In the mountain sector, a tower has been activated, but the Lyoko Warriors are on it as Yumi faces against a Krab across from her. She jumps up into the air, avoiding the lasers as she throws one of her fans, only grazing it. She slides to a stop, glancing back to see Ulrich super sprinting. He swings his sword to avoid the projectiles from a Tarantula.
Odd fires his laser arrow while Amy holds up a shield made of rock. "Igneous Protection."
"Odd, Amy, how are you doing?" Ulrich calls out as the two are dealing with another Krab.
"Shield!" Odd creates a shield in front of him, firing twice. "I'm just about through with Nobert!"
"Oh, don't tell me you're still giving them stupid names," Ulrich moves behind the Tarantula and moves whenever it turns its head.
"Ames, do you like-"
"No I do not," She answers quickly before he could finish that question. Aelita is hiding behind a rock and looks up to talk to Jeremy.
"Do you have any idea what kind of attack it is, Jeremy?" So far, they haven't heard anything about what's happening on Earth, if anything was happening, that is.
"No, but with a bit of luck, we're onto it faster than XANA anticipated."
"That's right, when Odd checks in, XANA checks out!" Odd jumps up into the air, and is suddenly stuck there, flickering. "Hey, that's not fair, guys!"
"Huh?!" Amy looks up at him, baffled. "What's this?"
"What's wrong?" Ulrich looks in their direction while flinging his sword to avoid more lasers.
"I don't know. I can't move," He says as Amy points her hands at him, but she immediately stops, now in the same state as him.
"Hang on, I'm coming. Super sprint!" Ulrich pauses in mid-sprint, then teleports in front of the Tarantula, which devirtualizes him when he's back to normal.
"Jeremy, we've got a problem," Yumi calls out.
"I see it, but I can't figure it out..."
"Norbert? You're not gonna..." 'Norbert' devirtualizes Odd who's still in his frozen state. Then he turns to Amy and devirtualizes her too. The girls are surrounded by monsters as Yumi also starts to bug out in front of Aelita.
"Oh no!" She cries out.
"Huh?! But..."
"Aelita, I'll try to distract 'em away from you!" Yumi runs forward and throws her fan, but it flickers and misses the Krab. She holds out her hand to catch it, but it's no use as the bugs still occur. She's hit twice and then devirtualized. Aelita tries to make a break for it, one of the Krabs guarding the tower. Both her and the monster experience the bugs.
"The monster is bugged too. Go for it!"
She makes it inside and reaches the center. "Great job, Aelita. Nice one!"
Aelita makes it to the top and walks up to the middle, logging in. Luckily, the bugs didn't occur inside the tower.
Aelita
Code
Lyoko
Once they're brought back from Lyoko, they discuss what happened. "That was so weird...as if everything bugged up," Aelita comments as they're gathered around the computer.
"I don't know what could've happened...of course, that might have been XANA's attack," Jeremy glances to the others.
"What, that's all you can come up with?" Odd asks, his arm around Amy. "Hey, you know, you better start working on your A-game."
"I suppose that was your a-game against your pal Norbert," Ulrich retorts back, causing the boy to frown.
"I've got some routine checks to carry out just to be sure with XANA's attack. Go on and eat without me, I'll catch up," Jeremy tells them, Odd gesturing to Amy and himself.
"Can we have your portion?"
Jeremy hums with a nod. "Fantastic! Come on, Ames!" He grabs her hand and pulls her to the elevator, causing her to laugh. "Shepherd's pie tonight!"
"Yeah, and it's also boys' dorm inspection," Ulrich reminds him, "So don't be too long, Jeremy."
"This will take a few minutes, that's all," He replies as his friend joins the others in the elevator. Amy and Odd are petting their dogs.
"No, Kiwi. Tonight, you stay here. The last thing we need is for Jim to find you. My little diggity dog."
"Thanks for taking care of Kiki last night, Jeremy," Amy smiles towards the boy while holding the little dog in her arms.
"No problem," He waves to her. The girls had their rooms already inspected the night before.
