Hi, guys! More chapters than I last predicted, sorry. Also, sorry for shortness of this chapter. I promise a longer one next time. Also, sorry for slow update. I've had basketball still, but it ends around the 28th. Not doing volleyball this year, so you don't have to worry about that enter fearing. Nothing until Pep Band and Scholastic Bowl starts. By then, I should have this done. I predict four more chapters of this, tops, and I'll hurry about it. Only one for TTL.
Chapter 8: Bye, Bye X.A.N.A.
Ulrich was on his way to the hospital, the ambulance jerking back and forth. Attendants did their best with him in the moving vehicle, but they wondered if the boy would survive the trip. His burns were bad, oozing clear liquid, and his breaths were shallow. It was only a matter of time…
Jeremy watched in horror as Aelita fell. She screamed and clawed at the air, unable to get anything like a grip, and continued falling into the abyss below the landforms… A purple steak leaped and caught Aelita. Somehow, the jump made it across to the other piece of land. Odd skidded to a halt, the pink haired girl in his arms.
"Thank you," she gasped.
"No problem, Princess," he replied with a cheeky grin as he set her back on her feet. His attention turned to the remaining hornet thing, and aimed his arrow.
"Die, wasp." The arrow head hit the 'eye' of the monster, and it disintegrated. "And on we go," Odd continued with a sigh. The diminished group moved on, getting closer to the tower by jumping across the moving rocks. It was slower than flying, but they no longer had that option.
"C'mon, guys," Jeremy muttered. "I hope Ulrich is okay."
Unfortunately, Ulrich was NOT okay. They'd made it to the emergency burn center at the hospital, but Ulrich's heart beat was slowly fading, his breath rasps. He didn't look like he'd make it much longer.
The group made it to the tower, only to find another beastie for them to battle. It was the same bowling ball they had seen during their first encounter.
"I'll get it," Odd said in a singsong voice. As it began to open, he leapt on top of it. He shot a laser arrow right into its 'eye', and jumped away as it exploded. Aelita hurried forward and into the tower, walking through the bottom. She was once again surrounded by the faint blue light. Stepping forward, she walked to the middle of the eye on the floor.
Natalie was suddenly at Jeremy's side.
"Oh, God, Jeremy, is Aelita okay?"
"She's fine," he said. "Odd saved her. She's in the tower now." Natalie breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good."
The monitor checking Ulrich's heart rate suddenly started beating frantically. His heart rate was quickly receding. The nurses and a doctor rushed to his side.
The blue screen popped up before her.
Name? It asked. Aelita, Aelita typed in. Code? Lyoko.
Jeremy grinned and pressed a button.
"Return to the past, now." White light washed over the factory, the school, and the scene at the hospital. Ulrich was still alive, if barely.
R&R! Also, I'm fixing one of the chapters finally. I'll update soon!