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A/N: I packed a lot into the last chapter, and I know I kind of left it on a cliff hanger, sorry! Hope you are enjoying it so far though. I had planned out exactly how I wanted this story to go, and so far only chapter one has stayed true to that plan. I have veered so far off track, but I am liking where this is going.

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Confusion

Chapter 4: My Saving Grace

Odd looked up still holding his side. Right before his eyes he saw the spector of William begin to glitch and change shape. As it began to settle into his new form, Odds eyes widened. "Oh come on X.A.N.A at least play fair and not dirty!", yelled Odd throwing his hands up in disbelief as to who the spector had morphed into.

Sam was looking at Odd dead in the eyes, except this wasn't the Sam that Odd knew. No, she was still laying on the floor, the Sam Odd was looking at was what the spector had morphed into. Odd knew he did not have it in him to fight back, spector or not, he could not wrap his head around laying a hand on his girlfriend.

Odd took off running trying to get the spector as far away from Sam and the others. "I might not be willing to fight you, but let's see if you can catch me!"

Back on Lyoko the three virtual teens made their way to the tower. "You guys should almost be there", said Jeremie within their ears. "I can already see the red halo of the tower!", said Aelita looking ahead.

Suddenly Yumi screamed out, "Ulrich stop!"

"Huh? What?", Ulrich did not have enough time to process Yumi's scream when him and his overbike went right over the edge of the sector Yumi had tried warning him about. Yumi immediately dove down on her overwing and scooped up Ulrich. "Oof", he let out as he landed getting up and automatically putting his hands on the Japanese girl's waist to avoid falling off.

"Ulrich are you okay?", asked Jeremie through his headset. "Yeah I'm good Einstein, thanks to Yumi.", she blushed a little and made her way to the edge of the sector where Aelita was waiting. "Look over there.", said Aelita pointing.

The two teens looked over and saw that the tower was on an isolated glacier. The only thing between them and the glacier was the digital sea, which the teens knew that if they had fallen in that, they would be goners. "X.A.N.A had pulled this trick on us before, there has to be an invisible path somewhere, can you see something Jeremie?", said the pink haired girl to the sky.

Jeremie scanned the holomap, "Sorry Aelita, there is nothing here, if you step off the edge you will be on a one way trip into the digital sea."

They also noticed that the tower had a few guard dogs. Two tarantulas and four kanrelats. "Well it's a good thing we still have the overwing", said Yumi looking over to Ulrich. As the two walked over to the overwing it began to devirtualize right before they could hop on. "Uh Jeremie? What happened to the overwing?", said Yumi looking up to the sky.

Jeremie began typing away at his keyboard, and error signs continued to pop up left and right. Aelita went to hover her hand over her star bracelet to activate her wings when suddenly, nothing happened. She waved her hand over it a few more times, and still, nothing.

"Jeremie, my wings aren't activating either!", Aelita said frantically. Jeremie finally answered the worried teens. "Guys X.A.N.A bugged the program for the rides and Aelita's wings! I can't seem to debug it!"

"Well how are we supposed to get to the tower Jeremie? Odd can't fight the spector off all day!", said Ulrich impatient and worried for his friend.

"Well...", started Jeremie, "There is one way, it appears that Yumi's telekinesis coding is still intact, she could use it to take Aelita across the digital sea to the glacier. The only problem is once she reaches the tower it will be six against one. I don't like those odds."

"It's a risk we are going to have to take Jeremie, Odd and Sam need us!, said Aelita clenching her fist. " Yumi, are you up for it?", Yumi nodded slowly showing that she was also slightly uneasy with having Aelita's life in her hands. Ulrich looked up at her eyes, "Don't worry okay? I will be right here with you the whole time."

Yumi took a deep breath and focused on Aelita, she began to glow as she started to lift Aelita off the ground. Slowly Aelita began to cross over the digital sea, she started to gain a little speed but not much. As she approached the glacier getting closer and closer, she thought it was a good idea to try to take out at least the tarantulas before Yumi landed her.

"Energy field!", yelled Aelita as a pink orb filled her palms and she released them from her hands. She hit one tarantula it exploded into tiny particles and disappeared. She had missed the other one because it was able to dodge in time.

The tarantula sat back on its hind legs and lifted up its two front ones, firing shots from them. They all missed Aelita, but one managed to hit Yumi in the shoulder. Yumi let out a cry and fell to her knees and suddenly Aelita wasn't floating anymore. Aelita was falling and getting closer to the digital sea with every second.

Ulrich ran to Yumi's side and picked her up quickly, immediately Yumi began to concentrate on Aelita again, slowly lifting her back up. Ulrich decided this time to stand in front of Yumi to block any attacks. Almost half way there Aelita managed to take out the other tarantula, and two kankrelats.

Yumi started to sway back and forth, the telekinesis was clearly taking it's toll on her. "Hang in there Yumi, just a little longer", said Ulrich. Yumi nodded, but was still becoming weaker.

Back at the factory Odd had managed to hide from the spector under some scrap metal he found in an old office room. "What could be taking them so long?", he muttered to himself under his breath. Suddenly he heard the door to the office swing wide open.

"No! No! Stay back! Nooo!"

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A/N: Another cliff hanger! Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Even with writing it I was on the edge of my seat! Don't forget to review and tell me what you think of it so far.

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