"Now then. Let me remind you that your rooms should be in impeccable order!" Jim declares as he walks past the doors in the hallway. "Keeping your room neat and clean is a cinequa...uh...si-nee-qua-tuh...what do you call it? Cine-"
"Photography?" Odd chimes in next to Ulrich.
"Right! No, that's not it...no, anyway, it's an important part of a good night's sleep. He who sleeps well lives well. And that's why a man wasn't meant to live in a garbage dump! Cause you can't sleep well...now, since I've already done the girls' hall, I hope Della Robbia's is as clean as his girlfriend's."
Some of the boys give Odd a teasing smirk and he huffs slightly. "Wait a minute..." Jim finally notices that a boy is missing. "Hey, where's Belpois?!"
"Uh...in the bathroom, Jim," Ulrich decides to say.
"What? You mean all this time?"
"Shepherd's pie doesn't agree with him," Odd says next, causing Jim to raise a brow.
Jeremy is still in the lab, Kiwi looking up as an alarm goes off. "What's this stuff about?" Jeremy asks in confusion, typing away. He sees that one of the scanners is offline. "Uh oh, it's getting weirder..." Suddenly, all of the scanners are offline.
He decides to investigate the supercomputer room, inspecting one of the panels. He puts it back and goes to the other side, and when he sees this panel, there's soot on it.
"But...I don't believe it! This is sabotage! Somebody's been in here!"
Checking the security tapes, he sees that Michael Riley, the garden keeper, had snuck in somehow. He gasps in shock, seeing him take the same panel that he saw was damaged. Zooming in closer, Riley places his hand above it, electrocuting it with his hand. Turning around, his eyes had the XANA symbol in them.
"Oh no!"
"Sabotage?" Aelita asks in confusion as Jeremy had arrived at the cafeteria to tell them the news.
"Yes, by Michael Riley, possessed by XANA," Jeremy explains to her. "That's what yesterday's attack was. And the bugs that prevented you from fighting were caused by the drop in a calculating capacity of the supercomputer."
"What a mess. Think you can fix it?" Yumi comments from the edge of the table next to him. He takes a bite out of his croissant.
"Yes, but I've got to do it fast or else we're gonna be in big trouble, guys."
"We are? How come?" Ulrich asks curiously.
"It's simple: the internal circuit has been badly damaged. Right now, the quantum bytes are collapsing one after the other. The drop in computing speed will become more and more serious right up-"
"Stop," Ulrich interrupts him. "Reader's Digest version. How much time do we have?"
"3 hours," He answers simply.
"Are you absolutely sure that the whole thing will be destroyed?" Aelita asks seriously. If the whole thing is destroyed...she and Amy will go along with it.
"Definitely. It's already lost a lot of speed. I even tried to launch a return to the past to see. No way."
The sisters turn to each other in slight worry. "I've gotta pick up some stuff from my room, then I'm gonna head back over. As for your classes, you'll have to think of some phony excuses."
"Oh, sorry, guys, but I gotta go now," Yumi stands up with a frown. "Chardin is taking us to see an exhibit. Keep me posted."
"Okay," Jeremy calls out after her, Amy's eyes widening as she sees something.
"Umm, Jeremy, I think you're the one who's gonna be in trouble in the next 2 seconds," Amy whispers to him.
"Why do you say that?"
"Belpois!" Jim calls out from the line. "Belpois!"
"Oh no...the inspection."
"You forgot?!" Amy whispers in surprise.
"This is me we're talking about!" Jeremy gestures to himself.
"Did you have time to clean your room?" Ulrich asks him quickly.
"You mean...since last week? No way."
"Oh this is just great," Amy sighs, placing a hand on her cheek at the answer.
"I looked for you everywhere last night!" Jim appears at the table. "Yours is the only room I haven't inspected. Get up! Come on, on your feet now!"
The two walk down the hall. "So, you can't eat Shepherd's Pie either, huh?" The gym teacher asks him curiously.
"What's he talking about?" Jeremy looks towards his friends.
"Never mind," Odd whispers to him.
