A hooded robed Dallas wandered through the blistering snow storm that had engulfed the ice sector; he had his left arm raised to block the snow that was blowing into his face, his sight was already limited from the storm, and his arm wasn't helping, but none the less he still had it raised, he then heard a familiar scream, he then stopped and turned around lowering his arm to look, he didn't see anything through the snow, satisfied he turned around and carried on wading through the snow again with his arm raised, after her death he couldn't think straight and had taken the last few attack's on by himself, he thought back to each of those moments remembering each time he struck a blow into a warrior or another one of XANA's monsters, and each time he had Been struck by a blow himself, he then opened his eyes from thinking back to these moments, his virtual tear close to freezing on his face, then he crouched down and looked at some foot prints, then he looked to his left and noticed a lot more of them, his face turned to anger, as he pulled his crossbow off his shoulder he then stood up before moving towards the footprint's before following them up the small ridge, but as he got closer towards it, he pulled down his hood and lowing his crossbow in his right hand, and slowed down as he stood at the end of a cliff, with the tower in front on him, the cliff was three quarters the height of tower, whilst the snow and wind blew through his hair Dallas looked at it, as the numerous warriors stood at the base ready to defend it, Dallas looked up his face still angry his breathing sped up, before using his left hand he grabbed his hood before pulling it up, then the warrior's noticed Dallas standing there, they turned and looked at him, before Dallas raised his crossbow whilst grabbing his tomahawk, before jumping down towards them, whilst in the computer room, Jeremie sat at the computer observing the event, he looked at Dallas's ID card, he was worried about his friend even though Dallas couldn't die, Jeremie felt that his friend hadn't quite come back fully from that fateful attack,
"Jeremie have the warriors found Dallas" asked Aelita as she waited in the distance well away from the action following Dallas's instructions, her hair had numerous small patches of snow resting on it, Jeremie just placed his hand on his forehead shaking his head, knowing that Dallas wasn't the one in trouble "no Dallas found them" said Jeremie, as the Warrior's ID cards disappeared one by one as Dallas struck each blow into the warrior's until each and every one of them was destroyed, he then looked around "come one, come on" screamed Dallas angrily at the warrior's trying to gain XANA's attention "Dallas calm down" said Jeremie, Dallas looked up, calming down slightly before dropping his hood and placing his fingers to his mouth and whistling, "princess" shouted Dallas before Aelita ran up she then stopped looking at Dallas, the snow turning his brown hair and facial hair white in some patches as the snow had begun resting on his face, she was slightly scared by Dallas at this moment, she then looked at the tower before running towards it and quickly entering it, "Dallas you can't handle this by yourself anymore" said Jeremie as Dallas looked up, before being DE virtualized and arriving back in his scanner, the scanner doors opened, Dallas then he stepped out of it, his face was a mess his hair was more scruffy than usual, and his face was covered in stubble and his eyes suggested he had missed many nights sleep, he then looked around before pulling out a photo that had Been torn in two, it was one of him and Alexa that he had taken some time ago, the picture had accidently Been torn during an attack that there was no return to the past required, he looked at it before walking towards the elevator door, he then extended his left blade and sliding in-between the two doors before forcing them open, he looked at the pictures one last time, before closing his eyes and throwing them down the elevator shaft, he then turned around and walked forward as elevator descended and stopped he then stepped towards the elevator and pressed the button "Letting go, hard thing aint it Jeremie" Dallas knew Jeremie couldn't hear him but he carried on regardless, "but there's only one way and it's done this road" said Dallas as the elevator doors closed.
No more than a few days later, a Wasp was flying around the empty campus that was Kadic junior high; it flew into an empty science room, before it began flying in circles before landing on a special microscope one that was wired up to a computer, the small creature landed under the scope, when suddenly the computer that the Microscope was wired to came to life, and on its screen XANA's logo, suddenly a black ooze began to drip from the microscope and then began to move towards the unsuspecting Wasp, it then attacked the small insect which in turn began violently shaking it's head as XANA took over its mind.
later that day Ulrich was sitting against the wall in his room alone, except for Kiwi who was sleeping on Odd's bed, Ulrich was reading a comic, one of few he owned, he turned the page he enjoyed this comic because he saw several similarities between him and the character
"At least I don't wear a ridiculas outfit Quicksilver" said Ulrich as he scratched the back of his neck then he heard a very faint knocking on the door, then a white envelope slid under the door, Ulrich closed his comic and stood up walking towards the door, before opening it and quickly looking outside his room to see an empty corridor "hello, hello is anyone there" he asked, before kneeling down and picking up the envelope and opening it to reveal a white piece of paper, Ulrich read it but was shocked by what it said and he exclaimed "what".
