"Aelita do you read me" asked Jeremie as he sat alone in his room, "yes Jeremie hi, all alone" replied Aelita, as she appeared on the screen "where are the others" she then asked, "their outside playing soccer, but I was feeling tired" replied Jeremie as he sank into his chair, "tired that's interesting, Jeremie how do humans know when the feel tired" said Aelita, as she sat on top of a rock held above two pillars in the dessert sector "You feel like you don't have any energy like weak battery's, so we rest a while" said Jeremie as he crossed his arms, Aelita was intrigued yet another new thing she was going to experience "is resting something you like doing" asked Aelita, Jeremie leant forward "I used to find it boring but ever since I met you Aelita, it's been a pleasure hanging out with you" said Jeremie, "me too Jeremie" replied Aelita.
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Outside Ulrich, Odd and Dallas were using the rudimentary soccer pitch that was position in the centre of the running track, sitting on the spectator was Yumi, who was watching the other warriors and Sissi, who was to say the least annoyed at her friends for a terrible performance, the teams were Herb, Nicholas, Adam, Cameron and Mike, vs Dallas, Ulrich and Odd, Ulrich and Dallas had decided to leave their jackets on the stands although Dallas kept the wings on, Adam was playing fairly rough so only Dallas would try and tackle him, just in case of any possible injury, the ball was in the centre of the pitch, Odd then did a run up and kicked it, the ball was in the air, it came onto the ground Ulrich took possession almost immediately
"over here" said Dallas, Ulrich planned his pass "you won't get by me" said Herb, as he blocked Ulrich, the later looked at Dallas quickly, before he kicked the ball onto his shoulders, before he rolled it over and started to keep it up by kneeing it, Ulrich then kicked it through the air towards Dallas, the later let it bounce of his chest, before it dropped to his feet "get ready Odd" said Dallas, he went forward to kick it, but then Adam came in with a slide tackle, the force knocked both Dallas and the ball into the air, but Dallas wasn't so easily defeated, before hitting the floor he pressed his arms out and used them to propel himself into the air, he kicked the ball and then landed onto his side, Odd quickly jumped to header the ball, Herb also jumped to try and counter this, but was too good and too fast, he got it first knocking it towards the goal, Cameron tried saving it, but he just missed it and it went into the net, "oh no" said Sissi as her friend's team was losing despite having a player advantage, "another goal" said Odd, as he walked over and helped Ulrich up, "7-1 This is turning into a massacre" added Odd, Dallas walked over towards the goal and extended his hand "better luck next time mate" he said, Cameron took his hand and got up "yeah this shirts ruined though" said Cameron as he tried to remove the dust from his yellow shirt that had a skull on it made from car parts "okay guys, it's getting late I gotta head for home" said Yumi, as she closed her book and stood up "so long Yumi see you tomorrow" said Ulrich, before they smiled at each other, Nicholas looked at Cameron angrily his facial expression suggested he blamed him for the loss of the goal, despite the fact that Nicholas did nothing during that entire thing, "you guys are so bad, what losers" said Sissi as she threw away the ball, when it was stopped by a newcomer, his shoes grey and black, he was wearing dark blue trousers, he had an orange shirt underneath a small brown button up shirt, that wasn't exactly buttoned up "do you guys need any help" he asked, Nicholas and Herb looked at him, "who are you huh" said Nicholas, as he squared up to him "Theo, I'm new around here, I just moved into town" the new guy replied, Sissi looked at him, she found herself unable to move, until she decided to walk over to "Ulrich I think you might have lost the Sissi bug" said Dallas as he patted his friend on the back, "wow I like this school already" said Theo the moment he layed his eyes on Sissi who in return blushed, Sissi introduced herself "high my name is Sissi", Theo smiled at her "and these friends of mine are Herb, Nicholas and Adam, the worst soccer players who ever lived" said Sissi as she extended and arm towards her group "puttana" said Adam, Sissi didn't notice "for once I agree with him" said Dallas as he crossed his arms, "nice to meet you" said Theo extending his hand toward them, but they refused to shake it, then Odd walked over to Theo, he placed his hand on his shoulder and said "Odd's the name, he's Ulrich and that's Dallas" Ulrich raised his hand and said "high Theo welcome", Theo nodded at him, "do you play" asked Odd as he kicked the ball to Theo "sure do, let's go, which team should I play with" said Theo as he did a quick dribble then he chipped it onto his knee, "we don't need you okay" said Nicholas, Theo looked at him picking up on his tone "I thought you were down 7 to 1" he said, then he looked at Sissi "what do you think Sissi" he asked in a flattering tone, "why not yeah okay, it sure can't get any worse" said Sissi, Dallas nodded, then he whistled and shouted "Cameron team change your with us", Cameron walked over towards them, Odd and Ulrich looked at each other, then they nodded in agreement with the choice, Theo put the ball at his feet, before he took a few steps back, he then ran up and kicked it.
