Earned It
Before XANA possesses Rocky, he is dealing with his father. Let's go back to the beginning of the day. Allison and Ash J are taking selfies for their mother, Daphne. "I get that mom claims that she has forgotten what we look like. However, she spoke to us yesterday," Ash J said. "She wants to ensure our bond is intact," Allison counters. "Intact? We can still feel each other's pain." "True. I had a stomach ache when you had food poisoning from the Tuna Casarol and Sourkraut." "Those two should not be on the same plate." Allison chuckles. Momenta later, a man with a Greek/Italian accent approaches the twins. "Hello, are you Ash Jones and Allison Jones?" "Pardon us? Who are you?" Allison asks. "Well, it seems that you know my son." "Son? I need more information?" Ash said. "My son, Stephano. But you know him as Rocky." Allison and Ash J looked at the man, then at each other. "I see. He didn't tell you his first name. Well, you can tell him Mr. Gio is waiting for him in the headmaster's office." "Sure. It is a pleasure to meet you," Ash J said. "Of course, Ash. I heard that you had been a positive influence on him. I mean, I was told he had skipped a few classes, but I understand," Mr. Gio said. "You do?" Allison asks. "Yes. History can be boring if it doesn't have enough; what is the word, bang!" The twins laugh. "We will call him," Ash J said. "Thank you." A few minutes later, Rocky was teasing Jeremy and Aelita. "Hey, I need that!" Jeremy shouts. "Well, I need it more. I plan on doing well on the test," Rocky said. "Awe, are you planning to succeed the first time. If so, that will be a first," Aelita teases back. Rocky turns red. "Well, I can do this," Rocky puts the book on top of the vending machine. "You son of a bitch!" Jeremy shouts as he places Rocky in a headlock. "For a kid who skips Jim's seven drills of the day, you are strong as fuck," Rocky said. "You know, this is getting old," Moxie said. "Plus, wait until allison comes; she will put you in your place," Ash said. "Not unless her brother gets to you first," Rocky said. "Well, here they come," Dawn said. Allison and Ash J walk toward the group. They cough. "Will Stephano Roberto Ischyrós Sofós come to the principal's office?" Allison and Ash J announce. Rocky pushes Jeremy off him and blushes. "Who the fuck is that?" Ulrich asks. "I think that's Rocky," Brock said. "No, I have known Rocky for three years. That is not his name," Yumi said. "What do you think is the origin of Rocky?" Odd asks. "What!" Rocky finally speaks. "Your father, Mr. Gio is here," Ash J said. "What!" "You need to say more than what," Allison teases. "Is my mom here?" "No." "Good. She told me she is a guest lecturer at my brother and sister's university." Rocky returns Jeremy's book and goes to meet his father. "Is Mr. Gio mean?" Aelita asks. "No. He is down to earth," Allison said. "What about his mother?" "Since when does Rocky have siblings?" Jeremy asks. "He has twin older siblings in their first year of university. They didn't go to Kadic," Ash J said. Rocky sees his father and hugs him.
