Revised version Chapter 2! Yay! Oh, and please read my author's note at the end of this chapter. Okay, I know that some of ya'll are waiting, so here it is;

Disclaimer: I don't own Code: Lyoko or any of its characters. But I do own this story!

CHAPTER 2!

XANA

#revised version#

Last time…

The blue XANA symbol glided silently across the ground. Panicking, Odd looked up to see where it was going. His eyes only grew wider as he shouted, "AELITA! RUN!"

Aelita, who was looking confused and surprised at the spot where the 'activated' tower was, saw it coming, but it was too late. The blue XANA symbol stopped abruptly right under her. She gasped in alarm when she couldn't move at all; it felt like she was glued to the spot.

"NO! AELITA!" Jeremie yelled in horror.

The blue XANA symbol started to glow eerily, like it does when it's about to attack…

Now…

Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi were running to where Aelita was trapped. The scenery of the ice region sped by as the trio ran toward their pink-haired friend.

"HURRY UP YOU GUY'S!" Jeremie yelled, panicking at the thought of losing Aelita to XANA.

"And girl," Yumi corrected, trying to lighten the situation.

"Whatever! Just save Aelita!"

"Cool off Jeremie, you know that we won't let anything bad happen to Aelita," Odd said.

"Yeah, not as long as we're here," Ulrich added.

Odd and Ulrich's words comforted Jeremy somewhat, and he started to feel ashamed for yelling at his friends. He knew they were going to do their best to save Aelita, from whatever could happen to her. He shouldn't have let his emotions get the better of him.

As Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi neared the place where Aelita was stuck, the blue XANA symbol shinned even brighter, and something started to appear around Aelita. It was still very transparent, but it looked like…

"Hey Jer, what does this look like to you?" Ulrich asked, wanting to know what it looked like from the holomap.

"Well…I don't know…it's not very clear on the holomap," Jeremie answered. 'This isn't looking too good…'

"Well, we can't let anything happen to Aelita!" Odd shouted, before diving forward and pushing Aelita off of the blue XANA symbol. The force of his dive sent Aelita about 3 feet forward, out of range of the cage that suddenly appeared around Odd, instead of Aelita.

"Huh? What's up with this?" Odd said, confused at what had happened. He propped himself up on his hands and knees and looked around him, seeing the blue bars on each side of him. 'Great…I feel like some cat at some shelter or store!'

"Odd!" Ulrich and Yumi shouted together, shocked at the sudden turn of events.

Aelita picked herself up and turned around. Her eyes widened at the sight that she saw. The pink-haired girl decided to tell Jeremie what had happened. "Jeremie, when Odd pushed me off of the blue XANA symbol, he got caught in a cage that appeared around it!" Aelita explained. "I'm pretty sure that cage was meant for me," she continued, "but why would XANA want to put me in a cage? Couldn't Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi just break it and release me?" Aelita asked Jeremie.

"I don't seem to have any answers today, do I?" Jeremy told Aelita, a bit disappointed in himself.

Aelita sympathized at the way Jeremie felt. "It's okay Jeremie, we'll figure this out."

Jeremie smiled slightly, even though he knew that Aelita couldn't see it. "Thanks Aelita."

The Lyokian smiled as well. "No problem."

Back near the cage, Ulrich and Yumi were trying to figure out a way to get rid of the cage. "Yumi, why don't we just try to break this thing?" Ulrich asked Yumi, pointing his sword at the bars of the cage.

Odd yelped and backed away as the sword looked like it was about to slip through the bars. "Hey, watch where you're pointing that thing!"

"Heh, sorry," Ulrich said sheepishly.

"Well, let's just stick with trying to break this cage," Yumi said, "That seems like the best thing to do."

Ulrich nodded. "Right. Okay Odd, you try to break it from the inside. Yumi and I'll try to break it from the outside. Lets all aim at the same wall and spot of the cage."

"Sounds like a plan to me," Odd answered, flashing his two friends a daring smile.

With a short cry, Ulrich sharply swung his sword at the cage; Yumi threw her fan as hard as she could at it, and Odd shot about 5 laser arrows at it in quick succession.

A few seconds after swinging, throwing and firing their own weapons at the inanimate object, Ulrich gave a frustrated growl. "I don't believe it," Ulrich said, slightly irritated. Well, maybe not slightly.

"Jeremie, their plan didn't work," Aelita said.

Jeremie gave a tired sigh. "Well, anybody else have any ideas?" he asked everybody.

But before anybody could think of anything, a dark cloud appeared a little bit away from the cage Odd was trapped inside. An evil laugh came from it as everyone in the Lyoko ice region turned toward the ominous cloud.

Suddenly, a voice sounded over the vast ice region, echoing off of walls of ice. "There's nothing you can do to save her now!"

'What did that thing just call me!' Odd thought angrily to himself.

When the dark cloud disappeared, a figure stood where it used to be. The person had a black hooded cloak on, with black shoes and even black hair that spiked out behind his head, falling slightly below his shoulders (Think Axel from KH2, though not quite as spiky.). A long sword in a sheath was hanging from his belt (Ever played Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy VII? If you have you know Sephiroth, and his sword is about the size of his.).

Ulrich's eyes widened as he looked at the newcomer. 'This can't be good…' "Aelita, go and hide while Yumi and I take care of this," he told Aelita while drawing his sword. Aelita nodded and quickly sprinted away before the man could see her properly.

The young swordsman looked over at Yumi, who looked just as anxious as he did. 'Could this guy really be…?' Ulrich didn't really have any doubts, but it couldn't help to check, right?

"Okay, just who the hell are you?" Ulrich demanded, glaring at the black-clad man.

The man sighed, putting his hands up, exasperated. "I've waited all this time to meet all of you, and that's all I get? A 'who the hell are you?'"

Ulrich lost all doubts at that comment. "XANA," he spat angrily. He could hear Yumi flick open her fan behind him.

XANA smirked at the response. "Well, looks like you do have some brains." Ulrich grew furious at the way he was taunting him.

Laughing, XANA started toward the cage. "There's nothing you can do to save Ael-"XANA speaking as he saw who was really in the cage.

"YOUR NOT AELITA!" he shouted in both surprise and anger. Mostly anger.

"Last time I checked," Odd said with a small smile on his face, despite the situation.

"DON'T BE FUNNY WITH ME!" the furious man yelled. "NOW WHERE IS SHE!"

"Hmm…" Odd sighed, surveying his right hand nonchalantly. "I don't think I'll tell you."

XANA was furious at the fact that his plan to capture Aelita didn't work, and he caught some human that was half-cat instead.

"Fine," XANA said as calmly as he could. "If you won't tell me where she is, I'll just get rid of you!"

Ulrich grew even more furious at this. "Not as long as we're here XANA!" Ulrich yelled at him as he charged the angered villain.

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EEEEEEPP! Another cliffhanger! Sorry, I couldn't resist. Oh, and the eep thing, I like that word.

Okay….hope you liked this revised chapter! That's all for now! EEP!