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On Lyoko Aelita walked into the way tower of the dessert sector, upon passing through the wall, Aelita walked towards the left of the platform, she then spread her arms and dived into the black void below, were she felt herself suddenly shift from falling to rising as she began to ascend towards the platform, she landed causing the platform to illuminate
"alright Jeremie, I'm here" she said, as she passed through the wall of the tower into the forest sector, "alright we're looking for the tower were the scanner programs are stored" said Jeremie, as he observed from his screen "it's at 30 degrees north Aelita" said Jeremie, then Aelita started walking forward "I'm on my way" she said, before she broke into a jog, "as soon as your connected I'll download the data that you find, it'll help me understand materialization better" said Jeremie.
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Having the score go up to 9 all, Ulrich stopped the ball at his feet
"Okay guy's we better stop time for dinner" he said, as he chipped the ball to Cameron being as it was his, "9 all, what do you think princess" said Theo, Herb looked at him, his facial expression was either sorrow or anger, or perhaps a tiny mixture of both "Theo saved you guys from humiliation" said Odd, as he looked at Herb, "who cares about soccer it's a dumb game" said Herb as he walked off, Odd looked at Herb as he walked away "if you ask me Herb's got it in for Theo" he said, Dallas grabbed his and Ulrich's jacket, before passing the latter's to him "personally I don't see why he bothers" said Dallas, as he took off his wings and placed his jacket on, and then the wings making sure to put the collar over the wings, Theo looked at Dallas as he grabbed his crossbow slinging it over his right shoulder and grabbing the sling with his right hand "is that a crossbow" asked Theo, Dallas turned around and smiled "No you see it's an overly complicated shoe horn" he said sarcastically, "striker 380 isn't it" asked Theo, as he stepped towards Dallas, who then took it off his shoulder as everybody walked away from the pitch "you know your stuff" said Dallas, Theo was impressed with both the fact Dallas owned one and the fact that he got it right "can I borrow it sometime" asked Theo, Dallas looked away it was one of two things he had left to remember his dad "no, I'm sorry I never let anyone else use it" said Dallas, Theo was a tiny bit upset "shame" he said.
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It soon got dark and the borders walked towards the mess hall
"great peas and carrots for the umpteenth time" said Odd, Dallas rubbed his own belly "yum" he said sarcastically, a few moments later, everyone was sitting inside the cafeteria, Herb was sitting next to Nicholas and Adam, and across from Sissi, he looked at her, he fell into a day dream as he watched her have a sip of her drink through her straw, then suddenly he heard
"hey" he shook his head snapping himself out of his day dream "hey why don't you eat with us champ" shouted Odd, Theo looked at him "thanks a lot but I can't abandon my team" said Theo as he pulled up a chair next to Sissi, "you mind" he said, as he sat down, Sissi only laughed, "hey stop trying to worm your way in" said Herb who was borderline shouting at Theo, the warriors looked at each other, they then looked back "you're not in our group so go take a hike" finished Herb, Theo didn't appear to get the message however "well yeah I know Herb, but I'd love to join your group, or should I say Sissi's group" said Theo, from across the room Dallas smiled and laughed, Ulrich turned and looked at him "what's so funny" he asked, Dallas stopped "sorry it's just Theo is actually doing that to annoy Herb, the tone of his voice gives it away" said Dallas, Ulrich looked back, now that it had been pointed out it was rather obvious, "what do I have to do" asked Theo resting his arm on the table, "well you gotta pass our initiation test, and their really dangerous and hard" said Herb, blowing this up out of all proportion, "much too hard for you" he added, Theo knew Herb was trying to frighten him "initiation test" he said sarcastically before leaning towards Sissi "tell me a little about them" he asked, Adam chuckled knowing that Herb was failing, and the face he was making, Herb was getting more angry by the second "is it more or is he turning green" asked Dallas sarcastically, "test number one, eh… you have to clean all the toilets with a tooth brush" said Herb, his borderline shouting was now quite visible "sounds like a pretty dumb test" said Theo, as he lent forward hold his head with his hands "sounds like a test they give to 10 year olds at a summer camp, so I'll pass on that one" added Theo, that was the last straw, Herb was no longer being subtle "OKAY SINCE YOU REFUSE TO PASS TESTS CHOW" shouted Herb, everyone turned their attention towards him as he had now stood up leaning over the table and looking Theo square in the face, his friends were shocked by this sudden outburst "hey, since when do you decide on the tests" said Sissi, as she stood up, she then sat back down "I'll tell you what you have to do, you're goanna mummify the skeleton we use in the science room" said Sissi, Theo smiled and said "okay now that sounds like a challenge", Nicholas then laughed, until Herb looked at him threateningly, so he stopped, Adam looked at Herb "he's got you this time" he said laughing.
