"For those unfamiliar with the sport, rock climbing is a noble discipline," Jim is lecturing the class in the gym. He's wearing a dark red long-sleeved sweater and grey gym pants. "Which can carry you to great heights. A good climber commands both mind and body. This philosophy was well understood by the famous Sherpa Ginseng Long, who scaled Mount Everest using only his bare hands thanks to the ancestral techniques still taught today by the Buddhist monks from the order of Kishi Soul. And so, don't forget that only about challenging ourselves can you move mountains, and might I add, climb them! Belpois, get up there. See if you're up for the challenge."

"Oh no," Amy murmurs under her breath as Jeremy frowns a little in worry. He gets onto his feet and reluctantly walks over.

"This will be the practical part of today's lesson."

He walks up to the wall, staring up at it. "Go on," Jim urges him. He starts to climb, struggling to do so. He's usually in the sidelines when it comes to demonstrations. "What's the matter? Pull up with your arms and push off with your legs. You got chewing gum for muscles or what?"

Jeremy grits his teeth, sweating a little. His friends look on in concern, but he keeps going. He reaches out to the next part, only to fall. He didn't even make it that far.

"Of course if the only exercise you get is clicking your computer mouse, you're not gonna conquer any peaks!" Jim reveals why he chose Jeremy: to set an example. "Della Robbia, Smith, show your buddy here how it's done."

Jeremy dejectedly walks down the steps, his friends glancing over their shoulders with worried looks. Aelita places a comforting hand on his shoulder, but he just walks off.


They all have new outfits for the semester. For the brunette, Amy wears a multi-layer dress, of black color. With this dress, she wears a pink coat with several white swirl details and underneath the dress, she wears black leggings with various white flower designs and wears brown high heels that go up to her ankles. White socks compliment her shoes with light blue soles and light pink loop earrings on her ears. Her hair is pulled half up and half down, with fuchsia ties holding up the mini ponytail. And of course, the necklace Odd gave to her for Valentine's Day is still around her neck.

Jeremy is frowning during lunchtime, Aelita glancing at him while eating her brussel sprouts. Sissi approaches the table. "It's no big deal, Jeremy," The pink-haired girl tries her best to cheer him up.

"Well sourpuss, having a hard time lifting your brain with those string bean arms?" She quips and he looks up at the blond.

"Odd, do you mind?"

"Ames, I hate to talk with my mouth full, would you mind taking over?" Odd looks at her.

"Actually, I think Aelita says it better than myself," Amy smirks, crossing her arms.

"Sissi, your head is so full of helium, you can float to the top!" She laughs, everyone else but Jeremy laughing along with her.

"You know, sometimes I wonder if you don't actually ask for it," Herb tells Sissi.

"Shut up, you dork!" She yells at him, huffing and walking off.

"What happened this morning?" Yumi finally decides to ask.

"He had to scale the rock wall in gym," Ulrich explains to her.

"Okay, enough said!"

"I don't believe it," Jeremy laments over what happened. "I can't be that bad in every single sport!"

"Of course not! Actually, no, you really are lame in anything athletic," Aelita raises a brow, Amy snickering into her cup of water as she takes a sip. Jeremy just glares at her. "Anyway, who cares? You can't be a champion at everything!"

"Besides, we don't need a reminder of your former clone; don't turn into him," Amy warns the genius, pointing a finger at him.

"Come on, Einstein, stop sulking!" The two look up at Odd. "Listen, if you want, we can try scaling the wall together!"

"You think I have time for that monkey business? I got too much work to do!"

"That's for sure! You and Aelita spend all of your time shut up in the computer lab. What are you working on?" Yumi couldn't help but wonder.

"We're ironing out the final kinks on the Skid," Aelita answers with a smile. "And a little...surprise for Amy."

Amy raises a curious brow when she says that, glancing at the others, who just shrug cluelessly. "You're still on that? I thought it was done!" Ulrich comments in surprise.

"Ulrich, traveling through the network is not exactly like taking a stroll through Lyoko. And once in the Digital Sea, it's still a complete mystery!" Jeremy defends, looking towards the other four. "For all we know, the Skid could disintegrate during its first dive!"

"Well, that's reassuring," Odd looks at Jeremy's lunch. "Uh, you gonna eat that?"

"Go ahead," Jeremy grumbles, not in the mood to eat.

"Cool!" Odd slides his tray over to him.

