Authors note
well ladies and gentleman here we are the half way mark of the original season 1 (cry's because there are 7 original chapters added and the 2 prequel episodes) so well theirs been ups and downs, but it feels good to know that I've made it this far without giving up on a dream that most people would have given up at 2 chapters, no offense intended to anyone, but what do I have in store, the only way to find out carry on reading, but what I have planned, well theirs only one way and it's down this road…
It was early morning and again Jeremie was in the factory, as he had been for most of the year, he was at the computer typing away
"interface transfer activated" he said as he kept typing "virtual memory activated, code management configured" he said aloud to himself before looking around realising no–one was there, he did it mainly to make sure that he did "scanner's activated and verified" he said then a new window appeared "Targeting okay" he said, as he inspected the window then he smiled "this time it's goanna work, he then pressed a button and Aelita's id card appeared and next to it her window "ready Aelita" he said with the upmost joy "ready" she said, then he pressed enter "Here we go" said Jeremie, then the lights started to flash as a window opened showing Aelita's virtual form and then it began to lose its texture from the feet upwards leaving the blue squared outline until it disappeared then the window showed a green plus in a circle "it's working" said Jeremie, then he looked up at the lights which were still flashing, he then rushed towards the elevator and pressed the button and then the metal crate began to descend to the scanner room, the door opened shortly after and Jeremie began walking towards the scanner in the furthest corner of the room, it was situated in the right corner of the room and was the one that he and Dallas had built, the doors of the scanner then opened and Jeremie looked inside a smile on his face.
Back at the school, Yumi through a kick missing Ulrich, who returned with a right hand punch which was blocked by Yumi's left hand, then to counter this using his left hand, Ulrich pinned Yumi's hand between his, Yumi backed away smiling, Ulrich was also smiling as he readjusted his stance
"ready" said Yumi as she threw a punch towards Ulrich's gut but he backed away dodging the blow, whilst standing behind them by the tree was Odd with a stick, Kiwi was on the floor with him, it was safe enough considering it was still pretty early and they were out of sight "go on Kiwi, go on fetch" said Odd as he threw the stick, Dallas was leaning against the tree his jacket was being held in the sling of his crossbow and his Wings where over the white shirt, he had slung his crossbow over his left shoulder holding onto the sling, he was trying to avoid people just in case any word got out about his record deal "so what was it like" asked Odd, Dallas averted his gaze from the tree "what do you mean" asked Dallas in reply "being there in the studio" questioned Odd, Dallas laughed "not the scariest thing in the world considering we fight a computer program that constantly tries to destroy the world" said Dallas, Odd smiled, then they looked to see Ulrich give a fly kick towards Yumi who quickly dodged "anyone seen Jeremie this morning" asked Yumi, stopping the practice that she and Ulrich where engaged in "he spent the night in the factory, remind me to buy him a bed for their" said Dallas, Odd then placed a finger on his mouth "I think he was working on something really important" said Odd, then all four of them looked at each other before saying in synch "Aelita" Ulrich then scratched the back of his head, when suddenly Yumi cycle kicked him in the right side of his head knocking him straight down "hey I thought it was time out" said Ulrich rubbing the side of his face "guess I forgot" said Yumi before extending her hand and helping him up, "hey guys" said Jeremie as he ran along the path towards them "guys what…" he then started to pant to due exhaustion, Dallas then patted him on the back "last night" said Jeremie before giving the thumbs up to Dallas "let me see now" said Odd mimicking a physic "has it something to do with Materializing Aelita" finished Odd, "that's right, say how did you guess Odd" said Jeremie, Dallas rolled his eyes, "well guys I did it I tackled a problem in a different way" said Jeremie, he then got his breath back "you wouldn't believe it but…" "Well tell us did you do it or not" asked Ulrich cutting off Jeremie "I sure did" said Jeremie then he reached into his pocket and held out a small glass test tube with a cork in the end, the four of them where confused as they lent forward and looked "you materialized a test tube" said Ulrich who now believed that Jeremie had gone off the deep end "no air head look inside will you" said Jeremie, then the four looked closer "a hair" said Odd as they noticed a small piece of pink hair "you mean you materialized one hair" continued Odd "yep that's right Odd" said Jeremie pointing forward "to be exact it's a hair off Aelita's" finished Jeremie as he started to blush, this news caught the others off guard "what, a real hair" asked Ulrich, Dallas then grabbed the test tube and activated eagle sight, it was gold "shit" he said "but how did you manage that" asked Yumi, then she Ulrich, Dallas and Odd looked at Jeremie with a truck load of questions.
