The group was sitting in the cafeteria eating their lunch. The only one who wasn't present was Katrina since she was in college attending her classes. It was the next morning after Katrina had paid Jeremie a visit in the factory.
"So thanks to Katrina, we now have a breakthrough in our mission to stop Xana." Jeremie announced.
"When did you talk to Nina? I tried calling her last night, but I couldn't get a hold of her. Was she on Lyoko?" Ulrich asked. Jeremie shook her head.
"I went to see Katrina last night after you gave me her address. I was updating her on what we discovered since the last time she was on Lyoko. While we were talking, she came up with this theory that Xana isn't absorbing energy from the Lyoko replicas, but each replica has their own Xana" Yumi explained.
"She says that the original Xana is connected to the supercomputer in the factory and he only has access to the Lyoko that's connected to the same supercomputer" Jeremie further explained.
"So there's basically a Xana army?" Odd questioned with his mouth full of food.
"Pretty much" Jeremie responded.
"So we're not just dealing with one Xana anymore is what you're saying?" Ulrich questioned.
"It's possible that it's still one Xana and the others are just copies" Aelita suggested.
"That's true, I don't think Katrina even thought of that" Jeremie noted.
"Well, she was there when Lyoko was created so maybe she could have access to the information that would confirm her theory" Ulrich mentioned.
"She did somewhat confirm her theory last night when she came to the factory. She went onto the supercomputer and did a scan of all the replicas. Each one had Xana code attached to them." Jeremie stated.
"Okay, I have a new theory, I know I said before they could be clones, but what if they're really fragments of the same being?" Aelita questioned. It was an interesting theory which made Jeremie think.
"It's possible. I can contact Katrina later after school and see what she thinks" Jeremie commented.
"I think she has a pencak silat training after her classes, so I doubt she'll respond" Ulrich mentioned.
"I thought she stopped training?" Aelita questioned.
"She did for a while, but she picked it back up recently" Ulrich noted. Aelita nodded her head in understandment. Meanwhile, Katrina had gotten out of her classes for the day. She lucked out with her last class being cancelled due to her professor having a personal emergency. She went back to her apartment throwing her bag on to the couch before walking into her room. She went into her closet, pulling out a box that she kept on the top shelf. It was filled with research material that Franz Hopper used to create Lyoko. Her jump as an intern was to organize the information which is why she had it. They were mostly notebooks filled with notes that Franz Hopper had her take while coded the virtual world. She even had CDs which contained video files of Franz Hopper vlogging himself in case anything was to happen. She brought the stuff into her living room before grabbing her laptop off the kitchen counter. She looked up at the clock for a brief moment.
"I got 2 and a half hours before I have to be at the dojo so hopefully that will be enough time to fully prove my theory" She mumbled as she inserted one of the discs into her laptop. While she was doing this, the others were at the factory. They were gathered around Jeremie at the supercomputer.
"So let's say all these theories are true. Would destroying the replicas effect Xana at all?" Ulrich questioned.
"It would probably make him weaker, but to destroy the replicas, would need to access their supercomputers "Jeremie stated.
"Katrina mentioned that there's only one Lyoko per supercomputer. If that's true, then how are we able to access the other replicas from this supercomputer?" Yumi inquired.
"That's because the digital sea is what connects all the supercomputers" Jeremie responded.
"So what's the plan Einstein?" Odd asked.
"We'll go to each replica, gather as much data as we can and then destroy their supercomputers" Jeremie replied.
"Sweet! I love destroying stuff!" Odd cheered.
"So we've noticed" Yumi commented with a smirk causing the others to laugh.
"Should we let Katrina know what the plan is?" Aelita asked Jeremie.
"That's probably a good idea" Jeremie said as he dialed her number on the computer. Katrina picked up within two rings.
"What's up?" She greeted.
"I thought you had training today?" Ulrich questioned surprised that his sister picked up the phone.
"Yeah, but later. I got out of school early, so I have time to kill" She responded.
"Well, since you have time. Can you come down to the factory?" He requested.
"It's funny you should say that" She replied. They heard the gears of the elevator causing them to turn around. The doors opened revealing Katrina on the inside of the elevator. "I'm already here" She said as she hung up her phone. She stuffed it in her pocket as she walked into the room. She took off her backpack which had her laptop in it. "Do you mind?" She asked wanting to trade with Jeremie. He got up letting Katrina take his place. She pulled out her laptop and a cable connecting it to the supercomputer.
"So I realized last night that I still had some research material from when I worked as Franz Hopper's intern, so I did a little research of my own. Turns out that I was somewhat right. The replica's carry the same exact code as the original which means it's the same Xana but just copies. It's possible that the original Xana is pulling energy from his copies in order to get stronger" She explained as she transferred the data from her laptop to the supercomputer.
"Looks like you were right Aelita" Yumi commented.
"We came to the conclusion of destroying the replicas which as a result should weaken Xana" Jeremie told Katrina. She shook her head in response.
"Destroying the replica alone won't weaken Xana. You would have to find the supercomputer linked to that replica and bug it, corrupting the code this way Xana can't make another copy of himself" She told him.
"So basically we have to destroy the supercomputer before destroying the replica?" Ulrich questioned.
"Like I said before. Destroying something alone isn't enough" Katrina stated.
"So tomorrow you guys can go on Lyoko for a mission" Jeremie announced.
"I'd help out, but I got classes all day tomorrow" Katrina chimed. "Although fill free to update me on the situation" She then said. She unplugged her laptop from the supercomputer before hopping out of the chair. "I'm gonna go get ready for the dojo. Ulrich I'll be home around 9 o'clock if you want to talk later" She said to her brother as she headed to the elevator.
"Can I come with you?" He asked.
"No, not tonight" She replied stepping into the elevator with the doors closing in between them.