Sorry this took so long to update. I've been banned off the computer this whole week. I dedicate this chappy to anyone who congratulated me on my one month aniversary... thanx people! (Now do you see why you should say good things about me in reviews? You might get a chappy dedicated to you!)

(Ulrich P.O.V.)

I stand next to Odd, waiting for the elevator to descend with Jeremie.

How are we ever going to tell Macas about this? We were going to tell him, but I didn't expect him to find out on his own.

I look over to where Macas is standing with his backpack, and I see the worst thing that could possibly happen.

There is a black XANA ghost coming down from the ceiling, straight toward Macas.

"Macas, look out!" I yell, but too late. The ghost entered his body possessing him. I see the XANA symbol come to his eyes and I know this is going to be bad. I quickly get into fighting stance, ready to take him on. He looks at me again, and the symbol has disappeared. Then it came back. All of the sudden Macas falls to the ground, clutching his head.

"Get out of me! Get OUT!" He yells, rolling on the ground.

He's fighting it!

Then he stands up and runs at me with his arm ready for a punch. I quickly drop back into fighting position and dodge. I grab his arm and swing him around, he flies five feet and hits the wall. The symbol disappears again. He looks at me with an expression of despair.

"Ulrich, help! It's trying to make me hurt you!" he yells and stands up again, the symbol blazing in his eyes. He rushes at Yumi, but Yumi blocks a punch and two kicks. She gives him a swift kick to the stomach, and he goes back a couple of feet. He falls to the ground, holding his head again.

"Ulrich, stop me! I can't fight it much longer! Yumi please!" He yells again. "You have to tie me down, I can't fight it!"

"Odd, grab the rope!" I yell at him, and he runs over to the chair, grabbing the rope Jeremie stashed there. Jeremie made it himself; it's specially made so that even someone possessed by XANA can't break it, but the problem is managing to tie them up with it. (A/N: Remember this is set a year after season 1. They should have figured out some way to guard against someone who's possessed by now.) Odd throws me the rope and I wrap it around Macas a couple of times, tying him up tightly.

"What's going on?" Jeremie says. He and Aelita just exited the elevator, and see Ulrich tying up Macas.

"Why is Macas here? And why did you tie him up?"

"He was just possessed by XANA." Odd says simply.

"How did you manage-" Aelita begins.

"Macas fought. XANA never had full control, Macas asked us to stop him from hurting us." I say.

"How did he resist? No one else but us has managed to fight against XANA possessing us." Jeremie wonders.

"I don't know." Macas starts thrashing around, the symbol is in his eyes again. Then it disappears and he stands up.

"Guys, I'm okay. I managed to regain control." He says calmly.

"I don't think so XANA, you've done this before. I know that you can talk normally while possessing someone." Jeremie says firmly.

"Who is XANA?" He asks.

"Jeremie, what if he did regain control? I mean, no one's ever fought him before, maybe he could win too." Yumi says.

"How do we know? There's no physical way to determine if this is really Macas." Aelita says worried.

"Then we'll figure this out mentally. XANA may have possessed his body, but he doesn't have his memories. We can just ask him a question." Yumi says.

"Good idea, but what?" Jeremie asks.

"I know." I says and steps forward. "You have two twin sisters, what are their names?"

"Easy, Karyssa and Kailynn." We all look surprised.

How did he know that? I was sure this was XANA's doing.

"Can you let me go now?" He asks calmly.

"I guess… sorry about this…" Jeremie says and moves to untie him.

"Wait Jeremie. This isn't Macas. This is XANA." I say.

"What? He just answered the question right."

"I know, but I just know this isn't him."

"Actually, maybe XANA looked up his past. Find a record for someone named Macas Keloly and look up his family. Look at his genealogy, it's all possible."

"Guys, really. Who is XANA, and why would he want to look up my past? If you don't believe me, ask me some more questions." We all think of a question that XANA could not possibly know by research.

"Okay, what was Karyssa's test score when she got home really sad?" Aelita asks.

"98."

"How did Kailynn die?" Jeremie asks.

"My father shot her."

Damn. Is this really Macas? I don't think so… he's not getting emotional at all.

"I don't think you're the real Macas. The real Macas couldn't talk about Karyssa or Kailynn this easily."

"I'm starting to get over it. Talking about it really is helping."

"You asked me what was worse than death, what was my answer?"

Macas is silent for a second. I see XANA's symbol flash in his eyes, and he jumps up with a spin kick towards Yumi. Seeing it coming, I jump in front of the attack and he kicks me across the floor. I hit the wall with a thud and black out.

I wake up to the feel of Yumi's lips upon mine. I quickly sit up and look around. Everyone is staring at me. Macas is rolling around on the floor, bound by a generous amount of rope. Yumi has a cut on her cheek, Odd has a bruise just above his eye, but other than that, they look okay.
"What happened?" I ask as Yumi backs away.

"XANA attacked you and you passed out. We managed to subdue him, thanks to some help from the real Macas inside. He kept fighting and distracted XANA."

"Let's go deactivate the tower. That will return Macas to normal." Jeremie says as Odd helps me up. We all go down to the scanner room, and get virtualized. Surprisingly, there are no monsters around, and Aelita makes it safely to the tower. She enters and flies up to the top.

"Jeremie, something seems to be wrong. Why would there be no monsters? Maybe this is a trap."

"No Aelita, I checked it out. XANA was using so much power to try and take over Macas, that he has no energy left for monsters. Now deactivate the tower so we can go back to normal. I don't think we need a Return To The Past for this, no one got hurt too badly." Jeremie says. Aelita deactivates the tower and Jeremie devirtualizes us. As soon as we get out, Odd walks over to Yumi.

"He asked you what was worse than death, what did you say?" Odd asks, serious for once. Yumi, noticing that he was not joking, replied:

"Being without those you love. Why do you ask?"

"Just wondering. Let's go upstairs."

We go upstairs to find Jeremie looking over an unconscious Macas, Yumi and Aelita looking at him concerned.

"He's okay, he just passed out like all the others who were possessed." Jeremie says matter-of-factly. "Can you help me with these knots? You tied them really tight."

"Wow, he must have put up a really good fight." I say, and kneel down next to him. I untie all the knots that bind him (It took a while, there was a lot). As I finish the last one, Macas opens his eyes.

"Ow my head…" He says.

"Hey man, you okay?" Odd asks, leaning over and giving him a hand up.

"Yah… but what happened? I mean, I'm here looking at the coolest computer ever, and then Ulrich, Odd and Yumi come in. The next thing I know, I feel someone inside my head telling me to kill you guys. I resist, and then I wake up here." He looks at everyone in turn.

Oh boy, here comes the interesting part…

Haha, now another cliffy! That's two in a row... Id better stop or people are gonna hate me... oh well. Don't worry, the next chappy will be guaranteed the one where he finds out. It might not come for a while, I had to sneek on to use the computer today... dont tell anybody! Please R&R, i might dedicate a chappy to you!

As for the XANA question... as far as my knowledge goes, I dont think anyone got it right. Rycr might have, but im not sure... I'm not even sure if I have the right answer, but it seems logical. In the pilot episode of Code: Lyoko, which was named Garage Kids, Lyoko is called Xanadu, which means a paradise-like place. Since XANA is a part of Lyoko, he would be a part of XANAdu.
I have one small question for you guys... i'm not entirely sure what OOC means. I thought i did, but then someone else said it differently, and i'm not sure anymore. Can anyone shed some light for a befuddled writer?