In the cafeteria, Jim is handing out things from their parents. "Jeremy Belpois?" He calls out.
"Here, Jim!" Jeremy waves his hand. The teacher walks up to the table and hands him the letter.
"Jenny Bernie?"
"Here I am," She calls out and he goes over to her next.
"That's the second letter for you today, it's not fair. I haven't gotten any!" Odd complains to him.
"Be patient, Odd. Mail call's not over, there's still hope. And I haven't gotten anything either," Aelita gestures to herself.
"Yeah, but you don't know anyone else besides us," Odd points out and she frowns. Amy elbows her boyfriend. "Oh, sorry, Aelita, I didn't mean it that way."
"Odd, I love you, but sometimes you can be a real idiot," Amy whispers to him.
"Aelita Stones, there's a postcard for you," Jim hands her one. "And for Amelia Smith, a gift basket from your mother for you and Aelita. Oh, and your boyfriend's parents decided to give you something as well."
"Oh!" Amy blinks in surprise at all the art supplies in her basket, and at the candy Aelita got. "Well thank you, Jim!"
"That's weird," Aelita eyes the postcard.
"Tell us who it's from!"
"I have no idea," She replies, smiling at the basket. "But I have to thank Lydia for the basket, it's lovely!"
"I bet the postcard's from XANA. He must be on vacation. We've had no sign of him," Jeremy points to it.
"That's just weird," Amy raises a brow, reading the card from her mother. Usually XANA always has something up his sleeve at least once a week. Sometimes, he attacks about 5 times a week. Maybe he wanted a vacation too.
"Hi Aelita. Thinking of you in Montreal, warmest regards. There's no signature."
"I wouldn't mind getting something, signed or not," Odd replies, pouting at the gift baskets. "I can't believe you got something from my parents and I don't have squat! That's not fair, you have just as much as Jeremy now!"
"Odd, come on, don't tell me you're jealous," Amy sighs at him. "I wasn't even expecting something from your parents in the first place."
"Did my sisters sign it?"
"Let's see," She reads the card. "We enjoyed having you in our home. Please accept this gift, and tell...um..." She bites her lip nervously.
"What does it say?" Odd sighs slowly.
"Well, tell booger brain that we miss him."
He places his face into the table, embarrassed. "At least it was nice at the end?" Aelita offers to cheer him up, which doesn't work.
"And finally, this is for Odd Della Robbia, last, of course like he is in everything!" Jim gives him a box.
"Well it's about time!" Odd lifts up his head quickly. "I was wondering how long my parents would forget their favorite son, and I bet it's packed with lots of goodies! But don't worry, as you know, I'm very generous by nature." He opens up the box. "Huh? I wonder what's inside." He reads the paper. "Is that there is?! Dog food and nothing else at all?"
"Makes you wonder who their real son is. You or Kiwi!" Ulrich states, causing the others to laugh.
"All of it isn't even for Kiwi, some of this is for the puppies too..." Odd places his hands on his cheeks in dismay.
"Aww," Amy rubs his shoulder.
"I'll let you have some of my candy, Odd. I'm not going to eat all of it anyway," Aelita pushes her gift basket towards him.
"Yahoo!" He starts taking some. "So what did my ungrateful family give you anyway, Ames?"
She rolls her eyes playfully and opens up the box to see a photo that was framed. It has the couple up in front, then the sisters, and then the parents behind them. "Oh, this was the Christmas family photo we took together! Look!" She smiles, showing it to Aelita.
"Check this out, I won first prize in a contest from Cosmos, Future, and Formula magazine!" Jeremy stands up in surprise.
"Congratulations," Amy claps for him.
"Yeah? What's your prize?" Ulrich asks in excitement.
"An aerial invitation in a jet fighter with a live fixed-target air-to-ground strike missile exercise. And it's for today too!"
"That's cool!" Ulrich exclaims, Amy beaming at all of her new art supplies from her mother. She takes some into her hands, examining them.
"Yeah, but the problem is, I don't remember entering the contest. You think this could be XANA's doing?"
"XANA's got nothing to do with it. It was yours truly. Actually, to increase my chances of winning, I sent in entry forms in all your forms, and it looked like it worked, because Jeremy's name was drawn!" Odd explains to their shock.
"That's fine, except that the prize can't be transferred. I'm the only one who has the right to go on that flight," Jeremy tells him.
