Angel: Happy new year, everyone! This episode I find ironic because it has to do with kissing, which is a tradition on New Years!
It's early morning at Kadic as the three boys are walking down the halls to the showers.
"Jeanne?" Ulrich asks Odd.
"Yup!" Odd confirms. The two were asking if Odd really did date every girl in the 8th grade.
"Azra? Claire? Lola?" Jeremy counts off the names off the top of his head.
"Yep. Double yeah!" Odd smirks, confusing Jeremy.
"So you've dated every girl in the 8th grade?" Ulrich asks in disbelief.
"Everyone except Heidi Klinger."
"Are you trying to set a record or something?" Jeremy holds open the door as Odd walks in first.
"No way. I'm just searching for...true love."
"Odd. There's one other girl we still haven't talked about," Ulrich smirks to himself, Jeremy humming in amusement. Odd stares at them dumbly.
"I missed one?"
"Well, besides Aelita and Sissi, you haven't dated Amy," Jeremy crosses his arms with a smug look. "I wonder why."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Odd immediately denies, looking away from them. He had avoided the subject about having feelings for Amy a while now. He was putting it off because...well, he was really close with Amy. To mess that up was just...
He couldn't even find the right word for it. One thing was sure, though.
"Even if I wanted to, I don't want to treat Amy like the other girls. She's...special."
"Special because she's the last girl besides Heidi?" Ulrich raises a brow.
"Or maybe because he does like her, but he doesn't want to confront his feelings, so he's using all the other girls as of now to get it out of his system," Jeremy rubs his chin. "Or at least, try to."
Odd's mouth drops open at Jeremy's deduction of what he was doing. This is why they called him Einstein.
He sighs, turning away from them. "Okay...I admit it. I don't want to hurt her like the other girls. I can't do that to her. So I just want to be sure that she's the actual one I want to date."
"Aren't you hurting her either way by still going through it?" Ulrich looks at him disapprovingly. "What if by the time you've gotten over Heidi, she might lose those feelings for you?"
"Do you really think that'll happen?" Odd frowns in concern.
"Well, knowing her, she probably wouldn't say anything directly," Jeremy glances up at the ceiling in thought. "But if I were you, I'd stop after Heidi."
"I agree," Ulrich nods at Jeremy. "If you really feel like you won't be sure until after Heidi, then just date her and get it out of your system."
Odd says nothing at their advice as he starts to grow worried. Was Amy really going to stop having feelings for him after Heidi? She already knows how his love life works, and most of them she's shown no problems with it. Sam, she didn't really like, but that was the only girl Amy really had a strong feeling about. She didn't bat an eye after Sam. He really hoped that she wouldn't forget about him so that he can deal with these feelings for her.
"Well, look who's here," Sissi is standing near the boys' bathroom. "My dear Ulrich." He freezes at the nickname, inwardly groaning. Why couldn't he be like Odd instead of having Sissi follow him around? No, scratch that. He didn't want a reputation like Odd. "Wanna go see a movie with me this afternoon?"
"That would depend on what's playing," He replies thinly.
"Adventure in the Tropics," Sissi twirls a strand of hair, Herb frowning to himself.
"Aw, no. What a bummer. I've already seen it," Ulrich lies through his teeth. "Shame." She gives a disappointed sigh as the three walk into the bathroom.
"I'll go see it with you," Herb immediately offers, tugging at her sleeve.
"See what?"
"The film," He answers hopefully.
"Great!" She smiles widely. "Let's go, then!"
"Hey, do you really mean that?" He giggles in excitement.
"Not!" She says after a few seconds, storming off. He watches her leave in disappointment, Nicolas laughing at his epic fail.
A way tower in the desert sector turns into an activated one.
As Herb enters the bathroom, he can see Odd and Ulrich brushing their teeth. "You actually went to see Adventure in the Tropics?" Odd asks in surprise. Ulrich barely leaves the school enough as it is, not as much as Odd would take Amy out.
"You crazy? I'd rather study for a math quiz than to go to the movies with Sissi," Ulrich denies, checking his teeth.
"You make me sick, Stern!" Herb spits out, turning around to him in anger. "You really think you're hot stuff! I'm gonna knock that smile right off your face!"
"Oh yeah?" Ulrich turns around to him confidently. "Well go on then. What are you waiting for?"
Herb weakly kicks the air before karate chopping on the sink. He grabs his throbbing hand in pain. "Ouch. Now that has gotta hurt," Ulrich points at Herb with his toothbrush. He already knew that Herb was just as athletically challenged as Jeremy, so he wasn't worried about getting a black eye or anything like that. Odd says something, but it's muffled by the toothpaste in his mouth.
