Angel: Of course I gave Amy an upgrade. I wouldn't be uploading this chapter if I didn't. I would be behind on episodes if I hadn't, which I don't need right now XD

"So then, the guy gets up and starts to scream 'Oh no, my canoe just sprang a leak'!" Odd finishes the joke, laughing. Amy giggles a little next to him. They're all in Jeremy's room, Odd and Amy leaning against the wall. Ulrich is sitting nearby while holding a magazine, while Yumi and Aelita are standing near Jeremy. "Come on, it's hysterical! The guy thinks it's gonna spring a leak! ...Oh, forget it. You guys have no sense of humor."

"We do, that's the problem. At least Amy laughed," Ulrich points out.

"Don't worry, a sense of humor comes with growing up," Yumi smirks a bit.

"Come on, I'm the funniest guy in school. In fact, if I wasn't me, I would be President of my own fan club."

Aelita laughs at him. "Now that's what I call funny!"

"Yeah, but the problem is, I...didn't mean it to be funny."

"You mind making a little bit less noise?" Jeremy asks in annoyance. "Some of us are trying to work. I've already spent a lot of sleepless nights recreating the rest of Lyoko and improving the digital equipment for all of you. And now I've gotta figure out what to do about William! You haven't forgotten that while you're doing your bad stand-up act-"

"It wasn't me, it was him!" Ulrich points to Odd.

"That William is stuck on Lyoko under the control of XANA! And if we don't do anything, people are gonna start noticing his absence...so keep it down."

"Okay Jeremy, sheesh..." Amy holds up her hands.


Principal Delmas is playing a computer game, which he's losing. The phone rings and he clicks the mouse, picking up the receiver.

"Delmas Academy, Jean-Pierre Kadic here, uh..." He realizes his mistake. He's too focused trying to beat it. "Kadic Academy, Jean-Pierre Delmas speaking."

"This is James Dunbar, William's father. I'm calling to say that my son won't be able to attend school this week. He's got a very high fever and he has to stay in bed."

He fails to put the penguin's head on its body. "Oh, rats! I hope it's not game over for him—uh, that is to say nothing too serious."

"Just a very bad flu," Jeremy says using his voice synthesizer. Delmas gets a game over from the screen.

"Oh, that's a relief. Please tell your son that we all wish him a speedy recovery, Mr. Dunbar. Uh, goodbye and thanks for calling." He hangs up and continues playing the game. He groans at another fail.

Jeremy sighs in relief once he's hung up. "I honestly don't know what we'd do without my voice synthesizer..."

"Well," Odd sits up, "Now that we handled Delmas, maybe we can go to more important stuff."

"Yeah? Like what?"

"Meatballs and spaghetti!" Odd exclaims happily.

Jeremy raises a brow before giving a look of annoyance. "Odd...I know that you're a walking stomach, but I haven't got time to go to lunch. I have to get to the factory to test out the latest codes for your new equipment and for Am-"

Aelita shushes him and he clamps his mouth shut. Amy blinks at them in confusion before deciding to drop it.

"Can you program me some bell-bottom pants with an orange stripe on the side?" Odd asks, pulling up his pants a bit.

"Will ya?! I need a little thinking time!" Jeremy exclaims in irritation.

"What you need is to hear a good joke," Odd points at him, the others deciding to stay silent. "You don't laugh enough. Lighten up."

"Umm, I think we should go to lunch now," Amy helps up her boyfriend. "Jeremy needs to be alone with his attitude."


Ms. Weber is showing Mr. Delmas how to play the game. "It doesn't look that hard, sir," She beats it with ease. "There we are."

"Mm...by the way, Nicole, don't you have some work to finish up?"

She cringes a bit as the phone rings. "What now?"

"James Dunbar speaking. I'm calling you, sir, because I'm getting worried. I haven't heard from my son William for several days, and whenever I try to contact him on his mobile, he doesn't pick up." It's the real Mr. Dunbar.

