Well, I'm back, almost late, but not quite. We're getting close to the end now folks, I think maybe one or two or three more chapters left after this one, will see if I get anymore ideas to add to the ones I have. Hum, only four reviews for the last chapter, oh well, time to reply to those that did review:

top20fan13: Thank you.

dantheman7777: That's okay, we all make mistakes, once when I was looking at the last names of the characters, and I thought that Sissi had the same last name as Odd, that was a strange couple of seconds for me. Thanks, and I'm glad you liked the earthquake scene, I kinda liked writing that one.

Flying Star: Thanks, and confusion still rules, it makes the world go round.

the-green-rose: Thanks for reviewing all the chapters, and I'm glad you liked it.

Well, that's all from me, for now anyway. Here's the story, enjoy.

Ulrich was in Jeremie's room sleeping. He was in there for two reasons. One, so he'd have a night of sleep without earplugs. And two, he was there just incase Aelita called.

"Ulrich? Ulrich, are you there?" Aelita's head popped up onto the computer screen.

Ulrich slowly got up out of Jeremie's bed and went over the computer. He started to talk with Aelita, "Yeah Aelita, I'm here."

"I think I have something about Jeremie, I need you to get Odd and Yumi to the factory."

"Okay Aelita, we'll be there in a few minutes." Ulrich got off the computer and headed back to his room to get dressed, and get Odd. He quickly got dressed and started to wake Odd. After a few tries, Odd finally woke. "Hurry up and get dressed Odd; we need to go to the factory."

"Okay, you go ahead and go, I'll meet you there."

Ulrich left the room and started down the hall. He pulled out his cell phone and called Yumi. After a few rings she answered. "Hello?" Yumi was a little puzzled about why Ulrich was calling here so early in the morning.

"Yumi, we need to get to the factory now."

Yumi quickly sparked to life, "Is it XANA?"

"No, Aelita says she found something and to meet her there."

"Okay Ulrich, I'll be there soon." She hung up.

Ulrich was first to arrive at the factory, followed closely behind by Yumi and then Odd. Yumi sat in Jeremie's chair and Ulrich and Odd stood to her sides. They watched the screen as Aelita popped up.

"Good morning guys. I think I have some good news."

"Well, what is it?" Odd impatiently asked.

"Well, I think I may have found Jeremie. Here, look at this."

A second screen came up and it showed Jeremie. He was eating breakfast with Odd and Ulrich. "Aelita, when is this clip from?" Yumi asked.

"It's happening right now."

"What?!?!" The three exclaimed together.

"What are you talking about, how could that be now, Ulrich and I are right here."

"Aelita, is this what happened to us that one day when XANA trapped us in a virtual Earth?" Yumi asked.

"I'm afraid so."

"But how could it be, Jeremie doesn't go into Lyoko. How could XANA trap him?" Ulrich asked.

"Well, I'm not sure, but I think it might have something to do with the tower that was activated the other day. Last night I investigated it and it seemed that XANA had sent something to Earth."

Ulrich thought for a moment and then said, "If we check the security camera in the elevator, then maybe we can find out what XANA materialized."

Yumi brought up the footage from that night and Odd narrated, "Nothing, nothing, nothing, Jeremie, nothing, nothing, nothing, Jeremie, nothing, nothing, nothing, blob, nothi"

"Wait, rewind to that blob." Ulrich told Yumi. Yumi did so. "Okay, now enlarge the picture." Again, Yumi complied. All three gasped at what they saw.

"I think we found out what XANA materialized." Odd said.

"What did XANA materialize?" Aelita asked him.

"It was a roachster." Ulrich told her.

Yumi thought for a moment and then grabbed something from her pocket. "Aelita, if a roachster were to fire a laser at a human, would it look something like this?" She held up a picture of Jeremie's arm that she snagged from the hospital.

"Yes, I think it would look something like that. Why do you ask?"

"This is a picture of Jeremie's arm; I think that this might be where he got it from."

"Could XANA stick a virus inside one of his monsters that, if someone is hit by their laser, be sent to a virtual place?" Ulrich asked.

"It's a possibility, but I'm not sure."

"I think I'm starting to understand what's going on here." Yumi said.

Aelita felt something outside of the tower she was in. "Guys, we might have another problem."

"What?" They asked.

"I think XANA has launched an attack."

"You've got to be kidding me." Odd said.

"What do we do know?" Ulrich asked.

"You two head down to the scanners and I'll send you to Lyoko."

"Are you sure that's a good idea Yumi, don't you remember what happened last time you tried to send Jeremie to Lyoko?" Odd said.

"This time will be different, I'll have Aelita here to tell me what to do." Feeling satisfied, the two boys made their way to the elevator.

"Wait, we need someone to save Jeremie. If we reverse time before he can get out, he'll be lost forever."

"I'll go," Ulrich said.

"No, I'd better go, we need you in Lyoko."

"Are you sure about this Odd?" Yumi asked him.

"Yeah, I can handle it." The two boys stepped into the elevator and headed down to the scanners.

"Yumi, we'll send Odd first. Tell Ulrich not to get in the scanners yet."

"Okay. Ulrich can you hear me?"

"Yeah, I hear you."

"Let Odd go first, then we'll send you."

"Okay. You heard her Odd, get to the scanner."

Odd stepped into the scanner and the doors closed.

Aelita told Yumi the coordinates and she began to type them in. "Transfer Odd," she said. She continued to put in the proper numbers so that Odd would make it into XANA's virtual earth. "Scanner Odd." She finished and pressed the enter key, "Virtualization."

She paused and looked at the screen to make sure that it worked. It did. "Okay Ulrich, your turn."

Ulrich stepped into the scanner and the doors closed. He could here Aelita telling Yumi the new coordinates. "Transfer Ulrich." The scanner began to hum and he started to be lifted into the air. "Scanner Ulrich." He began to spin. "Virtualization." He felted his hair being pushed up and then the usual sensation of being virtualized.

Well, that's all from me for now. I think I'll have the next chapter up on Thursday in honor of my first day of break. So what'd you think? I know this chapter was a bit boring, but it was needed. Believe me, the next chapter will be better. Till next time.