Chapter 30 Cousins Once Removed
A.N. – So, this chapter involves a family reunion, and the debut of a onetime only used monster in the digital sea. I don't know why they didn't use it more, but then again; they did the same thing with the Kolossus, and it was underused as it appeared late. Also, the ending is changed just a bit. Let's begin!
mulityman37 – No, I probably won't. I'm gonna try to wrap up everything by the time Echoes comes out. When my bonus episode comes out, I expect a lot of secrets to be revealed. Hopefully, I won't do what the original did and leave with more questions than answers. Also, this was a fan submission, not my idea, and I don't want to change what the idea is meant to be.
Guest – Glad you liked the additions that you suggested! 1. As far as I remember, there wasn't one in this episode. Sorry about that. 2. I could use it. Haven't started researching yet at the time of writing this response. 3. Maybe. I don't know for sure. Again, haven't touched the episode yet. 4. Okay, this may be a spoiler, but due to my bonus episode, the plot WILL change a little so I can't use this idea.
James Marshall – I could use this character for one of my future stories.
Disclaimer – I do not own Code Lyoko, the plot, or the story idea. The plot is owned by the creators and the idea is submitted by Voltronblues123.
It's another day at Kadic, and Jeremy is yet again working on his computer. He is working on a new program for the skid, when his phone rings.
"What is it now Odd?" Jeremy says.
"Guess what? Yumi and Aelita just bet they can wipe us out in foosball, so William and I are gonna teach them a lesson! Wanna watch?" The four are walking to the rec room.
"How many times do I have to tell you, I'm working on the navskids program, and I can't get away!"
"Relax Einstein, we thought you'd like a front row seat to see the girls get thrashed! We weren't gonna make you play."
"Listen, reinforcing the skid is slightly more important than foosball. You don't want your next expedition to be your last, do you?"
"Always the optimist, huh Jeremy? Come on over. You could take a little break from that computer."
Jeremy hangs up on him. "If that guy calls again, I'm gonna break his neck! Where was I? If I compress the executable file, they should be able to free enough memory to-" A knock is heard at his door. "Now who's gonna waste my time!?"
Delmas opens the door. "Thanks for your warm welcome Belpois."
"Oh hi!" Jeremy stands up. "I mean, hello Mr. Delmas."
"I hope at least that you'll be a little happier to see your cousin." Jeremy raises a brow in confusion. "Come in." A brown-haired boy stands at the door.
"Hello Jeremy" he greets with a smile.
"Patrick! What are you doing here?" Jeremy says to him.
"I'm surprised your parents didn't tell you. Your cousin has enrolled on their recommendation, and until we can get him a room of his own, we thought we would put him with you. Hmm, uh, camping bed should do the trick." Delmas informs Jeremy.
"But sir, it's just that I-"
"Well, young man, welcome to Kadic," Mr. Delmas pats his shoulder. "Belpois, I'll leave you to look after, uh, Belpois. It might be a good idea to show him around the school."
Delmas leaves and Patrick turns to Jeremy. "How you doing cuz? I caught you by surprise, didn't I? Glad to see me, I hope." He holds out his hand to Jeremy.
"Yeah, I'm overjoyed. Listen, I have to do work now, so don't you have to get your stuff or fill out a form or something?" Jeremy snaps at him.
"Uh, yeah, I guess."
"Hey Jeremy," Odd runs into the room, followed by the others. "Anyone tell you it's bad manners to hang up on people?!" Odd turns to Patrick. "Incredible! Einstein's made a handsomer clone of himself!"
"Very funny," he deadpans at Odd. "This is my cousin Patrick. He's gonna be a student here."
"William. Nice to meet you," he shakes his hand. "Two Belpois? Are you an Einstein like him?"
"Oh no, I'm not as bright as Jeremy, that's for sure" Patrick replies.
"You think he's bright, do you? If you ask me, he kinda wears drab colors" Odd says to him.
Jeremy glares at him.
