Someone was coming down the corridor, to the groups surprise, it was William!
"YOU!" Shouted Ulrich as he sacked William.
"Hey, what was that for?" Asked William.
"You lied to me, William! You said you talked to Yumi, and Yumi said you didn't!"
"Hold on Ulrich, let him up." Said Yumi as She walked over to Ulrich. "It was me who lied. I should have told you, but I didn't want you to know that William and I spoke, but now that I know that William told you, I feel really bad about it. I'm sorry, Ulrich."
"You know I will always forgive you Yumi." Said Ulrich.
"Enough of this reunion. William, how long did you know about the Super Computer?" Asked Franz.
"Do you want the long story or short story?" Asked William.
"Short, if you don't mind."
"Yesterday."
"How did you find out?"
"See, this is what I was trying to avoid when I asked if you wanted the long story, but that's not the point. I got bored and walked over here. I went down the elevator, but I needed to enter a code to open the door, so I went back up and took the corridor."
"Well, at least that's one missing person down. Do you know where the rest is?" Asked Odd.
"I saw them at the entrance, but I never saw them enter." Said William.
"I think I found the problem." Said Franz. "They are in Lyoko, like I was before. They fell into the digital sea, like I did, meaning they are stuck in Lyoko; but Jeremie's materialization program managed to get Yumi back, so let's try to get them back through the program."
"Sure, just one problem, XANA erased the materialization program, and the codes to remake it are in my notebook, back at the school." Said Jeremie.
"I'll go get it." Said Ulrich. Ulrich ran to the school. On his way back to the factory, Jeremie's notebook in hand, he noticed Mr. Delmas walking around, but he was under XANA's control, easily identified by his eyes. Ulrich arrives back at the lab.
"Hey, a XANAfied Mr. Delmas is walking around the school!" Said Ulrich.
"That can't be, I'm picking up vital signs from people in the digital void." Replied Franz. "But, it says Williams DNA is in there too!"
"I can explain that," Said William, "I wanted to keep this a secret, but I can't anymore. I also went into Lyoko, but I didn't get knocked into the digital sea, like the others."
"I've got it! There's a way to get them back without the materialization program!" Shouted Franz. "I forgot I could do this in case someone fell into the void. I need everyone to go to Sector 5, including you William."
"Hey, why him?" Asked Ulrich out of anger.
"Because he's the only one who can make it happen! The computer needs the most recent DNA to do this. Jeremie, I need you to do this too."
"WHY ME!" Shouted Jeremie in surprise. "I HATE GOING INTO LYOKO!"
"And I know why you hate it, that's why I will use the default option for yours and Williams memory transfer, so you'll look like your self's, the reason is because I can create my own monsters from this panel, to fight off the others."
"Okay, let's go." Jeremie wasn't enthusiastic about going into Lyoko, he only successfully made it to Lyoko once, and he was attacked by Megatanks. He also looked stupid, but since it's using the default option, he felt less nervous that he usually would.
"Okay, you will be transfered directly into sector 5, the transporter will corrupt William's and Jeremie's DNA codes." Said Franz. Yumi, Odd, and Aelita first. Transfer… Scanner… Virtualization. Okay, you three are up next. Transfer… Scanner… Virtualization."
Everyone made it to sector 5 successfully.
Chapter 7: Fatal Move.
The doors opened and the group runs through to corridor. They enter the room with the key. "Okay, three minutes, and if you see a white creeper, don't attack it." Said Franz.
"Got it." Said Odd. "I see the Key, I can get it." Odd somehow manages to reach the key. A hole in the floor opens, and the group runs down it. They reach another room, across which is everyones DNA codes.
"Okay, this is where it gets hard, don't let Aelita, Jeremie, or William get de-virtualized." Said Franz. As soon as Franz got finished saying that, ten creepers materialized in the path. "No, XANA blocked the system, I can't make monsters anymore, plus the scanners are shut down! No one can be de-virtualized! Avoid being de-virtualized at all costs!"
A barrage of lasers shot at Ulrich. "ULRICH!" Yelled Yumi as she dove in front of Ulrich and got de-virtualized.
"YUMI!" Shouted Ulrich, as a burst of rage ran through his veins. Ulrich was ticked! He quickly unsheathed his sword and Started killing every creeper there. Once the cost was clear, he dropped his sword, and fell to his knees. "XANA! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" Shouted Ulrich, starting to cry. "IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME! NOT HER!" Ulrich started punching the ground, in an act of aggression. "YUMI! PLEASE, COME BACK!"
"This is no time for that, Ulrich. William, get to the DNA and break the seals on them!" Said Franz.
"Okay, here's the DNA, how do I break the seal? Asked William.
"Touch them, and the seal will be broken."
"Done, let's get out of here."
"You can be de-virtualized now, power has returned to the scanners."
"Please… don't say… "DE-VIRTUALIZED!" Shouted Ulrich, still crying over the loss of Yumi.
"Well, only one way to be de-vir… I mean… get out of Lyoko, LASER ARROW!" Said Odd, de-virtualizing everyone. In the real world, Ulrich runs over to the wall, and slams his arm into it.
"RRAAAAGGHH! YUMI, WHY'D YOU SACRIFICE YOURSELF FOR ME?" Shouted Ulrich. His words echoed throughout the entire factory. "Yumi…" Ulrich said again under his voice. The group goes up the elevator, to the lab. When the door of the elevator opened, Ulrich fell down to the floor, in front of Yumi's parents. "Yumi's… dead…"
"Yeah, we heard…" Said Yumi's mother.
Chapter 8: XANA's Possible End.
