Chapter 9 is here guys. Enjoy.
Once he heard news about Odd Jason ran towards the school to help his friends. But as soon as he arrived he realized that help maybe came to late. He saw Ulrich on the ground next to the infirmary window and rushed towards him.
"Ulrich, is me Jason. Wake up" Jason said and tried to shake him awake without any effect. He reached out to find Ulrich's pulse and sighted in relief as he realized Ulrich was still alive "Thank god".
Jason got up to his feet and jumped through the broken window inside the infirmary looking for others. He saw Jeremy next to the wall and Yumi near the broken cabinet. Yumi was the only one that was awake now. She grabbed her head in discomfort and groaned. Jason walked towards her and knelt down.
"Jason?" she said and winced in pain "Ugh- Where is Aelita?".
Jason shook his head "She isn't here. Yumi, what happened here?".
She tried to focus but the pain was making her unable to do so "I- I'm not sure. After Ulrich called you we got back inside the room. It wasn't even five minutes and Odd joined us later. But he wasn't himself. He attacked us and knocked me out. Everything after that is empty, I'm sorry".
Jason helped her up and they walked to Jeremy and tried to wake him up next. It was difficult but after few slaps and glasses of water being splashed at him Jeremy was getting awake.
"Wh- What happened?" he asked confused looking at the two trying to remember "Oh my god, Aelita. He took her".
Yumi knelt next to him and lower her hand on his shoulder to reassure him "We are going to get her back Jeremy. We promise you that".
Jeremy simply nodded and looked around trying to find Ulrich "What about Ulrich? Where is he?".
Yumi wanted to slap herself for forgetting about her boyfriend "Oh my god, I almost forgot. Where is he Jason? Where is Ulrich?".
Jason shook his head and sighted "He is badly beaten but he is still alive at least. It looks like Odd got best out of him".
Jeremy and Yumi looked at him in horror as he jumped out of the window and followed him. He knelt next to Ulrich so he could pick him up and toss him over his shoulder. Yumi walked towards him and placed her hand on Ulrich cheek.
"You are going to be okay Ulrich. We will make him pay for what he did to you and Aelita. I swear".
Jeremy looked at her worried. Yumi was getting angry, so angry. And he didn't like where that could lead to so he tried to calm her down.
"Listen Yumi, none of this is Odd's fault. This is just probably another one of XANA's tricks. He is the one you should be mad at, not Odd".
She clenched her fists harder "I don't care, he hurted Ulrich. He will get back twice as much. Where did he went Jason?".
Jason started walking towards the forest and simply answered "Factory".
Trio rushed as fast as possible towards the factory.
In the meantime Aelita felt familiar feeling of being virtualized. She was still dizzy and was unable to land the right way so she simply fell to the ground. Once she got up she saw Odd standing next to her "Odd?".
Instead answering he simply pushed her so hard that she went flying at the nearest tree hitting it really hard. She tried to get back up but Odd got to her first grabbing her throat lifting her in the air.
"No Odd" she pleaded to him "Please don't do this. Please-".
Odd interrupted her by tossing her to the ground and kicking her in the ribs few times. She winced in pain after every kick but she still tried to get up.
"Still trying to get up, huh?" he said sarcastic kicking her even harder "Who do you think you are? Some kind of miracle maker? Some kind of princess? Some kind of angel? Well let me tell you something. You are nothing. You are just another liability. Another mistake ".
After few more kicks she finally stopped resisting. After realizing that Odd simply grabbed her leg and started dragging her towards the edge of the sector.
In the meantime others just arrived at the factory. Ulrich was now awake and was ready to help others in Lyoko if needed. Jeremy sat down in his chair and looked at the situation that was escalating really fast.
"What's the situation Jeremy?" Yumi asked him as she tried to keep Ulrich standing straight.
"It's grim" Jeremy said and started typing some commands "So far there is only Odd and Aelita now. Luckily XANA and William are nowhere to be found on the map so I think we should be safe to get our friends out and get out as fast as possible".
"That should be easy than" Ulrich added "If there is only Odd, four of us should be enough to win against him".
"That's what you say every time" Jason sighted "Anyways let's get going".
Jeremy nodded "Alright, I will launch virtualization process".
Yumi, Ulrich and Jason walked towards the elevator and went to the scanner room. Once there they entered the scanners and got virtualized.
Trio landed perfectly in the forest sector.
"Alright Jeremy, we are here" Ulrich informed him "Where did they go?".
Jeremy typed some more commands looking for Odd and Aelita "I found them! They are going towards the edge of the sector. To the north".
"Why would he take her there?" Yumi asked "It doesn't make any sense".
"We don't have time" Jason added quickly "Jeremy listen. We are heading after them and I need from you to look for a way to find what went wrong with Odd".
"Got it" Jeremy simply answered and focused his attention towards the computer while others ran after Odd. Jason was leading while Yumi and Ulrich followed shortly after.
"What happened Jason?" Ulrich asked him while running "What turned Odd to be like this?".
"Yesterday when we were on the mission something unusual happened. It was something like that happened to you and Odd few years ago when XANA made you think that you were on Lyoko but were at the school and vice versa. It probably happened again".
And with that their conversation ended and they rushed towards the edge of the sector.
While others were going after him Odd just arrived at his destination and now was at the edge and Aelita being at the ground. He looked at her and picked her of the ground proceeding to throw her over the edge. Before doing so he gently touched her face.
"So sweet. So innocent. No wonders this fool adores you so much" Odd said in his deep voice and looked her in the eyes "What? Nothing to say?".
Aelita simply closed her eyes "Just do it already Odd. I forgive you".
