Chapter 2

XANA's Plan

Odd, Ulrich and Yumi stared at the mess before them. All of the scanners were broken, their wiring torn from their sockets; the whole room itself trashed.

Odd darted back up to the elevator to inform Jeremie. He stood in the elevator silently as it started on its way up.

All of a sudden it slowed to a stop and it went dark. 'What?' Murmured Odd. 'It's not even half-way there yet…' He pushed the button, but the elevator wouldn't budge.

'Way to go XANA.' Odd said under his breath.

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Ulrich and Yumi were busy trying to fix the scanners, though in that state it seemed impossible. Yumi stopped and turned to Ulrich.

'This is hopeless.' She said shortly. 'Let's just go and find Jeremie.'

Ulrich nodded and was about to start walking forward when he heard Odd yelling for help from within the elevator.

'Odd? Is that you?' He called.

He listened for a reply- but all he heard was a shrill yell in return.

'Odd!' Yumi cried loudly.

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Odd lay knocked out in the elevator. He had been trying to fix the elevator and had touched a live fuse, getting electrocuted.

He lay, his eyes closed and his hand bleeding. Now Yumi and Ulrich were stuck in the scanner room and Jeremy was really the only one who could do much…

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Jeremy looked up at the screen, realising that Yumi, Ulrich and Odd still hadn't gotten into the scanners.

'What's taking so long?' He called to them.

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Yumi looked up when she heard Jeremy's voice.

'Jeremy we can't get to the scanners. They've been trashed.' She told him, looking to Ulrich.

'Well that's just great…' Jeremy said, sounding somewhat absent.

'Do you think it could be XANA's doing?' Ulrich asked, guessing it probably was.

'Probably.' Jeremy replied quickly and hurriedly.

Ulrich wasn't convinced. 'Jeremy? Is there something you're not telling us?' He asked slowly, raising an eyebrow.

'No-no.' Jeremy replied. He didn't want them to find out anything. The longer they believed it was XANA, the better.

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Meanwhile, on Lyoko, Aelita was trying to make her way to the activated tower after being informed that the others couldn't make it.

She hid quickly as she noticed two Krabs blocking the tower.

'Jeremy, I can't get to the tower.' She said quickly, glancing around.

'Wait there, and I'll see if I can help the others.' Came Jeremy's voice.

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Meanwhile, Yumi and Ulrich were following Jeremy's instructions to fix the Scanners. When they heard his voice once more, Yumi stood up slowly.

'Jeremy, we're not much further forward. We've only done one scanner- and we're not even sure if we've done it right!' She said hurriedly.

'Well, we have to try it- which one of you is going to go?' He asked.

'I'm going.' Ulrich said, speaking finally after staying silent for so long.

Yumi looked on as Ulrich walked over to the Scanner. She grabbed his arm.

'What?' Ulrich asked, turning.

'Nothing…' Yumi said quickly, blushing slightly. 'Just…Be careful.'

Author's Note:

Sorry if you thought I'd abandoned you, I've had a hectic week. : ) Thanks to those who reviewed, I hope to hear from you again. : ) Sorry it's so short too. I'm working on a loger chapter. See ya for now!