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"We've got some Manta's, guys," Yumi said, pointing at three Flying Mantas coming our way. I created an energy shield with one hand, and focused a ball of energy in my hand. One of the Mantas took aim on me and shot, but I blocked it with my shield. I was pushed back a few inches by the blow. The same Manta shot repeatedly at me, and each time I was pushed back farther and farther, until I reached the edge. The Manta shot once more, and I was knocked off the edge.

"Nara!" Odd cried out. I flung out my hand and grabbed the edge.

"That was close," I muttered. I looked ahead, and I couldn't believe my eyes. "What the heck is that?"

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I continued to hang from the side of the ledge as I peered at the thing in front of me.

"You alright, Nara?" Odd asked, about to help me up.

"Wait," I stopped him. "There's something under here."

"What is it?" Ulrich asked, coming over.

"I dunno," I said, squinting at the light engulfed opening. "I guess the opening to another sector."

"Are you serious?" Yumi asked, shocked.

"I'm dead serious," I said. With a thought, my board appeared in front of me, and I leapt onto it. "I'm not positive what it is, but I think we should check it out, Jeremy."

There was a pause. Then finally, "Alright," he answered. "There's nothing that says it's a trap, so we might as well explore."

I smiled, "Thanks, Jeremy."

"Now that that's settled," Aelita started, "who wants to go in first?"

"Dibs!" Odd and I yelled at once.

"No way, Nara!" Odd shouted. "I called it first!"

"Are you kidding me?" I yelled back. "I called it first. Besides, I found it."

"Look at them," Ulrich laughed, "arguing like an old married couple."

As Odd turned to say something to Ulrich, I took my chance, and flew to the light.

"Too slow, Odd!" I laughed. "Thanks for the distraction, Ulrich!"

"Hey!" Odd yelled. "You planned that?"

"Of course not," Ulrich smirked. "It just worked out that way."

I kept laughing as I flew through the opening, closing my eyes to the sudden brightness. I tried to open my eyes again, but it was too bright. I made sunglasses and put them on.

Bright didn't even begin to describe it. Even with my sunglasses, it was as bright as the longest day in summer at noon. The sector was bathed in light; even the platforms were radiating light.

"Um, Jeremy?" I asked as the others flew in. I noticed their eyes struggling to open and I materialized sunglasses for them as well. "Can I make a suggestion?"

"Sure, go ahead," he responded.

"I say that we name this the Light Region," I said.

"It sounds so painfully obvious," Odd said.

"Well, the Polar Region is basically a polar landscape," Yumi said.

"And the Forest Region is a forest," Aelita offered.

"Sector 5 doesn't describe the sector, though," Ulrich pointed out.

"But we didn't name that sector," I said. "And besides, what else are we gonna call it? Sector 6?"

"How about the Odd Region?" Odd suggested.

"First of all, no," I said. "Second of all, I found it anyway."

"Yeah, Odd, I think we're going with Nara's idea," Jeremy said.

"How about the Macaroni Region?" Odd suggested. We shook our heads and started to explore. "Sissy's annoying Region?"

We all laughed at that idea, but we all declined again. Odd continued to shout out ludicrous idea after ludicrous idea, when suddenly, Jeremy's frantic voice brought us back to our senses.

"We have a problem, guys," Jeremy said in a worried tone.

"What's wrong, Jeremy?" Aelita asked.

"Does the phrase 'the British are coming' mean anything to you?" he asked.

"What does the Revolutionary War have to do with this?" Yumi asked.

"Well, substitute British with X.A.N.A.'s monsters, and you'll have you're answer," Jeremy replied.

I shook my head, "Jeremy, worst seg-way ever." Jeremy chuckled lightly.

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"Where's the tower?" Odd asked.

"It's in this sector," Jeremy answered.

"Look out!" Aelita cried. "There're some Krabs over there!"

I looked over to the nearest platform, and my eyes fell upon four Krabs.

"I'm on it!" I said. I thought of an energy ball, and it appeared in my hand. But then, the energy ball flickered, and disappeared.

"What's going on?" Yumi asked. I tried again, but this time, nothing appeared.

"I don't get it!" I yelled. Suddenly, my sunglasses disappeared, along with the others'.

"We're useless if we can't see anything," Ulrich said.

"I'll try and get you guys some eye wear," Jeremy said.

"Guys, my board is faltering!" I yelled, feeling the board slowly disintegrate beneath my feet.

"Where are you?" Odd asked. Right, no one can see anything, I remembered.

"Alright, your sunglasses are all materializing," Jeremy informed us.

"Hurry!" I yelled. Just as my glasses appeared in front of me, the board disappeared beneath my feet. Odd flew over and caught me on his overboard. "I don't like this," I said.

"Sorry the board isn't more comfortable," Odd smiled.

"I think she means that she can't use her powers," Aelita said.

Odd frowned, "Oh."

"Let's get rid of these Krabs, deactivate the tower, and get out of here," Ulrich said.

"But if I can't use my powers, you might not be able to either," I said, clinging to Odd's waist.

"Laser Arrow!" Odd yelled. His arrow hit X.A.N.A.'s mark on the Krab, and it shattered.

"So much for that theory," I sighed.

Yumi threw one of her fans at a Krab, and it shattered. Ulrich raced over to one of the Krabs and slashed it with his sword.

Aelita was getting ready to attack when a thought occurred to me. Maybe she can't use her energy attack either, I thought.

