Angel: Sorry for the delay, I was trying to upload this chapter, but I kept getting error messages. I finally managed to upload the chapter by using my phone to do it instead of my laptop, and hopefully it won't be like that forever...see you guys next Friday.
Ulrich opens up the door that leads to the hall, walking all the way down to his room. He opens up the door, only to find Odd rummaging through the wardrobe. "Uh...hey Odd, if you're trying to clean up the room, you better find another system."
"There! That's what I was looking for. Hmm, no it's not," Odd walks up to his bed and sits down. "I don't wanna be late for breakfast!"
"So you can steal an extra croissant?" Ulrich quips as he sits down.
"Well yeah," Odd puts on his pants. "But also to surprise Ames! I asked Rosa to make her favorite, and she'll let me have it so I can give it to my favorite girl! Where are my shoes?"
Ulrich smirks in amusement. He never thought he'd see the day where Odd would make an effort to get up early and arrange that kind of surprise for Amy. But then again, it is young love...
"Uh, you just have to follow the stink," Ulrich looks to the shoes underneath a desk. "You're pretty wound up today. You sure this morning is the best time?"
"Oh yeah, she had to take care of the puppies this week."
"And?" Ulrich raises a brow.
"Well, that's a sure sign that she's totally exhausted and needs a pick-me-up! So today's the day!" Odd smiles, placing his backpack over his shoulder, but he knocks over a mirror and it breaks onto the floor. "Oh...oh, sorry about that."
"I'm sorry for you: that means seven years bad luck!" Ulrich explains to him.
"Ulrich...are you superstitious?" Odd asks in amusement.
"Well yeah. Aren't you?"
"Are you kidding? No, not a chance. Get real, good buddy. Four-leaf clovers, rabbit's feet, horseshoes are for old ladies! Ah...! In fact, I can feel it. Today's gonna be my lucky day!" He smiles, opening up the door to see Jim standing there.
"Della Robbia! I'll bet you think it's really funny filling my shoes with cottage cheese, huh? You just earned yourself and your girlfriend 8 hours of detention!"
"But it wasn't me or her, Jim!" Odd insists to the teacher.
"Well, if it wasn't you two, then who was it?"
"Well, I'm not a snitch, Jim, but you might wanna check out Nicolas and Herb," Odd holds his head up high.
"Thanks for the tip. That's gonna cost you two four hours of detention for selling your classmates!" Jim tells the boy and leaves.
"Can you believe that?" Odd pouts towards Ulrich.
"I told you Odd, seven years bad luck!"
"Forget it! There's no such thing as bad luck!" And with that, he slams the door.
Rosa smiles apologetically at him when he makes it into the line for breakfast. "Sorry Odd, but I guess you're out of luck."
"Not even one croissant left, Rosa? And Ames' special breakfast got burned? What am I supposed to eat?"
"How 'bout some dry toast?" She smiles, holding it up.
"No way. Okay, give me some hot chocolate to drown my sorrows in."
"I can't do that, Odd. The machine is on the blink. Never happened before in all the years I've been working here," She replies and he sighs lowly. He walks up to the others with the dry toast...Odd sits next to Amy and frowns, crossing his arms.
"Tea and dry toast, Odd?" Yumi asks incredibly. "What are you, sick?"
"No, not yet, but after I choke this down, I will be!" He grumbles, causing them to laugh.
"Rosa told me what you tried to do," Amy smiles softly at him, kissing his cheek. "You're very sweet, Odd. Here, have my breakfast."
"Really?" He blinks at her in shock. "...No, you need it more than me!"
"Take it or else," She crosses her arms and he does so, smiling.
"My little good luck charm."
"I thought you didn't believe in it," Ulrich teases him, earning a glare in return.
"And besides...what you did makes up for getting me four hours of detention," Amy deadpans towards her boyfriend, narrowing her eyes.
"Ohh...so you know about that," Odd rubs his neck. "I tried to tell Jim you didn't do anything, I-"
"Oh, I'm not mad," She puts on a small smile. "It was worth imagining the look on Mr. Smith's face when he called me this morning to chew me out. I just put the phone down and let him rant. He's still ranting from it in my room," She looks at her watch. "Anything is worth that reaction."
