Angel: Since I won't be updating Wednesday, I'll see you guys on Friday with the next episode! Happy holidays!
Danger falls on the desert sector as there's pulsations bulging through the sand. Past a rock trench, there sits an activated tower. But XANA's not done yet.
In Ulrich and Odd's room, Kiwi is peacefully sleeping until he hears something, looking up to see a lamp shaking. He looks at it uneasily from Odd's bed as a ghost unscrews the bulb, dropping it and turning its attention on Kiwi. He growls at the intruder, XANA's ghost separating into two. The first one leaves while the other one takes care of Kiwi.
In Amy and Aelita's room, Kiki is chewing on a bunny squeaky toy until the first XANA ghost sneaks in. She drops her toy and barks at it until she whimpers.
The bell rings for class to end and Jim looks around the courtyard to supervise. Aelita reads a book as Yumi walks up to her friends.
"Hi. So how'd the Italian test go?"
"I couldn't string two words together," Jeremy states. Italian was probably one of his weaker classes besides gym.
"Sei veramente nullo in italiano mio caro Jeremy!" Odd recites, Jeremy glancing at him to elaborate.
"Hm?"
"It means you're really lame at Italian, Jeremy old buddy," Odd explains, Amy stifling a laugh as Ulrich smiles in amusement.
"You see? I didn't even get that!" Jeremy replies to Yumi.
"Well, no one's perfect," Amy shrugs as she's holding her book to her chest. Sissi walks past them, Milly and Tamiya trailing after her. They were looking for a scoop, as usual.
"Sissi, what do you think of your father's decision to set up a language exchange program with France? Our readers want to know!" Milly wonders while Tamiya doesn't look too happy that they're asking Sissi.
Sissi scoffs, turning around to them. "My dear Milly, your paper doesn't have any readers. And anyway, I don't need the whole school knowing what I think, understand?"
"No danger of that, Sissi, you need a brain to think!" Odd calls out.
"Good old Odd, as unfunny as ever. Shut up, will you?!" She storms off, Herb and Nicolas following after her.
"Oh, I hate her!" Milly says bitterly as they stare after her.
"You're not the only one," Odd assures, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"You're wrong, I tell you!" Odd exclaims at dinner. He's standing next to Jeremy as they're getting their food.
"But I didn't say that Kiwi was stupid," Jeremy argues.
"Oh no, you said he was brainless!" Odd corrects with a glare.
"Yeah, well, if you throw a stick, he won't run and fetch it," Jeremy walks away with a chuckle, Odd's mouth opening in shock.
"Well, neither would you! Does that make you brainless?" Odd points out, Jeremy saying nothing.
"Franks and beans or ravioli?" Rosa offers, Jeremy looking down at the food.
"Did you make a decision yet?" Odd huffs, turning to Amy. She grabs a plate of ravioli, putting it on her tray. She frowns to herself at the question she was trying to avoid. After her decision to pursue other interests when she goes off to college, she was stuck with two: Art or dancing. Film was more Odd's thing, and more or less, she was often his assistant. Dancing was something she loved doing, but drawing was also something she liked doing...
Well, dancing could be considered a hobby...but so could art...
She sighs, putting a hand to her head. "No..."
Milly and Tamiya are heading for the showers when Tamiya notices something blocking their path. "Hey, what are they doing there?" She points to Kiwi and Kiki staring at them. Milly gasps sharply at the sight of them.
"If Jim sees them, Amy and Odd are gonna be in big trouble!" She is a reporter looking for a scoop, but she also doesn't want them to potentially leave school, so they had agreed to say nothing when they found out. She wants honest news, not something that could get people into trouble. That's not what Kadic News was about.
"I'll take them back to Odd's room. Amy can pick Kiki up after dinner," Tamiya suggests.
"I'll meet you in the showers," Milly replies as she enters the girls' bathroom.
"Good doggies," Tamiya walks up to the possessed dogs, but she can't see the symbol in their eyes. "Come on, guys." She reaches out her hand to the growling dogs, Kiwi barking loudly and biting her hand. "Ow! Oh."
She suddenly starts to feel dizzy as the room was spinning. She holds her head, eventually opening her white eyes.