"What?" Ulrich asks in confusion.
Odd spits out the toothpaste as Herb exits the bathroom with Nicolas. "I said jealousy makes people go bananas!"
"Yeah, love plays tricks with your mind," Ulrich agrees with him.
"Great. I gotta go get Aelita. I promised to give her my croissants. She likes croissants with her hot chocolate!" Jeremy says with a dreamy look on his face, leaving the bathroom. Odd glances at Ulrich after a few seconds.
"What were you saying about love? What does it do to people's minds?" Odd asks his friend as Ulrich grabs the door handle to the showers.
"Looks like there are no exceptions to the rule!"
They turn on the water and proceed to get themselves clean. "Speaking of hot chocolate, I gotta get moving. I finally got a date with Heidi."
"You're gonna give her your croissants?" Ulrich asks with a teasing tone.
"You must be joking! A guy's gotta eat, doesn't he?" He wouldn't tell anyone that Amy is the only girl he shares food with. Sharing food with her...felt nice.
An electrical outlet near the sinks sparks, a specter crawling out from it.
Heidi is waiting for Odd in front of the cafeteria doors when she sees Jeremy. He sees her and she smiles friendly. "Hi Jeremy. You haven't seen Odd, have you? He promised to have breakfast with me."
He says nothing as he stares at her. Jeremy suddenly grabs her shoulders as Odd and Ulrich approach the cafeteria. The boys both gasp as Jeremy KISSES Heidi on the lips! Odd gives a hurt look. That was the last girl left that he hadn't dated and now he'll never know if Amy is the right girl for him. Jeremy lets go of the girl and upon seeing his friends, he runs out of there.
"I can't believe that!" Odd exclaims in disbelief that Jeremy would kiss a girl he's into and then just bolt.
Matthias is at the vending machines as Yumi stands behind him. "Hey there, Yumi. Say, you wouldn't have the answers to the math quiz, would you?"
As William is walking past, he sees Yumi kissing Matthias! He gasps in shock at her action and then she leaves a stunned Matthias. "Oh wow. I sure am glad I brushed my teeth this morning."
"Huh?" William narrows his eyes at what just happened.
Jeremy and Aelita are heading towards the cafeteria when Heidi confronts the boy. "Jeremy, would you mind telling me why you kissed me in front of Odd?" She crosses her arms angrily to Jeremy's confusion.
"What are you talking about? Are you out of your mind?"
Aelita seems to believe it as Heidi wouldn't make a serious accusation if it didn't happen. The blonde girl storms off with a scoff and Aelita leaves too. "Aelita!" He calls out, but she doesn't listen, leaving him confused. "Oh no..."
He had no idea what was going on, but he was darn sure that he never kissed Heidi.
Odd is pacing around, wondering what he just saw between Heidi and Jeremy when Ulrich's eyes widen. "Huh? What?"
"What is it?" Odd turns to his direction...
To see Amy kissing Christophe.
Their mouths open in shock as she pulls away and then leaves. "...Yes!" Christophe pumps a fist. He hadn't told anyone, but he's had a crush on Amy for a little while. She was younger, but that didn't matter to him because she just kissed him!
"First Jeremy and now my best friend..." Odd looks really upset, Ulrich putting a hand on his shoulder. How could Amy kiss another guy? Does that mean...
She's moved on?
Jeremy and Amy approach the table. "Hey everyone. Slide over and make me some room."
The silence is tense until Odd turns to them. "Don't you wanna sit with Heidi? She's all by herself," Odd points to the girl. After what happened with Jeremy, the date was cancelled. He glances away to see Heidi staring blankly to nothing, playing with her soup. "And what about you and Christophe, Ames? Or should I say Amelia?"
"Christophe? What's he got to do with anything?" She raises an eyebrow in confusion.
"We saw you kissing him," Ulrich tells her, her eyes popping out of her head.
"Kissed him? Do I have to remind you he's a year older? I wouldn't kiss him."
Odd says nothing else as he ignores her explanation, Amy giving him a hurt look. Did he not trust her? She thought he did...but now with this supposed Christophe thing, it was looking like Odd is starting to hate her...
Jeremy sits next to a silent Aelita. "Listen, I don't know what all of this is about, but I swear to you that-"
Aelita stands up sharply and leaves, Odd sipping the rest of his soup.