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Later that night, the group were in Jeremie's and Dallas's room, Jeremie was sitting at his computer talking with Aelita, whilst Odd was sitting on Jeremie's bed stroking Kiwi, Dallas was on his own bed writing in his book, Ulrich was standing looking out the door
"Jeremie did you manage to gather all the data" asked Aelita, Jeremie was flipping through one of his note books "I did, but it won't do any good, not unless I can pirate the access codes for the scanner programs" said Jeremie, Dallas and Odd looked at him, only one of them understood what that meant "but that's impossible" said Aelita, "no Aelita I think it can be done" said Jeremie then he started typing furiously , whilst at the door Ulrich watched as Herb knocked on one of the stationary cupboard doors, then Nicholas emerged holding several rolls of toilet paper, "okay their moving" said Ulrich, Odd grabbed Jeremie's pillow case, and stood up whilst Dallas jumped off his bed "we'll tell you all about operation Theo later" said Odd, as he and Dallas ran out the door followed by Ulrich, Aelita placed her hand on the side of her face laughing.
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both parties having made their way across the school grounds, hey had entered the science building when the janitor wasn't looking, Theo went up first followed by Nicholas and Herb, the warriors followed keeping a close ye but making sure not to alert attention to themselves
"keep quiet" said Dallas, as they stopped one set of double doors behind the others, whilst in the classroom Theo had already started to cover the skeleton
"still a long way to go" he said as he unrolled some more toilet paper, Herb and Nicholas watched from the corridor, then Herb picked up his phone, and snickered as he started to dial a number
"what are you goanna do Herb" asked Nicholas, as Herb put the phone to his ear "I'm goanna warn our old friend Jim, they'll kick Theo outta school and we'll be home free" said Herb, then they heard a strange moan, Herb dropped his phone, it smashed on the floor "what was that weird sound" said Nicholas as he and his friend stood up scarred at what the answer might be, they looked at the double doors at the end of the hallway, the suddenly blue open with a blue sparking cloud, and running towards them was Kiwi in a bedsheet, they didn't know this and panicked running away, Kiwi then returned to his master, who was sitting on the ground with Ulrich, whilst Dallas was knelt behind a post with his arm extended, the eagle sense that was around his arm dispersed, and they were now laughing like crazy "nice work little ghost" said Ulrich, as he pulled the pillow case of Kiwi, then they noticed Theo standing in front of them "what are you two guys doing here" asked Theo, Odd raised his arms and said "it's okay we were goanna tell you", Theo however wasn't impressed.
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The next lunch break the group joined by Yumi were sitting in the cafeteria, Dallas had a strange bag with him, Yumi dropped her fork as an excuse to look over towards Sissi's group
"hey things look serious between Sissi and Theo" she said, "yeah they sure do" said Odd, Dallas then looked around and sniffed "anyone else smell burning" he said, the others shook their heads, "so what's in the bag" asked Yumi, Dallas looked around again, he leaned forward "considering my recent grim discovery I believe that it shouldn't just be me and Ulrich who are armed" said Dallas as he placed the bag onto the table, he then opened the bag, and pulled a strange looking device at the end was what looked like a gauntlet, except there were no fingers on it just the sockets, a vambrace similar to the ones Dallas wore, was attacked to it, by a thinner more flexible material, on top of the vambrace their appeared to be a primitive arrow launcher, with a small hold on the side "what is that" asked Odd, as he inspected the device, "give me your right arm" said Dallas, then Odd extended it towards Dallas, the other's watched as Dallas placed the device onto Odd's arm and then fastened it "since your power has no attacking or defence capability's, you were the priority, so I built a weapon that will function similar to your laser arrow" said Dallas, then Odd raised his arm before extending and closing one eye "how do I fire" asked Odd, as he did a firing motion with his arm "to make sure it doesn't go off and hit you or anyone else, you have to pull his back" said Dallas as he pointed towards a key, Odd pulled it back "no the safety's on" said Dallas, then he turned Odd's arm over "that's the firing button" he said, as he pointed to a small pressurized button "cool" said Odd, then he realised something " a little conspicuous isn't it" he asked, "yeah well that's one major problem, mine and Ulrich's weapons are more easy to hide" replied Dallas, Odd smiled anyway and