"Just go with it," Amy tells him quietly. Jim opens up the door to his room, and is shocked by the sight. Jeremy's room is a total mess, with boxes, DVDs, and trash strewn everywhere.
"What on Earth do you call this, Belpois?!"
"Uh...it's called my room," Jeremy says dumbly.
"Huh!" Jim walks into the room. "An excellent student like you? You oughta be ashamed," He holds up a pair of Jeremy's underwear. The blonde blushes in embarrassment as the others are giggling at him. "In Stones and Smith's room, I didn't even find a cobweb! You are not leaving this room until you make it a hundred percent spic and span!" Jeremy discreetly hands Aelita a box from the pile, telling her silently to not say a word. "Do you understand? And those things, what are they?"
He's pointing to underneath the bed. When he lifts up the bed, he sees a pile of magazines. "Uh, computer magazines."
"Our Einstein really is a geek, isn't he?" Odd comments with his arms crossed. Amy smacks him lightly on the arm, snickering.
"Hey, what do you think you four are doing here?" He finally acknowledges their presence.
"Well, we thought you might be able to use some help," Ulrich smirks a little as the others are smiling.
"He's gonna do it himself without anyone's help! Go to your classes right now and double time!" Jim shouts at them.
Ulrich opens the door that leads to the staircase. "There's no way Jim's gonna get off Jeremy's back till he's through cleaning up."
"Yeah, and in three hours, it's adios, supercomputer," Odd walks out the door.
"Don't forget adios us, Odd," Amy gestures to herself and Aelita.
"Maybe I can try to fix it," Aelita suggests, looking at Ulrich. "Actually, I bet that's what Jeremy meant when he gave me this box," She holds up the box that Jeremy gave to her in his room.
"Do you think you can do it?" Ulrich asks her.
"At least I can try to limit the damage. Besides, we don't have much of a choice." Odd hums in agreement. "Go to class and tell them I got sick from...the shepherd's pie. I'll let you know if I come up with anything."
"Okay," Odd says as she runs down the stairs.
"I'm off."
"Good luck, princess," Odd calls out.
"You can do it, little sister!" Amy pumps her fists in determination.
"Thanks!"
Yumi and the rest of her class stand at the entrance, waiting for the bus to take them to the museum. Mr. Chardin arrives, William turning to him.
"Sir, uh, the bus is late. When's it gonna come?"
"There isn't any. We are going to walk. Anything for art!" He walks to the right, all the students just staring at him, baffled.
"Eh...straighten her out...you're gonna hover in..." Jim murmurs as he's fallen asleep outside Jeremy's room. "Can't you see you got another 4 phantom on your tail?"
"Jim?"
He wakes up with a scream at the voice.
"What? What do you want?"
"We heard that one of the students failed his dorm room inspection," Milly and Tamiya are standing there. "Could you tell us who that might be?"
Jim stands up, scratching his cheek. "I certainly will not! When it comes to our students, I refuse to divulge any names! Especially when we're talking about Jeremy Belpois!"
The two smile up at him and he smiles sheepishly as he notices what he just said.
Jeremy kicks his drawers closed, which are full of trash. His computer suddenly beeps as he puts stuff into the trash can.
"Oh no! XANA is on the attack! Jim, where are you?! I finished!" He kicks the trash can away, the teacher coming in to take a look around. He hears the beeping, but doesn't say anything about it as he raises an eyebrow at Jeremy.
"Is it okay if I go now?"
Jim steps inside further, and at that moment, the closet door decides to open up and cover him in junk that the boy had stashed there. He cringes as his whole floor is messy, again. Jim growls slightly up at Jeremy, who gives a dismayed look.
Kiwi looks up from the chair to see Aelita arriving. She runs up to the computer and sees the alert on the activated tower. Kiwi starts barking.
"Oh no! An activated tower!" She types in some keys to call Amy.
They're in the halls as Amy's phone goes off. "Sis? ...Yeah, okay, we'll meet you there," She lowers the phone to look at the boys. "XANA is attacking again. We have to go. Ulrich, tell Yumi."
"Mmhm," He nods at her, pulling out his phone.
