Aelita is sitting on her bed with her phone glued to her ear. She has an oversized pink shirt same as she has always wore. A fine light glows in her room from a nearby lamp. Her room is small, but it never dampens her spirits. In fact not much ever did. She was always hopeful and cheery as was her nature. On the other end of the phone was Yumi. Yumi was also laying on her bed dressed in a black shirt and red shorts. Her room is larger then the rooms at Kadic. She has many posters around her room. She also has a desk with a joining mirror that contains all of her more personal items. Like Jeremie she also has a pictures of the group. One with all of them together and another with just her and Ulrich.

"So Aelita can you believe that it has been almost two years since we first found you"

"No I can't. The whole thing is pretty amazing"

"Yeah, I still can't believe that we beat Xana"

"Me either, their were times when I didn't think so"

"Yeah but you know Jeremie would never let you down like that"

"Yeah" Aelita giggles a little bit "He's pretty great" Aelita gets quiet for a moment "Hey Yumi"

"Yeah

"Does it seem like Jeremie is trying to push us away?" Aelita stays silent, her heart beating in her chest.

"Well he has been distancing himself from us lately, and from what Ulrich tells me he isn't sleeping much"

"I hope he's ok" A tear develops in Aelita's eye, she quickly wipes it away "I don't know what I'd do without him"

"None of us would, we're a family Aelita"

"I know, thanks Yumi" Aelita rubs more tears from her eyes and continues to talk to Yumi.

Meanwhile in Jeremie's room. He is typing away at his computer. The room is dark, the monitor giving a life to the dull, dark room. Jeremie types a few lines of code and then deletes it. He runs his hand through his hair.

"I'm never going to figure this out. Its hopeless". Jeremie pushes away from the computer and grabs a photo on the end-table next to him. A picture of him and his friends. "I have to keep trying, I have to be ready for anything". A little voice in his head begins to emerge

"Remember, the faster you rebuild Lyoko, the faster you can combat Xana"

"right, I have to do it, as fast as I can from scratch." Jeremie shakes his head and looks around the room. He then turns around and gets back to his project.

Hours past and daylight soon breaks through the blinds in Jeremie's room. The light shines in his eyes and he slowly gets up. His hair is all over and his glasses are on the floor. He stretches and puts his glasses on his face and walks outside to the hall. Many kids are running back and forth from their rooms to the showers and back. Jeremie bypasses all of them and walks down a nearby flight of stairs. He soon makes his way to the cafeteria and gets on the lunch line. His eyes still half closed. Getting some food he walks over to the table where his friends were sitting, almost knocking over a couple kids in the process.

"Hey Jeremie" Ulrich sits down just as Jeremie did. Odd and Aelita are already at the table.

"Looks like someone didn't get any sleep last night." Odd shoves some more of his eggs in his mouth.

"Yeah I couldn't get to sleep" Jeremie opens a milk carton and takes a sip.

"So Jeremie are you ready for Mrs. Hertz' test today" Ulrich has one arm resting on the table while having his fork in the other.

Jeremie puts his head down and puts his head on top. Jeremie groans "I completely forgot about it"

"Don't worry Einstein so did i" Odd laughs and tries to reassure Jeremie

"Odd when do you ever remember to study" Aelita starts to laugh

Odd's smile fades as he tries to remember, counting on his fingers

"Ok we'll be here for a while" Ulrich finishes his breakfast.

"Yeah" Aelita turns back to Jeremie "So Jeremie do you want to hang out after class today" Aelita brushes her hair behind her ears.

"Sorry Aelita I got a project to finish tonight, maybe some other time" Jeremie gets up "I better go" He walks away

Aelita carries a face of disappointment she looks down to her food.

Odd gets up and puts a hand on her shoulder "I'll go and talk to him" Odd tries to cheer her up. He drinks the last of his milk and runs out of the cafeteria trying to catch up to Jeremie.

"Come on Aelita lets go and find Yumi before class starts"

Aelita nods and follows Ulrich outside.

Meanwhile Jeremie finally catches up to Jeremie. "Hey Jeremie wait up."

"Huh, what do you want Odd" Jeremie turns around stopping Odd rather abruptly

Odd looks at Jeremie with a face of confusion then turns back to himself. "Oh well why didn't you want to go with Aelita"

Jeremie goes to speak but is interrupted

"I mean come on don't you like her anymore"

"That's not it I just..."

"I mean if you don't like her anymore you should let her go"

"Stop it!" Jeremie's voice gets louder, nearby students stop and look in his direction. Jeremie stays in silence until the people around him walk away. His voice turns into a soft whisper. "Don't say that Odd." Jeremie looks down.

"Look you just got to show how much she means to you" Odd puts a hand on Jeremie's shoulder.

"Yeah you're right for once Odd" Jeremie sighs "I'll see you later" Jeremie walks down the hall

Odd puts his hands in his pockets and walks back down the hall.

In Mrs. Hertz's class. Jeremie, Aelita, Odd, and Ulrich along with the rest of their class await the test.

Mrs. Hertz is passing papers around the room.

"Ok class, this should only be review. Keep your eyes on your own papers, Odd"

Odd looks up in confusion "Huh" The class starts to laugh

"Settle down, settle down" Mrs. Hertz walks to the front of the room "Good luck"

The class is filled with the scattered noise of pen hitting paper. After a few minutes Jeremie gets up and walks over to Mrs. Hertz' desk. He hands her his paper and leaves the room.