"Okay everyone, here's the plan," Jeremy speaks up. "You've got to return to the military base and destroy XANA's supercomputer once and for all. I don't think it should be too complicated. That is, as long as XANA doesn't have anything new up his sleeve."
Azra Urgup walks past their table with a smile. "Azra!"
"Mm?" She turns around to him.
"Let's have breakfast together," He whispers to her so that Amy doesn't hear.
"So you can start drinking hot chocolate to your nose again?" She retorts back.
"Uh, no. And besides, the machine is busted. What I meant is, uh, I wanna learn to speak Turkish. Maybe you could give me lessons so I can say something sweet to my girlfriend," He gestures to Amy as he's now standing up.
"Do you mean it?" She blinks at him.
"Sure I do."
"Well, um...we can discuss it," Azra raises a brow.
"What a great idea, Azra! I can't wait to start!"
"Hey, why did you tell Jim on me?" Herb storms up to him. "You're a snitch!"
"Not only that, but it was your idea to put cottage cheese in his sneakers! Which was incredibly funny," Nicolas giggles at the memory.
"Yeah, just you wait. We're gonna get even with you for that someday. You'll see, you traitor!"
Odd turns around to see them leave, Azra glaring at him. "I don't blame Herb," She walks off. "Budala."
He takes a seat next to Amy again, sulking. "Burhaha?"
"Dork, that's the word for a numbskull!" Jeremy laughs, winking at him. "Well Odd, I guess you just had your first Turkish lesson!"
"Why do you wanna learn Turkish, anyway?" Amy raises a suspicious brow at him.
"No reason!" He frowns towards his plate. This wasn't bad luck. The day just might turn around for him...
A little while later, the team is on the Desert Replika, the Skid already docked at a tower. "Walking under a ladder is like asking for bad luck."
"In Japan, people avoid anything to do with the number 4 because it sounds just like the word for death?" Yumi asks them.
"Did you know that the word rabbit is bad luck for sailors? So is spilling salt when you're on a ship," Aelita says next.
"And black cats are associated with witches because of the bad mojo they bring," Amy holds up a finger.
"And I tell you the only thing that'll bring you bad luck is talking to an Odd about dumb superstition, because all you'll get is being laughed at!" Odd quips with a tiny smirk.
"You think you're smart, but I'll bet by the end of the day you'll be crossing streets to avoid black cats! Better bring a rabbit's foot with you, Amy!"
"Ew, no," Amy scrunches up her nose in disgust.
"Okay, Odd and Yumi, you guys ready for teleportation?"
"Ready," Odd tells him.
"Ready," Yumi adds in.
"Then here we go. Energize Yumi." He taps the key and Yumi disappears. "Energize Odd."
He waits, closing his eyes, but nothing happens. "Well? Go on."
Yumi teleports into New Mexico. She lands, looking around in confusion. She hides behind a rock. "Hey Jeremy, we've got a slight problem. Where's Odd?"
"He's still in his Nav Skid."
"I don't get it. What did I do wrong?" Odd asks as Jeremy looks into it.
"I don't get it either. The teleportation failed for the first time..."
"I guess it's bad luck," Ulrich smirks towards Odd's Nav Skid.
"Ulrich, save your dumb jokes or you'll have the bad luck of being forced to eat ten pounds of dry toast!" Odd punches his fists.
"What do we do now, Jeremy? You want me to go?" Aelita asks him.
"No," Jeremy pushes up his glasses. "You got plenty to do dealing with the Replika. The super scan has just picked up an activated tower. I'll send Ulrich and Amy can stay to help out."
"Just say when."
"Energize Ulrich." Ulrich closes his eyes and is teleported into New Mexico.
"Hey Ulrich!" Yumi greets him with a wave. He runs up to her. "Where's Odd?"
"Stuck on Lyoko. Disappointed?" He lightly smirks.
"No, I'm glad, in fact. He's really bad luck today. Ready?"
"Ready," He glances away and the two take off into a run.
