p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Transfer, Colonel Weitzler," Jeremie calls./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Scanner, Colonel Weitzler," Jeremie continues./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Virtualization," Jeremie finishes as he slams on the enter key./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"On Lyoko, a white mesh framework of Colonel Weitzler forms. It fills in from head to toe and he drops down to the ground of the ice sector in a low crouch./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Where's Franz Hopper meeting us?" Colonel Weitzler asks as he quickly leaps up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The meeting point is North-Northwest of our location. Follow me!" Aelita exclaims as she begins to sprint towards a nearby cave. The other warriors follow./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As they approach, Aelita says: "Give me a few minutes alone with my father. Once that is done you can all come in and meet with him,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""No. Aelita, you can have a minute alone with your father before Gauthier and I come in, however Ulrich, Yumi I want you outside on guard duty. I have a sinking feeling that this might be a trap and I want us to be ready for it. Gauthier and I will meet with Franz Hopper," Colonel Weitzler orders./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Yes sir," Ulrich responds as the warriors skid to a halt on the slippery ice in front of a beautiful ice cave with a waterfall cascading in front of it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"After a few seconds, Aelita enters the cave./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""If only all ambushes could be this beautiful," Gauthier remarks quietly./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""My father's ready to meet with you," Aelita says as she emerges from the cave./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Following Aelita, Colonel Weitzler and Gauthier enter the cave./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Floating in the middle of the cave is a shimmering blue-white ball with an iridescent purple halo surrounding it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Hello, my name is Franz Hopper," the ball says in a soothing and fatherly voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Hello, my name is Colonel Weitzler. I am the officer who has been in charge of both of humanity's fights against XANA. "/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You must have a thousand questions for me. Let me tell my story and then we can discuss," Franz Hopper says. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Starting in the 1970s I began working on a top secret military project called Project Carthage. Project Carthage was meant to be NATO's premier tool for wreaking havoc on the Soviet Union's military communications. After the USSR collapsed, the French government continued working on it so that they could claim superiority over the Americans. Sensing this, I left the project and created both Lyoko and XANA to destroy Project Carthage. The French government began closing in on me for my treason so I virtualized myself and Aelita to Lyoko so that we could be safe. At that point I realized that XANA had gone rogue and was going to go after humanity. To counteract that, I shut down the supercomputer so that XANA could never escape. Unfortunately, Jeremie reactivated the supercomputer and the rest is history," he continues after pausing for a few seconds./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm sorry that humanity has had to pay dearly for my mistakes. I have come to make up for it. I have written a new program that should destroy XANA once and for all. Not only will it shut down all of his Replikas, but this time, as long as this supercomputer remains functional it will monitor for XANA to make sure it never returns," Franz Hopper finishes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Thank you. Jeremie, are you ready to begin downloading the file?" Colonel Weitzler asks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Franz, you can begin uploading when ready," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""It's started. I'm surprised you don't have any questions for me," Hopper says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Most of my questions are pointless. But I do have one question: why have you waited so long to help us?" Colonel Weitzler asks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Before Franz can respond, Ulrich runs in shouting: "It's a trap!"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Aelita! Protect your father at all costs! Gauthier, on me!" Colonel Weitzler orders as he races to the mouth of the cave./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Reaching the mouth of the cave, Colonel Weitzler peeks out and sees 7 sleek but boxy, black Rorkals arrayed in a semicircle in front of the cave. Standing in front of Yumi is William and the blond man, who is wearing a sleek black combat suit. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Ahhhh, I'm glad you could join us. Hand over Franz Hopper and you will survive to see how I remake this world. Fight, and not only will I destroy this supercomputer, but your lives will also end. Right here, right now," The blond man says. