Alright... ummm...well... message for my reviewer, littleblazingstar... I'm sorry I upset you... but... this will be jjjjjjjuuuusssstttt for you... because... I mean really? How could I kill Odd and my character right? It was just such a horrible thing to do! And uh... For mine and Yumigirl06's new groupie...whom I am now nicknaming cheesehead... I promised you a blurb too... so.. for your amusement... there is cheese. LUV YA ALL!! By the way....I'm going to be mean ... I'm going to give you another annoying cliff hanger... -... -.- and there's nothing you can do about it!!! Evil laugh

"Ulrich! This isn't a message left by Odd and Kiks..." Jeremie said with
a worried look on his face.
"Well, it wasn't there earlier."
"Actually... it probably was... Ulrich... this is part of the code Xana's
using to materialize his monsters."
"Huh??"
"Its part of an encrypted set of symbols. The monster that attacked Kiks had to have gotten in by this adjustment."
"So... why didn't we see it earlier?"
"We weren't looking. It didn't seem peculiar... just like one of Kiks additions. Xana must have been using her decoys as models for his own... except his were the real thing."
"Great. That means that there are probably monsters everywhere. Are they materializing from our scanners?" Yumi asked.
"No. From what Odd said, it would appear that they can materialize and dematerialize from anywhere." Jeremie answered.
"Jeremie..." Aelita's voice was soft but audible.
"Yes?"
"I think... they're... here." She whispered, her eyes looking toward the ceiling, guiding the group to her conclusion. Overhead, soft tapping sounds could be heard, the unmistakable sound of pointed metal legs scaling the ground.
"They're on the top level! There's no way we'll be able to get out without running into them! We don't even know how many there are!" Yumi cried in astonishment.
"Well—we can't stay here. They'll find a way down." Ulrich concluded.
Jeremie looked toward the elevator door.
"I guess we'll just have to take the elevator and fight them off."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Whatever you do... don't let Aelita get hurt... there's no other way to fix those towers, because Ulrich's fusion is getting disabled. I don't want what happened to Kiks and Odd to happen to him." Jeremie said as they boarded the elevator. Yumi and Ulrich had both grabbed pieces of metal about the size of baseball bats for protection.
The elevator doors slid open, creating more noise than the remembered. Popping their heads out slowly, they scanned the room.
"Nothings here. There aren't any monsters." Yumi whispered in confusion.
Ulrich stepped out of the elevator and knocked his piece of metal against the side of the elevator and watched as monsters began to appear in the dark shadows of the factory.
"Never speak to soon."
"Good job Ulrich. Now they're all coming after us."
"At least we know where they are now." He replied, beginning to jab at the eye of a nearby block monster.
"Oh man! Mega Tanks too?" Yumi said in annoyance.
Jeremie grabbed onto the end of the rope hanging from the ceiling, and began to throw himself around, kicking as many monsters as he could.
"You're going to need actual weapons to get rid of them Jeremie!" Aelita directed.
"It's a little difficult to get to one when you're hanging from a rope and trying not to be cooked by lasers!" He screamed back, climbing higher on his rope.
"THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN HOLD ALL OF THEM OFF!!" Yumi bellowed.
"Try to get Aelita out!" Ulrich added to Jeremie.
Jeremie allowed himself to slide down the rope, kicking his feet on a block and causing him to swing. He grabbed Aelita by the hand just as the rope began to swing back.
"Try to climb on the rope!!" He yelled, using his free hand and legs to climb up slowly. Aelita had grabbed the rope and was trying to stay out of the line of fire as Ulrich and Yumi began warding off the monsters at the bottom.
"OH NO!" Yumi cried. "They don't die when we stab them!!"
"Jeremie!? WHY ARENT THEY DIEING!?" Ulrich asked in dismay, thrusting his metal piece into the eye of a nearby block.
"I think you must need your weapons from Lyoko! You have to climb now! There's no way your going to beat Lyoko monsters if you're not virtualized!"
Ulrich grabbed Yumi around the stomach and threw her upwards, allowing her to get a head start on the rope. Grabbing the rope himself, he felt something grabbing him. He looked down to seeing a new monster, it had mechanical claws and laser eyes all along the top of its round body. Where's its eye? Ulrich asked in confusion, kicking his feet and trying to get free. The monster yanked him down fiercely, and Yumi grabbed his hand to keep him up, being pulled down with him. Both teenagers went falling to the floor, the monster clenching their necks in its claws. Yumi turned to Ulrich in pain.
"Ulrich—I..." She started, tears of agony beginning to roll down her cheek. "I love you..."
"I love you too Yumi. Don't give up... we can get this off of us. I—know—we –can..."
"No we can't Ulrich... Its too strong.. and what do we have to have faith in? This isn't like before... there isn't anyone out dea—deactivating a tower. We're done for Ulrich... theres... no way..."
"Hold on Yumi!" He reassured, kicking at the monster over top of them.
"ULRICH!! YUMI!!!" Jeremie and Aelita yelled.
"Hey! Do you all like baseball?"
"Did you say that Jeremie?" Ulrich asked.
"NO... didn't you?"
"No."
"I love baseball!"
"This is no time to play around Aelita!"
"I didn't say anything! It was Yumi!"
"I didn't say—anything... I'm a little—jammed up!"
"STOP FIGHTING YOU STUPID MORONS!"
"Which one of you girls said that!?"
Above them, A shadowy figure had picked up a slab of metal and used it as a baseball bat, sending a hornet flying across the width of the building. From the other side of the room came,"LASER ARROW!"
"ODD!?!!?"
They all looked up in surprise and admiration as an arrow flew up from the ground and the monster on top of Yumi and Ulrich disappeared.
"MULTIPLY!" Came the voice of Kiks, appearing above them and dividing into four, free falling to the ground and battling with the monsters.
"Don't you DARE mess with MY friends you freaks!" Odd yelled, his virtual form jumping onto the back of a mega tank and shooting an arrow into its eye.
The figures that were Kiks and Odd jumped around at the speed of light, wiping out every mechanism in the factories room... including the factory equipment that Kiks decided to take her anger out on.
"LIKE I SAID... I WAS not ABOUT TO DIE AS A COMPUTER GAME! NOT WITHOUT BRINGING YOU DOWN TOO!"
"Kiks. Chill." Odd said, grabbing her with one arm around her waist and dragging her along towards the hanging couple and the injured Yumi and Ulrich, whose necks were slightly cut and bleeding from the mechanical arms.
"I WASN'T DONE WITH THAT JUNKPILE OF METAL YET!!"
"It doesn't matter."
"You're... you're.... Alive." Ulrich said in amazement, touching Odd's virtual leg.
"Well what did you expect? This is me we're talking about..."
"How are your programs working here?" Jeremie asked.