"You know, Jeremy, we're gonna have to test it out one day if we wanna take on XANA," Yumi suggests to her friend.

"Oh! Can we? Please?" Amy clasps her hands together.

"I said quiet down!" Mr. Delmas orders the room. However, they keep talking. "Quiet, I said!"

"MR. DELMAS SAID QUIET DOWN, AND THAT MEANS NOW!" Jim shouts at the top of his lungs. Silence immediately follows as all the students stare at Jim in shock, looking up at the gym teacher. He just stands there in satisfaction as Mr. Delmas gives him a quick look, clearing his throat.

"Thank you, Jim..."

"That's alright, Mr. Delmas. Always glad to help!" Jim replies eagerly.

"Yes, of course. In case you've forgotten, let me remind you that today is FSRP Day, which stands for Fire Safety Risk and Prevention. And so all afternoon classes have been cancelled."

They all cheer at the news. "And so as I was saying, children, your classes are cancelled...but part of this free time will be devoted to a complete building evacuation exercise. This drill is designed to make absolutely certain that you're all familiar with our security procedures. Procedures that you will need to know by heart, it goes without saying that all access to the buildings will be prohibited during the exercise. Therefore-"

"Yumi is right, you know," Aelita whispers while the man is still talking. "We'd better make a trial run in the Skid, just to see how it works."

"Yeah, but, I don't know if we're ready," Jeremy says skeptically.

"We've got to try it out before XANA gets even more powerful," Ulrich points out and he looks away in thought.

"When are we gonna get this chance again before you're actually finished? It could take weeks at this rate," Amy holds up a finger.

"Thank you for your attention." He looks back to his friends, who are all smiling.

"Well, okay. We'll take advantage of the safety drill to get over to the computer lab."

"Way to go, Jeremy," Aelita smiles happily along with the others.

"Yeah, cool!"

"But listen up, this is only a trial run to work out the launch procedures," Jeremy warns them all.

"Relax, we'll just dive in, test it, and come back," Odd replies as Amy grins.

"We'll be so quick, XANA won't even know we're there!"


"As we all know," Jeremy is showing them a map of Lyoko in the lab. "Lyoko is made up of five sectors. These sectors are actually located in the center of some sort of giant hollow sphere. Imagine a kind of enormous virtual bubble suspended in a sort of liquid element. This liquid element is the world information network."

"And the Digital Sea?" Yumi asks curiously.

"The Digital Sea is a part of the network!" Aelita continues next to Jeremy. "It's a kind of overflow that's accessible through the sort of floodgate. XANA goes through this floodgate to attack us on Lyoko and the Skid will use the very same gate to get us out!"

"And once we're off Lyoko, what then?" Ulrich questions them.

"Well, I imagine you'll be in some kind of immense network of tunnels...but I don't have an update to tell you exactly what you'll find. It'll be a surprise! And so will your new...well, I don't wanna spoil it, Amy."

"Okay...?" She asks slowly, raising a brow in confusion.

"That's fabulous. I love surprises, just as much as I love my little Ames. Well, what are we waiting for?" Odd walks off first.

"Hang on, Odd! I haven't even begun explaining about configuring the parameters of the engines of the procedure for transferring virtual mass or..."

"Don't bother," Odd puts in the code. "We'll work it out as we go along. Nothing like hands-on experience."

"But-"

"Jeremy, don't worry," Aelita interrupts him with a smile. "I'll be right there with them." She waves to the boy as she follows after the others, Jeremy smiling in relief. He didn't know what he'd do without her. The elevator descends into the scanner room.

"You there yet? I'll start up the process."

"Ladies first," Ulrich gestures to the scanners as Odd takes Amy's hand elegantly. He escorts her to the scanner.

"Well, they say chivalry isn't dead," She smiles at him, kissing his cheek. He blushes a little as Yumi smiles at Ulrich. The scanners close around all three girls once they're inside.

"Transfer Aelita. Transfer Yumi. Transfer Amy. Scanner Aelita. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Amy. Virtualization." He taps enter, and they materialize into Sector Five.

"It's okay, Jeremy. It's all quiet here," Yumi reports to him as he's finishing up virtualizing the boys.

"Virtualization."

The two land in front of the trio. "Your elevator is waiting! But first...Amy, when you step in, try to create a platform."

"Eh?" She glances to the others, everyone except Aelita shrugging. "Okay..."