While Milly is showering, she doesn't sense the incoming danger, letting the water hit her. She sighs in relaxation at the hot water hitting her. She hums as the door opens, someone slowly approaching. Milly hears something and turns off the water.
Suddenly, Tamiya comes out of nowhere, her skin pale green as her teeth and fingernails are sharp. Milly screams at her appearance, grabbing Tamiya's arms and throwing her to the ground. She quickly grabs her bunny bathrobe and runs off panting. She throws open the door, shutting it behind her.
Rosa is cleaning up behind the counter as Odd puts down his empty tray. Yumi has already left for home.
"So you're not gonna be finishing your chocolate pudding?" Odd asks Aelita.
"Isn't that your fourth one?" She asks in surprise.
"Odd is like a cow. He has more than one stomach," Ulrich tells her, Aelita chuckling.
"How do you put up with that, Amy?" She wonders, Amy shaking her head as she sits next to Ulrich.
"I've seen Odd eat since my first day at Kadic. Nothing surprises me anymore," Is all she says, Jeremy and Ulrich chuckling.
"The better to pig out with, my dears," Odd teases as someone screams outside.
"Help me!" Milly enters the cafeteria in fear. "Tamiya came after me!" Odd, Amy, and Aelita gasp in shock at Tamiya's actions. "She looked so strange and-and her eyes were completely white. And they were horrible! She looked like Dr. Shrank!"
"Who's Dr. Shrank?" Jeremy asks curiously.
"The psycho TV brain surgeon in Hospital of Horrors," Odd explains, Aelita glancing at the others. Just by the description alone, she has her doubts.
"Smells like XANA, doesn't it?"
Jeremy opens his laptop. "I'm launching a superscan."
"Calm down," Rosa tries to quiet Milly. "It'll be alright. You must've had a bad dream."
"No!" Milly shouts in protest. "I didn't, it was real!"
"Activated tower," Jeremy reports as they can hear the beeps.
"Let's head for the factory," Odd whispers to the others, Ulrich pulling out his phone.
"I'll let Yumi know."
Her phone rings as she's eating a quiet dinner with her family. "Ulrich?" Mr. Ishiyama looks up as he hears the name. "Uh huh. I understand. Uh huh, yeah. Okay. No problem."
Hiroki stares at her smugly the whole time she's talking. She hangs up the phone. "Was that Ulrich, your boyfriend~?"
"Hiroki, for the hundredth thousandth time, he is not my boyfriend!"
"Yumi's in love!" He sings as she stands up. "Yumi's in love! Yumi's in love!"
"Hiroki, leave your sister alone," Mr. Ishiyama scolds him.
"You are such a pain!" She shouts at her younger brother. "I'm going to bed!" She storms off, but she was only faking so that she can sneak out and head to the factory.
Milly can't stop crying as Rosa looks to Sissi. "I think it's serious. Sissi, go get your father please."
"We'll go with you," Ulrich offers and she smiles at the fact that Ulrich wants to go somewhere with her. They're about to leave when they see Jim walking around.
"Hey Jim!" Sissi calls out, Amy staring as the gym teacher just stands there like a statue. "There's a problem with Milly Solovieff. Jim?"
He turns around to her, growling. He has the same look as Tamiya. She shivers at the sight of him and screams when he reaches out for her. She runs off in fear.
"Sissi, come back!" Ulrich shouts, running after her, leaving the others with Jim. "Meet up at the factory!"
Odd gasps at Jim, who advances towards Amy. He grabs her from behind. "Watch out!" He pulls her with such force that he's hugging her.
"Over there!" Aelita points to her right as there's more of them, including Tamiya. They all gasp at the sight of them. Not only are they scary, but they're actual zombies!
"About face, everybody!" Odd says, backing away to the doors while still holding Amy. She kicks Jim when he gets too close, knocking him to the ground. Aelita opens the door and they rush inside, Odd closing the door behind him.
"Hey, what's going on?" Rosa demands at why they're returning.
"Oh, nothing. We're surrounded by zombies, ma'am," Odd tells her.
"Zo...! Oh...!" She faints at hearing that, Christophe catching her with a chair.
Yumi jumps down from her window, gripping her backpack. She looks back at her house to make sure no one's watching before she takes off.