Sometime later the group had gone moved onto the factory as, many of the other students had started to move onto the campus they stood around the computer screen with Aelita on the screen
"well I choose a hair, because it's a simple anatomical structure, but which contains Aelita's complete genetic computer code" said Jeremie whilst Ulrich discreetly yawned "according to a well-known fractal, whose recurrences are comparable to the genetic code of a human" said Jeremie whilst Odd scratched his face confused to hell "which enabled me to make a physiological number transfer onto a part of the program already pre-targeted and defragmented" finished Jeremie, Yumi tried to comprehend what he meant as she held her hand to her mouth, Dallas was also confused despite sharing a room with Jeremie for almost a year "and that's that" said Jeremie, Dallas shook his head "Einstein I think you killed me with that one" said Dallas, as Ulrich scratched his ear "simple enough right" asked Jeremie, "no" replied Odd blatantly, Jeremie then turned to his right in the chair "no it's not simple enough or no you don't follow" asked Jeremie "no means that we take your word for it" replied Odd, then the others nodded in agreement and Aelita placed her hand on the side of her mouth and laughed "it'll become clear when Aelita's here in flesh and blood, better get ready Aelita" said Jeremie, then Aelita replied "okay Jeremie" leaving the others shocked "huh, you're goanna materialize her now" asked Ulrich placing his right hand on the back of the chair "what do you think I was goanna wait until next year, the hair was just a test before we do the whole thing" replied Jeremie, Yumi stepped forward "making a hair appear is one thing, materializing Aelita is not the same" said Yumi, turned his head to look at her before turning his head back to the screen "look you wanna spend your whole life fighting XANA" said Jeremie then he looked at the others "Once Aelita's here we can shut down the super computer and lead normal lives" he said, Dallas shook his head "I think I speak for all of us, me mostly, when I say, I doubt we could lead normal lives, I mean we've got super human powers" said Dallas, Odd then spoke up "and don't forget Dallas can't end his life so easy" Dallas smiled at Odd "but I say it's worth trying" said Jeremie, as he was about to press the enter button when he stopped "Dallas I need your help" he said, Dallas then looked up "with what" he asked, Jeremie smiled "when I was materializing the hair, there was a power drain, I need you to link the super computer to the main grid so I don't damage anything just in case" said Jeremie, Dallas shrugged his shoulders and walked towards the elevator and pressed the button allowing the door to open, and for him to step inside, the crate then closed allowing him to ascend to the factory floor, where he stepped out of the elevator, and found some cable still in the cable drums, he began to untie it, before exiting the factory and finding a power transformer, he then tied the cable into the power box, before walking back along the bridge and jumping down to the factory floor "do this Dallas" he said, "do that Dallas" said Dallas, as he began to take the cable towards the elevator shaft and then tying it around himself "well guess what Jeremie" said Dallas to himself as he jumped down into the shaft descending with the cable wrapped around him, then he stopped himself by placing his feet against the wall slowing him to a halt as he entered the scanner room "I ain't nobody's bitch" said Dallas, then he tugged on the cable bringing it forward and then he walked towards the hatch and descended into the super computer room, whilst back in the computer room Ulrich and Yumi looked at Jeremie as he sat in his chair, "I'm worried about him" said Ulrich, then he looked at Yumi "I know, even Dallas someone you usually agrees with him is having doubts" replied Yumi, as she looked at her boyfriend "I mean he's done it, but he's rushing into it without checking anything" said Ulrich as he heard something, then looked down to his left to see Dallas emerge from the hatch "it's done" said Dallas as he clambered out of the hatch, Ulrich then helped him to his feet "under protest" added Dallas, as he leant against the wall "Jeremie I don't think we should do this now" said Odd, but Jeremie replied "I say it's worth trying" then he pressed the enter button and a window opened showing Aelita's blue square outline with her arms spread out, then it closed down and another window opened showing the red circle with the exclamation mark in the middle "how can that be I planned everything so perfectly" said Jeremie then Aelita's window appeared "your almost their Jeremie in a few days you'll be all set" said Ulrich, Dallas placed his hand on Jeremie's shoulder "yeah small problem until then we are going to have to take the service hatch to get out" he said then Odd looked at his watch "hey come on you guys, if we don't materialize in a couple of minutes in the class room, were not going to last a few days" he said pulling his face down, causing Dallas to try and not laugh.
A few hours later, the five where sitting in the lunch room, as usual Odd had a load of food, and Dallas had very little food as he had given his to Odd, Jeremie and Odd were sitting on one side of the table whilst Dallas, Yumi and Ulrich sat on the other side, Jeremie was for a change quite hungry
"you know I would have sworn that it would have worked this time" said Jeremie as he quickly ate his food, "but if the computer gene code of the hair gives you enough information to find the parameters of materialization, what's the problem" asked Yumi, Jeremie just looked at his food and replied "I wish I knew, the only way to find out is to start over", Dallas shook his head "don't suppose it was the cable, I mean I might not have linked it right" he said, Jeremie looked at him "no it was a computer error" he said, Odd then pointed his fork at Jeremie and said "don't do that besides your only a hair's width away" said Odd before chuckling "can you ever be serious Odd" asked Yumi, Ulrich couldn't help but smile "by the way Odd, speaking of hair your dog sheds an awful lot of it, most of it ending up on my bed" said Ulrich, Odd didn't look at Ulrich knowing he was guilty "what's the problem about two or three hairs" he said, Ulrich then leaned forward towards him "two or three hairs with all the hair he sheds I could make you another Kiwi" said Ulrich, causing the others to laugh, this soon turned sour "hello" said Sissi as she walked over to them holding her tray of food, with Nicholas, Adam and Herb standing behind her like mindless drones, Ulrich didn't want to deal with her shit, now that he and Yumi where together, but he knew he couldn't say anything "did you say dog, really adore dogs, hey can I sit down" she said, Ulrich and Dallas looked at each other, Dallas raised his left eyebrow and it was if in that instant everything had been said and Ulrich looked at Sissi and said "no" Sissi smiled before leaning towards Ulrich, Dallas then manifested a small amount of eagle sense around his hand ready to move Sissi away from under the table "you know I'm so crazy about dogs, that I'm willing to keep my mouth shut about the one that Odd's keeping in his room, that is if you promise to be nicer to me of course " said Sissi, Ulrich was hoping it was the end of it but no Sissi added "and maybe go on a date tonight" Ulrich was about to deny jeopardising Kiwi, but Yumi spoke up "listen Sissi I'm warning you" then suddenly the glass in Yumi's hand smashed flying apart, Yumi looked at her hand, Sissi was shocked her eyebrow twitching, before she and her group walked away "you okay Yumi" asked Jeremie, Dallas looked at the smashed glass "okay, I can understand your annoyed but leaving smashing shit to me okay" said Dallas, Ulrich was more concerned, as he grabbed Yumi's arm and turned her hand over to reveal 4 cuts in her hand.
