Previously on Code Lyoko: New Youth
Jeremy: I'm here specifically for Matthew.
Matthew: Why me sir?
Jeremy: It's time to give you a crash course on transferring your friends to Lyoko
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Matthew: I know I'm good with computers but I'm not that good.
Gary: Don't beat yourself up mate, you haven't even tried.
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Matthew: Virtualization!
Mariah: You did it Matt! We're all here in the Desert Sector!
Jeremy: Congratulations Matthew, you just past your crash course.
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Jeremy: Say hello to the OverRacer.
Matthew: WOO-HOO! This is awesome Mr. Belpois! Thank you!
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Matthew: Mr. Belpois, do you really think I'm ready to run the supercomputer if I have to?
Jeremy: There's no doubt in my mind.
Matthew: Thank you so much sir. I won't let you down.
Chapter 9: Crash Course Part 2: Put to the Test
After Matthew learned about how to virtualize his friends on Lyoko, Jeremy helped him install the Super Scan program on his laptop, so in case XANA activates a tower, Matthew's laptop will be able to pick it up. However, XANA has been quiet for the past week and this concerned Jeremy and Matthew greatly, but they tried not to worry about it too. It would have been better if they did.
Lyoko- Ice Sector
Within the Ice Sector of Lyoko, one of the many towers there turned from blue to red. XANA was on the attack once again. In the computer room of the abandoned factory, the wires sparked and flashed as XANA's specter crept out of the computer. It made its way out of the factory and made its way towards Kadic.
Meanwhile over at Kadic, Matthew and Natalie had just finished their Science class for the day and were packing up their things getting ready for their next class. Unbeknownst to them or any of their classmates, XANA's specter crept in through the window and snuck right past them. It made its way over to their Science teacher and went inside her body, possessing her. Her eyes briefly showed XANA's eye, but changed back to normal after a moment.
As Matthew, Natalie, and the rest of the students were leaving, the teacher called them both back.
Teacher: Matthew, Natalie, may I see you two for a moment?
The two friends were confused as to why she needed them, but made their way over to her desk.
Matthew: What's the problem ma'am?
Teacher: The problem is that on both of your tests that you took yesterday, you both did very poorly.
Matthew and Natalie's jaws dropped straight to the floor.
Matt & Natalie: WHAT?!
Matthew: B…but…but…how is that possible?
Natalie: We've wrote down all the notes and studied them over and over again and your telling us that we've failed somehow?!
Teacher: That's exactly what I'm saying young lady.
Matthew: That can't be right. Something must be wrong.
As soon as Matthew stopped speaking, he heard an alarm coming from his laptop. He took it out of his computer bag and gasped at what he saw on the screen.
Matthew: Oh no, activated tower.
Just then, Matthew had a thought.
Matthew: (to himself) Wait a minute…the teacher saying that we failed our tests just as a tower activates…
Matthew finally put two and two.
Matthew: Wait a minute here…XANA!
The teacher's eyes changed to XANA's eye and the teacher quickly lunged at them in an attempt to keep them from going to Lyoko. Unfortunately for her, Matthew and Natalie jumped out of the way and took off down the hall towards Jeremy's classroom.
Matthew: We've got to the tell Mr. Belpois that XANA is attacking.
Natalie: I agree, but how did you know that it was XANA?
Matthew: Simple, we know we did well on that test and when she told us that we've "failed" and when the scan picked up the activated tower, put two and two together and there you go.
Natalie: I have to say, I'm impressed. Now let's find Mr. Belpois.
Computer Science Classroom
Jeremy was sitting at his desk waiting for his next class to begin when Matthew and Natalie came rushing in panting for breath.
Jeremy: Matthew? Natalie? What is the meaning of this? I have a class the begins in a few minutes and…
Matthew: XANA is attacking Mr. Belpois!
Jeremy: What?
Matthew: XANA has possessed our Science teacher and my laptop picked up an activated tower. Natalie and I are on our way to the factory, but we need Mrs. Belpois with us so she can deactivate it.
Jeremy: I'll warn Aelita right now.
Natalie: And we'll head to the factory. Come on Matthew, no time to warn the others, we gotta go!
Jeremy took out his phone and dialed his wife's number.
Jeremy and Aelita's House
Aelita was sitting in a chair outside on the front porch reading a book and drinking some tea when her phone rang. She looked at it and saw that it was Jeremy.
Aelita: Jeremy? What's wrong?