took it off "I'm working on some other stuff for you two, but it isn't easy" said Dallas, Yumi nodded and Jeremie stood up "finished lunch already" asked Ulrich, Jeremie smiled and said "no, but I want to see Aelita for a while before class" as he started to walk off, "I wouldn't mind either we'll go together" said Yumi, as she picked up her tray and walked off "leave your trays, it's a shame to let good deserts go to waste" said Odd, then Yumi put her tray back down, "Odd don't you ever stop eating huh" asked Jeremie as he walked away with Yumi, whilst unbeknownst to everyone one of the sockets began to spark a sort of red electricity, whilst back at the table the only thing Dallas and Ulrich where noticing was how much Odd could eat "Odd your goanna explode if you keep this up" said Ulrich, Odd turned to his side and took a massive gulp of his drink, then suddenly all the sockets flashed a red electricity before exploding in a puff of smoke, Odd was shocked "hey" said Ulrich as he looked around, as the smoke filled the room "One thing is for certain, those pants are ruined" said Dallas.
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Jeremie sat at his computer whilst Yumi stood next to him
"which region are you in now" asked Yumi, this was one of few times that Yumi and Aelita had actually talked under calm circumstances, as Yumi was always required home, and Aelita was stuck on Lyoko, "I'm in the forest sector, but I thought I felt some vibrations, maybe" replied Aelita, then Yumi and Jeremie looked at each other, back in the cafeteria Dallas, Ulrich and Odd inspected one of the blown sockets, Ulrich was standing up, Odd was on his hands and knees, whilst Dallas was on one knee with his arm on his crossbow, Dallas looked at the circuit, he activated eagle sight
"whatever caused it, it's blown it clean through I can't tell" said Dallas, then he turned it off, "XANA" said Odd, questioning it and hoping that he was wrong "I'll call Jeremie" said Ulrich, as he dialled a number quickly, Jeremie quickly answered "Jeremie weird things are happening in the lunch room, it could be XANA's doing" said Ulrich, Jeremie thought for a moment "why what's the problem" he asked, "There are short circuits and blown fuses everywhere" replied Ulrich, Jeremie hung up "Aelita could you check things out on Lyoko" said Jeremie "I will" said Aelita, Jeremie looked back at Yumi, "I'll launch a scan to see if XANA has activated a tower" he said then he hit enter.
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In the lunch room the roof and lights visibly spark the red electricity, this worried the warriors
"Let's get out of here" said Odd, then he walked towards the door, he placed his hand on the handle, and next thing he knew red electricity was covering his body as he was being electrocuted, "Hey Odd" said Ulrich, who then nudge him off the door, Dallas activated eagle sight then looked around, people saw his irises "take a picture it'll last longer" he said, then he turned it off and looked at Ulrich who was helping up Odd "we got a problem, the whole fucking building structure, it's red" said Dallas, then he looked at the other's inside the building, it was them Sissi's group, Millie, Tamiya and Cameron, "well XANA's got 11 people hostage in here" said Dallas to Odd and Ulrich, then Adam stood up "what the fuck is going on" he asked, Dallas turned to him "word of advice don't touch the walls or the roof" replied Dallas, Adam smiled "absolute bullshit" he said, before pressing his hand on the wall, suddenly he was engulfed by the sparks, and was rendered unconscious on the floor, the other rushed to him "He never listens" said Dallas.
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On Lyoko Aelita was certain as she stood looking at them go by, they were vibrations
"oh no, I wasn't mistaken" she said, before she started to follow them, meanwhile Jeremie was typing as the scan finished
"tower localised" he said then Aelita's window suddenly appeared "Jeremie, there are very strong pulsations in the forest" she said, "yeah the scan confirms it" said Jeremie, then he looked back at Yumi "Odd, Dallas and Ulrich are trapped in the cafeteria" said Jeremie as he turned back to face the screen "Yumi I'll head for the factory, you warn the principal and meet me their" said Jeremie, Yumi nodded she then quickly ran out the door "wish I had supersprint" said Yumi, as she quickly made her way down the stairs, quickly rushing out of the dorm building she could see the red spark engulfed building, she carried on moving towards the main building, she quickly entered and walked towards Delmas's office, she knocked
"come in" said Delmas, then Yumi opened the door, "can I see you for a minute, sir please it's important" said Yumi, and whilst she was warning the principal, Jeremie quickly rushed down the stairs behind the gym, he quickly grabbed his scooter and set off down the sewer.
