okay, here we go... I started this story about last year and I've been posting it on a forum: http(colon)(slash)(slash)s7(dot)invisionfree(dot)com(slash)UnMondeSansDanger. I just now got the bright idea to put it up here. I don't know if the storyline has been done before-- which I doubt, highly, I'm just putting it up.

About the story... I guess it could act as sort of an AU version of Season Two (Or season 2.5... but nothing in the upcoming season would have affected it). A branch off from the regular timeline.

Chapter 1 Shut Down

"Alright, you guys. This is it," Jeremie announced over the P.A. He had completed the anti-virus and another program he had been running under XANA's nose that would cause XANA to delete himself if he tried to activate a tower during the materialization process. It was the end, and XANA knew it.

He went all out. As soon as Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd were virtualized in the Forest Region, they were completely surrounded by megatanks, blocks, and hornets. They worked their way through the sea of monsters until they reached Aelita. Odd had been reckless and lost too many life points. He was de-virtualized as soon as they got to her by a lone hornet. Ulrich and Yumi worked as a team, Yumi in front of Aelita, using her telekinesis to block attacks until it was too much for her to bear. With that worn out, she eliminated any monster who dared to challenge her metal geisha fan. Ulrich, or rather the three Ulrichs, deflected laser barrage, Impacted and Triangulated until they just couldn't Impact or Triangulate any more.

Jeremie watched XANA's rampage at Kadic through his cameras that were mounted all over the campus. It was horrible. XANA had infected every heat and light source in the school and was determined to broil every student and teacher. They tried to escape, but he had electrified the gates and there was no other way out. Jeremie could barely stand the cries of pain echoing through the super calculator control room, and yet he could do nothing more than he was already doing.

The Lyoko team had finally reached the Passage Tower that was Aelita's portal to the real world. Aelita walked through the tower wall while Ulrich and Yumi stood guard outside. She walked to the center of the platform and rose up for the last time.

Meanwhile, the scene at the school was ineffable. The thermometer on the super calculator's moniter said that temperatures had risen to 65 degrees Celsius (A/N: Which, for you non-metric know-knothings is around 149 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hotter than the highest temperature recorded on earth, and that was in Libya.) The bodies of students and teachers were sprawled everywhere moaning in agony.

Aelita reached the top platform, her identity was confirmed, and she entered the Code.

Everyone was crowded around the super calculator's moniter, and Aelita was waiting patiently in the passage tower.

"Are you ready, Aelita?" Jeremie asked.

"Yes, Jeremie,"

"Okay. I'm running the anti-virus now," Jeremie began to type furiously at the keyboard. "Done."

He slipped a CD into the computer's disk drive that was thankfully NOT Odd's dumb video. Aelita rose in the air once more, and dozens of holographic screens surrounded her.

"Code: Earth," The blond haired genius smiled as he pressed te enter button. Then, she was gone. Jeremie's maps indicated that no one was on Lyoko at all. The entire team ran to the elevator. Everyone stood in silence as the elevator decended to the scanner room. They walked to the center scanner, and it opened. Jeremie caught the new arrival as she fell out of the scanner.

"Welcome to our world," Jeremie whispered. Aelita giggled and gave him a great big hug, which made him blush of course. Everyone cheered and jumped up and down, running towards Jeremie and Aelita. They all joined in a group hug.

"It's time to get back to buisness," Jeremie's face was now serious. "We need to go shut down XANA." Aelita nodded, and they went to the elevator and stepped inside. It went down a level to the super computer room that contained XANA's CPU.

"Do you want me to do it?" Jeremie asked, turning to the red head.

"No. This time, I'm ready. Let's do it together," Aelita said boldly. Jeremie couldn't help but smile at her new-found confidence. THey walked to the computer and put their hands on the switch.

"XANA, this is the end for you. There is no going back. Goodbye," Jeremie stated, and they pulled down the switch. The computer's lights turned off, and it shut down.

"And good riddance," said Aelita, squinting at the machine. They left the factory, with hopes to never return again.

Unbeknownst to them, someone had watched the whole thing. A man smiled darkly and stood up from his chair.

"It's time for Phase I."

Yeah... Chapter One is kind of short.