Sissi ends up in the park, hearing something move. More zombies await her in the bushes and she gasps in horror, hoping that this was a dream, but it isn't. She whimpers, backing away in fear.
"Help meeee!"
Ulrich suddenly jumps in, standing in front of her in a defensive stance. "Cool it, maggot faces!" The zombies slowly advance to him and he fends them off, Sissi beaming at the thought he came to rescue her. Ulrich punches down a zombie with glasses, turning around and crane kicking the last one. Sissi sighs in awe at him.
"Come on," He walks off.
"There, you see!" Milly points to the zombies trying to get in. "I wasn't dreaming!" She gasps in fear at the growling zombies and then they suddenly leave.
"I bet they'll be back with reinforcements," Herb says in worry. Rosa gains consciousness, sitting up.
"The problem with the living dead is that you can't kill them, because they're already dead," He chuckles at his joke, Rosa fainting again.
William is on the phone with the police while the four Lyoko Warriors are sitting down, looking at the activated tower. "No, I'm not joking! Hello?" He hangs up and tries calling again, sighing in frustration. "Zombies! That's right, like in out of the tomb!"
"I hope Ulrich got away alright," Aelita comments in concern.
"Don't worry, he's probably at the factory right now, and we've gotta join him ASAP," Odd is about to open the back door when William sees them.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?"
"Uh, outside?" Jeremy asks like it was obvious.
"No way, it's too dangerous."
"That's our problem, William," Odd leaves it at that and turns to open the door, but William grabs his shoulder.
"Sorry. I'm the oldest one here, so I'm the one responsible for the group, and I'm telling you, you're staying here and waiting for help. I don't want the zombies to get you." There's strength in numbers, so the more people here, the better. "And what's more, if they attack the cafeteria again, we'll need as many of us here as possible!"
"William, let us go!" Amy yells at him, but he ignores her and turns to the others.
"Anyone who tries to get out has gotta get past me first. Understand?"
Nicolas glances at the others silently and he stares at all of them. The four glare at him. Without someone to virtual them onto Lyoko, they're stuck.
"Oh great. William thinks he's Bruce Willis. That's all we needed," Odd murmurs as Amy crosses her arms.
"G.I. Jerk!"
"Good one," Odd grins at her.
"Thanks."
Yumi is the only one to arrive at the factory, sliding down the rope.
The zombies are walking around, looking for victims. Ulrich peeks through the bush with Sissi. "What do I do now? Can't get through," He whispers as they're all over the park, meaning he can't get past to reach the sewers. He looks at Sissi. "Hey Sissi, listen, we've got to get to a safe spot. Let's get back to the lunch room, fast, and get some help, okay?"
"Okay," She whispers softly as he walks past her. She stands up and follows him, their groaning echoing louder.
The moon shines as a wolf howls.
"A supercomputer?" William narrows his eyes. They had no choice but to explain why they were leaving. Maybe if he heard it, he'd understand and let them go to the factory. "That lets you go into a virtual universe where you have to battle an evil enemy called XANA?"
"Uh, yes," Jeremy stammers at how crazy it sounds, "When you put it that way, I admit it sounds a little weird."
"If you wanna stop this zombie attack, Odd, Jeremy, Amy, and I have to get to the factory right now," Aelita crosses her arms as they hold their ground. They didn't care who he thought he was, this was serious.
"Look, I'm sorry, but I don't believe you, so we're all staying together."
"If you were sorry, you'd understand and let us leave!" Amy huffs as Aelita narrows her eyes in annoyance. She tolerated him, but now she outright dislikes him. Was it too much to ask to let them leave so that everything would be back to normal? This was even worse when her parents showed up. He wasn't sorry at all. He was just trying to be the big bad boss that they don't even like.
"Okay, Plan B. I'll distract him and you two take off with Aelita." He walks up to the boy. "Hey, Jackie Chan. So you think you're the boss around here or something?"
"Yes, and I want us all to get out of this unharmed," William answers, Jeremy reaching towards the handle.
"You gonna stop watching the-"
Herb hears the click, turning to William. "Look, they're getting away!"
"Jeremy!" Aelita calls out as she sees William approach. He grabs Jeremy by the collar.
"Hey you!"
