Hey guys! SO SORRY this took so long to write - this is actually my NINTH rewrite :P. Could NOT get it right, STILL not sure if it's good...But just wanted to get this out there. (the #s on the title is military time, so don't even THINK about reviewing about that ;D)

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Chapter 26 Odd's POV | Paris, France 0002

Odd was pissed, striding through the streets of Paris. With him was a specially picked strike team – either that or a few crazy volunteers from the rebels. Their mission, in Jim's words, was to "Make the Eiffel Tower go boom."

And so, Odd, Millie, Hiroki, Herb, and Nicolas, were all hurrying along alleyways, ducking through arches and under bridges.

"Jeez," Hiroki commented after a short while. "How big is this city?"

Odd looked at him skeptically, having a knack for navigating big cities from being in America. "You don't get out a lot, do you?"

Hiroki blushed, muttered something about not needing experience and making everyone laugh before moving on.

They soon came to the tower. It loomed in the night, not unlike a giant crane, without the arm. Still, they encountered no one. No monsters rushed out of the dark alleyways to meet them, no movement at all, actually.

Hiroki and Millie, not caring about the silence, rushed out into the open. Nothing happened, and they started laying the bombs. Odd, Herb, and Nicolas took up positions around them while they worked.

Just as Millie and Hiroki finished setting the timer and priming it, the strike team ran for cover, Odd being the rear guard. Just as Odd was about to reach the shelter of the surrounding buildings, a dark shadow streaked out from the top of the tower and grabbed Odd by the wrist. The others could only watch in disbelief as their friend disappeared up into the gloomy sky.

Halfway up the tower, Odd realized who it was holding him; William, in his smoke form. Just as Odd processed this, his wrist band slipped off, and he began to fall. William threw it away angrily and grabbed Odd's wrist again. Again, they started upwards, until they were on the top. William turned back to his normal form and yanked Odd towards the door.

With horror, Odd could see a constant trickle of blood seeping through the crack at the bottom of the door, and he struggled against his restrainer, but William's grip would not relent.

Suddenly, a bunch of white arrows sprouted from Williams back, and he spun and hurled Odd over the railing in anger before he disintegrated.

Odd was hanging on for dear life. He tried to activate his wings, but his wrist band was gone, and he was without his powers. The dark sky began to rain, as if some god up there was crying, and Odd's continuous attempts at hauling himself up grew weaker and weaker.

Then his fingers slipped, and Odd began the downwards fall to the hard concrete below. 'Funny how this always seems to happen to me…Good thing this isn't a fanfiction, or it will probably happen again…' he thought sarcastically.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed his wrist, and Odd looked up in surprise to see a hooded figure grinning down at him.

"Knew I'd find you here," the stranger said, hauling Odd up.

"But…How…?" Odd stuttered, horrified at what had almost happened.

The stranger winked at him. "Hard to forget events of the past, if you know what I mean."

"No, I don't actually."

"Now," the Solomon said, ignoring Odd and throwing him his wrist band. "Get that thing on. I've got a proposal for you, and you're not going to like it. My name's Solomon, by the way."

"Nice. Now tell me what this 'proposal' of yours is," Odd said.

Solomon told him his plan.

"That's insane; you want to attempt to do that?" Odd asked, incredulous.

Solomon shrugged and said, "Well, you're one of the only people I know I can trust; besides Xion, of course…Are you in?"

Odd thought for a minute, then said; "I'm in."

"Great. Now, we'd better get to safety before this this blows."

"How much time do we have?"

"About…Three seconds. Two…One…"

"For God's sake man! FLY!" Odd yelled in surprise, doing just that with Solomon right beside him.

"Talk about 'winging it'…" he laughed as the Eiffel Tower exploded behind them. Odd laughed too, and followed Solomon towards the sunrise.

"So what're we doing first?" Odd asked, wanting in on the plan.

Solomon flipped over and flew on his side, finger to his chin. "Well, I was thinking of hooking up with Xion and some other guardians first, then continuing. We're gonna need all the firepower we can get."

Odd nodded and looked away, deep in thought. 'I hope Aelita's doing alright, fixing everything and all…'

"Solomon," he asked suddenly. "What happens to this world once Aelita fixes it?"

Solomon ran his hand over his hooded head and sighed. "I suppose it will vanish and be replaced by the altered one, just like the others."

"Others?"

"Oh ya, you don't know. Look forward to some action, kid, cause you're gonna get it."

As Odd was considering this, a white light appeared out of the sunset and spread across the barren land, engulfing Odd and Solomon in mid-flight.

"Seems your friend did it…" Solomon said wistfully, flying to a halt beside Odd. "Time to leave…"

And they did.

Ok, how was it? Hope it wasn't too bad...I WILL BE CONTINUING THIS STORYLINE IN A SIDE STORY! So if you are curious, or just like the complexity of the different worlds, please check it out! Don't know when I'll have the first chapter up, but I'll let you all know in one of the ANs on here...Back to Code; Lyoko!

Dedication! This chapter is dedicated to Ragnarok...Thanks for getting me off this storyline and back on track before it got TOO weird... :P

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