"Energy Field!" Aelita yelled, destroying the final Krab. I sighed, Nope, guess she can.

"Hurry up and deactivate the tower, Aelita," Jeremy said.

"We're not too far now, right?" I asked.

"Nara! What's happening?" Yumi asked worriedly.

"What?" I said, confused.

"Nara, you're disappearing!" Ulrich said.

"WHAT?" I yelled. I looked down at my body, and sure enough, my body was faltering.

"Jeremy, you better rematerialize her, quickly," Aelita said.

"What the heck is going on with me today?" I asked. "First the whole thing about Mr. Norton and my parents, then I hit my head on the ceiling—which, may I add, hurt like hell—and now, my powers don't work, and I'm disappearing! Wow, that's a lot."

"Yeah, it is," Odd laughed slightly. I laughed with him.

"Nara, I'm bringing you in," Jeremy informed. "Wait, hold on. Something's wrong."

"Now what?" I asked. "Oh, wait, I know. I need to get back on my own, with the wristband."

"That makes sense," Yumi said.

I touched my wristband, and was instantly transported to Jeremy's side.

"Good to see you, Nara," Jeremy smiled.

"Good to see me, too," I said, looking down at myself. "What the heck happened? And why did it only happen to me?"

"I'm not sure, but I'll get on it once we deactivate the tower," Jeremy responded.

"But what if it starts happening to the others?" I asked. "Shouldn't we bring them in?"

"For some reason, I think it will only happen to you," he answered. I gave him a confused look. "I'll look into it more when we finish this."

I sighed, knowing I had lost the debate, "Alright, let's get things going then." Suddenly, we heard a crash from above us. I completely forgot about X.A.N.A.'s monsters, I thought. "I'm gonna go hold off X.A.N.A.'s monsters," I told Jeremy, heading to the elevator.

The long elevator ride gave me time to think over what had happened.

Why was I the only one affected by that light? It's not like it was hot, like I was melting, I was just disappearing. I couldn't even use my energy attacks, but Aelita could. This is so confusing, this has never happened before.

The elevator stopped and the doors slowly opened. What faced me seemed unreal.

"Oh boy," I managed.

In front of me were three Krabs.

"Okay, this isn't fair," I complained, knowing full well it would change anything. "We aren't on Lyoko! I can't fight back!"

One of the Krabs shot at me, and I jumped and rolled out of the way. Next to me was a meter-long metal rod. As a Krab took aim, I instinctively grabbed the rod, and used it to deflect the laser. The deflected laser soared to a battered camera in the corner of the room. "Okay, it looks like we're doing things 'Ulrich' style," I said, squaring off with the Krabs.

I charged at one of the Krabs and slammed the rod on X.A.N.A.'s mark as hard as I could. The Krab stumbled a bit, but there wasn't any visible damage done.

"That's impossible!" I yelled, dodging a laser. "I hit it straight on!"

A thought suddenly came to mind. I ran between two Krabs who were ready to fire. As they fired, I jumped to the ground at the last second; my cell phone went flying out of my pocket. The two lasers hit the opposite Krab and they both shattered.

So there's the secret. They can only destroy themselves.

Suddenly, my cell phone rang. I tried to reach for it, but before I could grab it, the last remaining Krab smashed it. The Krab stood menacingly in front of me.

So, basically, now I'm screwed.

--With the gang--

The gang had reached the tower, but they were having trouble getting Aelita into it. They were at battle with a few Creepers.

"Laser Arrow!" Odd yelled, hitting one of the Creepers. As this Creeper shattered, another one appeared to take its place.

"More and more just keep showing up!" Ulrich yelled.

"At this rate, we'll never deactivate the tower," Yumi said.

"We have to try," Aelita said.

"Aelita, look out!" Ulrich said, running over to Aelita. A Creeper had shot a laser at her, but Ulrich got in the way and took the hit. "Hurry, Aelita, get to the tower," he said before he was de-virtualized.

--Ulrich's P.O.V.--

The scanner doors opened as I leaned against the wall of the scanner for support.

"Stupid Creepers," I muttered as I climbed out of the scanner. I made my way over to the elevator and went up to Jeremy's level.

The elevator doors slid open and I looked at Jeremy sitting at the computer. I walked closer to Jeremy's chair and noticed him trying to call someone. I scanned the room for Nara, but I didn't see her anywhere.

Jeremy turned around. "Good save, Ulrich," he said.

"Thanks," I said quickly. "Where's Nara?"

"She's upstairs," he answered. "There were a few Krabs, and she went to hold them off. During the battle, one of the lasers hit the security camera, so I can't see them anymore. I've been trying to contact her, but so far, no luck."

"I'll go up and see what's going on," I offered, going back to the elevator.

"Good luck," Jeremy said as the doors closed.

--Nara's P.O.V.--

I rolled away from the blast as the Krab aimed at me again for another shot. I knelt on the factory floor, panting.

I can't keep this up, I thought. If they don't deactivate the tower soon, I'm done for.

The Krab shot again, and I jumped out of the way, but this time, I wasn't balanced and I fell to the ground. I tried to push myself up, but my arms gave way and I fell back down. I tried to get up again, but I couldn't get up.

I'm exhausted. I can barely move.

The Krab shot at me, and with the last of my strength, I rolled away from it. This time, when I tried to get up, I couldn't move at all. I tried with all my might to roll away, but I couldn't move. All I could do was look up at the Krab is it raised its leg above me. I closed my eyes as much as possible as the Krab's leg raced down towards me…

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