"You know something, you sure threw me a real curveball there, Mr. Romantic!" Odd stands up, pushing past Amy a bit roughly. She stares after him sadly. For Odd it was like a million laser arrows stabbing him in the heart to see her kiss Christophe. Just when he was finally accepting his feelings for her, too...
"But we..." Jeremy looks to Ulrich, hoping that he believed them.
"Guess you won't be needing this croissant," Ulrich takes it from Jeremy's tray. "Later."
Amy sighs sadly, sitting across from Jeremy. "Did you really kiss Heidi?"
"Did you really kiss Christophe?"
"No."
"Then why are they all saying that it happened?" Jeremy asks himself, Amy closing her eyes. She'd never seen Odd this upset with her before...
Aelita and Odd leave the cafeteria as William approaches. "Hey Ulrich. Glad I ran into you. In case you haven't heard the latest news, Yumi's going out with Matthias Durel."
"What?!" Ulrich moves the croissant away from his mouth in shock.
"Morning everyone," Yumi greets cheerfully as she arrives. She snatches the bread away from Ulrich's hand. "Hey, thanks Ulrich."
"So, uh, you really like Durel, do you?" Ulrich asks slowly, his arms crossed.
"He's a nice guy. Why?"
"How does he kiss, huh?" William accuses to her confusion. She had only just arrived, she didn't kiss anyone.
"Kiss?! How should I know?" She asks, raising an eyebrow at their hostility.
"Cut off the acting, Yumi. William saw you," Ulrich storms off.
"I saw you," William gives Yumi a slight glare as everyone leaves her.
"Huh? Wha-"
William turns to give her another glare, making her silent. She watches him walk off as Jeremy and Amy leave their table. "Uh, rumor has it I'm dating Matthias Durel?"
"No kidding," Jeremy shrugs at her. "Well, rumor has it that I kissed Heidi Klinger."
"And that I kissed Christophe M'Bala," Amy sighs slowly. She raises a brow, knowing that they wouldn't kiss other people. Not when they already had love interests.
"Croissant?"
"I'm not hungry."
"Me neither...Odd hates me," Amy frowns to herself.
"Oh, that's not true," Yumi puts an arm around her.
"Then how come he won't listen to me?" Amy starts to cry. "He's really upset over nothing happening..."
Jeremy and Yumi glance to each other sadly. It is true that the kiss did sever the bond between them...
Yumi walks into a girls' bathroom, except that she's not Yumi, proven by the XANA symbol on the forehead. She transforms into Ulrich, grinning evilly. He then walks outside to cause more trouble.
"Ulrich will never go out with you. He said so, I heard him," Herb insists to Sissi, who's just smirking. She decides not to listen as he was wrong. 'Ulrich' approaches them. "Hey, speak of the devil, there he is. Why don't you ask him yourself?"
Instead of saying anything, the fake Ulrich marches right up to Sissi.
As Jeremy, Amy, and Yumi are walking through the hall, Amy and Jeremy glance away, an eyebrow raised. "Hey."
Yumi turns around to see Ulrich kissing Sissi. Yumi's eyes turn into hurt as the fake Ulrich walks away. Sissi grins widely, giggling.
"What were you saying?" She walks off, Herb sagging.
"How does he do it? What does he have that I don't?" He asks bitterly.
"Everything, except for your gross pimples," Nicolas comments smugly. Herb's eyes widen as he rolls up his sleeves.
"I dare you to say that again!"
Nicolas punches him in the face.
"Hey Yumi. Everything okay?" Sissi brags. Yumi gives an uninterested hum to her, trying not to let Sissi know she's actually bothered by it.
"More kissing drama?" Amy sighs slowly, dragging a hand down her face. She didn't know how much more of this she could take today...
The bell rings and Aelita walks past Jeremy. "Uh, yes, right. Last time we were discussing the causes of World War I."
"Aelita, can we talk?" Jeremy calls out.
"We're in class," She glares at him, meaning no. She sits down away from him as Ulrich takes his seat next to Jeremy. Amy sits in the back of the class next to another girl so Odd wouldn't have to see her. Odd glances at Jeremy coldly.
"Why did you kiss Heidi?" Ulrich whispers, noticing Odd's look.
"I did not kiss Heidi," Jeremy denies for what felt like the hundredth time.
"I saw you," Ulrich points to his eye. "It wasn't a very nice thing to do to Odd. And neither was kissing Christophe," He glances at Amy, who glares at him.
"For the last time, I did not kiss a boy older than me! I would never do anything to hurt Odd. That's the last time I'm going to talk about it," She crosses her arms angrily at Ulrich's accusation.
