Ulrich was walking out of the Science Building having just finished his last class of the day. He noticed Yumi standing just across the courtyard by a bench. 'Ok Ulrich, it's Saturday, no school tomorrow. Ask her on a date. Hmm... What if she says no? Will it be awkward? Will she think it's a joke? I'm confused...' Ulrich never was good at forcing himself to do things like this, usually causing awkward situation to occur. 'Come on Ulrich, be strong. Just walk up to her and ask her to go see a movie or something.

Ulrich began walking towards her, but as he was about ten feet away William walked over to Yumi.

"I got all the stuff ready for our history project. See ya tonight at the library?" William asked.

"Yeah, I'll see you there." Yumi said with a smile. William walked off and began chatting with someone else across the courtyard.

'Well,' Ulrich thought to himself, 'I guess I'll just have to ask her some other time.' He almost subconsciously tried to convince himself that he wasn't mad about the situation he found himself in, but his mind was full of anger towards William. Ulrich had never trusted him, even after they had had their moments working to together to fight X.A.N.A. A couple times, it didn't change much in Ulrich's mind.

Ulrich walked back to his room feeling like a beaten man, as though he was rejected without even having to ask. Ulrich knew this not to be true, but that thought couldn't escape it's cage, trapped by slightly over-emotional personality.

When he arrived at his room he plopped himself on his mattress and began to think, his thoughts quickly snowballing out of proportions. 'What if they're dating and she just hasn't told me?' 'That jerk William, always against me. What's wrong with him?'

Ulrich fell asleep, tired of thinking about all this. While he rested his head was full of anger and resentment, and not that of a short confrontation where all is better after the fighting is over, Ulrich saw this as a never ending struggle, a war. And being the general he was in that situation, he dreamt of ways to bring his enemy down, to win his war, even if he was the only one who saw it as one.

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Aelita had finally finished getting ready for her date with Jeremy. She dawned a stylish pink T-shirt, blue jeans, her favorite pair of blue flip-flops and brought a jacket in case it was cold in the theatre. She only applied a thin layer of makeup, her natural beauty overcoming any makeup she could have purchased. Her hair was in its usual fashion, resembling an innocent pink ball of twine that had been laid down long ago, allowing it to slouch from a perfect sphere to a more fitting shape.

Aelita looked at her alarm clock noticing the time. '5:04, I should probably head over to Jeremy's room, the movie starts at 6:30.' She grabbed her small pink clutch and headed to the boy's dormitory.

Upon entering the building she noticed it was mostly void of life. Saturday nights and Sundays were the only days that boarding students were allowed to leave campus making them busy days on the kids schedules, leaving the majority of campus empty with the exception of a few people studying or doing projects.

Aelita reached Jeremy's door and gave it a couple of light knocks.

*Knock* *Knock*

Jeremy promptly opened the door. He was wearing a light blue shirt, the collar covering his lower neck, tan pants and what Aelita guessed was cologne. 'Nice touch Jeremy.' she thought, beginning to smile.

"Hey Princess," Jeremy said, smiling back, "you look beautiful tonight." Aelita's cheeks became a crimson red as she blushed.

"Thank you Jeremy, you look great too." Jeremy followed in suit, his cheeks reacting the same was as hers.

"Are you ready to go?" He asked, still slightly nervous, but more relaxed about it than he was earlier today.

"Yes, let's go." She replied. Jeremy frantically ran back in his room after he walked out in order to retrieve his laptop, outing it in his messengers bag and walking back out.

"Why do you have your laptop?" She asked, perplexed by Jeremy's actions.

"Just in case X.A.N.A. attacks while we are away." Aelita was a bit annoyed by this, but accepted it knowing that he was probably right.

They could be seen exiting campus on their way to the movie theatre, hand in hand.

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"Aww man," Odd murmured to himself, sitting in the library for his detention, "this is SOOOO boring."

"Be quiet Della Robbia, I'm trying to read the funnies." Jim commanded, holding a newspaper in his hands.

"Oh, Jim, how was your vacation during finals?" Odd asked, not caring very much, but he couldn't stand the silence.

"It was good, I sailed my boat around Lac de Sainte-Croix."

"You sail?" Odd asked, actually interested at this point.

"Yes, I actually used to be in the Navy, but I'd rather not talk about it." Jim said, his normally straight face cracking at the mention of his Navy days.

"Well that's interesting."

"Thanks for asking Odd, " Jim seemed sincere in his thanks, smiling a bit after speaking that, "now silence, I'm trying to read."

Odd resumed doing what he had done to waste time for the last hour, drawing funny pictures on the table and listening to music, hidden in his jacket.

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Location: Andrews Air Force Base
Time: Apx. 1230 hours

An American drone takes off from a long, dark runway, headed to an American Military Base in Israel. Onboard it carries a 10 megaton nuclear bomb, planned to be used as a negotiations tool to stop a possible Syrian invasion.

"Sir!" Private Jackson said to his commanding officer, "We have an issue, the drone won't respond to our commands, and out monitors are all displaying a strange symbol."

"Call homeland security. See if they can take remote control from there location."

"Sir, they're the ones who called us, they said they fear a possible cyber attack is occurring."

"Trajectory heading on the drone?"

"Northern France, sir." Private Jackson said, his face looking very grim. "They also said they couldn't disable the payload, sir."

The Commanders eyes widened with fear. "My God." He said, taken aback by the situation. "Options?" He asked.

"Evacuation" was all the private could think to say.

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