"Get your hands off of him!" Amy pushes William away, Jeremy falling to the ground. "You don't touch my friends like that!"
"Sorry," He holds up his hands in defense. "But it's for your own good. You'll thank me when you get out of this safe and sound." He walks off, Jeremy glaring at him.
"Safe and sound. Yeah, thanks a lot," He mutters under his breath.
"Any chance we're allowed to give him up to the zombies?" Amy whispers to Odd, who tries to come up with another plan. William wasn't going to let them out, he made that clear. So what else was there...?
Yumi arrives in the lab, only to find she's alone. "Oh fantastic," She walks into the room. "No one."
"Hello? Anybody here?" A police car is parked outside the gates of Kadic Academy, having responded to William's phone call.
They glance around for anyone to come, Mr. Rouiller eventually arriving. "Yes?"
"Uh, good evening. We got a call alerting us about an attack, uh, by," She wasn't sure how to word this delicately. Also, she didn't want to alarm him and cause the man to panic. "By...well, anyway. You haven't seen anything suspicious going on around here on the campus? Uh, zombies, living dead?"
"Huh?" He asks in surprise, wondering who made that call. "No, but I haven't been out of my gatehouse. As far as I know, everything's normal."
"I told you it was just another stupid kids prank, right?" She turns to her partner knowingly. "Let's go. Thank you. Goodnight," They walk off, Mr. Rouiller looking around. He hears nothing to suggest that anything is wrong, certainly not for the police be involved with.
"Hey Jeremy, it's me," Ulrich is on the phone, running with Sissi. "Are you at the factory?"
"Still not there. This joker William won't let us out."
"And you can tell him how much he reminds me of my dad right now!" Amy whispers harshly, Jeremy cringing at the comparison.
"Right. I'll see what I can do," He hangs up.
"Hey Jim," Mr. Rouiller calls out. "You heard this thing about some...zombies? That's completely nutty." Jim and some other zombies approach him.
"Look!" Sissi points to the man as they've stumbled upon him. Ulrich comes to a stop as they gasp. Mr. Rouiller realizes that this is not a joke, gasping. Sissi covers her mouth in shock.
"Well, so much for the way out of here." Ulrich's phone rings and he answers it. "Yumi?"
"What in the world have you guys been up to? I've been waiting for you at the factory."
"Haven't you heard? It's a living dead convention over here," Ulrich explains, "I'm trying to find a way to get Aelita to the factory, but it's not gonna be easy."
"Okay, be careful," She warns him, hanging up. Odd peeks through the blinds as the zombies have unfortunately returned.
"They're coming from all sides." He turns back to William and hears panting. "Wait, there's Kiwi and Kiki, look!"
The two dogs are staring at them intensely. "They found us. See how smart he is?"
Jeremy and Amy glance at each other, wondering just how the dogs got inside. All the doors and windows are locked.
"Yeah, my little diggity dogs. Amy, why do you look so nervous? It's your dog."
"Hey," Milly recognizes them. "Those are the same dogs we saw in the hallway just before Tamiya got zombified." Odd starts to approach them. "Wait, Odd!"
He holds out his hand, only for him to get bit. "Ow! Kiwi, what's wrong with you?" He knows that the real Kiwi would never bite him. Then he notices the symbol in their eyes, grinning. "XANA..."
"What?! Oh no!" Amy exclaims that her dog is possessed. They walk away and Odd feels dizzy, holding his head.
"William, quick. We have to tie him up," Jeremy orders as Odd's face gets wrinkles. His skin turns green, his eyes white as he becomes a zombie.
"Odd, no," Amy whimpers, covering her mouth in shock. She fights back the tears. Jeremy rushes to grab him, but Odd pushes him onto the table.
"Hurry up!" William urges, him, Nicolas, and Christophe grabbing him. Herb, Aelita, and Milly look on, cringing at how Odd has to be restrained. Amy's actually crying as she tries not to look.
Ulrich and Sissi peek through the gates at their target: the cafeteria. "You got a plan?" Sissi glances at him.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure you're gonna like it."
Odd struggles to get out of his restraints, a gag over his mouth. "So you're saying that Kiwi and Kiki are possessed by this-this XANA?"
