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-Sarah

Sarah felt the pulsations before she heard them. She would have thought it were an earthquake if she had ever experienced one. She opened a comm window and hoped Tripp was there. She couldn't see him, or anyone. She had to find the source of the pulsations. She had a vague idea that the living girl had deactivated towers to stop the pulsations. Sarah moved out of the tower into the mountain sector. She started to make her way to an activated tower.

-Tripp

Tripp rubbed his eyes. Did old Jim Morales just get to his feet and start fighting Bradley and Kyoko in the middle of gym class or was he hallucinating? Nope, Jim was attacking Bradley and Kyoko. Tripp worked his way into the fight and managed to knock Jim out. A thin black ghost unwound itself from Jim and moved to possess Kyoko. Bradley lept in front of it and the ghost wrapped around him like a hungry anaconda. Bradley turned to Kyoko as his eyes flickered.

Kyoko flinched. She and Bradley had some sort of mental connection, ever since one of their parents' reunion with the Della Robias, Belpois, and Dunbars. And she could still not see that Bradley had an enormous crush on her! Seriously, what is wrong with her?

-Bradley

It hurt. God, it hurt. But he had to focus. Kyoko. The ghost wanted to hurt Kyoko. He couldn't let that happen. He concentrated and focused on the one part of him that was his. He slowly let his area of command move out into the ghost's territory. The ghost fought back, but Bradley had more to fight for. They kept fighting each other until the ghost dealt a final blow. Bradley stopped fighting, but the ghost left his body. Bradley collapsed, and Kyoko let out a howl of pain.

-Kyoko

Kyoko shared an empathic link with Bradley. So when he felt pain, so did she. And vice versa.

And right now, Bradley was in a lot of pain. The ghost had sent an enormous wave of pain to his hippocampus, the part of the brain that controls memories. Wen Bradley woke up, he'd have amnesia.

And Kyoko didn't think she could ever forgive herself if that happened.

-Rod

He had taken Tripp's advice. He was going to tell Kyoko he didn't feel...that way about her. After Tripp exploded at him, he decided he had to do it. It had been fun to hold her on a string for a while, but he wanted her friendship, not her...whatever you call it. Besides, he was sick of Bradley beating him up whenever they got home.

He had prepared himself for the worst, so he wasn't all that surprised when a fireball landed next to his ear. He was a tad upset, though.

"Geez Kyoko, it's not the end of the world!"

Kyoko stared at him. "What isn't?" She asked as she dodged a fireball.

"I don't like you...that way," he said as he jumped a laser burst.

"How kind of you to finally tell me!" Kyoko screamed. "In the middle of a battle as I watch your brother lose his memories!"

Rod paled. "He's what? How bad?"

"Losing his memories. He won't remember his name when he woke up."

Rod fell over backward. Tripp banged out of the gym and ran to the factory. He had to see what was happening on Lyoko with Sarah and if things were that bad there.

-Sarah

Things were that bad there. She had been walking for what she estimated to be two hours. On a chat string last night, Tripp had explained some of the terms his friends had used. Two hours, for instance, meant a very long time.

"How do I work this thing? It's times like this I wish Mihelle had a cell..." Tripp's voice came out from the sky.

"Tripp?" Sarah asked, and looked around. "Where are you?"

"You can hea me, Sarah? Fantastic! I'm in the factory. Jim Morales is launching an attack on Bradley, Rod, and Kyoko in the gym. He has some kind of weird symbol in his eyes."

"Does it look like what was on the top of the bloks' heads?" Sarah asked worriedly.

"Um, yeah," Tripp said. "Why?"

Sarah paused. "It means that XANA-a sort of electronic ghost-is still alive. XANA is very dangerous. He activates towers to gain access to the outside world and can cause harm to people if he possesses them."

Tripp curses under his breath.

"How do we stop them?"

"You need to send someone on Lyoko to help me get to the tower so I can deactivate it."

-Tripp

Tripp curses quietly. He tries not to let Sarah hear, since she's like a little kid when someone swears-"What does that mean?"-and it gets kind of awkward.

"Okay Sarah, hold on. I'll grab the Dunbars and the Belpois. Just-keep safe, okay? Don't get hurt."

"Okay, Tripp," Sarah said.

-Sarah

Then she saw the activated tower, and decided to break her promise.

-Jake

Jake was right outside Cindy LeDuc's house. He was dressed up and had a bouquet of flowers for her. He was preparing to ask her to the underclassmen prom. (A/N: I know it sounds overly dramatic, but I need a reason for Jake to be super ticked at his sister and Tripp. You'll see.)

And then his obnoxious sister came and dragged him away.

"What is SO important that it couldn't wait ten minutes?" Jake yells.

"Not much, just, you know, the gym teacher attacking Rod, Bradley, and Kyoko while some evil techno-ghost tries to destroy the world. But hey, feel free to stall that to talk to your girlfriend."

Jake sighs. His sister is obnoxious but right. Besides, he was almost positive Cindy would turn him down.

-Michelle

Michelle was hacking into the US army files when Jenn interrupted her. From what Michelle had saw, she was about to get caught anyway. She went along willingly and noticed Jake's bouquet. She smirked. Poor Jake.

-Tripp

Once Michelle and the Dunbars were in the factory, he sat Michelle down at the computer with a brisk "Sit. Virtualize. Now."

-Tripp

Tripp looked around for Sarah. She was standing in front of a blok and was about to get shot in the face. The blok fired-Tripp cringed-Sarah dodged. She moved fluidly throughout the lasers until she reached the tower. She tried running in, but she hit her head against its wall and fell back on the snow. She sprung back up and walked more slowly into the tower.

-Sarah

Sarah floated up to the second floor of the tower. She saw a screen covered with data. She put her hand on it instinctively. The word 'Rosalie' showed up on the screen on top of her handprint. A new screen popped up.

"Code:" it requested.

Code:

Code:

Code:

Code:

Code: Lyoko.

The screen surrounding Sarah-Rosalie dropped down. A prerecorded voice spoke.

"Tower deactivated. Return to the past now."