"It's a question of reflexes: you've gotta trust your instincts," Odd states to Aelita and Amy.
"Anything you can do, I can do better, Odd," She brags to him, Amy rolling her eyes in amusement.
"You wanna bet?" He challenges her.
"You're on," She smirks at him. Odd puts down a single fork and a meatball. "Okay, watch and weep!" He hits the fork and catches the meatball into his hand.
"Like I told you, my Odd-like sixth sense defies all limitations!"
The others laugh at him. "Okay, show-off, now admire my Aelita-like sixth sense," She places down a fork and a mandarin. She sends it flying behind Yumi and it lands right into Sissi's food, splattering it all over her. She lets out a scream as she stands up.
"Who did that?!" She demands to everyone, Nicolas giggling. Everyone except Aelita laughs.
"You win hands down! Even at the top of my form, I can never match that!"
"I've taught you well, young one," Amy winks at her sister proudly.
"Dunbar!" Jim walks right past their table. "Haven't you heard that forks aren't meant to play with, but to eat with? You hear me, Dunbar?"
William 2 has his back turned, the group gasping. They see a glass planted on his fork, which he sends flying into the air. Jim catches it into his hand before anything could happen.
"The glass is empty," He places it onto the table. "But that is the very last straw. You wanna play being an idiot? Well two can play at that game! Follow me!" He escorts the clone away.
"William's clone is not supposed to act like that!" Jeremy whispers to them.
"Oh, it doesn't matter if he gets punished. He's not even human!" Odd states and gets his leg kicked from underneath the table from his girlfriend. "Ow!"
"Just because of that fact doesn't mean he should be getting punished," She elaborates to him.
"That's just it. He's a polymorphic specter, driven by a basic, non-evolutionary behavior program," Jeremy explains to his friends.
"Could you say that in words?" Ulrich asks him, the blond rubbing his chin.
"Hmm, William's clone shouldn't be capable of taking any personal initiatives, like trying to imitate Odd's stupid stunts for example!"
"Then how do you explain it?" Yumi questions as she's sitting next to him.
"I can't explain it. That's why I'm worried...unless the..."
"The what?" Aelita raises a brow at him.
"Well, yesterday, I installed an upgrade for his software, something to improve his artificial intelligence. You know, something that would make him appear less stupid," Jeremy tells them.
"Hm, you think that imitating Odd makes him look less stupid?" Ulrich quips, the girls laughing at him.
"Well, we're gonna have to play it by ear," Jeremy chuckles a little. "I may have to delete the upgrade. All we need is for William Jr to start making waves..."
"Too late for that," Amy murmurs as she places a hand on her cheek.
"Anyway, I did improve the super scan," Jeremy states to everyone once lunch is over. "Thanks to the data you collected during your last Joan of the network, I was able to set things up so that it can now find other replicas."
"You mean you think there are more of them out there?" Ulrich questions curiously.
"For sure. In fact, I've already managed to localize a second one."
"A second one? How many replicas do you think there are?" Yumi asks in surprise.
"I have no idea, but I suppose if we destroy them all, we'll finally be rid of XANA for good."
"Fantastic!" Odd smiles at this. "I love it when you talk like that! When do we start?"
"Tonight," Jeremy smirks a little. Meanwhile, William 2 is getting chewed out nearby by both Jim and Mr. Delmas.
"I feel bad for William's clone," Aelita stares at the three. "It's my fault that he's in trouble with GI Jim."
"No reason to feel bad, Aelita," Jeremy turns to her. "It's like Odd said, he's totally artificial."
"Like I was not all that long ago," She opens her eyes.
"But that's not the same. An artificial clone has no feelings, Aelita."
The bell rings for class and they walk off. Jeremy turns to William 2 again. "At least...not for now."
"Hey Ames, can Kiwi see the puppies later?" Odd asks the brunette, holding her hand.
"Sure, I don't mind. At least I can finally make use of all the extra dog food Mom gave me just to feed the puppies..."
Milly and Tamiya had listened to the whole conversation nearby. "An artificial clone? Amy's dog and Odd's dog had puppies?"
"So William isn't really William, and there are three new dogs on campus. I don't understand."
Milly leans in towards her with a smile. "It means we've got scoops!"
Later that night, William 2 is in the library, writing down a bunch of sentences as his punishment. He puts the last paper in the stack.
