A/N: Hello, my kitties! Welcome back to Code: Mutation. I'd like to welcome my newest follower, Spyro259. I hope you're enjoying the story so far and continue to enjoy. Sorry this took so long, I just haven't been feeling up to it. Let's go ahead and get going!

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Chapter 16)Short Trip

Jeremie walked out of the elevator, only to find Donnie, asleep in the chair.

"Donnie, wake up," he said, nudging the turtle. Donnie stirred a little, but remained sleeping. "Donnie!" Jeremie said louder. Donnie awoke with a jerk and looked around for a second, remembering his surroundings. "Oh, hey, Jeremie," he said, "Shouldn't you be in class?"

"It's 3 o'clock," the blond replied, "How long have you been working on that code?"

"All night, but I think I got it figured out," he typed on the computer, pulling up the turtle diagram. He pressed a few keys and the turtle drained away, then turned into a green plus sign. "Donnie, you did it!" Jeremie exclaimed, "I'll call the others." He pulled out his phone and dialed Aelita's phone.

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In minutes, everyone was gathered in the lab, ready to return to the digital world. "So, you fixed the virtualization program?" Leo asked excitedly. "Yep, now the four of us can safely go to and from Lyoko," Donnie said. "Does it work?" William asked. "Well, it got a positive reaction when Donnie tested it," Jeremie said. "Okay, so how about we do the same thing last time and have us go in first, just in case something goes wrong again?" Yumi asked. "Sounds good to me," Aelita said, "Any objections?"

Everyone shook their heads, agreeing with the guardian. "Okay, head down to the scanners and I start the process," Jeremie said, turning to the computer. "You got it," Raph said, everyone readying themselves.

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"You guys ready to try this again?" Jeremie asked the turtles once everyone else was sent to Lyoko. "Can't hurt to try," Mikey said. "Hopefully," Raph stated. "I'm sure everything will go right this time," Donnie said. The three got back in the scanners, which closed on them.

"Transfer, Donnie, transfer, Raph, transfer, Mikey," Jeremie read off, "Scanner. Virtualization."

The scanners opened up, the three brothers gone. "Jeremie, how'd it go? Are they there?" Leo asked.

"Hang on," Jeremie said, checking the turtles' avatar cards, which fully appeared on screen, "Guys? Did the turtles make it?"

"We're here, Jeremie," Donnie said. Everyone was standing the ice sector. "And it looks like everything's in place," Raph said, looking himself over. "Alright, you ready, Leo?" Jeremie asked.

"I guess," Leo said. He took a deep breath, stepped into the scanner and closed his eyes.

"Okay, here we go," Jeremie said, beginning to type, "Transfer, Leo. Scanner, Leo. Virtualization."

When Leo opened his eyes, he was in mid air, quickly falling to the icy ground, but landing on his feet. He stood up and looked around, seeing that they were standing on a white plateau, surrounded by seemingly endless, dark-blue water. He then look down at himself. He looked like his brothers, except for his blue armor shell and his knee pads had a blue Namari character (character for lead) on them. "Looking good, bro!" Mikey said. "Thanks," Leo said, then looked at everyone else, "Why do you all look like this?"

"To fight X.A.N.A.'s monsters," Odd said. "The supercomputer creates avatars for anyone scanned into it that gives them weapons and abilities to defend themselves here," Aelita explained. "Well, some of us have abilities," William said, crossing his arms. "You don't have any?" Raph asked. "Well, I had 'super smoke' and I could use my weapon to fly when I was under X.A.N.A.'s control, but I can't figure out how to do it myself," he replied. "I have levitation," Yumi said. "I have super speed, triangulate, and triplicate," Ulrich said. "What about you, Odd?" Leo asked. "Well, I used to be able to see the future, but I lost that power and Jeremie thinks it's too dangerous to give it back to me," he explained. "What about you?" Mikey asked, looking at his friends. "I don't think I have any," Karai said. "I can do this," Casey said. He put his arms together in front of him, creating his shield, "But that's all I know about."

