Author's Note: And now, back to... The Plan!

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3:05 PM Lyoko Mountain Region

"Jeremy."

"Yes, Master?"

"It seems that there was a programming error."

"I know. I am sorry, but I do not know what happened."

"That is fine. It was my fault anyway. I have a new task for you."

"Yes?"

"Travel to the Forest Region. Find your former friends and kill them."

"At once, Master."

And so, Jeremy reentered the tower he left, jumped into the data stream, and went to the Forest Region.

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3:10 PM Lyoko Core

As Yumi and Alieta traveled through the Core, they kept their eyes peeled. As they reached the center of the Core, they felt like the core was watching them.

"Man, this is very creepy."

"I know, and look! There is a deactivated tower!!!"

"Alright, wait... something is not right...."

Yumi's suspicions were correct, for at that moment 3 crabs appeared.

"Hmm, Yumi, you know what to do."

"Right, ready... aim... and..."

She thew her fan with such precision that it struck and killed a crab, circled around the tower and flew right into her owner's hand. She repeated this process two more times.

"Alright Yumi! Haven't lost your touch!"

As they walked in the tower, they could not see the Core looking at them.

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3:12 PM Lyoko Forest Region

Emerging from the tower, Jeremy looked around. They nowhere in sight. Setting off, it wasn't long before he saw them sitting on a tree stump.

"Sigh."

"Bored, Odd."

"Yeah."

"Me too. Hopefully Yumi and Alieta found a way to devirtualize all of us."

"I just want to go home and beat the living..."

THWACK!

"Holy friggen' crap!"

A dagger had just flown dangerously close to Odd's face and was now stuck in a tree.

"Jeremy!!!"

"Hello. You seem bored."

"Jeremy, why are you doing this?"

"Because I want to. Xana is now my friend."

"I don't want to fight you."

"Me neither!"

"Too bad."

With that, he threw two daggers, hit Ulreck and Odd in the chest and started to run off, laughing his head off.

"Agh!"

"Odd, we have to stop him!"

"But how? He's our friend, and we can't kill him!"

"No but we can punch him and kick him."

"Ohhhh! Ulreck, you are genius!"

"Right, here is what we do: I'll distract him, you sneak up and punch him till he falls. Got it?"

As they traveled toward the fleeing Jeremy, they did not notice Alieta and Yumi emerging from a tower.

"Was that...?"

"Yeah, c'mon, lets go!"

Up ahead at a clearing, Odd, and Ulreck saw Jeremy standing in front of a ledge.

"STOP! If you come any closer, I jump!"

That made them stop.

"Jeremy! Come on! Let him go."

"I don't think so."

"Odd! What is going on?"

"Alieta! Jeremy is threatening to jump."

"Oh man!"

As they watched in horror at what Jeremy was doing, only Jeremy noticed the crab scurry up behind them and begin top charge up at shot. A shot directed toward him.

"You know, I have though about it. And, ok. Here is you friend back."

Jeremy's eyes went back to normal, the symbol of Xana disappeared from his forehead, and he went into a dizzy state.

"Huh? Wha..."

POW! The crab fired his shot, and it connected with Jeremy's gut. The impact made him stagger, and then... he fell over the ledge.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"JEREMY!!!!!"

"IMPACT!" Shouted Ulreck as he took care of the crab. He ran back up look over the ledge a saw the last look of terror on his friend's face right before he disappeared.

"N-no... Jeremy..." Sobbed Alieta. The rest of the team was in distress, too.

Odd couldn't take it anymore. He broke down and began to cry. But, because of it being virtual, there were no tears.

"HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!!!!!"

"Xana!"

"I must say, this is actually getting good! I wish I had popcorn!"

"W-w-why di-did you k-k-kill Jeremy?"

"My dear Alieta. Because I wanted to, well, actually, I kind of wish I left him alive. Controlling him was really fun!"

"YOU FIEND! HE DID NOTHING TO YOU!"

"Yes he did. He helped foil my plans!"

"XANA! When I get out of here, I'm gonna make you pay!!!"

"Admirable sentiments, Ulreck. But you forget; how are you going to even get out of Lyoko? Hmm? Hmm? Well? Now, if you'll excuse me, my public awaits."

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Author's Note: Oh no! Jeremy is DEAD??? That can't be good for the team! What will they do now? Find out next!

I think this is going good, don't you?

Current status:

Jeremy: 0 (Killed) Alieta: 90 (Ally) Ulreck: 90 (Ally) Odd: 90 (Ally) Yumi: 100 (Ally)

See ya's next time!