Jeremy: Aelita, XANA has activated a tower on Lyoko. Matthew's laptop picked it up and he and Natalie our on their way to the factory. XANA has possessed the science teacher and we need you to go with them and deactivate the tower ASAP. I'll go find Ulrich and we'll try our best to keep the teacher from getting to the factory.
Aelita: Ok Jeremy, I'm on my way.
Aelita hung up her phone and set her book down on the table. She then got up from her chair and took off towards the factory while Jeremy went to the gymnasium to find Ulrich.
Abandoned Factory
Matthew and Natalie arrived on the bridge leading to the factory. They were able to gain some distance on their now possessed science teacher as they entered the elevator and descended to the computer room. When they arrived, Matthew quickly got into the seat and prepared the virtualization process.
Matthew: Ok time to put my training to the test.
He started to locate the activated tower on the HoloMap just as Aelita arrived in the lab.
Aelita: Oh good, you're both here already. Have you located the tower?
Matthew: Yes Mrs. Belpois, I just did. Apparantly it's in the Ice Sector of Lyoko. I'm going to send all three of us there. The more of us, the better off we'll probably be.
Aelita: Good idea. We'll head to the scanners.
As Aelita and Natalie went down to the scanners, Matthew entered the coordinates of virtualization in the Ice Sector and selected his, Aelita's, and Natalie's ID cards. He also virtualized his OverRacer so that they could get to the tower quicker. He then started the 2 minute countdown and climbed down the ladder to the scanners. Once there, he, Natalie, and Aelita stepped in and prepared to be virtualized.
Lyoko-Ice Sector
The 3 warriors were soon virtualized and dropped down from above. A few seconds later, The OverRacer was virtualized in front of them. Matthew jumped in the driver seat with Natalie hopping in the passenger seat behind him. He then realized that he forgot to program a vehicle for Aelita.
Matthew: Oh no…I forgot to bring you a vehicle Mrs. Belpois.
Aelita: Oh don't you worry now Matthew. I have my own means of transportation.
Matthew and Natalie looked at her confused as Aelita motioned her hand over her star-shaped wrist watch that revealed her pink angelic wings. Matthew and Natalie gasped at what they saw.
Matthew: Wooooow…
Natalie: We didn't know you had an angel's wings Mrs. Belpois.
Aelita giggled a little bit.
Aelita: I guess my husband forgot to mention that.
Matthew: I guess, but let's focus on our mission. We have a tower to deactivate. Follow me, I know where it is.
Matthew took off through the virtual glacier with Aelita flying closely behind him. Meanwhile back on Earth, the XANAfied science teacher was soon at the factory. It made its towards the elevator unaware that it was being followed. Jeremy had found Ulrich outside on the track and field area doing various running exercise with his class. When Jeremy told him that XANA was on the attack, he quickly agreed to help, with of course telling his students that he'll be right back and that Jeremy had to speak with him for a moment. They then made their way to the factory and that's when they saw the possessed teacher heading towards the lab.
Jeremy: Ulrich, do you think that you can hold her off while I try to help Matthew, Natalie, and Aelita on Lyoko?
Ulrich: No problem. I'm used to this.
Ulrich then charged at the possessed teacher yelling at the top of his voice to get its attention.
Ulrich: HEY XANA! REMEMBER ME?
Ulrich lunged at the teacher and tackled her to the ground while Jeremy used it as a distraction to slip past them and make his way to the lab.
Meanwhile on Lyoko, Matthew, Natalie, and Aelita could now see the activated tower in sight.
Natalie: There it is. There's the tower.
Matthew: But no sign of XANA's forces anywhere.
Aelita: I don't like the looks of this at all.
Jeremy: Neither do I Aelita.
Aelita: Jeremy at last. What happened to Ulrich?
Jeremy: He's taking care of the teacher outside the factory. He said he could handle it, but we still have to hurry.
Suddenly, the computer started to pick up some activity.
Jeremy: Heads up! XANA's sent you his welcoming committee.
The warriors looked ahead and saw 4 Tarantulas guarding the tower.
Jeremy: Matthew, time to test out you laser cannons. Look for a blue button on the left side of the steering wheel. Press and hold that button to fire the cannons.
Matthew: Let's get up in the air first. We'll have a better chance at hitting them from above. Natalie, get your katanas out. If I miss the monsters, you can use them to try and hit them.
Natalie: Good thinking Matt.
Natalie readied her twin katanas as Matthew pressed the flight button and ascended into the virtual sky. The tarantulas saw them coming and they prepared to attack. Matthew placed his finger over the fire button.
Matthew: Here we go…FIRE!
