Ulrich, Aelita, and Yumi walk underneath the arches at the hall of the rec room. "Hey..." Ulrich looks at his watch. "Odd oughta be here already, we were supposed to play foosball."

"You know Odd: Something probably came up at the last second," Yumi points out, crossing her arms.

"But he's afraid to show up. If I know Odd, he's hiding somewhere cuz he knows I'll beat him!" Ulrich brags as Aelita looks up ahead, chuckling.

"If you ask me, it might just be my sister," She replies in amusement, as they can see up ahead Odd and Amy walking together. They sit on a bench and she giggles at something he said.

"Well, what do you know? The lovebirds are at it again," Ulrich sends Yumi a small smile.


In the rec room, Christophe and Matthias are playing ping pong, Ulrich watching them over his shoulder. He takes a sip of his soda as Odd and Amy walk in. Matthias and Christophe look up to see her, stopping the game as they stare at her. She pays no mind to them as they smile at the girl. She sits next to Yumi and Odd sits next to her.

"Ah, you know...life isn't bad at all..." He puts his feet up, hands behind his head.

"I didn't know that you've already forgotten about Melanie, Odd," Aelita smirks playfully.

"Who's she? Oh yeah, Melanie. Right, well, uh...she wasn't very...uh...she was just a little too...well, actually a lot more...well, you see what I mean?"

Amy raises a brow, looking towards the others. "No," Aelita answers him.

"What I see, Odd, is that you used to collect girlfriends the way other people collect stamps," Ulrich points at him. "No offense."

"Hey, I tell you, what I have with Ames is for real! You don't have to bring that up every single time, you know, it's been over a year."

"Eh, I'm not really that upset over it anymore," Amy shrugs lightly. "I mean...I trust him even when others tell me not to, and he hasn't even looked at another girl."

"Believe me, Ames, you're the one!" Odd winks at her and she smiles. "You're funny, caring, and really cool too. Why do you think that Christophe and Matthias stopped playing their game once you walked in?"

"Aww," Yumi nudges Amy, who looks away bashfully.

"Oddddd!" She pouts a little, though touched.

"At least it's original, not like the way he said it about all the girls he fell for."

Odd and Amy both cringe a little at the memory, but quickly snap out of it. "Maybe, but Ames has something special the others don't. She's crazy about dogs like me!"

"Is that the only reason?" She rolls her eyes in amusement.

"You're also very forgiving like the time I took your dessert when you weren't looking!"

The others end up laughing. "What's so funny?" Odd blushes in embarrassment.

"That makes up for all of the girls you went out with in the world?" Yumi looks at Odd.

"Yeah, and this afternoon, we're going to the movies together," Odd defends the two.

"We are?" Amy turns to him in surprise. "As much as I'd like to, don't you remember-"

"To see what? Wheelchairs on before or Snorkeling Combat 2?" Ulrich asks sarcastically.

"No way, those days are over! We're going to see something real romantic and intellectual. The picture's called Petals of Desire."

The four just continue to laugh, Amy clearing her throat. "The problem with you guys is that you have no sense of romance and no intellect!" Odd narrows his eyes at them. "I planned a romantic date for this afternoon, and you're laughing, Ames!"

"I'm sorry," She giggles, holding up a hand. She suddenly looks away nervously towards Aelita, as she wanted to say something. "I appreciate it, Odd, really, but-"

"Speaking of intellect, has anyone seen Jeremy?" Ulrich couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, he went back to his room," Aelita tells him. "I think he's got a few big problems..."


"The only problem is our friend XANA," Jeremy states once they meet in his room. "You remember the last few times he attacked?"

"Which time? The one with the trees or at the swimming pool?" Odd asks curiously.

"Odd, we agreed not to bring up that day at the pool, right?" Ulrich reminds him.

"Why? What happened at the swimming pool, huh?" Aelita questions, getting a blush from Ulrich in return. That was a day he did not want to talk about. Yumi's blushing as well as they look away from each other.

"Nothing."

"Nothing at all," Yumi agrees with him.

Aelita turns to her sister, who whistles as she darts her eyes away. "You know too?!"

"Odd!" Ulrich hisses at his friend.

"Hey, she's my girlfriend, of course I was gonna tell her!" Odd retorts back.