Ulrich took Yumi to the nurse's office, she looked at her hand as it stung due to the pain, but it wasn't the thing on her mind, it was what Sissi said, she knew Ulrich was in an ultimatum, but as she and Ulrich sat down on a bed in the nurses office, whilst Dorothy walked over to a cabinet and opened it grabbing a clear bottle of disinfectant, she then soaked it in a cloth, then Yumi extended her hand
"they're we are" said Dorothy as she rubbed the cloth onto Yumi's cuts, she winced at the pain "nothing serious, the cuts aren't deep" said Dorothy as she finished wiping the wound, then she reached into her pocket and pulled out a plaster "here put this on it please" finished Dorothy handing the plaster to Ulrich as she walked away, Ulrich then opened the blaster "it's incredible I barely squeezed the glass, their pretty fragile I guess" said Yumi, Ulrich sat down next to her "fragile huh, were not talking about crystal" said Ulrich, then he placed the plaster on her hand "lunch room plastic more like it" added Ulrich as he smiled "besides, I know what will happen if I get on your nerves" he added then he looked down to see that unbeknownst to the both of them they had started holding hands, they then moved closer towards each other, before Yumi did something that took Ulrich by surprise, Yumi moved onto his lap and placed her arms and legs around him, she started kissing him, Ulrich returning it, he then pulled away "about what Sissi said" said Ulrich despite knowing it would kill the mood "don't worry, I know you won't" said Yumi, who then began to resume kissing her boyfriend, their position changed to Ulrich lying down with Yumi lying on top of him, unbeknownst to them Sissi was watching through the window, her face curled in anger at the sight of this, Ulrich, the one she believed was meant to be hers, the one who was meant to care for her, was kissing another woman, she was really angry when suddenly and idea formed in her head, she then ducked down as Ulrich and Yumi stopped, as Ulrich reached into his pocket to get his phone, he answered it "what" asked Ulrich, Yumi looked at him "on our way" he said as he hung up.
Ulrich and Yumi made their way to Dallas's and Jeremie's room where they and Odd where already waiting with Aelita
"I don't believe this it's a disaster" said Jeremie, as he sat at the computer "what is" asked Ulrich, Jeremie turned to his right to look at Ulrich, "I was trying to find out why the materialization didn't work and I realised Aelita's program is full of bugs" said Jeremie, Yumi and Ulrich understood what this meant in a rough sort of sense "well Einstein you fucked up this time" said Dallas, Jeremie would have argued but he had "when I materialized the hair… I hit a button I shouldn't have, and so I damaged the annex program" said Jeremie, Yumi smiled and said "annex that doesn't sound so bad" hoping it wasn't, but she was wrong "that's what you think, the part of program linking Aelita to the towers is all screwed up, if Aelita enters the Lyoko code, she'll be completely reformatted" said Jeremie, the warriors knew this was bad news "meaning" asked Ulrich, Jeremie then looked down sad "she'll disappear for ever" he said, the room went silent then Aelita spoke up "you know Jeremie, a program can be de-bugged, we can do it together" said Aelita, knowing that for her this was life and death "what if XANA attacks before were done" said Jeremie, Odd looked at him, then he pointed at Jeremie and said "that means you gotta work fast Jeremie", Dallas smiled and nodded "if shit hits the fan, I'll do what I can to slow it down" he said, Jeremie smiled "okay make up a story to tell to the teachers I'm not leaving this computer until I've solved the problem" he said, then the others decided to leave him in peace.