The laser cannons shot a barrage of lasers at the Tarantulas. Matthew was able to take out one of them but missed the second one. But thanks to Natalie having her twin blades, she was able to slice up the second Tarantula and destroy. Aelita used her Energy Fields to get rid of the last 2 Tarantulas with ease. However, XANA wasn't ready to back down just yet.
Jeremy: Watch out! XANA has sent some reinforcements.
And indeed he did. XANA sent in more monsters in the shape of 8 Krabs. They fired multiple lasers at the warriors, who were desperately trying to dodge them all, but were unsuccessful. One Krab shot down Aelita's wings and she plummeted to the ground hard, costing her 40 lifepoints. Another Krab was able to shoot down the OverRacer. Matthew and Natalie fell from the sky and landed on the ground costing them 40 lifepoints each. The warriors were surrounded by the Krabs. Aelita used her Energy Fields to try and destroy them, but the Krabs were able to dodge all of her attacks. Natalie tried to attack them head on, but was forced to use her blades to block the lasers to keep herself from being devirtualized. Matthew kept swinging his war hammer at the Krabs in an attempt to try and destroy them, but to no avail. He couldn't use his Lightning ability because he was too focused on trying to destroy the Krabs and trying not to be devirtualized. Jeremy watched it all unfold on the screen. He then looked over to one of the security camera screens to see Ulrich still trying to hold off the possessed teacher, but by the looks of it, he couldn't hold out for much longer.
Jeremy: Come on guys, hurry up. Ulrich's not going to last much longer with the XANAfied teacher.
Aelita: We're doing our best Jeremy! There's just so many of them!
Aelita took a blow to her chest costing her another 10 lifepoints. Natalie took a few blows at her stomach area as well as her left leg leaving her with just 20 lifepoints left. Matthew took a few blows to both his legs and his right arm leaving him with just 20 lifepoints. He thought that it was all over. Then he had an idea.
Matthew: Girls, keep trying to distract them. I have a plan.
Natalie: If you say so, but make it fast.
Natalie and Aelita distracted the Krabs as much as they could. It was good enough for Matthew to sneak away and hide behind a nearby iceberg.
Jeremy: Matthew, what are you doing?! Natalie and Aelita need your help!
But Matthew didn't answer. He focused his energy onto his Warhammer until it started to glow bright white.
Matthew: (to himself) Ok here goes.
He reemerged from his hiding spot and sprinted his way towards the Krabs.
Matthew: MRS. BELPOIS! NATALIE! INCOMING!
The girls and the Krabs looked behind them and saw Matthew charging towards them. Aelita and Natalie used the opportunity to run away while the Krabs were distracted. Matthew saw a ramped iceberg and smirked. With the Krabs firing multiple shots at him and missing him, Matthew ran up the iceberg and jumped high into the air screaming to the heavens.
Matthew: SHOCKWAVE!
He swung his massive hammer hard onto the icy ground causing a massive shockwave that blasted all the Krabs away and into the Digital Sea. Natalie and Aelita came out of their hiding spot and stared at Matthew in awe. Jeremy couldn't believe what he just witnessed either. Natalie sprinted her way over to Matthew and gave him the biggest hug ever.
Natalie: That was amazing what you just did. You created your own ability and saved us.
Aelita: That was probably the most spectacular thing I have ever seen on Lyoko.
Jeremy: Very well done Matthew. I'm proud of you.
Matthew just beamed.
Jeremy: Ok Aelita, time to deactivate the tower.
Aelita walked into the tower and centered herself on the platform, while Ulrich was still trying to hold off the possessed teacher. He was tired and beat up enough, but wasn't ready to give up.
Ulrich: *panting* Is…is that all…you got XANA? Come on…after 20 years…I thought that your fighting skills…would improve.
The possessed teacher lunged at his one last time, while Aelita typed in Code: Lyoko.
Aelita: Tower deactivated.
The aura around the tower changed from red to blue once again, and XANA's specter left the teacher's body leaving her to fall to the floor unconscious.
Ulrich: Phew, just in time.
Jeremy: Well done you three. Another tower deactivated, another one of XANA's plots foiled. Time to return to the past.
Jeremy typed in the date and time for the return to the past and pressed ENTER.
Jeremy: Return to the past now!
The glowing white light consumed everything and faded away. Matthew and Natalie saw that they were back in there science classroom getting ready to leave once again. Matthew looked over at Natalie who just smiled.
Natalie: *whispering* You did great back there. Thank you.
Matthew couldn't help but smile and blush a little bit.
Matthew: (to himself) Looks like that training really did pay off when it counted the most.