"I don't have any more paper."
Jim puts down his magazine to stare at him. "Alright, that's enough for now, I guess..." He puts down his feet. "I sure hope you've learned a lesson today. Next time, you'll use your fork for eating! And not for catapulting your glass into your neighbor's mashed potatoes!" He scratches the side of his head. "What's more, using a glass is not only dumb, it's dangerous! A ball of bread is much more discreet. Take it from someone who knows."
"A ball of bread? Good idea!"
"Uh, no," Jim suddenly realizes what he just said. "Forget that. Definitely not with a ball of bread. If you do, I'll make you write 'I must never play with food! I have to catapult it into my mouth with my glass!' Uh...'I mean in my mouth with my mashed potatoes!' Anyway, you get the picture."
"Get the picture?" William looks around in confusion. "Where is it?"
"Huh?" Jim blinks at him, astounded.
Jeremy types away as his friends are already in Sector 5. "Ready to go? Okay, energize!" He taps enter and one by one, they land in their stations. Aelita takes hold of the controls.
"Replica here I come!" Odd declares once he's in his Skid. "Odd the best, the greatest, the mean, lean, XANA-breaking machine! And a stud of a boyfriend, I must add!"
"Oh lord," Amy rolls her eyes.
"Lean sounds right. I don't know about the rest. Don't forget who saved you from the Digital Sea last week," Ulrich points out.
"And who took out those Megatanks with talent and style? It was Odd, Odd the Magnificent! Hey, I like that. Odd the Magnificent. Ames, can you start calling me that from now on?"
"No thanks, sounds like a mouthful," She crosses her arms. Jeremy just smiles in amusement.
"I got devirtualized thanks to Odd the Lame-o, and if it hadn't been for me, you would-"
"Well, well, aren't we being sensitive today?" Odd wonders as the Skid takes off. "Listen, if you wanna be a hero, I can give you lessons, but not everyone has the right stuff. The main thing is staying humble!"
"That's about all boys can talk about. I'm the greatest at this, you can't beat me at that," Yumi states in annoyance.
"Try hearing that on a daily basis," Amy jerks a thumb to herself as her holographic face appears in front of Yumi. "You're not dating Odd Della Robbia."
"That's because Ulrich isn't humble enough to admit that he can't even hold a candle to me! Even though he does it better. Nobody can snag Odd the Magnificent from his beautiful little Ames."
Amy sighs, shaking her head. If she could blush, she would.
"Ha ha, very funny. Okay Odd the Magnificent, let's check out the results at the end of the day," Ulrich brags back to him.
"Hey, cut the hot air and let me concentrate, okay guys?" Aelita asks in exasperation.
"Hey, Odd's the one who started it," Amy defends herself.
Aelita drives the Skid into an open tunnel and to the Digital Sea. "Stabilizers, online and check. Primary access, clear. Laser generators, online. Here we go," She moves the ship into the Digital Sea, and they dive into the network.
"Holo web system online," Jeremy looks to the map on his right. "Aelita, I'm sending you the replica's coordinate."
"Gotcha, Jeremy."
They reach the hub in no time. "High speed acceleration in 3 seconds. 3...2...1."
They disappear inside the hub.
Milly and Tamiya lean against the wall, ready to confront William 2. Milly hears the door and nudges her friend, who holds up the camera to the approaching clone.
"William," The red-haired girl approaches him with a notepad in hand. "We're doing a story on school punishment for the Kadic News. Do you think Jim throws his weight around too much?"
"At least 240 pounds, which is too heavy for his height," William 2 comments, to Tamiya's confusion.
"That's not what I meant. I meant that he can be...a real windbag sometimes. You get my drift now, William?" She elaborates, but he still doesn't seem to get it.
"No, sorry, but I can't even feel a breeze."
Tamiya grunts, lowering the camera. "Are you an idiot or something?"
"That's a little hard to explain..."
The ship approaches the replica's entrance. "Replica straight ahead. Jeremy, you found it within a micro bit!" Aelita compliments him.
"Great. The improvements on the super scan seem to be effective!"
The Skid stops in front of the door and Aelita presses her hand to the palm reader. "Digital key operational."
The ship's light goes to the entrance.
"Your localization program works like a charm!" Yumi states with a smile. "At this rate, we'll be able to wipe XANA out in no time!"
