Aelita nodded to Jeremy. "I'll be waiting."
"Transfer, Ulrich."
Jeremy pressed a few buttons as wind began whipping up in the scanner towards Ulrich. "Transfer, Odd. Transfer, Yumi."
Aelita's image came up on the screen as Jeremy continued. "Scanner."
Odd, Ulrich and Yumi began traveling up the scanner.
Jeremy pressed return.
"Virtualization!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ulrich vision returned to him as he dropped into the region…
Nothing.
"Ahhhh!" Ulrich watched shocked as a million numbers rushed past him. He looked behind himself and could see no sign of Yumi or Odd.
Plop!
He landed on some sort of platform. Pain rushed through his virtual body as he got up slowly and excruciatingly. He groaned. "Jeremy, what happened?"
"Uhhh… I think you landed on a data transfer jam."
Ulrich looked around him. All he saw was millions of numbers traveling up and down at amazing velocities. "What to you mean? I'm in between towers on a blockage?"
Jeremy nodded. "Yes, right after I virtualized you XANA randomized the coordinates." His voice sounded emotionally unstable.
Ulrich stopped turning his head suddenly. "Jeremy, where are the others?"
No answer.
"Jeremy?"
"Connection Lost." Ulrich heard the computer say in its dispassionate voice.
"Oh no."
Ulrich jumped off, hoping he'd travel to the next tower, as he did.
"I've got to find Odd and Yumi…" He thought to himself.
Ulrich ran through the tower walls to find the region…
"Desert!" Odd looked around bewildered. "I thought we were going to the ice region! Yumi, do you-" Odd looked around with no sign of Yumi or Ulrich. He suddenly heard the sound of mechanical legs behind himself. He turned in place to find himself face to face with a roachster. Odd pulled up his hand, aimed, and was about to shoot when he got hit in the back with a laser.
"Ah!"
Odd flew forward, but landed on his hands and pushed himself skywards. He twisted, shot and exploded one of two crabs. Odd lost his balance at the sight of the crab, and became totally of guard with the crab about five inches from him.
Wrrrrrr!
The crab charged up his gun and was about to fire when he heard a, "Yah," and the crab started sparking. Odd backed away as fast as he could and saw a black form on the crab as it jumped off the crab.
Boom!
The crab exploded as a familiar figure walked towards him.
"Odd? What are you doing here?"
Odd got up and looked at Ulrich. "I could ask the same thing. Where's Yumi?"
Ulrich's eyes widened. "She's not with you?"
Odd crossed his arms. "You mean she's not with you?"
Ulrich spread his arms wide. "No! Jeremy told me XANA randomized our virtualization coordinates!"
Odd uncrossed his arms. "Did he say anything else?"
"No! He just stopped talking and then the computer said the connection was lost!"
Aelita ran to them. "I've been looking all over! Where've you guys been?"
Ulrich and Odd said simultaneously. "We don't know!"
Aelita kinda backed away a little and asked, "Where's Yumi?"
Ulrich rolled his eyes. "Don't tell me you haven't seen her either!"
Aelita put her hands on her hips. "Should I have?"
Odd put out his arms in a "come on" gesture. "Well we gotta find her!"
Ulrich shook his head. "No, we have to deactivate the tower. Do you know where it is Aelita?"
"Well yeah, didn't Jeremy tell you?"
"We, lost contact with him."
Aelita looked nervous. "You mean you don't know what happened?"
Odd put his hands down. "Let's just say, connection lost."
Jeremy swung with a metal bar. "I won't let you hurt the scanners XANA!"
A huge knight in black armor swung a sword at Jeremy. They were fighting in the scanner room. The knight struck him down on his knees.
Jeremy was breathing heavily on the ground. "Just kill me XANA. Just do it…"
He didn't feel anything.
Jeremy looked up to find the knight gone.
He went into the elevator, still shaking from the fight. He pressed the lift button.
I didn't go.