"Watch your step," Jeremy warns the trio on the Replika. "If a tower's been activated, you can be sure that XANA's planning to counterattack."
"How about giving us the coordinates so that we can go and deactivate it?" Aelita suggests to him.
"Due west from your current position."
"Let's go!" Odd pumps a fist.
"Amy, do you believe in bad luck?" Aelita asks her sister.
"I believe anything's possible after the two years we've been fighting XANA," Amy crosses her arms. "Trust me, I've seen more than enough to believe in superstitions. But...people can make their own luck in life."
Yumi and Ulrich are taking a look around the area. "As deserted as ever, huh?"
"That's good news," She smiles a bit. She'd rather not face anymore guards like those spiders...
"Here we go..." Aelita teleports first, followed by Odd and then Amy.
"Here are your vehicles," The Overboard and the OverRunner appear side-by-side.
"Hm?" Odd looks around, standing up and seeing the Overwing materialize. "Jeremy, isn't Aelita getting on the Overboard with me?"
"Uh, you know, Odd...um...seeing how your day's been going up to now, I'd rather you guys travel separately," Jeremy rubs the back of his neck.
"You all are such lame-os! I tell you, everything's cool!" Odd insists to them, but then he starts to bug, shocking the two.
"Did you see that, Jeremy?" Aelita points to him. "What's going on?"
Odd huffs, crossing his arms.
"I have no idea. I'll check it out. You guys get going," Jeremy states and Odd jumps onto his vehicle. The three take off, flying west.
Yumi and Ulrich walk up to the lab. "Free elevator over there," Ulrich points up ahead. "It'll take us downstairs."
However, a camera captures them running around...
They reach the elevator and Yumi presses the button. "By the way, Yumi," Ulrich turns to her. "I never asked you this. Which monsters do you like fighting the least of all?"
"The Kankerlots. I really hate fighting against big bugs, blegh!" She looks away in slight disgust.
"Yeah, right. What I hate most are Megatanks. How about-"
"The Kankerlots!" Her eyes widen towards something.
"Yeah, I know. You said that already."
"No, I mean over there!" She holds up her fan. "Kankerlots!"
They are actually two Kankerlots running towards them. Ulrich opens his mouth in shock as another one appears. One of them stops and fires, Yumi deflecting it with her fan. She tosses it at the Kankerlot, and he disappears into nothing.
She catches the fan just as the elevator opens. The two fire and they rush inside the elevator. "Hurry up!"
Ulrich hits the button with his elbow before the Kankerlots could come in. Yumi rubs the back of her head slightly.
"I wish XANA sent us a few crabs."
"I prefer Hornets," Ulrich narrows his eyes, pressing a finger to his ear. "Jeremy, do you read us?"
"Loud and clear. Anything wrong?"
"Yeah, we just found out why XANA activated a tower. He's teleporting Kankerlots our way," He informs the blond.
"I'm on it. Aelita, Yumi and Ulrich have some visitors at the base. You have to deactivate the tower fast!"
"We're on our way. I can see a canyon in the distance!" She points up ahead, Amy driving between her and Odd.
"Got you. I'll check the area and see if the tower is there." He checks it out to confirm it. "The tower is in the center of the canyon. Hurry up!"
"Okay," Odd nods, turning to the girls. "You see that? Everything's cool. Superstition is for lame-os. Why to-"
He gets hit in the shoulder, and they turn around to see Hornets following after them. "Uh, you were saying?" Aelita asks him.
"I'm okay! Watch this," He swerves to the left, hovering over Amy. He flies into the air and then ends up behind the Hornets. "Laser arrow!" He destroys one from behind, flying back to the girls. "Piece of cake!" He brags to them, Amy rolling her eyes in amusement.
The elevator opens as Yumi and Ulrich look down a hall. "The coast is clear in front of us."
However, a Kankerlot teleports behind them, startling them. "But not in back of us, look!"
Another one appears as the first one walks forward. Yumi leaps back and throws her fan, but the Kankerlot deflects it. Ulrich catches her fan and throws it, destroying a monster in the process.