"Well, isn't that a shame? I assure you, I'll do everything I possibly can to find your son," Mr. Delmas replies sarcastically. "I'll call the army, the FBI, even the president! So don't worry!"

"Well, there's no need to go that far for now."

"Now listen, Mr. Whoever alias Dunbar, you would do better to think about your own faith and not that of your so-called son once I discover who it is that's calling! So there!" And with that, he slams down the receiver. "Hear that, Nicole? That is the way you have to talk to practical jokers who enjoy playing tricks on you."

"Hmm," She rubs her chin. "There's one thing I don't get. How do you know that he was the practical joker and not the person you spoke to on the phone before?"

His eyes widen at her.


Odd slides away his tray. "Huh? You don't want your banana?" Aelita points to the lone fruit sitting on the tray. The brunette glances at her boyfriend, taking a bite out of her potato.

"It's for Einstein. The walking stomach has to look out for our local genius!"

"Ha. Given all of the frustration he's been showing lately, he could use it," Amy comments after swallowing her bite.

Ulrich looks up, eyes widening in alarm. "Uh oh...Delmas and Incredible Hulk at 11 o'clock!"

"Oh no, they're coming right towards us..." Amy murmurs, sliding in her seat a bit. She really hoped this didn't have to do with Mr. Smith...

"Hello Yumi," Mr. Delmas greets as the two men come to a stop in front of their table. "I was wondering, have you had any news of William Dunbar, by any chance? Jim said that you were close friends."

"Somebody told me that he was sick in bed with a very high fever," She explains to them, the brunette sighing in sweet relief. Odd pats her back. None of them have heard from him ever since he last visited Amy, which means that he agrees to her terms. Hopefully he won't pay her another surprise visit just because he thinks her A and B grades aren't good enough...

"Let me handle this, Jean-Pierre," Jim holds up a hand. "Listen Yumi, be honest with us. I know perfectly well that William isn't anymore sick than I am. Achoo!"

"Bless you, Jim," Aelita replies, Amy handing the gym teacher a napkin.

"Thank you," He sniffs into the napkin. "If you wanna know what I think, I think William is somewhere and something tells me that somehow, you know exactly where that somewhere is and that sometimes it's better to be honest with someone so uno, somebody should tell William we know he's around and dos, he oughta get back before tonight! If not, Mr. Delmas, our beloved principal, will call some police! That oughta do it."

"Uh...okay..." Amy blinks slowly, wondering why he decided to word it in that way. Either way, it was still a concern for them. It's bad enough he's been gone and no one can contact him, but now Jim wants to involve the police?

"No way!" Jeremy exclaims from the lab once he's heard what happened with Jim and Delmas. "That means I'm gonna have to slog away all afternoon trying to finish a program to get William out of XANA's clutches. And who knows if it'll even work?"

"Uh uh, that's impossible," Ulrich tells him from the courtyard, all of them around a bench. "We've got track this afternoon. You can't keep cutting Phys Ed all the time. One more time, you're gonna be in a lot of trouble."

"Okay, I'll get back to you."

"What are you gonna do?" Ulrich asks curiously.

"Improvise, as usual."

Ulrich is left confused as Jeremy hangs up. "Problem: being here and in class at the same time...it's not easy." He suddenly smirks as he has an idea.


Odd inserts a coin, but his drink doesn't come out. He presses 7 repeatedly and then punches the machine. Still nothing as he shakes his hand. "I don't believe it!"

Yumi is showing off her new phone to the girls as Odd walks back up to them dejectedly. "I don't believe it!"

They look up in the same direction as him. "Well he sure got ready fast."

Jeremy is sipping a soda in his gym clothes. He kicks it and it flies into the trash can near the machine. Amy opens her mouth in disbelief. Okay, now she knows that something is off. Jeremy's never that coordinated. "Two points! Hey everybody."

"You've already finished all you had to do?" Aelita raises a brow. He was at the factory; when did he have time to change?

