Mistaken

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko. No, seriously, I don't. I'm not joking. Really, I'm not.

A/N: This takes place in that brief period at the end of Season 1 where Aelita was still virtual, but the Super Scan was complete.

A blond boy in his PJs sat, slumped in front of his computer. Both of its screens were on. One displayed green letters on a black background, the other held various open windows, including one showing the face of a pink headed girl. "Goodnight Jeremy" she whispered and disappeared.

The boy murmured in his sleep and unconsciously knocked a laptop to the ground. It shut as it landed, automatically going into standby. It picked up a signal, but was unable to display it. If it could have, it would have shown a tower, flashing red.

A few minutes later, a black mist started to come out of a wall socket in the room. It slid into the power ports on the laptop and the computer.

A few minutes later, while out snooping in the grounds, Jim noticed a black mist. "That's strange," he muttered and poked at it. Suddenly he started flashing, black and white one second, and normal the next. He cried out in pain, and then collapsed to the ground, holding his head. Suddenly, he became calm. He opened his eyes. His pupils were pulsing the sign of Lyoko. He got up, growled, and headed for the garden shed.

The next morning

Jeremy woke the next morning to the nice, refreshing sound of first class bells. BRRRRRRRING!!!!! He jerked up, throwing his glasses from his face. Just great. Then he heard a loud banging on the door and the voice of his friend, Odd. "Come on, you're going to be late!" Then, even before Jeremy had time to respond, Odd walked in… and stepped on Jeremy's glasses, crushing them into a million pieces. What a great start to the day, eh?

The day didn't get any better. Jeremy had kept his old pair of glasses, but they were not a strong enough prescription and anything more than a foot from his face was still a blur. He had been unable to read the board in any of his classes. That meant he had to pay attention, and not start talking with Urik and Odd.

At lunch, the three of them and Yumi finally got to sit down and talk.

"I've had no contact with Aelita or any chance to check the Super Scan all day!" Jeremy complained. "If something happened to her…"

"Relax," Odd said, patting him hard on the shoulder, "I'm sure Aelita's fine."

"Even so," Jeremy replied, "I'll go check now, just to make sure."

"Check on what?" came an all too familiar voice from behind them.

"Why do you have to be such a pain, Sissy?" Urik said, casually.

She ignored him. "Jim wants to speak to you all right now. Something about gym class." Then, in a stage whisper, Sissy continued. "He was looking really weird. He had his hands over his eyes the whole time, Maybe he has a headache."

Suddenly, she patted Jeremy on the side of the head, cupping her hand around his ear. "Ow," he muttered, and momentarily felt disoriented, "What was that for?"

But Sissy had already stormed off, followed by her constant companions, Nicholas and Herb, the latter of which glared at Urik as soon as he knew Sissy wasn't looking.

Jeremy, Urik, Odd, and Yumi all spun back around to see each other. "I want to check on Aelita, you guys go," Jeremy said instantly.

Odd spoke next, "There's no way I am going to be around Jim when he wants us all there and you aren't."

"Come on Odd," Yumi complained. "With neither of you ther…"

Urik interrupted her quickly, "We're good." Both he and Yumi started blushing.

Jeremy got up. "Bye," he said, and walked off.

When he reached his room, Jeremy plopped his book bag on his bed and sat at his computer, jiggling the mouse to bring it out of standby. He looked for the shortcut to Aelita's window, but it wasn't there! "That's strange," he muttered, instantly alert. He searched his computer, but there was no trace of that data, or anything to do with Aelita! He looked around and spotted his laptop on the ground. It was off. He tried to turn it on, but it wouldn't work. He sighed, plugged it in to the wall, turned it on, and waited impatiently for it to turn on.

When his laptop finally came on, Jeremy quickly looked through it. Like his computer, it was without any trace of Lyoko! He quickly closed it and hurried over to his discs of Hopper's notes. They weren't there! He ran out of his room. He must find the team. Aelita…

After a few minutes, Jeremy found Yumi and Ulrich. "There you guys are," he said, breathlessly, "My computers have lost all information on Lyoko!"

Ulrich frowned, "Lyoko?" Yumi looked equally quizzical.

"This is no time for messing around, guys," Jeremy replied, irritated. Suddenly he heard someone calling out to him from behind.