Ulrich, Odd and Dallas where walking down the hall, Yumi was already off to lesson, and the three knew Jeremie had his hands full
"do you think they can do it" asked Odd, who was sceptical to the entire thing "what do you think, we got too genius at work" replied Ulrich, "if he can work a super computer I'm pretty sure he can handle a program" said Dallas, then they started to hear Kiwi bark "hey Odd, if you don't get Kiwi to calm down their goanna find him" said Ulrich, Odd then ran towards their room and opened the door "hey quiet Kiwi" said Odd, but Kiwi kept on barking "you hear me, quiet down" he said before patting his dog, Dallas and Ulrich then looked at them as Odd was on his knees stroking Kiwi, then the window cracked they didn't noticed "what's the matter" asked Odd to Kiwi, then the window began to crack even further, when Dallas noticed it was about to shatter "get down" said Dallas, as he jumped and used his body to shield Odd and Kiwi, taking most of the shattered window in his back, he then stood up whilst Odd laid on the floor checking Kiwi was okay, before looking at the shattered window and then his dog "did you do that" asked Odd.
Some minutes later Odd was explaining to Jim what had happened whilst Ulrich was sweeping up the glass that was on the floor
"well maybe it was a ball that did it" said Jim, thankfully being that Jim wasn't the brightest, he didn't notice two things, one that there was a small amount of glass and two there was no ball "and you of course didn't see anything" said Jim, Odd quickly thought to himself "I couldn't see anything Jim, because I wasn't here" he said scratching the back of his head, Jim just about believed him as he scratched his chin "maybe so, but since all the rooms are off limits during the day, how come you knew about the window" said Jim, before turning around "Ulrich clean up your bed theirs hair all over it" said Jim, before the exited the room, Ulrich turned his head to see Jim walk out.
In the forest Dallas was sitting on a tree stump whilst Yumi removed the shards of glass from his back
"this might hurt" said Yumi, Dallas smiled and shook his head Yumi then grabbed the largest piece and pulled it "Christ" said Dallas as she removed the piece, he felt the immense pain, but then Yumi watched as the Dermis (the layer under the skin) began to seal itself then the skin grew over it "if your done staring" said Dallas, Yumi looked up from the mesmerizing sight "sorry" she said, then Ulrich and Odd ran over and Yumi looked up "what happened" she asked as she removed another piece of glass, Dallas face winced in pain as he stopped himself from swearing "everything's cool Jim didn't spot Kiwi" said Ulrich, Yumi removed another piece of glass, Dallas shifted "why can't you just heal the wound" asked Odd, Dallas looked up at him and replied "because I'd still numerous shards of glass in my back" Ulrich looked at him "It was close Kiwi will have to stay with Jeremie for a while" he said, then Yumi yanked out another piece there was a noise that sounded like piercing flesh "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKKKK" screamed out Dallas due to this one had hit him in a deep nerve "well that white shirt is ruined" said Ulrich.
In Jeremie's room he was still sitting at his computer whilst Aelita was on the screen
"why don't you scan the STR connection box" said Aelita, there was a squeaky bark "I already did, that's not where I went wrong" said Jeremie then there was the squeak again "Stop chewing my slipper" said Jeremie so randomly that it confused Aelita "oh sorry Aelita" said Jeremie as he looked at the screen after removing his slipper from Kiwi's mouth "I was talking to the dog when he's around it's hard to concentrate" said Jeremie then he threw the slipper to the ground and carried on typing, then he noticed Kiwi had his underwear he looked down and was shocked "what is it" asked Aelita, Jeremie looked back at the screen realising Aelita could in fact see him "oh nothing" said Jeremie, then he turned the screen to the right "give that back" said Jeremie, Aelita looked to her right trying to hear what was going on "give it back" said Jeremie, then he returned to the computer "that dog, he took my… my handkerchief" he said turning the screen back, then Kiwi started barking again, Jeremie slammed his head into the keyboard and said to himself "Oh take him away please", whilst in the hallway, Sissi heard Kiwi howl
"oh that mutt" she said, but it wasn't the biggest problem on her mind she was still thinking about what to do to Ulrich and Yumi, when suddenly she heard a cracking, then she looked up to see a giant crack rip through the roof, she then screamed and ran away.
Sometime later Sissi had gathered a small crowd explaining her "Near death" experience as she put it, the warriors stood from a distance watching, Dallas had replaced his shirt, Odd looked from Sissi back to the others
"I always said Sissi's head is full of plaster", the others chuckled until Jeremie raised his hand and said "I'm heading to the lab between the dog barking and the school falling apart, I can't work in my room" said Jeremie before he turned around saying "see ya" as he walked away "I hope he finds the right solution just in case it is a XANA attack" said Ulrich, then Yumi looked at Ulrich whilst Dallas and Odd looked as Jeremie walked away, she whispered to him "meet me in the woods" she said, before speaking aloud "see you guys tomorrow" and walking away, Ulrich looked after her "hello anybody home" said Odd waving his hand in Ulrich's face "all these things happing are really weird" said Ulrich, Dallas turned to face him "where you been for the past year" he said, he smiled "first Yumi's glass breaks then the window shatters and now the celling, you think it's XANA" said Ulrich, Odd looked down he was sceptical "maybe it's coincidence" he said "maybe" said Ulrich, Dallas shook his head "I don't think so" he said, then Sissi walked over "all alone are we" said Dallas not wanting to deal with this now "Ulrich can we talk" asked Sissi, Ulrich was confused "alone" she added, Ulrich reluctantly followed her, towards the classrooms "what do you want" asked Ulrich, "I already told you I'm not interested in you" added Ulrich firmly trying to make it set in this time "Oh I Know, and so does Yumi" replied Sissi, Ulrich knew it hit the fan "what are you on about" asked Ulrich trying to cover his tracks "don't play stupid with me Ulrich dear" asked Sissi, smiling still "you and Yumi where eating each other's face in the nurses office earlier" she said, this time she had done it, Ulrich was left speechless, he didn't know what to do "who else knows" asked Ulrich, Sissi smiled "no-one" replied Sissi, Ulrich thought he was in the clear for now "if you go on a date with me" added Sissi, Ulrich was now upset, he wanted to remain faithful to Yumi, but he didn't know what to do about this ultimatum, say no, everyone finds out and Yumi leaves him, say yes, go on a date with Sissi and Yumi leaves him "how long do I have to think it over" asked Ulrich looking down to not show any tears "midnight" replied Sissi, before she turned around "make the right choice" she added, before walking away, Ulrich fell to his knees, but he stood up, before walking towards the woods.
