I apologise for taking so long for posting this up, but I wanted to wait until I had GK4 all written, but I had my blocks. Here are repsonses to all reviews to the final chapter of GK2.

GreenDay4Evr - (blushes a little, bashfully) Oh, stop it!

Flying Star too lazy to sign in - A sandwich just isn't a sandwich without the zangy taste of-- (625 covers mouth)

625: Woah, there! Remember your vow not to use copyrighted names in your fanfics?

Right. Thanks for reminding me.

Janika - Sissi? What are you trying to say about her?

D Wolf Falls - Fear not, fellow CL and GK fan. GK3 is here.

CodeLyoko - Wow. You have a lot of time on your hands. Where do you get it from? Seriously! I want to know!

MikariStar - That's basically what motivated me to do it: no one else was doing it.

Garage Kids 3:
Glaciers and Hornets and Research, Oh My!

Chapter 1

Flashback, Jeremie's POV:

I stood next to Mrs. Hertz's desk, waiting beside the science teacher, herself. Apparently, a student's grades were slipping. She and a few other teachers wanted me to tutor the him.

Moments later, a brown-haired 12-year-old in Earth-colored clothes walked into the classroom.

"You wanted to see me, Mrs. Hertz?" he asked.

Mrs. Hertz nodded. "As you know, your grades are slipping. I, along with the rest of the staff, have found an appropriate tutor for you." She nodded towards me. "Ulrich, this is Jeremie Belpois, my star student. Jeremie, this is Ulrich Stern, the boy you will be tutoring."

I extended my hand to shake his. "Pleased to meet you," I said to him.

Ulrich silently nodded, with a smile, and accepted my handshake.

Two days went on. I would visit Ulrich at his room and we would work on subjects such as math and science.

Right now, we were heading up to his room, after the last period.

"You aren't doing half bad," I told him.

"Yeah," he said with a frown. "But I still don't get this." He pointed to some notes he'd taken, obviously in math.

"It's simple to understand, really..." I started, but as soon as we reached Ulrich's dorm, there was Jim standing at the door.

"Sorry, kids," he said. "We're remodeling the room for the newcomer to Kadic. We're expecting his arrival in around two weeks."

"Newcomer?" I asked.

"Some kid from New Zealand," Ulrich told me. "Principal Delmas asked me, this morning, if I would mind having him move in with me. Said something about my dorm being just about the only place left on such short notice."

I thought for a moment, then said, "Well, you can always come to my room for studying."

"...and, then it's just a matter of carrying the extra number up, and then..." I demonstrated the problem to Ulrich.

"You get it now?" I asked.

"Um, sure, I guess," he murmured.

A small blip came from my computer speakers. "Huh," I thought aloud, "Now, who would be e-mailing me at a time like this?"

I opened the e-mail and, inside...

"It's just a bunch of gibberish," said Ulrich.

"It's coded," I told him, as worked with the strange riddle to decode it. "Whoever sent this is obviously testing me."

And, I was going to pass that test.

Five minutes went by and I still haven't finished decoding this darn e-mail!

Ulrich was obviously bored, because he yawned then said, "Listen, I'll just go out to stretch my legs. Call me if you make progress."

I opened up my phone program to show him I had him listed. "Will do."

Ulrich's POV:

Finally! It felt good to get out of that room. I know Jeremie really wants to figure out that e-mail, but it was getting boring in there.

As I walked along the park, I ran into a girl I had met once, a month or so ago. Not, literally, of course. She was amazing! Well, anyway...

"Ulrich," she said, when she saw me. "Hi, how have you been."

"OK, I guess," I told her. "The teachers got me a tutor because of my grades."

"How are things going with your new tutor?" she asked.

"Fine," I told her. "He's in his room working on some coded e-mail he got several minutes ago."

She chuckled. "This I have to see."

My phone vibrated. I answered it. "Hello?"

"Ulrich," I heard Jeremie say in an excited voice, "you better come see this!"

"I'll be there in a moment," I told him and hung up. "Look's like you'll get your chance," I told the girl. "Wanna come?"

"Sure," she said, following me to Jeremie's room.

Jeremie's POV:

Three minutes later, I had made some progress. I had decoded a lot of the e-mail, but still couldn't get all of it figured out. Oh, well. Guess I just had to fill in the blanks myself.

Dear Recipient,

Help! Both your world ... mine ... danger. My name ... Aelita. I ... from the artificial/digital world ... known as Xanadu. However, ... went wrong. Now, ... he's out to destroy ... our worlds. I need your help.

Located ... school's park ... manhole ... Open ... follow the trail, by the sewer, to the end. ... ladder leading up to ... old Renault factory. Enter the factory and go to your right. Once ... end, there you'll find the computer equipment to enter my world.

Hurry! And bring ... most trustworthy friends. The fate of our worlds ... on you!

Had I decoded correctly, I would've gotten this.

Dear Recipient,

Help! Both your world and mine are in danger. My name is Aelita. I come from the artificial/digital world of Lyoko, which exists within a computer once known as Xanadu. However, after an infection by a supervirus, Xanadu turned evil and all went wrong. Now, he is known as X.A.N.A. I need your help.

Located in your school's park is a manhole cover. Open it up and follow the trail, by the sewer, to the end. There, you'll find a ladder leading up to the bridge next to the old Renault factory. Enter the factory and go to your right. Once you reach the end, there you'll find the computer equipment to enter my world.

Hurry! And bring your most trustworthy friends. The fate of our worlds is counting on you!

I selected Ulrich's number on the phone directory and watched the program automatically dial his number.

"Ulrich," I said, "you better come see this!"

Soon, Ulrich came in, followed my someone else. This was quite a surprise--someone I hadn't seen for a long time!

"I'm here, Jeremie," he said. "Oh, and this is a girl I met, a month or so ago, named--"

"Yumi?" I said.

Ulrich was surprised. "You know her?"

I nodded. "Yumi Ishiyama. I met her once when I was in the first grade (and before I was skipped ahead a year), while she, and her family, were visiting from her homeland of Japan."

"Well, we're not just visiting, anymore," she said with a grin.

"You moved here?" I asked.

Yumi nodded. "So, I hear you got a mysterious e-mail."

"Oh. That." I turned to show them what I had. "This is all I could get out of it."

Yumi looked at the progress I made. "Hmmm... somebody named Aelita, from an artificial world named... Xanadu wants your help."

Ulrich looked at the e-mail, too. "Nothing here on what it is or why it exists, but, apparently, something's gone wrong. And both our worlds are in danger of destruction."

Yumi looked at the second part. "Manhole in the park, huh? I remember seeing a manhole cover, hidden in the grass."

Like it? I have to go now, my ice cream is melting.