"Whatever!" Jeremy changes the subject. "I meant all the attacks at XANA has launched recently, okay? Haven't you noticed what the target has been?'

"Well, yeah, us," Odd points out.

"Yes, but especially Aelita, Amy, and me, and it just so happens that we're the only ones who can use the supercomputer," Jeremy crosses his arms. Amy is much more confident using it now as Aelita had given her a thorough lesson at this point.

"Come on, we've all done it," Ulrich adds, as they've all used the computer for simple functions.

"Following our instructions on the phone or laptop," Jeremy interjects, "But what would happen if Aelita, Amy, or I weren't around to give you guys any help?"

Odd gasps sharply, hugging Amy close for protection. "Not in that way!" Jeremy sweats a little. "XANA wins hands down without us. Which is why I'm giving you three a crash course on using the supercomputer this afternoon."

"What? No way!" Odd immediately protests. "Count me out. I'm going to the movies with Ames."

"And I've got a test to study for," Yumi crosses her arms.

"And I've got Penchak Silat practice," Ulrich adds in. Amy bites her lip nervously.

"If you guys think you have better things to do, I can't force you to come, but then don't expect us to gain a round on XANA," He turns around to face them.

"You're right, but you know, some days it isn't easy being heroes..."

"Then listen, we'll meet up at the computer lab after lunch, and if you pick it up quickly, it'll be over in a couple of hours, okay?" Jeremy questions to them.

"Okay..." Odd stands up, the others leaving.

"Odd...wait," Amy calls out and he looks over his shoulder.

"...Uh, Jeremy, I...I can't make it this afternoon," Aelita stares at him.

"Hmm? Why not?" He turns to her in confusion.

"Um, I've got my audition with the SubDigitals. You know, for the concert? Today's the final round of tryouts..."

"...And you have to be there too!" Odd facepalms himself. "Oh, I forgot! But why didn't you just tell me, Ames?"

"I tried, but either I got interrupted or things got in the way," She fiddles with her thumbs nervously. "I'm sorry, I know how much you were looking forward to it..."

"But that's impossible!" Jeremy protests to both of the girls. "What if something happens to me while you're gone?"

"That's no problem. While you're teaching everyone how to run the supercomputer, we'll keep our phones on. If XANA attacks, we'll be back in no time," Aelita suggests with a smile.

"...Okay...maybe you're right. I've worried too much. Go ahead, I can manage without you both," Jeremy turns around to his computer.

"Thanks Jeremy," Aelita kisses his cheek and he blushes, smiling.

"There'll be other dates, Ames," Odd takes a hold of her hand. "If this is important to you, then it's important to me! Sorry I forgot..."

"That's okay," She kisses his cheek. "How about later tonight? Find us a showing after the audition."

"Okay. You're the best, Ames!" He pulls her into a bear hug and she giggles.


"So much for my training session, great," Ulrich grumbles as they trudge down the hall.

"What about me? I'm gonna flunk another exam for sure!" Yumi complains while walking between the boys.

"That's nothing! You think you've got it bad, huh? How am I gonna tell Ames that Petals of Desire is sold out for today?" Odd pouts a little. When he called the theater, he had to give up his tickets to someone else...

"Think about it, Odd, you're better off!" Ulrich jokes a little, "You don't have to pay all that money to sleep through two hours of a film!"

"It's a lot better than sleeping through a class given by our friend Einstein!" Odd points out.


Later, they meet him in the lab. "Okay, to start off, we're going to go through a little bit of theory," Jeremy holds up packets of paper. "I've printed you up a small list of basic functions to prepare you-"

"Hey, wait a minute, Einstein!" Odd interrupts him, "Wouldn't it be easier if we just went straight to the practical side? You tell us what button to push in and presto, huh?"

"Odd," Jeremy says sharply, "Working the supercomputer isn't like fooling around in a game console. Before I can trust you with the controls, I want to be sure you know this thing inside out!" They look at their papers skeptically.

"Will you all relax?" He relaxes in his chair. "You'll see, guys, the theoretical stuff is actually a lot of fun!"

"Right, it's gonna be a million laughs!" Ulrich says sarcastically.


In town, the girls are just arriving at the place for the final round. "Eyes on the prize! You memorized all your steps, right?"

