Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko.
Summary: Jeremie's gone missing and no one has any idea why. When XANA launches an attack, who will work the super computer? Will they have to result to someone else? And will they ever find Jeremie again?
Author's Note: Ha, I love writing this fiction. It's going very smoothly and quickly. Plus, I never know how long a chapter might be. ;)
Reviewers: Princess Aelita Lyoko, XANA-Zach45
Missing
Chapter Four
Rose hopped out of the chair and walked around to the back on the super computer. She had a hand on her chin and was deep in thought.
"What kind of connection is it on?" she asked no one in particular. The gang looked at each other. "In simple words, can you still send and receive calls on your mobiles?" They all nodded. "DSL then."
She placed some wires under her hands and examined them.
"Hmm," she thought. "This is a very old computer, I know that much. How did you guys first turn it on?"
"A switch down lower in the factory," Yumi answered. "But if it were off, XANA wouldn't be able to attack. He would be off, as well." Rose sighed.
"This must be the button, then," she said, pushing a button with her thumb. The platform and computer flashed an intense white light. The platform slowed started showing the map of Lyoko and the super computer showed a booting up screen. Odd, Yumi, and Ulrich were astonished.
"Well done, Rose!" Yumi complimented. Rose beamed and looked at the podium now showing the full map of all the sectors.
"So this must be Lyoko?" she questioned. The others nodded. "Incredible." Rose took a breath.
"So what's next?" she asked, eager to learn more.
"Connecting to Lyoko," Ulrich answered. Rose giggled and clapped her hands.
"I can't wait!" she exclaimed, hopping back into the chair.
When she turned her head to the processor screen, there was a list of computer code was there to greet her. She glanced at it and reached for the mouse. She clicked a small rectangle and typed a long line of the same code. After she pushed enter, it showed another loading screen. On one of the side screens, it showed more code. On the other side screen, it showed bunches of cylindrical figures. In the middle screen, it showed small virtual cards that looked like fantasy versions of Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi. The gang cheered.
"Yes!" they all shouted. "Go Rose!" Odd ruffled her hair, Ulrich gave a high five, and Yumi gave her a hug. Rose laughed.
"Okay, now how do I-"
"Jeremie!" a voice said. When Rose looked to the computer screen, she saw a small head of some kind of virtual pink sprite.
"Aelita!" Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi exclaimed. Rose raised an eyebrow.
"Ulrich!" Aelita cried. "Odd, Yumi! Whe-Where's Jeremie?"
"We don't know, Aelita," Yumi replied.
"He's been missing for over a week," Odd said.
"We were hoping he told you where he was going," Ulrich added. Aelita shook her head.
"No, he didn't, but-" Aelita stopped. "Wait, if Jeremie's not there, then who turned on the super computer? Doesn't he only know how to do that?"
"It was Rose," Odd said. "She figured it out and connected us to you!"
"I'm impressed, Rose," Aelita complimented. "Well done."
Rose didn't know what to make of the virtual sprite that was talking to her.
"Uh… thanks," she replied.
"But that aside, Jeremie is in trouble!" Aelita yelled. "It's XANA! He's planned all this and Jeremie is the decoy!"
"What!" everyone exclaimed, even Rose.
"I can't tell you much right now, a tower's activated," she explained. "XANA could disconnect us at any time. We have to deactivate the tower first."
"But Rose doesn't know how to do that!" Odd said.
"Leave it to me," Aelita assured. "I'll guide her through the process. But you have to go down to the scanner room now!"
"Okay Aelita, we'll be there soon," Yumi said, handing the headset to Rose. "Listen to what Aelita tells you. Follow her every instruction. It's the only way to virtualize us and to stop XANA." Rose took the headset and nodded.
"I won't let you guys down," she said, putting the earpiece on. Yumi nodded and ran over to get in the elevator with the guys. They pushed the down button and the doors closed.
"Okay Rose, listen to what I tell you," Aelita commanded.
"I will," Rose answered, her fingers ready to type. "Are you guys in the scanner room?" Rose asked over the intercom.
"Yes Rose, we're ready to be virtualized," Yumi answered.
"Alright, I'm ready Aelita," Rose responded to the virtual sprite.
"Okay," Aelita said and started spewing out instructions to Rose. She typed every single thing Aelita told her, while mumbling notes for her to remember for later.
"Alright, now choose their virtualization card, scan them, and then to virtualize them, press enter," Aelita finished. "Oh, and one more thing. I'm in the forest region, 56 north and 32 west."
"Okay, got it!" Rose exclaimed in joy. She chose the card that looked like Odd.
