Episode 81 Did It Really Work?
Ulrich awoke finally and looked around his room. "I don't know if it worked. Did I actually manage to stop that huge jump back in time?" He stood up and ran out. He couldn't find the others anywhere. He went to the factory hoping that maybe he was able to do it. He saw that the Super Computer was off. He punched the keyboard. "I was too late." He clenched his fists into tight balls.
At that exact moment Jeremie walked in. "What weren't you able to do?"
Ulrich turned around. "Is it really you Jeremie?"
"In the flesh. I am surprised by your concern."
"Why would you surprised by my concern?"
"Well first of all you quit the Lyoko gang."
"You remember that?"
"Yes, we all do." Yumi said as she walked in. "All except Sissi."
"So even William remembers?"
"Yeah I do." William said as he walks in. "So are you back for good Ulrich?"
"Yeah, I think I am."
"Good to have you back." Both Odd and Aelita state as they enter.
"You're all ok?"
"Yes, you managed to stop the complete jump. And on top of that since you never completed all the codes to get us out of there, when he hit the button to finish it, it wound up using all the codes at once."
"But that doesn't explain how Yumi, Odd, and Aelita got out of there. I was only able to put in the materialization code for you, Rob, Todd, Dan, William, and Cura."
"Yes but after that the jump back was actually able to go back to after Aelita got her memories back. We may have to go through a lot of stuff again but now we have a better chance. The only other problem is that I can't seem to contact my brother."
"That is weird."
"I fear it is worse. I have all ready done a scan of the Super Computer while you were asleep and it turns out that XANA has gotten a lot stronger all ready."
"Oh well that is just great! Now we have to start all over again and on top of that XANA is even stronger then ever!" Ulrich exclaimed. "I can't believe this! It might be different if I had never quit to begin with!" He punched the wall.
"Now don't beat yourself up over it. We will just have to fight XANA with all of our might. From now on, we have to become even stronger."
"How are we going to do that?" Odd asked.
"Well when my brother upgraded your abilities on Lyoko originally I hadn't gotten the chance to look. But when I was allowed to use his disk to enhance Todd's abilities I paid close attention. All it will take is one thing. A code from the Forest Sector. In fact I know the exact place to find it."
"Where is that exactly?" Aelita stated.
"The same spot where we found the white tower under Franz Hopper's control. That tower is the place where we can find the code I need. After that I can upgrade you all beyond even what Kurt did."
All the talk about Kurt got William thinking. "I just got a really weird idea." William said.
"And that would be?" Jeremie said encouraging him.
"Well it is just that, maybe Kurt was playing us before. Maybe his real ally was XANA."
"Well how could that be?" Yumi asked, not believing that it was a possibility.
"Well think about it. According to what I heard Jeremie saying before, he asked Kurt for help a while ago, yet just recently he shows up willing to help and then on top of that all these problems occur." William stated.
"Well as much sense as that makes, I still can't be sure that it is the truth. For example, why would he try to go back to before XANA was re-awakened if he and XANA were allies?" Jeremie stated.
"Well before you turned on the super computer you had no idea it actually existed. It would be the perfect way for him and XANA to launch more attacks. Plus if he took you guys that far back he could wipe you out after someone turned on the super computer again. That would get rid of all his enemies."
"Well if that is so then we have more problems. He was able to get back here on his own if there really was a jump which means he might be in Lyoko. If he is then the question remains of "where on Lyoko" he is."
"Well can't you just do a scan?" Odd asked.
"No, if I could do that then I would. I need someone to be able to prove that he is actually there before I start up a wild goose scan."
"So what are we going to do until then?" Ulrich asked as he stepped forward.
"We will continue to fight XANA like always."
"Yeah except now we have a for sure secret weapon. We now know that there is a good Xana in there too, he has a bunch of codes we could use." Odd stated. "Problem is that we need to find him."
"Well that is a problem. All the data from the super computer that we got after Aelita regained her memories are... gone." He turned back around.
"WHAT?!" The whole group shouted.
"Yeah, he told me that if we go back to a point in time where we didn't have a code then the code would be wiped from the memory banks of the super computer and we would have to recover them." He paused.
"Why didn't you stop it?" William asked concerned.
"Well I had a fair warning from Kurt, that is also why he was so willing to send us all in. No one to try and stop him." Jeremie stated. "Still it troubles me that he would go to such an extent."
"But wait, now that we are back to after Aelita got her memories and before William destroyed Lyoko that means that the core is back." Odd stated.
"Well not precisely. I did a quick scan and I remembered that encrypted message I got from Franz Hopper. I was able to use it to do two things to Lyoko. Make it without a core and get rid of the key in Sector Five. Now all we have to do is wait for XANA to make his move after I upgrade you all."
"So then what are all these upgrades going to be?"
"Well your weapons for one thing, and I planned on making you guys look more like you do on Earth. That means that Odd might have a chance at looking like a human instead of a big purple cat. Don't worry though, your powers will all still be there, just easier to control. Like for instance, Yumi has to concentrate hard to get her Telekinesis to work but after this upgrade she should be able to do it as easily as blinking."
