"Are you kidding?" Robert elbowed Jeremie. "This computer could run F.E.A.R. on full, baby. I say just nix the XANA program and install some games."
"Robert, you don't get it. He dwells in Lyoko. We can't delete any part of that, But if we recover Franz Hopper's data-"
"Old man Hopper? You're talking about Franz Hopper?"
"Yes. The man who, in theory, could have designed all of this."
"No way! He's my grandfather!"
"Not possible. It's just illogical, in every way! All the data I've recovered from his journals says nothing about a family."
"That's because we barely knew him either. He left my family when I was 8, to go to France."
"Prove it," Jeremie retorted.
Robert produced from his pocket a wallet, with a picture of his grandpa, Franz Hopper, and ID, clearly reading "Robert Ian Hopper."
"I don't believe it," gasped Jeremie.
"Well then, let me see just what Grandpa's said about me."
Robert sat down at the computer. With fingers like lightning, he entered in codes and passwords. "I was watching my dad for a while. He kept a video journal then, too. He told me that one day I would need the password, and it would be Robert."
He typed the final six letters, hitting Return. "Latest entry," he said.
He gasped, covering his eyes, peeking through them. He saw the brutality of police, dragging him away from the console. "XANA!" He heard his grandfather shout. "Save me! Save me from the evil humans!"
"Evil... humans," a sad sounding voice repeated. "Evil humans." It laughed maniacally, possessing a piece of the ceiling, crushing the police, but suddenly, its icon flew out of the ceiling, staring at Franz Hopper. "All humans are evil. XANA's purpose is to exterminate humans. I am sorry."
The ceiling pieces began to fall, as Franz ran, turning back to look at the supercalculator console. "There's just one place to be safe from him..."
Franz hit the button in the elevator. "Systems! Initiate auto virtualize in 30 seconds!" The camera switched to a security camera automatically.
He dived into the scanner, his particles distorting, just as XANA pulled the plug - trapping Franz Hopper in the inbetween, the limbo.
"My god," gasped Jeremie.
"I... My grandpa is... dead?" Robert held his face down, crying.
"He's just stuck in the inbetween data. He's easily rescuable."
"Inbetween data," muttered Robert. "That's it! If we want to find him, we have to find a way into the inbetween data - like a barrier between Earth and Lyoko. He'll have to be there!"
He pulled a disc out of his jacket pocket.
"Jeremie, insert this. Mount it on the middle barrier. Partition F145. We're going in."
"What is it?
"A game my father programmed. It's supposed to take place in the future. That's all he told me."
Jeremie inserted the disc, and typed in the code. Robert headed for the scanners, with Razputin, D'Artagan, Yumi, Ulrich, Aelita, and Odd.
Multiple of them jammed into the scanners, all materializing normally, as they flung through the usual tunnel, however, at the end, there was nothing.
"Soldiers? Are you awake?" A gruff, cold voice questioned.