Hey guys! Look I'm sorry about Yumi. I forgot that she didn't live at the school...and about Xana...I've seen the show enough times to get the jist of the story, and the characters and what everything is about. I guess we can just say the power in the school is starting to...uh...weaken, so he couldn't get to her. I'm really really sorry! I will remember it all this time. Just go easy on me...heh. Okay here's the second chapter, and I hope you read and review!
Ulrich continued his running, Odd still running behind him. He didn't know how to get the super computer started up, but he had to try...for his friends.
"There's the sewer lid!" Odd pointed ahead of him to the lid that was laying before them. Ulrich smiled and looked back at Odd, who nodded back in reassurance. It was Ulrich's turn to step up and take action like Jeremy always had. If it hadn't been for Jeremy and Aelita almost always being the ones to save the world from Xana, he and Odd and everyone else would be dead. He had to do something.
He lifted the lid and threw it to the side, climbing down the hole. Odd looked around to make sure no one was near, and he jumped down. It was somewhat quiet down there, nothing but the wind coming through from the hold above them. Ulrich and Odd grabbed their skateboards and headed down the sewer pipe to another hole that led up to a bridge. When they got to the end, they threw their skateboards against the nearest wall and climbed up.
Ulrich was the first out, who jumped up and pulled Odd up next to him. The sun was shining down on them now, it had to be almost noon. As soon as they put the lid back on they broke out in a run again. They had to get there as soon as they could. Ulrich had to talk to Aelita soon, before anything worse happened. Losing Yumi was the worst possible thing to him, but maybe not to others.
"Come on Ulrich! Let's get down there!" Odd yelled as he was already in the elevator waiting. Ulrich shook his head and grabbed a rope, gliding down and landing on all fours, making his way to the elevator.
"Going down!" Odd exclaimed as he pulled the lever and the doors shut. When they finally made it to the bottom they noticed Jeremy was already there. Ulrich and Odd both breathed sighs of relief when they stood behind the genius. He seemed extremely focused and beads of sweat dripped from his jaw.
Ulrich looked to Odd who looked back, and then they looked back down at Jeremy with looks of confusion.
"Why didn't you tell us you came down here? And when did you come down here?" Odd asked with complete confusion. Jeremy jumped and turned to look at them. Dark rings were under his eyes and his breathing was raspy.
"Been here since almost three in the morning trying to contact Aelita. The power in the school is weak, and here it's just as bad or worse. Supposedly, from a few broken transmissions from Aelita, she's off to find the tower now, even though she says she can't feel any pulses in any of the regions." He said it in almost one breath, and the other two just stood there and stared.
"We need to get in there Ulrich. It's the only way to help Aelita find the tower." Odd said with determination in his voice. His face was stern as he stared over at the scanners.
"Go guys, and hurry. I don't know where Aelita is, and if she's okay. And we don't know where Yumi and Sissy are either." Jeremy demanded, and the other two nodded and walked into the scanners.
"Scanning Odd...scanning Ulrich...virtualize!" Jeremy shouted as he ran his fingers nimbly over the keys, finally pressing the enter button. Odd and Ulrich felt a gust of wind from below them, their hair blowing upwards. Then, they appeared in Lyoko.(A/N: I don't remember exactly how Jeremy says the scanner thing, but please bear with me!)
They landed on the ground from mid-air in Lyoko, now virtual. Odd swished his cat tail back and forth as he looked around to make sure there were no swarms or any other monsters. Ulrich pulled his sword out just in case they appeared out of nowhere. It was very quiet.
"What region are we in anyway?" Ulrich turned to Odd who was continued to search the premises.
"If I'm right, I think we're in the forest region." Odd said as he walked around a tree and back to where he was before. Ulrich looked up and noticed the trees stretched to the sky.
"Yep, I guess you're right." Ulrich said with a small laugh.
"Let's get going. We don't even know where Aelita is, and if the energy in the real world is that low, who knows how much longer Jeremy can keep in touch with us." Odd suggested as Ulrich nodded and they started walking.
If Jeremy couldn't get in touch with Aelita, the possibility of him being able to keep in touch with them was very low. It had to have taken up a lot of energy to virtualize them.
"I wonder if Jeremy realized how much energy that took up...making us virtual and all." Odd finally broke the silence between the two as they passed between narrow trees. Ulrich sighed and looked strait ahead.