"Nice one, Ulrich," She smiles at him. Two more Kankerlots materialize. "Let's try to buy some time."
"Good idea..." They back away before running off, turning right.
"Jeremy," Ulrich contacts him.
"What is it?" Jeremy asks from his intercom.
"Any news? It's getting rough here!"
"Hang in there. Aelita, Amy, and Odd are almost at the tower!" Jeremy looks back to the trio.
"Let's do our thing," Aelita orders the two.
"Here we go!" Odd turns right as Aelita goes left, Amy staying straight forward. The two Hornets separate as another appears to follow after the fairy. Aelita turns around to the Hornet on her tail and holds out a hand.
"Energy field!" She fires, but misses it.
Odd flies around the lasers as the Hornet relentless attacks him. He turns around to face the monster. He jumps into the air, the Hornet flying past. Odd grips the end of his Overboard. "Laser arrow!" He hits the Hornet dead on, spinning back onto his Overboard.
Amy looks over her shoulder, seeing the Hornet. It tries to fire at her wheels, but she swerves back and forth to avoid them. Amy then notices some pillars up ahead and stomps on the brake. She turns her car around so that she drifts right past the pillars. Then she lifts her hand, a rock forming in it. While still drifting, she throws the rock at the Hornet, destroying the monster.
"Who said I was jinxed?" Odd quips to Amy as she continues driving, and then he starts to bug up again. "But...but..."
The Overboard tilts upwards and he falls, landing on the ground. "Odd!" The two sisters shout.
"Odd, are you okay?" Aelita questions in concern. The Hornet turns around and sees Odd flickering.
Something seems to be wrong with him as he's not moving, and Jeremy notices the torso from Odd's avatar blinking red, even though he wasn't hit by a laser. "Odd, what's happening? You lost half your life points just now!"
"It's that stupid bug again, Jeremy!"
A Hornet flies over to Odd, the girls turning around. They go straight over as Odd slowly lifts up his head. "What's going on...?"
The Hornet hits him one last time before he's devirtualized. "No!"
"Odd..." Amy frowns at this. Aelita creates an energy field in her left hand.
"Energy field!" She hits it dead on. "That'll teach you to sat our friend down." They turn around and go in the other direction. "Jeremy, we're heading for the activated tower."
"Okay, girls, make it fast. Yumi and Ulrich have got a huge, huge bug problem," Jeremy looks to the left screen.
"And what about the program bug? You know what's causing it?" Aelita asks him.
"I'm not sure how much longer we'll last if it's not fixed!"
"No, not yet. It might be a virus of some maiden XANA made. Whatever it is, we're not having any luck with it," Jeremy answers as Odd is out of the scanner.
"There's no such thing as luck, you got that!" Odd shouts up at him.
The Kankerlots split up to go find Ulrich and Yumi. One of the looks through a door and walks right past it, not knowing that the room is where the two are hiding. Ulrich gives her a thumbs up once the coast is clear, and she closes the door.
"What kind of place is this?" She looks up ahead.
"That's exactly what I said the first time we came here," He whispers as they step further inside.
"It looks like some sort of factory assembly line..."
"Yeah, but what did they assemble here?" Ulrich wonders as chips are on the conveyor belt.
"We might find that out in here...it looks like a control terminal."
"Check it out, Yumi," Jeremy speaks up. "Any info on XANA's tactics can come in handy."
She starts operating the computer as Ulrich presses a finger to his ear. "What's going on with the tower, Jeremy?"
"Aelita and Amy should be deactivating any minute now."
The two finally reach the area of the tower...which is past a very long path. They enter, Amy swerving around the pillars carefully so that she doesn't bump into them. Aelita does the same in the sky, two Hornets following after the sisters. Aelita glances behind her as Amy groans at the buzzing sound.
"They just keep on coming, huh?" She shakes her head, Aelita picking up speed. Amy does the same as lasers are fired at them. One of the Hornets bumps into a rock and destroys itself. Aelita keeps swerving as the other one fires at them both. Amy drives after Aelita, quickly drifting to the left.
"You're not gonna get out that easily, my friend," She tries to fire an energy field at him, only for her to start flickering like Odd did.
