Dani opened her eyes, and she was twenty feet above the ground. She fell down, and landed hard. "OW!"
"Dani? What are you doing here?" Odd turned around, and saw her.
"Hello!" Dani waved, and she looked around. It was a huge blue dome area and no exit at the moment. "I'm guessing this is the famous sector five you were talking about?"
"Yumi, why did you virtualize Dani onto Lyoko?" Ulrich asked.
"She walked in at last minute! At that point, I didn't really have much of a choice." Yumi defended. "We can worry about that later, because right now, William is still attacking the Skid."
"Nice steampunk outfit, by the way." Odd commented before a hatch opened and Ulrich and Odd ran through. Dani had her raven blue hair was tied back into a pony tail and she had steampunk goggles. She had a short, dark blue Victorian style dress with a black corset. She wore high heeled boots, and had fingerless gloves. She wore a belt with two hoisters, and she pulled what was inside out. There were two rusty brown daggers with a clockwork design on the handle attached to her belt.
"Yumi, we're in the arena, don't worry." Ulrich called.
"Good," Yumi sighed with relief. Dani followed the two boys and listened to Yumi's instructions.
"Just keep heading through until you reach the hangar's elevator." Yumi instructed, and they reached the elevator.
"Awesome," Dani commented as the elevator came in. The gang walked on, and they headed for the hangar. A giant submarine came into view, along with a boy holding a huge sword.
"He's William?" Dani questioned, pulling out her daggers. William turned around and Dani ran towards him, slashed her dagger at his head. William reacted too slowly, and the dagger scratched his shoulder before he pushed her back.
"You're pretty brave," Odd commented, shooting for the Creepers. William gripped his sword, and Dani ran for him.
"Like putting yourself in front of danger, don't you Danielle?" William asked, and Dani ducked under it.
"How do you know my name?" Dani asked.
"I know your father. He was friends with Franz, until he made some minor modifications with XANA." William smiled, and Dani stared at him angrily. She aimed for William again, only for him to turn to smoke. "You know what kind of man he is. You know who you are."
"You mean private!?" Dani whipped around and threw a dagger at him. It missed slightly, so William smirked. William threw his sword at her, and Dani jumped up and did a back flip, landing on her feet.
"Wow," Odd commented, shooting at the Creepers.
"I've had my fair share of gymnastics," Dani replied.
"Bad news guys," Yumi announced from above. "I lost contact with Jeremy, and the shields for Melanie are getting weaker!"
"That's just great," Dani muttered. "Do anything! Improvise!"
William held his sword over his head and brought it down on Dani. She brought her daggers up, and when the two weapons came into contact, her daggers fell out of her hands and off the hangar.
"I always thought that I was going to hit bad luck at some point," Dani ducked as William slashed his sword at her.
"Danielle, you know what you can do. The only thing that's holding you back is fear." William snarled. "And fear makes you weak."
Dani's eyes turned green, and she concentrated. "I am not scared of you." And a green ball of energy appeared in her hands, and she blasted it at William. He fell over, and Dani fell to her knees. I'm not doing that anytime soon on Lyoko. Dani slowly picked herself up, and she saw William pointing his sword at her.
"Of course not. You're scared of yourself." He smirked. Dani held her hands up at the sword pointed to her chest.
"Yo! Pretty boy," Ulrich called, and William turned around. Ulrich came running at William, and Dani made a quick getaway.
"Dani? What are you doing on Lyoko?" Jeremy asked.
"Fighting, duh. I'll explain later," Dani said.
"Uh, okay. Back-up is on the way, so hang in there," Jeremy said.
"Odd!" Dani shouted, and a Creeper was about to shoot. It hit Odd, and he was de-virtualized. Dani was helpless when the Creeper turned towards her, and an energy ball flew out and hit the Creeper.
"Dani," Aelita headed over, and Dani smiled. A groan sounded out, and Ulrich was de-virtualized and William jumped on Melanie, hitting it with his sword, and an energy wave flew around the ship.
"Ladies, one more hit to Melanie and it's all over," Jeremy warned.
"I can handle him for a while. Aelita, Yumi, take care of the monsters." Dani commanded, and before they could react, Dani ran over, and she used whatever energy she had left and a green ecto-ball appeared in her hands. She blasted it towards William, he was knocked off and de-virtualized into red and black smoke. Dani collapsed onto the ground. Yumi and Aelita ran over.
"How did you- Are you okay?" Aelita asked while Dani was on her knees.
"Yeah, just a bit tired," Dani said breathlessly. "I told him I wasn't scared."
"It's done. The programming for Melanie is on its way." Jeremy proclaimed.
"Yes!" the girls cheered. The ship had a grid wash over it before Aelita declared, "We did it. The ship is finally completed!"
"Great job. I'll bring you girls back in." Jeremy said, and they pixilated into nothing.
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Dani collapsed out of the scanner, taking deep breaths on her knees. Yumi and Aelita came over in hurry. "Dani? Are you okay?"
Dani nodded, and stood up, only to stumble over onto the scanner to balance herself. "I'll be fine," Dani reassured, hanging onto the scanner. "I'm probably not used to it, that's all."
"Are you sure? You seem pale," Aelita said. Dani nodded hastily. Aelita helped Dani off the scanner, and they headed out with Yumi to the elevator.
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Heading back to school…
"Why not Melanie? It's a great name!" Odd asked.
"For a girl. Not for a submarine for fighting off XANA," Yumi said.
"For fighting off XANA, we need a name that sounds stronger, not a prissy girl name," Ulrich said.
"How about that story my Dad told me about when I was little? The one about the ship that always made to its destination, the Skidbladnir." Aelita suggested.
"It's a nice name," Yumi and Ulrich agreed.
"How about the Skid for short?" Odd asked.
"It's agreed. The Skidbladnir or the Skid for short." Jeremy said. Dani nodded silently.
"Dani, we still don't know whether we can trust you." Jeremy said.
"Why not? I helped you with saving the Skid," Dani defended.
"Let's see why not. You barged onto Lyoko and your reaction of being de-virtualized was like you just got punched in the stomach." Yumi reminded. "We barely know anything about you and you blackmailed us! How do we know you aren't going to tell Mr. Delmas?"
Dani's eyes flashed green in anger. "I'm not the bad guy! I won't tell your secret, I swear!"
"Sissi said the same thing," Jeremy said. "William got possessed by XANA when we trusted him. How do we know you aren't like them?"
"If you decide not to trust me, fine. I'm not going to lose anything in my life, but you guys will if you decide not to. I'll let you decide, because I'll make sure I'll tell if you guys get in over your heads." Dani snapped. "I'm either your ally or enemy, and II'm pretty confident on what you'll pick."
Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, Jeremy, and Aelita saw what she was doing. Dani was extremely good at blackmail and trickery.
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