Sometime later Odd, Yumi and Jeremie where standing under the arches Jeremie was leaning against the wall, they looked at Dallas who had digressed to a shell of himself his hair was a mess and his facial hair, had become thicker and was essentially covering his mouth, his eyes showed the lack of sleep to the point it looked as if someone had punched him there, he was sitting on the ground next to and arch looking up at the others
"take a picture it'll last longer" said Dallas, as they looked back at him "sorry" said Odd, then they looked away from him and at each other "how longs he Been like this" asked Yumi, Jeremie shook his head "since the incident, I can't get to him" replied Jeremie concerned for his friend, then Jeremie yawned "you really look wiped out, what did you do last night" asked Yumi, trying to change the subject and the mood, it only succeeded in changing the subject "I worked on a little program an advanced research engine of sorts" said Jeremie, Yumi and Odd looked at each other sort of "it's a browser which I'm trying to make to help Aelita look for more info on materialization in the Lyoko towers" added on Jeremie, the others now fully understood "just imagine all the things she's goanna learn when she gets here" said Odd, "she's goanna be amazed" he added raising his hands at the happy thought, Jeremie turned his head and looked at him "I think about it all the time, I can't wait for that day to come" said Jeremie, who then slightly blushed and for Odd to go "hm" Jeremie didn't notice it "it's goanna be great" he added, then Yumi noticed Ulrich walking over "hey Ulrich" said Yumi, Ulrich however was more dismal than the others "hello" he said very blandly then the bell rang "okay guts it's time for us to work up a sweat" said Odd, pointing his thumb towards the Gym, then Jeremie started walking ahead, of him followed by a recently stood up Dallas, then Odd brought up the rear, "so long Yumi" said Odd as he walked away, but Ulrich stayed a bit longer and grabbed Yumi's arm as she started to walk away "Yumi wait I" started Ulrich, but Yumi turned back to face him "yes" she said, then in that single moment Ulrich lost all train of thought "I uh… are you okay" he asked, Yumi was confused by Ulrich's question and said "well yeah, why are you asking", Ulrich's smile became a fake one that failed to cover up his nervousness "just err just asked" said Ulrich, before turning around and saying "see you later" this confused Yumi even further "okay" said Yumi after him, as he slowly walked away to the others standing at the end of the arches "Ulrich move it huh" said Odd, then Ulrich stopped and looked back at Yumi and watched as she turned and walked away.
Half an hour later in the Gym most of the students were playing soccer, these people included Odd and Jeremie who were dressed in a red shirt and shorts, and a grey jumper and trousers respectively, Odd lined up his shot and kicked the ball hitting Jeremie who managed to block it, but the speed and power to which the ball was traveling sent Jeremie backwards into the net, whilst Dallas who was wearing something similar to Jeremie except his jumper had a giant pocket at the front and had a hood, was using a punching bag his earphones where in, with the music booming into his head whilst he punched the bag constantly, his eyes where fixed on the bag, whilst the song continued to boom into his ears
"…back then, I thought you were just like me somebody who could see all the pain just like me…" said Dallas under his breath, as the song played these words, then he was tapped on the shoulder, by a male, who had strawberry blond hair in a white shirt and track suit bottoms "hey Dallas take it easy" he said, Dallas then pulled out his earphones and pulled out a Walkman, and paused his song "what Cameron" asked Dallas, as Cameron returned to holding the bag "take it easy man, I can feel the blows" said Cameron, Dallas looked at his fists he noticed that he had blood on his knuckles, then he looked at the bag, before giving it a shove, whilst Ulrich layed down at the side of the hall looking out the window at the sky, he closed his eye's remembering what he had read earlier "Ulrich I don't know how to tell you this so I'm writing it, I've always admired you, I've Been wanting to tell you for ages, but I didn't have the nerve, also I wasn't one hundred percent sure but now I am, I love you, signed Yumi" thought Ulrich as he remembered reading those last words, when an image of Yumi was all that he could see, she laughed then he heard "Ulrich watch out" Odd had shouted this warning, Ulrich then opened his eyes to see a soccer ball fly straight towards him, it then struck him in the nose, Dallas cringed his face upon seeing Ulrich's blooded nose "Ulrich are you okay" asked Jeremie, as he looked down at Ulrich, with Odd, Dallas and Jim also looking at him.