"We hacked their code. Fixed ours." Kiks said. "Come on now... you didn't actually think I was going to give up without a fight now did you?"
"Not particularly."

"I'll tell you... the worst part of that, was listening to you all blubber... I thought I was going to die just listening to that... you all mope a lot."
"We were upset." Yumi said, crossing anger and amusement. "Next time
you die though, I won't give a long speech." Kiks smiled back at her.

"Hey Jeremie, do you mind uploading our programs from our data source and memory core? I'd like to be back to normal as soon as possible."
"Seriously, I feel like I'm breathing nails." Odd added.
"No problem. Lets get back down to the lab... For the 3rd time today."

Kiks stepped out of the scanner and threw her arms around Odd. The group watched as the two spun in circles happily.
"I'm guessing that it feels nicer to be normal again." Ulrich commented.
"You have no idea." Kiks answered, giving Ulrich and Yumi an equally big hug, and following up with Jeremie and Aelita.
"If its all the same with you... I think I'll not be bugging towers for a very long time."
"Fine by me." Jeremie replied with a smile. "I think the last virus should keep Xana trapped for a while... you should consider doing something other than Xana fighting... not to mention, we were all getting a little scared by the idea of having to tell your mom and sister that you were dead... so... you need a break."
"How'd you—how'd you know about... them?" She asked slowly, backing away.
"The School database... it... had your records."
"Oh..."
"We're uh... sorry about your dad Kiks." Ulrich said quietly, putting his arm around her.
"Its fine... I... barely noticed when he died anyway." They all watched bewilderment as Kiks turned and walked out the door despondently.
"Uhh—"
"Just let her go Ulrich." Odd said. "If she doesn't want to tell us about her family, then she doesn't have to. It might be something that she wants to keep to herself."
"Right." He answered, nodding his head in agreement.

