This is the last chapter in my epic story. Don't worry though, there will be a sequel. I hope you enjoy the last installment of "A New Player". Now, on with the show.

Tara slumped on her bed in her dorm room. Yumi had helped her make it back to the school before she went back to her house. The moments of that night replayed over and over in her mind.

Tara and the gang were in the factory. Odd had just been taken by Xana. Yumi and Tara were weeping in to each others arms. Tara looked at Ulrich and Jeremy, Jeremy had a distraught look on his face. Ulrich looked a little surprised and then finally, he spoke. "Dragonfly, that is what he has been calling you."

"Yes." Tara answered with a whimper. Then, Tara remembered something, the person who Odd said that she looked like. Tracy, that was the name, Tara thought. Who was she and what did she have to do with her? After an hour, the gang was exhausted but they still didn't want to leave.

"We should leave," Jeremy suggested quietly. "The school will send the police to look for us soon if we don't get back." Everyone agreed with Jeremy and, with some reluctantcy, left the factory. To their surprise, the lightning that had taken place earlier, had disappeared. Some buildings were a little damaged but everything seemed okay. To everyone, the damage symbolized how easily they all were fooled by Xana. Now Tara was on her bed, looking at the ceiling, wondering if she could have done anything that could have saved Odd.

It was 3:00 a.m. and Tara had almost cried herself to sleep, until she heard a knock at her door. She slumped up to the door and opened it. Ulrich was on the other side with Odd's school back pack in his hand. "What do you want?" Tara asked with a little more emotion than what she wanted. Ulrich didn't answer but walked in to her room.

"Do you know who Tracy is?" He asked in a commanding voice. Tara shaked her head in response. Ulrich opened a zipper from one of the pockets of the back pack. He took out a picture that was old and worn out. He handed the picture to Tara and motioned for her to look at it. Tara's eyes glanced at the picture and she almost lost her breath. It was a picture of Odd with one arm over another girl's shoulder. The girl looked just like Tara. Except that she had blonde hair with black hye lights.

"Who is this?" Tara asked in a hushed voice.

"That is Tracy." Ulrich replied. "She was Odd's little sister."

"What do you mean she was Odd's little sister?" She questioned.

"Odd made a promise to Tracy that he would always protect her." Ulrich explained. "Then, one day, while Odd was at school Tracy was going to a friends house but was run over by a car before she even got to the next street." Tara was shocked and almost breathless. "Odd never forgave himself after that day and I geuss your like Odd's replacement sister."

"What makes you think that?" Tara asked not really wanting to know the answer.

"Odd always called Tracy dragonfly and he told me, after her death, that he would never call anyone that again unless the person was as kind as his sister." Ulrich replied. It was like a punch was thrown at Tara's face. Odd did have feelings for her, it was just the feelings for someone who he thought was just as good as his sister. Tara's legs went weak and she quickly sat down on her bed. Ulrich handed Tara the picture before he left the room. Tara sobbed in her pillow and she just wanted this to all be a dream.

Hours later, Tara had almost fallen asleep. She closed her eyes until she heard her cell phone ring. Tara picked up the phone and answered it. As soon as she answered, a static noise came from the phone. She was about to turn it off but a sound made her frezze. The voice was electronic sounding and very quiet. So quiet that Tara had to put her ear right up against the phone to hear it properly.

"Don't give up dragonfly." The voice said in a whisper. The voice repeated the message over and over until the call was interrupted by a loud screech. Then the call ended. Tara was scared out of her mind but at the same time she was happy and overjoyed. Odd had given her a message of incouragement. That was when Tara knew what she had to do.

"Don't worry Odd, I'll train in Lyoko and become strong enough to face Xana." She said to herself. "I'll find you Odd, I promise it."

The End, For Now.

Now everything came together. Sure it was a hopelessly sad ending, but in the sequel it will get better. Make sure to review even if the story is over. I want to hear suggestions for the new fan fiction and some questions if they need to be answered. Also, here is a little preview of the sequel "Finding Odd", enjoy.

"Jeremy, where does this electric portal go to?" Tara asked Jeremy. Tara had a feeling that they should go in to it.

"I don't know, I can't get a reading from it." Jeremy replied. "It could be one of those circuit clones that Aelita was talking about." Everyone turned their gaze to Aelita who had a confused look on her face.

"Sorry, I can't get a read from it either, but I agree with Jeremy that it is a circuit clone." Aelita agreed.

"Lets go in it." Tara suggested. "We might be able to find some kind of map to the net base."

"Are you crazy, there could be tons of monsters in there!" Ulrich exclaimed. "We could be walking right in to a trap."

"Well we aren't getting anywhere by just going through here." Yumi reasoned. "We should at least try it Ulrich."

"Fine, have it your way." Ulrich snapped. Ulrich then approached the portal and stepped inside. Yumi then went to the portal and waved to Tara.

"See you on the other side, I hope." She said before she went in the portal herself. Just as Aelita was about to step in, the voice of Jeremy echoed to them.

"Aelita, be careful." Aelita nodded and she then stepped in.

"Don't worry Jeremy, we will make sure that your girlfriend doesn't get hurt." Tara replied sarcastically.

"She isn't my girlfriend!" Jeremy shouted. Tara shaked her head as she too entered the electric portal.

Suddenly, Tara was swept with a sensation of cold. Tara opened her eyes and discovered that she was underwater. Tara was shocked but she kept her cool and she began to swim up towards a surface, if there was one. Minutes past and Tara was amazed that she was still holding her breathe this long. Finally, she saw a break in the water and she bursted up towards the air. Tara reached out and tried to grab on to something solid. Suddenly, a hand reached out back to her and grabbed her hand. Tara still had water in her eyes so she couldn't exactly see who was pulling her up but she supposed that it was one of the gang. The hand pulled her up on to a block of ice, where Tara had a chance to catch her breath.

"Thanks Aelita, Yumi, or Ulrich." Tara thanked. Then she heard Ulrich say something from somewhere far off.

"Um, Tara," He began. "That wasn't any of us." Tara's eyes cleared up from the water to see a dark figure standing over her. Maybe this place was a trap after all.

What do you think? Isn't it great? Hope you had fun reading my work and I hope you will read the sequel and enjoy that too. Until next time; peace to the Middle east, bathe the whales, and pay the hobos.