"Oh, you're kidding!" Odd takes the paper from him. "Well, what do you know? I've never even thought of that."
Amy smiles in amusement, shaking her head.
"Anyway, I can't possibly go. I have to stay near the factory," Jeremy denies, taking his cup.
"Hey, no, listen, you've gotta go. This is like a chance of a lifetime!" Odd protests to him.
"And like you said, XANA's been pretty quiet lately. There isn't much risk. I can keep an eye on the super scan for you," Aelita suggests, gesturing to herself.
"Admit it, you're freaking out!" Odd points at the boy. "You're totally scared!"
"No, you're wrong!" Jeremy snatches the certificate. "For your information, I'd love to go!"
And with that, the bell rings. "Anyway, we've gotta go to class now. I really envy you, Einstein. You're gonna get the ride of your life!"
It's only when they leave that Jeremy realizes it was a trick. "Yeah...I'm gonna have one heck of a time..."
"Alright now, let's concentrate on this exercise," Ms. Meyer says to the class. "In an orthogonal figure OIJ, on given points ABC, we first set up the points on a diagram. Then we calculate the lengths AB, AC, and BC."
Aelita glances to Jeremy, who's writing notes. "Then on the diagram, we place point D." He sees Aelita looking over his shoulder and she moves away. "So the vector AB equals vector..."
"I missed the beginning. Okay if I look at your paper?" Aelita whispers to Amy, as she's sitting next to Odd.
"But why? It's on the blackboard," Odd whispers back.
"I know, but it makes my eyes tired."
"Um, okay...?" Amy answers in confusion, giving her sister the paper. She glances to Odd, who turns his head to Ulrich, who had seen the whole thing. The brunet boy just shrugs at them, and they look to each other again.
"Hey, what are you up to, huh Aelita?" Jeremy asks quietly.
"Nothing! I wanna know who wrote the card!"
"You think it was us who sent it?" Jeremy questions, trying not to laugh. "Come on, Aelita, wake up. Look at the postmark, it's Canada, not Kadic Academy! And besides, I think you'd recognize your sister's handwriting at this point since she helps you with Italian!"
"You're right, it's a real mystery!"
"I don't see anything mysterious about it, Miss Stones," Ms. Meyer turns her head to them, as she heard that part. "You simply have to concentrate!"
"Uh, yes ma'am," Aelita sinks a bit in embarrassment.
"After your flight, we'll have a quick photo session of you in the plane for our next issue of Cosmos, Future, and Formula." Jeremy has arrived to the site, escorted by the guide, the photographer, and Jackson as he was Jeremy's ride. The boy is wearing a passenger outfit. "Jeremy, I'd like you to meet Greg, your pilot."
"Uh, hey there, kid," Greg stares down at him. "Ready to get your thrills?"
"Um, I think so," A flash occurs from the photographer. He looks up at the suited man, whispering. "You know, you didn't have to come with me."
"Someone has to make sure you're safe," He places a hand on the boy's shoulder, and Jeremy smiles a bit.
"Well now, our flight will begin with a low altitude takeoff after which we'll gain altitude with some vertical and oblique climbs. Then I'll do some barrel rolls, banking diving, and loops before the live fire-striker exercise on a fixed ground target. In brief, we're gonna really rock and roll," He smiles, his teeth glinting.
"How's that for a flight plan?" The man smiles down at Jeremy.
"Not bad. There's just one little thing I'd rather you left out."
"Hmm...oh yeah, what's that?" Greg asks curiously.
"The flight!"
"Huh?" Everyone stares at him in confusion.
"Listen to me, I'm really scared of planes, but I didn't wanna chicken out in front of my friends, especially since he used to be Mr. Smith's chauffeur, and I know his...daughter," He jerks a thumb to Jackson, feeling a bit awkward saying that, but he can't have people know that he's not actually her father. "So all you have to do is shoot a few pictures of me in the cockpit. That way, your readers will be happy, your magazine will save some money, and my friends will be convinced that I actually flew in the jet," He zips up his jacket.
"Hmm. Yeah, why not?" The guide rubs his chin. "And wait...as in Mr. Smith from SafeTech Inc?! Wow, what an honor! We'll take real good care of you, Jeremy!"
He smiles in relief.