"Piece of cake, sweetie pie, huh? What do you think? Sure I'm done, you're looking at the man!" They all glance to each other, baffled at his words. "How's it going, kid?" He tilts up his glasses towards Yumi. "You must've got all dolled up for me today. You wouldn't believe the vibes I'm feeling right now..."

Aelita and Ulrich both look angry towards him, the girl crossing her arms. "Hey, go back to being Jeremy, will you?" Yumi backs away a bit. Jeremy leans in towards Amy.

"My eyes can see straight through you, baby."

Odd grits his teeth while Amy steps forward, kicking up her knee. Jeremy groans in pain, kneeling down and holding his lower area.

"Ooo. Now that is something you can see clearly," Ulrich comments towards him.

"It's just that...whenever I see you, I don't feel like I'm myself," He smirks up at Amy, who gags.

"Jeremy, that kick should've given you a hint," She narrows her eyes at him.

Yumi looks towards the others.

"XANA," Odd deduces, since Jeremy's not a flirt. He can't flirt to save his life. Besides, he would never flirt with his crush's half-sister. He charges towards Jeremy, who grabs him by the shirt and throws him into the machine.

"Odd!" Amy exclaims at him. His drink finally arrives.

"Hey, cool."

"What's the matter with you?!" The brunette pushes Jeremy slightly, the others surrounding him. Yumi's phone rings and she picks it up.

"Hello, Yumi?"

She recoils back in shock to hear Jeremy's voice, despite him standing right in front of her. "Jeremy, but then..."

He appears on screen and she looks up towards the other one. "Well, what do you think of me, guys?"

"Hold on, you mind explaining this?" She points to the Jeremy 2.

"You mean you haven't figured out that I made a double of myself? A digital copy by activating a tower on Lyoko." Odd and Aelita join Yumi at her phone, looking between the two in awe. He's activated a tower in the desert sector. "This way, I can work on the program for finding William, and be at gym class at the same time."

"You might have warned us about it, Einstein," Odd rubs the back of his neck.

"Sorry guys, but I was in a big hurry."

"Anyway, you oughta know that your double has gotta be about the biggest flirt I've ever met," Yumi shows the other Jeremy. "He's focused on Amy, but she made him regret it when he tried the first time!" She chuckles at the memory of what happened.

"And I'll keep doing it if he doesn't stop staring at me," Amy crosses her arms with a huff.

"Very strange..." Jeremy looks at his double leaning across the door, his glasses up. He winks towards Amy, who rolls her eyes. "Must be some kind of emerging quality that appeared unexpectedly. Anyway guys, I may not have hit a home run with it, but a double is still pretty good."


Jim is taking attendance. "Belpois?"

"Present," He holds up four fingers.

"No, this has gotta be a dream!" Jim exclaims in disbelief. "Jeremy Belpois in person has finally decided to honor us with his presence, in the flesh? Although there's not a whole lot. After holding the world's record for absences from every single sport, we're all going to watch Mr. Skin and Bones make up for lost time by throwing his lack of weight around!" He starts laughing.

"And so it was in 1671 that Issac Newton created his famous reflection telescope," Ms. Hertz is giving a lecture to her 9th grade science class, gesturing to the wooden model. "And as I'm sure as you can see on this very rare and precious model of it..."

"Okay, let me get out of the line of fire before I give you the signal," Jim steps a few feet away. "Go on!"

Jeremy 2 tosses it and the ball goes flying.

"Newton and his law of gravity. The apple that fell-"

The ball Jeremy 2 threw lands it in the room...hitting the rare model of the reflection telescope.

Yumi raises a brow in confusion.

"Whoa..." Jim looks at the window, looking back to Jeremy 2. "Holy toledo, Belpois." He just blows his hand like it was no effort. "I mean...incredible, Belpois! How could you throw that thing so far with arms as scrawny as the wings of a chicken, huh?"

"Uh, well you see Jim, he's been working out a lot," Odd chuckles nervously.

