He Who Calls
Chapter 4
Journal of Odd Della Robbia
Most Recent Entry:
Ulrich guessed my secret, and that probably means I'm going to have to give in to whatever sick blackmail he can think of. Every damn time for the past month I mention Yumi, he brings up Aelita. Maybe I better just get over her. All the damn letters I wrote and never sent. If I sent them all, Aelita would have nightmares for weeks. I remember the last time she and Jeremy fought. They're only close friends now. He got a little too overprotective. I remember how happy I was that day. I like Aelita, but if that's got me rooting for two of my best friends to fight, maybe I should get over it.
"All right," said Jeremy. They were at the Factory. Milo was down in a scanner with Aelita and Ulrich in the other ones. "Transfer, Milo. Scanner, Milo. Virtualization."
Three figures appeared on the Forest Sector of Lyoko. Aelita and Ulrich stood in their new gear. Milo appeared wearing a two-piece black suit with a top hat. He had a bracelet on either wrist with blades around the edges.
"Hmm," he said, and thought of fighting. The blades on his wrists started spinning very quickly. "Razor bracelets. Anything else?"
"Try the hat," said Ulrich. Milo took it off and flicked his wrist. The hat transformed into a metal plate with blades similar to the ones on his wrists around the edges.
"Razor hat," Milo said. "I like it." He tossed the hat. He thought of it whirling and hovering near Ulrich, then Aelita, then coming back to him and turning into a top hat again. It quickly executed the commands.
"Did you do that?" asked Aelita.
"Yeah!" said Milo.
"Oh no," breathed Jeremy. "Xana is attacking! A tower has been activated due north."
"Right," said Ulrich, and they started running north.
"What's the attack?" asked Aelita.
"I don't know yet," said Jeremy. "But it's probably after Odd or Yumi!"
"Someone say my name?" asked Yumi. She had just climbed down the ladder. "I decided to come check out the new guy."
"Xana attacked!" said Jeremy.
Milo was tired of running. He thought about flying. He leaped into the air and kicked off himself in a strange jackknife formation. By repeating it he was able to fly forward.
"Amazing," he said.
"Guys, I'm sending vehicles!" said Jeremy. "There are two Creepers up ahead. And they brought William."
Odd was lying around thinking about Aelita and Ulrich. A small spider crawled near him. He jumped up, terrified of the symbol on its back. The Eye of Xana.
"The Digital Sea leads to the internet," said Jeremy. "Don't let William jump back into it. Devirtualize him."
The spider bit Odd, then died. Odd turned green. A small Eye appeared where he had been bitten. He fainted.