"Oh, no big deal," Jeremy replies as the door is opened. "All I had to do was reconfigure the course of the alternate algorithm based on the data that you recovered from the first replica."
"Sounds simple to you, but it's Greek to me!" Odd comments, earning a laugh from Amy.
"There's only one sector, the desert."
The Skid spins around as it arrives in the replica, going up to the platform. "Tower at 11 o'clock."
The ship moves over some rocks. "I see it!" Aelita states as it's at the edge of the sector.
"Good. Dock the Skid while I activate the tower for our own use so we can carry out the teleportation."
"It's as good as done!" Aelita informs as the ship is flying towards the tower. The reach the tower a few seconds later. "Docking," She quickly taps the palm reader to secure the ship to the tower.
"We're not gonna get anything out of him, he's been like a vegetable for months now!" Tamiya tells her friend in the hall.
"Leave this to me, I'm gonna bluff him out!" Milly smirks, walking up to the boy. "Wait a second, William. I wanted to tell you how much you hurt me by not answering my letter." He stares at her in confusion, wondering just what she was talking about. "Well, I know that usually, guys make the first move, and since I decided to tell you how I felt."
"What?!" Tamiya exclaims at her. "You wrote him a love letter without telling me you did?"
"Tamiya, I told you I was gonna bluff him!" Milly glances at her friend.
"I'm really sorry, Milly. It wasn't me who got your letter. It must have been William."
Milly smiles widely at the indirect outcome.
Odd throws some rocks as Yumi is standing nearby. Amy is sitting next to Odd. "Too bad Ulrich's been teleported already, he won't be able to admire the exploits of Odd the Magnificent and weep with jealousy!" He brags to them.
"Mm, yes, even though last time, he did save your neck, didn't he?" Yumi points out.
"Hey, come on! Don't you start now!"
"We should be calling you Odd the Lazy!" Amy quips and the girls laugh at her joke.
"Et tu, Amelia?" He pouts towards his girlfriend.
"Calm down, you guys. Save your strength for XANA and his pals. I just spotted Aelita and Ulrich, they're in New Mexico right now!"
Amy whips around to the clouds upon hearing it. "Wait...New Mexico?"
"What's wrong?" Yumi asks her as she places her hands on her hips.
"Nothing really wrong, per say...it's just that it's where Jackson was when he was in the CIA overlooking security for their supercomputer there. I, uh...hacked into his files one night out of curiosity and found his discharge file."
"So that must've been where he was immune to the Return to the Past!" Jeremy snaps his fingers. "He must've done it to himself right before he quit."
Ulrich and Aelita peek over rocks to see the laboratory up ahead. Ulrich gets onto his feet, pressing his back against something. He smiles once he sees something up ahead.
"Looks something like a military base. With no one here, it shouldn't be too hard."
"You're right, Ulrich. It is a military base, and it's obviously been abandoned. I've located a plan of it on the internet, so I can guide you. Amy, do you remember when this place was deserted?"
"I just know it was before Jackson's daughter was born," She shrugs a little.
"XANA?" Milly asks slowly as William 2 stupidly told them everything. "Who is this XANA?"
"I really don't know, do you know him?" He asks cluelessly as they're all in his room.
"But...it was you who just told us that XANA captured William, so who are you, then?" Milly points to him with her pen.
"Me? William."
"Then I guess there must be two Williams?" She asks in confusion.
"No. There's just one, and that's me. The other one is a prisoner of XANA."
"If the other William's a prisoner, we should call the police, huh?" At the back of her mind, she was wondering why no one reported this.
"Certainly not. Jeremy and the Lyoko Warriors are doing all they can to set him free."
"Lyoko Warriors? Who are they?" Tamiya's more confused than ever.
"Listen, uh, if I'm gonna forgive the other William about the letter, I'm gonna need some proof that you're not making all of this up," Milly states to the clone.
"Some proof? I don't have any...but I can ask Jeremy to show you some in the computer lab at the factory."
Milly smirks a little towards Tamiya.
"I think I found it," Ulrich and Aelita stop walking to listen. "In front of you, on your left. At the foot of a hanger, there's an elevator that'll take you to the underground part of the base."
"Place is really weird. I bet we're in Area 51," Ulrich replies to the pink-haired girl.
"The base at Roswell?" Aelita asks with an amused smile. "The one with all those aliens? No, it wasn't the same at all."