"Aelita, look out!" Amy shouts, but it's too late as Aelita bumps into a pillar and crashes onto the ground. The fairy comes to a stop, running out of the OverRunner and bending down to her sister. "Aelita, are you okay?"
She lifts up her head and sees the tower not too far away. "Yes, I'm fine...guess we've gotta go the rest of the way on foot."
"What makes you say that?"
The OverRunner flickers and then completely disappears. "Oh..."
The Hornet continues firing at them and they run off. Amy tries to open up her wings, but nothing happens as they start flickering. "Oh, this bug is gonna be the end of us!"
"Jeremy!" Aelita cries out.
"Yes, Aelita. I saw it," Jeremy replies, Odd now at his side. "The bug seems to be having an effect on you too. Better deactivate the tower fast before either of you disappear!"
"We're going as fast as we can!"
"Ulrich!"
"Yeah, I read you," Ulrich activates his communication device again.
"Aelita or Amy can't deactivate the tower just yet. They've been affected by Odd's bug too."
"Hey, it's not my bug, okay?" Odd defends next to him.
"Just my name for it until we figure out exactly what's going on," Jeremy chuckles a little.
"It better be, because I've got nothing to do with this mess, you hear? It's just a question of chance," Odd looks away, crossing his arms.
"Did you say chance? Well, you know, you're not becoming superstitious, are you?" Ulrich teases, as he heard all of what Odd said.
"I figured it out," Yumi calls out, getting his attention.
"Well?" He walks over to her.
"I think it's an assembly line for motherboards and electronic implants," She gestures to the computer.
"Electronic implants? But for what?"
"To control those spiders, for example," She blinks at the terminal.
"You mean those cybernetic creatures in the jungle lab?"
"Exactly what I mean," She answers and he hums, crossing his arms.
"Makes sense...but the big question is what XANA is planning to do with all of them."
"I wish I knew the answer..."
The terminal nearby glows with the XANA symbol on it, starting up the assembly line. The Kankerlot that went past them earlier comes in from behind a machine. Another one materializes near the steps. The two pull out their weapons. One of them appears in front of Yumi, firing at them. A third Kankerlot materializes near Ulrich, but he stabs it through the eye.
"Impact! Guess you're just like Odd, not your lucky day."
Thankfully, his friend didn't hear him say that... A Kankerlot jumps towards him, but Ulrich rolls out of the way. He watches as the monster lands on the conveyor belt. Yumi flips away from the lasers, landing on her feet. She tosses a fan at the Kankerlot nearby, defeating it. However, she gets hit in the shoulder from behind. Yumi looks up at the Kankerlot, holding her sparking right shoulder.
Ulrich stabs it and it disappears. She stands up and grabs his sword, tossing it to him. "Thank you."
He lands in front of her, seeing her smile. "Anytime."
"Ulrich, Yumi, I just located the super calculator. Head for the southernmost end of the room," Jeremy informs them. They look up ahead to see an open hallway.
"Okay, we're on our way."
They make a run for it. "What about your end? What's the latest?"
"Pretty bad news," Jeremy looks up at the computer screen. "William just showed up on the Replika..."
William stomps on the ground, looking up towards the tower...and the Skid that's docked to it. "And if you ask me, it's not just a friendly visit."
"Jeremy," Ulrich whispers to him, "We're coming to the super calculator room." He looks to his left. "Down there." They run down the hallway.
"The super calculator will have to wait. First, we've gotta solve the William problem."
"I'd love to. Got any suggestions?" Ulrich asks as they come to a stop.
"We haven't any choice. One of you has to be teleported back to keep him from deactivating the Skid tower."
"Okay," Ulrich turns to the girl. "What do we do, Yumi? You want me to go or you?"
"...We can always play for it," She smiles a bit and he smirks in amusement.
"Paper, scissors, rock!" Yumi has paper while he has scissors.
"Scissors cut paper, don't they?" He questions and she gives a deadpan look.
"Get ready, William," She declares, putting a finger to her ear. "We're good, Jeremy. I'm the one who's going."
