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"Come on! Come on!" muttered Jeremy. The computer came up with an error. "I'm so lame."

"No, you're not," said Harry as they walked in.

"What is up?" asked Yumi. "You've look stressed."

"I've been trying to use the data for the antivirus and decode Harry's uncle's diary. Even with the latest data we got from Sector 5, I haven't moved ahead one micron! What if I'm just…just not good enough?"

"You are good enough," said Harry immediately.

"Uh-uh, ok, I think I know someone who needs to air out his neurones a little," said Ulrich as he looked at the boy.

"Do you want a massage?" asked Sissi as he started to rub Jeremy's shoulders.

"You know how to give a massage?" asked Harry. Sissi rolled her eyes.

"I'm screening my short film tonight," piped up Odd. "Come watch that."

"Has anyone seen it?" asked Jeremy.

"I added the special effects," said Harry. "But I'm sworn to secrecy."

"Can you tell us who's in it?"

Kadic

"This role might reveal some of my talent to the world," said Sissi into the camera.

"Can you sum up the story for us in just a few words for the Kadic News?" asked Milly.

"Um…well…that is…uh, it's uh…love story, and at the same time it's a thriller! With suspense, and of course it's got a good dose of psychology, and, and, and it's very funny! Haha, a real comedy! And uh, quite satirical!"

Harry groaned.

"So…you have no idea," said Milly.

Sissi shot over to Harry.

"And it's the couple that has everyone talking," continued Milly as the camera turned to look at them.

"No comment."

They ran into the gym and found their seats. Sissi lay her head on Harry's shoulder.

"Welcome to the Kadic academy cinema club's short film night."

"How's it going, Odd? No butterflies yet?" asked Ulrich as he sat down next to him.

"No, I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm cool…" said Odd as he sweated.

"Hmph, you'd never guess!"

"Relax, I'm sure you're going to be great!" said Herb as he sat down on Sissi's other side.

"Thanks, that's sweet…uh, but move your hand or lose it at the elbow."

"The short film is, was, and always will be an important art form, which can say as much as a full-length feature! Our first film is by Odd Della Robbia!" continued the teacher. "It's called natural grandeur. No one has seen it yet."

It began to play.

"Help! Help!" yelled Odd in the clip.

"What's all this racket about, huh?" asked Jim as played by Romain Le Goff. The students laughed. Jim glared at Odd after laughing for a second.

"We have to get out of here! She-she-she's coming! I tell you, she's as big as her ego!" exclaimed Odd.

"That's impossible! You know how big that would make her? I think you've lost your senses! Alright, let's go to the infirmary," said Jim dismissively as he dragged Odd to the infirmary. The ground began to shake as a giant Sissi thumped over to them.

"It's too late! She's found us!"

"Oooohhhhh raaaatsss, IIIIIIII juuuuuussst brooooke aaa naaaaiiiiil!" said the giant Sissi. Sissi shivered.

"I didn't know you could be so funny," said Herb as the students continued to laugh. "This is stupid though."

He went to the back of the gym and turned the projector off.

"Odd! How dare you spoil my Sissi!" yelled Herb as smoke curled around his leg.

"What brought this on?" asked Harry as they stared at the boy.

"Uoy pleh nac I. Reppoh Znarf m'I. Yrrah uoy ot klat ot deen I. Uoy pleh nac I," said Herb as he walked over to Harry.

"Is there something wrong?" asked Delmas as he walked over.

"I'll take care of this, Mr Delmas. I think you've lost your senses. Alright, let's go to the infirmary," said Jim as he dragged Herb away. Harry frowned as he replayed what Herb had said in his head.

"Uncle Waldo?!

"Alright children," said Delmas. "I want you to go quietly back to your rooms.

"Dou you think it's Xana?" asked Yumi. Harry shook his head.

Harry's and Jeremy's dorm

"Nope. No activated tower," said Jeremy as the results came back. "Xana's got nothing to do with it."

"I added the tower in sector five," said Harry helpfully. "It not being Xana is a relief. I think it's my uncle."

"I just came from the infirmary," said Yumi as she pushed the door open. "Herb's fine. It was an electric shock. Herb's in shock but he'll recover. There's nothing to worry about."