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Delmas, Jim and Mrs Hertz rushed across the campus towards the cafeteria, Jim was the first to get their he placed his hand on the handle, he got a brief shock of electricity before he was launched backwards
"did you see that" said Ulrich, whilst outside Mrs Hertz examined Jim "Jim are you okay" she asked, as he was on the floor, "are you alright" asked Delmas, he then looked at the building the sparks visible "we've got to cut the current now" he shouted, whilst inside there was a new problem "help we can't wake Adam" said Sissi, Dallas walked over, "do you think he might be" asked Nicholas, Dallas placed his head onto Adam's chest "there's a heartbeat alright" he said, then he stood up "it must be a concussion" he added before he walked back towards Odd and Ulrich, "and what medical knowledge do you have" asked Sissi, who despite the main crisis was content with carrying on her feud "I've had to patch myself together more than a few times" said Dallas, who then re-joined the others "any ideas" asked Odd, Dallas shook his head "right now, the safest thing we can do is wait" said Dallas, then Ulrich clicked his fingers "Dallas couldn't you absorb the electricity" he asked, Dallas shook his head, "I don't know how many volts are running through this building, and I'd only get the power off for a second or two, and then I'd be setting myself on fire with every attempt, and I'd rather avoid that" said Dallas, then they noticed Yumi running towards the sewer entrance, whilst at the lab Jeremie hoped into his chair which then moved towards the computer screen.
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back in the cafeteria, the warriors had told everyone to stand clear, Dallas grabbed his crossbow, and Odd grabbed his new weapon
"ready" he said, Odd nodded then they both fired a bolt each at the window, both smashed on impact, Ulrich grabbed a chair, Sissi felt her phone vibrate "hello is that you dad" said Sissi as she turned and looked out the window "we don't know what happened, theirs electricity everywhere, we're trying to break a window to get out" said Sissi, then Ulrich ran towards the window "move" he said then he threw the chair, it bounce of the window before flying back towards them, it went over Ulrich, Odd and Sissi but carried on moving towards the group on the floor by Adam, they flinched in fear as the object flew towards them then Dallas jumped in the way and punched thrown the seat of chair, it broke around his hand, and having slowed it down it fell to the floor, "wow" said Theo, then he stood up as Dallas shook his hand "well you've broken that" he added, then he looked at Dallas's hand it was immaculate "How" he asked, Dallas smiled "it's a long story" he said then he thought for a moment "wanna see another trick" he asked Theo shrugged his shoulders, Dallas smiled, then eagle sense manifest around Dallas's hands, then his arm shot forward launching a large amount of it towards the window, there was no effect "fuck" he shouted, Millie and Tamiya were scarred to the point that they were hiding under a table, "I've gotta get out" screamed Millie, Ulrich pulled out his phone "Ulrich what's going on" asked Jeremie as he answer on the other end "we're prisoners here in the cafeteria Jeremie" said Ulrich, as he looked around the room, "I'll send Yumi to Lyoko" said Jeremie, Ulrich knew that their fate rested on his girlfriend "we'll do our best over here" said Ulrich, then he hung up, he looked at the other's "any ideas" asked Ulrich as he looked at his friends, "have you got a clip, a small metal pole and a rubber" asked Dallas, Odd and Ulrich looked at him funny "never mind" said Dallas, whilst in the factory Jeremie phoned Yumi
"Yumi hurry up we don't have a lot of time" he said, whilst Yumi was running "I told the principal, I'm at the passage in the park now" said Yumi, as she ran up to the hatch, she fell to her knees as she grabbed the hatch and lifted it up, whilst back at the cafeteria, the situation had not improved
"what is this I just cut all the power" said Jim as he ran over, the red sparks still visible moving over the building "with no effect at all" said Mrs Hertz, then they looked at the window as Dallas ran up and jumped at it, this only succeeded in shocking him more.