"And what about you?" Jeremy changes the subject as Ulrich wasn't exactly innocent either. "Kissing Sissi to get back at Yumi? You call that nice?"
"What?" Ulrich's eyes widen in alarm. The last time he talked to Sissi was this morning, before he took a shower. Other than that, he didn't speak to her for the rest of the morning, let alone kiss her. "I didn't kiss Sissi."
"Amy and I saw you," Jeremy pushes up his glasses.
"And now my first question is, when did Gallieni die?" Mr. Fumet puts down his chalk. "Well class, I'm waiting. Ulrich, uh, when did Gallieni die?"
"Duh?" Ulrich focuses on the teacher. "Uh, well, um...at the end of his life?"
Mr. Fumet looks flabbergasted as the whole class laughs.
Jim is walking around to make sure no students are around. "Stern! What are you doing here? You should be in class!"
'Ulrich' starts running backwards to his shock. He starts chasing after the boy, skidding to a stop when he sees Yolanda, the school nurse, walking up to him. "Oh, uh, is that you, Yolanda?" She reaches out and kisses him on the cheek, the man smiling at how nice it felt.
The bell rings for the end of class, Amy immediately leaving the area as Jeremy waves to Aelita. She's standing near Nicolas.
"Hey, Aelita!"
She says nothing as she stares at him, glaring. She then grabs Nicolas by the hair and pulls him in, kissing him. She pulls away and leaves, to Jeremy's shock.
He storms back to his room, upset over what he saw. "Jeremy?" The double doors open and he looks up to see Aelita. "You wanted to talk to me?" She was no longer angry, but she still wanted an explanation over what happened.
"Yeah, let's talk about you and Nicolas?!"
"Huh?" She's been in her room for a while now, not remembering that she spoke to Nicolas. She was trying to console Amy just now.
"I sure hope he's better at kissing than he is at math!" Jeremy exclaims, Amy peeking out from the doors.
"What are you talking about? I never kissed Nicolas."
"I don't believe this!" He turns to her angrily. "First you kiss the biggest loser in the whole school and then you lie about it?"
"But Jeremy..." She says slowly. "Trust me."
Amy covers her mouth in shock to hide a gasp. Aelita supposedly kissed Nicolas? But that can't be true, Aelita's been in their room with her for the past hour or so. She wouldn't have the time to kiss Nicolas...
"Incredible! You make a fool of me in public, then you lie to me, and now you expect me to trust you?! How could you do that? You really let me down. You have no idea how much, either..." He goes into his room and slams it. Aelita runs out the building, not even noticing Amy when she left.
Jeremy sighs in frustration, throwing his pillow at his closet.
Aelita runs towards the forest, wanting to be alone.
An alert goes off from his computer and he stands up. "Oh no!" He dials Ulrich, who's arguing with Yumi.
"I'm telling you, I never kissed Sissi." He picks up his phone as Amy walks past them, Yumi glancing at her. "Hello?"
"XANA's attacking."
"Okay, let's meet in the park."
Jeremy hangs up and calls Aelita. "Hello, this is Aelita. Leave me a message."
He sighs, knowing that he upset her...
Aelita runs into the forest as Jeremy meets up with the others. He pants to catch his breath. "Right, I can explain everything," He pushes up his glasses. "All this kissing is another one of XANA's schemes."
"That doesn't make any sense. He can't control us," Odd brings up the point that when the scepter tried, it failed.
"I know that, but I also know that I did not kiss Heidi, so there must be a Jeremy clone somewhere."
"And a Yumi clone," Yumi smiles in relief at Ulrich.
"And an Ulrich clone also!"
"And an Amy clone..." Odd murmurs, Amy rubbing her arm nervously. She says nothing as she glances away, feeling awkward around Odd. So the kiss didn't happen, but he was probably still angry with her...
"Right, and I bet they're all just one big polymorphic clone," Jeremy deduces.
"A poly what?" Odd asks in confusion.
"A polymorphic clone. It can change its appearance at will. XANA must've sent a kind of ghost that can look like anyone it wants to."
"But why?" Yumi leans in towards Ulrich.
"To make trouble in our group, to divide and conquer," Yumi elaborates.
Well it worked. Amy thinks to herself.
"XANA's really smart. Not like us."
Jeremy nods in agreement. "Guess Odd was right! Jealousy makes people crazy."
"Listen, we gotta go to Lyoko to solve this. Hey, where's Aelita?" Odd looks around the park.