"JIM!" He glances towards Ms. Hertz at the window. "You're worse than those barbarians who burned down the Alexandria library!"

"Thank you, Suzanne," He replies happily, to her annoyance. "Jeremy, you're gonna participate in the inter-school competition against the top student gymnasts! Those dodos at Central Prep won't know what hit 'em!"

"Oh..." Jeremy stops typing as he sees something's wrong at the tower he activated. Four other dots are approaching the area. "I don't believe it!"

At the top of the plateau are three Tarantulas...and William. He plants his sword into the platform. "Go on! You too!" They walk off as he eyes the tower in front of him, standing guard behind their master. William points his hands at it, lifting himself in the air slightly as smoke surrounds him. The wires connecting to the tower flicker red. The XANA symbol glows on his forehead.

Jeremy immediately makes a call.

Ulrich's phone rings and he answers it while keeping his eyes on Jim. "Okay champ, now let's see how well you throw the javelin."

Jeremy 2 winks towards Amy, spinning around the javelin so fast it blows away some hair from everyone around him.

"Jeremy, this better be important."

"It sure is. XANA's attacking the tower I activated. If it keeps up, XANA will be able to activate it as red and use it for his own evil purposes!"

Jeremy 2 readies the javelin in his hand. Jim nods in approval. "I get the idea. How can you get the process to stop?"

"To buy a little time, I can channel some of Sector 5's energy to shore up the tower's resistance," He does so, but he's not fast enough as the tower already turns red. William smiles evilly to himself.

Jeremy 2 stops in mid-throw. "Jeremy, hurry up!"

"I'm almost there!"

Jeremy 2 opens his eyes, being possessed by XANA as he points the javelin towards Amy. She gasps, standing up as Ulrich opens his eyes in shock.

William lands near his sword just as Jeremy finishes up. "Okay."

The tower turns green again as Jeremy 2's hair goes up...and then it falls as he turns back to normal. Amy sinks back down in her seat with a sigh of relief.

"Why was he fixated on you?" Aelita whispers to her.

"It can't be because of the flirting...it might be-"

"William," Odd finishes for her. "He's focusing on you solely."

Jeremy 2 throws the javelin and it goes flying, all the way to the garden shed to everyone's shock. "Hey, what do you think you're doing?!" Michael Riley shouts from the inside.

"Yahoo!" Jim cheers for the clone. "I'm gonna be your personal manager, Belpois! Wait till they get a load of this. You and me, we're gonna go far! Trust me, we're gonna taste the thrill of victory! We're gonna breathe through the championships, the Nationals, the planetary, the interplanetary, the intergalactics!"

Amy rolls her eyes at this.

"To the factory," Ulrich whispers to the others and they slowly scooch away. "Stern, Della Robbia!" Jim suddenly calls out before they could leave, causing all four of them to stop. "Go on, pick yourselves a lane and let's see how you run the 400 meters against Belpois!"

They both stand up, raising a brow. The two approach the track, kneeling next to each other. "You ready, champ?" He grins in response. "On your marks, get ready, set, bang!"

Jeremy 2 takes off at an incredible speed, zipping around.

William lifts himself up again, regaining control of the tower. He smirks again.

Jeremy 2's eyes go XANA as he zips around faster, looking up towards Amy. "Oh no!" She runs down the row and jumps off. She only manages to run a few steps before the clone tackles her onto the ground, about to punch her.

"You won't get me that easy, XANA!" Jeremy takes back control, just as Jeremy 2 was about to punch Amy in the face.

"Get off!" Odd pulls him off her.

"Smith!" Jim yells at the girl. "You'd better be careful not to rough up my champion! You okay, kid?"

"I'm good, Jim," Jeremy 2 backflips onto his feet. Amy opens her mouth in disbelief.

"Me rough up him?! He's the one who chased me down!"

"Because you were trying to leave my class."