"Hey Jeremy," Odd called, "Great news, I just came back from talking with Sissy and I think she likes m… What's wrong?"

"Everything related to Lyoko in my room is gone!" Jeremy replied. Suddenly he registered what Odd had said. He wants Sissy to like him?

"Lyoko?" Odd had a question in his voice. "What's that?"

"Look," Yumi started, "Maybe you're mistaken."

Jeremy suddenly realized what was going on. "X.A.N.A. possession," he muttered, and then ran off to the factory. Somehow he was going to stop this trick. He didn't know how it worked, as they had always been invincible to the technique, but somehow X.A.N.A. had figured out how to control them!

When he reached the manhole in the forest, Jeremy pulled, but it was rusted shut. "That's strange," he muttered, "How did that happen so quickly?" He grabbed a tree branch and used the leverage to break the rust off the metal disc and launch it from the hole. Jeremy slid down.

When he reached the other side, Jeremy was thankful that that manhole didn't have any rust covering it. But as he pulled himself out of the hole, he was confused. "Where am I," he said softly. Suddenly, he heard a car horn and spun around. An eighteen-wheeler was flying at him!

Jeremy leapt to the side of the road and the vehicle flew by. He looked around and saw that he was three blocks from the factory. How did he get here? He was sure he used the right path! Then something else struck him odd. What was an eighteen-wheeler doing on a small neighborhood road like this? No matter. He ran to the factory.

When he reached the factory, Jeremy noticed that the manhole cover was missing from the front. This day had just been one more unexplainable problem after another. He ran up to the doors. Strange, they seemed brand new. He pushed them open. Suddenly, he froze and his mouth fell open.

Inside, he saw dozens of workers and the equipment was running. One looked up at him, "Hey, what are you doing here?" Jeremy ran. The worker chased him, but Jeremy knew this place like the back of his hand. He slipped in and out of hiding places, weaving his way to the elevator. When he got there, he tapped desperately on the big red button. "Come on, come on," he muttered, then, suddenly, it opened. He jumped in, pressed for his command floor, and the door closed just in time to stop his pursuer.

When the doors opened again, Jeremy thought he was on the wrong floor. Then he realized that it was the only one with this shape of a room, but instead of the big Lyoko control console, there was only a desk. Behind this desk was someone that looked familiar. "Mr. Hopper!" Jeremy said, shocked.

The man looked up. "You are mistaken, I am Mr. Anderson. Wait, what are you doing here? Wait, slow down!"

Jeremy hopped back into the elevator and pressed sent it to the room they used to access Lyoko. Strange, what was this? The room was filled with junk. Suddenly, the elevator closed behind him. He was trapped! Then he remembered another exit. He pulled the junk out of the middle of the room, and there it was. The tunnel to the room that held Lyoko's main console. He pushed hard on the edges of the wheel that opened it, and managed to lift the lid, just as the elevator doors started to open. It was a long way down, but he jumped.

He fell for what felt like an eternity, but was probably less than ten seconds. He landed hard, first on his feet, then reducing that impact with a forward roll. It still hurt horribly. He looked around. Lyoko's CPU was gone, but there was a large generator in its place. "I wonder…" he muttered, then touched it. He cried out in pain as an electric jolt went through is body. Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

Confused, Jeremy looked around. He was lying on the cafeteria floor, confused. Yumi was over him. She had been shaking him and still had her hands on his shoulders. She quickly withdrew them. "What… What happened?" Jeremy asked. His head hurt. Bad.

Yumi explained in-between quick breaths, "Right after Sissi told us about Jim wanting us, she slapped the side of your head and a moment later you collapsed. Then her eyes started flashing Lyoko's symbol and she shot Odd with electricity. Ulrich is fighting her right now."

Jeremy looked up, and saw that he was being protected by an upturned table. On the other side, Ulrich was trying to control Sissi, who was roaring at him, X.A.N.A. zombie style. Suddenly, he noticed a small piece of metal beside his head. It was a shorted buglike object that Sissy must have planted on him. He still felt the pain from dropping next to the generator. "The electricity must have jolted me out," he said.

"What electricity?" Yumi asked.

"No time to explain. Quick, to the factory!"