"Yeah, well, I guess compared to the way you dress, anything seems kind of dull."
"Hey, this is a classy outfit! It's based on kung fu commando!"
"That's a great game. I guess your stuck at level 7 because at level 8, the clothes get a lot more tame."
"Two video gamers. You two will get along just fine" William replies.
"I don't just play video games," Patrick turns to him. "I'm into aikido too."
"Really? Maybe you and Ulrich can have a training session together. He's into Penchak Silat."
"Cool it. The clone, remember?" Aelita whispers to him.
"I'm talking about after the fact. Don't worry sis" he whispers to her.
"Great, but right now, everybody out! I've got work to do! My report on the Vikings and their drakkar ship, the Skidbladnir. It's important, huh?"
"Roger. Time to ship out, we've got a date with a foosball game," Yumi replies as everyone leaves. "Hey, why don't you come with us?"
"That'd be great thanks!" Patrick smiles happily. "Your friends seem really nice Jeremy."
"I can see exactly what you're after, so just leave my friends alone, okay?" Jeremy demands to him. "Make your own friends in the rec room!"
"Was that family reunion typical of the Belpois'?" Yumi asks Aelita and she glances at the door.
"I'll meet you over there. I forgot my mobile" Aelita runs down the hall. Patrick smiles at Yumi as they continue walking.
"Why did you act like that with him?" Aelita asks Jeremy once she's in his room.
"It's because I know him. He tries to act super cool to make me look bad," he closes his eyes. "It was like that at summer camp. Patrick would steal all my friends and act as if I didn't exist."
"Maybe he didn't do it on purpose."
"Or they weren't real friends" William says at the doorway.
"Maybe, but I have this feeling that he will split us up" Jeremy replies.
"That ain't happening. We've been with each other for too long for anything to split us up" Aelita says, leaving.
"Friends come and go Jeremy. Only the real ones will stay" William adds, leaving.
Jeremy was more confused and was wondering about his past friends. He cast that thought aside and got back to work.
"What's taking Aelita and William so long. I need some back-up!" Odd cries as Yumi and Patrick score a point.
"With or without William, you'll still lose!" Yumi giggles a little.
"It's two on one! It's an unfair advantage!"
"I just wish Jeremy would come around like you guys" Patrick looks away.
"It's hard to believe you two are family."
"Well, love or hate me, we're blood. He ain't changing that."
"Very interesting…" Sissi glances at Herb and Nicolas. She was listening to everything.
"Can we change the channel? This is the third episode of Love, Glory, and Paella in a row!" Herb complains to her.
"Just shut up!" She snaps, causing them to back away slightly. "I decide, and you obey!"
"Is William right? Was everyone else not a real friend?" The door knocks again. "Who's there?"
Jim comes in the room. "Hello there Belpois. Got a little family company?" Jeremy turns back to his computer, as Jim sets up the camping bed. "Oh, looks like you'd rather not talk about it. Happens to me sometimes too. You should do a little exercise, get your mind off other things." Jim leaves the room and the superscan picks up a replica.
"Oh, thank goodness! About time!"
Aelita's phone rings as she and William are on their way to the rec room. "Hello? Is that you Jeremy?"
"Yes Aelita. I have to tell you something."
"I'm warning you Jeremy, if you're gonna be as rude as-"
"The superscan's picked up a replica."
"What?"
"I'll meet you at the factory. Call the others."
"Now?"
"Yeah, right now."
The others are still playing as the siblings come in.
"Ah, Aelita and William, finally!" Odd says.
"Uh, little change of program" she whispers to them, Yumi looking over her shoulder.
"Xana?" Yumi whispers back and Aelita simply hums. Patrick stares at them curiously.
"Replica." Aelita simply whispers and everyone leaves.
"Who are Xana and Replica, a couple of Greek friends?" Patrick asks in confusion and Odd laughs nervously.
"Right, and they make a wicked moussaka, but you gotta eat it while it's hot! See you later!"
Patrick leaves shortly after they do.
