Author's Note: On wit da show! Oh, and if you haven't been noticing, time will be important in upcoming chapters.

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2:45 PM Lyoko Polar Region

As the black hole got more and more powerful, the team minus Jeremy were beginning to find it harder to resist the pull of it.

"Alieta, any way to stop this thing?"

"No, it will only stop when it eats the entire region, malfunctions, programmed to stop, or if Xana stops it."

"Uh, you can scan the place with out a tower right?"

"I don't know, Yumi, I'll try."

"Please hurry..."

As the world watched in horror, it seemed like they were indeed doomed. But then...

"It worked! I just saw the hole's programming! Xana made a slight mistake that can save us!"

"Alieta, did we ever tell you that we love you?"

"Yeah, especially Jeremy, right Ulreck? What was the flaw?"

"We can travel to another region without dying and we will also get new abilities! The hole is also programmed to stop, but believe me, we want to go in it!"

"Perfect!! Lets go on the count of three!"

"Good idea Odd, Ulreck, Alieta, lets get ready, Odd, count when ready!"

"1... 2... 3... GERONIMOE!!!!"

As they began a freefall, they entered what appeared to be a data stream. Alieta was all too familiar with this stream, she used it many times before. But there was one thing wrong. She had no idea where they were heading. As they traveled they began to split up. Alieta had a brief moment when she thought she saw Jeremy, but she wasn't sure.

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2:50 PM Control Room

Xana was relaxing in the chair. Without even moving a muscle he simply said:

"Dial Block Commander."

The computer beeped in acknowledgement. Soon a snake like voice answered.

"Yesss Massster?"

"How is the operation going?"

"The operation issss procceding without any errorsssss, massster."

"C'mon, commander, details. I need details."

"But of courssse, masssster. Asss of thisss moment, all military and police buildingssss have been dessstroyed. All persssssonnel have been killed or taken hossstage. All armoriessss have been destroyed and all misssssile bunkerssss and warheadssss have been found and are in our control. Lossesss are at lessss than 2%. That issss all massster."

"Very good. Very good indeed!"

"Thank you massster!"

"You know the rest of the plan. Continue it."

"Yessss massster."

Disconnecting the line, Xana could not think of anything that could spoil his day.

"WARNING! WARNING! PROGRAM ERROR HAS OCCURRED! REPEAT: PROGRAM ERROR HAS OCCURRED!"

"What?!?"

"Minor error in Polar Region Black Hole has resulted in granting of new abilities to: Jeremy, Odd, Ulreck, Yumi, and Alieta. The error has also allowed Jeremy, Odd, Ulreck, Yumi, and Alieta to travel to a different place."

Slamming his fist against the chair's armrest, Xana began to type furiously on the computer keyboard.

"What kind of abilities.... And where in god's name did they go?"

"The abilities given to each are as follows: ability to enter towers; activated or deactivated. Ability to travel by towers; deactivated only. Ability to use any function and command in any tower; deactivated only."

"DAMN! Hmm, and where are they?"

The computer pulled up three maps and each had their own labels.

Jeremy: Mountain Region Odd and Ulreck: Forest Region

But when he saw the last one, he laughed out loud. Maybe this could work to his advantage! For the last map simply read:

Alieta and Yumi: Lyoko Core

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2:55 PM Lyoko Core

As they entered the tower, Alieta touched down gracefully while Yumi fell face first on the platform.

"OOF! Ugh, Alieta, how in the heck do you deal with those trips? Man, do I fell nauseous!"

"Ha, ha, don't worry, you get used to it. Now lets see where everybody's at."

As Alieta read the info she got from the tower, Yumi listened with interest. After finishing the abilities they now had and where everyone was at, she had only one question to ask.

"Lyoko Core? What is that?"

"You know Yumi, I don't know. I never even heard of the place and I live here."

"Should we check it out?"

"Yeah, we should, we might find a way to get the others."

As they walked out of the tower, their eyes met the most awesome and bizarre sight they would ever see.

"Oh wow..."

"My god..."

The place was a giant network of Xana's vines that were seen coming out of the evenly placed towers. There was an eerie red glow from each and they seemed to be placed in what was a really big version of the Xana symbol. Pulsations could be felt and 1 minute intervals. But what was really strange was in the middle. Right in the middle of the giant symbol was what appeared to be a giant fireball. In the center of the fireball was the symbol of Xana. This just wasn't any place, this was Xana's virtual command center.

"Yumi, this is the place where Xana used to reside...."

"You mean this is.... His region?!?"

"Yes... and we just left one of the few tower that are inactive..."

"This is his region now...."

"But it is strange, I thought there would be patrols, but its deserted! There is no one here..."

"Ok, should we explore, or get the hell out of here?"

"Yeah, let, let's go..."

As they turned around, the tower they came out of went red.

"Oh no! We're gonna have to find a different tower!"

"Oh boy..."

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3:00 PM Lyoko Forest Region

"So now what?"

"ODD! Shut up! You know what! We look for Jeremy, Yumi, and Alieta."

"Man, I bet Xana is kicking himself in the head right now."

"Yeah, I know."

Remember, they don't know their new powers yet

As Odd and Ulreck travel aimlessly through the forest, the can not help but notice...

"Why aren't there any enemies around?"

"Odd, do I look like I know?"

"No, I'm just wondering..."

"Lets just find them, ok?"

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Author's Note: Okay! Now, the teams are separated; its very quiet, and Xana's base of ops. Has been revealed! Stay tuned for the next chapter!!! On with the tributes!

Oh, and if I don't reply to yours, tell me, ok?

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Thank you. The team did not give up for sissi, they wouldn't have cared if she was killed. It was her FATHER who gave up.

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Thank you and thanks again for being candid. I appreciate being told that I have potential.

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Thank you. If this does seem rushed, sorry. I'm just doing this for fun. Yeah, but, all stories have cliches in them, you know?

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You reviewed again! You MUST like my story! Jeremy look similar to himself, he just has a ammo belt with about 20 daggers. And yes, people everywhere are forced to view the teams' progress on any and all TVs and monitors anywhere and in all languages. Lexi

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