A.N. – I got this idea, strangely enough, from reading a short Harry Potter fic. As always, I'd like prompts, and I don't own Code Lyoko.

Prompt: Broken down
Character: Yumi
Words: 100
Rating: K+

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The moment Yumi hears the bone snap upon landing, she knows it's over. No virtualization to save the day, no staving off manifested threats. No, just this – hunched pitifully on the dirty, cold floor, clutching a throbbing leg and blindly hoping for victory.

It was bound to happen eventually, she rationalizes though the lancing pain. The number of leaps made from old rope hanging from rusting ceiling beams seemed to dictate this outcome. Yumi's never wanted a return to the past as much as now – not just to erase the physical hurt, but to wipe the sense of failure away.