"After lunch and dinner for the past week," Amy grins at her, twirling around. "Trust me, I wouldn't let my little sis down like that."

Aelita opens the door to the room. "Aelita, Amelia, hello! I'm glad that you two could make it. Let me introduce everyone," He leads them inside of the room. "You already know Nick and Bennoit, my partners. Sophie, who holds the purse strings."

"Hello girls," She greets with a smile.

"And that big baron in his cage is Simon, our sound engineer. And this is Mehdi and Lise, who are the other contestants for this final audition."

"Hi," The two say to everyone.

"And just Amy, please," Amy waves a hand.


Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd are against the wall, the two looking totally lost while Odd is asleep. "And so if we export the virtual memory from the B block into the inertial matrix, you could reconfigure the transfer file! This will let you delay the alignment of the quantum qubits. I'm sure you see where I'm going with this, any questions?"

"Yeah, I got one," Ulrich calls out. "How do you expect us to remember all this blah blah junk?!"

"If you guys were a little more attentive, you'd been able to understand it," Jeremy retorts back.

"Ulrich's right, Jeremy," Yumi narrows her eyes at his statement. "Stop trying to teach us everything you know. Just show us how to do some practical stuff, like virtualizing us onto Lyoko, or programming up the vehicles."

"Okay fine, I guess we may as well get to the practical end..." Jeremy looks away and Odd wakes up.

"A-Are we there yet?"


Medhi is doing his turn, the girls watching him. Aelita looks up at the team behind the booth and the music stops.

"Okay, Medhi, nice one," Chris compliments him. He smiles and places down the headphones.

"So you're a mix and dance duo?" Lise asks the two.

"Yup! It's either both of us or not at all," Amy puts her arms around Aelita.

"She helps me get the crowd to dance along to my music," She smiles a little. "I can't imagine doing without her."

"Wow! You seem very close, just like sisters."

The two smile in amusement.


The door to the scanner room opens and only Odd steps in. They're testing how to virtualize each other onto Lyoko.

"Make sure you hit the right button, I'm ready," Odd tells Ulrich. "But I don't want to end up there with four arms and 3 legs!"

"Uh, okay, um...tramp-transfer Odd. That right?" Ulrich turns to Jeremy, who simply nods with a hum. Ulrich starts pressing buttons, but if he was honest, he had no idea what he was doing. "Transfer Odd." He taps enter and the doors close around the short blond. Odd's avatar appears. "Scanner Odd."

His hair lifts up as he closes his eyes, being turned around for scanning. "And, uh, virtualization."

A few seconds later, Odd lets out a scream. "You turned me into a garden gnome!"

"Oh no!" Ulrich starts to panic.

However, Odd is perfectly fine, standing in the ice sector. "Relax, just kidding. Everything's cool here."

"Oh," Ulrich sighs in relief, "Not so bad for a beginner, huh?"

"Yeah, not bad," Jeremy scoffs a little. "You were confused there for a second, and almost hit the wrong button, Mister I don't need new theory."

"You're never satisfied! Did I get him to Lyoko, yes or no?" Ulrich asks in irritation.

"Yes, because I was here with you. And you weren't even under the stress of a XANA attack," Jeremy points out.

Just as he says this, an alert of an activated tower pops up. "Give me my seat back!" Jeremy types rapidly. "Activated tower, mountain sector. Head for the scanners, hurry up!"

Suddenly they hear something, looking up and gasping. A specter appears from the ceiling, turning to look like one of the agents that discovered the factory.

"Leave him to me!" Ulrich runs up to him, jumping into the air. The clone grabs his foot and throws him onto the ground. It turns around to the wires on the floor, ripping one apart.

"Hey!" Jeremy steps down from his chair. The clone lunges towards him.

"Jeremy!" Yumi shouts in horror.

"No!"

She watches him get electrocuted. "JEREMY!" He falls unconscious onto the floor. Yumi narrows her eyes at him in anger, about to attack when he turns into smoke on his own. She steps back in shock as he disappears completely. "He disappeared..." She walks up to Ulrich as he gets up, rubbing the back of his neck.


"Well, take our breath away, girls. It's all yours," Chris instructs, the two standing up. They both smile as she puts on the headphones. The record starts spinning and she turns up the volume. Amy taps her foot onto the ground, the two other contestants gasping. Amy swings down her arm, shaking her hips as she shimmies her arms back and forth. The others look on, impressed.