Ulrich scoffs as she takes the lead. He follows after her. "Wait a second, how do you know what Area 51 looks like?"
"I don't, I was just kidding!" She tells him.
Odd, Amy, and Yumi are standing guard in front of the tower. Yumi is suddenly on alert, Odd standing up. Up ahead are Hornets, lots of them.
"Here comes the welcoming committee," Odd points his arm at them. "On your mark, ready..." Yumi pulls out her fans as Amy's hands glow. The Hornets open fire on them and they separate, flipping out of the way. Yumi dodges the lasers with her fans, lowering her hands. She looks behind her as they fly right past.
"Hey, he didn't say go yet!" She calls out after them.
"Wow! Utterly polite, little beasts," Odd fires his laser arrow. "Didn't even introduce themselves! Einstein, we could use a couple of taxis!"
"And fast!" Amy backflips from a Hornet.
"Okay, right away."
The scanners show up on his screen. "What's going on? How come I got an activated scanner? Did anyone just get devirtualized?"
"No, why?" Amy asks as he taps a button. The three vehicles appear.
"Wasn't me!" Odd denies while running over. "Why leave when it's just getting interesting?"
He fires again and a Hornet explodes in mid-air. He jumps and lands on his Overboard.
"It wasn't me either!" Yumi calls out as she jumps using the tower, tossing her fans. They hit the top of the Hornets and they land on the ground, sliding to a stop. Amy leaps into her OverRunner, revving it up and taking off at a fast speed. She looks up at a Hornet and tosses her spear, defeating it easily.
"Laser Arrow!" Odd defeats one of them on the floor. Yumi jumps over the other one that slid past her, tossing a fan. It explodes while still sliding. The girl lands in front of her Overboard, catching her fan.
"If it wasn't us, who was it?" She couldn't help but wonder.
"I have no idea, but it sure isn't someone we wanna meet!"
William was actually the one in the scanner. He opens his XANA-filled eyes as Jeremy uses his camera to zoom in on his face.
"William?!" He slides back in shock upon seeing him.
"William?!" Yumi exclaims as she's to the left of Amy, Odd on her right. "William's in the factory?!"
"It sure looks like it. I'll handle him."
Yumi tosses a fan, destroying only one Hornet. "Were you expecting company? Did you stock up on potato chips, soda, magazines for him to read?"
"He's not coming up here. He's going down, to the supercomputer!" Jeremy notices where the elevator is going. Odd fires up ahead to a Hornet, watching it explode. "He must have come to destroy it!"
"What?!" Amy screeches as she follows after Odd. "If he does that, then all of us will be wiped out! That's even worse than being pushed into the Digital Sea!"
"Oh no, here comes trouble!" Odd flies away.
Ulrich opens a door, and they enter an operating room. Despite the place being abandoned, this room is working to create dozens of hips. The duo walk up to the conveyor belt.
"What is this place?"
"Jeremy...Jeremy?" Aelita asks, but gets no answer.
The three regroup in front of the tower. "We have to get back to the factory!" Odd insists to them. "Einstein, are you there? Can you hear us?"
"There's no need to yell. He's probably trying to figure out a way to keep William busy. Besides, all of us are stuck here."
"I tell you, we've gotta go!" Odd tells her again.
"I know you wanna help Jeremy because he can't face William on his own," Amy places a hand on his shoulder. "But no matter how much we want to, we can't go back."
"Odd...she's right. Jeremy hasn't teleported Ulrich and Aelita yet. We can't do it for him from here, we can't join them out there, we have to protect the Skid at all costs! So we wait." She doesn't like it anymore than they do.
"I hate waiting!" Odd clenches a fist. "There must be something we can do!"
"For Jeremy, no," Amy shakes her head. "Even if their teleportation runs out before it's too late, it'll take forever to get back to Lyoko and to devirtualize ourselves."
"...There is one thing: defend our position. Look," Yumi looks up ahead as Tarantulas approach the tower.
"Good. Thanks to our friends, at least we won't be bored," Odd clenches a fist.
William arrives in the supercomputer room as the battery activates. He smirks evilly until the door opens behind him.
"I had no idea you were into computers, William!"
Jeremy holds a crowbar and swings it towards him. William catches with an evil grin. He just laughs at the blonde, swinging him around. Jeremy eventually loses his grip and hits the wall roughly. He falls onto the floor.
