Just That Girl
Ulrich's P.O.V.
'X.A.N.A.'s back.' Staring down at the text I reread it a couple of times to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
"You okay?" Lexington asked based off of my sudden silence.
"I'm fine. I have to go." Jumping up I made my way to the door. "Promise me you'll stay here until I get back."
"Ulrich where are you going? And it's almost time for curfew. I need to go back to my dorm." Asking questions she stood up.
"I know but please just stay here until I come back Lexington."
"Ulrich-"
Grabbing her face I locked eyes with her. "Promise me baby, please."
"Okay." Sighing she gave in to my wishes.
Kissing her quickly I released her and hurriedly left my room and made my way to the factory.
"What is going on?" I asked leaving the elevator. Jeremy and Aelita were at the supercomputer and the others were standing around.
"Somebody turned the computer back on and X.A.N.A.'s back." Jeremy explained typing quickly. "And there's an activated tower."
Looking at each other we all rushed to the elevator and went to the scanner room. Aelita, Yumi, and William went first to Lyoko. Then Odd and I.
"It's good to be back." Odd laughed shooting laser arrows.
Rolling my eyes I couldn't agree.
"Uh you guys aren't alone." Jeremy said.
"Yeah we can see the giant welcome committee outside of the tower." Yumi answered taking out her fans.
"No not just them. There's another person."
Looking around I saw a girl standing on top of a krab.
Dropping my sabers I stood in shock. "Oh no."
"Ulrich!" Hearing my name from the others I tried to focus on them. "I know her."
"Who is she?" Aelita asked standing beside me.
"It's Remy, Lexington's sister."
After the tower was deactivated we stood together by the computer.
"She must have been the one to turn the computer back on." Jer concluded. "The question is just how and why."
"And how are we going to tell Lexington?" Yumi asked hesitantly.
"Why would we tell Lexington?" Turning around I looked at her.
"It's her sister Ulrich. We have to tell her. Besides what's she going to think when she realizes her sister disappeared? She has to be able to cover with her parents and the school." Jeremy explained.
"We cannot involve Lexington in this." Shaking my head I turned back around.
"I think we need to do more than tell her about this. We need her on our team. We got out butts kicked out there." Odd interrupted in throwing his hands in the air.
"We were outnumbered and it's like he got stronger." William commented.
"Yeah it took three times longer than it used to to deactivate the tower." Aelita sighed casually leaning on Odd. "If that keeps up someone's going to get seriously hurt or killed."
"We defeated X.A.N.A. the last time without Lexington we can do it again." I argued not liking the idea the more I heard it.
"And look what happened, he's back again." Jeremy replied leaning back in his chair. "We need to go in and really defeat him this time. Quickly and we need all the help we can get that we can trust."
"We can't." Shaking my head I looked at the wall.
Lexington meant so much to me. The last thing I wanted to do was to drag her into our mess.
"We know Ulrich. But we need her. The world is at stake here." Aelita said softly.
Nobody was realizing that Lexington was my world. I wouldn't know what to do with myself if she got hurt.
"Either way she's going to know Ulrich. Her sister's involved. Besides you know as well as I do that she's going to want to help." Yumi tried again. "You won't be able to tell her no."
Sighing I knew I was fighting a losing battle.
"Fine. But we explain it to her tomorrow and I go with her to Lyoko."
The others agreed and we started walking back to school and Yumi to her house.
"It'll be okay, Lexington's tough." Odd said quietly to me as we walked together.
"No it's not okay. You don't know what it's like to think about her in danger. She's my world."
"I don't?" Odd asked looking pointedly at Aelita's back.
"Sorry." Apologizing I kicked the dirt.
"If anybody gets it, it's me. You know I wouldn't agree unless it was absolutely necessary. We're best friends. The last thing I want to do is put your girl in danger."
"I know. It's just hard."
He nodded as we walked into my dorm.
"Look at that." Odd snickered.
Ignoring him I saw Lexington curled up on my bed facing the wall.
"I told her to wait for me here." Talking and moving quietly so I wouldn't wake her I grabbed my pajamas.
"I'm surprised she listened." Odd laughed as we walked to the bathrooms.
Nodding we quickly changed and started walking back.
"I'm going to, uh, crash in Jer's room, okay?"
"Okay." Smirking I nodded. "But Odd?"
"Yeah?" Turning around he looked at me.
"Jer's room is the other way."
"I know. I just want to check on Aelita first."
"Right. Just make you sure you "check" on her with your clothes on, okay?" Laughing at his blushing face I entered our dorm before he could reply.
Lexington was sitting up on my bed rubbing her eyes.
Sitting down in front of her I greeted her. "Hey pretty girl."
"Hey, sorry I fell asleep." Yawning she brushed some stray curls from her face.
Smiling at her I laid down and gently tugged her so she was laying against my chest.
"Where's Odd?"
"In your dorm. So you have to spend the night with me."
"That's okay." She mumbled curving her body into mine. "I like it here."
Gently I kissed her forehead and rubbed her back.
"Sleep baby. You're going to need it."
"I know we have a double practice tomorrow." Lexington murmured her eyes closing.
"Yeah, that's it." I played along with her. Little did she know her life was going to change tomorrow.