Chapter Seven: Hiding With Stan
Stan pulled the girls towards the river. He ducked under a bridge, pulling both girls with him.
"Isn't this great or what?" Stan asked. Yumi and Aelita both nodded their heads. They both were looking to see if Jeremy was coming soon. Stan saw his opportunity and pulled both bottles out of his bag. He opened both up and, making sure to give them both the right one, dumped it on their heads. Yumi and Aelita looked at him for a moment, because they were wet. Then the wetness disappeared and a glazed look over took them. Stan whispered in their ears everything X.A.N.A had told him too. About where to meet them and what time, and not to tell everyone. Then Stan said to return to normal until tonight, and instantly they did. Yumi and Aelita looked at each other curiously.
"What just…" Yumi started, when Stan interrupted her.
"Shhh, look someone's coming." He said pointing. Yumi and Aelita turned to look forgetting what they were confused about. Jeremy then walked out of the woods. Stan suddenly pretended to sneeze and Jeremy walked over to them.
"Found all of you." He said. Aelita and Yumi just laughed.
"Sorry I sneezed." Stan said.
"That's alright it was just an accident." Aelita replied, grabbing Jeremy's hand. Stan grew angry and decided to leave.
"I have to go, it's almost time I should finish the last of my errand." He said walking away.
"Goodbye," They all yelled, as they went off to find Ulrich and Odd.
"I must report to my master. He will be pleased to know that everything is on schedule for tonight." Stan thought. He walked off towards school. Upon arriving he went straight to his room. He knocked, went in, then locked the door. Leaving the light off he instantly bowed to the ground.
"Is it complete?" X.A.N.A asked.
"It is complete. I have finished giving them their doses. They will appear tonight as planned. Everything is on schedule master." Stan replied.
"Good, now come with me, we will go and make our place presentable." X.A.N.A said laughing. Stan joined in as X.A.N.A disappeared. Stan unlocked his door and headed off to meet X.A.N.A at the factory. .
Meanwhile Back In The Woods-
"Odd, I see you," Aelita said. Odd jumped out of a tree and landed next to Jeremy. Jeremy jumped back surprised. Yumi and Odd laughed, while Jeremy slightly blushed.
"Now where would Ulrich be?" Aelita asked. Suddenly as if on cue, Ulrich leaped down from the same tree. Aelita screamed and jumped back into Yumi. They both fell down and hit the ground. Odd doubled over laughing, while Ulrich and Jeremy helped the girls up.
"Sorry Aelita, I didn't mean to scare you that bad." Ulrich said apologizing. Jeremy picked Aelita up. Ulrich then gave his hand to Yumi.
"It's alight that was pretty funny." Aelita admitted. Ulrich helped Yumi up. They were still holding hands when Odd looked over.
"Oooooo, maybe I should leave you two alone." Odd said, dropping to his knees he was laughing so hard. Ulrich and Yumi pulled their hands apart. Ulrich then tackled Odd.
"Alright, alright I….I ….I give." Odd announced still laughing. Ulrich still threw Odd into a bush. Jeremy, Yumi and Aelita laughed as Odd picked himself up. Odd then tried to grab Ulrich, but he sidestepped causing Odd to crash into a tree. This caused the whole gang to laugh so hard they almost cried. Odd stood himself up rubbing his face.
"Alright, you win this time." Odd announced. Ulrich threw his arms around Odd as they all headed back to school. None of them knew that on that night something was going to change. That something evil would take place.