"Gone. And all because of me," Jeremy says in guilt.
"Oh, bravo. Where did she go?" Yumi asks, crossing her arms.
"Hmm," Jeremy taps a finger against his chin. "I think I might know."
"Guys, can you give Ames and I a minute? We'll catch up with you," Odd suddenly speaks up. Amy's eyes widen at how she would be alone with him...after what he's heard, she's not sure if he'll be angry or if he'll stop being her friend all together...
"Sure," Yumi nods in understanding.
"Hey, good luck," Ulrich whispers to Odd, who nods. The three leave, Amy and Odd now alone. She scratches the side of her neck at the silence. It felt tense to her and she was hoping that they could move on from this.
"Ames..." Odd sighs slowly, sitting against the tree. "I'm really sorry I got angry over Christophe."
"Angry? Why?" She asks, sitting next to him. "You know you can tell me anything." She places her hand on top of his.
"I know...I just snapped. Seeing you with him...just sparked something in me. Because..."
He pauses and she stares at him, wondering what he's going to say. "Because...?" She asks slowly.
"...Never mind," He smiles softly. "Friends again?"
"Of course, Odd," She decides to ignore it as it probably wasn't important. "Best friends," She hugs him and he hugs her back, eyes growing sad.
"...I really missed you," She whispers, tightening the hug. His eyes widen at her confession, smiling to himself. Maybe she really does have feelings for him...if so...
He needed to get the courage to actually tell her his feelings. And soon.
Aelita has retreated to the Hermitage, holding her head. She couldn't believe the words Jeremy said to her. He wouldn't listen to her at all and didn't believe her either. And to think that she wanted to listen to him explain about Heidi...
"Aelita?"
She gasps at his voice, looking back to see him. "Jeremy?"
"I'm really sorry, Aelita," He says earnestly.
"You're...not angry at me with me anymore?" She asks skeptically. Something felt off about Jeremy for some reason.
"No. I figured it out," He approaches her. "You see, XANA was using a polymorph that can change its appearance at will."
"So you didn't really kiss Heidi?" She asks hopefully, thinking that this was a dream.
"No. Let's go now. We have to get to the factory fast," He holds out her hand. He pulls her up. "You're not too upset with me, are you?" He leans in and kisses her, to her surprise. Jeremy kissing her was almost impossible, but he just did it. "Let's go!"
He leads her out of the Hermitage.
"Aelita!"
She sees another Jeremy waiting for her. "Jeremy. But-"
"It's XANA!" Jeremy 1 pushes her to the side. "He made a clone of me to trick you."
"Don't listen to him, Aelita," Jeremy 2 tells her. "He's XANA!"
She stares at the two, confused on who to believe. There was no way to tell them apart, how was she supposed to know who is the real one?
The others catch up to Jeremy 2. "If I've got this straight, one of these two is-is the poly dorking clone, right?" Odd asks as they stare.
"The polymorphic clone, Odd," Yumi corrects him.
"Which one is which, though...I have no idea," Amy comments as they try to determine which one is their friend.
"Aelita, trust me," Jeremy 2 gestures to himself.
"Don't listen to him! I'm the real Jeremy. You know I am, I kissed you!"
And that's when she knows who is who, letting go of his hand. "That's right," She smirks at him. "The real Jeremy would not have kissed me like that." If anything, he wouldn't even make the first move. He'd just freeze up.
The polymorph reaches out and grabs her arm.
"Keep your hands off her!" The others jump in to get him off Aelita. Odd and Jeremy stand up, watching the fake Jeremy going into static.
"Quick, to the factory!" Aelita urges, Odd standing up.
"You guys go on. I'll take care of him."
"Be careful, Odd," Amy leans in and kisses him on the cheek. His eyes widen at her action and before he can question it, she runs off with the others using the secret entrance. He can still feel the tingle of her lips...
"What was that back there?" Aelita asks Amy with a smirk.
"It was just for...good luck," Amy lies through her teeth, but she wanted to do it. If Odd got hurt, she wanted to leave him something that he'd remember...
Polymorph Jeremy flies onto his feet, Odd taking a stance. He turns into Mr. Fumet, then Ms. Hertz, and lastly Jim, walking up to Odd.
"Oh, no. Not the big tough guy," Odd complains.
Odd ducks from a punch, only for Polymorph Jim to knee him in the stomach. He slides into the stairs, clutching his stomach.
The five grab their rides as they ride down the sewers.
Odd quickly gets up before Polymorph Jim could grab him, jumping into the air.