"Right, but now thanks to you, they're somewhere ready to bite us," Jeremy retorts as they stare at the zombie. "What's more, we're surrounded by an army of the living dead. If you had let us out before, we wouldn't be in this mess!"
William grabs Jeremy by the shirt, having had enough. "Listen, if you'd gone out, you might be a zombie yourself by now, idiot! I'm getting tired of hearing this factory and your supercomputer."
"And I'm tired of you bossing us around and getting rough with my friends!" Amy pushes him off as her eyes look tired. "This is all your fault! Jeremy's right, if you had let us leave, Odd wouldn't be a zombie!" She sobs and he stares at her. He did feel a little guilty; he knew how close Amy and Odd were. But his point still stood. If they were all zombies, there would be no one to help them. And then who was going to stop it?
They hear groaning as the zombies are at the front door. Ulrich glances at Sissi. "Are you ready?"
"Uh huh," She simply nods. He runs up to the zombies and starts moving like a madman.
"Kill the zombies!" He sings and they turn their attention to him, getting away from the door. "Come on, dead heads! Ha ha! Bleh bleh bleh!"
While he's doing that, Sissi runs up to the cafeteria door, which is locked. "Open up! It's me, Sissi!"
William walks up as she pounds on the glass. "Hey, open up, I said! I'm not one of them!"
"She's lying," Herb says suspiciously, walking up to her. "Prove it."
"Uh, I, uh, I have a subscription to Pretty Girl and I still sleep with Nin Nin, my stuffed moose."
"That has nothing to do with it. That just proves you're a lame-o," Herb comments and Sissi turns around as the zombies come back.
"You open this door, you bunch of pea-brained dorks!"
Nicolas nods at the insult. "No kidding, that's Sissi alright."
Herb opens the door for her, but when he goes to close it, the zombies come barging in. Jim growls, Nicolas holding up a chair. Jim smashes it to pieces with only his arm.
"Come on, it's now or never!" Jeremy grabs Aelita's arm, running to the back.
"I'll stay here for Odd," Amy glances at him. "I...I can't leave him like this."
The two nod in understanding.
Jim pulls William over to the zombies, Amy trying not to grin. The zombies surround him and Ulrich watches the two leave through the back, smiling in relief. It turns into a gasp when he sees a zombie heading right towards him. They corner him in front of the cafeteria and he sees William standing in front of him, as a zombie. William approaches him and Ulrich kicks him to the ground.
"That one's on me," Ulrich places his hands on his hips proudly.
Jeremy and Aelita run away as fast as they can from the zombies following them. Yumi defends herself from them, just as the two stumble upon her.
"Hurry up! Let's get back to the factory!" She tells them and they follow her further into the park.
The zombies are trying to get through inside the cafeteria, Ulrich pushing past the ones in front. He barges inside and helps slam the door shut.
When the trio arrive at the lab, Jeremy steps inside, turning to the girls. "Get into the scanners. I'll start the virtualization process." He sits into his chair and puts on the microphone. "Okay ladies, ready to roll."
They each step into one scanner, turning around. "Transfer Yumi. Transfer Aelita. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Aelita. Virtualization."
The girls appear in the desert sector, landing safely. "And here's the Overwing." The flying scooter virtualizes in front of them.
"Wow, you're getting better, Jeremy," Yumi compliments in satisfaction. "Soon we'll be landing right on top of them."
Aelita giggles in amusement and they jump on. "Okay, on your way. And watch out for nasty surprises."
Ulrich peeks out the window from the cafeteria, Amy staring at Odd in horror. She couldn't stand to see him like this...it wasn't her best friend.
"What are they doing?" Sissi asks in fear as she's holding Milly. Ulrich looks back to the window.
"If you ask me, they're preparing a final assault."
Milly starts to cry in fear, Sissi bending down to her. "It's okay." She looks back outside, unsure if they would ever get out of this. Amy goes into the corner to call Jeremy.
"Einstein, please tell me that you made it to the factory safely."
"We made it. Yumi and Aelita are on Lyoko now. How's Odd?"
"Could be better!" She wipes away the incoming tears. "The others are planning a final attack on us, I'm not sure how long we'll last. I can't believe my own dog and Kiwi got possessed and bit him...!"