"Wha-?" She looks between Jeremy 2 and Jim in astonishment; how did he not see the clone come to a stop, stare at her, and then tackle her? Either he's trying to see the guy as the perfect student, or he's blind as a bat.

"Okay, I'll let it slide," Jim crosses his arms. "Better safe than sorry is what I always say. Any volunteers to go with Belpois to the infirmary?"

The other four raise their hands.

Amy grunts as they follow after the clone. Odd places a comforting hand on Amy's back. "I'm off to the factory with Aelita," Ulrich whispers to them. "Isolate Jeremy 2 and watch him."

"Yeah, right. Easy for you to say. I think you should go with him, Ames. If he gets his hands on you again, he might drag you off to the factory so that William can take you to the Digital Sea."

"No, I'm not leaving you alone with that psycho. Besides, you'll be there to protect me," She kisses his cheek and they run to catch up with him.

Ulrich takes out his phone to message Yumi.

Her phone vibrates and she lifts up her bag. Her phone slides onto the desk, revealing an SOS message from XANA.

She stands up with a smile. "Uh, ma'am, can I please leave the room?"

Ms. Hertz hits her head on the table while looking up. She was attempting to clean up the model as some of the pieces fell on the floor.

"Ouch! Yes, go...you haven't seen any pieces of mirror around, have you?"


Odd opens up the door for Jeremy 2 in the dorm building. "If the Olympic Champion would be so kind as to enter."

"Hopefully I earn a well-deserved reward," He puckers his lips at Amy.

"Ugh," She gives a look of disgust.

Odd then shuts the clone inside happily, Amy helping him push the lockers nearby in front of the door.


"Hurry up. I've hardly got enough energy to protect the tower," Jeremy tells them as they've arrived. Yumi, Ulrich, and Aelita step into the scanners.

"We're ready, Jeremy," Aelita reports from the scanner room.

"Okay. I'll start the procedure. Transfer Aelita. Transfer Yumi. Transfer Ulrich." He taps enter. "Virtualization."

They all virtualize into their new forms. Ulrich's new form is a yellow and brown body suit. He stands up first, looking at himself and then noticing that he has two swords. "Twin blades, perfect for getting a close shave."

Aelita has a pink and pale green body suit, and Yumi has been re-designed as a ninja rather than a geisha.

"I love your skirt, Aelita," Yumi points to it.

"Thanks," She smiles at her friend. "Those shoulder pads aren't bad either."

"Hey, you two can discuss fashion with Amy later," Jeremy cracks his hands. "The activated tower is north by northwest."

They take off their vehicles, with Aelita riding the Overwing with Yumi. Soon, they can see what's going on. "I see it."

Ulrich speeds up and William turns around in irritation. He lowers himself onto the ground, putting his sword over his shoulder. He stands near the Tarantulas as the others come forward.


Odd spins the broom and it balances itself while spinning. "I hope Jeremy gets rid of that clone soon, I don't like him!"

"Relax, it's just a clone," Amy rolls her eyes. "Besides, hearing any Jeremy flirt grosses me out."

The door suddenly shakes and Odd stops the broom. They look over their shoulders to see that the clone is trying to get out.

"Oh great, here we go again!" Odd grumbles as they rush over, pressing against the lockers. Jeremy 2 manages to push back until he can get out. "Hey, stop pushing away, don't you like it in there?!"

"Odd, look out!" Amy pushes him out of the way as the lockers almost crush them. Jeremy 2 had pushed it. Odd knocks off the end, pointing his make-shift weapon towards the clone. He jumps over the lockers, showing his XANA eyes again. Amy takes a left-behind pipe into her hand, spinning it around.

"What is going on around here?" The principal just happens to arrive at the scene, walking down the stairs. The two look up nervously, realizing how this might look.

"Just where do you think you are, Belpois?"

"Uhh, no big deal, he's just a little bit edgy," Odd giggles anxiously.

"Yeah, sooo...we're trying to knock him back into his senses!" Amy gestures to the weapons, sweating a little.

