Well I'm done with finals and am now off for a month, luckily for you all, I lost my voice so all I can do is write. After much brainstorming and overcoming a writers block brought on by cough surup, lol, i have pumped out this chapter. Hope you enjoy.

Nothing happened for the next week. The search for Kasey continued, but the police didn't find any clues and eventually gave up all hope of finding her. Xana hadn't made another move. Kadic was quite a somber place, having lost two of its students in one day. It being a Friday, the Lyoko gang decided to meet in Jeremy's room to brainstorm on a way to free Kasey, hoping to execute whatever plan they formed over the weekend. Odd was the last to get there. He had been in detention for the third straight day after starting a fight with another boy who had innocently joked about Kasey being abducted by aliens. Odd not finding it funny had told the kid to shut up. The boy a year older than Odd said, "make me" and Odd did.

"Hey guys" Odd muttered as he sulked through the door.

The others said their hellos and they all began planning.

"Well I've had a lot of time cause of detention to think and all and…I was wondering Jeremy if there is a way to…well reverse what Xana did?"

"Odd that is what I can't figure out, it's like Xana left Kasey with most of her memory of who we are, but he somehow warped her to hate us, I truly don't understand what he's up to this time."

"I think it is clear as day," Ulrich said standing up, "Xana by now knows that we are pretty set on destroying him and his monsters, he needed a monster that would make us hesitate to fight."

Yumi nodded, "Jeremy do we know what would happen if we…defeated Kasey?"

"As far as Aelita and I can tell, she is just like the other monsters, she will be destroyed forever, however, she is stronger, so one or two hits shouldn't kill her."

Aelita finally joined in the conversation, "Jeremy tell them about your idea."

The others turned to Jeremy who blushed and then sighed.

"It's a long shot, but if you give me enough time to analyze her on the computer I may be able to develop a program to…at least temporarily…remove Xana's control."

The others nodded, the hunt for Kasey would begin in a few hours. Everyone headed back to their dorms to catch a quick nap and Jeremy started laying the base work for the program.

"Remember, she can only be hit a few times, so if you get a shot on her let the others know." Odd, Ulrich and Yumi nodded to Jeremy and climbed into the scanners.

Jeremy scanned them in, and they were virtualized in the mountain region.

"So if I were a girl controlled by Xana where would I hide?" Ulrich asked. Yumi and Odd gave him a 'your guess is as good as ours' look.

The three warriors started walking along a path that would eventually lead to the top of a mountain and give them a good view of the region. Yumi stopped to look around and let the two boys get a few steps ahead of her.

"Watch out!" she yelled as she threw both her fans towards the boys.

A swarm of hornets swooped down on Ulrich and Odd laying down a heavy barrage of lasers as the dove. Yumi's fans picked off two, but the rest continued the attack. Odd who had no way to deflect lasers took off on a dead sprint, jumping from boulder to boulder, lasers landing all around him.

"Ulrich!" Yumi caught her fans and rushed to aid her friend. The two held their own at first, deflecting the laser and getting shots in when they could. The tide of the battle changed, however, as the hornets following Odd, stopped and turned to reinforce their comrades.

"Jeremy what's going on?" Odd yelled as he took aim and fired at the retreating monsters.

"I don't know, but…" Odd didn't hear the last words as his attention was diverted by an arrow streaking down the path toward his head. Odd did a back flip and the arrow passed mere inches from his face. Landing with cat-like grace, Odd opened fire on Kasey who was in the middle of the path, calmly staring at her former friend.

Overwhelmed by the hornets Ulrich and Yumi started taking shots and were soon out of the fight. The hornets rushed up the path towards Odd.

Odd's arrows streaked towards Kasey who calmly watched them approach. At the last moment she dropped to her knee causing the first of Odd's to arrows to miss. The second caught her square in the chest and stuck.

"Oh my God!"

"Odd what is it? Talk to me."

"Jeremy, she's…she's bleeding!"

Kasey looked down at her chest and pulled the small arrow out and gasped in pain. She used her bow to stand up and looked at the hornets approaching behind Odd. Odd catching her gaze spared a quick glance.

"Stop!" Kasey commanded and all but one over eager hornet obeyed. Kasey grabbed an arrow and let it fly, quickly dispatching the foolish monster.

"This is a fight between us, Odd, your friends are gone and the monsters will not intervene. A fight to the death."

"Kasey, you can die, I can't I'll just be materialized on earth if I lose."

"That's where you are wrong, ask Jeremy what's happening on his screen right now."

"Jeremy? What's going on?" Odd asked a little more worried.

"I don't know Odd, the screen went haywire, a whole new program…well it seems everything is real for you too, I can't get the scanner working, can you feel anything?"

Odd noticed a cool breeze on his neck and gasped, "Jeremy…I can feel a breeze."

"Damn, that means it's just as real for you as it is for her."

Kasey laughed, "Let's begin." She said grabbing for an arrow.

"No, stop!"

"Odd you have to fight me, that's what Xana wants, just do it."

Odd was stalling for time, "It wouldn't be fair to you if we fought now, you're injured, look at yourself."

Kasey looked down at the damage the laser arrow had done to her. "I'm fine, stop stalling."

Odd sighed, was it really coming down to this, a fight to the death, would he have to kill the girl he loved?

"Just tell me one thing," Odd demanded.

"One thing." Kasey agreed in an all to bloodthirsty tone.

Odd stared into the dark, cold eyes, the same eyes that had once been so hard to look away from. "Did you love me?"

Kasey was stunned and her ruthless tone became more somber, "I did once, Odd, before Xana told me the truth about you and the others."

Odd gave a sad smile and turned his back on her and started walking down the path.

"Come back or I'll drop you where you stand." Kasey threatened as she pulled the arrow tight against the string.

'I can't fight her if she truly loved me' Odd thought to himself.

Odd quietly walked away and Kasey let the arrow fly. It sailed smoothly through the air and struck Odd in the back, knocking him to the ground. Odd could feel the pain and everything was fading fast, all of the sound was fading and soon became nothing but a loud buzzing in his ears.

Odd sat up in bed, gasping for air. He looked around for the buzzing sound that had continued from his dream and came face to face with the source, his alarm clock. It was time to meet the others.

"Let's hope not all dreams come true." Odd said to himself as he climbed out of bed and headed towards the park.

I hope you like this chapter, I'm slowly letting the tension build up. Please review and let me know what you think, like I said I am on cough syrup and antibiotics right now so I need an honest review of whether this is good. Merry Christmas