Opening Moves

A/N: I'm not going to do the hospital scene since it's not really important in the story and I want to go slightly

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Chapter 4

The Attack: Yumi

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Ulrich and I were taking a stroll through the park. It was a Saturday, and the park was closed to cars. Therefore, we were biding our time, not wanting the moment to end. Suddenly, we heard a loud roar coming our way. It sounded like the principal's car.

"Ulrich, get behind cover!" I yelled, ad we hid in opposite bushes. I saw Ulrich raise his head over the bush line slightly, presumably to see who the crazy driver was. He kept his head visible for about six seconds after the car drove by, and the license plate number matched the principal's car. Ulrich then lowered his head behind his bush, and I saw him dial a number on his cellular phone. I guess he must have noticed that there was no driver, so I didn't call Jeremie. The line would've been busy anyway.

A half a minute later, Ulrich decided to run for the bush I was hiding behind. I guess Jeremie told Ulrich to stay with me, and I felt my cheeks get slightly reddish from the thought of hiding behind a bush wit Ulrich. But I was snapped out of my daydreams (A/N: I guess it would be daydreams, even though it's night) when I noticed that the car had turned around and was heading on a collision course with Ulrich.

"Ulrich!" I yelled, running at Ulrich, planning to knock Ulrich out of the way. But Ulrich apparently had something else in mind, for he motioned for me to head back to my bush. Realizing the urgency of what was going on, I ran back to the bush I had hid behind.

Suddenly, I saw Ulrich run straight at the car, and I felt my heart beat faster. "No, not that way, Ulrich!" I thought frantically, hoping he could somehow here my unspoken warning. At the last second, he jumped up, landing on the hood of the car.

Immediately, the car began trying to throw him off and run him over, and it drove off. I took out my cell phone and dialed Jeremie's phone number.

"Yes, Yumi?" I heard Jeremie say on the phone.

"Ulrich's currently riding on the car. I can't see what's going on, but I don't like it. It's probably X.A.N.A. Has Aelita felt any pulsations?" I said.

"Nothing yet, Yumi, but I've spotted something that may be an activated tower stuck somewhere between the mountain and desert regions. Unfortunately, when I told Aelita, she said that that's impossible since there's not enough space between those regions to fit a tower, unless Lyoko reconfigured without Aelita noticing it. I'm currently running a search through Lyoko's memory, but it's going to take some time." Jeremie said.

Suddenly, I heard a splash, indicating that the car had driven into the lake.

"Jeremie, better hurry. Ulrich may just be under water right now." I said nervously.

"Okay, will do… I've found it. It's an underground region that has only one access point. It's a small rock that can only be moved in a certain manner." Jeremie said.

"Okay. Ulrich heading this way," I began, seeing Ulrich running toward me. "I'll tell him what's going on."

"Okay. Odd's with me, and I'm sending him in." Jeremie said.

"Right. Tell him we're on our way." I said.

"Also, you'd better move fast. The car will probably attack again soon." He said.

"Okay." I said, and hung up.

"Jeremie thinks it'll attack again soon. We'd better get out of here." I said, and we ran to the factory. Ulrich's cell rang.

I heard Jeremie talking, and then Ulrich said, "Okay, tell him that we'll be there in a few minutes. If Jim catches us, there's nothing he can do since it's Saturday." Then Jeremie said something, and Ulrich hung up.

When we reached the school, Ulrich and I headed down the path to the factory. At the computer room, Jeremie was sitting at the computer console, watching the battle on Lyoko.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"They're in the desert region. There are six Blocks and four Hornets. Odd's down to 50 life points and Aelita's been knocked out."

"Right. We're going in." Ulrich said, and I nodded in agreement. We ran toward the elevator. We then descended to the Scanner Room.

"I'll put you down right behind the Blocks. That should give you an advantage." Jeremie said as we stepped into the scanners. "Scanner, Yumi. Scanner, Ulrich. Transfer, Yumi. Transfer Ulrich. Virtualization."

We ended up behind the Blocks, just as Jeremie had promised. But there was something wrong, and I knew it.

"Ulrich, there was a problem during the transfer. You'll lose life points whenever you use your powers, and you'll be stuck in the Void upon devirtualization." Jeremie said.

I heard Ulrich mutter "damn…" as he looked around. There was more than two times as many monsters as us, and Jeremie had reported that Odd was down to 10 life points.

"Yumi, you help Odd with Hornets. I'll take out the Blocks and help you." Ulrich said, and I nodded. It was too risky for Ulrich to fight four Hornets, what with the fact that he would essentially be dead if he were to be devirtualized.

I targeted the nearest Hornet and threw my fan at it. It was a direct hit. There were three Hornets left. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ulrich take out a Block. But a Hornet shot his leg.

"Ulrich, you're down to 90 life points. Still stable, but be careful." Jeremie said, as I threw a fan at the offending Hornet.

The battle raged for half a minute, and then Jeremie's voice interrupted us.

"Um, guys, we've got a problem. There's a huge group of monsters incoming. I'd say about thirty Blocks, twenty Hornets, ten Roachsters, and two MegaTanks." Jeremie said. "This must be a pretty important to send sixty-two monsters. There's a deactivated tower at forty degrees. Go there."

"Will do, Einstein." Odd said, as we ran toward the tower that Jeremie had pointed out. Ulrich was carrying Aelita, since he was the only one of us who could not fight in a ranged situation. Still, despite the logic of the decision, I could not help but feel a pang of jealousy.

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A/N: Sorry for the delay. I had finished the move-in two days ago and my network was up since the 3rd, but I had a case of writer's block. Also, I fixed a minor grammatical error in "The Attack: Ulrich". I had said that Ulrich would loose life points, when I meant lose.

Also, there is another Code Lyoko fic I'm making. It'll be a strict drama/romance, no action in it. It's about what would happen if the gang's parents found out about Lyoko. I am naming it "Hope Lost" because of how it starts off. Like this one, it'll be YU.