X.A.N.A. is unusually desperate, he would never ask for help unless it was on his own life.
"What do you want us to do?" Asked Odd.
"I need Ulrich to lend me his body." Said X.A.N.A.
"What!" Ulrich said, eyes wide open in surprise, "Never, I wont do it!"
"I agree, it may be a trap." Said Aelita.
"Do you want to save the world or not?" Asked X.A.N.A.
"You guys might think this sounds crazy, but I trust him." Said Yumi.
Everyone stared at Yumi like she was a fiery explosion.
"Thank you Yumi, you always were the second smartest one." Said X.A.N.A. He obviously knew that Jeremie was the smartest of them all.
"Okay, go ahead." Said Ulrich, not happy and worried about the decision he just made.
"Alright, tower activated, here I come." Said X.A.N.A., as he forms a specter and possesses Ulrich. "Now, I need Jeremie to virtualize him into Lyoko."
No one liked where this was going, who knows what X.A.N.A. was going to do.
"Transfer, Ulrich… Scanner… Virtualization!" Shouted Jeremie, as he pressed the "enter" key on the keyboard.
"Okay, now, transport me into sector 5." Said X.A.N.A.
"Hold on X.A.N.A., I won't do anymore until you tell us what your doing!" Exclaimed Jeremie.
"Well, I need Ulrich's skills, but I still need a way to get around, so I'll clone him." Said X.A.N.A., as he left Ulrich's body in a clone. X.A.N.A. knew that Jeremie was too curious as to what he was planning to stop him.
"Woah, how'd I get to Lyoko?" Asked Ulrich.
"Ulrich, follow X.A.N.A. into sector 5, devirtualize him if he tries anything." Said Jeremie.
"Okay, but I'm starting to side with Yumi in this situation."
"You still haven't told us what your planning X.A.N.A." Said Jeremie.
"I'm going to get Franz Hopper out of Lyoko." Said X.A.N.A.
The group was in shock to find out X.A.N.A.'s plan.
"Didn't Franz Hopper die when he revived Lyoko and Aelita?" Asked Jeremie.
"Well well, looks like you don't know as much as I thought. Franz is still in Lyoko, but he has very little energy. I'm going to retrieve what I need to restore Franz Hopper into the real world from sector 5." Said X.A.N.A.
"Wouldn't you already have that?"
"No. I put it in a restricted access area in sector 5, a place I can't go to unless I go through Lyoko."
"Okay."
Jeremie enters the code "SCIPIO" and transports the two Ulrichs into sector 5. The transporter arrives at Sector Five, the door opens, and the two Ulrichs go down the tunnel.
"Oh great, this looks tough." Said Ulrich.
"No kidding, now I see what you go through to get data." Said X.A.N.A.
"Wait, you live here, doesn't that mean you control it?" Asked Jeremie.
"I wish. Sector Five is the sector I have LEAST control of. It's all defense systems, so I can't control it. I mean, I can create monsters, but that's about it."
"Okay, enough small talk, get to the key! It's a the North, by North-east wall."
"I see it." Both Ulrich and X.A.N.A. said simultaneously.
Ulrich and X.A.N.A. scramble around a bit around the room, and eventually, reach the key. A new room opened up on the floor. They went down into the room.
"There's where Franz's physical code lies." Said X.A.N.A.
Suddenly, a few Creepers came around the corner.
"Hey X.A.N.A., I thought you said no tricks?" Said Jeremie.
"No… He broke free…" Said X.A.N.A.
"Who?" Asked Ulrich.
"No time to explain, get the code!"
Ulrich and X.A.N.A. fight off the Creepers and retrieve the code. But, something's not right, X.A.N.A. absorbs the data!
"I have the code, let's get out of here." Said X.A.N.A.
As soon as X.A.N.A. said that, a barrage of lasers divirualized X.A.N.A. and Ulrich.
The scanners opened, Ulrich emerges, but someone's there, standing there in another scanner.
"It's…" Said Ulrich, in surprise.
"Who is it?" Asked Jeremie.