"See you later," Sissi tells the two boys, standing up. She throws the remote to Herb past Nicolas' head.
"Hey!" Nicolas exclaims.
"Tell me how it ends."
"I can't keep it from you anymore, I'm not Ramon's brother!" A male voice states from the TV.
"Change the channel, what are you waiting for?" Nicolas urges Herb. They'll just make up something, if they need to.
An announcer is talking, they stand up in anticipation.
The gang skates down the sewers, Odd catching up to Jeremy. "Already here Einstein? Did you reprogram the navskid?"
"The program's running. I let my computer working while I'm gone. The update will install itself directly on the supercomputer" Jeremy explains while continuing to move his leg.
"We got Belpois #2 in the room, remember?" William says in concern.
"I locked my room, he can't get in until I get back," he states as they come to a stop at the ladder.
Patrick tugs at the door handle, which doesn't budge. "I guess Jeremy locked his room up," he holds up a spare key. "Good thing the principal gave me a copy of the key."
He opens it and the door is about to close when Sissi stops it with her foot. He looks up to see her.
"Hello, my name is Sissi. I'm really glad to meet you." He raises his eyebrows at her.
They've reached the scanner room, and Yumi, William, and Aelita go first. "Transfer Yumi. Transfer Aelita. Transfer William. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Aelita. Scanner William. Virtualization."
Jeremy successfully sends them to Lyoko.
"You're wrong," Patrick states to Sissi. "Jeremy and I don't hate each other."
"There's no need to lie to me," she's filing her nails. "I know everything. But I'm on the side of the good guys, like you Patrick. Jeremy and his gang are up to no good. But together, we can catch them."
"Jeremy?" He asks in confusion. "He wouldn't dare steal a lollipop! Besides, he's always in front of his computer."
Sissi glances to the computer, where the update is installing. "Yeah…what if the answer was in his computer?"
Herb's phone rings and he answers it. "Oh Sissi. Uh, Miguel and Teresa were just about to kiss each other? When all of a sudden-"
"I don't care, you little dork!" Sissi exclaims.
"You don't?"
"Just go over to Jeremy's room and step on it!"
All of the Lyoko Warriors are in the skid, traveling through the network.
"I'm steady in the right direction. Hub 110 in sight Jeremy" Aelita informs him.
"Stabilize the skid over the hyper fluid while I enter the replica's coordinates and- DARN IT!" Jeremy exclaims.
"A problem?"
"More like three problems. A trio of sharks at 11 o'clock."
"I'll stabilize the skid" Aelita stops the ship as the sea turns red.
"Just one for each of us. Piece of cake," Odd glances behind him. "And I'm an expert at desserts."
"Would the captain mind releasing us?" Yumi asks as the shark's approach.
"Battle stations sailors," Aelita salutes playfully. "Navskids away!" She pulls down three of the levers to release them. The sharks start to fire.
"Keep them off the skid!" Jeremy tells them. One hits it anyway. "Deflection shield hasn't finished uploading yet."
Patrick and Sissi watch Herb type at the computer. "Will you hurry?!" She asks impatiently. "I thought you said you were a computer whiz!"
"There's some kind of program running and it's blocking my access to Jeremy's personal file" he explains to her. Patrick knows she's up to no good.
"Hey, what you're doing is way out of line!" Patrick confronts her.
"But why?" Sissi responds. "If Jeremy has nothing to hide, we won't find anything, huh?"
"That doesn't matter, it's still wrong" Patrick won't let them do anything that would hurt Jeremy or his friends.
"Miserable program!" Herb mutters in frustration. Then a file starts downloading. "Don't ask me how I did it, but I think I did it!"
Suddenly the skid's shields start depleting. Aelita looks in shock. "Jeremy, my protection shield just dropped all of a sudden."
"Wait, I'll check it out," Jeremy checks the schematics and something else beeps from his screen. "Hey, what's going on?"