"That is really cool. I guess it would make our jobs a lot easier if we could do things by merely thinking about them." Odd stated.
"Oh and Odd. I made some adjustments of my own all ready." He smiled. "That teleportation ability you had, well I improved it and got rid of the bugs. Now you can go farther and no more duplicate Odds to worry about."
"That's great. But do I still get to keep my future visions?"
"Yes and after the upgrade you should be able to control them easier on your own. Basically it may take some serious practice but eventually you should be able to activate them whenever you want."
"That's awesome! I will be the biggest and baddest "Big Purple Cat" XANA has ever seen."
"I thought you didn't want to be a big purple cat?" Yumi said.
"Well I could change my mind but it won't matter after those upgrades."
He looked over at Ulrich. "Now Ulrich, would you please turn back on the super computer?"
"Sure but why did you have it off in the first place?"
"To scare you."
"Well it worked. That was a really crummy thing to do Jeremie. I thought I had lost you all."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get you that badly."
"What ever. I will go turn it on." He went down to the plug and turned it back on. He came back up a few minutes later. "So how does it look now?"
"Great. Everything is back to normal. Well as normal as it was after Aelita got her memories." Jeremie looked at the screen. "Unfortunately I have to try and program the virtualization to take you to the tower that I wanted to directly."
"Why can't you just send us in and then let us try and find it our selves?" William stated. "I mean I am sure we can all handle our selves in there until we find the tower you were talking about."
"All right. I am starting up the virtualization process. Get ready you five."
"Right." Odd stood in the elevator. When they got down there he was the first one into the scanner.
"Starting it up. Transfer; Odd, Yumi, Aelita, Ulrich, William. Scanner; Odd, Yumi, Aelita, Ulrich, William. Scanning... Virtualization!"
They all showed up on Lyoko looking the same as always. "Hey Jeremie, any idea where we are in relation to the tower?!" Ulrich asked.
"Yes, it is just a little ways north of your current position."
"Got ya!" He looked around and waited for his bike. "Hey Jeremie, do you think you could send us our vehicles?"
"Sure, they're on their way." He put in the code and all their vehicles were there ready.
"Thanks Jeremie. But why are there two hover bikes?" Ulrich asked.
"One for you and one for William."
"That makes sense." He hopped on and took off.
"Better hurry. It looks like XANA is quicker then before, he is all ready sending some enemies for you." Jeremie was doing some more scans. "Wait, those aren't enemies you've seen before. They are brand new. I haven't even seen these ones."
"Sweet. Do you know their hit points?" Odd asked.
"Negative on that. I don't know anything about them. Just watch out."
"Right. That is exactly what we were going to do." William said sarcastically.
"I meant it William, you guys should watch out while you face them. I don't know anything about them." He took another look at them. They seemed to be Kankrelots. "Never mind, they are just Kankrelots."
"Oh well in that case." They pick up the speed a little. When they get there the monsters are all ready there but they are Mega Tanks. "Hey Jeremie, do another scan because those weren't Kankrelots, they were Mega Tanks." Odd said.
"No they were clearly Kankrelots." He took another look and this time they were Mega Tanks. "My word, they are now. These monsters can shape shift. That is how they did that."
"Oh well. I can take these guys out no problem." Odd said as he shot one of his arrows at them as they became Blocks. The arrow hit. "Yeah!"
"Odd, I was about to tell you something important I have just managed to figure out about them."
"What is that?" He looked at the Block he hit and it didn't look damaged.
"They can't be destroyed unless they are in their own forms."
"And what are those?"
"Just wait for them to take the form of a monster you haven't seen and that will be it."
"I sure hope you're right Jeremie." Odd says as he rides forward on his hover board.
"Just make sure that Aelita gets to that tower."
"Right Jeremie. Odd, take the bunch on the right, Aelita you and Yumi go up the middle."
"What about you and William?" Yumi stated.
"Well I have been waiting for a chance to be able to fight along side William so this is the perfect chance." He started off towards the left and William followed. They both hopped off their bikes and headed for the Shapeshifters.
"Well I am surprised XANA. Ulrich has done something that even you or I couldn't have possibly expected. He joined the gang and managed to stop our full plan." It was Kurt in Sector Five. "Oh well. Not like they will figure out the secrets soon enough." And with that a pulsation started up.
Aelita stopped as soon as it happened. "Jeremie, check for an activated tower because I just felt a pulsation."
"All right." He started up the scan and he found that a tower was being activated. "You were right. Change of plans guys. Your upgrades will have to be put on hold because now she has to deactivate the tower to the East of the current target."
"Well what a coincidence, that is the way that me and William are going. Ok, Yumi and Odd stay here to take out the left over Shapeshifters! Me and William will take Aelita to the tower!"
"Right!" They all moved accordingly. William and Ulrich got on their bikes and took off after Aelita got on the back of Ulrich's.
"Ok, William, you lead the way."
"With pleasure." He picked up his sword and got ready.