"De-energize Yumi."
"Good luck," She tells Ulrich before she disappears.
"You too," He smiles softly.
Yumi reappears in the Skid. "Yumi, wake up! William's coming!"
She opens her eyes and looks around. William is walking up to the Skid, sword in hand. Yumi teleports in front of the tower, ready to face him. He comes to a stop upon seeing her.
"Yeah, I know, William, and I'm glad to see you too." She pulls out her fans above her head, opening them. He growls at her as she throws her weapons. He, of course, blocks it with his sword, ducking from the other.
Ulrich enters the super calculator room. "Oh, wow!" But it's not so great because a few Kankerlots appear nearby, firing at them. He ducks out of the way, pressing his back against the wall next to the door. He shuts the door closed with an annoyed look on his face and contacts the blond genius again. "Jeremy, the super calculator's infested with Kankerlots over here! What's holding the girls up?"
"They're just about ready to enter the tower," Jeremy reports as he looks back to the sisters' location.
The Hornet is still chasing after them, the two girls hiding behind a rock. Aelita creates a pink orb and throws it at the Hornet from behind, defeating it.
"Yes!" The two sisters cheer, sharing a high-five.
"Jeremy, we finally got here!" Aelita pants a bit as they make a run for it.
"Great. Don't waste any time."
However, the bug acts up again, and Aelita completely disappears before she can even reach the tower. Amy gasps and sees her hand starting to disappear.
"No!" She shouts, picking up speed. Half of her body starts to disappear, but she manages to make it to the tower just in time, falling onto the platform in exhaustion. Her legs rematerialize back onto her body.
"I don't believe this!" Jeremy holds his head, adjusting his glasses. "Ulrich, Aelita just got devirtualized, and Amy's in no shape inside the tower to deactivate it. It looks like you're on your own with the Kankerlots."
"Look, I know I'm good, but there are 70 of these creeps," Ulrich states slowly. "I could go down on this, and that'll blow the whole mission!"
"Try to hold out until Yumi's finished her combat," Jeremy tells him. "If she beats William, she can come back and give you some help."
"Roger. What about Amy?" Ulrich wonders just as Aelita comes back from the scanner room.
"She's still too weak to move. Hopefully she wakes up in time to deal with the tower."
Odd frowns in worry for his girlfriend. He still doesn't believe in bad luck, but...everything that could go wrong has, and now it's affecting Amy.
William looks around for the disappeared Yumi, walking forward. He scopes the area for her, as she's hiding behind a rock. He growls, shaking a fist in frustration when he doesn't find her. William leaps into the air, landing on a pillar to search for her that way. He still doesn't see her and she jumps onto a pillar not too far behind him. She takes out a fan and throws it at him from behind. She hits him in the side, but doesn't devirtualize him.
She smiles a bit and gasps to see him jumping on pillars to get to her. She brings out her other fan and throws it, knocking him onto the ground. He slowly sits up, looking up to a pillar that's about to fall on him. Before he can move out of the way, he gets crushed by the pillar and is devirtualized. And it was all thanks to Yumi's telekinesis.
"That was great, Yumi!" Jeremy compliments, Odd and Aelita smiling next to him. "Get ready for another teleportation. Ulrich needs your help."
"Okay. Is Amy alright?" She asks, looking towards the ground. "Uh, no, hold on. I'm all bugged up." her body starts flickering before she completely disappears. "Oh, too late."
"Can't believe how jinxed we are today!" Jeremy narrows his eyes in annoyance. "Amy, you there?"
Amy slowly sits up in the tower, holding her head. "Still here...seems as if this stupid bug only happens on the replica and not inside the tower. But because I was almost devirtualized, I'm not exactly all there."
"What is this dumb bug, anyhow?" Yumi asks bitterly once the scanner opens.
"That's exactly where I'm about to find out..." Jeremy starts typing. "It's a mandelbug!"
"A what?" Odd asks in confusion.
"A bug in the virtualization software, and the causes are so complex that its behavior seems totally chaotic! And with no way to tell if the behavior is really chaotic or just seems to be, it's impossible to differentiate it from a bore bug or a heisenbug!"