Just by her voice alone, he could tell that she was struggling not to cry over the phone. He couldn't imagine what he would do if it was Aelita instead...and he could also tell that Odd and Amy really cared about each other.
"...We'll save him, Amy. I promise."
"Thanks Jeremy," She hangs up.
As the zombies are lurking around in the park, Kiwi and Kiki sniff the manhole cover. One of the zombies open it...
Aelita and Yumi fly over the trench to the tower. "Activated tower in sight." Three Krabs are also in sight, blocking their access to the tower.
"Krabs also in sight," Aelita notices the Krabs nervously. Krabs are probably one of the strongest monsters on Lyoko, that is before the Tarantulas came in.
"XANA's played his cards right. He wanted to bring you to Lyoko with the fewest bodyguards possible. That's why Kiwi bit Odd, but not you or me. And maybe he wanted Amy to suffer emotionally, to cloud her mind. Be careful."
Yumi flies around the tower as Jeremy gets an alert from the computer. He pulls up the security footage from the elevator. "But now XANA doesn't need me anymore." He sees Kiwi, Kiki, William, and the nurse.
"What do you mean?" Yumi asks in concern.
"You've gotta deactivate the tower fast. If I get zombified, I won't be able to launch the return in time and then...I don't wanna talk about the mess we'll be in." Yumi turns around to the Krabs, turning to her friend.
"Ready, Aelita?"
Aelita hums in response and Yumi swings around. "Okay! We're gonna try to push our way through."
"That's suicide!" Jeremy immediately protests. If Aelita disappears forever, the world will be stuck in a zombie apocalypse. "If you don't make it, Aelita will be alone with the Scyphozoa!"
Yumi doesn't listen and continues advancing towards the Krabs, sure in her plan. A Krab fires straight at them, the other two following suit. Yumi swings back and forth to avoid them, Aelita worried. The middle one fires again and Yumi pulls out her fan. She tosses it, destroying the middle Krab. The other two fire as she flies into the air, getting hit in the leg eventually. Aelita glances back at the monsters.
"Okay guys," Ulrich glances at a girl named Tania and Nicolas, who are all holding chairs. Rosa is still unconscious. "This is it. Christophe is holding a chair while Herb is holding frying pans. As the zombies are trying to get in, Amy glances at Odd, standing up and grabbing a chair. She had to help protect the group too.
Rosa finally wakes up, but upon seeing the zombies barge in, her eyes widen in horror. "Oh I think I'm..." She faints one last time.
"Poor Rosa," Amy cringes at her.
The zombies inch towards them, Ulrich glancing around nervously. He didn't know how this would go, so he just hoped that Aelita and Yumi were making progress...
The girls fly away from a Krab chasing them and Aelita looks back at it. "They're on our tail."
"Ladies, I hope you know what you're doing," Jeremy states uncertainly.
"Yeah, so do I, Jeremy," Yumi replies in the same tone as Jeremy. It was the only thing she could think of...
The Krab continues chasing them and Yumi approaches the trench.
The zombies advance towards the group, Jim grabbing Tania's chair and pulling her towards the horde of zombies.
"Tania!" Amy says in worry as she screams, getting surrounded by them.
"Help!"
"Oh no!" Herb drops his pans in fear as a zombie claws at the air.
Aelita glances back at the monster again, only to see the Krab firing another shot at them. Yumi swerves back and forth, glancing behind her as she enters the trench. The Krab fires again, Yumi looking at Aelita. "Take my fan. Hurry!"
Aelita does as she's told, as she trusts Yumi. She opens the fan and when the Krab fires again, Yumi spins so that she flies behind the Krab. "Now!"
Her pink-haired friend throws the fan, hitting the Krab dead on. She catches it and puts it back in Yumi's holster on her back. When they fly out of the trench, they're met with a Kankerlot who was waiting for them. It hits the Overwing, causing it to go out of control. Yumi barely manages to hold on as they fly into the trench, bump into a wall, and crash the Overwing. It explodes as the two crash into the sand, Yumi standing up with a clenched fist.
"Miserable Kankerlot. We'll have to go on foot."
They start running as fast as they can to save everyone, including Jeremy.
