I don't like this chapter. I hate nearly everything about it, actually. I know it will just end up worse if I try to rewrite though, so I'll just post it as-is.

Odd's bombs are from the DS game. He chucks them at things and they blow up, simple as that.

I've had two reviews requesting OxU, and at least two people whose profiles lead me to believe they would like this to be OxU. That's not enough for me to make it official, but here's a bit of fluff at the beginning for you. Squint hard now.

Lost

Chapter 4

by LanHikari2000x

"...but I don't know what XANA wants with you."

Ulrich shuddered. The idea that XANA's plan included him specifically... just didn't sit well with him.

He tightened his arms around Odd's waist, mot for the comfort of the contact than any real fear of falling.

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"...and so we see that the water that comes out of photosynthesis is in fact not the same water that goes in, and is created as a byproduct of the synthesis of the glucose."

"Excuse me, Suzanne."

Ms. Hertz paused in her lecture to look over toward the door. "Oh, Mr. Delmas. Is something wrong?"

"No, no," Mr. Delmas said dismissively, "I just need to speak with Mr. Belpois and Ms. Stones."

Jeremie and Aelita exchanged worried looks before standing and walking out the door with him. Yumi was already standing in the hall, looking as worried as they were.

"I just got a call from the hospital," Mr. Delmas began, "Mr. Della-Robbia and Mr. Sterns disappeared las night. The security camera in their room malfunctioned and the window was broken. Do any of you know what might have happened?" A chorus of 'no's answered his question. "I see. You all have the rest of the day off. Please tell me f you think of anything." He walked away, leaving the three alone in the hall.

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Odd was forced to watch Ulrich helpless in the grip of the Scyphozoa. He could only hope the others found the message he left of the supercomputer and got here soon. He looked down at his hand. It would be so easy... So easy to form another bomb and throw it at the Scyphozoa. If he could hit it's Eye – and from this range he almost couldn't miss – he could destroy it and free Ulrich. He could probably even disrtact William long enough for him to escape.

His hand balled into a fist. It would be so easy, and yet-

He was knocked out of his thoughts when something slammed into his side, throwing him across the platform. He looked up in time to see a flash of silver slice through the Scyphozoa's tentacles and Ulrich fall hard to he ground

Odd smiled to himself. It had come to late to stop Ulrich's virtual DNA code from being stolen, but at least the virus had been stopped.

He cringed when the Eye on his chest pulsed and two words pushed to the front of his mind.

Guard.

Attack.

His body moved on it's own to stand in front of Ulrich, his arm snapping up into attack position.

He sighed inwardly and took aim on Aelita, rather than letting XANa take over his body and do it for him.

Aelita responded by firing two energy fields at him. He dodged the first one, but this put him directly in the path of the second one. He brought up a hand with a bomb in it to block the attack. The resulting explosion blinded him and sent him flying back.

When his vision cleared, he found Aelita standing over him with and energy field charged and aimed at his chest.

"Either fire that or leave," he said, "Go back to Lyoko and have Jeremie run a scan on Ulrich. Just get out of here before He makes me attack you again."

Aelita narrowed her eyes and stepped back, dismissing the energy field as she did. She used her creativity to form a small dome around Odd, keeping him from attacking him from behind, and turned to the others. "Let's go."

TBC