Ulrich walked into the woods he head was down and his hands in his pockets he knew this was the end of his life as he knew it, he needed to tell Yumi, he looked through the woods, looking for her
"Yumi" he called out, when suddenly he saw her walk into the clearing "Ulrich, you made it" she said as she walked over to him about to kiss him "Yumi we need to talk" said Ulrich as he led her over to a tree stump and they both sat down "what is it Ulrich" she asked, Ulrich took a deep breath "Sissi Knows" said Ulrich, "about me and you" he added, Yumi was shocked "how" she asked, "She saw us in the nurses office and is threatening to tell the others" he replied before looking away from Yumi, he knew she wanted to break up after that "well it was bound to happen sooner or later" said Yumi, Ulrich turned back to face her he was confused by this answer and what it meant "so you're okay with it" asked Ulrich, Yumi smiled and answered by kissing him on his lit up cheek, "hopefully it means Sissi will leave you alone" said Yumi, "but she said, she will tell the others if, I don't go out with her" said Ulrich, Yumi placed her hand under his chin holding his head high "and if you do" asked Yumi looking into his eyes "then I'll lose you" said Ulrich, he knew this was going to be the hardest decision of his young life, Yumi removed her hand, but remained looking into his eyes "what are you going to do" she asked, she was going to stay with him regardless, but she wanted to find out "well I have till midnight, to give her an answer" said Ulrich, Yumi was happy "we have till then to sort this out then" said Yumi, Ulrich was confused "we?" he asked "yes we, both of us are going to sort this out" she replied, before kissing him.
Jeremie entered the lab, and walked over to his chair before sitting down he then began typing, then he hit enter
"I'm back Aelita" he said, whilst on Lyoko Aelita was walking through the desert when he she both heard and felt the ominous warnings that mean one thing XANA "oh no, I don't believe it not now" said Aelita, Jeremie didn't hear this and said "okay we can get back to work, Aelita… are you there" he said, then Aelita's window appeared "it's XANA, he's launched an attack" said Aelita, Jeremie knew what this meant as the news hit him "are you… are you sure" said Jeremie, then he started typing then the screen to the right of the main one, found a tower, Jeremie slammed his fists on the keyboard exclaiming "it can be not now".
Back at the school, Jim and Delmas where inspecting the damage of the school they were both shocked by the extent of the damage
"I don't believe it I've ever seen anything like it in my entire career" said Delmas as he looked up at the crack "you think humidity could have caused it sir" asked Jim, kicking a small piece of rubble, Delmas wasn't convinced "I don't know, it doesn't look very damp" said Delmas as he looked up through a giant hole in the roof, the reinforced metal was snapped around the sides of the hole, then Jim turned around after hearing a very small very quiet squeak "the dog" he said turning around he the raised his fist "I've been after him for a long time" said Jim, then he moved around the hall listening in on each door, in an attempt to hear Kiwi, then suddenly the wall next to him began to crack next to him "what the" he said as the crack moved around before coming full circle Jim backed away before stopping at Delmas who had only one thing to say "Jim we have to evacuate the building".
"It's XANA for sure, it's gotta be" said Dallas as he and Odd walked under the arches "oh yeah it's him, but how does he do it" asked Odd, Dallas shook his head "I don't know but remember what Sissi said, your mutt started barking before the celling fell" said Dallas, "that might be a lead, with the window it was the same" then Ulrich rushed over towards them "where you been" asked Dallas, then Ulrich looked at them "nowhere important" he replied then he changed the subject "what are you on about" asked Ulrich, Dallas looked at Odd "we're saying that Kiwi can sense the attacks" said Odd, "like and ultrasound" said Ulrich then his phone rang "XANA alert" said Jeremie, upon Ulrich answering it "that's what we thought" said Ulrich "warn Yumi" said Jeremie, "be right there" said Ulrich he then hung up "it's real this time XANA has woken up" said Ulrich, as he pocketed the phone then they heard the school loud speakers "attention students due to a dangerous structural accident please evacuate the buildings calmly and leave the immediate area, no one will be permitted to enter the building until further notice" said Delmas, Dallas looked up and said "funny, didn't know this place had a loudspeaker", then Odd remembered "Kiwi, he's in Jeremie's room I'm goanna go and get him" he said as he turned around and running away "see you at the lab" said Ulrich, then he and Dallas started walking away, Ulrich pulled out his phone and dialled a number "hi Ulrich" said Yumi as she was getting undressed at her house, "what I'm not really ready yet, okay I'll hurry" said Yumi as she hung up.
