Chapter 45: A Plan Of Our Own

Factory, Near Kadic- France

12 Hours After Contact...

Twelve whole hours have passed since the beginning of the entire thing. Twelve whole hours. For Jeremy, it's almost three days without any kind of sleep or rest of any kind since last weekend. However, he accepted the fact that there is not time for rest during this event. Even if he were to sleep the second he could, he still wouldn't. He taught himself to not dose off in the middle of a life-or-death situation.

Jeremy observed Athena before the program for Aelita completed. He was so eager to see if it had worked, however, observing the USS McCain's movements was his primary concern at the moment. He watched the destroyer move slowly across the grid map as he rubbed his bloodshot eyes, then cleaning his dirty glasses. As he continued to observe, the bar went to 100% and beeped. Jeremy quickly opened the bar and smiled greatly. He bolted up from his chair and hit the enter button. He then rushed into the elevator and descended down the shaft, eagerly waiting his results.

He took off his glasses and looked at himself, seeing the messy Jeremy that he has known for almost three days straight. He then dusted his clothes and then placed his glasses in front of his eyes. The doors opened and Jeremy stepped out quickly, then waiting in front of the closed scanner tube. As he stood in anticipation, the door to the scanner opened, smoke coming from it. The bright light from the scanner blinded Jeremy, making him block his eyes from the light. A figure in the shape of an angel with pointy ears could be seen in the smoke, standing still. A pink shoe stepped out from the scanner, following the rest of Aelita in her Lyoko form. As she stepped out, Jeremy smiled.

"It worked!" Jeremy said, happy. He rushed up to Aelita and hugged her. "I cannot believe that it actually freakin' worked!" Aelita hugged back and smiled. She looked at herself.

"You're right." Aelita replied. "It did work!"

"Alright, c'mon." Jeremy said, still happy. "We got to check on Athena to make sure the others are safe." Aelita nodded as she followed Jeremy into the elevator for the lab. The doors closed as the elevator ascended up to the main lab floor, the doors then opening. Jeremy rushed to the computer to check on Athena and the grid was clear other than the McCain. Then, the elevator doors closed and ascended up to the ground floor of the factory, then coming back down to the lab. Odd was on the elevator. Odd was tired, but not was tired as Jeremy.

"Hey, Jeremy." Odd said to Jeremy.

"Hey, Odd." Jeremy replied. "What's up?"

"Have you told Yumi and Ulrich about the Laser sat?" Odd asked. Jeremy then brought up Yumi on the computer.

"Thanks for reminding me." Jeremy said to Odd, smiling.

"You're welcome." Odd told him. Jeremy typed in Yumi's number and waited for her to pick up.

"Hello?" Yumi asked, answering the phone.

"Yumi, it's Jeremy." Jeremy told her. "Listen, you have to stop Xana."

"I know we do." Yumi replied.

"No, you have to destroy something that we found near the outskirts of Paris." Jeremy told Yumi in reply. "If you don't, Xana will kill millions of people outside the shield."

"What are you talking about?" Yumi asked.

"Xana has control of the Laser sat orbiting the Earth." Jeremy explained. "There's an installation outside of Paris in the forest that he occuppied and now has the ability to connect to the sat and may even strengthen it."

"Alright, can you shoot us the coordinates?" Yumi asked Jeremy.

"You got it." Jeremy answered. "Now, you have about... seven hours before he establishes connection with the Laser. You have to destroy this installation before 9AM."

"Okay, thanks for the heads-up." Yumi said to Jeremy.

"No problem." Jeremy replied. "Just remember, you must destroy it."

"Alright, will do." Yumi replied, hanging up the phone. Jeremy turned to Aelita and Odd.

"Did I miss anything?" Aelita asked.

"You missed a lot." Jeremy told her. "Look, I'll explain what Xana's plan is. However, we need to focus on how the hell we can help shut that installation down." Odd pondered as Aelita did as well.

"We know going now is just plain suicide." Odd said. "However, there might be a chance for us to stop it tomorrow morning. But, how?" Both Jeremy and Odd looked at Aelita.

"Do you have any new powers by any chance?" Odd asked Aelita.

"I probably do." Aelita replied to Odd. "Why?"

"This might sound crazy." Odd told them. "However, it might be our chance just to stop Xana's plan."

"Alright, tell us." Jeremy told Odd. Odd nodded.

"But..." Odd said. "We might need a few things." Aelita and Jeremy looked at each other and then looked back at Odd, who had a slight smile on his face. Aelita crossed her arms.

"Well, what do you need?" Aelita asked him. Odd smiled wider as he continued to think of a list of a few items neccessery to stop Xana at the installation.

"Einstein, you know how to make an EMP bomb?" Odd asked. "I need one of those..."

"What else?" Jeremy asked. Odd smiled even greater.

"Oh, you'll see..."