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'll take blondie. Yumi, Gauthier deal with the ships. Ulrich, keep pretty boy happy," Weitzler growls under his breath./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""And what is your answer?" The blond man asks with a half bored, half amused expression on his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""3. 2. 1. Go," Colonel Weitzler whispers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He ignites his sickly green lightsaber and charges at the blond man who leaps out of the way. Using smooth, rapid tai chi Gauthier sends 3 icicles flying out of the waterfall at the Rorkals. She then starts sprinting to her right, and 3 of the Rorkals follow her. Simultaneously with Gauthier, a pink aura surrounds Yumi and she uses her telekinesis to send 2 of the Rorkals flying away, as she starts sprinting after them. Ulrich charges at William and locks both his swords onto the other's zweihander. 2 of the Rorkals continue floating in front of the cave ready to fire on anything that escapes from it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Everyone. You have to buy me enough time to finish downloading the program and run it. If you don't, it's bye bye Earth," Jeremie's disembodied voice says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Easier said than done," Colonel Weitzler thinks as he uses his lightsaber to rapidly block the blond man's shots of bright purple plasma./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The 3 Rorkals fly after Gauthier and fire golden missiles as she randomly zig-zags away from them. Seeing a nearby spike of ice, she uses smooth tai chi to create a hole deep inside of one of them. She runs inside and quickly creates a thick barrier of ice in front of her. The Rorkals begin firing their missiles at the spike as she sits inside thinking of a plan to get rid of them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Yumi runs the opposite direction as the Rorkals begin to fire on her. Sensing them closing in on her, she brakes to a halt. As the Rorkals brake to a halt she activates her telekinesis ability and throws a massive iceberg at one of the Rorkals. The iceberg hits and sends it slamming to the ground. The other Rorkal shoots a brilliant golden missile at her. Seeing this, Yumi hurls her fans at the remaining Rorkal. As the missile explodes instantly devirtualizing her, the fans ignite the crimson red shield surrounding the rorkal./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Who are you?!" Colonel Weitzler shouts as the blond man pulls out a long silver pole and begins dueling Colonel Weitzler with it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Seeing as you are about to die, I am the spectral manifestation of XANA!" the blond man shouts as he slams the pole into the shaft of Weitzler's weapon, sending it skidding across the ice sector. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Weitzler jumps back and as the blond man tries to slam the pole down on Weitzler, Weitzler precisely lifts up his hands and grabs onto either side of the pole. Tugging on it, Weitzler sends the pole flying from the blond man's hands. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The blond man sticks out his hands and lets loose with 2 thick beams of purple lightning. Weitzler cups his hands and using the force absorbs the energy into 2 pink energy fields. When the blond man stops, Colonel Weitzler flings the spheres at the 2 Rorkals hovering in front of the cave causing them to explode./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"On his right, William uses a powerful zweihander move to knock Ulrich's katanas from his hands. Before Ulrich can react, William stabs his zweihanders through Ulrich's chest, devirtualizing him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Jeremie, it's now or never! We can't hold these guys off forever!" Colonel Weitzler shouts as he uses the force to recover his lightsaber./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Trapped inside her hiding place, Gauthier watches as the layer of ice covering her hiding place begins to crack. Using smooth but cramped tai chi, she begins to create a tunnel in the ice that she is sitting on. As the space that she's in begins to grow, she speeds up her tai chi movements and rapidly creates a tunnel into the main ice layer of the ice sector. Once she is in the main layer she begins to tunnel horizontally, directly under the Rorkals. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Above her, the icicle explodes into thousands of sharp shards. Using a tai chi movement similar to slamming shutters closed, she forms the ice shards into a thick wall that hides her tunnel. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Continuing to tunnel with smooth tai chi, Gauthier tunnels underneath the Rorkals and once she is behind them she begins to tunnel back up to the surface. As she reaches the surface, the Rorkals spin around and gun for the original rendezvous point/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Gauthier, return to the main rendezvous point now! The Colonel needs help!" Jeremie shouts as he materializes the overwing./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Gauthier hops on the overwing and races after the Rorkals./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"William charges at Weitzler. Recovering his lightsaber, Weitzler illuminates it and is just barely able to parry William's zweihander. On his left, the Blond Man recovers his pole and charges