OK, HERE'S the rest of the chapter that was supposed to be one but was divided into two. Long story I don't wanna tell. Enjoy, as always!

Chapter 9-The Dream That Never Was But Came True

Aelita and Yumi rushed into the computer room at the factory. Odd and Ulrich were already there looking over Jeremie's shoulder at the computer.

"Quarter past ten, ladies," Jeremie said, obviously annoyed. "Sorry," Yumi apologized. "Hey, Ulrich, I just realized something! How'd you and Odd get over here so quick when you're at your parents' houses?"

"We managed," Ulrich simply told her. "Come over here, Jeremie found stuff!"

The girls joined them in looking at the screen of the computer. A huge article next to a picture of a smiling girl with long pink hair and green eyes was on it.

"That's Irene!" yelled Aelita.

"Yes, I thought she would be," Jeremie said. "This is Irene Lita Hopper. I hacked into her confidential bio in the United Recordkeepers of Persons' computer program."

"What did you find out about her?" asked Aelita.

"Well, she was a two year old girl who supposedly died of a bad case of pnuemonia at that age," Jeremie explained.

"Oh, that's so sad!" exclaimed Yumi. "If I was her mother, I would have been really upset."

"It is pretty sad," Jeremie agreed. Odd, Ulrich, and, of course, Aelita also agreed.

"But get this. She lived in the Hermitage house and her father was Franz Hopper!"

Everyone gasped. "There must be a link between Lyoko and Aelita and Franz and Irene and everything then!" shouted Odd. "I feel like we're getting closer!" Aelita commented.

Aelita then stopped for a second. Something else flashing in her mind; more pink. It dissapeared quickly though, as before. Then Aelita blurted out, "I need to go to Lyoko!"

Everyone looked at her. "Why?" questioned Yumi.

"Yeah, yeah?" asked everyone else.

"I don't know. Something's telling me to go," Aelita explained.

"Alright then!" Jeremie said. "You heard her! Ladies, you go in the scanners first!"

"OK!" Aelita and Yumi said. They ran into the elevator and up to the scanner room. They stopped inside the golden lit room. Three different metal cylinders stood upright in different spots inside. Each one was hollow with doors in the fronts. These were the scanners. Two of them opened their doors. Yumi stepped in one and Aelita in the other.

The doors closed in front of Aelita. "Transfer: Yumi!" Aelita could only hear whirring in her own scanner. "Transfer: Aelita!" Wind rushed from the bottom of the scanner. It brushed through her hair and made it flow upward with the wind. Her clothes flapped with it too. Her body got a rushing feeling in it.

"Scanner: Yumi! Scanner: Aelita!" a circular rim fitting snugly to the edges of the scanner spun slowly down around Aelita.

"Virtualization!" The wind got stronger and pushed upward with force, making a WWHHHEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR! sound.

She couldn't see anything anymore. She couldn't hear anything except for WHOOSH sounds. Then she find herself falling to the green, grassy ground of the forest region in Lyoko.

She landed on her feet next to Yumi. "Ready for Odd and Ulrich to come?" she asked. Then came a hiss. An all too familiar hiss. "Yumi..." Aelita mumbled in fear. She looked up. There was the Schipozoa.

"Jeremie, why didn't you tell us the Schipozoa would be right here when we came?" asked Yumi. She whipped out her fan and got in front of Aelita.

"It's not on my screen though!" Jeremie exclaimed.

Aelita got back in front of Yumi. "Don't try to protect me until you know I need it," she told her. "Aelita?" Yumi said in disbelief.

Aelita looked up to the Schipozoa. "What do you need?"

It gave a hiss, although for some reason this time, it sounded... friendly. It pressed a tentacle to her forehead. Aelita got the same sensation it was doing something to her. But this time it was more calm and it felt like instead of taking from her, it was giving to her.

Aelita heard a hum of Yumi's voice. "Should I save you NOW?"

"No."

The Schipozoa took its tentacle off her forehead and gave another friendly sounding hiss. Aelita looked at it. "You gave me the ability to read your codes."

It hissed as if to say, 'Yes. Correct.' It then held out a tentacle in front of her face. A screen flashed in front of it. '1010 667105 AELITA.'

Aelita just blurted out the translation. "XANA helps Aelita."

The girls looked at it in disbelief. "I think... I think I'm gonna faint," Yumi said breathlessly. The Schipozoa flashed another message. '1010 667105 AELITA 2020963 248000.'

"XANA helps Aelita understand Irene.'

'1010 667105 AELITA 40056 20457.'

"XANA helps Aelita discover past.'

Yumi fell over on her back with a loud "Ohhhhhhh..." Aelita's heart was beating fast and felt like it was just gonna leap through her chest and hop away.

"If you're going to help, help," she commanded the Schipozoa.

Exciting stuff, eh people? Next chapter: The group goes to Carthage, and are for once warmly welcomed into XANA's home and are guided to his secret tower database where Aelita finds more information that will help them. Chapter 9-Is This Actually Carthage?