Chapter 5 - Materialisation

Yumi was ahead of the others as they ran towards the passageway. Odd and Ulrich were next, with Jeremie and Aelita bringing up the rear.

Yumi pulled the portrait aside hurriedly, and jumped inside. She ran along the passage, slamming her hand onto the button as soon as she could.

Odd and Ulrich grinned to each other as they watched Yumi speed on ahead of them. They watched her fling the portrait to the side and jump into the passage, before continuing to run again. The others followed her, amused by Yumi's enthusiasum.

Yumi slowed down as she reached the lift, but only slightly. Jeremie pressed the button, and up they went.

They found that Yana was already waiting for them when they reached the computer. SHe was focused on the screen, and smiled warmly at her sister and friends.

'I found it!' she said happily. Even Yumi seemed puzzled at that.

'Found what Yana?' asked Aelita.

'The file I was looking for, I found it!'

'What file?' Jeremie asked, puzzled.

'When I was trapped, I saw a file. But then it disappeared again. You must have taken it for Aelita's virtualisation.' Yana told them.

'Oh!' said Yumi, suddenly remembering the file her twin was talking about. The others looked at her, asking for an explaination.

'The file will make the virtualisation easier, and it means that it'll trap X.A.N.A during the process!' Yana told them calmly. Jeremie nodded, and Aelita 'oh'ed too, also remembering the file.

'Then we didn't use that file, Yana. Aelita's been infected with a virus, she's linked to X.A.N.A so we can't shut him down.' Jeremie told her. yana nodded sadly.

'I know. I tried to stop him but I...' Yana trailed off, and for a moment Yumi thought she would go off-screen.

'Did you send a scan through the file, Yana?' asked Aelita suddenly. Yana shook her head.

'I figured you'd want to.'

Within minutes the scan was done, and Jeremie was typing away furiously.

'Yumi, I'm going to send you to Lyoko, to help Yana get to the tower in the forest region, ok?' jeremie told her. Yumi nodded, and started off towards the scanners.

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A few minutes later on Lyoko:

'Yumi quickly!'

Yumi ran beside her sister, and together they cut their way through the swarms of monsters sent to stop them.

'Wow, I guess X.A.N.A really holds a grudge, huh.' joked Yumi as she sent her fan into the eye of a crab.

Yana grinned and nodded as she brought her sword clean through a block.

'Yeah but something tells me its more than a grudge!' Yana said, secrecy and teasing in her voice. Yumi grinned back at her, and soon the twin warriors of Lyoko were moving again.

After cutting through many monsters, they finally reached the tower. The two sisters hugged, and Yana entered the tower, while Yumi stayed outside to defend it.

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Back at the factory:

Jeremie and Aelita watched as Yana rose up inside the tower, just like Aelita had. Aelita watched, amazed as she saw the files spin round Yana's body in the process.

Odd and Ulrich were waiting by the scanners, ready for action if needed, and waiting for Yana's appearance. They ran to the middle scanner as it opened, to reveal a tired but happy Yumi.

'Jeremie devertualised me just now, don't worry.' she told them, before sitting back against the wall to catch her breath.

Odd went over to the left scanner as it also opened, steam billowing out of it as it opened up. Ulrich came over with Yumi, who smiled down at the girl who lay in the scanner.

'Yana!'

I know, I know, I'm mean with the endings here, but hey, I like suspense. please tell me what you think of it all, thanks for reading, naioka1992 - xoxo