Weitzler, forcing him to duel both of them at once. Backing up, the blond man lets loose with a blast of purple electricity. Using one of his sickly yellow blades, Weitzler absorbs the charge as he continues dueling with William with the other blade. By both sheer luck and his years of combat experience, Weitzler is able to hold his own and parry each of his enemy's attacks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As William goes to swing his zweihander at Weitzler, he leaves his stomach exposed. Taking advantage of this error, Weitzler swings his blade through William's stomach, causing him to burst into a cloud of black smoke./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Not so tough now without your attack dog XANA," Weitzler shouts as he begins aggressively but precisely swinging his lightsaber at the blond man. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Your the one who needs help!" The blond man shouts as the remaining Rorkals surround Weitzler, poised to fire at him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Give up now or not only will you die but I will make sure that every Defender suffers as painful a death as possible," The Blond man says as he levels his pole at Weitzler. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"In response, Weitzler spins his lightsaber around and assumes a defensive position./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Jeremie!" Weitzler shouts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The program has been transmitted, you just need to get to sector 5 to run it," Franz Hopper says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Daddy, if you go out there right now you will die and I'll get devirtualized, leaving no one to run the program," Aelita says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""It's the only way," Franz Hopper replies./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Jeremie, tell Colonel Weitzler we need a diversion!" Aelita shouts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Colonel Weitzler, I've downloaded the program but it has to run from Sector 5. We need a diversion to let Aelita and her father escape!" Jeremie shouts. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"In the corner of his eye, Lieutenant Weitzler sees Gauthier racing on her Overwing towards the waterfall. As she approaches the waterfall she sets the overwing on a collision course with the nearest rorkal. Right before the collide she jumps off it and lands on the ground in a low crouch. Above her, the overwing slams into the rorkal, causing it to explode into a blaze of orange. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Standing up, Gauthier sends a jet of water at the Blond Man, causing him to go flying across the ice. Colonel Weitzler slams his eyes shut as he shoves his hands out away from his body. His face contorts into a grimace as he concentrates and sends the Rorkals flying away from the cave into the digital sea. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The coast is clear. GO!" Jeremie says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Aelita rushes out of the cave as her dad hovers right behind her. Outside, she sees Colonel Weitzler and Gauthier standing in ready positions watching the blond man try to fight his way out of the ice trap that Gauthier created from her jet of water./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm entering the code for the transporter now," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As Jeremie says this, the Blond man escapes from his icy prison and begins charging towards Aelita and Hopper. In the distance, Weitzler can see the 3 remaining Rorkals speeding back towards them. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Ouch time," Weitzler mumbles as he moves into position to block the Blond Man from reaching Aelita./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Above them, a pearly white semi circle glides down from the sky. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Rorkals, ATTACK!" The blond man shouts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The 4 rorkals send a barrage of golden missiles at Aelita and Franz Hopper. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The transport orb lands directly in front of Aelita and Franz, and in a bright white blast of light, they disappear. As they vanish into the orb, the barrage of missiles strikes. The orb flies out of the barrage of missiles, sending Aelita and Franz to safety./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"In a fit of rage, the Blond Man flies at Colonel Weitzler, tightly grabs onto him, and jumps off the edge towards the digital sea./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I will end you and I will end all of humanity!" he shouts as they hurtle towards the digital sea./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Above him, Gauthier forms an icicle and sends it flying at Colonel Weitzler. It hits and he breaks apart into a white scaffold just as he was about to hit the digital sea./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Back on Earth, the scanner door opens with Weitzler unconscious, in the fetal position at the bottom. Hand immediately calls for a medic. As the medic arrives, Colonel Weitzler slowly crawls out of the scanner and in a daze begins to sit up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Tell General Van Zanten that all Garrisons need to go to max alert NOW!" Colonel