Hey eveyone, well to clarify about me ending this story, I think it will be finished in one more chapter, however I'm trying to decide whether to add another long story to the series I've started or to begin an entirely different story. Your thoughts are welcome. Please review, I love hearing what you have to say.
The whole gang met up at a table towards the back of the cafeteria. Odd sat down and the others looked up sadly.
"What's wrong?" Odd asked hesitantly.
"Odd the disk that Sam gave us is contaminated with a virus." Jeremy said.
Odd stared at him in disbelief, "What? I mean you don't think Sam would…" He left the thought unsaid; it was obvious everyone was thinking betrayal.
"I don't understand," Odd finally admitted, "I thought she was just having a rough few weeks, I didn't know she hated us."
"I don't think she does, we think Xana got to her and is using her." Ulrich chimed in.
Odd pulled out his cell phone and walked away from the others. He had to know the truth for himself. He dialed Sam's number and she picked up on the third ring.
"Hello?"
"Uhh…Sam its Odd…I need to ask you a question."
Sam sat in her room afraid of where this was going. "Ok shoot," she tried to say calmly.
"You don't work for a secret group do you, you work for Xana right?"
"Odd I don't know what you are talking about I mean…why would you think that?"
Odd sighed, "Sam the disk you gave us didn't hold upgrades. Jeremy ran a scan of it before we used it and he found a virus that would have stripped us of all our powers in Lyoko."
There was silence on the other end and Odd looked at his phone to make sure he was still connected. He heard a scream on the other end of the line.
"Sam! Sam! Are you there?"
There was no answer. Jeremy's computer started beeping. He opened up the laptop to discover and activated tower. Let's go he said and the crew ran out of the cafeteria almost trampling Odd as he rushed back in.
"Guys something happened to Sam."
"Xana activated a tower, he's probably attacking her we got to deactivate it." Yumi said.
They all rushed to the factory.
Sam was slammed into the far wall of her room. She screamed for help but no one heard her. Xana materialized into his cloaked human form. He uttered a sinister laugh and crossed the room to Sam's cowering form.
"Well little slave, it seems I have no more use for you. You failed me, they didn't believe your story."
Sam stared into the fiery slits unable to move. "I'm sorry I…."
Xana cut her off with a quick jab to her face. Sam slid farther down the wall and tried to wipe away the blood flowing from a cut above her eye.
"Now I think I'll finish you for all the times you've failed me."
Xana picked Sam up by her throat and lifted her off her feet, holding her a good foot off the ground. Sam pulled out her cell phone and quickly typed a message before Xana threw her to the ground.
Jeremy ran to the control room as the others headed to the scanners. Odd's cell phone beeped and he saw he had one message.
Odd, I'm sorry, please don't hate me
S.
Odd cringed, 'Sam never talked like that, she must be in real trouble, maybe even about too…' Odd canceled out the last part of his thought and ran for the freight elevator.
"Odd where are you going," Ulrich screamed after him.
Odd didn't turned around and he dialed Jeremy as he ran.
"Odd? Why aren't you in the scanner?"
"Jeremy I'm heading to Sam's house, go on without me. I think she may need help once you deactivate the tower."
Jeremy sighed, "Odd be careful, it could be another trap."
Odd slowed down for a minute, "I know Jeremy, but I can't let her go to Xana without a fight."
Odd hung up the phone and sprinted across the park. Jeremy looked back at the computer.
"Well guys Odd's gone after Sam so let's give him some help."
The others agreed as they ran towards the tower in the mountainous region. Ulrich led the way with Aelita between him and Yumi. A swarm of hornets flew down and Ulrich stopped and started blocking lasers as Yumi unleashed both of her fans at the incoming enemy. The fans were on target knocking two of the eight hornets out of the battle early.
Odd ran across the street and arrived at Sam's house. He heard a muffled scream and jumped through a window and ran upstairs to Sam's room. He entered and saw a huge cloaked figure. Sam turned her bruised and bloodyface towards him.
"Odd help me," She croaked out.
Odd rushed towards Xana who swatted him out of the way and pulled out a knife. Odd saw the gleaming metal and rushed to help Sam.
Ulrich took two shots to the chest and was knocked back. Aelita seeing her guardian fall took off in a dead sprint for the tower followed by Yumi and later Ulrich as he struggled back to this feet. A laser lanced out from a block that appeared in front of the tower and caught Aelita square in the chest, lifting her off her feet and slamming her into Yumi, knocking them both to the ground. Ulrich rushed by and stabbed the block, and Aelita slowly got to her feet. The hornets swooped down and Aelita took off running. Yumi stayed behind to defend. She threw her fans but they missed. Without her fans the hornets unleashed a barrage of lasers at Yumi.
"Yumi you only have 20 life…" He stopped as he saw the number drop to zero.
Yumi took a shot to the chest and froze in place, she doubled over in pain as two more lasers hit her and then she de-virtualized and was gone from Lyoko.
A tank appeared in front of Aelita as she reached the tower and powered its lasers. Ulrich jumped in front and took the blast. Aelita was shoved back by Ulrich's flying body which de-virtualized on contact with the ground. Aelita stunned by the blast looked at the tank as it powered its laser.
"Jeremy help me" Aelita screamed.
"Odd help me" Sam screamed as Xana stepped forward.
Odd jumped at Xana and was swatted away. He hit the wall and slid to the floor. He shook his head and looked up.
"Xana no take me," Odd screamed.
Xana turned around, "In due time Odd, in due time." He gave a sinister laugh and plunged the knife down into Sam's chest. She screamed out in pain and collapsed.
Xana turned around, "Now for you Odd."
"Oh shit," Odd muttered.
Quite the cliffhanger huh. Well hope you enjoyed please review.