Kiwi barks as he's running around in a circle. The puppies are playing with each other, Kiki sitting on Ulrich's bed. Kiwi wags his tail as Odd opens up the dog food, disgusted.
"Oh, that stinks! No normal dog would ever eat this stuff."
"Whoever said that your dog was normal, Odd?" Ulrich smiles a bit, patting Kiki on the head. She barks quietly.
Jim is walking down the hall when he hears the barking and knocks on the door. "Stern, Della Robbia! What's going on in there?"
Odd opens up the door and he steps inside. "Did I hear a dog barking in this room?"
"Well, kind of. It was me," Odd replies, the Kiwi family suddenly gone.
"I said I heard a dog," He growls slightly, hands on his hips.
"It was me, Jim, I swear," Odd insists to the teacher.
"Hey, you trying to make fun of me, Della Robbia?" Jim stares at him in the eye.
"No, it really was me. Whenever I eat this...homemade pate my mother makes, that's what happens," Odd holds up the jar of dog food and barks twice. Jim sniffs it.
"Hmm...well, one thing's for sure, it smells good."
"Well, here, take it as a present, Jim," Odd holds out the jar to him.
"Oh, I couldn't do that, Della Robbia. Your mom made it for you."
"That's okay, my mom always taught me to share things. Besides, there's plenty where that-"
"Thanks, Della Robbia!" Jim takes the dog food from him. "Pate's my pet's...uh my favorite food! Heh. Guess I lucked out on that one..." He leaves the room and Odd closes the door, sighing in relief and giggling towards Ulrich. He returns it and Kiki gets out of the drawer, whinnying that her food is gone.
"Aw, I'm sorry about that," Odd pets her on the head. "I'll ask my mom to send some more..."
"That's perfect!" The photographer is taking a picture of Greg and Jeremy giving a thumbs up towards the camera. "Don't move...give me a smile, now. That's it." He snaps some photos of them.
Meanwhile, on the virtual world in the ice sector, a tower decides to activate.
The guide looks to his watch, Jackson looking on with his hands behind his back. The lights nearby start to turn on.
Aelita and Amy are in the library to study together, which is why Kiki is in Odd's room. Her laptop beeps from her bag and the brunette looks up as Aelita looks around. Amy keeps an eye out in case anyone was watching. The pinkette opens her laptop to see the super scan.
"Oh no. Amy, activated tower," Aelita whispers to her sister.
"Okay, we don't have any classes today," Amy whispers back. "So let's go inform the boys, and call the others so we can go to the factory."
"What about Jeremy?"
"Shoot!" Amy grunts underneath her breath. "He's still at the exercise with Jackson. One of us will have to do the virtualization process. Come on, let's hurry."
The photographer looks up from his camera. "Thanks a lot. It's a wrap."
"Fantastic," Jeremy murmurs to himself. "Thank heavens I'm not going into the heavens."
The door suddenly moves on its own. "Hey!"
The plane starts up, to everyone else's shock. "What's gotten into him?" Greg asks, looking around.
"What are you trying to do?!" Jeremy shouts at him. "I told you, we're not supposed to take off!"
Greg turns around to him. "I know that, but I'm not the one in control."
The plane starts to move on its own, Jackson looking to the landing lights and realizing what must've happened.
"XANA..."
The plane takes off into the air and Jeremy screams in fear, covering his eyes. Jackson pulls out his phone, looking up to the sky.
Aelita and Amy are in the infirmary as the younger sister calls Odd. "Hello, Odd? We've got a problem."
"Where? Did you say the ice sector? Okay, we'll go tell Yumi. See you at the factory," He stands up. Ulrich runs after him.
Jeremy could only stare out anxiously as they take to the clouds. "Control, this is Charlie Foxtrot 41, do you copy?"
"Loud and clear, Charlie Foxtrot. What's going on?" A female voice answers to the radio.
"My onboard computer is no longer responding. It's gone to automatic," He looks at the controls. "The plane's controlling itself as if some of kind virus taking over."
"XANA!" Jeremy whispers to himself.
"I'm trying to activate the software, but nothing's working! It must be a bug. I'm gonna try relaunching the procedure or rebooting the system."
"No!" The blond boy protests to Greg. "No, no, don't do that!"
"Nothing to worry about, son, we'll be landing soon, and everything will be back to normal," Greg glances over his shoulder.
"You don't understand!" Jeremy insists to the pilot. "XANA will never let you manipulate the onboard computer!"
