Ulrich turned his head towards Jim who had moments earlier yelled, sitting on the floor holding his seat. He then turned to face where Jim's eyes, full of fear, were looking. Ulrich's body froze with fear, the water rushing towards them at an unforgiving rate.

"Get down!" He yelled, grabbing Yumi, holding her tightly to his chest. Jeremy noticed the growing distress on the bus and followed Ulrich's lead, protecting Aelita as well as he could.

The wave slammed into the bus with a fury marching that of a rabid beast, slamming into its pray with a force nothing can stop. The driver had moments ago slammed the brakes, causing the bus to initially hold up to the wave, but quickly it's torrential outpour of energy broke through that layer of protection, flipping the bus on its side, sending kids falling onto their sides. The wave had similar effects on the other buses, causing them to violently shake and turn as they flopped in the current of the river.

Ulrich looked around him, the bus seeming stable enough for him to stand.

"Yumi, you okay?" He asked, looking her over for cuts or hits.

"I'm fine. My arm's a little sore, but I think it'll be fine." She replied, moving off her back from where she had fallen.

Ulrich looked around, trying to comprehend what had just happened. As he looked over to his right, he heard a voice call his name.

"Ulrich!" Jeremy yelled, standing up from where he had fallen. "I think we have a problem!"

Ulrich move over to Jeremy, having to jump over a seat to get to him. "What is it?" Ulrich asked looking at the blond frantically search the ground.

"Two things. First: I lost my glasses, meaning I can't see. Second: the bus is filling with water, very rapidly." Jeremy pointed to the back side of the bus, water just now causing a slight tilt onto that side.

"That is a problem..." Ulrich said, his mind trailing off as he looked over the chaos of the overturned bus. "Is everyone okay?" Ulrich asked, his voice not as loud as a yell, but loud enough for everyone to hear. The replies were mixed, some said they were okay while others had mixed injuries, although none of them were severe.

"Jeremy, what's your plan?" Aelita asked, joining many in just now getting up.

"I'm not sure..." Jeremy looked down at the ground more, him mind tinkering as though he had actual gears turning in his head. After a few moments, he yelled out, "I got it!"

"What?" Ulrich asked, looking over at the genius.

"The low-lying geography of the area should match us up at the quickest path back into a river connection." Jeremy said, giving up the futile search for his glasses.

"So, what does that mean?" Yumi asked, standing behind Ulrich.

"It means that we may cross paths with the Factory as we travel along the river, allowing us to get to Lyoko!" Jeremy said loudly, attracting the attention of others around him.

"Jeremy, how will we know when we get there?" Aelita asked, brushing something out of her hair.

"Hmm... That is a problem." Jeremy said, taking another moment to think. "Maybe if we get someone on top of the bus, they could tell us when we reach the factory."

"Yeah!" Yumi said, looking above her. "We can have someone go out the emergency window exit above us."

"Sounds like a plan." Ulrich said, joining Yumi in looking at the window above them. "I'll do it."

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"William! We got a breach over here!" Odd yelled, pushing a large piece of wood against a newly formed opening in a wall of the factory.

"One second!" William yelled, running over to help Odd tape up the wood.

"These things won't hold the water forever, the tape is too weak!" Odd yelled, his entire body weight pushing, trying to hold the water at bay.

"I know, but hopefully it will hold until the others get here." William said, now helping Odd push.

"Who said the others are even coming? With how bad it is out there, I'm not sure how they plan on getting here." Odd said, firmly taping the wood in as many places as possible, backing away when he felt it was enough.

"Maybe we should go to Lyoko." William said, looking over the dozens of planks and boards they had taped to the walls in the last few minutes. His handiwork gave him a sense of pride, but it didn't last long as he was again pulled into conversation.

"What if the whole building floods? What if we get on Lyoko and the supercomputer gets fried or something? Then what?" Odd said, grabbing his head as it again began throbbing.

"You okay?" William asked, walking over to Odd.

"Yeah, I'm fine... Just give me a minute." Odd said, pressing his body against the wall as he clenched to his head, the pain growing worse.

"You sure?" William asked, looking at Odd with concern, distracted from what was beginning to occur behind him.

"Yeah, I'll me fine..." Odd said, a loud *bang* interrupting his train of thought.

William turned to see a mass of concrete, steel and cinderblock fall to the ground as a rushing wall of water took it's place, pushing the whole to become even wider.

William ran to the hole, grabbing the largest piece of wood they had found, and began to fight the mighty water. His body was able to put the wood in place, but he was hardly able to hold it their.

"Odd, come here and help me!" William yelled, his spine popping as it began to give in. Odd ran as fast as he could, but he slipped on a small puddle that had formed from some of the water that had made its way in. Odd luckily caught himself before he hit the ground, avoiding further disaster, and began to run towards William again.

"Odd, grab the tape and seal this thing!" William yelled, his body surpassing its breaking point, any more force would break his back.

Odd grabbed the tape and began to rip large pieces off, pushing them against the wood as he also helped William hold it in place, small squirts of water getting in every few seconds. After a couple minutes of this, Odd had used the whole roll of tape. When William moved from the board, it wobbled slightly, but stayed in place.

"I doubt that will last." William said, looking around the building, pieces falling as it lay in shambles.

"I doubt we will last." Odd said, looking at William's face with a deep concern.

Thanks for all the views, Saturday was my top view day ever! Another chapter for this episode will come out in, so think of this as a 6 chapter special episode. Enjoy the suspense!