The zombies move towards Herb, William advancing further. They push him onto the ground. Next is Christophe as they surround him, Herb holding out a hand for someone to help, but no one does as he's turned. They surround Nicolas next, and the only ones left are Sissi, Milly, Ulrich, and Amy.
The last Krab enters the trench, chasing after the girls. It fires at their feet, Yumi leaping out of the way. It fires again and Yumi pants. She couldn't keep doing this, XANA's only trying to distract them as long as he can.
"Go ahead, I'll take care of it," She tells Aelita, letting her run forward as the geisha runs up the wall. She eventually pushes her feet back and lands on the Krab. She pulls out one fan and destroys the Krab, watching it explode.
Aelita comes to a stop, glancing behind her as she heard the explosion. She silently waits for Yumi, who shows up a few seconds later.
"Don't drag your feet!" They run out of the trench, but the tower has disappeared. They were in the right spot, that they knew, but the land and tower that was there isn't. "Oh no!"
"Jeremy, the tower has disappeared," Aelita informs, looking over the Digital Sea. Yumi glances behind her, hoping that they were wrong and that the tower was the other way.
"Maybe we went the wrong way."
"No wait, the tower is there. I can see it on my screen."
Aelita looks closer and suddenly she can see the tower. "You're right, Jeremy. It's straight ahead," Aelita points across. "How are we gonna get to it?"
Walking across it was definitely not the best way, not if they wanted to disappear for good. Yumi smiles as she gains an idea.
"I can teletransport Aelita."
"You're crazy. If you fail, she'll fall right into the Digital Sea!"
"You have a better idea?" Yumi wonders, as there was nothing else.
"I trust her, Jeremy," Aelita states and Yumi stands behind her. She presses her fingers to her forehead, lifting Aelita into the air. She smiles at Yumi, looking at the tower up ahead. Yumi focuses as hard as she can as Aelita is nearing the tower. Unfortunately, a monster decides to show up at the worst time...
"Yumi! Yumi!" Jeremy tries to warn her. "Behind you!"
The Kankerlot hits Yumi from behind, breaking her concentration. Aelita starts to fall towards the Digital Sea, Yumi kneeling. She then remembers Aelita and looks up, holding out her hand towards the girl and lifting her up just before she touched the water. Yumi continues to transport Aelita.
The elevator doors open, Kiwi and Kiki gritting their teeth. The zombies inch forward towards Jeremy, who doesn't see or hear them. He's too busy focusing on Aelita.
Yumi dodges the lasers from behind, turning back so that she can see Aelita. She throws her fan, but the Kankerlot leans away on purpose.
"Yumi!" Aelita cries out as she starts to fall again. Yumi turns back to the girl and focuses her power, kneeling. The Kankerlot fires again, Aelita falling towards the Digital Sea once again. She lands on her bottom right above the Digital Sea. She feels it underneath her to find that the ground is just invisible. "It's one of XANA's tricks."
Yumi sighs in relief, touching the ground. Unfortunately, this gives the Kankerlot enough time to devirtualize her.
"Aelita!" Jeremy pleads as the zombies are getting closer.
Aelita hears the Kankerlot coming for her and stands up. She rubs her bottom from the hard landing before running towards the tower, hoping that he won't get a shot on her.
Kiwi, Kiki, and the other zombies are very close to Jeremy.
Aelita is almost there as the Kankerlot is on her tail. A Krab virtualizes right in front of her, blocking the tower. "Jeremy, a Krab!"
"Keep going. Normally it wouldn't dare fire at you."
She hopes that he's right as she keeps running. She looks behind at the Kankerlot and runs underneath the Krab, entering the invisible tower. The Kankerlot reaches it, and hits it, causing the monster to fall and spin around.
"Yes!" Jeremy cheers once he sees that she wasn't hit. "Ha ha! Nice job! Ow!" Glancing down, he sees that Kiki bit his leg. "Oh no!"
Aelita reaches the center and starts flying to the top.
Milly is holding a frying pan, Sissi, Amy, and Ulrich holding chairs to defend themselves with. Milly glances around in fear.
"Don't you touch Milly, you hear?!" Sissi threatens, the girl surprised that Sissi actually cared. Odd has somehow gotten out of his restraints, tackling Amy to the ground.