"XANA? What's that, a name? Listen, kid, this isn't some kind of science fiction show, it's the real thing! Which is going-" He tries touching the onboard computer, only to get an electric shock that renders him unconscious...
"Lieutenant? Are you alright, sir?" Jeremy calls out, and gets no answer in response.
"Charlie Foxtrot 41, this is Control. Come in, please," The voice tries to speak to him, not knowing what has happened.
"Uh, yeah, here I am," Jeremy speaks up.
"Charlie Foxtrot 41, this is Control. Come in, please," They can't hear Jeremy since he's not anywhere near the radio. "I repeat, Control to Charlie Foxtrot 41, over."
"Uh, Control! This is, uh, Charlie...whatever! The pilot's unconscious, but don't worry about a thing. I think I can handle the situation!"
The two operatives glance to each other, as they didn't recognize his voice. "Charlie Foxtrot 41, would you kindly identify yourself?"
"Jeremy Belpois, 9th grader at Kadic Academy. Sorry, but I've gotta sign off now, but I repeat, don't worry!"
"Charlie Foxtrot 41, wait!" But Jeremy hangs up.
The doors to the lab open as Yumi runs inside. "I got here as soon as I could!"
"Great, you're right on time," Ulrich raises a brow at her. "Now Aelita can send the three of us to Lyoko."
"You should've brought a sweater along," Odd turns to the girl. "Cuz we're headed straight for the ice sector."
Amy's phone rings and she answers it. "Hello?"
"Amelia! Finally I found a signal. I'm at the location of where Jeremy had that flight exercise, his plane took off with him and the pilot inside."
"What?!" Amy exclaims at this and before anyone can ask what was the problem, they get a phone call.
"Hello?! Hello? Can anybody hear me?" He shouts to them.
"Jeremy?" Aelita looks up in surprise.
"It can't be, if he's in that plane, then so is his voice."
"I wouldn't be too sure," Amy waves her phone, "Jackson just told me that his plane got hijacked!"
They all gasp at her explanation, a bit concerned now on why that would happen.
"Huh?! Jeremy, I read you loud and clear, we're at the factory," Aelita tells him.
"If you guys have all made it over there, that means there's an activated tower!"
"Relax, Jeremy, we're on it," Aelita assures the boy.
"Just one little detail. XANA's taken control of the fighter jet that I'm in!"
"He's right," Jackson speaks up from the phone as Amy hadn't hanged up yet. "I saw the lights myself. I'd know them anywhere."
"Huh?! What are you gonna do?" Ulrich looks to the others.
"Unfortunately, the plane is armed. XANA must have a target in mind."
"Give us your bearing in your position, okay? I'll check out your trajectory," Aelita looks to the keyboard.
"Good idea, Aelita. Here are my GPS coordinates: N 47, 43, 13, E 01, 34, 45, and we're heading north north-east barring the 0-42."
She gets to work to finding anything. "Nothing in sight." She localizes the location, and... "Oh no!"
"What is it?"
"The fighter jet is headed for the factory!" She reveals in horror.
"Then that means that XANA's target is the super computer!"
"According to my calculations, the factory will be in firing range in 15 minutes!" She tells the boy, who looks at his watch.
"That's all the time you've got left to deactivate the tower."
The two sisters look to each other and then at their friends. "Hurry down to the scanner room while I start up the virtualization process. Amy, I'll meet you down there once they're on Lyoko."
"Okay," She nods, following after the others. Using the elevator, they reach the scanner room and rush inside.
"Amy will go with me after you three. Are you guys ready? Here we go." She waits until all three are in the scanners. "Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Odd. Transfer Yumi. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Odd. Scanner Yumi. Virtualization."
The three land safely in the ice sector. Odd punches the air. "No one here to greet us? Bummer. I was hoping for a little warm-up."
"Jeremy, I should have listened to you," Aelita closes her eyes. "You were right about XANA attacking this afternoon."
"No, don't worry, Aelita," He smiles a bit. "I didn't really think XANA would attack either. It was just an excuse. The truth is, you wouldn't believe just how afraid I am of flying."
"The delayed self-transfer process is running. I'm meeting Amy in the scanner room now."
"Good luck, everybody," Jeremy looks up at the sky, hoping that there's no problems...
