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A couple of weeks passed and XANA has been surprisingly quiet lately. According to Odd, there's a fifth sector on Lyoko. He said they discovered in when I was in Florida visiting my friends for a week. They were also thinking about adding another kid to the group. Some guy named William Dunbar, a fifteen year old kid who got kicked out of his last school for plastering love letters everywhere. Yumi was a little wary of him and I could tell Ulrich didn't like him.

"So, it's settled then," Jeremy declared. "William will be the seventh Lyoko Warrior."

"Great," Ulrich grumbled sarcastically.

"Hey, XANA is getting a lot stronger, so I think this is the best decision,"

"When are we going to show him?" questioned Aelita.

"After lunch," answered Jeremy.

We all nodded and finished out meals. Once we did, as promised, Jeremy brought William to the factory and explained everything.

"I see. So, it's like a game?" he questioned once Jeremy finished.

"Yes, but more real," he said.

"And, if you get shot, you feel it. But it's not that bad," I added.

Jeremy told William to get in the scanner so he could create a digital image of him. A moment later, the scanner popped open and William walked out.

"Well, how do you feel, William?" Odd asked.

"Ready to take on XANA and his monsters," he replied cockily.

"And you promise to keep our secret?" Yumi demanded.

"Yes," he answered firmly.

"Good answer," Ulrich said.

"So, now your immune to the return to the past, which makes you officially part of the group," Jeremy said from upstairs.

"Awesome!" William cried ecstatically.

The next day, I was in the gym, practicing my Pencak Silat, when my phone rang. I stopped and pulled my red and black cell phone out of my pocket.

"Aelita? What is it?"

"XANA's launched an attack? Can you get to the factory?"

"Yeah, I'll be right there. Is anyone else with you?"

"William is. Ulrich is stuck with his father, Yumi is babysitting her brother and Odd is at a skateboarding competition. Hurry."

"Right." I hung up and quickly got to the factory.

"Head to the scanner," Jeremy ordered, already starting up the process. "William and Aelita are waiting for you."

"Aw, how nice," I said and went into the elevator.

Jeremy virtualized us into what I assumed was the fifth sector, or Sector 5. Aelita and I landed on our feet and, to my surprise, so did William.

And even though I didn't know him very well, I loved his Lyoko outfit. He was dressed in a white and black body suit with a red belt. In his hand, was a large white sword, similar to Cloud Strife's sword from Final Fantasy (that's the only way I can think of to describe it. XD)

He examined the sword, slung it over his back than examined us. He whistled at me and my eyes twitched in annoyance.

"Not bad. You look pretty cute," he said.

I rolled my eyes. "Let's get this over with. Aelita, you've been here before. Lead the way."

"Right."

"Dialla, I managed to upgrade you gun, and you should have a sword on your back," Jeremy informed me.

My hand stretch to my back and I felt the hilt of a sword. I pulled it out and it was a long sword but pretty light. An opening appeared infront of us and Aelita took off; William and I followed her.

After running for a bit, we appeared in a large, empty room. I looked around, curiousity flowing through me. William, being as eager and annoying as ever, ran forward and one of the floor pads flew up and blocked him. On top of that, a strange noise echoed throughout the room. About a dozen or so snake-like creatures with a mechanical tail appeared.

"New monsters?" I guessed.

"Those are Creepers. There's a key we have to press to stop the traps. I'll handle the key. You guys take care of the monster," Aelita said and took off.

I decided to test out my gun. I aimed at one of them and when I fired, a green beam of light flew out of the gun and destroyed it.

"Nice work, Jeremy!" I cried as I killed off a few more.

I switched over to the sword. It was a little awkward using it suddenly, but I quickly got the hang of it. William was definitely enjoying himself, destroying three Creepers simply by spinning in a circle. Aelita activated the key, but a large wall surrounded William, separating us.

"Uh, Jeremy?" he asked. "There's a large... jellyfish thing here."

"The Scyphozoa! William! Get out of there now!" Jeremy ordered. "Aelita! Dialla! You have to get to him fast! I'll program the Overboard for you!"

He did so, and the Overboard appeared, this time purple and black, I assumed he made it for me. We climbed on and Jeremy led us quickly to William. Once we got to him, William was on the ground and the Scyphozoa was disappearing.

"You guys, I think he's been possessed by XANA!" Jeremy warned.

"Oh great," I muttered and we climbed off.

"William?" Aelita asked cautiously. "Are you alright?"

William slowly got to his feet but when he faced us, he swung his sword and a disc-shaped blast flew at us. I managed to leap out of the way, Aelita, however, wasn't so lucky. She got devirutalized, which left me alone with William.

"Uh, Jeremy?" I asked as I started backing away from him. "Please tell me Odd, Ulrich or Yumi are there and they're gonna help me."

"I just called them. They're on their way. Hang in there, Dialla."

William's evil-consumed eyes locked with mine and I aimed my gun at him. However, when I fired at him, he simply deflected the green beam. It ricocheted off the sword, and evaporated. I quickly put the gun back in the holster and, leaping into the air, I threw my boomerang at him; He deflected it again, and leapt at me. He swung his sword at me and probably would've devirtualized me if I didn't bring up my shield. But, since I brought the shield up at the last second - maybe even millisecond - when his sword contacted with my shield, the force was strong enough to send me hurtling towards the ground.

I hit the floor hard, looked up and William was coming down on me fast. I yelped slightly and quickly rolled out of the way and kicked him in his ribs. He flew forward and slid on the ground. I got up to my feet and he was running at me again. I grasped my sword, pulled it out and connected with his large one. We stayed like that for several minutes, each of us fighting for dominance. He eventually won by kicking me in the stomach hard. I flew back, losing my grip on my sword, but I managed to stay on my feet. Which was good, because he attacked me again but I was able to shield his attack.