They reach the lab. "Head for the scanners," Jeremy walks inside and they all nod. He gets into his chair and slides to the computer. The four reach the scanners. "I'm launching the virtualization process. The girls will go first."
Amy, Aelita, and Yumi step inside. "Transfer Yumi. Transfer Aelita. Transfer Amy. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Aelita. Scanner Amy. Virtualization," He presses the key and they feel the blast of cold air.
They land near the tower on a platform as pulsations are booming in the desert sector. "The tower isn't far away. Direction north northeast."
"There," Aelita points across to it as Ulrich lands behind them. "Across the bridge."
Yumi, Amy, and Ulrich eye the tower, narrowing their eyes suspiciously. Usually when there were no monsters around, that meant a trap. Aelita runs past them and they follow her, deciding to ignore their suspicion for now.
Odd slides into an old couch at the Hermitage. His hair is slightly messy. "Hey, XANA," He pants in exhaustion, "If you're gonna keep changing appearances like that, do me a favor and turn into a wimp next time."
Polymorph Ulrich turns into a polymorph Odd as an answer. "Oh no, not him. I know his kind. Small, but tough as nails."
And he's right as his own polymorphic self backflips and hits him.
Jeremy eyes the four dots on the screen. "Hurry up!" He urges as he doesn't know how long Odd can last against a polymorph.
As they're running, six Hornets fly behind them. Amy glances behind her, gasping. "Watch out!"
Yumi looks behind her, only to be hit in the shoulder by a stray laser. Aelita gasps, but Yumi places her hands on the platform, frontflipping back onto her feet. She continues running past the lasers.
"Aelita, head for the tower," Ulrich orders as he stops. "I'll take care of them." He pulls out his sword, Yumi and Amy joining him.
Odd is kicked into the fireplace by the polymorph. "What did I tell you?" He closes his eyes and his clone goes off to the factory, the symbol in his eyes flashing...
Yumi turns around to the approaching Hornets, pulling out her fans. She throws them one by one, watching as only one destroys one of the Hornets, the other ones dodging the first one. She catches both and when they fire, she absorbs the shots. She flips past more and they turn around as she pulls out her weapons again. She turns around and flicks her fan again, but they dodge right past it again. Ulrich and Amy deal with the Hornets as she catches her fan.
"XANA's sending a monster!"
A single Tarantula virtualizes behind her and she hears it roar, turning around. It gets onto its knees and fires.
Aelita glances behind her to check on her friends, almost at the bridge. She runs across it.
"You're almost there, Aelita," Jeremy tells her.
When she gets off the bridge, it completely disappears.
The polymorph Odd runs across the bridge to the factory.
The Hornets continue their attack on the two, Ulrich and Amy blocking with their respective weapons. Ulrich gets hit in the shoulder, Amy also taking a hit to the leg. The Hornets surround them and they glance to each other, silently agreeing to a plan. Ulrich would take the right, and Amy would take the left.
"Super Sprint!" He leads the ones on the right away while Amy turns to the Hornets, spinning around her spear to deflect the lasers.
Polymorph Odd swings across the rope.
Yumi slowly moves before frontflipping over the attacking Tarantula. She lands right behind it.
Polymorph Odd lands in front of the elevator, walking up to it slowly.
The Tarantula turns to Yumi, who flips and pulls out one fan. She throws it, but the Tarantula fires, making the fan fly out of range.
Ulrich runs, glancing back at the three Hornets. He looks up and sees Amy flying away from the other two. Ulrich comes to a stop, the three Hornets circling him. He deflects two lasers at every angle, only to get hit twice.
"Ulrich!" Yumi looks behind her.
The two Hornets fire at Amy's wings, making her roll into the sand. She groans as she sits up, backflipping from another laser.
Polymorphic Odd reaches the elevator.
Yumi's fan destroys a Hornet and Ulrich looks to the girls. "Let's swap monsters!"
"Okay!" The girls agree, Yumi running to the other side. Ulrich and Amy duck, running to the other side.
The elevator is about to reach Polymorphic Odd.
Yumi backflips as Amy and Ulrich run up to the Tarantula. It fires at the two, Ulrich whisking his sword around to block the lasers. "Here we go. Amy, I need a distraction."
"I hear you loud and clear, Ulrich," She nods at him.
Polymorphic Odd presses the button to the elevator once he's inside.
"Careful, Yumi. At ten o'clock!" Jeremy warns and the geisha looks up to see the Hornets advancing towards her. She blocks a shot with her fan, throwing one and missing. It comes back and she realizes that with the Hornets, she doesn't have the advantage on land.