"Odd, no!" Ulrich shouts as he's about to bite Amy.
Aelita is almost there as Jeremy turns into a zombie.
Sissi looks at all the zombies, Nicolas snatching her chair from her. Milly screams as they get closer.
Aelita reaches the top, walking up to the interface.
Amy tries to fend off Odd, struggling against his arms. Sissi and Milly hug each other as the zombies are close to affecting them.
Aelita signs in.
Aelita
"Jeremy, did you program the return to the past?"
Code
She gets no response as he's groaning. "Jeremy?"
Amy and Ulrich pull at Odd's arms, but he's too strong as he bites Amy on her arm. "Ow!"
"Amy, no!" Ulrich exclaims as Amy slowly changes.
Lyoko
Milly and Sissi squeeze their eyes shut.
"Tower deactivated."
"Aelita..." Jeremy is slowly losing himself as he presses enter, setting the return in time. "Return to the past now!"
Everything resets to when they had just left their classes. "You see? I didn't even get that!" Jeremy comments, Sissi walking past them again.
"Sissi, what do you think about your father's decision to set up a language exchange program with Frances? Our readers wanna know!" Milly asks again.
Sissi scoffs like last time, turning to them in annoyance. "My dear Milly, your paper doesn't have any readers. And anyway, I don't need the whole school knowing what I think, understand?" She storms off as Ulrich, Amy, and Aelita smile knowingly. "Coming?" She asks her minions.
"Oh, I hate her!" Milly complains.
"It's true that she's a pain," Ulrich places a hand on her shoulder. "But you know, deep down, I think she really likes you."
"And I really think that she can be very brave and a real nice person," Aelita adds in with a smile. "When she wants to be."
"What?" Milly asks in confusion as she stares at all of them. She didn't know that in the time before everything was set, that Sissi tried to protect her.
William walks past and Amy narrows her eyes in annoyance at him, remembering how he prevented them from leaving the cafeteria.
"Yeah. In fact you never can guess a person's true colors, can you?" Jeremy asks in amusement. Odd looks a bit guilty as he glances at Amy.
"Can I steal you away for a second?"
"Sure," She nods and when they walk off to a tree, the others smile widely. "What's this about?"
"Um...I'm really sorry that I bit you," He rubs his neck sheepishly at his actions.
"No worries. You weren't in control," Amy shrugs with a small smile. "Is Kiwi okay?"
"I checked on him before class. He's fine. And Kiki?"
"As energetic as double A batteries," Amy giggles a bit. "She wouldn't stop asking me to play. She kept whining with the ball in her mouth."
"Heh," Odd chuckles at the thought. "Italian's a beautiful language, isn't it?" He stares into her eyes, trying not to let his face heat up. He was adding that in casually because he actually wanted to tell her that she's beautiful, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Yeah," Amy smiles, suspecting nothing. "I really like learning a new language."
"Maybe we could study together?" He wanted to spend time with her, to get this whole...feelings or crush or whatever out of the way. Maybe if they acted like normal friends, it would go away and he wouldn't have to tell anyone.
"You? Study?" Amy laughs in disbelief. "Odd, since when do you ever study? Much less for Italian?"
"Hey, I've studied before," He pouts at her.
"Either way I can't. I promised Ulrich I'd help him do his science homework later so he can get at least one decent grade," She rolls her eyes and is about to leave when Odd reaches out a hand.
"W-Wait, did you decide? What's it gonna be, Ames? Art or dancing?"
"...Well, after thinking about it a lot...when I was a zombie," She smirks in amusement and he rubs his arm, cringing. "I decided that I want to be an artist. Drawing is just something I've been doing for a long time and it's my passion. I love doing dancing with Aelita, but I feel like it'll only be temporary. I have to go and get my notes. Bye," She waves at him, running off to go visit her dog really quick. Odd waves back slowly with a sigh. Was this how it was going to be with her all the time? Pining after her like some...love-sick puppy? And who's to say he even is love-sick over someone he knows really well? Ulrich walks up to Odd, hands in his pockets.
"What was that all about?"
"Save it," Odd grunts, Ulrich looking at him in confusion. The boy walks off, leaving Ulrich wondering if he did anything wrong to warrant that reaction.