"I'm gunna beat you!" A joyous Odd shout as he sped about on the overboard.
"No you won't." laughed Ulrich as he gassed the cycle.
In the distance, Yumi and Aelita were visible on the overwing. Suddenly, they were gone. Ulrich and Odd stopped joking around and searched for them. Nothing,
Yumi and Aelita found themselves in a cavernous room. Heat sunk in to their bones. Looking at the entrance, they gazed at a figure walking towards them. Yumi pulled out her tessen and stepped in front of Aelita.
"I mean you no harm. You don't have to put down your weapons if you are skeptical." The figure said to them, "Welcome to sector 6, or as I call it, The Vulcan. I am Aideen. It's truly good to see you again Aelita."
"Do I know you?"
"You would but for the scipizoa. It attacked you right before XANA sent you to the other areas. You forgot all about me."
"How did you get here?"
"Dad sent us here. He sent me right after you went in. You don't remember. Of course you don't." She looked up at Aelita, "Here, I can show you. Take my hand. If I hurt you in any way, your friend here can do whatever she wants to hurt me. You have my word."
Tentatively, Aelita stepped forward, occasionally glancing back at Yumi. Aideen reached her hands forward towards Aelita, who took them and closed her eyes. Aideen closed her own eyes and leaned her head forward till her forehead nearly touched Aelita's.
A tall man, gray hair. A large machine, a girl with long flowing blue hair. His hand was on her back. His other hand on the back of a pink haired girl. He led them to the scanners. The pink haired girl stepped in. The scanners opened and she was gone. The blue haired girl looked at the man. She was nudged into the scanner. The scanner opened again and she was gone.
Aideen pulled back.
"Now do you believe me?" Aelita nodded, "It's good to see you again, sis."
"Okay, now that we have this all cleared up, can we go back now?" Yumi addressed the strange girl.
"Yes. If you can do something about it, can you see if the operator can get me out of here? It's getting kind of boring here. No monsters to kill anymore."
Aelita nodded. Aideen waved her hand in an arc in front of her and Yumi and Aelita disappeared.
Ulrich pulled to a stop as the two girls reappeared in front of him.
"What happened? Where did you go? Are you alright?"
"Nothing, somewhere, yes, and Jeremy, what information do you have on the 6th sector?"
"A sixth sector? I didn't even know there was a sixth sector."
"Can you run a scan?" Yumi asked.
"Sure, but it might take a while." Jeremy replied, "Bring Aelita to a tower. It's time to come home."