"Oh, poor Herb! I have to admit that his acting was real electrifying," joked Odd. Harry glared at him.

"False alarm," said Jeremy. "We can sleep easy."

"Jeremy, Herb's no good at acting. That was real," said Sissi.

"Yeah, aaah! That works out just fine because tomorrow is Sunday, and on Sunday…" said Ulrich as he stretched and ignored Sissi.

"We sleep in!"

Later that night

Herb snuck into Harry's and Jeremy's dorm and stood over Harry who snapped up. Herb started talking gibberish.

"Herb, what has gotten into you?!" he asked. Herb walked over to the table and started to write on a piece of paper.

"What is all this noise?" asked Jim as he opened the door. "Herb? You should be in the infirmary."

He started to drag the boy away. Harry picked up the paper and looked at it.

Morning

Ulrich's phone rang.

"Jeremy, it's Sunday!" complained Ulrich. He was annoyed to be woken up. "…ok, we're coming…"

Lab

"A message in code?" asked Ulrich as Harry explained what had happened. "Written by Herb?"

"Uh huh. I ran the supercomputer all night to translate it," said Jeremy. "And look what it turned up."

He ran the voice clip.

"What is Franz up too?" asked Harry in disbelief. "We know he's in the computer so he could easily get hold of me the next time I went to sector five."

"I can help you?" asked Yumi.

"It has to be a trap of Xana's" said Ulrich. "He must have managed to possess Herb without a tower."

"Not possible," said Harry as he shook his head. "Normally Earth and cyberspace have no connections apart form a computer and that's just an interface. Xana has to activate a tower to affect a person directly like when someone is Xanafied. They're like the half way points in a race or a walk."

The others looked confused. Harry sighed.

"Xana has to activate a tower to attack us."

"If Xana had taken control of Herb, he would have gone after me and Harry to take us to Lyoko so he can attempt to take my memories and possess Harry," said Aelita. "Not just talk."

"Aelita's right. Someone or something wants to contact us and it's probably Franz Hopper," said Jeremy. "But we'll need to talk to Herb."

"I'll speak to him," said Sissi. "He'll talk to me. Anyone care to join me?"

"Well, I'm your man, Sissi! Well…you know what I mean," said Odd as Sissi stared at him.

"I'll go to Lyoko and look around," said Harry. "Maybe a tower is active and the Superscan isn't picking it up for whatever reason."

"I'll go with you," said Aelita.

"So will I," said Ulrich. "What are you doing Yumi?"

"I'll help Sissi."

"With the Scyphozoas and everything?" asked Jeremy. "Harry, you know what happens when Xana takes control."

"My body goes on a rampage at Xana's command," said Harry. "Or I attack you. Whatever Xana feels like making me do. Don't worry Jeremy. Those are few and far between."

"Alright."

They shot down to the scanners.

"Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Aelita. Transfer Harry. Scanner Harry. Scanner Aelita. Scanner Ulrich. Virtualisation!"

They appeared in the Forest Sector and the Overbike and Overjet appeared.

"Nice timing Jeremy," commented Ulrich as they climbed aboard.

"Thanks. Make it fast. It's just reconnaissance."

"We know," said Harry. "Don't sweat it Jeremy. The only thing that might happen is Xana activates a tower."

"We won't go crazy," said Ulrich as they shot off.

"Jeremy, bad news," said Odd over the phone. "Herb's been taken to hospital."

"We have to bring him back," said Jeremy.

"No sweat. I have an idea."

"Please don't let it be a crazy one," pleaded Sissi.

"Are you thinking what I think you're thinking?" asked Yumi.

"Yeah, good thinking," said Odd as he grinned.

"Ulrich, Aelita, everything ok with you guys?" asked Jeremy as he turned his attention back to the computer.

"To tell you the truth, I have no idea! Has the Superscan picked up an activated tower?" asked Ulrich as the three stared at the tower they were approaching.

"No, still nothing. Why?" asked a confused Jeremy.

"Well…hang on, I'll send you a visual," said Aelita as she connected her vision to the computer.

"What the heck is this white tower supposed to mean?" asked Jeremy as he searched for an answer on the computer.

"I was about to ask you the same thing," said Ulrich. "Is this to do with Herb?"

