A/n: I know this is way overdue and I apologize for that I lost inspiration for this story a long time ago and then forgot about it for other projects. I am now coming back around to Code Lyoko and trying to work on this story. Hope you forgive me and enjoy this far overdue update.

Ulrich knew that Xana had to be behind this and reached for his phone, but then realized he couldn't mention Xana in front of Dr. Oliver

"Ulrich, we need to warn Jeremy" Yumi whispered

Ulrich texted Jeremy with a message that they thought Xana was active and Jeremy confirmed that they were right. Xana had sent out monsters from Lyoko.

Then the monster came through and Tommy barely flinched much to Ulrich and Yumi's surprise.

"Run!" he ordered pointing to the other door "I'll take care of this freak!"

"Okay" Ulrich and Yumi said in unison and ran from the room. Ulrich looked back in time to see Tommy nail the creeper in the head with an impressive spinning heel kick to the head.

"Go Ulrich!" Tommy ordered "I've got this!"

They left hoping that Tommy could handle the creeper on his own.

Ulrich called Jeremy's cell phone

"Jeremy, you might want to tell Odd to hurry, Dr. Oliver is fighting a creeper and we don't know how well he'll fare or how long he'll last."

"Oh no!" Jeremy muttered

The duo arrived at the factory and went onto Lyoko. What they didn't know was Tommy had followed them to the factory.

"What have these kids gotten themselves into?" Tommy wondered. He soon found a way down to the lower levels and was stunned by what he saw

"What is going on here?" Tommy wondered aloud, years of being a power ranger had taught him not to jump to any conclusions.

Jeremy felt the dread wash over him as he saw Dr Oliver come down the ladder from the factory level.

"Um Dr Oliver this is not what you think" Jeremy said a hint of fear in his tone

"You don't know for sure what I think" Tommy replied "does this have something to do with a psychopath bent on conquering the world? If it does, I know that MO a little too well."

Jeremy sighed "Okay, then it's exactly what you think it is, but we can't turn the computer off now my friends are inside. Even if they weren't we couldn't turn it off, Aelita, well this is a long story, but to put it in perspective her life is tied to this computer if it dies she does too"

Tommy gasped inwardly, he had stepped into more than he bargained for.

"Jeremy I've got a confession to make, I know about world conquering evil because I've faced it before, and fought it as a power ranger. Your secret is safe with me, I only ask that you let me help you, we can defeat this but only as a team."

"Guys we have something interesting going on here."

"What is it, Jeremy?" Aelita asked

"Dr Oliver followed Yumi and Ulrich here, he says he thinks he can help us against Xana. He says he has fought this type of evil before."

"Sounds like we can let him into our gang" Ulrich said

"Yeah, it would be nice to have a member of the faculty on our side" Yumi agreed "and if he has half the experience I think he does he'll be a big help."

Jeremy smiled as Odd and Aelita weighed in with their approval

"Well Dr. Oliver it looks like you're part of the team"

"Okay, now tell me what we're doing here now"

"I'll tell you the whole story behind Xana and Aelita once the danger has passed... oh no!" Jeremy groaned "Odd just got devirtualized!"

"Now what?"

"Well, Xana's welcoming committee is too big for Ulrich and Yumi to take alone and if Aelita's life points hit zero it's game over no reset, so I hate to ask this of you, but you're going to have to go in" Jeremy said "Odd can't go back after that kind of devirtualization, the guys say the return trip is too rough for a second trip in."

"Okay, I'm on my way"

Tommy got to the scanners and quickly checked to see if Odd was okay

"I'm fine, Dr. O. I'm going to take the elevator up so I can keep Jeremy company up there. Just a tip, the monsters in there all have a strange looking eye symbol on them, that's the weak spot in their armor. Your best bet to defeat them is to aim for that."

"Thanks, I'll remember that" Tommy gave a curt nod and stepped into the scanner that Odd had come out of.

"Transfer Dr. O, Scanner... virtualization!"

Tommy took a brief look at himself to realize his outfit looked a lot like his ninjetti outfit sans hood and mask and his saber looked a lot like his old Saba and the symbol in the center of his chest was the old tiger instead of the falcon that he had worn in ninjetti.

Tommy joined the fray much to Ulrich and Yumi's surprise.

"Dr. Oliver?" Ulrich said surprised that Tommy could wield his saber like an extension of himself.

Yumi too was shocked by this but they didn't let their shock stop them from fighting their battle.

They got Aelita to the tower and use the return to the past to undo the damage the creepers had done on Earth.

They all gathered in the factory including Dr. Oliver and Jeremy told Tommy the story of Lyoko and Aelita from the beginning and Tommy told them his story.

"I think I understand this," Tommy said it was obvious that he was in deep thought "so Aelita, you were once living on Lyoko, but Jeremy created a program that allowed you to come here"

"Yes" Aelita replied

"And you three, have been going into Lyoko for over a year now" Tommy said turning to Ulrich, Odd and Yumi who nodded to confirm their science teacher's words.

"Jeremy, you have been working this computer all the time, but never actually gone into Lyoko?'

"That actually isn't true, I've been once, and only once"

"Yeah, he looked ridiculous on Lyoko and didn't last forty five seconds" Odd grinned as Jeremy glared daggers at the crazy teen, what he said was true, but he didn't have to say it out loud.

"I get it, not cut out for fighting, not everyone is" Tommy smiled "You three are really good in there, but I think I can teach you some teamwork techniques that could make your fights even more successful against those creatures in there and if they get put out here."

"I was wondering if you could teach me that spin kick you used on the creeper during the attack" Ulrich said

"You saw that, in high school I could do three of those in a row, I was the only one of my friends capable of that feat and they called it my signature move."

Ulrich looked impressed, he knew for a fact that wasn't easy

"It's not as difficult as you would think, you just have to have really good balance"

The group started to leave but Dr. Oliver stopped Yumi

"What is it, Dr. Oliver?" Yumi asked

To Be Continued...