"Huh?" Aelita raises a brow. She's not very well-versed in bugs.
"Couldn't be any more clear," Odd says smugly.
"...You mean it?" Jeremy stares at him.
"No!"
"It's an extremely unusual problem, and Jeremy doesn't know how to fix it yet," Aelita explains to the boy.
"Oh, well, why didn't you say so?"
Amy sighs at this. "A mandelbug combined with a supercomputer can have dastardly effects..."
"Does that mean you might not be able to deactivate the tower?" Odd turns to the screen.
"I have no clue if there is really any effect with my signature with this bug, and there's only one way to tell..."
"...Amy, if this doesn't work, then Ulrich is on his own with those Kankerlots in the super calculator," Jeremy reminds her slowly.
"I know that! But it's his only chance," She looks up towards the top.
"She's right," Aelita agrees with a nod.
Jeremy sees something approaching the docked Skid and the tower. "Oh great. That's all we needed now."
Two Tarantulas arrive, and with both Lyoko warriors away, there's no way to defend the ship...They start firing at the Skid.
"Ulrich," Jeremy contacts him. "I bet you want some good news."
"Yeah," Ulrich answers eagerly.
"Sorry, don't have any yet. To make a long story short, you're still on your own, the tower's still activated, we don't know if Amy can deactivate it, and you're probably gonna get the bug I can't fix."
"Is that all?" Ulrich deadpans at this.
"No. You've gotta work fast because XANA also sent in some Tarantulas to blow up the Skid. Speaking of fast, Amy, you need to get the job done now."
"You try getting all the way up there when you were close to devirtualization!" She retorts back, finally getting up. She's still a bit weak from earlier as she kneels onto the platform with a groan. "I wish the tower was faster on boosting me up...I feel like Odd about to go into a food coma..."
"Great," Ulrich mutters to himself, getting up. He enters the room. "Ready to rumble, guys? Here we go!"
The Kankerlots turn around to the door as he runs inside.
Yumi has joined the others at this point, and they all gasp at the shock. "Hey, did you see that? Ulrich just knocked out three of them!"
"But how did he do that?" Jeremy asks in wonder. "He's only got two sabers!"
"Incredible! There goes another one!" Aelita smiles in relief.
"He's on a lucky streak today," Yumi comments, to the slight ire of Odd. They look towards the other screen as Amy hasn't done anything in the tower yet.
"You can do it too, Amy! You can get up!" Jeremy encourages her as she slowly sits up again.
"Come on, sis," Aelita crosses her fingers.
"Show that tower who's boss!" Yumi pumps a fist.
"Let's go, Ames!" Odd punches the air. "Beat that stupid bug at its own game!"
Amy finally stands up thanks to their words, sighing in relief.
Ulrich spins around in the air, defeating one. He jumps behind the others and defeats them too. "That's that!"
"Nice going, now get rid of the supercomputer! Better hurry, you're fading fast! Amy, deactivate that tower before more Kankerlots show up!"
Ulrich's legs start to be affected by the bug as Amy starts floating up to the top. Ulrich raises his sabers as Amy reaches the top platform, walking up to the interface. Both of them do their jobs at the same time.
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Ulrich completely disappears and Amy falls onto the platform, disappearing as well. Deactivating the tower had exposed her to the bug. However, both missions are a success.
"The replica's disappearing too!"
"What about the Skid?" Aelita asks in concern.
"Hey, no sweat. I made a little remote control piloting program for emergencies just like this one," Jeremy smiles as the land starts disappearing. The Skid moves away from the tower just as everything disappears, including the two Tarantulas and the tower.
The Skid appears in the Digital Sea to go back to Lyoko, leaving behind the explosion of the replica. "Another replica bites the dust!" Jeremy takes off his headphone. "Fantastic!"
The elevator opens to reveal the smiling Ulrich and Amy. "Who's the man today, guys, huh?"
"Hey, don't forget I did my part too," Amy rolls her eyes at his bragging.
"You're right. Nice one out there," He holds out his fist and she bumps it.
"You too, Ulrich."
