Hello!

It's been a long time since I've posted anything, I know! But I hope you all can forgive me, I have no excuse other than sheer laziness. I hope you enjoy this story, I've actually been planning it for a while now and been writing it down and finally got the kick to type it from my note pad, so I hope you enjoy my new story! "Code: Magenta."!

The dark night sky hung silently over the campus of Kadic Academy. No wind to shake the trees and no sounds to break the silence, well all but one sound. On the roof, overlooking the empty courtyard, sat one of the ex Lyoko Warriors. He looked from building to building with a bored expression, he moved his hand up to his mouth and removed the lit cigarette from his lips and blew out with a sigh. His blonde hair hung almost past his shoulders, it had not been in the spiky shape it was so accustomed too in a long time. Hearing the sound of the door open behind him he glanced over his shoulder before looking out at the school again.

"You know, you really shouldn't be smoking." a voice said, walking closer to him and sitting down beside him.

"I'll stop when you do." he replied, passing the cigarette to the new comer. They both sat in silence, passing it between themselves until the silence was broken.

"What did you want Ulrich?" he asked, pulling his knees up to his chest and staring at the courtyard.

"I want you to come back to the room Odd, it's late and it's dangerous up here." Ulrich replied, eyeing up his best friend, making him sigh. "You've been coming up here everyday since it happened, I figured you would have gotten bored of it by now."

"It's the only place I feel closer to her." Odd sighed, falling onto his back and staring at the night sky. Ulrich hung his head with a sigh.

"She's not dead Odd, she's just stuck." Ulrich said, looking over his shoulder at his friend who was zoning out.

"She's been there for four years now Ulrich. She's not coming back anytime soon, no thanks to you, me or Yumi, especially him." Odd spat, causing Ulrich to flinch at the last part, not liking how his best friend could speak of one of his oldest friends with such hate.

"Odd..." Ulrich whispered, "It's not his fault, you really think he didn't try to find a way to get her back?" he asked.

Odd climbed to his feet and stretched out his back and shrugged,

"All I know is that he tried for about a week and then you all voted to shut the super computer down, with her still inside." Odd said, his hands balling into fists.

Ulrich shot up and stood face to face with Odd.

"You really think it was easy? For us to just leave her there?!" Ulrich said, almost shouting, "We did all we could Odd, Xana was on the verge of escaping and we had mere seconds to make a decision and that was what she wanted! She wanted to save us at the cost of trapping herself!" he said, grabbing Odd by the collar, "So don't ever accuse us of not trying, okay?!... Odd?" Ulrich's voice became shakey when he looked into the eyes of his best friend.

He was crying.

Even when it happened, he hadn't cried. Odd had just left and continued being strong. But now it had all come to the surface. He was biting his bottom lip to stop it from quivering.

"I need her back Ulrich." Odd said, tears rolling down his cheeks, silently hitting the ground.

"We'll work on getting her back, I pro-" Ulrich said before being cut off by Odd falling to his knees.

"No, Ulrich, you don't understand. I need her back now." Odd cried, collapsing onto this hands and knees as all his feelings, that he buried and pent up inside himself all came to the surface.

"Odd? What's wrong?" Ulrich asked, kneeling beside his best friend, resting his hand on his back, Odd leaned back onto his knees and looked his best friend in the eyes before taking a deep breath.

"I loved her Ulrich." Odd said, his eyes wandering to the ground.

"We all did Odd, it's okay." Ulrich said, giving his friend a reassuring smile before he seen Odd shake his head with a stern look.

"No, Ulrich... I loved her." Odd said, his eyes staring at Ulrich with a burning truth, settling a burning realization into Ulrich. He loved her.

Kind of a quick start to it, I've always been poor with starts! Anyway, I have no idea on upload times etc but I hope to do it once a week for the time being! Anyway, leave a review if you liked it or if you had any problem with it! I'm open to all criticism! I'll see you all in the next chapter!
~ShadowOdd.