Ulrich is sitting in history class, crossing his fingers together. "Please let me get a good grade, please let me get a good grade, just for once," He pleads to the universe. "I'm begging you, please let me get a good grade..."

"You know, you might have better luck if you study before an exam. It beats praying for them," Jeremy whispers as he's sitting across the boy. He just narrows his eyes at his genius friend.

"Excellent work, Herb. I'm not surprised either, I gave you an A minus as usual, the minus to show you can always improve. Well done."

"Thank you, sir," He nods his head proudly.

"I don't get it, how could such a good student be such a nerd?" Sissi whispers to him, glancing at Jeremy. "But then again, you did crush Jeremy, who's even nerdier than you are."

"Amelia, good work to you. A B plus, I'm sure your mother will be proud," He gives her a soft smile and she returns it weakly, glad that he didn't say parents unlike other teachers. Some of them forget that mentioning her father (or rather, someone pretending to be him) is a...sensitive situation. "Keeping with the time-honored tradition, I've saved the best paper for last."

Ulrich pauses at that. "I'm the only one left. He did just say the best, didn't he, huh?"

"I hate to burst your bubble, but it sounded like sarcasm," Odd tells him quietly.

"And given your grades with history, you're about to find out what you got in 3, 2, 1..." Amy points to the teacher.

"Ulrich Stern, there were so many spelling errors in this assignment that at fist, I thought it was written in some obscure and primitive language. But no, in fact, it was in English, but unfortunately, I've given you an F plus. The plus to give you room to do worse next time."

He leaves Ulrich alone to wallow in his disappointment.

"That wasn't just sarcastic, it was bombastic," Odd tells his friend.

"He did worse than you," Amy murmurs to her boyfriend. And that was saying a lot!


The door knocks from the principal's office. "Come in. Oh, Ms. Ishiyama," He leans back in his seat as Yumi stands in front of him. "Well, I must say I'm flattered that you answered my request to come and see me. Given your constant lateness and repeated absences over these past few weeks, I'm just flabbergasted that you actually decided to show up. To what do I owe this great honor?"

"I'm sorry, sir, I really am," She looks away regrettably. XANA had attacked more and more frequently, causing her to miss most of her classes...

"Perhaps, but not as much as I am." She stares up at him. "I'm sincerely sorry to have to say this to you, Yumi, but unfortunately, you don't leave me any choice. If I hear that you're absent or late just one more time, I shall be forced to expel you from the Academy," He states to her shock.


"Expulsion?!" Odd asks in disbelief once they've heard the news. "You're kidding!"

"He can't do that just for all the absences and being late!" Amy opens her mouth wide.

"Oh no, Delmas was dead serious this time," She informs the two.

"This can't go on much longer," Jeremy speaks up, rubbing his eyes as he's taken off his glasses. "It's getting harder and harder to keep up with our school work and fight against XANA."

"Better believe it, Einstein! If you ask me, XANA's trying to wear us down," Odd says, Aelita rubbing her chin.

"So what do we do then?" Amy looks towards all of them.

"Well, there is one thing we can do. If we could recruit one more Lyoko Warrior, it would give us some breathing room," Aelita suggests, winking at Amy, who shakes her head.

"No, I don't like that look."

"And who did you have in mind?" Yumi asks her.

"There's William," She replies, the older girl gasping.

"I knew it," Amy sighs, crossing her arms.

"He's already shown us what he can do."

"No way! We've already been over this. William's too much of a hothead. No, he can't be trusted," Yumi protests furiously.

"As far as I'm concerned, Aelita's right. It's a good idea," Yumi grips Odd's arm.

"No, it's a very bad idea!"

"Yumi, I get it, but we really could use some help here," Amy rubs a temple. "If my schoolwork keeps going through the ringer like this, you know who's gonna notice, and you know how much I don't want him to do that..."

She frowns at Amy. Despite her high average, there was some assignments that Amy's missed over the past few weeks or hadn't gotten good grades on. And she knew how much embarrassment the brunette's father could put her through once he finds out. She didn't want to do that to her friend, but she really doesn't want William to help out...