Yumi presses her ear to Jeremy's stomach. "He's still breathing, but he took a lot of volts..."

"Hey, uh, guys?" Odd speaks up. "Remember me?"

Ulrich takes a seat in the chair, putting the microphone on. "Odd? I think we're in a big jam. XANA's sicked a polymorphic specter on us, and Einstein's out cold."

"Oh, well then, it's a good thing he showed us how to work the supercomputer!"

"Oh, yeah, you're right! It's up to us," Ulrich fully turns to the keyboard. "Anyone have any idea what to do now?"

"Yes, call Aelita," Yumi pulls out her mobile.

Aelita's phone rings, but since she's doing her mix with Amy, she doesn't hear it. Amy's too focused on the music to hear anything.

"...No answer. I'll send her a text message."

"You might as well send one to Amy too: She's not picking up either," Ulrich looks over his shoulder.

"Okay, we'll just have to improvise. What do I do?"

"Uh, for openers, Odd, try and get to the mountain sector." Yumi turns to the screen.

"Yumi, shouldn't we bring Odd back to Earth while we try to get into contact with the girls?" Ulrich asks skeptically, looking back to the notes.

"Okay, you know how to rematerialize him?" Yumi raises a brow towards the screen.

"Uhh, no. Do you?"

"No sense arguing, guys," Odd shakes his head. "I'd rather stay here and fight! Just tell me where I can find a way tower!"

"Let's see...um, a way tower...oh, I know! To find a way tower, you have to bring up a radar window with these two keys!" Yumi taps two keys to the upper right, but it seems to pull up Odd's avatar, to their horror.

"Hey, what are you doing?! Get it right!"

"Stop it! Hurry up," Ulrich urges and she presses the same two buttons again, making it stop.

"Thanks. Well then, plan B...try to bring up my Overboard. Maybe I can find that stupid way tower on my own from the air."

"Okay, um...Overboard, Overboard," Ulrich flips through his packet. "Darn it, Einstein's notes are all over the place!"

"I think it's this one, here," Yumi tries to help him.

"Oh, take your time, okay?" Odd taps his foot impatiently. "Cuz I've got nothing better to do! Speaking of which, any sign of Spectre Gadget?"

"Yeah, how come he disappeared like that?" Yumi wonders to Ulrich.

"Guess he had another date."

She suddenly realizes who, gasping. "Aelita, Amy! The spectre must have gone after them, we have to warn them right away! See ya later!" She runs off.

"Hold on, you're not gonna leave me alone like this!" Ulrich calls out in protest.

"You're doing great, Ulrich. Just keep it up!" She smiles, pressing the button to the elevator and leaving him. He frowns towards the keyboard.

Odd runs down the path, stopping at the edge of the sector. "I don't believe it! Where is this way tower?"

"I-I don't know," Ulrich stammers nervously. "But, uh, Odd, you've got some thingamajigs...heading your way."

Odd turns around and sees three Bloks up ahead. "Huh? You're making progress, Ulrich, but those thingamajigs are Bloks, and they don't look too friendly!" He rushes past the Bloks, who fire lasers at him. He crawls on all fours and points his arm at them.

"Laser Arrow!" His arrows only graze them. He slides a bit. "I don't believe it, I missed them all!"

He turns around and runs in the other direction. "Okay, you monsters cool it!" Odd warns them, getting hit in the tail. "Ouch!" He leaps into the air.


The specter is traveling on the sidewalk, moving past people as it heads for the recording studio.

Aelita removes her headphones as Amy takes a bow. "Well, I guess that's it, then," She smiles towards the crew, Amy waving to them.

"Okay, thanks a lot to all four of you for that great stuff. Just give us a few seconds to talk it over, and we'll let you know our decision," Chris informs all of them, Aelita bending down towards her bag. She looks at her phone and her eyes widen.

"Oh no!"

"Aelita and Amy have got to be our choice," Chris states to the others.

"Oh yeah, no doubt about that."

"I mean, come on, when's the last time you saw a DJ and dancer duo? They seem like great partners."

They nod in agreement, smiling.


"Hey, where's my ride? Are you sending it over or not?" Odd calls out as he runs away from the Bloks.