"Whoa, check it out. It's like a scene from Executioner 2," Ulrich comments to Aelita. "And it smells like Odd's feet in here."
"What worries me the most is that we've lost contact with Jeremy..." Aelita murmurs in concern. "We have to find a way to get back to the Skid and then return to the factory."
"Abort the mission?" He asks in surprise. "Look around you, Aelita. XANA's putting something really serious together."
"I don't like this anymore than you do, but Jeremy must need our help. Something's wrong."
"Well anyway, if we do decide to abort, there's only one way for us to get back to the Skid..." Ulrich looks towards the ground.
William grabs Jeremy by the collar. "And now, you're going to witness the total destruction of the supercomputer, and the end of your little gang of friends!" He threatens the boy just as William 2, Milly, and Tamiya arrive.
"Hello Jeremy," William 2 speaks up. "Uh, do you have any proof that you could lend me?" The two boys stay silent and then he notices the situation. "Get your hands off of Jeremy!"
William throws Jeremy away and the clone tackles him to the opposite side of the wall. The two girls look towards the blond.
"Hi girls, what are you doing here?" He asks in pain.
The two Williams wrestle. "Milly, I wanna go home!" Tamiya says in fear.
"Which one of them is the real William?"
"It's very simple. The real one..." Jeremy gets onto his feet. "Is a bad guy." He tries to stand, but is too weak at the moment. "Listen, you two girls have to go back to the computer lab and tell the others that they've gotta get back here and fast."
"Did you say the others?" Milly questions in confusion.
"Alright, I'm outta here," Tamiya backs up towards the elevator.
One of the three Tarantulas stands up, firing at the trio. Yumi uses her telekinesis, throwing Odd's board over to them.
"Oh no, my Overboard!"
She knocks it into a Tarantula, sending it into the Digital Sea. "Another one bites the dust!" She moves it back to Odd.
"Don't ever do that without telling me!" He inspects his vehicle. "I hope you didn't mess up the paint job...
The other two Tarantulas continue attacking them. They jump back into their vehicles, Odd and Yumi flying over their heads. They look towards Amy, who spins her car around to the side and drifts right past them, her hair flying. She winks at them as she continues going forward, following the duo into a wall of rocks.
The two Williams jump onto the ground, William trying to punch his clone. William 2 tries the same, and they tackle each other to the wall.
Tamiya arrives in the lab, shocked at the sight. Nevertheless, she runs up to the computer and lands in the chair. She sees the headphone and puts it on.
"Um, hello? Anyone out there? Hello?"
"Huh? Einstein?" Odd looks up, confused at the voice all of a sudden. "What's with that voice of yours, you catch a cold?"
A laser hits his Overboard and he falls off it. Amy narrows her eyes, speeding up to him and catching him into the back seat.
"No, uh, it's...it's Tamiya," She says slowly.
"Tamiya?! Oh," Odd rubs his head.
"Wait, Tamiya is in the factory?! How?" Amy asks, a laser hitting her OverRunner. They crash onto the ground as the Tarantulas approach.
Yumi flies over, her Overwing getting hit. She bumps into the wall before landing on the ground. Her vehicle is destroyed once it touches the ground. Yumi takes off into a run.
"Tamiya, what are you doing at the factory?" She asks as a Tarantula chases after her. "Well, that's one heck of a surprise! Where's Jeremy?"
"Jeremy told me to tell you to come back right away, uh, whoever you are..."
"We're on our way!"
"Tamiya, is everything okay?" Amy questions as the duo get onto their feet. "You don't sound like yourself."
"The, uh, Williams are fighting, and it's scary..."
"Fun's over, we're going home," Yumi joins their side as Odd fires at the Tarantula up ahead.
"It's your lucky day, Tarantula! Hasta la vista!"
They run in the opposite direction, running right past the Tarantula that was behind them. It turns around and follows after them.
"Did you hear that? If Tamiya's in the factory, we've got a big problem. Let's go," Aelita tells Ulrich.
"Okay."
"On three," She points her hands at him as he reaches for his sword. "One, two-"
A few seconds later, they arrive in the Skid on the replica. The trio reach the ship. "Ulrich and Aelita might have been teleported!"
"Yoo hoo, anybody home?" Odd calls out as a laser hits Yumi's leg. "Those Tarantulas stick to you like glue!"
"Annoying little bugs," Amy grunts as they dodge the projectiles.