"Now now, try to calm down, Belpois," Mr. Delmas places a hand on his shoulder. "Don't you think that talking it out would be much more constructive then lashing out blindly and violently?"

Jeremy 2 flashes his eyes and electrocutes the man, knocking him unconscious.

"Mr. Delmas!" Amy gasps, Odd running up to the clone. He snatches the broomstick and throws Odd into Delmas.

"Thanks a lot for the psychology lesson, sir," Odd looks out the open door. "Now we gotta catch him."

"Yeah, that'll be easy," Amy replies sarcastically.


William takes the sword off his shoulder, watching them approach. He and Ulrich narrow their eyes at each other. Ulrich backflips off his Overbike, sliding to a stop. The Overbike still moves towards William. "Super smoke!"

He turns into smoke, traveling onto the platform. He reforms and plants the sword in front of him, using the weapon as a ramp. The bike soars over him and hits a Tarantula, knocking it onto the path that leads to the tower. The bike lands in the Digital Sea.

Odd runs into the park, followed by Amy, but there's no sign of Jeremy 2. Odd slides onto the grass, panting.

"We can't do this," Amy exhales, hands on her knees as she looks towards the ground. "We have to warn Jeremy, there's no way he can take a XANAified clone on his own."

Odd pulls out his phone, eyeing the secret entrance. "Jeremy, your evil XANA-possessed copy is on his way to the factory. He's too fast for us to catch up to him...you're on your own, good buddy."

"We'll try to get there as fast as we can...but it's not looking good," Amy wheezes into Odd's phone.

"Okay guys," He leans in towards the keyboard. "Let's see what I can do."

He delays the elevator to the lab.


The two Tarantulas kneel, preparing to fire at the girls. Yumi gasps a little, dodging their lasers as they fly over the two monsters. However, one of them manages to hit the Overwing, causing both of them to fall off. Two light pink wings suddenly form on Aelita's back. She flies back up, looking at herself.

"Where did these wings come from?"

"You like 'em?" Jeremy smiles a little. "Just a little surprise I invented in my spare time, Aelita. Now you can fly like Amy can!"

"Jeremy," She smiles back, "You are the wind beneath my wings."

He blushes, tugging at his collar.

Yumi is still falling towards the Digital Sea and Aelita looks down at her. She swoops down, spinning and avoiding the projectiles from the Tarantulas. She flies down further and catches Yumi, flying her up towards the platform. They both land safely.

"Aelita..." Yumi stares at her. "You're an angel!"

Ulrich is dealing with William, sword-fighting. They clash weapons as William continues to swing the giant sword at him. He swings again, but Ulrich jumps over it, bringing his sabers together to form an X in front of the big blade. He slides back from William pushing, pulling back and backflipping. He slams his sword into the ground. Ulrich stares at him, panting.

Jeremy 2 speeds towards the elevator, punching the button. The elevator appears and Jeremy notices this.

"Okay, I can be just as resourceful as you, pal, you'll see!" He declares, pushing enter, stalling the elevator.

Yumi runs up the path, the Tarantula firing towards her. She leaps to her left, looking up at the monster.

William drags his sword along the sand, stepping up towards his opponent.

"Triplicate..." Ulrich narrows his eyes, his duplicates surrounding William. He stares at all of them.

"Super smoke!"

He appears behind the real Ulrich and devirtualizes him, getting rid of the clones.

Ulrich steps out of the scanner, holding his side. That hit really hurt...

The elevator descends down, but when Jeremy 2 reaches the lab, he notices that the door is locked. He grips the edges and starts to pull.

Aelita dodges all of the lasers while flying. William walks up to the two Tarantulas, looking up at the girl. She does some loops and swoops down. He eyes her and narrows his eyes at her sudden advantage. "Go on!" He shouts at the two monsters.

Aelita looks up and notices that one of the Tarantulas has jumped. She quickly ducks out of the way, watching it land right in front of the tower. She loses her balance a little, but flies away from the Digital Sea a few moments later.