"Uhh, I'm working on it! Let's see, uh...oh, there it is, I got it!"

The lasers hit a rock. "Well, try to work faster!" Odd runs up the rock, landing at the top. He jumps off, firing his arrow. "Laser Arrow!" He fires three times, but only manages to get one of them. He takes off running.

"Materialization Overboard!" Ulrich taps a button, but the Overbike arrives instead.

"Ulrich! Y-You just sent me the Overbike!"

"Uh, sorry, Odd, I can't send you anything else..." Ulrich says regrettably.

"Well, it's better than nothing. But there's another problem. You were supposed to send it to me!" Odd frowns a little, pointing a thumb to himself. "Not to them! Dummy!"

The Overbike is behind the Bloks, but he'd have to get past them first to drive it. "Well, I guess it's up to me to unblock the situation!"

Odd runs up to them, and causes one to destroy the other. "Yahoo!" He jumps on top of the other one and lands, running up to the Overbike. "Time to saddle up!"

And with that, he jumps over the Blok and takes off.


Chris presses a button to talk to the contestants. "Well, Medhi, Lise, I'm really sorry, guys, but..." He looks to his left, seeing that Amy and Aelita have already left. "But where are they?"

"Amy left a note, sir," Sophie holds it up. "She said something came up, but that if you need anything, here's her number."

The girls run down the sidewalk as fast as they can, only to be cornered by the specter, and they know that it's him because he's flickering.

"No...!"

"Run!" Amy grabs her hand and rushes in the other direction. He chases after them, and they look over his shoulder. He's getting closer, reaching out an arm...

When a limo pulls up and hits him, knocking him onto the road. A car drives right past it and Jackson rolls down the window.

"Jackson!" Amy gasps in relief. "But how did you-"

"Yumi called me," He smiles, jerking a thumb to Yumi in the back. She opens up the door.

"Hurry, get in!" She urges the two and they rush inside the limo.

"Let's move it!" Aelita exclaims to the chauffeur, who slams on the pedal. The car who had touched the specter had stopped, the driver getting out.

"Uh, are you okay?" He calls out. "Nothing broken?"

The specter just stares at him as the driver walks up. The lenses from his sunglasses flash red. "Everything cool?"

He grabs the man and throws him away. "Hey, that's-ah!"

The specter walks up to the car and gets in it. "Hey, you okay?" A bystander asks the man, the car turning around to chase after the limo.

"I'm so glad you helped us out, Mr. Jackson. Thank you," Aelita says gratefully to the man.

"Just Jackson, Aelita. A friend of Amelia's is a friend of mine," He winks at her. "And you can rely on me anytime. After all...you are Amelia's half-sister."

"Mom told you, didn't she?" Amy sighs a little.

"Of course she did. I work for her now, actually." The girls blink at him in shock, waiting for an answer. Amy knew that he had to give up all the money, but not the fact that all of the employees went with it. "After your father, excuse me, Mr. Smith settled the divorce, he had to give all of his assets to her, and along with that all of his employees at the home. Not that they weren't glad to quit. He was getting too much to bear, so we severed ties with him. Last time I heard, he was living in a crummy apartment. She probably didn't want you to worry."

"I'm not worried," She deadpans, looking out the window. "He's not my real father, so why should I be invested in his life now?"

"But he still raised you ever since you were born," Aelita speaks up. "I know the guy's a jerk, but I'm sure that deep down he still loves you."

"He tries to control me when we all know the truth," Amy closes her eyes. "Everything he decided, he did it without my input. It's always his way, and I can't live my life like that...any conversation with him is guaranteed to be an emotional prison cell. If that's love in his eyes, I don't want it."


Odd drives the Overbike, looking around for the way tower. "Hey Ulrich, where is this way tower?"

"Sorry Odd, I'm afraid to push some of these buttons," Ulrich looks up from his notes.

"Well, you better. I'm starting to rust over here!"

He pushes two, but all that does is start up a countdown. "Oh, what's that number doing here?"

Yumi calls him, to his relief. "Great, Yumi, just in time! I've got some sort of countdown window up here."

"Hang on, I got the experts with me! Here," She hands Aelita the phone.

"Ulrich, it's Aelita. Is there anything written above the window?" She asks curiously, Amy looking over her shoulder.