The two sisters virtualize side-by-side, landing in front of the others. "Hurry, the tower should be that way," Aelita points up ahead.
"We gotta walk there?!" Odd complains and she shrugs.
"Sorry, but I didn't have time to call up the vehicles."
"And there's no way I can carry four people at a time," Amy crosses her arms.
"Well, you wanted a warm-up, Odd, now you've got one!" Ulrich runs past him, followed by Yumi. Odd reluctantly follows as Amy takes flight above them.
Greg finally opens his eyes, feeling his head pounding. "Oh...what-what's happening?"
"You were out cold for a while," Jeremy informs him.
"Charlie Foxtrot 41, come in, please!" The woman urges from the station. "Do you copy? I repeat, do you copy?"
"This is Charlie Foxtrot 41. I...I blacked out, but—but I'm okay now."
"Listen...we have now gone into Red Alert phase," The woman informs the two. "We've no choice but to execute tango contingency. Do you copy?"
"Control, are you...are you aware that we have a civilian on board?" He briefly looks to Jeremy.
"Charlie Foxtrot 41, do you copy?" She repeats again.
"Affirmative. Ready for tango contingency."
"What's the tango contingency?" Jeremy asks curiously.
"In order to avoid a total disaster...they're gonna shoot us out of the air."
"WHAT?!" Jeremy screams at this. Another fighter jet takes flight to go find them.
"There's the tower!" Aelita exclaims as they see it up ahead. "It looks pretty quiet to me. A bit too quiet, even."
"You're right, Aelita! Without Einstein and his radar, it's not gonna be as easy as usual!"
"Yeah, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that bad guys are lurking around here!" Odd agrees with Ulrich. "Somewhere..."
Two Krabs appear in front of the tower, blocking them from it. Odd comes to a stop in front. "See? What'd I tell you? What's up, crab cakes?"
They run off in the other direction. "Super sprint!" Ulrich runs around a rock, sliding underneath a Krab. He slices the bottom with his sword, defeating one. He nods to Yumi, who races to the side. She tosses her fan and hits the target on top. It explodes into pieces.
"You get rid of one, and three take his place!" Odd comments to three more Krabs approaching. The group split up, girls on one side, and boys on the other. They hide behind a few rocks, glancing behind them.
"XANA's trying to delay us, guys," Aelita speaks up.
"She's right, he knows we're at a disadvantage without Jeremy," Amy shakes her head.
"Ulrich, Odd, Amy, all four of us at once," Yumi orders them. "We have to force our way through."
"Good idea, Yumi," Odd winks at her. "You sure know how to talk to men."
All three girls stare at him and he holds up his hands, stammering. "N-Not that I need it! I have a beautiful, wonderful girlfriend!"
Amy smiles bashfully at that, clearing her throat so she could focus on the task at hand. The four come out of hiding, running towards the Krabs. All of them fire at once, and the four separate, Amy flying into the air. Aelita peeks from her hiding spot, failing to notice smoke approaching. Someone taps her shoulder and she turns around to see William.
"I've been expecting you!"
"Tell me, it's not true, sir," Jeremy protests to Greg in the plane. "They-they can't just shoot us down!"
"That's the safety procedure, kid, but don't worry about it. We'll eject first," Greg informs him, Jeremy looking at the city below.
"W-What makes you think I was worried, Lieutenant?" He's probably a little more afraid of falling out of a plane than flying in it at this point.
"No reason to be. Everything will go just fine as long as you do exactly what I tell you to do. First of all, put your oxygen mask on."
He puts it over his mouth. "In front of you, there's a dark red handle. Do you see it?"
Jeremy looks around and sees it in front of him. "Yeah, I got it." He takes hold of it.
"I'll start counting and on three, we'll hit it together. Our seats will be expelled and we'll eject. Once we're clear, the parachutes will open automatically. Are you ready?"
"Let's go!" Jeremy squeezes his eyes shut.
"One, two, three!"
They pull, but unfortunately, nothing happens. Jeremy opens his eyes in alarm. "Charlie Foxtrot 41 to Control. Unable to eject!"
The two operatives look to each other in concern. "XANA is holding us prisoner!" Jeremy murmurs, looking to his watch. His friends don't have that much time left...
Aelita falls over the edge thanks to William, but Amy comes in and catches her, activating her wings. She smiles at her sister and together, they fly up to the edge. William dives towards them, pulling Aelita down by her leg, but not enough to get her into the Digital Sea. Aelita tries to fly upwards, but he's too heavy. So she tries to kick him off.
