Lord Maximus: I don't own Code: Lyoko.
Summary: They thought it was over. They thought he was defeated. They were wrong.
They had arrived safely home with Jeremy waiting for them. When they arrived Jeremy was banging fists against the keyboard endlessly.
"It was a trick. It was all a damn trick! Everything, the Replicas, the Kolossus, William's rescue, even the god damn multi agent program! It was a TRICK!"
Everyone looked at him with the same look of sorrow on their faces.
"So now what? We need to go out and save Ulrich." said Yumi with tears on her face.
"And how do you know Xana hasn't planned that out already?! Don't you get it?! He was ahead of us all the time! It's my fault!
I was so sure that I could find a way to destroy him I played right into his hands! It's because of me Hopper's dead!" choked Jeremy.
He got out of the chair and walked to the elevator.
"Where are you going?" asked Aelita.
"Somewhere where I can't get anyone killed." said Jeremy.
Suddenly he was stopped by William.
"Knock it off! Did you forget you weren't the only one who was played? I was there as well and when I asked to go to Lyoko to earn your trust back I was possessed again just to play another one of Xana's games! So why are you trying to take all the blame!?" asked William.
"Because I got Aelita's father killed!" shouted Jeremy.
"And Ulrich is still alive and needs to be saved, you moron! I was Xana's prisoner for who knows how long and I've got an idea what he's going through. You saved me but you let him remain trapped?!" snapped William.
"Xana let you go! I didn't do anything because he wanted to set you free! There's a difference!" said Jeremy.
"So we lose now? Ulrich can't be saved and you're going to sulk off somewhere? Why not just hand the world to Xana on a silver platter?!" shouted William.
"Jeremy, don't do this! My father is dead but we can't abandon Ulrich! Please don't go!" said Aelita.
"Ulrich would try to save you!" said Yumi.
"And Xana will be ahead of us just he was the entire time! Don't you get it! Everything we did since we rebuilt Lyoko was all apart of his plan! He won we lost!" said Jeremy.
"And that justifies giving up and letting Ulrich rot in Xana's prison?!" shouted Yumi.
"All right! So we rebuilt the Skid, what will that accomplish? Where do we start? Xana held back because he needed Aelita to bring Hopper out!
He doesn't have to hold anything back this time!" said Jeremy.
"Which is why I have a proposal."
Everyone froze at the voice and turned to the computer. Xana appeared on the monitor with his red eyes staring at them with amusement.
"Jeremy is right of course. I don't have to hold anything back now but I am a fair person which why is I want to play a game."
"Haven't you toyed with us enough?!" said Yumi.
"So you won't play if Ulrich happens to be the main prize?"