They run into the hangar and Amy holds out a palm. To their surprise, a pillar appears not too far away. "Wow..."

"Aelita managed to program some powers for you on Sector Five. Not so unlucky anymore, huh?"

"So that's why you kept acting weird," Amy smiles at her sister. "Thanks, Aelita."

"No problem, sis," Aelita winks at her and they run forward to the elevator, stopping at the edge. The elevator appears in front of them and they all step on. They're taken upwards and to the Skid, where it floats in the middle of the room.

"It's beautiful, huh?" Yumi murmurs as they stare at it.

"Fantastic..." Ulrich comments slowly.

"Einstein, we made it to the Skid Hangar," Odd reports as the elevator stops. "Now what do we do?"

"Each of you get in a transporter spot," Jeremy tells them. Five spots are in front of them and they step on one each, with Aelita being in the center.

"Well, who's driving?" Odd asks curiously.

"I am, of course," Aelita smiles at him. Jeremy starts up the process to get them into the ship.

"You guys ready? Energize!"

One by one, they're sent to their stations, with Aelita up at front. "Wow! It's working, Jeremy." She takes a look at all of the controls. "Everything's in place according to plan. Opening interface." She pulls up a few screens. "Cockpit to Nav Skids. Do you read me?"

"Loud and clear, Aelita!" Yumi replies underneath the base.

"Loud and clear, Aelita," Ulrich is below Yumi.

"Me too! This is cool, it's like being in a spaceship!" Odd says as he stares outside.

"All good here," Amy smiles from behind Yumi.

"Yeah, but be careful, Odd. This isn't Galactic Invaders," Ulrich warns his best friend.

"Yeah, yeah, you're just jealous 'cause I wiped out three times as many aliens as you did last night!"

"Because you cheated as usual!"

The three girls silently roll their eyes at the bickering. "Okay, if you guys are done blabbering, maybe we can get on with the job?"

"Standing by, Jeremy," Aelita waits for his instructions.

"Okay, now...get ready for lift-off. Releasing support," Jeremy presses enter, and the Skid is set free. Aelita taps a button and pulls two levers towards herself.

"We have ignition. Powering vertical." The engines turn vertical and Aelita closes her eyes, thinking of her father. "For you, Daddy...liftoff!"

The Skid lifts up into the air and out of the hangar. "All indicators are go. You guys are good for leaving Sector Five."

"Roger," Aelita replies and the Skid soars out of the Celestial Dome. The Skid flies away, soaring around.

"Tunnel open in two seconds." Jeremy opens up one of the tunnels and Aelita smiles, pulling the left lever to the side. The Skid flies into the open tunnel and goes out into the Desert Sector.

"It's working, Jeremy! Our Skid is working!" She cheers happily.

"Great!" Yumi comments happily.

"Nice work, Einstein!" Jeremy looks away in embarrassment at Odd's compliment.

"Great job, Aelita!"

"Both of you guys worked really hard! Keep it up!"

Jeremy opens up a soda and sips it. "Good, the test was a success. Aelita, you all set to turn it around? And go back into dry dock?"

"What? No way!" Ulrich protests at this.

"Hey Einstein, I thought we were supposed to test this thing!"

"Yeah, well that's what we did. We just finished a dry run," Jeremy states in confusion.

"A test in the Digital Sea, otherwise what's the point?"

"They're right, Jeremy, if we just stay here in the sky on Lyoko, it isn't much of a trial run. Don't you want to see what the network looks like?" Aelita agrees with them and he looks at his empty can. He did wonder at the back of his mind...but he still had a bad feeling about it.

"Yeah! I wanna see it!" Amy pouts a little.

He lets out a defeated sign. "I feel like I'm gonna regret this, but okay. Get ready to dive into the Digital Sea! Five minutes maximum."

"Yeah!" Odd cheers at this.

"Okay then," Aelita prepares the ship. "Shields, activated. Sonar, activated. Stabilizers, online and checked out. Primary access, clear. Laser generators, online. Cockpit to Nav Skids. Ready for a dive?"

"Ready."

"Ready."

"Anytime, princess."

"Ready as I'll ever be, sis!"

Jeremy leans in a bit, waiting. "Here we go!" The ship dives towards the water and goes inside the Digital Sea.

"Base lab to Skid, do you read me? Lab calling Skid. Aelita, come in. Answer please!" He grips his can, now worried. He knew he shouldn't have said yes!