"Look, we're all really tired. Why don't we talk about this tomorrow?" Jeremy suggests to them. "Let's take advantage of the fact that XANA hasn't attacked and get a good night's sleep. I'll stay up a little while and work on a way to virtualize you directly into Sector 5, okay guys? I've got some calculations to do."

"That's what you call getting some sleep, Jeremy?" Aelita smiles in amusement.

"I don't need all that much sleep. And besides, I'll sleep a lot better once we defeat XANA," He turns to the screen. "We all will, Aelita. Not before."

Amy shrugs at Aelita and Odd, walking off. "Come on, guys. I for one need all the sleep I can get to prepare for the storm that's Stan Smith." She refused to call him Dad.

Jeremy works all night, pressing keys and downloading programs. By next morning, he's fallen asleep at the computer, woken up by the alarm of an activated tower. He pushes up his glasses, failing to notice the shadow looming over him until it's too late.


It's quiet in the halls as people are getting dressed for breakfast. Jeremy storms into the sisters' room, where he sees both of them talking, putting on their boots.

"Aelita, I have to talk to you!"

"Well, what are you so excited about?" She asks him, Amy adjusting her hair.

"I did it! I finally found a way to virtualize all of you into Sector 5 directly!"

The two blink in shock. "We have to run a test right now. Come on, let's go to the computer lab!"

"But we have a physics test this morning..." Aelita glances up at Amy, both of them feeling that something is off. It seems weird for Jeremy to just skip that.

"You and I have fabulous grades, Aelita. We can afford to skip one exam."

"I don't think we should," Aelita narrows her eyes.

"Agreed. And I need the grade," Amy crosses her arms. "It's bad enough I've missed a few assignments."

"Besides, we have to tell the others."


"No," Ulrich denies once they've been told, crossing his arms. "No way we're skipping the exam, I need a decent grade to bring up my average."

"Ulrich's right," Odd closes his eyes. "What's more, if we're all absent, they're bound to suspect something."

"And I'm sure to get expelled," Yumi glances at all of them.

"Why are you trying to get out of it, anyway?" Amy points to Jeremy. "Good grades or not, you'd never miss a test."

"Some adventurers you are," Jeremy deadpans at them. The brunette is so baffled by what he's saying, she's not sure how to describe it.

"Don't be like that. We'll go after the test is over, Jeremy, at lunchtime," Aelita raises a brow.

"Okay, go ahead. I'll meet you in the lunchroom. I have to go back and get some stuff," They watch him leave as he opens and closes the door. But Jeremy isn't actually Jeremy, because it's a polymorphic specter sent by XANA!

The real Jeremy is just getting out of the sewer water, walking up the stairs all soaking wet. "Oh no..." He murmurs at the time, running out of there.


Odd clicks his pen next to Amy as Ulrich tries to focus. XANA Jeremy writes furiously onto his paper. "Hey, Jeremy, what's the answer to question number one?" He whispers to his supposed friend. He'd ask his girlfriend, but he knows better than to bother her when she's focused.

"Is Aelita done yet?"

"How should I know?" He asks in confusion.

"Ask her."

"Aelita," Odd glances to the seat behind him. "Jeremy wants to know if you're finished yet."

"Huh?" She looks up in confusion.

"Odd," Ms. Hertz hears the whispering, standing up. "Would you like me to give you some help?"

"Oh gee, thanks Ms. Hertz, I sure could use a little," He slides his paper forward.

"I've had quite enough of watching you copy answers left and right, Odd."

"But no, ma'am, I was just-"

"Jeremy, have you completed the exam?" She notices XANA Jeremy holding his paper.

"Yes, ma'am. And Amy has too."

"What?" Amy lifts up her head, turning to him, "But I-"

He walks over to her, leans over, and quickly puts in the rest of her answers, to Odd and Amy's shock. "Well then, you will both please escort Mr. Della Robbia to the principal's office. It's time Odd was punished."

The teacher takes her paper. Amy opens her mouth in disbelief, glancing between Ms. Hertz and XANA Jeremy. Was Jeremy so desperate to get Aelita out of class that he just did the rest of the test for her?!


The lab doors open as Jeremy rushes into the room. He puts on the microphone and rushes to call Odd ASAP.