Amy and Odd finally reach the bridge, running towards the entrance. Once they land in front of the elevator, she cringes at the busted button.

"He leaves an impression wherever he goes..."

"We'll have to find another way," The two run off.

Yumi lands on the platform, dropping one of her fans.

"Yumi, watch out," Jeremy warns her. "You've lost 40 life points already," He pushes up his glasses.

The Tarantula fires once more, but she flips into the air, tossing her lone fan. She lands, watching it fly away from her target. The spider-like monster jumps, landing right in front of her. It eyes the girl with a roar, the fan coming back around and sliding right through its face. She backflips away from the incoming explosion.

Aelita flies past her, going back up to the other one near William. He growls, finding her annoying as she flies towards the Tarantula. "Energy field!" She hits it dead on and it explodes next to William, who had blocked the one towards him with his sword. He looks over his shoulder to see her fly past.

Meanwhile, Jeremy 2 manages to get the door open, opening his XANA filled eyes. He rips open the doors, leaving smoke.

"Odd, Amy, where are you?" Jeremy asks worriedly as he watches the copy walk up to him slowly. He brings his hands together, creating electricity between them.

"Yoo hoo Jeremy 1 and 2!"

"Looking for us?"

They look up to see the duo in the ceiling. Odd jumps into the air, followed by Amy. "Bonzai!" Together, they kick the clone onto the ground. "You may be his evil twin, but you fight like a lousy twin!" He hits Jeremy 2 with the stick, only for it to break. "It's not too late to take back what I said, is it?"

The clone shocks him and he hits the top of the holomap, landing nearby. "Odd! You jerk," Amy grits her teeth towards the clone. Jeremy lets out a scream as Jeremy 2 adjusts his messy hair. He just stares at the clone, who stays there for a few seconds...and then prepares his electricity agin, his hair flying. He points his fist at Jeremy, giving him an electric shock that sends him into the wall.

Aelita soars underneath the platform, the Tarantula losing sight of her. It looks over the edge to see Aelita waiting.

"Energy field!" She fires the orb and hits it, the monster falling over before exploding. She flies to a stop in front of Yumi, who waves to her.

"Well done!"

She smiles and lands in front of the tower, the wings disappearing. She slowly steps inside.

Jeremy looks up at his clone, noticing the glare on his face as he prepares to finish his creator off.

Aelita floats towards the tower.

"Keep your hands off my buddy!" Odd runs towards him, only for Jeremy 2 to hold up his fist, punching him. Amy grips his fist from behind, getting shocked as his hand is surrounded by electricity. She lands on the ground just as her sister reaches the top.

Her feet touch the top pad as she steps up to the interview. She presses her hand against it.

Aelita

Code

Lyoko

"Tower deactivated," She declares as the codes disappear around her.

The clone suddenly stops, exploding into pixels as he fades from existence.

Ulrich climbs into the room, Amy groaning and lifting herself up slowly.

The tower goes from red to white, Yumi smiling in relief...

But she forgot about something.

William lands behind her, causing her to turn around in alarm. She stares at him sadly at his current state and he approaches her, pointing his sword right at her. A rock lands into the Digital Sea, and she gasps, realizing what he's trying to do.

"Jeremy, William's trying to push me into the Digital Sea!"

"Yumi, I'll bring you back in," Jeremy reaches towards the computer.

The tip of his sword gets closer and closer.

"Oh no!" Jeremy exclaims at the damage the clone caused with Odd earlier. "It's not working!"

"What do you expect? Everything's breaking up!"

"That's bad news," Ulrich frowns up at it. He really hated the rule about not being able to go immediately back to Lyoko after being devirtualized.

"Only one thing left to do. Come on, Ames!" Odd takes her hand and pulls her towards the ladder.