"Well, what do you think?" Ulrich places a hand on Odd's shoulder.
"Luck, buddy! That's what I think," He pouts a little, looking away.
"I knew you'd say that," Ulrich replies with a chuckle. The girls and Jeremy smiling at each other knowingly.
Odd lets out a cry at dinner. "What'd you do now?" Ulrich deadpans as they look towards the boy on the floor.
"What does it look like? I slipped. I guess I can't deny it. Ever since I broke that mirror, I've been jinxed!" He frowns, placing his dinner on the table. Amy bends down to him and helps him up.
"Relax, Odd. Jinxes don't exist. Luck does, but it changes!" Aelita replies in amusement.
"Yeah, the only question is when?" Ulrich asks and Odd looks towards Azra. Sissi is sitting with her as they stand up, walking away. He sees a pink phone laying on the chair where Azra was sitting.
"Ha ha! Lady Luck might be smiling at me already. Thanks to my good luck charm," He nudges Amy, confusing her. He runs up to the phone and takes it. "Tada! Azra's mobile, look. She left it behind on purpose just so I would find it. N-Not that we're involved," He gives a nervous look at Amy's glare.
"Are you sure?" Ulrich questions skeptically.
"Sure I am. Now I've just gotta wait for her to call me to get it back!"
"I'm going to check on the puppies..." Amy stands up, walking away.
"Really, Odd? Why can't you just tell her you want to learn another language for her?" Aelita crosses her arms in disapproval.
"I can't, that'll spoil the surprise!"
He walks away with Ulrich and Jeremy down the hall once dinner is over, and the phone rings. He sees a text. "I'd like to get my cell phone back. Meet me under the arches right away! See you guys later! Ames is gonna love her surprise!"
"Great, tell Cupid we said hi," Ulrich calls out teasingly.
"Good luck!" Jeremy yells after him.
"It's already good! So long!" He opens up the doors.
Odd goes to the arches like instructed, and looks around for Azra. He whistles a bit and gets one in return. "Azra?"
"No, it's Jim Morales," Jim comes out of hiding, shocking Odd.
"Oh, sorry, Jim, but you see, I'm waiting to meet somebody, so if you don't mind..."
"So it was you who found my cell phone," Jim eyes the phone in Odd's hand. He looks to the pink phone.
"Uh, you mean it's yours?" He would've never pegged the gym teacher the type to have a pink phone.
"Yeah, that's right. Why?"
"Because, uh...I mean, uh...I mean it's not your style," Odd looks up at him.
"I like pink, got a problem with that? Look at the color that you wear all the time," He points to the purple splotch on his hair.
"Yeah, but pink with sparkles and a heart charm on it? Isn't that a bit too much?"
"Probably," Jim snatches it away. "Mm...I'd rather not talk about it."
"Hmm..." Odd could only stare at him.
A knock is heard from the door and Amy opens it to see Odd. Her hair is a mess as the puppies bark, running around. Aelita looks up from her spot.
"Odd!" Her eyes widen at him.
"Can we talk?" He rubs the back of his neck and she turns to Aelita, who nods.
"I'll watch them," She sits up from her bed. Amy closes the door behind her, trying to adjust her hair.
"Is this going to take long? People, and I mean Sissi, could hear."
"No, uh...I just wanted to say sorry for wanting to hang out with Azra. I just wanted to do something nice for you since you watched the puppies this week..." He glances away from her and she blinks at her boyfriend, touched.
"Aw...that's really sweet, Odd. Even though it didn't work out the way you wanted it to. But do me a favor, if you're going to learn a language from another person, especially a girl, just ask my mother next time."
"Your mom?" Odd looks at her in shock. "She knows Turkish?"
"And French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Japanese," Amy smiles a bit, giggling at his face. "She loves to travel on her vacations. She's even taught Aelita and I some Japanese, and talks to Yumi in that language too sometimes."
"I guess you inherited her overachiever personality," Odd grins and she laughs, slightly pushing him away.
"Odd! Either way, I love you no matter what, so just...think about how you'd surprise me in the future."
"Love you too," He whispers and they share a kiss.