Later in the day, Odd knocks on Dawn and Allison's dorm door. "Come in," Dawn said. "Hey, are you in the mood to study?" Odd asks. "No. But we need to," Dawn chuckles. As they study, Odd asks a question. "I want to know-hold on." Sam texts Odd. "No. I don't want to go." "Is everything okay?" "No. Sam wanted to do something, but I can't. I want to focus more on my grades this year." Dawn looks at Odd. "I know. I want to be well-rounded, but thanks to XANA, the time I want to study is hard." "I'm sorry. It helps to study at night. You will remember what you studied in the morning." "Thanks. However, my question is about Sam." Dawn's heart skips a beat. "I want into Sam for about a year and a half. Then she went away, and then she lied. Now that she is here at Kadic, I don't feel the same." "What do you mean?" Odd takes a deep breath. "I think I have outgrown her. I am not the same person when I first meet Sam. I know what it feels like to be in love, and I don't feel it with her." "I'm sorry. Have you talked to her?" "No. I need help with that." Dawn places her hand on Odd's chest. She can feel his heart beating and pulls back. "I think you need to have this conversation with someone else." "Why?" "Because of our complicated relationship." Odd holds Dawn's hand and looks at her. "I don't want grief from the others." "Nobody besides Allison knows we have feelings for each other. Maybe Ash, Brock, Chloe, and Goh know, but Goh goes to another school, and Ash and Brock have not said anything. It will look like I'm a boyfriend stealer." "No. I want a girl's advice." "Then asks Yumi." Odd growls. "Fine. Let's get back to studying." Dawn rolls her eyes. Meanwhile, Rocky sits under a tree, reading a book. "My father was great. He will take my two friends, Allison, and her boyfriend, out to dinner." Moments later, a specter appears and possesses Rocky. "I have never felt so good!" Aelita and Jeremy were leaving that library when they spotted Rocky. "Round two?" Jeremy teases. "Sure," Rocky said as she pushed Jeremy to the ground. Aelita starts to feel pulsations. "XANA!" Aelita shouts. Rocky grabs her and throws her to the ground. William is leaving a class with Yumi when he drops his books. "XANA is attacking," he told Yumi. "Good thing we don't have class right now. Let's go to the Factory. I will call the others," Yumi said. Allison and Ash J see Rocky attacking Jeremy and Aelita. "Rocky," Allison shouts as she pushes him off. "One more," Rocky gleefully says. "Allison. It's XANA!" Jeremy shouts. Rocky shoots electricity at Allison as Ash J screams. "Rocky, fuck off!" Ash J shouts. At the Factory, the group notices that Allison, Aelita, and Jeremy are missing. "Where are they?" Yumi asks. "Allison sent me a text. A rocky, lighting, and the Target symbol," Ash said. "XANA possessed Rocky," Dawn said. "How did you know?" William asks. "Rocky is Rocky; lightning is what a possessed person shouts at us; the target is the closes thing to the eye of XANA," Odd said. "Wow. You two are in sync today," Brock said. The pair blushed. "Okay, we need someone to stay in the Factory until those three come," William said. "I can," Brock said. "Right. Jeremy told me that he gave you all a crash course." "Plus, when Jeremy was unable to be alert, we all step up," Ulrich said. "Right, he was on bed rest because of the flu." Everyone looks at him ."What? Was it that bad?" "No. Let's go," Yumi said.
William sends the vehicles to Lyoko ahead of time, so they are waiting for the group. After Brock sends the group to Lyoko, the Mountian Sector's foggy atmosphere kicks in. "It is not as bad as last time, but it is still thick as New England clan chowder," William said. "Where is the tower?" Dawn asks. "I see it," Ash said. The tower is on a platform that has spinning rocks. "Simple enough," William said. "Nope, looks like the Mantas and Hornets have other plans," Odd points out. "Let's go," Ulrich said. The Warriors head for the monsters when Brock alerts them about something. "I am noticing that there are cracks on the ground. XANA might be planning a surprise for us." "Even since XANA woke up, it has upgraded in its ability to fuck with us," Yumi said. "Speaking of an upgrade," Odd starts, but a hornet shoots a laser at him. "Hey, I am talking here," Odd shouts. The hornets shoot white lasers at the group while the Mantas shoot blue lasers. "The white lasers immobilize you, and the blue lasers are a sort of teleport," Brock said. "Well, here's what I think of that," Ulrich said. He jumps off his Overbike and slashes a manta. Another one shoots a laser at William, and he is relocated closer to the tower but is met with a mega manta. "Holy shit," he exclaims. "William needs back up," Brock said. "I am on it," Dawn said. "Me too," Ash said as they went to back up William in battle; Yumi and Odd work together to knock out some hornets. "Laser Arrow," Odd shouts as three arrows blast four hornets away. "Nice shot. Mine turn," Yumi exclaims. She jumps from the Overwing and hits two hornets and a manta. "Always the star, Yumi," Odd said. "Well, what can I say? Stars are the fire that burns within me," Yumi gleefully states. Moments later, two hornets shoot lasers at the duo. Although Yumi and Odd shoot back, it is a double knockout as they become immobilized. "Yumi! Odd!" Ulrich shouts. "I see. It lasts for about three minutes. Ulrich, you have to keep fighting. If they get hit again, they will get de-virtualized, and it will be painful," Brock said. "Great, what else can go wrong?" Ulrich asks. William uses super smoke to dodge the mega manta. He tries to hop on a boulder to hit the manta from the top, but the manta shots flying mimes in the air, and one explodes near William. He starts to fall as the digital sea makes an opening for him. "I need to hold on to something," William exclaims. He holds on to the edge, but the ground starts to crumble as he gulps.