"Amy!"
She turns around and sees the situation. "Alright, I've had enough fooling around! Together!"
"Get OFF!" Amy screams as she kicks William the same time that Aelita fires an energy field at him. They watch him fall, looking up and flying back to the others.
"Super smoke," William propels himself into the air. Aelita looks over her shoulder and gasps. They reach the platform as he chases after the duo. He manages to catch up to them and they look at the traveling smoke, picking up speed. They fly past rocks and to another platform. William goes up ahead as Odd fires a Laser Arrow. He sees the chase behind him as William stops in front of the tower. He aims his hands at them, stopping them just before either one of them could reach the tower.
Their wings fall off as they hit the floor. Odd runs over to them. "I don't think the ladies want to dance with you!" Odd flips, firing a laser arrow at William. He blocks it with his arm and it reflects back to Odd, devirtualizing him.
He holds his head once the scanner's doors open. "I got a bang out of that...but at least Ames prefers me as her dance partner!"
William is holding the two by smoke, heading towards the Digital Sea. Ulrich and Yumi are too distracted by the Krabs to do anything for them. Yumi looks over her shoulder, ducking from a laser and throwing her fan. She catches the fan as the Krab is destroyed, looking towards William and the girls. She tosses her fan again and it hits William's arm. He growls as he sees the source landing in front of him. The XANA symbol on his forehead glows, his sword appearing in his hand. She throws her fan again, which he blows with his sword. He runs forward, swinging his weapon as she flips out of the way. He tries again, and when she jumps, this time she kicks him away.
She tries again with her sword, but he knocks it back, to her dismay. He leaps into the air, swinging and hitting the ground. She finds herself cornered in front of a glacier, and then he devirtualizes her. He looks up ahead at Ulrich, who's ducking from lasers and saw the whole thing.
"No! Super sprint!" He runs around the Krab, jumping into the air and stabbing it in the eye. He jumps off as the monster is defeated, running towards William.
Odd walks up to Yumi to greet her. "Welcome to the club..."
Ulrich clashes swords with William. He swings his sword at his opponent, who dodges it. William swings again and Ulrich jumps over it, blocking swords with him again. William keeps on swinging, but doesn't get a single hit. Ulrich sweeps his leg, tripping him onto the floor. He leaps and swings forward, but William leaps backwards. He jumps into the air, hitting Ulrich's sword again. He pushes Ulrich backwards, and when he holds his sword into the air, Ulrich backflips away. His sword hits the ground and Ulrich lands on his feet a few inches away from William.
Nearby, the two girls are still trapped in smoke, unable to move.
Yumi and Odd reach the computer lab. "Oh no!" They notice that another jet is approaching Jeremy's.
The other fighter jet has just caught up with Jeremy's. He looks outside to see the jet arriving. "Please, Lieutenant, tell them to wait just a little bit longer," He pleads with Greg. "Before they shoot us down?"
"Sorry, kid, but five minutes is not gonna make a big difference," Greg tells him.
"It will! I can't tell you how or why, but please believe me. I've got friends who can turn this whole situation around!"
"Control?" Greg contacts the base.
"We read you, Charlie Foxtrot 41."
"Don't forget that we've got a civilian on board, a child. Only, I repeat, only execute procedure as a last resort! Over and out!" He explains to them, Jeremy beaming to see the other jet flying away.
"It's okay, he's leaving!"
"No, he's just pulling behind us to get a better line of fire to shoot us down..." Greg looks up ahead, the other plane chasing them. Jeremy frowns a bit and looks at his watch.
"Huh?!"
"What's going on now, another problem?" Greg looks at the control panel. "Oh no! The missile's just armed itself. It's also to be launched." The missile at the left wing prepares itself so that it can hit the factory!
"Delta Bravo 89, this is Control. Target will be entering a populated zone in less than 30 seconds. Your orders are to shoot it down immediately!"
"Roger," The pilot pulls the lever as Jeremy looks at his watch again. He hears beeping and looks around.
"What's going on?"
"Our missile is going to fire..." It does so a few seconds later, turning around and heading the other direction.
"Oh no...the factory!" Jeremy murmurs in worry.
"Delta Bravo 89, forget the aircraft and direct your fire at the missile!" The man operative sees that it has fired.