"You can run but not hide friend!" William declares to a shark in front of him. He chases after the monster. "Hook, line, and sinker!" He presses a button to fire torpedoes, missing the shark, but hitting a structure that falls apart.
"Factory to navskids. Head back to the skid" Jeremy tells the three.
"What's wrong princess? Feeling lonesome?" Odd jokes.
"No time for jokes odd! I don't have a shield anymore!" Aelita exclaims.
A shark attacks the skid, causing it to float downwards.
"Aelita!" Odd shouts as the skid spins around and Aelita tries to steady it.
"Jeremy! I've lost power! I have no control at all! Jeremy!" Aelita cries out.
"Listen navskids. I've lost contact with Aelita. Catch up to her fast, she's being swept away in a digital tie!" Jeremy tells them.
"Okay, breaking off" Yumi states.
"It's impossible to debug it. It's coming from the program I left running in my room." He tries to fix it, but the program isn't responding.
"I see her date of birth, her social security number, all of her school records. This is weird, it's like he forged all of Aelita's ID papers" Herb explains to the two.
"I was sure we looked hard enough, we'd find something interesting" Sissi says, with enough info to report them to the principal.
"Wait!" Patrick steps forward. "I'm sure that's Aelita's real ID file. He must've scanned them for the photo, he's got a crush on her, right?"
"Yeah, and her health records? Did he scan those to get her eye color? Hey, what's this?" Herb accesses something else. "This file says that William and Aelita are related."
"What?" Sissi says.
"Yeah, their DNA matches. They're brother and sister." The program pops up again. "Uh oh. Hey, someone's trying to access the system from a distance. Okay, let's tango."
"Access denied?" Jeremy asks in confusion from his end. "Huh? How could that happen? Jeremy to navskids. The only way to deal with this bug is to go back to my room."
"Thanks a lot for leaving us alone to protect Aelita!" Yumi retorts as two sharks chase after the boys. She fires her weapon, and they duck out of the way. The third shark joins the others.
"Xana's sea world won't let us get to her!" William looks out the window.
"I know that, William. But as soon as the bug is fixed, so will the skid and your sister will be saved, so hang on."
In the desert sector, a tower is activated, which Jeremy is informed of. "I don't believe it! Activated tower in the desert sector. Navskids, we're changing our plans. We've gotta bring Aelita back to Lyoko." Jeremy informs them.
The boys fire at the sharks. "You want us to turn a squadron of deadly sharks into fish sticks, find the skid and then haul it back with our little reactors?" Odd asks him.
"That…pretty much sums it up."
"Okay, we're on it Einstein!"
"I'm activating a firewall in the system so you won't have any trouble while I'm gone" he activates the firewall, and runs towards the elevator. He presses the button and the doors close.
"Jean Pierre Delmas speaking" the three are listening to a phone call…that Jeremy did with the voice synthesizer.
"This is Mr. Stern here. I'm calling to tell you that my son Ulrich's flight info was messed up and he won't be in till next week."
"Right, thank you for calling in."
"Tapping phones is a serious offense!" Sissi exclaims proudly. "You're through Jeremy Belpois!"
"There's another call" Herb accesses another file.
"Hi there Julien, this is Sissi, the love of your life!"
"But…but I never sent that to him!" She protests as she doesn't remember that call.
"Oh Julien, you wouldn't believe how mad about you I am."
Herb glances at the screen. "I-It's that idiot Odd imitating my voice! So, that's why that dork Julien Xao wouldn't stop following me!"
"At this hour, you should be in your room studying! You have no excuse!" Her dad's voice says again.
Herb stops the voice by pressing on the power box. A CD comes out of it. "Well, that's all. I burned a CD with all this on it for your father."
"Great, we've got enough on them to get 'em all thrown out of school!" Sissi crosses her arms.
"Not so fast. I'm sure Jeremy has a perfectly good explanation," Patrick pulls Herb away from the computer. He steps in front of the two.
"My father will be glad to hear it, I'm sure. Out of my way!"
"Over my dead body!" Patrick yells as a specter comes out of the outlets.