"He knew, but he wants us to protect Aelita and find the tower before it's too late." Ulrich was right. Who knew what could happen if they didn't start searching right away.
"But first...Aelita." Odd said as he started running. Ulrich started running behind him. They were pretty close to the edge of the forest, so it wouldn't take to long, and maybe they could get a hold of Jeremy.
"Jeremy...Jeremy are you there?" Ulrich asked as they finally ended up in the desert region. Static came through first, then a voice broke in.
"I'm here...where are you?" Jeremy asked.
"We just entered the desert region." Ulrich responded.
"Okay..I'm trying to find the tower..." Jeremy trailed off and then started talking after a few seconds.
"I finally found some pulses somewhere in the desert region...near the edge of it." He said at last. Ulrich and Odd were relieved that they were already in that area, and they didn't have to go extremely far.
"....on the other side of the region...opposite of you." Jeremy finished. The two boys' eyes opened wide. That was a long way.
"Have you been able to get Aelita yet? We need to find her first." Odd butted in at last. Jeremy's voice sounded kind of far away, but he was still there. The power was getting weaker.
"Surprisingly, I did. She's in the forest region. She's near you. There is a deactivated tower somewhere around there, and she's there waiting for you." He answered with a little more happiness in his voice. Ulrich and Odd sighed with relief.
"Not too far then. Let's go. Thanks Jeremy, and we'll let you know when we have Aelita." Odd said as they said goodbye and headed back into the forest.
"What deactivated tower was he talking about?" Ulrich asked.
"I don't know, but it's near here." Odd responded while still out of breath from running.
They continued walking for a few minutes in silence, both of them thinking about the whole situation. What was Xana planning and why are the students at the school disappearing? Where was Yumi? Ulrich finally broke the silence.
"Look! A tower!" Ulrich pointed strait ahead, and Odd smiled.
"Let's go then!" He waved his hand over his head and started sprinting.
As they neared it, they saw Aelita. She was waving to them and smiling.
"Guys over here!" She yelled as the boys neared her.
"Aelita! You're okay!" Odd said out of breath again. She nodded and looked around nervously.
"Okay, we need to get to the tower, and I'm the only one that can transport to other towers, so...I guess you'll have to run." She said. They sighed. More running was not their idea of trying to get to the tower.
"Couldn't you just...like, transport us with you?" Ulrich suggested staring at her pleadingly. She shook her head and looked back up at him.
"No...we can't..." She was cut short by a rustling sound nearby. She gasped as about five or six swarm appeared out of nowhere.
"Aelita, since you are the only one that can deactivate the tower, you go on ahead and we'll take care of these guys." Odd said as he had his arrows aimed at them already.
"Mmm." Was all she said, and she went into the tower to transport to another one in the desert area.
"These guys are going down." Ulrich said as he duplicated himself and added two other ones who stood on either side of him. Odd was kneeling with one hand on his other wrist. The monsters moved in on the two boys, who were ready to attack.
"Here we go!" Odd said as he dodged a shot, rolled over and shot the creature. It blew up, but there were still more to take care of.
"One down! And.." Ulrich didn't even get to finish when he got shot in the arm. He growled lowly as he charged at it and stabbed it in the target on top of its 'head'. He smiled triumphantly as he looked over to Odd who was hiding behind a tree trying to avoid shots.
Ulrich made his duplicate charge at the creature to distract it, and Odd shot it with his arrow. Two more remained, and they seemed really angry.
"Shit...I only have one more arrow!" Odd exclaimed as he looked down at his wrist.
"I only have one more duplicate!" Ulrich shouted as the other two monsters moved in closer.
'Here goes nothing...' Odd thought to himself as he shot at one. It moved out of the way and he missed. He slammed the ground with his fist.
"Arg! I thought I was going to get him for sure!" He said with frustration. Ulrich stepped up, turning to his clone and pointing to the creature. The duplicate jumped in and stabbed it, making it explode. Only one more to go, and they could finally try to get in touch with Jeremy.
Ulrich was having trouble stabbing it. It shot at the clone and it disappeared. Now he was the last one of the three. The creature swiftly moved out of the way and avoided every blow. Odd was becoming frustrated and finally decided to distract it.
"Hey ugly! Over here!" Odd danced around and got its attention. While it was preoccupied looking at Odd, Ulrich took his chance and stabbed it. It exploded, and finally the forest was quiet again.