"Transfer Odd," she said over the intercom. Rose chose the Ulrich card next.
"Transfer Ulrich," she said again. She chose the last card that was Yumi's.
"Transfer Yumi," she finished. Another screen popped up with all of their outlines and what seemed like were loading them.
"Scanner Odd," she announced. "Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Yumi." All of their figures were loaded with small, green exclamation points surrounded by a circle in them.
"Virtualization!" she shouted, pressing the enter key.
In Lyoko, Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi loaded and dropped to the ground. A few feet away from them was Aelita, smiling and waving at them.
"Way to go, Rose!" Odd shouted to the sky. "You completed the transfer with no bugs at all!"
"Yay!" her voice said, echoing over Lyoko. "I'm so happy! I did it!"
"Jeremie would be proud," Aelita complimented. No one could see it, but Rose flushed a deep shade of red.
"Alright, now what do I do?" Rose questioned.
"Just sit back and look out for XANA's monsters," Ulrich replied. "They should appear in red on the screen."
"Oh, okay," Rose said, sitting back slightly in the chair.
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Back at the school, XANA's pack of squirrels found all of his enemies gone. They were nowhere to be found. XANA instructed his army into the forest and into the manhole cover. It was only a matter of minutes until they all reached the factory.
x0x
"The activated tower is this way," Aelita said, pointing through a few bushes. "We should get going before XANA decides to try to stop us." Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi nodded. They all started running in the tower's direction.
"Wow," Rose spoke into the headset. "This computer is amazing. It's so high-tech!"
"It's the only computer I know of that can connect to Lyoko," Aelita told Rose while running.
"Uh oh," Rose said. "I see some moving red circles. Those are the monsters, right?"
Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd stopped running and turned around. Three megatanks were there to greet them.
"Yes, those are monsters," Ulrich answered.
"Megatanks!" Odd yelled. The megatanks rolled over and formed a triangle around the gang.
"Aelita, go behind the bushes," Yumi instructed. "We'll take care of these monsters." Aelita nodded and ran behind a group of bushes. Yumi pulled out her fan and flipped it open. Odd readied his arrows and Ulrich unsheathed his katana. On Rose's screen, six battle cards appeared. One with Odd verses a megatank, another with Yumi and a megatank, and the last with Ulrich and a megatank.
"Oh cool," Rose said to herself.
The megatank facing Odd opened and started charging its blast. Odd aimed his arm at the megatank's symbol.
"Laser arrow!" he shouted, shooting an arrow. He missed his target, watching the arrow come in contact with a tree.
"Rats, I missed!" Odd yelled. The megatank's blast was fully charged. It sent the attack out, hitting Odd in the chest. He landed on the ground. Rose's screen showed a scale version of Odd with the chest area flashing red.
"Odd, you lost twenty life points," Rose warned. "You're down to eighty."
"No sweat," Odd said, jumping up and readying his arrow again. The megatank opened up again, charging for another blast. Odd aimed better this time and shot his arrow.
"Direct hit!" he yelled. The megatank closed itself and blew up. The Odd and megatank card disappeared from the screen.
"Nice job, Odd," Rose complimented.
Over with Yumi, the megatank opened and was charging its own attack. Yumi took this opportunity to throw her fan at the target. She hit it and caught the fan as it swung back to her. The megatank also blew itself up. Yumi's and the second megatank's card disappeared from the screen.
"One more megatank, you guys," Rose said.
"And it's mine," Ulrich replied, putting his weapon in front of his face in a battle stance. The last megatank rolled over to Ulrich's side and opened, charging its blast. Ulrich sprinted up to his opponent and held his blade out, but it was too quick. The blast was shot and Ulrich's katana was knocked out of his hand.
"Ulrich, you have forty life points left!" Rose shouted.
"My sword!" Ulrich let out.
"I got it!" Odd said and ran on all fours to retrieve the katana. It was still flying in the air when Odd jumped up to catch it. He caught it and landed swiftly on the ground. However, the megatank was already charged and threw its blast at Ulrich. It hit him and sent him flying into a tree. He was devirtualized within seconds. The sword Odd held was devirtualized as well.
"Ulrich!" Yumi cried. Ulrich's card disintegrated from Rose's screen.
"Oh no, Ulrich's gone from my screen!" she yelled.
"It's alright, Rose," Aelita assured. "He was just devirtualized. He should return in the scanner room below you."
"Oh, alright," Rose said, relieved.
On the bridge, XANA's group of squirrels ran towards the factory. All they had to do was climb down the ropes and go in the elevator until they could stop whoever was working the super computer.