"Stop playing the hero, I can get you kicked out of school too!" The specter surrounds her and Herb, possessing them, to his shock. He gasps in horror at the both of them as they step forward. Together, they pull him out of the room, laughing and slamming the door.
"Navskids, Jeremy? Do you read me?" Aelita asks but gets no answer.
Xana Herb is typing at the computer, noticing the firewall.
William sees the shark on his map, following after it. He locks onto his target. "Fire!" He fires and the second weapon hits the shark, destroying it.
"Nice one William!" Odd comments as the two sharks are chasing after them.
"We got to go find my sister!" He states, the two monsters firing at him. "Follow me!" He dives down with Odd.
Jeremy bursts into the hallway of the dorms. "Patrick! Patrick, what's the matter?" He sees him on the floor.
"This guy Herb was snooping around on your computer with the principal's daughter. I tried to stop them, but they went totally mental and kicked me out of the room like a ragdoll." Jeremy now knows what Xana's attack is. "They're gonna show the ID you made for Aelita to the principal to get you all expelled. I'm sorry, this is all my fault. You didn't like me much to start with, and now-"
"No, I'm the one who's sorry," Jeremy interrupts him. "For acting like a total idiot ever since you got here." He holds out his hand and Patrick takes it. "No hard feelings?"
"No sweat cousin" Patrick replies as Jeremy helps him up.
"Listen, I don't have time to explain now, but if we let Herb and Sissi play around with my computer, getting expelled from school will be the least of our problems. Will you help me?"
"You can count on me."
Xana Herb is trying to unlock the firewall when Jeremy gets the door open. They storm in and the two look over their shoulders.
"Skid here," Aelita speaks up, hoping someone can hear. "Navskids, come in, please!"
Something suddenly appears nearby, heading towards the skid. She presses a button to try and get through, but there's still no response.
"Come on answer!"
Whatever is outside hits the ship, and she gasps in alarm. A new squid like creature latches onto the skid. "Oh no, what's that?!"
The kalamar opens up, a drill coming out from the bottom end. It hits the top and she looks around in worry. The kalamar then aims the drill towards the window. She leans back, watching in touch the window.
"No!"
"Over there, I can see the skid!" Odd exclaims as they finally found her. "What have we got now? It looks like a monster from The Dentist Real Massacre!"
"Yeah, except this one looks worse!" Yumi adds.
Patrick gets slammed into the closet by Xana Sissi, who growls at him. Xana Herb swings Jeremy around until he lands on the ground, followed by Patrick. Xana Sissi looks to her partner as he's back at the computer. He breaks through the firewall.
"NOOOO!" Jeremy shouts in alarm.
Xana Herb laughs evilly. "I cracked the firewall!" He starts to use the program for the navskids.
Aelita stares at the drill, gasping slowly, "Oh no…!"
"What? But you're right, the mad dentist is the same compared to this monster" Odd jerks his head to the kalamar.
"In formation, here we go," Yumi orders and the boys follow her. "Navskids, standby to fire."
They try to fire their torpedoes, but because of Xana Herb, he's made them inoperable.
"What's going on?! We lost all power!" William asks in confusion.
"No idea, something's wrong" Yumi states and they move past the skid as the sharks return.
"Now Harville, return of the sardines!" Odd looks behind him
Xana Sissi looms over the two boys. "Oh, they've both blown a fuse, don't you think?" Patrick turns to Jeremy.
"Now there's an idea! If I can cut the electricity, my computer will switch off, and so will the access to the supercomputer!" Jeremy concludes.
He runs out of the room and down the hall. Xana Sissi stares after him. She growls, about to go after him, but Patrick stops her.
"You stay here!"
Jeremy hears him, turning around and seeing the situation. He gasps but runs away. She kicks Patrick into the ceiling.
The navskids move past Aelita, the sharks still on their tail. They fire and hit William's navskid. Another torpedo fires and he dodges it. He sees the shield depleting from his screen near his foot. "Guys, we're not gonna last like this!" William exclaims.