The tip of the blade is right at her neck...but then William retracts it and stands in front of Yumi. He lightly caresses her cheek with his finger and she wonders if it's the real William for a moment...and then he pushes her. She grabs his arm, pulling him with her towards the Digital Sea.

She screams as they both fall. She looks up towards the platform.

Odd and Amy come flying in, Odd using his Overboard while the brunette is flying. Amy's new avatar consists of a mermaid leafy green tube top, a translucent pale green miniskirt over pink leggings with green stripes around them and matching pink high-heeled ankle boots. Her hair stays the same length and color as her previous avatar, but now it's fully secured in a low ponytail secured only near the bottom by a pink flower. Her bangs are left out of the ponytail. There are also two pink and purple flowers in her hair as a clip near her right ear. There is also a green thistle ribbon tied around her right arm, and her seashell-shaped wings have faded spring green and magenta colors, and have a hot pink border. On her shoulders are tattoos that look like Kiki.

Odd has actually small cat ears on his head as he has a faded purple bodysuit, Kiwi's face on his shoulder pads. He still retains the stripes on his face and he has purple kneepads. A Kiwi symbol is on his chest as well. He also has a silver belt around his waist.

He catches her with the Overboard. "You didn't think we'd let you down, did ya?" The boy asks, turning around. They look towards William, who backflips into the Digital Sea. The three fly back towards the tower.

"Hey," Odd turns around to her. "What do you think of my new outfit, huh?"

She stares at the two, unable to say anything, but mostly because of what just happened. "Yeah, that's what I think too. But Ames, you look beautiful! Is there such a thing as improving what's already great?"

She giggles at him and if she could blush, she would've. "He makes a good point," Yumi speaks up. "I love the hair and skirt."

"Thanks. Both of you."

Jeremy taps enter. "Return to the past now."

Everything's engulfed in white.


Once time has been set back to normal, the others are sitting in the lab in silence. Jeremy wipes his glasses as they're all thinking the same dilemma...

William's still possessed by XANA. And he's going to continue to be absent from school unless they come up with something, and something quick.

Aelita rubs the back of her head slowly. "...So there's no way of bringing him back, right?"

Jeremy puts his glasses back on. "Not for the time being."

"Have you got a plan B?" Yumi asks as he jumps out of his seat, facing them.

"Well...we haven't got any other choice. We'll have to make a copy of William to replace him here at the academy."

"Isn't that a little risky?" Ulrich wonders, crossing his arms.

"Yep," Jeremy answers knowingly. "But it's the only way to calm Jim and Delmas."

"Okay, but don't ever ask me to take the copy to the infirmary, okay?" Odd speaks up.

"And don't make him a flirt either," Amy narrows her eyes. "It was weird enough from your copy, the last thing I want for a William clone to get beat up."

"And you need to make sure that he's not fixated on Ames," Odd adds in.


Class for Yumi and the clone ends, the five waiting outside for them. "Hopefully William's copy hasn't developed emerging qualities like someone else I know," Odd comments, giving Jeremy a look.

"Hey, it was out of my control. You think I'd want my own copy to be a big flirty jerk?" He crosses his arms.

"He's never gonna let you live that down," Aelita giggles at Jeremy.

The two finally step out of the science building. "From this distance, he looks normal," Aelita eyes him.

"But up close?" Ulrich raises a brow at her.

Mr. Delmas walks up to the two. "Well, Dunbar, my boy, I'm glad to see that your fever has broken and you're feeling well," He places a gentle hand on the boy's shoulder.

"Uh, did I break anything else?"

Yumi glances at him awkwardly. Delmas just laughs, patting his arm. "Ah, don't forget to keep taking your medicines, eh?"

Yumi laughs nervously and he leaves. "Well, we're not out of the woods yet," Odd comments as they watch the exchange.

"It was the only way to make sure that whatever happened with Jeremy doesn't happen again..." Amy shrugs a little at the clone's stupidity. He would've given the clone William's qualities, but it wouldn't be the same, and no way were they allowing the clone to be possessed.