"It could be Franz," said Harry. "If we can activate towers and Xana can activate towers, what's stopping Franz from activating towers?"

"It could be," said Jeremy thoughtfully as monsters approached. "Behind you!"

Harry rolled his eyes as he looked at the Megatanks. He pulled out his shuriken. "I hope this works. My lasers can't go through their shells."

He threw them and two Megatanks blew up. The third shuriken hit the wing.

"There, turn left," said Aelita as the two tried to outrun the Megatank.

"Whoa, are you sure?" asked Ulrich as he glanced over. "There's nothing to the left!"

Aelita used her creativity to make a platform and they skidded out of the way. The Megatank continued on to the tower.

"Well done Aelita. But it's weird that the Megatank didn't try to attack you."

"What about me?" asked Harry as the Megatanks started to charge up their lasers.

"That's usual for you. Something's not right."

Harry pouted then frowned. "Why didn't they come after us?"

"It wasn't us they were after," said Aelita. "They were after the tower."

"They're trying to destroy it," said Ulrich. "Feel like a little game of bowling?"

"A what?" asked Aelita, looking confused.

"Forget about it, it's a bad joke," explained Jeremy as they headed to the tower.

"Sometimes I really crack myself up," said Ulrich as they stopped.

"Really?" asked Harry. "I didn't notice."

Hospital

The doctors connected Herb to a heart monitor.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Delmas.

"I don't know. We'll keep him here under observation."

"Very well. I'd better go and inform his parents."

"Of course."

They walked out as Odd, Sissi and Yumi walked by.

"So what did the girl at the reception say?" asked Odd.

"Room 203." Yumi's phone went off. "Jeremy?"

"Xana's activated a tower. He's on the offensive."

They heard Harry moaning about it.

"Tell Harry to quit moaning about it," said Yumi.

"Whenever a tower is activated these days, Xana tries to possess him."

Herb started to shout.

"Call you back."

They ran to the right room and slammed the door open. The doctor was attacking Herb.

Stop!" ordered Sissi. The doctor punched Yumi, picked her up and slammed her into the wall. Odd passed an electric current from a defibrillator through her.

"Poor thing, she had hypertension," said Odd as the doctor collapsed. Sissi ran over to Herb, checked him then they ran out the door after putting him in a wheelchair.

"It's ok Jeremy," said Yumi into her phone. "We've got Herb."

Great. Bring him over to the factory as fast as you can. And make sure that you keep an eye out."

"It won't be that easy, there's a doctor possessed by Xana who doesn't seem to like the idea," said Yumi as they walked out the hospital.

"Ouch."

"Less talking, more running," ordered Sissi.

Lyoko

"I have some bad news," said Jeremy as Ulrich dragged his sword along the ground. He ran along the surface of the tower after jumping off the Overbike and landed on the Megatank. He stabbed it.

"What were you saying?"

"Activated tower in the ice sector."

"What should we do?" asked Harry. "Should I go deactivate it?"

"Of course," said Ulrich. "I'll stay here with Aelita. Get going."

"All alone?" asked Jeremy. "It's too dangerous."

"You know he can handle it," said Ulrich. "He's a Stern. We're stubborn so he probably won't listen."

Harry rushed off to the way tower as two more Megatanks rolled up.

"Aelita, stay next to me," ordered Ulrich as Aelita drove off on the Overbike.

"Don't follow Harry Aelita."

"I'm not."

Aelita stopped a distance away.

Factory

Odd, Sissi and Yumi pushed Herb down the bridge as the Xanafied doctor followed in an ambulance.

"Let's get out of here, here comes Doctor Doom!" yelled Odd as he glanced back.

"Nice going genius," said Sissi. "Of course we have to get out of here."

They jumped out of the way and the ambulance crashed onto the floor.

"I hope she was wearing a seatbelt," said Odd as they looked at the crash.

"I don't think she was," said Sissi. "Xana isn't one for following traffic laws."

Herb stood and slid down the rope. They followed and Yumi summoned the elevator as the doctor stood up. She threw a piece of the ambulance at them and it embedded itself in the wall as they dodged. They ran into the elevator and the doctor punched through the metal covering.

Lyoko

A Megatank charged its laser. Ulrich dodged and it pushed the other one off the edge. A pillar of light shot up as it splashed into the digital sea.

