Hey guys, I'm all better and now I need to tell you this. I will not update this story unless I get 4 reviews. I'm sorry if this sounds harsh but I have all these ideas for different fictions but I want to finish this one first. I won't do it though if no one other than the few people that review this do review. Don't worry though; I will still update the story. Sorry if I sound crazy this time. Last night my dad accidentally overdosed me with the cough medicine and now I'm starting to feel the effects. Now on with the show!
The gang entered the factory and they stood around the computer room. Everyone in the room was anxious but Tara was overly excited.
"So what did Odd tell you in the message?" Ulrich asked, finally breaking the silence.
"Odd said that we need to go into the circuit net base and that while we're in there; we need to find Xana's base." Tara explained. "We need to find Odd there and ….." Suddenly she stopped. Tara remembered that Odd never told her what they should do with Odd when they found him. Jeremy immediately went to the computer and started scanning the electric portal that was still in Lyoko. Then Aelita popped up on the screen.
"Aelita, has anything come out of the portal?" He asked her.
"No Jeremy, nothing yet." She replied.
"So Jeremy, would it be safe for us to go into the net base?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah it seems like it would be safe." Jeremy said.
"Then we should go now before Xana gets rid of the portal." Tara insisted.
"Wait a minute!" Ulrich exclaimed. "How do we know that this isn't a trap that was set by Xana?" There was a silence again in the room. Tara glared at Ulrich and he did the same. The silence was interrupted when the elevator doors opened. Tara turned her head to the elevator but no one was there. She turned her attention back to Ulrich.
"Odd called me and gave me a message of what we needed to do." Tara said sternly. She could have sworn that she heard the shuffling of feet in the corner of the room but she decided to ignore it.
"How do you know that the message was just rigged up by Xana?" Ulrich snapped. The glare in Ulrich's eyes was frightening but she didn't back down.
Ulrich was always irritated by Tara. If Odd had really made a call for help, why not to his best friend. Yet Odd made the call to Tara. Ulrich remembered the conversations that they had in their room after they had known Tara for a week.
Ulrich was reading a magazine while Odd was stroking Kiwi. Ulrich got bored by the silence and so he started a conversation.
"So what do you think of Tara Odd?" Ulrich asked. Odd shrugged and looked seriously at Kiwi.
"I don't know." He replied.
"Oh come on, you do know that the girl has a crush on you." Ulrich said with a grin. To his surprise Odd didn't smile back. He just gave a heavy sigh.
"She reminds me of Tracy." Odd said. Ulrich felt sorry for Odd. He hardly ever talked about his sister. "There is something about her that just makes me smile."
"So do you like her?" Ulrich questioned seriously. "You know; like her, like her." Odd turned his back on Ulrich.
"Maybe, I guess." He replied before he went to sleep.
"Well, how do you know that the message really came from Odd?" Ulrich asked through grinding teeth. Tara looked down at the ground and Ulrich could tell that she really didn't want to answer. She finally raised her head to meet his gaze.
"He called me Dragonfly." Tara replied. "Only Odd would know to call me that." That was when Ulrich knew that the message wasn't fake. Yumi decided to break the tension.
"Okay so are we going?" She asked.
"Sure, Aelita can guide you guys through the net base." Jeremy answered.
"I knew you four were up to something." Sissy's voice said from somewhere I the room. Sissy came out of the shadows of the room. "So Odd is hiding somewhere."
"We have no idea what you're talking about." Yumi insisted.
"I heard your conversation." Sissy said smugly. "I'm going to tell my daddy that you are hiding Odd unless Ulrich goes out with me." Tara felt anger rise in her. Sissy then started to go towards Ulrich. "I think we should go to the amusement park on our first date Ulrich dear." Tara just couldn't take it. They needed to go into the net base as soon as possible and Sissy was the only thing standing in their way. So, without thinking, Tara went up to Sissy and hit her on her shoulder. "Hey what was that for you creep." Then Tara did something she thought she would never do. She stepped back from Sissy and then Tara kicked Sissy in the face. The kick caused Sissy to fall backwards and she lost was now knocked out. Ulrich, Yumi, and Jeremy stared in shock at Sissy.
"Why did you do that?" Jeremy asked in astonishment.
"Getting rid of the most annoying thing to hit this earth since Xana was born." Tara replied. "Come on we need to get to the net base now!"
"When she wakes up we are going to be in so much trouble." Yumi stuttered.
"No we won't." Tara yelled. "When she wakes up all Jeremy will need to do is to knock her out again."
"Sounds like a good plan to me." Ulrich said with a smile. The four smiled and Ulrich moved Sissy to the corner of the room with the least bit of care. Yumi, Ulrich, and Tara then made their way to the scanners. On the elevator Tara made a glance at Ulrich. She smiled and that was when Tara could have sworn, for once since the first time she had known him, Ulrich smiled back.
Wasn't that great? It was a nice chapter. I made it because I wanted to torture Sissy more and to have some conflict between Ulrich and Tara. REMEMBER I WILL NOT UPDATE UNLESS I GET FOUR, COUNT THEM, 1 2 3 4 REVIEWS. Until next time: Peace to the Middle East, bathe the whales, and pay the hobos.