Odd slid down a tree and closed his eyes. It had been a hell of a day, and he really was ready to go home. But he couldn't...he had to help Ulrich and Aelita and Jeremy. He contacted Jeremy, and his voice was a little clearer.
"Aelita is heading towards the tower to deactivate it, and we just defeated a few swarm." Odd said, his breathing short. Jeremy's voice sounded really dull. Ulrich and Odd didn't like the sound of that.
"I've been searching all of Lyoko, and he has...he has more than one tower activated." Jeremy blurted out. Ulrich and Odd looked at each other with fear and amazement.
"How is doing that?" Odd asked.
"I don't know, but more and more students are disappearing from the school...I left a sound recorder up there so I could hear if anything was going on at the school, and I linked it down here. There's a lot of commotion and more talk of kids just vanishing into thin air." Jeremy said quickly.
"Damn. What are we supposed to do?" Ulrich asked, waiting impatiently for orders.
"When Aelita comes back from deactivating the tower, I need you two to come back. Tell Aelita to deactivate as many towers as she can, and both of you will investigate the school." He said.
"Okay, we'll let you know when Aelita has left to do the rest of the towers." Odd said.
Just as he got off with Jeremy, Aelita appeared. She walked up to them with a smile on her face.
"I took care of it." She said, and then frowned when she noticed the look on the boys faces.
"He's activated more than one tower." Odd said monotone. She gasped slightly and Ulrich nodded.
"It's true. Jeremy told us to go back while you deactivate as many towers as you can." Ulrich told her, and she nodded.
"I'll do my best. I thought I sensed more pulses in other regions." She said. And with that, she went into the tower behind them and transported. Ulrich brought Jeremy back up.
"She's gone, and you can bring us back now." Ulrich said.
"Okay here we go!" Jeremy typed some, pressed enter, and the two boys exited from the scanners.
"You two head up to the school. I'm going to try and contact Aelita now. Since she deactivated that tower, the power here is much better." Jeremy said as he whirled back around in his seat to stare at the computer again.
Ulrich and Odd nodded to each other and ran out of the warehouse and back to the school as fast as their legs would carry them.
Well, that chapter was a little longer than I expected, but oh well! More for you to read! Weee! Haha...okay well tell me what you think! I know I didn't do some of the stuff the same way the show did, so please don't correct me on that. I know it's not the same...but I guess you'll have to live. Heh. Third chapter will be up as soon as possible, and thanks to all who reviewed before!
Ulrich continued his running, Odd still running behind him. He didn't know how to get the super computer started up, but he had to try...for his friends.
"There's the sewer lid!" Odd pointed ahead of him to the lid that was laying before them. Ulrich smiled and looked back at Odd, who nodded back in reassurance. It was Ulrich's turn to step up and take action like Jeremy always had. If it hadn't been for Jeremy and Aelita almost always being the ones to save the world from Xana, he and Odd and everyone else would be dead. He had to do something.
He lifted the lid and threw it to the side, climbing down the hole. Odd looked around to make sure no one was near, and he jumped down. It was somewhat quiet down there, nothing but the wind coming through from the hold above them. Ulrich and Odd grabbed their skateboards and headed down the sewer pipe to another hole that led up to a bridge. When they got to the end, they threw their skateboards against the nearest wall and climbed up.
Ulrich was the first out, who jumped up and pulled Odd up next to him. The sun was shining down on them now, it had to be almost noon. As soon as they put the lid back on they broke out in a run again. They had to get there as soon as they could. Ulrich had to talk to Aelita soon, before anything worse happened. Losing Yumi was the worst possible thing to him, but maybe not to others.
"Come on Ulrich! Let's get down there!" Odd yelled as he was already in the elevator waiting. Ulrich shook his head and grabbed a rope, gliding down and landing on all fours, making his way to the elevator.
"Going down!" Odd exclaimed as he pulled the lever and the doors shut. When they finally made it to the bottom they noticed Jeremy was already there. Ulrich and Odd both breathed sighs of relief when they stood behind the genius. He seemed extremely focused and beads of sweat dripped from his jaw.
Ulrich looked to Odd who looked back, and then they looked back down at Jeremy with looks of confusion.
"Why didn't you tell us you came down here? And when did you come down here?" Odd asked with complete confusion. Jeremy jumped and turned to look at them. Dark rings were under his eyes and his breathing was raspy.