"Now listen, we may not be able to actually destroy these things while they are in another form but we can at least cause them some damage. Just continue to take out each form. That should help bring out their original form." Ulrich commanded.
"Right!" William jumped off his bike and started to spin towards all the Shapeshifters. Each of them taking a lot of damage. They eventually ran out of forms until they got to Mega Tanks again. "Umm... Ulrich, a little help over here."
"Crud, ok. Aelita, you take the hover bike the rest of the way."
"What about you?"
"I've got a bone to pick with some Mega Tanks." He hopped off his bike and took off for the rest of the Shapeshifters. "Super Sprint!" He got there in no time at all. "Looks like you could use some help. Triplicate!" He attacked all the Mega Tanks at once. "Impact!" They reverted back to their own forms. "After you William."
"Don't mind if I do." He charged up his blade and took them all out with one swing.
"Sweet attack. I still remember what that did to the core though."
"Look, how many times do I have to say it, I'm sorry but I don't remember exactly what happened."
"Fusion!" The three Ulrichs became one again. "Well it doesn't matter anymore, so long as we can continue to stop XANA in his tracks everything will be fine." He looked for Aelita and she was just a little ways up. "Come on, if we hurry we can still catch up."
"Way ahead of you!" William said as he hopped on his own hover bike and took off.
"Oh is that how it is. Well I can go even faster. Super Sprint!" He took off for his own bike. He caught up to Aelita. He got on and took off. "The tower is in sight!"
"That is great news, I don't see any of XANA's monsters around either. Keep up the good work you guys. How is it going on your end Yumi and Odd?"
"Well it could be better. Laser Arrow!" He took out only one of them. "Well that is one down. About six more to go. This would be so much easier if I had my Exploding Arrows." He aimed. "Well these will have to do. Laser Arrow!"
"That's right Odd, until we get the code from the tower that you and Yumi are near that is all you got." He looked at the coordinates of the activated tower and the location of Ulrich, William, and Aelita. "Hurry up you guys! Yumi and Odd really need your help!"
"What do you think we're doing? Having a cup of tea? We're hurrying." He arrived there finally. "After you Princess."
Aelita nodded and entered the tower.
"Wow no real resistance from XANA this time around. I wonder why that is." Jeremie said.
Aelita finally deactivated it then headed back out. She hopped on the bike with Ulrich and then he took off.
"We should be there soon Jeremie." William stated ahead of Ulrich.
"Well that is good news because both Yumi and Odd are down to about fifty life points a piece."
"Oh great, thanks for the update Jeremie! Laser Arrow!" Odd blasted one of them again.
"Yeah, real good way to give us confidence. Hya!" Yumi sent one of her fans at them. "Are you absolutely sure there is no way to beat these things unless they are in their original forms?"
"Absolutely. The only other way is if we were to be able to find out more info about them. Or we could try and find a code that will allow us to control them."
"Is that even possible?" Ulrich said as he and William showed up finally.
"Well theoretically yes. You see it works kinda like when I activate a tower. All I have to do is find the right code and bam, I got a new trick up my sleeve."
"So you think that there are codes for every single monster that XANA creates?" Odd asked. "Laser Arrow!"
"Yes, I do think that." Odd got blasted. "Watch out Odd, one more hit and you're a goner."
"No duh, you think I haven't figured that out by now Einstein?" He was too busy ranting he didn't notice one of them had fired at him.
"ODD!!"
"Bye bye." He was devirtualized.
"Well that is only one of us. We can handle these guys. Aelita, get to the tower. Yumi, William, and I will handle the rest of them."
"Right." She ran into the tower.
"Lets take these guys out." Ulrich got ready.
William blasted them with a charged up attack from his sword while Ulrich and Yumi launched their own attacks. They took them out in no time.
"Great job!"
Aelita came back out of the tower. "Jeremie, I found the code you wanted."
"Great. I'm bringing you back in." He started up the process.
"That was a great job we did!" Ulrich said to the rest of the gang.
"Yeah, it was all thanks to your excellent leadership in there." William said patting him on the back.
He smiled and walked over to Yumi. "Umm... can we talk?"
"What about?" Yumi asked.
"About us."
"Sure." She walked along with him to the other side of the room. "Now what do you want to know?"
"Umm... Are we still going out or no?"
She pretended to hit him. "Of course we are. Just because you quit the gang and we went back in time doesn't mean that we aren't going out anymore." She gave him a kiss.
"What about us Jeremie?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah, we are still going out." He gave her a light kiss.
"That is just great, Einstein and Romeo both have someone but we don't have anybody." Odd whined.
"Oh, I'm sure that you will find someone. As for me, I really don't care. Sometimes I think that a relationship could get in the way of things."
Jeremie turned to the computer and he started to use the code. "I think that tomorrow you guys will be very happy. The code is a success."
"All right!"
Meanwhile in Sector Five. "Oh well. I guess that we can't beat them today XANA, we will eventually though. HAHAHAHA!!" Kurt stated in a devious manner.