Chapter 3

A Great Day

The Lyoko Warriors were in Sector 5.

Aelita was at the interface collecting data.

"How are the Mantas?"

Jeremie asked waiting to regain control.

"Looks like they're going to hatch real soon."

Ulrich responded

The Mantas were almost hatched.

"Ok that's it for now Aelita."

"Just a little longer Jeremie we've never been able to access this much data."

"You should listen to him."

X appears behind them.

"Why do you always just appear randomly?"

Yumi questioned.

"I appear when i feel necessary."

He summons his scythe and throws it at a Manta that was closing in.

"Which clearly is now."

Aelita sent the data to Jeremie.

"You're in control now Jeremie."

"Alright three vehicles coming up."

He materialized the vehicles.

They quickly jumped on them and flew off after Aelita joined Yumi on the overwing.

X summons his scythe back to him as his body glitched.

"Urgg."

His body stopped glitching after a moment.

'The Return to the Past must have taken more than i thought.'

He spun his scythe around to a point it looked like a helicopter blade.

"5 seconds."

He saw Ulrich stab a Manta before falling and being caught by Odd.

The tunnel opened and the four began to head towards it.

X took advantage of this and threw the scythe at the Mantas that were chasing them instantly destroying the two before returning to X's hand.

"They made it."

He tapped the ground twice with the blunt end and vanished.

Sometime later…

It was 3 AM at Kadic and Jeremie and Aelita were talking about Lyoko and the Anti Virus.

"What about X?"

Aelita questioned

"If he's a program then after he fulfilled his purpose he's most likely to vanish afterwards."

Aelita thought for a moment.

"What if we try to materialize him like you did for me?"

Jeremie thought for a moment.

"It maybe possible but he's not like you he's able to access some of our most secure programs."

Aelita yawns

"It's late we can discuss this more tomorrow."

"Goodnight"

"Goodnight"

They both went to their separate rooms unaware of who was watching.

Back on Lyoko…

X was in a tower looking through some data.

"Alright this should do it."

He sits at the center of the tower as codes began to spin around him.

"Healing Process Commenced."

Back on Earth…

A couple of days have passed but in reality the same day has been relieved.

Odd, Aelita,Yumi and Jeremie were at the factory while Ulrich was dealing with Sissi who had an audio recording of Aelita and Jeremie talking about Lyoko.

"Do you think we're going to relive the same day over and over again?"

Aelita questioned.

"First I have isolate the program that jumps back in time to see what's going on."

Jeremie was typing on the super computer while Aelita watched and Yumi leaned against the chair.

"Maybe it's XANA's doing."

"Or maybe the other entity we know that controls this program."

"Why would X do this though he's been helpful this whole time?"

Odd spoke up

"He did stab me,Ulrich and Yumi."

"In his defence, he did save Aelita and you did attack him first."

"Whatever."

Yumi raised an eyebrow at Odd

"What are you doing Odd?"

"I'm studying that's what you wanted me to do wasnt it?"

"Hm?"

Yumi looked puzzled

"Look at that"

Jeremie spoke up.

"XANA has managed to take control of the program to go back in time."

"But how?"

Aelita questioned.

"Either using the data we got from Sector 5 or it was leaked by a certain individual."

Aelita thought for a sec.

"But why would XANA do this he must have a good reason."

"I don't know,in any event its starting up again."

Jeremie launched a scan.

"We're gonna go back in time in exactly a few minutes."

The scan found an activated tower.

"Tower Activated,XANA has launched an attack!"

"What kind?"

Yumi questioned.

"I don't know yet but we can expect the worst, XANA didn't take control of going back in time for the fun of it."

Return to the Past Activated.

The Group Immediately got to work and went straight to the factory and went straight to Lyoko.

The Lyoko Warriors were in the mountain sector.

"You'll have to go without vehicles,because i don't have enough machine resources to bring them up."

"It'll be just like the old times."

Ulrich commented

The four began to walk to the tower while Jeremie tries to work on getting control of the return trips.

