Lily once again bolted for the tower only to find William blocking her way. The grin on his face has disappeared and replaced with a serious expression.
"What do you want from me?" she asked, she was being careful to stay away from him at all times.
"I want you to return to Sector 6."
"Why? Why am I so important to you?"
"You don't know?" William lowered his weapon, shock bubbling to the surface of his emotions.
"Of course I don't."
"Well then, go ahead and deactivate the tower." William took a step to the side and motioned for her to enter. She took a few steps forwards before walking towards him, her eyes never leaving his. "You can deactivate the tower, or you can figure out why I want you so bad." His words made her stop mid-stride. She looked over at him with curiosity.
"What are you talking about?"
"You can deactivate the tower or learn more about yourself. Just remember if you do I'll destroy Odd." Lily had remembered that Odd was still in captivity by X.A.N.A and was most likely being destroyed right now. She sprinted and entered the tower, the lights glowing under her feet. She floated to the second level and saw two different screens appear before her.
"Jeremie I know you heard all that, what should I do?" she asked, opening up the communication between them.
"I don't know Lily, this might be the only chance we get to figure out why you are so important to X.A.N.A." Jeremie said, his voice telling her that he was also in deep thought. Lily sat down and stared at the two screens her heart racing with every second she wasted. She knew as soon as she chose one screen the other would vanish, leaving the opportunity to a minimum.
"Listen Lily!" his voice echoed through out the tower, shocking the girl to her feet.
"Odd?" she asked.
"Yes its me, I escaped with the help of Ulrich and Yumi. Lily this is a once in a lifetime chance and you have to take it! I know how much you want to know about yourself and this is that chance for you, so take it!" A smile appeared on Lily's face and relief flooded her body as she chose the second screen. Odd was safe. Much to Lily's surprise the other screen didn't disappear it just waited until Lily learned what she wanted to and then she turned and deactivated the tower. The hundreds of screens fell off the walls and piled at the bottom as Jeremie materialized Lily back on Earth.
They were all anxious to know what Lily had learned but knew it would be wise to head back to the school since the sun was already rising. It was six thirty when they made it Lily and Aelita's room, closing the door behind them.
"So what did you learn?" Yumi asked, as they situated themselves in the tiny room. Aelita and Jeremie shared the pink bed while Ulrich and Yumi huddled on the floor. Lily was in the corned of her bed with Odd next to her. Before she able to answer she felt something warm on her hand, it laced itself between her fingers and when she looked down she noticed Odd was holding her hand. A smile was on her lips and they shared a warm look of happiness.
"Well I found out that," her voice faltered as she tried to find the right words to say.
"Come on Lily, spit it out." Ulrich said, trying to be encouraging.
"Well I'm X.A.N.A's heart."
"You're his heart?" Aelita asked, her brows squishing together.
"I'm his heart, if I die he dies."
"So as long as you're alive X.A.N.A is alive?" Yumi asked as they all tried to make sense of everything.
"So then what happens if we shut down the super computer after we find the anti-virus for Aelita?" Ulrich questioned looking towards Jeremie.
"I have no idea, this is tricky and we might have to do more research on it." Jeremie said, looking at the sheets and thinking hard.
"Well I'm starving, let's go get some breakfast." Odd said, releasing Lily's hand and jumping off the bed. The others agreed and all headed for the cafeteria.
The six teens sat by the window, still processing the information they received moments ago. Odd carelessly stuffed his face with croissants while the others sat in silence.
"I think we should go to Sector 5 as fast as possible." Aelita spoke up, breaking the silence that hung over them.
"Yes, we should but not all of us. The teachers would get suspicious if we're all gone." Jeremie said, handing Odd his croissant.
"I'll go to class and take some notes, you don't need both Lily and I." Aelita claimed before Jeremie could protest.
"I have a test I need to take, so I'm sitting this one out also." Yumi said.
"Alright so its decided Odd, Ulrich, Lily and I will go to the factory and get some more information." Jeremie said as they all dropped off their trays and parted ways.
It wasn't long until the three were on Lyoko and heading towards the edge of the sector. Jeremie typed away furiously and the transporter appeared to take them away. Odd complained about his stomach as usual then they were running off to find the key. With the help of Jeremie and there being no monsters at all Lily was able to find the key and press it seconds before the timer ran out.
"Alright, this has been to easy for us. Keep your guard up." Lily warned as they hopped on the elevator.
"Ok there's the screen just do your thing and we'll keep guard." Odd said as Lily ran to the edge and began to sort through the information. She faintly heard Jeremie's warnings and the all the fighting that happened behind her. Lily peered over her shoulder to see Ulrich being devirtualized and Odd destroying the monsters left and right. Lily continued her search for information and continued to send it all to Jeremie.
"I found it!" she cried out happily.
"Good send it to Jeremie and-" Odd was cut off and Lily saw him devirtualized beside her.
"Odd!" she cried out after hitting the send button and facing the tarantulas. She threw numerous orbs at them but they all failed. Lily tried to take a step back but remembered she was already at the edge of the sector. Behind the tarantulas Lily saw the faint outline of the Scyphozoa.
"Lily you need to try and avoid that at all costs!" Jeremie cried out, typing furiously and calling Yumi and Aelita.
"Um, I'll try but there's no where for me to run." Lily said as the monster closed the space between them. It wrapped its tentacles around Lily's waist and secured her before putting three more tentacles in front of her face.
"No Lily!" she faintly heard Odd's scream as everything that she just learned flashed before her eyes. Everything she learned, everything she knew was leaving her mind before she was able to grasp them. Slowly she felt her body tingle and she continued to hear everyone scream her name. Lily's heart raced and felt as if it was going to explode from the fear that clutched at her as everything in her mind vanished. Blackness clawed at Lily's vision and she fell onto the cold ground. Yumi and Aelita grabbed her arms and helped her to her feet as Lily regained conscious.
"Lily, are you alright?" Aelita asked as the silver-haired girl clutched her head.
"Lily?" Yumi asked, peering into her ruby eyes.
"I'm sorry but who are you?"