"...Skid to base lab," Aelita reports a few seconds later and he sighs in relief. "Jeremy, we're in the Digital Sea!"

"That's what I wanted to hear, Aelita," He smiles a little. "I nearly had a heart attack waiting, but I'm okay now."

The door opens up to the network, the Skid flying inside. The entrance closes behind them and Jeremy taps a key. "Holo web system online. Well, what does the network look like?"

"It's...it's beautiful!" Aelita exclaims in awe. "I'm sending you a visual, Jeremy," She presses on some buttons and he sees the sight.

"Wow...!"

"Yeah, you said it, Einstein," Odd comments as they look on.

Suddenly Amy's hair glows and she looks around in confusion. "Huh? What's happening?" Little specks fly from her hair as it floats around. The girl looks at her hands and hair in shock, focused on the sight happening in her Skid. Once it stops glowing, her entire hair is colored pink just like Aelita's with green streaks in it. "Whoa! My hair changed color...as soon as we entered the Digital Sea..."

"I think it has to do with the fact that you're a fairy with different powers in each sector," Yumi theorizes as Odd's face appears on the glass in front of Amy. "Maybe that's a sign that you have powers in the Digital Sea too!"

"Either way, you look beautiful!" Odd tells her with a smile. "Then again, you always do."

"Aw," She beams at him. "You're so sweet."

"It actually suits you since we're in the network," Aelita compliments, looking to her levers. "Rotation." The Skid changes the Navs so that they're facing forward, the arms lifting up.

"Aelita, engage the turbo prop and the auxiliary engines to break clear of Lyoko's gravity field, okay?" Jeremy tells her.

"Right, whatever you say," Aelita smiles, pressing a button. "Turbo propeller engaged." The thrusters start up and the Skid takes off. Aelita flies it upwards and they begin to explore. She goes left and right as there are pillars everywhere, light blue specks in the sea. Yumi looks around in amazement, gasping as they fly past signs.

Ulrich glances out the window as Aelita swerves to the left. Odd smiles, glancing over his shoulder. Amy clasps her hands, her mouth open in awe.

"This is so cool!" She exclaims, despite the fact that she's facing underneath the ship in her Nav Skid, it felt like they were really inside the Digital Sea. Almost like the aquarium, but this is nothing compared to that.

Jeremy finishes his soda, putting it down. "Okay! That's it, you guys. Now head for home."

"Aw, can't we stay here a little longer?" Odd complains like a child.

"I said five minutes, Odd!" Jeremy points out with a small chuckle. "Aelita."

"Roger, Jeremy. Turning around," Aelita pushes a black button. "Starboard propulsion engaged. Bearing 160." She activates the propellers and turns the ship around, going back the way they came. Suddenly, Jeremy gets a bunch of alerts.

"What's going on around here?! Aelita, I don't know why, but I just lost all trace of you on my radar. It might just be a transmission problem. Can you check it out?"

She silently does so, some symbols flashing red on her screen. "Jeremy, the navigation system doesn't respond. There's a bug in it!"

"This can't be!" Jeremy grips the soda can. "Without a navigation system, you'll never find your way back to Lyoko! You'll be stuck floating on the network until you use up all the Skid's virtual power reserves..."

"And then what?" Yumi couldn't help but ask.

"Once the virtual energy is exhausted, the Skid'll break up and you'll all end up in the Digital Sea for good!"

Amy gasps sharply, covering her mouth. "Eternal virtualization...like our father," Aelita looks away, Amy closing her eyes.

"Well, that's just great," Ulrich grumbles at this.

"By the way, Einstein, I hope you've got a solution because I didn't bring my bathing suit," Odd looks at himself.

"Which I hope doesn't come to that," Amy speaks up.

"Yeah, well, to get you guys out of there, I have to debug the system. Except that there are seven million codes to crack! By then, you'll all be in the drink, unless..."

"Unless what?" Ulrich wonders as Jeremy rubs his chin.

"I've got sub programs that just might debug and repair the system...but I have to go get them from my room, and so I have to leave you guys on your own for just a moment."

"Oh, that's cool, Einstein, you couldn't have brought the stuff with you?" Odd replies sarcastically.

"Hey, I wasn't the one who insisted on doing this trial run, Odd, so just cool it if you don't mind!"

"Both of you cool it!" Amy snaps at the two.

"It won't help to get all worked up. Hurry and get your CD-Rom, we'll wait here," Aelita says in agreement.

