Imprisoned II: Sacrifice
Chapter 11
Odd had heard Aelita's scream, yet he was struggling to get away from the Kankrelots. Man, he thought, this would be so much easier if I had my arrows! He stabbed the last Kankrelot, and with one swift stroke, he knocked the two Hornet's out of the sky, stunning them. He began to run in the direction of Aelita's cries for help when he felt a sharp pain on the lower part of his left leg. He dropped on one knee, realizing that he had forgotten about the final monster. Darn Krabe, I forgot about him. Odd jumped up and quickly climbed a tree. It felt like he was actually in Lyoko, since it was so easy. He positioned himself in the branches, and once the vile machine was in range, we threw the stick like a javelin, sticking the Krabe in its weak spot. The Krabe crumbled to the ground as Odd descended from his perch. He grabbed his weapon and sprinted in Aelita's direction.
Ulrich and Yumi had taken cover under some bushes, but the Tank had already seen them. It rolled in their direction with the intention of crushing the pesky kids, but they rolled out of the way just before they were run over. Ulrich grabbed Yumi's hand and they bolted in the direction of the sewer lid. Just before they reached it, the Tank had fired its powerful laser at them. Fortunately, since the laser is rather loud, Ulrich and Yumi just managed to leap out of the way before it reached them. Ulrich began to toss large rocks at the Tank's large eye, but to no avail, they weren't hitting the weak spot hard enough. Ulrich noticed that Yumi was slinking off to the tool shed, so he kept the Tank distracted by continuously throwing rocks at it from behind large boulder. Yumi safely reached the shed and found that it was unlocked. For some reason there was a javelin in the shed. Maybe Jim thinks these are too dangerous to have in the over in the shed by the track. Yumi smiled, grabbed the javelin and bolted bravely back outside. "Yaaaah!" Yumi threw the javelin at the Tank with all her might. The Tank swiveled and the javelin struck it square in the eye. The Tank stopped in its tracks and went no further. Yumi pulled Ulrich to his feet. "Hurry," she said. "I think Odd and Aelita are in trouble!"
When Odd reached Aelita, the Scipizoa had already taken hold of Aelita and it appeared to be getting ready to begin taking Aelita's memory. Odd set his jaw and charged at the Scipizoa, waving his stick wildly. Then, all of a sudden, several Hornets descended from in the trees, surrounding Odd. Oh, great, he thought. XANA's thought of everything. There were so many of them! Odd counted about 15 of them. He swung his stick around, taking out a few of them, but the rest kept on coming. Odd struggled to stave them off, but these ones seemed very determined, each of them closing in for the kill. Odd fell to the ground and lost his handle on the stick he was wielding. Seeing an opening, Odd rolled to his right, hoping to lose the monsters. Rats. He had been tricked; there were more Kankrelots in the small clearing he had rolled into. Odd cringed as the roaches prepared to fire. Huh? One of the Kankrelots exploded, distracting the other 5. Ulrich emerged from behind a tree, holding a familiar weapon. It was the gun Jim had used back when XANA had materialized several Kankrelots into the real world. Ulrich quickly blasted the roaches and the Hornets. "Ulrich," said Odd, relieved. "Man, am I glad to see you! Where's Yumi? Aelita's in trouble!"
"Right here, Odd," said Aelita. Odd turned around.
"Yumi," he said, "how did you manage to stop the Scipizoa?" Yumi pointed to the Scipizoa. There it was lying on the ground, a javelin through its head. "Oh," said Odd. Yumi smiled, but quickly turned serious.
"Guys," she said, "we've gotta get to the factory, Jeremie might be in trouble!"