"I'll materialize the Overwing," Jeremy notices it too and starts to program it. Yumi backflips past the incoming lasers. She flips and pulls out her fans, absorbing more lasers. Jeremy presses enter and the Overwing appears flying in the air.
The elevator descends down into the lab, the XANA symbol flashing on Polymorphic Odd's eyes...
As the Hornets relentlessly attack Yumi, she gets hit by a stray laser. The Overwing flies over and catches her. She stands up as it continues to fly, taking a hold of the controls. "Thanks Jeremy."
Amy and Ulrich see Yumi flying past, the fairy preparing to distract the monster. It gets onto its knees, ready to fire again.
The Hornets fire at Yumi, who uses the Overwing to swerve back and forth. She glances back at them, only to get hit in the arm. Her vehicle spins out of control and she struggles to hold on. She falls off and the Overwing catches her. The monsters fire again and she flies higher into the desert air. She throws her fans, unfortunately missing again. She catches her weapons and flies further away.
Ulrich blocks all of the shots and turns to Amy. "Now!"
"Sandy..." Amy holds out her hands, sand starting to form around her. "Storm!" She flings it at the Tarantula, surrounding it in a sand storm. As it's distracted, Ulrich runs up behind it, moving when the Tarantula looks around. Two Hornets virtualize behind him.
"Careful, behind you, Ulrich! Hornets!"
Ulrich gets tackled by one, leaving Amy with a single Hornet and Tarantula. She can't bring up her wings, so she slides underneath them, running to get them away from Ulrich. She throws her spear from behind, but misses.
Ulrich looks behind him to see the Hornets still trailing after Yumi. She gets surrounded by them and she pulls out her fan swiftly, throwing it. She destroys all of them in one single swoop. She looks down and sees that her friends are in trouble, the Tarantula firing at Amy. One laser hits her shoulder, knocking her to the ground. The Tarantula and Hornet fire, but she flips onto her feet, avoiding them.
Yumi turns around to help, swooping above Amy. The Tarantula fires rapidly at her and she throws her fans, one laser knocking one away. The other one only damages the Tarantula. It then devirtualizes her ride and she falls.
"Yumi!" Amy and Ulrich exclaim. She lands in the sand, a Hornet in front of her. Ulrich destroys it, but is unable to stop the other one from devirtualizing Yumi.
Ulrich looks up to see Amy running away from the Tarantula, the Hornet flying after him now. Ulrich runs away from it.
Yumi sinks her knees into the scanner, exhausted as she gets the strength to stand up.
"Aelita, hurry up," Jeremy says as he sees Yumi's dot disappear.
"I'm nearly there," She reports, but a certain sound makes her stop in her tracks. She looks to her left and gasps in horror, backing away. "Jeremy."
The Scyphozoa approaches her and she looks to the bridge, only to see that her only way out is no longer there. "I'm trapped!"
Polymorph Odd turns into a Polymorph Yumi as it growls in annoyance. "Why isn't this elevator working?" It tries to make it function, but what it doesn't know is that the real Yumi is trying to use the elevator. She looks at it in confusion, wondering if it was broken...
Or if someone else was using it.
"No..." Aelita gets grabbed by the Scyphozoa, Jeremy gasping.
"Ulrich, Amy, the Scyphozoa's attacking Aelita. Forget about the monster for now."
"Hey, it's no picnic out here."
"The monsters aren't exactly making things easy for us."
Yumi steps out of the elevator. "You okay, Yumi?"
"Mmhm," She nods at him. He glances at her for a second and turns back to the computer, Yumi joining him.
The four Hornets and Tarantula fire at the two as they run away from them, but they see the bridge is out. "Jeremy, we're gonna need the Overbike and OverRunner."
"Quickly!" Amy urges as she still can't use her wings.
"You got it, guys," He prepares to bring them up, Yumi placing a hand on the back of his neck. "Don't worry, Yumi, we'll manage."
However, electricity comes from Yumi, or rather, the Polymorph Yumi. It throws Jeremy away, storming up to him.
The real Odd has woken up, knowing that the clone has set its sights on his friends. He silently hoped that Amy was okay as he comes to a stop. "Okay poly whatever, I'm gonna transform you now!" He says angrily that he was tricked into thinking Amy kissed someone else.
The Tarantula stands up, continuing to fire. The two glance at the monsters behind him. They sigh in relief as they look ahead. Their vehicles materialize in front of the bridge, Aelita's memory slowly depleting by the minute.