The students are still walking. "Breathe deeply. Nothing like taking in a breath of fresh air before taking in some fine art," Mr. Chardin gestures around him. Yumi's phone rings as she's trailing behind everyone else.
"What?!"
"Which part of the museum are you gonna visit first, huh William?" Christophe asks him curiously. "The Impressionists or the pop art?"
"Neither, the gift shop. I'm gonna try and get something there for Yumi. Why don't you get something for Amy?"
"Dude, she's with Odd. I'm not a relationship breaker, and as long as she's happy, I'm happy," Christophe jerks a thumb to himself.
"Whatever. What would you like, Yumi?" William turns around to the girl, but she's nowhere in sight. "Yumi?" He narrows his eyes. "Huh. Well, as usual, she couldn't wait to give me the slip..."
Yumi runs off into the forest as fast as she can.
Aelita is in the supercomputer room, examining the damaged panels. She examines one, looking up at the battery. She really hoped that it would do at least something...
"Let's get to work."
The boys and Amy are running in the park. "You think that Aelita got the thing fixed yet, huh guys?"
"Well, I trust her, so I know that she'll be able to lessen the damage," Amy says as she's running between them.
"We'll find out soon enough-" Ulrich suddenly trips and lands on the ground. The two turn around.
"Hey, what happened?"
Vines are surrounding Ulrich, grabbing his legs and then arms. He struggles to move, but can't.
"Ulrich!" Amy takes a step forward, but Odd feels something, looking at his feet.
"Hey!" The vines start to capture him and Amy too, dragging them to the ground. Unable to break free or call Aelita, they're now stuck there.
"Got any sunblock?"
Jeremy puts the last box on top of his shelf, Jim staring at him intently. "Alright, now get to class and hurry it up."
"Thanks Jim! See ya!" Jeremy happily jumps off the chair, Jim smiling a little as he watches the boy leave...and then he hears stuff falling from his room and leaves before he can be dragged into more cleaning.
"Belpois! Get back in here right now!" Jim shouts after him, seeing the door close with a grunt.
Yumi is still in the forest, coming to a stop at a tree. Hearing something move, she glances back for a second before leaving.
Aelita is on the phone as the panels go in. "Yes Jeremy, I did what I could in the meantime, but I don't know if it'll hold up. The others? No, nothing yet. Okay, then hurry up."
"Odd...try to free my hand," Ulrich says as they're all still stuck in the vines.
"What are you, joking?" Odd asks sarcastically. "First I'd love to be able to move my own."
"It'd take a bulldozer to move us," Amy tries to move something, anything, but is unable to.
"There they are," Jeremy stumbles upon them, seeing their dilemma. "Huh?" He runs up to the three.
"Pretty good timing."
Jeremy looks around and sees a shovel. "Hey. Hang on." He grabs it and lifts his arms up to swing, to the shock of the others.
"Watch it, Einstein. Coordination's never been your thing," Odd warns him. He cuts off the vines with the shovel, setting Ulrich free.
"Nice one," He smiles at his friend, only for the vines to target Jeremy instead.
"Hey...! Ulrich! Run! Join Aelita and try to deactivate the tower!" He's slammed against the ground. "Hurry!"
Ulrich runs off towards the manhole cover, vines sprouting behind him. He moves his feet as fast as he can and manages to reach the entrance, going inside before the plants could reach him.
Yumi stumbles upon some moving vines herself and runs in the other direction, the vines chasing after her.
Ulrich lifts up the cover to the bridge and runs across it. He jumps when he reaches the ropes and lands at the elevator. He goes inside and pushes the button. The doors open when he reaches the lab.
"Where are the others?" Aelita asks curiously.
"Amy, Jeremy, and Odd are kind of tied up. We'll have to do without them," He runs up to her. "Yumi isn't here yet?"
"No."
He pulls out his phone and dials her number.
"Ulrich!" She replies once she answers. "...Same here, these stupid roots are blocking the way. Oh no, don't wait for me-!" Her foot is captured by a root and is suddenly dragged away.