"Uhh, yeah, it says big fat cheese head. What does that mean?"

"I-It's a code," Aelita stammers, blushing a little. "You've started a delayed virtualization directly into the mountain sector."

"Ulrich, has Odd found the way tower?" Yumi questions next.

"No...but I just got a mega idea," Ulrich has stepped into the elevator and it closes.

"Ulrich! Ulrich!" Yumi stares at the phone, hanging up.

"He must've gone to the mountain sector on his own..." Amy sighs in realization.

"Big fat cheese head?" The Japanese girl turns to Aelita in confusion.

"It's, uh...um, a private joke between Jeremy and me," Aelita blushes redder, looking away.

"Um, girls? We have a problem..." Amy points to the back window. They both look outside and gasp, seeing the specter speeding up to them.

"Yumi!"

"...That way!" Yumi points to the left.

"But that's off the road!" Amy exclaims in fear.

"That's our best shot! Step on it," She orders Jackson.

"Hang on, ladies!" He swerves to the left and they scream as the car flies over the staircase. The limo lands at the end of the staircase and they pant slowly. It was a miracle that the limo wasn't damaged. "This baby's got very strong wheels and exterior. I used to be a race car driver in my younger days."

"Good to know," Yumi raises a brow, impressed.

Ulrich steps into the scanner just in time, being transferred, scanned, and sent to Lyoko. He lands on his feet safely and takes off into a run.

Jackson swerves to a stop in front of the bridge. "Go save your friends."

"Thanks, Jackson!" Amy calls out as they rush out of the car, running down the bridge. Unfortunately, the car following them swerves past the limo, driving up to them. They look over their shoulders, jumping up and grabbing the rope. The car comes to a stop at the edge.

Odd looks at his surroundings. "This ice floe sure is deserted!" He finally catches sight on a way tower. "Well, nothing to lose. Let's try that tower."

He swerves to the right, heading towards it. He drives the Overbike inside, going past the walls of code before exiting into the ice sector again...He skides the bike to a stop.

"I can't believe it, I'm still stuck in the ice sector..."

The girls arrive in the lab, seeing what Ulrich had done. "Ulrich just virtualized himself into the mountain sector!" She suddenly gasps, as she notices where Odd is.

"Odd, that way tower is just a little further, bearing northwest from your position. We'll meet you in the mountain sector. Move it!"

"Well, better late than never!" He spins the bike around and heads off.

"Your turn now, Yumi. Virtualize us!"

"The boys need all the help they can get," Amy speaks up as they walk to the ladder. Aelita opens the door and goes first while Yumi sits in the chair. She begins the process.

Ulrich comes to a stop, and then sees the tower. He runs up towards it, hiding behind a rock. He knew that leaving it unguarded would be too easy, especially with Jeremy out of commission. And he's exactly right as he notices three Krabs...

And William.

"Uh oh..." He murmurs to himself. "Bingo."

"Transfer Aelita. Transfer Amy. Scanner Aelita. Scanner Amy." The specter is hiding in the ceiling, going unnoticed by Yumi. "Virtualization."

The two girls land right behind Ulrich. "I did it!" Yumi cheers happily.

"Nice one, Yumi," Amy smiles a little, and they approach Ulrich.

"Yoo-hoo, guess who?"

Ulrich immediately turns around, pointing his swords like an X in front of them. "Whoa! What's on the menu?"

"Relax, it's just us," Amy puts down the swords.

"Usual stuff. A whole seafood platter over there, and William's the lemon."

"That's just what we needed," Amy rolls her eyes. "But we can handle 'em."

"Yeah!" Yumi exclaims, glad that this was working. However, the specter lands right behind her. She whips around, her mouth opening in shock as he approaches her, putting a hand in front of her face.

Ulrich and the girls hear something, looking back to see Odd arriving on the Overbike. "Yahoo!" He skids to a stop.

"You sure took your time," Ulrich quips at him.

"Yeah, but at least I got here, and no thanks to you," Odd walks up to them. "If you knew how many towers I've been through before I got to the right one..."

"We're going to need more vehicles, Yumi. Do you read me, Yumi?"

Yumi is thrown to the wall by the specter, sliding down a bit. "Yumi, answer us!"

She stands up, sporting a few bruises on her face.

"Transmission problems?" Odd wonders as they walk up to him.

