Maria's Dorm-

I think that's it's safe to go out now. But I have to avoid that Yumi girl, she's too suspicious. And I need to find out what a X.A.N.A. is and what that guy meant by 'a scan'. So here's what I'm going to do. I'm gonna watch Yumi. She's going to be my link to this X.A.N.A.

With those thoughts I got up and started my homework.

The Factory-

"Odd on your right! There's 2 blocks on their way."

Sometimes I think that being at the console was the worse then fighting on Lyoko. All I could do was feed data to my friends while they protected Aelita and get shot at.

But I see their faces after they devirtualized they know that it's that this in the one that we're not going to win and that the world will into darkness. And I know that I probably couldn't deal with that all of the time.

"Yumi, be careful of the roaches behind you," sometimes I don't know how they do it, "50 life points left Odd."

"You know, Einstein, you should come to Lyoko sometime and try this. It's real fun!" Odd's joking voice came over the speaker in my ear making me smile.

"Maybe some other time Odd. Right now you need to get Aelita to the tower."

"Don't be such a worry wart Jeremie! Princess is safe in our hands."

Funny. Odd calls Aelita princess all the time. But I never noticed until now.

Lyoko Tower-

Aelita was on the top platform. She placed her hand on the screen in front of her. The word Aelita flashed in reorganization. Code? The screen asked. L-Y-O-K-O flashed on the screen one word at a time as she in put the code.

The Factory-

"Return to the past now!" A wave of calmness swept over me in the split-second that we were suspended in between the past and the future.

Time is so beautiful.