Chapter 10
Odd quickly appeared in the factory. Her got into the elevator and stopped by the super computer. "Jeremy. I'm here. Let's hurry!" He shut the elevator door before Jeremy could respond. He got out at the bottom and headed to the left scanner.
"Er... Alright. I'm sending you to the polar region."
Odd didn't make any note that he heard Jeremy and stepped into the scanner. With a flash of light, he landed on his hover board. He flew off after Ulrich and Aelita.
Jeremy virtualized Ulrich motorcycle and he jumped on it. Aelita slid on after. Soon, Odd had caught up. He had of look of anger and complete determination.
"Odd? What's up?" Ulrich asked.
"We need to deactivate that tower. Now." Odd responded.
Ulrich paused and looked at Odd seriously. "Where's Aki?" Odd didn't respond, so Ulrich asked again. "Odd. Where's Aki?"
Odd shook his head. "She's in danger, I can tell you that! She gave me the guilt trip and sent me here! We've got to hurry before that thing kills her!"
Alita and Ulrich looked at him. Aelita nodded. "We will, Odd. I'll make sure of it. Let's hurry!" She yelled as they neared the tower with monsters surrounding it.
"Aelita, jump on with Odd. I'll distract them, and you get into the tower, got it?" Ulrich said. Aelita nodded and hopped onto Odd's hoverboard. "Hey, Jeremy? Any sign of Yumi yet?"
"Not yet. I'm still searching. I'm not programing the return to the past until we find her."
Rika swerved, avoiding the shots. "Hold on." She told Yumi and spun. She went high into the air, then dove. In the process she threw daggers at them. Yumi got the idea and thew her fans. Together they destroyed the group. Aki smiled through her mask. "You're good. No wonder Xana wants to get rid of you."
Yumi smiled. "So are you, no wonder Xana wants you on his team."
Rika giggled a little but fell to her knee, clutching her chest. "Argh!"
Yumi looked at her. "What's wrong? Are you alright? Rika?" She panicked.
Rika smiled faintly. "Go into that blue building over there. Hurry." She said through gritted teeth.
Yumi nodded and took control. She swerved around the grey building. She looked at the big golden, house, but ignored it and continued on. She flew around the building but didn't see a door. Something hit her. It had to be like the other bulding she was in, and like the towers, hopefully. She closed her eyes and drove the vehicle towards the bulding. The scooter type vehicle crash, and propelled the two into the building. Yumi go up and brushed herself.
"Okay... can't drive our vehicles into these buildings."Yumi said, getting up.
She helped Rika up, but Rika still seemed to be in alot of pain.
"Now what?" Yumi asked looking around.
Rika typed some data into a computer and smiled. She hit send and closed the file.
"Alright. I send how to save you to your friend Jeremy. Problem is, it has to be done at the exact same time as your friend, Aelita, deactivates the tower. If it's even a second off, you'll cease to exist. There's no other way." Rika told her.
Yumi nodded. "Alright. Thank you so much."
Rika's turn to nod. "No problem. Now, follow me."
Yumi followed Rika out the building an jumped on the scooter with her. She held in the question of how the scooter was fixed already from the crash. Soon, Yumi saw a hole in the sky.
"What's that?" She asked.
"The portal to the main part of Lyoko." Rika responded. "Hold on." She said and the went through.
"Ulrich! only 10 life points left! Odd, you've only got 30!"
"I'm doing my best! Xana's really out done himself to make sure this tower isn't deactivated!" Ulrich said, thrusting his sword into a blok. A Krabe shot at Ulrich and he was quickly devirtualized.
"Ulrich! Odd, your on your own!"
Odd sighed. "Great" He muttered. He swerved to avoid the Krabes, but the board was shot and dematerialized. Odd and Aelita fell off. The krabes shot at Odd and he was devirtualized. Behind Aelita, the Skipizowa appeared. It grabbed her and began to take her memory.
"Aelita! No!"
