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Chapter 3: Notes

Ulrich walked to Aelita's dorm. He figured the others would be there. As he entered, only Jeremie looked up. Odd was staring off into space. "Odd? Are you still there?" Ulrich asked.

"Guys! We have to go to the factory! I have a really bad feeling! It's like my Foresight! I think Aelita and Yumi are in trouble," Odd yelled suddenly.

"Can you prove it?" Jeremie asked as he was dragged along by Odd with Ulrich.

"Let's go!" was his only answer. They descended into the sewers.

"Look! Aelita's and Yumi's skateboards are gone! We have to go!" Odd started to panic.

"Calm down, Odd! We're going, we're going!!" Ulrich called. They hurried, egged on by Odd's furious shouts. He swung down the ropes and went into the elevator, just like the two girls before them. If they had looked closely in the shadows, they would have seen X.A.N.A. dragging two figures away.

As the elevator reached the super–computer, it dragged to a stop and slowly opened. Yumi and Aelita weren't here. "See, Odd, they're fine, probably giggling somewhere," Jeremie said, annoyed.

"Then, why were their skateboards at the entrance of the manhole?" Odd asked furiously.

Ulrich was not listening. He was wandering around. "Hey guys! Come look at this. It's a note," he called. He read it, and his eyes widened. He crumpled it and swore.

"Ulrich, what's wrong?" Jeremie asked, scared and wide–eyed. Ulrich calmed down visibly enough to point at the note in his hand and dropped it in Odd's hand. Ulrich then walked off, eyes narrowed to slits. Jeremie and Odd squished together to read the note.

Jeremie, Odd, and Ulrich,

I suppose you are wondering where Aelita and Yumi are. By the time you read this note, they will be hidden in a place you will never find. My demands are simple: find Fianna and come to the factory tomorrow at 3 PM with her. Then I will let Aelita and Yumi go in exchange for Fianna and Ulrich. Simple enough, no? Hurry or Aelita and Yumi will be gone. Forever.

X.A.N.A.

Odd took a deep breath. "I knew there was something wrong," he stated.

Jeremie's eyes widened suddenly. "Oh my God. Look at the signature," he breathed.

Ulrich and Odd crowded together to see. "X.A.N.A." Ulrich growled.

"How did he escape?" Odd asked wide–eyed.

"Probably right before being deleted, he escaped. Who knows?" Jeremie said, clueless.

"I can't believe it!!!" Ulrich yelled desperately.

"We have to pull ourselves together. We have to save them!" Odd began.

"How, Odd?!?!? If you have a brilliant idea, let's hear it," Jeremie interrupted.

"X.A.N.A. wants Fianna, right? Let's go restore Lyoko and get her!" Odd explained.

"Odd, you always surprise me!" Jeremie yelled. "Let's go. I'll restore Lyoko. You two go to the scanners."

Jeremie restored Lyoko and began his now–familiar speech. "I'm sending you where Fianna was last. Transfer Odd. Transfer Ulrich. Scanner Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Virtualization."

Odd and Ulrich dropped down to where Fianna and X.A.N.A. were last. Fianna was there, running over. "Why are you here? I thought I left a note to not restore Lyoko!" Fianna scolded.

"We know. It's just that Yumi and Aelita have been kidnapped," Ulrich explained.

Fianna's eyes clouded over, just like Yumi's had. "He's holding them hostage, and won't hand them over unless I come." She finished listlessly.

"How did you know...?" Odd asked. "And why does he want you and Ulrich?"

"You don't remember I'm a mind–reader? No, you wouldn't, I never told you or Ulrich." She sighed. "X.A.N.A. has a lot of reasons to want me or Ulrich. I can read minds; it's a useful ability. He can triplify. But the real reason is something a lot more..." she drifted.

"Tell us please," Ulrich pleaded.

"You two may want to sit. It's a long story," she instructed. They got themselves comfortable. She began...

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