The real William is thrown into the elevator as William 2 presses the button. "That oughta hold you, William bad guy!"
"Good riddance!" Milly glares to where he left.
"No, not at all! He's going up to the lab. He can still mess with the programming and get rid of the others," Jeremy explains to them. "The trap door. Go on, William. You have to stop him before he starts doing some real harm!"
"Yeah!" The clone winks with a thumbs up before jumping onto the battery and going through the ceiling.
Aelita slowly starts to wake up in the skid.
The doors open as Tamiya turns to the real William. "Oh, which one are you? The good guy or the bad guy?" She has no way of knowing since they both look exactly the same.
"The good guy!" XANA William smirks evilly, stepping towards her.
"Odd, we're on board the Skid. Ready to take off," Aelita says as Odd jumps over a Tarantula. He jumps over it and fires a Laser Arrow at him, destroying the monster.
"Yumi, make it fast!" Odd calls out.
"Coming," However, when she looks to them, that gives the Tarantula the chance to devirtualize her.
"Embarking Odd. Embarking Amy."
The duo back up from the Tarantula, Odd standing in front of her. Just before they disappear, Amy creates a hole underneath the monster, and he falls into the Digital Sea.
"Okay, everyone's on board. Next stop Lyoko!" Aelita pulls the lever.
Tamiya is standing next to XANA William, having fell for his act. She looks at him, still a bit skeptical as he then disables the scanners.
Yumi stands in her scanner, which opens only just a little. "Thanks for the welcome," She mutters, trying pull the doors apart, but they won't budge. Tamiya eyes XANA William, backing away.
"I think you're the bad guy and if you think you're gonna wreck everything, you'll have to deal with me." She kicks and punches the air. He turns around with a smirk, hitting her with a blast that knocks her into the wall.
"I don't have to deal with you, but I do have to wreck everything!"
"There's the hub," The Skid finally arrives back to Lyoko's hub. "Ready for high-speed acceleration." The Skid turns vertical.
"Ready."
"Whenever you want, princess!" Odd replies back.
"Ready," Amy reports to her. "I just hope it isn't too late."
They teleport and disappear through the hub.
The trap door opens as William 2 crawls inside. XANA William immediately notices him and continues his work. William 2 jumps towards him and he taps enter. The clone completely disappears into pixels right in front of him.
"You're nothing, just an insignificant bunch of digital dust!"
Tamiya hugs herself in fear. The battery starts to emit smoke.
"Tell me that's normal, and everything is okay!" Milly turns to Jeremy.
"No, not normal. The cooling chamber. It's overheating, and...the supercomputer is gonna reach a combustible, critical mass! Double fail. You have to stop William."
Her mouth opens in fear.
The Skid has reached the Digital Sea. "Do you see what I see?" Odd wonders as everything turns red.
"Yeah, it's too quiet."
"Retro brakes," Aelita stops the Skid as a Shark swims in front of them. "I really didn't feel like fishing...bombs away!" She releases the three Nav Skids and they fly off. The two Sharks fire at them. Ulrich quickly spins out of the way. The projectile just nearly misses Odd and Amy's Nav Skids.
"Hey! Keep to your right, Sunday driver!" Odd calls out.
"Nothing like a good workout!" Amy shrugs as the three separate. Another Shark arrives as they split up. One of them fires at Odd as he moves out of the way.
"I've got one stuck to me! That's worse than forgetting your candy bar in your jeans during a heat wave!"
Amy rolls her eyes.
"Just another groupie, crazy about Odd the Magnificent," Ulrich jokes back with a chuckle.
"Guys, enough with the jokes. We have to hurry back," Amy shakes her head. Ulrich turns his Nav Skid around.
"Torpedo!" Ulrich fires one and it explodes in front of him. "Odd, higher up! I can get him..."
"Only because it's you!" Odd states, dodging the attacks from the Shark. He turns around and goes upwards. Ulrich zips past him.
"Over here, cutie pie. Now!" He fires his torpedoes and hits the Shark dead on. "How's it going, Amy?"
"Just give me a second..." She murmurs, focusing on the Shark still trailing her. She spins the Nav Skid right over the Shark's head. "Frostbite!" A spark of ice hits the Shark, freezing it in place. Then it explodes and she flies back to the Skid.
"Well, that takes care of that! Aren't you tired of me saving you all the time?"