Sometime later, the four where in the changing room they were the last people in there, Jeremie, just finished putting his gym stuff away in his rarely used locker, Ulrich was sitting on the bench between the two rows of lockers with Jeremie behind him and Odd to his left whilst Dallas sat down next to him
"ah, how could that have happened" said Ulrich as he rubbed his nose, the blood had stopped and the swelling had gone down, "hey Ulrich, don't take this badly, but you're playing was kind 'a weird" said Jeremie raising his arms confused at what was going on "you can say that again, why even Jeremie was better than you today" said Odd, raising his right arm towards Jeremie "that says something man" said Dallas looking at his friend "lay off huh" said Ulrich, who then stood up and started to walk away, "no way" said Odd, who then walked forward and grabbed Ulrich, who quickly shoved him off "we'll lay off as soon as you tell us what's wrong" said Odd, Ulrich then turned back towards him and the others "it's just that…" started Ulrich before looking down not sure what to say "… well I got this letter from a girl, the kind of letter a girl sends…" said Ulrich but he was cut off by Odd chanting "he's in love" before he started laughing and clapping "Ulrich's in love" said Odd, but Ulrich shook his head "that's the problem I'm not in love, I'm not sure I am, I can't even manage to talk to her" said Ulrich, Odd then raised his arm and asked "can you tell us who the lucky lady is" Ulrich suddenly turned defensive "you must be kidding, I'm not telling anyone" said Ulrich, then he pointed at Odd "one more thing not a word to Yumi, I don't want this to get around" he added, before turning around and walking away "uh… hey Odd did I really play better than him" asked Jeremie, Dallas stood up "more or less, you didn't take a ball to the face Einstein" said Dallas, as they left the changing room.
After two more lessons it was lunch, and after this amount of time Jeremie, Odd and Dallas were starting to wonder who they believed could have sent the letter
"Millie or Tamiya" said Odd, as they looked at them, "no their too young" replied Jeremie, they then looked around then they stopped looking at a young girl with very light brown hair that was let down with two hair clips in either side and wearing a black shirt "Claire" said Odd, Dallas shook his head "Sandra" said Odd, as they looked at another girl this one had dark skin, with her hair done into three balls that sat on both sides of her head and on the top, she was wearing a orange shirt with a white trim underneath a blue overall "no much too young" said Jeremie, "and they're so, you know, too uptight" added Jeremie, they then carried on looking "Haylea" suggested Dallas, then they looked at a girl who had long ginger hair "no" said Odd and Jeremie in almost perfect synchronisation Dallas just shrugged his shoulders, and they carried on looking "Emily" said Odd, as they spotted a girl with black hair and glasses wearing the same style of clothes as Mike but in different colours the shirt was a light green and the shirt above it was a light red, and her trousers where a very light blue "yeah, yeah it's her" said Odd, before looking at his friends "I'm an expert with girls" said Odd, Dallas then gave him a comical stare "she's pretty she's the outdoors type, she's the one who'd flip for him" said Odd, despite Odd was no expert Dallas and Jeremie looked at each other and without saying a word more or less agreed "Oh yeah, who is Emily flipped over" said Yumi catching the three off guard, they quickly exchanged glances "it's Jim" said Odd so quickly that the others didn't have a say in the matter "Emily's crazy about Jim" said Odd whilst raising his arms "Jim you're kidding, well they say love is blind" said Yumi, then Odd started laughing, Yumi then realised and turned around to see Jim standing behind her "oh I uh… err sorry" said Yumi, Jim just looked at her before walking off.
In the woods Ulrich was sitting underneath a tree, with Kiwi running nearby through the trees, Ulrich was reading the letter Yumi had sent him, he was smiling he knew the feelings he had for her were true, whilst Kiwi started to do his business on a tree, when he looked up and started barking, then as Ulrich folded up the letter and pocketing it, he heard Kiwi whine as he staggered over to the former, Ulrich looked at Kiwi's side noticing it was swollen
"Kiwi, who did that to you" said Ulrich, before he looked up and to his left to see a swarm of Wasps fly towards him "come on run" said Ulrich, but Kiwi could hardly move, so Ulrich quickly grabbed Kiwi and shouted "supersprint" as time began to slowdown for Ulrich, as he ran out of the woods, losing the Wasps in the process, he then arrived back in the school courtyard and everything returned to its normal speed, he then looked down at the dog in his arms as Kiwi breathed heavily.
A few minutes later Ulrich had phoned Odd and told him what had happened and they were now in their room joined by Dallas and Jeremie, as they looked at Kiwi, the swelling on his side had increased as he layed on Odd's bed
"he doesn't look well at all" said Odd as he patted Kiwi on his back being careful not to touch the Wasp stings "do you think it's serious" asked Odd, Jeremie then looked at the swelling "don't worry Odd, he'll be back on his feet in no time" replied Jeremie, as he moved his head from looking at Kiwi to Odd "I mean back on his paws" said Jeremie correcting himself, then they heard a knocking, Jeremie answered the door to see Yumi standing their holding a small white paper bag "I brought some pills and some anti venom compresses" said Yumi holding up the bag "thanks Yumi come in" said Jeremie as he took the bag from Yumi, as she walked in, Jeremie then shut the door behind her, Dallas then knelt down to have a look at Jeremie "let me help" he said, Odd then looked at him "what do you know" asked Odd, Dallas then opened the bag and pulled out a bandage with tape on it "back in Detroit had to know how to bandage ourselves up" said Dallas, as he placed the bandage on Kiwi "this will make you feel better" said Odd once he knew it was firmly on Kiwi, Ulrich then looked up from Kiwi and Odd and looked at Yumi "err Yumi come over here please" said Ulrich before he grabbed Yumi's arm and pulling her over to the other side of the room "I wanted to tell you something" said Ulrich scathing the back of his head "I did too they say Emily's in love with Jim" said Yumi, Ulrich was shocked by this news and he knew that the others had tried to work out who sent the letter, "Odd told me all about it weird huh" said Yumi, then Ulrich looked at him causing Odd to laugh trying not to look so guilty "I've got class now see ya" said Yumi, before walking out of the room then Ulrich looked at the others "hey what's all that about huh" asked Ulrich, then Odd blushed "I don't know" he said cheaply.
