A/N: Enjoy the next instalment or I'll send XANA after you.

"Are you sure this is safe?" Odd asked nervously.

Odd laid on a operational like table with his arms and legs clamped down.

"You know me better than that" Xander shook his head, his kind smile never wavering. "I would never do anything that would put you in danger"

Odd felt a little guilty for doubting his friend they had been like brothers growing up. He had protected from bully's to wild animals alike.

"You're right I'm sorry" Odd said gingerly.

Xander nodded his head in understanding and turned his attention to the pop-up screen and started gliding his hands all over it.

Odd always wondered how those things worked all the screens that appeared on it looked the same to him but then again Xander and Aelita were geniuses and had no problem with using the screens.

"Okay brace yourself it may not hurt but you will feel a small strange sensation" Xander warned.

Odd nodded and closed his eyes and prepared for any unpleasantness.

Xander pressed a switch on the interface and bright light started beaming down on Odd's body.

Odd felt relaxed under the warm glow of the light in fact it almost tickled but it also made his chest feel uncomfortably tight.

"W-What-!" Odd started hyperventilating as he suddenly found his breath being taken away, he felt his heart racing faster than it should and his head was pulsing like a boom box had been stuffed in it. With all this going on Odd couldn't help but let out a yelp of surprise.

Xander flinched and immediately shut down the process and undid Odd's restraints so he could sit up.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Does it sound like I'm okay ya yutz?!" Odd snapped. "You said it wouldn't hurt! I felt like I was having my heart ripped out!" Odd jumped from the table and stomped over to the window that showed the virtual sea.

"I'm sorry it seems this is going to take more effort to perfect the procedure" Xander rubbed the back of his neck.

"Look why don't you just let me go home then I can tell my friends what's going on and then-" Odd was cut off as Xander roughly grabbed him by the arm and turn him to face him.

"Then they'll think I've brain washed you and try to reverse the effects!" He snapped unintentionally tightening his grip around Odd's arm.

"OW!" Odd pulled his arm away the hurt in his eyes was obvious.

"Odd I'm sorry" Xander apologised putting a hand on Odd's shoulder.

"Xander if all you wanted to just get me here then why did you put so many people in danger?" Odd asked, it seemed a bit out of the blue but it had been eating at for a while now.

Xander bit his lip. Should he tell Odd the truth? Would he understand? Would he fear him?

"Well?" Odd asked bringing Xander out of his thoughts.

"Odd I don't always have control over my actions. When I send my spectres to attack you I can't control my actions and they act on their own"

Odd was stunned by his friends words.

"B-But how?" he asked.

"When my consciousness was sent to Lyoko there was a problem and now I fear I may be turning into the virus you have come to know me as" Xander bowed his head.

"Then that's why we need to try harder" Odd walked past him and laid back on the table. "Keep going and don't stop not even if I scream"

Xander hesitated but he had never been able to refuse Odd anything he walked back over to the panel and began again.

Meanwhile at the factory the Lyoko warriors were still puzzling over the photo they had found in the data they had brought back from Sector 5.

"Wait, back up a minute" Ulrich held his hands up in exasperation. "Are you trying to say that Odd and XANA have a past together?"

"That has yet to be confirmed" Jeremie said blankly.

"It's there in black and white!" Ulrich snapped pointing to the photo.

"I don't understand" Yumi murmured.

Jeremie started typing and a large wall of text popped up on the screen.

"According to this his real name is Xander Rauler he supposedly died in a car accident when he was thirteen it was at that time that Franz Hopper transferred his consciousness into the super computer as a favour for his parents who were his good friends" Jeremy explained.

"Don't tell me you actually believe this crap!" Ulrich snapped. "X.A.N.A would never leave such personal information like this where we could find it!"

"Unless he's distracted" Jeremie reasoned. "Besides this may be the only chance we've got to rescue Odd" Jeremie said.

"How will this help us save Odd?" Ulrich asked agitated.

"Because in the same data pack of this information there were Odd's location" Jeremy said smugly.

A/N: Yes I knows a little short but I'm running low on inspiration.

Next times the last chapter.