"What about April?" Donnie asked. "I think she has some kind of special ability that she can sense X.A.N.A.'s monsters before Jeremie can see them onscreen," Yumi said. "How do you know that?" Ulrich asked. "I noticed her Magatama glows right before a monster attacks," she replied. "Her what?" Odd asked. "Magatama, the charm on her necklace," Yumi said, pointing at the gold object.

After she did this, the Magatama began to glow. "Uh-oh," William said.

They pulled out their weapons and got into defense position. "Jeremie, do you see anything?" Ulrich asked. "No, I can only see you guys," Jeremie said, then growled, "X.A.N.A. must've jammed my tracker!"

"There!" April said, pointing to the sky.

Several wasp-looking creatures flew toward them. When they got closer, they began firing lasers out of their stingers.

Raph held up a sai, which reflected the laser back at one of the hornets, causing it to explode. "Awesome!" he said. From behind a group of Bloks came at them. "What the heck is going on here?" Karai said as she was hit in the back with a laser. "This usually only happens when X.A.N.A. is on the attack," Yumi replied.

"What is that thing?" April said, seemingly afraid as the charm glowed again. She started to back up, until she was at the edge of the plateau, nearly falling off. "April, what's wrong?" Leo asked, not getting a reply as the girl seemed to stare at something invisible in front of her.

Then her stare became blank as her body started to lift off the ground. "April!" Donnie called, only for April to be stuck.

"Guys, it's the Scyphozoa," Jeremie told them. "It's invisible?" Raph asked aloud.

"It's probably trying to take control," Aelita said, "Odd, shoot it!"

"Laser arrow!" he exclaimed as he fired at the invisible creature. When it made contact with it, a large, jellyfish-like creature appeared. April's eyes opened wide as she was finally released and dropped on the ground. "April!" Donnie yelled, running over to his friend as they finished off the swarm of monsters.

"April, you just lost 80 lifepoints in one attack!" Jeremie said. The girl slowly rose to her feet with Donnie's help and held a hand to her head, "Guys, I feel weird."

"Jeremie, I think that's enough for today," Leo said. "Oh, man," Mikey whined slightly, only to disappear into pixels seconds later with the others.

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April was the last to be brought back from Lyoko. She nearly passed out coming out of the scanner, luckily caught by Donnie and Raph. "April, are you alright?" William asked, worriedly. "I'm not sure," she replied, "I still feel really weird."

"You guys might want to come up here," Jeremie said. They got in the elevator and went to the lab.

"What's up, Einstein?" Odd asked as they exited. "I did a scan on April as she was being materialized and I think I figured out what the Scyphozoa did to her," Jeremie replied. "What?" Donnie asked. "Take a look," he replied, moving away from the computer so the turtle could see.

"No way!" the purple-masked turtle exclaimed. "What?" April asked. "Well, this might sound strange, but X.A.N.A. took the Kraang side of you," he answered. "I don't believe it," April said weakly. She pulled out her phone and tried to move it telepathically, but it did nothing. "Are you saying that April is completely human now?" Leo asked. "That's right," Jeremie said, "But I'm afraid that there might be something more to that." He got out of the chair and led them to the lift, "Come on, I need to test something."

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The elevator opened, revealing the dark, empty room. They stepped out, setting the lights off. "Whoa, dude, where are we?" Mikey asked. "Oh, that's right, you don't remember being here," Ulrich said. "The mainframe? What're we doing here?" April asked. They took a few more steps in, triggering the machine to rise from the floor. "What is this?" Leo asked. "This is what keeps the supercomputer on," Yumi explained, "If this thing goes down, Lyoko goes down with it." Jeremie stepped closer to it as the panel with X.A.N.A.'s symbol opened and the lever came out.

Something in April made her feel uncomfortable as he reached for it. "Wait!" she yelled to him, "Are you sure about this?"

"Don't worry. I'm just going to shut it off for a few seconds to test something," he said. He pulled the lever and April grabbed her head before collapsing on the floor. "April!" the turtles said, all of them crowding around her and Jeremie switched the computer back on.

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A/N: I hope you liked the chapter. You all know the protocol, please read, review and share and, well, you know the rest. I'll see you in the next chapter. MEOW!