To protect the one he loves
By- Mika Kun
Chapter Four- The stem of all evil
Jeremy sat in his room, contemplating his situation. He had come too close to being caught. He had to either kill Aelita or make sure she never talked. He sat thinking about how to kill her. All the scenes flashed through his mind. The more pain she felt, the better. The hatred for her filled him, consumed him. A butcher knife in her would be the best way, she would not scream. He waited for the night and stole into the kitchen, finding what he wanted. He grabbed it and slipped quietly into Aelita's bedroom. He got closer and closer to her bead. He stopped over her and raised the knife.
"Jeremy? What are yo…" Aelita cut herself off in mid sentence seeing the blade.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Her blood curdling scream echoed through the halls. Odd awakened.
"Aelita!" he gasped. Jeremy was after her again. "Please, let me get there in time!" he thought franticly. "Ulrich, get up! Aelita's in trouble!" Odd screamed to his friend as he got out of bed and ran toward Aelita's room. Ulrich shot out of bed and ran beside Odd, to Aelita's room.
When they got there, Aelita was cowering in a corner, Jeremy standing over her, holding the knife high.
"Goodbye, my dear princess!" he snarled nastily.
"No!" Odd tackled Jeremy to the ground and wrestled with him for the knife. They rolled around the floor, a frantic battle for the knife taking place. Odd finally won the knife. He punched Jeremy in just the right place and knocked him out for at least half an hour.
"Come on. I know what to do with him," Aelita said. "Take him to the factory and put him in one of the scanners," she told them.
"Lets go," Odd and Ulrich told her, picking up Jeremy's limp form.
They ran to the sewers and got on the skateboards. They finally made it to the factory and stuffed Jeremy into a scanner. Aelita sent him to Lyoko and ran a program called Oct. 5th. A cage came down around Jeremy. It was filled with all types of monsters. The person inside the cage could also feel pain.
"Aelita, how did you know about this?" Ulrich asked.
"It was when I was with Jeremy. He had a program up, and I saw the cage. I saw the title and figured it would come in handy one time," she told them. Suddenly, they saw the cage lift on the screen. "That's imposable! Unless, he is Xana, then he could do anything," Aelita said to herself.
"You have guessed well, Aelita. I am Xana and I am all powerful!" Jeremy's voice boomed over the intercom.
"You will die for what you did to Aelita!" Odd screamed. " I will kill you with my own two hands, you monster!" Odd screamed at Xana.
"Ha! Go ahead and try!" Xana said menacingly. Odd fumed and was ready to go to the scanners in till Aelita said,
"Odd, no! You have no idea what he is capable of on Lyoko. I have no idea, either." She went over to Odd and wrapped him in a hug. "I don't want to lose you, Odd. You were the only one who could really ease my pain," Aelita told him. Odd looked down at the beautiful woman in his arms. He lifted her head and kissed her softly.
"I would never hurt you. I don't want to lose you, either, but I have to take care of Jeremy. What he did you is the worst thing to do to a human," Odd told her. Aelita pulled back to look him in the face.
"Odd, I know you want to hurt him, but it is too risky," she said. She let her arm drop and felt something sticky on her. She looked down and saw blood on her dress.
"Odd!" she screamed upon looking back up and seeing his stomach covered in blood. "Call an ambulance!" Aelita screamed. That was the last thing Odd heard before passing out.