"Been here since almost three in the morning trying to contact Aelita. The power in the school is weak, and here it's just as bad or worse. Supposedly, from a few broken transmissions from Aelita, she's off to find the tower now, even though she says she can't feel any pulses in any of the regions." He said it in almost one breath, and the other two just stood there and stared.
"We need to get in there Ulrich. It's the only way to help Aelita find the tower." Odd said with determination in his voice. His face was stern as he stared over at the scanners.
"Go guys, and hurry. I don't know where Aelita is, and if she's okay. And we don't know where Yumi and Sissy are either." Jeremy demanded, and the other two nodded and walked into the scanners.
"Scanning Odd...scanning Ulrich...virtualize!" Jeremy shouted as he ran his fingers nimbly over the keys, finally pressing the enter button. Odd and Ulrich felt a gust of wind from below them, their hair blowing upwards. Then, they appeared in Lyoko.(A/N: I don't remember exactly how Jeremy says the scanner thing, but please bear with me!)
They landed on the ground from mid-air in Lyoko, now virtual. Odd swished his cat tail back and forth as he looked around to make sure there were no swarms or any other monsters. Ulrich pulled his sword out just in case they appeared out of nowhere. It was very quiet.
"What region are we in anyway?" Ulrich turned to Odd who was continued to search the premises.
"If I'm right, I think we're in the forest region." Odd said as he walked around a tree and back to where he was before. Ulrich looked up and noticed the trees stretched to the sky.
"Yep, I guess you're right." Ulrich said with a small laugh.
"Let's get going. We don't even know where Aelita is, and if the energy in the real world is that low, who knows how much longer Jeremy can keep in touch with us." Odd suggested as Ulrich nodded and they started walking.
If Jeremy couldn't get in touch with Aelita, the possibility of him being able to keep in touch with them was very low. It had to have taken up a lot of energy to virtualize them.
"I wonder if Jeremy realized how much energy that took up...making us virtual and all." Odd finally broke the silence between the two as they passed between narrow trees. Ulrich sighed and looked strait ahead.
"He knew, but he wants us to protect Aelita and find the tower before it's too late." Ulrich was right. Who knew what could happen if they didn't start searching right away.
"But first...Aelita." Odd said as he started running. Ulrich started running behind him. They were pretty close to the edge of the forest, so it wouldn't take to long, and maybe they could get a hold of Jeremy.
"Jeremy...Jeremy are you there?" Ulrich asked as they finally ended up in the desert region. Static came through first, then a voice broke in.
"I'm here...where are you?" Jeremy asked.
"We just entered the desert region." Ulrich responded.
"Okay..I'm trying to find the tower..." Jeremy trailed off and then started talking after a few seconds.
"I finally found some pulses somewhere in the desert region...near the edge of it." He said at last. Ulrich and Odd were relieved that they were already in that area, and they didn't have to go extremely far.
"....on the other side of the region...opposite of you." Jeremy finished. The two boys' eyes opened wide. That was a long way.
"Have you been able to get Aelita yet? We need to find her first." Odd butted in at last. Jeremy's voice sounded kind of far away, but he was still there. The power was getting weaker.
"Surprisingly, I did. She's in the forest region. She's near you. There is a deactivated tower somewhere around there, and she's there waiting for you." He answered with a little more happiness in his voice. Ulrich and Odd sighed with relief.
"Not too far then. Let's go. Thanks Jeremy, and we'll let you know when we have Aelita." Odd said as they said goodbye and headed back into the forest.
"What deactivated tower was he talking about?" Ulrich asked.
"I don't know, but it's near here." Odd responded while still out of breath from running.
They continued walking for a few minutes in silence, both of them thinking about the whole situation. What was Xana planning and why are the students at the school disappearing? Where was Yumi? Ulrich finally broke the silence.
"Look! A tower!" Ulrich pointed strait ahead, and Odd smiled.
"Let's go then!" He waved his hand over his head and started sprinting.
As they neared it, they saw Aelita. She was waving to them and smiling.
"Guys over here!" She yelled as the boys neared her.
"Aelita! You're okay!" Odd said out of breath again. She nodded and looked around nervously.
"Okay, we need to get to the tower, and I'm the only one that can transport to other towers, so...I guess you'll have to run." She said. They sighed. More running was not their idea of trying to get to the tower.
"Couldn't you just...like, transport us with you?" Ulrich suggested staring at her pleadingly. She shook her head and looked back up at him.