XANA Jeremy is just about to reach the principal's office with Odd and Amy in tow. "Why wouldn't you let me copy off you this time? We wouldn't be here now! And why would you finish Ames' test for her? That's cheating, Jeremy!"

"And if you studied like everyone else...we wouldn't be here now. And besides, this way, Stan won't suspect anything."

"Huh?" Amy asks him, staring at her friend. He's never called the man by his first name.

"Look A, not everyone else studies. And B, I am NOT like everyone else. I'm special, unique. Like you, by the way."

XANA Jeremy growls at him and his phone rings. "Hello?"

"Odd, it's me, Jeremy."

"Hm?" Odd glances at Amy, who's chewing out XANA Jeremy.

"The next time you want me to leave class, let me do it on my own terms! You can't just finish my test for me, if Ms. Hertz notices the same answers for half my test, we'll get caught!"

"I memorized your handwriting and what you would say, so there's no problem at all," He smirks at her and Odd notices the look. Something didn't seem right with him...

"Today isn't April Fools day!"

"Odd, listen to me!" Jeremy insists to him. "XANA has created a clone of me from a polymorphic specter. We fought at the factory and he tried to drown me, but I survived. I don't know what he's planning, but-"

"Who's that?" XANA Jeremy closes the door near them.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"He's right next to you, isn't he?" Jeremy asks knowingly.

"Uhhh, yeah, not just me, Ames too. I mean...I don't know!"

"Look in his eyes, Odd. Can you see the sign of XANA?" Jeremy replies and he looks up to see the XANA symbol.

"You didn't answer me, who is it?"

"Hey, chill out, Jeremy, you don't need to know everything," Amy steps in between them and he grabs her arm in response. She gasps and sees his eyes.

"J-J-Jeremy, I think you're right. What do I do now, huh?" Odd stammers as he grabs the girl protectively. XANA Jeremy raises an electrified fist, zapping Odd and knocking him unconscious.

"Nothing. There's nothing you can do."

"Odd!" Amy bends down to him, only to get shocked from behind. XANA Jeremy chuckles evilly, throwing her over his shoulder as she's unconscious. He walks away from the boy.

"Odd. Odd. Odd! What's going on? Answer me, will you? ODD!" Jeremy shouts from the phone, but he doesn't answer.


"May I remind each of you not to spend too much time in the dark room printing your photos, since the darkroom is for everyone to share," Jim orders Yumi's class. "It's nobody's personal darkroom. I remember when I was a war photographer. We had to develop our prints fast while bombs were falling!"

"You were a war photographer, huh Jim?" Christophe asks curiously and he rubs his neck.

"Yeah...but I'd rather not talk about it. Okay Yumi, and William, you're the first up."

As much as she didn't want to with William of all people, she didn't have a choice. They step inside and she silently moves the tray over.

"You know, I had another dream about you last night," He speaks up as he walks past her.

"Is that so?" She questions sarcastically.

"There was this giant computer in this huge room, like a factory, you know?" She raises a brow at him. "And then both you and I were on this bridge, fighting against some factory worker who was doing these wild acrobatics."

Her eyes widen at the description. That was the time the factory was in danger of being blown up. "You really dreamed that?" At the back of her mind, she wonders just how he can remember that, because a return in time was launched.

"Yeah...I've been having that same dream for a really long time...it's totally weird. Then again, of course it's only a dream...and they're always a little bit weird. Right, shall we go?"

She stares after him as her phone rings and she picks it up. "Jeremy? What's going on?"

A red light shines above the doors of the darkroom. "This light means that your classmates have started the developing. When you see that, absolutely no one should open the door. The light would ruin the pictures."

"Listen Jeremy, if I skip class one more time, I'll be expelled. You get it?! What do we do then?" Yumi questions in annoyance. She had already been told about the situation. William moves away the curtain.

"I don't know what's going on, but you can always get out through there."

"And Jim?"

"Leave it to me," He looks out the window. "I'll take care of Jim. He won't notice a thing. Just don't be too long, that's all," He gestures towards outside with a smug smile.

"But why would you do that for me?" She wonders, as she hasn't exactly been nice to him in the past, and she outright refused for him to be in the group.

"Let's just say that in my dream, I really enjoyed helping you out. So...why not try it in real life? It might just as much fun," He crosses his arms and she puts the phone to her ear.