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In the Sewers Yumi grabbed her skateboard before running and jumping onto it, whilst in the computer room Jeremie was typing franticly
"I have no idea what XANA wants to do this time" said Jeremie, as he continued typing "what about in town have any of the other buildings been hit" asked Aelita, Jeremie shook his head and said "no that's why I'm worried", whilst on the bridge Yumi clambered out of the sewers before she started to run towards the factory, at the entrance she jumped grabbing the cable and swinging down onto the floor before running into the elevator, she hit the button then the elevator descended, whilst back in the cafeteria Theo was starting to panic as he sat underneath a table, he was curled up and sweating heavily, Theo placed his hand on Herb's shoulder
"we'll get out of this don't worry Herb" he said, Herb knocked Theo's arm away "let me go will ya" he said as he pushed Theo away, Millie was really crying now "everything will be okay" said Tamiya as she hugged her best friend, the danger of the situation had brought out the best in Sissi, as he walked over and knelt down to Millie "help is on the way" she said, Millie stopped crying for a moment "there you see" said Tamiya, Millie then wiped her eyes "we could try the roof" said Odd, Theo shook his head in disagreement "it's probably the same" he said, Odd grabbed a chair "it's worth trying" he said "outta the way" added Odd as he raised the chair, he then threw it at the roof, it bounced straight back off before landing and exploding on the table, "it's like a prison" said Theo, as they looked up at the sparking roof, "XANA thought of everything" said Dallas, Cameron stood up from Adam's unconscious body "who's Zana?" he asked, Dallas looked at him "XANA, I'll explain later" he replied, then Ulrich phoned Jeremie again "any news" asked Ulrich, as Dallas placed his jacket around Millie and Tamiya, as they were both shaking "I don't understand why XANA's set his sights on the cafeteria it makes no sense at all, he can't gain access to the city through the school" said Jeremie, "he probably has other ideas" said Ulrich, then it hit Jeremie "wait I think I understand, it's the 5 of us he's after" said Jeremie, Ulrich put his phone on speaker "us are you sure" he asked as Dallas and Odd joined him "Yumi and me left lunch before desert if not we would have all been there, he wanted to catch us all together" said Jeremie, Ulrich looked out the window "XANA hasn't missed a trick this time" said Ulrich, Odd sat on the table "what I want to know was how XANA knew we were goanna be here" he asked, Dallas looked at him "narrows it down" he said as he looked at the people in the room, Ulrich turned off the speaker and put his phone back to his ear "we're never goanna get out of here" said Ulrich, Jeremie thought for a moment "play for time… Yumi's alone she's goanna need every second she can to protect Aelita" said Jeremie, "we'll do the best we can" said Ulrich then he hung up again.
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in the forest sector Aelita was walking whilst following the pulsations, she looked down they sped up
"Jeremie the pulsations are really intense here the tower can't be too far" said Aelita, Jeremie quickly loaded a window "stay where you are, I've program the position, Yumi is on her way" said Jeremie, whilst in the elevator shaft the doors opened in the scanner room, Yumi walked towards one of the scanners "Transfer Yumi" said Jeremie as she stepped into one, the scanner doors closed and he selected her ID card, "scanner Yumi" said Jeremie as Yumi felt herself rise, whilst her ID card began to turn gold "virtualization" said Jeremie, as Yumi felt the blast of air, and herself traveling to Lyoko, Yumi's blue square outline appeared in the air, then it gained texture before landing directly behind Aelita, the latter looked back at her friend "the pulsations radiate in two directions" said Aelita, as she pointed towards one path, and then towards the other, "Jeremie any news" asked Yumi, "give me a little time to analyse the terrain" replied Jeremie as he looked over the screen, "I'm getting contradictory signals impossible to tell which path is the right one" said Jeremie, as he examined the screen "well we have no choice" said Yumi as she looked at the path on the right "each of us will explore one path, we'll stay in contact via Jeremie" said Yumi, then she and Aelita ran off down different paths, at first the appeared to be running parallel but that soon changed as they grew further and further apart.
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Back in the cafeteria Theo, Dallas and Ulrich finished building a stand using the chairs and tables, Millie again was panicking as she sat crouched on the floor with Tamiya hugging her
"you see this way even if the wall's cave in we'll be safe, the roof won't fall on top of us" said Tamiya, Dallas stepped away from the stand, "anyone need some drinks" asked Dallas, they looked at each other, Dallas quickly hoped over the counter, his body turning doing a 360 vertically as he went over it, he found a small storage cupboard, then one of the power circuits exploded launching Dallas back over the counter "ouch" he said, then he fell unconscious, then behind the counter several glasses smashed taps burst and several objects where launched across the room, a few boards were sent flying towards Sissi, "watch out" said Theo as he dived pushing Sissi out of the way, she dropped her phone in the fall, "Sissi what's going on" asked Delmas, but Sissi was preoccupied as Theo was now lying on top of her, "answer me child, Sissi" he shouted but she couldn't hear him, Dallas quickly shot forward into consciousness "a broken rib" he said, as he felt the damage, he then stood up, "Theo help me move Adam underneath the table just in case" said Dallas, then they walked over towards his body, and grabbed his arms "Jesus what is this guy's weight" asked Theo, then after one mighty heave they managed to pull Adam's body underneath the tables.