After their next lesson Ulrich had made his way to Delmas's office and had explained begun explaining about the Wasps in the trees
"then I heard this buzzing coming from the trees, there must be dangerous insects up there" said Ulrich, Delmas scratched his chin "okay Ulrich thanks for the information, I'll take care of it" said Delmas, then Ulrich left the room, and within minutes the groundskeeper was suited up and ready to deal with the Wasps, but within minutes the students heard some screaming and they all turned their heads to see the groundskeeper spraying a pesticide towards the Wasps before getting constantly stung by the insects
"help, help get them off" he shouted, before Dallas ran over from the other warriors, and grabbed the insecticide and began spraying it at the Wasps, the creatures wouldn't back off though, Dallas then dropped the can before grabbing the groundskeeper and carrying him back towards the warriors "get him to the infirmary" said Dallas, before he rushed back and grabbed the insecticide in another attempt at killing the Wasps "shouldn't he be suffocating" asked Haylea watching on, from the crowd but everyone was too fixated on the amount of Wasp as they circled Dallas, who was getting stung left right and centre, "come at me motherfucker" said Dallas, as one of his eyes was swollen from the constant stinging, he then used eagle sight to see the Wasps where red, Dallas realised it was XANA then suddenly against his will eagle sense began to form around him, everyone watched on as he was engulfed by it "he's lost it" said Ulrich, then the energy dispersed sending the Wasps everywhere, then all the Wasps noticed Ulrich, their previous target and began following him as Jeremie and Odd went in a different direction carrying the grounds keeper away to the infirmary, Dallas quickly rushed after them but he was stopped by Haylea "what" he asked, knowing that he hadn't got the time for this "what was that" she asked, Dallas looked at her and she saw the swelling go down like it was a sped up video "long story" said Dallas who then started running after his friends, whilst Ulrich was still being chased by the Wasp's he was still slightly exhausted from his previous use of supersprint and the Wasp's had adapted to counter this speed, Ulrich ran through the near deserted school and he quickly jumped down some stairs but this slowed him down and the Wasps were getting closer, when suddenly Ulrich felt himself thrown to the side landing on the concrete he was unharmed and he found Yumi had pushed him out of the way, as the Wasps carried on moving around a building "that way hurry" said Yumi, then the Wasps doubled back towards them, but Yumi had already pushed Ulrich inside the science building and then shut the door, the Wasps didn't notice this and carried on moving, Yumi who was still lying on Ulrich looked at him and he back at her, before she felt some pain in her hand, before noticing she had cut her hand on the floor, there was no blood it was just a small cut "hey you're hurt Yumi" said Ulrich, Yumi then looked from her hand at Ulrich "it's nothing serious Ulrich just a scratch" replied Yumi, Ulrich's face then light up like bonfire night and his left eyebrow began twitching, Yumi then noticed this before standing up and saying "I think we can go now" as she looked out the window.
Yumi and Ulrich joined the others outside the infirmary Odd was against the wall standing up straight with his arms behind his back and his right leg forward so his foot was on the wall, Dallas was sitting down on a chair, pulling the numerous stingers out of his hands and face exclaiming ow after each one
"well" asked Ulrich "Mr Vidic, one more sting and" said Jeremie before Odd cut him Odd and saying "yeah that's right but he's still not in great shape" Jeremie then turned his head from Odd to Ulrich and Yumi "the principal's sent for help, their goanna get rid of the nest, I don't know what you guys think but I…" said Jeremie, Dallas then pulled out the last of the stingers, before standing up "it's XANA, Jeremie me and you will go to the factory and we'll sort this shit out" said Dallas, then Jeremie grabbed Dallas arm "no, Dallas you not going in alone this time" said Jeremie, Dallas turned back to face him, Jeremie then let go off his arm "besides who's to say it is XANA" said Odd, "yeah Wasps attack people all the time" said Yumi, but Ulrich was the voice of reason and said "yeah but these Wasps where after us" Dallas nodded his head "and besides they were red in eagle sight" added Dallas, Yumi looked at them "in that case I say we check it out" said Yumi, Jeremie turned towards the door, "I'll try to contact Aelita" said Jeremie, Dallas then looked at him "I'll come with you" he said, before following him "I'm going back to class, keep me posted" said Yumi as she walked away leaving just Odd and Ulrich "do you realise the damage these bugs can cause, there are thousands of them, if XANA is in on this attack we can have a very serious problem on our hands don't you think so" said Odd to an absent minded Ulrich who was too busy thinking about Yumi and the letter to worry about anything else "hello" said Odd grabbing Ulrich's shoulder and shaking him "what" asked Ulrich turning back to face him "uh yeah right, I mean I don't know" he said trying to cover his tracks "you wouldn't happen to have a crush on this secret admirer of yours, would you huh Ulrich" asked Odd, Ulrich thought for a second then decided to come clean "yeah, you could be right" said Ulrich, they weren't paying attention but someone walked into the room "eh hem" said a female who grabbed Odd on the shoulder it was Emily "what's all this about me being in love with Jim" she asked angrily, Odd didn't know what to say, and due to that lack of an answer Emily punched Odd in the side of the face "start that rumour again and even your dog won't recognize you" said Emily as she walked away, leaving a bruised Odd and a laughing Ulrich.