"No...we can't..." She was cut short by a rustling sound nearby. She gasped as about five or six swarm appeared out of nowhere.
"Aelita, since you are the only one that can deactivate the tower, you go on ahead and we'll take care of these guys." Odd said as he had his arrows aimed at them already.
"Mmm." Was all she said, and she went into the tower to transport to another one in the desert area.
"These guys are going down." Ulrich said as he duplicated himself and added two other ones who stood on either side of him. Odd was kneeling with one hand on his other wrist. The monsters moved in on the two boys, who were ready to attack.
"Here we go!" Odd said as he dodged a shot, rolled over and shot the creature. It blew up, but there were still more to take care of.
"One down! And.." Ulrich didn't even get to finish when he got shot in the arm. He growled lowly as he charged at it and stabbed it in the target on top of its 'head'. He smiled triumphantly as he looked over to Odd who was hiding behind a tree trying to avoid shots.
Ulrich made his duplicate charge at the creature to distract it, and Odd shot it with his arrow. Two more remained, and they seemed really angry.
"Shit...I only have one more arrow!" Odd exclaimed as he looked down at his wrist.
"I only have one more duplicate!" Ulrich shouted as the other two monsters moved in closer.
'Here goes nothing...' Odd thought to himself as he shot at one. It moved out of the way and he missed. He slammed the ground with his fist.
"Arg! I thought I was going to get him for sure!" He said with frustration. Ulrich stepped up, turning to his clone and pointing to the creature. The duplicate jumped in and stabbed it, making it explode. Only one more to go, and they could finally try to get in touch with Jeremy.
Ulrich was having trouble stabbing it. It shot at the clone and it disappeared. Now he was the last one of the three. The creature swiftly moved out of the way and avoided every blow. Odd was becoming frustrated and finally decided to distract it.
"Hey ugly! Over here!" Odd danced around and got its attention. While it was preoccupied looking at Odd, Ulrich took his chance and stabbed it. It exploded, and finally the forest was quiet again.
Odd slid down a tree and closed his eyes. It had been a hell of a day, and he really was ready to go home. But he couldn't...he had to help Ulrich and Aelita and Jeremy. He contacted Jeremy, and his voice was a little clearer.
"Aelita is heading towards the tower to deactivate it, and we just defeated a few swarm." Odd said, his breathing short. Jeremy's voice sounded really dull. Ulrich and Odd didn't like the sound of that.
"I've been searching all of Lyoko, and he has...he has more than one tower activated." Jeremy blurted out. Ulrich and Odd looked at each other with fear and amazement.
"How is doing that?" Odd asked.
"I don't know, but more and more students are disappearing from the school...I left a sound recorder up there so I could hear if anything was going on at the school, and I linked it down here. There's a lot of commotion and more talk of kids just vanishing into thin air." Jeremy said quickly.
"Damn. What are we supposed to do?" Ulrich asked, waiting impatiently for orders.
"When Aelita comes back from deactivating the tower, I need you two to come back. Tell Aelita to deactivate as many towers as she can, and both of you will investigate the school." He said.
"Okay, we'll let you know when Aelita has left to do the rest of the towers." Odd said.
Just as he got off with Jeremy, Aelita appeared. She walked up to them with a smile on her face.
"I took care of it." She said, and then frowned when she noticed the look on the boys faces.
"He's activated more than one tower." Odd said monotone. She gasped slightly and Ulrich nodded.
"It's true. Jeremy told us to go back while you deactivate as many towers as you can." Ulrich told her, and she nodded.
"I'll do my best. I thought I sensed more pulses in other regions." She said. And with that, she went into the tower behind them and transported. Ulrich brought Jeremy back up.
"She's gone, and you can bring us back now." Ulrich said.
"Okay here we go!" Jeremy typed some, pressed enter, and the two boys exited from the scanners.
"You two head up to the school. I'm going to try and contact Aelita now. Since she deactivated that tower, the power here is much better." Jeremy said as he whirled back around in his seat to stare at the computer again.
Ulrich and Odd nodded to each other and ran out of the warehouse and back to the school as fast as their legs would carry them.
Well, that chapter was a little longer than I expected, but oh well! More for you to read! Weee! Haha...okay well tell me what you think! I know I didn't do some of the stuff the same way the show did, so please don't correct me on that. I know it's not the same...but I guess you'll have to live. Heh. Third chapter will be up as soon as possible, and thanks to all who reviewed before!