Chapter 5; XANA's seed

Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd all busted into Jeremie's room. Jeremie was sitting in his chair holding onto his computer.

"Jeremie what happened?" Yumi walked over to him.

"I was talking to her…then all of a sudden she screamed." Jeremie paused as he clenched the edge of the computer screen, "She's gone, I don't know what happened to her."

"What?" the gang shouted. Odd clenched his fists, "We have to go to Lyoko."

Jeremie lifted up his head. He seemed a little mad, but nodded.

(At the Factory)

"Okay guys, only two of you can go into Lyoko."

Odd looked at Jeremie with a puzzled look, and so did the others, "Why?"

Jeremie continued typing and did not look up at the others, "I need you Odd, to stay here. If XANA attacks I need you to help out in the real world."

Yumi and Ulrich looked at each other and shook their heads. Odd looked down, he felt the rage fill his heart, "Aelita's in trouble, why won't you let me help her?"

Jeremie's voice became very impatient, "Yumi and Ulrich will find her and protect her, and you'll stay here."

Yumi and Ulrich frowned it seemed like Jeremie knew about Odd's feelings for Aelita. They both touch one side of Odd's shoulder. Odd calmed down. Yumi and Ulrich both smiled at him and then went to the scanners.

"Transfer Yumi…transfer Ulrich…"

Odd's POV

Jeremie's not being fair. He knows I'm the only one who can find her. I could have a vision…

"Scanner Yumi…scanner Ulrich…"

I have to go into Lyoko.

"Virtualizion!"

I can't just stay here because of Jeremie's selfness…Aelita needs me!

I turned to Jeremie; I bit my lip then said, "Look Jeremie—"

"Hold on Odd." Jeremie continued typing, "I have a reading on where Aelita is."

(In Lyoko)

"Ulrich…I can't hear Jeremie…Is he still there?"

Ulrich looked around. They were in the forest area, "Jeremie are you there? Jeremie?"

"Oh no Odd, I can't reach Yumi and Ulrich! They've just disappeared from the screen!"

Odd blinked, "What?"

(Back In Lyoko)

"I have a bad feeling about this Ulrich." Yumi said as she backed up where he was. Just then she was shot in the arm by an enemy laser.

"Yumi?" Ulrich glared as he quickly took out his sword and blocked the second attack.

"Ulrich…without Jeremie we won't know how many life points we have or where the enemies are!"

Ulrich kept on blocking the shots, "Don't worry baby, we'll get past these weaklings."

Yumi nodded in reassurance. She pulled out her new double metal fan and lunged forward. She hit two monsters and then flipped backwards and hit a third one. Ulrich smiled at how much better Yumi was at fighting.

Suddenly the ground Yumi and Ulrich were standing on turned red. The monsters that were attacking them suddenly were destroyed. Yumi held onto Ulrich in fear. Ulrich put his sword in front of them in protection.

Odd's POV

"Jeremie! The screen's red! What happened?"

Jeremie pulled back, "Oh no! Someone's hacking into the system!"

I looked at him with concerned eyes, "What? Can you stop them Einstein?"

"I don't know." Jeremie started typing in things quickly.

Just then, a red XANA symbol appeared on Jeremie's screen. Then a girl's face emerged from the symbol. I looked at the girl closely. OMG, I know that girl! It was the girl who tripped me in the lunchroom. But something was different about her this time. This time she had short brown instead of long brown hair. Her eyes were also blank and glowing red. To top it all off she had the XANA symbol on her forehead.

The girl looked passed Jeremie and at me, "Your girlfriend is going to die Odd and so are your friends."