Chapter 2 - Wake Me Up Inside

Yumi slept on, dreaming of her sister. Her dream was the same as before, and Yumi was almost glad that she could see it again.

Yana stood before her, wearing her Lyoko outfit. Yumi smiled at her, and the two embraced before they released each other. Yana was slightly older, like it was her current state and she too, was aging with Yumi. Yumi liked the idea.

Yana was suddenly far away. Her voice was hollow and distant, but Yumi knew what this was. Yana had given a prophecy before; it came true but was vague. But that meant that she was alive still ...

Yana spoke softly, yet it was cold against Yumi's ears, and she shuddered at her sister's message.

What happened so near

Shall happen again.

A similar battle

On indiffernt terrain.

Two warriors forced apart,

Shall reunite once again.

Stronger together,

Let them stop terror's rein.

This is thy prophecy,

There be only one,

The two have new allies,

And dangers to come.

So here is my warning

Listen and take haste;

The two have their destiny:

Against time they are raced.

Yumi sared aghast at her sister: X.A.N.A would take over the world? What was going on? Yumi suddenly saw Yana start to wave sadly, and get smaller and smaller. Yumi squeazed her eyes shut and then opened them again. She was still in her room, but Ulrich, Odd, Aelita and Jeremie were standing over her. Yumi looked away from them.

'Umm, are you ok?' Ulrich asked. He sounded fed up, and was probably expected Yumi to run off again. Yumi looked down, and was horrified to see her album was gone.

'My al-book!' Yumi corrected herself. Jeremie handed it to her, but Yumi was still frantic. 'Did you look at it?' she pressed them. Jeremie drew back slightly, but shook his head. Yumi sighed in relief, and then remembered her dream.

'Are you ok?' Ulrich asked again, more urgently this time. Yumi looked at him thoughtfully for a few seconds, before she shook her head. Ulrich, Odd and Jeremie sat on Aelita's bed opposite, while Aelita herself sat next to Yumi, putting an arm round her shoulder. Yumi didn't have the hearrt to shrug her away.

'What's wrong Yumi?' asked Aelita kindly. Yumi looked up at them all sadly. 'My-my dream,' she stuttered.

'Yeah, you're cousin wasn't it?' asked Odd absently. Yumi shook her head at them, and Odd sat up straight. 'But then who was it Yumi?' Ulrich asked her.

'Did you -' Yumi gulped, 'did you know that I had a twin?' The other shook their head at her, and Yumi continued. 'Well, I do-did. Her name was Yana, and she's now dead. She was the girl in my dream and I-' Yumi stopped again, and they urged her on silently. 'I just had the same dream again. But there was a message. A prophecy.' Yumi finished and looked down at her album while the other tried to take in the information.

'Wh-What did it say?' asked Jeremie eventually, asking the question on everyone's mind. Yumi shrugged. 'I'll try to remmeber.' She thought back, and before she knew it, she had recited the entire prophecy in one breath. It was like the words were pouring out of her, and it exhausted Yumi. The others looked at her, shocked.

'Yumi,' Odd started carefully, 'do you mind if we look in that book, or album?' Yumi shook her head fiercly, and hugged it closer to her chest: indicating no. Odd sighed and slumped back against the wall.

'Do you have any idea what the prophecy is about?' Jeremie asked Yumi as he started typing on his laptop. Yumi thought it best if she lied, and shook her head. The she thought again.

'Well the two could be Yana and me.' she told him. Jeremie nodded, and typed faster. Odd and Ulrich then went on to ask her things like who was older: her or Yana. Yumi answered as much as she could without getting a stabbing pain in her heart. All the while Aelita was comforting Yumi, and for the first time, Yumi was completely happy that Aelita had been created. For Yumi was partly responsible for Aelita's creation. She was also responsible for leaving her to battle X.A.N.A on her own. But as bad as she felt about it, Yumi wouldn't tell them the truth about Yana's death. It was a promise she had made to herself shortly after her death. And Yumi intended to keep it too.

Then the bell went, and they all went off to class. Yumi was almost glad to get away from them, but made them swear not to tell anyone, or even talk about it in class. They had promised, but Yumi could see that they were reluctant. She didn't pay attention in class. She wasn't caught, and managed to start to figure out Yana's prophecy. At the end of the lesson, Yumi sneeked away from the others, and went for a walk. On the way she saw smoke. Gas. X.A.N.A. Yumi wanted to destroy it now, but she knew that that would be foolish. Besides, if the prophecy was correct, then Yana was still alive somewhere.

Yumi ran into the cafeteria for lunch (she had taken up the other lessons at the factory,) and sat next to the others as usual. She explained about the smoke, just as Jeremies laptop went off to confirm what she had said. They set off for the factory, with Yumi in the lead. She hadn't told them about the prophecy, but wanted to try and find her sister.