Ulrich was more broken up about it than Yumi's parents were. Everyone was in tears because of the emotional moment.
"It's about time we all left for tonight." Said Franz.
"Where will you sleep?" Asked Odd.
"The Hermitage, where else?"
"Okay… good luck with that." Said Odd. Back at Kadic, the group went about their daily lives, until Jim came along. Franz knew what he was doing. Everyone who went missing reappeared, including Sissi. Sissi entered Ulrich's room.
"Ulrich, where's Yumi?" Asked Sissi.
"RRAAAGGGHHH!" Replied Ulrich. Sissi made a bad move mentioning Yumi.
"Hey, all I asked is where Yumi was, usually she's with you. Did she move, or dump you?"
"Neither, now leave me alone!"
"What's wrong, Ulrich?"
"Just… Please… don't mention Yumi…" Said Ulrich, starting to cry into his pillow. "I'd rather forget her." But Ulrich couldn't, the thought of Yumi buzzed around in his mind non-stop. He even dreams about her.
"She dumped you, didn't she?"
"Sissi, your brain is smaller than I thought. She's gone, but she didn't move."
"Your confusing me, I'm outta here." Said Sissi as she left the room. Ulrich's cellphone rang, he picked it up and answered it.
"Hello?" Said Ulrich, still sobbing.
"Come down to the factory, we found a way to destroy XANA." Said Jeremie on the other line.
"Okay, be right there." Said Ulrich as he stoop up. He wasn't very enthusiastic about XANA being destroyed. Ulrich takes the sewer entance in the park, and shortly arrives at the factory. In the lab, the elevator opens, everyone was there.
"This is how we do it; first, activate all four passage towers, they are needed to do this; second, cut them, and the rest of Lyoko off from sector five; third, Destroy sector five. By the time we destroy Sector Five, XANA would be destroyed also, because he would be trapped there when we separate Lyoko and Sector five." Said Franz.
"Cool, this'll be our final mission." Said Odd.
"You know, every time you said that, Odd, we made XANA stronger." Said Aelita.
"Well now I'm sure this time."
"Something's wrong, Sector Five is disappearing! We have to activate the four towers and separate Lyoko from Sector Five." Said Franz.
"How?" Asked Jeremie.
"Through the person that has most connection to it."
"Me?" Asked Aelita.
"No, Ulrich." Said Franz.
"How am I most connected to Lyoko?" Asked Ulrich.
"A loved one has died in Lyoko. Through that, you would be the most powerful, and you would have the same abilities as Aelita."
"Okay, I'm going in." Said Ulrich as he went down the elevator. He didn't understand why loosing a loved one in Lyoko gave him the same abilities as Aelita, but he didn't care.
"Transfer, Ulrich… Scanner… Virtualization!" Said Franz as he hit the "Enter" key. Ulrich arrives in Lyoko. "I'm activating the towers now. Go near the outside of sector five, cut the cables in every sector."
"Will do." Said Ulrich. After a while, Ulrich succeeds in cutting the cables.
"Hide in a tower Ulrich, Sector Five is about to explode!" Said Franz. Ulrich quickly gets into a tower, and the fifth sector explodes. "Okay, that's it, XANA's gone. Let's get you out of there." Ulrich arrives back in the scanner room, and heads for the lab. Once there, the entire group went down to the Super computer's Core. Franz went over and put his had on the switch.
"WAIT!" Shouted Jeremie. Franz let go of the switch.
Chapter 9: XANA's Last Move.
Everyone wondered why Jeremie yelled "Wait." Jeremie sat in awe as he looked at his laptop computer screen. "It's XANA, he's taking control of the passage towers!" Said Jeremie.
"So, XANA wasn't destroyed when sector five exploded. I get it now! It was all a plan to escape the super computer! If XANA gain control of the passage towers, he can escape, but if we turn off the computer, he'll escape then too! He found a way out!" Exclaimed Franz. Everyone gathered around Jeremie and his laptop to watch as XANA took control.
"That's three towers we lost control of, and the fourth is 50 lost." Said Jeremie. "60… 70… 75… 85… 90… 99…" Jeremie counted down. As soon as Jeremie said 99, something happened, the countdown stopped! "What's happening? XANA's loosing control to something else. The towers… they're… turning black." Said Jeremie, amazed. XANA was loosing control. A few seconds later, the group heard a scanner open.
"Did you hear that?" Asked Ulrich. "I'm going up there to check it out."
"Okay, but be careful." Said Aelita. Ulrich got into the elevator. Ulrich made it up to the scanner room.
"Hi Ulrich." Said a voice from across the room.
"Y…Yumi?" Said Ulrich in amazment.
"Ulrich, I can't stay here long. Tell the others that I'm going to take XANA down." Said Yumi.
"Yumi, don't leave again, we need you here." Said Ulrich as he through himself into Yumi's arms.
"Ulrich, don't ever forget me…" Said Yumi as she faded away. Ulrich walked over to the elevator and went down to the central core. Ulrich walked over to Jeremie in tears.
"Why are you crying again?" Asked Odd.
"Yumi… she said that… she wound take XANA down." Said Ulrich.
"Yumi was up there? That explains that black towers!" Said Jeremie. All of the passage towers were black, Yumi had control. The towers were then destroyed. Since XANA had nowhere else to run, he was destroyed too. "Lyoko's falling apart…" Said Jeremie. A message came up on his laptop screen that read "Turn off the computer now." Jeremie got up, ran to the switch, and shut it off.
"That's it… XANA's gone. Let's head back to the school." Said Franz. As Ulrich got into the elevator, he heard Yumi's voice saying "Don't ever forget me…".