"Roger," The plane moves forward, flying over the other plane. It flies into the clouds.
Ulrich speeds towards William and they clash weapons again. William swings and he ducks, going in for the kick. William turns into smoke, Ulrich throwing his sword just as William turns back into his human self, devirtualizing him.
"That's my remedy for a swell head," Ulrich smirks, turning to the girls. They're released from the smoke and Ulrich runs up to them. "Girls, the tower, hurry!"
They run towards the tower together.
"Control tower, this is Delta Bravo 89," The pilot from the second plane contacts them. "The missile's going too fast. I can't lock it in!"
Together, the sisters enter the tower, stopping at the center. They start to float towards the top.
"No response at all," Greg looks at the sparking control panel.
"XANA wants to get rid of me too..." Jeremy whispers to himself. The whole plane starts to be affected and the engines suddenly die out. Then the plane starts to spin around, falling towards the ground. Jeremy lets out a scream as it gets closer and closer...
Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd could only watch in horror at the screen.
The two finally reach the top of the tower, landing at the top platform. They step forward, the missile head straight for the factory!
Jeremy braces himself for the crash.
They press their hands to the interface.
Code
Lyoko
"Tower deactivated," They say in unison as the data falls around them.
Yumi looks at the keyboard. "Return to the past now," She hits enter as the plane was about to crash on land!
Everything gets engulfed in white, both Greg and Jeremy screaming.
Time is reset as Aelita opens the door, peeking in. "Jeremy?" She steps inside his room, hoping to check on him. She notices something on the desk...
The same postcard she got...
She smiles in amusement and he steps into the room to see her holding it. "Well, well, so you're the mysterious postcard writer, huh?"
"Uh, yeah," He admits sheepishly. "The hardest part was changing my handwriting, but it was worth it, wasn't it?"
"It sure was. It reminded me that I'm not alone in the world, that someone cares about me."
Jim steps into the room, not even fazed that Aelita is in her room. "Belpois! I've been looking for Della Robbia for hours now, have you seen him?"
"Uhh, no. What has he done?" Jeremy asks curiously.
"Nothing at all. I was just wondering if he had anymore of that homemade pate left!" He holds up an empty jar. They just stare at him. "It was really delicious!"
Aelita laughs at this, wondering if he knows that was supposed to be for the Kiwi family.
"Sorry about that, Jim, but Odd took off. He had to catch a plane!"
"This is your lucky day, you know?" Greg asks from up front. Odd is posing as Jeremy since there's no way the genius would get onto that plane again. "Uhh..."
"Jeremy," He says nervously, seeing Amy wave from outside. "Jeremy Belpois."
"You're really gonna love this, Jeremy. It's an incredible experience. Here we go!" He pulls the lever forward.
"You'll go nice and easy, right? I'm not scared or anything, only..." He lets out a scream as they take off. "LET ME OUT OF HEEEEERE!"
"He's gonna regret signing us all up tomorrow," Amy giggles as they watch him take off.
"I wouldn't. I flew a plane when I was 20 years old." She turns to Jackson in surprise. "Course, I wasn't a chicken to do it."
The brunette giggles at him. "He may be a chicken, but he's my chicken of a boyfriend," She says as they watch the plane fly around.
"IF I DON'T SURVIVE THIS, TELL AMES THAT I LOVE HER AND TO TAKE CARE OF KIWIIIII!" Odd shouts at the top of his lungs. And yet ironically, Jeremy was the scared one...
"That Odd...is he treating you well?" Jackson crosses his arms, gaining a somewhat fatherly look. Since Amy doesn't really have a father in her life at the moment, he's stepped up a bit to make sure she's taken care of. And to ensure that her school expenses are handled since she's too young to handle that kind of stuff on her own. He's taken care of her since she was a little girl, someone has to look out for her...after all, he has a daughter of his own that he takes care of at home with his wife.
"Yes," Amy rolls her eyes in amusement. "I can handle Odd. Even his tendency to be overdramatic at times. Besides...he's worth it," She smiles softly towards the plane and he smiles, putting a comforting hand on her back. He can tell by her expression that she really loves and cares for him. XANA could throw whatever he could at them, and she wouldn't even bat an eye.
But if he ever finds out that Odd does something stupid out of his own volition, he'll be the first to knock some sense into him.