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On Lyoko the left pathway had disappeared from sight, whilst on the other path Yumi quickly turned and continued to follow the vibrations
"Jeremie how are things going with Aelita" asked Yumi, Jeremie looked at the holomap "nothing to report for now and no monster in sight, that's really strange, it's too easy" replied Jeremie, whilst on the left path Aelita arrived at a wide open space, she carried on running through it, eventually ending up on a narrow path again, she stopped as she found a ring which was small and only one path on the other side, the other path was visible again "should I go on" asked Aelita, as she looked up "I'll call Yumi back in 30 seconds" said Jeremie, then he started to type "quick analysis of the surroundings" he said.
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"I GOTTA GET OUT" shouted Herb, as he ran towards the door, it was now apparent that he suffered from claustrophobia, "help me I gotta get out" said Herb, as he ran towards the door "wait no don't Herb, the electricity it's live remember" said Theo, and just as Herb was about to grab the door handle, Dallas tackled him to the ground "it's too dangerous" he said, as Herb started to hit him in the back "get the fuck off me I saw you survive it" said Herb, Dallas pinned his arms "I can't die Herb, you can, whilst you fry up and burn from electricity, I will get a nasty shock, you got that" said Dallas, almost shouting at Herb, Sissi stood up "leave me alone" said Herb, then Sissi looked at him "take it easy Herb calm down" said Sissi, then she placed her hand on his shoulder causing him to blush "you've got to" she said then she moved her hand to his "you understand" she asked.
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on Lyoko Yumi was still busy chasing her pulsations, when she arrived at a dead end
"I'm stuck" she said, before turning around, then she noticed a log that appeared to go somewhere "this tunnels has got to lead somewhere" she said, as she started to climb into it, "it's gotta lead to the path Aelita took" said Jeremie, "here I go" said Yumi, whilst on the other path Aelita looked around she was getting uneven "Jeremie" she said, Jeremie was still typing evaluating the surroundings "hold on Aelita" he said then there was the familiar warning beeping, "Aelita there are two monsters on their way" said Jeremie, Aelita looked around her "your surrounded by two Krabs" said Jeremie, "RUN" he shouted but unfortunately, there was nowhere to run "it's impossible Jeremie" said Aelita.
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The city's electricity department had sent a team to work out what was going on and to try and save the people trapped, one of them cut the wires in the power box off campus
"I cut all the wires chief" he said, as he picked up his radio "I doubt that" said the chief, "nothing's changed" he added, whilst inside the building everyone was underneath the post, as the roof has started to fall apart, "have they really tried everything daddy" said Sissi almost crying now "they're going to keep trying dear" said Delmas, who was determined not to give up hope, whilst inside Theo moved over next to Sissi "we'll be okay, you'll see" he said, as he placed his hand on hers, whilst Ulrich was again on the phone "Jeremie you got anything new" asked Ulrich, Jeremie hung up after a few brief words "I'm trying Ulrich".
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on Lyoko Yumi had emerged from the tunnel and was now on another path heading towards Aelita's position
"Aelita can you hear me" she said then she kept moving forward, then she stopped and yelled "oh no" as she saw the two Krabs move towards Aelita, "try and stay outta sight Aelita, Yumi's almost their" said Jeremie, Aelita had only one option, she dropped to her knees and began to use her Lyoko power, a log began to rise from the middle of the ring, Aelita quickly jumped onto it "Yumi will get here in time, I know she will" said Aelita, the Krabs moved even closer "I have faith in you Jeremie" said Aelita, as she spread her arms "oh no" shouted Jeremie as the Krabs arrived at her location, the creatures stopped "I have faith in you" muttered Aelita, then the Krabs charged their shots and fired at Aelita, but then suddenly just as the shots were about to hit Aelita, Yumi dived into Aelita knocking her out of the way and onto another path below them, whilst the shots from the Krabs hit and destroyed each other, whilst Aelita had landed on top of Yumi "that's what I call getting away" said Yumi, Aelita laughed at this joke, and even Jeremie smiled.