Odd looks out the window. "To think I'll never get to level 8 of kung fu commando…Patrick's such a lucky guy!"
Jeremy runs past the track, Xana Sissi rushes down the stairs. She laughs evilly before Patrick jumps after her.
"Geronimo!" They tumble down the stairs. Xana Sissi gets up, growling at him. He looks up as she fires an electricity ball at him, knocking him onto the stairs.
Xana Herb is still at Jeremy's computer, about to mess with the skids. He laughs evilly as something downloads.
The navskids move around, with the monster still chasing them.
Jeremy finally reaches the power room, closing the door behind him. He grabs a shovel and plants it against the door, just in case Xana Sissi had caught up to him.
The kalamar is still attacking the skid, drilling at the window again. It's about to burst through as Aelita leans back, gasping in horror.
Jeremy opens up the fuse box. "Hmm, must be one of these buttons." He looks between a red one and a blue one.
Xana Herb looks at the program still downloading.
"Getting ready for the penalty kick, he runs, oh, and…" The TV cuts out right then and there in the rec room.
"Oh, what?!" Nicolas exclaims at this. Jeremy's computer also shuts off from his room.
"No, this is impossible!" Xana Herb exclaims.
"Come back, this is impossible!" Nicolas slams at the TV, frustrated that he missed the outcome.
Aelita braces herself for the drill, until suddenly the kalamar moves away from her. She looks back to the controls, seeing something green emerge around the skid. "The shield is back…" The screen pops up again. "Jeremy, you did it, right?" She gets no answer in return, looking around. "Jeremy, can you hear me?" The others can hear her.
"Hey sis, glad to hear you ain't lost to Xana," William speaks up. "Einstein proves he's an Einstein." He pulls the lever forward, turning around and speeding up. The shark is heading right towards him. "Now the tables have turned. You're the one at a disadvantage." He fires straight at the monster and hits it dead on. "Bullseye!"
"I sure hope the others get a move on," Jeremy asks from inside the room. He hasn't left because Xana Sissi is still out there. The door is being pounded on, meaning that she's already found him. Jeremy rushes to his feet, running off. The door bursts open, causing the shovel to go flying into the room.
Another shark is destroyed courtesy of Odd. "Yahoo! Come on sharks!"
He flies past Aelita, the kalamar attempting to get through the shield, but is unable too. He latches onto the skid and tries again.
"It's not as easy as it was, is it?" Aelita tells it.
"Hate to bother you princess, but do you mind stepping aside?" Odd questions as another navskid comes into the view.
"Reverse propulsion" she moves backwards getting the kalamar off her.
"William, Yumi, follow my lead! In-formation let's go!" Odd commands them.
"Roger!" They reply in unison.
"Torpedoes ready! Fire!"
"Fire!" William says next.
"Fire!" Yumi says last.
They all hit the kalamar, and it explodes.
"Well done. I can bring you in now. Next stop, Lyoko" Aelita tells them.
"Roger sis" William replies flying in.
"Navskids in."
The sea turns blue as William and Yumi attach themselves. Odd attaches himself last.
"Maximum propulsion" Aelita says, speeding to Lyoko.
Xana Sissi slowly steps towards Jeremy. He grabs a rake to defend himself, and he can see the Xana symbol in her eyes.
"Sweet talk won't get you anywhere Sissi!" He leans forward and attacks with the rake.
The skid emerges from the digital sea, flying upwards. They locate the activated tower quickly, but it's guarded by two tarantulas. Of course, Xana wouldn't let them have this one so easily…
The ship moves all the way to the edge. "Disembarkment."
Everyone exits the ship, landing on the platform of the sector. Odd stretches his legs. "Ah, that's much better," he runs a hand through his hair. "I had virtual pins and needles in my legs!"
The tarantulas get onto their knees to fire. William and Yumi pull out their weapons. "Ah, Lyoko Warriors vs Xana. Same old routine" William comments.
