~The Lyoko Warriors~
Chapter 6:Virtualization
The sun shone down, giving little heat to the campus. Odd DellaRobbia was
sitting in the park, and he rubbed his bandaged arm. He had bandages all up his
left arm for the 'minor bruises and burns' from the power line a few days ago.
He didn't feel much pain on it anymore, except for if someone pressed on it more
than gently. He knew that if he never rubbed it, it would build no endurance.
And if there was no endurance, he probably wouldn't be back to Lyoko anytime
soon.
Jeremie walked up to his friend, followed by Ulrich.
"Hey Odd," he greeted. Ulrich nodded his head in greeting.
"Oh, hey guys," Odd said, trying to stay casual. He'd seen Ulrich, because they
were roommates, but he hadn't seen Jeremie since the last attack.
"How's your arm?" Jeremie asked.
" Oh it's fine," Odd lied.
"I think XANA's out to cripple us all," Ulrich joked.
"He really only crippled Yumi," replied Jeremie.
As if at the mention of her name, Yumi walked up next to them.
"Hey guys," she greeted.
"Hey Yumi," the three said in unison, causing Yumi to laugh a bit. Jeremie
looked down as his laptop beeped.
"Activated tower," Jeremie reported.
"Let's go," Yumi said. The four ran for the gym, as fast as their crippled
friends pace would allow them.

The three people stood in the scanners, waiting patiently.
"We're ready, Jeremie!" Ulrich shouted. As if in response, each scanner closed.
"Transfer, Odd. Transfer, Ulrich. Transfer, Yumi...Scanner, Odd. Scanner,
Ulrich. Scanner, Yumi... Virtualization!" Jeremie shouted.
Odd was virtualized on Lyoko, and landed on his feet. He was in the mountain
sector. He was quickly followed by Ulrich, and then Yumi.
"We're here, Jeremie!" Odd shouted.
"That's good! Oh, and the scanners are offline for some reason..." Jeremie's
voice came from nowhere.
"Define 'offline'," Odd said.
"Just don't get devirtualized, or else you're not coming back," Jeremie said.
"Great..." Yumi said sarcastically.
"Let's go," Ulrich said. The other two nodded, and followed Ulrich as he ran
towards the tower. Then, as they reached the tower, 5 krabs surrounded them.
"Jeremie, now would be a good time to get those scanners back online...
Jeremie?" Odd said. The three Lyoko warriors raised their weapons, prepared for
battle, their backs to each other. Yumi flicked her two fans, killing a krab.
Odd held up his arm, and shouted "Laser Arrow!"and shot twice, killing two of
them. Ulrich held his swords, one in each hand, and then ran at them, killing
another. The last one fired. It hit Odd square in the chest.
"Odd!" Yumi shouted, and ran over to her friend, who was face down on the
ground. As she was helping him up, the krab fired again, knocking Yumi down.
Ulrich stood between the krab and his two friends. He held his swords in
front of him, forming an X, deflecting the lasers. He sprang forth, jumping onto
the krab, and sunk his blade into the eye of XANA on top. Then he jumped back,
and smiled as he watched it explode.
"Nice one, good buddy," Odd said. Yumi nodded.
"Jeremie are they fixed yet?" Ulrich asked.
"No...sorry," Jeremie said.
"Then we've got to be careful. A few more hits or situations like that and all
three of us are done for," Ulrich declared.
"Yea that's true. Guys, what if the scanners never get back up?" Yumi asked.
"C'mon Yumi, let's not think about that," Odd said, trying to be positive.
"But maybe we need to..." she argued.
"GUYS!" Ulrich shouted. Yumi and Odd walked over to him.
"XANA's not going easy on us," he said. They were standing on a ledge, and
looking into a valley below. There were monsters everywhere.
"Shit..." Yumi remarked.
"What the hell does XANA think he's doing?"Odd shouted.
"I'm not gonna lie, we may not make it out alive..."Ulrich remarked.
"Then atleast we died fighting. You guys in?" Odd asked.
"Well, I have a family out there, but there's no going back now. I'd rather die
fighting than live here forever. I'm in," Yumi declared.
"Yumi's right-there's no going back. We were in over our heads from the start,
and if we drown today, you're the only ones I have goodbyes for. I'm in," Ulrich
said bravely. His two friends nodded. Then they prepared their weapons and
jumped off the ledge into the heat of monsters were everywhere. They
all turned towards the three Lyoko warriors and began firing.
Ulrich ran, killing three krabs from the underside, ending with sinking a
blade into a block. Yumi flicked her fans in both directions, eliminating the
six blocks that had come to her. Odd laid his hand on his opposite arm. Then he
fired quickly five times, for the five monsters that had come to him, each arrow
hitting its target directly.
"Got 'em!" Odd shouted.
"I know we have it, but the question is does Jeremie?" Yumi asked.
"Jeremie! You got it?" Ulrich shouted.
"No I-I can't get them back up!" Jeremie exclaimed.
At that moment, a tower with a red aura faded to white.
"Well the tower is deactivated," Odd pointed out.
"That doesn't change anything Odd," Jeremie replied.
"So what, we're just stuck here?" Yumi asked.
"I'm afraid so," Jeremie replied.
"No! That can't be the end-it just can't! We can't stay virtual forever!" Odd
shouted.
"Guys, I have to go. My father called and said I should stop missing so much
class yesterday," Jeremie said.
"So we're stuck here?" Ulrich asked.
"Until I can get the program figured out, yes," Jeremie replied.

Jeremie sat in his classroom. The bell rang, and the class quieted.
"Alright, roll. Bellpois."
"Here..."
"Delmas."
"Right here!"
"DellaRobbia."
Silence. Jeremie glanced back to his cheerful friend clad in purple sat. The
seat was deserted-he didn't even know why he looked.

"Stern."
Another silence. It disturbed Jeremie, even though he knew what happened to
them. He imagined what might happen if anyone found out.
"Alright class, today we'll have a computer engineer here to talk to you all,"
Mrs. Hurts said. Jeremie's spirit lifted. Maybe the man would know how to
devirtualize his friends.

"Now class, you may ask any questions you have on computers," she said.
"Sir, pardon me, but is there any way to materialize any sort of digital DNA
into real particles that is located on, say, a virtual world?" he asked.
"That, my boy, is pure science fiction," the man replied.
"Bur science fiction IS a prediction of the future. We have to develop the
programs and technology to assist these predictions in becoming real," he
replied, pushing his glasses up.
"Science fiction is pure theory." the man declared stubbornly.
"So what if it is? Theories were always made to be proven, correct?" Jeremie
pointed out. The man shook his head and moved on.

Yumi picked up a small rock. She hurled it as far as she could-the rock
practically flew out of sight.
"Nice one..." Odd said with a sigh. He was trying to be cheerful, but it wasn't
working.
"Being stuck in a virtual world is so boring..." Yumi said, hurling another
small rock.
"Got that right," Ulrich said, coming to stand beside her. He picked up a small
rock himself and hurled it. It didn't go as far as Yumi's did. She smiled
victoriously. She picked up another small rock and hurled it as far as she
could.
"Beat that," she challenged.

Author's Note: Hey sorry I forgot to post this Thursday, I had to get some school work in before the end of the hope you enjoy!:3 I was running out of ideas,some new storylines are coming to mind. In a little bit chapter 3 of -After XANA- will be posted,as well as the prologue for a new story.

-Ember