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Back outside the cafeteria the workers grabbed a ladder and started to climb it towards the roof
"Sissi darling you mustn't give up hope, they're goanna try and make an opening in the roof" said Delmas, then he looked back and the worker on the ladder gave him a grim look, Delmas closed his phone, knowing that all else had failed, whilst on Lyoko Aelita and Yumi were nearing the tower, whilst at the ring a third Krab arrived, it looked around the area, then it started to move in the direction of the tower, meanwhile Yumi and Aelita stopped moving
"Theirs gotta be a passage leading to the path that goes to the tower" said Yumi then the two girls looked around, Aelita then pointed at some logs that lead from their current platform to the platform on their right "There" said Aelita, whilst in the cafeteria the roof was starting to collapse
"it's all over now" said Odd as he quickly retreated underneath the table, Herb looked at Theo "thanks for what you did before, I was pretty awful to you" said Herb, Ulrich yet again was on the phone to Jeremie, "Jeremie come on this is urgent" he said, Jeremie looked at the computer screen "their almost there" he said, then he noticed the Krab "watch it a third Krab is on the way" said Jeremie, then Yumi and Aelita stopped and turned around, Yumi stepped forward pushing Aelita back "Their it is" she said, Aelita stepped forward, but using her fan Yumi blocked her "No leave it" she said, then Aelita stepped backwards "go on hurry don't worry about me" said Yumi, Aelita then turned around and ran away towards the tower, Yumi then charged towards the Krab, she then jumped throwing her fan towards the creature, it struck it but didn't destroy it, the crack in which the fan created shone a bright white light throw it "nice shot Yumi but it's only damaged" said Jeremie, then the Krab angered at the damage fired a shot at Yumi, but she managed to block it using her fan "you took 20 life points from him one more shot and he'll be done for" said Jeremie, the Krab advanced on her, she stood still as the creature moved straight in front of her, it fired she jumped back dodging the shot, it fired again she jumped to the side avoiding the shots, she then watched as Aelita ran up to the tower, Yumi then rested against the tree for a moment, then she emerged from behind the tree, and jumped up throwing her fan at the Krab, Aelita began to pass through the tower wall "Aelita's entering the tower" said Jeremie, Yumi grabbed her other fan and threw it at the Krab, it created another crack the white light shone through it, then he body exploded, leaving the legs to crumble then disappear, meanwhile Aelita began to rise inside the tower, whilst the cafeteria began to shake as the building began to collapse "everybody hang on" shouted Dallas, inside the tower Aelita reached the top platform she walked forward and pressed her hand on the blue screen the word AELITA typed in followed by the words CODE LYOKO, then the building stopped shaking, Jeremie sighed at the deactivation of the tower, then the blue screens descended into the black void, the white flash began to ascend Jeremie hit enter on the keyboard and said "Return To The Past now"…
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The previous day, the warriors were in their football match again, Odd did a run up and kicked the ball, it moved into the air, it came onto the ground Ulrich took possession almost immediately
"over here" said Dallas, Ulrich planned his pass "you won't get by me" said Herb, as he blocked Ulrich, the later looked at Dallas quickly, before he kicked the ball onto his shoulders, before he rolled it over and started to keep it up by kneeing it, Ulrich then kicked it through the air towards Dallas, the later let it bounce of his chest, before it dropped to his feet "get ready Odd" said Dallas, he went forward to kick it, but then Adam came in with a slide tackle, the force knocked both Dallas and the ball into the air, but Dallas wasn't so easily defeated, before hitting the floor he pressed his arms out and used them to propel himself into the air, he kicked the ball and then landed onto his side, Odd quickly jumped to header the ball, Herb also jumped to try and counter this, but was too good and too fast, he got it first knocking it towards the goal, Cameron tried saving it, but he just missed it and it went into the net, "oh no" screamed Sissi "Goal" screamed Odd despite he had already made this shot before "unbelievable you losers" said Sissi, as she threw the ball away, this time it landed at Yumi's feet, "Okay guys I gotta head for home" said Yumi, Ulrich quickly stood up "I'll walk you hom…" started Ulrich, then Theo butted in "no I'll go" he said, just jumping in front of Ulrich, he then started walking forward, but Yumi pushed him aside "I've already got someone to walk me home" she said, as she stepped towards Ulrich, Odd was surprised he turned back to see Sissi with her arms folded a look of jealousy on her face, Theo looking confused and Dallas shaking his head and smiling, Nicholas, Herb and Adam where standing by the goal post laughing.
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Authors note
thanks for reading, been getting these out faster than usual, it better be worth it I've been losing a lot of sleep to write these past two chapters