Author's Note: Yeah, not many people responded to that last chapter. Remember, I am always open for suggestions. And, yes, flames are ok. Actually, I've only gotten complaints about my grammar, but what do you expect? I fell asleep in English! Ok, enough of my rambling, on with the show!

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4:00 PM Channel 6 News Report

"Good afternoon. We interrupt this program to bring you this breaking news. Xana has attacked the mall, as well as a few locals. The attacks happened around 3:40 PM. Our top reporter, Teresa, is on the scene. Teresa, what is the report?"

"It appears that Xana came to this mall, was almost stopped by two security guard, torch a small store, and kidnapped a male and a female. Rumor has it that the two he kidnapped were the parents of Yumi. Let me see if I can get some more information. Excuse me, excuse me sir!"

"Yes?"

"Can you tell me what happened here?"

"Yes, I sure can! Well, you see, Xana came into this mall, right, he was strolling through like he was an average person. Well, two guards came up behind them, ya know, and they yelled 'FREEZE!' He stopped and looks at them, and after a few words, the guards whipped out their guns. But he wasn't fazed at all! He then put on a blindfold and kicked the tar out of them. I couldn't tell you what happened next. I got the (BLEEP) outta there!"

"Thank you. Back to you."

"We will be back in a moment. Remember, Channel 6 News it the place to learn more information about the attacks and the little known 'Lyoko' as reports come in."

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4:01 PM Lyoko Polar Region

Ulreck, Odd, and Yumi are all sitting in a tower inside the polar region. Alieta is up top checking to see if the polar region is safe enough to enter. They do not want to speak, for the death of their best friend is just now setting in.

The team looks up as Alieta glides gracefully down.

"Well?"

"I have determined that the polar region is generally safe for now. But we must be very careful. Large portions of the data have been corrupted and damaged."

"Ok, let's go!"

As they walk outside, they are greeted with a strange sight. The polar region is indeed still the polar region, but with noticeable differences. Portions of the coding of the program and 3d framework can be seen in many places. Static can be heard every so often and the colors often invert with the noise. Ok, ok! I got these ideas from .hack INFECTION. What do you want from me? I'm only human! Actually, it's a good game...

"Woo, what a mess."

"You can say that again, Odd."

"Woo, what a mess."

"I was joking, you moron."

"Will you two shut up and focus?"

"Sure, Yumi. Ok, Alieta, where is the hole?"

"I am sorry, but I was not able to get close to it. We will have to walk east for awhile. We will then come to a cliff, where I will generate an ice slide that will catapult into the heart of the black hole."

"Lovely, any more good news?"

"ULRECK! She is just saying what's going on here! Giver her some slack, man!"

"Sorry, Yumi. And sorry, Alieta."

"It is quite alright. We all seem to be gaining some nerves from being trapped in Lyoko."

"Wow. We have actually covered a lot of ground in the past few moment!"

Odd was indeed right. They could not see the tower anymore. It was out of sight but what they could see was the hole. All it was, was a big round lake of nothing but blackness. In the middle of the blackness the remains of the tower could be seen. It was completely black, and the only way to see it by looking for what seemed to be black flames.

"Woo. Wow. What a sight."

"Yeah, really. Okay, Alieta, we're here. Now what?"

But Alieta already answered that question. She was near the end of the cliff, kneeling and looked to be in prayer. As the rest got closer, they noticed that she seemed to be making and ice slide. But, it was far from completed.

"Oh, I see. That is what is going to send us into the black hole. Looks like fun."

"Yes it does. But, I am afraid I cannot let you do that."

"No... Not now... Why now?"

"I must say, you guys are really getting on my nerves, but, I can change that."

"Everyone! Stay alert!"

"Ha, ha, ha! You think you can win? I must say, Ulreck, your plan is one that I would never have even thought of!"

"NO!"

"He knows!"

The team had there weapons drawn, and was ready for a fight. Alieta was still deep in concentration as the ice slide slowly materialized from the cliff. Odd was the first to speak after what seemed to be a few minutes.

"Something is wrong... nothing is happening!"

"Yeah, yeah... Xana is up to something... it's to easy!"

"You can say that again. You are not in the best place to battle. Nor is it the best time. Look around you." Xana called from nowhere.

"Oh my god..."

Once again, Xana was right. They were on the side of a cliff, and there was no way to hide or find shelter. Not only that, Alieta couldn't create anything. She was too busy making their ice slide.

Then they heard a sound they did not want to hear. From the west, they could hear the low sound that was like a buzzing noise. Xana was sending over some hornets to play.

As they looked in horror, Odd yelled the most obvious thing they had to do.

"We have to protect Alieta!!!!!"

"Yeah, good idea, Odd. But how?"

"Simple, I distract them, since I can't deflect shots, you protect Alieta by deflecting shot. You get a clear shot, take it!"

"Odd, I have to hand it to you. Nice plan, man, nice plan!"

"Thanks Yumi! Now get ready!"

As the swarm of hornets began to get closer, Yumi and Ulreck got close the kneeling Alieta and Odd was in front preparing to dodge.

"Alright, you ugly bugs! Lets see how ya handle a moving target." Was the last thing that was spoken. At that moment the 5 hornets divided and began to unleash a hailstorm of fire.

As Yumi and Ulreck deflected their shots and protected Alieta, Odd danced around all five of them shouting taunts and looked to be enjoying himself fully.

"Something is wrong! Why is he only sending five of them?" Yelled Ulreck in all the confusion.

His question was soon answered. Using a diving hornet aimed right at him, Odd jumped, and, using the hornet, shot an arrow into one going after Yumi.

"LASER ARROW!"

POW! The hornet exploded into tiny pieces, but it didn't disappear. It regenerated!

"DAMNIT!"

"Ulreck! Watch your tongue!"

"Sorry..."

Odd looked at the ice slide. It was only half done. Wait, was it speeding up? Double-checking it, he realized that she was concentrating with all her might!

"Way to go Alietaaaaagh!"

He stalled a moment too long. A hornet blast hit him in the back and he staggered for a few seconds. Odd: 80 LP

"NO! Odd! Are you ok?"

He did not respond. But what he did do was, with precision timing, flipped over, jumped up right as the hornet that shot him flew over and did a back- flip. Thus sending that poor hornet fling over the black hole.

As he landed, Ulreck yelled to him, "Wow! Nice kick!"

Odd went on and kicked two more of the hornets away. But he was too late to prevent the hornets from hitting Yumi 80 and Ulreck 80.

"Guys! Guys! Come on!"

It was Alieta, and she was waving them over to signal them, but a hornet hit her Alieta: 80 and she fell down the slide.

Ulreck and Yumi were hesitant to go and they looked at Odd, who was still being attacked.

"Just go! I'll hold them off!"

They went, and he was left alone with the four hornets. He then jumped up and yelled, "LASER ARROW!"

But nothing happened.

"No! Laser Arrow! Laser Arrow!"

He landed and shook his wrist furiously. But it was no good. The hornets noticed this and then did something strange. They flew into each other creating a hornet that was 4x the size of a normal one. As it began to charge its laser, Odd took that as his cue to run like hell.

The hornets fired their super laser and Odd jumped over the ice slide. The laser missed, but Odd knew that his landing was going to hurt.

"OOF!"

As he slid down, he came upon the end of the slide. As he was propelled upward, he yelled out "OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Then went into a free-fall.

As the sight of the blackness came toward him, he covered his face with his hands, and passed out cold.

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Author's Note: Yeah. Well, that's all for this chapter. And history is repeating it self. I'm not getting any reviews. Sorry this is late. I am REALLY busy. Ta, folks.