"Okay Jeremy, I'm coming."

"Great. Find Odd and Amy, and go get Ulrich and Aelita. I'm going to need all of you to deactivate the tower that my evil twin set up. Speaking of whom, I wonder where he could be right now..." Jeremy looks away from the screen.


XANA Jeremy is carrying Amy in his arms, growling as he's just about reached the entrance to the factory...

Amy wakes up and sees the situation. "XANA..." She murmurs as she sees his eyes. He stops and looks at her, the girl flinching. "Let go of me! What are you trying to pull, XANA?"

"That's for me to know..." He shocks her entire body, rendering her unconscious again. "And for you to find out."

Yumi pulls up Odd, whose hair is a mess. "Jeremy, I found Odd. He's a little woozy, but he's okay. No sign of Amy, though. We're gonna try to get Ulrich and Aelita and then we'll meet you."

"Okay, but hurry up. I'll start setting up your transfer to L—wait, did you say that she's missing? Where could she have gone?"

The doors open to reveal a smug XANA Jeremy. "Right here. Well, what do you know? You actually survived."

"Huh?!" He turns around and sees the two. "Oh no, Amy!"

"You're a real swimming champ," XANA Jeremy steps up to him. "I'm almost proud to resemble you, I really am." He holds out a hand and shocks the boy, sending him on the ground. "With the exception that I am far more powerful than you."

"NOOOOOOOO!"


In Ms. Hertz's class, Aelita tries to finish up as quick as she can, only to get a text message. Luckily, Ms. Hertz doesn't hear as she's walking around. Ulrich's mobile buzzes and he puts his pencil to his mouth, putting it to his ear.

"Ulrich, we have to go. It looks like there's an emergency."

"Sorry, emergency or not, I'm not moving. I need the grade and this time, I'm off to a decent start," He glances away to the teacher, who had walked right past him.

"Okay, but I better go. Meet up with us when you're finished."

He hums in response and hangs up.


XANA Jeremy plants Amy into a scanner, chuckling as he watches the scanner doors close around her. He climbs up the ladder and into the lab, virtualizing her onto Lyoko. She lands in the mountain sector roughly, her wings gone and her weapon disappeared.

"Huh?" She looks at herself, puzzled as to why she's on Lyoko. "After Jeremy did my test...took us to the principal...and then Odd got that phone call and he attacked us! I remember," She looks around to find the area empty...that is until she hears a familiar hiss, looking up to see the Scyphozoa.

The elevator moves downwards thanks to XANA Jeremy, who's wrestling with the real boy, who had woken up. After struggling a bit, Jeremy is thrown down the shaft.


Jim stares up at the light, as it's been long enough that they were in there. "What are they doing in there? What's taking so long? Yumi! William, come on!" He knocks on the door. William is wetting the prints.

"We're almost done, Jim. Wait'll you see the prints, they're fantastic!"

"Taking long enough...I'd like to see 'em so hurry up, will ya?"

"Believe me, Jim, we're going as fast as we can!" William calls out.


"So what does Jeremy's evil twin look like?" Yumi wonders as the elevator comes up.

"Well, just like Einstein, except with muscles and superpowers," Odd grunts, clenching a fist. "He's gonna regret stealing Ames!" They rush inside and he presses the button. "We have to hurry before XANA steals her memory.

They arrive in the lab, Jeremy glancing over his shoulder. "Where's Ulrich?"

"He'll be here as soon as he finishes his exam," Aelita smiles at him.

"Okay, get down to the scanners on the double, huh? I'll start up your transfer."

"Where did your nasty twin go? And where's Ames?" Odd asks, raising a brow.

"I have no idea, but the faster we deactivate the tower, the faster we'll be rid of him."

Odd rubs his chin, still getting the feeling that something was off. "He's right, let's get going," Yumi states, waving a hand.

"Odd, what are you waiting for? Let's go."

"Okay, okay, let's go then," Odd snaps his fingers, Yumi pressing the button.

"Alright, time is almost up," Ms. Hertz announces to the class. Ulrich concentrates as hard as he can.

"One more minute..."

"I'm just not sure," Odd states skeptically as the scanners open. "I should've looked him in the eye, you never know?"