In the dorm building Odd quickly ran into the boy's floor corridor he jumped across the crack before reaching Jeremie's door, he opened the door
"Kiwi, where you boy" he said, before his trustful dog jumped into his arms, Odd then carried his dog down the stairs before walking through the girls floor, when he heard some noises and he then saw some light shine from underneath one of the doors, he walked over and opened it, to reveal Millie and Tamiya, both of them had headphones in so neither had heard the announcement "hey didn't anyone teach you to knock" said Millie looking up from her magazine "didn't you hear the principal you gotta get out" said Odd, as he looked at both girls "The whole building may collapse" he added "cut it out" said Millie, but Odd persisted by saying "No it's true, I'm not joking" he said then he lead them down the hall towards the stairs, then suddenly Kiwi started barking "hey what's wrong with your dog" said Tamiya, then the building began to rumble, Millie and Tamiya grabbed each other as the stair case collapsed "the other stairs" said Odd, then they turned around and ran the other way only to stop and see that it wasn't much better, then the building began to rumble again, Odd looked up as the roof began to crack, then a chunk began to come down, Odd raised his arm as the chunk was about to hit him, the girls flinched in fear, then suddenly Odd felt himself fly backwards, he opened his eyes to see Dallas had pushed him out of the way "watch out next time" said Dallas, as he stood up helping Odd up with him then he noticed Millie and Tamiya stared at him "what" he asked, then he looked down and saw that the briefest bits of eagle sense where still visible "oh" said Dallas.
Ulrich arrived in the lab, as he stepped forward from the service hatch and quickly moved towards Jeremie
"Ulrich, how are things at the school" asked Jeremie, Ulrich replied "there are cracks in the school building, and it may cave in, Dallas went back to get Odd, XANA is using some kind of ultra sound system" Jeremie stopped typing and looked at him "ultrasound that's possible, he could be using the…" Jeremie stopped then he looked up "did you hear that" he asked, Ulrich looked up "no, I didn't hear anything" said Ulrich, Jeremie then returned to the matter at hand "he could be using the sockets" finished Jeremie, "he might attack the factory, Odd and Dallas are on their way, and I've warned Yumi" said Ulrich, Jeremie looked down "let's hope XANA gives me enough time to repair my program" said Jeremie then he heard Ulrich's phone ring, he plugged it into the computer and then answered it "yes Odd" asked Ulrich, "yeah, me, Dallas, Millie and Tamiya are stuck at the school" said Odd, as he looked back at the others "the fire fighters should be hear any moment, so we can't meet you right now, no don't wait go to Lyoko" said Odd, then he looked at Dallas "I don't think we're goanna survive" said Odd, Dallas looked at the cracks around the building "happens to me all the time" said Dallas, then they heard Kiwi starting to bark, "oh shit" said Dallas, then the building began to shake again small pieces of rubble began to fall, Odd quickly grabbed Kiwi and then he and Dallas started running away from the edge, but XANA was prepared for this and then the floor began tilting, Odd was thrown against his back causing him to drop his phone, Dallas was thrown onto his chest and then he lost his grip and began to slide down the floor "Dallas" screamed Odd, as Dallas slid of the edge, then there was a sound of piercing flesh "No" said Odd.
Back in the factory, Ulrich knew what had to be done he looked at Jeremie
"no time to lose Jeremie" he said, Jeremie looked back at him "but I'm not ready yet, I'm still fixing the program" he replied Ulrich however wasn't having this "Odd and the others are in danger transfer me now" he replied, Jeremie looked back at the screen, before closing his eyes a brief attempt to escape this situation that was thrown upon him.
Yumi was running along the streets towards the factory when she stopped and stared at numerous dogs as they howled
"what's going on" asked Yumi to herself, then the road in front of her started to crack, and then the city lights began to turn off due to the tremors, back at the factory, Ulrich stepped into one of the scanners, Jeremie then hit enter "Transfer Ulrich" he said as Ulrich felt the air rise below him "Scanner Ulrich" said Jeremie as Ulrich's id card began to turn gold and as Ulrich himself began to spin and rise "virtualization" said Jeremie, then Ulrich felt the blast of air that sent him to the forest sector, his blue squared outline appeared it gained texture before dropping to the ground, he looked in front of him, before turning ready to draw his sword before seeing it was Aelita, he then sheathed his sword "Aelita" he said, glad that it was a familiar face "shhh" she said placing a finger to her mouth "they're here" she added, then Ulrich looked at the other platos "Theirs nothing on my holomap for now" said Jeremie, however Ulrich preferred his own eyes to Jeremie's word "everything's calm" he said as he finished examining the area "it's not what the pulsations say" said Aelita pointing towards the floor, Ulrich looked at them as they went along "if we follow them their bound to lead us to the tower XANA's activated" said Ulrich as he placed his left hand on his sword, then he and Aelita started running along the pathway, following the pulsations towards the tower, but unbeknownst to them Kankrelots where following them on two lower paths.