Just then a fan flew by, cutting the Skipizowa's tenticles. Aelita fell and looked up. She saw Yumi running towards her. She threw her fans, destroying many of the monsters.
"Yumi! Your alright! Jeremy! I found Yumi!" Aelita yelled.
Yumi got to Aelita and helped her up. "Why wasn't I invited to the party?"
Aelita giggled. "Time to crash the party?"
"Yup."
Ulrich and Oddcame out by Jeremy. "How's it going?" Ulrich asked.
Jeremy smiled. "Yumi's back!"
"What? She is? That's great!" Ulrich looked at the screen and saw a box flashing. "What's that?"
"Hm? I don't know. It just appeared." He clicked the box and instructions poured out. "What are these for?"
"Those are the files to save me. I'm trapped here until my data is fixed. You have to do that stuff at the exact same time Aelita deactivates the tower. And we'll need a return to the past."
Ulrich felt a wave of relief flood over him as he heard Yumi's voice. So she was alright. "We know about the return to the past, but what's she talking about?" Ulrich asked Jeremy, since he couldn't ask Yumi. Jeremy relayed to question to Yumi.
"Xana did something to my structural data when he captured me. I was sent to a sector 6 and... I'll explain later. All you need to know is that if you don't do that in perfect syncronization with Aelita as she deactivates the tower, I'll be destroyed."
"How does sheknow this?" Odd asked, leaning over Jeremy's left shoulder.
Jeremy looked at him. He realized that both Ulrich and Odd had their heads close to his so they could here Yumi through the head set. "Woah, guys! Personal space." He said.
Ulrich and Odd backed up. "Well, can you ask her atleast?" Odd asked.
Jeremy shook his head. "We'll have to trust the data and ask her after she returns. Aelita's almost to the tower and I need to start working on this." He began to type quickly, following every instruction. Even the one that told him to set the return to the past. He was all set. All that was left was for him to hit the 'enter' button at the exact same time as Aelita devirtualized the tower.
"I'm going to run back to school and make sure Aki's okay." Odd said as he raced to the elevator.
"Be careful." Ulrich said.
Aki stepped through the gates. She'd done all she could, all she had to do was hope for Yumi's safety. For now, she had to take care of the dog.
"Here, poochy poochy. I got bacon!" She held up a strip of bacon, letting the scent fly away. "Before it gets cold!"
She ran through the grounds looking for the creature. Most students had been evacuated and those that remained were hiding in the buildings. She walked by the gym and heard a growling. "Bingo."
She held up the bacon again, following the sound. She saw the creature clawing at the gym doors, trying to get at the students inside. It paused to take a wiff of the air. It's head jolted to Aki and the bacon.
"Here you go, freak!" She tossed the bacon and turned and ran. The dog got the bacon and took two bites before swallowing it. It saw her running and ran after her. He gained on her quickly. He took a swipe at her head, which she just barely dodged. She stumbled a little, but kept running. To stop could possibly mean death.
"Aki!" A voice called from the forest.
She couldn't see who was calling but could tell from the voice. "Odd?" She paused andit was a big mistake. The creature swung his paw at her smacking her right into a tree. She slid to ground and fell unconsious. The dog closed in on her.
Odd raced out from the forest. "Aki! Get away from her!" He looked around, but couldn't find anything but a big branch. He grabbed it and raced at the dog. He smashed the branch on the dog's head, causing it to snap. The dog shook it's head and looked at Odd, growling angrily.
Odd looked at it. "Wait a- you're the 'mutant dog' action figure! Oh man... I love that thing! Woh!" He ducked, dodging the dog's claws.
Yumi and Aelita reached the tower. Aelita headed to the the tower, Yumi was right behind her until she was shot in the back and fell.
"Yumi!" Aelita turned.
Yumi got up and pulled out her fans. "I'll be right in. Just got a few visitors to attend to."
Aelita nodded. "Please be careful." She turned and ran into the tower.
So, how was it. Sorry for the long wait, been busy around here. Thanks for all the reviews!