Aelita steps forward and fires an energy field, destroying one. The other one fires at them.
"Hey sis, why you gotta spoil the fun!" William says blocking lasers.
"Stop complaining, Jeremy's in trouble!" She argues back. She didn't know how right she was.
Jeremy and Xana Sissi are wrestling with the rake. She then takes it and throws him across the room. He hits the wall, and she pulls the lever to turn the power back on. Xana Herb recoils back in shock at the computer turning back on.
The monsters continue firing as everyone turns towards it. Yumi defends herself as best as she can before she's devirtualized.
"Hey ugly, up here!" William yells before he jumps off the tower, hitting the target. He lands between Odd and Aelita. "Sis, your tower." He motions to it. Another roar is heard. "Make it fast. Xana sent some reinforcements." Two more tarantulas appear.
Aelita enters the tower, and a sword is at her neck.
"Surprised to see me" Ulrich says, smiling evilly.
As Odd and William hold off the tarantulas, they hear a tremor. They turn their heads to see Aelita sent screaming and flying out of the tower.
"Sis!" William cries.
William catches her as her stomach sparks.
"What happened?" Odd asks.
"It's Ulrich!" Aelita replies.
They see Ulrich walk out of the tower, drawing both sabers slowly.
"We were waiting for you" William tells him.
"Don't you mean us? Triplicate!" Ulrich replies.
Odd, William, and Aelita are surrounded by two tarantulas and three Ulrich's.
"We're surrounded" Aelita comments at their situation.
"Not for long! William, let's use some tag team moves!" Odd tells him.
"Yeah!" William replies.
Odd and William stand back-to-back with Aelita in between.
"Aelita, stay between us! Once it's clear, make a break for the tower!"
The tarantulas and Ulrich's slowly approach, and William holds up his sword.
"Bring it on! I'm ready!" William leaps and slashes a tarantula, destroying it. The other one backs away. "Yes! We can beat them!"
Odd charges and one of Ulrich's clones try to slice but he rolls and fires close range laser arrows, destroying it.
"That's one clone down!" Odd states.
"Come on pal! This guy's all yours!" William says to him.
Odd runs on all fours and springs off of William's back. The tarantula fires more lasers but Odd dodges them all and fires.
"Laser arrows!" He fires a couple of arrows that pierce the tarantula and destroy it. "Yes! I got another one!"
The two Ulrich's charge at William and attack.
"Super smoke! Just as they slash William turns into his smoke form and emerges behind the two Ulrich's destroying another clone. "Now it's just you!"
William slashes but Ulrich leaps and lands far behind. Odd rushes and fires.
"I got this! Laser arrow!" Odd fires his laser arrows rapidly and Ulrich is deflecting them. "Now princess!"
With Ulrich distracted, Aelita makes a run for the tower. Ulrich notices and the brief distraction allows an arrow to hit his shoulder. He growls and runs at her.
"Super sprint!" Ulrich says. Odd and Ulrich charge each other with Odd firing a bunch of laser arrows that all hit Ulrich. He has his sabers ready. "You're finished Odd!"
"We'll see about that good buddy!"
Odd keeps firing and charging. At the last second, Odd rolls and ducks a slash from Ulrich while firing arrows directly at his chest and Ulrich manages to slash Odd with his second saber. Both are devirtualized, ending their fight in a draw.
Aelita runs inside the tower. Xana Herb chuckles sinisterly as he's accessing all of Aelita's files. Jeremy's phone rings and he reaches it out. Xana Sissi steps on it and it breaks into pieces. He looks up at her in fear as she grins evilly at him. He's now at her mercy…
Aelita starts to float towards the top.
Xana Sissi is holding Jeremy by the collar, shocking him with her electricity.
Aelita does a flip before she reaches the top platform.
Jeremy shouts in pain at the shocks she's giving to him.
Aelita presses her hand to the interface to log in.
Aelita
Code
Lyoko
"Tower deactivated" Aelita declares.
