Chapter 7:Dieing to be free
Kat had ran out right after she read what was on the super computer screen.
"I'll go after her,"Yumi said, sprinting out after Kat. Jeremie sat down and examined what was on the screen.
'What could this be?'Jeremie thought to himself. He typed in something and the others looked at him in wonder.
"Whats wrong?"Odd asked Jeremie.
"I don't know I don't really understand what this is,"Jeremie said, shaking his head.
"Well lets go find Kat and Yumi,"Aelita said. They nodded and walked out of the factory. They arrived at Kat's dorm where Yumi had her arms around a sobing Kat. Odd sat down on the bed also, putting his arms around Kat. He started whispering in her ear and she calmed down a bit. She looked up at the others.
"You ok?"Jeremie asked. She shook her head. "What'd Xana take from you?"
"Well to start with I need to tell you that I'm not like Aelita. I wasn't born in the real world I was created in Lyoko, Xana created me. I have this software inside of me that wasn't activated till now. The scypozoa didn't take anything from me it started up the program,"Kat said.
"Whats this program called?"Jeremie asked.
"Xana's seed,"Kat replied. "It makes me more like Xana so I am as strong as Xana, don't think this is a good thing cause then I'll start to feel anger all the time and I'd start to resent you guys. Then Xana will combine with me and my brother and..and you don't really want to know what happens next."
They nodded. "We have to get that out of you,"Jeremie said.
"I don't think theres away,"Kat said, with her eyes to the floor.
"Yes there is!"Jeremie said taking Kat's hand and running off with her.
"Whoa!"Kat exclaimed as they ran. "Your acting like a wild man..its kinda attractive."
Jeremie laughed and they entered his room. "Sit,"he said indecating to the bed.
She sat and watched Jeremie meddle around with a headset type thing. He then turned back to her and put the headset thing on her head. He then started plugging things into it from his computer.
"Whats this gonna do to me?"Kat asked.
"Well I'm going to take that program out of you through this then we'll be home free,"Jeremie said. Kat nodded. "Do you trust me?"
"Yes Jeremie I do,"Kat said.
"Well you better lay down while I do this,"Jeremie said. Kat took off her shoes and grabbed a pillow then laid down. She closed her eyes and soon felt a dizy spell and fell asleep.
"Guys I have something to tell you,"Jeremie said that next day.
"What what happened?"Ulrich and Odd asked.
Jeremie took in a deep breath. "I was able to get the program out of her, but now she kinda delonisional with a high fever that could kill her,"Jeremie said as calmly as he could.
Odd eyes grew big. "Is she in the infirmary?"Odd asked.
"Yes,"Jeremie replied. Odd nodded and walked off. He entered the infirmary and sat in the seat next to Kat's bed. She started to mumble. Her eyelids moved and she started tossing and turning. She opened her eyes and when she saw Odd she smiled. She went to sit up.
"Relax,"Odd said softly.
She laid back down. "Odd, its..its not a fever,"she said.
"What is it?"Odd said, taking her hand in his.
"Jeremie did take out the program Xana's seed...it turns out..out that the Scypozoa didn't activate the program,"she said, then squeezed Odds hand. "It actually took what keeps me alive here on Earth...yeah Xana was planning for me to go to Earth before I turned on him."
"Why would you need something to keep you alive here?"Odd asked.
"Cause Odd..as I said I'm not human unlike Aelita. I needed this cause it gave me all my human features, health, everything. So the scypoza stole the health and some emotions so I'm dieing,"she said then added,"Dieing to be free."
"What do you mean?"Odd asked trying to hold back the tears.
She opened her mouth but then her eyes closed. Odd bit his lip and held her hand a bit longer then let go. He ran out of the infirmary and ran into Ulrich.
"Are you ok?"Ulrich asked.
"Yeah just fine..Kat doesn't have fever the scypoza took what keeps Kat alive here,"Odd said.
"So its not Jeremies fault?"Ulrich asked.
"Nope,"Odd replied. "Wheres Jeremie anyway? We have to go to Carthage to save Kat!"
"I think he's in his dorm, but I'm not sure,"Ulrich said, rubbing the back of his head. Odd nodded and picked up his cell.
"He's not answering,"Odd said getting frustrated.
"Well go to his dorm and I'll get Yumi,"Ulrich said, running off. When Odd arrived at Jeremie's dorm he didn't bother to knock just barged in.
Jeremie sat there with his face burried in his hands along with Aelita holding him in her arms.
"Jeremie?"Odd asked. Jeremie looked up.
"Oh hey Odd, hows Kat?"Jeremie said, wiping his tears away.
"She'll be fine if we go to Carthage. Turns out the sphazoa took what keeps her alive on Earth, so it isn't your fault that she's sick,"Odd said. Jeremie gave a sigh of relief.
"Well thats a relief. Aelita and I will head for the factory. You get Kat,"Jeremie said.
"Will do!"Odd said, running out of the dorm. He arrived in the infirmary and shook Kat gently to wake her up. Her eyes fluttered open. She smiled and mouthed'Hey.'
"Kitty Kat,"Odd said, running his fingers gently through her hair.
"Whats up?"she asked.
"Nuttin except that we have to get you to the factory,"Odd said.
"Then what the hell we waiting for?"Kat asked with a small laugh. Odd had turned away and bent down so Kat could get on his back. She pushed the covers off and got onto his back.
"Ready?"he asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be,"she replied. Odd laughed and headed for the door. The nurse stepped in front of them.
"What do you think your doing?"she asked.
