The Colussus tried to slash at Aelita repeatedly. She used what she assumed was the last of her strength to form an energy shield. It surrounded her, keeping her safe, but she wasn't sure how long it would last. It held up for the most part already taking alot of damage. The ground was still cracking and she didn't know how long it would last before it gave out too. The Colossus kept up its attack with much force seeing as it couldn't do anything else. Finally, after one particularly large blow the shield shattered. Aelita pushed herself to her limits. She ran for the tower she saw earlier. That was her only sanctuary right now. It reminded her of how this all started. How, in the beginning, she had done the exact same thing in pushing her body to its limits, running from her danger. The gym had been her only sanctuary then but she never made it. She remembered she had passed out from exhaustion. But she had been wrong then, as she was now. Her only sanctuary had not been the gym nor is it the tower. Rather her safe place, her sanctuary, was elsewhere and she would find it soon enough.

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Jeremie sat at the supercomputer. His fingers knit together in a contemplative form. Did he really want to do this? He pushed the thought back. 'I want to do this,' he thought,' they made me.' The blond boy looked over to where Ulrich lay.

"You made me do this. No one had to find out," he whispered. "Now look what I have to do. I have to erase Lyoko, then pull off the ultimate return trip." He smiled. "How on Earth did I think of any of this? Well, I should give credit where its due. I didn't come up with this you see. I had help. Breaking out of jail, that was easy. Especially when there is an electrical shortage and the jail doors open automatically being secured by electricity and all. It also doesn't hurt to have a security guard under your control to help you get out. But now, I have to keep up my end of the bargain." He inserted the USB stick that he took out of his pocket earlier, into the computer. "Sorry Aelita, but X.A.N.A's orders. Should've just left it alone." He opened the file on the computer. A window popped up. "Download virus?" he shrugged,"Why not?" He was about to push the accept button when he was thrown out of the chair.

"You really are insane! I knew it all along," Yumi said while holding him down.

"And our heroine comes to save the day. Really Yumi? So cliche."

"Seriously Jeremie, do you realize what you're doing?" Jeremie grinned deviously.

"You asked for it." Before Yumi could respond, he pushed her off and switched their positions. "Now tell me Yumi," he pulled a switchblade from his pocket then held it to her face,"what's wrong?" Yumi wriggled underneath him trying to get free, obviously uncomfortable with the situation.

"Jeremie, get off! Please just stop it!" she shouted.

"I want to hear you beg," he pulled her hair to bring her ear to his mouth. Yumi cried out. "I want to hear you plead and scream and fucking beg for me to stop." He pushed her to the ground. Yumi laid on it in silence. He kicked her.

"Ungh," she gasped, rolling over in pain.

"I'm waiting." She looked into his eyes coldly. Jeremie couldn't help but grin. Something about that stare... He kicked her again. "Something about that stare really pisses me off."

"Hunh," she gasped again. Yumi held her body tight. She lifted her upper body, positioning her weight on her arm. Strands of her black hair fell onto her face covering it. For once, she was glad. It hid the look of pain and the hot tears ready to fall because of it.

"Aww, come now Yumi, it'll all be over soon."

"But it's not over yet," she sneered.

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"Woah!" Aelita shouted as she slid on the ice. "That's enough! I'm tired of running!" She turned to face the Colossus. "Just kill me already! There's nothing left, he's gone and it's all my fault." Aelita put her hand over her heart. She could feel it beating terribly fast. 'Wait!' She thought and her eyes grew wide. The teen jumped to the side just as one of the monster's long arms swept over the spot she had been. 'He's not gone.'

'Come on Aelita, I thought you were tougher than that!' A voice laughed in her mind.

"I knew it! You never left, huh?" She felt some sort of strength filling her body but this time much more powerful than before. Her fingertips began to glow. She swept them over her heart to which they began to glow brighter, stronger. Aelita clenched her hands into fists until they grew. The purple light of the orbs bounced off her face.

'Let's do this together,' Odd's voice rang fiercely in her thoughts. Aelita nodded to herself solemnly. "This time, I'll save you." Aelita raised her arms. The Colossus seemed to finally grow irritable of the wait. It slashed its arms at the girl fiercely. They stuck in the ice everytime they missed causing the ground to crack more. Aelita waited for its next attack before leaping onto its arm then to its head. She threw her energy balls at it making it stumble backwards with each powerful hit. Aelita jumped just above its head then threw a large energy ball directly at the insignia of X.A.N.A It shattered into millions of pieces.

After dropping down, Aelita shot at the cracked ice. A chunk broke away and she hopped onto it to guide it through the water. Krsh! The sound of roaring water filled her ears. She looked around to find its source. A waterfall came into clear view. Why hadn't she thought of it sooner? A red glow made itself visible from behind the fountain and she smiled.

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A/N: Thanks for all the awesome reviews! You guys are wonderful. Oh, and so there's no confusion, this story is not over yet. We still have a bit more to get through before I end this.

Replies to reviews: Thanks to Elli JELLY BeaN for your kind review, I'm really glad you're enjoying my story and the return to Lyoko is awesome isn't it? Hahaha I'm sure you'll love what I have planned if you like it so far.

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