While they were walking a swarm of Hornets flew towards them

"Odd,take Aelita to the tower,Ulrich and i will handle the monsters."

"Guys on your right there should be a path that leads to the tower."

Aelita and Odd began running down the path.

"With a platform to land on?"

Odd questioned.

"Well logically yes"

Jeremie responded.

"That's encouraging."

He and Aelita jump and fall through the clouds as Yumi and Ulrich fought the Hornets.

When they land they each lost twenty life points but could see the tower.

Ulrich was surrounded by Hornets and was cautiously deflecting the lasers.

"Where's X when we need him?"

A scythe destroyed the Hornets.

Ulrich saw X walking towards him.

"You really do just appear don't you?"

"Where's Aelita?"

"She's going to deactivate the tower."

X shook his covered head

"You don't understand this is all a trap."

"What?"

Jeremie saw another Return Trip was happening.

"He's right."

He said right before it happened.

The Same Day for the Fourth or Fifth Time…

Jeremie saw on his computer that Aelita was still on Lyoko.

"Oh no i don't believe it."

Suddenly an X appears on screen.

"I would have warned you sooner but it seems I was too late."

"Why would you contact me?"

"Currently i'm the only one who can save Aelita but only you can regain control of the Return Jumps."

"What do you mean?"

"Go to the Super Computer focus fully on taking control of the program and leave the tower to me and Aelita."

Jeremie processed what was said.

"How do I know I can trust you?"

"You don't have much time a XANA possessed person is about to walk through your door hurry to the factory."

The X vanished and Jeremie didn't waste any time before running out of the room and heading to the factory.

Odd and the others saw Sissi possessed heading towards Jeremie.

Ulrich steps between them and the rest head towards the factory.

"Since when did XANA learn to possess people?"

Odd questioned as they went through the Sewers.

"XANA must have increased his power."

Jeremie explained

"Ok but how?"

"The return trip in time are adding power to XANA."

"Are you sure?"

"It makes sense."

Meanwhile on Lyoko…

X was on the overbike in the desert before driving into a tower and heading to the mountains.

Aelita used her power to create a rock dome to protect herself from the Hornets.

They eventually broke through her barrier and chased her before she reached a dead end.

Jeremie and the others just made to the lab.

"No the Scyphozoa."

Jeremie said worried as said creature was heading towards Aelita.

'Cmon X'

Jeremie thought.

The creature was about to grab Aelita.

But before it could a Scythe sliced the tentacles off before it could grab Aelita.

Jeremie breathed a sigh of relief and went to work trying to take control of the Return trips again.

X was driving towards Aelita and holds out his hand.

Aelita took it and went on the back of the overbike.

X drove straight for the tower as the Hornets chased after them.

They moved closer and closer to the tower.

X saw the swarm of Hornets triple.

"When I say now take control of the bike."

Aelita nodded.

X summoned his Scythe to his hand and started spinning it.

He watched the Swarm closely.

"Now!"

He jumped off the bike and Aelita took his spot.

X threw his Scythe and with precise timing it destroyed 80% of the Hornets leaving only three.

The remaining three chased after Aelita as X landed on the ground.

"You're too late XANA"

Aelita got off the overbike and ran into the tower and deactivated it.

She left the tower and went to see X who disposed of the remaining Hornets.

"You saved me again."

Aelita looked at X questionably.

"Why do you save me?"

"XANA is my enemy."

"Is that all?"

X touched her forehead.

"Code Earth."

He returned Aelita to earth.

Sometime later the Lyoko Warriors were in the courtyard.

"We now know that the Return Trips make XANA stronger and that X is not on his side."

Aelita looked confused at Jeremie.

"You were suspicious of him before, why not now?"

"He contacted me directly to help us and everything he said made sense he's proven loyal."

Odd and Ulrich weren't that convinced and Yumi was on the fence about X.

Aelita thought he was good though.

In Lyoko…

X was walking back into the tower and looking through codes.

AN: And that's another chapter/episode down and i hope you all enjoyed reading it because I enjoyed writing it, some people asked me when the next chapter was coming out and well here you go hope you enjoyed see you next time.