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Chapter 6: The XANA Attack

Yumi furiously pounded on the doors that refused to open. However, it only lasted momentarily when she thought that if anyone else was in this building, they were probably suffering the same fate as she was.

With an angry grunt, Yumi turned and began to walk down toward the opposite end of the hall, trying to figure out what to do. She realized that she hadn't attempted to call any of the others and immediately stuck her hand in her pocket to grab her mobile…or at least tried to grab it. In dismay, she realized that her cell phone wasn't there…

"Oh great…" she muttered. "I must have left it in my room…I knew I forgot something this morning!"

She began to pace the hall she was trapped in. That's why none of the others were in their dorms…they must left for Lyoko, and were trying to get a hold of her.

As she passed by the girls' showers for the umpteenth time, Yumi noticed that the door was open slightly. "Worth a try." she muttered as she pushed the door all the way open and walked in. Immediately, the lights all began to blink again. She stopped dead in her tracks. Something wasn't right. Was XANA trying to lead her through here for some reason?

Before she could really dwell on that thought, the windows caught her attention. Perfect! she thought. I can climb through one of them and get out of here. Then I can head to the factory and tell the others.

She hesitated for a moment though as the lights continued to blink on and off, their intensity growing each time they turned back on. The alarms in her head blared, but, for once in her life, she tuned them out and made her way toward the window, slowly and cautiously. She never let her eyes stay in one spot for too long; she knew that XANA was up to something. What that was, however, she didn't know. Her pace quickened slightly as she came closer to the windows. Yumi glanced at her own reflection as she walked past the mirror.

That's when it happened.

As Yumi glanced into the mirror, momentarily, the lights drastically increased in intensity. That intensity proved to be far more than the light bulbs could handle and they all exploded simultaneously. Yumi stumbled back in unexpected pain, not only because of the brightness of the lights being reflected into her eyes, but also because of the small shards of glass that flew into them.

She never experienced such tremendous pain like that ever before. It sent her stumbling to the floor. She writhed in total pain, struggling to get the tiny pieces out of her eyes and thus end her pain. But it only worsened.

Unable to contain it any longer, she let out the scream that had been fighting to get out...it hurt so bad!
So that was XANA's attack…

"Where is she William!"

"Who?"

"Yumi! Where is she!"

"She said she had to do something before she went home."

"What!"

"I don't know, but she went toward the dorms. What's wrong?"

Ulrich didn't stick around to answer that question. Turning toward the dorms, he sprinted as fast as he could. He knew something was wrong…Yumi could be in danger! The thought of her hurt made his stomach twist into large knots and gave him the extra burst of speed he needed. Within no time he made it to the door of the building. Trying to pull the door open, he soon discovered that it would not budge.

"I don't believe this…" he growled angrily as he continued to pull hard against the door. However, after a few attempts of it not giving any lean-way he decided his best bet would be to break the door. He quickly saw that that would not prove any problem since the door was mostly glass. With ease, he kicked his foot through the glass then crawled through, careful not to cut himself on the sharp pieces that lined the doorway.

Quickly he made his way through the halls, eyes scanning for any trace of her. "Yumi? Yumi!" He tried to get into the hall where Jeremie's dorm and his own was located only to find that the doors wouldn't open. However, this time he couldn't just kick the glass in…there was no glass on these doors. That did not stop him, though. He knew that since he was able to kick a locked, normal door to free Samantha, then this wooden, swing door should be no problem.

And it wasn't. He sent a couple of powerful kicks toward the center of the doors, which eventually swung open. "Yumi?" he called down the hall as he walked in. Nobody.

Ulrich knew that Yumi wouldn't be in any of their rooms if they weren't there. But if she wasn't here, then where was she?

Duh! Around Aelita's room! She's probably trapped down there somewhere…

Quickly he burst through the remaining doors into the girls' dorm. "Yumi?" he called. No answer. He sighed angrily as he didn't see her in the hall. "Where is she?"

He turned to walk out of the dorm, but was stopped short by the sound of a scream. "Yumi? Yumi!"

He sprinted toward where he heard the sound and found the door to the girls' bathroom open. He hesitated a moment before going inside but the sounds of her groaning and yelling made him rush in. "Yumi! What's wrong!" He exclaimed as he saw her on the ground. Within moments he was there by her side. "Yumi?"

He was horrified to see her this way…her hand were pressed tightly against her eyes, yet Ulrich could see tears brimming past her hands. She was in pain.

"Yumi, what's wrong?" he repeated. He saw her open her mouth to reply, but a yell escaped instead as she clawed again at her eyes. Knowing he wouldn't get an answer from her, he glanced around to look for the source of her pain. Immediately he noticed that nearly all the lights were broken. He began to piece it all together as he cradled Yumi's wiggling form…somehow the lights broke, getting pieces into her eyes. Ulrich reached into his pocket and withdrew his cell phone. Quickly he dialed Jeremie's number.

"Ulrich!" Jeremie exclaimed on the other end. "Did you find her?"

"Yes, but she's hurt. Looks like the lights in the girls' bathroom in the dorms exploded and the pieces got into her eyes. All the doors in the dorms were shut tight…XANA must have trapped her inside."

"Alright. Aelita's in the Tower now. I'll launch a return to the past."

"Alright." Ulrich replied as he hung up. He glanced down at Yumi who seemed to have calm down a bit. "Everything's going to be just fine." he assured her.

As soon as the words left his mouth, a white force came toward them, engulfing both of them, sending them both back in time.

Told you I was going to be mean to Yumi. :) Poor gal. Anyway, look for the next chapter soon!