She waited and waited to be dropped but after few moments nothing happened. Actually something unusual did. She could feel Odd's hand shaking.
"N-No. Th-This isn't what I want" he whispered "Not at all".
He was holding his head in discomfort while holding Aelita with his other hand. He was clearly trying to resists XANA's influence.
"I don't want to hurt others. To hurt her. Not anymore" he said in angry tone of voice while trying to get her away from the edge still being able to resist.
Once she was safe, Odd released her and grabbed his head with both of his hands and walked around in circles talking to himself. Aelita looked at him and noticed that two voices were coming from her friend. One of them was his and other one was XANA's. Odd was still trying to resist XANA but XANA was also trying to resume control at the same time. Battle between good and evil.
"You need to fight him Odd" Aelita supported her friend "You are stronger than him, you can do it".
Odd screamed in despair and fell to his knees releasing hold of his head. He was breathing heavy. He was kneeling down staring at the digital sea.
"Odd?" Aelita asked him as she slowly approached him "Is that you?".
Since he was still staring at the sea, Aelita walked closer to him. When she was right next to him she knelt next to him and raised his head so he could look her in the eyes.
"Odd?" she asked him softly. Odd raised his hand and touched her shoulder softly and smiled at her. But that moment didn't last long. Odd pushed her on the ground really hard and laughed.
"Did you really think that this stupid trick is going to get him back, hm? Well I'm sorry to disappoint you but that's not going to work" he said as he pulled out his saber and raised it being ready to strike down. But before he could do so shot to the shoulder interrupted him. He looked up and saw his attackers walking towards him. He slowly backed away without showing any sign of fear.
"So backup finally arrived, huh?" he asked them sarcastic "Oh, and you are here too. Jason".
Jason simply raised his pistol at him without saying a word "You are going to give us our friend back XANA. You won't get away with this".
"And you won't be getting away with what you did to Ulrich" Yumi threatened.
To their surprise Odd simply laughed like a maniac "Bold of you to assume that running away was my plan. Now that you are here my plan is complete".
"What plan?" Ulrich asked him angrily "What are you talking about? Odd, what have you done?".
Ground suddenly started shaking and Odd levitated in the air while white energy sphere appeared around him "All of you are finished now. And not just you. Lyoko and your world are finished too. Whole universe is done for".
"Jeremy!" Aelita called for him "What's going on?".
It took Jeremy some time to respond because connection was cutting off really fast "Something really bad is happening. Earthquakes, tornadoes and volcanic eruptions are happening all over the planet. Solar functions are getting messed up as well. It's like he is releasing some kind of cataclysm upon the universe".
"And things aren't so nice here as well" Yumi said as she looked at the white sphere growing bigger and bigger. There was strong wind blowing through the entire sector and digital sea was going wild "Do you know if there is a way to stop this?".
There was silence at the other end so Aelita got worried "Jeremy, are you there? Jeremy?".
"There is no way" Jeremy shouted from the other side "I can't figure out anything. It looks like we are going out with a bang".
Yumi and Ulrich hugged Aelita and closed their eyes. Jeremy on the other side just sat motionless staring at the screen while factory crumbled around him.
Out of nowhere message appeared on the screen and it got Jeremy's attention.
"What the-" Jeremy said as he read the message "May 25, 2055. What's going on here?".
He opened the message and it was some kind of program. At the end of the message there was one simple voice message. Jeremy opened it as well.
"Launch it!" voice shouted and made Jeremy jump in his chair. But since he had no other choice Jeremy decided to do it. He launched the program. And than something new happened.
Factory stopped crumbling down and everything else was starting to calm down. Jeremy looked around himself and than focused his attention back to the screen.
"Aelita? Anyone?" he called for them.
"Jeremy?" Ulrich responded "What just happened? I mean everything is going back to normal here. Cataclysmic sphere is gone too".
"I- I'm not sure. Things are getting better here as well" Jeremy responded while looking at the screen checking if all of his friends are okay. And all of them were there. Everyone except Odd.
"Um, guys, is Odd there with you?".
Others jumped up on their feet and looked around themselves but there was no trace of Odd.
"Are you sure that he didn't arrive at the scanners Jeremy?" Jason suggested "Or if he fell into the digital sea".
Jeremy shook his head and sighted "No and no. If any of the two happened I would have known about it".
"Than where is he Jeremy?" Aelita asked him and he could notice fear in her voice "What happened to Odd?".
"I don't know Aelita. But it looks like he simply disappeared".
In the meantime, in some other place Odd leaned out of the scanner and tried to catch his breath. Once he thought that he was strong enough he stepped out but he was still weakened from XANA's possession and he fell to the ground being unable to hold himself up. He heard a bunch of footsteps running towards him being followed by sound of reloading weapons.
"Stay on the ground! Don't move!" voices shouted at him.
"What? Who are you? What do you want from me?" Odd asked them. He felt gun's barrel being pressed against his head as a warning so he decided to be quiet. Few seconds later another set of footsteps walked inside the room.
"Calm down everybody" voice said as he walked towards Odd and standing above him "I have been expecting him and he is right on time".
Odd looked up at the person and couldn't belive it. It was like he was looking at the mirror. He was looking at the blonde young man that was probably in his mid twenties.
"What the-" Odd wanted to say something but couldn't find the right words.
Man offered his hand to help Odd to get up and Odd accepted it. Once he got back up to his feet Odd looked at the man in front of him and noticed that man was smiling at him.
"Welcome to the future dad".
This is it for this chapter guys. I know it's kinda lame but I hope you still enjoyed it. Until the next time, peace out.