"Cool."

Ulrich ran up a tree with a clone.

"Ulrich…"

"Relax Jeremy. I'm on it."

He jumped on it as the monster sent the clone flying as it disintegrated. The Megatank shut and trapped Ulrich's sword as he stabbed it.

"Now that has got to hurt." He tried to pull it out but it wouldn't budge. It blew up and Ulrich rolled out of the way of his sword.

Lab

"Ah, finally," said Jeremy as Odd led Herb into the room.

"Yumi, what are you doing?" asked Odd as he turned and faced her.

"I'm buying time."

"Herb I believe you... hey!" Herb ignored Jeremy and walked over to the computer.

"What are you doing Herb?" asked Sissi. Odd moved to stop her but Jeremy intervened.

"Let him work."

Ice sector

Harry looked down on the tower.

"Harry! Watch out."

Harry started to dodge like crazy in the crossfire.

"This is mental!"

"Get to Lyoko you two," said Jeremy. "Quickly. I'll send you to help Ulrich."

Several Krabes advanced underneath harry and aimed upwards. Harry aimed and fired. The monsters blew up.

"Suckers." Several tentacles touched his head. "Uh oh."

He shot downwards and out of the Scyphozoa's grasp.

"How did that sneak up on me?"

He landed next to the tower and shot inside. He walked over to the centre and rose.

Harry

Code

Lyoko

Elevator

Yumi backed off as the doctor forced the hatch open. She ran out as soon as the door opened, narrowly dodging a blow. The doctor slammed her against the door like she weighed nothing. Yumi recovered and ran off. The doctor followed her and collapsed.

Lyoko

"I can't hang on much longer!" yelled Ulrich as he blocked a laser. Aelita charged up an energy field and hit the Megatank with it. "Thanks Aelita."

Odd and Sissi appeared.

"Hey guys," said Odd as they jogged over. "Nice to see you again."

A Scyphozoa approached and Odd shot it. "Go away. You're not wanted."

Krabes turned up and pelted Odd with lasers.

"Odd, watch it! You just lost eighty life points! One more hit and it's game over!" warned Jeremy.

"Relax, it's all part of the plan," said Odd.

"What plan?" asked Sissi. Odd was hit a gain and devirtualised. The tower returned to it's unactivated state.

Later

Jeremy ran over to Odd's and Ulrich's room to bump into Herb.

"Huh? Everything ok, Herb?"

"How do you expect everything to be ok when I'm surrounded by big, fat losers?!" shouted Herb as he stormed off.

"Huh…did I miss something?" asked Jeremy as the others laughed. "Come on! Tell me!"

"Yes! Odd just offered Herb a role in his next film," said Ulrich as he calmed down.

"It's the story of a girl, driven by a mysterious being, who tries to make contact with humans! All of which takes place in a virtual universe full of danger," explained Odd. Sissi grinned as she recognised the plot.

"What did he say?" asked Jeremy as he looked at them.

"That no-one would ever believe such a ridiculous story," said Aelita.

"Ahahaha! You don't say!"

"We did say," said Harry. "You should pay more attention."

"What about you?" asked Yumi.

"Finished," said Jeremy proudly as he held up a disc. "The computer deciphered all of the lines of code that Herb spoke while he was spellbound."

"That's good," said Sissi as she snuggled into Harry.

"So, what's it say?" asked Odd. "Let's hear it!"

"Tons of interesting stuff! And a whole lot of elements that are going to help me find the antivirus for Aelita," explained Jeremy as he jumped up and down like a little kid at Christmas.

"And…do you know who this mysterious entity who wants to get into contact with us is?" asked Sissi.

"Well…take a look. I'm warning you: this is com-plete-ly crazy," warned Jeremy as he started to play the disc.

"I can help you…I need to talk to you Harry…I am Franz Hopper…"

"I don't believe it," said Odd.

"I am…Franz Hopper?" asked Aelita.

"That's his voice," said Harry. "We now know what the tower was about. But why did he possess Herb? He could have just waited for me to go to sector five as I said before. And what does he want to talk about?"

"Well, the best thing to do is for you to go to sector five," said Jeremy.

"I know that!"