"Jeremy!!" I cried, getting pushed back by William's attack.

"They are on Lyoko and are coming for you. Hang on just a few more seconds!"

William finally sent me flying and I hit the ground hard. He stepped on my chest with his boot, keeping me pinned to the ground. He raised his sword and brought it down fast. However, it didn't hit me. He had disappeared and in front of me was Ulrich, his sword out and ready. William was in front of him, getting up from being knocked down.

"Ulrich!" I cried overjoyed.

"Looks like we came just in time," he said.

"A few minutes earlier would've been nice," I replied.

"Dialla!" Odd and Yumi cried.

They came up behind me and helped me up.

"Are you alright?" Odd questioned.

I nodded. "Thanks."

Above us, we heard the annoying roars of Creepers.

"They're attacking Lyoko's core!" Jeremy alerted us.

"You guys get the Creepers," Ulrich demanded. "I'll handle William."

I started to protest, but Odd dragged me away. Yumi, Odd and I began ascending up to where the Creepers were, when suddenly, Odd was hit from behind by a wave of energy and was devirtualized. I glanced back briefly, then continued making my way up to the where the Creepers were. Yumi and I were about halfway up - we had taken out about two or three Creepers - when William's sword flew up and nearly hit us. He retrieved his sword and approached us. I pulled out my sword and braced my self for a rematch. He looked at us both for a moment then suddenly said, "Super Smoke!" and disappeared into the ground. He appeared behind us and hit Yumi in the shoulder and me in the side, devirtualizing us both, leaving no on to defend the Lyoko core.

I leaned on the wall of what was supposedly Aelita's room in the Hermitage a few days later. I tried to listen to Jeremy but I kept having quick and annoying visions of this room, as well as the rest of the house.

"Hey! I got a message from Franz Hopper!" Jeremy exclaimed abruptly.

Everyone gasped - except for me because I was just snapped back into reality - and rushed to the computer.

"What's it say?" Aelita asked urgently.

"It's the code we need to recreate Lyoko!" he cheered. "It looks pretty simple to decode, so we should have Lyoko back in about a day!"

"Is there anything you can't do?" Yumi questioned.

"Get a date?" Odd suggested.

We all laughed and my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out and it was a message Alex wondering where I was. I stared at it blankly for a moment before realizing he was going to tutor me in History.

"Oh, I gotta go. I'll see you at dinner," I said quickly and left the Hermitage.

I met Alex outside my room and we began studying. He was very patient with me, and was even able to make me laugh a lot.

"So, you get it now?" he asked. I was sitting on the edge of my bed, my book in my lap, while he sat on the floor, his book in his lap.

"Yeah, I think so,"

"That's good. Here's your reward," he said.

He got on to one knee so he was eye level with me, leaned in, too quickly for me to do anything, and pressed his warm lips against mine. My eyes widened in shock, and I wanted to push him away but my body wouldn't move. His hand slid up to mine and he played with my fingers.

It was only when my door burst open that we broke apart.

"Hey, Dialla, I-" the voice stopped immediately once he saw us.

I leaned away from Alex, surprised and stared at Ulrich, my face was bright red. Ulrich stared at me for a moment, his expression unreadable, then he glared at Alex, who returned his look with a cocky smirk.

"Your interrupting, Stern," he said.

I looked at Alex, my mouth agape, then back at Ulrich. His face became mixed with anger and hurt as he shut the door.

"No, Ulrich! Wait!" I cried as I chased after him.

"Dialla!" Alex called after me.

When I emerged from my room, Ulrich was gone. My shoulders sunk as my face turned into grief and sadness.

"This is bad,"

Dinner was horrible! Not only did Ulrich not speak to me, he wouldn't even look at me. Each time I would look at him, he would look miserable! The others asked what was wrong but he ignored them. At one point when we were alone at the table and I tried to talk to him.

"Ulrich-"

"Just shut up, okay?!" he snapped.

I flinched at the intensity of his words but remained silent. After dinner, when I was heading back to my room, Yumi and Aelita trapped me.

"Did something happen between you and Ulrich? A fight or something?" my black haired friend asked.

I hesitated, deciding on whether to tell them. "Sort of."

"What happened?" questioned Aelita.

"Well, Alex was tutoring me in History and he kissed me and Ulrich saw," I said quickly, blushing.

They were shocked, but Yumi was a little more shocked than Aelita. Aelita was the first to recover.

"Have you tried talking to him?" she asked.

I nodded. "He wouldn't even let me explain."

"Do you think he's jealous?" Aelita wondered.

I felt my face go hot and Yumi mumbled something under her breath.

"Maybe, but what should I do?"

"Well, maybe you should wait a couple days then try and talk to him," Yumi suggested.

It was worth a shot, though I was surprised that it was Yumi that had suggested it. Odd had mentioned something about Ulrich and Yumi having feelings for each other but they wouldn't tell each other.

"Maybe," I mused, sighing. "I just hope he lets me talk."

Yumi bade us good bye and we went out separate ways. When I got back to my room, to my surprise, I saw Alex there waiting for me. I stopped a few feet in front of him.

"Do you need something?" I asked.

"Listen, I, uh, I'm sorry for earlier," he apologized.

When I didn't speak, he continued.

"It was out of line for me to go and kiss you like that. But, I really like you, Dialla, and if you like Ulrich, that's fine by me."

"Alex..."

"I'll see you later," he said, waving slightly.

Then he turned away from me and left, leaving me more agitated and confused than ever.