Jennifer weakly opened her eyes, seeing a bright light...

That's when someone shut the curtain to the hospital room she was in.

"W- Wha...?" Jennifer asked, groggily.

"Rise and shine, Jennifer... Sorry about the light, I didn't know it'd irritate your eyes." A feminine voice said.

Jennifer fully opened her eyes, looking around for whoever made that noise. She saw Aelita was the one by the curtain.

Odd, Ulrich, Jeremie, Rebecca, and Yumi were also in the room, and Jennifer saw them.

Jennifer also saw Chase sleeping on a couch...

"W- What happened...? Where am I...?" Jennifer asked.

"You're in a hospital... You got stabbed, but they fixed the damage in time. Even if you lost a lot of blood." Yumi said.

Jennifer nodded, but still had a confused look.

"How long was I out...?" Jennifer asked.

"About a week, or so... There wasn't even a XANA attack." Rebecca said.

"A week?! What about the guy who stabbed me? What happened to him...?" Jennifer asked.

The group all lost their smiles. Jennifer looked at Chase, seeing he was still sleeping.

"He killed the guy, didn't he...?" Jennifer asked.

"Yeah..." Aelita replied, nodding.

Jennifer nodded, looking down.

"There's a police investigation, but they ruled it as self-defense... They had to take Chase's pistol, but they said they'd give it back by the end of the month. No charges." Ulrich said.

"De Santa would've killed us if he didn't stop him..." Yumi stated.

Jennifer coughed as she nodded, weakly.

"How long have you all been here?" Jennifer asked.

"We've visited every day since it happened... Chase has been sleeping here for the entire week, though." Jeremie said.

"I tried talking him into coming back to Kadic, but he wouldn't listen." Aelita added.

Jennifer smiled, looking at Chase as he quietly snored on the couch...

"That's sweet..." Jennifer said.

Aelita nodded, smiling.

"Yes, I suppose so." Aelita agreed.

Jennifer nodded before looking at Jeremie.

"What about the FSB? Or XANA?" Jennifer asked.

"When we were in Paris, Rebecca said she saw two FSB agents at Napoleon's tomb... I'm looking into their databases and seeing if they're planning to attack or not." Jeremie replied.

"Which means we need to hit one of their supercomputers... NOW... I'm not sure why, exactly, but apparently destroying them is enough to stall their attacks. It's as if the computers are the key." Aelita explained.

Jennifer nodded as Rebecca walked up to Jeremie and Aelita.

"How can we hit one? And where's the first...?" Rebecca asked.

Jeremie and Aelita looked at each other, before looking back at the group with proud smirks on their faces.

"We made a vehicle that can help. It's like a giant transporter than can go into the Digital Sea... And the first FSB computer is in the People's Republic of China. Specifically in Shanghai, somewhere." Aelita said.

"We're a little proud of the vehicle, and actually finding the location of the FSB computer. Both of them took a LONG time to do." Jeremie added.

Jennifer had a look of deep disappointment.

"Dammit... I wanna go see China." Jennifer said, a little saddened.

"I'll get you something while we're there, Jen." Aelita said, smiling.

Jennifer gave Aelita a small smile as Yumi rose an eyebrow.

"China? How'd they get control of a Chinese supercomputer?" Yumi asked.

"They have the ability to do that. The MSS did the same to several Russian supercomputers, in return." Jeremie explained.

"And it's essential we destroy these computers. Nothing left. Not even scrap." Aelita added.

Odd rose an eyebrow, curiously.

"So... we're going to China?" Odd asked.

Aelita nodded in confirmation.

"China." Aelita repeated.

The group stayed in silence, all taking in their new objective...

Fight the FSB all over the world, or die trying...


==Two Days Later==

Most of the group was in the server room of the factory. The only two absent were Chase and Jennifer, since Jennifer was still recovering from her knife wounds, and the fact that Chase wouldn't leave her. At all.

Aelita, Ulrich, and Rebecca patiently waited inside of their separate scanners, waiting for the go-ahead after Jeremie finishes their new vehicle.

"Alright... It's ready. I'll send you to the hanger where it is." Jeremie said.

"Where exactly in Shanghai are we going to?" Ulrich asked.

"I'm not sure. But I'm working on finding the precise location. I'll send you in and find it soon." Jeremie said.

"Got it..." Aelita said.

The scanner doors then closed...


They materialized inside Sector Five, and they landed inside of the large room which they now called: "The Arena". Aelita looked at Ulrich and Rebecca, and she smiled at them.

"Alright. Follow me through the labyrinth." Aelita instructed.

As Yumi was virtualized and landed in the Arena with them, Rebecca and Ulrich simply nodded at Aelita.

"Alright. Lead the way." Rebecca said.

"Where are we going?" Yumi asked.

"You're going to see the new vehicle Jeremie and I made." Aelita informed.

Yumi, Ulrich, and Rebecca nodded as they proceeded to follow Aelita through the labyrinth. Eventually, they reached a platform, where Ulrich, Rebecca, and Yumi realized something...

It was an elevator...

Before they could say anything, the elevator started moving. Everyone except for Aelita went wide eyed as the elevator suddenly arrived at the place they were supposed to go to...

It appeared to be some sort of a hanger for a vehicle. The vehicle was large, and appeared to be some sort of a submarine. It was unique as the group saw not one pilot seat, but what looked to be a maximum of five for the vehicle. The areas they were with appeared to be able to separate, turning each of them into around four attack vehicles around a mothership.

Aelita smirked, seeing the group with looks that bordered on being awed.

"May I introduce the Skidbladnir?" Aelita introduced.

Rebecca approached the vessel, wide eyed as she examined it.

"Bloody hell, Aelita... How did you and Jeremie make this!?" Rebecca asked.

"He's been working on it since before I was freed from Lyoko... I ended up helping him with it around the time Jennifer arrived." Aelita replied.

The group nodded as they approached the Skidbladnir. Yumi, however, had a confused look as she approached it.

"Um... How do we enter it?" Yumi asked.

"Leave that to me." Jeremie said.

Aelita smirked as they were energized into the Skid. Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, and Rebecca had looks of surprise, seeing they somehow ended up inside of the four other seats of the Skid, with Aelita piloting the main section.

"What the-!?" Yumi asked, cutting herself off.

"Jeremie energized us into the Skid... Our next stop is China." Aelita informed.

The group nodded in agreement as Aelita detached the ship from what was holding it. She then piloted it out of the hanger...

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(Yep, another instance of canon-breaking. [lynch me if you have to. :/]. But it'll be better for all of us if this happens, and it'll make the story go by faster so you could read the already-made sequel for this. I hope this is alright with all of you. ^^)