"No, I think it's worse. I'm pretty sure that the specter's in the computer lab."

"Oh no," Amy gasps a little.

"Okay, I'll go. Shoot me, Odd," Ulrich tells them.

"No, I should be the one," Odd gestures to himself. "I've already lost lots of life points, you still got all yours. You'd be more useful here. What's more, that's exactly what we did during the swimming pool attack!"

"I don't ever wanna hear about the swimming pool again!" Ulrich grunts, pulling out his swords.

"Wait! Before you finish me off..." Odd hugs Amy tight. "Ames, if I don't make it, I'll always love you."

"Um...but you're just going back to the lab," She bites her lip. "It's not like you're dying or anything..."

"I know, but hey, at least you'd be blushing if you could!"

"Be careful, Odd," She looks at him in worry.

"I will, my little-"

Ulrich suddenly devirtualizes him with his swords. "That'll teach ya, huh? Saddle up, princess."

"Okay," She smiles in amusement. Amy's wings activate behind her back.

Odd emerges into the scanner room, slowly stepping out.


The specter is about to hit the girl again when Jackson catches his fist, twisting his arm. He throws him into the wall with incredible strength. Yumi opens her mouth in shock as the chauffeur bends down to her.

"Yumi, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but look out!"

Jackson turns around, getting knocked in the head.


Ulrich and Aelita drive down the path, the fairy flying above them. "This is gonna be a close one," Aelita comments, as they can tell that the enemies have seen them. William points his sword.

Yumi weakly looks up at the specter, who cracks his knuckles together. He's suddenly electrocuted from behind by Odd.

Ulrich swerves past the lasers, Amy avoiding them from another Krab. Ulrich looks over his shoulder. "Right now, girls!"

Aelita activates her wings, flying behind the samurai. Amy lowers herself to fly next to her sister before they both fly into the air together. The Krabs fire at the two, but they dodge every single one. Ulrich stands on his Overbike, spinning his swords into his hands. He drives it underneath a Krab, leaping backwards. He lands on top of the Krab and stabs the target.

"Impact!"

He lands near William, the Krab exploding behind him.

"Yumi, are you okay?" Odd bends down to the girl.

"I...I didn't realize you were back..."

"Neither did he, but he sure knows now," Odd helps her to her feet, Jackson groaning as he sits up.

"Jackson!" Yumi gasps as they look at him. "Are you alright?"

"This is nothing," He waves it off. "With being in the CIA, there was nothing we weren't prepared for."

"Thanks for the save," She says gratefully.

"We've got no time to lose, he could reform again any second," Odd takes her to the elevator. "Okay, don't move!"

"You think you can virtualize me, Odd?" She looks towards him.

"Relax, I'm a computer whiz, you know that!" He begins typing, both her and Jackson skeptical.

"I'll stay here and deal with that nasty specter," Jackson narrows his eyes, standing behind Odd.

"Cool! My own bodyguard!"

William looks up to see the girls landing near the tower, running towards it. "Super smoke!" He moves towards them, stopping in front of the tower. Amy glares at him, moving back a few feet with Aelita. She fires an energy field, but he absorbs it with his sword.

Amy holds out her hands, rocks coming out of nowhere. She flings them towards William, but he leaps over them, and they crash into each other. Ulrich super sprints around a Krab, landing on top and destroying it. He runs up to the last Krab.

William steps towards the two, throwing his sword. They try to attack, but are too late as the sword hits Aelita, knocking her into Amy. They fall onto the ground, Ulrich looking at them.

"Girls!"

William just laughs at the display, Amy clenching a fist. She slowly looks up at William, who walks towards them.

"So that's how you wanna play it, huh?"

She takes her spear and runs towards him. He holds out his hand, his sword flying into his hands just in time to clash weapons with Amy. They glare at each other past the sparks, striking their weapons back and forth. Ulrich dodges a laser from the Krab.

"Super sprint!" He gets hit by one of the lasers, the monster towering over him. He's about to strike him with the leg, but Ulrich rolls out of the way. He looks between the Krab and William, wondering which one to tackle first. Amy wasn't going to last long with him...

A fan comes out of nowhere, hitting William's hand. He loses his grip on the sword and Amy looks up in relief to see Yumi.

"What's this, William? Another girl catch your eye?"

