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Chapter 4: Plans
Aelita and Yumi were stuffed into a warehouse. "Wait here, girls. Here's food to last you." A sack was tossed at them. "The others should hurry. I'm waiting..."
"Yumi?"
"Yeah?"
"I have a sort of confession to make."
In the Lyoko desert region
"Well, Lyoko's being is split into many parts. You know, the desert, the forest, the glacial region, and the mountains. Well, the creators locked Lyoko's being into four people. Each one had a piece. Aelita has the mountains, Ulrich, you have the desert, Yumi owns the glacial region, and me, I have the forest," Fianna explained.
"Hey wait, does X.A.N.A. know that?" Odd asked.
"Of course. That's why he kidnapped Yumi and Aelita. Aelita knows her heritage, but Yumi doesn't. Ulrich, you know now, and I've known it for a long time. Aelita told me about it," Fianna answered.
"So he isn't going to return Yumi and Aelita, is he?" Ulrich said slowly.
"No, I'm afraid not. He wants to have all of us. With the four of us in his possession, he can rule Lyoko," Fianna smiled sadly.
Jeremie was listening. "So if he has all four for you, he will have Lyoko and the world at his knees, hmm?"
"Yes. That's why it is crucial that Ulrich and I stay out of his clutches," Fianna said tiredly.
Meanwhile in the warehouse
Yumi was getting the same story from Aelita. "If X.A.N.A. gets Ulrich and Fianna, he can rule Lyoko!" Aelita cried, distressed.
"Why didn't you ever tell Ulrich and me about it when you told Fianna?" Yumi asked.
"She got slightly self–conscious in Lyoko. I didn't want the same mistake with you two." Aelita smiled sadly.
In the Lyoko desert region
"So how are we going to save them?" Odd wondered.
"I have no ideas," confessed Fianna.
"What if Fianna and I distract X.A.N.A. while Odd and Jeremie go get Aelita and Yumi?" Ulrich suggested.
Fianna quickly quashed this idea when she pointed out, "And do it over and over, vise versa all the time? Thanks, but I would rather not waste my life doing that."
"You have a better idea?" Ulrich snapped.
"I have one that won't take forever. It's almost the exact same as Ulrich's except that Jeremie and Odd distract X.A.N.A. while Ulrich and I go find them. Then somehow Odd and Jeremie escape," Fianna smiled.
"It's crude but might work," Jeremie admitted.
"Well, then let's go!" Odd grinned.
"Log out Odd. Log out Ulrich. Log out Fianna," Jeremie said.
"Let's go," Ulrich ordered tensely.
"We are not going anywhere," Fianna stated icily. Ulrich whirled.
"What do you mean?" he asked, furiously.
"I, for one, don't want to barge on in without a clue what to do and mess up the whole entire mission. You need to hold in your temper. I know you have a crush on Yumi..." Fianna began and was immediately shushed by Ulrich.
"I don't care, Mr. In denial, you like Yumi. Anyways, you can't let your feeling cloud your judgment. Even so, I swear I will do anything I can to save Aelita and Yumi," Fianna declared
"I do too," Odd stated resolutely.
"I'm in," Jeremie said firmly.
"Alright. Let's figure out a good plan before we go defeat X.A.N.A. forever," Ulrich sighed. 'Yumi, Aelita, we're coming.'
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