A/N: For those of you who noticed that the name Jasper appeared in the title in the last chapter but it wasn't there. Sorry, I mixed that chapter up with this chapter! XD A little swearing in here and in further chapters but it's not very extensive so please READ!

Chapter 8

Jace and Emma burst through the principle's door, completely ignoring the secretary's protest. Aaren was on the ground, knocked out and Jacob was cowering in the corner, bruise and battered. The soccer captain looked up when he heard the door open, his right eye was deep purple.

"I think it's safe to say that things aren't going very good," assumed Jace.

Delmas walked slowly towards them, XANA symbols in his eyes.

"HIYAH!" yelled Emma as she kicked him in a place men should not be kicked (A/N: You probably know what I'm talking about. *Shudders*).

Delmas fell to the floor but was back up again the next moment. He didn't even look fazed at all.

"Well, that usually keeps them down for, at least, two minutes," said Emma, dodging Delmas's lunge for her.

Both Jace and Emma broke to the side and ran to Jacob and the passed-out Aaren.

"What happened to my brother?" asked Jace.

She stared at Aaren's battered body. It was strange seeing him so vulnerable and damaged. Jacob looked like he was having a mini-panic attack.

"I-I don't know! Delmas made this g-giant ball of electricity out of thin air and it hit Aaren o-on the b-back," he said, looking pretty shaken up.

Jace looked at Emma; she looked back with equal worry.

"We've got to get out of here," she told the brunette.

"No shit, Sherlock."

"Aargh!" yelled Delmas, charging towards them.

Jace stood up, ready to fight, when Emma pulled out a rectangular object and stuck it in the principle's stomach. He shook slightly before falling to the ground, passed out. Both Jace and Jacob looked at Emma in wonder. She stared back and gave a weak smile.

"I always bring a taser with me," she said, shaking the little, black object at them.

They both looked shocked. Aaren's eyes flickered open.

"Ugh...What happened?" he asked.

"XANA happened," said Jace.

He looked up at her and rubbed his head in pain. He grunted as Emma and Jace helped him into a sitting position.

"Aw, man. I thought all of that was a dream," he muttered.

"I'm beginning to wish it was," replied his sister.

"Who's XANA?" asked Jacob.

"None of your business. I'm calling Caleb to check up on the situation," said Jace, pulling out her cell phone.

"Jace, what's up?" asked Caleb.

The picture of Jace along with her phone number showed up on the screen.

"Aaren and Jacob are both beaten up real bad and Grandpa is unconscious. He was under XANA's control, apparently," she told him through the phone.

"Okay, after Evan deactivates the tower, I'll launch something called 'Return to the Past'. I hope it's what it says it is," Caleb told her.

"How are Kevin and Mina?" she asked.

Caleb checked their stats. Kevin has seventy life points, Annie has ninety and Mina still has all of hers. Mina's scanned image came up and her arm was blinking red, signifying that she had got shot.

He looked up at the holographic image of Lyoko right behind the computer screen. He watched as Annie and Evan approached the tower.

"Make that seventy. We're good on this end. How about you?" he asked.

"Alright. We're taking them to the infirmary. Call us if anything comes up," she said in a breathy voice.

"Okay, Jace. See you," he said.

"Bye."

Jace looked Emma in the eye. She could tell that the brunette was really worried about both Jacob and Aaren.

"Caleb's going to do something, right?" she asked.

Jacob looked up at Jace.

"Belpois? What's he going to do?" he questioned.

Jace ignored him but answered Emma.

"He said he's going to launch something called 'Return to the Past' after Evan deactivates the tower." She looked back at Delmas's dormant body. "Let's get these two to the infirmary."

Emma nodded in agreement and pulled Aaren's arm over her shoulder. She got to her feet and so did Aaren.

"Where are we going?" asked the blonde.

"To the infirmary. We're gonna get you fixed," she assured him.

Aaren laughed quietly as they exited the office.

"Good luck getting past Nicole."

Caleb hung up and watched the little green triangles running towards the tower (A/N: In case you haven't figured it out yet, green triangles are the Lyoko warriors. Red circles are XANA's monsters.)

Evan and Annie rushed past Kevin just as he destroyed a Kankrelat. A Krabe was about to attack him when Annie launched an energy-X at it. It stumbled at bit before blowing up.

Kevin smirked.

"Way to go, pinky," he commented as she passed by.

She smiled back in response and stopped in front of the tower. She let go of Evan.

"Go in. You should know what to do," she assured him.

He nodded and placed his hands first on the tower's walls. They slid right through and the rest of him followed suit. He walked to the center of the platform and was instantly lift up through the tower's interior and landed on a second platform many meters above the first one. He walked to the center and a transparent screen showed up in front of him.

He placed his hand on it and the name 'JASPER' popped up. It asked for the Code and he typed in 'LYOKO'. Instantly, all the windows along the tower's walls fell downwards.

"Tower: Deactivated."

There was a stream of white light and he couldn't see anything anymore.

Caleb clicked a few buttons and pressed enter.

"Return to the Past, now."

Everything turned white...

A/N: I know it's a little short. Drop me a review on your way out, please!