"Yumi!" He turns towards Aelita. "No time to lose. Yumi's in trouble, Aelita."
"Okay, I'll start up a self virtualization program," She sets it up for the both of them.
"Did you manage to fix the supercomputer?"
"Well, just temporarily," She explains, finishing the process in a few seconds. "Here we go." Aelita gets out of the chair and they run towards the scanner room as they have a minute and 13 seconds to reach them.
Yumi tugs against the vine around her arm as others start to reach her abdomen. She sweats as she struggles and then is suddenly dragged away again.
Ulrich and Aelita step into the scanners just as there's 5 seconds left on the clock. Both of them are scanned and sent to the ice sector.
"Come on," They hurry as fast as they can.
"How are we gonna get out of this one?" Jeremy groans from his spot as Amy looks on in boredom. She felt like they've been there for hours.
"Just like we said."
"But we didn't say anything," Jeremy tilts his head towards Odd in confusion.
"That's where we have a problem."
"The real problem is that our friends need our help and we're stuck here, Odd. Let's focus on that," Amy murmurs near Jeremy. The vines suddenly start to flicker, getting Jeremy's attention. Seeing this, he forms a plan.
"Hold on...I think I may have an idea."
"That's great. I'm dying to hear it," Odd deadpans, Amy rolling her eyes.
"No time, but when I give you the signal, you've gotta try with all of your might to get yourselves free, okay?"
"...I should try to get free, huh? I could've thought of that without your help!"
"Odd," Amy warns, closing her eyes.
"You gotta trust me, Odd."
"Can't you think of something more convincing to say for once?" Odd raises a brow at him. "Ames, back me up here."
"I'll try anything if it gets us free," Amy opens her eyes. "If I stay like this for one more minute, I'm seriously considering never painting plants again."
Ulrich and Aelita run side by side, coming to a stop in front of a rock. Up ahead is the activated tower, but it's also guarded by Tarantulas.
"Okay, two Tarantulas, not exactly the end of the world," Ulrich couldn't help but comment.
"Should we use force?" Aelita turns to him.
"Is there any other way?" He replies back.
"Our brains."
"Don't have any. Super sprint!" He dashes towards the monsters, Aelita just staring at them. Upon seeing Ulrich, the monsters point their arms and fire. Ulrich dodges left and right from running, the girl peeking at him around the corner. She takes off to go deactivate the tower, but one of the monsters sees her.
Ulrich stops in mid-sprint, due to the bugs. "Aw no..." He teleports behind the Tarantula, but this time, he's covered in black and white. The Tarantula turns around to him and he points his sword in front of its face.
"Since I'm in black and white...might as well fight the old-fashioned way. En garde!" He acts as if he's fencing, stabbing the Tarantula in the nose. The sword goes right through it and he stares at his weapon. He slices at the legs before through the body. The Tarantula stands up taller. "This time, we've had it."
Aelita backs away towards the Digitel Sea, the bugs affecting her too. "Oh no. Not now!"
She can only stand there as the Tarantula prepares to fire, but the monsters are just as buggy as they are. Ulrich's colors return to him and he smirks.
"Cool."
Aelita holds out her hand and creates an energy field. She tosses it at the monster to distract him, running off. She and Ulrich take off, the two Tarantulas going back to the tower. "Hey, what happened?" He whispers to her.
"Nothing special, the bugs also affect the monsters."
"Well that kinda makes things even for once," He smiles in amusement. He couldn't remember a time when the game between them and XANA was fair.
"The signal," Odd calls out to Jeremy.
"Hold on..." Jeremy waits for a few seconds before the vines start to flicker again. "Now!"
The three lift themselves up, managing to break free from the vines. "Finally," Amy breathes in relief.
"Quick, let's get out of here!" The blonde genius tells them.
Yumi grabs a branch while being dragged away, and it breaks. The vines drag her to a hole and she cringes, glancing at all the plants behind her.
The Tarantula fires at Ulrich, who dodges them with his sword a few feet away from Aelita. She fires another energy field, which of course does not affect her opponent. It fires back and she creates two more fields to absorb the projectiles. She gets hit in the chest, sending her stumbling onto the ground. The Tarantula bugs out again.