They dropped Jeremie off first, and then continued up to the scanners. Yumi was ready straight away. She stepped into the scanner as Jeremie started the countdown to virtualisation. Odd and Ulrich did the same, and Yumi was happy when she landed in Lyoko. Aelita, who had gone first, was waiting for them, and immediately they set off towards the tower, which was in the forest. Yumi gasped as she remembered what had taken her so long to forget. They had been in the forest region when Yana had stopped X.A.N.A. Yumi wished Yana was there to help her, but she knew that was impossible, wasn't it?

Back in the lab, Jeremie was annoyed to see a group of hornets head straight for Aelita and the others. He quickly told them all, then proceeded to check up on thier surroundings.

Back on lyoko, Yumi was astonished to see the same black leader hornet that she had battled the day Yana had been lost. But that had been five years ago. Yumi narrowed her eyes at the hornet, and started to run towrds them all. Ulrich and Odd each took out one of the five, and helped each other take out the other two. Yumi took the black one.

'I've got this one!' she yelled to them, and jumped up, so high she thought she'd never come down. She threw her fan so hard that it actually cut right through the hornet, whereapon it dissolved like the rest. Yumi landed, satisfied at her revenge. 'five years too late' she whispered to herself as she stood up again. They raced on again, but hadn't gone too far before two crabs appeared. Jeremie let out a warning, but they were already spotted. But the two crabs were differrent too. They were both black where they should have been a teracotta colour. The eye on their backs were teracotta instead, and the three of them stared at them before leaping out of the path of their blasts.

'Looks like the monsters have had a makeover!' Odd called over, as he distracted the first crab while Ulrich leapt onto its back. Yumi grinned over at him as she tackled the other crab. Ulrich slid his sword into the eye and jumped to the ground as the monster dissolved. The two boys watched as Yumi dissolved the other one.

'Look out behind you!' Jeremie suddenly called out. Ulrich, Odd, Yumi and Aelita all spun round to see another three crabs, plus three the other way. They were completely surrounded. Yumi immediately started running towards the three nearest to her, dodging their lasers as they fired them fit to burst. Yumi jumped into the air and destroyed one in seconds. Odd and Ulrich were busy deffending Aelita, who was being targetted by the other crabs. Yumi was busy shielding Aelita and herself from the lasers, when Ulrich stepped in front of her. Yumi seized the moment, and brought two rocks down onto a couple of monsters. They were destroyed instantly. That left another four. Odd was swiftly sending his arrows out when he could, but mostly he was dodging their powerful lasers. Yumi knew that she couldn't do any more telecanasis, because otherwise she would be too tired to fight and defend Aelita. And that was crusial if they wanted to deactivate the tower.

Instead, Yumi took over from Ulrich as defender as he rocketted off to stop a crab. He landed on the ground and started to dodge the other's lasers as the one next to it dissolved before their eyes. Yumi thought back to when she nad Yana had had to defeat the crabs without powers. As this thought ran through her head, Yumi saw Ulrich get blasted backwards, skidding to a halt at her feet. Aelita gasped behind her and Odd swore loudly. Yumi looked round at him and he grinned sheepishly and shrugged his shoulders. Then he swore again.

'I'm out of arrows!' Odd explained as he took as laser to the chest for Aelita. Yumi gasped as she saw the other crab start its laser, aimed at Ulrich. She jumped into the air, letting Odd defend Aelita, and sent her fan flying through the air. Yumi landed next to Ulrich, and started deflecting the lasers with her fan when she could. Odd was out of arrows, Aelita was weaker than ever and nearly out of life-points, Ulrich was too weak to move and in a similar predicament as Aelita, and Yumi was left to defend them all. In her head, Yumi cried out to her lost sister.

As the thought flew through her mind, and the last crab started to fire, a dark figure came out of nowhere, and sliced the crab clean in half. The person or creature, whatever it was, landed on the ground, a perfect mirror image to the way Yumi did. Yumi opened her mouth in surprise as she recognised the black figure in front of them. Odd and Ulrich stood up, heaving Aelita with them. They heard Jeremie muttering to himself in the lab, and so figured that something was out of order.

The figure stood up stifly, like they had been cooped up for a long time, and was out of practise. She (for they could see it was a woman,) had long sleek black hair that was in a bun at the top which looked messy and redone many times. Below it though, her hair continued down to her waist, separated into three parts and twisted into shape. She wore a black skirt that seemed to have been ripped off at the knees long ago. She had a black top on too, and her sleeves were ragged at the ends, which were flared from the elbows down, making her hands and figure look smaller, if possible. Strapped onto her back was a pure silver sword: more haevy duty and worn than Ulrich's which wasn't as well-made as her's. It was held in a pure-leather holder, with a matching strap.

The girl looked scary, wild, gothic and dangerous as she spoke using a rough voice that almost sounded like Yumi's. It sounded like it hadn't been used in a long, long time, and the girl scared Aelita, Odd, Ulrich and even Yumi, who was used to strange people by now. Her sword was clutched tightly in her right hand, and as she spoke, her head bent down slightly. She spoke coldly, yet softly, and Odd wondered how that was even possible.

'Hello sister'

Aren't I mean? Hehe, sorry but I just had to do that, I think its a good ending for the chapter, don't you? let me know what you think, naioka1992 - xoxo