With that, Sissi drops Jeremy, fainting onto the ground. He catches his breath as his eyes widen.
"Patrick!"
The specter leaves Herb, knocking him unconscious in Jeremy's room.
Everyone steps out of the scanners. "Have you seen Jeremy?" Aelita asks in concern.
"No," Yumi answers while looking at her phone. "And he's not answering his cell phone."
"Patrick," Jeremy is looking over him as he's hurt pretty bad. Patrick's phone rings, and he answers it. "Aelita, are you at the factory? Launch a return to the past, hurry! Patrick's in pretty bad shape."
He hangs up just as Patrick opens his eyes. "Jeremy…you…did it…"
"Yeah," he places a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, you're gonna be okay…"
"I…I'm glad we settled things…between us" he looks away, closing his eyes.
"Patrick…" Jeremy murmurs in fear. "Patrick!"
The doors to the elevator open. Aelita exits first, jumping into the seat. She quickly launches the return in time.
"Return to the past now!" She presses enter and time reverses.
The time is reversed to when everyone is meeting Patrick. "Well, we can finally play foosball" Odd turns to them, crossing his arms.
"In a hurry to get crushed Odd?" Yumi asks smugly, causing him to frown. Jeremy turns around from his computer.
"Odd's right. Come on, let's all go to the rec room!" Jeremy says to everyone's surprise.
"You too? What about your program, I mean, your report on the Vikings?" Aelita asks with a smile.
"They can wait," Jeremy smiles softly. "It's not everyday you can hang with your cousin."
"Maybe give him a handicap?" William jokes as the five start to leave the room.
"It depends. If Patrick plays third chuck, and we get stuck with Jeremy, we'll be the ones needing a handicap" Odd responds. Patrick glances between his cousin and his friends.
"Your friends really seem nice Jeremy" Patrick tells him.
"You're right, they are," Jeremy walks up to him. "Wait till you get to know them better."
"You think we could be friends?" The two step out of Jeremy's room. "I mean, you and I have never really gotten along that well…"
"Just kid jealously and stuff," Jeremy tells him in assurance. "Also, one told me friends come and go, the real ones stay. And we're real ones!"
"Belpois, I'm sorry," Mr. Delmas speaks up. "But your parents have decided not to enroll you after all. From what I understand, they'd rather you attended a school closer to your home. I'm sincerely sorry, my boy."
And with that, he leaves, both of them disappointed. "Oh, what a bummer that is" Patrick says, with disappointment.
"It's really a shame..." Jeremy turns to him.
"Well, I guess that means we'll only get to hang out at family reunions."
"With me and Aelita."
"See you around then cuz?"
"Uh…you still got time for a game of foosball, huh?"
"Yes!" Patrick smiles in agreement as they walk towards the doors.
"Will you be on my team? I've always been dying to whip Odd."
"Works for me!"
And with that, the two Belpois' are reunited instead of divided.
William was with Aelita again in her room.
"How is it we never really argue? We're related, like Jeremy and Patrick, but we never really argued about anything?" William asks.
"Don't forget, we were separated. We never had the normal brother and sister relationship."
"Also, we're different genders too. I hear two of the same argue more."
"I think we never will. We will be close as friends, but once Xana is defeated and we all graduate, we'll all go our separate ways."
"And we'll still run into each other."
"Always."
"I need to go."
"Did you really mean what you said. About real ones staying?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Because I think Jeremy feels that we are only here because of Xana."
"Maybe that's what drove us here, but I think there's more to it than that."
"Like?"
"I don't know. But watch. After this is all over, we'll never stop being friends."
William closes her door and walks back.
A.N. – Another character and enemy that never shows up again in the show. To me, it feels they had a lot of money to blow for this 'final' season. Next time, we have a concert to attend to and do one of my personal favorites of this season. PM me with story ideas if you have any! Don't forget to review with questions or comments! I will respond! Stay safe and healthy out there! As always, till next time! See ya! -lyokowarrior97