"This needs to be cleaned."
"I cleaned that yesterday, Dad!" Kiks pleaded.
"Don't argue with me!" He bellowed. "You clean this kitchen NOW!"
"But—"
"You want to argue more? You can scrub the bathroom floor then."
"Dad!! Please—"
"DON'T 'PLEASE' ME! Go clean.. NOW. I wont tell you again!"
She let her head fall and grabbed up a bottle of bleach and a spare toothbrush.
"I'm tempted to make you use yours for arguing with me." He commented, spitting on the floor and walking out of the room.
"I take it I'm supposed to clean that up too?"
"No sh—"
"Please don't curse around me..." She said angrily, cutting him off and causing him to walk back in the room. He grabbed her neck and looked down on her.
"I'll say whatever I want to you little wench." He scowled, throwing his hand across her face and stomping back out of the room.
"I hate him..." She whispered to herself, as the back door opened and she dropped to the floor in fear.
"Chill out Sis. Its just me." Kiks turned back around to look at her big sister.
"Oh... hey Sol."
"Was he just yelling at you again?"
"Its no big deal... I was just being stupid..."
"Listen Kia... NO ONE yells at my little sis. You're not stupid... and I detest the fact that that hobgoblin of a dad has you believing otherwise." The tall brown haired girl knelt down and grabbed the hand of the miniature version of her, pulling her to her feet. "Come on." She said, pulling on her hand and throwing the toothbrush on the floor. She led her into the room where their father was seated on a couch, reading a newspaper with his feet up on the table, allowing the dirt to drop off.
"Alright. MOVE YOUR SICK FEET!" Sol yelled, kicking his feet off the table. Her father got up quickly and stared at her. Unlike Kiks, she was eyelevel with him and not intimidated by him, since she was undoubtedly the best fighter.

"You..." He grimaced.
"What are you going to do about me? Huh... you can't fight me because I'll win... and you know it."
"What do you want?"
"I want you to apologize to Kia. Then go scrub your own floor... after all, it is YOUR spit on it."
"I will not clean that damn floor!" He said, slapping her just as he had slapped Kiks.
"Wrong answer." She said calmly, her anger all in her eyes. She lunged at her father, pushing him toward the window.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He hollered. "You know if you do anything stupid, the neighbors will see... and the police will be here in seconds."
"Making you get OUT of our house!" She screamed back, throwing in all of her strength and sending him flying through the window. He fell limply on the ground outside, Sol looking down on him loathingly.
"Don't ever treat my sister like that again, pond scum." She said, just as police sirens became audible. A few seconds later, an ambulance and a police car pulled into the drive. Scooping up both father and daughter.
"You're coming with us." The police man said to Sol, tugging her along cruelly.
"WAIT!" Kiks cried in horror, running after them. Before she could reach the car, the engine revved and it took off down the road, along with the other cars. Kiks sunk to the ground, crying uncontrollably and banging her fists on the gravel, which created cuts and stung her hands.
"Kiks? C-can I talk to you?"
Kiks opened her eyes slowly, trying to see the blurry image through the tears. She sat up and hugged her knees, trying not to fall over on the bed, hiding her head to the best of her ability, after nodding a barely noticeable yes.
A moment later, Odd was on the bed next to her, with his arm around her shoulders.
"Kiks...you—you know that... you can talk to me... about anything...right?" She nodded again.
"I just... I don't like... seeing you this upset. You know...waking up crying... its... I—"
She picked her head up and looked at him lovingly, putting her arms around him and cuddling her head up on his neck.
"Thank you Odd."
"Uhhh...you uh... you want some cheese?" He asked holding up a block of cheese. Kiks looked at it in confusion and finally began to laugh. Odd smiled.
"Glad to be of some amusement.." He commented, kissing her on the forehead and suddenly becoming serious. "It was your dad wasn't it?"
She picked her up again, looking him in the eyes for a minute before closing hers and gently nodding.
"He beat you?" Odd guessed, becoming angry when she nodded again.
"My...my big sister... she always stood up for me... I was too little... and I couldn't fight... I was... useless...Sol did what I couldn't... she...she protected me and got punished for it..."
"What?"
"My dad... died of blood loss... because... he had been yelling at me... and... Sol pushed him out a window... they took her to jail... and ... and charged her with murder... NOw... Im the best fighter...that i can be... and... it would make her proud...." The tears began to flow freely down her face, and her ability to talk was lost.
"I'm so sorry." Odd replied affectionately, pulling her closer. "Well... no one will ever beat you again... I promise..."
The door flew open and Jeremie, Ulrich and Yumi flew in, almost falling over each other.
"Odd... you have to get her OUT."