Polymorph Yumi throws Jeremy into the wall, knocking him out. Polymorph Yumi sits into the chair, undoing the process of the vehicles. "Devirtualization."
Their vehicles disappear just as they were about to climb onto them. "Hey Jeremy, what's going on? Jeremy? Answer us!"
"Jeremy? Jeremy, can you hear us? What's happening?"
They don't know that their friend has been knocked unconscious. Yumi arrives in the elevator, standing up. "Jeremy?"
Ulrich and Amy are about to reach the gap as the monsters attack them. "We'll have to do this on foot."
"You need any help?" He asks her.
"No, I can do it. Sand Boost!" Her feet start running fast like Ulrich's as he uses Super Sprint, the sand trailing underneath Amy's feet. They stomp and jump across the gap, barely reaching it as they hold onto the edge.
"What did you do to him?" Yumi demands to the polymorph clone.
"Yumi!" They both look to see Odd standing there. He had used the ladders to get in.
"Odd, help me. It's XANA," Polymorph Yumi lies, pointing at the real one.
"You're not gonna believe this polymorph, are you?" Yumi asks and he narrows his eyes, jumping towards her. "Odd no, cut it out, pea brain! I'm the real Yumi!"
"Yeah right. You expect me to fall for that old one? On three, we pulverize you," He grabs her collar and she smirks, seeing in his eyes that he believed her. "One, two, three." They jump towards the polymorph, knocking it down only for a few seconds. It sees Yumi looking down at Jeremy.
"Jeremy, you've gotta wake up."
Amy lifts up her legs and pushes them back against the rock, backflipping onto the platform. She helps Ulrich up.
Jeremy puts the microphone to his ear, having woken up. "Amy, Ulrich, hurry up. Aelita's hardly got any memory left."
"Drop her, fishface!" Ulrich threatens, him and Amy throwing their weapons. They slice off the tentacles, Aelita slowly falling to the ground. "You okay, Aelita?" Ulrich bends down to her. He stands up, seeing the tower up ahead. Amy turns around and throws her spear. It flies towards all the monsters, defeating all of them in one throw.
Jeremy glances back as his friends are dealing with the clone. It kicks Yumi into the wall. "Aelita?"
"I-I'm okay," She stammers as Odd is thrown into the wall near Yumi. Odd stands up, leaning against the wall.
"Well, I'm not feeling so great."
Ulrich and Amy stop as Aelita continues on to the tower.
Polymorph Yumi throws Odd into the wall again.
Aelita enters the tower.
"Aelita, quick!" Jeremy tells her and she floats up to the top.
Jeremy is grabbed from behind.
She continues flying.
Jeremy wiggles around as Polymorph Yumi is sparking with electricity, growling at him.
Aelita flips and lands on the pad. She walks up and presses her hand against the interface.
Aelita
Code
Lyoko
"Tower deactivated."
The eyes in the polymorphic turn to normal as it drops Jeremy. It turns into the specter and flies into the air, eventually exploding into nothing.
"That's very sweet of you, Jim," Yolanda blushes a bit in the infirmary. Jim is holding a flower for her. "But as I already told you, I'm engaged to be married."
"But if that's true, Yolanda, why'd you kiss me?"
"I...kissed you?" She doesn't recall ever doing that. She would never kiss someone and do that to her fiancé. He nods at her. "You should get some rest, Jim." She puts a thermometer in his mouth. "Now be a good boy and let me take your temperature, alright?" He must be feverish to think of such a thing.
"How did you guess I was the real Yumi?" Yumi asks at the vending machines.
"Because you called me pea brain. XANA would never call me that," Odd explains. "He's got too much...respect for me."
"Oh no, XANA just doesn't know you as well as Yumi does," Jeremy chuckles at the thought. Aelita smirks to herself.
"Jeremy? Would you come with me for a minute?" She leads him slightly away from the others. He stands up and walks over to her. "I, uh, I'd like to check something, you mind?"
"Uh, no. Go ahead. Check what?"
Aelita cups his cheeks and gives him a brief kiss. He freezes up, as she expected, like a statue. "I knew it," She smiles in amusement, walking away. She high fives Amy as she passes by.
"Uh, Jeremy? Come back down to Earth," Odd calls out teasingly. "Well, let's hope that XANA leaves us alone for a little while. I think Jeremy's gonna need some time to get over that one, huh guys?"
They all laugh, staring at the frozen Jeremy.
Odd glances at Amy and she notices him looking at her, smiling. He smiles back, glad that they worked things out.