"I'm sure it was him," Yumi replies confidently as she approaches a scanner. "Aren't you, Aelita?"

"Uh huh," Aelita taps her nose.

"Female intuition. You can trust our flair," The Japanese girl gestures to herself.

"...If you say so," He looks away, but still, at the back of his mind, something wasn't right. If that was the real Jeremy, then where is Amy?

"Are you ready? I'll transfer you as close as I can to the activated tower."

The scanners close around them. "I'm starting up the process..." A XANA eye narrows at the screen.

The real Jeremy is climbing up the elevator shaft, panting in exhaustion.

"Scanner Yumi. Scanner Aelita. Scanner Odd. Virtualization."

The three virtualize, landing one by one. "Okay Jeremy, bring our vehicles. We're raring to go over here!" Odd stands up.

"Sorry Odd, but I have another plan."

They glance to each other in confusion.

XANA Jeremy touches the keyboard, shocking it. "Such a great plan that you guys are gonna just flip out."

"...We've been had by Jeremy's twin. Nothing like female intuition, huh girls?"

"Oh no! What's he gonna do?" Yumi asks in worry.

"You want a little male intuition? Something very nasty."

XANA Jeremy chuckles evilly, typing rapidly and bugging up the supercomputer.

This bugs up Odd and Yumi, but not Aelita. "What's happening to us?"

"He's bugged you up!" Aelita realizes, staring at them.

"But why us and not you?"

"There's your answer, look!" Yumi points up ahead as the Scyphozoa arrives...with a possessed Amy in tow.

"Ames!" Odd cries out as she's riding on top of the jellyfish.

"The specter must've virtualized her here and taken her memory!" Aelita backs up a bit as the girl slowly stands up, glaring at them with the XANA symbol in her eyes.

XANA Jeremy twitches a little while the real one is just about to reach him.


"William!" Jim slams on the door. "Yumi! That's it, ya hear now? Open up!"

"Can't, Jim. We're working on the contrast. You know how important the contrast is. I mean, you know better than we do. If we open up now, we'll lose everything!"

He rubs at his eyes, noticing something. "Hey Yumi! Why do you leave all the talking to William?" There's a pause as William stands there for a second. "Yumi, answer me!"

"I'm right here, Jim," William says in a falsetto voice. "I guarantee you it'll be worth waiting for. William and I are making some incredibly beautiful photographs."

"Uh, okay...but hurry it up, will you?"

"We will, Jim!" William answers in his normal voice, glad that he bought it.


Other monsters have already shown up as Amy holds out a hand, firing a sharp rock spear. Odd jumps over it, staring at her.

"Ames, snap out of it! It's me, your pudding pop!"

She doesn't listen as she steps forward and he runs on all fours to her. He flips over the Kankerlots and aims his arm. "Laser Arrow!" The arrows bug up as they touch the two monsters, resulting in no effect on them. "Huh? Oh no, it didn't work!"

The lasers go right past him and he tackles Amy onto the ground, staring into her evil eyes. "Ames, come on!"

He bugs up and she pushes him off her, growling.

Yumi flips over the projectiles, propelling herself to a rock. She flips again and takes off into a run. Odd walks up to the Kankerlots as the lasers don't affect him.

"At this rate, there isn't gonna be any winner!" He aims his arrows again, which don't work again. "Go on, knock yourselves out."

Amy focuses on her sister instead, she and the Scyphozoa approaching her. Yumi flips from another laser, holding her fans as she hides behind a rock. She notices Aelita's dilemma. "Oh no! Aelita!" She attempts to backflip towards her, only to get hit in the side, sliding to a stop. She stands up, spins around, and defends herself with her weapons as best as she can. "We can't do anything bugged up like this!"

Aelita whimpers a bit, Amy holding out a hand to her.

Jeremy reaches the scanner room, scooching in front of the door.

"Aelita, go on! You've gotta defend yourself!" Yumi calls out. Aelita jumps over a tentacle, throwing two energy fields. The Scyphozoa dodges both of them. She aims for Amy next, but she simply catches it into her hand, absorbing the field.

"She can do that?" Odd screeches in surprise.