A few seconds later, the elevator opens, revealing two people standing there, one of them Ulrich.
"D… Daddy?" Said Aelita, starting to cry. It was Franz Hopper standing in the elevator with Ulrich.
"DADDY!" Said Aelita, running toward her father.
"Aelita, I thought I would never see you again, let alone walk this world again." Said Franz, almost starting to weep along with Aelita.
Chapter 5: A Secret Revealed.
Everyone was almost in tears because of the touching moment, it lasted for a few minutes, until someone spoke.
"Franz… why did you materialize yourself?" Asked Jeremie.
"X.A.N.A. has been taking it too far, he must be destroyed." Said Franz.
"Yeah, X.A.N.A. created a clone of you and said the exact same thing. How can we trust you?"
"Because… I can feel that this is my father, not a X.A.N.A. clone." Said Aelita, as she stopped crying.
"I believe her." Said Yumi.
"Aelita… I'm sorry I haven't been here or in Lyoko with you, but I virtualized myself in a different way, a way, where I could have the same power as X.A.N.A., in case this happens." Said Franz.
"It's alright, it doesn't really matter, what matters is that your here now." Said Aelita.
"Look, I really need to get home, I promised my parents that I would come home early." Said Yumi.
"Ok bye Yumi." Said Ulrich.
That night at Yumi's house.
"Yumi, Hiroshi's Missing!" Said Yumi's mother.
"Oh no… hold on, lemme call one of my friends." Said Yumi.
Ring Ring Yumi's picture and phone number came up on the Super Computer's screen.
"Yeah?" Said Jeremie.
"Jeremie, Hiroki's missing!" Said Yumi.
"It's X.A.N.A., this is the whole reason I left the super computer." Said Franz.
"Yumi, take them to the factory, we have to tell them that there's nothing to worry about." Said Jeremie. Franz looked at Jeremie and nodded his head.
"Okay, I'll tell them, bye" Said Yumi, as she hung up her cell phone. "Mom, dad, there's something I have to show you, come to the school with me." Yumi takes her parents through the sewer, and eventually, they arrive at the factory.
"Why are we here, Yumi?" Asked Yumi's mother.
"Just wait." Replied Yumi. Yumi takes her parent down the elevator. She and her parents enter the lab.
"What… what is this place?" Asked Yumi's father.
"This is what takes me so long to get home at night. The thing is…" Yumi was interrupted by her mother.
"Yumi! I can't believe you've been spending time in this run down factory that looks like it could collapse at any moment!" Exclaimed Yumi's mother.
"Mrs. Ishiyama, she has something to do here, she goes here to save the world ma'am." Said Jeremie, in Yumi's defense.
"See that hologram there? That's Lyoko, a virtual world, I created it." Said Franz. "I created this to stop a military project called "Project Carthage." You see, in Lyoko, there are 40 towers, which house 100,000 terrabytes each. The towers are scattered throughout four regions, but there is one region where there is no towers, I called this region "carthage." within carthage lies a program, that was the only way to stop Project Carthage, which I named "XANA." The problem is, the FBI found out about the super computer, but they did not know where it was. I told Aelita to warn me when these she sees men wearing black clothes at our door. I hid the key to a locker, that housed my video diary, in Aelita's doll, "Mr. Puck," when she said that they were there. I then virtualized myself and Aelita, to escape, but they found the Super Computer, and shut it down. Then these kids came along, and turned it back on. Little Jeremie here, spent day and night, learning how to operate the computer. Of course, Aelita didn't know Jeremie was there, until Aelita started to speak. Jeremie heard Aelita speak and, and responded. Aelita explained to Jeremie how everything worked, even what XANA was. What Aelita didn't know, was that XANA was corrupted when the computer was shut down. Aelita and Jeremie together figured out that XANA turned evil, and that's when these kids started fighting for the fate of the world. Now, XANA is more powerful than I ever thought possible, so if the Super computer ever get shut off again, XANA will escape the computer, and take over the world."
"Wow, long speech." Said a voice coming down the corridor. But, who was it?