"Hey Aelita" came Jeremy's voice. Aelita turned around and saw Jeremy standing in the middle of the hall walking towards her. "Aelita, I'm so glad you can be devirtulized normally now. Just like everyone else." "Yes, isn't it great? Now we don't need Code Earth anymore!" Aelita suddenly noticed Jeremy's posture. He was very shy, looking at the ground. What was he up to? "Aelita, I...I love you." These were the words she had been waiting for. "Oh Jeremy, I love you too!" And with that, they ran up to each other and kissed. "Come on, I've got to show you something" he said, leading her into his room.
As Ulrich watched Aelita go into Jeremy's room, he smiled and walked over to his door only to find it locked. "Odd, open the damn door!" Ulrich yelled. No response. "Odd, this isn't funny!" Still no response. Ulrich grabbed his key and opened the door only to get a very disturbing surprise. Odd was in his bed, sleeping in blood-stained sheets. Ulrich gaped as he looked at the pocket knife on the floor. He picked it up and a drop of Odd's warm blood fell onto his hand. "ODD, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" At this, Odd jumped about a foot in his bed and looked over at Ulrich. "What do you want?" Ulrich could only stare at Odd's badly cut arms.
Realizing what Ulrich saw, Odd covered himself with the blood-stained bed sheets. "What are you doing?" Ulrich's voice demanded. "GO AWAY" Odd yelled as loud as he could. The door opened again, and Yumi gaped wide-eyed at the sight. "What's going ON?" was all that she could say. "I can't take this" Odd said, grabbing the pocket knife in Ulrich's hand and running past Yumi and out the door.
Aelita was busy making out with Jeremy when the door opened. "Sorry to interrupt you love birds, but Odd has been cutting himself and is now somewhere outside the school." Ulrich could barely catch his breath. Aelita gasped and Jeremy instantly went to the computer. "He's thrown his cell phone away, I can't track him" he sighed. Ulrich did the one thing he could think of doing-running back to his room, grabbing Yumi, and running outside to find Odd.
Odd was running as fast as he could to the factory. Sure he couldn't run the supercomputer really well, but he knew the virtualization program pretty well. Getting into the elevator, he walked up to the supercomputer and launched a timed scan. Climbing down into the room below, he walked into the scanner and was virtualized into Lyoko.
"Damn it Odd, where'd you go?" Ulrich mumbled under his breath, going from building to building while Yumi and Aelita searched the factory. He dialed Yumi on his cell phone while running. "Hey, any news?" he asked. "Well, we found Odd's knife here and-HE'S IN LYOKO!" Yumi gasped over the cell phone. "I'm on my way!" Ulrich said as he ran towards the factory.
Odd was in the mountain region running towards the nearest tower. He stopped a few hundred feet away as he saw 3 krabs running towards him. "You know ZANA, you picked the wrong time to mess with me!" Odd yelled, firing a laser arrow and destroying one of the krabs. The two others fired, but not at him. Instead, they fired up into the air at what looked like a hovercraft. Two fans swooped down and destroyed the krabs, as the hovercraft floated to the ground. Odd saw Yumi and Aelita jump off and try to run over to him. Feeling full of rage, Odd fired laser arrows at Yumi, hitting and devirtulizing her. Running away from Aelita, he entered the tower and sat down. "Odd, what are you doing?" Odd jumped to his feet and he turned to see Aelita with a concerned face. Running past her and out of the tower, he walked to the edge of the platform. Looking at the digital sea below, he sighed and jumped.
Aelita ran over and watched as he jumped off the edge. She ran to the edge and looked down. Extending her arm, she looked down to see Odd hit the platform she had created. Jumping down, she ran over to him. He was out of it and didn't move. "Odd, wake up!" Aelita shook him. "Aelita, this is Jeremy. Are you ok?" "Yes, but Odd isn't-" "Who cares, as long as you're ok." Aelita was shocked at what he just said. "What do you mean, Jeremy?" "I mean that he deserves every bit of this. I read his diary. H-" "Why did you do that?" she asked angrily. "For answers. Aelita, he also likes you." Aelita's eyes widened. She looked down at the purple cat, and felt sympathetic, confused, and upset. What could she do? Who would she choose? True, she had always liked Odd, but how would Jeremy take it? Didn't she like Jeremy? Or was it… Aelita sighed. "Jeremy, there's something I need to tell you. I…I like you…as a friend. I felt like I owed you something, and convinced myself that I liked you. But…when it comes down to it…I like Odd more. Much more." Only silence came from the other end. "Did…did you mean that? Or are you just saying that?" "No, I mean it Jeremy. I like Odd." More silence. And even more silence. Finally Jeremy spoke. "Whatever."
Odd stirred and got up, realizing Aelita was looking at him. "You…created this…damn it!" But before Odd could run away, Aelita got him in her arms. "Odd, stop struggling! There's something I need to tell you." Odd broke away, turning around and yelling "WHAT?" Aelita ran over and kissed him.
Well, how will Odd react? What will Jeremy do? What will everyone think? Find out in the next chapter!