Yumi quickly ran into the school yard to see the extent of XANA's damage at the school, the dorm building was cracked in half with several sections collapsing in on themselves, Yumi quickly ran other to a group of people
"what happened here" she asked, then Sissi turned around she seemed to have forgotten their feud as she was crying as she watched the building "Odd and Dallas their stuck inside with Millie and Tamiya" she said, then the building started to shake again "oh why aren't they here yet" asked Millie as she and Tamiya started to slip along the slope, then Odd noticed that they might make the fall he looked up and said "we can't stay here we gotta cross over to the other side" Millie and Tamiya looked down at him "are you outta you're mind Odd it's at least a 10 metre drop" said Tamiya, "besides look at what happened to Dallas" added Millie, Odd looked back up at them "trust me okay, I can't tell you how yet but we're goanna make it, in the mean time we gotta get across where we'll be safe" said Odd, then he began to slid down the floor, until he entered the gap "No" screamed Tamiya, but Odd landed safely, they looked down as they saw Odd standing and waving "Your turn now" he said, Millie then looked at her best friend.
On Lyoko Aelita and Ulrich where still running along the path the Kankrelots still in pursuit of them
"Look at the parallel paths" said Ulrich as he noticed the monsters then one aimed and fired at Ulrich hitting him in the lower area of his leg, causing it to spark and for him to tumble and roll, he then got back on his feet and drew his sword with his right hand "Jeremie how many life points have I got" asked Ulrich, Jeremie then started typing "70, no 60" he said, Ulrich and Aelita had started to flee from their attackers "make up your mind Jeremie" said Ulrich as the monsters continued to miss their shots "take cover Aelita" said Ulrich as she dived to the side out of harm's way "I can't do too many things at once dodge the lasers and you won't have to keep count" said Jeremie, as Ulrich jumped dodge the lasers he then blocked a shot with his sword before doing a back flip to dodge another, he then hid behind a tree.
Yumi quickly ran into the factory, she grabbed the rope and swung down landing firmly on the ground, then there was a tremor, and the ground started to crack, Yumi then quickly ran towards the service hatch, and quickly ran down the small corridor, she then arrived in the lab "immediate departure Yumi, Ulrich and Aelita need your help" said Jeremie, then Yumi nodded and ran towards the hatch "okay here we go" said Jeremie, then he began typing, Yumi stepped into one of the scanners, Jeremie then hit enter "Transfer Yumi" he said as Yumi felt the air rise below her "Scanner Yumi" said Jeremie as Yumi's id card began to turn gold and as Ulrich himself began to spin and rise "virtualization" said Jeremie, then Yumi felt the blast of air that sent her to the forest sector, her blue squared outline appeared it gained texture before dropping to the ground, whilst Ulrich and Aelita where running away, whilst following the pulsations when they stopped, the pulsations went in two different directions "the pulsations are separating in two directions" shouted Ulrich as he looked forward, and Aelita to the right where it now diverged, "head east, the monsters you managed to dodge before aren't that far away" said Jeremie, Ulrich and Aelita then looked east "okay we'll try and find another path" said Aelita, as Ulrich drew his sword "too late" he said as a Kankrelot fired a shot at them, it missed but was joined by another two, then the centre one was destroyed, the other two turned to see what had caused it, so did Aelita and Ulrich, they all saw Yumi in the air as her previously thrown fan returned to her "Yumi" said Ulrich, as she landed on the ground "need a little hand around here" she said, as she threw her fan again destroying both monsters, then a forth late comer arrived, Ulrich drew his sword and jumped over Yumi, it fired one shot, Ulrich dodged, it fired another, Ulrich dodged, then he struck the Kankrelot in the XANA logo destroying it, "here we go" said Yumi as they regrouped and ran away "Their" said Ulrich as they spotted the tower.
Back at the school, Odd caught Tamiya as she slid down the floor, he then turned and looked up
"Okay your turn Millie" said Odd, then Millie looked down, "no I'll never make it" she said, almost crying "sure you will come on" said Odd, then the building started to shake again, and she started to slide down , she landed on the edge of the platform and almost fell down the hole that was left due to the floor collapse, but Odd grabbed her arm "good going girls" said Odd, then Tamiya noticed something "oh my god" she said, as she placed her hand to her mouth then Odd and Millie looked, it was Dallas he had been impaled on a sharp piece of rubble, it had gone straight through his chest "oh no" said Millie, as she placed her hands on Dallas head, she was about to close his eyes when she felt something grab her arm, she screamed as did Tamiya "ironic someone once called me a heartless bastard" said Dallas, then he looked to see Millie and Tamiya scared, Odd then helped him off the spike, "are you okay" asked Odd, Dallas smiled as the hole in his chest regenerated fixing the flesh "yeah" said Dallas, then he noticed both Millie and Tamiya had fainted, Dallas then grabbed them and slung them over his shoulders, then they started to walk down the corridor "I don't believe it" said Odd, as they found the entrance blocked.
