Last Chapter of the CL Halloween story! Thanks again for all the reviews, now read and enjoy!

All Tricks and No Treat part3

Down the dark hallway they sneaked, trying to be as quite as possible.
They stopped at the corner. Ulrich peeked around. "All clear" he whispered.
"I don't like this" Yumi said, "It's quite. Too quiet."
"Ssshh!" Odd hissed urgently. "Don't say that. Haven't you watched any horror movies? Someone always says that and then something awful happens!"
Everyone glared at him. "What? It's true" he said.
They headed for the door. "See anything Ulrich?" Yumi asked.
Ulrich peered out through the door's small window. "No. I think they've gone away. Come on, let's get to the factory."
He opened the door and stepped outside. The rest followed one by one, looking around furtively for any signs of movement. There were no attacks as they walked across the schoolyard and entered the trees. That's when the possessed people dropped down on them. "It's a trap!" Ulrich shouted, batting away one of the zombies. He smacked another thru the face and shouted over his shoulder: "Yumi, you and Aelita head for the grill. Odd and I'll cover you!"
Yumi grunted a reply, busy grappling with a girl dressed in a bunny suit.
She pushed her away and grabbed Aelita by the arm. "Come on Aelita, let's go-"
Yumi stopped dead in tracks, staring at the figure in front of her.
It was a kid, dressed as jack-o'-lantern. Hiroki lifted his head, his sightless eyes almost all the way back in his head. "No..." Yumi moaned, her hands shaking.
With a snarl her brother launched himself at her, clawing the air in front of him.
"Hiroki, stop!" she gasped, jumping back. Her brother landed on the ground and bounded up again, aiming once again for her. "Uugh!" she grunted as he struck her. "Aelita!" she said, trying to keep her brother away from her, "Go for the grill. I'll catch up soon." Aelita ran towards the grill, lifted it and started to climb down.
Distracted, Yumi forgot for a minute about her brother. "Aah!" she cried out as he bit her hand. She pushed him off her, and stepped back a bit.
"Sorry Hiroki" she said as he sprung into the air again. She swung her staff and smacked him hard in the gut. Hiroki gasped and dropped to the ground.
Yumi ran past her brother and climbed down the grill, dragging it's covering back as she went down. "Be careful Ulrich!" she said before closing off the opening.

Yumi climbed down the ladder and caught up with Aelita at the scooter and boards.
"Oh Yumi, your hand!" Aelita said, looking at the wound.
"It's nothing. Come on let's go" Yumi said, grabbing her board.
Aelita grabbed the scooter, and they rode down the sewer pipe towards the factory.
They reached the end and climbed up the pipe. Yumi lifted the covering up slightly and took a peek. "Seems all clear" she said. She climbed out and helped Aelita up.
As they ran towards the factory Yumi idly scratched at her wound.
"Should this be itching?" she wondered.
Suddenly her cellphone went off. "Ulrich! are you ok?"
"Yeah, Odd and I got away with only a few scratches. But it'll take us a while to get there. The zombies have the pipe entrance completely blocked."
"OK, I understand. Just try and get here as soon as possible"
She put the phone back in her pocket and headed towards the factory entrance.
Aelita was all ready waiting for her at the elevator.
They went down to the computer room, and checked the computer for the location of the activated tower. "There. In the polar region." Aelita said.
She quickly typed in the timer sequence and readied the scanners.
They headed down to the scanners and climbed in.
"3...2...1" Aelita muttered under her breath.
The doors slid closed, the scanners filled with white, and they were gone.

Vrrrm Two outlines appeared in the sky over the large fields of ice on Lyoko.
They solidified, and dropped down to the ground.
"Well, so far no monster" Yumi said, still scratching her hand.
"Come on, the tower can't be too far away" she said, and headed toward a hill.
On her hand small black lines appeared, and started to slowly spread out.

At the factory, Odd and Ulrich stepped out of the elevator and into the control room. They had a few scratches here and there on their arms, and a bit of blood trickle out of a cut on Odd's forehead.
"Whew, for possessed people they sure fought well" he said.
Ulrich sat down at the computer. "Yumi and Aelita are all ready in Lyoko. They might need our help."
"OK, set the program while I catch my breath" Odd said, slumping slightly unto the floor.
Ulrich typed in the program. "Done. Let's go" he said, pulling Odd up.
Odd grunted and stumbled slightly. "You OK?" Ulrich asked.
"Yeah, just tired." Odd said, scratching at the wound on his head.

