Hello everyone! Sorry it took me so long to update.... So I made a large chapter to make the
pain go away. I would like to thank Mr.Evil for reviewing. Thanks!
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"No! No! It can't be true! Ulrich! Ulrich! NO! Why! ULRICH!" Yumi yelled desperately.
"No, it can't be. Why didn't I go? It should have been me... Why. I was just joking about it
being a trap! Ulrich! "Odd yelled. It had happened right before there eyes. Ulrich walking
toward the tree with a mark on it, then that small tree almost hit him and now this. What had
happened was that X.A.N.A.'s robots attacked, and had made a half circle around Ulrich. Then
one of the robots had knocked over a large tree that fell on Ulrich. They couldn't believe it.
Yumi was going on and on. And Odd was staring, mumbling under has breath. Only Jeremie
was speechless. They couldn't believe Ulrich was gone. But then Jeremie broke the silence by
saying "Ummmm... since when do trees float?" "What?! Ulrich is... gone....And you just ask
"When do trees float?" Wait, what do you mean?" Yumi asked, worry shown clearly on her
face. "Well, look. You see the end of the tree there?" Jeremie pointed to the end of the tree,
with the leaves. "You see where it is off the ground but it should be closer to the ground if... you
know. "Jeremie said looking hopeful. "Do you think Ulrich is all right then, Jeremie?" Odd asked
looking both hopeful and excited at the news. "I don't know Odd." Jeremie said. "We can only
hop you know." Then to their surprise, and fear that a robot was going to finish off Ulrich (if he
wasn't already), the tree moved up, slowly at first then faster until it was lifted clear off the
ground. "What the?" Odd asked. "No idea." Jeremie answered. "Look! There's Ulrich! "Yumi
yelled. Both Odd and Jeremie looked, and sure enough, there was Ulrich lying on the ground.
"Um, guys who's he?" Yumi asked. She was looking at the person holding the tree. He looked
like he was somewhere between 16 and 21. He was wearing a white tank top and over that one
of those black utility bests with all the pockets. He also was wearing large jean shorts and utility
boots with 2 holes on each boot. On his hands where gloves and the gloves each had 3 holes on
them much like his boots. He wore his hair in a small pony tail and wore a bandana around his
head, like Ulrich does when he is in Lyoco. He also had side burns. But what bothered her the
most, beside the fact he was carrying a large tree with ease, was his face. His eyes looked way
too old for him, like a soldier who goes out to war; he looked like he had been in many battles.
His face, itself, was determined as he looked at her, than at Ulrich, back to her and then back to
the robots. "Ulrich..." Yumi said. "Don't worry. We'll get him, one way or another." Odd said.
As the guy lifted the tree to throw, Yumi gasped. "What is it Yumi?" Jeremie asked. "Look at
his arm!" Yumi gasped. They looked at his arm as he threw the tree at the robots. On his
shoulders, on both arms was the mark of X.A.N.A.! "What the?! Is he being controlled by
X.A.N.A.? But if he is, why did he save Ulrich?" Jeremie said confusion in his voice and on his
face. As the tree flew towards the robots, the guy suddenly disappeared. "What the?!" Yumi
exclaimed. "How are we going to get Ulrich now that the robots are still there?" Odd asked
frustrated. The tree that the guy threw, had landed in the middle of the robots and had taken out
roughly 1/3 of the robots where moving forward. "Why would that guy just leave him there?
Unless..." Yumi finished her last words with tears in her eyes. "Don't think like that Yumi! Odd
said. "We should try to get to Ulrich somehow. Any ideas Einstein?" Both Odd and Yumi
looked at Jeremie. "Hey, why are you asking me? Oh, well. O.K. we need a distra- "Jeremie
was interrupted by a loud sound that sounded like metal on metal. "Yumi, get Ulrich to a safe
place now! We'll help you, but if we have to, we'll distract the robots, while you get him out of
here! "Jeremie yelled. "O.K." was both Yumi's and Odd's reply. As the three of them ran
towards Ulrich, they noticed that all of the robots had turned their back towards them as if
retreating. "What the Heck? Why are they retreating? Unless... that guy... metal on metal...no
way! What if that guy we saw, the guy that... saved... Ulrich, is fighting the robots to get them
away from Ulrich, so we can get to Ulrich!" Yumi gasped in one long sentence. "But should we
trust him? He's got X.A.N.A.'s symbol on him." Odd said. "But in two places! Or more! I
thought I saw the symbol on his thighs too. Even if X.A.N.A.'s is controlling him, he might have
to put more than mark for more control!" Jeremie explained. "Why is that a good thing?" Odd
asked. "Well, because X.A.N.A. might not have complete control over him, right Jeremie?"
Yumi exclaimed. "Right Yumi. He might not be under complete control of X.A.N.A.! He might
be going against X.A.N.A.'s wishes so his mark grew brighter!" Jeremie said, bewildered. At
the end of this sentence, they reached Ulrich. Ulrich was lying on his stomach, with his hands
over the back of his neck, as if trying to protect it from harm. On his back and on his hands
were gashes, all over. Some were really deep, but some were only about skin deep. But they
could easily see he was still alive and breathing. "Ulrich... Is he ok?" Yumi asked, concerned. "I
don't know, Yumi. He's still alive, but... are those his only injuries? If we try to move him and he
has other injuries we may make them worse. I don't know what to do. Should we try to move
him or just leave him there or try to roll him over, or... WHAT SHOULD WE DO?!" Jeremie
yelled, panicking. "Don't worry Jeremie. We could try to..." Odd trailed off at the sound of a
moan of pain. "Ulrich?" Jeremie whispered, panic fading. Yumi was silent, waiting. There was
another moan of pain, now for sure, coming from Ulrich. "Ulrich wake up! Ulrich!" Odd said
desperately. "Ulrich... you'll be ok, right?" Yumi whispered.
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That's it for now. Another cliffy. Sorry. I'll try to update sooner this time... Thanks for
reading! Please R&R!