X-F: Whew! This is a biggie! I want each chapter to be one POV, so bear with me. It took longer than I thought to tell this piece of the story from Jeremie's POV on Lyoko. ^_^,

Jeremie's POV:

NO! No, no, no, no! There has to be a way out! There has to be something! Think, Jeremie, think! I banged my hands on the keyboard on the wall of monitors. Okay, let's review what we know so far. One, I'm on Lyoko… somewhere. Two, XANA sent me here to keep me from helping the others stop his attacks. And three, thank goodness I got great friends who already can see XANA is up to something. I wonder what XANA is up to. It must be something grand if he took the precaution of locking me away. I wonder if the others are okay... I gazed up to the screens and began to search for them. Okay, they are no longer in the park, so they must be on the way to the Lab. Hmm, strange there are no cameras in the sewers… I waited to see then in the Factory. After waiting about five minutes, they appeared on the bridge. They walked silently to the rope drop and entered the elevator. Hmm, no camera in there as well… it seems there are some holes in the camera system. That could come in handy… if I ever get out of here. I tried to put the hopeless feeling of never seeing home again aside as everyone entered the computer lab. Aelita automatically sat down in the chair and began to call up what looked like the log for the virtualization program. I put the screen on full view and listen in to their conversation.

"Anything?" Ulrich asked, standing next to the chair.

"According to the logs, during the time that tower was active, someone got virtualized." Aelita told everyone as she called up a more detailed about that virtualization.

"Oh no! What's this!" Aelita said as she began to type faster into the keyboard.
A look of worry and fear could be seen across the pink princess's face as she pulled up some more windows filled with codes.

"What!" Yumi asked with her own look of worry on her face.

"It's Jeremie! XANA Virtualized Jeremie!" Aelita practically screamed at the others.

"But, why would he do that?" Odd asked.

"It seems XANA's plan was to send Jeremie somewhere. He then erased the data of where he sent him, probability to make sure we can't find out where." Aelita told the others as she sat back in the chair.

After a few minutes of stun silence, Yumi finally spoken up with a shaky voice, "Do you think he was sent to the Digital Sea? You know… eternal Virtualization? Like your Father?"

Jeremie watched his friend's faces as the thought of him being dead crossed all of their minds. Odd just walked away from everyone and sacked to the ground and gave a big sigh. Ulrich had a look of sadness he then replaced with a look of anger, hopefully geared to XANA. Aelita put her head on her hands and it sounded like she was crying. Yumi reached out her hand and grabbed Aelita's shoulder as tears rolled down both of their faces. Odd, Ulrich, Yumi, Aelita… I'm not gone yet; please realize I am not gone! I banged on the keyboard again in frustration.

I glanced to the screen once more. They continued to mope around the lab. I could not help but focus mainly on the tear covering the face of poor Aelita. Please dry your wonderful eyes, I am not gone! I am only been captured. I wish there was a way to tell you in person. To give you a hug and tell you it will all be okay. Aelita picked her head up a bit as the tears suddenly stopped only to be replaced by a…

Huh? She smiled? I could not believe my eyes. Neither could Odd as he pointed the smile out by saying, "Hey this is no time for happy memories, we need to find out what really happen." "Do you guys remember that time Jeremie was stuck between Lyoko and Earth?" Aelita asked the others, still smiling from ear to ear. "Yes, very clearly. It was my clumsy fingers that sent him there…" Yumi looked down at her feet as her eyes glazed over as she recalled that day. "Well, do you remember how we stayed in contact with Jeremie then?" Aelita asked with a bit of urgency in her voice, encouraging the others to see what she knows. Of course! How could I have forgotten! I smiled at my own thought as the others tried to recall that day and what happened. "You…you were able to hear him, even thought he was blocked between Lyoko and Earth, through your mind. Right?" Ulrich struggle to recall that day was clear to see on his face. "It was like your minds were linked together. Like you the same person. Why are you bringing this up?" Yumi asked the pink haired girl. "Because that link just re-opened between Jeremie and me, which is why I just smiled." Aelita told her stunned friends. "Wait! Back up here! He is alive?" Ulrich asked with a look of incredibility on his face. Aelita merely shook her head yes and it was clear as day the sudden mood change on everyone's face. "Wait, so not only that but you can talk to him in your head like telepathically?" Odd said, clearly having a hard time understanding this latest development. "Yeah, only bits and pieces. It is like he is talking into a can on a string, I can't hear everything, but I can feel what he feels and from that I can give an educated guess on what he is saying." Aelita tried to explain to her friends. Aelita, if you can hear me then watch out! XANA is watching everything! He has cameras almost everywhere! I concentrated as hard as I could so she could hear me as best as possible. "Hang on; he is trying to say something." Aelita squeezed her eyes close and put her hands on her head as I focused the message again to her. She quickly opens her eyes and looked around the room, searching for something. Then, her eyes locked on something, the secret camera for the lab. Yes! She sees it! I quickly gave her a mental hug as a smile reached across her face. "So what's up Princess? What does Einstein want to tell us?" Odd said looking worried as Aelita's smiling face. Aelita, there are only three safe areas. The wreck room, the sewers, and the elevator! Make an excuse and tell them there! Please! I send her the thought as Yumi and Ulrich looked at each other with upraised eyebrows. "He… he said he wishes he was free, and is worried what XANA has up his sleeves. I mean think about it, XANA imprisoned him to stop him from helping us. So that means whatever the attack is, Jeremie could have stopped it easily, but without him, we will be at a huge disadvantage." Aelita informed the others as she grabs her phone and began to tap something into the keys. A few seconds later, Odd's, Yumi's and Ulrich's cellphones went off, clearly getting a text message. The three of them began to read it, as Aelita got up and walked over to a corner of the room. From where she was standing, she blocked most of the camera's view. Nice one... I thought as I could hear some shuffling of phones being replace into their pockets. A knowing smile could be seen on their faces as Aelita walked back to the screen. "So, where on Lyoko could Jeremie be?" Yumi asked as Aelita sat down and began to type on the keyboard. "Well, I can start up a program to search for him. The computer should work automatically to find him as we go get something to eat. After all, it is afternoon snack time, Am I right Odd?" Aelita said as she gave Odd a little wink. "Yeah! We should hurry there! I can't wait to get some of Rosa's famous crust less finger sandwiches!" Odd practically skipped to the elevator. They all smiled at him as they joined him. As the doors closed, I heard Aelita's voice in my own head.

Jeremie, I will talk to them as we walk back. They know that something more is going on, but I told them in the text to play along in the lab. I hope you are fine, wherever you are. I already miss you very much. I could feel her concern for me flow with her message to me.

Aelita, XANA isn't the only one watching. He set this room up so I could see as well. That is how I see the weak spots. For now, be careful, there are cameras everywhere! Be safe…

I observe them exiting the elevator at the top and climbing the rope to the bridge. "First one to the manhole gets Jeremie portion of food!" Odd called as he began to sprint. "Does he really think we would challenge him for food?" Ulrich asked Yumi and Aelita as no one dared to race him. I saw them enter the safe zone of the sewers as Aelita's concern flooded back to me like a massive tidal wave. I tried to reassure her as I knew she was telling the other the truth away from prying ears. But no matter how hard I tried to comfort her, she remained worried. Aelita, we will stop him, have faith. He won't get away with this. I swear, we will be together again. I sent the message to her, trying to keep my own self-doubt away from her.

(Does XANA know about this mental link? Will XANA really go after Aelita first? Find out this and more, next time I update!)