Chapter : 7.
Odd opened his eyes slowly and looked around. He was back in the asylum. He looked over to his left and saw an orderly staring at him. Odd looked down and noticed he was in restraints. He sighed and the door opened. Yolanda walked in.
"Odd , how are you feeling ? ," she asked sitting down in a chair.
"What happened ? ," Odd asked , "Why am I strapped down to the bed ?"
"You tried to cut your wrist ," Yolanda said.
Odd looked down at his wrist and saw a bandage. He looked back at her. He watched her carefully.
"What do you want this time , Xana ? ," Odd asked.
"I'm not Xana , I'm Yolanda ," she replied , "Remember ? I'm you're psychiatrist."
"You can't fool me ," he said , "Where am I ?"
"You're in the Kadic Asylum For Mental Health ," Yolanda said , "Don't you remember ?"
"Where are my friends ? ," Odd asked , "Ulrich , Yumi , Aelita and Jeremy ?"
"Oh , them ," she replied , "You mean your fellow patients ? Would you like to see them ?"
"What ? ," Odd asked.
"I'll go get them ," Yolanda said.
She left the room. Odd looked around the room and tried to get free of the restraints. He couldn't. He growled in frustration and looked at the door. It opened a second later. He gasped. Standing in front of him were Yumi , Ulrich , Aelita and Jeremy.
"Guys ? ," he asked.
"Hi , Odd ," Aelita said.
"How are you feeling ? ," Jeremy asked.
"What kind of trick is this now ? ," Odd asked , "Trying to use my friends against me XANA ?"
"Odd ," Yumi said , "Xana and Lyoko were all made up in our heads. We created it to cope with the dark past of our troubled lives."
"No ," he replied , "I don't believe it. I won't."
"Odd , listen to us ," Ulrich said , "We all had psychotic breaks due to the abuse of our pasts. Our families abused us. That's how we all became friends after we met here."
"Can't you remember ? ," Aelita asked.
"No ," Odd said , "I'm not falling for your tricks XANA."
"Odd , there is no XANA ," she said , ""He's not real."
"No ? ," Odd asked , "Then what about your father ? Franz Hopper ? Is he a figment of our sick minds too ?"
"Odd ," Aelita replied , "Franz Hopper was the founder of this asylum. He's not my father."
"Bullshit ," he stated.
Yolanda sighed.
"What can we say to convince you ? ," she asked.
"You can convince me by letting me out of this place ," Odd said.
Jeremy looked at him and tears came to his eyes.
"I don't understand , Odd ," Jeremy said , "Don't you want to get better ?"
"No ," he growled , "I want XANA to stop screwing with my mind !"
"Odd , please ! ," Yumi cried , "You have to come back to reality ! We miss you !"
Odd shut his eyes.
"No ! ," he screamed , "I don't want to hear you anymore !"
He opened them a second later.
"Don't want to hear what anymore ? ," Pauline asked.
Odd looked around. He was sitting on the couch in between Marguerite and Pauline. He looked in front of him and saw the rest of his family.
"What ? ," Odd asked , "Where am I ?"
"At home , silly ," Marie said , "Are you feeling okay , Odd ?"
"I. . . .don't know ," he replied looking down.
"Odd - ," Pauline started.
He leaned over and threw up on the floor.
"Gross ! ," Marie said.
Odd looked at Pauline.
"I'm. . . .sorry ," he said.
He passed out.
End Of Chapter : Seven.