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Chapter 8: Tower

The two girls sprinted through the forest. "Since the tower's in the polar region, can we take a shortcut through the tower?" Fianna panted.

"Sure. Here we are," Yumi breathed in relief. The two stepped into the tower gracefully and walked to the edge of the platform. Fianna sighed and closed her eyes as she pushed off gently and fell down in the swan dive position. She started slowing as she reached the next platform and floated gently up to it and touched down. Yumi landed neatly seconds afterward. The two stepped out of the tower into the freezing ice-land.

"Look! The pulsations lead that way." Fianna pointed and they started to run. They had just reached a cross-road where the pulsations led two different ways when they realized a tiny army awaited them when a Roachster shot at Yumi. It missed, but the two girls were now alerted to the welcoming committee that consisted of two Blocks and five Roachsters. "Fianna, I'll get the Blocks. Take care of the Roachsters, got it?"

"Yes ma'am!"

"Alright then, let's go!"

Yumi danced in the laserfire and aimed at a Block. Swiftly dodging a freezing laser that only Blocks could do, she threw her fan and quickly ducked behind a glacier. From there, she caught her fan and aimed carefully at the Block. She released, and as it cut through, Yumi turned away to see Fianna finish off the last Roachster.

Fianna easily dodged the lasers aimed at her and threw her fan. Quickly running behind a glacier, she caught her fan and climbed up. From her vantage point, she could easily hit the Roachsters. From there, she picked them off one by one. Finally she leapt down.

The two slid on the smooth ice of the polar region as they skated down to the tower. Swiftly jumping down, they sprinted as quickly as possible to the tower. From there, they saw three Crabs and four Blocks waiting for them. "Uh-oh."


Aelita, Jeremie, Odd, and Ulrich had gotten thin, metal staffs that they used to fend off the squirrels. They had backed up into a small square, their backs facing each others. They made their way to the computer. "Yumi, Fianna, hurry up! We can't hold them off for much longer!"

"Yeah sure, we'll just use our amazing powers of destruction and do so. We're doing the best that we can, right now," Yumi said, annoyed.

"Whatever, just hurry!" Odd butted in.

"We are!" Fianna yelled.

"Just go!" Aelita screamed as she was bitten by a squirrel. "These things have rabies!! I'm quite certain that X.A.N.A. will have sped up the process."


"Alright, we'll hurry. You take the Blocks this time. I'll get the Crabs," Yumi ordered.

"No problem," Fianna replied and threw her fan almost lazily at the Block, letting it explode before it had a chance to fire. She caught it and blocked the shot the next one took at her. Neatly dodging another laser, she noted that the Blocks had circled her. Two Blocks fired at the same time as she flipped away, letting the lasers zoom past each other and hit the other. Fianna was suddenly hit from behind by the last Blocks and flew back, hitting an ice wall. Before she could even stand, the Block scuttled forward and was about to freeze her when she summoned her staff, leapt on top of it, and yelled, "Shatter!" As she plunged it into the eye of the Block, she leapt off and after it exploded, calmly raised her hand and caught the staff.

Yumi was easily dodged lasers from the Crabs and somersaulted onto the first Crab and stuck her fan in the symbol. She leapt to the next one as it smashed in oblivion. The Crab bucked, and she dropped to the ground. She threw her fan at its legs. It sliced through easily, and the Crab crashed into the ground and disappeared. The third Crab ended up being smart. It dodged her constant attacks at its legs, but it had bad aim since it missed hitting her with a laser without Yumi even trying. She finally jumped high enough to land on top of the Crab. She closed her fan and stuffed it into the Crab. After leaping off it as it died, she walked to her fan lying on the ground.

They sprinted to the tower, hoping their friends could hold off the squirrels for a few more minutes. They stepped carefully and reverently into the tower. The two walked slowly to the center of the platform as if they were being drawn there and waited. Soon enough, they glided up to the second platform.


The four in the real world had given up on an orderly square. They fought on their own. Aelita and Jeremie writhed in pain as the squirrels bit and bit them over and over. Rolling around seemed to do no good, and smashing them against walls didn't help. Their staves were being guarded so they couldn't reach them. Jeremie yelped as the rabies from the squirrels began to throw him into a coma.


They touched down softly and walked into the center. A screen came up. The two girls placed their hands on it.

Yumi/ Fianna


Ulrich was wrestling with a squirrel. It bit him and sprang back, letting the rabies weaken his system. He looked over and saw Odd lying on the floor in a coma. He started to slowly crawl to him. Another squirrel bit him, and he sank down on the floor and gave in to the coma.


Code


Aelita fought with the squirrels knowing that they still had some time left. She jumped over the squirrels and grabbed her staff. She began to sweep the floor with them and got to Ulrich and Odd. Aelita dragged them over to Jeremie with a little effort. The two were in a coma and couldn't help. She pushed the three next to each other and started to fight, not just for her own, but for Jeremie, Odd, and Ulrich's lives as well.


Lyoko


Time seemed to stand still and watch as the white bubble thing erupted from the bottom of the tower and spread out, far away to reach the whole world within it. Aelita gasped in relief and yelled, "Return to the past now!!!" The whole world seemed to rewind and bring them back to vacation.

In the cafeteria

"Yes! It's finally vacation!!" Yumi smiled. Odd grinned as well.

"I had a most pleasant and enjoyable rest. Tell me, Jeremie, why do you humans sleep?" Aelita said cheerfully.

"Well Aelita, you see, we humans get tired after a long day of work. That's why we sleep," Jeremie patiently explained.

"And what is Odd eating so much for?" she asked innocently.

Ulrich smiled. "He's just a hole that can never be filled,"

Yumi grinned. 'Remember when we rescued him from Lyoko, and he was stuffing his face with mashed potatoes?"

Fianna laughed. "Yeah, and he was enjoying it."

"Hey! I was hungry!" Odd exclaimed in his own defense.

"You're always hungry, Odd. What's new?" Yumi asked, amused.

"Well, ... uh ... umm ..." Odd stammered. Yumi began to laugh, and following suit, Aelita began to giggle, and with that, everyone collapsed in mirth at Odd who couldn't seem to react. The school rang with their peals of laughter. Odd scowled at the five who couldn't seem to stop laughing.

"You know, I don't find this funny," Odd warned, looking like he was about to smile and hurt them at the same time.

"That's exactly why it's funny," Jeremie gasped out.

Odd frowned and folded his arms and watched wisely as the five nearly asphyxiated due to lack of oxygen.

"Some things never change..."

Almost done! Just about 3 chapters left! I'm planning on a sequel to this sequel. You'll have noticed the slight changes. I changed the name from Return of the Past to End of the Beginning. Just the ending has changed to accommodate the sequel. Reviews will be cherished as children, so please review!