean the monsters do random amounts of damage! Remember when I got hit 16 times and then was devirtualized? Once Yumi was hit three times and was devirtualized, so I don't think these things even exist!"

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To all Ulrich fans: I am sorry.

"Ulrich wake up!" Odd yells. Ulrich continues to stand there, blankly looking off into space.

Yumi feels the frustration building within her and turns around furiously. As she is about to snap the Hornets swerve around again and begin to shoot. Odd is quickly devirtualized and Yumi whirls around furiously.

"What the f*** Ulrich!" She screams. Instantly silence falls over Lyoko and Earth. Jeremie smiles and above them Xana stops his attack to listen in, a demonic grin dominating his face. Yumi grabs her fan and beats Ulrich over the head with it.

Ulrich instantly snaps out of it and glares at her. "Ow!" he yells. "What was that for!"

Yumi glares and her face turns bright red underneath her makeup. "What was that for?!" she screeches. "What was that for! I'll tell you what it's for Ulrich Stern! It's you being such a little bitch!"

Ulrich retreats. "Hey I didn't do anything wrong!" he yells back. Xana had to admit, he admired the dumb one for standing up for himself.

But Yumi would not be deterred. "I know you're upset. I get that! But come on! It was a joke of Sissi's! Of Sissi freaking Delmas! And you're going to just stand there like a bitch and ruin the entire mission!"

"I-I-I" Ulrich stammers.

"I-I-I" Yumi mocks cruelly. "Shut up! Good God! I mean, people could die! Did you not realize that! People's lives are at stake and you're willing to risk that for your pride! Well I have news for you Ulrich- f*** your pride! You're in middle school! Get over it! People are mean! Get over it!"

Yumi begins to prance around the forest flinging her arms around wildly. "Oh I'm Ulrich Stern," she half sings in an incredibly high pitched half strangled voice. "And I might like Yumi, but oh no!" she stops and screams. "She doesn't like me back! Boo hoo hoo! Grow up!" she says in her normal voice.

"You always do this! You always run away and sulk when things don't go your way and it's freaking petty. You need to grow the hell up and take responsibility for your actions! You told me you liked me and I said I didn't write a letter, and you would rather have Xana kill everyone than deal with me? And when you get to Lyoko, you watch me and Odd take all the damage because you want to feel sorry for yourself? Sorry, it doesn't work like that in real life!"

"I mean come on!" she says her face now more purple than red. "You act all distant and closed off, like you are such a cool guy. But you are just a jackass! Think about Sissi huh? She's mean yeah. But do you know when she started being mean? Do you recall? Oh yeah, you rejected her for a reason she couldn't remember incredibly harshly!

"And think about it like this: you reject Sissi all the time! You are awful to her and make her feel awful. Then when I am nice to you about that same issue, you want to freak out and be mean to me? I wasn't even mean to you! I acted the same as I usually do! But nooo! That's not good enough for Ulrich the perfect! You treat everyone like absolute crap and then when someone rejects you in any way you freak out and hide in your room!

"Well I have news for you Stern." She says glaring at him intensely. "You can go now! You are not needed on Lyoko right now. You want to be alone? Well then be alone!" Yumi grabs his sword and stabs him in the chest. "Come talk to me when you grow up a little!" she says and spits over the edge of the sector. Sword in hand she turns to Aelita who stares at her in fear and admiration. "Get to the tower." Yumi says angrily and Aelita runs as fast as she can into the tower.

"That was really harsh Yumi."Jeremie says.

Yumi glares upwards. "I know Jeremie." She says sadly. Sighing, she fingers the sword hilt. "I'm keeping this though." She says. "And besides, that's just based on my current knowledge. Imagine what will happen if he does this again over being jealous or something?"

"I can imagine." Jeremie says dryly. "Aelita's in the tower now. She's really fast now!" he says in surprise. "And Xana didn't even try and stop you!"

"I don't understand that." Yumi says. "Do you think Xana listens to our conversations?"

"No." Jeremie says. "That would be dumb."

Above them Xana smiles. I now have much respect for the Asian girl- I mean Yumi Isiyama. He says smiling to himself.

Honestly I have no idea where this rage came from. I just started writing about this scene and that's what came out. Anyway, if you think that I am going after Ulrich too much, just wait. I promise that Yumi and Odd will get theirs. Yumi is episodes 22 and 23 and Odd throughout the season. Jeremie got his in episode 11, Girl of My Dreams.

Anyway, now that I am on Summer vacation, I may be able to update more frequently while still keeping my buffer intact. I am making a movie with my friends though, so I MAY NOT BE ABlE TO DO THIS!

Hope everyone has a great week! Stay tuned for Episode 13, Just in Time.