"We should've materialised the vehicles" Aelita panted.
"Too late now" Yumi replied as they ran across the ice field.
"It won't matter now" she said. Just ahead of them the tower stood, glowing.
They stopped to catch their breaths, and Yumi did a quick scan of the area.
"Hmm, no monsters anywhere. Strange" she said, scratching her hand.
"Do you think it's a trap?" Aelita asked.
"Maybe" Yumi said.
She was still lost in thought when Ulrich and Odd caught up with them.
"Hey, you guys made it. Any bad injuries?"
"Nah, just a scratch on the head by Sissi. That girl should really cut her nails" Odd said, scratching at his forehead.
"Any sign of monsters?"
"No" Yumi said, shaking her head. "but it might be a trap"
"We'll have to chance it. Aelita, you stay behind me. Yumi, you and Odd bring up the rear."
Slowly they started forward, weapons at the ready. Yumi kept getting distracted by the wound on her hand. 'Wait, I'm virtual. How can I still have the wound?' she wondered. "Ah damn, this itching is driving me crazy!" Odd said, scratching his face like mad.
"Odd, are you alright?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah, let's just get to the tower" Odd groaned.
The attack came just as they reached the tower, but from an unexpected source.
Ulrich looked up and saw the Scipozoa floating down towards them.
"Yumi, quick, hit it before it gets to close"
Yumi threw her fan and hit her target straight on.
"Aargh!" Ulrich cried out as it hit him in the back.
"Wha-?" Yumi stared down at her hand. Long black lines had formed all over it and some had disappeared under her sleeve. She pulled it back a bit, but still couldn't see where it ended.
"Yumi! Odd! What's happening to your faces?" Aelita asked.
She and Ulrich watched in horror as black lines spread outwards from Odd's forehead and upwards from Yumi's neck. In seconds their bodies were covered in lines. "Y-Yumi?" Ulrich asked, standing up.
Yumi grunted as she wrestled to control her body. With a roar she flung her other fan up, striking the floating jellyfish smack in the center of it's head. With a squeal it retreated.

But the danger wasn't over yet.

"U-Ulrich... RUN!" Yumi shouted as her arm prepared to throw another fan.
"Aelita, let's go - Oof!" he grunted as Odd tackled him to the ground.
"Go!" he shouted as he fought with his friend.
Aelita took off for the tower with Yumi hot on her trail.
"Sorry Odd, nothing personal" Ulrich said as he punched him through the face.
They both got back up fast. Odd struck first. He snarled and fired a volley of arrows at Ulrich. Ulrich used his sword to deflect them, then triplicated.
"Yi-aah!" all three shouted, charging Odd.
Meanwhile, Aelita was having a hard time shaking off Yumi.
And Yumi's aim was getting better. "Aah!" Aelita cried out as a fan struck her on the leg. She fell down hard, clutching her leg.
"Yumi, please, don't do this" Aelita asked as Yumi walked up to her.
Yumi didn't respond except to ready another fan. Aelita closed her eyes.
Yumi snarled as a wave of ice flowed up over her, covering her completely.
"Rawr!" Odd roared, shooting at the three Ulrichs surrounding him.
He hissed in truimph as he hit one, destroying it. Whack! One of the others hit him from behind. Odd fell forward, straight into the other's fist.
He dropped to the ground, knocked out cold. Ulrich fused back together and went off after Aelita. He found her lying on the ground, Yumi still frozen in front of her.
"Come on Aelita, we have to get you to the tower" He said, pulling her up.
"But, my ankle" she said. "Don't worry. Lean on me" Ulrich said, putting his arm around her. As they walked away ice around Yumi started to glow and crack.
With a screech it shattered."Oh no" Ulrich said, looking over his shoulder and seeing Yumi free, her head and hands still glowing from using telekinesis.
"Aelita, climb on my back! Quickly!" he said. She climbed on and he ran towards the tower. "ULRICHH!" Yumi shouted.
Ulrich started to slow down as they reached the tower, exhausted from carrying Aelita. "I'll hold her off. Just hurry, OK?" he said. Aelita nodded.
"Good luck" she said, hobbling into the tower.
"I hope so" Ulrich said. He turned around and saw Yumi running towards him.
He pulled out his sword and went into a defensive position. A few feet away she jumped into the air and threw a fan at him. He smacked it away and rushed her.
She landed on the ground and leapt forward. They slashed and hacked at each other with blade and fan, weapons clanging, sparks flying, neither giving ground.
Finally Ulrich scored a hit, striking her shoulder. She spun in the air and fell down, dropping her fan. Grasping her limp arm she looked at him and growled.
"Please Yumi, don't make me do this" He said. She took a step forward, then another. Ulrich readied himself when she suddenly stiffened. He looked at her, then back at the tower, fading from red to blue.
With a whoosh the white energy rolled outwards, turning time back.

"Well, here we are again" Odd said, eating his fourth slice of cake.
"Only this time Jeremie will dance with me. All night" Aelita said.
Jeremie blushed all the way as Aelita dragged him to the dance floor.

Yumi reached under the table and squeezed Ulrich's hand.

"Thanks for not... you know" she said.
Ulrich blushed. He stood up and offered his hand to Yumi.
"Care to dance?"

THE END...

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