"Well… that was an interesting mission," Jeremy said as everyone came up into the computer room.
"Yumi a-are you okay?" Ulrich asked as soon as he saw her.
"Oh, yeah," She blushed a little and looked down, "Don't worry about me."
"I always worry," Ulrich said VERY quietly so no one heard.
"So does anyone want to tell me what the hell happened?" William asked.
"Yeah, I want to know too," Jeremy said.
Odd sighed, "We were ambushed."
"By monsters?" William asked.
"Well, honestly we don't know," Aelita said.
"Some bastard with a love for arrows," Ulrich muttered.
"So was it ONE person or lots?" Jeremy asked.
"Look, we don't know who or what or how many attacked up," Maya summed it up, "Has anything like this ever happened?"
"For a monster to not show up on my screen?" Jeremy thought, "Maybe, but for the monster to be invisible? Nope never."
"Well, unless that's Xana's attack," Yumi said, "Or he has a type of mist covering them."
"UGH, okay my head hurts from all of this," Maya groaned, "Just tell me, has there ever been a thing that shoots freaking arrows at you for the hell of it?"
"No," Odd said, "BUT we do have a scyphozoa."
"Isn't that a type of jellyfish?" Maya asked.
"ODD DON'T GET OFF TOPIC!" Ulrich yelled making everyone flinch.
"Sheesh sorry," Odd muttered.
"Okay, anyway," Jeremy said trying to get back on track, "Yumi how DID you get paralyzed back there?"
"Well, the arrows had like a electricity coming out from the top that time," She said, "Guess who ever was shooting got tired of playing games and wanted to take things seriously."
"Arrows?" William asked, "You mean like Odd's laser arrows," he tried to imitate Odd but failed making the others laugh. Like they were all friends.
"No," Ulrich was all serious, his face looked, well, stern. He was all set and ready to kill whoever hurt Yumi, "They were actual arrows. I mean like bow and arrow type stuff."
"Whoever it was, he had to be someone who could turn invisible or at least be able to blend in with the shadows."
As soon as she said that word, shadows, William remembered. Maya saw that he had something on his mind, "Dunbar? What's up? Got something you know?"
"Um, well, when I was waiting for you guys, I saw this figure. A shadowy figure."
And of course a thousand questions were asked.
"Who was it?"
"How many were there?"
"Did you attack?"
"Was it human?"
"STOP!" Aelita yelled. That made everyone stare, Aelita usually never yells.
"William, what did you do when you saw it or well him?"
"Or her," Odd pointed out.
"Well, it was human looking and looked like it could be a guy. And well I followed him-"
"Shocking," Ulrich muttered, "You had to play hero? You of all people should know when to be cautious. Or are you still an idiot?"
Something flashed in Wiliam's eyes.
Hurt? Maya thought, No, anger.
"I was cautious Stern. I stayed behind him a few yards. Until I saw him jump."
"Into the digital sea?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah, and the weird thing is, right before he was supposed to hit the water, he just.. vanished?"
"You mean, he was there falling then nothing?" Yumi asked.
"No more like a flash happened then he was gone. But he didn't fall into the digital sea. I know that much."
"What does this mean?" Maya asked.
"It means we have an interesting enemy on Lyoko," Ulrich said.
"Whoa, it's almost forth period?" Maya asked as they came out of the factory, "Were we really there for that long?"
"Yup," Odd grinned, "This is great! Lunch is next period!"
"What about school work? I mean, I didn't even go to class for the day!"
Yumi laughed, 'Don't worry about it, you can always copy notes from someone in class."
"Yeah, and just study and you'll be fine," Jeremy added.
"Don't the teachers wonder why you've been gone for so long?"
"Nah, they think we're sick," William said.
"You tell them that every time?"
"No, we also say we're going to the bathroom," Odd grinned.
Maya laughed, "Wow, some teachers we have. Should they even been allowed to teach US?"
They got lost in the talk about how dumb their teachers were. Aelita held back, just walking a few feet behind them. Maya notice right before they went into the hole down to the sewers, "Coz? You okay?"
"Huh? Oh yeah," Aelita sighed then smiled, "I'm just thinking about this whole shadow guy thing."
Maya bumped shoulders with her, "Hey no worries. We'll get him and put him to justice or whatever Jeremy chooses right?"
Aelita looked sad, "I-I was thinking that he might have been… David."
Maya's smile dropped, "I had the same thought too." She looked back at the factory and sighed, "I just hope we're wrong."