Imprisoned II: Sacrifice
Chapter 13
Aelita struggled to free herself from William's grip. But it was no use. William was much stronger, now that he was controlled by XANA. The Scipizoa quietly snarled as it slowly approached Aelita and William. Aelita wanted to scream, but she couldn't with William covering her mouth. She continued to squirm.
"Hold still," said William fiercely in a digitized voice.
Aelita managed to free her mouth. "No!" Aelita sunk her teeth into William's hand. He growled as he loosened his grip on her. Aelita quickly freed herself and ran as fast as she could towards the tower.
Odd happened to be looking in that direction and noticed Aelita scrambling towards them. "Aelita," he yelled, "you're crazy! Go back before it's too late!"
Aelita didn't answer, and she didn't need too, as Odd could now see the Scipizoa and William chasing after her. He fired a couple of arrows at the Scipizoa, and they barely missed William's head. William ducked, shaking his fist at Odd. The arrows missed their target. Darn, thought Odd. He called for Ulrich, who was still fighting off another Tarantula. "Ulrich! Aelita's in trouble, hurry!" Odd flew down towards William and William turned invisible. "Huh? So that's how you wanna play, eh? Fine, be a coward XANA!"
William growled and lurched himself towards Odd, slashing him with his scimitar. Odd was devirtualized. Rats, he thought as he exited the scanner. He made his way to the computer room.
Back on Lyoko, Yumi had just finished off the last of the Hornets, leaving only a Taruntula, William, and Scipizoa. She flew towards Aelita. She tossed her fan at the Scipizoa, but it suddenlt stopped in mid-air. William appeared, holding Yumi's fan. He sneered and threw it back in Yumi's direction. He missed, instead striking Yumi's Overwing. Yumi fell to the ground. Her second fan was nowhere in sight. Then, everything went black.
Ulrich finally defeated the Taruntula and glanced over just in time to see Yumi devirtualized. "Oh, no," he said. "Yumi!" He gritted his teeth and sprinted over towards where Yumi had just been. William appeared and tossed a scimitar at Ulrich. Ulrich just smiled and caught it. William just growled and charged at Ulrich. A vicious battle ensued. Ulrich easily blocked blow after blow, but he couldn't manage to fend William off. William just kept the blows coming, and Ulrich was forced to back up to the edge of the plateau. Then, with a swift stroke, William managed to knock the scimitar from Ulrich's grip and sent it tumbling over the edge.
Aelita was now hiding inside a small cave, hoping that the Scipizoa wouldn't find her. She shivered as it approached the opening to the cave. "Jeremie," she whispered, "help!"
"I'm doing all I can, Aelita," said Jeremie. "Odd and Yumi have both been devirtualized and William has managed to distract Ulrich for the moment. You've got to think of something!"
Ulrich and William continued to battle furiously. Ulrich had managed to escape from the edge, but he no longer had the advantage of the extra weapon, and William mercilessly kept the hits coming.
"Heh," taunted William. "You don't give up, do you? Don't you know when you've lost?"
"It's not over yet," replied Ulrich.
"Oh, but it is, but not necessarily for you."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ulrich grunted as he blocked another blow. William just snickered.
"Well?"
"Take a look." William paused and pointed.
Ulrich, unfazed, gave William a look that said 'I'm-not-falling-for-that-one.'
"What, you don't trust me? I'm hurt," said William.
Ulrich rolled his eyes and turned around. His eyes widened when he saw it. The Scipizoa had Aelita! He then felt a sharp pain in his back and darkness closed in around him.