"Okay, I'll be right back. Whatever you do, don't move from there," Jeremy tells them as he takes off the microphone.

"Just be careful, Jeremy," Amy warns him, "That drill is still going on, remember? They might give you a hard time." However, since he's already left, he doesn't hear her warning.

"Pretty funny," Odd retorts back. "Weird, it looks like an upside-down city," He states as Aelita drives the ship around.

"If you ask me, all these buildings are the network's interconnected databases," Aelita notes as she notices all of the lines. "Okay, why don't we turn on some light?" She activates the lights from the outside.


Jeremy lifts up the manhole cover and crawls out of the entrance. He runs down the path to the school.

"Belpois!"

He stops in shock to see Jim running up to him. "What do you think you're doing here? Why aren't you with all of the other kids in the schoolyard, huh?"

Jeremy tilts up his glasses, looking past him. "Darn it! Fire Safety Day, I forgot all about it too, just my luck."

Unfortunately for him, the firefighters are blocking his way to the dorms... "Go on, hurry up, The principal sees you here, he's gonna ring my bell," Jim gestures to his right.

"Yeah, but I-I need to get something from my room. I-It'll just take a second!"

"No, no you don't! You were all warned this morning and a warning in hand is worth two in the...Bush League. Beat it!" Jim orders the boy, who walks away in defeat. He looks over his shoulder, seeing Jim leave the area. He smiles smugly and runs past the guards.

"Did I ever tell you about when I fought forest fires?" Jim asks the firefighters.


"..Hey, you think we'll live to see the light of day?" Odd suddenly questions during all the silence.

"Don't worry, Odd," Aelita shakes her head. "Jeremy will find a way to fix it, I'm sure." Suddenly, everything around them turns red.

"Guys, wait...has anyone noticed a change in the light?" Yumi notices it first.

"You're right, that's strange..." Aelita comments, unsure of what's going on.


Jeremy looks down the hall to see the principal approaching. He cringes, hiding behind one of the pillars. He sees the open entrance to his right and smiles, running inside. He rushes up the stairs and into the hall...only to stop when he sees Mr. Fumet standing guard.

"Another teacher standing guard. What is this, Fort Knox?" He scoffs in disbelief, running off. Mr. Fumet, thinking he heard something, looks up in Jeremy's direction. However, he sees nothing and goes back to reading his magazine.

The blond peeks around the corner. "Well...there isn't any other way." He runs right past the teacher.


"Hey, you guys see that dark thing up there?" Ulrich wonders, and it looks like a giant black sphere up ahead.

"Yes, I'll shut the lights to get a better view," Aelita turns them off.

"Aelita...? You think that's Lyoko?" Yumi asks slowly.

"I don't know, but whatever it is, its gravity is pulling us towards it," She shakes her head. The ship is indeed moving on its own over to whatever it is.


Jeremy lifts up the door to the roof, looking around. No one can see him up here...but there's only one way to get to his room.

"This is not gonna be a piece of cake..." He murmurs to himself. "Okay, let's do it," He climbs up the roof all the way to the top. He sits on top and looks up ahead. He gets onto his feet, wobbling a bit. "Whoa!' He manages to balance himself, walking across the roof slowly.

"This is definitely more Amy's thing, for the record!" He mutters, reaching one of the structures. He looks downwards, his vision starting to get hazy. He closes his eyes for a second. Sports was not his strong suit...he knew that now. But no matter what, he had to help his friends.

He grips onto the right side, crawling around it. His foot is too far away to reach the other side, so he jumps and lands safely, to his relief. He turns around and continues stepping forward slowly. His foot slips and he slides down, but he grips onto the railing, a piece falling off and going towards the ground.


"Oh, I'd love to see that paper-pusher Einstein's face when he figures out that we didn't need his help to come back in," Odd replies as Aelita stares at the world.

"Yeah, it's nice to be back to Lyoko."

Amy gets the same feeling as her sister. "But it's not Lyoko," They say at the same time.

"Huh? What?"

"It's not Lyoko," Aelita repeats, shaking her head. "Hang on now, retro brakes!"

The Skid moves backwards as Aelita spins the ship around and starts going straight.


Jeremy manages to snap out of it, climbing difficultly. He slips and falls, grabbing on just in time and climbing back up. "Who said climbing can take you to great heights?" He gets back onto the roof, sighing in relief. "I guess I should monkey around more often..."

