AN: It's short, I know... I also know you're all going to kill me for it too.... I couldn't help but end the chapter there.. Again, read and review. I'll work on writing more tomorrow, but I don't think I'll have time to type it until Monday or so. Sorry!
The news startled Yumi so badly that for an instant she forgot about the pain.
"For real?" she repeated, her eyes widening in disbelief.
"I'm afraid so," Jeremy said weakly.
"They're going to need help," Yumi said, grimacing as the pain came back.
"Yes, but you can't go," Jeremy said, "And I'm needed here to run the super computer."
Yumi didn't answer, she just used the wall to push herself up and walked slowly to the elevator, her teeth clenched together tightly to keep from screaming as the pain intensified.
"You are in no condition to go to Lyoko," Jeremy said firmly. The others, fighting fiercely with the hornets and blocks, heard his remark.
"Jeremy's right," Ulrick said, "You'd be in too much danger."
"I'm not going to sit back and let you die," Yumi said through gritted teeth, "Not while I can still do something to stop X.A.N.A." Ulrick had no time to reply as another block zeroed in on him and he was barely able to dodge the laser. He and Odd had already destroyed two of the blocks and one of the hornets, but there were still four monsters to go.
As Yumi stepped into the scanner, Jeremy gave a sigh of defeat and initiated the virtualization process. When Yumi appeared in Lyoko, she saw she was close to the fighting. Taking a deep, shaky breath, she started running for the battle site. She stayed focused on the area she was headed to and tried to drive the pain to the back of her mind. Almost there, she repeated silently to herself. Every muscle felt like it was on fire, but Yumi pressed on until she reached the fighting.
Catching one of the two remaining blocks by surprise, Yumi threw her fan and hit the mark dead on.
"Odd, you have 80 life points left," Jeremy announced, "Ulrick has 70 and Yumi still has all of hers - wait, no, she's lost five life points.... and now another five! How can this be happening?"