"Get to the scanner room!" Jeremy orders the two as he runs into the lab.
"Yes sir!" Odd salutes to him.
"I hope Aelita did something for the supercomputer," Amy murmurs as the doors close. Jeremy reaches the chair and taps a key.
"How many life points do you think you have left?" Ulrich asks Aelita.
"Definitely less than you."
"That's right, so you'd better watch it."
"Jeremy, you're there! That's cool," Ulrich cries out in relief.
"Yes, and Odd and Amy are coming to the rescue."
Ulrich absorbs even more lasers. "Scanner Amy. Scanner Odd. Virtualization," He presses enter and the two disappear from the scanners with a whoosh.
"Triplicate!" Ulrich declares, but his clones don't appear next to him. The Tarantula strikes him in the arm and he's sent to the ground. He looks over to Aelita as she tries to use her creativity, the bugs still persisting. She manages to make a rock and crush the Tarantula with it. "Good job, Aelita." Glancing over his shoulder, he sees two Krabs approaching. "Uh oh...right. Any last words before we both get devirtualized?"
"Laser Arrow!"
"Ice Flame!"
Amy and Odd fly in, causing them to look up at their friends. "Oh, that's what I wanted to hear. Good to see you, guys!"
Odd turns around while Amy swerves so that she's in front of the Krabs. She drives forward and passes by underneath one, Odd doing the same.
"Cootchie coo! Huh, guess you're not ticklish like my little Ames."
"Odd!" Amy turns to him in slight embarrassment.
"Here's a little something to get around with," The Overbike appears and Ulrich jumps on.
"Saddle up, princess," Aelita leaps behind him, landing in the seat.
Yumi struggles with all of her might to pull herself up. "Help!" The vines drags her down a little bit further. "Anyone out there help!"
Odd, Amy, and Ulrich fly above the platform, only for the Overbike to disappear. The Overboard and OverRunner devirtualize as well. The two glance to Aelita and Ulrich as they run over to them.
"Sorry guys, the supercomputer is losing more and more power. You'll have to go on foot. And something tells me that the same thing will happen to Amy's wings."
"Jeremy, I didn't have time to finish the repairs," Aelita tells him.
"I know, Aelita, but you did a great job. It's okay, I can finish up."
"Do it as fast as you can, it's bugging out more and more," Ulrich says as they're all buggy. "And we still haven't heard anything from Yumi."
"I'll do whatever I can. You just worry about that stupid tower," Jeremy takes a deep breath, removing the headphone.
The four come to a stop, but not in front of the tower. "Here comes another big problem!" Odd replies as a megatank rolls in front of them.
"Doesn't XANA have anything better to do?!" Amy asks bitterly as they stare at it.
Yumi grips her fingers on a rock next to her, but eventually falls into the field of vines. She groans in pain.
Jeremy slides in the remaining panels, standing up with a small smile. "There, that oughta do it."
The megatank opens up and fires the circular laser. The four move out of the way. While Odd is crawling, his body gets all bugged up and stops him in mid-crawl.
"Oh no, that is so uncool."
The megatank turns its attention to Odd, causing the others to gasp. It fires and before he can be devirtualized, Aelita uses her creativity to create another rock in front of Odd. The laser misses him completely and he falls to the ground.
"Ouch!"
"Are you okay?" Amy asks him as she offers her hand. He takes it and she helps him up.
"Of course I am! How are you doing, Einstein? It's killing us, we can't take a step without bugging up!"
Jeremy is cutting wires as Kiwi looks around at the cut pieces. "I'm almost there," He plugs in two wires. "Okay...all I have to do is reboot the works," He gets into the chair.
The megatank fires again and destroys the rock. "Better step on it," Ulrich warns him.
He taps a few keys, presses enter, and the scanners are deemed back to normal...but then they turn red again. "Oh no!"
"What?"
"I don't have enough juice to reboot the supercomputer," He reveals as all five of them are bugging up. "If we can only deactivate the tower, I could use its energy to restart the whole system."