He growls at her. "Nice one, Odd," Aelita compliments, looking up. "Just in time!"

"Thank you, thank you. That was just a taste of my talent. Einstein would be so-"

The specter suddenly arrives in the room, growling at the boy. "That's funny, I always thought you were taller..."

The Krab stands in front of Ulrich near the edge, wobbling a bit. He slices a leg and it comes off. The Krab loses balance and falls into the Digital Sea.

"Later gator," Ulrich salutes to it.

Yumi pulls out a fan, tossing the weapon. William just knocks it away, walking up towards the girls. They back away with each step he takes.

Odd whimpers as he presses his back to the wall, Jackson standing in front of him protectively. Odd giggles nervously. "Hey, look up there!"

Jackson punches it in the face and he grabs their collars out of anger. "It works most of the time...!"

William runs up to the trio, Yumi throwing a fan, but he deflects it once again. "You're finished, Yumi!"

"We'll see about that!" She flips into the air, only to be devirtualized in mid-air. He lands in front of the two, who look around. Aelita activates her wings, flying above. He throws his sword at her.

"Aelita!" Amy flies in front of her, the sword piercing her. She devirtualizes right in front of Aelita, who moves away from the weapon.

"Amy, no!"

Ulrich leaps into the air, tossing his swords, which hit William and get rid of him for now. Aelita lands in front of the tower, running inside. She gets to the middle and floats to the top.

The specter holds out a ripped cord towards Odd. "No!" Both he and Jackson cry out.

Aelita lands on the pad, approaching the interface. She presses her hand to it.

Aelita

Code

Lyoko

Just before the cord could touch him, the tower deactivates. "Tower deactivated."

The specter slowly disappears, dropping Odd. Amy appears from the elevator, seeing the two. "Jackson, Odd!"

She runs up to them, hugging her boyfriend. "What happened?"

"Tell you later," They both reply in unison.

Jeremy finally gains conscious, seeing his friends and Jackson in his vision. "What happened...? Huh...Aelita...the specter...uh, tower...did you—did you do it?"

"Me?" She gestures to herself. "I didn't do anything," She smiles as he looks towards the others.


"I have to say, that you guys held your own in the end," Jeremy states once he's been told everything back at the rec room. "But you have to admit I was right. If XANA attacks Aelita, Amy, or me now, I know you'll be able to take over."

"So that means you trust us, huh?" Yumi asks him.

"Yeah," He scoffs a little. "Uh...a bit."

"Well, that's good news, because the day after tomorrow, we'll be gone all day. Amy and I have got my dress rehearsal. The SubDigitals chose us to be the opening act of their concert! Even though we walked out on them. Thank goodness Amy gave them our numbers."

"That's fabulous, Aelita," Jeremy smiles at her. "Well done."

"That's great! By the way, guys," Ulrich notices the couple approach as they're smiling. "How was Petals of Desire?"

"Oh, we didn't see it," Odd sits next to him.

"I managed to convince him that we didn't need to see it, so I let him pick whatever other movie he wanted," Amy giggles a bit.

"I'm over all that romantic stuff...well, not totally. I'll still do romantic stuff when it counts," He winks at the girl. "We went to see an action film, like the day of the swimming pool attack for instance."

"Mm, Odd!" Yumi grunts at him in frustration. "Don't talk about the swimming pool, okay?"

"Hey, don't tell me you're never gonna tell us what happened at the pool, huh?" Aelita glances towards the four.

"Well..."

"Well, it's simple, really," Odd sits up. "Ah, let's see now. You remember the attack in the gymnasium?"

"Odd, we told you never to bring up the attack in the gym, right?" Jeremy warns him.

"Why? What happened in the gym?" Ulrich asks curiously.

"Oh, nothing," Jeremy and Aelita blush.

"Nothing at all!" They glance to each other.

"Oh? Well, now it's your turn," Ulrich looks to Amy and Odd. "What about the time you two were in our room and noticed your dogs-"

"Hey!" Odd punches him in the arm. "You said you wouldn't bring that up!"

"Why? What happened?" Yumi raises a brow.

"Nothing!" The two say rapidly, looking away from each other. When they had gotten back from lunch, they had witnessed their dogs...

Well...

Let's just say they learned more about dog reproduction than they would've liked.