Rocky shoots static at the teens as Ash J calls out to him. "Rocky, what the fuck? What is wrong with you?" Jeremy pulls the girls aside. "I should mention that when we last went to the Cortex, its security system left us with a little bug. It affected the RTTP. The Supercomputer will fix it tonight, but we need a plan about Rocky 2.0," Jeremy said. "Jeremy, I love you, but what a time to say that now!" Aelita said. "Right. Like fuck, my brother is asking questions," Allison said. "You know him; tell him something. And with his father in town, we need to ensure Rocky is unharmed," Jeremy said. "Me?" Allison asks. "He's your twin brother," Aelita said. "And your cousin." "But, he will listen to you." Allison sighs. She goes to her brother but Rocky shoots at them. Allison pushes him out the way. "Can't catch us," Jeremy teases. "It looks like Rocky learned something after all!" Aelita chimes in. Rocky growls and chases the couple. "Allison, what is going on?" Ash J asks. "Well, wombmate. It looks like a Stantler had hypnotized Rocky." Ash J raises an eyebrow. "What the fuck?" "Yeah. I mean, it is weird." "So, explain the thunderbolts, Wombmate?" "Part of the illusion. They may hurt, but we must ride and get through to him." "Good. Let's go." "Wait. Aelita and Jeremy can handle it. We need to deal with Mr. Gio." "Aelita and Jeremy? Why?" "He loves to pick on them. It will bring him back." "Fine, we can go distract Mr. Gio." Mr. Gio is walking in the park with Moxie. "I see. I think Rocky told me about the party. Two of my college friends live in that town, and they were lucky, so they are providing shelter for their neighbors," Mr. Gio said. "I'm glad. Maybe they make a quick video on their phones to send to us. My friend Yumi Ishyama organized this dance because she wanted to give back to her roots. Ash's cousins' father was raised a few towns over as well," Moxie said. "His cousins, Jimmy and Johanne. Their mother takes care of Blake Castle, correct?" "Yep. We went to visit this past summer with his family." During the talk, Rocky tackles Jeremy, and Mr. Gio and Moxie witness it. "Excuse me?" Mr. Gio asks. Ash J runs towards them. "Don't mind them. They are rough playing." Moxie sees Aelita spraying Rocky with water. "Yeah, Rocky, like to tease them like siblings." "He talks about them all the time," Mr. Gio said. "Let's go back to the courtyard," Allison said. "They have gelato and six different flavors." "I want sour black cherry," Moxie said. As they walk away, Aelita hits Rocky with the spray bottle, which has double the spraying power. Jeremy pushes Rocky off and hits him with a stick. "Rocky, we don't want to hurt you," Jeremy said. "But, XANA won't win," Aelita said. Rocky waves his hands and shoots at the ground, breaking apart, and the pieces hit Jeremy and Aelita. Aelita hits the floor while Jeremy still stands. Rocky charges at Jeremy and pushes him into a tree. "Jeremy, I always wanted to do this," Rocky said in his XANA voice. He shoves his hand in Jeremy's mouth and starts to charge up when Aelita knocks him out with a rock. "He will be okay. What about you?" Aelita asks as Jeremy is gasping for air. "Fine," Jeremy said. Moments later, Rocky electrocutes them and throws them across the park.