In his room Jeremie was sitting at his computer whilst Dallas was standing next to him Jeremie was typing vigorously, whilst Dallas looked out the window
"you need to shave you're face, it's losing a war" said Jeremie, then Dallas looked down at him, before feeling how prickly his beard had become, then Aelita's window opened on Jeremie's computer "Aelita do you read me" said Jeremie "loud and clear how are things in the real world" asked Aelita, Jeremie looked at Dallas before back at Aelita and saying "we've gotta problem and we think it might be XANA, have you noticed anything" Aelita looked up as if she was thinking "no, at least here in the desert, things are calm but if you want I can check out the other sectors" said Aelita, Jeremie then leaned forward "good idea until then I'll run a scan to see if there's an activated tower" said Jeremie , whilst on Lyoko Aelita stepped into one the sectors way tower's before walking towards the edge of the platform and jumping into the black void, whilst Jeremie observed the scan "their it is" said Jeremie, before typing again "Aelita, the scan has detected an activated tower in the forest" said Jeremie, "Okay I'm in the forest now I'll try and find it" said Aelita then her window closed down, Jeremie then took of his head set and stood up "better tell the others" he said before he and Dallas left the room.
Despite all the commotion with the Wasps believed it was safe enough to sit outside, he heard his phone ring, so he pulled it out of his pocket and answered it
"we were right, XANA's activated a tower and Aelita's trying to find it guys" said Jeremie, Odd then hung up his phone, and at the same time during the phone call Yumi also hung up having heard the same message, Yumi was with Ulrich who was carrying his bag over his shoulder
"Dallas was right something's up, Jeremie wants us to go to the factory right now" said Yumi looking at Ulrich as she pocketed her phone and turned towards the door at the other end of the corridor, but Ulrich grabbed her arm and said "wait Yumi, I wanted to tell you something" there was a long pause as Ulrich was choking on his words "it's about your… about your letter" he finally said, getting the information off his chest, Yumi was surprised "huh" she exclaimed "But" she started but Ulrich raised his hand to stop her "no let me finish, you said in the letter you had certain feelings for me, and I wanted you to know that I feel the same thing for you… their I've said it" but was broken by the next few words that uttered from Yumi "but I never sent you any letter Ulrich" she said, then Ulrich heard laughing and looked behind Yumi to see Sissi and her gang laughing "that has got to hurt" said Herb, Sissi smiled and said "kind of embarrassing, if you ask me" said Sissi, Ulrich was angry more angry than he had been for quite a while "forget them, don't worry" said Yumi, placing her hand on Ulrich's shoulder "I don't care leave me alone" said Ulrich before walking away, leaving Yumi both confused and upset, she looked back at Sissi who smiled and laughed.
In the sewers Jeremie, Odd and Dallas where almost at the end of the tunnel and at the factory, but when they arrived they stopped
"oh no" said Jeremie, Dallas looked over his friends "nice going XANA" said Jeremie, the Wasps then started to move towards them "Jeremie any suggestions would be very welcome" said Odd, Dallas then manifested eagle sense around his hands and dispersed it at the Wasps they scattered momentarily before re-joining the swarm "well I'm outta ideas" said Dallas, "well I have one" said Jeremie, Dallas and Odd looked at him "get outta here as fast as we can" said Jeremie, then they started to move back along the tunnel until a small swarm of Wasps appeared in front of them "were trapped" said Jeremie, Dallas looked behind them "got any other ideas" asked Odd, Jeremie then looked down, before grabbing Dallas and Odd and pulling them into the water after saying "jump", the water splashed everywhere Dallas when his head returned to the surface spat out sewer water and said "Jeremie where did you get the strength to do that" as he looked up to see the Wasps, Odd then emerged from the water coughing, due to his accidental swallowing of the sewer water, Dallas then clicked his fingers before pointing at a pipe he then clicked his fingers twice before pointing towards the pipe again, then they noticed what Dallas was doing and started moving towards the pipe "quick" said Jeremie as he got in first followed by Odd, and then Dallas who was the most uncomfortable being 6ft 2 tall, whilst Odd and Jeremie where 5ft 8 and 5ft 6 respectively "this is your idea" said Odd looking at Dallas as he knelt down on one knee looking out the pipe "insects are very sensitive to smell" said Jeremie quietly, Odd then leaned forward and said loudly "they're not the only ones huh" Dallas then placed his hand over Odd's mouth before placing his finger over his own mouth signalling for Odd to shut it, the Wasps then moved on leaving the three warriors "hey I think it worked" said Odd, as Dallas and Jeremie emerged from the pipe "looks like it" said Jeremie as and Dallas looked around not a Wasp in sight "what do you know" said Odd.