He scoots towards an open window and slides, peeking inside. He slips in through the attic and climbs down the ladder, silently glad that he's out of that situation. He pulls open the door that leads to the dorms and peeks around the corner. For once, no one is standing guard. He runs down the hall and rushes into his room.

He takes the CD on his desk.


"There's something else up ahead," Yumi notices as the water is still red.

"Hey look, it's ugly and uglier. They look like some sort of eel," Ulrich states, Aelita squinting up ahead to see eel-like creatures.

"I've never met an eel I didn't like!" Odd chimes in.

"Whatever they are, they sure aren't friendly," Amy cringes as they focus their attention on the ship.

"Heads up, I'm breaking off," Aelita spins the ship around and Amy's Nav Skid glows, the yellow glow surrounding the whole ship. The lasers hit the shield, but it has no effect on the Skid. "Amy, did you just shield the whole ship?"

"I think so...but I feel exhausted already," She closes her eyes as Aelita slips past the monsters.

"I've seen spiked heels, like with Ames, but spiked eels? Never!" Odd comments, chuckling, "Right Ames?"

Amy doesn't respond as she seems to be unconscious. "A-Ames?"

"Amy, can you hear us?"

"Amy, report back in."

"Don't worry, she'll be fine," Aelita states as she can sense her sister still in her Skid. "Shielding the whole ship drained her a little. She just has to take a brief nap."

Odd frowns in worry, the others silent.


Jeremy runs down the stairs, getting the attention of a firefighter that was standing in front of the entrance. "Hey, HEY!"

"Sorry, got my own fire to put out!" He shouts to the man, going towards the park.

The eels start firing as they're following the ship. Aelita flies upwards, the eels hot on their trail.

Jeremy reaches the manhole cover and takes it off. He crawls down the ladder, hoping that he's not too late to save his friends.

The eels continue firing as the Skid swerves to the right. She's trying to lose them, but it's impossible. Aelita turns left, and then flies upwards, swooping downwards.

"Holy cow, Aelita, be careful, or you'll get us all killed! Who taught you how to pilot?" Odd calls out.

"You did, Odd," Aelita retorts back.

"Oh..."

The two eels spin around and fire relentlessly, the Skid spinning around in a circle, alarming everyone except Amy. The fairy still has her head tilted to the left, eyes closed. Aelita tilts the ship towards the left slightly.

"Aelita, we'll never make it against these monsters!"

"I know, we're almost out of energy, and the shield Amy created is almost down! The Skid could disintegrate at any moment if Jeremy doesn't get back soon!" Aelita exclaims in worry.

"We could try waking up Ames, maybe she can do something!"

"No, we can't," Aelita shakes her head. "If it drains her power again, she might not be able to use them for an emergency."

Thankfully, Jeremy arrives back in the lab, running up to the computer. He places in the CD and a screen pops up. He puts the microphone back on.

"Okay Aelita, I'm here in the computer lab. How are you holding up?"

"We're in big trouble, Jeremy! XANA's attacking us with some kind of fish, and Amy used some of her power to shield us, but she hasn't woken up yet. They're some kind of moray or conger eels. Have you started up the debugging program?"

"Yes, but you're burning way too much power, and if this continues, you guys will be gone before the debugging's done! We have to buy some time. But first...Amy, Odd and Sam are going out!"

"Huh?!" Her eyes pop open out of her head as she sits up. "...Don't ever say that again, Jeremy, do you hear me?"

"You're alright!" Yumi exclaims in relief.

"Have a good sleep, Sleeping Beauty?" Ulrich teases her, though happy to hear her voice again.

"Glad to have you awake," Aelita smiles a little.

"Ames, why didn't you tell us that shielding the ship on your own would affect you like that?" Odd asks her, a bit upset.

"I did what I had to. I'm sorry, Odd," She smiles sheepishly. "It was instinct. Had to do something or else we would've been hit a long time ago by those eels."

"Okay, now how are we gonna buy time?" Aelita asks curiously.

"Get those morays off your tail! And then launch the Nav Skids."

"What?!" Odd suddenly shouts, "We're gonna fight them one-on-one?"

"Exactly, Odd. Just like in Galactic Invaders. And Amy, it seems like you can use underwater powers here!"

"Oh," She smirks a little. "That'll help nicely..."

"Okay, bring 'em on!" Odd prepares himself for launch.

"Are you all set? Nav Skids away!"