William is about to lose his grip when Dawn flies in and grabs him while Ash stabs the Mega Manta with his Knight Sword. The monster wobbles for a while as Ash flies down to meet the others. "William, are you okay?" Ash asks. "Yeah. I swore I saw," William starts. "You saw right," Brock said. "It looks like a portable into the digital sea." William gulps. "No need to worry. We've got your back," Dawn said. "Yeah, and we have a score to settle with this mega piece of shit," Ash said. William chuckles. Meanwhile, Odd asks Yumi a question. "I was talking about upgrades earlier," Odd said. "Yeah, what about upgrades?" Yumi asks. "When we were dealing with the Unown Pokemon, I saw you use your Telekinesis powers, and Brock use his Super Sonic hearing." Yumi is in shock. Brock flashes back to the moment. Steelix used Iron Tail on an Unown Pokemon shaped like the letter "L." It disappeared amid the smoke. Brock listened closely and was able to hear it use Hidden Power. "Steelix, Stone Edge," Brock commands. Meanwhile, Yumi saw that Hipmontop was about to be hit by Loki's attack, and she wanted to block his path. The next thing she knew, a rock came in between the two, and Yumi was shocked. Odd looks at the two and are dumbfounded. "Yeah. We're not the only ones," Brock said. "Dawn and I used our Super Sprints when we were in the Simulation bubble on our class trip," Ulrich said. "I'll bet Ash and Allison used their abilities on Earth as well," Brock said. "How?" Odd asks. "Right now, it looks like you both can move; let's shut this shit down," Ulrich said. "In that case, let's fuck shit up," Odd said. The trio went into overtime to destroy the remainder of the monsters. Dawn Super Sprints over to the Mega Mants and throws one of her Poi Sticks on the beast, which Dawn lighted on fire. William uses his Super Smoke on the boulders and stabs the monster. "Great, now head for the tower," Ash said. Meanwhile, Aelita and Jeremy wake up to see Rocky standing over them with static hands. Allison charges in and tackles him. "Allison!" Aelita shouts as Rocky grabs Allison by the throat. Jeremy and Aelita grab him, but Rocky grabs them by the throat with his other hand. William enters the code, and Rocky falls. "It's over. Cough. What are we going to tell Rocky?" Allison asks. "What did you tell, cough, your brother?" Aelita asks. "A Stantler." "That can, cough, work," Jeremy said. Rocky wakes up with a cup of gelato. "Whoa?" Rocky says. "Are you okay?" Jeremy asks. Aelita is talking to the others on the phone while Allison talks to her brother. "You're right. Rocky is okay," Ash J said. "Yeah, he will be okay," Allison said. "Okay, it is working now, but if everything is okay, we'll come for ice cream," William said. "Gelato," Odd points out. "It is smoother and kept at a slightly warmer temperature." "Whatever." Ash J gets up and overhears Aelita. "The only good thing about today was that Rocky, Jeremy, and I got closer. XANA might have been smart with that attack, but we were clever," Aelita said. "XANA? Rocky? What?" Ash J said. "Right. Save some for us," William said.
Uh, oh. Ash J overhead the conversation. He knows that his sister lied. What will he do with this information? Laura talks to Professor Tyron. "I have sent the latest email. I ALSO took pictures of Rocky 2.0. I won't be available tonight because we are having a fundraiser dance." "I know. It will be the talk of the town," Professor Tyron said. "Why?" "Becasue for the email." Allison is doing one last check before Ash comes to take her to the dance. "Allison, you look good. Plus, your boyfriend thinks you look to go in everything," Dawn said. "Thanks. Did you hear? Odd is not talking Sam to the dance," Allison said. "No?" "No. I noticed that he seemed different around her. He told me they fought because he told her he was not the same person two years ago." "I see. he asked me for advice, but I told him because of our history, I can't." "Fair." Allison gets an email. "Gasoline by The Weeknd. I've listened to this song all the time." "Maybe it's a sign to listen to something else," Dawn teases. Ash knocks and sees Allison and kisses her. "You look fucking hot!" Ash said. "Thanks," Allison said. Odd knocks and smiles at Dawn. "Hey, do you mind if you save me a dance?" Odd asks. "I'll save you as many as you want," Dawn said. Odd takes Dawn's hand. "What about the email?" Dawn asks. "Email?" Ash asks. "Later, we had a cause to support," Allison said. Aelita and Jeremy and collecting donations as Yumi and Ulrich make out. "Yumi, this was your idea," Jeremy teases. "Well, I need a break," Yumi said. Brock chuckles as he sees a familiar face. "Hey, remember me," Cressila said. "Right. The battle of the DJs dance last year," Brock said. (The dance with the explosion.) Leona sees this and growls. The others arrive together. "Are we ready?" William asks. "Let's have fun," Ulrich said. "But not too much fun," Aelita said. Sam looks at Odd as he leads the way for Dawn and growls. A woman is looking from the park. "Get ready for the party of the year," she said as she put on a lab coat and mask. Uh, oh. What is going on?"