back at the school, Ulrich who was not so much annoyed anymore just upset at he had fallen victim to an awful joke, sat on the floor in his room, whilst in the corridor Jeremie, Odd and Dallas found Yumi
"what's that smell" asked Yumi upon seeing them, "ask Jeremie" said Odd, as he opened his door to reveal Ulrich on the floor "we left you a message didn't you get it" asked Jeremie, Ulrich turned his head to look at them "what do you think, I didn't feel like checking my messages" he replied, Yumi then walked over to Ulrich, then Dallas extended his arms and stepped backwards pushing the other's with him "look, I think we should talk" said Yumi as she knelt down in front of Ulrich "I know what you're goanna tell me, and I don't wanna hear it" said Ulrich as he stood up and started to walk away, Yumi watched after him "Ulrich this is all on an account of Sissi" said Yumi standing up after him "don't you think I know that, but because of her I'm confused, everytime I see you I don't know what to think, so just leave me alone okay" said Ulrich, then he started to walk out the door, but found Dallas holding his crossbow aimed at Ulrich, Dallas then clicked with his right hand and then pointed at Ulrich's bed, Ulrich then stood back and then sat down on his bed "was that so hard" asked Dallas as he slung his crossbow over his shoulder, then Jeremie and Odd walked into the room, Dallas then shut the door as Jeremie placed down his laptop and raised the screen he then pressed a few of the keys, then Aelita's window opened up "Aelita, are you okay" asked Jeremie, whilst on Aelita's end she was standing in the forest sector behind a rock looking at the activated tower "yes, I've found the activated tower, but it's guarded I can't access it" said Aelita, before rolling her eyes "typical of XANA" she added, as the Hornets flew into sight of Aelita "don't worry help is on the way" said Jeremie, he then closed the laptop and placed it back in his bag, Ulrich then opened the door and was the first to leave followed by Yumi, then Jeremie and finally Dallas and Odd, the latter closing the door "hey guys hold on a minute, the bugs have blocked the factory entrance" said Odd, Dallas looked at him "he's right, and I don't think the gate is going to be any safer" said Dallas as he looked at the others "and I'd rather stay outta that sewer" added Odd, looking back at them "don't worry I'm way ahead of you on this one" said Jeremie who then smiled.
On Lyoko Aelita remained hiding behind the rocks then the Hornets started to move slowly towards her, whilst in the sewers the Wasp nest had grown and the warrior's looked at it, the swarm was circling the nests
"well Jeremie, what's the deal" asked Odd, Jeremie then removed his bag from his shoulders and then he and Dallas started to assemble a small robot, the completed machine was a two wheeled machine with a flashing light, and it emitted a strange noise, Jeremie then pulled out a remote and then flicked one of the sticks and then the machine started moving into the swarm of Wasps causing it to scatter "bingo" said Odd, Jeremie then looked back at the others "pretty clever huh" said Jeremie, then he started to rant "this thing generate sound at 30,000 hurts like all insects Wasps aren't capable of receiving…" but he was stopped bluntly by Yumi who said "we don't have time let's move", whilst on Lyoko the Hornets had started their pursuit of Aelita and where shooting their lasers at her with very little successes, whilst at the school the students and the Wasp safety organization noticed the small black clouds that where the Wasps as they emerged from the trees and the sewers
"get inside" said one of the workers as many of the students did just that, then the workers rushed inside "come on hurry up" shouted one of them, as he shut the door, but the Wasps where now circling the cafeteria one of them pulled out a radio "headquarters we have a problem were at the junior high school" said the leader of the group, whilst back in the sewers Jeremie, Odd and Yumi where on the bridge, Dallas then emerged whilst Ulrich was still on the ladder then suddenly the noise being emitted by the machine began to die down