"Everyone into the Skid, ASAP! We've already lost a lot of time," Aelita warns them as the two return back.
Yumi has gotten the doors to move a few inches, and she finally gets them to the point where she can step out. She falls onto the floor, the scanner closing behind her.
The Skid arrives in the desert sector. "Jeremy, we're on Lyoko."
XANA William stares at the screen with a smirk as the Skid enters the hangar. "We're starting the docking procedure."
The Skid slowly comes to a stop, being reattached. The four disembark from the Skid onto their platforms.
"Jeremy's still not answering," Aelita shrugs cluelessly at the three.
"Well, there aren't a whole lot of ways to devirtualize ourselves," Odd points his arm at Aelita.
"Amy, you'll have to devirtualize yourself just a few seconds later," Aelita tells her.
"Let's just get this over with," Amy sighs a bit, pointing her hand at Ulrich.
XANA William chuckles a little. "The cavalry's finally here! Only too late as usual."
"Oh yeah?" Milly asks from behind as she arrives. "We'll see about that!"
"Be careful, Milly!" Tamiya calls out to her. "He disintegrated the other William just by pushing a button!"
XANA William narrows his eyes at the girl.
Yumi looks up to see her friends arriving, but Odd's is more slower. Aelita quickly steps out so that Amy can devirtualize herself.
"What'd you do to my scanner?" Odd accuses Yumi, who narrows her eyes at him.
"No time for small talk," Ulrich states as Amy arrives.
"Jeremy, are you okay? We're all in the scanner room now," Aelita speaks up, but he's still not in the lab.
"It's six against one, so just give up!" Milly jerks a thumb behind her. William starts a delayed virtualization, standing up. He chuckles at Milly, who steps back a bit in alarm. He simply leaves her alone, jumping into the hatch. Tamiya looks to her left as the others arrive, ready to deal with XANA William.
"The Lyoko Warriors!" Tamiya points to them.
"Go on, run away, go back to where you came from!" Milly points at him.
"William's set up a delayed virtualization. He's going back to the network. What's more, he managed to cut the cooling system," Aelita gets to work as Amy bends down to the girls.
"Are you two okay?"
"We're fine," Tamiya groans a bit. Aelita taps a key.
"But I managed to stop the process in time."
"How long have you been fighting against XANA?" Milly has a little interview with Jeremy. They found him in the supercomputer room, and he was fine.
"We began almost two years ago," Jeremy answers her.
"And does this happen a lot?" Tamiya asks next.
"Are you kidding?" She turns her camera to Odd. "It happens all the time! We fight XANA almost every day!"
"Well, not Jeremy, anyway. He refuses to step foot in Lyoko ever again," Amy smirks towards the genius, who glares at her slightly.
"Wow! This has gotta be the best scoop we've ever had!" Milly writes this down. "Odd, Amy, how do you feel about being grandparents to Kiwi's puppies?"
"You know about that?!" They ask in unison with shocked looks on their faces.
"Hold on a sec," Jeremy has a smug look. "Let me tell you one last secret," He glances to the others as they smile in amusement.
"Oh great, let's hear it!"
"The reason you're not gonna remember any of this is...return to the past now!" He taps the button and everything is engulfed in white.
"I know what you're thinking," Odd says once the day has been reset. "But even if it's really tempting, i won't do it again." He eats his peeled tangerine.
"A wise decision, Odd. Especially if William's clone is into imitating your stunts! We sure don't wanna draw any attention to him. And in the meantime, I'll try to create a new upgrading program."
"Are you sure you wanna erase the old one?" Aelita asks skeptically as Amy looks around, making sure that no one is listening in this time. "The replica did fight for you against the real William."
"Yes, I know, but um...actually, when I created it, I used some pre-existing programs that were already in the supercomputer. They'd been created by Franz Hopper. I did it to speed things up, but...I think they might have been some of the same ones that developed the personality of, uh...XANA."
"Oh, nice one, Frank-Einstein! Better find William ASAP or we'll have a XANA-stein Jr on our hands!" Odd comments, only to get elbowed in the arm by Amy. "Ouch!"
"Or much worse," Yumi frowns a little. "A human being."
"That could never happen! Without that upgrade, William's clone will never be more than a program!"
William 2 raises a fist over his fork, Jeremy blinking in shock. But he simply turns around and gives them a thumbs up.