Back on Lyoko, XANA had created a crab and it was running directly at the three warriors, it fired a shot it missed then Aelita and Yumi started running ahead, as Ulrich stopped drawing his sword as the two girls jumped between two platforms and running into a hollowed out tree stump, Ulrich then started running towards the crab, before jumping and striking the creature in the XANA logo destroying it
"Impact" he shouted he then jumped of it, as the creature exploded another crab appeared behind him this one was moving faster than the last, Ulrich quickly jumped across the gap in the platforms, he landed on his feet skidding into the tree, the crab also jumped landing perfectly in front of the tree, it then rammed the tree, then it fired a few shots into the tree, Ulrich dodged these shots, then another crab appeared "XANA's pulled out all the stops" said Ulrich, then another appeared "Jeremie do you read me, Jeremie" said Ulrich, whilst Jeremie observed the screen "patience guys I'm almost done" said Jeremie, then he started typing "okay Aelita can enter the program now it's safe" he said, whilst the crabs continued the attack on the tree, one of the crabs fired a shot at Aelita, but Yumi blocked it with her fan "we're all set, hold on Aelita, I'm setting up the repair program" said Jeremie, then Aelita looked up "just in time too, it's getting kind of hot in here " said Yumi, then another crab fired a shot this once just narrowly missing Yumi, "here we go" said Jeremie as he hit enter starting up his program, but almost instantly the red exclamation mark appeared "No this can't be" said Jeremie, whilst on Lyoko Aelita had reached a decision, she stood up "Jeremie, I've got to deactivate the tower" she said, Ulrich and Yumi looked at her as if she was mad "no give me a little more time then we'll start over again" said Jeremie in every desperate attempt to change Aelita's mind, it was in vain however "Jeremie you know there's no choice" she replied "You'll be reformatted and disappear Aelita , I can't let you do that" said Jeremie, Aelita knew this was a hard decision "are you ready for one last run" she said to Ulrich and Yumi, whilst in the lab Jeremie was powerless to stop her "no Aelita don't do it" said Jeremie, whilst in the tree stump, Ulrich and Yumi drew their weapons ready for the final fight "I'll be in front" said Ulrich, then he ran out drawing the attention of the crabs, he jumped at the closest "impact" he shouted as he destroyed it, he then turned around as the second crab aimed and fired DE virtualizing him, whilst at the school, Kiwi started barking "oh shit" said Dallas, as he and Odd looked at the dog knowing what came next wasn't a good sign, whilst on Lyoko Aelita and Yumi where still running, when they stopped outside the tower, Aelita looked at the tower, before waving at Yumi, also with the knowledge that Jeremie would see it, she then ran towards the tower, as Yumi drew her fan ready to fight, then she started to run at crabs, she threw her fan striking the first as Aelita passed into the tower, Yumi then made a cross, knowing that it was over, and the crab shot at her DE virtualizing her, whilst Aelita stepped towards the centre of the platform, she then began to levitate towards the top platform, whilst at the school the building started to collapse, Dallas looked around before looking at Odd "one last run" he said Dallas nodded at him, Aelita landed on the top platform before stepping towards the blue screen "no Aelita don't do it" said Jeremie, "good bye Jeremie" said Aelita, then she placed her hand on the screen "Aelita" said Jeremie, as the word appeared on the screen, then the words Code Lyoko, then the collapsing school building stopped, then the blue screens descended into the black void below "return to the past now" said Jeremie crying.
Earlier that day, the five warriors where in the lab, Yumi, Ulrich and Odd where crying, whilst Dallas was struggling to keep himself together, Ulrich stepped forward to Jeremie
"Jeremie, it wasn't your fault" he said, Jeremie looked back at him "it was, all that for a strand of hair" replied Jeremie, taking of his glasses and wiping his eyes, then it hit Yumi "hey the hair, Jeremie didn't you say it contained her entire genetic code" she asked, Jeremie put her glasses "her computer code yes" he replied "is it possible to reverse things and recreate Aelita's code from the strand of her hair" said Yumi, Jeremie then reached into his pocket and pulled out the glass vile, and the Yumi took it and quickly entered the elevator, and descended to the scanner room and placed it inside a scanner "Here we go" said Jeremie, as he began the virtualization process "here's hoping" said Dallas, then on the screen Jeremie noticed what was happening Aelita was alive again "It works, It's recreating Aelita's codes" said Jeremie "let's hope that" he started, then Aelita's window appeared on the screen "Jeremie" she said, Jeremie then opened his eyes "I'm waiting for materialization now" said Aelita, she didn't know about the last attack "Aelita" said Ulrich "Aelita it worked" said Yumi hugging Ulrich, luckily the others believed it was because they were happy at the moment "yeah" said Odd, "fuckin A" shouted Dallas, Jeremie was crying with joy "Jeremie did I miss something, why is their water on your face" asked Aelita, Jeremie looked up "I'll explain later Aelita, this time we only missed by a hair" he said then they started laughing.
Authors note
Thanks for reading the latest chapter, sorry it took a while you know who you are, for why this is a bit late, also either a Q&A next or another chapter, been a slight change in the schedule.