"That's fine, Jeremy, but over here, we can't deactivate the tower unless you reboot the system," Aelita reveals to him.
"Who came up with that logic?" Amy asks in disbelief.
"Oh..." Jeremy holds his head in dismay.
The megatank attacks again and they run out of the way. Aelita comes to a stop as she sees a way tower in the distance.
"There is one way to do it..."
"Go on, I'm listening," Jeremy lifts his head up.
"...Destroy the ice sector." The boys and Amy join Aelita, all of them confused.
"Good ol' Aelita. Even during the worst of times, she keeps her sense of humor," Odd gestures to her. "Ah...you mean you weren't kidding?"
"Aelita...that's crazy!" Jeremy tells her.
"But she's right," Amy speaks up. They take off into a run again as the megatank follows after them.
"Jeremy, it's the only way to recover some energy and avoid total destruction of the supercomputer. And if that happens, Lyoko disappears and us with it. We don't have a choice. Besides, that would automatically deactivate the tower."
"...She's right, just like Amy said. Go on, do it, Aelita."
Yumi is laying down on top of a vine. She opens her eyes to see the vines surrounding her.
"When I restart the system, I won't be able to rematerialize you. You'll have to manage on your own."
"Got it," Ulrich pulls out his sword. The boys and Amy turn around to the megatank. Aelita steps inside the tower and walks up to the middle.
"Ames?"
"Yeah Odd?"
"...Can we not devirtualize each other? I don't wanna hurt you."
She smiles weakly at the thought of just considering it, nodding. "I understand. I wouldn't wanna do it to you either."
Yumi's eyes widen in horror as she can't see the sky anymore...
The megatank opens up vertically and fires, the three jumping over it. They land safely just as Aelita walks up to the interface.
Aelita
Code
The tower starts to disappear as Aelita lands on the ice. The land starts disappearing behind her as she runs past them.
"Hurry!"
The megatank disappears into the Digital Sea and Jeremy hesitates for the right moment.
The three come to a safe spot. "Right, listen up. Aelita, you take care of Odd. Odd, you zap me. Amy, you hit Aelita with your spear and I'll hit you with my saber. On three. One-"
"Wait," Odd interrupts, glancing away. "We zap each other on three or do we count to three and then zap each other?"
"You always pull this on me, Odd. No, we zap each other on three, okay? One-"
"Wait," He stops him again, "Aelita, don't miss okay?"
"Odd!" The other three shout at him.
"Okay, okay."
"One...two..." The four prepare themselves. "Three!"
All of them are devirtualized at the same time. All of the monsters disappear and fall into the Digital sea, and the ice sector completely disappears.
"The activated tower's disappeared! Reboot system," He taps enter and the scanners are finally de-bugged. He cheers for himself as Odd appears.
"Uh, three?"
The others smile in relief.
Yumi manages to climb out of the hole, getting onto her feet. She gives a weak smile.
"Right, the repairs are only temporary, but at least they'll let us keep on fighting XANA!" Jeremy explains once everyone is in his room.
"We managed to save the supercomputer," Aelita adds in while Ulrich is tending to Yumi.
"You did great, Aelita. Sissi's right to call you Ms. Einstein," Odd comments to her.
"Don't forget that this last little adventure of ours cost us the ice sector," Yumi chimes in.
"Yeah, that is a shame," Jeremy agrees with her. "I'm gonna have to find a way to virtualize you directly into Sector Five from now on..."
"It's okay, don't worry. As long as the mountain sector stays together, there's still hope," Odd replies while sitting on the desk.
"Yeah, but for how long?" Ulrich asks from the bed.
"If we lose the mountain sector, XANA can use that power to destroy the world," Amy crosses her arms.
"Hey, I didn't know you had the solutions for Bot Fighter Attack. You mind?" Odd reaches towards his shelf.
"Careful not to knock anything over. Jim is coming back tomorrow morning to do another inspec-" His things fall over, leaving a box on Jeremy's head.
"Sorry. Uh, you were saying?"
"Forget it."