"Oh shit" said Jeremie, he then looked at Dallas, "I knew that I should have taken that car battery from somewhere else" he said as he looked down "you're thing's stopped how come" asked Ulrich looking up, "battery's dead" said Jeremie, Ulrich then started to climb faster as the Wasps began to follow Ulrich, who as he reached the top of the ladder lost his footing and fell, Yumi then grabbed his arm at the elbow with his arm doing the same, and she pulled him up just in time for Dallas to shut the hatch, whilst on Lyoko Aelita was still running away from the Hornets, whilst in the factory the warrior's had just entered the elevator, Yumi then pressed the button and the grate the lowered itself and the elevator began to descend, it stopped in the computer room, where Jeremie stepped out and just before the door could close he said "now" and then Odd pushed Dallas out of the elevator, Dallas turned around and said "what the fuck" as the door closed "I'm not letting you go" said Jeremie as he sat down in his chair, Jeremie then looked at the screen "okay here we go" said Jeremie then he opened another window "Aelita do you read me" asked Jeremie all he heard was her scream "hold on we on are way hang in there" said Jeremie, as below in the scanner room Ulrich, Odd and Yumi stepped into the scanners "transfer Odd, transfer Ulrich, Transfer Yumi" said Jeremie, then their ID cards appeared and began to lighten up "Scanner Odd, Scanner Ulrich, Scanner Yumi" said Jeremie as in the scanners the three began to spin and rise "virtualization" said Jeremie, as the three suddenly felt the blast of air that sent them to Lyoko, their blue square outlines then appeared in the sky, then they dropped to ground, "come in Aelita, Aelita answer me" said Jeremie there was no answer "this can't be happening" said Jeremie as he carried on typing whilst Dallas sat in the corner "do you see her" asked Jeremie, as the warriors looked around, Dallas then stood up and walked over to Jeremie "let me go, their goanna need my help" said Dallas, Jeremie looked at him "Dallas right now, they way you've been you're goanna be a liability" said Jeremie, Dallas then looked down before his left blade extended "Jeremie, I'll give you my everything" he said, Jeremie looked at him again "Dallas I don't know" replied Jeremie, Dallas then raised his left arm Jeremie thought that Dallas was goanna strike him, but was shocked as Dallas instead cut off all the stubble that had grown on his face, and then trimmed down his beard so it was no longer prickly but was what it used to be "now get ready to send me" said Dallas as he opened the hatch and climbed down the ladder into the scanner room and, quickly jumped into one of the scanners "Transfer Dallas" said Jeremie as his ID card appeared and began to light up "Scanner Dallas" said Jeremie, as Dallas began to spin and rise inside the scanner "virtualization" said Jeremie as Dallas felt the blast of air sending him to Lyoko, he then landed next to the others "Jeremie we can't see Aelita yet" said Yumi.
Back at the school Sissi, Nicholas, Adam and Herb where walking underneath the arches
"oh talk about embarrassing situations, I'm sure that Ulrich's not going to forget about this for a long time aren't I a genius" said Sissi, then the three following her exchanged glances "you could say something" said Sissi, then Nicholas and Herb ran ahead of her, Sissi didn't realise until she turned to her right and looked at the Wasps, she then screamed at the top of her lungs "don't just stand their run" said Adam, then he tripped and Sissi ran towards cafeteria, where Nicholas and Herb had already taken refuge, Adam then ran towards the cafeteria, but they had already closed the door, and before they could open the door could be opened the Wasps had already swarmed Adam "open the door" said Sissi as she rushed towards the door, but the patrol held her back "he's dead already" said the worker, Sissi then looked back angry at herself for not helping him when he was down.
Back at the factory, Jeremie observed the screen when he heard a beeping
"carful three swarms of Hornets converging" said Jeremie, Dallas then clicked his neck and pulled up his hood "oh happy days" he said as 9 Hornets came into his line of sight, then he ran at a rock on the edge of the intersection that he and the others where stood on and jumped off it raising his tomahawk striking a Hornet, before swinging on the tomahawk handle and the extending his arm blades taking out another two Hornets, whilst another shot at Odd who quickly jumped outta the way, whilst Yumi extended her fan and threw it at a Hornet which dodged it, and then it fired at her, using her other fan she managed to block the shot, Ulrich however stood back watching with his left hand on his katana handle, Odd shouted "laser arrow" and fired an arrow at a Hornet which dodged the arrow "these fuckers are getting better" said Dallas, a Hornet behind Yumi then fired at her striking her in the back sending her forward "only 20 life points left Yumi, be careful" said Jeremie, Dallas then threw his tomahawk to Odd, "use that" said Dallas, as he pulled his crossbow from his shoulder and aimed at a Hornet firing a bolt, missing he then pulled another one from the hold at the front, Odd was struck by a bolt "Odd you have hardly any life points left" said Jeremie, who then noticed Ulrich standing still and said "Ulrich what are you doing, wake up will you" Ulrich however just stood there and kept watching the action in front of him.