Aelita runs away from them, only to reach the edge. She looks up at the jellyfish, trying to attack again, but he smacks her arm. Amy hits her across the face with a rock dart, distracting her long enough for the Scyphozoa to capture her.

"It's horrible not being able to do anything!" Yumi cries out as she can only watch.

Odd continues walking as the Kankerlots are still firing at him.

Jeremy enters the code and the doors open to the scanner room. He runs inside.

The Scyphozoa finishes stealing Aelita's memory, letting her land safely on the ground. She looks up at Amy, who chuckles evilly. They both smile wickedly to each other before running towards the way tower. "Now they're gonna make a dash for the way tower!" Odd frowns at Amy, upset that they can't do anything to stop her.

"This can't be!" Yumi cries out in dismay as they watch her.

"And given the circumstances, there's not much we can do!"

Ulrich has finally finished his test, opening up the entrance to the bridge. He dashes across, hoping that he's not too late. He jumps across to the elevator and pushes the button.

XANA Jeremy is still at the computer, turning around and seeing Jeremy. "I take back what I said. You're not even half as smart as me. As a matter of fact, you're a stupid dope." He chuckles, snapping his fingers and electrocuting Jeremy. "Sorry, but one of us is going to have to go." He holds out his hands to the boy, only to be hit from behind. He falls down, revealing it to be Ulrich.

"Right, and I think that's gonna have to be you. Hey, I think I need glasses, because I'm seeing double."

"Thanks Ulrich," Jeremy breathes in relief. "You got here just in time." He rushes towards the computer.

"What's going on in Lyoko?" Ulrich asks him as he sees all the bugs.

"I wish I knew...Odd, Yumi!"

"Jeremy, is that you? For real?" She wonders hopefully.

"Yes."

"I can vouch for that, it's him alright," Ulrich speaks up.

"How's it going for you over there?"

"Well, you could say that we're all bugged up," Odd looks at his hands.

"And a little ridiculous too!" Yumi adds in as the Kankerlots have their fun.

"Okay, I'll take care of that."

"Hurry, both Aelita and Ames are under XANA's spell," Odd warns him. "And they're heading for the way tower!"

XANA Jeremy opens his eyes. "We can lose the mountain sector!"

"Don't panic. I'm sending you Ulrich as back-up."

XANA Jeremy growls behind them, glaring. "Uh, sorry, major problem," Jeremy corrects himself. "This might take a little more time."

The two sisters are just about to reach the way tower, which is hiding behind some rocks.

XANA Jeremy knocks Ulrich into the wall with his electricity, laughing evilly as he attacks the brunette again.

"I'm starting up the de-bugging. I sure hope this is gonna work," He watches as the ID cards separate.

Slowly, the two become de-bugged and Odd kicks away a Kankerlot. The two run off to go stop the girls. "You're the man, Einstein!"

"Thanks. Now go catch Amy and Aelita before one of them enters the XANA code. I'm bringing up your vehicles."

He taps enter as Ulrich is struggling with the evil clone.

The Kankerlots have started to follow the duo, firing lasers. They manage to avoid them as they jump onto their rides once they appear. "Here we go!" Odd hollers as the four start firing upwards. "It's great to have my svelte body back!"

Yumi giggles at him.

Ulrich looks up to XANA Jeremy, tackling him. "Things are heating up over here. Better hurry," Jeremy tells the two.

"We're on it! Where are the girls?"

He looks to the left screen in worry, seeing the two dots getting closer and closer. "Almost at the tower, but you can still catch them."

The lasers fly past the two. "Go on, Yumi! I'll cover you!"

She flies up ahead. "Okay."

The Kankerlots relentlessly continue their attack on Odd, who turns around and fires right at them. He destroys one, swerving back and forth as he heads towards them. He jumps off the board. "Yahoo!" He slides and jumps on their heads, running in the opposite direction to get them away from Yumi. One hit to the back devirtualizes him. The three look to each other and head back to Yumi, who is unaware of what's happened.

"I hope it's not gonna be too late!" She reaches the way tower, seeing the girls. Aelita is on Amy's back as she flies them over.

XANA Jeremy shocks Ulrich, who shouts in pain. Amy lands in front of the way tower, Aelita jumping off her back.