Aelita pulls down all four levers, releasing all four Skids. They surround the eels. "Hey, these are more maneuverable than my Overboard! GANGWAAAAAY!"

The eels start chasing after them. "Now be really careful. If you get hit, it means you'll be lost at sea!" Jeremy warns the four.

"Gotcha, Einstein," Odd spins around his skid, pulling the right lever. "Fire torpedoes." He presses the button and two torpedoes shoot out from the front. They fly towards an eel, but miss and hit one of the platforms instead. "Unbelievable! It's up to you, girls!"

"They're tough customers," Yumi looks above her.

"You said it!" Odd comments as he flies over the Japanese girl.

"Well so are we," Amy smirks a little.

"Yumi, behind you!" Ulrich warns and Yumi spins around, eyeing her target.

"Okay, come and get me...now! Time to try out those new powers, Amy!"

"Okay..." She takes a deep breath, pulling the left lever forward. "Let's try this!"

A bunch of bubbles shoot out from the front, and both projectiles manage to hit one of the eels. "Got it!"

"Nice shot, Yumi!" Amy compliments her.

"Hey, you too! That was a nice move!"

"Nice one, girls, especially you, Yumi. You get better and better," Ulrich replies as she flies next to his Skid. Amy smirks in amusement from above.

"Maybe, but not good enough."

"Careful, don't forget that the Nav Skid's autonomy is limited," Jeremy adds in.

"We'll do what we can, Jeremy, but these monsters are hard to hit!" Yumi explains to him.

"Well, don't try to work any miracles. Just keep them away from the Skid."

"Right," Ulrich agrees and Amy salutes.

"Now that we can do."

One of the eels notices the Skid up ahead, but gets run down by Ulrich. "Hey fish freak, looking for some more bait?" He flies upwards away from the ship, the monster firing straight at him. Ulrich swerves to the right, the eel falling for it. He tilts a lever to the left, narrowly dodging out of the way. He smiles at his maneuver, the eel still on his trail. Ulrich picks up speed, the eel firing at him, and then Ulrich loses the monster. "This time I lost him."

"The program is debugged. I'm sending you your coordinates. Get out of there and fast!" Jeremy taps enter.

"Nav Skids in," Aelita pulls the two levers backwards, three of them coming back and landing in place. They stick to where they belong. Ulrich comes in last and lands where he was. More eels land in front of the window. Aelita narrows her eyes. "Maximum propulsion."

She presses three buttons and moves forward, slipping past the eels. "Trial run's over, everybody. Back to dry dock."


"I would never have thought that the world information network was a real live ocean!" Jeremy exclaims in amazement, turning around to the others once he's brought them back in.

"Yeah, with fish and everything. Big ones, too," Odd adds in. Aelita looks away, closing her eyes.

"To think that our father is in the network somewhere..."

"Yeah..." Amy crosses her arms. "It'll take forever to find him in a place like that."

"Same for William," Yumi hums a little.

"...That huge sphere we saw, what was that, anyway?" Ulrich wonders, referring back to the black sphere they thought was Lyoko.

"Another virtual world just like Lyoko, a replica that XANA must've created from the data that he stole from Amy and Aelita," Jeremy tells them, to the ire of the boys.

"Wait...so there are other virtual worlds out there like Lyoko? Created by XANA?" Amy asks slowly, turning to the others. "If we hadn't gone for that trial run, we might've never noticed it."

"I really wonder what he's thinking of doing with it..." Jeremy murmurs to himself.

"We'll go and explore it!" Ulrich suggests, smiling.

"Yeah!"

"Right...but not tonight," Jeremy jumps onto the ground. "The only thing that I feel like exploring is my bed. I'm wiped out."

"You're wiped out from sitting in your cushy chair?" Odd asks skeptically. "How do you think we should feel, then?"

"Odd, if I told you what I was doing while you were on the network, you'd never believe me," Jeremy smiles in amusement.

"Let me take a wild guess, okay? Uh, you did a little rock scaling on the dormitory roof."

"Huh?!" Jeremy asks in shock, Amy looking between the two with wide eyes. "But how'd you know that?"

Odd lifts up his eyebrows in surprise. He was just speculating; he didn't think that he was actually right! Ulrich, Aelita, and Yumi open their mouths in shock, and then everyone except Jeremy starts laughing. "You know, Einstein, you can be really hilarious when you wanna be! Even when you don't wanna be!"

Jeremy just gives them a look.