Katrina was getting ready for class in the morning pouring herself a small cup of coffee to drank while she would watch TV. She always made sure to wake up early enough, so she had time to relax and not rush out the door to class like she used to do when she was in college prior to the Lyoko incident. She flipped through channels eventually settling on the news channel like she did every morning since there was really nothing else to watch. The news was doing a field report and the background of this one seemed awfully familiar to her. She could see a group of cop cars in front of the abandoned factory she knew all too well. Seeing this made her feel worried yet relieved at the fact that she had gotten rid of any evidence the night before.
"I'm here at an abandoned factory which authorities have discovered a giant computer underground. They believe that it was used in a classified military project that was shut down six years ago after it had claimed the lives of several scientists within the project. Authorities have stated that the computer has absolutely no data on it and are currently securing the area to collect any evidence on any connections to the use of this factory." The female new anchor reported. Katrina pulled out her phone to call her brother even though she knew very well that he wasn't even awake. It took two rings before he finally picked up.
"Hello?"
"Ulrich, we have a problem"
"What do you mean? Are the Men in Black after you again?"
"No it's worse than that"
"Worse? How?"
"I was just watching the news. The government knows about the supercomputer. Police have the factory completely blocked off"
"WHAT?!" Ulrich exclaimed as he jolted up in his bed causing Odd to wake up.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"Katrina I'll have to call you back" Ulrich said into his phone before hanging up. "We have a huge problem. Nina says that the government found out about the supercomputer and have the factory completely blocked off" He told him.
"What are we gonna do if Xana attacks?" Odd questioned. Ulrich shrugged his shoulders in response. The two got dressed and headed to Jeremie's room to tell him the news. They didn't bother knocking on the door.
"Einstein, you awake?" Odd asked upon entering the room. Jeremie sat at his computer still in his pajamas.
"This is unbelievable" Jeremie said not paying any attention to the two boys that just walked in. Ulrich walked over placing his hand on Jeremie's shoulder.
"We got a big problem Einstein" Ulrich told him.
"Yeah I already know. I watched the news." He stated.
"What are we going to do?" Odd asked.
"I don't know. The supercomputer seems to have been wiped clean" Jeremie noted.
"Wiped clean? How?" Ulrich questioned.
"I'm not sure" Jeremie responded. Ulrich's phone beeped. He pulled it out of his pocket to see a text message from his sister.
"Nina says to meet her at her place, she wants to give us something" Ulrich announced.
"Maybe she found something that could help us finally take down Xana" Jeremie commented.
"I thought she gave us everything she had" Odd mentioned.
"Yeah I thought so too" Ulrich chimed. Later on after classes got out for the day, the Lyoko Warriors headed to Katrina's apartment. Yumi and Aelita joined the three boys. This would be the first time they were all together since the last Xana attack a few weeks ago.
"Oh I wasn't expecting everyone to come" Katrina said as she opened the door letting them in. "I figured it was just gonna be Ulrich and Jeremie"
"Well why not? We never get to see you unless Xana attacks" Odd commented.
"That's fair" She noted. "Anyways, I have something mostly for Jeremie" She then said as she grabbed the external hard drive from the dining room table and handing it to Jeremie.
"What's this?" Jeremie asked with a confused look on his face as he examined the item in his hand.
"I feel like as someone who spends a lot of time around computers, you should know what that is" Katrina said with a smirk. The others minus Jeremie chuckled in response.
"I know it's an external hard drive. I meant what's on it?" He clarified.
"All the data that was on the supercomputer" She replied.
"So you're the one that wiped out the supercomputer?" Aelita questioned. Katrina nodded her head.
"So the two Men in Black that paid me a visit the other day weren't specters. They were actually government officials asking about Project Carthage or what you guys know as Lyoko. I didn't even tell them anything that would give away the location of the supercomputer, so I don't know how they found it. As a precautionary I went to the factory after they left and downloaded the contents on that hard drive and wiped down everything so they wouldn't find any trace evidence linking you guys to the supercomputer" She explained.
"Ulrich you're sister rocks!" Odd exclaimed.
"I'm not finished yet Odd, don't get too excited" Katrina commented. "Because I want this all to be over as soon as possible I spent all night going through the data that was collected and managed to find some behavior patterns regarding how Xana functions and created separate data you can use to stop Xana"
"Katrina are you sure you're not a goddess?" Odd questioned.
"Odd!" Ulrich shouted scolding him with a glare.
"It'll be nice to finally get rid of Xana and go back to normal" Yumi commented.
"Yeah I agree. I won't have to worry about being stalked by specters every time I leave my apartment"
"Maybe we can sneak back into the factory and take care of Xana once and for all" Jeremie suggested.
"How are we going to do that? Isn't the factory surrounded by cops?" Aelita questioned.
"Well if you really want to do this tonight, I can arrange a distraction" Katrina offered.
"Why do I have a feeling I know exactly what you're referring to?" Ulrich questioned.
"Because it's exactly what or I should say whom you think I'm referring to" She responded.
"Who are you talking about?" Yumi inquired.
"One of Nina's friends that is basically the female version of Odd" Ulrich stated.
"I wouldn't say that, but I could see it" Katrina chimed.
"So what you're saying is she's really cool?" Odd questioned.
"Sure" Ulrich responded in a sarcastic tone. The others laughed while Odd huffed as he shoved his hands in his pockets. Katrina texted her friend telling her to meet her at the abandoned factory. Her friend didn't ask why but replied with a thumb's up emoji.
"Alright, she's gonna meet us there. Let's go" Katrina stated. They made their way to the abandoned factory. To their surprise, the group of cop cars from earlier in the day were gone leaving only one behind. Katrina's friend arrived shortly after.
"Hey Trina, what's up?" She greeted then spotted Ulrich. "Oh little Ulrich is here too." She said as she ruffled his hair.
"Stop that. I'm not little" He said brushing her hand off with his arm.
"I need you to distract the cops while we sneak into the factory" Katrina told her.
"Distracting people of authority is one of my many talents" she commented with a smirk. "Just leave it to me" She gave a salute before running off. Katrina waited until her friend lured the cops away before she started heading to the factory. Once the coast was clear, Katrina and the others made a run for it. They made it inside without getting caught. So far, there were no other cops inside. When they got to the supercomputer, Jeremie sat in the chair plugging in the external hard drive Katrina gave him earlier.
"So this program should be able to destroy Xana?" Aelita questioned.
"I hope so" Katrina said. Jeremie started up the program. Everyone with the exception of Jeremie joined hands in anticipation. They all watched as the program loaded on the screen. Katrina could feel the nervous sweat trickle down her forehead hoping that all her hard work would finally pay off. The program fully loaded, and it was a success. A smiled appeared on Katrina's face hopeful that this was finally all over. Jeremie scanned Lyoko to see if he could find any traces of Xana. His scan came up empty handed. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They went downstairs to the power source of the supercomputer. Jeremie had his hand on the switch. He was about to pull it when Katrina stopped him.
"Wait a second" Katrina spoke. Everyone turned their heads looking at her. "I think me and Aelita should get the honor of turning off the supercomputer since we were the one's trapped on Lyoko" She then stated.
"That's fair" Jeremie responded. Katrina and Aelita stepped forward as Jeremie stepped away letting the two turn off the supercomputer together.
"On the count of three?" Aelita suggested. Katrina nodded her head.
"One…."
"Two…"
"Three!" They said as the pulled down the switch together powering down the supercomputer once and for all. This was it. The virtual war was over, and Katrina was got the freedom she desired.