"Brainiac" Odd whispers as Jeremie leaves.

Moments later Aelita gets up, hands her test to Hertz and leaves the room. She looks up and down the hall, trying to find Jeremie. She runs up some stairs and finds his room. She opens the door and to her surprise did not find Jeremie. She hears a beep coming from Jeremie's massive computer system. She enters the room, closes the door and sits in his chair. As she operates the computer, a barrage of windows and lines of code flood the screen.

"What is this" Aelita leans in to the screen and reads the top "Project Lyoko, Jeremie what have you been up to"

As Aelita continues to read the screen Jeremie comes in. Scaring Aelita and making her jump. She grabs her chest and sighs "Oh Jeremie I was looking for you."

Jeremie walks to his bed and shoves a shopping bag under his bed and then goes over to his screen and shuts it off "Aelita what are you doing in here"

Aelita's smile soon fades "Well I was looking for you and" She turns to the screen "What is this project you're working on"

"Its nothing, don't you have class or something"

Aelita gets up and walks out "Fine goodbye Jeremie" tears start to form in her eyes.

"Aelita wait" He walks toward the door but is stopped by the voice in his head again. "Leave her, you have more important things to complete." He shakes his head and turns back to his computer. "Right I have to go."

Aelita is sitting on the bottom of the stairs crying. Ulrich and Yumi are walking down the hall when they see Aelita. They run towards her. Yumi sits next to her and holds her, Ulrich stands next to them.

"Aelita what happened"

"It's Jeremie, something is wrong with him."

"Lets go find him and see whats really up with him.

In Jeremie's room, Jeremie's fingers are flying on his keyboard, creating only a blur. Jeremie starts to think to himself

"How am I doing this so quickly"

"Cause you have me"

"And who are you"

"An acquaintance."

"How do you know Xana is going to come back"

"Because I know"

"But how can I trust you"

"You have to, and look with my help you finished it in half the time"

"You're right, I'll copy it to a CD and go upload it to the supercomputer"

"Yes the faster you do that the faster I can come back"

"Wait what do you mean?"

"I'll show you"

As the CD ejects out of the modem Jeremie stands up and holds his head in pain. He screams as his eyes shift from his to a symbol of an old enemy of his.

"Xana no!" Jeremie moves around the room making a mess as Xana gains control. The bed is thrown, Jeremie's dresser is pulled apart, papers are thrown across the room. A few minutes of Jeremie screaming result in Xana's complete control of Jeremie. A deep black symbol of Xana glows in his eyes. He grabs the CD and runs out of the room. As the evil Jeremie leaves down the hall, Aelita, Ulrich, and Yumi enter Jeremie's destroyed room. Odd soon enters. Aelita covers her mouth in shock. Ulrich walks to Jeremie's bed thrown off to the side.

"What happened here" Odd looks at the damage around the room.

"I don't know but look at this." Yumi sits in Jeremie's chair and looks through his computer. Ulrich and Odd walk over and lean over to the computer.

"Looks like Einstein was working on a new project"

"Yeah and look at the name" Ulrich points to the top of the screen and Yumi reads it.

"Project Lyoko, that must be why Jeremie has been distancing himself"

Aelita walks over to the bed once was and finds a little white shopping bag. She opens it and finds a necklace, a silver heart with pink words along the top.

"Whats that" Odd walks over to Aelita making Ulrich and Yumi look as well.

"Its a necklace, and it says" Aelita reads the inscription along the top "You are my one, my only, my angel."

Aelita pauses and gentle sobs "Oh Jeremie"

"Guys I think we should go to the factory"

The group looks to Yumi.

"You're right, its the only place Jeremie would go". The group nods and runs out of the room. Aelita is the last one to leave as she put Jeremie's necklace on.

Meanwhile at the factory the evil Jeremie is typing at the computer.

"And now to upload the sector" The evil Jeremie gives off a devilish laugh and watches as his program is uploaded.

The elevator opens and the four walk out.

"Jeremie what are you doing" Ulrich is the first to walk out.

"You're too late, I shall be reborn stronger then before"

"Uhm Ulrich I don't think that's Jeremie"

"Gee thanks Odd I didn't get that"

The two get in a fighting stance. A beep is hear from the supercomputer.

"It is done." The evil Jeremie walks past the two, throwing them away as he passes them, he does the same to Yumi. When he gets to Aelita he walks right past her without touching her. The doors shut and Aelita slams her fist against the door.

"No!"

The evil Jeremie walks out to the scanner room and steps in the middle scanner.

"Look" Ulrich points to the supercomputer monitor. Ulrich, Odd and Yumi watch as Jeremie gets scanned and transferred. Aelita is already in the elevator and in the scanner room. As the transfer stops the door opens and Jeremie falls back out.

"Oh Jeremie" Aelita falls to her knees and holds Jeremie up. The three soon join them from the elevator.

"Jeremie!" the three yell at the same time as they run to Jeremie's side.

"Jeremie what happened"

Jeremie groans "Its Xana, he found a way back" Jeremie closes his eyes. While the four look at each other in fear.

A black smoke begins to emerge from the supercomputer creating Xana's symbol in the air.

Author's Note: Ok so i know there is no action, but its coming. I hope you like this chapter.