Whilst back at the school the swarm of Wasps had triple in size and barely anything could be seen out the windows, everyone inside was panicking, whilst on Lyoko, the Hornets where still holding down the warriors
"Dallas, Odd two enemies at 3o'clock" said Jeremie, then Odd and Dallas looked at each other, before Odd dodge from the Hornets lasers, then he and Dallas ran, before Odd grabbed Dallas's arm and started swinging him around, before he let go propelling Dallas in the air towards the Hornets, Dallas's hands where backwards and his blades where forward he then struck the two Hornets in the XANA logo, whilst Yumi was running away from the main action trying to find Aelita, she stopped as one of the Hornets was in front of her, the Hornet fired and she blocked with her fan, then Aelita emerged from standing on a log at the side of the land, she struggled to get up, so Yumi helped her "Aelita" said Yumi in a tone that would suggest it meant hello, but then Yumi was struck by a Hornet blast "no Yumi, Aelita, Aelita are you okay" asked Jeremie who was worried sick "yes I'm fine Jeremie" said Aelita as Yumi walked back to her holding her side, with her shoulder sparking "Yumi in front of you" said Jeremie, then suddenly the hurt act ended and Yumi threw her fan at the Hornet destroying it "yeah" said Jeremie , whilst back the school the cafeteria was now surrounded so much so you couldn't see the building as the Wasp swarm had again increased, whilst on Lyoko Yumi and Aelita had regrouped with the others, Ulrich still stood to the side doing nothing, Dallas had his crossbow in his left hand and his right blade extended, Yumi was then hit in the back by another laser from a Hornet, Dallas quickly turned and fired at the Hornet, this time he succeeded in destroying it "Yumi you've only got 20 life points left" said Jeremie, as Yumi was carried underneath Dallas arm, Ulrich looked at this but still did nothing "Ulrich wake up" said Odd, then he turned around as another Hornet came at them, Odd walked forward "carful" said Dallas, but Odd started running "Odd" said Yumi and Aelita, then the Hornet fired another laser striking him, and as he was DE virtualizing he said "now" and fired one last arrow, striking the Hornet destroying it, "I'll go ahead with Aelita" said Dallas, then he and Aelita started running towards the tower Ulrich stood there watching this, "Ulrich are you with us or not" said Yumi as she stood next to him, she knew she wasn't getting through to him and stood facing him "I know you're unhappy but there's no reason to be, are friendship's stronger than that, you can't let Sissi's dirty tricks break us up can you, so forget all about that please we need your help" said Yumi, Ulrich remained blank faced, then he found the unexpected to happen, since the others weren't there or looking, Yumi kissed him on his lips, his eyes where wide open, then they closed signifying he was enjoying it, Yumi's eyes were also closed, then they stopped "tell anyone" said Yumi, meaning she didn't want this to get around but despite the serious nature of this she was smiling, they then ran and caught up with the others "you three head for the tower, I'll take care of them" said Ulrich as he ran ahead drawing his sword and charging at the Hornets, the monsters then started flying towards him "he's either stupid or…" started Dallas, but Yumi punched him in the nose knocking him down "yeah" said Dallas, before falling unconscious as Ulrich span his sword at an incredible speed causing him to destroy both Hornets seemingly at the same time, "well it's about time" said Jeremie.
At the school the Wasps had found a way into the cafeteria, a grille which allowed air in had come lose and the bee's where now flooding into the building, everyone screamed in horror, whilst on Lyoko Aelita ran into the tower, passing through the wall, whilst another two Hornets appeared and began attacking Ulrich who blocked their shots with his katana one of the shots deflected and destroyed the Hornet, and the Hornet followed Yumi, Ulrich then ran after it and shouting
"triangulate" before he split into three and began to supersprint around the Hornet, the creature then shot one of the three Ulrich's, it shot the wrong one, as the real Ulrich jumped and destroyed it, whilst in the tower Aelita walked towards the centre of the platform and began to elevate to the top platform, she landed and the platform glowed, and she stepped towards the centre of the platform and the blue screen appeared and she placed her hand on the screen and the word Aelita appeared then the words Code Lyoko, and the Wasps stopped in their tracks and then the blue screens began to descend into the black void below, Jeremie then hit the enter key and said "return to the past now"…
Earlier that day, Sissi walked towards Ulrich's door and began slipping a white envelope underneath the door, when suddenly it opened to reveal Ulrich, she looked up and blushed
"err… err… hi I was just passing by and err" said Sissi as she stood up still blushing, Ulrich then grabbed the envelope "what do you know" said Ulrich, then using his thumb he opened the envelope "let's see" said Ulrich as he started reading it "That's a pretty embarrassing situation don't you think" said Yumi standing against the wall next to Sissi "I… err… this wasn't the right door" said Sissi as she grabbed the letter and started to run away "it sure isn't, why not give it to Nicholas or to Herb they'd be delighted" said Yumi as she and Ulrich laughed.
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