Nothing is What It Seems: A Code Lyoko Story

First Battle in Weeks

      “Hurry, Yumi. I see some hornets coming our way.” Aelita commented.

      “I’ll take care of them!” Odd jumped up. “Laser arrow!” Both of the hornets exploded. He landed back on his hands and feet, similar to a cat’s posture. “You know, I think X.A.N.A.’s little vacation just made him weaker.”

      Aelita looked skeptical. “Any other monsters, Yumi?”

      “It looks like there’s some around the activated tower, which is a bit north of you.” Yumi told the duo. “Here’s your ride.”

       “Thanks, Yumi!” Odd jumped on his purple transportation. “Need a lift, princess?”

       “No thanks.” Aelita swiped her hand over her bracelet to activate her wings. “I think I’ll fly.”

      “There’s three tarantulas and two bloks guarding the tower.” Yumi told her friends. “You guys can handle it, right?”

       “Of course!” Odd picked up speed as he was heading toward the tower that was currently surrounded by red.

      “Be careful, you two. I’ll virtualize myself in just a minute.” Yumi activated auto-virtualization and looked back at Ulrich. “You can manage things here, right?”

      Ulrich stood up and nodded. Yumi nodded back and began to leave, but Ulrich caught her arm before she could do so.

      “Good luck.” He told her shyly. They both blushed a bit and smiled at each other for a minute.

      “I’ll be back.” She nodded again and slowly went back into the elevator.

       Ulrich sighed and took hold of the headset. “Don’t worry guys. Yumi’s on her way.”

      “How’s Jeremie?” Aelita asked.

      Ulrich checked back on his blonde friend. “He’s out cold, but he’s still breathing. I’m watching him, don’t worry Aelita.” He teased.

      “Thanks, Ulrich.” Aelita felt her face turn slightly warmer. She then could here Yumi landing behind her. Yumi immediately shot her fans at the Bloks, successfully hitting both.

      Just as Yumi had done so, the factory began shaking again. A piece of metal fell from  the ceiling, just missing Ulrich’s head.

     “Well, now we know how Jeremie was knocked out.” Ulrich mumbled. “Do you guys think you could hurry? The factory’s kind of falling apart.”

      “Well, it would help if X.A.N.A.’s monsters would stop shooting at us.” Odd sarcastically replied.

      “He’s still pretty weak for how long he took off.” Yumi noted again before effectively striking a tarantula.  

      “I agree. I thought that it would be much bigger than this.” Aelita nodded, before getting hit by a shot.

      “Careful, Aelita.” Ulrich pulled up her I.D. card. “You only have 20 points left.”

       “Laser arrow!” Odd yelled as he destroyed another tarantula. “I don’t know what you guys are talking about. X.A.N.A. seems pretty normal to me.”

      “No, the girls are right.” Ulrich responded. “Only a few earthquakes? Seems pretty flimsy.”

       “Fine. I’ll just be all alone on my little island then.” Odd crossed his arms.

      Yumi rolled her eyes at Odd’s childish comment and threw a fan at the last tarantula. “He must be planning something bigger, then.”

      “I’m going in!” Aelita announced, walking quickly into the tower.

     “Man, she gets all the fun.” Odd whined.

       “You could’ve called it you know.” Yumi pointed out.

       “Tower deactivated.” Aelita said as she watched the data files disappear shortly.

      “I’ll devirtualize you guys.” Ulrich said to his friends. “No use doing a return to the past.”

      “You think Jeremie’s going to be okay?” Yumi asked.

      “He just needs a little trip to the infirmary and he’ll be fine.” Ulrich answered. “I’m bringing you in.”

      Once Ulrich knew that his friends were on the way, he sighed with relief. “Another X.A.N.A. mission down.”