"Kat said she wanted to get some fresh air, so I'm gonna walk around with her for a bit,"Odd said then added. "If thats ok with you?"
"Well ok, but don't stay out to long,"the nurse said then walked away.
"Well you better hold on tight,"Odd said then sprinted towards the forest. They arrived at the factory.
"Well what took you so long the others are already in the scanner room,"Jeremie said.
"Had to talk to the nurse,"Odd said, before getting into the elevator. "Well hope this condition isn't bad on Lyoko,"Odd said, setting Kat into a scanner and Jeremie started up the process. They landed on Lyoko.
"Ugh,"Kat said and Odd looked back at her. "I guess the condition is bad here too."
Odd chuckled and picked her up. "Well lucky for you I'm here,"he said smileing.
"Come on you too,"Yumi ordered and the others darted off.
"Heyyyyy wait up!"Odd shouted and sprinted after them. They arrived at the end of the sector and the transporter appered taking them to Carthage.
"The timer has started,"Jeremie said and Carthage opened up. Some creeps showed up.
"Odd, can you switch me onto your back?"Kat asked.
"Sure,"Odd said swiching her onto his back. Kat pointed at a few of them and casted water on them."Ulrich, hit the ones I casted water on."
Ulrich nodded and attacked the creeps. Yumi had got the rest.
"Hurry up you've got 20 more seconds before Carthage changes,"Jeremie said. Ulrich ran ahead and had pushed the key in.
"Nicely done,"Kat said as they caught up. Ulrich smiled. They headed down a hall that was opened and found the information thing. Aelita started going through the files.
"We have company,"Odd said as the Mantas appered.
"I got it Odd,"Yumi said throwing her fans. It hit them, but must have not done alot of damage. Kat pointed and casted thunder, also not very effective. One of the Manta's shot at them and hit Yumi.
"Aelita hurry,"Jeremie said.
"Yumi come here,"Kat said. Yumi came over to Kat and Kat touched her and casted Cure. "Your welcome."
Yumi nodded and threw her fans at the mantas again.
"Got it!Jeremie, you have control now,"Aelita said with a smile.
"Yes!"Jeremie exclaimed. They had gotten out of Carthage and were now back in the real world. When Kat's scanner opened she had fell straight to the floor. Everyone gasped and bent over next to her.
"Take me back to the infirmary?"Kat asked with a moan.
"Sure,"Yumi said. "Odd?"
"Aww I'm going I'm going,"Odd said, picking Kat up then taking her to the infirmary.
Later that night Odd stared at the celing thinking. 'I still don't get what Kat meant by dieing to be free,'he thought to himself then turned over.
"Hey Odd, your missing dinner,"Ulrich said when he came into the dorm. "Whats wrong?"
Odd sighed. "Nothing really..except when I was in the infirmary earlier today Kat said she was dieing to be free and I'm not sure what she meant,"he replied.
Ulrich chuckled a little,"Maybe she just said that to freak you out you."
"She sounded dead serious though..but I don't know,"Odd said.
"Well why don't you ask her?"Ulrich asked.
Odd smiled then said,"I guess I could."
Ulrich shook his head. "Well she's in the cafiteria up and about so come on,"Ulrich said, turning to leave. Odd jumped up and pushed Ulrich. "What was that for?"Ulrich asked.
"No reason just felt like it,"Odd said, with a laugh. Ulrich laughed and they headed to the cafiteria. Kat was certainly up and full of energy for when Odd entered the cafiteria she ran up to him and had jumped into his arms. "Bursting with energy tonight aren't we?"Odd asked. She nodded and let go of him. "Feeling better?"he asked.
She nodded and said,"Totally."
"Thats good to here,"Odd said.
"Geeze Odd stop flirting,"Ulrich said teasingly just to give him shit.
"What if I don't wanna,"Odd said with a laugh. Kat turned crisom red and turned away to talk to Aelita.
"You wanna go?"Ulrich said holding up his fists.
"Yeah!"Odd said getting into postion.
"Lucky for you Yumi's here,"Ulrich said walking away to meet up with his girlfriend. "Hey Yumi,"he said with a smile.
"Hey,"she said. "So its just you and me tonight?"
Ulrich laughed and said,"Of course."
He took her hand in his and they walked out of the cafiteria.
"Hey Kitty Kat?"Odd said, tapping her on the shoulder.
"Yeah?"Kat said, turning to look at him.
"Can we talk?"Odd asked.
"Mmmhmm,"Kat said nodding and stood up. They walked away from everybody else.
"You know how you said your dieing to be free what exactly did you mean?"he asked. Kat looked down and everything went silent. Odd folded his arms waiting for an answer. She sighed and looked up at him.
"As you know Xana created me and well...,"she started then stopped.
"Well what?"Odd asked trying to get her to go on. When Odd looked directly at her, tears were filling her eyes. He jumped at the sight.
"Odd, I would tell you but I can't...I just can't,"she said and turned to leave.
Odd grabbed her wrist gently. "I understand its personal,"Odd said. She looked at him. "Lets just hope it doesn't tear you apart from us,"Odd added with a chuckled.
She laughed softly and punched him playfully in the arm. "Idiot,"she said.
He bowed and said,"Thank you."
"No thank you,"she said, hugging him.
a/n well thats the end of the chapter you'll find out what Kat means in a few chapters and sorry it took so long to put it up I was writing it in school and I kept on forgeting to bring it home and put it on my computer . . Well anyways hope you enjoyed the chapter and the next chappie will be called attraction.