Yes everyone, my writers block is over. After posting my request for help, the block was magically gone. I'm so glad that you all actually gave me four reviews. I still want four reviews for this chapter too so don't think that this is over. Now on with the show.
Tara, Yumi, Aelita, and Ulrich were standing in front of the electric portal. Tara didn't realize how big the portal would be up close. The portal was huge and it scared her. She looked over at Yumi and was relieved to see that she had a scared look on her face too.
"I try to stay in contact with you guys as long as I can." Jeremy said. "You all will have to be careful though because I'm not sure what will be in there." Suddenly they were a brief moment of silence and then the five heard loud banging and the sound of movement.
"What's wrong Jeremy?" Aelita asked in concern.
After a few minutes Jeremy came back.
"Sorry about that." He apologized. "Sissy had just woken up from the floor and I had to knock her out again." Then they heard Jeremy make a slight wincing sound. "Ow, she hit me in the arm."
"Not to sound pushy, but could we please go into the net base now!" Ulrich whined. Tara had to agree with Ulrich. They needed to leave right now.
"Okay, fine." Jeremy replied. Ulrich, Tara, Yumi, and Aelita faced the electric portal. They all looked at each other nervously and then they nodded their heads in encouragement. Then without a word to each other, the four jumped into the electric portal.
Tara closed her eyes out of fear. After a few seconds though she finally decided to open them. As soon as Tara did, she gasped in amazement. The net base was all around her and the rest of the gang. The net base was like a tunnel. The tunnel walls were made of wires and computer chips. On the ground that the gang stood on was even more wires. Tara soon figured out that when the gang would soon walk around, they should watch their step. Because as soon as Tara started walking she tripped on a wire and fell down. The gang stood in silence for quite some time until something happened that made most of them jump. A ball of electrical light came speeding across them on one of the wires on the wall. The light moved quickly along the wire and then it took a turn at a corner and disappeared from the kid's view.
"Okay, what was that?" Yumi asked in shock.
"It is a link between Xana and the monster's in Lyoko." Aelita answered. "If we follow them they can lead us to Xana."
Soon after Aelita had spoken, four more electric lights came running along on the same wire as the first one did.
"Quick, we have to follow those lights!" Ulrich yelled. The gang raced after the lights which was very hard to do because the lights moved so fast that it was hard to see them. After ten minutes of running the lights and the gang turned around a corner and three of the lights came off the wire and went one three new ones. Then, each light went into a different tunnel. The corner had turned into a four way fork in the road. With four separate tunnels leading in different directions. Finally, the gang gave up on the lights and slumped to the ground tiredly.
"Where are the lights going now Aelita?" Tara asked while she tried to catch her breath.
"I'm not sure now?" Aelita replied. "Can you track them Jeremy?"
"No, Xana has a program in here that makes it impossible for me to track anything." Jeremy explained. "We should be thankful that I'm still in contact with you."
"Well, one of those links must go to Xana." Ulrich said desperately.
"Well we won't know now unless we split up and go into each tunnel." Yumi said.
"That is a bad idea." Jeremy insisted. "If you run into monsters in one of the tunnels and your destroyed, then who knows if you will end up in Lyoko or you might be deleted." At these words the four had sat down on the wires, their spirits shot. It was then that Tara noticed something that the wasn't there before.
On the wall was a small electric portal. It wasn't as big as the entrance but it was big enough for them to fit through it. Tara stood up and walked towards it. Yumi and Ulrich looked up at Tara and that was when they too noticed the sudden appearance of the portal.
"When did that get there?" Yumi asked in surprise.
"I don't know, it just popped up there." Tara replied. Ulrich looked at the portal suspiciously.
"I don't like the looks of that portal." Ulrich stated plainly. "I mean how is it that an electric portal forms just out of no where."
"Jeremy, where does this electric portal go?" Tara asked. Tara had a feeling that they should go in it.
"I don't know, I can't get a reading from it." Jeremy replied. "It could be one of those circuit clones that Aelita was talking about." Tara, Yumi, and Ulrich's gaze turned to Aelita who had a very confused look on her face.
"Sorry, I can't get a read from it either, but I agree with Jeremy that it is a circuit clone." Aelita agreed.
"Let's go in it." Tara suggested. "We might be able to find something that can take us to Xana."
"Are you crazy, there could be tons of monsters I there!" Ulrich exclaimed. "We could be walking right into a trap."
"Well we aren't getting anywhere by just going through this." Yumi reasoned. "We should at least try it Ulrich."
"Fine, have it your way." Ulrich snapped. Ulrich then approached the portal and stepped inside. Yumi then went to the portal and waved to Tara.
"See you on the other side, I hope." She said before into the portal herself. Just as Aelita was about to go in, Jeremy called to them.
"Aelita, be careful." He said. Aelita nodded and stepped in.
"Don't worry, Jeremy we will make sure that your girlfriend doesn't get hurt." Tara replied teasingly.
"She isn't my girlfriend!" Jeremy shouted. Tara shook her head as she too entered the electric portal.
Suddenly, Tara was swept with a sensation of cold. Tara opened her eyes to discover that she was underwater. Tara was shocked but she kept her cool and she began to swim up to the surface, if there was one. Minutes passed and Tara was amazed that she was still holding her breathe for this long. Finally, she saw a break in the water and bursted up towards the air. Tara reached her hand out and tried to grab something solid. Suddenly, a handed reached back out to her and grabbed her hand. Tara still had water in her eyes so she couldn't see exactly who was pulling her up but she supposed it was one of the gang. The hand pulled her up on to a block of ice, where Tara had a chance to catch her breath.
"Thanks Yumi or Ulrich or Aelita." Tara thanked. Then she heard Ulrich say something from somewhere else.
"Um Tara," He began. "That wasn't any of us." Tara's eyes cleared up from the water to see a dark figure standing over her. Maybe this place was a trap after all.
Okay I hope that this long chapter makes up for the long wait. Review and don't worry, I only have writers block up until this point. Don't forget, I want 4 reviews for this chapter. Have fun reading me. Peace to the Middle East, bathe the whales and pay the hobos.