Weitzler says as the medic approaches him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Scanner, Colonel Weitzler," Jeremie continues./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Virtualization," Jeremie finishes as he slams on the enter key./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"On Lyoko, a white mesh framework of Colonel Weitzler forms. It fills in from head to toe and he drops down to the ground of the ice sector in a low crouch./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Where's Franz Hopper meeting us?" Colonel Weitzler asks as he quickly leaps up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The meeting point is North-Northwest of our location. Follow me!" Aelita exclaims as she begins to sprint towards a nearby cave. The other warriors follow./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As they approach, Aelita says: "Give me a few minutes alone with my father. Once that is done you can all come in and meet with him,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""No. Aelita, you can have a minute alone with your father before Gauthier and I come in, however Ulrich, Yumi I want you outside on guard duty. I have a sinking feeling that this might be a trap and I want us to be ready for it. Gauthier and I will meet with Franz Hopper," Colonel Weitzler orders./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Yes sir," Ulrich responds as the warriors skid to a halt on the slippery ice in front of a beautiful ice cave with a waterfall cascading in front of it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"After a few seconds, Aelita enters the cave./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""If only all ambushes could be this beautiful," Gauthier remarks quietly./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""My father's ready to meet with you," Aelita says as she emerges from the cave./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Following Aelita, Colonel Weitzler and Gauthier enter the cave./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Floating in the middle of the cave is a shimmering blue-white ball with an iridescent purple halo surrounding it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Hello, my name is Franz Hopper," the ball says in a soothing and fatherly voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Hello, my name is Colonel Weitzler. I am the officer who has been in charge of both of humanity's fights against XANA. "/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You must have a thousand questions for me. Let me tell my story and then we can discuss," Franz Hopper says. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Starting in the 1970s I began working on a top secret military project called Project Carthage. Project Carthage was meant to be NATO's premier tool for wreaking havoc on the Soviet Union's military communications. After the USSR collapsed, the French government continued working on it so that they could claim superiority over the Americans. Sensing this, I left the project and created both Lyoko and XANA to destroy Project Carthage. The French government began closing in on me for my treason so I virtualized myself and Aelita to Lyoko so that we could be safe. At that point I realized that XANA had gone rogue and was going to go after humanity. To counteract that, I shut down the supercomputer so that XANA could never escape. Unfortunately, Jeremie reactivated the supercomputer and the rest is history," he continues after pausing for a few seconds./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm sorry that humanity has had to pay dearly for my mistakes. I have come to make up for it. I have written a new program that should destroy XANA once and for all. Not only will it shut down all of his Replikas, but this time, as long as this supercomputer remains functional it will monitor for XANA to make sure it never returns," Franz Hopper finishes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Thank you. Jeremie, are you ready to begin downloading the file?" Colonel Weitzler asks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Franz, you can begin uploading when ready," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""It's started. I'm surprised you don't have any questions for me," Hopper says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Most of my questions are pointless. But I do have one question: why have you waited so long to help us?" Colonel Weitzler asks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Before Franz can respond, Ulrich runs in shouting: "It's a trap!"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Aelita! Protect your father at all costs! Gauthier, on me!" Colonel Weitzler orders as he races to the mouth of the cave./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Reaching the mouth of the cave, Colonel Weitzler peeks out and sees 7 sleek but boxy, black Rorkals arrayed in a semicircle in front of the cave. Standing in front of Yumi is William and the blond man, who is wearing a sleek black combat suit. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Ahhhh, I'm glad you could join us. Hand over Franz Hopper and you will survive to see how I remake this world. Fight, and not only will I destroy this supercomputer, but your lives will also end. Right here, right now," The blond man says. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'll take blondie. Yumi, Gauthier deal with the ships. Ulrich, keep pretty boy happy," Weitzler growls under his breath./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""And what is your answer?" The blond man asks with a half bored, half amused expression on his face./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""3. 2. 1. Go," Colonel Weitzler whispers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He ignites his sickly green lightsaber and charges at the blond man who leaps out of the way. Using smooth, rapid tai chi Gauthier sends 3 icicles flying out of the waterfall at the Rorkals. She then starts sprinting to her right, and 3 of the Rorkals follow her. Simultaneously with Gauthier, a pink aura surrounds Yumi and she uses her telekinesis to send 2 of the Rorkals flying away, as she starts sprinting after them. Ulrich charges at William and locks both his swords onto the other's zweihander. 2 of the Rorkals continue floating in front of the cave ready to fire on anything that escapes from it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Everyone. You have to buy me enough time to finish downloading the program and run it. If you don't, it's bye bye Earth," Jeremie's disembodied voice says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Easier said than done," Colonel Weitzler thinks as he uses his lightsaber to rapidly block the blond man's shots of bright purple plasma./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The 3 Rorkals fly after Gauthier and fire golden missiles as she randomly zig-zags away from them. Seeing a nearby spike of ice, she uses smooth tai chi to create a hole deep inside of one of them. She runs inside and quickly creates a thick barrier of ice in front of her. The Rorkals begin firing their missiles at the spike as she sits inside thinking of a plan to get rid of them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Yumi runs the opposite direction as the Rorkals begin to fire on her. Sensing them closing in on her, she brakes to a halt. As the Rorkals brake to a halt she activates her telekinesis ability and throws a massive iceberg at one of the Rorkals. The iceberg hits and sends it slamming to the ground. The other Rorkal shoots a brilliant golden missile at her. Seeing this, Yumi hurls her fans at the remaining Rorkal. As the missile explodes instantly devirtualizing her, the fans ignite the crimson red shield surrounding the rorkal./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Who are you?!" Colonel Weitzler shouts as the blond man pulls out a long silver pole and begins dueling Colonel Weitzler with it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Seeing as you are about to die, I am the spectral manifestation of XANA!" the blond man shouts as he slams the pole into the shaft of Weitzler's weapon, sending it skidding across the ice sector. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Weitzler jumps back and as the blond man tries to slam the pole down on Weitzler, Weitzler precisely lifts up his hands and grabs onto either side of the pole. Tugging on it, Weitzler sends the pole flying from the blond man's hands. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The blond man sticks out his hands and lets loose with 2 thick beams of purple lightning. Weitzler cups his hands and using the force absorbs the energy into 2 pink energy fields. When the blond man stops, Colonel Weitzler flings the spheres at the 2 Rorkals hovering in front of the cave causing them to explode./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"On his right, William uses a powerful zweihander move to knock Ulrich's katanas from his hands. Before Ulrich can react, William stabs his zweihanders through Ulrich's chest, devirtualizing him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Jeremie, it's now or never! We can't hold these guys off forever!" Colonel Weitzler shouts as he uses the force to recover his lightsaber./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Trapped inside her hiding place, Gauthier watches as the layer of ice covering her hiding place begins to crack. Using smooth but cramped tai chi, she begins to create a tunnel in the ice that she is sitting on. As the space that she's in begins to grow, she speeds up her tai chi movements and rapidly creates a tunnel into the main ice layer of the ice sector. Once she is in the main layer she begins to tunnel horizontally, directly under the Rorkals. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Above her, the icicle explodes into thousands of sharp shards. Using a tai chi movement similar to slamming shutters closed, she forms the ice shards into a thick wall that hides her tunnel. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Continuing to tunnel with smooth tai chi, Gauthier tunnels underneath the Rorkals and once she is behind them she begins to tunnel back up to the surface. As she reaches the surface, the Rorkals spin around and gun for the original rendezvous point/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Gauthier, return to the main rendezvous point now! The Colonel needs help!" Jeremie shouts as he materializes the overwing./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Gauthier hops on the overwing and races after the Rorkals./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"William charges at Weitzler. Recovering his lightsaber, Weitzler illuminates it and is just barely able to parry William's zweihander. On his left, the Blond Man recovers his pole and charges Weitzler, forcing him to duel both of them at once. Backing up, the blond man lets loose with a blast of purple electricity. Using one of his sickly yellow blades, Weitzler absorbs the charge as he continues dueling with William with the other blade. By both sheer luck and his years of combat experience, Weitzler is able to hold his own and parry each of his enemy's attacks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As William goes to swing his zweihander at Weitzler, he leaves his stomach exposed. Taking advantage of this error, Weitzler swings his blade through William's stomach, causing him to burst into a cloud of black smoke./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Not so tough now without your attack dog XANA," Weitzler shouts as he begins aggressively but precisely swinging his lightsaber at the blond man. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Your the one who needs help!" The blond man shouts as the remaining Rorkals surround Weitzler, poised to fire at him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Give up now or not only will you die but I will make sure that every Defender suffers as painful a death as possible," The Blond man says as he levels his pole at Weitzler. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"In response, Weitzler spins his lightsaber around and assumes a defensive position./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Jeremie!" Weitzler shouts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The program has been transmitted, you just need to get to sector 5 to run it," Franz Hopper says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Daddy, if you go out there right now you will die and I'll get devirtualized, leaving no one to run the program," Aelita says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""It's the only way," Franz Hopper replies./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Jeremie, tell Colonel Weitzler we need a diversion!" Aelita shouts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Colonel Weitzler, I've downloaded the program but it has to run from Sector 5. We need a diversion to let Aelita and her father escape!" Jeremie shouts. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"In the corner of his eye, Lieutenant Weitzler sees Gauthier racing on her Overwing towards the waterfall. As she approaches the waterfall she sets the overwing on a collision course with the nearest rorkal. Right before the collide she jumps off it and lands on the ground in a low crouch. Above her, the overwing slams into the rorkal, causing it to explode into a blaze of orange. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Standing up, Gauthier sends a jet of water at the Blond Man, causing him to go flying across the ice. Colonel Weitzler slams his eyes shut as he shoves his hands out away from his body. His face contorts into a grimace as he concentrates and sends the Rorkals flying away from the cave into the digital sea. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The coast is clear. GO!" Jeremie says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Aelita rushes out of the cave as her dad hovers right behind her. Outside, she sees Colonel Weitzler and Gauthier standing in ready positions watching the blond man try to fight his way out of the ice trap that Gauthier created from her jet of water./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm entering the code for the transporter now," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As Jeremie says this, the Blond man escapes from his icy prison and begins charging towards Aelita and Hopper. In the distance, Weitzler can see the 3 remaining Rorkals speeding back towards them. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Ouch time," Weitzler mumbles as he moves into position to block the Blond Man from reaching Aelita./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Above them, a pearly white semi circle glides down from the sky. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Rorkals, ATTACK!" The blond man shouts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The 4 rorkals send a barrage of golden missiles at Aelita and Franz Hopper. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The transport orb lands directly in front of Aelita and Franz, and in a bright white blast of light, they disappear. As they vanish into the orb, the barrage of missiles strikes. The orb flies out of the barrage of missiles, sending Aelita and Franz to safety./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"In a fit of rage, the Blond Man flies at Colonel Weitzler, tightly grabs onto him, and jumps off the edge towards the digital sea./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I will end you and I will end all of humanity!" he shouts as they hurtle towards the digital sea./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Above him, Gauthier forms an icicle and sends it flying at Colonel Weitzler. It hits and he breaks apart into a white scaffold just as he was about to hit the digital sea./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Back on Earth, the scanner door opens with Weitzler unconscious, in the fetal position at the bottom. Hand immediately calls for a medic. As the medic arrives, Colonel Weitzler slowly crawls out of the scanner and in a daze begins to sit up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Tell General Van Zanten that all Garrisons need to go to max alert NOW!" Colonel Weitzler says as the medic approaches him./span/p