"Aelita! Amy!" Yumi shouts, landing in front of the two. She jumps off and they narrow her eyes, running forward as she throws her fans. They quickly dodge and head for the tower. "NO!"

She runs towards them, but it's too late as they get inside. "Oh Jeremy...there was nothing I could do."

Odd shuts his eyes closed, leaning against the scanner. "Jeremy, we're going to lose the mountain sector! Don't forget to bring us in..."

XANA Jeremy stops attacking Ulrich in favor of focusing on Jeremy.

Aelita steps up to the middle, flying towards the top. Amy stands nearby, watching her fly up to the top. She lands and walks up to the interface. She inputs the XANA code...

Aelita

Code

XANA

Yumi looks up in horror as the tower starts to disappear, the two girls landing on the rock. They look towards the path, seeing the area fading away.

"Jeremy, now's the time..."

They fall through a few seconds later. "I'm gonna rematerialize you!" He quickly manages to do so before they could get into the Digital Sea.

Odd waits patiently as he sees Yumi appear, giving her a thumbs up. He gasps sharply, standing up and turning around, crossing his fingers. Amy appears in front of him safe and sound. Odd smiles happily as she kneels and he catches the girl, pulling her into a tight hug.

"You scared me to death, Ames..."

"I'm sorry..." She murmurs, hugging him back and he shakes his head.

"I'm just glad that you're okay." He places his lips on hers and she returns the kiss.


The mountain sector is now completely gone, taking the activated tower with it...XANA Jeremy completely disappears, Jeremy running up to his friend.

"You okay?"

"No..." Ulrich mutters under his breath.

"The mountain sector has completely disappeared. There's no way of getting into Sector 5 now," Jeremy tells them sadly.

"Now XANA can attack the Core of Lyoko at any time, and destroy it for good, and there'll be nothing we can do against him!" Aelita says in dismay.

"Lyoko's gone for good..." Jeremy shuts his eyes. "And without it, there's not a thing we can do to fight XANA..."

Something suddenly pops up on the screen, downloading. "Wait a minute! These are the results of the calculations I made this morning!"

"What about them?" Odd asks in confusion.

"Hmm...I think I may have found a way to virtualize you directly into Sector 5 at last!"

"You mean the struggle against XANA goes on?" Ulrich asks him.

"He's not rid of us yet," Jeremy narrows his eyes.

"If that's the case, then we're gonna need somebody else. After what's happened, we don't have a choice, it seems."

She notices everyone staring at her, since she was so against the idea. "What? I changed my mind, so?"

"Mhm," Ulrich nods playfully.


Speaking of the newest member, he's still inside the darkroom as Jim is picking the lock. "Hey, right now, ya hear?! William and Yumi, I'm gonna open up this door and don't think I can't do it! I used to be a safecracker. I mean a locksmith!" He falls into the room, where all the photos fly off.

"Oh, we told you not to come in, Jim! Now you've ruined my pictures! I mean, our pictures!"

Jim looks around for the girl as he stands up. "Yumi? Where's Yumi?"

"Here I am, Jim." He turns to the door, where Yumi was hiding. "That's so uncool for our prints, we worked really hard on them."

He looks at her in embarrassment.

William has just listened to Yumi explaining everything to him. "So then, you're saying, my dream...really wasn't a dream?" He crosses his arms, leaning across the bench.

"Right," She confirms, turning around.

"It really happened? Are you sure?"

"I am," She nods with a small smile.

"And you're also sure that you need my help?" He asks smugly.

"I am!"

"You think he'll say yes?" Aelita asks as they look on.

"Of course. If Yumi asked him to dive off a cliff, he'd do it in a second," Odd puts his arms behind his back. "Just like I would for Ames!"

"Aww," She smiles, kissing his cheek.

"By the way, how did your physics test go?" Jeremy asks Ulrich.

"Hey, it went really well. Who'd have thought that studying for a test would help?"

"Ulrich turning into a good student for once, William turning into a Lyoko Warrior, our little group is going through a lot of pretty huge changes," Odd couldn't help but comment and they hum in agreement. They watch as Yumi and William fist-bump.

"Did you know who find out yet?" Aelita questions Amy curiously, the brunette rolling her eyes.

"No, but I wouldn't put it past him to find out soon. But I'll be ready for him."